Chapter 4: Captain Ghashar

The contours of Outset Island could be seen in the distance as the Sun set in the west, creating an orange-gold skyline. The pace of the pirates' ship across the water much slower than before because of the wind's strength had decreased over the past few hours. Link and Zuko were still up in the crow's nest. The pirates were doing their duties, at least that was what they were doing the last time Link saw them.

Link had gotten to know Zuko fairly well, he was once a sailor before he became a pirate. He had found the life of a sailor extremely dull and wanted something more. He liked adventure and wanted friends he could talk, laugh and have those adventures with. Gonzo and the others were a perfect bunch.

However, When he had joined the group of pirates, Tetra was not the leader, Gonzo was. He had explained to Link that Gonzo was the one who steered the ship. In any case, Zuko explained that the pirates before they met Tetra, were the idiots of the sea. They had no unity, Gonzo, despite his intelligence had lacked leadership abilities, always fought with Nudge for control over the ship. Without a good leader, the pirates couldn't take orders. Plans for plunder and riches always went wrong, ending them up in Hyrule Castle's prisons for the umpteenth time.

Then they met Tetra. A brave girl, she had stowed away on their ship one night as they left Windfall. She told them that she was an orphan, though Zuko didn't believe it, she behaved and acted too mature for her age to not have some sort of guardian or parents. But the others seemed to believe or perhaps, pitied her and they took her up as sort of an adopted child.

None of them had ever expected Tetra to become the leader. At first, she normally lounged about the ship, most of them did not want her to do any work since she was a young seven-year old girl, a pretty one, in fact. The pirates made sure she was well-fed, clothed and even educated(Mako, the pirates' resident genius taught her mathematics, strategy, writing, speaking, history and science). But Senza did not believe that. He believed that if he trained her, she would become very strong. And he did train her daily. And as he predicted, Tetra became very strong, even stronger than some of the pirates.

At age ten, Tetra had began to oversee their plans and plots to plunder. She began to point out fatal flaws and even rewrote many of the plans all together. Even though Mako had taught her strategy, he hadn't taught her much and the type of ruses and ploys she was thinking of were amazing. Tetra proved to be a military genius. She was always very good at planning ahead of time, but ultimately bad at making a stratagem in an unexpected situation.

Tetra also began to suggest that the pirates not do certain things, like kidnap or kill anyone. Her reasoning was that kidnapping for a ransom never worked, because the criminals automatically put themselves in a corner when they do. And killing just draws the attention of the authorities. When the pirates tried these things, they worked, they actually succeeded in gaining a profit from their works.

Because of her talents, the pirates began to wonder if she could lead them. They tested her by having her lead one of their plans to plunder from a certain village. She did and she lead extremely well, it was almost like she was a natural leader. The pirates did not immediately give her control over them, instead, they let her step up slowly and within a few months and at age ten, they began to call her “captain” even though they still most commonly called her “Miss Tetra”.

Zuko was just about to tell Link about her adventures onward with the pirates, but they were interrupted by what, Link thought at first, seemed to be a beaver in pirate clothing. But he was too bare for a beaver and he lacked the tail, but his face could sure pass in a heartbeat for a beaver's.

“Ahoy, mateys!” He had said rather excitedly with an unfitting low voice. He pointed at Link, “Is he our new swabbie, matey?” he asked with a grin on his face.

Link shook his head and blinked, looking at Zuko with a confused face, “Who is this? And what's a 'swabbie'?”

Zuko snorted, “That's Niko, our swabbie.” He chuckled, turning to Niko and trying to look down at him, which proved difficult because Niko was just as short as Zuko, “No, he's not the new swabbie.” The tough pirate answered sternly, “He's the kid we saved, remember?”

“Oh yeah!” Niko said, “Well it's obvious, ain't it? She'll promote him to something higher than a swabbie for really holding the mast down in that whirlpool, yar.” Although he seemed to be proclaiming this with indifference, there was a slight tone of disappointment in his voice.

Zuko rolled his eyes, “No, he's not. We're taking him back to his home. It's obvious that you don't pay attention, matey.” He said with a slight sting in his voice, “All you really wanted or was hoping for was to get yer hands off of them dirty clothes! That's all!” He folded his arms, “In any case, don't you have some washin' ta do?”

Niko frowned, “I just wanted to see him and talk to him, Zuko. You don't hafta get so angry at me.” He smiled at Link, “So matey... ya want to come down below deck for a little game?”

Zuko scowled at him, “He's up here keeping watch with me, Miss Tetra said so. and in fact,” He advanced on Niko, “I'm sure Miss Tetra wouldn't be too happy if she found out you weren't doing yer duties, Niko.” He grinned, “And she ain't in a very good mood right now.”

Niko swallowed, “T-tell Miss Tetra?” He smiled nervously and began to back away, “Heh, n-now that ya-a mention it, matey, I-I do have s-some washin'-in' ta do. Well I'll b-be seeing you guys later, just don't t-tell Miss Tetra...” And with that he rushed down the ladder with the speed of a scared beaver.

Link turned to Zuko, “What's a 'swabbie'?” he repeated.

Zuko grinned, “Lowest rung of the ladder. He does all the dirty work, washin', cleanin', making sure the barrels don't tip over in the lower deck. It's a boring and shameful job.” He shrugged, “But Niko ain't the brightest star in the sky, he deserves it.” He half-smiled, “Just be glad ya ain't the swabbie.”

Link nodded and went back to scanning the seas, he had asked Zuko to continue the story about their adventures but the pirate had decided to stop talking in case Tetra was around. He told Link that she wouldn't mind normally about them talking, but since she was in bad mood, he didn't want to risk getting on her bad side. Which, when he talked about it, sounded like something that Link didn't want to see either.

§

That was two hours ago. Now the sun was setting and Link was getting depressed again. Just looking at the shadow of Outset made him sick. It was not like he hated his home, it was just the idea of coming back to tell them that he had not participated at all. In fact, all he had done was sail around, nearly die and get saved by a group of pirates. What will Grandma, Orca and the others think? He thought shamefully.

His hopes of Tetra reconsidering him as her swordsman for the tournament had died away like a fire under a waterfall. The tournament remained a dream to Link, an unattainable dream in the furthest reaches of his mind. Perhaps the wind would die down and the ship would stop completely, but that was only a worthless hope.

He was so depressed that Link did not notice that the pirates were leaving their posts and gathering around at the cabin. Tetra was gathering them for some sort of meeting to save time since the ship was so slow and almost at near stopping speed. All of them had gathered, except one.

“Zuko!” Tetra called from the deck up the crow's nest. Link looked up tiredly and then did a double-take. Just as she had said, Zuko was asleep, his hands over the rim of the crow's nest. Link was sure that Tetra could see the dozing pirate, but he was going to do as she told him to do: wake Zuko up.

He walked over and tapped Zuko on the shoulder, no response. He tired whispering in the pirate's ear, no response. He tried poking him in the arm, did he move? No, no, he's still asleep. Link sighed, a bit frustrated, he kicked Zuko in the leg. The snoring continued and he began to hate that sound.

“Zuko!!” Tetra called again, her voice getting aggravated. Link twisted his face in thought. Suddenly, he remembered what Tetra had told him to do, he didn't like it though. Taking out the sword Orca had given him, Link readied and slammed it across Zuko's back with as much force as he could.

Zuko jumped awake and let out a yelp. He turned to Link, his eyes blazing, “What the heck did ya do that for ya scurvy brat!?” The short pirate was vivid, his face blood red and exploding.

“Tetra told me to do it.” Link said, trying not to stutter or back away, “You're not supposed to fall asleep on duty and besides-” but Zuko cut him off, still yelling and jumping up and down furiously.

“You don't tell me what ta do, boy!!” He bellowed so loudly that Link couldn't help, but stumble backwards.

“ZUKO!!” Screamed a very angry and familiar voice below them.

Zuko stopped, his red face emptying its color supply. He looked at Link and swallowed, they went over to the ladder and looked down onto the deck. There she was with her piercing blue eyes, staring up at Zuko with the utmost displeasure. Link thought that she looked even angrier than when she had yelled at him.

“Knock it off!” She growled, “I told you not to sleep on duty over a hundred times!” She turned from him, “Secondly, don't yell at him because he obeyed my orders!” Zuko swallowed and looked guiltily at Link, “At least he was doing his job...” She added with a sting in her voice.

“Er... sorry...” He said to him, “It... it just really hurt, that's all, matey. I-I didn't mean to yell at ya.” He grinned weakly, “S-still shipmates?” He extended his hand to Link, who took it smiling.

“Sure.” He said forgivingly. It didn't matter to him, he felt better now that Tetra had at least noticed him. They turned back to Tetra and Zuko swallowed again.

“I'm sorry, Miss... I... uh...”

Tetra sighed and rolled her eyes, “Zuko,” she said with a scolding voice, “I really don't want to hear it, just get down here. I'm calling a meeting.”She explained, “And next time,” she added with authority, narrowing her eyes, “don't fall asleep on duty!”

Zuko saluted her, “Aye-aye, Miss!” And with that he grabbed the ladder and began to climb down it. When he reached the bottom, he passed Tetra, avoiding her gaze over to the other pirates who were looking a bit shaken by Tetra's recent temper. Link wondered why she was waiting. She looked over to the pirates and motioned them inside the cabin. After they had gone in, she faced Link.

He felt a jerk in his stomach, surely, he hadn't done anything wrong. To his relief though, Link could see that she was smiling at him, “Good job... I have to say that was quite impressive. Zuko literally sleeps like a rock and it takes a lot of force to wake him up.” She nodded, “But don't think-”

Link held up his hands, “I know, I know. You won't take me as your swordsman.” He sighed disappointingly, “I only wish...” he added musingly. Tetra shrugged and turned around, suddenly he realized something and called out to her, “Tetra!” She turned back to him, “I... uh...” He felt his face go red, she looked so pretty with the Sunset's orange glow around her, “I... I'm sorry for being... a pain earlier today...”

Tetra smiled at him, “That's alright. I'm just a bit... stressed recently.” She winked at him, “You're a good kid, a bit slow, but still a good kid.” Link felt himself go completely red. He shuffled his feet embarrassedly and shrugged, “Now, just because I'm being nice, don't neglect your duties. You are still a watch. I hope Zuko told what to look for.” He nodded, “Good. Remember, it's getting late, if you see anything suspicious, come down and get me immediately. Don't worry,” she added noticing his expression, “If it isn't something threatening, we won't punish you. Understand?”

Link nodded, “I do...”

“Good.” Tetra said. Satisfied, she turned and walked to the cabin door, opened it and walked inside closing the door behind him. She said that she had been calling a meeting and Link was curious as to what it could be. Probably nothing really important. He thought.

§

Inside the cabin, the pirates were chatting about the recent events. They were seated in a circle, going small pirate then large one(since there was an even number of short and large pirates). Gonzo sat nearest to the doorway, next to him was Zuko, next to him was Senza. Mako, who was studying his book sat adjacent to Senza, opposite of Gonzo. Nudge, brushing his hair and clearing his throat sat next to Mako. And finally, Niko, the swabbie sat inbetween Gonzo and Nudge.

“Just what happened out there? Why were you and Miss Tetra yellin' so much?” Senza asked Zuko. They were all rather curious.

Zuko, who had been looking guiltily at his boots, finally said after a bit, “Well I was yelling because the kid had woken me up.” Some of the pirates laughed, “Yeah, I know. I wasn't suppos'd be sleeping on duty. So Miss Tetra told the kid to wake me if I did..” He shook his head, “I got pretty angry at 'em and she blew her stack.” Some of the pirates continued to snicker, “Hey! There was a reason I got angry, alright?”

Senza yawned, “'Tis a shame Miss Tetra won't use 'em. I'll bet he is a lot stronger than he looks.” Some of the other pirates gave him a strange glance, “What? Oh come on, mateys. Don't tell me you don't think that he's actually strong! You saw how he survived that whirlpool!”

Gonzo snorted, “Luck, Senza.” he smiled, rubbing his nose and adjusting his red bandanna, “The kid is just lucky. He looks too much like shark bait to actually be strong, at least to me.” He added, shaking his head.

Zuko shrugged, “Not strong?” He snorted, “That kid's tough, you didn't feel it when he slammed me in the back with the flat side of his sword there, matey.” Zuko rubbed his back, “It still stings.” He added with a growl.

Gonzo tried to look skeptical, but in the back of his mind he felt that Zuko was right. The other pirates could feel it too. Zuko was not strongest of them, but he could take blows that others would never be able to stand. If something only stung Zuko, it would devastate the others.

Nudge from the other side cleared his throat, like Senza and Gonzo, he was a large and strong pirate. Tetra tended to have him guard her cabin or perhaps assist on deck. He had tendency to clear his throat before he spoke, his voice was very flamboyant “Well, I haven't really met the lad,” He admitted, even though he had assisted in saving Link's life, “But he can't possibly be more annoying than Niko!” The other pirates grinned, they could agree with that. Niko, of course did not appreciate the comment.

“I'd be a better pirate than him!” He said scornfully. The pirates just rolled their eyes. All of them shared the opinion that anyone could be a better pirate than Niko. Especially since all Niko did was clean the ship and their clothes, he had never really assisted in any of the raids, usually, because he would bungle the whole plan up in a tight knot. And Miss Tetra was always very unhappy about it.

“I still think he's a wimp.” Gonzo grunted, not sounding convinced, “I mean, he's so scrawny and well, Miss Tetra was right in taking him back.” He smiled, it was like him to be the most supportive of Tetra's orders, “It's a pain, but he'll just get in the way while we're there.”

“I think,” Mako said, startling the others. He looked up from his book and adjusted his glasses, “that we can't be sure how strong or useful that boy could be until we make a proper analysis.” He smiled at them, the other pirates grinned but they did not laugh. Sure, Mako sounded really strange in the midst of these hard-talking and tough pirates, but Mako's “proper analysis's” came in handy on their trips. He was the genius on the ship, next to Tetra.

“I think,” said a voice from behind the circle, “that you boys tend to talk too much.” They turned and looked towards the cabin doorway. There with a grin on her face and her arms folded, Tetra leaned against the door, watching the pirates' conversation, they had no idea how long she had been there. She walked into the circle and took her regular position in the middle.

“He's not a bad kid,” she spoke as if she had been part of the conversation since the beginning, “But I have to say that he's given me quite a headache.” She smirked and some of the pirates grinned, Niko had a smug look on his face, “Though, it's not a migraine, like some specific pirates, whose name I shall not mention have given me in the past.” All eyes moved to Niko and the smug look on his face melted away.

Gonzo shook his head, “So... what took you so long, Miss? Did the kid cause some more trouble?”

Tetra turned to Gonzo, “No. I was just making sure that he wouldn't start wandering around the ship. He's being very obedient now.” She added with a mischievous smile. Some of the pirates swallowed, had she disciplined the kid? They didn't want to think about it.

“Alright then,” She said, pulling out a scroll from her pocket, “This meeting is called to order.” She opened the scroll and turned around to show the pirates its contents, on it, was a diagram of the Temple of Time filled with routes and paths into ventilation openings, old, forgotten windows, and other such things, some of which the pirates wouldn't understand until Tetra had explained it all. It was obvious that Tetra had been spending a long time on these plans and the diagram itself. Already, some of the pirates were getting excited.

“You know what this is, don't you?” She asked rhetorically, “I've been working on this for the past few months, taking everything from the notes I took while we watched the tournaments over the past two years.” She grinned, some of the pirates were stunned, they had thought their trips to the tournament had been times for relaxation, but the whole time, Tetra had been taking notes and planning an assault.

Pointing with her finger at various points of the map, Tetra explained, “When we get there, we avoid the guards by taking an old path that almost completely hidden by bushes and shrubs. Only the King and some of his advisers know about this path, the guards aren't informed about it because no one has used that path in over half a century. None of the people know about it. Back then, this was the main road into the Temple and there is a large door there.” He held a finger up, “However, that door is now no more than a wall.”

She eyed all them individually and then as a group, her face serious, “We'll have to split up into two groups. As you know, I've assigned Senza, Mako and Niko to stay behind at the tournament and hold our seats. So that we'll leave me, Gonzo, Nudge and Zuko. Gonzo and I are going to climb up the walls to an open window on the roof using grappling hooks while Zuko and Nudge are going to crawl through an old ventilation opening. Both ways will lead into the main room where we can surprise the guards and take the Ocarina of Time before we're noticed.”

Zuko blinked, “'Ventilation opening'? What's that?”

Tetra turned to him, “A ventilation opening is small thin passage that lets air into the Temple, if there were no openings as soon as the doors closed any person inside would suffocate to death.” Zuko swallowed, “Fortunately, Hylian architects thought of that when the built the Temple, we should be grateful for that.”

Niko raised a hand, the others glared at him and Tetra rolled her eyes, but she took his question, “Aren't the guards in the Temple of Time supposed to be the best of the Royal Family's military? I mean... won't that make it hard to knock'em out or something?” He added, trying not to sound stupid.

Zuko glared at him, “Psah! You! Why do you even care? Yer not going into the Temple, ya-” Tetra raised a hand to stop him and she turned to Niko with a smile on her face, which was strange, it was not often that Tetra smiled at Niko.

“I'm actually glad you asked that question.” She said, glancing at the other pirates, “In case anyone has forgotten or didn't pay attention to me in other meetings.” She continued to explain, moving her hands to supplement her words, “Normally, the guards are the elite of the Hyrule military, however, our King is quite prideful and foolish. During the tournament, access to the Temple is restricted and a whole score of the King's best men guard the Temple instead of the little weaklings we normally see.” She smirked, “The King's pride blinds him; he doesn't think that anyone can get through that type of defense, so he places the weakling guards that we normally see in the Temple to protect the Ocarina.”

She turned to the rest of them, “That is why,” Narrowing her blue eyes, the torch light being reflected in them, “Getting the Ocarina will be very easy.” The pirates were awed, Tetra had outdone herself this time. Some of them began to clap, but stopped because she held up a hand, “But getting into the Temple and getting the Ocarina are the only easy parts of the plan.” The pirates stopped and looked at her.

“*Ahem* What do you mean, 'the only easy parts', Miss Tetra?” Nudge asked rather jauntily, straighting his unusually long hair. The other pirates nodded in agreement, they didn't like the sound of this.

“The difficult part will be getting out and hiding the Ocarina without being noticed.” Tetra said solemnly, “And sadly, there isn't much we can do about that except rely on our luck. I've tried everything, the best we can do is sneak out of Hyrule without getting noticed. If our swordsman lost, that would be helpful; the authorities would force us out of the tournament.” She sighed, “But again, we really can only rely on our luck for this last part of the plan.” Tetra examined them all carefully, “This raid of ours, is extremely important, perhaps our most important raid of them all.”

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Nothing important at all... Link thought as he watched the Sun set deeper behind the horizon in the west. He had become depressed again after Tetra and pirates had gone inside for the meeting. There was no one to talk to, no hope of getting to the mainland for him and nothing bothered the seas.

He had been watching carefully as Tetra had asked him to do, but it was becoming dull and more difficult to continue the watch. Every passing moment was one less moment until he had to face everyone on Outset and explain to their confused and disappointed expressions his early return. He cringed at the sight of Aryll's face, horrified and ashamed of her older brother.

Maybe he was exaggerating their reactions, maybe they would be happy to see him anyway, maybe Aryll would still smile at him. Just maybe. But at the same time, Link thought about how he had promised to return to Outset a champion with tales of the mainland which none of his friends or family had ever seen and could only imagine.

But that is only a fantasy and this is reality, Link reminded himself, Tetra is probably right, most swordsmen have been practicing for many more years than I have. He scanned the seas once more in hope of a disturbance; he found nothing. The seas were completely empty.

At least, he thought the seas were empty when he looked again. On the horizon and little to the left of the setting sun, Link could see a small black object moving across the sea. It was definitely far away, even further than Outset was from the ship was Link's guess. He blinked, it seemed like the object was getting bigger by the second. He blinked again to make sure that he was not imagining it. Sure enough, the object was getting noticeably larger.

Taking out Aryll's telescope, Link examined the object on the sea. It was a ship, what type of ship, Link could not tell, but he was certain that this vessel was advancing on the pirate ship. Pulling out the scope to zoom in on the vessel, Link took a closer look. What he saw through the telescope terrified him.

The hull was as black as a moonless night, as well as the ship's deck, mast and even the sails. The flag was coal-black with a human skull-and-crossbones in blood red. As the black ship rushed through the water, Link could see human skulls, all hung on a rope strung around the rim of the deck. This was the ship Zuko warned about and according to the way he told Link to handle this situation, this ship was worse than running into a vessel of the Royal Family's armada.

He knew what to do and immediately, Link rushed out of the crow's nest and down the ladder to the main deck with great celerity. Sprinting to the cabin door, he bashed on it with his fist. Not waiting for an answer, he opened the door franticly and shoved his head inside.

Tetra and the pirates all turned to look at him curiously, Link, not trying to catch his breath sputtered, “Black... ship...!” The pirates' faces turned into serious expressions. Zuko nodded approvingly at Link and Tetra let the bottom of her scroll go, allowing it to roll together by itself.

“Where is the ship coming from?” She asked calmly yet with full understanding, “What direction is it coming from?”

Finally catching his breath Link said, “From the west.” He looked around rather fearfully, “I cannot believe it, those skulls... I...” He would continue but Tetra held a hand up to silence him. She turned to Niko.

“Take this and put in my room, Niko.” She ordered, “And then get a dagger, we'll need all the help we can get.” No one protested. Although Niko looked a bit excited, even he could sense the severity of the situation, saluting her and taking the scroll he ran off to her. Motioning for the pirates to get up she turned to Link and said, “Show us the ship.”

Link took them outside and pointed to the west. The Black Ship had grown much bigger and none of needed a telescope to see the skulls lining the rim of the deck. At this range, Link could hear strange, inhuman sounds coming from the vessel, making his blood rate increase by tenfold.

Tetra nodded grimly, “It's Ghashar...” She stated. Link looked at her, not knowing who or what 'Ghashar' was, “Everyone!” She said commandingly, “Get your swords, daggers and grappling hooks. Gonzo! Take the helm and steer carefully around Ghashar's ship, Senza, Nudge, get the cannons ready. Zuko and Mako get to your battle positions.” She turned to Link and hesitated.

She had said that they needed as much help as possible, but now that she looked at Link, she wasn't sure. He was willing though, he wanted to help her and help the pirates, but Tetra decided against it, “I'm sorry... we can handle this.” She sounded skeptical.

“What?” Link asked, his jaw dropping, “I thought you needed as much help as possible!” He shook his head disbelievingly, “I know I don't look like it, but I can fight! Let me help you!” At first, he thought his pleading had worked.

But it didn't.

“No.” She said firmly putting her hand up, “I can't let you fight.” He was about to protest but Tetra continued, “You're not a part of my group. And Ghashar is after my group. I don't want an innocent dying on account of me.” She sighed, “Get into the crow's nest, kid and wait there.”

“But...!”

“No buts!” She spat at him, suddenly angry for a moment, “Look... if you really want to help us, go up into the crow's nest and...!” She added quickly seeing him open his mouth, “and if we get into any trouble.” She explained, moving her hands out on the word 'trouble', “Any trouble at all, and that means all seven of us, then you can come fight. Understand?”

He smiled, now he had a chance, he nodded vigorously and answered, “I understand!”

“That's 'Aye-aye, Miss Tetra!'” She corrected, putting her hands on her hips and smirking. Link blushed and saluted her in response.

“Aye-aye, Miss Tetra!”

She grinned, “That's what I like to hear: enthusiasm in the face of real danger! I have to admit, you're slow, but you have a lot of courage for a kid.” He blushed again, this time with a deeper hue. Tetra pointed up to the crow's nest and said, “Now get up there!”

He nodded and flew over to the ladder and climbed up the mast to the crow's nest. Once he was in, he ducked under enough to hide his body, keeping his face above the edge of the crow's nest in order to take in all that was happening. Looking up, he saw the Black Ship, close now, turning its side to Tetra's ship. On board, Link saw numerous creatures that he recognized the instant he saw them.

Bokoblins. They were hylian-like creatures with dark-purple skin and narrow yellow eyes. They had pointed ears and were, on average about five and a half feet tall. They had small rat-like tails and pig-like hooves. All of them were wearing vests, shirts, bandannas, earrings, swords, daggers and many other things Link could not see.

Link had fought bokoblins before, they lived in the forest on Outset Island. Not exceptionally bright, Link and his younger sister, Aryll had always been able to outsmart them. The bokoblins on Outset loved to gather together and attack the village. Usually, a group of males, led by Orca would fight them off easily.

But these bokoblins did not look so stupid. They were organized, quick and efficient as far as Link could tell from the crow's nest. The Black Ship got closer and closer to Tetra's vessel until Link could see some of the details of scars or marks on the bokoblins' faces. Below, Tetra was examining every bit of both ships, the number of enemies and even looking at the Sun, as if checking to see how much time there was.

On the Black Ship, the bokoblins began to gather at the edge of the boat, all of them were holding ropes, it looked like there would be no need for the cannons. One particularly well-dress bokoblin approached the head of the multitude. Wearing a fashionable blue captain's hat with a feather in it and a royal blue coat jacket. He grinned at Tetra rather mockingly.

“Ahoy, little cap'n!” He sneered, “Out for a cruise, little matey? Or are ya looking for a new dolly ta steal?” He laughed and his other pirates laughed with him rather loudly, Tetra didn't react, she was not amused. “After all, what else would a little wench like you be out on the lonely seas?”

Tetra raised a brow, “Captain Ghashar.” She declared, “You seem to be running into me a lot lately.” She grinned, narrowing her eyes, “So much, in fact, that one would think that you are stalking me.” Putting her arm on the rim and leaning professionally she added, “I guess you too can't resist my good looks.”

So... that's the 'Ghashar' they were talking about earilier. Link thought, he had to admit, Ghashar was quite frightening to look at and the fact he could talk impressed Link. Bokoblins on Outset never really spoke, they just growled, screeched, yelped and hissed. Continuing to watch the conversation, Link noticed some of Tetra's pirates beginning to get into their positions and drawing their own weapons and glaring threateningly at their opponents.

Ghashar was not amused by Tetra's comment, “I'm tired of you, little girl. There is no place for ye in the seas! Why should a terror like me be outdone by a filthy little runt like you!?” He said angrily, it was obvious that he was jealous over Tetra's 'prestige' as the most feared pirate of the seas, Ghashar wanted that title and yet he was just not as terrifying as a twelve-year old girl, “I'm ready for ye this time! Ye won't be able to avoid defeat, Tetra! I will win this time!”

Tetra rolled her eyes and said rather boringly, “You always say that.”

But apparently Ghashar didn't hear her, for at that very moment he yelled, “Let's go, mateys! Board the ship!” There was a loud roar of approval and acknowledgment from the crowd of bokoblins behind him and all of sudden, they all swung on their ropes onto Tetra's ship. And the battle began.