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A/N: Here goes! Chapter 7!
Chapter Seven: 'Rematch' with Ganon, Tetra's fate, and a realized destiny.
Day 10
Yesterday, I got the Master Sword. Red Lions spent 2 and a half hours talking about it, and talked Sarah to sleep, and Emily sounds like she's snoring… I really have nothing else to say except…
I'm so excited! We are FINALLY going to save Aryll! Red Lions says I'll have a better chance of rescuing Aryll if I use the Master Sword. But truth be told, I really don't see what's so special about this sword. It's taller and heavier then me, forcing me to hold this with two hands, and I still has a broken wrist… Waaah… And it HURTS, too. It might slow me down a bit, and I can't use a shield. At least I still have the sword Orca gave me… (sigh)
How long does it take for a wrist bone to heal?
Chikara-chan, Great Sea (on way to Forsaken Fortress), 4:45 AM. Status: Broken wrist…
Chikara closed the journal, and looked up at the night sky. It's been a while since Chikara-chan had that memory-in-a-dream… Chikara-chan still can't figure out what it meant… Was it just a nightmare, or did Chikara-chan need to remember something…?
Red Lions started talking again. "It's a good thing we got the Master Sword before someone else did. Imagine what could've happened if someone like Ganondorf found it first! Man, that'd be awful, even though he couldn't hold it. But HAH!" he yelled. "We got to it first!" he sang in a singsong sort of way.
Chikara sighed. "Chikara-chan knows… Are you trying to talk Chikara-chan to sleep, too?"
"I wasn't talked to sleep…" mumbled Emily sleepily, arm holding her head up while resting it on Red Lions heads. "Just bored to death…"
"Come on, even I know more about the Master Sword then you do!"
Emily rolled her eyes and sat up. "Whatever… Are we there yet?"
"Give me about a day and a half, Emily," said Red Lions. "I'm sure we'll make it then."
Chikara glanced at the tiller. "Emi, you'll man it then?"
Emi looked up. "Yep, I will. Sarah's sound asleep, you have a broken wrist, and Emily's on Red Lions head so it's up to me."
"You're a really kind Fairy," said Chikara with a smile. "This wrist will heal, so don't worry about Chikara-chan."
"I won't, that's Sarah's job," said Emi, continuing to man the tiller.
"Something else I remember about the Master Sword—" started Red Lions.
"NO MORE!" yowled Emily. "I want peace and quiet for at least 2 seconds! Is that too much to ask!" screeched Emily.
"I just wanted—"
"STOP!"
"But I wasn't going to—"
"STOP!"
"Emily, I just—"
Emily let out a high-pitched scream. "STOP!"
Red Lions sighed. "Fine, Emily, I'll shut up…" Emily grinned ear to ear.
Chikara looked out to the sea, with a smile on his face. Aryll… Wait for Chikara-chan… He'll bring you back home…
With Tetra…
Tetra looked out to the deep, wondering if what Quill said was true. He had told her that he spotted Chikara and his party of 2 where on their way to the Forsaken Fortress to save Aryll again. "I just hope you won't fail this time," she muttered, glancing at the Pirates Charm. She could see all Chikara was doing, and he looked joyful, but his wrist was broken. "He's such an idiot… but…" Tetra sighed, and checked the compass.
"Miss Tetra?" asked Niko while mopping the flooring near her. "Why are we going to the fortress again? We already wasted our time on Chikara once, so why should we do it again?"
Tetra frowned at Niko. "Because I saw that there were two other girls kidnapped with Aryll, if we help Chikara out, we'll get a portion of the reward. After everyone is all happy and stuff, when no one is around, we corner Chikara and tell him to give us his share of the reward!"
Niko blinked. "Whoa… I would've never thought of that…"
"I know you wouldn't," said Tetra, looking towards the fortress in the horizon, "because you are not intellectual, hence you are not the boss. Now get back to work."
"Yes, Miss Tetra," said Niko with a sigh, mopping the area and moving on the floor below. "But still," he muttered when he was out of earshot of Tetra, "I think George is right. Tetra does care for Chikara… Oh, the horror…"
Back on top of deck, Tetra walked to Bruce. "Bruce, you remember what to do, right?"
Bruce looked up from the cannons. "Yes, Miss Tetra. We're going to draw that gargantuan bird out of the fortress so Chikara gets a clear chance to save his sister," he answered promptly. "I know, Miss Tetra."
"Good," said Tetra, and looked up at the ship's mast. "Ron, remember to holler as loud as you can when you spot the fortress! We're going to draw the bird away!"
"Aye, ma'am!" called Ron from above.
The pirate queen thought of the dream she had last night. "What kind of dream was that, though…? A princess, eh? Scary thing is, she looked just like me, and whoever she was, she was rejecting Chikara. I wonder of Chikara met a girl already…" Tetra thought about it, and scoffed, "Yeah, right! That poor islander? He couldn't get a crab to fall in love with him!"
Probably not, but you have certain feelings for him, no?
"Huh…?" Tetra looked around. "No… no I don't… I don't!" she said to herself. "Focus, girl! He's nobody! We're here to get money, a reward from the wealthy girls parents!" Tetra shook her head again. "Not in… Not in that way…"
Back with Chikara, Sarah, and Emily; the next day…
"Ah! We're almost there!" called Emily to Chikara and Sarah. "Wow, Red Lions, you were right for once! We were half a day ahead of schedule!"
"See, what did I tell you?" asked Red Lions smugly. "I told you we'd get there!"
"We have to thank the wind, too!" said Chikara. "The wind is what pushes the sail here!"
"Well said, Chikara-chan!" said the Wind Spirit.
Sarah smiled at Chikara. "You like the wind, right Chikara?"
"Yeah!" answered Chikara cheerfully. "After all this time, Chikara-chan can save Aryll! And Chikara-chan has the wind to thank, and Red Lions for sailing Chikara-chan all over, and to Emily and Sarah, for always helping Chikara-chan! Chikara-chan is very happy right now!"
"Yes," agreed Sarah. "And I thank you for having us!"
"It's been quite an adventure, for me, across the wide, long sea!" said Red Lions. "Shame all good things have to come to an end."
"Who says it has to end?" asked Emily. I still have my part to play as 'guardian', and the whole thingamajig involving Tetra… "Maybe after we free Aryll, we can search the islands of the Great Sea for treasure and stuff!"
"Oh, no… Chikara-chan wouldn't want to loot a lone island… That's just evil…"
"Well," said Emily shrewdly, "What do you think Tetra did and is probably still doing as we speak?"
Chikara sighed. "Chikara-chan knows… But, Chikara-chan doesn't think that Tetra is like that. Maybe she couldn't help it, being raised by pirates…"
"I wouldn't worry about Tetra,' said Sarah, placing a hand on Chikara's shoulder. "Maybe she wanted that kind of life, raised around it or not."
"…Yeah, maybe," said Chikara quietly, and then smiled. "Thanks, Sarah."
Emily crossed her arms professionally. "Alright, Chikara and Sarah, we are about to sail right into the very top-security prison where Aryll is trapped. We all will DO our best to get her back to Outset Island, right!"
"Right!" said Chikara and Sarah together.
"Dang, I'm stuck here yet again…" sighed Red Lions. "Oh, well, I guess all the advice I can give is that you should face whatever's waiting for you without fear, Chikara. Remember, you have the Master Sword! With that, nothing and no one can stop you from saving your sister!"
"Oi, he has us, too!" said Emily.
"Right, you also have the girls to help you out." Emily frowned. "I'll be waiting here…" Red Lions shook his head after Emily got off. "At least I can get a good rest here…"
"Alright, three spotlights, three of us, lets get to work!" said Emily.
"We're going to split up?" asked Chikara.
"Divide and conquer, Chikara!" said Emily, raising a fist in declaration. "That's the way to win with most Shadows!"
"I prefer 'together we conquer'," mumbled Sarah.
Chikara shrugged. "Well… It might work out…"
"Hmm, hmm, hmm…" chuckled an evil voice.
The three of them stopped. "A-re?" asked Chikara. "What was that?"
But Sarah and Emily exchanged glances, and Red Lions said from below, "Girls, can it be…?"
"Phantom Ganon…?" asked Emily.
Sarah looked around and up. "But, that can't be, because Phantom Ganon was—"
"Kyaaaaa!" yelled Chikara all of a sudden. "Sarah, Emily, up there! Look, its scary!"
Sarah and Emily looked to where Chikara was pointing. "Oh no…" said Emily. "It is Phantom Ganon."
"Hey, long time no see!" said Sarah, pulling out her staff while Emily drew her sword.
Chikara was about to draw the Hero's Sword, but hesitated. Instead, he drew the Master Sword. "Red Lions said that no one could prevent Chikara-chan with this sword… Let's test his theory…"
"Chikara, this is Phantom Ganon! Watch out for the red magic ball attack, and when he splits into four, look for the real one!" said Sarah.
"And what about this one?" asked Chikara, seeing the Phantom Ganon charge a blue energy ball.
"Repel it!" shouted Emily as the apparition shot it at Chikara.
"Yee!" Chikara swung the Master Sword back at Phantom Ganon, who swung it back, and Chikara bounced it back. Back, forth, back, forth, and back again. "When does he stop!" asked Chikara, swinging the great sword again, wincing one eye from the pain in his left wrist.
"Just a bit…" Sarah answered, watching the blue magic ball. "A little bit more…"
Back and forth, and at last, the spell backfired at Phantom Ganon. "Emily, now's our chance! Attack it now!"
Emily, being the closest at the time, charged at the kneeling figure of P.G. He snarled, and disappeared.
"Is it gone?" asked Chikara, leaning on the sword.
"No, not yet… This might take a while, Chikara… This might take a while…"
"And it's aiming for you again!" called Emily.
Chikara cried out and jumped back in surprise. "That nearly hit Chikara-chan!"
"Be on your guard!" yelled Emily. "Here it comes again!"
Sarah crept close the shadow of the phantom. "Be careful, Chikara! He's targeting you again…"
"Why Chikara-chan!" asked Chikara despairingly, gritting his teeth in pain. "This sword is too heavy to hold with one hand!"
At least you can hold it, thought Emily. I seriously wonder why…
Up with Aryll…
Aryll sat on the bed, trying to think. Their first 5 escape plans had failed, and the guards blocked off the window, took away a bed, and put metal bars on the door to prevent their escape.
"I still can't believe he did that!" said Mila to Maggie while fanning herself. "We WOULD'VE escaped had not your boyfriend called your name when he saw you!"
"IT wasn't my fault! Moe was just practicing the common language!" argued Maggie. "And on the third escape attempt, your delicate self had to trip and plunge into the water! Why did you freak out like that! Me or Aryll could've helped you!"
Aryll shook her head. I wish they'd stop quarrelling…
"Don't forget the second escape attempt, when you sneezed and awoke the guards!" said Mila.
"And the fourth time, you screamed so loud when you saw the mouse!"
"You did, too!" snapped Mila.
"Did not!"
"Did too!"
"Did not!"
"Did too!"
"Not!"
"TOO!"
"NOT!"
"TOO!"
"Stop it!" shouted Aryll suddenly. "Just shut your mouths, the two of you!" Mila and Maggie gaped surprisingly at Aryll, speechless. "I don't know how you both could sit here and feel sorry for yourselves when other people have suffered far worse then you out in the Great Sea, like… like oni-chan!" Aryll felt tears well up at her diamond-like eyes, but she continued. "How can you sit here, arguing and fighting like a bunch of 3 year olds, when oni-chan…When Chikara-chan might have died when that bird stole him! That bird could've killed him, and I'll never see him again! How about you stop whining like a bunch of helpless females and help me find a way out!" Aryll panted slightly and sat down, shaking her head. "Just help me out… Please…"
Mila and Maggie exchanged glances. "Aryll…" said Maggie. "Golly, we… I never… thought of that… I'm so sorry, Aryll…"
"I forgot about Chikara…" admitted Mila quietly. "I was just bent on getting out of this place…"
"There still is a way out…" said Aryll, wiping away her tears. "We have to think… We WILL get out of here…" Maybe… oni-chan could still be alive, and on his way here right now… A fools hope, I know… But I believe in it… Oni-chan WILL come…
With Chikara, Emily, and Sarah…
Chikara was sent flying, and crashed back first into the wall. "Itai!" he cried in pain.
"Chikara!" shouted Sarah. Darn it… That thing sped up on Chikara, and he has a broken wrist, and can't keep up…
Chikara slid down the wall, gasping slightly in pain. "Ow… Where—Where did that come from?" Bruised and dusted, Chikara staggered up. "Why is it aiming for Chikara-chan…?"
"Good question…" mused Emily. Phantom Ganon only attacked Lee 1000 something years ago because Lee had the Triforce of Courage… Chikara doesn't have it, so why would he… Masaka! Could Chikara-chan really be… the descendent of Lee and Zelda!
Chikara looked up at Phantom Ganon. "Its going to attack again…" he pulled the Master Sword up. "This sword is heavy, but long enough to deflect the attack…"
"Abunai, Chikara!"
Chikara bounced it back, trying to ignore the pain in him. Onegai… no more…
Back and forth for a few times, and it finally hit the ghost.
"Sarah, together so we can finish it off!" yelled Emily.
Sarah nodded, and they both charged, and stabbed Phantom Ganon.
He let out an eerie screeching, and disappeared. Chikara sighed, leaning back against the wall. "Phew… that's over…"
Emily looked up at the spot where Phantom Ganon disappeared. "Maybe there was a certain reason it attacked Chikara particularly…" Emily glanced at Chikara, and then called to Sarah, "Oi, Sarah! Is it all right if I have a word with you? Just let us step aside for a bit, okay Chikara? This is just for a second…"
"Why can't Chikara-chan join in?" asked Chikara, that 'left-out' feeling returning.
"Girl talk," answered Emily.
"Oh… Well, Chikara-chan will wait here then…"
"What did you want?" Sarah asked.
"Did you ever realize that Chikara has almost the same aura as Lee did: only instead of a light green, it's silvery white, like the wind? And from that charm, I could sense a bit of Zelda's aura: pink and red with a gold tinge, only with it an added sea blue?"
Sarah blinked. "Yeah, I did, but… Why, what do you think?"
"Tell me what you think first."
"Okay… You're going to think this is crazy, seeing as Chikara's nothing like Lee, but I think that he may be the descendent of Lee and Zelda, and Tetra too."
"Really?" asked Emily. Sarah nodded. "Oh, my gods… That's exactly what I've been thinking!" whispered Emily excitedly.
"Whoa… But still, don't you think that's a bit impossible? He said his mother was a Night Elf, and he and Tetra should be Royal Elves, at least like Zelda…"
"Chikara had a dad, didn't he? He must have gotten Lee-Zelda blood from his dad's side. And as for Tetra, it may explain why she hasn't died of any sea fever or anything: Royal Elves can only die of broken heart, remember?"
"But then Chikara…?"
"I know for a fact that Night Elf blood counters Royal Elf blood, because the Night Elves weren't that friendly to the High and Royal Elves, all secluded and stuff. So Chikara is probably just a Night Elf, with a drop or two of Royal Elf Blood in him. He still is a descendent, and that's good enough for the Goddesses, I guess, because they accept him as the next wielder if the Triforce of Courage…"
"Ne, Sarah, Emily! Are you done yet?" Chikara sounded a bit anxious. "We could get caught here by the Moblins that patrol here…"
"All right, Chikara," said Emily. "We'll talk more about this later. So, three spotlights." Emily thought for a second then grinned impishly. "It looks like those stairs lead to the two spotlights over there… You and Chikara can go up there," she said. "I'll take this stairway!"
Chikara nodded. "Okay…"
Sarah frowned at Emily. You did this on purpose! Her eyes said to Emily.
"Well, meet you at the top!" said Emily, running to the door.
Chikara stood up, rubbing his wrist, retying the hat around it. "Waaah… Chikara-chans wrist hurts even more…"
"Just try to ignore it. Remember, we here to save your sister, and what would she say if she saw you crying over a broken wrist?"
"She's probably be so surprised that Chikara-chan was still alive… Chikara-chan tried to rescue her a few weeks ago or so… But the big bird that brought her there in the first place took Chikara-chan to the dark man up there." He pointed up the topper most part of the fortress. "You said that his name is Ganondorf?" Chikara shuddered slightly. "That man ordered the bird to toss Chikara-chan across the Great Sea… That's how Chikara-chan met Red Lions, because Red Lions saved Chikara-chan from the sea."
"Oh, I see… Well, let's go knock down the spotlights!" Sarah climbed up a ladder, Chikara following suit.
Emily was having a good time inside the fortress. A plus was that she could go into her shadow form, and none of the Moblin guards could notice her. "What bliss… Know what? I'm gonna cheat a bit…" Emily grinned, and traveled by shadows, going from shadow to shadow to get to the third spotlight. "Hee hee!" she said with joyfulness when she got to the spotlight. "I wonder if Chikara and Sarah are over there at the spotlights… Yep, there they are! I'll meet them at the top, it looks like Chikara's taking a shortcut…" Emily glanced at the Bokoblin working the spotlight, which spotted her first, recognized her as a Shadow, chuckled nervously, held up a white flag, and jumped, off the other side of the fortress. Emily smiled. "Thank you!"
Chikara and Sarah were certainly taking a shortcut Chikara took last time to get to the top of the Forsaken Fortress. Emily took a shadow route and met with them. "Hello, Emily," greeted Sarah.
Emily grinned. "Wasn't that fun?" she asked.
Chikara shrugged. "Anyway… Follow Chikara-chan, he knows where to go next." Aryll… Chikara-chans here! So Sarah and Emily follow Chikara to the top slowly, making sure not to fall off the cliff. About 20 minutes later, they made it to the doorway to Aryll's prison. Chikara pushed the door opened, and ran to the cage. "Aryll!"
Aryll looked up and gasped out loud. "Oni—Oni-chan!" she walked slowly to Chikara, and reached out a hand to see if this was real. "Are… Am—Am I dreaming?" she asked as her hand reached Chikara's. "Chikara-chan! You're alive!"
Chikara grabbed Aryll's hands, getting as close as he could to Aryll, feeling tears beginning to start. "Aryll! Chikara-chans sorry! He was delayed!" Chikara let out a cry. "Aryll! Chikara-chans very sorry he failed you once! Forgive him!"
Aryll began to cry softly too. "Oni-chan… Don't worry about it… You were at a disadvantage… Oni-chan, don't cry, I'm safe and well…"
Sarah and Emily watched the reunion of Chikara and Aryll (with Mila and Maggie looking on too). Sarah smiled sadly. "Wow… Poor Chikara… he really wanted to save Aryll, huh?"
Emily nodded. "Yeah, probably…" Emily walked to the bars. "Dang… solid metal…" Emily nudges the bars slightly. "Hmm… A bit too solid… I wonder if it's…"
Sarah approached Chikara and Aryll. Chikara… thought Sarah, placing a hand on his shoulder.
Chikara sniffled and looked up curiously. "Sa-Sarah?"
Aryll looked up at Sarah too. "Sarah?" she repeated. "Who are you?"
Sarah smiled kindly at Aryll. "…I'm a friend of Chikara-chans."
Chikara blinked. Did she… Did she say 'Chikara-chan'…? But, only Chikara-chans friends call him 'Chikara-chan'…
Maggie smiled. "Well! It looks like our saviors arrived at last!"
"Yeah, purple hair!" snapped Mila to Emily. "Hurry it up, will ya! We want out!"
Emily frowned. "Excuse me, Miss Corset-" (Mila frowned back, and turned away, fanning herself) "-These bars are heavier then they look!"
"Those bars won't break so easily!" said a cocky voice from the doorway.
Chikara looked back automatically. "Ah, Tetra!" he called happily.
Tetra smiled smugly, with Bruce and Fred flanking her, arms crossed. "I knew it… You'd be the type that just charge blindly into the action without stopping to think about it first… You act before you think, don't you Chikara?"
Chikara blushed slightly. "Uhm…"
Sarah narrowed her eyes at Tetra. "What do you mean by that?"
Tetra didn't answer; she gestured to Bruce and Fred, and pointed at the barred doorway. "Break it open. Astound these kids with my brains and your brawns."
Emily backed up slightly, watching Bruce and Fred work. "Humph… So what?" she asked when Bruce and Fred easily snapped all the bars and broke the door down.
"Good job, Bruce and Fred! Now bring these girls to the ship! I'm pretty sure their fathers will have a pleasant reward waiting for us…" Tetra breathed in as if smelling a big pile of rupees. "Aah…"
"Please forgive me," said Bruce, and picked Mila up, carrying her over his shoulders. "Aaack!" she screamed. "Hey, you big brute! Put me down!"
"Sorry, little lady, but I'm under Tetra's orders!"
Fred picked Maggie up in the same fashion, ignoring Maggie's squeals of protest. "Excuse me, miss."
Aryll ran out of the cage to Chikara, hugging her brother. "Chikara-chan!"
"Aryll…" Chikara bent down, returning the hug. "Chikara-chan's glad your okay…"
It would have been a tender scene if Tetra didn't say, "Excuse me! Don't you still have something to do?"
Chikara looked back at Tetra. "That's right! Chikara-chan forgot to thank you! Thank you so much, Tetra!"
Tetra scoffed. "That's not what I meant!" Tetra pointed upward. "Don't you have some unfinished business to take care of?"
Chikara looked confused.
"What do you mean?" asked Aryll, standing next to Chikara.
"I mean, Aryll, that Chikara and his girl sidekicks still have to deal with the bird that kidnapped you. So that the giant won't bug you or anyone else again."
Emily fumed silently in the corner. What does she mean, 'sidekicks'!
Sarah came next to Chikara too. "Why would we have to deal with the bird? I'm sure Aryll and Chikara would want to go back to Outset Island! Hasn't Chikara and Aryll suffered enough trials as it is?"
Tetra opened her mouth to retort, but stopped suddenly. Wait… What is that on Chikara's back…? Tetra took a step towards the group, eyes on a dark blue hilt. Could that… Could that be the Master Sword! No other sword I know has such an aura…
"Tetra…? What is it?" asked Chikara.
"That… That…" But Tetra thought about it. Hmm… There's no way that Chikara could have the Master Sword… How can that be possible? "It's nothing… Aryll," added Tetra, glancing at the 9-year-old elf. "Chikara has someone he needs to deal with, something grown-up to do."
"What do you mean, 'grown-up'? He's barely a teenaged elf! How can he deal with whatever with a broken wrist?" demanded Aryll, holding up Chikara's left hand.
Tetra shrugged. "It'll toughen that sap up. Don't worry about Chikara, he has Sarah and Emily with him."
Aryll looked up at Chikara. "Is… Is what the pirates saying true…?"
Chikara stared at Tetra, puzzled. "What…? Chikara-chan doesn't want to do anything or even go near that gargantuan! Chikara-chan spent too much time away from home as it is! Chikara-chan just wants to go home!"
"Miss Tetra!" called Bruce, running back in the room. "The girls are in the boats, awaiting to be taking to Windfall Island! We wait for you, Miss!"
"Bruce! Good timing! Take this girl too," she said, pointing at Aryll.
"Huh…?" asked Bruce, looking confused. "Chikara's sister? But, isn't she—"
"I don't care what she is, just take her to the ship too!"
Bruce bowed his head. "Yes, Miss Tetra…"
"Ma-Mate! You—You can't take Aryll! Chikara-chan can take her back home by himself!" Chikara tried to chase after Bruce but Tetra held him back. "Tetra, you can't—you can't let Bruce take Aryll!"
"Chikara! Suppose you do leave with your sister! Do you think that bird is going to leave you and Aryll alone?"
"What are you talking about!" asked Chikara. "When the bird first came to Outset Island, it was carrying you! The bird went for the wrong target, just as Quill said!"
Tetra narrowed her eyes. "Well, it's too late for me to tell Bruce no. You'll just have to square with that bird… I just hope your grandma's rich, Chikara," said Tetra walking towards the door.
Chikara shook his head in disbelief, and called to Tetra, "Will… Will we see each other again?" he asked without thinking.
Tetra stopped at the doorway, and looked back, winking. "Will we meet again?" she echoed. She smiled secretively, and ran out, the door somehow closing behind her.
Chikara stood there, pink tingeing his cheeks slightly. Why… Why did Chikara ask Tetra that…? Chikara smiled slightly. Just… Just take care of Aryll… I hope they don't do anything to her…
Sarah sighed, feeling slightly envious of Tetra. "So, now what? Do we wait for the bird to attack?"
Chikara looked nervously upward. "Chikara-chan doesn't see it anywhere…"
"Then let's not wait here for it to attack," said Emily, looking at the spiral stairway. "Lets get the heck out of here!" Emily ran up the stairway, Sarah and Chikara at her heels. Up in the distant above, they heard a bird screech. "Its here already?" asked Emily stopping and looked upward.
Suddenly, the bird swooped down on them, just barely missing Chikara. It landed with an earth-shaking thud on the top stairway, screeching loudly while flapping its wings.
"KYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!" screamed Emily, and whacked it clear into the ground below.
Mario: If you have ever played "Mario Party: 3", then you might have guessed that Emily did what Daisy did in Story Mode; remember, she went "Aaah!" and whacked Bowser into the horizon. Ah, those were the good ol' days!
Emily coughed. "A-hem… Moving on…"
Chikara and Sarah blinked simultaneously, and followed Emily uncertainly, at the very, very top of the Forsaken Fortress. "Wow… It is very high up here…" said Sarah nervously. "I don't like heights…"
"It's not that high," said Chikara and Emily at the same time.
"Maybe not for you…" said Sarah indignantly. "Well!" she said, changing the subject. "Lets go meet Ganondorf then!" Emily and Sarah walked for the door, Chikara following apprehensively.
When the trio entered the room, the door slammed shut. There, at the other end of the room, with his backed turned towards them, stood Ganondorf. "It's been a while, boy," he said to Chikara. "I just knew you'd try to find your way back here again…"
Chikara stared at the back of Ganondorf fearfully, for suddenly, he felt his hand reaching for the Master Sword. Wha-What's happening! Something's controlling Chikara-chan…?
"Ganondorf!" shouted Sarah. "What are you doing back into this world again! Didn't Zelda seal you into the Evil Realm forever!"
"No, she didn't, Kokiri… What she sealed was my magic…" answered Ganondorf.
"Sealed your… What do you mean?"
"Allow me to give you a hint, Kokiri… That Master Sword in the boy's hand…"
Chikara was still wide-eyed with fear, and unsheathed the Master Sword.
"The Master Sword…?" prompted Emily.
"Not long off ago… Zelda think she could seal my power by sealing the Master Sword… That was her intent…" Ganondorf chuckled. "I guess everyone in the Hylian Royal Family tended to be foolish…"
What is this…? Why does Chikara-chan have a desire to attack Ganondorf… It's not Chikara-chan, the sword…! The sword shook in his hand, eager to cast down the evil in the room.
"You, boy, broke that seal… by drawing that sword. You know who I am…" he turned around, showing his face at last. "The Great King of Evil, Ganondorf…"
Chikara cried out in horror when he saw the face again.
Sarah growled slightly, and Emily crossed her arms in thought. That Master Sword… It wants to get rid of Ganondorf that bad, it's controlling Chikara… This is not going to end well…
"With the seal on my magic free, I can do as I choose to the Great Seas." Ganondorf chuckled malevolently. "I give my compliments to you, boy."
Chikara gasped. "That… That can't be…" The Master Sword took full control. Chikara held the sword with both hands, let out a war cry and charged at Ganondorf.
"Chikara!" called Emily in surprise.
"Chikara-chan!" cried Sarah.
With Tetra…
Tetra stopped suddenly. She felt something weird going on with her triangular necklace. She lifted the necklace up. "Huh! It's glowing…? Why is it glowing?" Tetra looked upward. "Up… Up there…? I feel something up there…"
"Miss Tetra!" called Bruce from below. "We should hurry, before we get caught!"
"Bruce… Go on without me!" she ordered.
"Go—Go on without you!" repeated Bruce. "What do you mean! We have to go right away!"
"Don't question my orders, Bruce!" snapped Tetra. "Just fall silent and carry them out! Now GO!" Tetra turned around and hurried to find the way to the very top of the fortress, leaving her very confused crew behind her. This necklace… Oka-san said that this necklace would glow brightly if something that resembled it were nearby… Maybe the last piece that fits this necklace is up there somewhere!
On Dragon Roost Island…
Medli hurried to Quill. Valoo had just told her something very serious, and it involved Chikara and his friends. "QUILL!" she yelled, barely crashing into the mail carrier. "Quill, Valoo! Valoo just told me something!"
Quill looked down at Medli, saw the seriousness and fear in her eyes and knelt down and asked urgently, "What is it, Medli? Tell me!"
Medli was gasping in fear, trying to catch her breath. "It's—It's Chikara! Chikara is in danger! Valoo wanted you and Komali to go get them! Oh…" Medli shook her head. "I Saw this, too! Chikara, and another girl… She's going to die of you don't go to the Forsaken Fortress!" Medli stepped back. "The… The… Fortress…" Medli fainted out of exhaustion and fear.
Quill stood up and yelled, "KOMALI!"
Surprised, Komali ran out of his room. "What is it—"
"We have to go to the Forsaken Fortress, right away!" said Quill. "Valoo's going to come with us! Medli ordered it!"
Komali nodded. "Okay, I understand! Lead the way, Quill!" Quill and Komali flew with Valoo, and Komali called back to the rest of the clan, "Take care of Medli!"
Mokuju stepped out of his room. "What…? Medli and Valoo Saw something?" Mokuju closed his eyes. "…Komali… Valoo chose you for this, or Medli did?" Mokuju picked Medli up and placed her in her room on her bed, placing the blanket over her. "Medli… Your becoming more like my mother every day, as if you were her own daughter…" Mokuju looked out at sea. "The evil is arousing… Good luck, everyone…"
With Chikara, Emily, and Sarah…
Chikara was on the floor, Master Sword in hand. Sarah was covering her eyes, and looked to see what happened. "Chikara-chan…?"
Emily blinked. "He missed?"
Ganondorf smiled in a sinister way. "How foolish…" In one large swoop, he struck Chikara a few feet away.
"Aaack!" Chikara landed on his side, wincing in pain.
"Chikara-chan!" Sarah was about to run to him, but Ganondorf got there first.
He pointed a Gerudo-style scimitar at Chikara. "Get any closer to this boy, Kokiri, and I'll kill him on the spot!" Sarah stopped, staring at Chikara.
Chikara opened one eye, gasped, wide-eyed with fear again.
"That sword you hold is useless! The shine is lost; the edges are dull! It has no power for anything! Return to the kingdom below and tell that to those fools who made this sword!"
Emily and Sarah exchanged fearful glances. Their glances said The Master Sword lost its power!
Ganondorf raised the scimitar up, and was about to bring it down on Chikara…
"OII!" called a voice, and someone jumped on Ganondorfs head, kicking it once.
"What the--!" Ganondorf swatted her off.
"Te-Tetra!" called Chikara faintly.
"Tetra?" asked Sarah.
Tetra looked at Chikara. "Chi-Chikara! What are you doing on the floor! Get—AAAH!" Ganondorf suddenly snatched Tetra up.
Ganondorf held her high. "You pathetic sea rat!" he said, tightening his grip on her neck.
Tetra kicked, trying to move Ganondorfs dark hands off. "Stop—Stop it!" she gasped. "Let me go!"
Sarah ran to Chikara, who was apparently unconscious now. "Chikara-chan!"
Emily gritted her teeth. Now what? Chikara's knocked cold, and Sarah and I haven't the strength to face Ganondorf alone, and if we don't do something, Tetra's going to…
Tetra was now panting for breath, dangling like a doll in Ganondorfs grip.
Grinning, Ganondorf reached his left hand to finish Tetra fully, but stopped suddenly. The Triforce piece on his left hand started glowing. "Hmm!"
Sarah gasped and glanced at her own left hand. The black Triforce was glowing too. "Nani..?
Ganondorf laughed. "I see…. I have finally found you, descendent of Princess Zelda!"
Tetra shook her head. "What—What are you talking about!" she wheezed. "I don't know any… Zelda…"
"Don't feign ignorance! You know that supposed legend of 'golden light'!" Ganondorf stopped, noticing that Chikara, Sarah, and Emily where gone. "What…?" While he was looking at the floor, Tetra was suddenly not in his hand. He stared at his hand stupidly. "What the heck…?" Ganondorf looked out the window, and saw a face of a red dragon staring at him. Ganondorf glared at the dragon and sighed. "…Dang."
Valoo took a deep breath, and set the top of the Forsaken Fortress aflame and flew off after Quill and Komali to the Tower of the Gods…
At the Tower of the Gods entrance…
Sarah looked worriedly at Chikara, holding his hand. "Chikara-chan…"
Emily glanced down at Tetra. "Think she's alright?" she asked to Red Lions.
Red Lions had on the most worried look a talking sailboat could get. "I… I think so… She's still breathing…" he looked up at Valoo, Quill, and Komali, Emily staring amazedly at Valoo. "I thank you three very much! I don't know what would've happened if you didn't show up in time…"
"How did you know to come?" asked Sarah, looked up at the three in the air. "There is no way you could've been forewarned about this… This is all sort of unexpected, even to me."
"Actually, we were," said Quill. "Earlier, Medli came running to me saying that Chikara and another girl were in danger at the Forsaken Fortress, so she asked me and Komali to come. Valoo must have told her about this somehow…"
"Valoo… Thank you too. You saved our lives."
"Demo Ganondorf de ikari to honoo makasu dekiru-nai!"
Red Lions nodded. "Yes, I know that… In the meantime, we need to separate Chikara and the girl from the reach of Ganondorf. He knows not about Hyrule yet… We'll be seeing you, Quill, Komali, Valoo.
"Mata aimashoo," answered Valoo, flying with Quill and Komali to Dragon Roost Island.
"We're going back to Hyrule?" asked Emily.
"Yes, Emily… I just told you and Sarah why…" Red Lions cruised into the golden light, and they were returned to Hyrule below the Great Sea.
Tetra coughed, and then groaned in annoyance. "Ugh…" she muttered, sitting. "What… What the heck happened…?" she asked, rubbing her neck in pain. She suddenly became alert, and looked around. "Whoa! Where's Ganondorf! What happened? Where are we? And Chikara, why are you asleep?"
Hearing his name, Chikara blinked. "Eh…?" he sat up too. "A-re? We're back in Hyrule?"
"Is that where we are?" asked Tetra, looked back and forth between Emily and Sarah, trying not to look so confused.
"Yep, this is Hyrule," said Emily with a rabbit smile.
"Told you it still existed," said Sarah.
"Red Lions, why did you take us here again?" asked Chikara to the King of Red Lions.
But Red Lions didn't answer.
"Red Lions! Oi, Red Lions!" said Chikara, louder. He still didn't answer. "That's… That's strange… He isn't talking to us?"
Emily looked down at his head. "Hey, Mister I'm-suddenly-stuck-up-and-I-refuse-to-talk-to-you-kids!" she kicked his cheek, but it didn't say anything still.
Suddenly, the Pirates Charm, both Chikara's and Tetra's, began to glow.
"Huh?" looking confused, Chikara took out his charm, while Tetra (looking even more annoyed them before) snatched hers out. "Tetra?" he asked. "But, your right there…"
"Of course I am!" snapped Tetra, glaring at her stone. "And just who do you think you are," she added to the stone, "using something that isn't yours! Only me and Chikara can talk through this stone!"
"Your name is Tetra, then?" asked the voice coming from the Pirates Charms. "I need you to come to the Sage Shrine beneath the castle right away!"
"Wait just a minute, mister! Who are you!" demanded Tetra.
"Come to the shrine, and I'll tell you… Better yet, you'll see me…" And the charm lost the shine.
"Huh!" scoffed Tetra. "Well, don't you sound so important! Fine, I'm coming…" Tetra jumped off the boat and ran into the castle.
"Tetra! Wait for us, you'll just get lost!" Chikara jumped off, running after her.
Sarah sighed. "Lets go after them…"
Emily grinned. "Feeling slightly jealous, are we?" Sarah blushed slightly and crossed her arms, walking in with a laughing Emily.
Tetra looked awe-struck around the castle. "Whoa… Dang, this place is huge…" Tetra raised an eyebrow when she saw several dead bodies on the ground. "Oh, that's lovely. What happened here, a war or something?"
"Yeah, the Great War of Hyrule," said Emily. "I'm glad we got here in time, but Lee, Zelda, and Link wanted me and Emily to try and find back up for this fight, so we were sent to the surface 1000 years ago… then me and Sarah forgot. I told Chikara that already."
"Oh…" said Tetra. "Lee, huh? That name sounds familiar in a way… So, just where is the shrine the man referred to?"
"Down here, under the statue of the 'Hero of Time'."
Tetra looked at the statue, them smiled mischievously at Chikara. "Ne, Chikara, this statue looks kinda like you!"
Chikara bit his lip. "Does not," he protested silently, following the girls downstairs to the shrine. When they got downstairs, they saw someone new there.
Sarah and Emily cried, "NOHANSEN, ZELDA'S DAD?" at the same time.
They all climbed up the stairs, seeing the King of Hyrule standing there, back facing them. "Chikara, Tetra, I'm sure you both have heard about the legends of the golden land of Hyrule…"
"Are you the one who used my charm without my permission?" demanded Tetra. "Don't tell me junk about Hyrule until you tell me why you called me here!"
"Straight to the point then…" he turned around. "Emily and Sarah, we've met before… but to Chikara and Tetra, let me introduce myself: My name is Nohansen Daphnes Hyrule, the father of Princess Zelda. I am the King of Hyrule."
"King of Hyrule?" repeated Tetra, narrowing her eyes.
Nohansen glanced at Chikara. "Chikara, don't you recognize my voice?"
Chikara blinked. "Eh? Yeah, a bit…" Chikara closed his eyes in thought. "You…" Chikara gasped. "You're Red Lions!" he asked surprised.
"That sailboat was just my disguise. I couldn't have you, nor Emily or Sarah, knowing who I was yet…"
"You mean… all this time, you were the KING!" asked Sarah. "Your presence WAS familiar!"
Emily looked horrified. "AND I SAT ON YOU HEAD!" she screeched in dreadfulness.
"That still doesn't give you a right to use MY charm! You're not King of the Great Sea, you know!" snapped Tetra.
"I know that… But that Pirate Charm you have is an enhanced version of the Shadow Gossip Stones."
"I knew it!" said Emily jubilantly.
"And what does all this have to do with me?" asked Tetra. "Why did you call me here!"
"To return to you the Triforce of Wisdom… Tetra, come here."
"Huh! Why—Why should I!"
"I believe I may have the missing piece to the necklace your mother left you before she died."
Tetra stared wide-eyed at Nohansen. "Do—Do you…?" Tetra approached Nohansen nervously, a bit intimidated by Nohansen's impressive size.
Nohansen held out his hand, and the bottom half of Tetra's necklace appeared. "Your mother instructed you to guard this with your life, didn't she? Have you ever wondered why?"
Tetra stared at the golden triangle piece on his hand. "How'd… How do you…?"
"Tetra, you are next in the bloodline of Zelda and Lee to take the Triforce of Wisdom! It's your fate as a carrier of Royal Blood!" The piece around Tetra's neck and the one on Nohansen's hand flew to each other, and there was a gleaming flash of pure golden light.
"Kyaaa!" Chikara shielded his eyes from the blinding light. It's too bright…! What's going on…? What's happening to Tetra!
When the flash ended, everyone looked to see what happened. Emily let out a small gasp. "Whoa… She—Tetra really is a descendant… we're right… I was right!"
"Quite the resemblance, too!" remarked Sarah.
Chikara opened his eyes, and was speechless by what he saw.
Tetra's lime-blond hair was long, reaching below her back. She was wearing the tiara Zelda wore when she was a young princess, and she was wearing a pink-and-magenta dress, and a red-pearl necklace around her neck. When she turned sideways, looking at her left hand, they saw her once-tan skin had become moon-pale like Zelda, and she had a small shade of blue over her eyes, as if to resemble the heavens blue skies. The Triforce of Wisdom shone brightly on her left hand, and predictably, so did Sarah's Triforce of Love. "My… My fate?" she repeated faintly, looking back at the trio.
"This may be a surprise to you, Chikara, but it's confirmed now: Tetra is a princess of Hyrule, and of descent of Zelda. Tetra, if Zelda wishes it, could be the Sagess of Time."
"Princess Tetra…" thought Tetra aloud. "I'm a princess…? Then what did that make oka-san? Was she a princess, too? Or was she the queen of Hyrule and never told me?" Tetra turned to Nohansen. "Why didn't she tell me about this before hand? Why could I have been raised to obey the codes of piracy when… When I was royalty!" Tetra looked slightly angry now.
"For a long time, Tetra," answered the elderly king, "many believed that Hyrule was destroyed. Those who still believed in the 'old fairy tale' were usually shunned away and jeered and scorned at. Soon, everyone just called the legend of Hyrule 'the old pagan' stories."
Emily closed her eyes and crossed her arms. "…I remember, when I was staying on Windfall Island, I always tried to bring conversation to Hyrule in that small café, but they suddenly became very cold about the subject, and dropped it immediately. I even overheard a mother tell her child that I was an evil sorceress bent on bringing evil down on the island. That's why I went into hiding: to wait for someone I could recognize from Hyrule, so I could prove it's existence…"
"Gosh, Emily…. That's terrible," said Sarah sympathetically. Emily nodded, pretending to be all-sad and stuff.
"After Zelda, Lee, Link, Sarah and Emily left Hyrule, the Triforces that they had (which were Courage for Lee and Wisdom for Zelda) became confused that they were going to leave the land they were created in, and returned to the Temple of Time, the Triforce of Love staying with the Avatar (who is Sarah). A curse that had befallen Zelda at the hands of Ganondorf caused the Royal Family after Zelda to become evil and dark, tainting the bloodline by marrying the evil and dark. So every generation went through tests to determine their strength in the face of doing something good, and while doing so, received Wisdom and Courage in turn. Slowly, but surely, good was returning to the family…" Nohansen paused to let it all sink in.
Chikara blinked. "Everyone in the family after Zelda was evil…?"
"Evil, or dark," answered Nohansen.
"I'm not evil!" said Tetra, facing the group again. "How—How could I be evil or dark!"
"Let me continue, Tetra…" said Nohansen. "Soon, the great evil that cursed Zelda in the first place, Ganondorf, suddenly came back, seething for revenge on the thriving country while his Gerudos were dying off from illness. He wanted Hyrule to suffer in the exact fashion… So, using the pieces of the Triforce, he angered the volcano, causing it to erupt and send ashes all over the country, covering the sun and sky. Without any sun or rain to nourish it's lush green trees, the Forests of Hyrule began to wilt, every tree and grass blade. The rivers dried up, everything seemed to be doomed. Many Hylians died, as many Kokiri and Zora's…"
Sarah held herself close, remembering the defeated Hyrule when they all had arrived to return home. "…I remember feeling weaker because of that… Knowing that my friends were…" Chikara looked a bit depressed by hearing all the truths behind that 'Hero of Time' legend.
"As if by answering the prayers of the desperate Hylians, Zelda, Lee, Link, and you girls returned to Hyrule… although you were too late."
"Zelda had a bad feeling, and she said she Saw Hyrule in bedlam and anguish, and insisted that we return immediately," said Emily.
"Well… It was good luck, I guess… But, you realized looking above you, that Hyrule was far beneath the sea. While you were gone… Hyrule was near destroyed. The Gods did this to destroy Ganondorf as well… But it was all in vain… That's why I was sailing the ocean above Hyrule, to search for the descendents of Zelda and Lee… As far as I could tell, I didn't see any survivors. My guess was that either the descendents were either killed off by fear of darkness, or hiding, or… somewhere else. Somehow, by meeting Chikara, and sensing the Gossip Stone he carried, I guessed he was either a descendent or knows a descendent… I'm glad I was correct about one thing, or Tetra would've fallen into Ganondorfs hands."
There was a bit of a pause.
"But how did you exactly sense Chikara-chan?" asked Chikara suddenly. "How could you guess about Tetra through Chikara-chan?"
"How I found you…? I told you when you awoke that you were floating out at sea, apparently lifeless. I feared the worst, and took you to Windfall (which was the nearest island to me), and was about to attract attention of someone to help you, Chikara, but I thought better of it, since you were still breathing."
"But then the Pirates Charm? How could you guess about Tetra?"
"I should know the presence of Zelda, my daughter. Tetra's presence has a similar aura as Zelda. I was thinking that maybe we could consult the Gods and Goddesses by rising the Tower of the Gods to the surface of the Great Sea. They dropped hints, didn't they, about the whereabouts of Zelda's descendent."
Chikara looked down at the floor. "…They—They did…"
"What kind of hints?" asked Tetra suspiciously. "How did they refer to me?"
Chikara looked up at Tetra. "How…?"
"Whatever," sighed Tetra, looking back at Nohansen. "Now what? We can't waste away here! We need to devise a plan on how to strike back at Ganondorf! I'm ready for anything!"
"And what could you possibly do?" asked the king. "You really don't have much experience in these matters, do you?"
Tetra glared at Nohansen. "What do you mean! I know perfectly well what to do—" Tetra stopped suddenly. "Wait… Don't—Don't tell me that you want… you want me to stay here, do you?" cried Tetra. When Nohansen didn't answer, she protested, "Look, Mr. Hyrule, I am NOT going to sit here like a small pathetic helpless person! I want to fight too!"
"…Tetra, you have no idea how powerful Ganondorf really is… He'll try to do more them kill you or anyone else. He wants the Triforce, all four pieces, and will stop at nothing to get them. Ganondorf also rules over the Shadow Rift, and can open it on any one of us if he gets enough power… Chikara, this is where you come in."
"Eh?" Chikara looked back and forth between Emily and Sarah, then pointed at himself. "Chikara-chan?" he asked.
"Yes, seeing as you have the Master Sword now… I wonder if you could be a descendent as well… None but those with Lee's blood in their veins could even lay a hand on the Master Sword… I believe so too, seeing Lee's aura around you."
"Chikara-chan a descendent… of Lee? Then, is Aryll a descendent too!" Chikara gasped. "Then, if he knew that… Aryll could've been…"
"Then that makes Chikara-chan related to Tetra, doesn't it?" asked Sarah, trying to hide relief. "Seeing as they both come from the same persons."
After Sarah said that, Tetra looked at Chikara, who did that too. Me and Chikara… related! Well, that's a relief… I guess, but… well—I never liked him that much, anyway… Tetra bit her lip, and stared determinedly at the ceiling. "…Still… if I have this Triforce piece, shouldn't it help me out?"
"The magic can't be controlled, unless you force it to, Tetra. The magic will use you when the time comes for it to be used. But now's not the time." Nohansen looked at Tetra, and added, "I'm sorry, Tetra, but for right now, this place is safest for you."
Tetra sighed. "…Fine. I'll find something useful to do here, I guess… But, Chikara before you go…" Tetra held out her hand. "The Pirates Charm… I want that back right now. If you're going to be out on a high-risk adventure… I don't want that Charm broken. Hand it over."
Chikara nodded silently, taking the Pirates Charm out of his pocket. Thoughts were crossing his mind. Is Chikara-chan a descendent of Lee and Zelda, and related to Tetra? Does Chikara-chan still like her, or… why does Chikara-chan feel so empty…? Chikara placed it on Tetra's open hand. "Hai, Tetra…"
Tetra placed both of her Pirates Charms around her neck. "So…" she said stiffly. "You three go have fun, then. I guess I'll explore this huge castle…" And find my own way to the surface… thought Tetra with an impish smile. "Ja ne, you three, and Mr. King dude, you should be getting back to that sailboat.
Emily stared at Tetra. I know a smile like that… She's planning something… "Tetra's right, King! Meet you upstairs!"
The King of Hyrule nodded. "Yes, I'll be there in a second… Tetra, please try not to leave the castle walls…" and he vanished into thin air.
Tetra smiled again. "Oh, I wouldn't dream of such a thing…" Tetra looked up at the stained glass figures of the 7 Sages of Hyrule. "…I wouldn't dream of it."
Back with the main trio…
Sarah, Emily, and Chikara all stood before the King of Red Lions, now knowing who he was. "Well, I don't know about you," said Emily, "but I don't feel so comfortable on that sailboat anymore…"
Red Lions rolled his eyes. "Come on, you three! We haven't any time to waste! What we need to do now is recharge the Master Sword so it can fight off evil again." He shook his head when the trio all hesitated again. "Come on, the more time we waste, the more power Ganondorf regains!"
Emily made a face. "Fine, but I ain't gonna sit on your head no more…" Emily jumped into the sailboat, Sarah and Chikara behind her.
"Red Lions, how are we going to repower the Master Sword?" asked Chikara.
"What we need to do is find the Sages of Hyrule," answered Red Lions. "All 7 of them."
"Find the 7 Sages of Hyrule?" repeated Sarah disbelievingly.
"You may as well try to evaporate the Great Sea!" said Emily. "In other words, IMPOSSIBLE!"
"It won't be that hard… I think," said Red Lions. "The trouble is, I don't think any of them are still alive, except for Zelda. If that happens, we can't power the Master Sword. Maybe the sub-Sages of the Wind and Earth could help, if we knew where to find them, that is."
"This is going to take a long time?" asked Chikara sadly. "Chikara-chan can't go home yet?"
"I'm positive that this was your fate as well, Chikara… Maybe it was no mistake that the bird kidnapped Aryll instead of Tetra. It must have sensed Zelda's aura in Aryll, and made for her. Chikara, it seems that it was destined that we'd all meet together like this, that you'd be the next wielder of the Master Sword, as well as the Wind Waker. You have a lot coming for you, Chikara. I hope you can handle it all…"
Chikara looked up at the ocean above Hyrule. "Chikara-chans destiny, ne…?"
Sarah looked up too. "Well, Red Lions… Lets go search for the Sages of Hyrule."
"Yaaay!" said Emily as Red Lions cruised for the light to return to the surface.
When they got to the top of the ocean, Red Lions looked back at the trio. "So, we'll search for Saria, Sagess of the Forest, first, alright? We'll try the Forest Haven, so Chikara, take us southeast!"
Chikara nodded, and pulled the Kaze no Takuto out, conducting the wind song for the Wind Spirit.
"Chikara-chan, you have need of me, then? Which way?"
"Southeast," said Chikara, looking in that direction.
"To the Forest Haven?" she asked shrewdly. "Hey, that's where you found Sarah, right?"
"Eh…?" Chikara glanced at Sarah, who was looking at him.
"Well, I'm ready for adventure," she said with a smile. "How about you?"
"Yes, it'll be soo much fun!" said Emily with delight.
Chikara smiled softly at the girls and Red Lions. "…Then, Chikara-chan will try his hardest to be stronger, then. Hopefully, we can power the Master Sword…" Chikara pulled out the journal, and began to write as they sailed to Forest Haven.
Day 11
Good news first, or the bad news? …How about the bad news…? Oh, my heart hurts today… Tetra is a princess it seems, and she is also related to me, very distantly related. That place where I used to really like Tetra feels so hollow. What do they call this? Heartbreak?
What was the good news again? Could you call realized destiny good news? I see now that it was my fate to repower the Master Sword… Why me? All I wanted was to rescue Aryll!
That doesn't matter… I should make a good commitment to be stronger, so I won't be such a burden on Sarah and Emily and Red Lions. We're on our way to the Forest Haven again to search for Saria, the Sagess of the Forest. I wonder if she was the green-haired girl on that stain-glass window in the Sage Shrine?
Chikara-chan, Great Sea (on way to Forest Haven), 3:09 AM. Status: Heart-wrenched?
That's two updates in one day. I hope you're happy!