Purple and Green

Chapter Six: Blaaz, Master of Fire

Link was having a difficult time fighting Blaaz. He had never encountered a boss like this before. It kept teleporting everywhere, shooting fire, and dropping boulders. Add to it that the place Blaaz was in once finished teleporting was always on the move, barely five seconds. Link was running back and forth trying to strike it a few times.

He did get in a few hits, but not that many. Link slashed at the monster again, and... it split into three smaller monsters. Link groaned and tried to slash one... it went through as the Mini Blaaz reappeared somewhere else.

Link tried to hit each, but it was difficult when he now had three monsters shooting fireballs at him, boulders falling down, only three Heart Containers, and only a Sword, Shield, and Boomerang.

Link continued to try and strike them, or merge them together, but they were always moving and Link could not figure out how to finish the Blaaz off.

Link inwardly thought that Vaati would be better at this - secretly - as the boy was good at puzzles and extremely powerful. Link, however, required multiple hints and clues to be able to do puzzles.

But Link couldn't very well get any help, the door was locked, he was in a volcano, and Link couldn't do the simplest of magic without a wand.

Vaati teleported into the room at that time, quickly jumping to Link, who need only glance at Vaati, who, instead of doing the expected, nodded.

"Link! Use your boomerang to bind those three together!" Vaati shouted, constantly jumping out of the way. "From the first horn to the third horn, from lowest to highest!" Vaati yelled, casting a short spell on the room to block boulders for a time.

Link swept out his boomerang and threw it, directing it at the Mini Blaaz' in order of least horns to highest horns, one horn to three. It binded them and Blaaz, normal form, returned.

Vaati leaped and began to pound the villian with air balls of air like fists. Blaaz teleported and Vaati's air balls followed it, continuing to strike, until it split in three again.

This time, the three Mini-Blaaz were binded by Vaati's manipulation of wind, allowing Link to strike Blaaz multiple times, Vaati's air balls soon following.

Blaaz, Master of Fire, again split into three, binded again by Link's boomerang, which struck it soon after it was rebinded, rendering it dizzy. Link struck it again, defeating it.

It roared a cry of anguish and defeat, slowly stopping its movement and becoming yellow sand, which burst up through the roof to some unknown location. Vaati's eyes narrowed.

In the middle of the dungeon, a circular area appeared with the mark of Din, red and orange. It glowed and and a ball of orange light came out of it. The mark of Din disappeared. It flew up to the roof, and in a burst of light, it unfolded its wings and became red and began to fly.

The fairy flied down to a smiling Link and an impassive Vaati. "I am Leaf, Spirit of Power! I serve the Ocean King. I owe you thanks for defeating that evil wizard. You broke the seal, so now I'm free!" The fairy said excitedly.

"Look, Link! It's the Spirit of Power, Leaf! This must be all that Astrid was talking about." Ciela said.

"Please! Help us! We need your strength. I was locked away with the Ocean King years ago. But now I can't feel the Ocean King's presence... I wonder what happened to him? If I come with you, maybe I'll find out. If you need it, I'll gladly lend a hand!" Leaf said.

A chest appeared where the mark of Din formerly was. It held a Heart Container for Link. Behind the chest was a portal. Vaati teleported out of the dungeon and Link walked to the portal to get out of the dungeon. Link quickly noticed (due to Ciela's blabbing) the volcano stopped erupting.

Link swiftly ran off the volcano and entered Astrid's house, where Linebeck and Vaati awaited.

"Hey, kid! So you defeated all the monsters. Astrid's waiting." Linebeck said, then all four of them turned to Astrid.

"Well done, Link, Vaati, you two defeated the darkness. Thus you've broken the seal needed to imprison the spirit you need to move ahead. Ultimately, you will need three spirits: Power, Wisdom, and Courage. When you have all three, you possess the power to find the Ghost Ship. Now two spirits remain. I see another clue at the Temple of the Ocean King on Mercay Island. To further your efforts, I give you this. May it one day aid your battles." Astrid said.

Link got a gem with Din's mark, similar to the one Vaati saw on Mercay Island. "That's a Spirit Gem. There are many for each spirit. Find as many as you can. Somewhere on the seas, you can raise a spirit's power using the gems. The light that seeks your aid continues to grow weaker, Link. There is no time to lose."

"You actually did it! Now we're even closer to getting rich, Link! Hoo haw, I'm excited!" Linebeck said, then walked out of Astrid's house.

"Ugh! He's so self-centered!" Ciela complained. "Well, I sense that man will prove to be an asset rather than an anchor..." Astrid said, trailing. "...in time." she finished.

"I hope you're right. OK, let's get to Mercay Island, you two!" Ciela said. Vaati and Link walked out of the house and onto the ship to set sail for Mercay Island and the Temple of the Ocean King.

Vaati manipulated the air to have the ship sail faster, Ezlo slept, Link navigated, and Linebeck was in the engine room as always.


It was quick arrival and Vaati teleported to the entrance of the Temple to wait for Link, casting the normal spells he used whenever entering the cursed temple.

Link soon entered and following him shortly after was Oshus. "Link. Get up on that alter!" Oshus said, pointing to a higher level on the floor. Link ran up there and retrieved the Phantom Hourglass from the altar.

"You now hold the legendary Phantom Hourglass, Link. As long as you carry it, the temple can not drain life from you. However..." Oshus banged his cane on the floor at this. "You are only safe as long as the sand remains in the top of the hourglass. When all the sand has been drained to the bottom, your life, too, will be drained."

"It's an hourglass! Can't you just flip it over again?" Linebeck asked haughtily.

"No. Once the Sand of Hours has been drained, its power is lost. The power is regained by the sun's rays. The sand inside the Phantom Hourglass is called the Sand of Hours. The beast you defeated in the Temple of Fire had some grains. It is said to be made from the Force Gems of the Ocean King. It gives deep strength to its holder. You must collect the Sand of Hours from monsters. The more sand in the Hourglass, the longer it will last. The sea chart found in this Temple lead you to the first spirit. It's highly likely another sea chart will lead you to another clue, and another spirit along with it. I won't stop either of you, but Link, keep the Phantom Hourglass in hand."

"Just how do you know so much, old man?" Linebeck asked.

"Hmmm. That long story is not ready to surface, but it will all come in time. For now you four must find the Ghost Ship."

"That's right! And where it does, there lies a mountain of treasure, ready to leap right into my pockets. Hop to it, Link and Vaati! Put some steam into your engines and get exploring the temple!" Linebeck said greedily.

Vaati entered the temple at that point and Link ran down from the alter through the door to the Temple of the Ocean King.