”The heroes were beginning to navigate to a neighboring island to start their search for the Triforce shards when Toon Link received a call from Zelda in his stone.
“Link! First, I’m still alright. Ganondorf hasn’t tried anything since the last time we talked. But this is not the reason why I’m calling. There is someone, a… uh… fairy? Tingle, who wants to see you. He says that he has something for you, that you may be interested. So, come anytime if you want to see what he has.”
She stopped the call.
The heroes exchanged looks.
“Maybe something important?” Sonic said.
“Ten bucks it’s a Triforce shard, or a chart to one of the shards,” Phantom said.
“How lucky we would be if this is the case,” Apple Death said.
“We won’t know until we go see him,” Amy said.
Everyone nodded, and so, they teleported to Hyrule.
They found Tingle waiting beside Zelda, in the Master Sword’s sanctuary.
He jumped in joy. “Fairies and friends! I’m happy that you come so soon after receiving my message!”
“We are interested in seeing what you have,” Link said.
“Then, let me present to you…” Tingle grabbed something from somewhere on him and revealed a green chart. “Tadadadadaaaa! The IN-credible Chart!”
…
“What is this chart?” Toon Link asked.
“Oh! This chart shows the locations of every Triforce shards and Triforce Charts!”
Everyone gasped. That was exactly what they needed.
“I got the feeling that you wanted to find Triforce shards, and they just happen to be my favorite kind of items! I want you to find lots of them! So, for the modest price of 201 rupees, this chart is yours.”
Link and Toon Link choked. “201 rupees?!”
“I know, right? It’s pretty much a gift at this price.”
Toon Link sighed and gave the rupees, receiving the chart in return.
“Thank you very much for your purchase,” Tingle said.
“Thank you for the Chart,” Toon Link said before he opened the chart.
According to it, three Triforce Charts could be found in A5 (kept by a battleship), B5, and G5. It also indicated the position of five Triforce shards: G1, C5, E5, B7 (Outset Island!), and… inside a ghost ship? The problem was that the ghost ship’s position wasn’t given.
“A ghost ship? I know about it,” Zelda said. “It appears at night, haunting the sea. I was never able to determine where it would appear, and the only time we found it, it disappeared as soon as we got too close.”
“Yes, it won’t be easy to get this shard,” Tingle said. “But be happy! I know how to get to it!” He then pointed at the IN-credible Chart, more exactly at square A6. “There! There is a chart that should help you!”
“Thank ya Tingle,” Apple Death said.
“And once you find the Triforce Charts, come back to me. I will be able to decipher them, in exchange of 398 rupees.
Everyone looked at Tingle with big round eyes.
“What? I’m sure it’s nothing. If you doubt you have enough despite that, you can always go on a little treasure hunt. The ocean is full of chests containing lots of rupees, and I’m sure that you have many charts on you to find them.”
Toon Link nodded. “Thank you again, Tingle.”
“Everything to help a fellow fairy!”
With that, the group left Tingle. Once they were far enough, Phantom groaned. “This guy is a really bad merchant. Too bad we need him.”
“At least, he is helpful,” Amy said. “So, where do we start?”
“I think that we should start with A6 to see what is this chart that will help us for the ghost ship,” Link said, and Toon Link agreed with a nod.
So they returned to the King of Red Lions. On the way, Toon Link bought from Beedle some fish food. He also went to Orca and revealed that he now possessed enough Knight’s Crests taken from Darknuts to learn Orcas’s ultimate secret technique: the Hurricane Spin (which turned Toon Link dizzy). Once they reached the Red Lion, they told him the good news before they teleported as near to A6 as they could. They quickly reached the island here, which the local fish named Diamond Steppe Island after Toon Link fed him. The fish also talked about what they suspected was the ghost ship even if he never said that that was it, confirming two things: the treasure (chart) here will allow them to get near it without it disappearing like what happened with the pirates, and the ghost ship appeared near this island every nights when the moon missed a bit of its right part. So the ghost ship chose its location depending on the moon?
The island itself was diamond-shaped, and constituted of a series of cliffs where Toon Link would have had to use the hookshot on trees to reach a hole at the top. Instead, Phantom teleported everyone directly to the top. They jumped in the hole.
They dropped in what seemed to be a ship graveyard, before a teleporting jar. What followed was a small maze of teleporting jars with some Floormasters here and there. The fillies decided to gain time and to fly around, finding two chests in total: one containing a butterfly pendant, and one containing the chart they searched: the Ghost Ship Chart.
The chart confirmed what the fish implied, the ghost ship chose its location depending on the moon. Diamond Steppe Island was when the moon was three quarters full from the left. Link also recognized Greatfish Isle when the moon was three quarters full from the right, and Bomb Island (between Dragon Roost Island and Forest Haven) when only the left half of the moon was visible. There were seven islands in total. The heroes will have to explore the sea to search for them. Toon Link may have to return to Hyrule to replenish his fish food reserve.
But first, they decided to get the other Triforce shards, starting with the one from Outset Island.
They actually suspected where the shard was, there. The first time they came, they spotted a head stone on an elevated area beside Toon Link’s grandma’s house. The Hookshot would allow Toon Link to reach it, but again, they instead teleported. Then, Toon Link lifted the boulder, discovering a hole.
“To think that it was so close to my home,” Toon Link said.
They jumped in the hole.
What followed was a series of battles in what was called the Savage Labyrinth, a series of fifty rooms full of enemies. Keeses, Miniblins, Bokoblins, Moblins, Darknuts, Stalfos, ReDeads, ChuChus, Wizzrobes, and so on. The difficulty grew from room to room. The last room had no less than four Darknuts in black armor. Once they passed it, they reached the room with the last chest of the labyrinth, the one containing the Triforce shard. On the way, they also got lots of rupees.
Next, they went to A5, to the island that the local fish named Needle Rock Isle. This one was easy. They searched and found a trio of battleships, one of which was golden. They sunk them, and Toon Link recovered with the grapple the chest that the golden ship left, recovering a Triforce Chart.
Next was B5, the Isle of Steel, which looked like a fortress of steel guarded by battleships. Once they were all sunk, including the big one guarding the entrance, they entered the island. Inside, Toon Link played the Wind’s Requiem on a blue circular area to make a chest appear. Inside it was another Triforce Chart.
Now, they went to Stone Watcher Island, C5. They had to be careful on the way because they saw in the horizon at their left Mewtwo. Thankfully, it wasn’t flying toward them.
They climbed on the island, finding a lone man with a telescope that they sent to Hyrule. They climbed again all the way to a head stone that Toon Link lifted to reveal a hole. It led to an underground cavern where it was pretty much a repeat of the Savage Labyrinth, but shorter and easier. There was a central room with five doors, one of which was barred, and behind each unlocked door was a room full of enemies. Armos, Moblins, Wizzrobes, and Bokoblins. Once all rooms were cleared, they returned to the main room where two white Darknuts were now present. Killing them unlocked the last door. In the last room, Toon Link had to do like before and use the Wind’s Requiem to make a chest containing the Triforce Shard appear.
Next was E5, the Private Oasis, which was revealed to be special. On it was a cabana guarded by a butler-door. As in, a door that acted as a butler, with a butler sculpted on it.
He… It? He violently told them that they couldn’t enter because it was private property, and warned them to go away, or else!
The heroes weren’t impressed.
Searching around to see if they could find anything, they found a Korok beside a withered tree. Like before, they sent the Korok to Hyrule and promised to water the tree. Before being sent to Hyrule, the Korok told them that the island was owned by a very joyful pink-haired lady. Toon Link seemed to immediately understand who the Korok talked about. They also found a Treasure Chart in the upper part of the island.
Toon Link told them that they must return to Hyrule, so they teleported there. Toon Link immediately searched around until he found a pink-haired lady who was Mrs Marie, the teacher of Windfall Island. In exchange for twenty butterfly pendants, which were actually Joy Pendants, she gave them the Cabana Deed, making them the owners of the Private Oasis.
They returned to the island and presented the deed to the door, confirming to the butler that they were the new masters. So he allowed them to enter, in a creepy way.
“Please be gentle on this fine door! ”
They could almost see the heart at the end.
The heroes stared at the door for a moment. Some then gave it a deadpan look while others said, “Eww…”
They quickly opened the door and entered.
The inside was rather cozy. In a single room, it had everything that a house needed. A longing chair beside a table and a chimney, a bathtub, a shelf full of books, and plants to decorate. There were also pots full of rupees, and two portraits, one of which was a sliding puzzle. The heroes decided to not lose time trying to solve it.
Instead, Toon Link spotted under the ceiling a lever for his grapple, causing the fire in the chimney to go out somehow, revealing a hole.
“This one was well hidden,” Sonic said.
They jumped in the hole, entering an underground maze submerged. Well, not really. Most paths were blocked. There was only one path that led to a ladder in a hole. In it, they found a small tunnel in which the smallest heroes could crawl. So, everyone except Sonic. Apple Death still just had to pass through the walls. Amy decided to remain with Sonic.
The tunnel itself was revealed to be a maze, paths leading to rooms with pots full of rupees. One of the paths led to a ladder to a room with two stakes that, upon being hammered, opened the exits of the room, including one that led back to the maze, allowing Sonic and Amy to join them. But they didn’t go far however because the other exit led to another hole with a ladder and two tunnels at the bottom.
One of the tunnels led to a different part of the maze with another stake opening an exit for Sonic and Amy to come. But again, they didn’t go far, because there was another hole leading to a tunnel, and this hole didn’t have a ladder so Sonic didn’t even dare jump in it.
“This maze is annoying,” Sonic said.
“I could shrink you, you know?” Phantom said.
“No thanks.”
At the bottom of the hole were two ReDeads quickly killed before they could understand that someone fell beside them. The tunnel here led to another ladder to a room with a circular area for the Wind’s Requiem to make a chest appear. Inside the chest was a shard. Pounding a stake allowed them to leave. Now, it was just a matter of finding the exit.
Once outside, they moved to the next island: Bird’s Peak Rock, G5. On the way, they passed beside Bomb Island.
Bird’s Peak Rock was actually made of two islands: a small one with a locked gate, and a larger one with five pillars on which the heroes spotted crystals. Toon Link understood that he would need to use a special pear named Hyoi Pear that the seagulls loved. It would allow him to take control of the bird who eats the pear and use it to reach the crystals which were actually switches.
Instead, Apple Death and Phantom flew to the crystals, killing on the way the Kargaroks that lived here. Once all five crystals were activated, the gate opened, allowing them to jump into a hole to drop in a cavern where Toon Link had to play the Wind’s Requiem again, getting the last Triforce Chart.
Finally, they went to G1, Overlook Island. They teleported to Dragon Roost Island and navigated from there.
Overlook Island was an island with three towers. Toon Link would have to use the hookshot to climb on the towers and reach a hole. Instead, they teleported and jumped in the hole.
The following cavern was identical to the one in Stone Watcher Island. A main room surrounded by rooms full of enemies: Armos Knights, Stalfos, Wizzrobes, and Green Bokoblins. The main room then had four Darknuts, two white ones and two golden ones. Finally, in the last room, Toon Link had to play the Wind’s Requiem.
Now, all that remained was the shard in the ghost ship, and the ones from the charts..
“Time to complete your chart, Toon Link,” Phantom said. “Do you have enough fish food?”
“I don’t think so.”
“Then let’s go to Hyrule to buy more food, and let’s use the occasion to have Tingle decipher the Triforce Charts.”
Two of the charts revealed to lead to places Toon Link already knew: Greatfish Isle and Stone Watcher Island, so they teleported and went to the position indicated by the charts, and Toon Link used the grapple to get the chests at the bottom of the ocean.
The last chart, however, indicated an island they didn’t know.
And so, starting from A1, they began to go from island to island, going as fast as they could while remaining careful to not be spotted by Mewtwo. They used the occasion to fish for treasures using the many Treasure Charts that Toon Link had. Whenever Toon Link ran out of fish food, they returned to Hyrule to buy more before resuming their exploration.
Even when they found all the islands in the Ghost Ship Chart and the island from the last Triforce Chart (Cliff Plateau Isles,G6), they continued to explore because they had nothing better to do while waiting for the night to fall. Well, it was the excuse they used, because Link and Toon Link could both change the day to night.
They found heart-shaped islands with giant sea shells that led to fountains with Great Fairies (which were exactly like the Fairy Queen’s doll) who upgraded Toon Link’s ability to transport more rupees, more bombs, and more arrows.
They found all the Koroks, and used the occasion to bring water from Forest Haven to all the trees.
They found all the Goron merchants and the treasure hunters.
They killed all the Pink Bokoblins guarding the lookouts, also destroying the cannons and opening the chests they guarded.
They fished all the chests from the Treasure Charts.
Finally, night came, and they saw a right half moon, meaning that they had to go to Star Belt Archipelago, G3. Teleporting there, they had to explore a bit before finding the ghost ship.
“There it is!” Amy shouted.
“Finally,” Sonic said.
They went to board it right away, entering it. Inside, they found themselves facing two Poes, a Wizzrobe, and a ReDead. Thankfully, there was light shining in the room, so Toon Link went to use it right away on the Poes while Sonic took care of the Redead and Phantom eliminated the Wizzrobe. Once the Poes were solid, Amy and Link killed them.
Killing all the enemies caused a ladder to drop, allowing them to reach a chest containing the last Triforce shard.
To their surprise, the ghost ship disappeared just after, leaving them in the ocean. Phantom quickly fished Sonic before they climbed back on the boats. Toon Link then took all the sharps and, like a puzzle, fit them together so they formed a triangle. This allowed the shards to merge, reforming the Triforce of Courage which immediately went to Toon Link’s hand.
“Good job, everyone! The Triforce of Courage is complete again!” the Red Lion said. “Now, I think that we are ready to face Mewtwo.”
“Actually, there is one last item that we could get that would be very useful to defeat Mewtwo,” Link said. “The Light Arrows.”
“That’s true, but nobody knows where they are,” the living ship said.
“I have them, but Toon Link would certainly appreciate having them too. We searched everywhere in the Great Sea, so maybe they are in Hyrule.”
“Then they are probably beyond Ganon’s barrier. Now that the Master Sword has its power again and now that you have the Triforce of Courage, you should be able to dispel it, Link. Uh, Toon Link.”
“Then let’s go to Hyrule,” Toon Link said. “Probably for the last time.”
The heroes arrived at Hyrule and entered the castle where they saw the multiple people from all the islands having taken refuge inside.
After passing by and greeting some of them, they went straight to the chamber where Toon Link pulled out the Master Sword, finding Zelda and Ganondorf mindling about. It seemed Ganondorf was in the middle of talking to Zelda about something.
Zelda turned around and her eyes brightened upon seeing the heroes descend.
"Link! Everyone!" she said and ran off to meet with them.
"Hey Princess! Guess what we did it!" Toon Link said proudly showing the back of his hand, the Triforce of Courage shining in it.
"Mmm, quite the feat indeed," Ganondorf said.
"Now all we need is to find the Light Arrows before going to Mewtwo, but where would they be…" Link said, looking deep in thought.
"Oh, those? They're up in my tower. They're almost as troublesome to me as the Master Sword, so I hid them away."
"...if anything, I must admit: ya’re, like, one of the smartest bad guys I've met," Apple Death said.
"That's something at least," Ganondorf said.
"Lucky for us, Mewtwo shouldn't know Toon Link already got the Triforce of Courage and Zelda is down here, which means it still should be out there searching for them. All we need is to dispel the barrier and get the arrows."
"If I may, but probably after that, the best place you can have to fight the creature without collateral damage would be my tower. Nothing really important remains there…" Ganondorf said.
"Alright, it seems like a plan," Phantom said.
Everyone took a minute to process their next course of action.
"Man, so this adventure is reaching its end already, eh?" Sonic asked outloud.
"It’s been pretty fun if you ask me, all things considered!" Amy said.
"I agree, and it’s been quite the experience meeting another 'me'" Link said.
"Hey, if you guys have more of these, you think I can join you?" Toon Link asked.
"Sure! We all on the Alliance are free to join each others’ adventures when the respective hero calls for some back-up, so feel free to do so when you have free time," Apple Death told him.
"Sweet!"
"...May I say something?" Ganondorf said, and everyone looked at him.
"I… honestly don't know how to say this but… thank you all. These past few days, I felt myself thinking more clearly about a lot of things. About what I've done, what even I am, and if there’s anything for me after all this, what I am going to do with it. And it’s all because you feel like extending your kindness to me, in the light of all my sins."
"....."
No one really knew what to say at the moment.
"...Wow, you and the Ganondorf I know… the difference is like day and night," Link said, completely caught off-guard.
"Maybe there’s something to be done about his curse too?"
"Hard to say. I somehow don't think the curse is all that controlling of him," Link said.
"If your version of me is anything like when I was younger, then I can tell you now that I'm simply too ambitious, and sadly, haven’t learned yet the extent of how my actions truly shape everything around me," Ganondorf said, "I've been thinking about what my role in the future will be. I think… I will become a historian."
That surprised everyone a little.
"A historian?" Link asked.
Ganondorf nodded. "I am of the few still among us that remembers most of how everything was in Hyrule before the Great Flood. Though I will never recover what was lost, I still can make sure the next generation can cherish and celebrate their heritage and history. It’s the least I owe them after I was the one that ended up sepulting it all under the sea…" Ganondorf lamented.
"Don't worry, it’s definitely a step in the right direction!" Zelda tried to cheer him up.
“Uh, hey. I just thought about it, but how will we bring Mewtwo to your tower?” Toon Link asked.
“Your Triforce, and the princess’ Triforce. They should be able to do something to bring the creature there,” Ganondorf said.
“So I guess this means that I will have to come,” Zelda said.
“So it will be a all-or-nothing- battle,” Phantom said. “We will have to win, or we will have a serious problem on our hands.”
Everyone nodded.
“Let’s go then. I will guide you,” Ganondorf said.
At that, they left the basement and went to the castle’s exit. Once outside, they advanced until reaching the barrier, and Toon Link used the cumulated power of the Master Sword and the Triforce of Courage to destroy it, breaking it like glass.
Finally, they advanced into Hyrule.