This is starting to sound like the Legend of Zelda a little bit. It isn't based on it, but then I decided that the story of Spirit Tracks had a good storyline that could be fit into this story really well so… I do not own the Legend of Zelda or Storm Hawks. I do own Chassidy, Cam, Cypriote, Louis, and Harrier Johnson. Enjoy this chapter as we venture into… *dramatic music* THE WATER TEMPLE! If you own the Legend of Zelda Spirit Tracks and the guide, you can follow along. I stick pretty close to the book and you'll get a better idea of what everything looks like.
We were on the Condor, flying around aimlessly. "I can't believe that idiot wouldn't tell us where the temple was." the Dark Ace grumbled. He was sitting next to me.
"Hey, now! Be nice! He was just being ominous like all the other *cough* annoying *cough* wise old men." I said.
"So the Water Temple should be near water." Piper stated.
"Obviously." Master Cyclonis said.
"So we'll visit Asaivjos (a-sA-vOs) Village first." Piper said.
"Good idea." Master Cyclonis said. I smiled to myself. They were actually working together, and they even seemed to be enjoying each other's company.
"Good job guys. Set a course to Asaivjos Village." Aerrow commanded. The Condor flew at full speed toward the tiny village. We landed there and exited, once again with just a couple of talons. I made my way to a local by the entrance.
"Do you have any information on any ancient buildings around here?" I asked him.
"Not me. Our elder might know of them. She's very wise and she can see into the future." He told me.
"Really. Thank you." I told him. I flew back to the group. "He said that the elder should be able to help us and that she can see into the future." I told them.
"I don't believe the future part, but we'll see anyway." the Dark Ace said. They were kind of taking control of this whole mission… "Do you know where the elder is?" He asked. I shook my head. "Why didn't you…?!"
"We'll just have to look." Junko jumped in. Piper went to talk to another nearby local, a woman.
She came back and said, "She said that the elder lives in that house on the little island over there." She told us. We all entered the elder's hut.
"Yes? What do you need?" The elder asked. She didn't seemed surprised at all by me. Could she even see me? How could that man see me…? Well, his back was turned. Maybe all he did was hear me.
"We need to information on how to get to the Water Temple." Piper said.
"Ahh. You must figure that out for yourself. It's really quite a simple puzzle if you work at it. Be gone now. You have work to do." She told us. We all just stared. How could she not help us…? "I SAID BE GONE!" She yelled. We all darted out and back to the Condor.
"Well, that was a waste of time." I said. Master Cyclonis and Piper were already studying other charts.
"There! It's an Ocean Sanctuary!" Master Cyclonis said, pointing to something on the chart. We al gathered around, even Stork!
"Stork, set a course for there. The Ocean Sanctuary!" Aerrow commanded. So the Condor set off for its next destination.
"It says here that there are barrels that you can shoot with crystals in them for anyone stranded." I said.
"Well, at least we won't have to worry about running out of fuel or weapons." Aerrow said. We landed on the Ocean Sanctuary. It was deserted. We walked to the east first. There were some islands that someone the Dark Ace's size could probably leap across.
"Want me to fly over and see if there's anything over there?" I asked. Everyone nodded.
"Good idea." Ravess said. I flew across the islands. There was a little switch over there.
"Guys! There's a switch here!" I called. The Dark Ace jumped over to where I was. I flew down beside it. He pressed it and we went back to the group. Then, we traveled west. There was a monster blocking a passageway to a cavern. "What is that?" I asked.
"It's a Reirrabol." Piper said.
"Dark Ace, use your crystal whip to get rid of it." Master Cyclonis said. The Dark Ace pulled out a whip/claw thing and whipped it at the Reirrabol. It was defeated in one swipe. We entered the cave and had to fight off a few more Reirrabols. Now, we were sure that they were all gone. At least from this part of the cavern. We kept walking until we came to a wide pit. There was a switch across it.
"I bet that if we threw a weak Explosion Crystal, it would trigger that switch." I said.
"Good idea" Piper said, pulling out an Explosion Crystal.
"Not too strong or we'll destroy the entire cavern." I said. Piper tossed the crystal over and it blew up. It wasn't strong enough to blow the cave, but it did trigger the switch! "Good job!" I told her. A bridge extended and we continued out of the cave.
We were outside again now. There was another Reirrabol. The Dark Ace took care of it. We came to a door with a riddle on it. It said there was a special symbol that was on the other side of the door. Only the chosen ones could get over to find it. It was too high to climb over and too dangerous to fly over and jump. "Wait! I can fly through and tell you the symbol!" I said. I flew through the door and saw what looked like a fish. I told Ravess and she drew it. The door opened to reveal a small hut. We entered to find a note.
I'm at Asaivjos Village visiting my sky friends.
"Back to Asaivjos, guys. I have a feeling that this is just the man we need to talk to." I said. We set a course back to the small village. "Now… He said he was visiting his sky friends. Who could that be?" I asked.
"Birds!" Master Cyclonis exclaimed, pointing.
"Hmm… I'm not the only one who's weird about nature. I may watch flowers, but he hangs out with birds!" I exclaimed, floating after the group on the way to a circle of birds.
"You still rank pretty high up there." Finn said.
"Gee, thanks." I said. We got to the birds and looked around. No one was there.
"Really?" The Dark Ace complained.
"Wait! There he is! Up there! That bird is holding a stick and he's sitting on it." I said.
"Actually, I've been noticing that all the birds here are carrying sticks." Piper said.
"Let's get him down here and see what that's all about." I suggested. I flew up toward him. "Sir? We need your help, and there was a note saying that you were here." I explained.
"Ah. So… You are the chosen one." He told me.
"Um… I guess… What exactly does the chosen one do?" I asked. The man landed.
"You are to defeat Cypriote once and for all." The man told me.
"Who are you?" The Dark Ace demanded rudely.
"I am Dwahch." (dwach) The old man told us.
"We need to get to the Water Temple as soon as possible." I told Dwahch.
"Of course. Take me on your ship." Dwahch told us. We nodded and helped him to the Condor. "To the Ocean Sanctuary!"
The Condor took off. About halfway to the Ocean Sanctuary, pirates attacked. Pirates were common in the ocean part of the Atmos. The pirates in Atmos weren't human. They were Qomonzoms (kO-mOn-zOms). Qomonzoms were pouring into the Condor almost faster than we could defeat them! We fought for a while, and then they all retreated. "Yeah!" Finn cheered. The ship shook.
"Something else is on board!" Stork yelled. The ship shook again.
"It's big!" I yelled. Suddenly, a huge, mutant Qomonzoms stepped into the main room. It was Big Nzom (zOm)! He was legendary.
"Aw man!" Finn yelled.
"We can't beat him!" I yelled.
"Yes, you can. Think. What's the opposite of water? What's water's worst enemy?" Dwahch asked.
"Fire!" I exclaimed.
"A Firebolt Crystal or a Phoenix Crystal would defeat him!" Master Cyclonis added.
"We don't have any Phoenix Crystals." Piper said.
"The Dark Ace has a Firebolt Crystal." Aerrow said. The Dark Ace tossed his Firebolt to Master Cyclonis. Master Cyclonis shot three times at Big Nzom and he retreated.
"Approaching the Ocean Sanctuary!" Stork announced. We landed and stepped off the Condor.
"I'm very grateful for you protecting me while those awful pirates attacked. Please, come with me to my home." Dwahch said. He went ahead of us. I smiled at everyone and floated after him. They followed after me.
We met Dwahch in his hut. "Chassidy, you are the key to unlocking the riddle to the Water Temple." Dwahch told me.
"Me?" I asked.
"Yes. All you have to do is fly through that doorway." Dwahch pointed to a doorway that was blocked with cement blocks.
"Easy!" I exclaimed, flying through the wall. Inside, was a map with the entire Ocean-Atmos Realm on it. I found the Ocean Sanctuary and Asaivjos Village was to the west. To the east was another island, marked one. Then, there was an island to the northwest marked two. Then, southwest of two, there was an island marked three. I memorized the map and flew outside. "I got it guys! Let's go! Hurry! Thank you Dwahch!" I called, flying quickly away with everyone else on my heels.
"What do we have to do?" Master Cyclonis asked me on the Condor.
"First, we go to an island in the east. We'll see what to do there." I said. Stork set off toward the mystery island. We landed and decided to do a quick recon. We separated into two groups. Aerrow, Master Cyclonis, Finn, Snipe, half the talons, and I were Group One. The Dark Ace, Piper, Ravess, Junko, Stork, and the other half of the talons were Group Two. My group set off to explore the highest peak.
"Why are we exploring the highest peak?" Finn complained.
"The highest peak always has some importance." I said. We reached the top.
"What's that?" master Cyclonis asked, pointing to a bug statue that was across the water.
"I don't know. I suppose we'll have to figure out." I said, flying across the gap.
Be loud to access the Ocean Temple. I flew back across. "It said, 'Be loud to access the Ocean Temple.'"
"HEY! WHERE'S THE OCEAN TEMPLE!?!" Finn yelled. Nothing happened.
"I guess it has to be louder." I said.
"What's louder than that?" Master Cyclonis asked, rubbing her head as if she had a migraine.
"What about your guys' ship's horn?" Snipe suggested. We stared at him.
"I think that's the smartest thing that's ever come out of your mouth." Master Cyclonis said.
"Let's get the others and go guys! We got this!" I yelled, flying ahead of everyone.
We had explained our theory to everyone and were flying to the statue now. Stork blew the horn and the statue glowed blue. "Yeah! Way to go Snipe!" I yelled.
"I bet we have to do the same thing on Islands Two and Three." Piper said.
"I bet you're right. Let's go! Hurry!" Aerrow commanded.
We reached Islands Two and three and did the same thing. We stopped when Island Three's statue was glowing blue. "What now?' Finn asked.
"Look!" Junko yelled. We watched as a giant statue of a fish came out of the water.
"The mouth is a cave! I bet that's the entrance to the Water Temple." Ravess noticed. Stork flew the Condor into the statue's mouth. We were underwater, but there was not water pressure. There was a trail and a landing spot down below. Stork landed the Condor.
"Do we have any oxygen tanks?' Aerrow asked.
"Let me check…" Piper began to walk away.
"Wait! I don't think we need any." I said.
"How do you know?" The Dark Ace asked.
"I just have a feeling." I said.
"Open the hanger bay, Stork." Aerrow commanded.
"The water will drown us…!" Stork began.
"Just do it." Aerrow said. Stork sighed and closed his eyes, carefully opening the hanger bay. The water stayed outside the Condor as a solid wall.
"Think we can get through it?" Piper asked.
"I can." I said proudly.
"We all know you can." The Dark Ace snapped at me.
"That was a little something called lightening the mood." I said.
Finn pushed his hand through the wall. "We can get through!" He cheered. He stepped completely in. "I can breathe!" He yelled. Everyone else jumped out of the Condor.
"I can breathe." I said.
"We all know…!" The Dark Ace began.
"What's the point? You guys can breathe too." I told him, laughing.
"Now, if we're all done driving each other crazy, how about we get to the Water Temple." Aerrow said.
"There's hundreds of old, crumbly buildings down here! Any of them could be the temple!" Junko complained.
"I'm guessing it's that one." I said, pointing to an old, crumbly building that was bigger than the rest. It also had a big picture of a water drop on it.
"Good guess. Let's go." Master Cyclonis said. It didn't take us long to get there. There was a sign outside
Only two others may enter with the chosen one. One whose brave and one who's accurate. One whose light and one whose dark.
"Only two of us can go in with Chassidy?" Piper asked.
"One whose brave and one whose accurate. One whose light and one whose dark. How about Aerrow and Ravess?" I asked.
"That sounds about right. Here. Take these crystals." Master Cyclonis told me. Aerrow took them.
"Okay then. Ravess, Chassidy, let's go." Aerrow said, leading us into the temple.
The Water Temple was dry, but dripping. That's really confusing, but I hope you get what I mean. We turned to an eastern hall, but it was blocked, so we decided to go west. There were four stone tablets in the middle of the room. I read the left one, "One."
Ravess ready the right one, "Two."
"Three." Aerrow read the top.
"The bottom's four.' I said.
"Duh." Ravess said. Whoa! Cyclonians saying duh! Weird!
"I'm guessing we need to remember this." I said.
"Duh." Ravess said. I rolled my eyes. We heard some electricity crackling. It was a Urzzupe (ur-zoop) VjiVji (V-V). Aerrow pulled out his blades and waited for the electricity to begin charging again. Then, he attacked it with his blades. It only took one hit. He beat a couple more and then we continued.
I examined the next room. I looked at the northern wall. "Those are arrow traps. We're gonna have to run.' Ravess told us. She ran first and I floated beside her. Then, Aerrow followed us. Then, we climbed up some stairs.
I saw a cracked wall and flew through it. There was a room. I flew back through. "Hey! There's a room on the other side of this wall!" We used an Explosion Crystal to make a hole in the cracked wall. We entered. There was a big room with a big gap with a floating block making a moving bridge. We all hopped on. We barely fit together. Aerrow was inside me. "This is the only time I'll ever let you do this. This is weird." I told him.
"Alright, I'll never do it again." Aerrow told me, laughing. We stepped off on another platform. Ahead of us was a huge room with a block floating on a certain path. There were orbs of light to shoot with an arrow.
"I'm thinking Ravess and I should just go." I said.
"How come you get to do everything?" Aerrow demanded.
"Hello? I'm the chosen one and I don't take up any space." I said.
"Come on! Just stop arguing!" Ravess snapped. I followed her. The block moved.
"Hmm… What order do we hit the blocks in…?" I wondered aloud.
"Maybe in the order of the stone tablets." Ravess said.
"Yeah! Left, right, top bottom!" I exclaimed. Ravess aimed carefully and shot as we came close to each orb. All the orbs glowed and a door opened in the southeast corner. A bridge crossed to the ledge where Aerrow was standing. "Meet us there!" I yelled to him. He grumbled and started to walk to the southeast corner. Ravess and I beat him by a long shot. We climbed down some stairs.
"We're back where we started!" I complained.
"Wait! Look!" Ravess said, pointing to the west passage.
"It's not blocked anymore!" Aerrow said. The wall had crumbled. We entered the passage cautiously. Nothing. We walked through and found another stairway.
"Ugh! More stairs!" I yelled.
The next floor wasn't exciting. Just a couple of Urzzupe VjiVjis. Then, we climbed the stairs to the third floor.
We entered a bug chamber and were faced off immediately with a huge monster. "What is it?" I asked.
"It's a Dweaart (dwE-Rt)." Aerrow told me.
"How do you beat it?' I asked.
"Ummm…" Ravess was stuttering. Great, None of us knew how to beat it. The Dweaart was holding a crystal whip. He whipped it and it caught Aerrow.
"Aerrow!" I yelled.
"Wait until it pulls you close, then attack it with your blades!" Ravess yelled. Aerrow did just that and she circled around behind it and shot an arrow at it. We had defeated it!
"Way to go guys!" I cheered. Aerrow picked up the crystal whip.
"Look what belongs to us now." Aerrow said, smiling. We ran quickly up the stairs to the fourth floor, eager to get this dark temple over with.
We entered a hallway with a switch on the other side. Aerrow stepped on the switch and a huge bronze key fell from the ceiling. Four Lyu Queyrtz (lEoo kwAirts) dropped from the ceiling and made their way toward us. Aerrow took the key. "Ravess, you have to hold them off!" He yelled. Ravess nodded and pulled out her bow. I followed Aerrow. Ravess shot the Lyu Queyrtz one by one. For each one that was kiled, another one dropped from the ceiling.
There was a big gold lock. Aerrow shoved the key into it and the door opened. "Come on Ravess!" He yelled. Ravess ran in and they both quickly closed the door. The Lyu Queyrtz were locked outside.
We climbed into a big room. There was a pond in the middle of the room. The doors all around us closed and locked. The water started to quiver and a huge monster came out of it. "What is that?" Ravess yelled.
"I have no idea, but I think we need to get rid of the thorns on its tentacles!" I yelled. Aerrow took out the crystal whip. "I'll distract it and make it made. Then, it'll try to hit me and it's tentacle will go through me and you can use the whip to rip as many thorns off as you can!" I explained quickly. I flew in front of the monster. "Hey ugly! Look over here!" I did a flip. "Can't catch me!" I yelled, flying around it. It tried to hit me with its tentacles, and the tentacle hit me! I was flung to the floor with a cry of pain. I hadn't felt physical pain in a long time.
"Oh no! This monster is made by Cypriote! She knows that we're traveling to the temples to try and destroy her!" Ravess yelled. I floated up wearily and floated over to Ravess. I floated above the ground. My head hurt so bad. "Just rest. We'll take care of this." Ravess promised me. I blacked out.
Third person POV
Ravess distracted the monster and jumped out of the way when it tried to hit her with one of the tentacles. Aerrow whipped off a thorn, then he flung it at the monster. The monster screamed in pain at the thorn hit it in the eye. "Nice! Keep it up!" Ravess yelled, making the monster strike at her again. Aerrow whipped a second thorn and heaved it at the monster. It hit the monster in the eye and it swung a tentacle at Aerrow. Aerrow jumped out of the way and whipped a third thorn and threw it at the monster. At this third strike, the monster fell to the ground. Aerrow attacked it with his energy blades. Suddenly, the monster darted back up and swung his tentacles around the room. Aerrow and Ravess jumped over them to dodge them.
"Next time we knock it down, shoot it with an Explosion Crystal!" Aerrow yelled.
"Got it!" Ravess yelled, jumping out of the way as the monster attacked her. Aerrow whipped thorn one into the monster's eye. Ravess repeated the sequence and Aerrow had soon whipped thorn number two into the monster's eye. They did this again, and Aerrow whipped thorn three into the monster's eye. Ravess readied one of her arrows and carefully shot it into the monster's eye. The monster screamed in pain and exploded. Pink goop splattered all over the room. Aerrow and Ravess winced. There was a crystal floating in the middle of the pond.
"There's a way to get clean." Aerrow said, jumping into the water. Ravess hesitated and then followed. They both dragged the crystal back to the shore of the pond. "Chassidy!" Aerrow yelled, running over to her. "How are we gonna get her out of here? We can't touch her." Aerrow said.
"I have a Spirit Holder. I'll use it." Ravess sucked Chassidy into the Spriit Holder and a light appeared to teleport them back to the team. They stepped into the light and soon were back on the Condor with everyone else.
"We did it!" Aerrow yelled.
"Where's Chassidy?" The Dark Ace asked.
"Right here." Ravess said, emptying the Spirit Holder gently on one of the softer couches.
"Let's let her rest while we make our way to the Beaconing Tower." Master Cyclonis said.
"Actually, Chassidy has a pretty good idea there. Maybe we should all rest after every temple at least. We need to be alert to face all these monsters that Cypriote is sending." Ravess said.
"Cypriote is sending the monsters?" Junko asked.
"Yeah. That's how that monster knocked out Chassidy." Ravess explained.
"You're right. We need rest." Finn said,
"You would say that Finn." piper laughed.
"Yeah! Now, if you don't mind…" Finn set off to his room.
"Come on. I'll show you guys to your guest rooms." Aerrow told the Cyclonians.
That's the end of the Water Temple! Was it good? Please review! The next chapter has an interesting twist. At least, I hope it's interesting. I'll have it up as soon as I can! Thanks to all my readers! I heart you! A special thanks to all my reviewers! I double-heart you guys!
