… Well guess what? Woot I had time to write another chapter! Yay for me! Well, something funny happened when I was writing chapter 3. I wrote it all in one go, and right after I saved- the power went out! For the entire computer lab too! Well, I was lucky, I saved in time. But I wasn't able to put it up for about a week cause fanfiction had a bug. Well, at least for me.

Anyways, onto chapter four!

Zora Cape

Chapter 4

Kevin's Request

Medli's plan was quite simple. Teach Komali how to swim, steal a map of the sea, and get out through the river. As simple as it sounded, they were miles underwater, and it would be a challenge to swim all the way to the surface. The map would be to help them fly back to Dragon Roost. Medli promised to never tell anyone about the Zoras, just to be safe.

The next day, after an almost sleepless night, there came a knock at the door. It was Rapas, come to deliver them their breakfast. The Ritos looked at it with disgust.

Caviar on seaweed.

"You two are lucky, this is one of the best breakfasts you could ever have!" Rapas said happily. "Usually, anyone other then the band members have to pay big money for something like this!" He thought for a second. "Wait, make that anyone but Kevin. Well, enjoy!" Rapas left.

"Ugh, what is it?" Komali asked.

"Caviar." Medli replied. "Fish eggs…" Reluctantly, she picked out one egg from the pile and popped it in her mouth. She almost choked, but forced herself to smile. "See? It's- ugh- it's great!" Komali backed away, afraid.

"I'd rather starve."

After breakfast, where Medli managed to swallow a spoonful of the disgusting fish eggs, and Komali ate nothing, the two Ritos flew down to the bottom of the cave to the swimming pools to start Komali's swimming lessons.

Now it wasn't that Komali couldn't swim, he just couldn't swim very well. Komali didn't like the water all that much, but he really wanted to leave. Zoras creeped him out, and he couldn't see how Ritos could've ever evolved from Zoras in a manner of a few centuries.

Medli landed in the water, and Komali landed on the side.

"Oh, come on." Medli said. "I know you don't want to swim, but just try it."

Komali groaned, but knew that he had to, so he slowly lowered himself into the water and stood there.

"Very good." Medli said cheerfully. "Now dunk yourself."

"Medli, I don't think that- mbmbmmbmmmbmbmbm!" Medli came over to him and forced him underwater.

"It's the fastest way to learn!"

After Medli finally let the suffocating Komali come up for air, coughing, they worked on treading water. Komali couldn't stay swimming for more then two minutes before quickly and clumsily dog-paddling back to shore, and Medli sighed. This was going to take a long time.

A bunch of Zora children swam over to them, wondering why there were two clumsy birds in their swimming pool. Zora kids looked just like Zoras except they had bigger eyes, and tails. "What are you doing?" one of them asked.

"Swimming." Medli said, not even looking over to them. The Zoras laughed.

"You call that swimming?" A younger Zora said. "That's not swimming! This is swimming!" He dived underwater, swam a few laps around the Ritos, then flipped out of the water and landed right beside them. "That's swimming!"

"Well it just so happens that we can't breathe underwater like you." Medli said.

"What are you? You look funny." A pinkish looking Zora said.

"I'm a Rito. Don't ask."

"Then what's that?" The Zora pointed over to the shore. Medli looked over. Komali had pulled himself onto the shore, and he looked like a drowned rat. Medli couldn't help but laugh along with the Zoras. Komali looked back.

"Hey!"

"Komali, I think you need a towel!" Medli said. Komali frowned.

"Hmph! You guys think you're so good." Komali stood up, shakily. "But you're not!" He started limping over to the stairs.

"Awww, come on Komali, don't leave!"

"Goodbye!" Komali started climbing the stairs, but slipped and fell down. The Zoras shrieked with laughter. Komali shot up. "I MEANT TO DO THAT!" he yelled, and left. Medli looked over to the Zoras.

"He's a Rito too."

Komali sat in his room, a blanket wrapped around him, and stared at the ceiling. Medli was still downstairs, playing with the Zoras. She fit in perfectly, she was funny and witty, just like them, but what was he? He was just Komali. He had never had many friends, being prince and all, so he never got a chance to learn how to talk to people without sounding awkward. It didn't help that he was stuck in a place where being prince of the Ritos didn't help.

Komali sighed. This wasn't getting him anywhere.

There was a knock at the door, and Komali answered it. Unsurprisingly, it was Rapas.

"Whoa little dude, why are you all wet?" Rapas asked.

"Fell in the pool."

"Wow… hey, where's your little friend there, Medli?"

"She's downstairs… why?"

"Oh… well, I got this for her…" Rapas held out a shell, decorated with pearls. Komali took it. "I found this outside near a shipwreck, and thought I'd give it to her."

Komali looked up.

"Is that all?"

"What do you mean,' is that all?'" Rapas shook his head. "You have a lot to learn little 'ree-to'. That shell there is worth at least 200 rupees!" He sighed, and then continued. "Oh by the way, Kevin said he wanted to see you."

Komali followed Rapas over to a big door, decorated with fish bones.

"Now be careful what you say to Kev… he's a bit, oh how do you say it… explosive?"

"Okay."

Rapas opened the door, and pushed Komali inside, closing the door after him. Komali looked around. The room was about as big as his and Medli's was, but a lot fancier. This Kevin guy was apparently the most important guy in the entire cave. Komali wrapped his blanket tighter around him.

Kevin turned around in his chair to see Komali. Kevin had almost golden scales and sharp fins that stuck out from his back.

"Komali, I presume?"

Komali nodded.

"Hello… have a seat." He motioned to a chair beside Komali, and he sat down. "So, how are you finding your stay in Zora Cape?"

"Well, I don't know…" Komali said. "The place is nice, but the food is abit… well… I don't like it…" A flicker of annoyance appeared in Kevin's eyes, but disappeared.

"You don't enjoy the food? But we offer you the most expensive food that you can get here. Surely, living on an island, you've tried most of it?"

Komali shook his head. "No. The only kind of seafood we eat is fish, not fish eggs."

"Very well then, tonight you shall have fish." Kevin turned back to his desk.

"So… what did you call me for?" Komali asked.

"You Ritos have wings, how did you get them?"

Komali looked down at his arms, and turned them into wings. His feathers were still drying though, so he put them away.

"Well, see, we live with this god named Valoo, and he-"

"Who is this Valoo?" Kevin turned to face him again.

"Valoo is our dragon. He's the god of the skies, and he gives us our wings-"

"God of the skies? Tell me, Komali, do you worship this god?"

"Well, yeah, I guess…" Komali shrugged. Kevin sighed.

"Do you know who Jabun is?" he asked.

Komali shook his head again. "No sir."

"Don't call me sir. Well, Jabun is the God of the Sea. He lives on Greatfish Isle. He is the god that you were supposed to worship, but then Valoo came… I know what happened."

"…huh?"

Kevin sighed in annoyance. He didn't have much patience.

"The Zoras all used to worship a fish named Jabu Jabu, even before we knew he was really a god. Jabun is Jabu Jabu's descendant, and he has lived with us for the past 500 years. The Zoras that didn't get to take refuge on the mountaintops still worship him, but the ones that did had noone left to worship. The gods dent down Valoo, the dragon god you worship, to give you your wings so you would never be able to discover Hyrule…"

"Wait… But if Jabu Jabu was a god, how come he let you stay here instead of telling all the other gods that you still exist?"

"Jabun is different. He doesn't need to tell them, it's not as if getting rid of us would make him happy. Jabun has no reason to tell them."

"So… what does that have to do with me?" Komali asked. He didn't really see the point in Kevin telling him all this.

"Komali, I have a little request for you. If you accept, you will be aloud to go home, but if not… Jabun will flood your little island of Dragon Roost."

Komali suddenly felt the weight of the ocean fall on him. He swallowed.

"What do I have to do?

CLIFFHANGER! Woot. Wow, two chappies in one day, lucky you! Anyways, yes, I made Kevin seem very evil, but you won't know what his request is until chapter 5 is up!

Please review! You all are way nicer then the people at Zelda Universe, who all bashed my for this theory… If you review, I'll give you a cookie!

Till next time, happy doing nothing, signing off!