Chapter Two: Koholint Island Resurrected

All that Tiger could remember of that fateful morning were bits and pieces about three seconds long. He couldn't hear anything, all he could see was sand and water, until he was rolled over by some humanoid figure. All he saw were two eyes, and he fell back into unconsciousness.

While unconscious, he had a dream, a strange dream the likes of which he had never had. In it, he heard a deep voice that made the shadows cringe and hide, that let the light shine brightly in the empty abyss. Tiger looked up, and saw an orb of light, radiating with holiness. Be it God, or something/someone else, nobody knows. It floated infront of Tiger's face, and spoke to him telepathically.

"Tiger, you are about to go on a sacred task." The orb said. "You have been chosen, as you generation's Hero, to restore order to your own world. The island in which your physical body is on at this particular moment was thought to be but a figment of the human imagination, but it actually exists! It appears once every hundred years, and you have stumbled upon it. Here, you must eliminate a very dangerous threat in able to spare your life..."

"...but let me warn you," the orb contenued, "the threat is not of flesh, nor of spirit. The threat lives within your won self..."

Tiger asked no questions, he just nodded. And with that, the light dissappeared, and everything grew blurry, then black...

"S, ke, up! Sir, u" said a strange voice as Tiger floated back into reality. "Sir, please wake up!"

Tiger looked around, and sat up in bed, startled at where he was at that time. It was a small cottage, simple, yet quaint. He looked towards the girl by his side, whom laid him back down. She stood no more than an inch-and-a-half higher than he, had on a beautiful dress, a flower in her hair, hair the color of the red rose, and eyes so soft, they seemed like they could put him in a trance for hours in an instant.

"You need not be alarmed." said the young woman. "I found you three days ago on the shoreline. You were severely dehydrated, and almost dead. That is when I brought you here, to my home."

"I...I appreciate it..." Tiger struggled to say, fatigue obviously keeping him from functioning properly. He looked in her eyes, and she in his. They fell silent, almost zoning out until they snap back to the real world.

"Oh," Marin sputtered, "p-p-please excuse me. Let me introduce myself. I am Marin, welcome to Koholint Island!"

Tiger nodded, knowing now what the light was talking about by the island. He smiled weakly and sat up in bed again. "I am Tiger, 'tis a pleasure..."

Marin softly pushed him back down. "Please try not to move, you are weary, and need rest..." She handed him a canteen of water, which he chugged down in no time. He handed it back to her, whom then placed it on the table by the bed. "Now, go ahead and rest, Tiger. I am sure you'll fall asleep in no time." And with that, she walked outside.

Tiger stayed up for a full ten minutes, trying to contemplate his situation. Finally, he decided to sleep on it, and closed his eyes slowly. No sooner did he close his eyes that the bottom fell out again. He heard Marin and a whole lot of the townsfolk scream in horror, as well as sounds of destruction radiating through the air. Tiger sighed, "Maybe I'm stricken with bad luck..." He stood up, and weakly staggered outside.

There, infront of his own two eyes, was a Moblin holding Marin hostage. "Here we go again..." Tiger said to himself, and he made a bee-line for the creature, the Triforce glowing brightly. He speared the monster, causing it to drop Marin, whom watched on in shock. Tiger somehow was rejuvinated by adrenaline, and he was kicking ass and taking names. He completely beat the hell out of that poor Moblin, while the others ran off. And with one death blow inflicted by its' own spear, the Moblin cried out one last time before dying. Tiger looked back at Marin, and collapsed to the ground.

Marin ran over and layed his head upon her lap. She looked down at him, and brushed her hand along his unconscious face. "Do not worry, Tiger, you'll be back in bed before you awaken." She, and the help of another local, carried Tiger back to the cottage, and back into bed. There he lay for the rest of the day into the next morning, Marin by his side and holding his hand, never letting go no matter what.

As Tiger woke again, he saw Marin asleep in a chair by his side, still holding his hand. he struggled to get up, and placed the blanket that was keeping him warm and put it around her. He grabbed his clothes (which were cleaned by the way after the last incident), and dress himself. He sat on a stool trying to tie his boots when Marin arose, looking at him again.

"You never seem to want to rest, Tiger." Marin said to him.

Tiger replied, "I can't sleep, except for being passed out, but that's another story." Tiger stood, and walked for the door.

"Tiger..." Marin softly said, causing Tiger to turn around. "...please be careful."

Tiger gave her a mischevious smile. "I'll try to do my best..." Thus, Tiger walked out the door to explore the island and, hopefully, find some answers to some of the questions plaguing him. He decided to begin his escapade out on the beach. After a few minutes of searching, he found the raft pulled up on the beach. He searched it, and found his wallet, watch, and even his truck keys. He smiled, and put all of them in their place, his keys he latched to the beltlopp directly right of his zipper, his watch on his right hand, and finally, his wallet in his back-left pocket.

While looking down, he saw a piece of driftwood float to his feet with an inscription, "July 14th, 1639". He looked up and around, and saw the shattered remains of an old merchant ship come to shore. By the smell of gun-powder residue on the wood, Tiger could tell what used to be the ship ended up being taken over by, then destroyed by either pirates, or a navy. "It couldn't have been pirates." Tiger said to himself, examining gun shots in another piece of driftwood. "It looks like this ship went into unfriendly waters..."

Tiger stopped himself right there. He looked up and saw the raft, with what little remained of the 747 plane he crashed with. "Could it be possible..." Tiger pondered, as he looked to the sky. It looked like a normal, sunny sky, with one exception: he could tell a greenish color was mixing with it, much like the colors on the surface of a bubble, or motor oil on water. He decided to walk back up to town, maybe he could find some information in the library.

As he made his way back into town, he began pondering the possibilites. Wormhole? No, not in space. Trans-dimensional rift? Nah, too obvious. Aliens? That when Tigered stopped in the middle of the path. "What the hell!" he said before continuing. He then remembered back before the crash, he could see a red light simular to the light that fateful night at the prom. His eyes flew wide open. "The Door of Time...Well I'll be a baboon's naked, blue ass." He said to himself right as he walked into town.

Marin was waiting for him. She stopped him dead in his tracks, and asked him, "Would you mind walking with me? I need the company." She seemed very friendly...almost too friendly. Tiger pondered to himself, 'Does she have a crush on me or something, or is she just like me, willing to give my own heart if someones is failing? What should I do...'. Knowing he couldn't refuse the company as well, he nodded to Marin, whom got a big smile upon her face.

So Tiger walked back to the beach, alongside Marin. They made small talk, compared likes, dislikes, you know, typical conversation. Tiger seemed to grow very fond of Marin right then and there, whereas Marin already was very fond of him. The two walked east along the coastline towards a secret place nobody knew of but Marin. As they approached it, Tiger almost gasped in awe. It was the most beautiful scene he had ever seen. Clouds on the horizon with a big, red sun sinking below, seagulls flying off into the distance, and the water glistening as waves gently crashed onto shore.

Marin sat down on a log of palm tree, and patted on a spot right beside her. "Care to sit?"

Tiger nodded, and sat down beside her. They contenued to converse between each other as the sun sank into the western sky...