Yay! The gang has finally come into the story after two long chapters! Is it just me, or has Link matured? Well...slightly?

Anyway, the visions Tetra had are all events in the story. This is probably gonna be the most gruesome fanfiction I've written yet. It gets to be so gorey, in fact, that I have to warn you -- THIS STORY IS NOT FOR THE FAINT-HEARTED!

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Chapter 3 -- Storm Cloud Dreams

"WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR! DON'T LOITER AROUND, GO FASTER! IF YOU GUYS DON'T START SHAKIN' A LEG, WE'RE GONNA LOSE ALL OUR TREASURE AND CARGO TO THE STORM, IDIOTS!" Tetra screamed at her crew over the howling wind.

Fierce storms had raged throughout the Great Sea for the past month. The weather was either dismal or downright dangerous. And not to mention the weird dreams that Tetra had been having...

It was all too much to be a coincidence. A feeling of foreboding and chill had hung in the air for an entire month.

It had been three months since Link, Tetra, and Bambi defeated Vaati. For the first two months, all had went well. The weather was calm, and everyone was in high spirits. Prince Komali had finally gotten his ass back to Dragon Roost Island, and Daphness and Nabooru had gotten married, which meant that Hyrule's old king would be off their backs as he would be too busy fucking his wife.

But then all these strange things began happening, and Tetra knew something bad was going to happen. Her dreams were haunted with images of a sky raining blood, a spooky old mansion, a church, the living dead, and strangest of all, a handsome man with fair skin, long black hair, and purple eyes... However, the captain did not want to talk about it to Link or Bambi. She was afraid that they wouldn't understand, wouldn't feel all that she had felt. After all, they had not come to her with any complaints. Well, complaints involving unusual activity, anway...

At last, Tetra watched Bambi scurry below decks, a barrel of bombs in her arms. That was the last of the things that needed to be protected from the storm, so Tetra followed her to the safety of the lower decks.

"I hope these storms end soon," said Bambi, setting down the barrel amongst the others.

Bambi was the newest member of the crew. The months when she was the "enemy" seemed so long ago. Link and Tetra had despised her, but as it turned out, they had been hating the wrong person. Bambi had been posessed by the wind sorcerer Vaati, so he had been the enemy all along. Tetra had broken his hold over Bambi using a Light Arrow, and with Bambi's and Link's help, the three defeated Vaati.

After the ordeal, Bambi had admitted to being too dull-witted in her past. She had vowed to become a stronger person, and had made good to her words. She had once been in love with Vaati, and said that falling for him was the biggest mistake of her life.

Bambi generally didn't talk about her experiences with Vaati. Tetra could tell it still hurt her inside, so she never mentioned it to Bambi. Link made sure to bring it up all the time, of course.

Link had many issues with Bambi. It was as if he thought she might stab him if he so much as turned his back. He behaved as if Bambi really was evil. Bambi had wanted to get along with him, but had given up trying to make nice with him after about two months. Now back to the present.

"I'm surprised the ship hasn't been blown to smithereens by this weather," Tetra grumbled. These conditions were a pirate captain's worst nightmare.

"It is a little strange. The atmosphere is so depressing..."

Tetra perked up. Maybe she wasn't as alone as she had thought! Others had seemed to feel the things she had!

"Ah, how silly of me to say something like that... Probably just a stroke of bad luck, I suppose," Bambi said with a shrug as she wiped a wet lock of her long, curly blonde hair away from her silver eyes. Tetra grew frustrated by these words.

"I'm gonna go dry off and go to bed. Goodnight, Tetra," Bambi said, walking away.

"Ditto," sighed Tetra, heading off to her quarters.

Tetra found Link lying naked on her bed when she entered her bedroom.

"Oh Tetra, it's Tuesday night, and you know what THAT means..." Link said, smirking.

"I'm not in the mood, Link. And you're on my side of the bed. Get off," Tetra snapped, shoving Link onto the floor.

"What's your problem lately! Honestly!" Link retorted, standing up and climbing onto his side of the bed.

Tetra rolled onto her side facing away from Link.

"I'm not in the mood. I have a lot on my mind," Tetra said quietly.

"Y-you're not pregnant, are you?" Link squeaked.

"What? No! Why is it that whenever something goes wrong, you say I'm pregnant?"

"First thing that comes to mind, I guess. We don't use protection much, you know."

There was silence for a while. Tetra battled herself as to whether or not she should tell Link about her dreams. She did confide most things in him... But this was different. She needed to be certain that she would be taken seriously.

I should tell him... Tetra thought. She turned to face Link and opened her mouth to speak, but found that he was sound asleep.

Tetra sighed -- it was late, and she decided that she ought to go to bed too. Although she didn't see much point in it. The dreams would come again...

The man with the purple eyes, the sky raining blood, the living dead... Images of a girl turning into a tiger, a boy turning into a wolf...then a picture of the same boy chained up, gasping for breath and dripping in blood... Then Bambi tied to a flaming post, and an angry young girl in a wedding gown... Then, as if someone pressed an off button, the strange and sometimes horrific images stopped. Tetra's dream became black nothingness... A big, quiet, black nothing. This thick blanket of inactivity was punctured by the voice of a girl. This had not happened yet in these dreams...

"Tetra..."

"Who the fuck are YOU?" Tetra's thoughts snapped.

"My name is Pike... Princess Pike of Oceana."

"Oceana?"

"Yes. Oceana is a kingdom that is hidden from the Great Sea."

"That's real nice an' all, but I still don't know who you are, uh...PIKE."

"You know me, but you don't remember me."

"I don't see how that's possible."

"We were born together."

"Ok, ok, I'll play along... So, PIKE...our mothers were friends or something?"

"No. We share a mother."

"I don't have a sister, so cut the crap. My only family was my mother, and she died."

"Wrong. Your mother had twins, me and you. And you have a father -- he is king of Oceana. His name is Arnav."

"Wow, this is one fucked up illusion..."

"This is no fantasy. I am your sister speaking to you through telepathy. Please...you must help me..."

"What is it you want?"

"Our father is making me marry a man named Majora. I don't know what he's up to, but I know Majora is evil. My dreams have told me to contact you. Dreams, and the advice of...well...some strange young boys. Please, come to Oceana. The fate of the world depends upon it!"

Now Tetra was downright curious. This voice seemed so...so...REAL...

"How will I get to Oceana!"

"I'll lead the way. All you must do is follow your instincts."

"What!"

"FOLLOW YOUR INSTINCTS!"

"Ok, ok!"

"You'll know Oceana when you see it. I'll be meeting you soon, my sister..."

"Wait! Don't go!"

But the blackness melted away, and the voice did not reply. Tetra woke up. She found that she was scared and sweating, yet curious at the same time. She could not forget that voice. But was it all just a dream? And those images...what was so scary about them? True, some of them were quite gruesome, but they were nothing to freak out over.

Tetra noticed that Link was sitting up, staring at her.

"Tetra? Are you, uh...ok? Nightmares?"

Tetra gulped, nodded, and sat up.

"Was it the one about the rabbit?" Link asked gently.

Tetra shook her head.

"NO, it was NOT the one about the rabbit!" she spat.

"Well, sor-ry! What was it about then? Come on, you can tell me..."

"You can tell me, too!" said Aryll, suddenly popping up out of the covers in between Link and Tetra.

"Aryll! What are you doing here?" Link barked.

"I've been here for a long time, big brother! I was playing with the snake in the bed!" Aryll said.

"What snake -- oh... ARYLL! DON'T EVER PLAY WITH THAT SNAKE AGAIN!" Link snapped.

"Oh, but the snake is so much FUN! If you pet it it spits venom!" Aryll announced.

"Aryll, you naive little bitch, GET OUT OF HERE!" Tetra screamed, picking up Aryll and throwing her out the door. Aryll screamed and hit the wall. Tetra then got up and shut the door.

"When's your grandmother getting out of prison?" Tetra asked Link as she locked her door.

"She's not even in prison. She's on the loose," Link replied in a matter-of-fact tone. Tetra rolled her eyes, shook her head, and got back into bed.

"So what about this nightmare of your's?" Link asked. Tetra hesitated.

"You won't take me seriously... I know you won't."

"I proved I loved you, didn't I? I saved you from Dark Link and Bambi --"

"Vaati," Tetra corrected.

"WHATEVER! But when it comes down to it, you know I love you, and you can tell me anything!" Link pleaded.

Tetra sighed.

"Ok, ok, fine... Well...I have these nightmares that show...well...images... I see things like a sky raining blood, a strange man, a girl turning into a tiger, and a boy turning into a wolf, then that boy chained up and...and...bleeding...all over..." Tetra shuddered. "The boy...he looks like you. Well, like Dark Link, but...different...

Anyway, I had that dream tonight, but there was something different. There was..."

Tetra didn't want to tell Link about the voice yet.

"Umm...nevermind..." she grumbled. Link looked annoyed.

"I...I'm going back to bed..." Tetra said. She was eager to, anyway -- she wanted to hear that voice again.

Link grumbled and blew out the candles, and when she fell back asleep, Tetra was disappointed by a dreamless slumber.

Link and Bambi watched Tetra standing at the front of the ship, watching the ocean blankly. Rain was falling softly from a dark, gloomy sky.

"What do you think is up with her? I'm worried. She's determind to go somewhere, but...she's not telling us where..." Bambi whispered to Link.

The day after Tetra had heard the voice of Pike in her dreams, she puzzled her crew by changing the boat's direction. She would not tell them where she planned to go. All she said was to trust her. Link thought she had lost her mind.

"She's been having schizo dreams or something. I told her I'd lend her some of my pills, but she slapped me," Link told Bambi.

"Did you try just talking to her?"

"Well...I...uh...NOBODY ASKED YOU!" Link snapped, shoving Bambi to the floor and stalking away angrily.

Grumbling as she got up and dusted herself off, Bambi slowly approached Tetra.

"Tetra? Are you...alright?"

"Look, don't bother me, Bambi. Sorry, but...I'm thinking."

"Tetra, where are we going?"

"You'll see when we get there. If I told you now, you wouldn't believe me." Tetra turned to gaze at Bambi, giving her a look that plainly stated, 'go away'. Bambi retreated, thinking hard.

Link sat on the edge of his and Tetra's bed, pouting.

Stupid Bambi...always acting so smart! What a know-it-all! he thought angrily. His chain of anti-Bambi thoughts was interrupted as Aryll skipped into the room and jumped onto Link's lap.

"Hi, brother!" she said happily.

"What do you want, Aryll?" Link asked, thoroughly annoyed.

"What's wrong with Tetra? Senza said that she 'lost her marbles'," Aryll told her brother.

"I don't know. Sure seems like it."

"Big brother, I lost my marble collection. Does that make me like Tetra?"

"Shut up, stupid," Link mumbled.

"Tetra was also saying something. Something about a...a...umm...'higher purpose'?" Aryll said steadily.

"'Higher purpose'?" Link repeated, puzzled.

"Yeah! What is a 'higher purpose', big brother?"

Link sighed.

"It means being meant to do something big in life..."

"Wow! Do I have a higher purpose?"

"Probably not."

Aryll shoved Link onto the floor, took off his shoes, and ran away.

"Little bitch..." Link murmured under his breath.

He began to think about what Aryll had said. Why would Tetra be talking about a higher purpose? And where was the destination she was so anxious to get to that she skipped meals?

Link knew that he was very close to finding these answers the next day... Niko told him to hurry to the decks, because everyone was there.

When Link arrived, all the other crew members, Tetra, and Aryll were already there, watching in shock as their ship sailed towards a humongous golden archway. Beyond it, they could see a magnificent kingdom.

"This is it...this is where my heart has lead me..." Tetra whispered to herself.