The Pirate Prince
Chapter 11: Ole Tidings
Everything was hazy. He did not know how long he had been walking, how long he had been searching for her. He had to find her, and he had to find her soon, he didn't know what to do. She had always been there for him, even when he wasn't there for himself. The water lapped at his feet. Tiredly, he looked down, the water was so cool, so welcoming. Slowly, he submerged himself into the water, the sweet breeze slowly lulled him to sleep.
His eyes snapped open.
Off in the distance, he could hear a poor soul screaming so loud that their voice no longer carried the tune. He exhaled and rose to his feet and headed towards the source of the sound.
Oh, what is the tune that giants sung and slept to?
TPP
Link could barely watch as the boat that held his sister went up in flames. Aryll had passed in the night, before Link could work up the courage to speak to her. Link looked to his left, Midna and Impa stood off to the side, Link couldn't help but wish that one of them had taken Aryll's place. Link looked down at the daggers in his hands, one was made of Gold and the other of Bronze. Typically, anyone who was amongst the Gerudo had their weapons with them when they were burned, however, Telma had placed them to one side when they were setting up Aryll's boat. Link idly turned the bronze blade over in his hands, Aryll's name was printed onto the blade in ancient Gerudo. Link then turned the other blade over and his breath caught in his throat. Along the golden blade was an inscription written in ancient Gerudo, much like the bronze blade, however, this blade held Link's name instead of Aryll's. The blades were made shortly after Link had left, so it couldn't be an old inscription.
Link felt a lump form in his throat, which he swallowed and turned away from the flames. Link headed back to the ship. Tetra started following behind. Link had just reached the gang plank, when a massive roar caught his attention. Link and Tetra ran back to the pier, just in time to witness one of the great Colossi descend upon a small village that had been suffering from a plague. Link's breath stilled in his throat when the Colossus opened its maw and unleashed a stream of fire upon the little village.
A few members of the crowd visibly flinched at the sight. When the flames died down, the colossus turned its head to face the Cove, making everyone go still. Before it made eye contact with Link.
'Wake the spirits. Restore the blade.'
Those words suddenly echoed in Link's head, before the Colossus turned and went in the opposite direction. Link was silent, only turning his head after Tetra touched his arm.
"Are you alright?" Tetra asked, her eyes searching Link's expression.
Link's tone of voice was quiet and chilled, "Dutour had a master. That same master has turned those beautiful creatures into monsters. That same master caused Aryll's death." Link took a breath, "Perhaps a visit to Hyrule is needed."
Link then turned around and started barking orders to the assembled crew. Impa watched how Link had turned from a drunken, mourning wreck into a captain that commanded respect throughout the entire time he was speaking. Link then turned his chilling, wolf-like eyes onto Impa.
"There's someone in Kakariko Village that can help with our growing problem, is there not?" Said Link, to which Impa nodded.
"Good," Said Link, "Alright everyone get to the ship, we're launching at dawn."
Link then marched to the ship and up the gang plank and disappeared into the depths of the ship.
"Do you think his plan will work?" One crewman asked another.
"Finding a sword that can kill all evil and then using that sword to kill a guy who calls himself the Demon King?" The other replied, "It's worked before with the other heroes, maybe we'll find the hero in Kakariko."
Impa quietly shook her head, silently looking back at Aryll's boat and the burning village. Impa hoped that this was a battle they could win.
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Link examined the sword in front of him, the Tri Force on the hilt and the leather wrapped handle and the long thin blade. The sword that had been gifted to him by the Gods had a permanent shine to it, as if it had just been polished. Link quietly looked at Pipit's shield, making a mental note to give it back to the man when he recovered.
A quiet knock jarred Link from his musing.
"Come in." Called Link, allowing the door to open and Tetra walking in, carrying two bowls of soup.
"Telma made soup, apparently it's your favourite." Said Tetra, placing a bowl down in front of the young man. She wasn't wrong, Link remembered begging Telma almost on a daily basis for a bowl of the soup, it annoyed the woman so much, she taught Link and Aryll how to make it. Telma said that she got the recipe from an old Hylian Vai that lived in Mabe Village.
"How many people do you think were in that village?" Link quietly questioned, "How many children?"
Tetra was silent, before saying "Judging by the town size and the fact that the inhabitants were suffering from a plague, most likely brought on from Malice, I'd say fifty people, at least, a hundred at most."
"It sometimes scares me how you're able to work that out." Said Link reaching for the spoon that had been supplied with the soup, "We'll be heading for Kakariko Village as soon as we land in Lurelin, it'll be a long journey, but it will be worth it, hopefully."
Tetra was quiet, "We're going to have to tell your crew who I am, how I know you so well, compared to the others."
Link was quiet, slowly looking up at Tetra, before returning his gaze to his soup, "You're right, the relationship that I have built with the crew was founded on trust and honesty, I'll tell them first thing tomorrow morning, that's a guaranteed time that the entire crew will be together."
Tetra quiet, "I wonder how they will react to find that the Princess of Hyrule was hiding amongst them."
Link only laughed and shook his head, neither noticed Midna standing outside the door.
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Both blondes were quiet while Link ate his soup, Tetra looked over some of the maps that were under the sword, one of which was of the great Hyrule forest and the Lost Woods, another was of the Temple of Time, complete with the pedestal of Time from the era of the Hero of Time, another one was of the Sacred grove from the time of the Hero of Twilight and another of the basement of an ancient castle in Hyrule from the era of the Hero of Winds.
"What're these?" Asked Tetra, twisting one of the maps so she could look at it properly.
"Maps of all the areas where the one weapon that could kill the bastard that took Aryll has ever been." Said Link, setting his bowl down, "Every time a 'demon king' has appeared, this weapon has appeared and been used to strike back at it. I plan on finding it."
Tetra was quiet, Link sighed, "I don't expect you to help me with this, as it would kind of be encroaching on your family history."
"Link, the Master Sword is a weapon shrouded in myth and legend, one the Goddesses chosen hero or one with the blood of the goddess can even find it, and no one is even sure about that." Said Tetra, her hand going to the Tri Force pendent her father had given her.
"I know, the sword goes from place to place, no one knows where it is kept." Said Link, running his hand through his hair.
"The sword is kept in the Temple of Heroes," Said Tetra, "The same Temple that is a hot spot for Colossi appearances, so going through the front entrance would be suicide, however, there is another entrance, but you need to get the keys for that entrance, you already have one."
Link quietly pulled out the pearl and rolled it around in his hands, the pearl had the mark of the Goddess Farore engraved into the surface of it, the same mark could be seen on the gem that was in the hilt of his new sword.
"So, I have to find more of these pearls." Muttered Link, his eye looking over the pearl critically.
"Yes, two to be precise," Said Tetra, "one for the Goddess of Wisdom and one for the Goddess of Power."
"Nayru and Din." Said Link, looking up at Tetra, who nodded.
Before the conversation could continue any further, Impa rushed into the room, locking the door behind her.
"We have a problem," Said Impa, "Midna knows who Tetra really is and has told everyone."
Link swore.
A/N: I wanted to get this up for Christmas and then for New Years but I got side tracked playing Breath of the Wild.