Niko

Link soon found Niko, an ugly buck-toothed pirate.

The pirate's voice was so annoying, and Link cringed the moment the pirate spoke to him.

"So, you're the new swabbie, eh?" Niko asked.

Link cringed, but then regained confidence, "Yes. Yes I am!" he said defiantly.

The pirate chuckled. "Well you're going to have to take the test all the new swabbies have to take!"

Link glared at Niko, "Will you stop calling me swabbie?"

"Heh heh heh heh! No," Niko replied flatly.

"As long as you're my underling, I can boss you around, and call you whatever I want!"

Link grumbled.

"So what's the test?" He asked.

Niko did the annoying laugh again.

"Heh heh! Well, first, you have to step on this switch!"

Niko did so, and platforms rose up out of the floor.

"And then you've got to jump onto the first platform."

Niko did this.

"But the other platforms are too far apart. Notice these hanging lanterns. They're like ropes, you see? So you've got to jump, grab onto them, and then swing to the next platform."

He did this until he was finally to the other doorway.

"And you have a time limit!" Niko laughed hysterically, "This is gonna take you years kid! Long, long years!"

And with that, Neko sat and waited.

Link's eyes were aflame, "I'll show you, you lame ass pirate!"

Link began to try. And try. And try again.

"Ow!" He exclaimed from the floor, "Can't we just pretend like I did it all?"

Niko laughed insanely.

"Oh, that was funny, heh heh! Heh heh!"

Link glared up at him.

"I'm...going...to...kill you..." He said through clenched teeth.

He climbed back up the ladder and started again.

Finally he got to the other side, and began punching Niko into a bloody pulp.

"OUCH! THAT HURT, DAMMIT!" Niko yelled.

"Now give me the goods, before I am forced to put you out of your misery!" Link growled, his sword pointed at Niko's heart.

"Ok, ok! Just don't hurt me again!" Niko whimpered.

He gave Link an ugly looking bag.

"I'm not here to go trick or treating. Is this all you've got?" Link said angrily, poking the bag with the tip of his sword.

"It's a goody bag... You keep things you get from enemies in it!" Niko squeaked, "I-is there s-something else you want?"

"Hmm... Yes, actually, there is something else I want from you! Your money! And if you don't give it to me, I'll be forced to cut off your... Well, let's just say that girls won't like you so much... IF, you know what I mean..." Link said.

Niko emptied his pockets. Link grinned with satisfaction.

Then Niko began to talk about the bag.

Link raised a brow, looking back at the bag distastefully.

Tetra called down to them, "WE'RE ARRIVING AT THE FORSAKEN FORTRESS! LINK, GET YOUR ASS UP HERE NOW!"

Link shuddered at the sound of her voice, and hoped that she wouldn't try to kill him.

"Link! I'm in the crow's nest! Get up here!" Tetra called.

"NO! I'M AFRAID OF HEIGHTS! And you too, of course..." Link replied.

"NOW!" She screamed.

"NO!"

"YES!" Tetra was very pissed now.

"NOOOO!"

"DON'T MAKE ME COME DOWN THERE!" She threatened.

"Ok, I'm coming up!"

Link climbed up to the crow's nest. Tetra was sitting on the ledge of the crow's nest, glaring at him.

"Ok, so here's the plan. We're right near the Forsaken Fortress, but we can't just bring you directly there all willy-nilly. We'd get caught! So, we'll put you in a barrel, and use a catapult to throw you, and then pray that you go through a window. Ok?"

"Ok," Link replied.

He paused for a moment, "Uh... Wait a sec... Could you repeat that? 'Cause I thought you said that you were gonna put me in a barrel, and catapult me threw a window."

But before he knew it, he was in a barrel.

Gonzo prepared to pull the lever, "I'll miss you..." He whispered to Link.

"WHAT THE HELL DID I EVER DO TO YOU? AND BESIDES, I THINK THIS IS ILLEGAL! DAMMIT TETRA, YOU'RE SUCH A BI-AAAAAAAAHHHH!"

But before Link could finish his protest, he was shot out of the cannon, and flew screaming and swearing towards the Forsaken Fortress.