Author's Note: I'm glad people are enjoying this story. I usually don't get a chance to write…uh type that much, but when I do I try to get as much as I can done. If things in my story don't make sense yet, they should become clear in later chapters. Thanks to the reviewers.

Chapter 2: Thunderstruck

Zelda awoke a while later and walked outside to the deck of the ship. She saw Link standing on top of the bow. Zelda approached him.

"Morning." She said plainly.

"More like mid-afternoon." He said turning to her, "Sleep well?"

She nodded, "But visions had me awake for awhile."

"Oh yeah?" Link asked intrigued, "Of what?"

"A young couple…or so it seemed."

"Think it has anything to do with our mission now?"

"I'm not sure."

Link laughed and looked back out towards the sea, "I guess we're about to find out."

Soon enough one of the islands came into view. Link jumped off his perch and asked one of the crew if that was where they were going to make landfall. The crewman nodded and continued with his work. Good, they were getting off soon, any more of this boat ride would have killed him. The ship got to a point were Link could clearly see the town and port. The town was rich in color and very lively with people unlike back home. There were many shops and vendors that people bought from, some fruit, some weapons, and many other different kinds. The sea air had dulled Link's broadsword a little so he couldn't wait to sharpen it.

The boat docked and allowed people to get off. Link and Zelda's stash of food had been gone by then and they took the time to visit one of the local restaurants that the island had. The food needed a little getting used to. This country was quite advanced for its time. Link looked around his surroundings, the island was very beautiful, but crowded by people in the plaza. They headed to the nearest inn when Zelda spotted a woman trying to move a heavy wagon. Zelda walked over to her.

The woman sighed, "I should have asked Charlie to come with me." Zelda overheard.

"Excuse me, do you need some help?" Zelda asked.

"Yes, terribly." She said.

"Alright, I'll be right back." Zelda ran over to Link, "Link, lets help her."

"Why?"

"I saw that girl in one of my visions last night, we might need to help this girl to find out what is really going on here." Zelda explained.

"Well, in that case." Link walked over to the woman and began to pull the cart for her.

"Thank you, both." She smiled greatly.

"Not a problem." Zelda answered.

"What do you mean 'Not a problem." I'm the one pulling the cart." Link spat.

The girls laughed and made Link pull the cart back to her house.

"So, who are you guys…never seen you around here before."

"Oh! I'm Zelda and that is my protector and best friend Link."

"A protector huh…I have one of those too. I'm Claire, nice to meet you."

"Is your protector as bitter as mine?" Zelda asked.

"I'm not bitter, just when I'm pulling a cart that weighs a metric ton." Link scolded.

"No, he's not bitter, quite the contrary actually, he's very sweet…just spacey."

"What's his name?" Zelda asked.

"Charlie." She said simply.

Claire had led them to her small beachside house. It sat atop a cliff overlooking the beach. Behind it was a small lake with a waterfall, a very tropical setting. Zelda looked around at the scenery with a look of awe on her face. Link was trying to shift the extremely heavy cart into a shed-like building. After the cart was safely tucked away Claire went in to make tea. Link sensed something andfixed his eyes on the forest beyond the lake. Zelda walked up to him.

"What's the matter?"

"Something's out there." He answered sternly.

Quickly Link drew his dulled broadsword as a small whirling noise could be heard from inside the woods. The sound began to get louder and louder until…

Link was attacked from his left side, and at the last second he jumped to his right. Zelda ran off inside to get Claire. The Hero of Time got a look at his attacker. The figure in front of him was about the same height as he was, he had light brown hair and his eyes were a violent red.

"What's your business here?" he asked Link.

"I'm just a friend of Claire's alright?" Link tried.

Claire and Zelda appeared on the deck of the house, "Charlie stop!"

Charlie had a stunned look on his face that quickly went away and with it his eyes went from red to a dark blue. "Is he really a friend of yours?"

"Yes he is, please, they are welcome here."

Charlie turned back to Link, "I apologize."

Link nodded and the four of them proceeded into the house and Claire led the introductions.

"You must be good at swordsmanship Link, there aren't to many who could dodge that attack." Charlie said.

Link chuckled, "I almost didn't, but even if we were still fighting I wouldn't be able to harm you."

Charlie finished swallowing his tea, "Why's that?"

"My sword became dull from the sea air."

"That seems to happen a lot around here, if your not careful your sword could even break if you don't fix it fast enough. I could sharpen it for you if ya want."

"You can do that?"

"I work at the blacksmith's in town so I have all the tools I need here."

"It wouldn't be to much trouble?" Link asked.

"Not at all, one, one and a half hours tops." Charlie explained, "It's the least I could do for tryin' to kill ya."

"Thanks, very much." Link nodded.

Charlie was about to begin work when Claire called back to him.

"Hey Charlie, I was talking to that oracle guy in town today"-

"Not that again, Claire, don't go near him."

Just as he was about to turn around- "He said there was going to be a thunderstorm tonight."

Charlie walked back over to the table and layed Link's sword down. "Your sword will have to wait till tomorrow."

Link nodded and Charlie walked outside. He began to gather firewood at the shore. Link and the others watched him as he built this amazingly tall fire pit. Claire walked out to him and handed him what looked like, an egg. Link shot a confused look to Zelda.

"You hold on to it." Charlie said to Claire, "I need you to climb onto my shoulders and place it on top."

She nodded and situated herself on his shoulders. He lifted her up and she gently placed this egg on the very tip of the pillar. Claire got down and they both walked back up to Link and Zelda.

"Now we wait for the storm." Charlie said with a smile.

Night had come and Link and Zelda were offered to stay there for the night. They got settled into there beds and fell asleep, it was of course, after all, a long day. Three hours later Claire woke them up and she led them out to the front deck. Clearly the winds had picked up and thunder could be heard in the distance. They could see Charlie down by the beach preparing for something.

"What's he doing?" Link asked.

"I'm not really sure what it is he's doing." Claire answered, "He was told to do this, by someone in town."

"Do you know what is in the egg?"

"We don't know, we just found it on the beach one day."

The wind grew stronger every second now and Charlie lit the bonfire around the egg. Lightning streaked across the sky and came dangerously close to striking the ground. The storm grew to its peak and in one last surge struck the tiny egg making the fire turn blue. Then all at once the storm stopped and the egg had vanished.

"That's new." Charlie said bewildered.

"It just vanished." Link said as he readjusted his hat.

"Four years of wasting our time doing this every time a thunderstorm hit and all it does is vanish." Charlie grew pissed and kicked over the pillar of wood.

"Son of a"-

"Charlie come back inside." Claire sweet voice called to him.

Then quietly to himself he said,

'If only you knew, Claire.'