A Note from the Author: Sorry for the wait; I'm on vacation in Europe now, so I don't have as much free time on my hands. But I assure you, your wait hasn't been in vain. Prepare yourself; this will be a good one (I hope).
Zelda stuff (c) Nintendo
Original plot (c) Me
Part II ~ The Murder
Those few seconds with my hand struggling not to lose its grip on the icy ledge and allow me to fall to my death brought me many thoughts and memories. I hung with a hollow feeling; strange, I thought, that in the seconds precluding my demise I should feel so empty and calm. Time seemed almost to stand still, with the exception of the snowflakes pouring down from the heavens. So, I thought with a bit of bemusement, this is how I shall die. Not by sword or by arrow, not by claw or by fang, but by my own careless mistake. I wonder how I shall be remembered? Link, the bo--man who died because he wasn't looking where he was going. I suppose it has a ring to it... I looked up at the cloudy sky. The Deku Tree had told me seven years ago with his dying breath that the sky was created by Nayru, the Goddess of Wisdom and Time. So it is that the wise goddess has brought me to my downfall. Thank you, Goddess of Time, for this little match. I'm sorry I didn't put up a good enough fight. It seems your frozen tears shall send me to my death; congratulations for winning. I suppose I'll see you face-to-face soon enough. Until then, thank Farore for watching over me. I could feel myself losing my grip, yet for some reason it didn't matter to me. I just gave a small smile to Nayru in the heavens. This was how it felt to be on the brink of death, I realized. All those creatures I slayed--did they have this feeling too? Did their minds grow peaceful the moment before my sword cut a gaping hole in their hearts? Or was it different for every person? Was that why Phantom Ganon screamed as he died? Or was he already dead? When the Deku Tree died, it had been a peaceful death, right?
Suddenly the whole world beneath me seemed to lurch forward and stop abruptly. My hand slipped and stopped. The canyon was quiet; almost too quiet. Where had Navi gone? Had she gone to find help? The peaceful feeling seemed to slip into loneliness. I was all by myself, alone in the freezing cold. How long would it take before they knew I was dead? Who would be the first to know? Probably Navi. But what if she was lost in the snow, or what if the snow pounded her into the ground already? Perhaps she was as good as dead as I was.
My hand slipped again; this time it couldn't hold on to anything. I felt my hand part from the cliff with an acute awareness, as if I could see it exactly as it happened from afar, and was able to describe every single sensual response I received. I felt gravity tugging me down, and I shut my eyes in fear of seeing too much blood in case my head was last to go.
But then it all stopped. Well, not exactly; the forces of nature were still pulling on me, but suddenly there was a second force, one that pulled me in the opposite direction. I felt something around my arm and looked up. There was a man wrapped in bandages and armor, desperately grasping my arm with both hands and trying as hard as he could to pull me back up. To my surprise, he succeeded, though he let out a feminine squeal as the sudden loss of resistance sent her flying with me back up into the deep snow of the fountain.
The man was the first to get up, and coughing the snow out of his lungs he looked at me with concern. "Are you alright, Hero of Time?" he demanded.
I pushed myself up onto my knees and dragged myself onto my feet. "Yeah... I'm okay..." I answered. That seemed to be a good enough answer for him, and he giggled in girly delight until he caught himself and said a manly "good."
"Link!" Navi cried, rushing from the man's side and joyfully swirling around me. "I'm so glad you're okay! I mean, what if I hadn't found Shiek in time?"
Shiek laughed almost nervously. "Then perhaps we'd be all safe." He eyed me suspiciously and scratched his bandaged chin. "I think we need to talk, Link."
I almost took a step back; Shiek was eying me with his fake-looking red eyes like he didn't even trust me. "Wh-What do you mean?" I stuttered. I just happened to glance down for a second, and within that time I realized that Shiek was holding the handle of his sheathed dagger cautiously, not taking his eyes off me for a single second.
"When I last saw you in Death Mountain Crater, I thought we were allies, Hero of Time," he growled. "I thought I could count on you of all people to help save Hyrule."
Now I really did start backing away--not towards the cliff, of course. "What are you talking about? What do you think I'm doing here, running a precious errand for dear Princess Zelda?"
Shiek blinked, but held his ground. "I hadn't taken a trip to the Zora Canyon for a whole year. I was about ready to give up on these Zoras, but I thought that you'd probably come looking for a way to get into the Water Temple here, so I came anyway to give you a hand. Maybe teach you a song. But I never expected this--not from you!" His eyes looked like they were about to cry. "All this time, I thought you were good! I believed in you!"
"Listen to me, Shiek!" I snapped. "Tell me what's biting you! I haven't done anything wrong since this whole thing started!"
"I saw you freeze King Zora," he said coldly. "You're as good as a murderer. I saw it with my own two eyes. How could you!?" Suddenly he flung out his dagger and charged towards me. It was an amateurish attack, though, so I easily stepped out of the way. Just to be safe, though, I drew my own sword and shield.
"Shiek, I'm going to tell you right now, I did not put that red stuff over King Zora. I was just on my way to the Ice Cavern to get something to free him." Shiek stared at me, torn between whether to believe me or whether to kill me. I put my sword and shield on the snow. He had saved me once, right? "Shiek, you have to believe me. If you really truly believe that I would try to kill King Zora, strike me down now. But if there's any inkling of doubt, please be rational. I don't know who did any of this killing, but I want it to stop just as much as you do." I looked deep into Shiek's eyes. There had to be some trust in me. I grew tense. Would he truly kill me?
Shiek lowered his weapon. "I'm sorry, Link. I should have known better." He sheathed his dagger and helped me pick up my own equipment. "I was testing to see if you were...him."
"Him?"
He nodded. "Him. When I climbed the stairs to the throne room, I saw a black shadow freeze the king. It was dark, but I could have sworn he looked exactly like you, just with glowing red eyes. I thought perhaps he had made himself look even more like you. I'm sorry I challenged you."
I almost took a double-take. Somebody who looked exactly like me? "But that's... That's impossible!" I burst. "There can't be another me! I'm me!"
"I felt cold as ice whenever I looked at that shadowy man. Somehow I knew he was responsible for freezing over Zora Canyon and murdering all these Zoras."
"H-How did he freeze King Zora?"
"...by touching him. That's all he had to do. King Zora didn't even put up a fight. He thought the man was you, Link." Shiek looked out at the hundreds of dead Zoras frozen both in time and in ice. "Look at these people. They must have all thought it was you too. They all look happy; just the ones with holes in their hearts are frightened."
"We've got to do something," I growled, tightening my grip on my sword. "This insanity has to stop. Whoever this shady man is, he's killed every single Zora I've seen, and has done so for seven whole years. On top of it, he's doing it in my name." Shiek turned to observe me. My back was straight, and my face was dead-serious. "I swear upon the lives of all the Zoras in Hyrule, and even those fortunate enough to live far away in Labyrinna, I shall bring justice to this land."
Shiek was about to say something when we heard a wicked laugh not too far from where we stood. Where Jabu-Jabu's sacrificial altar once stood was a large icy slope which's end dropped off into the dark waters of the fountain. It was difficult to see in the darkness of the night, not to mention through the snow, but I could just barely make out a dark spot on top of the hill that was even darker than the sky. I struggled to see the figure, but my eyes just weren't good enough. Where it stood, though, the air seemed to distort and quiver like the surface of the water. A pair of beady red eyes glimmered from the shadow and locked with mine. A voice spoke, coming from the shadow, and it was immeasurably cold in tone. "Well, well, well," the shadow chuckled. "After seven years, you finally show your face. I've waited for so long for this. Too long." I heard a dripping sound near my shoulder, but couldn't see where it came from. Suddenly, I realized there was an awful lot of dripping sounds that I hadn't noticed, too focused on the shadow to pay attention to anything else. None of the sounds seemed natural.
"Who are you? Are you the evil from the Water Temple?" Shiek demanded angrily.
"I am the ruler of Zora Canyon, as decreed by the Great Ganondorf!" The shadow flickered, seeming to vanish and return in the blink of an eye. "But don't worry, your eyes don't deceive you. I am who I appear to be: Link, in the cold, damp flesh."
His voice was enough to make me shudder. "But how can that be?" I inquired. "I'm Link!"
"Exactly." The shadow began to move down the slope, gliding across the ice as if they were one in the same. We backed up a little, weapons raised.
"But... But why!? That isn't possible! Is it?"
I felt colder and colder the closer this "dark" Link approached. "Seven years ago, the Great Ganondorf created her: the most perfect of beings. She could be whatever she wanted, be however big she wanted, and from her body she could create whatever she wanted. She created me. I was born from the reflections you cast into Lake Hylia all those years ago. I am your reflection, oh-so-great Hero of Time. And in your name, she and I have removed the smelly fish from Ganondorf's new kingdom. The last thing these Zoras remember, Link, is that they were murdered by their own beloved hero." Dark Link let out a triumphant laugh.
"You MURDERER!" I screamed. I charged at him, sword ready to slice his throat off. Before he could even move, I swung the Master Sword right between his head and chest. The moment my sword touched him, though, he vanished.
"Link, look out behind you!" Navi cried. I turned around in time to see Dark Link rise like a phantom from the snow behind me. It was like seeing my own reflection in the water become three-dimensional before my very eyes; I was stunned in disbelief. The shadow flickered as it came to full height, and I only had time to get my shield up before he slammed down hard with his own Master Sword.
"You think you can harm me, Fairy Boy?" the darkness growled mirthfully. He slammed he hilt of his sword on my shield with a force strong enough to knock me to the ground. He rose his sword to strike me again. I pushed myself away. "Oh no, you can't get away from me that easily." Dark Link sunk into the snow again and re-emerged behind me. I didn't have any time to protect myself...
There was a thumping sound, and I looked up to see an arrow sticking out of Dark Link's chest. The man peered down at it in confusion. "What? Where did that come from?"
"From me, phantom," answered Shiek. We both glanced at him with surprise; there he stood with a bow and another arrow notched and pointed right at Dark Link's head. "It's ridiculous to think that Link could defeat himself; but things change when you add a third person to the party." I was amazed that Dark Link hadn't shown any signs of physical pain from the arrow, but I spent little time gawking. While his attention was off of me I rolled out of the way and scrambled to my feet.
Dark Link took a step back, and looked back and forth between the two of us. "...perhaps you are right." He took a shadowy hand and yanked the arrow out of his chest. "...but then again, perhaps you are wrong. Let's find out." He ran towards us with his sword ready again, but we were prepared this time. Shiek immediately launched the arrow he was using at Dark Link's forehead, and I came in from the side with my Master Sword. This time I managed to slice through him, but he only flickered and absorbed the injury. "It'll take more than a slice!" he cackled, kicking me hard in the leg. I had fought enough battles to stand a kick, and I sliced him again. This quick retaliation had taken him by surprise, and in his moment of shock I cut him a third time. He pulled out a bow, but I knocked it out of his hands with my shield. In a way I didn't blame him for his mistakes; this was probably the first time he had ever fought somebody that could put up a decent fight, let alone two people. "Perhaps I over-estimated you, Link," he growled.
Before I could grab him, Dark Link feinted right and dove left. He darted towards Zora's Domain. I started to go after him when Shiek ran past me. "Don't worry, I'll catch him," he called. "Go find that Blue Fire! We'll meet back here!" Before I could answer, both Shiek and Dark Link were gone.
In the sudden silence of the fountain I felt suddenly alone. "Navi?" I called. "Are you still there?" My fairy companion fluttered down to my side.
"Yeah, I'm still here."
"It looks like we have no choice. Let's go to the Ice Cavern."
-
The Ice Cavern... It had a history dating back to pre-Hyrule years, back when River Zoras still flocked the mountains. It was named for how it was discovered; despite being peak temperatures in the summer, the inside of the cavern was full of ice. After its discovery, it became a small shrine known as the Temple of Droplets; then the Water Temple was created, and the shrine fell into disuse until a large hot spring was discovered. Tourism boomed after that, and it became known as the Fountain Hot Springs. Not only did the warm waters appeal to Zoras during the winter, but the ruins of the Temple of Droplets gave it historic value. It was half the reason why people came to Zora's Domain. Of course, that was years ago.
The cave was probably the one place in the whole canyon that felt naturally cold. The ice wasn't sticky, the air wasn't damp; it was just really, really cold. My breath was almost as dense as a cloud of smoke. Navi and I shivered at the entrance, almost hesitating. The only thing driving us to continue was the fact that it could make the difference between life and death for King Zora. Where would we find the Blue Fire in a desolate place such as the Ice Cavern?
As it turned out, we couldn't find it anywhere. We searched the old subterranean ruins for hours with no success. The only new shred of knowledge I got out of it was how bad it felt to be frozen. There were creatures in the Ice Cavern that were made completely out of ice; Navi called them Freezards, the undead priests of the Temple of Droplets seeking revenge for its abandonment. Ganondorf had probably raised them. These Freezards had a habit of blowing air so cold it could give a person frostbite; it never got me, but it was close enough for me to feel it. The Freezards weren't too difficult to handle, though. The Ice Keese were the trouble. They were merely bats on fire, like the Fire Keese in the Fire Temple; only trouble was, they were coated in Blue Fire. They kept diving at me whenever they saw me, and Navi said one touch of the freezing Blue Fire and I'd be frozen solid. I was nearly paranoid; whenever I heard the slightest sound I jumped and looked around, believing it to be an Ice Keese trying to spell my end. Thank goodness for the Fairy Bow.
Finally, though, we discovered a small door hidden in a corner behind a pillar. It was the last door in the entire shrine; we had checked everywhere else. Navi and I looked at each other and prayed to Farore that the secret of the Blue Fire was behind that door. It was no use, though; behind the door we only found a wall of ice, thousands of Zoras frozen behind it. They had probably been the unfortunate tourists in the last seven years, herded away from the warm hot spring and sealed away in ice. "No use looking in here, Navi," I sighed glumly. "Just another Zora Cemetery." I began to turn to leave when Navi called my attention to an inconspicuous box at the other end of the cave, near a big pile of snow.
Curious, I started approaching the box. Suddenly, a Wolfos burst out of the pile of snow and charged towards me. It was different from the usual Wolfos--it was snow white--but I was able to bring it down with ease anyway. Leaving it to howl and burn into nothing, I investigated the box. It was almost frozen solid, but I was able to break it open by picking at the ice with my sword. Inside was a pair of boots almost exactly like my own, except they had black iron around bases. "Iron Boots?" I grumbled. "Is that was all this was for?"
"Hey Link," Navi offered, "didn't we see the hot springs back there? What if there's a secret passage to the Blue Fire?"
"Good idea," I nodded. "Let's head back there."
Despite the cold, a large subterranean hot spring was to be found near the center of the shrine. I had my first encounter with White Rupees last time I had encountered it; magical Rupees that unlocked doors if I had enough of them. Keys these days were made out of them for convenience; the age of White Rupees was long past. My reflection was visible all around me; the circular ice that made up the walls of the cave weren't shy to display everything in the room. I wondered if it was really my reflection, or if it was really Dark Link.
Looking down into the water, I could see a sort of door at the bottom of the spring. "Gosh, I hope I can hold my breath that long," I muttered as I sat down to yank my boots off and replace them with the Iron Boots. The boots were light when I held them, but as soon as my feet were in them they became awfully heavy. I knew without even standing that I wouldn't be able to run in them, let alone swim. "You wait here, Navi," I ordered my companion. "I'll be back." The last bit was more to re-assure me than her. I took a deep breath, taking in as much air as I could, and stepped into the spring.
In an instant I plunged into steaming hot water that seemed to burn every organ of my body. If I didn't drown, I figured I'd overheat. Trying my best to stand the heat I trudged along the rocky bottom of the spring towards the small passageway. It was uphill, and fortunately for me it was small. I stepped out into a small chamber lit by a single large flame, soaking wet and shivering in the cold. There before me was a large sort of fireplace lit with a brilliant blue-violet flame. Its light did nothing to warm my freezing body, though; instead, it only made me feel even colder, quite the opposite of what I would have expected from such a hot-looking fire. Spitting water out of my throat, I mumbled, "This must be the Blue Fire; it has to be!" It was a pain walking to the fire with those blasted Iron Boots; without the weightlessness in water, it felt like I was lifting a mountain with every step. But I managed to get to the fire, and with a sparkling bottle I scooped some of it into a bottle; I don't exactly know why, but somehow I knew it would work. A wisp of the flame was captured and my bottle immediately grew cold. It almost stung my dripping wet clothes as I put it away, but I did what I had to do. With my remaining strength I stomped all the way back to Navi, getting back up on top of the hot water by yanking my Iron Boots off.
-
Shiek met me at the entrance of the fountain. "Did you get the fire?" he demanded as soon as he saw me. I could have sworn it was snowing harder; or maybe it was just because I was soaking wet and had been outside the blizzard for so long. I nodded and held out the bottle holding the Blue Fire. Shiek eyed it joyfully and pulled out his harp. Seeing the expression on my face, he quickly explained himself. "Just in case we don't have any quiet time again for a while... I'd like to teach you the Serenade of Water." I suddenly realized this was the first night he had ever spoken without using riddles. There was probably just no time. Shiek played a short melody on his harp, and I repeated it on my ocarina. My memory was sharp; just one time was good enough for me. "The Serenade of Water will warp you to Lake Hylia; it will probably come in handy once we are done here." Without another word, he ushered me inside the Zora's Domain.
"Did you kill my shadow?" I asked once we were out of the storm.
He shook his head. "He managed to get away. For now, anyway. Next time we meet, I swear he'll regret it." We came out of the tunnel behind the frozen King Zora. I felt a trace of warmth as I approached the Red Ice; again, the opposite of what I would have expected. "Hurry, Link! Melt the ice!"
I nodded and pulled out my bottle. With all due swiftness I opened it and dumped the fire on the Red Ice. The flames only lasted for a few seconds, but it was long enough to somehow melt the Red Ice completely. King Zora sprung to life immediately. "Wh-What? Who saved me?" he demanded. His voice was stiff and disciplined, full of the utmost dignity and sounding almost stuck-up.
"Link, your majesty," I answered, even though Shiek and I still stood behind his long red cape.
"Link? After all these years? Young man, stand before me like a true knight so I can see you." Shiek and I stepped down the stairs and stood on the messenger's altar, the designated spot across the Zora River from the throne where the king's subjects were to speak to him. With great purple eyes he looked us over. King Zora was a corpulent man to say the least, and he took up his entire throne and more. In contrast, his stubby legs and flipper-like webbed feet didn't manage to touch the bottom of the stream, and his scaly, bluish-white arms weren't much longer. Like all Ocean Zoras (as their species were called), King Zora was covered in turquoise-colored spots that dotted the upper sides of his scaled fish-like body. He was dressed in the finest of silk water-proof robes, and wore a crown of pure gold. In size he was immense, and even as an adult his head was higher than mine. "Link, was it?" he asked, rubbing the mustache-like webbed membranes on his face. "Thank you for saving me, but I'm afraid you took too long getting here. My people are dead, and my kingdom is now a glacier. I shall have to rally any remaining Zoras I can find and evacuate to Labyrinna. Our time in this god-forsaken land of Hyrule is up. I have become sick of this place."
"But your majesty," Shiek interrupted suddenly. "You must stay! Hyrule will never be the same without you; Ganondorf's reign is almost over, things will got back to how they were soon! And if you leave, we shall lose all the water in our land. We all know Jabu-Jabu swims with you!"
King Zora eyed Shiek suspiciously and almost with bitter amusement. "Hah! Don't you dare speak such rubbish to me!" he roared. "Jabu-Jabu? He left three years ago. He was smart, he knew we were doomed to extinction. Without our guardian deity, we had no hope; we had to give up our fountain to the evil plaguing Lake Hylia. Young sir, there hasn't been any water in the Zora River for three years!"
"But that's impossible!" Shiek cried. "There is water in the fountain, even water at your feet!"
King Zora shook his head so slowly and somberly you would think him a man doomed to die. "This is not water. This slimy liquid... Do you not realize what it is? With Jabu-Jabu and the water of the fountain gone, this evil slime from Lake Hylia was free to take its place! For three years, this goop has been flowing out of the Water Temple, the most sacred of all Zora sites."
"What!?"
I looked at the water trickling past King Zora's toes. I suddenly stopped seeing it as a mischievous river and started to see it as a sinister monster. "It is this water," King Zora continued, even lower and more serious, "that massacred my people. Not the cold, not Ganondorf's men, not even Jabu-Jabu's absence. It was this accursed liquid that murdered my only daughter!" the King roared suddenly, tears shooting from his eyes like waterfalls as he pounded the arm of his throne with dark rage. "My dear Princess Ruto!" he sobbed. "Why did you have to die!?"
My jaw dropped. "Y-You mean she's dead!?" I gasped.
"What did you think I meant!?" he snapped. "She's gone from this world, and it is all thanks to this stupid, vile, evil, murderous slime!" With every word he kicked the surface of the water with his foot angrily. "Whatever evil you are, may Majora torment your soul for eternity and feast on your flesh!" I took a step back. Things had suddenly began to appear far darker in the throne room, and King Zora was the darkest of them all. This was so unlike him; he had been laid back when his daughter had gone missing seven years ago, even when there was the possibility that she was dead. Now he was so cold, so thirsty for vengeance, that it was almost as if he was corrupt himself. The hatred he had for the evil in the Water Temple; it was so unfathomable I couldn't believe it. I had never seen so much hate in my life.
Hatred...
"K-King Zora, please calm down!" Shiek pleaded.
"Calm down!?" King Zora spat. "How can I calm down!? My daughter has been taken from me, and you vile creature wish me to calm down!? How dare you speak to me that way! I am your superior, I am king of all the waterways of Hyrule!" He was visibly trembling. I could have sworn he was frothing at the mouth. "As your king, I order you to rip the evil in the Water Temple to shreds! To shreds, I say! And then they must all burn; if you do not bring me back the ashes, I shall have you both executed on the spot, and the Zoras shall never again pledge allegiance to the Hylian crown!"
Darkness...
"But where shall we find you?" I asked.
"Right here!" the king stated, clenching the arms of his chair with every muscle in his body. "I shall not leave this throne until justice is served!"
My eyes grew wide, and Shiek was starting to look incredibly nervous. "Your majesty," I begged, "if not anything else, you mustn't stay here! Anywhere but here!"
"Rubbish!" King Zora snapped. "You dare question me!? Do you know who I am!?"
Arrogance...
"Your majesty, if you stay here you'll be killed! There's a murderer out there; if he finds out you're still alive--"
"I can take him! I can take anybody! If you shall not do as I bid, than I shall have to do it myself!" He puffed up his chest. "I refuse to leave my kingdom! I've made up my mind!"
Now I was yelling too, Shiek with me. I couldn't hear what she was screaming, but it was roughly in the same sense as my own words. My throat was beginning to feel sore. "PLEASE, your majesty, we have to get out of here!"
"NEVER!" King Zora's furious words were even louder than mine. They echoed throughout the entire domain, silencing us all in utter exasperation. We had lost our capability to beg.
This man is a threat to our kingdom... He must die!
King Zora eyed us like traitors. "If you so much as speak one more word, Jabu-Jabu help me I shall kill you!" he growled. "You will not help me!? Then you are no better than Ganondorf!"
Shiek let out a scream. "YOUR MAJESTY!" All of the sudden, a black shadow jumped out from behind the throne and launched his sword straight through King Zora's back. King Zora moaned and toppled into the slimy water. A quick look down showed me lifeless purple eyes and a crumpled scaly heap in the water. Instead of a dark blue color, the water under his seat was a dark crimson.
"No..." I cried.
Dark Link stood on the dead king's throne, looking down at us with a great sneer plastered on his face. When he spoke, his voice was so cold and heartless that it could have withered the entire Lost Woods with a single word. "This man wasn't fit to live," he explained darkly. "I should have killed him long ago."
"Will you ever stop killing!?" I roared, seizing the hilt of my Master Sword and drawing it in a flash.
Dark Link smiled, shaking his head like I was some idiot. "Not until every Zora in Hyrule is dead. It is as my mistress demands." He peered down at the carcass in the water. "Oh, and by the way, King Zora," he laughed. "Lady Morpha gives her greetings." Dark Link stabbed King Zora again for good measure and jumped across the stream to the messenger's altar. Without a word he began swinging his sword even more furiously than before. Shiek and I tried harming him like we did last time, but my sword just bounced off his body.
"What the--!?"
"Oh, didn't you know? With every Zora that I erase, I grow ever stronger. It was a reward from my mistress." Dark Link used his free hand to knock us towards the evil water. Shiek and I were cornered.
"Link!" Shiek commanded desperately. "There's nothing we can do!"
I glanced behind us at King Zora. "But--"
"There isn't any other way! As long as we're in this canyon he can do whatever he likes with us! Play the serenade, quickly!" With one last look at King Zora I pulled out my ocarina and grabbed Shiek's hand. Dark Link pulled back his sword and started backing up. I played the notes of the Serenade of Water as fast as I could. The shadow quickly realized what we were doing and commenced his charge, but it was too late. Moments before his sword was close enough to slice through both of our hearts, Navi, Shiek, and I became lost in a blue light. As all became quiet, the last thing I heard was Dark Link screaming in rage.
"I swear, Link, I shall cut your throat if it's the last thing I do!"
A Note from the Author: Hope you enjoyed it! Pretty tense near the end. Sorry for all the jumping around near the Ice Cavern; I may come back one day and add to it. I'm actually a hater of Dark Link, I think he's completely over-rated. People make such a big deal out of him in the Water Temple, but he's just a reflection created by Morpha. But all the same, I hope you like the new plotline I created for the Water Medallion arc of the game. Please don't forget to write them reviews!
