Chapter 8
Shadow's POV
I woke up to the brightness of the sun peeking through the window. I closed the shutters even tighter and got out of the bed.
I stretched and got up to put on my tunic. I could hear Link mumbling in his sleep in his room while I slipped on my clothes. I cracked open my door to the hall and went downstairs to find someplace to eat.
I left the hotel, telling the clerk that my friend would come out soon. I had given him the price he'd stated, 20 rupees, and left to find food. Fortunately there was a restaurant not too far that I'd heard of.
No, we're not on Windfall Island. Link and I had ended up sailing a little bit to find a different island. We'd even gotten a map of it thanks to a fish!
I decided to wait for Link to get up so I climbed into the nearest tree to wait. Luckily I didn't have long and about five minutes later Link came out of the hotel still adjusting his hat.
"Boo!"
I laughed at Link, upside-down and hanging from a branch, as he jumped about five feet high and two feet back.
Link asked, "What was that for?"
"You were taking a long time so I was getting my revenge!" I replied. I dropped to the ground, rolling in midair and landing on my feet.
"Show-off!" Link muttered.
"Ya, so?" I took off towards the restaurant.
The food was terrible, of course, but it would have to do for Link and I.
"Are we almost there?"
Link and I had been sailing for hours trying to get to Dragon Roost Mountain.
"Almost. You can see it on the horizon," Link replied.
"I wanna see it under my feet!" I growled, my already-short temper having been worn to near nothing after the horrible food and long sail.
Link didn't respond. He just kept an eye out for anything that could be a threat or one of those fishes.
This gave me plenty of time to think.
I couldn't think of anything but the Link that wandered without a shadow but was probably glad of it. I also thought of my stupid fairy. Of course, she was back to her annoying ways, pestering me about everything I already knew.
Why did I have to get the fairy along with the rest that came of being a shadow? Why couldn't I have gone without! It was bad enough being scared of light.
It was my one true weakness. Light…
Link's POV
I looked over my shoulder to see Shadow fast asleep. She didn't look like she could harm me right now, but I couldn't help but remember that she'd killed my descendant. Fairies were the only reason I was around right now.
I shook Shadow awake as soon as we were at Dragon Roost Island though.
"Huh? What? Can't I have five more minutes?"
I laughed at her and said, "We're here!"
She jumped off the boat and yelled, "Finally!"
I ran towards a large building as she started going up the mountain. She had said she'd start the temple while I talked to the people on the island. It was boring but it would mean probably half the temple would be done by the time I got done.
Shadow's POV
I swung my new grappling hook around in circles. I had Link's looped around my shoulder and was waiting for the kid. Then I could hear him running up the stairs. He was panting pretty hard so he must've only gotten in the temple a few minutes ago and had run the whole thing.
When he saw me he panted, "How… did you get… so far… so fast…?"
I shrugged my shoulders. "I have my ways!"
I jumped off the pole I was sitting on and, after on the other side of the gap, chucked Link's grappling hook at him, knocking him square in the head. He fell over, yelling, "OOWWW!"
I laughed at him, waved, and turned to continue to the boss chamber.
Link's POV
I muttered under my breath when I saw the scattered chains and gigantic lock.
"Why!"
Shadow must've already gone into the boss room and I could hear loud roars, feel the ground shaking beneath my feet, and all the other signs of an apparent boss battle. I tried to open the door but quickly pulled back. Stupid door. Must be a lava boss because the door's too hot to touch. I tried to be angry at Shadow for being so stupid, but all I felt was worry for my friend. If she was done for, I would never forgive myself for not stopping it.
