"We've landed?" Tetra said to herself.
"Merking Isle is right up ahead... right Link?"
"Ah... I hope so."
"What do you mean, you hope so?" Tetra said looking at Link.
"Well, I kinda guessed we'd end up here, I wasn't sure."
"You guessed?! You put all of our lives on the line, and you were'nt even sure?!"
"Yeah, something like that." Link said grinning.
Tetra sighed," Why can't I stay mad at you?"
"My boyish charm? My handsome good looks? My go get um' attitude?"
"Link, look out there for that island before I smack you."
"Yes ma'am." Link said cheerily.
"Uh oh."Link said looking through a telescope.
"That's never a good sign." Tetra thought to herself.
"What is it Link?"
"There's a huge canyon up ahead, and Merking Isle is at the end of it."
"So, let's just manuever around the rocks in there."
"We're too big! We'd never make it in there!"
"What about your boat?"
"......"
"Don't tell me all this sailing we've been doing has made you forget about the King of Red Lions?"
"I- it just doesn't feel right to use him."
"Why not- oh, yeah, I kinda forgot about that."
"A dead ship..." Tetra whispered yo herself.
"Link, we have to use it. How else will we get in there?"
"Errrr, I don't know.... Fine! Let's use him."
"Thanks Link."
"Yeah, well... you know." Link mumbled.
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"Okay Ms. Tetra, I'm lowering it down!" Gonzo yelled down to them.
"Hey Gonzo! I'll catch it!" Link said as the merberry lowered.
"Okay then..." Gonzo said turning the crank so the crane was above him.
"Catch it."
Then Gonzo let go of the rope and the merberry hit Link square on the noggin.
"Gonzo! Why didn't you lower it like you were! Link could be unconcious!" Tetra yelled up to the boat.
"Gee Ms. Tetra, I must've accidently let go of the rope, I never was good with my hands." Gonzo said in a sarcastic tone.
"Gonzo...." Tetra said rolling her eyes.
"Unnngh, what happened?" Link said pushing the heavy fruit off his body.
"Gonzo let go of the rope." Tetra said.
"I'll get him for it later, right now we got to get to the Merking."
"Yeah, no sense dwelling on the past." **************************************************
Link and Tetra are now manuevering around the many steep butte/islands that stand before them.
"Hey look at that fruit over there." Link said looking at the canyon wall.
"I wouldn't eat it unless you knew what it was." Tetra said to Link.
But it was too late, Link took a bite out of it, then another, than ate the whole thing.
"Man these are tasty, and they fill you up to, I can barely move."
"And for good reason." Tetra said pointing to Link's stomach.
"Ah! I've gained like 12 pounds!" Link said.
"And gaining." Tetra said looking at Link's ever growing stomach.
"What am I gonna do?!" Link said hysterically.
"Well, mabye the Merking can give us a remedy before your crawfish shirt, and orange pants bust."
"I hope so! My grandma knitted these, and I don't have spares!"
"Well we'd better hurry then."
Link grabbed a couple of those fruits, put them in his pocket, and went on his way.
When they arrived, Link could barely fit in the boat.
"Wow this chamber is huge!" Tetra said looking around at the cave of the Merking.
"Yeah, well let's get cracking." Link said as he waddled toward Tetra.
"Hee, hee!" Tetra snickered.
"What's so funny?!" Link said blushing.
"Oh nothing, Now, let's see, uh, toss the fruit into that lake, right?"
"I guess." Link said shrugging.
So, Tetra threw the fruit into the lake. Then before the fruit could float, a huge mouth engulfed it.
"OH, HO, HO, HO! VISITORS! BEARING MY FAVORITE FOOD I MIGHT ADD!" A loud booming voice said, echoing throughout the cavern.
"What was that?" Link said wide-eyed.
"My bets are on the Merking." Tetra said smiling.
"WHY HAVE YOU COME HERE! A REASON I REQUIRE!"
"We have come for an upgrade of this map!, and a remedy for this fruit my friend ate!"
"SAY NO MORE!" The Merking said, lifting his head out of the water."LET ME SEE YOUR MAP!" Tetra hands him the map," AN UPGRADE SHALL BE GIVEN TO YOU!" Then the Merking pulled out a small brush, and a strange glass object.
"HERE YOU GO!, THE MAGNIMAP IS A VERY USEFUL TOOL FOR MAPS THIS IMMENSE, ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS LOOK INTO IT, AND SCROLL THE MANIFICATION BAR TO SEE THE SMALLEST DETAILS. I HAVE PUT DOWN EVERY MAP AVAILABLE TO ME FROM MY MERMAN ACROSS THE SEAS."
"Um, what about my friend here?" Tetra said pointing to the rolypoly Link.
"DID HE EAT THE GROWFRUIT? HA HA HA! HOW STUPID CAN ONE- WAIT A MINUTE....HAVEN'T I SEEN YOU BEFORE? YES... YOUR THE ONE WHO 107 YEARS AGO PUT ME IN A BOTTLE, AND THREW ME IN FRONT OF A GIANT FISH, WHO I REMEMBER SWALLOWED ME WHOLE!"
"Um... Link's 13."
"YES, YOU ARE RIGHT, I JUST NEVER FORGOT THAT MOMENT."
"Well, that was a great story but can we have that remedy?" Tetra said impatient.
"OKAY, HAVE HIM EAT THIS."
"That looks like a rock."
"LOOKS ARE DECIEVING."
Then Tetra gave Link the rocklike edible, causing Link to suddenly deflate.
"Wow! I fell thinner than before I ate that fruit! Can I have some more of that?"
"THIS IS A VERY RARE PLANT, I CANNOT JUST GIVE YOU IT."
"Okay, then you might want these,-Link hands him some growfruit- I was going to get Gonzo back with these, but that didn't work out."
"Okay then, well let's go." Tetra said impatiently.
"Fine let's be going."
And off they went to the ship.
********************************************
"Link! The ship! Look!" Tetra said hysterically.
"What's a matte- oh, sweet heavens, the ship is disappearing!"
"What's happening?" Tetra yelled at the rocky wall.
"Big brother!" Aryll called. "Where are you?"
"Aryll I'm over here can you swim?"
"I think so, but not all the way."
"Let's go get her." Link said to Tetra.
***********************************
After they found Aryll... "Aryll what happened?" Link aid seriously.
"T-the ship was rocking, then we all heard this voice, and it was laughing, bad laughing, like that one guy, Ganon, but deeper."
"That is not good." Link thought to himself.
"I jumped out before I disappeared, and I saved the flute."
"My Ocarina! That was what that thing was after."
"But only a few of us really know except..."Link started.
"Gonzo." Link and Tetra said at once.
"But why would he betray us?"Link said.
"I don't know, but we'll find out soon." Tetra said determined.
Then they looked at the map.
"The Salty Seas." Tetra said setting the sail in the right direction, "We should be there by morning"
Then they set sail into the morning's dawn.
"Merking Isle is right up ahead... right Link?"
"Ah... I hope so."
"What do you mean, you hope so?" Tetra said looking at Link.
"Well, I kinda guessed we'd end up here, I wasn't sure."
"You guessed?! You put all of our lives on the line, and you were'nt even sure?!"
"Yeah, something like that." Link said grinning.
Tetra sighed," Why can't I stay mad at you?"
"My boyish charm? My handsome good looks? My go get um' attitude?"
"Link, look out there for that island before I smack you."
"Yes ma'am." Link said cheerily.
"Uh oh."Link said looking through a telescope.
"That's never a good sign." Tetra thought to herself.
"What is it Link?"
"There's a huge canyon up ahead, and Merking Isle is at the end of it."
"So, let's just manuever around the rocks in there."
"We're too big! We'd never make it in there!"
"What about your boat?"
"......"
"Don't tell me all this sailing we've been doing has made you forget about the King of Red Lions?"
"I- it just doesn't feel right to use him."
"Why not- oh, yeah, I kinda forgot about that."
"A dead ship..." Tetra whispered yo herself.
"Link, we have to use it. How else will we get in there?"
"Errrr, I don't know.... Fine! Let's use him."
"Thanks Link."
"Yeah, well... you know." Link mumbled.
**************************************
"Okay Ms. Tetra, I'm lowering it down!" Gonzo yelled down to them.
"Hey Gonzo! I'll catch it!" Link said as the merberry lowered.
"Okay then..." Gonzo said turning the crank so the crane was above him.
"Catch it."
Then Gonzo let go of the rope and the merberry hit Link square on the noggin.
"Gonzo! Why didn't you lower it like you were! Link could be unconcious!" Tetra yelled up to the boat.
"Gee Ms. Tetra, I must've accidently let go of the rope, I never was good with my hands." Gonzo said in a sarcastic tone.
"Gonzo...." Tetra said rolling her eyes.
"Unnngh, what happened?" Link said pushing the heavy fruit off his body.
"Gonzo let go of the rope." Tetra said.
"I'll get him for it later, right now we got to get to the Merking."
"Yeah, no sense dwelling on the past." **************************************************
Link and Tetra are now manuevering around the many steep butte/islands that stand before them.
"Hey look at that fruit over there." Link said looking at the canyon wall.
"I wouldn't eat it unless you knew what it was." Tetra said to Link.
But it was too late, Link took a bite out of it, then another, than ate the whole thing.
"Man these are tasty, and they fill you up to, I can barely move."
"And for good reason." Tetra said pointing to Link's stomach.
"Ah! I've gained like 12 pounds!" Link said.
"And gaining." Tetra said looking at Link's ever growing stomach.
"What am I gonna do?!" Link said hysterically.
"Well, mabye the Merking can give us a remedy before your crawfish shirt, and orange pants bust."
"I hope so! My grandma knitted these, and I don't have spares!"
"Well we'd better hurry then."
Link grabbed a couple of those fruits, put them in his pocket, and went on his way.
When they arrived, Link could barely fit in the boat.
"Wow this chamber is huge!" Tetra said looking around at the cave of the Merking.
"Yeah, well let's get cracking." Link said as he waddled toward Tetra.
"Hee, hee!" Tetra snickered.
"What's so funny?!" Link said blushing.
"Oh nothing, Now, let's see, uh, toss the fruit into that lake, right?"
"I guess." Link said shrugging.
So, Tetra threw the fruit into the lake. Then before the fruit could float, a huge mouth engulfed it.
"OH, HO, HO, HO! VISITORS! BEARING MY FAVORITE FOOD I MIGHT ADD!" A loud booming voice said, echoing throughout the cavern.
"What was that?" Link said wide-eyed.
"My bets are on the Merking." Tetra said smiling.
"WHY HAVE YOU COME HERE! A REASON I REQUIRE!"
"We have come for an upgrade of this map!, and a remedy for this fruit my friend ate!"
"SAY NO MORE!" The Merking said, lifting his head out of the water."LET ME SEE YOUR MAP!" Tetra hands him the map," AN UPGRADE SHALL BE GIVEN TO YOU!" Then the Merking pulled out a small brush, and a strange glass object.
"HERE YOU GO!, THE MAGNIMAP IS A VERY USEFUL TOOL FOR MAPS THIS IMMENSE, ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS LOOK INTO IT, AND SCROLL THE MANIFICATION BAR TO SEE THE SMALLEST DETAILS. I HAVE PUT DOWN EVERY MAP AVAILABLE TO ME FROM MY MERMAN ACROSS THE SEAS."
"Um, what about my friend here?" Tetra said pointing to the rolypoly Link.
"DID HE EAT THE GROWFRUIT? HA HA HA! HOW STUPID CAN ONE- WAIT A MINUTE....HAVEN'T I SEEN YOU BEFORE? YES... YOUR THE ONE WHO 107 YEARS AGO PUT ME IN A BOTTLE, AND THREW ME IN FRONT OF A GIANT FISH, WHO I REMEMBER SWALLOWED ME WHOLE!"
"Um... Link's 13."
"YES, YOU ARE RIGHT, I JUST NEVER FORGOT THAT MOMENT."
"Well, that was a great story but can we have that remedy?" Tetra said impatient.
"OKAY, HAVE HIM EAT THIS."
"That looks like a rock."
"LOOKS ARE DECIEVING."
Then Tetra gave Link the rocklike edible, causing Link to suddenly deflate.
"Wow! I fell thinner than before I ate that fruit! Can I have some more of that?"
"THIS IS A VERY RARE PLANT, I CANNOT JUST GIVE YOU IT."
"Okay, then you might want these,-Link hands him some growfruit- I was going to get Gonzo back with these, but that didn't work out."
"Okay then, well let's go." Tetra said impatiently.
"Fine let's be going."
And off they went to the ship.
********************************************
"Link! The ship! Look!" Tetra said hysterically.
"What's a matte- oh, sweet heavens, the ship is disappearing!"
"What's happening?" Tetra yelled at the rocky wall.
"Big brother!" Aryll called. "Where are you?"
"Aryll I'm over here can you swim?"
"I think so, but not all the way."
"Let's go get her." Link said to Tetra.
***********************************
After they found Aryll... "Aryll what happened?" Link aid seriously.
"T-the ship was rocking, then we all heard this voice, and it was laughing, bad laughing, like that one guy, Ganon, but deeper."
"That is not good." Link thought to himself.
"I jumped out before I disappeared, and I saved the flute."
"My Ocarina! That was what that thing was after."
"But only a few of us really know except..."Link started.
"Gonzo." Link and Tetra said at once.
"But why would he betray us?"Link said.
"I don't know, but we'll find out soon." Tetra said determined.
Then they looked at the map.
"The Salty Seas." Tetra said setting the sail in the right direction, "We should be there by morning"
Then they set sail into the morning's dawn.