Well, looking back on the previous two chapters I noticed that it leaves off right before a big battle, so why not this one as well? Yes, I know you want action, but there is more than action in any good Zelda story (though because the lack of reviews I am not sure if this is good or not), but enough rambling and back to the show!

Chapter 7: A Royal Disaster

"You know I can take care of myself, Barrock." Zelda said as she headed towards Lake Hylia.

"My job is to escort you to the wedding. If you aren't there, diplomatic relationships between Hyleans and Zorans might fall apart, and we cannot have that happening." Barrock replied as he took out a sword and stabbed it at an invisible enemy behind Zelda. "And just because you know how to fight doesn't mean you can fight."

"Who is Ruto marrying anyways? I always thought she liked Link." Zelda asked as she threw a shuriken at a Poe in the distance.

"He is a knight that has served the Zoran king personally. I believe his name is Mikau." When he finished talking he took a horse and put Zelda on and jumped on as well to ride to Lake Hylia.

"Mikau? I think I have heard that name before."

"Before he became a knight he lived in Termina, and was a guitar player."

"I remember now! Wasn't he the lead guitarist for the band The Indigo-Go's?"

"The one and only, now let's hurry up. We don't want to be late." After he said that he had the horse go full speed. His horse was almost as fast as Epona! Once they got there though they noticed something was off.

"Barrock! Zelda!" they heard a shout and saw it coming from Princess Ruto, soon to be Queen.

"What is it my lady?" Barrock asked, polite as usual to royalty.

"It's the lake, it has started to turn into a swamp!" as soon as she said that Barrock started to look worried. "What is it Barrock?"

"Is there a swamp near here where a famous pirate died?" he asked still worried.

"How did you know? We never told anyone about that place."

"We need to get to that ship. You have seen what has started in Hyrule, correct?" he asked as he turned his head, soon after lava erupted from Death Mountain and a black dragon appeared. "Dammit, I hope Link will be alright."

"What is going on!" Ruto cried out as she saw the dragon.

"An evil even greater than Ganondorf has arrived, and we need to find some lost journals, one of which is on that ship. At first we thought it was in the Southern Swamp, but that doesn't appear to be the case." Barrock then took out his sword as he saw some undead pirates coming towards them, "Watch out my ladies!" he shouted and then attacked the nearest one.

"Mikau!" Ruto shouted.

"What is it!" Mikau replied as he ran towards them.

"Show these two where the ship of the swamp pirate is. They need to get there."

"Now! While we are being attacked!" he replied.

"If we can get a certain journal that is on that ship, these undead pirates might stop attacking you." Barrock explained.

"Okay, but I will not escort the princess. If she gets hurt, then it would be the fault of the Zoras, and we do not want that to happen."

"Understood" Barrock replied. He then turned to Zelda and said, "You stay here, and stay safe."

"I will not be left out of this, and you don't tell me what to do!" Zelda replied angrily.

"Actually, I do have the right to tell you this. I serve your father first and you second, and he told me to keep you safe. The safest thing is for you to stay here, so therefore it is also your father's orders."

"Fine, but next time I WILL come with you." Zelda pouted.

"So Mikau, let's go." Barrock said. Then the two of them ran off.

"Your father is just being over protective. Mine is as well." Ruto told Zelda.

"But I don't NEED protection. I can take care of myself."

"I know you can, but your father just wants you to be safe. Even Link can struggle in a fight. Just because you have the skills doesn't mean your opponent doesn't have some skill as well."

"Okay. Okay."

"So this is the swamp?" Barrock asked surprised that it didn't look anything like the Southern Swamp.

"Yes, even though it isn't much of a swamp." Mikau replied, and then pointed over in between two rocks, "The ship sunk in between those two rock formations."

"So, now we just have to get that journal."

"Wait, hasn't this been too easy?" Mikau replied, "shouldn't there be more pirates here than at the lake?"

"You're right. What's going on?" as soon as he said that the sunken ship rose from the water with most of the crew and the captain alive, or undead, on board.

"Now that is a good reason why." Mikau replied, "This pirate crew was able to destroy the Zoran Empire when they were alive, and now that they are back, well, I don't even want to imagine what could happen."

Well, aren't I being nice. 3 chapters in a couple of days? Well I guess that you can't complain, but I always feel as if I am missing something. Oh ya, reviews. If I don't know what you guys think, how can I improve? I want to make this a story you can enjoy, but I am not you guys, so I can't improve it how you want it to be. Oh well, hopefully I can release the next chapter soon, which will be Shadow's story of when he enters Hell. Well, see ya!