A/N: Well, that's two chapters down, and a lot more to go. The suggestions I got for Mario and Luigi are much appreciated, but I've figured out somewhere to place them. However, I don't think the characters I've decided on appear in Episode I. Also, I've made a decision on Sebulba as well, but you'll have to wait and see whom I've selected to play him.

CHAPTER 3: THE PLANET CORE

After a few minutes under the water, The two Jedi knights were able to open their eyes and locate the swimming Miaku headed for a tunnel. Being a Zora, he was able to swim much faster than Roy and Marth, but nonetheless, the two were able to keep up. As they came to the end of the tunnel, the saw that they had emerged inside a cave. Many other Zora were noticed walking around as the three of them emerged from the water.

Zora's Domain was filled with the same rich blue water as the lake which hid its entrance, and a stunning waterfall was also seen pouting more and more water into the pond that many Zora's called home.

"It's so good to be home!" Miaku said as he climbed up onto dry land. As the two Jedi followed, a female Zora with a spear approached them.

"Hey you, stop right there!" She commanded.

"Hello Princess Ruto, I'm back!" Miaku said, trying to be enthusiastic about things, but the Zora Princess didn't seem amused.

"No chance, Miaku," She said. "You're going to the throne room. You're in big trouble this time!"

Miaku could only groan as two more Zora's showed up. One of them poked Miaku with a spear, which caused him to yelp.

"How rude!" Miaku pouted.

Inside the throne room, King Zora sat with a counsel of his best warriors. King Zora was quite obese, but obviously, large and in charge. Roy told Miaku to step down and let him deal with the king.

"You cannot be here." The king stated. "This army of mechanics out there is no reason."

"A droid army is about to attack the Hylians." Roy countered calmly. "We must warn them."

"We don't like the Hylians." King Zora spat. "They think they're so smart, that their brains are bigger than ours!"

"Once those droids takes control of the surface, they will take control of you." Marth added.

"I don't think so." The king countered. "They don't know of us."

"You and the Hylians form a symbiont circle." Marth told him. "What happens to one of you will affect the other. You must understand this."

"We don't care about the Hylians." King Zora said. Roy could sense that this was going nowhere. He raised his hand, and waved it in the air once. Marth noticed this as a Jedi Mind Trick. When used on the weak minded, a Jedi could tilt the odds in his or her favor, without his victim knowing it.

"Then speed us on our way." Roy said using the mind trick.

"We're gonna speed you away." The king said. Obviously, the trick had worked.

"We could use a transport." Roy said, using the trick again.

"We're gonna give you the bongo." The king said. Miaku was surprised at the events as the king continued. "The fastest way to Hyrule Market is to go through the planet core. Now go."

"Thank you for your help." Roy said to King Zora, "We leave in peace."

"Master, what's a bongo?" Marth asked as the two of them turned around.

"A transport, I hope." Roy replied.

"They're setting you up." Miaku warned. "Going through the planet core? Bad news. Any help here would be hot." Roy had an idea, and he needed Miaku to pull it off.

"Master, we're short on time." Marth reminded him.

"We'll need a navigator to get us through the planet's core." Roy said. "This Zora may be of help." Roy then turned back to King Zora.

"What is to become of Miaku here?" He asked.

"He is to be punished." King Zora said, much to Miaku's chagrin.

"I saved his life. He owes me what you call a 'life-debt'." Roy then used his Mind trick one more time on the king to get his way. "Your gods demand that his life belongs to me now."

"Miaku?" King Zora said to the troubled Zora. "You have a life-debt to this human?"

"Uh-huh." Miaku told him. King Zora then began to laugh thunderously.

"Be gone with him!" The king demanded. Roy then turned back to his apprentice and his new friend.

"Count me out of this one. Better dead here than dead in the core." Miaku said, then realized that with the Jedi, he might have a chance at survival, where there was no chance in Zora's Domain. "My gods, what am I saying?!"

Not long after the meeting with the Zora king, Roy, Marth and Miaku got into the transport known as the bongo. A disc-shaped water transport with a rotating motor in the rear. Marth took the helm with Miaku beside him, as Roy took a spot in the back as they headed for Planet Hyrule's core.

"This is nuts." Miaku said. "Oh, a fish!"

"Why were you banished, Miaku?" Marth asked curiously.

"It's a long story," Miaku said. "but a small part of it would be that I'm…clumsy."

"You were banished because you were clumsy?" Marth asked.

"You might say that." Miaku said as the bongo continued on its path. A big aquatic beast saw them pass by, and began to chase them.

"I caused maybe one or two little-bitty accidents." Miaku continued. "You'd say an explosion crashed into King Zora's main transport, then I was banished." They still had no idea of what was chasing them, until the beast shot out its sticky tongue and latched onto them.

"Uh oh!" Miaku cried as he felt the jolt. The beast brought its tongue back, and bit down on the bongo.

"Big fish! Huge teeth!" Miaku panicked as the beast began to swim away with its prize. Another, BIGGER, beast spotted them, and bit the monster that had the Jedi and one Zora trapped, releasing them.

"There's always a bigger fish." Roy mused.

"I think we should go back now." Miaku said, still panicky as Marth turned the bongo into a small cave.

Back on the Trade Federation ship, Wolf and Leon had once again contacted their boss; Darth Ganon.

"The invasion is on schedule, my lord." Wolf said to the Sith Lord.

"I have the senate bogged down in procedures." Ganon said to the Viceroy. "They will have no choice but to accept your control of the system."

"The princess has great faith that the senate will side with her." O'Donnell said to him.

"Princess Zelda is young and naïve." Darth Ganon said. "You will find controlling her will not be difficult."

"Yes, my lord." Wolf replied as the communication ended.

"You didn't tell him about the missing Jedi." Leon complained.

"No need to report that to him until we have something to report." Wolf replied.

The bongo continued to speed through the core as the damage to the transport began to take its toll.

"Where are we going?" Miaku asked.

"Don't worry." Roy told him. "The Force will guide us."

"Oh, real big, the Force." Miaku said sarcastically. He didn't believe in the Force. "We'll that stinks." As soon as he said that, an alarm began to sound.

"We're losing power." Marth said to his companions. This caused the Zora to panic again.

"Ohhh no." Miaku groaned. The ship came to a stop and the panels and lights went black. "We're dying here."

"Just relax." Roy tried to console Miaku. "We're not in trouble yet."

"What 'yet'?" Miaku complained as Marth opened a panel and began fiddling with the wires.. "There are monsters out there and it's leaking in here. We're sinking and there's no power. When do you think we're in trouble?!" At that instance, the wires sparked and the lights came back on.

"Power's back." Marth told them as he shut the panel. However, there was a hideous eel beast in front of them, and it looked hungry!

"Ahh! Monsters back too!" Miaku screamed as the beast let out a roar. At that instant, Marth pushed the bongo as fast as it would go, with the monster in pursuit. The Zora was mumbling scared remarks as the chaos continued.

"Relax." Roy told him calmly. Miaku had no problem with that, as the fear made him pass out.

"You overdid it." Marth said to the unconscious Zora as the beast continued to chase them. Once again, a bigger beast lied ahead. Marth pulled up, and sent their pursuer into the new predator's mouth as Miaku regained consciousness.

"Head for that outcropping." Roy told his Padawan.

"Oh boy." Miaku sighed exhaustedly.