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Sheik cautiously entered the Kokiri Forest, a feeling of uneasiness crawling up his spine, as he saw no sign of danger he sighted, his nerves were starting to betray him now, he walked to Saria's house in hopes that she had ended her trip to the Forest Temple and had come back to rest, he entered the house but found no one and as he came out he realized that the forest was dead quiet, there were no sounds of children anywhere, he frowned "So my senses were correct…" he thought as he looked around for any signs of an enemy, he then heard a scream coming from the Great Deku Tree's meadow and ran towards it, only to find royal guards coming from the shadows, their spears ready to strike, Sheik easily dodged both attacks and delivered several blows to their heads, needing them only to faint. He kept cautiously moving forward but as he reached the Great Deku Tree he encountered yet more guards waiting for him, he moved swiftly, proceeding to dodge the spears and knock them unconscious, but as he fought these guards, there came more after him, and for every guard he knocked down, two came to take their place.

"I can't fend them off for much longer, I'll have to escape" he thought as he readied a deku nut in his hand but as he was about to throw it to the floor he felt a strong grip preventing him from his task, he turned to see yellow eyes staring coldly back at him "Clever" Heimrich stated "But not clever enough" Sheik felt a sudden pain in his head as his world blacked out.

King Harkinian could hear the large wooden doors creak as they moved, letting someone in, he opened his eyes, expecting to see a maid or his councilman bearing news, instead he only saw a shadow and the door slowly close by itself, he became slightly tense and tried to move his body from the bed, but was stopped of any movement by a hand on his shoulder "My king…" he relaxed at the voice of the Sheikah, he took a slow breath, his illness clogging his airways and preventing him from talking normally.

"I-Impa…" he started, but was interrupted by said Sheikah.

"My king, there is something you need to know…" she started and looked around, making sure there weren't any unwanted listeners to their conversation, noticing they were alone, she continued "Heimrich is not the man you believe him to be"

The king frowned and took another breath "I-I will not… Listen… To this again…" he said stubbornly.

"My king please, see past your good heart, if there was no trouble to fear then I wouldn't have the need to hide in the shadows" king Harkinian frowned, still unwilling to listen to Impa's words, but nevertheless he let her continue "A lot of events have happened since your majesty fell ill, our hero and blacksmith, Link has been banned from Hyrule and the princess has been held captive, all under orders of councilman Heimrich, and an execution took place as well… Councilman Abelard has been sentenced under false accusations and therefore executed… My king, you have to understand what is going on, councilman Heimrich is here for far more than the title of councilman, there is a much darker side to his intentions and if your majesty doesn't notice any of this soon, your life, as well as the life of all who stand in his way, will be in danger".

King Harkinian listened intently, he had more than one reason to trust Impa's words, and at the tone of her voice he could see that she was serious "What will happen to my daughter?" he asked, fear clear in his voice.

"If he doesn't need her, then he will dispose of her" king Harkinian frowned "Impa… I am far too ill to stop him alone, and I'm afraid my death will come before I can do anything to stop him… Do whatever it takes to keep Zelda safe"

"Of course your majesty…" said Impa as she fled through the window.

The door opening to reveal Heimrich, a smile on his face as he walked inside "My king, I bring joyous news…"

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Link looked at the shore on the outskirts of Termina and sighted, he had two choices, one: he could use the Zora mask and make his travels overseas faster, but in return for this he would have to face the painful fusion between his body and the Zora mask, and he had no knowledge as to how much danger lurked in the blue mass or how long he would last swimming without rest. He'd also like to bring Epona along and this option didn't seem to agree with that.

And second: he could make his trip by boat, but it would take him twice the time that it would if he swam, but on the plus side he would have a place to rest and he could bring Epona along. And of course there was the trouble of finding pirates along the way and that was something he didn't need.

He looked at the map again, hoping to find a third option, he noticed the small line of land that went around his original route and to the last destination his map had recorded, he frowned, it would be ridiculous to try and go through land, it would take far too long and that was time he didn't have, he shook his head and put away the map, and took out the mask, making it face the floor and looking inside, the feeling of his skin tearing making him shiver in discomfort, the placed it away with slight fear that it might jump from his hand and attack his face.

He looked up at the various ships swaying slightly with the shore waves, "I guess I really had one choice all along" he said to himself as he walked to the captain of the ship going to his next destination to arrange a place in his ship.

Link looked at the moving water as he relaxed on the deck of the ship, the captain was very generous the minute he knew who he was and offered him the finest ship he owned, he really didn't need such a ship so Link tried talking him out of giving him his best ship but the captain would have none of it, he sighted and smiled, he really didn't need a ship so big, but there was no convincing the captain.

He looked around the ocean, so far there was no sign of trouble, having relaxed a bit at this he decided to go see how Epona was doing, he walked down the stairs to the luggage cabins and walked to the small stable there "Hey girl" he greeted as he stroke her neck, she walked closer to the fence to greet him when he felt something crash against the ship, he almost stumbled but kept his ground as he ran towards the stairs to see what had hid the ship, as he emerged from the stairs he saw another ship just as big, he looked at the crew, his eyes narrowed "Pirates…"

"Hey you!" he turned to see a pirate lunging at him, sword drawn, he quickly drew his and started fighting, he found the pirate to be rather inexperienced and was able to easily shove him out of the way, leaving him unconscious on the floor, he faced a few more and easily defeated them, grabbing the crewmen they had taken hostage and placing them somewhere safe, Link was about to take on another one when he sensed someone lunging towards him, he turned and blocked the blade before it cut his neck, he jumped away and readied his sword but as he was about to give the pirate another blow he noticed something "That's a… Girl!?" she noticed the look in his eyes and got mad.

"What!? Never seen a pirate before?" she said as she attacked Link fiercely, Link dodged, jumped and blocked, not sure how to handle this, the least thing he wanted to do is hurt her but she clearly wasn't backing off, so he turned his sword and grabbed it making the hilt face her and as she tried to attack him he lunged the hilt towards her head.

Making the painful connection he saw her hit the floor and stay still, he relaxed slightly now that he had knocked her out but he felt his own body lunge toward the ground as something hard broke against his head.

Link opened his eyes and squinted, the pain in his head coming back, he looked around and noticed he wasn't in his previous ship anymore, he tried to move but found himself bound to the wall behind him, he then heard the sound of the door closing and the pirate's familiar tanned figure holding what seemed like a towel filled with ice against her head, some blonde locks pressed between her temple and the towel, she glared deadly at Link, Link couldn't help but feel slightly bad that he had hit her so hard and looked away, he heard her coming closer and suddenly he was pulled up by the collar of his shirt, meeting her eye to eye, her glare intensified "Where is he…"

Link looked at her in confusion "Where is who?"

"Don't play with me!" she yelled and threw him back down "I want to know where's the man who sunk my ship" she said as she walked to the table in front of him and placed the ice down, Link tried to untie himself as she spoke.

"I don't know who you're talking about" he said as he fidgeted with his bounds.

The pirate glared "Don't lie to me!"

Link looked at her "I'm not lying to you, I don't know who it is you're talking about" she looked at him, her voice softening.

"You really don't know who I'm talking about?" she asked, Link shook his head making her sigh in defeat "So he really did get away" she said as she slumped down on a chair in front of Link.

He kept squirming slightly as he spoke "Who are you looking for?" the pirate looked at him somewhat annoyed.

"Not that it matters to you but I've been looking for a guy for a few months now, he sunk my ship and killed half my crew and I haven't been able to find him, I've been going from ship to ship trying to find anyone who has heard of him ever since" she confessed.

Link moved further to the wall "And what does he look like? Maybe I can help you" he said, fidgeting a little faster.

She nodded "He has dark hair and yellow eyes, and a superior pose" she said, Link stopped moving and stared at her, the pirate was slightly taken aback by his stare and straightened herself on the chair "Is something wrong?"

"… No, nothing's wrong" he said, slowly moving once more and finally ceasing his movement.

"Oh, I wanted to apologize… I was a little rough back there" she said.

Link looked at her "Just as long as no crew members are hurt it's alright" he said and smiled slightly, she smiled back.

"My name is Tetra, I'm captain of this ship, what's your name?"

"I'm Link" he answered her.

Her smile grew slightly "Here, let me get you out of there" she said as she stood from her chair and walked to him, Link smiled and stood up, his bounds falling straight to the floor.

"No need" he showed her his free wrists, she stared at him.

"How did you do that?" Link just smiled as his answer.

"I need a word with you about this man you've been trying to track down" he said in a slightly serious tone.

She nodded "I suppose I can share my knowledge with you" she said and invited him to sit down on a chair surrounding the table next to her "He came further from our islands, he had boarded my ship under false promises of joining my crew, I had seen no reason to reject him so I let him join, and before I realized it, he had turned my crew against each other and then sunk my ship to the bottom of the ocean…" Tetra glared as she recalled the events, Link listened intently as she finished "After I managed to get across waters again I've been trying to look for this man, but as you can see, I'm getting tired of searching and I haven't found anyone who has heard of him"

"I have heard of him" said Link, slightly lost in his own thoughts as he looked at the floor, Tetra suddenly stood up and grabbed him by his shirt, hope clear in her eyes.

"Really!? What do you know! Tell me!" she shook him slightly, Link grabbed her hands to stop her from further shaking him and nodded.

"He resides right now in the castle walls of my hometown, but you won't be able to get to him as easily, the place is very well guarded, and there are innocent people under his command, if you're going after him I suggest you take their lives into consideration"

She nodded eagerly "I will" she said and sat back down "But aren't you coming along? This man is dangerous, he plays with people's minds, you should come back and fight, you're not bad at all with a sword"

Link shook his head "I need to find the place where he came from, if I know more about him I can find a weakness and defeat him"

"Clever… But I have no time to waste looking for a weakness, can I believe you will return to your land?"

Link looked at her "Of course, as soon as I find what I'm looking for" he said.

She smiled "Good, I might need your help burying his body later on" she laughed slightly, Link smiled.

"Be careful" he said as he stood up, she looked at him "I'm a pirate, don't underestimate me"

"Alright" he said and walked to the door, opening it and walking outside, Tetra following right behind him.

"Since I interrupted your journey, I figure you'd like to travel on my ship instead" she motioned around for him to look at her ship.

"A generous offer, but I have something important on the other ship I'd like with me"

"Oh you mean the horse? I took care of that, she's downstairs" she said, motioning to the stairs below them, he looked at her and she laughed "I let the other ship go since no one knew about this man… My ship is faster anyways" she assured him, he looked forward to the pirate crew.

"I'm staying with you then" he said and made himself comfortable, Tetra smiled.

"Full speed ahead!"

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Author's notes: Hope I got it right since I didn't really played Wind Waker, I looked everywhere for information and this is what I managed to do.