Chapter 5: The Great Fairy

They left Romani's room in the Stock Pot Inn, took the roof exit and stealthily made their way to the Great Fairy's Fountain in North Clocktown. Romani and Gill went in and she said to what seemed to be no one "Great Fairy, I have come."

"Ha ha ha ha ha!" came a voice out of nowhere. When the voice quit laughing, a beautiful lady dressed in vines appeared before them.

"Hello." she said. "I am the Great Fairy of Magic. And you must be the Time Master."

"Hello, Great Fairy." Romani replied. "My name is Romani."

"Well, Romani, you have indeed proven yourself to be worthy of holding the power of the Time Master, however, our young Ocean Master here needs to accept his responsibility." she said.

"I am the Ocean Master then?" Gill asked.

"You always knew you were the Ocean Master." the Great Fairy replied. "You were just in denial."

"I tried to tell him that he was." Romani said.

"You did a very good thing to tell him that." the Great Fairy replied. "So, do you accept your role as the Ocean Master?"

"I do." Gill replied.

"Then I will send you to my sister in Great Bay." she said. "She will give you the power of the ocean."

"I am ready." Gill said.

As soon as he said this, there was a flash of white light and he was inside another Great Fairy's Fountain.

"Great Fairy, I have come." Gill said.

"I know you have, my sister told me everything." she said.

"I am ready to take on my responsibility as the Ocean Master." Gill told her.

"Well, I was wondering when you would say that." the Great Fairy said.

A blue beam of light descended upon Gill and he could feel the power flowing through him. He felt incredibly powerful, like there was a storm brewing inside of him. The beam of light disappeared and the Great Fairy told him "I want you to try to control some of the water in my fountain to see how powerful you are."

"How am I supposed to do that?" Gill asked.

"You weren't taught Zora-kai for nothing." she replied. "Try to do some movements with your hand."

Gill took his hand and he gathered magic into it. When he was ready, he lifted his arm and a pillar of water rose from the base of the fountain.

"Now try to control it." the Great Fairy said.

He took all of the water into his control and made a whirlpool in the air. When the whirlpool was spinning rapidly, he froze it from the base up. When the freezing caused the unfrozen water to move up, he just kept on freezing it and it made a nice frozen flower-like block of ice. He then melted it and looked at the Great Fairy.

"Well done!" she said. "I can only expect the most from the Ocean Master."

"Thank you." Gill said.

"I think that you have business to attend to." the Great Fairy said.

"That I do." Gill replied.

In a flash of white light, he was back in the Great Fairy's Fountain in North Clocktown.

"Well, how did it go?" Romani asked.

"I am the Ocean Master." Gill said.

"And I am the Time Master." Romani replied.

"We have a job to do." Gill said.

"Indeed." Romani replied.

They left the Great Fairy's Fountain and jumped right to the middle of North Clocktown. By now, the Gerudo were getting impatient and decided to torture a little boy with a blowgun.

"Hey, leave me alone!" the boy shouted.

"Why?" asked the leader. "We just want to have some fun!"

She took away the boy's blowgun and broke it. She laughed as she threw it to the side.

"Aveil, why don't we hold him for ransom?" asked one of the pirates.

"Why that is a good idea!" Aveil said. "Take him to the Laundry Pool with the rest of the people who tried to stop us."

Romani looked at Gill and whispered "It looks like there are more people captured."

"We need to rescue them and take out these pirates." Gill whispered back.

They walked over to the group of pirates and Gill stepped forward.

"Hey." he said. "I never thought that the lowest of the low could actually stoop lower."

"Hey! It's the kid from the fortress!" one of the pirates said. "Get him!"

A group of the pirates came at Gill, but he flipped into the air and activated his fins. When he came back down, he drove the fins into two of the pirates' chests, causing them to fall over dead. Romani activated her sword and jumped into the battle. She swung her sword once and three of the Gerudo fell over dead. Another group charged at them and they dispatched them with ease as well.

"Kid, who are you?" Aveil asked.

"I am the Ocean Master and you are not welcome here." Gill replied.

"The Ocean Master, huh?" Aveil said. "Why don't you prove it."

"The human body is seventy percent water." Gill replied. "I could freeze you in a heartbeat."

"Ha ha!" Aveil laughed. "Prove it."

The next thing Aveil felt was very cold temperatures. She started to get scared and she tried to grab her sword, but her arm would not move. She looked at it and it was blue. She touched it with her free hand and it felt cold to the touch. Soon, frost started to form on it. Aveil screamed out in pain and grabbed her sword with her free hand and charged at Gill. Romani stepped in and blocked her attack with her sword. Gill then jumped over Romani and proceeded to kill Aveil when she threw something to the ground. It released a flash of light and she was gone.

"Where did she go!" Gill asked.

Romani shrugged. "Beats the hell out of me!"

Several Gerudo charged at them as soon as she said this.

"Talk later. Fight now." Gill said.

They fought their way through the Gerudo Pirates and they killed every single one of them. North Clocktown was littered with corpses. They went over to the boy with the broken blowgun that the Gerudo were torturing earlier, but he backed away.

"Hey, it's alright." Romani said. "We got rid of the bad guys."

"But you killed them." the boy said.

"They were [i]really[/i] bad guys." Gill replied. "What's your name?"

"I'm Jackie." the boy said. "I'm the leader of the Bombers gang here in Clocktown.

"Nice to meet you, Jackie, but we have to get out of here fast." Romani said. "I know one place where you will be safe."

Gill heaved Jackie up onto his shoulders and they went back through South Clocktown and onto the Stock Pot Inn in East Clocktown and went in through the roof entrance. They quietly went downstairs to keep people from noticing them when they heard the regular entrance door open. A group of Gerudo Pirates came in and jumped behind the counter and grabbed Anju.

"Let me go!" she screamed.

"We need hostages and you might as well be one of them." one of the Gerudo said.

As soon as they heard this, Gill and Romani sprang into action. They took out the pirates in about thirty seconds and they saved Anju.

"Thank you." Anju said. "They were going after my husband."

"Think nothing of it." Gill said.

"We need to get to the Laundry Pool and free the rest of the townsfolk." Romani said.

"Let's go." Gill replied.

They then ran out the front door and went over to South Clocktown. It was completely deserted, save a couple of Gerudo at the entrance of the Laundry Pool. They quickly went over there and dispatched the Gerudo standing guard.

"You ready for this?" Gill asked Romani.

"Definitely." Gill replied.

They went into the Laundry Pool and they saw five pirates armed to the teeth. They were guarding everyone that opposed them, who were tied up and grouped against the wall perpendicular to the Curiosity Shop.

"Hey!" shouted one of the pirates. "Do you want a piece of us too?"

"Sounds good to me." Gill said.

Gill and Romani then jumped for the pirate that spoke. Gill dropped low and gave her a kick in the jaw which sent her flying into the air. Romani then jumped and kicked the Gerudo into the wall with such force, that it killed her. The other four charged at them on all sides. Romani got her sword out and ran one of them through. Unfortunately, she left herself wide open for an attack. The Gerudo closest to her kicked her in the ribs. Romani then went down, but recovered and swung her leg out, causing the pirate to trip. As soon as this happened, Romani snapped the Gerudo's neck. Gill was taking on two of the pirates at the same time. He kicked one of them in the chest and punched the other in the face. He then activated his fins and shot them at the one he kicked in the chest. There was a sound of slicing flesh and that pirate was dead. He then did a side kick on the other pirate, causing her to fall down. He then saw the water flowing through the Laundry Pool and decided to use his new power. He clenched his fist and brought it up. The water quickly rose and Gill brought it over to him. He separated the water into several globules and lengthened them. The Gerudo charged at him and Gill froze the water. Now, there were ice spikes hovering all around him. He directed them to the charging pirate and they all impaled her.

Gill and Romani took a few seconds to catch their breaths and they then went to free the prisoners. Once they were all free, one of them stepped forward and spoke.

"I cannot thank you enough for what you did." he said.

"Just don't let something like this ever happen again." Gill replied.

"I won't." he said. "By the way, have you seen a boy in North Clocktown?"

"Sure have." Romani replied.

"Was he wearing a red cap?" the man asked again.

"Yes." Gill replied.

"Then that would be my son, Jackie." the man replied. "I'm sorry. I never got to introduce myself over my questions. I'm Jimmy. I used to be a Bomber back a few years ago."

"Nice to meet you, Jimmy." Romani replied.

"Thanks for helping." Gill said to Romani.

"It's no problem." she replied. "It is in my job description after all."

"Well, we had better let you get back to your lives." Gill said. "You have a carnival to prepare."

"Lucky we still have plenty of time left." Jimmy said.

"We will be there, but you will not see us." Romani said.

"At least you will be there." Jimmy replied.

Jimmy then lead the other prisoners back to South Clocktown and let them get back to the carnival preparations.

"I will meet you back at the inn later." Gill said. "I need to go to my workshop and change."

"Okay. See you later." Romani replied.