The four companions lie on their boat, which was slowly bobbing, up and down, up and down, over the bright blue waves. Link lie asleep, resting after his fight with Ganondorf. Kilo was standing upright, facing out over the waves, diligently keeping watch of the horizon. Karen hung halfway off the boat, her hand dipped in the frigid cold water. Tetra was bent over a piece of paper, she had begun to chart this side of the world. It was late afternoon. The sun was setting with beautiful shades of purple, red, and orange. Everyone was wounded after the fight they had experienced. Link had the worst of it, he had burns all over his body. He had rubbed some of their water on them and then had fallen asleep. Everyone else had torn their clothing and wrapped the strips over their cuts. Everyone was alright, though a little shaken.

Everything was very calm, no fish, no birds, just absolute silence. This was a nice change from the battle cries and shrills of pain of the fight before. Tetra had just finished marking up the map and put it away, when a cry from Kilo broke the silence.

"GUYS!!!! GUYS!!!! THERE'S SOMETHING GIGANTIC IN THE WATER!!" Kilo screamed, veins appearing on his neck. Link awoke suddenly, with a great shock, and nearly fell overboard. Karen had began to topple over the boat, but Kilo grabbed her hand and pulled her back. Tetra sat calm in the middle of this. She simply gripped the handle of her blade.

They all ran to the edge of the boat and saw a large, snakelike figure moving under the water. Bubbles appeared on the surface of the water, and the shape began to surface. A large sea serpent reared it's head above the water, showering ice cold water all over the heroes. Kilo rubbed the water out of his eyes and looked up. He saw the face of the creature. It had a large yellow snout and long, long orange whiskers trailing down from the edges of it's nose to the surface of the water. The rest of the serpent was a bright red, except for the eyes. They were light blue, with what seemed to be a yellow hue in them.

All four of the companions stood, breathless in the presence of the snake. To the shock off all of them, it began to speak.

"Ahh…so YOU are the brave warriors I have been hearing about…" It's voice sounded very ancient and wise.

"Y-yes, that's us!" Link called up to the snake, his voice shaky.

"I know you want to slay the Evil One, Ganondorf." He looked at them and noted their shocked appearance. "You all are probably wondering how I found out about you…" the snake began with a slight smirk, "well, we undersea dwellers are just as much as informed as you surface dwellers. Many fish have the ability to swim on land, and know everything about you're adventures."

"Well…you know all of us, but we don't even have a name for you!" Tetra said, with the same smirk as the serpent.
The snake peered at them, decided whether or not he should answer them. At last he said, "They call me Merslick, the Ancient One. I've have been around since the seas flooded Hyrule, and even before that. I was but a mere water snake living in the lakes of the great land of Hyrule, but then the flood occurred. I was one of the only survivors…Most of the fish died, unable to deal with the changes to their environment. Octorks, Gyrogs, all predators of the sea spawned in the thousands. I only managed to survive because I grew nearly 50 times larger than I was before. But that's enough about me…I want to help you in your quest."

"What? How???" All four adventurers exclaimed, eyes wide with shock.

"Legend goes, that in the land deep under the sea there is a weapon of immense power…No one is quite sure of what that weapon is, all that is known is the weapon can bring even the mighty Ganondorf to his knees in an instant. Now, I can help all of you get to the bottom of the sea, it's in an ancient castle…There is air in that castle, but I'm not sure how long it will last. It's all up to you now, do you want to risk your necks for the weapon, or do you want to stay up here and be on your way?"

The heroes glanced at each other. The look in all of their eyes was the same.

They seemed to say, "Let's do it."

Link stared the ancient beast in the eyes and said, "Bring us down, Merslick."

Merslick smiled then turned and whipped around and dove. All heroes took a deep breath as Merslick wrapped his great tail onto the bow of the boat.

They moved swiftly below the surface of the water. Merslick's snakelike figure was wiggling through the water. Link, Tetra, and Kilo had their eyes open, Karen had shut her's tight.

30 seconds later

Link's throat had begun to burn. He HAD to take a breath. He glanced over at Tetra. Her face had begun to turn purple. Karen appeared to have passed out. Kilo looked as if he was about to explode. There looked as if there was no hope for our heroes…but then…Merslick swam quickly under a large structure and they emerged above the water. Merslick from them from his back, and the four of them landed hard against a cold, hard floor. They all gasped desperately for air. They were in a large, circular shaped room. They all glanced at each other. They were in the castle. Link slowly stood up, Kilo was not far behind. Tetra staggered to her feet. Kilo offered a hand to Karen. Karen grabbed his hand and Kilo pulled her up. All four of them were ready.

Link took in a deep breath and said, "Well…let's get started."

Tye Guy: Sorry for not updating this sooner. School and everything got in the way. Hope to write more on this soon!