A Short Break
Was that kid serious Komali asked himself as he sat on his bed, staring down at the pearl. He knew this pearl was special, but how would it help in a rescue mission? None of it made sense.
Komali was only mocking the kid when he made that deal, he didn't think the boy would actually go through with going into the cavern and making his way to Valoo, that was a challenge in itself after all.
How does he even plan to calm the wind god down anyway if he manages to reach the top. Komali wondered, he may be brave, but he doubted the kid thought these things through, what if he dies or gets hurt?
Komali was deep in thought for a while, as realization came to him, the boy in green didn't care if he got hurt, as long as those he loved were safe that's all that mattered. The will to make things right was what gave the child such courage. Komali was beginning to understand what his own father had been trying to tell him.
Be brave and strong, have courage to face your fears and achieve what you need.
Well, then, if that was what Komali had to do then he would face his fears.
He left the room and went out into the main area, a look of relief formed on his fathers features.
"Father where is that kid" he asked
"You mean Link" the chieftain answered. So that was his name.
"Yes"
"I believe he is in the caverns, no one has seen then for hours, Medli included..." the leader replied with sigh, worry etched into his features.
It had been hours since Link had gone into the caverns to try and meet Valoo. what if..what if..no he couldn't think that way.
"Father, we need to help those two..." Komali stated, surprised that he spoke like that, he wasn't exactly confident, but he knew something had to be done.
"We have the situation looked into Son, you can wait outside for them if you wish"
"Right.. but maybe I should go after-"
"No" the chieftain refused. "Do not go into the caverns, no matter what, understood" he said calmly, hoping Komali would listen, he didn't want to yell at his son.
Komlai sighed, deciding to give in for now, but he planned on sneaking in there in a few days if Medli and Link weren't found, hopefully he wouldn't have to. After waiting for a while he saw Medli running to him.
"What happened" Komali asked her, she explained everything and waited, staring up into the clouds that Valoo had created in his rage, watching in surprise as they disappeared some time later...could this be...
Komali's eyes widened in shock as a small amount of wind gathered next to him, and a figure began to appear...
Link's POV
I walked into the cavern, being careful to avoid some lava on my way there. There was an entry way with dragons painted on it past was a ramp on both my left and right, and some of the creatures I faced before, Bokoblins I think, I remember Tetra told me about these monsters back when I was at the fortress.
I was hoping to sneak past them but as I tried they spotted me, I guess stealth isn't exactly my forte. I fought them off, picking up a key one had dropped, I looked towards a door they had probably been guarding, there was a lock on it.
I opened it and made my way through the door, cutting some wooden planks that were in front me, leading into the central room of the cavern. Oh goddess, was grandma trying to kill me via heatstroke...
If I didn't die then I might now, the entire place was filled with lava, I'm shocked the bridges that were here weren't damaged. I began to hate these hero's clothes even more now.
With a sigh I followed the path over to the bridge, jumping over a few gaps along the way. Soon I made my way over to the door across the bridge and went inside.
It took maybe an hour or two I'm not sure, I wasn't really keeping track of time as I fought my way through rooms and different parts of the cavern, eventually making my over a bridge in the main room, only on a higher level, hey, glad to know I'm going in the right direction. I entered the next room, fighting some bokoblins and climbing up a ladder.
I walked into the next room, and, much to my dismay, the whole place had lava except for the land I was on, and a circular area in the middle of the room, which, had a giant centipede like monster on it crawling about.
I sighed and looked around, I was able to jump onto the circular land the monster was on without a problem, but there was lava shooting up periodically up to a ledge high above behind it, great now what,
I was so busy tring to think that I hadn't noticed I was stepping into a pot of filled with water until my boot got soaked. Great. I shook the pot off, causing it to fall into the lava, the water inside cooling it to form a piece of hard rock I could stand on. Another crazy scheme popped into my head.
I quickly jumped over and attacked the creature, being careful to avoid its pinchers as I stabbed it's eye, defeating it with little effort.
I jumped back and grabbed a pot, waiting for the lava geyser to go down before throwing it into the right spot, jumping on the land it created.
I prayed to the goddesses that this would work, as I braced myself. The lava began rising and soon I was shot up onto the wooden ledge, running into the next room.
Soon I found myself outside, near a long flight of stairs, I could hear Valoo's cry here and had to over my ears, it was sad, as if he was in pain. I ran up the stairs, soon finding out how unstable they were as they fell, luckily I made it up the flight in time.
I gasped as I walked under a gateway and saw Medli, trapped in a cell, I was about to make my way over there when two green bokoblins appeared.
I fought them off with some effort, only to be faced with a moblin like the ones that carried the spears back at the fortress. I had to use more than just slices to defeat it, but somehow I managed, Medli watching in awe the whole time I fought.
"You alright" I asked quickly
"Yes..Link there is something I must tell you about what I found out" Medli began.
"Alright, but stand back" I said. she listened and backed away into the rocky wall of her prison as I hacked away at the wooden bars in front of me. It took a good number of swings but I was able to break them, freeing Medli.
I watched as she came to me. "Thank you Link, I was worried when the monsters got me in the first room of the cavern and brought me here...Link, some awful creature is hurting Valoo's tail...that why he's been acting so aggressively" Medli explained.
"I see, well where is it" I asked,
"Valoo's tail hangs down in the room below, my guess is that's where the creature is"
"Alright, thought, I'm not sure how I can get back down...the stairs collapsed..."
"Use this, it's a grappling hook, the Rito use this device for getting around before we get our wings" she explained, handing me the device, three metal hook like claws tied to a rope. "follow me"
I listened and followed as she walked up a short incline and flew onto a wooden bar sticking out of the wall.
"Use the hook on this, and swing around, there's a path there back to the door below" she said pointing in the direction I was supposed to take.
"Got it" I smiled and swung the grappling hook, watching as it latched onto the bar, allowing me to swing across and land where I needed to be. I Iooked back for a moment as Medli stared at the red dragon in pain. Poor Valoo...
I hurried back and swung my way back to the door I had walked through previously. I swung my way over more lava and climbed up the stairs, entering the room that the sky spirit's tail hung into.
The room was circular with a pool of lava in the center, as I neared it I quickly jumped back, out of the pool came a giant monster, A much bigger, and deadlier looking version of the centipede I fought earlier. I pulled out my sword and took a defensive stance.
I tried fighting it, but the thing wore some form of a rocky armor. I quickly took out the hook and swung it, hoping to land on a wooden ledge high above as the the beast breathed fire from it's mouth. I ended up clinging to something else, hanging from the ceiling..Valoo's Tail I realized.
I dropped down and landed behind the beast, As it tried to turn around to face me a huge piece of earth fell of top of it, cracking the armor. I watched as it put the rock back onto the ceiling, the tail trapped by it, now it made sense, the monster trapped Valoo's tail an dmessed with it, acusing him to suffer.
I repeated the process of clinging to the tail and swinging over a couple more times, the beast's shell cracking more each time, until it decided enough was enough.
Now it look really furious and struck out with it's claws at me, shell or no shell, it was ready to fight, but so was I.
I stabbed it in the eye as it was within my reach, it worked for those centipedes, why not this. Turns out the hunch I had was right as I attacked the eye each time it got close enough to me.
I'm not sure how long I fought, but I was glad it was over. I defeated the beast, watching as it's head ended up next to me, then disappeared. What shocked me was that the lava I had been avoiding the whole battle starting to disappear, leaving a rocky surface behind, it was still warm, but not deadly anymore. In the center was a small gathering of wind. I walked near it, feeling it's breeze, then suddenly I was pulled into it, I closed my eyes as I felt myself being moved, opening them to find myself back onto the island shore, where Medli and Komali awaited me, not far from the King of Red Lions.
"Link..here" Komali said, handing me the pearl "A deal is a deal..still can't believe you did that though..."
"It was nothing" I said embarrassed. I turned my attention to Valoo, he made another cry, but he sounded relieved and happy now, then..he spoke. I couldn't understand the language though, it sounded ancient.
"Use the wind god's wind..." Medli said thoughtfully.
"You understand him" I asked
"Yes I speak some of his language, He says thank you Link, calling you a hero, and he said to use the wind god's wind...I wonder what it means" she thought for a moment, Komali silent next to her. "It might have something to do with the shrine at the back of the island through that cave" she said
"I'll check it out" I said
"Well Link, Thanks.." Komali suddenly spoke up "You know, I wanna be like you when I'm older" he stated
"I'm sure you will Komali" Medli giggled
"Just watch, I'll get the best pair of wings yet" he said and ran off,
"Komali wait" Medli called after him for a moment, she turned and thanked me again before running after him.
I laughed and made way to the shrine looking at the stone slabs I could see one was broken but the one that wasn't had markings that looked like...music notes?
I pulled out my wind waker and waved it the right way, playing the melody, feeling a strange sensation as I did.
"Well, that's a mighty fine breeze..so you're the new wind waker eh?" spoke a voice right next to my ear, making me jump and turn to face it. A giant green frog on a green cloud looked back at me, amusement in his eyes as he laughed.
"Don't worry, I'm on your side kid, I'm the wind god Zephos, at your service"
"Oh..Uh..nice..to meet you" I said dumbfounded, though I shouldn't be too surprised, I was sailing on a talking boat for crying out loud, and after everything I just went through, I shouldn't be so shocked, yet I am.
"That song you just played is the Wind's Requiem, it basically lets you control the wind, allowing you to choice which direction it blows"
"I see" I said, looking at the baton in my hand.
"Yep, that's an example of the wind's power being a good thing"
"There's a good and bad wind?" I asked
"it depends on the user, you want to see wind being bad, then my brother Cyclos is the perfect example, he was upset that his stone here got ruined and now creates cyclones to torment people, if you see him please chastise him for me"
"Um..alright.."
"Thank you, and with that, I bid you ado, good luck" Zephos said and flew off, seeming quite amused.
Well..now I have learned a song that will probably come in handy, as well as got Din's pearl like the king wanted. Looks like I'm headed to my next destination.
