Disclaimer, I don't own Zelda, it is owned by Nintendo

Cabin Fever

Tetra sat on her bed looking over her sea charts, she briefly looked out her window at the endless sea, then back at the sea charts. Nothing in 19 days, a sigh of frustration escaped her lips, she hastily rolled up the sea chart and threw it toward the opposite end of her room before storming out.

She stepped out on the deck and squinted up at the sun. Her eyes fell onto her crew, they all seemed to be doing there work. Gonzo was manning the steering wheel; Niko was probably below deck where he was supposed to be. But there was one of her crew that she didn't see, "Where's Link?" she asked Nudge who was standing closest to her.

Nudge looked around briefly and shrugged his shoulders, "I'm not sure?"

Tetra's eyes narrowed dangerously, "If that kid is sleeping on the crows nest again, I'm going to kill him."

Up on the crows nest Link was indeed sleeping, but at the mention of his name his eyes snapped open and he managed to hear the last thing Tetra said. He jumped to his feet and called down to Tetra, "I'm right here. I wasn't sleeping, I was …" his sentence was cut off by a yawn "… looking out for new land."

Tetra new he was lying through his teeth and fire burned in her eyes, "YOU LITTLE BRAT, WHEN I GET MY HANDS ON YOU, I'M GOING TO TEACH YOU A LESSON YOU NEVER THOUGHT YOU'D LEARN!" she screamed and started climbing up the ladder.

Link had seen this before and new that if he let her catch him, she was going to give him a beating of his life, "Wha oh."

The boy jumped onto the top that led up to the crow's nest (AKA the net like thing you see on old ships) and quickly climbed down to the deck. "Hey that's cheating!" Tetra yelled and jumped down from the ladder, landing on her two feet and left hand. By the time she got a hold of her bearings Link was running toward the door that led below deck.

The boy just barely managed to open the door and run in close and lock it before Tetra caught up to him. She pulled on the door handle but it was already locked, so she started beating her fists against the wood, "Get out here and take your medicine like a man!" she screamed.

Linked started backing away from the door, fearing that she would knock it down. After several minutes the door beating stopped, "Fine have it your way, but you can't stay in there forever. One of these days you'll have to come out," Tetra's voice sounded on the other side of the door, and then her footsteps were heard walking away.

A sudden voice behind him made Link jump, "What did you do to get her so angry?"

Link turned around to see Niko staring at him, "Did you sneak into her room and raid her underwear?" Niko continued.

"Niko, if I did that, I'd be on the bottom of the ocean, cut to ribbons by now," Link replied, "And how much of a pervert do you thing I am?"

"Than what did you do, I haven't seen her that mad in a long time?"

"She just caught me sleeping in the crows nest again, but that's no reason for her to want to kill me, even if it was the 97th time she caught me."

Niko shook his head slowly, "You know what I think it is, I think we all have a severe case of cabin fever. I said hi Senza while passing him by and he practically threw me overboard."

Link nodded slowly, "I believe you, we've been sailing for almost three weeks strait and haven't seem any sort of land let alone a land that could make a new Hyrule."

Tetra waited outside on the deck, knowing that Link wouldn't last that long in there. She was ready to pounce as soon as he showed his guilty face. The door slowly opened and a white flag appeared, "I-I come in peace," Niko's face appeared from behind the door.

"Niko, get back in there and make that brat come out here now," Tetra ordered angrily, looking like she was ready to kill the next person that got closest to her.

Niko shuddered violently, I have a message from Link. He will come out; when he knows that it is safe to come out without getting jumped by you."

"He deserves me wrath!" Tetra shouted.

"He wants to speak freely without worrying about getting his face broken," Niko continued.

Tetra fumed for a few seconds than finally gave in, "Fine, I won't beat his face in." Niko then ducked back into the cabin, they could hear his voice say, "Its safe now Link."

The blond boy came into view, "Um, so Tetra-"

The female pirate cleared her throat loudly and her eyes narrowed dangerously. "I mean, Miss Tetra," Link corrected himself. He knew that she must be majorly pissed at him; he was the only one out of the crew that could get away with calling her Tetra, except when she was REALLY angry with him. "I'm … I'm sorry that I fell asleep in the crows nest again. I just did it all the time back when I was living with my grandmother, and I'm used to it. And since we've been sailing for so long, cabin fever has been getting to me and I've been really tired."

There was a very tense silence where everyone watched Tetras facial expression change from angry, to pissed, to fuming, to where there was murder in her eyes. She then closed her eyes, took a deep breath and said very tensely, "Fine, whatever. Just don't let it happen again," with that she stormed off to her room, leaving Link and the rest of the crew in shock. They were all sure that Link was going to spending the next few days putting his face back together.

All right real short, and kind of has nothing to do with the story. This is my sad attempt to put humor into the story before all the drama happens, second chapter will be up shortly. As usual, flames are invited not necessarily welcome, constructive criticism is welcome with open arms.