The Pirate Prince
Chapter 2: Adventure calls
Link pulled his cloak tighter around himself as he walked around the port. He was searching for Hylia's Might, he'd managed to gain a place aboard the ship as a Gunner, a person who operated the Canons aboard the ship.
Link recalled how he'd ended up here.
*/Flash Back/*
The sand stung at Link's arms and face, Epona, his horse, pawed the ground where she was standing. A shadow covered Link, making the boy look up. His father stood in front of him, arms folded and face drawn up in a scowl.
"I've just heard some rather interesting news." Said Ganondorf, "that your little expedition left three of our best Warriors dealing with severe sun burn and dehydration, and four others nearly dying."
"I didn't ask for them to follow me." Muttered Link, the others in the Valley had been giving him more than enough grief for the situation.
"No, but as the Prince, you have a sworn duty to protect everyone in the Valley from invaders." Said Ganondorf, "But none of that matters because you keep running off, chasing fairy tales and myths."
"They're not myths, I know, I've seen them." Protested Link, clambering to his feet.
"You were hallucinating from heat stroke." Snapped Ganondorf, glaring at the blonde, "There are time when I wonder if you are suitable of being the Prince."
"I never asked to be a Prince, I never wanted to be a Prince!" Exclaimed Link, "I never asked you to raise me!"
"Perhaps I should've left to in the desert and just returned with Aryll." Scowled Ganondorf, his glare darkening.
Link took a couple of deep breaths, "It would still be the same, she would be in my shoes right now."
"hardly, she is much more refined than you are and far more sensible." Snapped Ganondorf, "and most of all, she isn't a failure like you are."
Link's blood froze and then boiled, "There are times that I with that you weren't my father."
Ganondorf froze, Link took a few deep breaths before realising what he had said.
"Get out." Said Ganondorf.
"F-father-" Said Link, before Ganondorf struck him.
"You are not my son." Growled Ganondorf, "Leave and don't think about coming back."
Link look on as Ganondorf retreated into the Valley, the guards closing the gates behind him. Link started taking several deep breaths, before getting up and walking over to Epona, tear starting to cloud his vision. Link clambered atop of the Horse before guiding her into Hyrule field and heading to the nearest village.
*/Flash Back/*
Link had to sell Epona to a pair of Brothers to make ends meet. Link had stumbled across a man named Rodrick, who was the Captain of a Hylian Naval Vessel, The RHS Hylia's Might. He had offered Link a job as a Gunner aboard the ship. Needless to say, Link took the offer and was now currently looking for Rodrick and Hylia's Might.
"Ahoy, new-comer!" Yelled a Voice from the ship to Link's left. Looking upwards, Link spotted Rodrick at the Stern of the Ship, "I thought you weren't going to make it."
"I do my best to be a man of my word." Said Link, walking up the gang plank onto the ship.
"Aye, you're the first crewmember we've picked up so far." Said Rodrick, before looking down the ship, "Go to Alfonzo, he's the strange one swabbing the deck, next to the drunk."
Link looked down the ship, and near the bow there was this massive brute of a man with a mop and a bucket. Next to him was a scruffy man in a green coat holding a bottle of Rum.
"Alfonzo's the quarter-master, he's the one you need to report to." Said Rodrick, before turning to a Zora next to him.
Link trudged down the Ship to Alfonzo, just as the drunkard threw up onto the deck.
"That's it, you pathetic little wanker!" Yelled Alfonzo, his accent as thick as his muscles, as he grabbed the drunk by the lapels of his coat and hoisted him off his feet, "This is the Hyrule's Royal Navy, not some Pirate ship!" With those last word, Alfonzo threw the man overboard.
Link watched as the man plummeted to the water. Alfonzo turned around and spotted Link, before frowning and marching up to the blond.
"Alright, who are you?" demanded Alfonzo, looking Link up and down.
"Link, Rodrick said that I should come down to you." Said Link, making Alfonzo smile.
"Ah, have you ever been aboard a ship before, Link?" Asked Alfonzo, looking Link in the eyes.
"Yes, my father would take me across the seas to places Termina and Lorule." Said Link, looking down at the deck. Despite what Ganondorf had said, he would always be a father to Link.
"So nowhere near then?" Said Alfonzo, looking over the edge of the ship, at the man floating in the water.
"No, at least not for us, I grew up in the desert." Said Link, looking at Alfonzo quizzically.
"Ah, so your father met your mother and moved to where she was." Stated Alfonzo, still watching the man.
"Yeah, something like that." Said Link, confused at the pseudo interrogation, "Why?"
"Well, The Captain may have told you that you were to be a Gunner, but we were actually looking for a first mate." Said Alfonzo, looking back at Link.
"…. What?" Said Link, not noticing that Rodrick was behind him.
"Yes, sorry for lying to you, but everyone we'd asked before you had turned the offer down." Said Rodrick, looking down at Link.
Link contemplated running off the ship screaming and his arms waving above his head, but he decided against it and instead asked Rodrick a question.
"Are there any animals of this ship?" Asked Link, looking up at Rodrick.
*/TPP/*
Nabooru sighed to herself, as yet another of Ganondorfs scouts returned without Link. She had actually held out hope that they would find Link, after the previous scout had returned with Epona. From what she had said, Epona was under the ownership of two brothers, Epona had been in appalling condition when she was returned to the Valley.
"Mother, has there been any news?" Asked Aryll, walking up behind the Gerudo woman.
"No, if there had, I would've told you." Sighed Nabooru, turning to face the young woman.
"Father's been burying himself in paperwork," Said Aryll, looking up at Nabooru, "he's beside himself with guilt."
"I know," Said Nabooru, looking at her daughters' face, "The night that Link left, one of the first things he did was rant and head back out to get Link."
"Did he?" Asked Aryll, catching her mothers' eyes.
"Yes, we all know that Link's life hasn't been easy for him," Said Nabooru, solemnly, "Being left in the desert with your dead birth parents, being shunned for most of his younger life by the other Gerudo, the whole incident with Princess Zelda, Riju's passing and being attacked by some members of the Yiga Clan."
"Which left him with a scar across his chest, and nearly killing him." Said Aryll, tears forming in her eyes, "a-and now, h-he doesn't think h-he has any family."
Nabooru pulled Aryll into a hug and looked up at the stars in the nights sky.
'Please, Link, be safe.' Thought Nabooru, hoping her son would return.
Meanwhile Urbosa stood atop Vah Nabooris, with four others. A Sheikh man, a Zora woman, a Goron male and a Rito Male.
"The hero's journey has begun." Said the Sheikh, looking up at the sky, "with the great beast to return and the Colossi to rise."
"The boy will be going through hell and back." Said the Zora, looking up at the stars.
'Please, be careful, Link' thought Urbosa 'We need you, Hyrule needs you.'
None of the gathered group noticed a giant stone statue at the entrance of the Spirit Temple look up at the group, her eyes a burning orange.
A/N: Chapter 2 done. Tell me what you think. I like to think that Link and Ganondorf would tend to butt heads and say things that they don't mean when they're angry, which would hurt the other.