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~Chapter Two-The Tale of Calatia~

"My!" A man exclaimed as he ran a hand through his hair and rubbed his beard, before fastening his long, blue coat. "Normally, the Great Linebeck would have gone and got himself this," he said, scratching the underside of his red nose, "but I really must thank you! If it weren't for you, I don't think I'd ever have laid my hands on this!"

"Y-You're welcome," Kuro responded, blushing as Linebeck enthusiastically patted her on the shoulder. She had forced Warro to give her the Wind Waker to give to Linebeck, saying that he'd lose it if she let him carry it.

"Now, as promised, I'll take you to Labrynna." Linebck put the Wind Waker back inside of his coat and leaned over the starboard and down onto the dock. "Now, where's the other pretty lady and the kid?" he asked, turning to Kuro.

"Oh, she went to look for him," Kuro sighed. "Can you believe it him? He said that you never really broke your leg!"

"Heheh…" Linebeck nervously laughed. "He did? Well, I'll have you know that Darknut was a tough one. If my sword had been broken any shorter, I'd have never made it out of there."

"And that you had Red Potions!" Kuro added. "It's no wonder why you recovered so fast. You have to forgive Warro, he is quite stupid most of the time."

"So, his name's Warro," Linebeck said, rubbing his chin. "I see…"


"Come on, Warro!" Devon said, stamping her feet, looking up a tree. "Get down from there! You want to head to Labrynna, don't you?"

"Not with him!" Warro whined from the lowest branch, high above Devon's head. "Kuro won't stop talking about him! I tried to tell her that I saw something and she won't listen!"

"What did you see?" Devon sighed. Warro and Kuro's relationship had been on the rooks for the past week, and she did not know why, but with the way Warro acted when they fought the Darknut, Devon thought she had a clue.

"I saw a book! Kuro said I needed to learn to read and books are something I can learn with! Kuro said so!" Warro exclaimed. "It said The Tal-eh off Calatah-ii." Warro heard Devon laughing at Warro's pronunciation of the title and asked, "How was the last word spelled. Do you remember?"

"C-A-L…ummm… A-T-I…uhh…A?" Warro spelled with uncertainty.

"It's Calatia, Warro. You got the order of the letters mixed up," Devon chuckled. "Come on down; we're gonna find that book for you!" With the excitement of a child, Warro landed on his feet in front of Devon, his eyes more than enough to express his enthusiasm.

"I saw how much it costed too! Twenty-five Ruppees!" he exclaimed.

"And how many Ruppees do you have left?" Devon asked, pointing to the pair of wallets hanging from his belt. One was Warro's belt and the other belonged to Impa, Princess Zelda's attendant and bodyguard; it was given to him the year before, after he helped Impa defeat a demon in Kakariko Village.

"Seventy in this one," Warro said, holding up Impa's wallet, "and Fifty in this one!" He held up the other and fastened them both back onto his belt.

"Well, let's go then."


Devon and Warro roamed about town as they looked for the book that Warro had seen earlier that day. The locals' heads turned, staring at the two as they came from the north entrance of the town. This obscure town along the coastline of the outskirts of the Hylian Kingdom did not see many travelers. Then suddenly a child ran over to them.

"Are you a friend of Link's?" she asked, pointing at Warro. "You dress just like him!" The look on Warro's face greatly contrasted from Devon's. Warro had a look of annoyance. It was just a huge coincidence that he looked like Link; a coincidence that often got him into trouble, like thinking he was the imposter Link that was to kidnap Princess Zelda.

"I know he certainly has met Link," Devon answered. "He said that Link died in Ganondorf's attack in Castle Town."

"Kuro said that," Warro corrected.

"Then who was that who came by last month?" the girl asked. "He dressed like you, except he wore--"

"Honey, don't speak to strangers!" a middle aged woman ran out from her house on the side of the road and picked the girl up. "Do you want the town to get razed too?" She turned to Warro and shook her head. "Dressing like Link," she said, "That boy's wanted by King Ganondorf. Why do you dress like him?"

"Because--" Warro stepped forward, but Devon placed a hand against him, gently pushing him back.

"KING Ganondorf?" Devon glared at the woman. "Are you that weak?"

"He has the Triforce; he's invincible, I hear," the woman answered. "My husband was the best swordsman in this town. He left for Ganondorf's Castle and he never returned."

"But I heard Link was the closest to killing Ganondorf!" the girl added. "Daddy can help him!"

"Well, then kid," Devon said placing a hand on the girl's head. The mother gasped and then glared at Devon.

"Don't touch my daughter, Gerudo!" the woman turned her child away from Devon. "You're no better than your king!" The girl that had once looked at Devon with innocent eyes a few seconds ago now looked at her with eyes filled with fear. "You're going to raze our town next!"

Warro looked at the woman with narrowed eyes. His fists were clenched and he took a step forward. "You…" Devon stopped Warro once more.

"It's fine, Warro. It's people like her that make most of the women of my people hate Hylians," she said. "Come on, let's find that book. " Devon grabbed Warro by the hand and dragged him around the woman and her daughter. As she walked, she undid her hair, so that it covered her round ears. "I can't wait to get out of here. " Warro could tell Devon was upset by the woman's remarks; he thought about Kuro and wondered how she must feel. Being a human was worse than being a Gerudo, according to her. Warro had not seen any of the troubles the girl had faced, but he was told by Kuro that she met a few nice Hylians among the bad ones.

"You included," she had told him. Warro did not understand the whole situation with Devon and Kuro's race, but he did know that people thinking Devon was loyal to Ganondorf irritated her just as much as people pointing out the similarity of his outfit to Link's--maybe even more.

"Is this the place, Warro?" Devon asked, looking into a shop window they had come across. There were books sitting on shelves inside. "Well, it has books in there, and some on display; this must be it."

"Yeah, here's the book!" Warro exclaimed rushing over to a small wagon of books. The book was not very thick; it appeared to be about twenty pages long. On the yellow cover of the book, in large black capital letters was : "The Tale of Calatia."

"And here's the price, Warro," Devon said, pointing at the sign on the wagon. Her giggle made it safe for Warro to assume that she had forgotten about the comment made toward her earlier. "You need to study your numbers more, Warro. This sign says these books are five Ruppees each." She pointed at the number on the sign. "That is what a five looks like." The sighed, shaking her head. Warro was learning, but he still made very stupid mistakes. He knew how to count, but he could not read numbers.

"Oooooh, so I don't have to spend as much!" Warro exclaimed, pumping a fist. "All right!" Warro took the book from Devon's hand, and retrieved a Blue Ruppee from one of his wallets. Just as Warro entered the shop, the sudden slamming from inside the shop alerted Devon to go check up on Warro.

"JUST TAKE IT! TAKE IT AND LEAVE! WHAT IS ONE BOOK TO THE WHOLE TOWN?" the owner yelled, throwing books at Warro, trying to keep him away from the counter; away from him.

"Don't you want your money?" Warro asked, ducking just before another book landed on his head. "Ow… Really, why is everyone so--"

"Ganondorf's right hand man was here yesterday! He spoke to the mayor and told us to not help Link! He even told the sailors to make sure they don't let people associated with him out of Hyrule."

"But you don't understand!" Devon interjected. "He is not Link! Didn't you know that Link wore GREEN and that he was BLONDE? " Devon pointed at Warro. "Are you color blind?" The man looked at Devon and then his eyes widened.

"P-Please don't kill me, Miss Gerudo! Tell Lord Ganondorf that I did not see the boy coming!" The man's body slid over the counter as Devon grabbed him by the collar and pulled him close to her face.

"Do I look like I'm Ganondorf's lapdog?" Devon snarled, before throwing the man back. He stumbled back slamming against the wall, before Devon took Warro's Ruppee, threw it at him, and took him out with the book. "This place is under his control," she said to Warro. "We have to get out of here, and fast… "


"There they are!" Kuro said, pointing in the distance, at Devon and Warro, who were sprinting towards the SS Linebeck. "Want me to get anything ready, Linebeck?" she asked, turning toward the scruffy captain.

"Just stay on the deck and be the look-out," Linebeck answered. "Warro will be doing the important job of keeping the ship moving." He turned to Devon and Warro as they boarded his ship. "Where were you two?"

"Warro wanted to grab something," Devon answered. Her face still appeared to be troubled from the events prior to her and Warro's arrival. "Can we just leave, please?" She headed towards the cabin. "I'm exhausted, for the moment," she face Linebeck, "so can I rest up in the cabin?"

"And I wanna do something too," Warro added, following Devon towards the cabin, but just as Devon went through the door, it slammed shut in front of him and Linebeck's arm blocked his way.

"Uh-uh," he said, waving a finger in front of Warro's face. "You're not going to relax. I have a very important job for you! It's even Kuro-approved!" Warro turned to Kuro, who gave a thumbs up to Warro.

"It's easy enough for you too!"

"You heard the girl!" Linebeck said. "You get the great honor of maintaining the power of my ship!"

Warro grumbled as he boarded the ship. If there was one thing he knew, it was that going against Kuro was never a good idea. The next week he would spend on the ship would be just as he expected: uneventful and so busy that it leaves him no time to do anything he wants. For that whole week, Warro spent most of his time next to the fire, feeding it coal to maintain the ship's speed. Whenever dinner was ready, Warro had to leave early to tend to the fire again. He would often wonder why he had to do this work; Linebeck had promised to take them to Labrynna if they got him the Wind Waker. This unnecessary work was only coal for Warro's own flame, one that burned with hatred for the sailor. That was, until one night…

"Hey, Warro, come up here for a moment," Linebeck had said. "I want to talk with you before dinner is ready. Your friends are in the cabin, but they can wait."

"What is it?" Warro asked irritably. His face was glistening with sweat and had some dust from the coal smeared on his cheeks and staining his hands black. His sword and shield were still on his back, despite their unneeded status at the moment; Kuro had told him to keep his belongings with him at all times. He stood up and walked up the steps.

"I just wanted to talk with you," Linebeck said.



"Hey Kuro," Devon said, "can I ask you something?" She sat with Kuro in the dining area of the SS Linebeck. The sea outside was restless, in the night. The inside of the ship creaked and the water splashing up against the ship could be clearly heard.

"What?" Kuro asked. "Let me guess, is it about Warro?" It was never hard for Kuro to guess what was on Devon's mind. The two of them always had a little war over Warro, and the past week had been so filled with things to do, that their daily routine was very overdue.

"When isn't it?" Devon laughed. "I just wanted to know if you've talked with him lately. You've been hanging around Linebeck so much this week."

"It's only a week," Kuro replied. "You don't mean to think he'd get upset over me being busy, right?"

"I'm just saying that Warro is not as dumb as he looks sometimes." Devon held her head up with her hands. "Like that Darknut we fought. He can think, Kuro. From how you've been fawning over Linebeck, I would not be surprised if he's jealous."

"And here I thought you'd take this as your chance to steal him away from me," Kuro laughed. "What are you getting at?"

"You've been very hard on him lately," Devon explained. "However, I must ask… What do you see in him, whenever he was calling both of us useless. He doesn't even remember the incident! What's going on between--"

"Man overboard!" Linebeck yelled from out on the deck. Kuro and Devon sprung up from their chairs and ran out onto the deck, to find Linebeck leaning over a railing with a dripping lifebuoy in his hands. "I…I'm sorry, girls." Linebeck looked down and picked up a yellow hat that laid on the ground. "I tried to save him, but the waters were too rough."

"No way…" Kuro said as he skin grew pale and her legs weak. She fell to her knees and looked out to the sea. "This isn't happening. No… no, it can' be happening again!" She slammed a fist off the ground. "Damn it, I swore that I would not let this happen again!" Kuro's eyes were like a weakening dam. Every second she was trying to force back the waters, but it was not enough, and it came out like a great waterfall. "Warro!"