Visiting Islands

I had nothing more to do than just use a willow switch to keep my minions in check, so I decided to go to other islands.

I took up the guise as the sick-of-the-world man and rowed slowly to Windfall Island again. I met a bunch of little rascal who called themselves the Killer Bees. At first they seemed to be just little rapscallions, but when a kindly lady named Mrs. Marie tried to talk to them, they stuck out their tongues and pushed her away. The leader, a boy with brownish-orange hair named Ivan, yelled, "We'll never go to school, Teach'!"

I left Windfall Island and rowed North one quadrant. I was just rowing around, practicing my skills and making sure that there were Gyorgs around to kill sailors, when I felt panic rising in me. I had no idea why I was panicking until I saw a red boat with a boy in emerald cloth heading towards Windfall. I whispered, "Gyorgs, half of you, attack him! The others take me to another island! Quick, please!"

The Gyorgs did it without question. Soon, to my great relief, I was at an island with a giant volcano. My breathing returned to normal. I fell on the sand, gasping for breath.

"Are you okay, sir?" asked a voice. I looked up to see a Rito holding a wilted flower in his claw gazing anxiously at me to make sure that I was okay.

I got up and brushed sand from my knees. I didn't use the accent I had used last time. "I'm okay, son. Tell me, boyo, what island is this?"

"This is Dragon Roost Island, sir. Our dragon, Valoo Sky-Spirit, helps us Ritos. When we need to get our wings, we venture up to see Valoo." The Rito smiled. "My name is Prince Komali. Who are you?"

"My name's Ga – Ganit. My name's Ganit," I replied, smiling.

"Ganit, eh? Nice to meet you, Ganit." Komali looked around as if trying to find a topic.

I rolled my eyes with a smirk on my face. Let him feel uncomfortable. I was fine.

"I must be off," I finally called up to him. The Rito Prince nodded and I waved good-bye. I hopped into my rickety rowboat and rowed off.

'Ganit, huh? You really outdid yourself, Ganondorf. You really did!' I rolled my eyes as I thought these sarcastic thoughts. Suddenly, I remembered something.

Valoo Sky-Spirit was the dragon who had burned my Fortress, the Forsaken Fortress!

I made a rude sign at the dragon and gave a snarl. I then began rowing South.

I came upon Forest Haven. There were two wooden things that looked like trees, but one had been disheveled by evil. I beamed.

I walked along the pathway, trying to figure out how to get in, when I heard something that sounded slightly like the meow of a cat combined with a growl. I whirled around and saw a Boko Baba. It licked its lips happily. Then I realized that it thought that I was food.

"Quit it, stupid," I rebuked. I backhanded the ground minion. It gave another cat meow/growl. "It's your master, Ganondorf."

All of the Boko Babas hid in their buds and didn't come up later.

Except one.

I had one of them swallow me and then throw me across. They did just that.

I landed on rough floor. I jumped to another place and then had another Boko Baba grab me and throw me across to where an Octo resided. I nodded to the Octo for doing a good job and raced into Forest Haven.

In Forest Haven there was a talking tree!

The tree looked at me suspiciously and then began talking in Ancient Hylian. "Are you the man Ganondorf that my friend, Link, is chasing after?"

"Why, no sir," I replied in Ancient Hylian. That surprised the tree.

"Hoho! You can speak Ancient Hylian?" he asked in the same dialect he had been talking about.

"Of course. It's easy." I smiled in a friendly way. "I am Ganit. Who are you?"

"I'm the Great Deku Tree," he told me. The Deku Tree then called, "Come out, my little children, it's safe. This is a nice man named Ganit. He can speak Ancient Hylian."

The little wooden pixie-like beings came out, with leaf masks on.

"This is Aldo, Drona, Elma, Irch, Linder, Oakin, Olivio, Rown, ah, Hollo, come out from your research area, and Hollo."

"But I saw ten..." I whispered. I had seen ten of these being made by the Goddesses, why were there only nine?

"Every year, all but Hollo go off to plant Deku Seeds and start forests. All of their seeds have been planted, thanks to Link. They all came back here." Luckily, the Deku Tree hadn't heard my comment about there being ten. "Hollo stays and studies potions. Makar...he's not here right now. He went off with Link on an adventure."

My stomach clenched. I felt a lump in my throat.

"Oh dear, look at the time." I spoke in the new language, which I could remember better. "I must be off!"

I raced to my rowboat and began rowing furiously away.

Makar must've been one of the Sages, he must've! I quickly rowed back to the Forsaken Fortress and down to my new fort.

To my great surprise, it was complete.