"What did Jabun say, your majesty?" Double d asked as they sailed away. "You'd rather not know. He . . . has tourettes."

"Interesting."

"Yawn. Where to next, o' king of the jungle and sea?"

"Gannon's curse has been broken by the power of the pearl Jabun gave us, so morning should come soon."

"The sun'll come out tomorrow Guys!"

"I'm not going to ask how that makes sense, but ok."

"So where we headed?"

"I have marked the places we must go on the map, once we get there each of you must set a pearl on its respective perch, proving that you are willing for the journey ahead."

"Well, that doesn't sound too difficult-"

"Also, you must ascend a dangerous, monster-filled tower. Are we ready?"

"'Bout as ready as I'll ever be." With that the Eds sailed to the first island, one diagonal from Outset.

(Some time later)"Uh, Double d? Look." Eddy pointed ahead of their boat where a Giant cyclone spun across the sea. Double d took out his telescope and stared at the top of it, "just as I thought. It seems we've found Cyclos."

"You mean Zelda's brother?" the other two Eds stared at Ed until they started laughing uproariously. "Zephos Ed. Goodness, this is no time for laughing! We need to get past him. Ed, Close the sails. When I say 'now', open them so we can sail past him." The cyclone span back and forth across the water while Eddy and Double d watched, "I know I could take that Guy, if only I had the chance."

"Perhaps later Eddy, but right now we ne-"

"HERE WE GO!" Ed opened the sails and the Eds sped into the cyclone.

"NOT NOW, ED!" Double d shouted as the winds carried their boat into the cyclone and out into wherever Cyclos would fling them.

"AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!" The Eds landed with a splash near a triangle-shaped island. "THAT STUPID FROG!" Eddy shouted, pacing on their boat, "Next time I see him I'll give him what's coming!"

"You're the man, Eddy."

"AND AS FOR YOU," Eddy was seething, "WHAT WAS THAT? YOU FELL FOR THE OLDEST TRICK IN THE BOOK!" Eddy grumbled more before turning to the island "NOW LOOK WHERE WE ARE!"

"Actually Eddy, Ed has warped us to northern triangle island, where Din's pearl will soon preside."

"Oh, is that so? Well in that case, Ed, go drop off that pearl."

"And please don't-"

"WHAT?" Ed had at one point or another ripped his pocket off and was sucking on both it and the Pearl. Eddy shoved Ed's mouth opened, grabbed the pearl, and put it in Ed's hands, "Pearl, island, resting place, NOW!" Ed whimpered and stumbled onto the island, where Double d promised to return for him.

"Well, here we are eastern triangle island."

"Took us long enough." Eddy grumbled, sliding off the King of red lion's head, "After we do this, it's straight to the Hidden treasure." Eddy grabbed the map roughly and read it, studying the red X and the island's shape. When he glanced over it, he nearly had a heart attack. He looked at the map, the island, and back at the map again before shouting "We're right on top of the treasure!" Eddy dove into the water without second thought. "Eddy wait!" Double d dove in after him and dragged him mumbling on board. "The Kankers left instructions on how to salvage treasure." Double d unfolded the small piece of paper and the two read about gathering treasure with the grappling hook. Eddy rigged it to the salvage arm, cranked it hastily into the water and pulled up a heavy steel box.

"Wonder what's in it?"

"Perhaps a treasure of ages long past or a source of-"

"Nope, it's 200 rupees!" Eddy stuffed the silver prize into his pocket and finally made his way to the island itself. "I'll be back to take us to the temple soon Eddy."

"Screw the temple, I have money!" Eddy mumbled just quiet enough for Double d not to hear.

"Are you ready, Double d?" The king of red lions asked, floating not far from southern triangle island, ready to climb onto it. "I'm not sure." He gulped, shaking at the intimidating Sea-hats flying around the lonely island. "Double d, after all you've been through, you'll let these small creatures stop you, and you've faced far worse"

"I know, but this whole time I've been scared. I've tried looking brave, but I still remember that night in the forest each time I see a monster."

"And yet you fight, which makes you far braver than many other like you."

"I guess you're right." Double d sailed through a gauntlet of angry monsters, almost twice being knocked off his boat and the island. When he finally arrived on the island and climbed to its highest point, a statue sat with open arms to the sea. Its blue eyes began to glow with a holy light "What on earth?" Double d asked as it spoke to him in a hoarse voice, "wandering traveler who seeks the guidepost of the goddess . . . place the pearl you hold here." Double d reached into his hat (Without taking it off, of course) and produced a bright blue orb, adorned with Nayru's crest. He placed it in the statue's hands. The entire world grew dark around the statue and Double d, except for the mystical blue orb. "Well, now what?" Double d asked the universe before a rumbling began on the island. The statue shined with light-blue light through small cracks in it making a horrible hissing noise. "O dear!" Double d Dove to the lower part of the island to avoid whatever would happen next. Then as soon as it started, the rumbling and noises stopped. What was that all about? Double d wondered as he stepped back up to where the statue was. With a loud BANG the statue exploded, sending our hero screaming through the air. In its place stood the image of Nayru, holding the pearl high so a holy blue light could shine in the same direction Double d was heading: Eastern triangle island.

"Stupid frog." Eddy growled on his little island. He had already put Farore's pearl in its rightful place and was now growling at the world, a common stress reliever for him. "Stupid brother, stupid Kevin, Stupid Helmroc king, stupid Gannon!" Eddy pulled up several flowers and strangled them, "When we get this 'power to vanquish evil' you guys are-"

"EDDY!!!!" Double d landed on the statue of Farore, shaken but alive.

"Where'd you come from?"

"Not important! The pearls cause the statues to explode! Remove it at once!" Eddy and Double d tugged at the pearl without budging it an inch. "What is it, glued in there?" Eddy shouted with frustration as the blue light finally made its way to the island's statue. "Eddy . . .Run." Double d warned too late. Before either boy could take a step, the light hit the second statue, causing it to explode into Farore and send both a green light and the Eds flying towards Northern Triangle Island.

"Here we go!" Ed announced, trying to balance Din's pearl on the statue's head. "Tricky." While trying to do this, the other two Eds landed near the statue's feet. "HI Guys!" Ed shouted happily, letting go of the Red pearl, where it rolled off the statue and onto the grass. "Ed you idiot!" Eddy picked up the pearl and smirked, "You don't put the pearl on its head, you put in its hands!"

"NO EDDY!" Double d warned at the pearl was put irreversibly into the statue's hands. "Oops." The green light of Farore hit the now-activated statue of Din, sending the Eds flying towards the Center of the three Triangle islands. Why they flew screaming there, Din's read light shined south to Nayru's statue. When the three lights connected together, a massive triangle, composed of three smaller Yellow triangles and a triangle-shaped blank spot, glowed on the ocean. These triangles spun and grew smaller towards the open sea in the center of the islands. There a powerful light climbed from the waters into the sky, and from this light rose a giant gray tower with a ring of arches near the bottom, water pouring from holes on the side. This is what the Ed's hit, the Tower of the Gods.

Just like the siege of the Forsaken Fortress, the Eds peeled off the tower and fell into the bay below. But this time the King of red lions was there to pull them from the water. "Where'd this hotshot tower come from?" Eddy asked, staring at the marvel. "This tower, which the pearls of the Gods caused to appear, is a place that the gods of the ancient world prepared so that they might test the courage of men."

"But I am not a man, I'm a monster hunter!"

"And I am but a boy."

"And I'm a rich guy!"

"You'll go in there and you'll like it! The gods will acknowledge only one who can overcome the trials that await here as a true hero. Only then will that hero be permitted to wield the power to destroy the great evil."

"Now we sound the drums of war! For Sarah." Ed opened the sail with a gleam in his Eyes as Double d turned the winds towards the tower, "time to fulfill my promises, to my father, to Ed, to everyone I've met along the way." He smiled confidently.

"Well, we gotta do what we gotta do." Eddy mumbled slightly as their boat sailed into the half-sunken tower.

The tower itself was a test of the Courage of each of the Eds ant their resolve to fight Gannon. Since the tower was underwater for centuries, the Eds would often enlist the help of the king of red lions to traverse it. Unfortunately, there was no wind inside, not to mention the water rose and fell throughout the endeavor. Unlike other temples and Dungeons the Eds had crossed before, this one was ornate and royal, covered in gold and marble. But make no mistake, the tower of the gods was a monster filled deathtrap, as the Eds discovered in one particular room.

Man, look at Ed, smashing monsters again. Ed slashed through a skull that had previously been on fire while Double d returned from the room ahead, bringing with him yet another statue. And look at double d, solving puzzles like they're nothin'! I wish I could do something cool around here. While it's true Eddy had been able to stop several monsters with his boomerang, it still felt like he was dead weight. "For now we can leave the statue here." Double d instructed, setting the Grimacing piece of stone down on a glowing pink spot, "But in the next room I believe we're due for a big fight."

"Do we haft to?"

"I'm afraid so. There's no other way to get the statue across." The Eds swung from one side of the room the directly right side, where a door had just been unlocked. After the three entered, more steel bars covered the exit. Standing in the center of a moss-covered room was an armored knight, with a massive sword. "Cool!" Ed shouted, running to what he thought was a statue. "NO ED!" Double d shouted, following Ed as the Darknut came to life, "Two of these monsters once-" He started as the beast swung its sword at them, knocking them both out.

"Oh man." Eddy Ran over to where his friends lay unconscious and tried to shake either one awake. "Wake up you clowns!" The hulking beast loomed over him, "I can't do this alone." Then Eddy saw the hero's sword lying not too far away, maybe I can. Eddy Picked up the sword and faced the Darknut, remembering what Orca taught him long ago. When the Hulking monster readied his sword to strike, Eddy leapt over him and knocked off his helmet. While it was confused he slashed off its armor as well. From then Eddy fought bravely, taking a few hits now and again from the monster's sword. But eventually it fell to Eddy's pent-up rage and courage. "Who's the man with the plan?"

"Eddy?" the two formerly unconscious Eds asked.

"Got that right, here's you go Ed." Eddy handed the sword back to him after raiding a near-by chest. "No more foolin' around from little Eddy!" He said, producing a Bow and Quiver that would serve him and the Eds greatly the rest of their quest, as Eddy proved to be quite the marksman.

"We're almost done here fellows." Double d announced as they stepped out of the tower onto a staircase that led to what would be the top of the tower, "Just one more monster to face and then we can save Sarah."

"SARAH!" Ed shouted, trying to jump off the Tower before the grappling hook tied around his waist stopped him.

"Geez Ed, are you gonna do that the whole Fic?"

"Probably." Ed smiled as they passed several Beamos (pillars that shoot lazars) and a few Kagorocs to where the door to the final boss waited. "Here we go again." Eddy sighed as Double d unlocked the door. But the room was empty . . . and dark. "Who forgot to pay the electric bill in here?" Eddy laughed as a voice stopped him, "You have done well to find your way to this place." The voice came from a lighted part of the wall, where the image of two hands and a statue face could be seen, "Oh chosen one . . ."

"Chosen one? Don't you mean 'chosen ONES?" The voice ignored Eddy, "Please accept this final challenge."

"Bring it on!" Ed shouted as the room became lit a bright green. The hands on the wall detached and revealed eyes in its palms, along with the head and its glowing Red eyes. Eddy reacted to this by shooting one of the eyes in the palm of its hands. That caused it to go limp, which only encouraged him to do the same with the other hand, "This is easy!"

"I'm willing to bet that after shooting the hands the eyes would be next."

"Sing a song of sixpence!" Ed shouted as Eddy shot one eye, but the Monster shut its eyes and shot fireballs from its mouth. The Eds dived out of the way, but Double d jumped into an electrified ravine in the floor no one noticed. "Ok, perhaps this may be a challenge." He coughed up some smoke when Eddy and Ed pulled him out. But once he got out and Eddy shot out the other eye, the statue head fell with its mouth open. "EAT BOMBS FLYING DEMON!" Ed shouted, throwing a bomb into its mouth, causing a slight explosion and some viable damage.

The fight continued that way for a while. Double d would act as a decoy or go to gather arrows while Eddy and Ed fought with bombs and arrows. Since it was made of stone, their sword was of no use to them. And even though it rained fire on them and tried to push them into the electricity, they somehow survived and defeated it. The giant head sighed out smoke and said, "The path can now be opened, oh chosen one."

"CHOSEN ONES!" the three Eds barked at the defeated automaton. "What will now come to pass is tied to your fate- the path you have chosen. Go forward with caution." The statue floated back to its place while a pink light shown from a hole in the roof of the room. Before the Eds departed, the statue sneezed out a heart container that Eddy collected before stepping into the light.

"Well, that was interesting." Double d sighed as they appeared on the true roof of the tower. "Yeah, and it took forever!" Eddy griped, pointing at the setting sun.

"Hey look!" Ed pointed at a silver bell on top of a pedestal, "Are we in Notre Dame, Double d?"

"I don't think so," He said, taking out the grappling hook and stepping towards it, "But it may hold the secret to the power to vanquish evil." He climbed up a ladder while the other two Eds watched; he latched onto the bell with it and swung back and forth, causing it to ring deeply across the sea. Each time it rung, Ed would shout "Sanctuary!" loudly, but that is not important. What is important is that it caused a bright light to shine in the arcs beneath the tower, into the depths below. "Hey Double d, I think you were right about the whole 'find the power' thing."

Double d stopped ringing the bell and stepped near the edge, where the light was just a pinprick.

"MOVE TOWARDS THE LIGHT!" Ed shouted, grabbing his friends and jumping off the tower. Once again, the Eds somehow survived and the king of red lions waited for them patiently. "You have done well, Eds." The boat said as soon as they were in.

"Glad you think so!" Eddy responded.

"It would seem the gods have acknowledged you to be true heroes."

"We need a hero, we're holding out for a hero till the morning light!" Ed started to sing before Eddy stuffed his hat in his mouth.

"But this does not mean your trials have ended here."

Of course not, we still need to save Sarah."

"And Aryll too, cause that's what the old-"

"Yes I know, but there's more to it than that. Once you take your first step into the world beyond the ring of light you see shimmering in the waves before you . . . your true trial will begin."

"Well, let's get going! The world ain't gonna wait!" the four friends floated into the light, where their boat began to sink.