I'm sorry it's been so long since I last updated. I've been working on a novel and bet my boyfriend I could get to 15,000 words by a certain time or else have to do a Warhead challenge. I lost... and not looking forward to warheads. But now I'm gunning for 20,000 words.

Waking up in a bed that wasn't on a boat was a really strange feeling. Just the feeling of a stable bed not rocking to the ocean waves was slightly off putting, but it would be something he'd get used to again. As he opened his eyes, he was met with another set of emerald eyes.

The sight surprised Linebeck so much that he jumped backwards, and fell off the other side of the bed. He was met to the sounds of giggles and tiny feet running around. Link ran around and plopped down beside him.

"You're silly daddy." the little boy giggled.

Linebeck shook his head and chuckled, "Yeah I guess I am."

The sailor rustles his son's hair, who immediately broke back out into a fit of giggles. Linebeck scooped up the kid and carried him into his room.

"Come on. Let's go get you dressed." Linebeck murmured.

"Aw come on. Pajama day." whined the little boy.

Linebeck shook his head as he plopped the kid down by his dresser, "Not today. We got a big day today. Maybe we can do that tomorrow."

This please the four year old as she flashed a toothy grin. Link looked over his clothes and pulled out a mismatched green shirt and red pants.

"How about we go with a green shirt and black pants?" suggested Linebeck as he looked over his son's choices.

Link nodded in agreement and dug through until he found the black pants he wanted. Once the two year old was satisfied with his choice, Linebeck left his son to get changed and to check on Aryll. When he entered her room he was met with a very excited child. She was standing up against the railings of her crib and let out a happy little screech. He smiled as he picked up his daughter.


Aryll sat in her high chair by the dinning room table. Link was standing on top op a chair helping Linebeck still the pancake mix.

"You got it." encouraged the older man.

This caused a smile to flash across Link's face. After the mixture was mixed up enough, Linebeck set Link back down on the floor as the boy hunted for the syrup. The sound of sizzling pancakes entered the air as the pancake mix was poured onto the pan. Link had found the sweet syrup and tried to set it on top of the counter. Unfortunately, he was still too small to reach the counter all that well. The sailor thanked his son and set the syrup on the counter before flipping the pancakes. They were the perfect golden brown color. Linebeck set Link back on top of the chair so he could watch.

Once the pancakes were done he cut up some pancakes for Link and Aryll. Link proceeded to make pancake soup with the syrup. Linebeck sighed and rolled his eyes. Having to deal with a kid hyped up on syrup was going to be great. At least he had something planned to get his son's pent up energy out.


Link burst out of the house and looked back at his father who was carrying his sister. The little boy grew impatient as his dad shut the door behind them. They made their way back down towards the beach. Linebeck rolled out a large beach towel and set Aryll down. The little girl picked up a nearby seashell and started swinging it around, squeaking in delight.

"You said we'd race." Link said as he crossed his arms.

Linebeck rustled the boy's hair. It had been a lot different back in the realm of the Ocean King. It was just him with an older Link who didn't have to compete for attention from a sibling. The juggling act was something that they'd have to figure out together.

"Yeah, we will Link. Just give me a second to get Aryll set up here. Besides, I need to put sunblock on you." he said as he dug out a small bottle of the sunblock.

Linebeck smeared and rubbed the paste on kids; he did not want to have to deal with sunburned little ones. He remembered when he and Link first stared sailing together, the poor boy really got some color on him the

"Alright. Draw a line in the sand, that will be the finish line." Linebeck instructed as he rubbed the excess sunblock on his arms.

Link rushed down the beach a little ways and drew a long line with his foot. Satisfied with his work, he made his way back towards his dad. While his son had gone and made his line, Linebeck went up the beach a ways and made the starting line. Once Link was back up where he was at the boy got ready for their little race.

"Ready?" Linebeck asked.

A toothy grin was Link's response before the boy got in a starting position.

"On your mark, get set... go!" Linebeck shouted.

Link took off as fast as lightning. Boy, was he like Ashlie. Linebeck jogged behind him, just barely letting his son win. As soon as Link crossed the finish line, he plopped down in the sand to catch his breath.

"Again." he breathed out through little gasps.

"Sure thing. Tell me when you're ready." he said as he sat down by his four year old.

The little boy jumped up a moment later and tried pulling his father up to his feet. He couldn't help but chuckle at his son's eagerness.

"Let's go!" ordered Link.

"Alright, alright." Linebeck said as he rose to his feet, "Ready?"

Link nodded as he got ready for the second race.

"On your mark... get set... go!" yelled Link.

Again, the little boy took off down the beach. Aryll giggled as they ran past her. Linebeck ran right beside Link for a majority of their race, resulting in a tie. Happy with the results, Link went back over to the beach towel and laid down on his back. His green eyes were staring up at the sky above them.

"I see a shark." Link sated as he pointed up at the sky.

Linebeck laid down by his kids and looked up at the clouds. Indeed, there was a cloud that resembled a shark.

"That one looks like a bird." Linebeck said as he pointed to another cloud.

"Mmmmm, now it looks more like a bunny." murmured Link.

"Yeah, it does look like a bun- gah." Linebeck started before Aryll grabbed at his face.

She giggled as she grabbed his nose. He freed himself from his daughters grasp and sat up, putting her in his lap. She grabbed her shell from earlier and began to look it over. Link also sat up and crossed his arms, his emerald eyes looked away from him.

"The shark looks like house now." he said as he noticed the growing jealousy of his son.

Link looked back up at the clouds, "Yep. That one next to it looks like a... like a... boat."

After a bit of cloud watching and a few more races, both kids were tuckered out and ready for a nap, and so was Linebeck. After being away for so long, he forgot how exhausting having little kids was. Too bad that despite how tired and cranky his kids were, they both refused to go down for their naps. This was going to be a long day.