UGH! FORGIVE ME! DX I've been so busy! And here I was promising myself (very naively) that I'd update on my birthday! Which was Monday, but me being the numb-skull I am forgot to realize, that with a birthday, usually comes presents and party. So, I got a new laptop, ( I'm in LOVE! XD) and a new MP3 player/camera/voice recorder/FM radio tuner. Oh, and The first Death Note movie, AFTER having gotten the second one for Christmas! XD Anyway! How long has it been since I've updated?
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Chapter 9: Smooth moves, Meet Occoco, Emo ghost swordsman, and a giant top
Link lifted up a stone door and entered a circular room. Skulls littered the floor, and on the other side was an entire skeleton, with a sword, shield and two armored shoulders. He had already taken down two more Poes in just a short amount of time. Link pulled down the rotting wooden boards and opened a small chest, pulling out 5 fish-like spheres and putting them in a bag. I eyed them curiously.
"What exactly are those?", I asked. Link chuckled and gently shook the bag.
"These little babies are water bombs. As you could probably tell from the name, they work wet or dry! Pretty useful from time to time, but I do have to wonder why there would be some in a desert prison?", Link mused. I chuckled and shrugged.
"Well don't think to hard Professor. Just let it go and put 'em to good use.", I said to him. Link looked at me in annoyance.
"Okay seriously. Why do you keep saying that? I'm no doctor! Nor am I an alchemist or scientist or whatever!", Link huffed in annoyance. Navi giggled and played innocent.
"I wish I could tell you Link, but I have absolutely no clue as to what Austin and Midna keep talking about!", Navi told him as she shrugged. Link sighed and rolled his eyes.
"Well at least I know I'm not the only sane one here.", Link sighed. He walked over to the next chest and stopped as the skeleton began to tremble and come to life. Metal bars covered both of the doors, locking us inside of the room.
"Aw, come on! Why can't things just stay dead in this place! Those zombies were freaky enough!", I groaned. The skeleton stood and began to trudge towards Link. He pulled out his bow and arrows, and stuck a bomb on the end of an arrow, thus igniting the fuse. He aimed and released the arrow. The skeleton exploded and bone fragments flew all over. I looked around as the metal bars receded back up opening our path. Link walked over to the new door and pushed it open. He walked through and I quickly followed after him, not wanting to be left behind. We walked up the stairs and entered a room with a giant statue of a golden stone woman with a snake curled around her neck, baring its fangs menacingly. A single unlit torch stood in front of a row of five other torches. Between the torches and us laid a river of churning sand, easy for me to cross, but difficult if Link didn't hurry across.
"Hmm... Hey Midna? I have an idea of how I could cross this easily.", Link said to his shadow. Midna floated out of Link's shadow cautiously.
"Your ideas aren't always as good as they seem in your head you know.", Midna said warily. I chuckled and Link continued.
"Well, I was wondering if you and Austin would carry me over the sand? I mean, that is kind of a ways away for me to walk, I might sink!", Link explained dramatically. Midna narrowed her eyes and smirked.
"Then run instead of walking. Seriously Link. I carry you across one ravine so you don't fall to your death, and your start expecting me to carry you everywhere! I mean- Aw c'mon! Stop it with the lip and the beady eyes! It won't help your case!", Midna said while she wagged her finger at him. Navi chuckled as she watched the scene unfold. I looked at her next to me, her wings fluttering softly.
"It's kinda like a puppy being scolded by his owner, isn't it?", Navi mused. I shrugged and nodded.
"Or a girlfriend scolding her boyfriend. But I kinda feel sorry for him, when you girls wag those fingers at us, we feel really guilty. Even if we didn't do anything.", I said to her. She looked at Link and Midna and laughed loudly.
"Oh my gosh! They really do look like a couple! You can see how much they like each other! It's obvious, isn't it?", Navi asked looking at me. I smirked and nodded.
"That being so, it is now our duty to slowly push them together! They will realize their feelings for each other before the kingdom has been saved!", I whispered to Navi. She giggled and nodded. There was a pause as Midna continued to wag her finger at Link.
"Say Austin... Is it true what you said about the finger wagging thing?", Navi asked hiding a devious smile. I arched an eyebrow to her question.
"Sometimes, I suppose. Why do you ask?", I asked her in return. She fluttered in front of my face and started wagging her finger.
"Because it was very bad of you to yell at me when I was passed out! Shaking me doesn't help you now either!", Navi scolded as she wagged her finger. I pouted like a beaten puppy as I sank down on the ground and my ears fell a little. She looked at me and groaned. I looked at her sadly and she lightly kissed me on the cheek. She turned bright red and quickly fluttered into my hair.
"... You never mentioned that the girl might feel guilty while she wagged her finger...", She mumbled from my messy crop of hair. I blushed and smiled a little.
"I didn't know that might happen...", I fumbled over my words. Link looked at Midna in defeat, put up his hands, and sighed.
"Alright! You win! I'm sorry! Please, just stop wagging your finger! You don't know how strong the power that you wield is!", He said mock-cowering. Midna laughed and sighed.
"Thank you. Now feel free to jump as far as you can and then light this room up a bit more!", She said as if talking to an infant. I tried my best to contain my laughter, but failed and snorted in laughter. Link scowled at me and I shrugged. He shook his and and ran forward, leaping almost all the way to the next stone floor. Midna nodded in approval and sank back into his shadow. Link pulled out his lantern and lit the first one that was closest. He moved to the one on the far right, lighting it, before a shriek ripped throughout the room. Several of the miniscule skeletons with spears crawled out of the sand in the center of the room. The torches went out and Link traded his lantern for his sword and sheild. He readied for them and I formed a ball of magic. I made it larger and threw it at the crowd of skeletons. The ball exploded and took out the three in front. Link chuckled and swung his sword into the crowd, and dodged any of the jabs at him. He sheathed his sword and the bones sunk into the sand, outta sight, and outta mind.
"Well! Seeing as how they appeared when you lit this lantern, how about lighting the one on the other side?", I suggested. Link smiled sheepishly and rubbed the back of his head.
"Might as well! What's the worst that could happen?", He asked aloud. I smacked myself in the forehead and Navi giggled.
"Don't. Say. THAT. EVER. When you do, something worse is bound to come along. Especially in a dungeon full of Zombies, Mummies, Skeletons, Poes, and Flying Skulls, some of which are on fire!", I explained. Navi laughed hysterically at Links puzzled face, covered with the mustache and a monocle. Link pulled out the lantern and re-lit the first one, before lighting the one on the far right. He reached for his sword and shield, expecting more enemies, but was surprised when the entire room began to shake and the wall to left of him began to rise up, opening a new pathway.
"I find it amazing how you can light a torch and a giant stone door will rise up.", I said chuckling and walking behind Link as he lifted up a stone doorway leading into a cold, blue-lantern lit room. I looked around enjoying the cool air and paused. A single lantern was phasing in and out of the stone wall.
"Midna, if you would be so kind?", Link asked politely. Midna giggled and phased out of Link's shadow, crystal in hand.
"Why certainly my little wolfy!", She said as she put the crystal into his forehead. Navi giggled and Link transformed into a wolf. Midna sat on Link's back and he growled at the poe.
"Not too good at hiding, is it?", I asked Navi. She shook her head and watched as the poe split into four separate entity's. My jaw dropped as the poes circled around Link and stopped. The shrieked menacingly and raised their lantern's ready to swing. A single poe behind Link turned purple and swung. He was smacked down and the poes began to circle around him quickly once more. He watched them more carefully and looked around as they stopped. The one directly in front of him turned purple and Link pounced, making it fall to the ground and rear the tiny black orb out of its chest. Link pounced once more and ripped the orb out. The Poe hissed in pain and evaporated into a steam-like substance, leaving its cloak behind. Link smiled and barked what seemed to be a laugh.
"Alright! We got them all!", He cheered, his tail wagging excitedly. The poes lantern cracked and broke into pieces as the flame grew in size and passed through the wall toward it's residential towering torch. We all chuckled and headed to the stone door. Midna's ponytail turned into a giant hand as she lifted the giant stone door for us to pass. I looked at the giant hand in awe and Midna grew impatient.
"Oi! This thing is heavy! Do you want me to smack you with this hand? Now move!", She said in a testy voice. I chuckled and moved to the other side quickly. I floated down next to the door leading to the central room. Link jumped down and Midna pulled the crystal out of his forehead, turning him back into a human. He pulled out his clawshot and fired at the wire covered torch, and dropped down in front of me and Navi. I chuckled at his nimbleness.
'And Kenzy says I prance like a fairy? Pfft! She should've seen that right there!', I thought to myself. Navi looked at me curiously, fluttering around me.
"What's so funny?", Navi asked me. I froze at the realization of my stupidity. Navi was a fairy. If I explained to her what made me laugh then I might offend her. I began to get uneasy and tried to think of an excuse. Navi looked at me strangely.
"Are you okay? You look queasy.", Link said to me. I smiled at him and nodded.
"Yeah. I'll deal with it. Let's keep going.", I told him. Link shrugged and opened the door to the central room. The blue flame from before flew slowly to it's torch and lit it. The room groaned and rumbled as the giant metal bars receded upwards, opening the pathway forward. We moved forward into the darkness and up the stairs. We moved forward until light pierced the darkness. We stepped into a room with two flying blazing skulls fluttered around. Torches were lit all around up above, and a giant stone wall blocked a path to the next room. Link stepped forward and pulled out his sword, ready to take the Fire Bubbles down. I put a hand on Links shoulder and smirked at him. He chuckled and nodded. I formed a ball of magic and shot it at one of the skulls. The ball extinguished the flames, and made the skull crack. I looked at it nervously and jumped when I saw it spring up to life. I formed another ball of magic and shot it at the hopping skull, only to see that it missed.
"Damn it! Why didn't it get destroyed the first time around?", I swore in annoyance. Link patted me on the back.
"It's alright man. I'll take care of them.", He said pulling out his sword, as he walked towards the, now-flying and burning, skull. Midna giggled from behind me and I jumped in surprise.
"How?- When?- What just happened?", I asked her in confusion. She smirked and giggled some more.
"I'll admit, you surprised me when you were able to master flying so quickly. Hell, you even surprised me with forming magic energy so quickly! You've got talent, but that doesn't mean you'll never run out of magic! Even I have my limits.", Midna stated with a smile. I looked at Link plunging his sword into the skull on the ground, making it crack into two pieces, and back at Midna.
"I ran out of magic? That's why it didn't die?", I asked clarifying what she had said. Midna nodded from side to side.
"Eh, sort of. You wouldn't even be able to form a ball if you ran out of magic. I'd suggest letting your magic power replenish, unless you happen upon a magic potion.", Midna explained. Link sheathed his sword and approached us.
"Done! Looks like we're heading left, unless...", Link trailed off looking at Midna and I. I shrugged and floated to the left passageway, over a sinking pit of sand, and next to an ornate black chest. I opened the chest and pulled out a large black metal key. I wordlessly floated back over the pit and tossed it to Link. He chuckled and put the key in his pouch.
"Not what I had in mind exactly, but this works!", He chuckled. Midna sighed and smacked the back of his head in annoyance. I chuckled and floated over the center of the floor.
"Looks like a giant screwdriver is hidden somewhere up ahead.", I joked. Navi shrugged and laughed.
"You never know, there just might be one in this place.", Navi mused. I chuckled and followed Link as he opened the stone door straight ahead of us. Inside was a tall pillar that stopped just above the floor that Link stood on. I peered over the edge and noticed another flaming skull flying around. I looked beside me as Link peered over the edge as well.
"Quite a drop, huh? I bet you 5 rupees I'll make it.", Link said to me. I chuckled at him.
"I know you will, now go on. Take care of it. I'll sit back and conserve my magic power.", I said leaning back and swinging gently side to side in midair, as if laying in a hammock. Link chuckled and jumped down. Navi stepped down from the top of my hair and laid down on my chest. I popped my left eye open and looked at her. She sighed and stretched as she yawned.
"You know, this is a lot more cozy than your hair.", She said with a content sigh. I felt heat rise to my face as she curled up on my chest.
"It's a lot warmer too. I could fall asleep here...", She said slowly. I smiled and closed my eyes as I gently swayed from side to side. I felt like I was in heaven, such peace surrounding us. My smiled widened at the irony of feeling like I was in heaven in a place that some would've once called hell. I glanced down to Navi, and noticed that her usual shade of blue had been replaced with a pure white.
'Why is she pink? Is that what color she turns when she feels peaceful?', I wondered silently. I closed my eyes listened to the crackling of the torches and the snickers of Midna and Link.
'Wait. Snickering?', I popped my eyes open to find Link and Midna snickering at us. I turned bright red and scowled at them. Navi seemed to be totally asleep and unaware of her surroundings other than where she peacefully lay.
"Well, well, well. It seems we come across a pair of a rare breed of insect Link! They're known as the cuddle-bugs!", Midna teased with a smirk on her face. Link giggled quietly, and covered his mouth to keep from bursting out in laughter. I closed my eyes and stuck out my tongue childishly. Link stopped laughing and smiled.
"It's not polite to laugh at other people you know.", I whispered in embarrassment. Midna giggled and floated next to me, a strange smirk on her face.
"Aw c'mon! We're only having a little fun with you! Relax! Follow Navi's example, she looks plenty more relaxed than you!", Midna joked. I rolled my eyes.
"Yeah, and plenty more conscious.", I said in a sarcastic tone. Midna giggled and floated down as Link jumped back down. I waited till they were gone before picking Navi up off my chest and placing her in my messy crop of hair. I floated down to Link and Midna who stood smiling strangely at me. I felt heat rise to my face, but I ignored them to the best of my abilities.
"Am I correct in assuming that we're ready to move forward?", I asked in a fancy tone. Link nodded and I looked at the pillar and noticed that there were small grooves that twisted around it like a candy cane. He pushed a small stone slab that was connected to the pillar and the entire floor rumbled and fell down to the bottom of the stone shaft. Another locked door was revealed in a large opening in the wall. Link walked up to it and pulled out the matching key, smirking and showing it to me before putting it in the lock and twisting. The lock popped open and the chains fell to the ground with metallic clinks. Link lifted the door open to reveal a long corridor with quicksand in various spots, the heavy looking cieling being upheld by stone colums. I stared down the dim corridor suspiciously.
"This seems way too easy. There's gotta be a catch somewhere.", I said floating forward. In truth, I really didn't recall this part of the dungeon when I played it before. Then again, I didn't remember a lot of things even when I was in school. I floated forwards, and almost passed the first few pillars, when I noticed small square indents in the tile, in a straight line, leading from one colum to another. I floated down to the ground and stepped and inch closer, jumping back in surprise when giant spikes shot up from the square indents. Link laughed at my reaction and helped me back up.
"Kinda jumpy, aren't you?", Link joked. I chuckled blandly and nodded, still a little shaken from the surprise. Link helped me to my feet and I floated up from there. I floated up as high as I could go and surveyed the area. Little rat-like zombie ghosts scurried around mindlessly. I shuddered while looking at them and watched as Link went to the right and then forward. He staggered a bit and grunted as he stomped around. I smirked as I saw the dead rats jump onto him and cling to him, weighing him down.
"Link smash?", I mumbled jokingly to myself. Link groaned in annoyance as he looked at himself.
"What the hell is going on? I feel a whole lot heavier for some reason!", Link whined in frustration.* I chuckled as I floated down and patted Link on the back.
"There there Link. I'm sure you'll figure out a way to defeat this unseen force!", I said winking at him when I said 'unseen.' His eyes lit up and he smacked himself on the forehead.
"Oh for Nayru's sake! Why didn't I think of that before!", He said shaking his head. Midna giggled and put the crystal into his forehead, making him transform into a wolf. I backed up and Link growled fiercely before spinning around, shaking off all the mice. The mice curled up and dispersed into nothing. Link smiled and barked a thanks to me, before running forward, being cautious as he neared areas with the black indents. Nothing shot up. Link stepped ahead all the way to the wall at the end, only finding a row of skulls and a wall of iron spikes.
"This can't be right... What am I supposed to do?", Link asked aloud sniffing for clues. Midna sighed and shook her head in disappointment. I chuckled and floated above Link.
"Aw c'mon! You're just yanking my chain! Of course there's something else you can do!", I said with a smirk. Link looked at me oddly and looked around once more. His eyes widened and he whined.
"How the HELL did I miss that?", He asked hitting his head on the wall in embarrassment. Midna giggled at him and scratched him behind the ears. Link's leg began to kick uncontrollably, and his tongue stuck out in pleasure. Midna giggled once more and patted his head.
"There there wolfy. We all get a little air-headed from time to time!", Midna said happily. Link smiled and nodded, before grabbing the chain with his teeth. I cleared my throat and grabbed his attention.
"Maybe, you should explore another route, just in case something happens?", I suggested, knowing that so far, nothing to bad had happened. Link let go of the chain and nodded in agreement.
"Good idea, thanks!", Link said to me. I chuckled and waved a hand.
"Oh my! No need for an applause! I'm simply doing something to help out!", I said in a egotistic voice. Midna smirked.
"Good, cause we weren't going to anyway.", She countered. I looked at her with a mock hurt look on my face.
"Oh that's harsh. That really cut deep, right here.", I said pointing to my heart Midna laughed and I joined her. A small groan was heard from my hair, and Navi stuck her head out.
"... Wha?... Wha's goin on?", Navi mumbled half asleep. I smiled and pulled her out of my hair. She yawned and parted her hair sleepily.
"So... How long have I been out?", She asked rubbing her eyes. I thought for a moment and looked at her.
"Oh, about ten minutes. Not that long actually.", I said with a smile. Navi looked at me and yawned.
"I still say that your chest is more comfortable than your hair.", She said absent-mindedly. I blushed and Midna snickered quietly. Navi stretched her arms and fluttered back into my hair lazily. My face was feeling extremely hot and I assumed I was beet red. Midna burst out laughing and fell off of Links back. She rolled around on the ground, banging her fist into the ground.
"OH LORDS! HA HA HA HA HA HAAA! Your- HAHA! Your face! HA HAAAAA!", Midna laughed hysterically. I scowled and blushed brighter.
"Oh shut up and let's get moving.", I muttered. Midna snickered and nodded before mounting Links back. He turned around and walked back about a space and a half, before turning to his left and inspecting whether or not spikes would rise. Nothing happened. Link sniffed the indents and lept across the gap between the solid stone floors and sand. Link turned to his left and slowed to a crawl, and Midna began to freak out.
"Eww! Oh gods! I hate those damn rats! They're always biting at me!", She whined as she floated off of Link. As if on cue, Link spun around and flung the rats off, sending them to the 'next world.' I laughed at her and Midna punched me in the arm.
"It's not funny! Those things are absolutely disgusting!", Midna screeched angrily. I laughed harder and Midna just rolled her eyes and got back on Link. I floated ahead and noticed a strange mummified zombie clutching a sword, slowly rising from it's horizontal position. I shivered in fear and started to float away to the right, when an ear shattering shriek. I cringed in pain as I fell to the ground, paralyzed by some unknown force. The mummy raised the hunk of metal over its head and swung at me. I cringed, expecting death or agonizing pain, but nothing came. I looked up and saw Link standing in front of me straining to keep Midna steady as she held the blade with her giant hand.
"Move!", Link barked quickly. I stood up quickly and floated back out of the way. Link jumped out of the way and Midna let the swing fall down into the stone, making it crack and splinter. Link jumped onto the mummy and bit viciously at its throat until it dropped down to the ground, releasing its hold on the sword. Link panted heavily and looked to me.
"You two alright?", He asked looking in my direction. I nodded and Navi rolled off my head, shaken severley from what had almost unfolded. I picked her up carefully, and looked at her in concern.
"Are you alright? I didn't know you woke up.", I said softly. She looked at me and nodded slowly. I smiled softly and chuckled.
"Sorry I woke you up. Again.", I said to her. She laughed a little and shook her head.
"I should've gotten up before anyway. I need to stretch my wings.", Navi said patting my wrist. I smiled and she fluttered around next to me. Midna looked at me and shook her head.
"Just had to jump in front of its sword, didn't you?", Midna asked sarcastically. I chuckled at her.
"In my defense, that sword was very shiny. I suppose I should tell you that I like shiny things.", I said cracking a joke. Midna smirked slyly at me.
"Navi is the first example, second being that sword.", Midna pointed out cleverly. I blushed a deep shade of red and looked at her in embarrassment. Navi turned to a light pink as she fluttered behind my head. Midna smirked in triumph and I glared at her. Link shook his head in annoyance and started back around to the chain. I waited with Navi next to the stone wall that Link started to pull out of the way. I floated alongside Navi awkwardly as we entered the next area. She looked at me and smiled a little.
"So, you like shiny things?", She asked trying to break the tension. I blushed a bit and chuckled nervously.
"I, uh, ahem. I was trying to crack a joke...", I explained nervously. Navi's slight smile faded into an expression of disappointment. The wall started to move back in and I looked down at the ground, inwardly kicking myself.
'Smooth move man. Could you have sounded anymore like a douche-bag?', I thought scolding myself. Link charged in and slid to a halt. He looked behind himself as the door made a large boom, sealing us inside. Midna pulled the crystal out of his forehead and he transformed back into his normal self. He looked at the apparent discomfort between Navi and I, and sighed in frustration, before looking at Midna to fix the situation. Midna looked at Link in confusion.
"What?", She asked defencively. Link looked at her sternly and motioned to me and Navi. Midna looked over at the two of us and sighed.
"Oh fine. You win this time wolfy.", Midna said begrudgingly waving her fist at him. Link smiled appreciatively and watched as Midna draped her arm over my shoulder and made Navi flutter closer.
"Listen guys. Of course you like Navi, she's like your best friend, right?", Midna asked. I nodded and smiled a bit.
"Yeah, I mean, she's got a great personality and she's fun to be with.", I said with a small smile. Navi looked at me and smiled as I spoke. Midna chuckled and ruffled my hair.
"And Navi. In my personal opinion. You need to loosen up. It's like you're flying around with a twig in your butt.", Midna said, cracking a smile. Navi giggled and shrugged.
"I suppose I am a little uptight from time to time. A lots happened in such a short amount of time, so I'm still getting used to everything.", Navi explained. Midna nodded in understanding and pulled away.
"Now c'mon! Lets get this dungeon done with and get to the Mirror of Twilight!", Midna said motioning for us to follow. Navi and I looked at each other smiling, and nodded. We floated over to the next area, looking around for anything. Alongside a narrow corridor, were small grooves that looked like a gear went into. Strange spiked mechanisms traveled from side to side along the grooves.
"Watch yourself with these things, the cuts would be pretty nasty.", I called back to Link. I looked next to me and saw Navi staring at me, lost in her thoughts. I blushed a bit and snapped my fingers.
"Uh, Navi? You awake? You're still flying, so what's going on?", I asked waving my hand in front of her face. She snapped out of her daze and shook her head.
"Huh? What? Oh, sorry. I was just thinking about some things.", She said, blushing a bit and avoiding eye contact. I raised an eyebrow at the odd behavior and shrugged.
"Tell me about it sometime. I'm here if you want to talk.", I said to her with a friendly smile. She smiled and nodded.
"Yeah, me too.", She smiled and nodded fluttering forward, above the spinning spike machines. I looked down on the tiles and noticed tiny scurrying black bugs. An entire swarm of them, jumping up, trying to get on me.
"Eww...", I muttered. Navi giggled and flew next to Link.
"There's a small jump across some sand, but if you time it right, you'll be fine.", Navi said to him. Link looked at the small fairy with a frown.
"And if I don't?", He asked indicating how tired he really was. Navi chuckled and patted him on the head.
"Then I hope you got some bottles with red potions in them!", Navi chuckled. Link chuckled and nodded. He patted his small pouch, and it made a clinking noise. Navi nodded and fluttered back onto my hair. I chuckled and just sat in midair, watching Link time his movements carefully. He jumped across the sand and onto the next segment of tile, only to have a swarm of tiny cockroach-like insects jump onto him. They scurried all over his body, constantly moving and weighing him down. Link drew his sword and held it out to his side for two seconds. He swung in a circular rotation, flinging all the bugs off of him, dead from being cut and thrown off. Link moved forward and timed his movements once more, avoiding the spinners. He jumped across the sand and landed in front of us. I applauded him and smiled.
"Wonderful dismount! I say 10! What about you Navi?", I asked smirking. Navi giggled and put her fist against her chin.
"Hmm... I have to disagree. It was a bit sloppy, 8.5, at best.", She said giggling. Link looked at Navi in total disbeleif.
"Oh come on! That was at least a 9!", He complained. Navi feigned a frown.
"Never-mind, 7 for complaining.", She said smirking deviously. Link chuckled and hung his head.
"Aww man...", He moaned in a mock depressed voice. A jar across the sand on a small portion of tile jiggled around and a small head popped out of the red jar. Link tilted his head curiously and the head popped back into the jar. I floated next to Link as he jumped to the tile, or as close as he could manage. I peered at the jar and it wiggled around again, hitting me in the nose. I jumped in surprise and backed away. Link chuckled and lifted the jar, and gave it a good whack, making it crack. The jar exploded and out popped a yellow cucco, with a human-ish face. It shook its head and looked up at Link.
"Phew! Free at last! Gracious... You're the nice fellow who helped me out the other day! How nice to see you again!", She said politely. I eyed her suspiciously, still a little unnerved by a talking cucco with a human-ish face. Link smiled and nodded.
"It's nice to see you too!", Link replied in a happily surprised tone.
"Well, now that we've found each other again, let's stick together for a bit, hmm?", She suggested. Link nodded.
"Sure, sounds good!", He replied.
"I'll be right with you, so if you want to warp out, just let me know!", She said to him. Link chuckled and nodded, picking her up and putting her in Midna's arms.
"Mam'.", Midna greeted politely before warping the small cucco away. I jumped back in shock.
"What just happened?", I asked in a shaken voice. Link laughed and patted me on the shoulder.
"Relax, that was Occoco. She is nice enough to warp me out of any dungeon when I ask her to. In return she just wants to know what I've gotten in the dungeon. Pretty good trade, don't you think?", He asked me after explaining. I nodded in understanding.
"I suppose that is a pretty decent trade.", I said. Midna giggled and smirked.
"Is wittle Austin afwaid of the big, bad, Occoco?", Midna teased me. I rolled my eyes, unamused at her.
"Please! Give me some credit! I wasn't afraid! I was just, surprised is all...", I said mumbling the last part. Midna laughed, Link chuckled, and Navi giggled.
"Oi, that hurts...", I mumbled. Link laughed and sighed.
"Alright let's keep moving..", He said as he jumped to the tile across the sand and lifted the red door. I followed behind him and entered before he did. My expression turned to one of disbelief when I laid eyes on the giant logs covered in spikes, rotating around the circular room.
"What the hell did they do in this prison?", I asked disbelievingly. Link looked at the ground and pulled out his sword. A swarm of more cockroach-like insects approached. I noticed and floated above Link, waiting for him to use his spin attack.
"They probably used this thing to 'punish' the prisoners.", Link explained. I shuddered at the thoughts created by my over-active imagination. Link spun around, flinging the bugs off and cutting them into half. Link looked at the spikes and then at me. I nodded and floated over above the rotating logs of spikes. There was a metal gate way to the right, blocking entry to wherever it led. In front of me was another passage to a room littered with bones and skulls. I motioned for Link to move to the far side of the room. He nodded and timed his movements so as not to be impaled. He ran to the nook with the gate, waited a moment, then ran to my position, narrowly avoiding a rotating spiked log. He chuckled and walked ahead of me. I shrugged and followed him quietly. He walked forward past two skeletons with armor, swords and shields. They rumbled and stood up. Link noticed and pulled out his bow. He put a bomb on the end of an arrow and lit it. The two stalfos walked forward towards Link and exploded before reaching him.
"I hate those things...", He muttered before turning and spotting another crumpled heap of skeleton. I groaned and approached it slowly, his bow at the ready, an arrow with a bomb stuck through it, waiting to be lit. The skeleton rumbled and assembled itself. As soon as it did, Link lit the bomb and fired the arrow, blowing up the skeleton. The room rumbled, but nothing happened. Link looked around curiously, and spotted a door up out of our reach on a higher level of floor. He looked around for a staircase and met up with nothing. He sighed and I chuckled.
"Maybe we should go back, there was a gate back in the other room.", I suggested to him. He looked at me and shrugged, before he climbed up the ledge and back into the room with the rotating spiked logs. He looked to his left and smiled.
"Yeah! You were right! C'mon!", He said energetically. I smirked and followed him as he ran around the room, avoiding the spikes, to the newly opened pathway. I looked to the left in the passageway. There was a long corridor with sand flowing down it towards us. There were three wire net torches along the walls and below them were unstable looking stone blocks that shifted slightly in the flowing sand. I floated ahead and looked out for anything suspicious. An enormous amount of insects dug their way out of the sand and started towards me. I floated out of reach and went back to Link.
"I'd wait here for the bugs so you could get rid of them.", I suggested to Link. He nodded, drew his sword and shuddered.
"Those things are disgusting.", He muttered. Navi scoffed at his comment.
"Yeah, try dealing with them when they're your size!", She joked. Link and I chuckled. The first of the swarm arrived and jumped onto Link. I floated ahead and waited for Link at the end of the corridor. Link spun around, flinging and slicing the heavy insects. More jumped onto him and he held his sword out once more. He repeated the spinning process two or three more times, until all of the bugs were gone. He pulled out the Clawshot and aimed it at the first torch. He let it fly to it, and flew to it with the claw in hand. He landed on the stone block and it trembled. Slowly the sand began to consume it. Link jumped to another block, then another, and another, until he reached the edge.
"Damn, I wish I had a bit more running space so it would be easier to reach the edge.", Link muttered. I chuckled and waved my hand.
"Relax! If anyone can make that jump, it's you!", I said motivationally. Navi nodded.
"Even if you don't make it, Austin'll catch you before you fall!", She said positively. I looked at her in shock.
"Are you kidding me? How would I be able to hold him? He's all muscle!", I told her. She chuckled and nodded.
"That he is! Now you could use some fine toning!", She told me. I blushed and put my hands to my belly.
"I'm not that pudgy, am I?", I pouted. Navi giggled.
"Oh just be ready to catch him!", She said patting me on the head. I faced Link, ready to catch him and grimaced. It sure would hurt if he came crashing down onto me... Link ran forward and lept as far as he could. His feet connected with the edge, only to have it crumble beneath them. He slipped down, but caught himself on the edge with his arms.
"OI! A little help?", Link asked with a grunt. I rolled my eyes and helped pull him up.
"C'mon Link. Quite bein' a WUSSEH!", I teased. Link rolled his eyes and brushed himself off as he walked up the stairs, to the door on the right. He picked up a few pots and shook them next to his ear, listening for anything that might be inside them. He smiled after a shaking a large pot, reached inside it and pulled out a bundle of arrows.
"Wonderful luck! I needed some more arrows!", He said aloud. I looked at Navi and we both shrugged. Link raised the stone door above his head and allowed me and Navi entrance before he himself entered into a dark and cold foggy room. A metal gate slammed down, trapping us all inside. I groaned and looked ahead of us. A giant black sword was stuck in the ground, with a bunch of ropes tied from the ground to the hilt of the sword. Along the ropes were small square papers with strange characters written on them.
"Hmm... I don't think we're supposed to mess with that. But I also don't think that we'll be able to get out of here without messing with it.", Link stated matter of factly. I shuddered, and nodded.
"Unfortunately, I have to agree.", Navi said nervously. Link pulled out his sword and approached the ropes.
"Cross your fingers that I don't get hurt.", Link said to us. I nodded and gulped. Link put his sword against the rope and screamed out. Navi shrieked in horror and fluttered over to Link who started laughing hysterically. Navi looked at Link in complete rage.
"You! You!... You ASSHOLE! What the hell is with you guys thinking it's funny to scare me like that? That's not funny! It's!.. It's SICK!", Navi screamed as Link rolled on the ground laughing hysterically. I snickered and bit my lip to stop laughing. Navi glared at Link and then at me before looking at me accusingly. I put my arms up in defense and tried my best not to smile.
"I can honestly say, I didn't expect that to happen. He got me too!", I exclaimed accidentally laughing a bit. Midna sighed in annoyance and stayed in Link's shadow.
"Yeah, right.", Navi muttered in a non-believing voice. I sighed and shrugged.
"How was I supposed to know he'd do that? Honestly! I didn't tell him! He was by that cliff last time!", I explained trying to defend myself. Navi just rolled her eyes and sat on my head.
"Seriously! I had no idea tha-"
"Shut up and just cut the damn rope.", Navi grumbled testily. My ears lowered slightly and Link wiped his brow.
"Listen Navi. Don't be angry with Austin! I was the one who freaked you out! Not him! So at least take your anger out on me!", Link pleaded politely. Navi looked at him and groaned.
"Oh fine! Stop using the eyes already!... I've always had a soft spot for 'em....", She said, making the last part inaudible to Link. He smiled at Navi and raised his sword to the rope. With a swift chop, the rope cut in two. The runes on the sword began to glow red and the sword shifted in the stone. I swallowed nervously, realizing that playtime was over. Suddenly, all the ropes burst into flames, making Link jump backwards in surprise. The sword rumbled and pulled out of the stone as black smoke billowed from the crevice left behind. I stared in shock as the smoke collected and formed what seemed to be a demon with two long sharp horns, in a dark cloak. It hovered overhead and spun around before smashing the sword down in the ground next to Link. Midna floated out of Link's shadow and pushed the dark crystal into his forehead, forcing the transformation.
"Thanks Midna.", Link said before he jumped out of the way of another one of the ghostly demons swings. The apparition, now shining, stood still, gripping it's sword until it pulled it back up. It turned to Link and swung, missing as he jumped out of the way.
"NOW!", Link barked as he bit onto its neck, ripping and tearing away. It shook him off and roared in pain, gripping its throat as it turned solid and visible. It glared at Link and floated upwards, out of reach.
"Damn it! I can't reach him! Midna!", Link barked out. Midna nodded and started to pull out the dark crystal.
"Wait! I got this. I think this'll get his attention.", I said forming an orb of magic. Midna sighed and pushed the crystal back all the way into his forehead. The demonic swordsman moved back and forth before stopping and forming its own dark magic. I shot mine forward and it hit him, and shook him in a daze, making him lose his concentration on his own magic. I smirked at my success. My smile soon faded as he began to fly around us all quickly, circling closer and closer. He circled once more and slashed at me and Link. We both moved out of the way quickly and Link pounced on him, knocking him in a daze. His body went lax and link began to rip and tear at him. He snapped out of his daze before flying high once more. I formed another ball of energy and started breathing heavily. I was running out of time, and soon I'd just become dead weight. The ghostly swordsman stooped and formed his own magic. I released my orb and it shot towards the demon. The orb made contact and the demon kept forming it's magic.
"Damn it! It didn't work!", I swore. The demonic swordsman looked at me in amusement and made a grunting noise that sounded like a laugh. It shot a ball of purple smoke at me and I ducked out of the way....
Only to be hit by the second shot. I flew backwards into the wall and Navi fluttered in front of me, grabbing onto my face. Midna swore and pulled the crystal out of Link's forhead.
"Navi! Make sure he's okay!", Link said pulling out his bow and aiming it at the chuckling demon. I groaned and opened my eyes. Navi looked at me with worry.
"Hey, stay with me. C'mon, this is nothing! I'm sure you've been through a lot worse, right?", Navi said trying to get me up. I looked at her and smiled. My chuckle turned into a fit of coughing and I groaned as I stood up.
"That's a new experience...", I muttered as I braced myself against the wall. The swordsman was hit by one of Link's arrows and it flew around him, moving closer with each time it passed around the room. It swung and Link jumped out of the way, and parried, stunning it and making it go lax again.
"What's a new experience?", Navi asked softly. I smirked and gripped my side.
"Getting hit by dark magic...", I muttered as I pulled my hand up from my side. A dark liquid coated my fingers. I frowned and looked at my side, spotting a small gash from the magic. I chuckled and groaned in pain.
"Damn... I need some clothes...", I muttered before slumping against the wall unconscious. The last thing I saw was Link slashing the demon once more.
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Navi panicked as Austin fell down unconscious. All she could do was watch him and hope.
'He's strong enough to make it through this.... He's gotta be... This is nothing... Right?', She thought to herself. She turned around nervously and noticed that the swordsman had turned invisible. Midna pushed the crystal into Link's forehead with lightning speed and mounted him. Link dodged the oncoming slash of the sword as it impacted upon the stone, making a thunderous crack. The invisible swordsman stood still, obviously growing tired and losing strength. Link pounced onto it and ripped at its throat over and over. It screamed in pain and threw him off of it's throat. It growled and turned solid, floating high out of reach. Midna pulled the crystal out of Link's forehead and he pulled out a small bottle of red potion from his pouch.
"Go give some of this to Austin if he needs it!", Link told her as he tossed it to her. Midna giggled and nodded.
"We're just thinking the same things aren't we wolfy?", She asked as she flew over to Austin. Navi watched as Midna drew closer and as Link pulled out his bow.
"What's the damage?", Midna asked as she uncorked the bottle. Navi looked at Austin sadly.
"He's got a gash on his left side. He's passed out.", Navi said as she put her hand against his face. Austin stirred and groaned in pain. Midna shook him softly.
"Hey, c'mon kid. Wake up. Don't make me smack you around.", Midna said gently. Austin didn't respond. Midna sighed and set the bottle of potion down. She stretched her arm out and slapped Austin hard across the face.
He simply slumped over, still unconscious.
"Damn, and I thought that would work for sure...", Midna sighed. Navi looked at Midna disbelievingly.
"What the? Why did you just slap him?", Navi asked in frustration. Midna rolled her eyes and giggled.
"Fine, if you don't like my methods, then you wake him up!", Midna said sticking out her tongue childishly. The swordsman was hit by an arrow and began to fly around Link quickly, inching closer until it reached him and swung it's sword. Link jumped out of the way and quickly followed up by slashing across the swordsman's face. It squirmed in pain and it's body went lax. Link slashed at it relentlessly. Navi stuck her tongue out at Midna.
"F-Fine! I will! Just watch me! He'll be awake in no time! Y-you'll see!", Navi stuttered and blushed. Midna smirked and giggled.
"Well? Are you going to wake him up, or what? We should heal that wound up soon. It looks pretty nasty!", Midna said as she laid back in midair. Navi shook her head and looked at Austin nervously. She fluttered next to his ear and whispered in his ear. Austin squirmed slightly and slowly opened his eyes. Midna's jaw dropped as she watched Navi smile happily at Austin.
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I felt lonely, but not as if I were dreaming. Darkness surrounded me and cold embraced me. I felt like I was slipping away, until the cold was replaced by a comforting warmth. The void around me slowly lit up and I snapped to attention, struggling to open my eyes. The bliss of sleep had numbed my pain, but only while I was unconscious. Midna stared at me, clearly surprised. Navi smiled at me and giggled in relief. I strained a smile and laid my head back against the wall. Midna chuckled and shook her head.
"You're just a little rebel aren't you?", Midna said to me as she held up a bottle of red liquid. I chuckled and winced in pain.
"It's funny...", I mumbled, "I was never like this... until meeting you guys..."
Midna laughed and smirked.
"My bad. Link's bold stupidity must be rubbing off on you. Here, drink some of this. It'll fix you up for now.", She said holding up the bottle to my lips. I raised my arm weakly and grabbed the bottle, sipping it slowly. Midna took the bottle back and I seethed in pain. My wound slowly fused together and the gash stopped bleeding. I panted and stretched my arms.
"It's called bravery Midna... Link's got plenty of it... Maybe a little too much.", I mused as she helped me stand up. She smirked and Navi giggled. I looked at Navi and smiled.
"How did I wake up?... I thought I'd be out for at least an hour...", I asked the two. Midna smirked impishly.
"I'm not sure exactly. Navi just whispered something in your ear and you twitched and woke up!", She explained shrugging as she smiled. I raised an eyebrow and looked at Navi curiously. The swordsman floated above us and moved away, until it was struck by an arrow from Link. The howled and flew around Link, drawing closer until it attacked him.
"What'd you whisper to wake me up?", I asked her curiously. She giggled playfully and winked at me.
"Trade secret!", She said as she stuck the tip of her tongue out, " Does it really matter? It woke you up! That's what matters."
I shrugged and looked at link as he slashed at the beastly creature. He slashed one final time and the Demon dropped his giant sword and gripped his face in pain as he flailed around. He threw his arms to his side and roared with utter rage. The sound of his roar changed slowly to the sound of thousands of tiny insects buzzing around. He evaporated into thousands of tiny locusts that flew up through a hole in the ceiling. His sword exploded into smoke and disappeared. The room became brighter as the lanterns next to the exit lit and the metal gate blocking our exit rose back up. Across the room, another gate rose up, opening a new pathway. Link tiredly sheathed his sword and we approached him.
"Nice job Link! You did it! And, uh, sorry about getting in the way...", I muttered after patting him on the back. Link smiled and chuckled.
"Hey, no worries! You were just trying to help! And you did the first time around. It's not your fault that you ran out of magic!", Link said smiling. I smiled back and we moved to the newly opened passageway. Link started to limp a little on the leg that had been cut earlier by a small skeleton, and Midna took notice. She floated next to him and uncorked the red potion, pushing it in front of his face.
"C'mon mister. Drink this up and fix your leg.", Midna told him. Link shook his head and limped out of the way.
"Relax Midna! I'm fine! I don't need to drink that.", Link said with a chuckle. Midna floated in front of him and stared him down.
"You're going to drink this. Now do it.", She ordered with an heir of authority as she put the bottle to his lips. Link blushed and opened his mouth in embarrassment. Midna tilted the glass and Link started to drink the potion. Navi and I watched in amusement as Midna held the bottle to Link as a mother would a child.
"There! Good Wolfy!", MIdna said as she pat Link on the head. He winced as his leg healed itself and looked at the ground.
"I have arms you know...", He muttered as we passed under the small stone tunnel. Midna looked back at him and smirked.
"Oh I knew that. I just felt like embarrassing you a bit!", Midna giggled. Link scowled and blushed harder. The room we entered had a large gap in between the two levels of floor, a staircase leading up to a chest, but no staircase leading back up to where Link stood.
"Well, if I don't get any way to get across from that chest, I'm gonna need some help climbing back up.", Link said right before he jumped down of the ledge and in front of the staircase. We followed him as he walked up the stairs. A giant stone gear was mounted on the wall above the chest, the torches beside it giving off a golden glow. Link lifted the top of the chest and pulled out the Spinner. It looked like a large iron top. He set it down after examining it curiously, and reached back into the chest, pulling out an ancient looking piece of script. It seemed to be a letter.
'Dear reader,
You have proven yourself, and are deemed worthy to have this tool. Congratulations, you got the Spinner! This machine allows you to float in the air. Simply stand on top of it to move over sand and on wall rails. Press the large button to attack enemies with spin power.'
"Well congratulations Link! You've got fan-mail from some dead guy!", I said in an overly happy voice. Link rolled his eyes and chuckled.
"Yeah, that's more fan-mail than you'll ever get! So, nyeh!", Link joked and stuck out his tongue while crossing his eyes. I feigned a hurt look and clutched my chest.
"Oh! Oh geez! Oh, that hurt! Am I bleeding? Geez man! Watch how you use that sharp tongue, you'll kill somebody with that thing!", I said humorously. Link chuckled and Navi snickered.
"You mean like Midna?", She teased with a smirk. Midna blushed bright red and Link tilted his head in confusion. I roared with laughter and fell to the floor gripping my sides.
"SHUT UP!", Midna screamed at me angrily. I rolled on the floor and winced in pain, but continued to laugh.
"OH DEAR GODS! HAHAHAHAHAAAAA!", I laughed more and more until Midna kicked me in the sides in pure frustration. She whiped her head around and glared at Navi.
"YOU!", She roared as she pointed at Navi, "I WILL KILL YOU!"
Navi laughed and fluttered behind Link. Midna flew straight at Link. Link ducked and Navi followed Link.
"Oh RELAX! He didn't even understand! Right Link?", Navi said as she peeked out from behind Link's head. She ducked in fright as Midna fired a bolt of magic. Link flipped out and grabbed Midna's hand.
"Midna! For Farore's sake, stop it! You almost hit Navi! I don't get what she meant just then, but she's our friend!", Link scolded her angrily. Midna simply looked at Link in frustration and blushed. She was silent for a long while as her eyes watched the ground and Link continued to stare at her. Navi silently fluttered to me and sat on my hair. I had gotten up and was watching the scene seriously.
"... Yeah... Sorry... Let's just get going...", She muttered as Link let go. She was about to sink into his shadow before Link enveloped her in a hug. Midna floated there in surprise and blushed a bright scarlet. I widened my eyes in surprise at Link's act.
"Listen. You've seemed really stressed out ever since I met you. You just need to relax, and I think that this'll help out. It's always helped me feel less stressed out when I was a kid.", Link said soothingly to her. She let her eyes close as she began to hug back. She smiled and let a few tears slip out. Link noticed and held her tighter. I smiled softly and floated away from the touching scene.
"What? Why are you leaving? I wanted to watch more!", Navi whispered. I chuckled as we got out of earshot from the two and shook my head.
"Let them have this moment in private, it might help them get closer as a couple.", I said to Navi calmly. She scoffed.
"Yeah, well. She shot a bolt of magic at me!", Navi whined. I laughed and shhook my head.
"I'm not saying I agree with her actions, but you kinda pushed the line there a bit.", I said in amusement. Navi looked at me in amusement.
"A bit?", She said humorously. I laughed at her tone.
"Okay, fine. You crossed the line big time. Better?", I asked her. She nodded with a smile. Link rode the Spinner along the wall rail up over the stone and above us before detaching and landing about 15 feet away from us. Midna followed behind Link and floated down next to us.
"Listen Navi. I'm sorry for shooting a bolt of magic at you and everything. I went a little far, but if you do that sort of thing again, next time I won't miss.", Midna apologized. Navi gulped at her threat and nodded.
"Yeah, and I'm sorry that I went too far.", Navi replied. Midna smirked and chuckled.
"Oh don't worry my little winged friend, I'll have my revenge on you!", She said smirking as she bared a fang. Navi groaned and laughed. Link lifted the door and we passed through the doorway.
Navi: Oh dear! T_T
Midna: And next time around, it'll be a chainsaw! XD
Link: Jeez! Knock it off you two! I'm trying to watch Doctor Who!
Austin: You watch Doctor Who? Sweet! Shall we say it?
Link: Yes. Yes we shall.
Link and Austin: EXTERMINATE! XD
Midna and Navi: What nerds...
Me: Thanks for reading! Please take some time to review! You might just win a sip of red chu jelly! XD
