Chapter Two
"Oh... my god..." was all Tetra could say. She was in such a shock. She looked at the picture, and
she had a picture of her mother up in her room. "You're... my father." He looked at her, not sure wether or not to believe her or not.
"Do you... by chance... have what I gave you?" She nodded, and assured him that she'd be right back. She ducked down, grabbing two boxes out of the floor board she had. The first was a little blue box, the second one a larger, rectangular black box. She also grabbed the ocarina under the floorboard. She ran back to where he was, putting down the smaller blue box, picking up the black one first. He beamed at her.
"This necklace you gave me before you left. I remember the night you left us. You sat down by my crib, and you starting singing the lullaby that you wrote. Then, you put this box in my hands, and I saw the necklace you gave me." She held up the necklace. It had a golden charm on it that was shaped like a gold nugget. "I was afraid of breaking it so I never wore it." Then she took out a letter and unfolded it... then started reading it out loud to her father.
"To my little Sheila,
I'm sorry that I have to leave you now. You'll understand this when you're older, but me and your mother couldn't financially support you, so we decided that I'd go and make money, and in order to do that I had to become a pirate. Just remember, you're always daddy's little Sheila. I'll be back someday to visit. Love you always
Captain Pops"
He laughed at his incredible corniness, then clenched his side from pain. "You better bandage your old man up then Sheila." He said, laughing a bit. She took the bandages, and he sat up. She started wrapping it around him as he held the ocarina in his possession. "You know that this was inherited down to me by your grandmother? She was a sweet person, and she taught me a beautiful song. Would you like to hear it?" Zelda nodded her head, as he started playing a beautiful melody, as the sound swarmed around the room. He didn't finish playing it, and stopped through it at the last measure.
"Why have you stopped?" She asked, wanting to hear the last musical bar.
"Because I thought maybe you'd like to learn it." He handed it to her, teaching it to her measure by measure. She finally learned the whole song, and played it. As she was about to finish, he stopped her.
"Why am I stopping? I like it and I want to hear the ending!" She put her mouth back to the mouth piece and he grabbed it away from her. "Why'd you do that?" She asked. "What the hell's the matter with the last measure?"
"Listen... have you ever played this and felt weird things happening to you? Well, that's because this ocarina has power, and if you finish this song, then I don't even want to think about what could happen. Listen, you play this song and you'll be granted anything you want... anything in the entire world. But, you can only use one wish for your entire lifetime. If I were you, I'd wait for something really important that you'd want." He smiled at her, touching her hair. "Look Sheila. When the time comes that you need to save someone/something, or just the time when you know it's something you MUST have, then play the entire song, and then you can make a wish. Don't waste it, and don't teach it to anyone else unless it's an absolute emergency, and I know you'd know when that is." I smiled at him, and then I picked up some bandages and started again on his injuries. As I was doing that, he looked over at the other box, the small blue one. "What's that one?" She cut a the bandage, putting it in place. Then, she opened the box, and took out what was inside. He handed her the ring from in the box. It was her mother's wedding ring. "Where is your mother?"
Tetra sighed, and explained to him the whole story about her mother. She didn't like telling the story, since it is such a sad one, but he took it pretty well considering is was his wife. "I guess I deserved not seeing her again... I did leave her after all." was all he could say, then rolled over away from his daughter. She kept cleaning up his cuts and stuff, and after she finished, she decided that she should leave him alone for a little while. She placed the ring in the little blue box on her table, closing the door behind her. She couldn't believe that she had found her father. She knew the true reason she decided to become a pirate was because he was, hopefully to find him. Then, Tetra saw Link was past her, and she ran over to him, grabbing his arm.
"Link... I need to talk to you... please?" He looked at her coldly, but he nodded. They walked off the ship, as she bursted out into tears. He looked at her, and inside of him he couldn't be mad at her right now. He saw how much that he needed to be with her right now. He put an arm out to comfort her, and she went into her arms, burying her face into his neck, crying hysterically. "Link... that guy on board who almost died... that's my father." He looked at her in complete shock, and he nodded.
"Oh, I wouldn't have doubted it... he looked a lot like you from the moment I saw him." He looked down at her, not knowing why she was crying. "Why are you crying then? You just found your father."
"Yea... but the reason he came back is because he was looking for my mother." She said. All emotion fell from Link's face, struck in terror.
"Oh..." was all he could say. "I bet he was glad to have found you too, don't say that."
"No... he was looking for me too... but I just saw the look on his face after hearing that his wife had been murdered, so I finished up his bandages and left him alone."
"Maybe, you shouldn't have left him alone." He said, as she took a step back. Link took her hand in his. "Maybe the reason he came back is so that he wouldn't have to sit alone on a bed in a pirates ship. Maybe it's because he wanted to share time with the people he loves, like you. He must have loved you if he came back to find you, if you know what I'm saying. Maybe you should go back and comfort him a little more. Show at least someone you care about them." That last sentence hurt her, and he let go of her hand, and started walking towards the village. She looked at him, stopped, and sat down on the beach. She kept saying that he was right, and that she has to start showing people that she cares. She might have lost link forever because of it, and she doesn't like that feeling. For the time that he's been mad at her, she's felt empty, especially after the night they shared.
Link is the kind of guy that doesn't try to make a move on a girl, or try to get action out of her. Since she's been so hurt, she's hard to trust people, but after that night of them just sitting there, holding each other, and just lying on the sand with each other, the body heat keeping them warm, she knew he was the kind of guy for her. He didn't make her do anything, and she knew that the crew knew about them too, and she still hid it from them, except the crew probably thought they had sex or something. She laughed at thinking this. She felt sex was a disgusting thing, and was only there for when someone wanted a baby. That's what she's thought her whole life, seeing woman after woman saying that she loved the man who impregnated them. She always thought love was a hallmark thing, but after she met link, she changed her mind. She really knew what love was. She finally decided to walk back to the ship and help her father, taking Link's advice.
Link walked far into the woods, and stumbled across a waterfall with a lake at the bottom of it. He took off his clothes, lying them on the rocks. He jumped in, splashing water all throughout his body. He went under, and came back up, stroking his hands through his hair. His blonde hair looked much darker now, and he just sat back, floating, relaxing. "WHY AM I SO STUPID!" He screamed. "STOP BEING MAD AT TETRA, SHE DIDN'T DO ANYTHING MAJOR ENOUGH FOR ME TO BE THIS MAD AT HER!" He went back under the water, letting himself sink down to the bottom. He opened his eyes, seeing fish all around him, and seeing the plants at the bottom.
"Link man, you 'ought to get some clothes on ya before ya freeze yourself lad. Heh heh heh." Link popped up, floating to the surface, looking around, wondering who said that. "You might want to keep it down too before some of the natives hear ya and shoot your pretty little ass off." Link swam over to his clothes, about to grab his sword.
"Who are you? Show yourself. I have a weapon and I know how to use it!"
"You dumb ass, turn around and look at me." He turned around, seeing a really ugly teal fish, big lips, and red eyes. "What, don't say you've already forgotten about me, after all that help I gave you!" Link laughed, then forgot he was butt naked. He put his hands down, covering his privates.
"What are you doing here?" he said. "I thought you and your family were only around the ocean, not in random lakes!" The fish snickered.
"Well, I wasn't gonna say anything, but then... ha... butt... haha." The fish smirked at Link. Link shook his head, laughing in spite of the poor fish. 'He doesn't get much company I'm guessing' Link thought to himself. "Anyway, but then you were making a commotion so I figure, shut up before these visitors decide to kill you. I don't know if you know, but a couple miles back a town got burned down. I saw the flames and I heard the bombs."
"You know about these men?" Link said. "Can you tell me what you know?"
"HOLD ON THERE!" He said, shaking his head. "You know it comes for a price." Link swam over to his pack, seeing if maybe he had a piece of bread or something. He found a few pieces of bread, and threw them over towards the fish. "NOW THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKIN ABOUT!" The fish screamed, and did a back flip up in the air. Then, he put the bread in his fin and started talking as he was eating "These men really mean business. They're looking for a pirate who stole some of their treasure to them that could create a certain spell. This treasure the man stole could destroy all human kind if put in the hands of the wrong person. It's called... damn link where did you get this bread?" He smiled, and looked over at Link. Link didn't look too happy. "Sorry... well it's called the ocarina of time. I overheard them talking about it. They said that they have the song they need to make the ocarina grant what ever wish they desired. Legends before say that since the evil man Gannondorf couldn't gain control of the triforce, he finally gained control of the ocarina of time and played a song, such a song that could have made someone cry that's how beautiful it was. It's a complicated song, but I learned it after hearing the men sing it." He stopped and starting humming it. "Catchy, ain't it? Well, after Gannondorf had found it, he wished that he ruled Hyrule once again. That's when the Hero of time vanished, and it's said that the king of hyrule had used the ocarina to send Hyrule into a place not to be accessed to, along with Gannondorf. But, in order to make the ocarina work, a truly good deed must be done, well, actually that was Zelda's wish when she played the tune. From that day on, the ocarina was handed down generations to be kept away and never to be seen by anyone, as the melody was taught to the generations as well. Then, I guess these men have heard the tale and found Zelda's tracks back to a man with blue eyes and blonde hair. He came to this island as a visitor, and when he arrived that's when the island got attacked. My guess is the lad that came here has the ocarina, or knows where it is. Apparently the guy is a pirate, so who knows. All I know is whoever has the ocarina better high tail it out of here or destroy it before something really bad could happen."
"Oh... my god..." was all Tetra could say. She was in such a shock. She looked at the picture, and
she had a picture of her mother up in her room. "You're... my father." He looked at her, not sure wether or not to believe her or not.
"Do you... by chance... have what I gave you?" She nodded, and assured him that she'd be right back. She ducked down, grabbing two boxes out of the floor board she had. The first was a little blue box, the second one a larger, rectangular black box. She also grabbed the ocarina under the floorboard. She ran back to where he was, putting down the smaller blue box, picking up the black one first. He beamed at her.
"This necklace you gave me before you left. I remember the night you left us. You sat down by my crib, and you starting singing the lullaby that you wrote. Then, you put this box in my hands, and I saw the necklace you gave me." She held up the necklace. It had a golden charm on it that was shaped like a gold nugget. "I was afraid of breaking it so I never wore it." Then she took out a letter and unfolded it... then started reading it out loud to her father.
"To my little Sheila,
I'm sorry that I have to leave you now. You'll understand this when you're older, but me and your mother couldn't financially support you, so we decided that I'd go and make money, and in order to do that I had to become a pirate. Just remember, you're always daddy's little Sheila. I'll be back someday to visit. Love you always
Captain Pops"
He laughed at his incredible corniness, then clenched his side from pain. "You better bandage your old man up then Sheila." He said, laughing a bit. She took the bandages, and he sat up. She started wrapping it around him as he held the ocarina in his possession. "You know that this was inherited down to me by your grandmother? She was a sweet person, and she taught me a beautiful song. Would you like to hear it?" Zelda nodded her head, as he started playing a beautiful melody, as the sound swarmed around the room. He didn't finish playing it, and stopped through it at the last measure.
"Why have you stopped?" She asked, wanting to hear the last musical bar.
"Because I thought maybe you'd like to learn it." He handed it to her, teaching it to her measure by measure. She finally learned the whole song, and played it. As she was about to finish, he stopped her.
"Why am I stopping? I like it and I want to hear the ending!" She put her mouth back to the mouth piece and he grabbed it away from her. "Why'd you do that?" She asked. "What the hell's the matter with the last measure?"
"Listen... have you ever played this and felt weird things happening to you? Well, that's because this ocarina has power, and if you finish this song, then I don't even want to think about what could happen. Listen, you play this song and you'll be granted anything you want... anything in the entire world. But, you can only use one wish for your entire lifetime. If I were you, I'd wait for something really important that you'd want." He smiled at her, touching her hair. "Look Sheila. When the time comes that you need to save someone/something, or just the time when you know it's something you MUST have, then play the entire song, and then you can make a wish. Don't waste it, and don't teach it to anyone else unless it's an absolute emergency, and I know you'd know when that is." I smiled at him, and then I picked up some bandages and started again on his injuries. As I was doing that, he looked over at the other box, the small blue one. "What's that one?" She cut a the bandage, putting it in place. Then, she opened the box, and took out what was inside. He handed her the ring from in the box. It was her mother's wedding ring. "Where is your mother?"
Tetra sighed, and explained to him the whole story about her mother. She didn't like telling the story, since it is such a sad one, but he took it pretty well considering is was his wife. "I guess I deserved not seeing her again... I did leave her after all." was all he could say, then rolled over away from his daughter. She kept cleaning up his cuts and stuff, and after she finished, she decided that she should leave him alone for a little while. She placed the ring in the little blue box on her table, closing the door behind her. She couldn't believe that she had found her father. She knew the true reason she decided to become a pirate was because he was, hopefully to find him. Then, Tetra saw Link was past her, and she ran over to him, grabbing his arm.
"Link... I need to talk to you... please?" He looked at her coldly, but he nodded. They walked off the ship, as she bursted out into tears. He looked at her, and inside of him he couldn't be mad at her right now. He saw how much that he needed to be with her right now. He put an arm out to comfort her, and she went into her arms, burying her face into his neck, crying hysterically. "Link... that guy on board who almost died... that's my father." He looked at her in complete shock, and he nodded.
"Oh, I wouldn't have doubted it... he looked a lot like you from the moment I saw him." He looked down at her, not knowing why she was crying. "Why are you crying then? You just found your father."
"Yea... but the reason he came back is because he was looking for my mother." She said. All emotion fell from Link's face, struck in terror.
"Oh..." was all he could say. "I bet he was glad to have found you too, don't say that."
"No... he was looking for me too... but I just saw the look on his face after hearing that his wife had been murdered, so I finished up his bandages and left him alone."
"Maybe, you shouldn't have left him alone." He said, as she took a step back. Link took her hand in his. "Maybe the reason he came back is so that he wouldn't have to sit alone on a bed in a pirates ship. Maybe it's because he wanted to share time with the people he loves, like you. He must have loved you if he came back to find you, if you know what I'm saying. Maybe you should go back and comfort him a little more. Show at least someone you care about them." That last sentence hurt her, and he let go of her hand, and started walking towards the village. She looked at him, stopped, and sat down on the beach. She kept saying that he was right, and that she has to start showing people that she cares. She might have lost link forever because of it, and she doesn't like that feeling. For the time that he's been mad at her, she's felt empty, especially after the night they shared.
Link is the kind of guy that doesn't try to make a move on a girl, or try to get action out of her. Since she's been so hurt, she's hard to trust people, but after that night of them just sitting there, holding each other, and just lying on the sand with each other, the body heat keeping them warm, she knew he was the kind of guy for her. He didn't make her do anything, and she knew that the crew knew about them too, and she still hid it from them, except the crew probably thought they had sex or something. She laughed at thinking this. She felt sex was a disgusting thing, and was only there for when someone wanted a baby. That's what she's thought her whole life, seeing woman after woman saying that she loved the man who impregnated them. She always thought love was a hallmark thing, but after she met link, she changed her mind. She really knew what love was. She finally decided to walk back to the ship and help her father, taking Link's advice.
Link walked far into the woods, and stumbled across a waterfall with a lake at the bottom of it. He took off his clothes, lying them on the rocks. He jumped in, splashing water all throughout his body. He went under, and came back up, stroking his hands through his hair. His blonde hair looked much darker now, and he just sat back, floating, relaxing. "WHY AM I SO STUPID!" He screamed. "STOP BEING MAD AT TETRA, SHE DIDN'T DO ANYTHING MAJOR ENOUGH FOR ME TO BE THIS MAD AT HER!" He went back under the water, letting himself sink down to the bottom. He opened his eyes, seeing fish all around him, and seeing the plants at the bottom.
"Link man, you 'ought to get some clothes on ya before ya freeze yourself lad. Heh heh heh." Link popped up, floating to the surface, looking around, wondering who said that. "You might want to keep it down too before some of the natives hear ya and shoot your pretty little ass off." Link swam over to his clothes, about to grab his sword.
"Who are you? Show yourself. I have a weapon and I know how to use it!"
"You dumb ass, turn around and look at me." He turned around, seeing a really ugly teal fish, big lips, and red eyes. "What, don't say you've already forgotten about me, after all that help I gave you!" Link laughed, then forgot he was butt naked. He put his hands down, covering his privates.
"What are you doing here?" he said. "I thought you and your family were only around the ocean, not in random lakes!" The fish snickered.
"Well, I wasn't gonna say anything, but then... ha... butt... haha." The fish smirked at Link. Link shook his head, laughing in spite of the poor fish. 'He doesn't get much company I'm guessing' Link thought to himself. "Anyway, but then you were making a commotion so I figure, shut up before these visitors decide to kill you. I don't know if you know, but a couple miles back a town got burned down. I saw the flames and I heard the bombs."
"You know about these men?" Link said. "Can you tell me what you know?"
"HOLD ON THERE!" He said, shaking his head. "You know it comes for a price." Link swam over to his pack, seeing if maybe he had a piece of bread or something. He found a few pieces of bread, and threw them over towards the fish. "NOW THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKIN ABOUT!" The fish screamed, and did a back flip up in the air. Then, he put the bread in his fin and started talking as he was eating "These men really mean business. They're looking for a pirate who stole some of their treasure to them that could create a certain spell. This treasure the man stole could destroy all human kind if put in the hands of the wrong person. It's called... damn link where did you get this bread?" He smiled, and looked over at Link. Link didn't look too happy. "Sorry... well it's called the ocarina of time. I overheard them talking about it. They said that they have the song they need to make the ocarina grant what ever wish they desired. Legends before say that since the evil man Gannondorf couldn't gain control of the triforce, he finally gained control of the ocarina of time and played a song, such a song that could have made someone cry that's how beautiful it was. It's a complicated song, but I learned it after hearing the men sing it." He stopped and starting humming it. "Catchy, ain't it? Well, after Gannondorf had found it, he wished that he ruled Hyrule once again. That's when the Hero of time vanished, and it's said that the king of hyrule had used the ocarina to send Hyrule into a place not to be accessed to, along with Gannondorf. But, in order to make the ocarina work, a truly good deed must be done, well, actually that was Zelda's wish when she played the tune. From that day on, the ocarina was handed down generations to be kept away and never to be seen by anyone, as the melody was taught to the generations as well. Then, I guess these men have heard the tale and found Zelda's tracks back to a man with blue eyes and blonde hair. He came to this island as a visitor, and when he arrived that's when the island got attacked. My guess is the lad that came here has the ocarina, or knows where it is. Apparently the guy is a pirate, so who knows. All I know is whoever has the ocarina better high tail it out of here or destroy it before something really bad could happen."