A little pit stop in Windfall, discussing plans on how to stop Ganondorf. Italics mean emphasises. Please read on.

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CHAPTER FIFTEEN: A REST IN WINDFALL

Windfall Island was known as the island that brings good fortune (I looked up the definition in google so no one can tell me otherwise). Our heroes decided to rest here for a bit and discuss plans to be made after restoring the Master Sword's power. After docking the boats, Link suggested they go to a café for a drink.

"Why would I spend my hard-earned money on this latté you speak of?" Wilder asked.

"What are you worrying about?" Raine asked. "It's probably not your money. It's probably taxpayer dollars."

"The impudence! Miss Sage, I'll have you know that--"

"Enough fighting," Genis replied. "Governor, I'm terribly sorry about my sister's behaviour. It won't happen again."

"Welcome to the good ship 'Ass Kisser'," Raine moaned. "Nice day for a sail – pucker up, me hearties!"

Genis slapped Raine in the head really hard. "Ow…"

"For that, you'll get double your usual homework load," Genis replied.

"What? That's unfair! You can't—"

"Want me to triple it? I can do that you know."

Link and Tetra were getting fed up. "That's enough, guys," Link said.

"You can argue when we're at the café," Tetra added.

Everyone (including the crew) went to the café. The little coffee bar was full of brusque sailors who had a bad day. There was an old piano there, collecting dust. The owner said that no one ever played that piano because no one knew how to. Zuko, cracking his knuckles, started to play the piano. Tetra, her crew, and Captain Bryant started sing 'Blow the man down.'

Now Come on you young sailors and listen to me

Way hey Blow the man down

Come on you young sailors and listen to me

Give me some time to blow the man down

"It seems that they're having a good time," Presea said.

"Uh…yeah…" Genis replied, with a shaky voice.

"I never seem Captain Bryant sing like this for a long while now…"

"I…I could tell…"

"Is something wrong, professor?"

"Uh…n…no, it……it's nothing…."

"Are you sure? You're face is all red. Are you sick?"

Raine joined into the conversation. "Don't mind him, Miss Combatir, he's just has trouble talking to people he thinks are cute."

"What? Genis thinks I'm…pretty?"

"Gah!" Genis exclaimed. "Raine….I…."

"Aw, how sweet! I think you're cute too!"

Genis exploded in a bright red and sank down in his chair. While Raine and Presea were making fun of Genis, Link and Governor Wilder were talking about the plan.

"I think we should go after that Yuan guy," Link said.

"And why is that, young hero?" Wilder asked.

"It seems that he's the one who captured the sages and revived those monsters."

"It looks that way. But it seems that this Lord Irving fellow may be involved with something bigger."

"What do you mean by bigger?"

"Professor Sage told me that Lord Irving was busy building something called a 'Mana Cannon'."

"So, our two priorities are to either go after Yuan or stop him from causing trouble in his part of the seas or to stop Lord Irving and his Mana Cannon thingy."

"There's more. There was a distress signal coming from an island called Rosevale that I am currently trading with. They say that they are being constantly attacked by an army of darknuts led by a man with wings wearing purple plate mail."

"So our current options are to stop Yuan and this guy in purple plate mail or to stop Lord Irving and his Mana Cannon."

"That is where we stand."

"Hmm…this is tricky…"

"If I may, I think we should stop Yuan because there are rumours of a fortress near here which sends out monsters everyday to attack this island. Afterwards, we should head over to Rosevale and stop this mystery man and his army. I assume that Lord Irving is still building his Mana Cannon because he hasn't fired it yet. We should take care of him last."

"Sounds like a plan to me. I'll go inform the others…"

Link looked around the room. The pirates were still singing, Presea, Raine and Genis were still conversing.

"Uh…right after were all enjoy ourselves."

As Governor Wilder lay back in his chair, Link decided to find out who the guy in purple plate mail was. He grabbed Raine's arm and pulled her aside. "I need to talk to you."

Raine and Link went outside the café, starting to talk. "What do you want?" Raine asked.

"I need to speak with your Shadow," Link replied.

"Okay," Raine started to chant. "Release the shadows!"

Shadow appeared before Link and Raine. "You call?" She asked.

"Shadow, do you know a man who dresses up in purple plate mail?" Link asked.

"That would be Lord Kratos," Shadow replied. "He never takes anything seriously and is always goofing around, mostly annoying Lord Yuan and Lord Irving."

"I see…do you know anything about a Mana Cannon?"

"No…I never heard of such a thing."

"Why are you asking these questions?" Raine asked.

"It's because Lord Kratos is attacking the island of Rosevale and Lord Irving is busy building a Mana Cannon."

"………"

"Our plan is to attack Lord Yuan first, then Lord Kratos and finally, Lord Irving."

"You're not…you're not going to kill them, are you?" Shadow asked.

"Why do you even care?" Link asked.

"Because they're my family. They're the only people I know. They care about me. They want to protect me."

"They want to protect you so much that they sealed you away in a glass chamber and left you all alone?"

"………"

"Listen, Shadow, I don't like it anymore than you do but we must eliminate them in order to protect these good people."

"……then please…don't make me a part of this killing spree…" Shadow jumped back into the gauntlet.

"You made her upset, Link," Raine said.

"I didn't mean to," Link replied. "I was just telling it as it is."

"You're very insensitive."

"In what? Telling the truth? What if I was to say to her: 'okay, we won't kill them'. Then I unsheathe my sword, stab them all in the back and say that they died by natural causes. Do you think she would believe me?"

"………"

"We might as well get all the heartache out now because I have every intention on killing those bastards."

"You sound so heartless!"

"I'm trying to protect everyone. If we don't stop them, they will come and kill us and the people of this island or any island that is inhabited, which would include my home and your home!"

"………"

"Raine, listen to me. I don't mean to sound like some sort of monster but…we have no other choice. No other choice but to fight. We must fight to kill in order protect future generations from the pain they are causing."

"…….what you say holds some truth…please…I don't want to talk about this anymore…"

Link knew that he should go. He left Raine in the darkness, to think about what he just said.

Link really does sound like a monster. But what he says is true. Where to next? Please R&R.