Chapter
3: The Quest Begins
"What?
Where am I?" Triest sprung up from his bed to find himself in
his room. He wondered what had happened for a second, but soon
remembered, and was kind of embarrassed by it. He walked into the
main room and was about to greet Link and Zelda, but noticed their
eyes were locked together. He quickly his behind the door, and peered
around the corner silently whispering to himself, "Come on man.
Don't quit now!" The two started at each other for a bit, then
Link slowly crept forward, Zelda closed her eyes, and Link started
hollering, "Hah! I won! You lose!"
"Man! You
cheated! That's wrong!" Zelda complained. Triest fell
anime-style and Link and Zelda went over to him. Triest got up and
satmmered out of the building babbling things like, "A staring
contest? That's weak." Unbeknownst to him, however, Zelda was
giving Link a passionate kiss for winning the staring contest.
Ironically, at about that same moment, Triest said to himself, "That
guy's not going to get a kiss until he's 20."
After
taking about a 20 min. walk, Triest returned to the house to get
ready for the trip. Link and Zelda were talking and had already
packed for him.
"What took you so long?" Link asked
rehtorically.
"Just...Enjoying the scenery," Triest
responded, grabbing his things, "I take it you guys are ready to
go?" They all chuckled and headed out on their adventure.
"So,
Triest, where are we going?" Zelda queried.
"To the
Waterfall of Wishing near Zora's Waterfall," he replied, "It
has been said that the two faeries are related."
"Sounds
good," Link remarked. They traveled past the rocky area east of
Hyrule Castle, defeating some of the octoroks there for some fun and
money. Octoroks are known to find rupees and other valuables along
the ground in Hyrule. They soon reached the witch's place, signaling
they were close. The witch lived in a simple hut with one of her
assistants, but she was outside most of the time working on new
potions. She was outside and, as usual, and greeted them as they
walked by. They reached a river which led them straight to the source
of all the waters in Hyrule. Zora's Waterfall.
"Ok,
so...this is the source of the rivers and waters in Hyrule,
Zora's Waterfall, unless I'm mistaken. That waterfall over there is
the Waterfall of Wishing, and through those bushes is Zora's Domain,"
Triest said.
"I know. I've been here before," Link
remarked.
"I was talking to Zelda."
"Oh."
Triest responded.
Zelda was in amazement. The beauty of Zora's
Waterfall was amazing. There was a constant rainbow from the water in
the air caused by the waterfalls at their level and below them. The
small lake nearby poured out into the river they followed up here,
and some rocks were blocking the waterfall so visitors could swim
freely. To some, Zora's Waterfall has been called, "The last dry
land in Hyrule." Ironic because of all the moisture there, but
understandable. Zora's Domain is almost completely flooded. The three
entered the Waterfall of Wishing, and when they reached the Great
Faerie's Fountain, Link threw in a spare bottle to summon Venus,
Queen of Faeries.
"Hello there. Did you drop this?"
Venus asked.
"Yes, we did, but that is not why we have come.
We have a question to ask of you." Triest said.
"Ask
away," Venus replied.
"We have heard news of another
faerie fountain more powerful than this one. Is this true?"
"You
must mean my older sister. Yes, she is more powerful than I. The
green one has already met her."
"You mean the faerie in
the Pyramid?" Link chimed in.
"The same. Now that
Ganon's power has faded from the Golden Land, however, she returned
to her original form and true power."
Triest looked at Link
who said, "She was powerful even when I met her in her weakened
state! Think about it!"
"Well, what are we waiting
for!" Triest yelled. They thanked Venus who filled Link's bottle
with Magic Medicine, and left the cave, but when they left, they
heard a strange, gruff, voice say, "Tell me what you know about
the Hidden Waterfall!" After Link shouted, "Why should we
tell you," a hulking figure jumped from the bushes and simply
replied, "I have my ways..."
