The four set out on their adventure to defeat this evil man. They knew what they must do, but Matiyan wanted to stop at Clock Town to get supplies and stop for the night. The town was a sight for sore eyes to the group. All the buildings were huge and covered with shining splendor. Winter had begun and the town was ready for that day coming soon. The Carnival of Time was around for one day only, but still large and attracted many people.

They knew the legend of when the hero of time came there and saved the place from destruction, but that is another story.

"Wow,' Cianna said, "of the many things I've seen on my many journeys, this is the best."

"You mean," Ciarra started, "you've never been here before?"

"It's a lot harder to be a pirate than people say," Cianna replied, "no one likes us. Who would want to see a stealing pirate just walking down the road?"

This made sense to them all, so they continued to go get supplies.

Galcian leaned on a building in Clock Town with an accomplice of his, Enrique. Enrique wasn't much of a fighter, but he could shoot the eyes off of a fly in the dark. He caught sight of a pirate walking with two kids.

"That them?" he said to Enrique without looking at him.

"That's the assignment," he replied in the same way.

There was step next to him and his head jerked that way. A second later a Zora squirmed by him. Galcian rolled his eyes and continued to watch the kids from behind his shades.

The four saw him and asked," can we help you?"

"I apologize..." he answered, "You wouldn't happen to be a pirate...?"

Cianna hesitated to answer.

"Nevermind," Galcian said quickly, "I'd just like to welcome you to... this... town. What brings you here...?"

"We're just travelers," Matiyan replied, "we heard about the carnival of time and thought we would visit. Oh and I haven't introduced you to us: This is Ciarra, her mother, Cianna, this is Lan and I'm Matiyan. What are you doing here?"

Galcian raised his brows a bit in an attempt to look thoughtful and surprised. He shot a quick look at Enrique.

"My friend over there lives here," he said." We're old friends from..."--Galcian tried to look as though he were remembering something--"...from... ah, well, we're old friends, lets just leave it at that."

They would probably believe that it was some painful memory of where they supposedly met. He was stupid to have taken it that far; it was completely pointless.

"Ah... well, enjoy your stay... ah... here," he said, reaching out for the kid's hand. He acted awkward and uncomfortable.

Matiyan was wondering why he seemed so hesitant to talk, but thought that he was just shy…or had a dirty secret. The hour was getting late so they were going when Matiyan asked Galcian, "you want to join our group?"

Galcian's brows went up involuntarily this time. He turned his head to look at Enrique, who shrugged.

"Group of what?" He asked, laughing.

Matiyan hesitated to answer. He could be just a flat-out, freaky guy, one of Haksa's henchmen, or both.

"We're," He started, "travelers to the land, seeing the great cities and getting wares to sell in Hyrule. What are you doing here?"

Galcian frowned.

"Were you listening to me?" he asked, "I told you I'm visiting my old friend over there."

There was a footstep close to him and his head whipped around as some other guy walked past. He cleared his throat uncomfortably.

"If you ladies are uncomfortable with me welcoming you into this town, I'll leave you be."

Ci-Ci had been silent this whole time, contemplating the situation her and her friends were in, but there was something about this man that attracted her. Not as if she were interested, but something told her he might be useful to them. She didn't have any clue how, but she wasn't about to dismiss her intuition. Her intuition, after all, had started her on this journey.

"Wait!" she called out, running after Galcian. "Wait!"

Ci-Ci caught up to the man and walked in front of him.

"You sure about that? We could really use someone..." she paused, thinking fast. Suddenly she edged herself even closer to Galcian and smiled slyly. "Someone," she continued, moving even closer,' as...strong and...er...handsome as you...what do you think?" she concluded, winking. This was possibly the most interesting moment of her life. She sure was resourceful..

Matiyan was wondering what was going on. He knew Ci-Ci never could trust someone that fast. She had known him for 2 years now and still didn't trust him all the way, so there was no way she could like someone that fast.

Galcian looked at the girl with no expression whatsoever. Then he laughed.

"Oh, my..." he said, pulling himself together." I'm sure you like older guys, but I think you're pushing it with an ol' man like me, hon."

He saw Enrique laughing on the other side of the street, but he also winked and nodded at Galcian. He got the message, nodded back to Enrique and called out him.

"I'll see you later... Ramirez," trying not to reveal his true identity.

He turned back to the group of pirates. "I'm curious about what your kids--apologies, ma'am," he nodded toward Cianna," As I say, I'm curious about what you people want me for. I feel like I'm being set up, but my life is slow and uneventful."

In the split second that he paused, there was a hand on his shoulder. He wheeled around, plunged his left hand into his coat and grabbed the man's neck with his right. The guy didn't put up any fight at all; he must not have been here to... be unfriendly. He took his hand out of his coat and let go of the choking guy's throat.

"I'm sorry, sir," he said, patting the guy on the shoulder.

The man sprinted out from under Galcian's hand and down the street.
Well, that wasn't good. The head jerks weren't that strange, but this would be hard to explain.

"It was a reflex..." he said uncomfortably.

Ciarra stepped back, a frightened look on her face. When Galcian let go of the man's neck, she stepped back up to him cautiously.

"We're not using you. But judging by what you just did," she paused and looked in the direction the man had run, "you've been through a lot, and can't afford not to be cautious. Am I right?"

Ci-Ci didn't bother to wait for an answer, and tilted her head down in a stern, yet playful expression, keeping her eyes directed up towards Galcian.

"And by the way...if I were you, I wouldn't refer to any of us- well, at least to me-" she said, glancing at Lan, "as a kid." She dropped her voice to a lurid whisper and finished, nodding, "I'm twenty-two, thank you very much"

"Whatever, honey," Galcian said to the girl." Well, I'll come with you guys then. Get to know you, make a few friends..."

He hated acting like this... he felt so stupid doing this. But he didn't have any other ideas, and he wasn't getting paid without doing this somehow. He just had to suck it up.

"It's settled then," Matiyan declared, "you will stay with us tonight."

They all agreed on it and rented a few rooms at the inn. Each room had two beds so Matiyan and Ci-Ci had a room and Galcian and Enquire had a room. Lan had family in clock town so she stayed with them. It was hard for Matiyan to get to sleep knowing that Galcian (who he thoughts name was Gregorio) was across the hall. He didn't know why but he trust Galcian as much as would trust anyone else he met. He lay down on his bed and fell fast asleep. He would need the rest for tomorrow.