Ocarina and Wind Sage of Time
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Chapter 7: 'Swimming' With The Fishies
The cool mountain air was a welcome contrast to the warm sunshine. I enjoyed the wind as it blew gently into my face and invited my hair to dance to its rhythm.
I'd started walking back the way I had come as I wanted to get to the next Great Fairy as soon as possible. The one awaiting me at Zora's Domain was the next one I could get to, with the other three being unavailable until I was seven years into the future.
Let's see… With the exception of the one at Zora's Domain there is one inside Death Mountain, one outside Hyrule Castle and another in the Gerudo Desert.
I groaned. Some of them would take a while to get to as I would have to wait for Link to get the items necessary to access them and then hitch a ride with him. Unless I could somehow get to them anyway, but I didn't really see that happening.
I thought about the Great Fairy fountains that were scattered across the world and the possible upgrades they could unlock for me as I wandered down the mountain.
It would be so cool if I could create hurricanes or whirlwinds whenever I wanted! Or if I could actually fly! Or…
My thoughts continued like this until I found myself at the gate to Kakariko.
"Whoops" I muttered to myself. I meant to go back to the Goron passage and get back to the Lost Woods because I couldn't get past the gate. I made to turn around when I stopped because a thought smacked me across the face with how obvious the solution was.
I can't go through the gate… But I can go over it.
I sighed and shook my head. I had almost forgotten about my latest power unlock, which would be weird considering my exhilarating experiences straight after.
I took a couple of steps back and charge forward, pumping wind through my feet and releasing it. I would have went straight up and my forward momentum would have carried me over the gate, except I waited too long and I ended up smacking into the gate instead.
I winced and groaned as my body peeled itself off of the metal bars and I fell back to the ground. The guard on the other side of the gate turned around at the sudden noise and gasped dramatically at me.
"You!" he exclaimed, pointing his finger. "You're the Wind Demon!"
I blinked, confused. "Who?"
"Wait right there," he said, running off.
I stood up, having no idea what was going on. He quickly returned with a piece of paper in hand and glanced at both the paper and I.
"Yes, you are!" he said. He turned the paper around so I could see what was on it.
A hand drawn picture of me looked back with the title "Wind Demon". Words like "Dangerous" "Criminal" "Sorcerer" "Wind Mage" were written randomly across the paper. I had a 10000 rupee bounty to be captured alive. My crimes were trying to blow up Hyrule Castle and assaulting guardsmen.
"I'm not the 'Wind Demon' but the 'Wind Sage'" I explained.
Although Wind Demon does have a cool ring to it…
"I don't really care about that, I just wanted the reward money. I could take a nice vacation from my guard duties and spend time with my son" said the guard, pausing for a moment and seemingly considering the notion.
"Well could you open the gate for me so I don't have to blow it down like the big, bad 'Wind Demon' that I am?" I asked politely.
The guard slammed the butt of his weapon into the ground and I watched as the gate pulled itself smoothly out of my way.
"Thanks," I said, walking up to the guard. I cut him off as he was about to speak by putting my palm onto his stomach and releasing a large amount of wind from said palm. The guard collapsed and moaned into the ground.
Wow he looks pretty winded… Ah, it's so bad of me to make that joke…
Still, having been my first time doing that, I realised that my palms could now be an effective weapon.
I walked around the groaning guard and calmly made my way out of town. On the way, I noticed more posters stuck to the walls of buildings. I also noticed people fearfully stepping out of my way.
Yay, everyone now fears me… I feel like Ganondorf. Great…
Now I'll have to be careful of all the guards in towns and of any overzealous civilians that were a bit too greedy.
Oh well, it's not like I could just march into Hyrule Castle and demand that the King tell his citizens that I'm not a criminal. That wouldn't go well…
I reached the stairs, sucker palmed the guard on duty and strolled leisurely away from Kakariko. The noon sun hung in the sky like a light bulb for the world. I made my way across the plains, towards Zora Domain. I swam across the river, grateful that I wasn't carrying anything heavy as my light muscles could barely get me across as it was.
I climbed onto the bank on the other side of the potential watery grave and continued on with my wet, weighed down clothes. Luckily the weather was warm and I didn't feel cold.
A bloated man sat on a woven rug in front of an iron gate with a burlap sack plopped in his lap, which his hand plunged into and out of at a constant pace, delivering several magic beans to his mouth with every second. He gave me a beady stare as he continued to feed, and he reached out with a plump foot and tapped an empty tray lain before him with a toe, a greedy smile playing across his large lips as he eyed me. I didn't stick around long enough to let him speak; instead I moved past and picked up the cucco that ran idly around the area and used it to navigate my way up the river.
I could've used my "Wind Jump" as I now felt like calling it, but it would use up my energy pretty quickly, and I didn't want to do that when there was an easier option available.
I reached the head of the river, where a waterfall concealed the entrance to Zora's Domain. I threw the cucoo into the rushing waters and watched as it quickly disappeared from sight. I figured it would find its way back to where I found it and Link could use it to get here, like I did.
I'm such a nice person, not hindering Link by returning useful things for him. Although, I don't think people would say it was nice of me to throw cuccos into rivers…
I focused on the waterfall that barred my path. I didn't have an ocarina to play mystical tunes on and make the waters recede. The main problem was that I wouldn't be able to jump through the waterfall.
I need something to move the water or block it from hitting me…
I could always use my Wind Jump and try to use it to counteract the force of the waterfall coming from above, although I had a feeling that idea would be quite painful. With the force of the waterfall coming at me from above and I would be using my own energy trying to push against it, my body would have a lot of force hitting it.
Not to mention if I ran out of energy I would be exhausted and the waterfall would push me down into the river and I would wash downstream. I might even drown if I was that tired.
Surely there's a better solution… Well there is, I could always wait for Link to arrive and open the way for me.
But that would mean waiting around, doing nothing for ages. I might not be an impatient person, but I do want to unlock as much power as quickly as possible so that I can actually defend myself.
I would just try jumping through the waterfall, but I already know that it would sweep me away. Hmm… I wonder if I could block the water with my barrier…
As an experiment I activated my barrier and stood close to the edge of the ledge I was standing on. I watched as part of the water split apart and rained down on either side of my invisible blockade. I did a little jig in glee before I leaped through the waterfall and emerged no wetter than I already was.
I gazed upon the cavern of Zora's Domain. Sparkling water flowed down as a waterfall from the chamber where I knew King Zora sat. A large amount of water filled the bottom and different paths led around the giant underground room.
I followed a path downwards towards the water. Reaching the edge of land and liquid I powered up my barrier and jumped into depths. I fell to the bottom, water being pushed out of the way and wrapping around me in a perfect sphere.
I walked towards the underwater passageway that would lead to Lake Hylia and went inside. Inside, there were two different corridors.
Uh… What…?
I quickly picked the left one as I didn't want to run out of energy and have water pour in on me while down there. As I entered the new path I promptly got sucked into a powerful water current that dragged me down winding waterways.
Probably about half a minute later I was spat out at the other end, which looked very similar with two different ways and the underwater entrance. I figured the other one was a current that would drag me back up and ignored it, choosing to exit the tunnel.
I emerged in the water of Lake Hylia. I made my way over to the bottle to pick it up, but couldn't as my barrier would knock it away from me as I got close. I glared at the bottle, frustrated and annoyed.
I gave a sigh before releasing my barrier and having the water rush in and give me an unwanted embrace. I held my breath and I swam forward and downwards, trying to counteract the water as it tried to force me to rise to the surface. I grabbed hold of the bottle and activated my barrier again to give me some air-
-then I tried to scream into the water as nothing really changed. My barrier was in place, but the water was already inside the barrier and instead of getting expelled from the space between me and the wind as I thought would happen, for whatever reason I had thought such a thing, the water was now merely trapped inside.
I released my control over the wind barrier and pushed wind through my feet and expelled it forcefully. I rose suddenly, shooting out of the water like a rocket and having the fun of re-experiencing my restrictive relationship with gravity as it drags me away from the sky, like a parent dragging their child from something they consider bad.
I smacked into the ground, wind cushioning my fall and saving my life again. I sighed as I felt the ground comfortably beneath me. I truly never appreciated it enough but, after experiences like that-
"You!" A male voice called.
I looked up and spotted a Zora pointing their finger at me.
"You're the Wind Demon!" The Zora exclaimed.
"Is this going to happen to me all the time from now on?" I grumbled to myself.
I stood up and asked, "I don't suppose you'd be willing to just let me go would you?"
"Never! Our race serves the royal family, I would never let a criminal get away!" was my answer.
I sighed and walked towards the fish person, activating my defence in case my opponent tried something. It was lucky that I did, as a pair of fins slammed into the wind surrounding me before rotating through the air like a pair of boomerangs and returning to the Zora.
"Damn defensive magic!" he hissed at me angrily.
I rushed forward, trying to get close and incapacitate him quickly. He skipped sideways, gracefully avoiding my clumsy charge and kicked out at me. The foot was deflected and I jumped towards the Zora while he was off balance.
My barrier pushed against him and knocked him to the ground. I disabled my protection as I leapt upon him and pushed my palm against his chest.
I then screamed in agony as my nerves shuddered and felt like they were set ablaze. The Zora grinned triumphantly as he electrocuted me through my hand. I collapsed on top of him, writhing and squirming, eyes wide and throat swiftly going hoarse.
The pain suddenly stopped its crescendo and my eyes closed to half-lids. He pushed me off him and I rolled onto the ground. My muscles spasmed sporadically and I could barely move. He stood up and reached down, slinging me over his shoulder.
"How?" I mumbled.
The Zora laughed. "You mean the electricity? Only Zora that can do magic can do it, although it works better underwater as we can release it around us and into the water itself. On land we can only channel a current through the top layer of our body."
I grunted, trying to regain control of my rebellious muscles while listening.
"But it still works pretty effectively when anything is touching us as it gives them quite the shock," he continued.
My arm twitched and my teeth ground together. My whole body tensed and shook as I urged my limbs to respond.
"Regardless, at least capturing you will give me enough money to live an easy life for awhile."
Slowly I began to wrest back control of myself. I sluggishly pushed my palms against his back.
"Hmm...?" he said. "What are you doing back there? Do you need me to zap you again?"
I pushed wind through both my palms and discharged them into his shoulder blades. The Zora cried out in pain and dropped me. He rubbed his back with one hand.
I staggered to my feet and glared definitely at him, legs trembling with exertion.
"Okay, so you can do some fancy things from your palms..." the Zora said. "I'll just have to make sure you're not awake enough to do anything then."
He approached warily, hand outstretched to touch me. Sweat dripped from my brow as I struggled to even stand. I gathered as much wind as I could and released it violently. The Zora didn't have time to react as he was swept off his feet and thrown through the air.
He was implanted into a mountain wall close by, before being dragged out and collapsing to the floor.
I replicated him as I fell onto the ground myself and closed my eyes in relief.
