They walked towards the gate in front of the cave that led to the path they wanted to go. "It's still closed?" Ed asked
"Coro probably closed it; I'll go get the key from him."
"Wait… it's getting kinda late, shouldn't we go rest a bit before going in and fighting whatever's in there?"
"You have a point."
Yay I get to sleep! Ed cheered in his thoughts.
"But we gotta get whatever's in there now so we can go find the kids and Illia."
"Bah… why can't they wait a bit longer?"
"Ed…" Link pinched the bridge of his nose
"Fine…" Ed walked to the man with an afro sitting on some rock.
"Hello may I help you? Oh! The Ordonian! Couldn't recognize you in that new get-up. Things have been a little rough lately, so watch your step. There were these monsters, so I closed up the path to the temple. But you, guy, you want to get back there, eh? You do look geared up for it so I'll give you the key. Oh yeah, here's some lantern oil, you'll need a lot since there's a lot of fog on the other side of that cave." Coro handed them the key and bottle of lantern oil and the blondes walked to the gate.
"Link I haven't been too honest about my family or my past for that matter."
"I know."
"What?"
"You don't act like someone with a happy life. They're usually spoiled and lazy, not to mention tall."
"WHO YOU CALLING SHORT?!"
"Calm down, Ed, take that rage out on our enemies, not me."
Link took out his lantern while they walked through the cave. When they reached the exit a monkey came and snatched it up with a stick.
Midna came out of Link's shadow, "Great job, smart one! While you were staring off into La la land that monkey stole your lantern! I think I'd rather have short stuff be the hero of time! Looks like we'll have to follow her…" Instead of Link's shadow, she went into Ed's.
The monkey led them through the fog, the only time they stopped was to kill anything that tried to attack when they got to the other side she dropped the lantern and ran off. "Coro was right I did need a lot of oil…" He said, picking up the now empty lantern. He took out the lantern oil and put it in the lantern. "Let's go, Ed."
They walked along the path, the sun had set and it was dark, they walked over to the bridge-like thing that led to the temples exit. A golden colored wolf stood in their way.
"Look, err… wolf; we need to get through so move along!" Ed said, trying to get it to move. Suddenly the wolf crouched down to pounce and landed on Link, the wolf vanished and Link lay unconscious. "Link? Hey, buddy, wake up!" Ed sighed and sat by his friend, poking him with a random stick he found laying on the ground. After a few seconds Link's eyes opened.
"Huh? What happened?"
"Wolf attacked you and then you were on the ground. Let's get in there and get out so I can sleep!"
Link chuckled and followed Ed. The entrance was covered by a web, Link burnt it with his lantern and the two walked in.
Inside it was dark and there was a path to a platform with vines growing on the side. At the end of the path was the monkey that had helped them get across. "Hey, isn't that…"
Ed had already run up ahead and killed the monsters that were guarding the cage and he used alchemy to break it. The monkey climbed up the vines and Midna came out of Ed's shadow, "Hey! Isn't that the monkey who stole your lantern, Link? Looks like she's beckoning you…"
"Well, we're not gonna get anywhere just standing here…" Ed said. He grabbed a vine and climbed up. Link followed.
"Hey, wait for me!" Midna shouted, for they left her down at the bottom. She flew up and went into Link's shadow. They entered a room with a platform in the middle, it had for unlit torches, and a few jars and a chest hanging from some webbing.
"I'm gonna light these other torches, it's kinda dark in here…" Link said. He lit them and 3 stairs came from the ground. Just then a spider came down in front of them, threatening to attack them, the monkey ducked for cover.
Ed transmuted his arm to a blade and quickly killed it. After the spider was killed, the monkey ran up the stairs that came up and started beckoning them to follow, so they did.
They went through the door. It lead to an outdoors area with a bridge. The monkey ran across when another one, it was more of an ape, appeared and threw a boomerang that cut the ropes holding the bridge up. The bridge broke in half and fell. "Hey!!" Ed shouted at the ape. The monkey climbed up and ran to the door.
Midna came out of Link's shadow, "What just happened? Was that some monkey fight? Oh no, we can't go any farther, might as well go back…" Midna sighed, "I don't know what's going on, but it looks like she wants to take you somewhere, so I guess you should follow her."
The monkey led them into the room they were formerly in. It ran to a rope hanging between the middle platform and another leading to a door. It jumped up and hung upside down by its feet. "Might as well do what she wants…" Link stated, he jumped to the monkey and grabbed its hands. He swung back and forth and jumped again. He landed on the other side.
"I'm not sure the monkey will be able to hold me…"
"She could hold me with all the junk I have, I'm sure she'll be fine…"
"Fine…" Ed did the same as Link did before.
They went through the door. It led into a dark tunnel; they first went to the left. Some sort of bug came out of the ground and startled Ed who shoved his foot into it. It rolled backwards in a ball and blew up, leaving Ed covered in soot. There were a few jars behind it. "People usual put random things inside jars, so let's see what's in there…" Link told the alchemist and broke the jars, some bird-lady-thing popped out of one.
"What the hell's a Chimera doing here?!"
"Oh, I'm sorry if I frightened you…"She said, "I am not a Chimera, but an entirely different race, my name is Oocoo!" She smiled up at the two, "Oh, gracious where are my manners! Thank you for helping me. I've been looking for something, in here, you see. Gracious, yes! You must need something in here too, am I correct? Shall we try working together, fellow adventurers?"
"What can you do?"
"You may not think I look like much, but I can be quite helpful. I can even warp you out of here if you want! So don't think of me as a burden. Now, let's get started!"
-End of Chapter-
