Chapter 5
WARNING: very long chapter!
Sunset was coming quickly, the sun rolling slowly through the blue sky. Birds were flying to their nests and animals to their burrows. Meanwhile...
"I don't think this is a good idea..." Guin said quietly.
"Don't worry, I just want to see what's inside the door..." Ander said reassuringly. He walked softly through the hallway a up to the door. The mysterious mark was there for a reason, but for what?
"I know what's inside the door. I've seen it in there." Guin swayed back and forth clutching and squeezing his tail, "If you want to know I'll tell you. It's just a kid, about your age. That's all that's in there."
"Why is it so secret then?"
"I dunno. The Master just doesn't like it when people go in there. Also, the guy never wakes up so..."
"Well how did you find out?" Ander lifted and eyebrow.
"I saw when I was dared to go take the Master's keys. I did.." He looked shamefully down at his feet, "I opened the door. And once he saw me there, he was so angry. I was laughed at for more than a week." Guin looked back up, "Please, just don't."
Ander smiled truthfully, "Alright, I wont." He walked back to the main room where the Drakai was waiting. But I want to see what's inside those pirate ships," he said walking to the door.
Just when Guin looked happy for a second is attitude changed to the way it was before. " Noooooo. Stop it." He flew through the room and grabbed onto Ander's arm, "Just stay here."
"Awe, you're making me feel bad. Look, I'll only be a second..."
Guin released his grip and looked down, "Ok, but I'm coming with you. Friends stick together."
"Are you sure?" Ander said, "We might get caught by Kiri..."
"No! I'm coming and that's my decision."
They walked out the door and quickly hid from sight in the trees. They walked just beside the beach, cautiously making sure no one from the orphanage could see them. They came to the docks that lead around a rock wall to the ships.
"Ok... How are we going to get to the ships?" Guin asked Ander, "There aren't any dinghies that aren't being used." He pointed to all the little boats with women rowing through the water around the ships.
"Wow, they're beautiful..." Ander said looking at the women. They had long red hair, beautiful eyes, baggy pants and short-sleeved tops.
"Maybe, but don't be fooled!" Guin said urgently, "They're very mean. A couple kids got caught by them and it the Master had to spend a fortune to get them back. That's why the orphanage is so poor."
"I have an idea. Why don't we grab some driftwood, float over to the ships, and crawl up the anchor chains?" Ander said looking very determined, "it's fool proof."
Guin looked worried, " Well, I may not be a fool, but I can't touch water..."
"Why not?"
"I'm use to living in volcanoes. Fire doesn't effect me, but water does."
Ander changed his expression, "Oh..." He looked like he was concentrating very hard. "Why don't you fly over head and meet me at the chains just above the water?"
"Ok... If you say so, but, don't get spotted, whatever you do..." Guin seemed to always seem so glum.
Guin opened his wings and took off towards the sky. Ander watched him for a second, envying guin's ability to fly. He quickly ran to the shoreline and grabbed a big piece of wood that he could hide behind while he swam. He jumped into the water and began to swim towards the ships.
"Why is that log moving so fast?" One of the pirates in a dinghy asked the other pirate.
"I dunno...But that's strange, the tide's going out. How is it possible for it to be going in that direction?"
"Probably just a beaver."
"Yeah, but let's check it anyway."
They rowed over to the log and ran over it with the small boat, "That'll teach those beavers a lesson to come around here."
Ander was swimming to the ships when suddenly something hard hit the back of his head. He tried to look up to see it but a paddle quickly hit him in the face. Owie, he thought as he opened his mouth to yell, but it only turned to a bubble and rose to the surface. He rubbed his head roughly and continued on to the ships, taking short breaks to breathe. After twenty long minutes he reached a long thick, metal chain hanging down from the bow and trailing down into the deep ocean.
Ander grabbed hold and began to pull him self out of the water, link by link up the chain.
"Hillo," Guin whispered as he waited at the top, just below the bow, hanging on to the wood with his claws.
"Hey," Ander whispered back, "How long have you been waiting?"
"I dunno, not too long," Guin was definitely lying but he wasn't capable of hurting Ander's feelings, "So, what do we do now? It's heavily guarded on the deck but I've looked through a couple of windows and there aren't very many rooms with pirates in them."
"Hmm, let's go through one of the windows that leads into an unoccupied room."
"That one's the closest," Guin said pointing to a window two meters away."
"I can't jump that far!" Ander exclaimed silently, "Hey, can you carry me over?"
"I dunno, my wings haven't grown into my size yet. I have hard enough trouble keeping myself in the air. But, I'll try," Guin gathered his courage and grabbed Ander just underneath his armpits, "I don't know if I'll make it..."
Guin lept from the chains and began flapping his wing wildly, trying his hardest to stay airborne.
"Oh no!" Guin began to lose his grip on Ander and struggled to keep him up. Doing this, he lost control of the air and began to fall slowly. "Shoot! I'm gonna die!" Guin started crying as he struggled to regain control. But they were falling, no doubt about it.
Thinking fast, Ander drew one of his swords and dug it deep into the wood of the ship. Ander hung on as Guin lost his grip and fell but quickly latched onto Ander's foot for dear life. His claws dug into the leather on his boots but Ander shook the pain off instantly.
"Are you ok?" Ander asked Guin, who was scared out of his skin.
"Yeah, but, I don't want to do that again," tears were dripping from his face as he looked down at the water.
"That's ok, I can probably get to the window from here..." Ander looked at the window, which was just above him. "You can let go now..."
"Ok," Guin swung onto the wood beside Ander and dug his claws into it. "I'll climb in the window after you."
Ander drew his other sword and dug it into the wood higher than the other. He pulled himself up. He began climbing the wood, one sword after the other digging into the wood, "man, you need a lot of body strength for this," He mumbled in-between his teeth. He grabbed the windowsill and hauled himself up.
"Can you give me a boost, Guin?" Ander was half in the room and hanging, looking quite helpless. Guin flew over to him and gave him a small nudhe. It was enough to sent him tumbling to the floor, "Hmm, nice wool carpet, that's for sure," Ander said his face pressed against the red Gerudo carpet. He quickly got up and looked around the room was completely empty, other than a big chandelier hanging from the ceiling.
"Ok, you can come in now," Ander whispered.
Guin stuck his head in but his eyes widened in surprise, "Ander, look out! There's a Pirate above you!"
Ander looked up at the chandelier, and there she was, a pirate!
"So, you found me," the pirate jumped from the ceiling, twirled in the air and landed softly on her feet. She drew two machetes and didn't look like she was going to let Ander get away.
Ander just stood stunned, he was much to dazzled by her beauty.
"Ander, snap out of it!" Guin was yelling at him. He smashed the window and threw a piece of glass in front of him.
"Whoa!" Ander yelped breaking the stare. He looked up at Guin, "Hey, who's side are you on?"
"Sorry," Guin squeaked hiding a bit.
"Hey, pay attention!" The pirate leaped in front of Ander and swiped at his right shoulder with the machete, leaving a bloodied scratch.
"Ow!" Ander said clutching his shoulder, "You b-," Ander was cut off by Guin.
"Draw your weapons Ander! Your weapons!"
Ander reached for his daggers but the tip of a machete was raised to his throat, "Don't even move." The pirate was so close to his face he could see the anger in her eyes, "You," she said giving Ander a mean look, " you are foolish to come here! And your friend too! You both will be put in cells and-," she looked up to the window where Guin was, " He's gone! Oh, well, I don't blame him for leaving you. I would've done the same!" She laughed mockingly, "Turn around," she said to Ander.
Ander immediately obeyed; that machete looked sharp! He turned around quickly, seeing the pirate raise the sword threateningly. The pirate raised her hand and hit Ander in the back of the head with the handle of the machete and he fell to the ground unconscious.
Guin flew through the air flapping his wings wildly, trying his hardest to get back to the orphanage. He must tell someone that Ander was captured! He landed and ran across the soft sand of the beach. He turned the corner of the orphanage just to find the same group that had picked on him before standing just outside the door..
"Well, we've been waiting for you!" The black haired one said, "And look, your friend isn't with you." He looked around to his buddies, "This will be fun." They closed around him and tied him up, so he couldn't move his arms or his wings. They wrapped a clothe around his mouth and tied his tail to his legs. Guin tried to scream but only came out a soft murmur.
The black haired one took something out of his pocket and jingled it in front of Guin's face. The master's keys! Guin thought. "You know where you're going?" he said to Guin.
Ander awoke on a wooden cold floor, laying face down. He got up and looked around, "Oh, wonderful, I'm in a dungeon." The only thing other than dust and bars in the cell was a lantern hanging from the ceiling.
"Ok...let's see what can get me out of here..." Ander began rummaging through his tunic pockets, "A bottle...a flask...geeze! There isn't anything I can-," He pulled the ocarina out of his pocket, "Huh?" He whispered as he unraveled a piece of parchment that was wrapped around the mouthpiece, "Play...this...song?" All this Ancient hylian stuff was making his head hurt. Beside the message there was a musical staff. He looked back at the ocarina and was shocked. " The-the sign of the Triforce!" he stuttered as he looked at the Triforce marking carved into the mouthpiece.
Guin yelled as loud as he could, although it turned to only be a quiet mumble. Those stinkers! He thought, why did they lock me in here!? The bullies had locked him in the room the master keeps secret. He was lying on the ground and was very miserable,
Guin stood up and looked at the man lying on the bed. He was tanned, around 6 feet tall, skinny, and his ears were very long. He wore a green tunic, a long green hat, black pants and brown boots. A Hylian shield and a sword lay nuzzled on his chest.
Guin sat back down, it sure is empty in here, he thought. There was simply the bed, the man and a small candle that Guin had lit. How am I going to get out of here? He wondered.
Ander sat on the ground trying his hardest to play the ocarina, "Huh, how do I hold this crazy contraption?" he said while positioning his fingers but dropped it for the fifth time, "Arg!" he yelped in frustration, "If only I was left handed, this would be a whole lot easier! Alright...left hand, curved over top; right hand, swung underneath...this is annoying!" he muttered as he dropped it again.
After a few more tries to hold it began to feel comfortable in his hands, "Hey, I got it!" he said happily, "Now to try and play it..." As soon as he pressed his lips to the mouthpiece, everything around him turned white. It was so bright he held up a hand to cover his eyes. The light began to lower a little but everything around him was foggy. I dropped his hand to reveal a woman standing in front of him. She had long blond hair spilling down her back and she had beautiful blue eyes. She wore a long pink dress and the sign of the triforce was on her dress. She was pale and very fair and her eyes were deep blue.
She spoke to him with soft but urgent words, "Awaken the Hero of Time, play the song on the paper!"
Before Ander could say anything he was back at the prison holding the ocarina, "What just happened? Who was that beautiful women?" He questioned himself. " The song on the paper..." He picked the piece of parchment up from the ground and held it in front of him, "Awaken...?" He looked at the ocarina in his other hand, "Well, it's worth a try..." He again pressed his lips against the clay mouthpiece and tooted a note, "Yay! I'm good at this already!" He played a couple notes and was very satisfied. He began to play the song and something was flowing through him as he played it, as if it wasn't him, he was playing it!! The notes came one after the other and they sounded so beautiful to his ears. The song ended and he held the ocarina in his hands. Something was coursing through his fingers as he held it.
"Weird..." Ander said. He waited for something to happen, "nothing," he said. Must've been a dream, he thought, recalling the strange meeting with that woman. He lay back down and put the ocarina back in his tunic pocket.
Guin sat on the ground, slowly falling asleep. It was useless to yell. He wondered how long he'd be in here. He might starve to death! In fact, he thought, how could that man stay in here for all that time without dying...maybe he is dead!
Guin sat up and looked at the man. His chest was rising and falling softly. So he isn't dead...Guin thought. Suddenly, the man moved. Guin panicked as the man sat up and brushed the shield and sword down to the floor, "Oooh, how long have I been sleeping, and where am I?" the man looked around and hi eyes fell on Guin. " AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!" The man screamed.
Guin was so scared he screamed to, but again only came out muffled.
Kiri awoke from his sleep hearing screams. He quickly got up, grabbed a broom that was lying beside the bookshelf and he headed out hi room, unaware of hitting the lantern down from the ceiling with the broom, starting a fire. He ran into the main room and everyone was slowly awaking from a deep sleep. He heard fire crackling and looked back at his room. " FIRE! EVERYONE OUT!" He yelled. The kids were very startled and ran outside but still were half asleep. Once everyone was out he began calling names and counting how many there were. "Where are Guin and Ander? And what about that boy he promised to protect?!" the fire was getting bigger by the second and the left of the orphanage was completely demolished. Soon the main room and the other room would be in flames. He swore he didn't see Ander or Guin inside before...
The man stopped screaming and looked at Guin, "I hear fire! Here let me untie you!" He drew his sword and cut all the rope around him. Guin felt very happy to be able to move again.
"We need to get out of here!" The man sheathed his sword and attached it to the shield. He swung the equipment over his head and around his shoulder, "It sure feels good to be back again." He said. He grabbed Guin and ran to the door and jiggled the handle, "locked!" he muttered. He took something from underneath his shield and placed it on the ground. "Ok, kid, stand clear!" The abject exploded, which was clearly a bomb, leaving the door in splinters. He grabbed Guin again and rushed out of the building. Lots of kids waited outside looking at the stranger curiously. He put Guin back on the ground and looked at the burning cottage.
Kiri looked stunned at the man. Shouldn't he be asleep? He thought. He walked up to the man and looked at him, "You're awake...finally. You've been asleep for a very long time..."
"Tell me later." The man said, "Hmm, we could use some water..." he said looking at the burning orphanage. He closed his eyes and began to chant,
"Sage of the water, lend me your power to restore this from the fire!"
The man extended his hands and water blasted forth and devoured the fire.
"Magic..." some of the kids were whispering to each other about the stranger.
The fire was completely out now, but not so much for the orphanage. Every inch of it was burnt.
"Thank you," Guin said shyly, "for saving my life and untying me."
"No problem, and, nice wings," the commented happily.
Kiri stepped forward, " thank you," Kiri said sadly, "but, we still lost one..." He looked down at Guin, "Ander..."
Guin looked up, "No! He was captured by the Pirates!"
Ander had fallen asleep and was having no dreams at all. He woke up suddenly when the cell door opened up. The man wore a green tunic and seemed to look a lot like the hero in the history books he read back at his village.
"So you're Ander! Hi! I'm Link!" Now I'm really seeing ghosts! Ander thought. The man looked at the bars and took out a pair of golden gloves, " Since I don't have a key, we'll hafta do this the harder way!" He grabbed two of the bars and pried them open, "Golden Gauntlets always come in hand!"
Ander walked through the bars, "Tank you! I'm Ander!" He said shaking Link's hand.
"Great to meet you. Now let's go!" He said pointing towards the door.
"How did you get past all the guards?" Ander asked Link as they walked through the door.
"Simple, you just run by them!"
"But wouldn't that mean..." They walked through another door and at least five Pirates were standing there.
"Oh...dear..." Link hesitated.
"Crap!"
"Get them!" one of the pirates yelled. They sprung forth attacking them with spears.
"Ah ha!" Link drew a long shot and hooked it onto the door on the other side of the room. He grabbed Ander by the arm and they flew across the room. They quickly went through the door and held it shut. The pirates pounded against the door and were very angry. Link looked around the room and saw a chair.
"Hold the door!" Link said to Ander as he sprinted across the room, grabbed the chair and put it in front of the door.
"Will it hold them?" Ander asked.
"Not sure, probably for now though" Link answered. They sat down and Link began laughing, "Did you see your face!? You were so scared!" Ander turned very red in embarrassment.
"Well, you were pretty scared yourself!" Ander said angrily a bit.
"No kiddin'," Link said. He yawned, "All this time, I've been asleep! And I wake up to dragon breeds! What else did I miss?"
"A whole lot!" A pirate walked from the darkness. She looked very angry and her eyes had a reddish glow in them.
Whew! Longest chap ive ever wrote!
Plz RR. thanx