Link cranked up the speed of his train and headed into another forest.

"I hope this one isn't as creepy as the Lost Woods." Zelda said thinking aloud. Zelda got half her wish on this. The next forest didn't seem remotely creepy to her, in fact it looked rather beautiful. However, part way through, a spider hanging from a strand of web lowered itself in front of the tracks and Zelda screamed. Link nearly slammed into reverse out of fear but instead pulled the whistle, hoping it would scare the spider. It didn't look like it did and Link was getting nervous when suddenly the spider swung on its web out of the way.

"Wh-what was that?" Link asked, not able to keep the fear out of his voice.

"A skulltula." Zelda moaned "Teacher told me about them when I was a little girl…but I thought he was just trying to scare me for a joke…"

"I don't want to see another one…"

"Me either!" Zelda said, but this didn't happen. No sooner had Zelda said this when another skulltula came down. Thankfully Link managed to scare this one away too. "I hate this forest…" Zelda mumbled. Luckily the forest was smaller than the Lost Woods and only one more spider stood between them and the light ahead that marked the end of the forest. Link scared this spider away like all the others and they were out. They were now on the temple grounds.

"Woah, that temple is huge!" Zelda exclaimed pointing at it. The Spirit Train entered the temple and Link used the emergency breaks to stop again which made Zelda more and more nervous. She felt like telling Link that he ought to stop properly, but decided against it. After all, Link was doing everything he could to help her at no personal gain. Link jumped off the train and look around at the temple lobby. "So this is the Forest Temple…" Zelda said "Are you ready for what's to come, Link?" Link laughed a bit at this.

"Well let's see…I'm fourteen. Today was the first day I ever touched a sword, and I wasn't expecting any of this to happen…no I'm definitely not ready, but I'm sure I'll make it look like I am." Zelda couldn't help but laugh at this statement. Link smiled at her and walked in the door leading to the actual temple. The first thing they saw was a small hallway with a door like the one they saw in the caves, it needed a key. Link ignored this and went to his right where he saw a ledge with a switch on the other side. "Reckon I can make that jump?" Link asked.

"Please don't…" Zelda said

"You have any ideas then?"
"Well…" Zelda looked around frantically "Oh! See that nut!" Zelda pointed to two large nuts growing next to each other. They were about half the size of Link.

"You want me to throw it?" Link asked

"It's worth a try." Zelda said. Link nodded, even though he doubted he could pick these up, let alone throw them far. Yet to his surprise the nut was very light, it was like styrofoam. Link chucked this at the switch and to his relief it worked. A bridge extended for Link to cross. Link headed across the bridge and went to his left. There was a lot of purple smoke here. "Don't! I think that's poison!" Zelda warned as Link approached. Link backed off at the word poison and went the opposite direction. A door soon slammed shut behind him and three spinuts appeared, one of these had a unique green color. Link almost casually defeated the first two. When Link struck at the third one, however, it merely flinched and bowled him over.

"What the—oof!" Link grunted as he fell to the floor. Link rolled to his right as the green spinut tried to jump on him. Link got up and slashed the spinut again, this time though he immediately jumped to the side and slashed once more before the spinut could attack. The spinut rolled to the floor, dead.

"Are you OK, Link?" Zelda asked.

"Fine." Link said straightening himself up as both doors on either side opened up for him. "Just a little caught of guard." Link added as he walked over to the newly open door. The next room had purple poison patches all over the places. Link casually avoided these and spoke to Zelda again. "By the way, I've been wanting to know, why did you pick me to help you escape the castle?"
"Are you mad?" Zelda asked

"No, no, just curious."
"Well…it was really more because of Alonzo than you…" Zelda said hoping she didn't upset Link. Link didn't comment on this so Zelda continued. "You see I knew I needed an engineer. The only chance I would get to see one is at a ceremony. When I was signing your papers for your graduation, two things stuck out. One was that you were pretty young, one of the youngest engineers in Hyrule, and the other was that Alfonzo was your mentor."

"I see….go on."
"Well, I know Alfonzo. He and his family have been loyal to mine for centuries, and I figured if he was your teacher you would be loyal too. It's just that I needed someone who wouldn't turn me in to Cole and get me and trouble, and you seemed most likely not to…" Zelda stopped when another door closed behind Link and several spider creatures appeared. These weren't at all like the skulltulas, they were a browner color and moved very fast. Once charged at Link, who smashed its face in with his shield before attacking it with his sword. Link rounded on the others. Each time he defeated one, it exploded and turned into a small patch of poisonous smoke. When they were all defeated the door opened and a chest appeared.

"Continue." Link said as if they had been no interruption.

"Well anyway I figured I would see what you were like, and you seemed like a nice kid…so I chose you." Zelda said as Link opened the chest and pulled out a strange item. It looked like a combination of a megaphone and a fan, it was made of a beehive and three leaves. "You're sure you're not upset I chose you, are you, Link?" Zelda asked worriedly.

"Nah, this is much more fun than I'm used to…even if I'm risking my life. Anyway I'm glad I met you, Zelda." Link said giving her a smile.

"Thanks…" Zelda said gratefully in almost a whisper. She was loving Link's confidence and was glad she had chosen him. In truth though, Link wasn't as confident as he appeared to be. He was having fun on his adventure, but it was scary and he didn't like the pain involved. He had only said that to impress Zelda.

"So what do you reckon this is?" Link asked turning the item over in his hands.

"I think you put your mouth on it." Zelda suggested pointing to the hole. Link held it up to his mouth and breathed a bit. A gust of wind rushed and blew Zelda's hair back a bit.

"WOAH!" Link exclaimed in amazement. Link turned it away from Zelda and actually blew in it. A mini tornado came on this time and blew the poison away. "Now THIS was worth coming for!" Link said

"But it's not why we're here." Zelda reminded him.

"I know." Link agreed pocketing the item and looking toward a small windmill in the center of the room. Link quickly took out the item again and blew. The tornado caught the windmill and made a door open. "Hmmm…I think I will call this Whirlwind." Link said as he headed over to this new room. Link blew some poison gas away from a staircase and climbed down. In this room on a pedestal in the middle of a long cliff rested a small key. Link pulled out the whirlwind.

"Oh, Link…be careful." Zelda said "That would be awful if the key fell down and we had done all of this for nothing…" Link gulped, he hadn't thought of that. Link gathered all the breath he could and blew at the key. It flew several feet away and stopped when it hit a wall on the other side. Link smiled in relief and rushed to get the key. On the other side of the room was a floor switch which Link stepped on, it opened another door which led back to the room they first entered when they left the temple train station. One difference was those spider-like creatures were near the bridge now. Link easily got rid of these and crossed the bridge again. Link blew tornados at the massive field of poison they saw before. It revealed a small box with something attached to a string on it.

"You know what this is for?" Link asked

"Oh, that's a stamp station, Link." Zelda said "Teacher loves these things…but we don't have a stamp book so it's useless to us." Link sighed and backtracked to the bridge again, this time crossing to the other side. Link went to the locked door they saw earlier and put the key to use on it. The door opened and Link went inside the pathway behind it. Link headed left, and left again. When Link made it to a square section of the room and the door closed behind him, he smirked a bit. Link had a feeling that would happen by now. Two floating skulls appeared, they were covered in that purple poison fog. Link blew tornados at them which, for the most part, they dodged. Eventually Link got one and it was blow off course, Link slashed it in half with his sword and paid attention to the other one. When both were destroyed a new door opened for Link. When Link entered the next room he headed to his right and after killing some more spiders he saw a very large ledge, across from which was more poison. Near this was another locked door.

"Don't worry; I'm not even thinking of jumping that one." Link said in response to Zelda's worried face. Link headed back to his left and then headed right. There was a staircase here, Link took it. Link saw a ledge and switch similar looking to the he saw back at bridge, one of the purple orbs, there was even one of those nuts from earlier. Link picked it up and threw it. Unfortunately it didn't make it anywhere close to the switch. "Phew…I need to work out more." Link said.

"But what will we do now?" Zelda asked. Link thought about this for a moment, and then snapped his fingers. Link pulled out the whirlwind and directed it to a nut. Link blew and the tornado carried the nut to the switch which turned green. A chest appeared and Link opened it, inside was a key. Link took this and headed back to the door from earlier, once it opened and Link went inside it closed shut once again. The door on the other side was closed too. Before them appeared a new creature. It looked like a furry black and purple moth, except it was as huge as Link and had green antennas. It also had one large yellow eye and some strange purple mist seemed to hang from it. It flapped its wings threateningly at Link who stood his ground.

"Good luck…" Zelda said, for she could feel this was stronger than their ordinary monster. The moth creature began circling Link. Link leapt at it with his sword but to his surprise saw it disappear in a shroud of purple mist. It reappeared on Link's other side in another shroud of mist and charged at him. Link tried to slam his shield into it but it disappeared again. It reappeared and began circling Link once more.

"Grr…oh wait!" Link cried taking out the whirlwind. Link blew at the creature but it only swatted its wings and the tornado rebounded back at Link who couldn't escape in time. Link smashed against the wall and the creature charged at him again, getting him perfectly in the stomach.

"Link!" Zelda cried. Link grunted and got back up. Just in time too for the moth creature formed some sort of spell and a skull materialized in the air and was sent at Link who just barely dodged. The creature sent another skull which Link blocked with his shield. Link suddenly had an inspirational idea. Link put up his whirlwind and aimed at the creature. When a new skull formed, Link blew. The tornado carried the skull back at the moth. The moth bat its wings expectantly but to its surprise found it couldn't redirect the tornado anymore, now that a skull was in it and it was more than wind, and was hit. Link took its moment of flinching to slash at it with his sword. The creature was hit and wounded but disappeared immediately after. Luckily for Link, it didn't seem to be very smart. It fell for the same trick again, in the exact same way. When Link slashed at it this time, it did not disappear. It fell to floor, dead. "That was brilliant, Link!" Zelda said as Link headed through the now open door.

"Thanks." Link said with a smile. The next room contained many pillars. Link moved to his right and saw a closed door. Link sighed and headed south of the pillars.

"Um…Link…" Zelda said suddenly

"Hmm?"
"Y-you don't think I look hideous do you? As a spirit I mean." It took Link a few moments to figure out what was bothering her. Then Link remembered the comment Anjean gave her.

"No, you're not hideous at all, Zelda."
"Really?" Zelda asked looking doubtful.

"You look beautiful to me…" Link said without thinking. Zelda was grateful to be a spirit now, for normally she would have blushed at this. Link however did blush, he looked as red as a beet. Luckily there was something to distract them

"Urgh! What is that!" Zelda asked. Link looked at what Zelda was pointing at saw to his horror a two foot long blue slug. It had spikes and Link had a feeling it was a monster. Link slashed at it and it swelled into a ball. Link stared at it for a bit and then prodded it with his sword. It blew up with the force of a bomb, knocking Link several feet back. "Wh-what the?" Link cried out.

"It's a bomb…" Zelda whispered, stating the obvious. "Look there's a cracked wall over there!" Zelda said pointing "And there are more of them…" sure enough there were. Three of these bomb slugs were present. Link shuddered. Link approached one and slashed at it with his sword. Link showed signs of bracing himself to do something he didn't want to do, and that was picking up the slug and putting it near the wall. "Don't touch it! Remember it explodes at touch!" Zelda said.
"Woah!" Link said backing off. Link looked at his whirlwind again and back at the slug. Link took out the whirlwind and blew at it, just as it showed signs of getting ready to explode. The slug landed near the wall and destroyed it.

"Wow, that items pretty nifty isn't it?" Zelda said as Link headed where the wall once was. Link gave her a nod and examined this next part of the room. There was a lot of poison fog here too, there was also a large gap. The only bridge across was a small narrow path covered in the poison. Link began blowing the poison away and came to a fork. Link blew off both sides and took the right; there was a floor switch here, which Link stepped on. Link saw a chest suddenly appeared on the other side of the left fork. Link headed over here and opened it. Inside was a pearl necklace. Zelda gave a gasp "It's beautiful!"

"I'm not into jewelry, you can have it." Link offered.

"That's sweet of you, but I can't. You earned it, Link. You could sell that for a lot of rupees. Anyway I'm rich enough as it is."

"If you say so…" Link said, doubtful he would persuade the princess otherwise. Link looked around and saw a crystal switch. It turned green at his touch and Link heard some distant rumbling. Link headed back to where he found the slug and saw that a door had opened, leading him to an area with more slugs. Across another ledge was a cracked wall. Link knew what to do. Link attacked the slugs and blew them all to the wall. It cracked revealing a switch. Link slayed another slug and blew it on this. More rumbling filled their ears, and Link was sure the door he had first seen was now open. As Link headed this way he passed a large golden block with a decorative red eye on it. Zelda floated to it and looked above it, being above to see higher than Link.

"Look at that keyhole, Link! I think you'll need a special key to unlock it." To Link's surprise the answer came almost immediately. Inside the door Link had just opened was a small stairway with a golden key placed here. They block must have been the key for it also had the decorative eye. "That big key looks like it will open the door in the center of the room. Let's take it over there!" Zelda said. Link nodded and was about to pick it up when he noticed something on the back of the wall. It was a picture with dots, and skulls on it, it also had a shrewd picture of a door on it and a long arrow that went this way and that. Link had no clue what it was, Zelda however had a clever idea "It looks like a map of this room."
"That's an idea…"

"What are these skulls? And what does the arrow mean?"

"I don't want to know what those skulls mean…" Link said leaving the room without the key and examining the area they were in.

"What are you doing?" Zelda asked

"Making sure you're right…" Link said taking note of the pillars on a piece of paper he produced from his bag. Link headed back to the key room and copied the map. Link then hoisted up the key and followed the directions. To their relief nothing happened. When Link reached the door, he set the key down and rubbed his chin. "How do I get this in?" Link wondered out loud.

"Perhaps throwing it?" Zelda suggested.

"I doubt I will get it in perfectly…" Link said but nevertheless gave it a try. To his surprise the key floated in midair when he threw it and went into the lock as if it was magnetically attracted to it. The eye glowed for a moment and the block lowered. Link stepped into the staircase behind it. There were several stair cases here. Before the last one there was a stone which read Step into the blue light to return to the temple entrance. "What blue li—?" Link stopped, there was a blue light that looked just like the one Anjean conjured and Link was sure it wasn't there before he read the sign. "I think we're almost at our destination." Link said. For some reason this caused Zelda to laugh like crazy. "What is it?" Link asked

"I j-just realized…we have no clue what we're doing!" Zelda said through her laughter.

"What do you mean?"

"All Anjean and Gage told us to do was come here and restore the Spirit Tracks…they never said how!" Link stood still for a moment and then laughed with her.

"So basically I have been running around aimlessly exploring and putting my life in danger for nothing?" Link wasn't angry; the idea was pretty funny to him.

"Well…yes I think so! Although I think we will have a clue pretty soon. Both smiling and feeling pretty cheerful the two headed up these stairs and ended up at the top of the temple. There were many trees here…but no…it was one tree. It was so huge though, that it looked like they were in a forest. The staircase suddenly sealed itself. Link gulped feeling the cheeriness leave him. Being closed in was never a good sign. So far it had always meant there was a monster nearby. And so there was. Flying from the opening came a huge beetle. It was around twice the size of an elephant and landed with a great THUMP on the ground. It had tan armor a great big horn. Its rear was sticking out of the armor and was purple. Link gulped, his sword felt like a stick when compared to this creature. "Link, run!" Zelda cried. Unfortunately Link couldn't run. He had nowhere to go. The beetle leered at him with its stupid, angry, green eyes. The creature then roared and swiped at Link with one of its many legs. Link dodged it and swiped at the beast. The sword had no effect and the creature managed to get him this time. Link instinctively ran toward its back. The creature tried to keep up but after awhile tried to strike him with its horn. It lost sight when it did this and Link slashed at its rear…or at least he tried to. Link pulled his hand back and gave a yelp; the purple poison he had seen so many times in the temple seemed to be coming from this monster. It didn't act like poison, but like acid, burning Link in the place that got affected by the gas. "Link, remember the whirlwind!" Zelda yelled. Link slapped himself in the forehead. How had he been so foolish to forget? Unfortunately the monster was facing him and chasing him again. Once it lost sight, Link blew a tornado at its butt and stabbed multiple times. The creature gave a roar of pain and faced Link again. Like the moth, this creature was strong but stupid. It fell for the same trick, not once, but twice, before changing strategy. The beetle rose into the air and turned to face Link, glaring at him; it sent three of the bomb slugs from its mouth to attack. Link slayed each of these with ease. The beetle then charged at him, Link tried to blow a tornado while the beetle passed but he was too fast. He couldn't just slash him either or he would get hurt by the poison. Link thought for a moment when an idea occurred to him. When the creature sent out more slugs Link slayed them all once more and aimed at one of them with his whirlwind. When the creature charged, Link blew and the slug flew into the beetles face. The beetle crashed and Link began attacking its rear once more. The creature tried the same tactic once more but Link was prepared and once again brought it down with its own slug. After a couple more slashes the creature gave a roar of pain and fell to the ground. Its legs twitched and it turned gray…suddenly it exploded. A green triangle rose from where the beetle once was. Link and Zelda were sure that this is what they had come for. They stood side by side as a large pedestal with a gear at the bottom rose from the ground and the green triangle placed itself on it. The gear turned and a white light flashed. The couple shielded their eyes for a moment. Then both gasped as the triangle flashed a very bright green, so bright it could be seen from the outside. Link hastily took out the rail map and saw blue energy transfer from the temple to the tower via the Spirit Tracks. A piece of the tower reconnected itself, and a small portion of new Spirit Tracks appeared. They had done it; the Forest Temple had its energy back. "Good job, Link!" Zelda said happily almost giving him a hug. A new blue portal appeared as Zelda said this. Look, Link! We can return to the temples entrance from here. Let's go back!" Link nodded and wiped some sweat from his forehead. The blue light took him back to his train. Link took a swig from the milk he had bought back at Whittleton and boarded the train. The milk was different than what we're used it. In this world it has a lot of flavor. Link sighed in content and started the train, heading back to the Tower of Spirits.

Phew…ok tell me what you think of my first dungeon chapter. Also tell me if you see some very strange (and more) typing errors. I was tired as heck (rated T, won't say more) and I'm a little loopy and I can barely see straight. Therefore I'm likely to make some crazy mistakes….