Link is thrown overboard during a particularly bad storm and beaches at a fairly small island. Little bit of trees, some food and wildlife, but mostly sand. He believes he’s alone, but within the span of one week, he is proven very wrong.
A shark like creature, but with black eyes bellow its near crimson crown, watches him from afar. It feels like a horror movie. Like if he closed his eyes and opened them again, the creature would suddenly be closer with out making a sound. But no, despite actually falling alseep a few times, the thing didn't move closer. It takes awhile to get used to the feeling of being watched, but it does happen.
After another week of this, Link has trouble getting food for himself. He had been surviving off the fruit of the island, but he was starting to lose energy. Catching a wild boar was not easy and left him exhausted. Fishing with a hand made spear had proven to be even harder the next day. And despite his failures, there was several beached dead fish where he usually lay, watching the sky. This happened several more times before he actually started to catch something, even though it was just a fish or two. Progress had been made.
Oddly enough, the shark creature had disappeared and Link had to wonder if it had just been waiting for Link to attempt to swim out to get help. Well, it was too bad for Mr. Shark (thats what Link started calling him). Link doesn't know how to swim. That theory was thrown out the window when he was sitting on the island’s cliff and a red hammerhead nose, with black eyes bellow it, poked out of the water to look straight at him.
If Link had the voice too, he would have screamed. Mr. Shark apparently saw his destress and backed off for the next few days.
Even though Link didnt want to admit it, he was getting lonely and wished to talk to another, even just a bit. Was it the coconut named ‘Larry’ that gave it away? Or was it the point that he was doing the dumbest thing he could think of and attempt to contact Mr. Shark? Well, it worked. And Link learned that he was more than just a shark with eyes where it’s mouth should be. It was humanoid. And it seemed to be just as curious of Link, as Link was of it.
Mr. Shark, at first, was shy to come near him, and Link was thankful for that. But they eventually started fishing together, and Link had taught Mr. Shark how to sign a bit, if only to ask if something was edible or not. Link soon found himself being held as Mr. Shark floated in the deeper parts of the ocean, with Link on it’s belly. This close, Link could see the speck of gold in those pitch black sclera.
Sure, Mr. Shark was hiddous at first glance, with what his weird shark tail on his head, hammer head’s nose, two pairs of eyes, scars that flowed with the creature’s body, and what seemed to be a resting frown that held too many teeth to count. But Link quickly found that Mr. Shark wasn't scary at all. Dare he say he was handsome? No, that would be weird. If he started to think that then he was really in need of some mental help.
By the end of two months, Link had learned how to swim well enough on his own, but Mr. Shark seemed to want to bury his face in Link’s stomach while he kept Link afloat and just want to exist there. Weird, and at first frightening, but he got used to it quick. It became almost relaxing to have him so close.
Besides friendship, Link did not feel any sort of romantic feelings towards him. Nope. Definitely not. That would be really fucked up. And yet why he felt depressed when he finally returned home, thanks to a passing by ship, was beyond him.
Despite being reunited with his sister and best friend, he just felt so lonely. Only when he found out why the fish was disappearing near the harbor, did Link find out why. Actually, no. He had to give credit to Zelda for this one. With out her Horror Movie style scream as she pointed to the ocean, he likely wouldn't have seen the familiar red crown and black eyes that watched them.
Apparently Mr. Shark had followed the boat that Link was on. The poor thing probably thought he had been captured. And yet Mr. Shark refused to leave when Link told him to.
Despite Mr. Shark’s incredible hiding skills for someone of his color and height, he had eventually been spotted a few times. Link and Zelda had been careful to cover their tracks when seeing him, but it was only a matter of time before his friend, that he totally did not kiss the other night, had been caught.
Through bravery and sheer luck, both Link and Zelda had managed to get Mr. Shark out of Ganondorf’s cage. And despite all of the things they had been through, all the pain Ganon had put Mr. Shark under, the creature absolutely refused to leave. Only when Zelda, bless the woman, openly asked if he was waiting for Link did Mr. Shark give confirmation.
Mr. Shark didn't just follow Link because he was worried, he wanted to be with Link regardless of the strong difference between their species and the point that he would be hunted down. He had risked his life just to be with him. Mr. Shark didn't give up, and Ganon didn't either.
Only when Link was held at gunpoint by Ganon’s men, did Mr. Shark do something. He tore those men appart, broke their bones, and smash them to nothing. However, Ganon wasn't afraid, and soon, Mr. Shark was bleeding.
Despite the bullet in Mr. Shark’s shoulder, he only stopped his rampage when Link’s life was once again threatened. But to his dear Sister’s credit, she had jumped the man with her infamous pepper spray.
Every child knows the story of the three goddesses. It was the first and original version of ‘god’ that the christians know and love. And the three chosen ones, the holders of Power, Wisdom, and Courage, were the original Joseph, Mary, and Jesus Christ. And when the three powers combined, a wish to one could be given. Any wish could be granted by what was famously known as the Triforce. Why it was named that, historians could only guess. But it was a fairytale, nothing more, nothing less.
It was that same thing that stopped their fighting. Zelda’s yanking of Ganondorf’s hair, Link’s biting, and Ganon struggling to keep ahold of Link as he attempted to get his gun back. All of that stopped and focused on the three golden objects before them.
All but Mr. Shark, who seemed unaffected by this, as the creature pulled Link from Ganon’s grasp and started beating the man without mercy. Amazingly, Ganon managed to block some of his harder blows. And before anyone could react to Mr. Shark’s sudden attack, Link touched it first. By total accident, of coarse. When Mr. Shark had pulled him away, he had intentionally pushed Link out of reach so no one could get to him without going through Mr. Shark first. This did cause Link to stumble onto the floating object instead.
And with blinding light fading, and a new necklace that rested on his collarbone, Link was no longer human. Instead he looked a bit like Mr. Shark, but much smaller.
After Ganon’s defeat, nearly dead too, Mr. Shark returned to the ocean and Link said goodbye to his sister before the police arrived. Only in the water did he hear a new voice that came from everywhere, yet nowhere. Something smooth and deep, and it sturred a part of him wanted to reply back, to speak. Only when he found Mr. Shark again did he find who the voice was coming from.
“Here, my love. By the way, as much as I love that name you gave me, you should know it’s actually Sidon.”
