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arly the next morning, Link came to Tetra with an urgent request that he remembered; he needed to spread the news to his other friends and allies that Ganondorf had been defeated and that all was peaceful once again. While the goal of restoring Hyrule was high on his mind, he being very excited about accomplishing it, Link wanted to share the good tidings with others, specifically the Sages who had offered not only their prayers but also their servitude to becoming a Sage, a commitment not easily given. Tetra knew how important this was to Link, but she as well wished to thank them personally for their duties as well. Tetra struck Link a deal that he would take her with him to visit the new Sages of Earth and Wind as well, and in doing so Tetra would excuse his presence aboard The Golden Spirit for a matter of a few days. Link agreed, and so setting out in The King of Red Lions, Tetra agreed to catch up with her crew at Windfall Island while they went to go tell the Sages of the good news.

Their first destination was to visit Makar, and while Tetra imagined it would be a long voyage, Link was more than eager to show his mastery over the winds to the ex-pirate, using it to cross the seas quickly to get to the northern island. Tetra, though frightened at first at the thought of sailing directly into a cyclone, eventually relented and allowed Link to show off his mastery of the winds, which thoroughly impressed her. Before she had expected it, they were at Gale Isle where the Temple of Wind was located. They stepped into the Hyrulian Temple, and though it was now underwater, as the entrance that had opened up to Hyrule directly had been sealed by Ganondorf ages ago in the old war, the temple remained dry, albeit with the disturbing realization that they were now walking at the bottom of the sea.

Through the rooms they traveled, and in the lowest of the pits, they saw the faithful Korok in the center of the chapel where the Sage remained and continued to pray for the Master Sword. Since Link's departure however, the stone flooring had been replaced by what appeared to be the interior of a forest, the entire expanse of it filled with trees and a golden orb above shining light down upon him. While Tetra was amazed, Link was perhaps moreso suprised, not understand that which had happened here. Makar jumped out to greet the pair and happily explained his story. Once Link had left, the temple's power had been restored and cleansed of all its evil; only then after Link had departed had that power came to be within the place where Makar remained, known to him as the Chapel of the Sage. The Chapel of the Sage had its own power to become that which its Sage desired, for this residence would become Makar's permanent home, never again returning to the Forest Haven. It was Makar's desiring to be in surroundings like that of his home in the woods, and with that wish, trees, shrubs, grass, and flowers sprouted from the stone tile, creating Makar's private forest in which he would dwell until the end of his days. Link introduced Tetra to Makar and also vice versa, and Tetra was amazed to see the wooden boy with a leaf for his face. After Link explained his story of how this all came to pass, both Tetra and Makar thanked each other for helping Link, a friendship finally formed between princess and sage. Tetra bowed graciously to the Sage as they left, and as they retired from the Chapel of the Sage, Makar, upon his violin, played for them a melody like neither had ever before heard.

Freshly returned to the surface world, Tetra boarded The King of Red Lions and gave Link a hand, helping him aboard. Before they departed the island, Tetra gave Link a smile, letting him know how much she appreciated his sharing in this with her. Perhaps it took experiencing her hidden side, the princess within, to finally show that she didn't need to keep up that rough personality with Link, for finally she realized just how close their friendship was. Link and Tetra grinned for a moment, and just as Link was ready to summon the cyclone once more, Tetra stopped him and then gave Link a quick wink, whispering quietly, "Link, don't do this in front of the others, but when it's just you and me, feel free to call me Zelda, okay?" Link beamed a smile and nodded, then brought down the winds to take them to Stonehead Isle.

Into Hyrule once again they traveled, now into the Earth Temple. Like before, the temple had remained virtually unchanged, just as Link has remembered it when he had explored it with the Rito Medli. As they descended, Link had remembered that the light from above had shined down from the terrarium's sky into the dungeon through windows high above. Confused as to how the temple hadn't been flooded, Link took Tetra into one of the side rooms where light had once shined in, but now all was dark in the room, the depths of the water obscuring the light; however, an invisible force seemed to keep the water at bay, refusing to let it enter into the catacombs of the Earth Temple. Relieved, yet still uneasy to a degree, Link and Tetra continued towards the Chapel of the Sage, where Medli knelt praying upon the dais with the Triforce.

Neither Medli nor Tetra this time were bashful with meeting one another, and they came together embracing each other, Medli somehow knowing that all was over now just by seeing Link here once more. They released each other, and both looked to the aviary that Medli had made of her home; it was full of many species of birds from all across the new face of Hyrule, perched upon trees with tall branches with berries hanging from them. The ground about the dais had also been filled with grass, save for a small portion of rock raised up a few feet where Medli indicated she slept. Link walked around as Medli showed him all the nuances of her new home, her blushing slightly with embarrassment at parts, but Link didn't seem to think any of it was foolish. There the three of them stayed for the good part of an hour, sitting amongst one another telling their stories and talking about random things. To Tetra's surprise, Link and Medli were the dominant ones in the conversation, the two of them chatting rather excitedly with each other over things -- such as the Rito, Prince Komali, their hopes for the future, and even their most embarrassing moments -- so much that Tetra decided to take a walk through the small woodlands to herself while the two of them continued.

The time soon came for them to leave, and both Link and Medli were both sad for Tetra and him to go, but Tetra slyly told Medli that the two of them would return some day, and with this, Medli was relieved as she nodded and bowed to Link and Tetra while they left, waving her winged arm to them, the other two doing likewise as they walked back up the stairs towards their boat. The two of them boarded their boat, and as Link got out the Wind Waker to head to Windfall, Tetra stopped him and shook her head, indicating that she'd like to just sail back with the winds with Link despite them taking a little more time to get there. Link was about to ask why, but with a shrug he decided to give in, putting his baton back in his tunic. Link set sail for the largely inhabited island to the north, letting the winds take them as fast as they would. It was a westerly wind during the majority of their sailing, and although Link enjoyed sailing the open seas, he had become quite used to using the winds to his advantage, not being plagued by winds that were not exactlyin his favor.

However, Tetra had good reason for not going back quickly, and she held a smile upon her face as Link held the rudder against the winds. "You know she likes you, Link," was her first statement, letting silence overshadow the next few moments. Tetra finally turned around to see his reaction, one of shock and surprise, but there was also denial written in his eyes, and Tetra could see that plainly. However, before Link could protest, Tetra had more to say. "And from what I can tell, my friend, you seem to like her too, Link." Link tried to speak, but somehow, the words which he wished to use to refute her claims had run away from his tongue, unable to speak them. Tetra smiled knowingly and looked towards the sea, as if she herself had been keeping a secret of her own inside of that smile. Link looked at her oddly, picking up the hint, but he was unaware of exactly that which she would not speak of, and despite his efforts, Tetra refused to yield to his persistent questions, shrugging them off with a smile. "You're no longer a pirate, Link; you'll find yourself unable to steal your way into my heart and mind."

Link could only grin. "One day, Zelda, we'll see about that..." The princess only grinned victoriously.

The rest of the trip back was filled with more jovial discussion, the two of them happily discussing plans on how to revive Hyrule into another spectacular land. The plan was to start with Windfall, where most of the survivors of the old war had been placed. If a world was to become great again, it would have to be through them at first. With the black pirates of the world largely defeated and no longer with a leader, not to mention Tetra's own crew reforming to help the new world, the seas would be safe for the others to travel abroad and settle elsewhere, creating new establishments on the other islands, and through that the two of them held the hope that one day, the islands above would become just as prosperous as the fallen kingdom below once was. With that plan in their hearts, they returned to find The Golden Spirit already docked by the shores of Windfall, wearing white sails. Already a great commotion was taking place between the pirates and the denizens of the island, but soon all was made clear when Tetra and Link arrived, telling them of their plans.

Of course, trust was hard to come by at first, the citizens wary of anyone who had once called themselves pirates, but once the former pirates had put their mind to working on the island, fears were slowly dissolved. Their first goal was to make the sea more accessible for the Hylians there to use. They began working upon the docks on the northern shores of the island, making them more capable of holding bigger and more vessels. The work was tedious, constructing the docks; lumber had to be brought in from islands north of Windfall, wooden poles jammed into the sandy submersed shores to support the wood above the water's surface, and, even more critically, rupees spent on food, supplies, and payment for some of the villagers who volunteered time to help them. It took a few weeks' worth of labor to accomplish the task, but in the end, it was done, and the dwellers of Windfall cheered. Tetra and Link looked at one another and smiled amongst themselves. All was going very well. Of course, the only thing that remained was to help create a small fleet of vessels to captain to take the islanders elsewhere, to make them eager about exploring, to make them feel safe at sea.

Link began to work upon the new ships, reasonably sized between The King of Red Lions and The Golden Spirit, able to hold several passengers, but more and more as time progressed, his mind began to drift a little bit, drifting towards a particular maiden, the very maiden Tetra herself had accused him of being smitten with. Tetra, still wise to Link's game, took him aside for a while within her private cabin aboard the ship and turned to him. "I can see it in your eyes, Link," Tetra told him, looking out the window. "I know what dwells upon your mind and heart. So I'm giving you five days' leave. Go to her; tell her." She smiled at him lightly, and Link, not denying it this time, crossed the room, giving her a friendly hug and a thank you before heading above deck, virtually running to take his ship out to the sea.

Unlike his last sail upon the tiny ship, Link used the Wind Waker to hurry his travels towards the island to the south where the Rito femme resided, and he bounded down towards her sanctuary, and as he saw the girl there saying her daily prayer, he felt his heart racing. Very soon afterwards, their eyes met, and she grinned brightly albeit bashfully as she saw him, for indeed her mind had been on him just as his upon her. At that moment, they both attempted to speak at once, only to fall into a fit of giggles and chuckles. It was then when they looked deeper into each other's eyes and saw the very thing that rested within them, and with his courage perked from the Triforce within him, Link confessed his feelings for the avian, and with a slight blush upon her cheeks, she confessed the very same. Of course, there was a moment of sadness for Medli, for she knew that Prince Komali had had feelings for her before she left to become a Sage, and so in a way she almost felt like she were betraying him, but the Rito soon could not betray her heart, and so she finally told Link that she would accept him as her love. The light of the room was dim, but all could be seen well enough as they crossed the bit of ground between them. Link placed his hands upon her waist and Medli her wings about his neck, and with tilted heads, their lips touched, confirming everything they had just said.

Far away, back at Windfall, Tetra remained in her cabin that night, looking into a blue crystal just like she had given Link so long ago. Though a smile was upon her face, a small tear ran down her cheek, both happy and sad by the same time. "If only that girl you loved was me..."