In response to a question, yes the whole temple is under the time shift stones power uwu I just figured it could have like tracts that carry its power all through the temple…I didn't specify much, I apologize~ I'm going to make the temple a bit longer, just because I feel it's going a bit too quickly. Enjoy c:


The siren let out a screech, one that sounded unnatural and feral. It reverberated in the water around Link, as he hopped backward, to get some more distance between him and the beast-woman. His sharp eyes analyzed her, for strengths and weaknesses. Her weapon could be used as a projectile, so it would be best not to stray too far, but on the other hand, if he got too close, he could be easily stabbed. His best bet was to use his sword techniques to his advantage and stun her and get at that tiara.

He took Ghirahim's advice into account. He had mentioned the siren was under possession. If that was the case, he wanted to help the poor creature, and resist on fatally wounding it the best he could. If worse came to worse, he'd have to kill her.

The sirens monstrous hands tightened their grip on the trident, as she thrusts it forward, this time aiming at links throat.

Link brought his shield up quickly, the sharp trident colliding with his sturdy hylian shield. He grunted and pushed back against the siren; The force of which made her have to recoil her trident. She emitted an angry cry and backed herself up. When she was around 20 feet away, link thought he knew what was coming. His thoughts were confirmed when she raised her trident, and dove down at him in a rush attack, emitting a demonic scream. He dodged just barely, using his shield to guard his arm closest to her.

Her trident scraped along his shield, but left him un-injured. She screeched to a halt. Taking the chance with her back turned, Link quickly readied a skyward strike. Using a skyward strike with his new sword, was not unlike the ones he did with his old sword. The only change was that they were golden in color, and the energy crackled along the blade, like lightning. He launched it at her. When it made contact, the siren whipped her head back, screaming in pain and surprise. Perfect. Link flitted by and hacked at the tiara while he could. Once the shock wore off, the siren slammed her tail into links ribcage.

The force sent him flying back, ripping the air out of his lungs. He landed with his back to the bridge, gasping for the air he had lost. The siren was immediately on him. She grinned, her fangs glistening as she lifted her trident over her head. She slammed it down with crushing force. Link was able to roll out of the way just barely, but the tridents barbed edge ripped his tunic sleeve.

Link quickly shook it off, and kicked her backwards. She hissed and made a move to stab at him, which he blocked. This went on for some time, until she siren got frustrated by links blocking, and readied another rush attack. When she rushed him this time, link dodged at the last second. He immediately spun around and hit her with a skyward strike again. The holy energy hissed and crackled along the sirens currently evil body. She screamed out in pain, clearly weaker to this attack, even more so than the last.

That was a good sign. Link stabbed at the gem in the center on the tiara. It was cracked, and seeping a sinister smoke that was completely opaque. The siren hissed and writhed away, panting. She cried out and raised her trident. She stabbed at link, fast and enraged, but not very accurate. Though link got a few cuts and scrapes, he was able to push her back. He stared right into her eyes, which were beastly slits. She had worn herself out.

He readied another skyward strike, and launched it at her. She tried to dodge, but he angled it in just such a way that it hit her. She hissed out in anguish and fell forward, almost in a position of being on her knees (if she had any, that is), with her head bowed. Link placed his sword under her head, where he knew the tiaras gem was, and slashed up, hitting it one last time. The sirens head tipped back with the force. The gem shattered into pieces. The siren gave a cry of defeat, as the tiara disappeared in a plume of black smoke.

The siren fell forward, collapsed on the bridge. Link knew it was over. He put his sword away, and looked down at the poor creature. He could see her skin had changed from a sickly grey, to a pale ivory color. Her hands looked more normal, though still webbed. She stirred, and pushed herself up with her arms. She looked around, then up at link. Her face had changed drastically.

Gone were the snaggled teeth and demonic eyes. Her face was more human now, and very attractive. Her eyes were now normal, with soft purple irises. Her whole aura was different. More benign. "Oh.. what happened? My head feels all fuzzy…" Link offered his hand to her. She blinked and took it, as he helped her back up "wow, are you one of the beings created by the goddesses? I've never seen one before…" She looked at him in awe. Link smiled sheepishly and nodded. "What's your name?" she asked; to which link replied with his name. "Link, huh? Interesting name.. My names Hester."

Ghirahim appeared from the sword just then, but more flashy than usual. Hester's eyes widened in surprise and she naturally backed up at the sight of a demon. Ghirahim chuckled "Now no need for that.. I'm not going to harm you…though your fear is understandable, seeing as to how you were just under possession…" Hester looked confused "I was? That... explains a lot actually. Grr... Stupid dirty demons!"

When Ghirahim gave her a bit of a dry look, she smiled sheepishly "Well not you… you haven't done anything bad… hehe.. I'm Hester." Ghirahim nodded "I heard... My name is Ghirahim" He gave an extravagant bow, and Hester giggled. Link eyed Ghirahim with suspicion. He wasn't usually this hospitable... He must be playing at something.

Hester then frowned "I'm sorry if I caused you two any trouble… Here… A token of my gratitude." She picked up the trident and handed it to Link. It wasn't as heavy as it looked to be, he had thought as he ran his hands over the smooth gold. Ghirahim smirked gently "Miss Hester, if I could just ask a favor… we may need you in the future. So could you please go farther into the temple and wait for us?"

Hester nodded "Sure, since you asked so nicely..!" Ghirahim smiled, and link could see in his eyes a snide sense of victory. Well, he was still a 'dirty demon' after all. Hester moved past them toward the door, but stopped just beside Ghirahim. Ghirahim looked at her, curious as to why she paused. The young siren giggled "and…since you're so handsome..." she leant onto Ghirahim then, causing his eyes to widen. Gone in an instant was that snide look, replaced by one of shock. She giggled and grabbed his ass rather boldly, making Ghirahim gasp at her audacity, before she swam away into the temple further, giggling.

Link was holding back his laughter. Seems like Ghirahim's plan had worked, but it had some unintended consequences. Ghirahim looked at link, still in shock. "She...! Did you see that? How audacious! … I'm…quite uncomfortable now." Link raised an eyebrow, still smiling. The situation reminded him of the times in the past with the demon lord. "What? Can't take some of your own medicine?" Ghirahim looked at him and then shook his head "Oh come now, I'm not that forward... I mean I know I'm irresistible... but to take such actions…" He mumbled. Link held back a chortle at this. Ghirahim went back into the sword, grunting about what he had gotten himself into.

Link observed the trident. It would be a good thing to have in the temple. He finished his treck over the bridge, coming face to face with the locked door of the opposite tower. He used the key, and the lock fell away. However, when he tried to push the door open, it wouldn't budge. Puzzled, link studied the door. At the top, he saw it had three holes carved into it. He looked at the trident, then back at the holes.

Seemed like a match. He pushed the tridents end into the holes, and a clicking noise was heard. He smiled and pushed the doors open, then headed inside. Curiously, the water from outside didn't rush in. He looked back at the door. The water it seemed, was being kept at bay by a magic force field of sorts. Link turned his attention back to the tower. This one was pretty much the same as the other tower, but instead of stairs, it had a slide curving all the way down it. Link looked around before he decided to slide down. He saw a spot to press his trident into on the wall, and did so.

Once he did, a vent opened up, which allowed water to flow in from outside. Link was forced down the slide with the flow of water. When he reached the bottom, he heard the vent close way above him, as the water slowly stopped trickling. He stood, now up to his chest in water.

He waded his way over to a door. There were slits at the bottom of the door which allowed the water to flow into the next room. Link opened the door. There were a few stairs that led down into some murky water. On the other side of the room, there was a staircase that led up to a door that had a lock and chain on it. It was safe to assume there was a key somewhere in the water.

Link eyed said water suspiciously. There's no telling what could be in it. He carefully edged his way into the water. He tried to gauge how deep it was by feeling around with his feet for a bottom. No luck. He sighed and dived under. It was very hard to see in the cloudy water. He swam down until he felt the bottom. He stayed close to the floor, watching for any signs of movement. He groped around, and felt a heavy chain. He picked it up and swam closer to where the chain came from. It was attacked to a large black plug. Link smiled and braced his feet on the ground, and gave a hard pull at the plug.

It took a few good tries, but it finally came out with a resounding 'pop'. Link then knew he had to grab onto something. He groped at the wall, but there was nothing to grab for purchase. When he felt the suction of the water down the drain start to pull him in, he quickly decided on a plan B. He grabbed his trident, slammed it into the wall and held on. The water churned down the drain, but link was able to hang on.

The last of the water went down the drain with a gurgle. Link then un-wedged the trident from the newly formed hole in the wall. On the far side of the room, there was a small chest that would have been hard to find had the room still been covered in water. Link went over and retrieved the key from inside. He ascended the stairs and unlocked the door.

He stepped through the door, and stopped quickly. Had he taken another step, he would have fallen off the very small ledge he now found himself on. Looking over the edge, he could see tall spikes below, covered in a small amount of water, but defiantly not enough to save him from death if he fell. He saw the door all the way across the room to his left. Luckily, he spotted some ornate sconces on the walls he could use his claw shot on.

Link claw shotted his way over the perilous spikes, and onto the ledge of exit. He nodded to himself and went through the next door. It lead to a dark hallway. It simply reeked of evil. Link scrunched up his nose. Ghirahim sighed airily from inside the sword "What a fine aroma of pure malice and dark magic. It reminds me of home. I'm a bit homesick actually.. Quickly, let's get that gem.. Once they know what we're doing we'll have a lot less time.." Link rolled his eyes.

Suddenly there was scream from further in the hallway. Link got out his sword and ran toward the scream. Hester had her back to the wall, snarling. She was surrounded by two stalmasters. Link narrowed his eyes and slashed them in the back before they knew he was there. They screeched and turned to him. Hester moved away quickly and got by link. She smiled "Link! Good timing.. I would have been able to take care of these guys, but… I gave my only weapon to you.." Link threw her the trident and nodded at her. She looked down at it then smiled and nodded back.

Link readied himself, as did Hester. A little help never hurt the hero. Especially when dealing with tricky enemies. While Hester took care of one of the stalmasters, Link took on the other. It blocked from above, so link slashed at it from below. It snarled and blocked from below, and link faked him out so he went to block from the right, only to be slashed from the left.

Even in the small hallway, link still maneuvered as well as he could. He barely dodged a strike from the stalmaster's heavy sword. He stabbed it in the chest a few times. It got fed up with this, and unfolded its second pair of arms, unsheathing its other two swords. It held its four swords up dangerously. Link back flipped out of the way when the stalmaster unleashed some powerful slashes at him. He got a few quick stabs at it.

It blocked from every side but the left. Link slashed at it from the left. This time it blocked from every side but the right, and link slashed it from the right. Link looked over to see how Hester was doing. She was handling herself pretty well. Seems like she knew how to defeat them. Link dodged another attack and stabbed at the stalmasters chest. It blocked from every side but the bottom, so link slashed him from the bottom. The stalmaster collapsed into a pile of helpless bones. Moments later, Hester defeated hers too.

She smiled triumphantly and handed the trident back to link "Thanks!" Link smiled and nodded. Hester smiled "We're almost at the main room of the temple. I'm assuming that's where your friend wanted me to head…" Link nodded some. They headed down the hall and came to a door. Link opened it, and found himself back in the main room. They had come out the door that only opened one way.

Hester smiled and went over to the door and ran her hand over the smooth gold notes. Ghirahim came out of the sword. "Do you know that song?" Hester smiled "Yes.. I was taught it when I was young.." Ghirahim smiles "Good.. You know the words don't you? Could you sing it for us?" Hester turned and looked at both Link and Ghirahim. "..You want the gem that's inside… I take it your trying to get to the demon world then.. This is a palace protected by the sirens. Goddess Hylia entrusted us to keep it safe… But I take it you knew that…" She smiled at Ghirahim "Not just good looking, but smart too…"

Ghirahim flipped his hair "Well yes of course…!" Link rolled his eyes. The last thing Ghirahim needed was his ego stroked. Hester smiled "I'll help you... Link is one of the humans created by the goddess… so he must be okay to enter. And you're okay since you're with him... Link, put the trident into those three holes in the door."

Link nodded and stepped up, pressing the trident into the door. A click was heard, but the door didn't open. Ghirahim reached into links pouch and took out the harp, handing it link "If you can play those notes, the gems as good as ours..." Link nodded slowly and looked at Hester. She smiled and nodded "Ready when you are..."

Link looked at the notes and tried copy them. He was a bit off at first, but he fell into a rhythm. Hester hummed a bit at first, and then started to sing in a beautiful voice.

"O, listen now for the sirens song will call

In A voice that can entrap all

From the watery depths I'll reach

A skill I cannot hope teach.

These doors made of heavy gold

Pried apart by the trident of old

Shall open now with my tone

Beckoned with this voice I own.

Beyond lies the treasure of evil

Blocked by doors from your retrieval

The aqua, sapphire gem

In taking it, your fate you do condemn."

The door began to glow brightly. It swung open, the trident falling free, into links hands. Hester smiled and backed up a bit "There you guys go…I'm not sure what's on the other side.. But good luck." Link nodded as he faced the large doors, Ghirahim by his side.


And thats where this chapter will end! uwu Boss fight next chapter oh boy. I just didn't wanna make this chapter too long... c: Hope you guys enjoy. I'll probly go upload a better picture of hester on my deviant art if you guys wanna go check it out!