Chapter 6
Aye, mateys
Link and Zelda had been walking for weeks and finally made it back to civilization when they arrived in Sunport City. It was a loud bustling city that had almost anything. While Link was there he decided to buy a Hylian shield, there was also a boomerang that caught his attention.
"Well now what. How do we know where to go next?" asked Zelda.
"I don't know, last time I visited Mt. Wisp and met you.," said Link.
Overhearing their conversation an old sailor barged in." You kiddies looking' f'r someplace?" he asked rudely.
"Yes we are looking for some sort of ancient building. Do you know anyplace around here?" said Link, trying not to give out too much information.
"Well it just so happens that right about this time every 10 years that a group of islands appears f'r bout a month. These islands have many old and odd buildings, the most famous and mysterious is an old temple of some sort," the man explained.
"Can you take us to them?" asked Zelda.
"How muck money you willin' to pay. I don't do nothing' f'r free." he said greedily. After settling on an unfair price of 100 rupees the old sailor showed Link and Zelda to his boat. It was huge and sturdy, as if built for a king or something.
Link suddenly realized that he was standing on the same dock as in his vision. "Hey Zelda, you're not going to believe this but when I took the first piece of the Triforce I had a series of strange visions. One of them was that we were standing in this exact spot."
"That is weird. I wonder if that vision let you glimpse of the future." suggested Zelda.
In the morning they began their voyage to those islands, hoping it was what they were looking for. About 3 hours out at sea we saw a fleet of ships coming toward them. As they got closer they began to surround the boat.
"I have a bad feeling about this Zelda. I don't think we should've
trusted that old man," said Link cautiously.
"I know what you mean. How do you suppose some poor old sailor got to own a ship this magnificent?" suggested Zelda.
Suddenly the old man started running franticly. "You'd better hide y'rselves mateys! They've found me!" he said.
"Why? Who are those people anyway?" asked Zelda.
"Oh ho those aren't ordinary people. They're zombie pirates brought to life by a curse that I activated." he explained. "Oh I feel terrible dragging you kiddies into this." the old man said. By the time he finished talking the ships were close enough that they could see the figures onboard. Then the other ships began firing at them with cannons, BOOM! BOOM! Two gaping holes appeared in the side of the ship.
"Blast them! Blast them quick!" the old man yelled. So Link and Zelda began firing back. 3 ships began to sink, but the other ones scattered. Soon the enemies were on board and drew their weapons. They all looked the same. All of them were wearing torn, shredded clothing, which showed their bony bodies. They were actually skeleton, and on their skulls they had a symbol of an eye with three triangles coming out of it. The leader of the pirates looked different, he still had flesh on his bones and even had some hair. His blue skin contrasted his bright glowing red eyes.
It shouted in a loud voice. "It's time to take back our ship!" he yelled. All the skeleton-like creatures flooded onto the deck. Link and Zelda began to fight, but soon they were totally outnumbered and out of breathe. With the old man captive and Link knocked out Zelda released her last arrow at the captain but only hit him in the arm. Just then the sky opened up and three entities came out. They were the three goddesses that created the world. They began to say some kind if spell and an intense light shone on the zombies. Immediately the zombies began to vanish in front of their very eyes. Finally the light focused on the leader and slowly he too began to fade into nothing. Din, one of the goddesses told Zelda to tell Link that his uncle was still praying. After regaining consciousness Link learned what happened and knew it must have been a miracle.
The rest of the voyage went smoothly and they approached the group of islands. Over the horizon they could see the beautiful and ancient sight. As the sun set it cast a beautiful orange light in the ruined temple.
"Just look at that. This has to be the Temple of Water, I mean what better place for it could there be." said Link in amazement. When they got to the entrance they saw an inscription that read. "Only those who have obtained the Triforce of Wisdom may enter." Under it they saw what seemed to be a triangle engraved in the door. Link placed the Triforce into it and it started shining and the whole area began to quake. Slowly the huge doors opened revealing a tunnel.