By animeninjaNIPPON

"Are you coming or not?" called Gaz, who had jumped into the little boat along with her brother.

"Of COURSE I am!" Zim took a few steps back for a running start. "It's a good thing I'm wearing water repellent today." He leaped into the King of Red Lions, and the jam-packed boat sailed off to sea.

The "crew" was silent for most of the way, until Gir threw up over the side and Dib asked, "Where are we going?"

The King of Red Lions turned its head and replied, "We have to find Nayru's Pearl."

"Whoa," Dib exclaimed, "a talking boat! I've got to get pictures of this!" He whipped out his camera and turned to his sister. "Hey Gaz, get a picture of me talking to this talking boat!"

She looked up. "I'm busy."

"C'mon, just one picture." He held out the camera.

"NOT NOW!" She smacked his hand away and the camera flew over the side. Dib caught it just before it hit the water.

"That was close," he sighed.

Link, ignoring the chatter, sailed on like the bold hero he was. He had a job to do; he couldn't afford to be distracted. Before to long, the King of Red Lions drifted close to a wall… then away… then back again…

Dib looked over the side in horror. "We're caught in a whirlpool!"

Zim raced over to the front of the boat, slightly pushing Link aside. "What do we do NOW, talking floating device?"

"I am called the King of Red Lions," the boat snapped. It resumed dormant position as the doomed crew spiraled downward towards a watery end.

But Link knew exactly what to do. He immediately took down the sail and raised a cannon. He put bombs into the cannon and aimed with delicate precision at the decorated wall they spun past at every two-minute interval.

He fired. Gir screamed and latched onto Zim's head.

The wall cracked! A few more accurate shots and the wall would surely shatter. However, Dib was not entirely amused.

"How is blowing up a wall going to get us out of this whirlpool?" he asked Link. The elfin boy responded by firing off another bomb and pointing to the wall.

The bomb collided with the wall, breaking it to bits. Suddenly, the whirlpool ceased and the King of Red Lions floated gracefully into the dark cave, where the crew was met by a blue creature with a lantern on its head, known to the King as Jabun.

End of part three