LINK AND THE WATER TEMPLE OF DOOM
DISCLAIMER: I don't own or create the character 'Link', 'Ruto', 'Sheik', or anything else in the Zelda games. Nintendo did. And good on em. On the other hand, I did write this. Do not steal it. Or I'll crash a plane into your house.
RATING: This chapter has a rating of PG. It has some dead things, no adult themes, no swearing, and nothing that could really offend anyone. Unless dead things upset you. It also has spoilers from the computer game, so playing it through is suggested first. Or at least playing past the water temple. Anyway, on with the show.
CHAPTER 1
Link could see something was wrong as soon as he saw the river coming out of the Zora's valley. The river was only half full, and from the look of the riverbank, looked like it had been that way for several years. He let Epona run free as he started on his way up the Zora river valley. The valley had too many narrow paths for his horse.
Link followed the river upstream. The further he traveled, the more things he noticed was wrong. There was the river hardly having any water in it, but that was only the first thing. All the paths looked untended and overgrown, the bridges were on the point of collapse, and he couldn't see any sign of the Zora's. A lot of the plant life had died back from the edge of the water, and when he slipped and his foot slid in, he yelled in surprise. The water was ice cold. As more and more signs of neglect showed, his foreboding grew stronger. The years had changed the valley for the worse. When Link finally reached the large waterfall, he somehow wasn't surprised to find it hardly flowing. The tunnel hewn out of the rock behind the waterfall was now easily visible. He easily jumped through the waterfall, landing in the tunnel. He almost hesitated before continuing on. There was a chill breeze coming through from the other side. He was sure the Zora's wouldn't have neglected their valley unless they were unable to. And he wasn't sure he was ready to find out what had happened. Taking a deep breath, Link gathered his courage, ignored his fear, and continued.
When Link entered the Zora's cavern, he stopped in shock. The whole place was frozen. Every surface had a thin sheen of ice covering it. The waterfall was a frozen column of ice, seemingly carved into graceful flowing curves as it flowed from the cave near the top of the cavern to the plunge pool below. Link looked over the edge of the path to the plunge pool, and could see it to be a solid mass of ice. Everywhere the ice glittered with reflected light. The cavern was beautiful, seemingly carved from crystal, like something out of a dream. Link shivered in the cold. But as beautiful as the cavern was, it wasn't the friendly and relaxing place it had been. When link had first entered the cavern, he had heard the gentle sounds of harp music, the soft roar of the waterfall and the murmurings of the Zora's as they talked to each other. Now all he could here was the howling of the wind. As the cold penetrated Links clothing, he came out of his daze. The Zora's. If he could find the Zora's, perhaps they could tell him.
The next half hour, Link spent exploring the Zora's dwelling. Nowhere could he find the Zora's. There were no signs of violence, no signs of hurried departure. Link couldn't understand it. The store had fish frozen in their barrels. Finally, as Link made his way over the frozen pool of ice below the waterfall, he noticed several dark shapes in the ice. He knelt over, and brushed the surface of the ice clear and looked closer. The shapes were all about 2 meters below the ice, and were slightly larger than him. They were long and slim. Streamlined. They almost looked like fish. No, not fish, but..
'Oh goddess' Link quickly averted his eye's, feeling nauseous. He lurched from the Zora's final resting place, trying to hold onto his lunch. He finally stopped in front of the Zora's royal chamber, now nothing but a frozen pool of water, and a frozen waterfall where the king used to sit.
Link just stood there in a daze. The cold from the cavern easily penetrated his cotton tunic, and he started shivering, which again broke him from his doze. He started following the tunnel towards the lake in the mountains. Surely that lake could not have frozen. Some of the Zora's could have made it. He thought of the dark shapes in the ice. Surely some must have escaped.
He kept walking, through the tunnel at the back of the royal chambers, which led to the lake above the waterfall. At first he thought the lake had frozen. It was covered in ice. But he noticed the ice was broken, and constantly grinding against itself. The lake had hot water spring feeding it, and even the chill, which sucked the warmth from him, couldn't turn so much water to ice quickly. As he looked over the lake, he thought he saw movement on the opposite bank. He turned his head, and saw a human shaped figure ducking into a shadow in the rocks. Whatever it was, Link was sure it could shed light on what had happened here.
The mountains holding the lake were too steep to cross, but gaining access to the cave entrance was no problem when the lake itself was frozen. The cave itself seemed to be made purely of ice. Everything was smooth; everywhere there were gentle curves and soft mounds. And the ice itself was partially transparent. He could look above him, and see the distorted outline of the sky, and he could look below him, and see the dark, unfrozen waters from the lake many meters below him. He kept traveling through the ice cave, which seemed to go in roughly a straight line. It was almost like something had carved out the ice, like water. After a few hundred meters, he reached the end of the cave. It ended against a vertical slab of rock, which must belong to the mountains containing the lake. There was a large crack in the rock, and a figure examining it. The figure turned around when he heard Link, and Link recognized him as Sheik, the mysterious sheikah who had been advising him ever since he had exited the Hall of Sages.
'What happened?' Link asked. 'When you left, Ganondolf sought vengeance on the Zora's for refusing to serve him. He released a demon monster in lake Hyrule cavern. It feeds on energy, sucking in heat through a gold amulet, which Ganondolf had hidden in the Zora's cavern. The demon was small when Ganondolf created it, and only took a little heat, but the more it fed, the larger it grew, and the larger it grew, the more heat it could feed on. By the time the Zora's realized something was wrong, there was little I could do.' Sheik paused, and Link could see the sorrow in her eyes. 'Only one of the Zora's managed to survive. All the rest are dead Link. The ice has claimed them all' Link sat down in shock. 'Dead?' Sheik sighed, and placed his hand on Links shoulder. 'All of the Zora's? Dead?' 'Sheik knelt, and looked him in the eye. 'No, Link. One survives. One Zora is left. If you can keep her safe, then there is still hope.' 'One left' Link repeated, staring at the ground. 'One Zora. Only one' He looked up at Sheik. 'Ruto'? Sheik looked at him. 'Yes. She was paying homage to the Zora gods at their temple when this occurred, so she managed to escape. But the Zora's temple is at the bottom of lake Hyrule.' Link understood. 'Where the demon lives' he finished.
TO BE CONTINUED
Authors Notes:
I'm planning to write more, and have finished half of the second chapter. I'd eventually like to write up the whole adventure. N maybe get it published with Nintendo's permission. And while I'm at it, I'm planning to win the lottery also
Anyway, C & C welcome. They can be sent to Ryan Bailey, at RevengeoftheLurch@hotmail.com or just added via the review thingy. You can copy and paste this document wherever you like, as long as you don't change it at all. And as long as you don't take credit for it. It'd be nice if you told me about it first, but I won't hunt you down and kill you for it if you don't.
DISCLAIMER: I don't own or create the character 'Link', 'Ruto', 'Sheik', or anything else in the Zelda games. Nintendo did. And good on em. On the other hand, I did write this. Do not steal it. Or I'll crash a plane into your house.
RATING: This chapter has a rating of PG. It has some dead things, no adult themes, no swearing, and nothing that could really offend anyone. Unless dead things upset you. It also has spoilers from the computer game, so playing it through is suggested first. Or at least playing past the water temple. Anyway, on with the show.
CHAPTER 1
Link could see something was wrong as soon as he saw the river coming out of the Zora's valley. The river was only half full, and from the look of the riverbank, looked like it had been that way for several years. He let Epona run free as he started on his way up the Zora river valley. The valley had too many narrow paths for his horse.
Link followed the river upstream. The further he traveled, the more things he noticed was wrong. There was the river hardly having any water in it, but that was only the first thing. All the paths looked untended and overgrown, the bridges were on the point of collapse, and he couldn't see any sign of the Zora's. A lot of the plant life had died back from the edge of the water, and when he slipped and his foot slid in, he yelled in surprise. The water was ice cold. As more and more signs of neglect showed, his foreboding grew stronger. The years had changed the valley for the worse. When Link finally reached the large waterfall, he somehow wasn't surprised to find it hardly flowing. The tunnel hewn out of the rock behind the waterfall was now easily visible. He easily jumped through the waterfall, landing in the tunnel. He almost hesitated before continuing on. There was a chill breeze coming through from the other side. He was sure the Zora's wouldn't have neglected their valley unless they were unable to. And he wasn't sure he was ready to find out what had happened. Taking a deep breath, Link gathered his courage, ignored his fear, and continued.
When Link entered the Zora's cavern, he stopped in shock. The whole place was frozen. Every surface had a thin sheen of ice covering it. The waterfall was a frozen column of ice, seemingly carved into graceful flowing curves as it flowed from the cave near the top of the cavern to the plunge pool below. Link looked over the edge of the path to the plunge pool, and could see it to be a solid mass of ice. Everywhere the ice glittered with reflected light. The cavern was beautiful, seemingly carved from crystal, like something out of a dream. Link shivered in the cold. But as beautiful as the cavern was, it wasn't the friendly and relaxing place it had been. When link had first entered the cavern, he had heard the gentle sounds of harp music, the soft roar of the waterfall and the murmurings of the Zora's as they talked to each other. Now all he could here was the howling of the wind. As the cold penetrated Links clothing, he came out of his daze. The Zora's. If he could find the Zora's, perhaps they could tell him.
The next half hour, Link spent exploring the Zora's dwelling. Nowhere could he find the Zora's. There were no signs of violence, no signs of hurried departure. Link couldn't understand it. The store had fish frozen in their barrels. Finally, as Link made his way over the frozen pool of ice below the waterfall, he noticed several dark shapes in the ice. He knelt over, and brushed the surface of the ice clear and looked closer. The shapes were all about 2 meters below the ice, and were slightly larger than him. They were long and slim. Streamlined. They almost looked like fish. No, not fish, but..
'Oh goddess' Link quickly averted his eye's, feeling nauseous. He lurched from the Zora's final resting place, trying to hold onto his lunch. He finally stopped in front of the Zora's royal chamber, now nothing but a frozen pool of water, and a frozen waterfall where the king used to sit.
Link just stood there in a daze. The cold from the cavern easily penetrated his cotton tunic, and he started shivering, which again broke him from his doze. He started following the tunnel towards the lake in the mountains. Surely that lake could not have frozen. Some of the Zora's could have made it. He thought of the dark shapes in the ice. Surely some must have escaped.
He kept walking, through the tunnel at the back of the royal chambers, which led to the lake above the waterfall. At first he thought the lake had frozen. It was covered in ice. But he noticed the ice was broken, and constantly grinding against itself. The lake had hot water spring feeding it, and even the chill, which sucked the warmth from him, couldn't turn so much water to ice quickly. As he looked over the lake, he thought he saw movement on the opposite bank. He turned his head, and saw a human shaped figure ducking into a shadow in the rocks. Whatever it was, Link was sure it could shed light on what had happened here.
The mountains holding the lake were too steep to cross, but gaining access to the cave entrance was no problem when the lake itself was frozen. The cave itself seemed to be made purely of ice. Everything was smooth; everywhere there were gentle curves and soft mounds. And the ice itself was partially transparent. He could look above him, and see the distorted outline of the sky, and he could look below him, and see the dark, unfrozen waters from the lake many meters below him. He kept traveling through the ice cave, which seemed to go in roughly a straight line. It was almost like something had carved out the ice, like water. After a few hundred meters, he reached the end of the cave. It ended against a vertical slab of rock, which must belong to the mountains containing the lake. There was a large crack in the rock, and a figure examining it. The figure turned around when he heard Link, and Link recognized him as Sheik, the mysterious sheikah who had been advising him ever since he had exited the Hall of Sages.
'What happened?' Link asked. 'When you left, Ganondolf sought vengeance on the Zora's for refusing to serve him. He released a demon monster in lake Hyrule cavern. It feeds on energy, sucking in heat through a gold amulet, which Ganondolf had hidden in the Zora's cavern. The demon was small when Ganondolf created it, and only took a little heat, but the more it fed, the larger it grew, and the larger it grew, the more heat it could feed on. By the time the Zora's realized something was wrong, there was little I could do.' Sheik paused, and Link could see the sorrow in her eyes. 'Only one of the Zora's managed to survive. All the rest are dead Link. The ice has claimed them all' Link sat down in shock. 'Dead?' Sheik sighed, and placed his hand on Links shoulder. 'All of the Zora's? Dead?' 'Sheik knelt, and looked him in the eye. 'No, Link. One survives. One Zora is left. If you can keep her safe, then there is still hope.' 'One left' Link repeated, staring at the ground. 'One Zora. Only one' He looked up at Sheik. 'Ruto'? Sheik looked at him. 'Yes. She was paying homage to the Zora gods at their temple when this occurred, so she managed to escape. But the Zora's temple is at the bottom of lake Hyrule.' Link understood. 'Where the demon lives' he finished.
TO BE CONTINUED
Authors Notes:
I'm planning to write more, and have finished half of the second chapter. I'd eventually like to write up the whole adventure. N maybe get it published with Nintendo's permission. And while I'm at it, I'm planning to win the lottery also
Anyway, C & C welcome. They can be sent to Ryan Bailey, at RevengeoftheLurch@hotmail.com or just added via the review thingy. You can copy and paste this document wherever you like, as long as you don't change it at all. And as long as you don't take credit for it. It'd be nice if you told me about it first, but I won't hunt you down and kill you for it if you don't.