We have officially left Outset. Heading to the Wind Temple. Please read on!

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CHAPTER THIRTEEN: ENROUTE TO THE WIND TEMPLE

The ships left the harbor very early in the morning. Aryll and Link's grandmother waved them off. She yelled out to Link, "Be careful and don't forget us!" It was a beautiful fifteen milliseconds. Anyway, back on the sea, Genis couldn't still believe that the Wind Temple was on the other side of the Great Sea. His arms hung over the railings of the ship yet again.

"I…hate…sailing," he moaned.

"You're an oceanographer," Tetra repied. "You study the ocean floor and everything in it. How could you not like the ocean?"

"The waves…they make me sick gulp." Genis barfed into the ocean. "I'm going down below..." Genis took his leave and left Link and Tetra in dismay.

"That was not pretty," Link said. "I feel for the guy cleaning up the ship."

"I have to agree, I feel for him too," Tetra replied. "Niko! Get out here NOW!"

Niko rushed out with his toothbrush in hand. "…Yo…You called, Miss?"

"Yeah, you missed a spot over where the professor is."

"Oh…"

"Get some harnesses and start scrubbing."

Niko grumbled as he started inside get his equipment.

"And don't forget your gloves!" Tetra called out.

Meanwhile, on Governor Wilder's ship:

"The sea looks very beautiful today," Presea chirped.

"I must admit, it glimmers like a jewel on a queen's crown," Captain Bryant replied.

"It's just water," Wilder said, while lying on his hammock. "The sea is nothing more than a huge bathtub."

"To you, it is just water; nothing more and nothing less," Captain Bryant replied. "But to those who sail it constantly, whether it is hunting for food or sailing in search for adventure, the ocean is what they call home."

"I never knew you were a poet, captain," Presea said.

"I didn't know I was a poet too! I made that one up on the spot!" He laughed heartily. Presea and Wilder both sweatdropped.

Raine had her back up against the King of Red Lions who was under the boat cover (she didn't know that the boat was alive). She kept looking at the gauntlet. Shadow was asleep. She could tell because the gauntlet's crystal dimmed down whenever Shadow was snoozing. Raine kept wondering why she was chosen to carry that gauntlet.

"Why me," Raine asked aloud. "Why did she have to choose me?"

"It is because it was your destiny," The King of Red Lions' voice replied, muffled under the boat covers.

Raine didn't jump when she heard the voice out of nowhere. She was used to surprises by now. "It was my destiny?"

"You needed help in rescuing your brother. You couldn't do it alone, so the gods awakened someone to aid you in your mission."

"I could have handled the fortress on my own."

"Oh, really? When you faced General Gage, and used your magic on him, your magical level seemed to have dropped immensely. You were weak and powerless. Even with Link's help, the two of you couldn't overcome the might of a darknut general. The situation looked dire. In the end, who came to the rescue?"

"Shadow," Raine whispered.

"The spirit within the gauntlet is a powerful being. She'll do anything and everything to make sure you are safe."

"…Why?"

"You're her new master, Raine. She lost everything in the past. She has only you now. Won't you do anything and everything to protect your brother, the only family that you have left?"

Raine thought about these words. Her mother died when she was young, and now her father died protecting her. Now Genis was left. What would she do if Genis died?

"You're right…I'm the only thing she has left…but…"

"You're still wondering why you hold the burden of carrying her, aren't you."

"Yeah, I mean 'it was my destiny' isn't much of an explanation. There's got to be a specific reason why she chose me. There were four people on the island that day. General Gage, Genis, me and Lord Irving."

"A powerful seal was put on Shadow's glass chamber, to keep anyone and anything out. The only way to break the seal was to have someone with the equal amount of hatred and contempt for someone within their hearts."

"Hatred and contempt? I never hated anyone except…"

"How did you feel about General Gage when he forced your brother to come with him?"

"Pissed off, I guess. More like angry. Yeah, that's it. I was angry and I wanted to…kill him…"

"Correct. Shadow felt the same way when Lord Irving sealed her away within the glass chamber. She was betrayed by a close friend and wanted to end his life then and there."

"I see. Do I still have that much hatred inside of me?"

"When Shadow eliminated General Gage, the hatred in your heart probably dissipated."

"How would you know that?"

"General Gage was the source of your hatred. With him gone, there was no more reason why you should hold the hatred in your heart. It disappeared."

"………"

"Although, it seems that Shadow still has her hatred in her heart because…"

"…because Lord Irving still exists."

"Exactly…hatred, like evil, can never be destroyed but only defeated."

"How do you defeat hatred?"

"Forgiveness; although someone might do something that would make it impossible to forgive…so it makes it that much harder to defeat hatred."

Link walked up to Raine, wearing the Hero's Charm. "Hey, Raine. Uh, who are you talking to? Is it Shadow again?"

"Uh-uh, no, not Shadow," Raine replied. "I'm talking to…hey, who am I talking to anyway?"

"You've been talking to someone and you don't know who it is?"

"And I thought Link was dull-witted," the boat said.

"That was cold," Link replied.

"You know who that is?" Raine asked.

"Sure I do. Lift up the boat cover."

Raine did what she was told. "Link, all I see is your boat."

"I know. That's what been talking to you all this time."

"Are you saying that this boat can talk?"

The boat turned his head. "Yes Raine, I can talk."

Raine fell back in surprise. "Did I startle you?" The boat asked. "I suppose that is only natural. As wide as the world is, I am the only boat upon it who can speak the words of men. I am the King of the Red Lions. Do not fear... I am not your enemy."

"Are you…possessed?" Raine asked.

"You could say that," The boat replied.

"He's actually an ancient king use to rule over a land that is below the Great Seas called Hyrule. He ruled until Ganondorf got his hands on the Triforce."

"What is a Triforce?" Raine asked.

"Long ago, in the ancient land of Hyrule, the Triforce was bestowed upon the world by the three goddesses Din, Nayru, and Farore. The Triforce was created when the goddesses left the realm of Hyrule at the exact point where they left; it houses the essence of the goddesses and it is the ultimate representation of all power, wisdom, courage and magic in Hyrule. It is said that whoever lays his or her hands on the Triforce will get whatever his or her wishes granted, whether they are good or evil. Ganondorf did this and plunged Hyrule into darkness. The ancient Hero of Time, along with Hyrule's princess, Zelda, defeated Ganondorf and sealed him away forever within the confines of the sacred realm, where the Triforce was once housed. Ganondorf came back to the Great Sea to finish what he started. Tetra and I defeated him once again, sealing him away in stone so that he would never be able to come back. Unfortunately, it wasn't enough."

"That was one long explanation," Raine replied. "Just tell me, why did you and Tetra have to seal Ganondorf away?"

"Like the King of Red Lions said, it was destiny," Link replied. "I only wanted to save my sister and that was it. But the gods revealed that I had something bigger to do. Tetra also had her destiny revealed. She is actually Princess Zelda, the last link in the Royal Hyrulian bloodline."

"You mean that Tetra is in fact a princess? How come she doesn't act all princess-y and stuff?"

"Uh…well, she's been raised on the open seas most of her life and didn't even know she was a princess so…yeah."

"Well…how did you seal Ganondorf away, then?"

Link took out his sword. "I used the Master Sword. This sword is evil's bane and Ganondorf's worst nightmare. Countless times, it was used to seal Ganondorf away. When I used him to seal him in stone, I stabbed this thing into his head. Although I sealed away his body, I never vanquished his spirit. The sword stuck in his head until powerful currents of the ocean lifted the blade, releasing Ganondorf's spirit. The two sages of earth and wind prayed to the gods so the sword would never lose its power to repel evil. Ganondorf knew of the sages and eliminated them first. That's why we're heading to the wind temple. To see what happened to the sage there."

"Gah! This is too much to handle," Raine mumbled. "Can we just take a break?"

"That's why I'm here! To tell you that we've reached…"

The ship suddenly dropped anchor, making the ship jerk. Raine and Link fell on their backsides.

"Gale Island and the Wind Temple…" Link moaned.

"What are you two doing?" Tetra asked. "Come on, everyone's disembarking! Link, get your ship ready. Are you two heading for shore or what?"

That was a long chapter. I ripped out the explanation of the Triforce from Wikipedia and some of the script from the Windwaker (cheap, aren't I?). Anyway, the real action begins. Please R&R.