Hullo all! Some of you don't know what my DeviantART account is so I guess that I should update here more often.

This is a new version of Origins of the Heart; renamed and completely redone!

I hope you all enjoy One Wish.

-Gwen

~Prologue~

The cyclone died down as the small boat landed safely in the shallow waters of Mother and Child Isle. Link, stretching his tired limbs, stepped out of the small boat and held out a hand for his companion. Long, blond haired Tetra; with her hair up in a bun usually -wobbled slightly as she grasped Link's arm for support.

"I can never get used to those cyclones." She said, smiling coyly as she followed Link onto dry ground. Their little boat landed in what looked like a small pool with a stone and more water inside it right in the middle. Little, gold puffs floated around silently. In all reality it was a hidden fairy fountain and Link came to it to get quiet time every now and again.

Tetra had never been there before and was there for a purpose.

"After doing it for about ten years it gets easier." Link stated as he put the wind waker back in his satchel.

Ignoring his comment for the moment Tetra decided to take a better look at her surroundings. She didn't recognize this place and wondered why Link would bring her to such a desolate and strange location.

"Link?" She dashed towards him, tripping slightly before catching her footing and grabbing onto the back of his tunic.

"Shh!" He turned sharply making her lose her grip on his tunic before putting a finger to her mouth and looking at her with a smirk, "You'll disturb the peace…" snickering he turned to walk forward.

"Disturb the peace? But there's no one here, who would I-"

Link grabbed her by the shoulders and turned her around and that's when she saw the bushel of fairies floating over the water silently. A small nod came and then she turned around to face him, but she saw no one until she looked down. Link was on his knees praying in complete silence, his bushy medium length blond hair came over his eyes as his head bowed.

Tetra wasn't sure what to say. Was this why he brought her here? Confused, she only got down on her knees to join him. Opening one eye she could see that he was still in that position. She decided it would be better to close her eyes and follow along until she heard a 'thunk' sound next to her. Eyes popping open once more she looked over to see that Link was on his back with his hands under his head - smiling from ear to ear.

"You're hilarious, Tetra." He chuckled, "I guess I better stop playing games."

"Games? What's this all about? Where are we?!"

"Fairy fountain. You can't get in here without the ballad of the gales." He said before getting up off the ground and looking down at her. She was still on her knees in praying stance.

"Oh. Well-"

"Isn't it amazing? Peaceful…I love it here."

"Mhm…" Tetra was still confused, "we should go, I'm starting to get hungry-" Before she could even finish Link had slapped a bottle of elixir into her hands.

"Okay…"

"Eat up." It was apparent that he didn't want to leave yet and was saving time by giving her something to snack on. She shook her head and did as he told her, only because she was really hungry. After finishing what seemed like a nice tasty snack, Tetra went to hand the bottle back to Link but yet again found him on the ground. This time positioned on one knee.

"Link?"

He only smiled and took her hand gently, "I'm ending the games now. I always thought if I had one wish that it would be to continue adventuring. Being a pirate, finding treasure…then I realized that -" He paused for a moment and pulled out a small, dainty ring and held it to her, "you're my treasure."

Tetra felt speechless at his words, her mouth hung open in apparent shock.

"Would you marry me?"

She staggered backwards and covered her mouth, gazing at the small piece of jewelry that would be her engagement ring…

Should she accept it.

Heart pounding hard inside her she managed to gather her bearings and look at him. He was smiling; waiting patiently for her to accept - or decline. Before her eyes she witnessed her past; meeting Link and his rescuing her. Everything came back to her in a flash. She shook herself out of a daze once again and looked at him. This time he looked a little more worried.

She got down on her knees and looked right at him, removing her bun and letting her hair fall over her shoulders while she took deep breaths.

"You can say no…you probably don't want to-"

"I wasn't going to say no." She smiled at him softly, something not seen on her very often. She took his hand and opened it to see the ring resting in his palm. She blinked repeatedly trying to stop tears from coming. She'd never really cried before but was close to it at this point.

Link continued to wait as he watched her tense up. She was squeezing the living daylights out of his hand!

"You okay?" Link finally asked.

"Yeah, of course! The hero of wind just asked me to marry him, never been better…" She let out a long breath and closed her eyes tightly.

"So you're not saying no, and you aren't saying yes. Is it a maybe?"

"Ugh! Why do you make things so complicated, Link?!"

"ME?! All I did was ask a question!"

"NOT JUST A QUESTION! Link, it was THE question!" She put her hands on her hips after jumping to her feet, glaring at him as he looked down at her.

"I know it was, it took a lot of courage to ask too!"

"Everything is courage with you!"

The two just stood in silence after that, staring each other down in a deathly silence that would drive anyone insane. Suddenly after a long abrupt silence the two wrapped each other in a warm embrace and began to kiss passionately.

"I'm sorry!" Tetra cried between kisses, "I'm sorry."

Link just tried to console her and tell her that things would be okay and that she did nothing wrong. He pulled away and looked down at her with a smile, "So…"

"Yes." She said with a great big smile, "Lets go for it!"

-*-

Chapter 1. Island Wedding

Outset Island was bustling with action and excitement as they prepared for the first wedding in many years! Link's grandmother, Aryll and many other islanders were busy making gifts, food and putting up decorations.

"This is exciting!" Aryll exclaimed, spinning around with excitement at the thought of seeing her big brother getting married.

"I never thought he'd get married, he just never seemed the type!"

Their grandmother was busily sewing a hem on Tetra's gown.

"Mhm, we're all excited."

Tetra said nothing, she was watching and thinking about how life would be after they married. They did discuss it, how the ship would be ran, who called the shots and if they would stay on Outset for a year to rest. And if they started a family sailing would be limited.

Tetra's heart stopped at the word.

Family. It seemed so strange to her, and just mouthing it felt weird. The only family she'd ever really known was the pirate crew. She put a hand to her chest and let out a long breath as she tried to make sure she was still breathing.

"Are you alright, Dear?"

She looked down to see Link's grandmother smiling with a little worry in her eyes.

"Oh! Of course, I'm just fine." A smile came to her face as she stretched out her arm to view the little engagement ring Link had given her. It still felt like a dream. She hadn't seen him all morning nor the day before. She'd tried to find him through the gossip stone but he'd not answered her.

"Aryll, find Link for me."

"Huh? Why?"

"It's not like him to disappear." Tetra glanced back and smiled with a wink, "Just make sure he's not causing any trouble."

Meanwhile, Link was standing on the watchtower in some special clothes designed for a day such as this one. A white tunic and some black pants with his brown boots coming over that. His hair, thick and blond, was pulled back with only his bangs nearly hanging over his blue eyes.

"There you are!" Aryll called, "I kinda figured you'd be here, Big Brother!"

He turned back and saw his little sister standing behind him with her hands on her hips and a twinkle in her eye.

"Heh, I just wanted to think for a while before I say 'I do'. I think I have cold feet."

Aryll could only laugh at her brothers comment and walked over, standing right next to him before shoving him playfully.

"Mmm…so you've fought monsters, saved the world twice and you are scared of saying 'I do'?"

"More worried about failing her." Link corrected.

"I don't think you could fail her, you've never failed her before!"

The young hero sighed and looked over the horizon then down at the wedding preparations, it was almost ready and soon he'd have to wait for Tetra to come to his waiting arms where they'd be married once and for all.

"Link…relax." Aryll said, "You two are a team and you could never fail her. You've saved her many times."

"I guess." Link smiled, "I think I'm ready."

"Good! I need to finish getting ready and you should come down before you get your clothes dirty, be careful!"

He shook his head and smiled, watching her carefully climb down the ladder as to not rip her dress. Sighing again, he looked back over the horizon and combed his fingers through his bushy blond hair, "Once and for all." He muttered before following the path his little sister had just taken.

-*-

"Look at you!" Orca said as he saw Link approaching the area, "Don't you look like a gentlemen!"

Both he and Sturgeon seemed impressed with Link's getup, which didn't look as suffocating as the hero's clothes did in this kind of weather.

"For once." Link muttered, usually he was covered in some kind of grime from doing his adventuring or scaling dark caves. He was actually pretty clean today, despite tripping a bit on his way back after climbing down the ladder. There was a nice little rip in his pants as well.

"What's that?" Aryll hissed suddenly, Tetra was still preparing herself and they were all waiting for her to show up.

"Just a rip…" Link whispered.

"I told you to be careful!"

"It's not a big deal, not like Tetra will notice or anything." He smiled at her but she refused to cut him some slack.

Suddenly he turned his attention to the front where Tetra was coming, looking gorgeous with her hair up and a chain of white flowers on top of her head, she didn't seem pleased about that but it was beautiful no less. A lacy veil covered her eyes and her head was bowed as her cheeks turned bright red.

Soon their hands were clasped together and they were standing next to each other saying vows. It felt strange and so unreal when Link finally reached over and lifted her veil, kissing her and suddenly being hit with all kinds of flowers and rice as the island cheered. Soon a whole festival began, the sun was setting and fires were lit and there was dancing and food and laughter. Link and Tetra received plenty of hugs and congrats as they tried to have fun without getting caught in full blown conversation.

"How long has it been since there was a wedding?" Tetra asked, walking with Link to the deck on Link's grandmothers home.

"Many years I am supposing. I heard Sue Belle got married, but not here."

"Mm…they seem to enjoy it." She looked at him, face flushed and looking a bit sleepy from a long day of preparing and then celebrating. She rested her head against Link's shoulder as they sat down far away from the celebrating.

"We should probably-" Before he could even finish his sentence he heard the shrill voice of his sister.

"LINK, TETRA! There you are! Everyone is looking for you, they want you two to dance!"

Tetra groaned and pressed her face into Link's tunic, "Don't make me go out there."

Aryll kept bouncing and waiting for the newlyweds to say something. Finally, Link stood up and looked at Tetra who had followed suit.

"I guess we really don't have a choice."

So the three of them returned to the festivities which appeared to be ending pretty soon. Link led Tetra to the center and both of them seemed a little bit embarrassed seeing as how they'd never really learned how to dance.

But dance they did.

-*-

"Eek…my feet hurt." Tetra grumbled as she and Link were settling for the night. They'd danced their hearts out until very late in the night or possibly very early in the morning.

"Did you have fun though?" Link asked, sitting down and removing his boots, tossing them recklessly across the room. A loud thud could be heard making Tetra look back and shake her head with amusement.

"I can't say I didn't have fun." She replied.

"Good to know! Because you're my bride now and fun times like that are rare."

"What's that supposed to mean?"

Link laid himself back on the bed and closed his eyes with a smile, "The island never has fun. Well in a sense they do, but big parties like that one are rare is what I meant to say."

For such a man of very little words Tetra had heard so much out of him recently. But now she heard nothing. He was sound asleep, clothes in all, curled up on top of the blankets breathing softly. So soft that she couldn't really even hear it over the winds outside. Smiling to herself, she crawled into bed next to him and played with his bushy blond hair, arousing him just enough to get him to say goodnight.

"Goodnight…" Tetra giggled, kissing him carefully not to wake him much more. Unfortunately for her it wasn't what woke him up.

Around sunup a loud banging came and Aryll dashed into the room in the most inconsiderate way she possibly could.

"LINK SOMEONE IS OUTSIDE!"

He shot up, hair disheveled and looking like he hadn't slept in days. Tetra watched as he jumped out of bed and tossed on something sort of clean and tried to mess with his hair - barely - before running out of the room.

"Hmm…" Aryll whispered, "normally he's up much earlier than this."

-*-

Finally making it outside and nearly killing himself running down the steps he managed to gather his bearings and see who it was that Aryll was so in a hurry for him to see. Of course, they didn't get visitors often and when they did it was always a nice surprise, or a bad one. Today it was good, Link rubbed the sleep out of his eyes and grinned from ear to ear when he saw some old friends.

"Komali? Medli? What are you-"

"Hello!" Medli exclaimed, dashing to him and wrapping him in a big hug, she'd gotten quite tall and her hug could almost suffocate him.

"M-Med-"

"Sorry!" She broke the embrace and stepped back, blushing. Komali only crossed his arms and shook his head at the action.

"What are you two doing here? Not that I'm unhappy to see you, it's been…years!"

"Well we heard there was a wedding."

Link ran his fingers through is still messy hair and chuckled, "Yeah, Tetra and…"

"AW! I guessed that was it! Why didn't you invite us?"

Making a face Link was about to explain when Tetra came up behind him and interrupted.

"Medli! It's been ages!" She gasped, bopping Link on the head from behind, "I can't believe Link would forget to invite you, we really should have-"

"No, it's fine, just fine." Medli giggled, "We just wanted to congratulate you and have a talk."

"Mm…" Link nodded numbly as he stretched his arms a bit and rubbed the back of his head, he'd been awake a moment ago but was slowly dozing off again at the word 'talk'. Their talks always led to long drawn out stories and he'd always fall asleep. It was especially awful when the whole team went through their 'paper cutout' phase.

"Oh, I see! Well come in, we're just about to eat breakfast." Tetra grabbed Link's hand - more like jerked it, and they were off to the small house with the two Rito's in tow.

Link woke up more at the smell of food but still seemed a bit dazed as they all sat down and prepared to eat. Tetra chattered on about how the wedding went., how Link proposed and much more about their travels and such. Link couldn't quite keep up still but heard her say many things revolving around 'adventures' and 'Link did this'.

"So, did you guys have any other reason to visit besides congratulating us?" Tetra finally asked as she set down a couple cups of juice on the table.

"Actually, yes." Komali said before Medli could speak up.

"Komali, lets leave the serious matters out of this for now. We should be celebrating!"

"Serious matters?" Link finally spoke up, eyes still glazed over with sleep.

"Oh…" Medli hissed, "we didn't want to tell you about this yet."

Tetra was now frustrated, she wondered what was going on that was of serious business and why they weren't hearing of it until now.

"What?" Link asked, "Tell us what?"

Komali looked at Medli who wouldn't speak, she sighed a little and elbowed him, "Tell them please."

"Fine." He leaned forward, "There seems to be something going on at the Forsaken Fortress."

Link and Tetra exchanged confused and shocked glances before speaking up in garbled sentences, they seemed to be arguing that nothing could possibly be happening there for the place had been unoccupied for several years now.

"Anything can happen there, it is a cursed place." Medli said in a whispering sort of voice.

"But, I've defeated Ganondorf, I've defeated Bellum, what else would be out there-"

"Link, you should know well that there are several beasts out there that could morph into something as awful and powerful as the two of those enemies." Komali said, his face drawn into what seemed to be a disturbed expression.

"Why now?" Link stood up, hands on his hips and face looking off into the distance as he tried to contemplate this. He knew the two of them wouldn't lie to him about something as serious as a disturbance. After all; Medli has the spirit of a sage.

"Link, shouldn't we take them seriously?" Tetra finally said, her voice nearly as quiet as Medli's, which worried him some. She never acted sheepish like this.

"It's not that I'm not taking them seriously." Link replied with a bit of defense in his voice, he sat back down and groaned in irritation. He had a lot of work to do now, not that it bothered him. Adventure was his life, helping others was something he loved to do and if this was going to turn into something that could endanger his family as well as Tetra or others he cared about he had to take a look.

"Then what are you thinking?" Tetra asked, placing a gentle hand on his shoulder.

"That I need to go to Forsaken Fortress and have a look around."

They all gasped, "Link! You haven't been there since…"

"I know the last time I was there, it's probably still a rundown cursed place."

Frowning a bit more, Tetra looked at him with the most worry he'd ever seen from her.

"I can come along and help-"

"No, I should do this alone." Link said, standing to his feet and walking out of the room. He seemed distraught, and who wouldn't be after spending years in peace just to find out that the world was possibly about to be laid to waste again?

"I'm sorry." Tetra said to Komali and Medli, "He's just tired I guess, he's usually so open to the idea of going places - except Forsaken Fortress."

"We know." Medli said, laying her hands gently in her lap, "We didn't mean to be bearers of bad news."

Tetra gave a weak smile and nodded, "It's okay. Better now than never. I'm sure he'll feel better after he's had some breakfast and has time to think of a strategy. I would feel a lot better if I knew what he was up against." Then she smirked, "Of course, he's not going alone."

"What are you saying?" Komali asked, "He told you he was going alone."

"He thinks he is." Tetra got up, there was no way she was letting her husband go without her. She wasn't going to let him fight this thing on his own - whatever it was. She decided to wait until the last minute to gather things and stow away on the ship with Link least expecting it. She'd surprise him later if he didn't find her before then. She looked back to see him emerging from the room smiling, looking a little bit brighter than before.

"Okay, I can handle this." Link said, he had a satchel full of things he used to use when traveling the seas, and he always did use them but only in emergency. He sat back down and began to eat his breakfast in silence. Tetra, normally wouldn't take no for an answer when it came to her ship, her crew and the idea of treasure or an adventure at her fingertips. But knowing Link was stressed and worried about her she couldn't bear to even argue with him.

That's why she thought it be better that she just jump on when he wasn't looking. The sound of adventure sounded more appealing than island life.

After breakfast Link disappeared outside with Komali and Medli. Tetra sneaked into the room and began to gather things and prepare for the journey while Link's back was turned. This was simple, especially when he had more on his mind than normal.

She pictured the scenario in her head over and over again, popping up to help on the ship when it was time to sail. A grin appeared on her tan face and she giggled to herself while picturing it again and again. Only she couldn't play out Link's reaction, she only hoped he wouldn't be frustrated with her.

She doubted he would be. It just wasn't in him to get mad over such things.

"If I was expecting though…" Tetra mumbled to herself, eyes popping open at the thought of herself expecting a baby. She shook her head, it was impossible. She could never see herself mothering a child - nor Link taking the role of father.

"I could be wrong…" She whispered, feeling her heart pound at the idea. Again, she shook her head and finished putting her things in a special bag. She also had her old curved sword that she always wore at her side when pirating.

Good times. She thought to herself, still trying to get the family ideas out of her head for the time being. It seemed a silly thing to think in such a crisis as this one. And then she thought to herself 'what crisis?'. They had no information on this matter besides that the Forsaken Fortress had activity. At least she thought that's what they meant.

Heart pounding again, she pressed a hand to her chest and sunk further down on her knees. She felt a bit overwhelmed. What would they meet upon entering the cursed place? Evil pirates? A reincarnation of Ganon? Something more evil than Bellum himself, maybe? She couldn't even imagine what it could be.

Standing to her feet she glanced outside and could see Link sharpening his sword while casually talking to his old friends. Turning back she could only remind herself that they'd come past all of those things and this wasn't going to stop them. Not now, not ever.

And besides, She thought, I'm Tetra and Link is the hero of wind. Nothing has ever taken us down!

Feeling reassured by her own words she could only hope that this would be simple, maybe just some amateur pirates being stupid and acting like they are big shots. This made her laugh inwardly.

Oh well. At least they'll be shown what real pirates are capable of. That'll be the last time they goof off in a cursed fortress.

Even with these words consoling her a bit she still felt a strange sense of worry at the back of her mind. Shoving it off she decided it was best to go with the flow and not worry too much about what was ahead of them.

She still wished she knew though.

To be Continued…