Mana Battle
The Hero Trio entered the Forest Temple, and some were not impressed. "Boy, they sure need to pull the weeds in this place…and mow the carpet" Shin remarked at the over growth of trees and foliage everywhere. However, there was something interesting about it, it looked more like a manor or mansion than a temple dedicated to worshipping the forest spirits.
Sieg looked around, "Okay, I vote we do what we did out there and introduce something out of the "Apocalypse Now" book and burn this place to the ground" he said nonchalantly. Link and Shin looked at him with annoyance and disappointment; he knew what they were going to say. "I'm just saying we could, it is an option" he defended.
Elsewhere, Abigail looked through her crystal ball at the three. "Man, it's really not every day I get to see three cuties and they have to be here to get me…and not in the nice way" she sighed. "Oh well, maybe a potion or two can change their minds" she thought as she looked to her shelf of potions. "It'll take them awhile to clear the dungeons I prepared so…" she began until she heard something from the crystal ball. As she turned, she freaked.
"I can't believe you can pick locks Shin, that certainly makes things easier for us" Sieg said when he realized he wouldn't be in this temple very long with this newly revealed ability. It was taking some time, but Link sped things up by kicking down the door.
Abigail seeing all this could only think one thing, "Must rethink approach big time".
While looking through the temple Link tried to explain what needed to be done, "Okay, first we need to get to the temple's core altar, call the princess, and defend her". Simple enough. "I've got to admit though, thanks to your help Shin, we can get through this easily, normally it would take me hours of puzzle solving, fighting, and weapon finding but…oooo look at this" Link said as a room housed an interesting whip-like weapon that Link claimed for his own.
Sieg was busier looking at the temple's library and he came to interesting conclusions. "I'm sure you all noticed it as well" he asked aloud as Link tested his new weapon and Shin prepared to pick the lock of the door leading to the altar. They all looked at him, "This is not just a temple, it's a home" he said. He looked at a door and blasted it down; inside were children's toys and what seemed to be a room for a growing child.
Shin and Link were even more stunned, true this looked like a house but was there a child here? "Looks like it wasn't been used in a long time, guess the kid grew up" Shin deduced as he nearly picked the lock.
Link agreed as Sieg just angrily stared, "Yes, grew up into the witch that's annoying us" he explained but there was something else, something that was really bothering him. "I feel very dark mana, it's faint meaning the source of it hasn't been here in for a long time. But still, feels…nostalgic" he said as he appeared very angry.
As he finished, five Deku warriors entered the room. Shin instantly threw a knife behind him without looking and hit one of them in the head. "Even though I can still fight, do me a favor and allow me to continue working on this, okay guys" Shin asked as Link and Sieg prepared to defend him.
Link whipped out his new whip and let loose. As it would hit someone it would split creating more ends for the whip. Link must've had at least nine ends when he realized that was its limit. "Vine Whip huh, interesting" he said as he latched onto several chandeliers and sent them crashing down on the other Deku warriors coming after them. The Vine Whip was very effective against the large numbers.
Sieg was just sitting there reading more of the books trying to uncover what was so nostalgic about the mana there. Of course every time a Deku warrior got close he incinerated it causing many to stay away from him. Still his "Feuer" spell sent multiple fireballs to aid Link.
Abigail was at the altar apparently preparing something; she looked through her crystal ball and saw what they were doing. "Okay, that is it, now time to REALLY rethink approach" she said as she looked at the altar where she smiled. Behind it, the vines were moving, and they were big vines.
After all the Deku warriors fled, Shin unlocked the door and they continued through a hallway to the altar. As they traveled, they noticed ancient writing on the walls. Their God given abilities allowed them to translate the barely visible pictures covered in moss and deterioration. It talked of a dark time that happened long ago, but not much else was there to read. "Apparently there was seven of something" Shin said. "These "The Seven" are mentioned like every other hieroglyph" Shin ended as no more could be read. With that they entered the altar room.
Abigail looked down on them while floating on her broom. "Well, I bet you guys think you're so smart, but who would you feel about being showered in love potion?" she said as she used her magic to open large vats above them that held pink liquid. Shin instead threw up a piece of paper that had Xangese for "Wind" written on it into the air. A blast of wind them quickly blew all the love potion away from the heroes. Abigail just stared for two seconds, "Can't blame a girl for trying" she said as she rose and creature of stone up to aid her. "So you can destroy creatures of wood easily, how about a creature of stone?" she asked as she prepared to send it to her enemies.
Suddenly, as they prepared for a fight, Sieg just raised his hand and said "verlaufen" causing it to disperse into rocks again. Abigail was just stunned at this. "Your spells are weak, stronger than the average sorcerer of this country, but still…" Sieg said as he stepped on a magic seal he made and floated into the air in front of Abigail.
She was stunned but then she smiled, "I have not yet begun to fight, look below you!" she yelled pointing to the large pit behind the altar. Inside it was a very large Deku Baba monster! Its large mouth drooled waiting for a meal. "I control this thing and now I'll use it to…" she began as she raised her wand to make it rise up but…
Sieg instantly pulled out a metal stick and pointed it at Abigail, "züchten" he said as the rod grew and destroyed Abigail's wand. Abigail was on the verge of crying now, "Can't do much without that now can you?" he mockingly asked.
With tears in Abigail's eyes, she yelled out, "That was my mother's wand you jerk!" she then put her hands out fired a lightning bolt at Sieg. All, including Sieg were surprised she could do that. But Sieg caught the lightning mana and threw it aside. "I DON'T GET IT, WHY DOES NOTHING WORK!" the young girl yelled.
Sieg now had a different look on his face, more intrigued now. "How can you use magic without a wand, only Magi can do that" he explained.
Abigail looked at him, "My mother said my father was a Magi or something like that but I've never met him before…" she tried to get out but she was immediately cut off.
Sieg was appalled, "You are half a Magi and you demean yourself by working for another spellcaster that isn't a Magi! Don't you have any pride in yourself?" he yelled out. He unleashed more spells that she could barely avoid but they weren't meant to hurt, just sting and get his point across.
Abigail tried to defend herself, "Ganondorf wants to destroy this land and to do that he says he'll allow me to kill that princess! She accused my mother of killing hers, and she's got executed because of that. If he helps me get rid of that liar then I don't care!" she stated causing some. Little did she know that Link summoned Zelda just in time to hear that but Abigail was too focused to notice her. Abigail then summoned more mana and tried attacking Sieg.
Sieg simply held out both hands, "Spiegel!" he yelled which created a mirror shield that sent everything back at Abigail. Her clothes were becoming more and more torn and her stamina was giving out. "I notice that your hands are burning from the mana, your lack of training is evident" he said hoping to cool her down and deal with the giant monster plant.
This was almost too much for Abigail, "What would you people know, people who have been sheltered all their lives know about me and being alone?" she yelled giving insight to her life.
However, Sieg was not happy with that statement, "LOOK ME IN THE EYE AND SAY THAT!" he yelled as his yellow Rune Eye activated and seemingly everything around Abigail began to spin out of control.
When she realized what had happened, she found herself in a small room. "This must be the Sieg guy's memories" she deduced. However, she heard something in the next room. She went through the door since she was just in an illusion of memories and saw what appeared to be an eight year old Sieg before a man.
The young Sieg looked horrified, "This cannot be, you are the Scarlet Warlock master?" he said to the man looked to be in his late twenties, he had black pants, scarlet tunic and cloak, and black wavy hair. "You can't be master, you can't! Do you just use me to help you in your schemes?" the young Sieg kept screaming to the witch's confusion.
The man then spoke up, "Of course, what did you think I was doing? The only reason I took you in and made you my apprentice is because I knew what you would come to possess eventually" he said as Sieg's Rune Eye activated trying to attack his master. Abigail deduced that his master must have been evil. But as soon as he tried to hit him, his master disappeared and hit him in the back with a spell. "Illusionary magic has always been your weakness my apprentice" he said as a red mark appeared in his left eye much to Abigail and the memory of young Sieg's horror.
His master walked toward him, "You see, you possess the Rune Eye of Valor, but I possess the Rune Eye of Trickery" he explained. These are much too powerful to waste on you, I have the vision and power to use them properly" he said as his hand hovered ominously over young Sieg's right eye. Abigail was horrified by this memory. She even tried to do something but she couldn't since it was a memory.
Suddenly, the door was blasted down and a one-eyed elderly wizard came storming in. "über-falle!" he yelled causing multiple blue magic seals to surround Sieg's master but he jumped out of the way. "Zauber, how could you? Not only are you the Scarlet Warlock, but you dare try to rob your own apprentice that you raised the gift the Gods gave him!" Merlus screamed out. As the two battled Merlus and Zauber were forcing mana towards each other. "As expected of my old apprentice" he said. Just as Zauber activated his Rune Eye, Merlus's forehead glowed a light blue symbol that looked similar to Zauber and Sieg's Rune Eyes. "I have already called for the Krieger-Wache. You have nowhere to run" he explained
Zauber looked menacingly at his old master, "The Rune Eye of Creation, I always knew you had it, but I assumed I would have the Rune Eye of Valor by now so…" he began until he felt the young Sieg grab him.
"über-blitz!" he yelled electrifying Zauber until he shook him off and ran away. Merlus went to the young Sieg as he began sobbing that the one person he thought cared about actually was using him and worst of all, never cared about him.
Abigail couldn't believe what she was seeing; the next thing she saw was an image of her own house when she was little. "This is the night when I last saw mom! Is he looking into my memories?" she realized.
She then saw the memory of her mother coming to the young sleeping six year old version of herself. "Don't worry sweetheart, mommy is going to make everything all better with that mean queen" she said with a demented look on her face. Abigail never remembered this, but as she turned to her mother's image leaving she saw a dark figure at the door. He was shrouded in shadows but he had a red symbol glowing in his left eye.
Suddenly, everything went back to reality; Abigail tried to make sense out of what she saw, until she looked at Sieg. Sieg was filled with rage, he looked at her and then at Zelda with great sorrow. It was here that Abigail realized that Zelda was there and already released Ganondorf's hold on the temple. "It appears that both your mothers' deaths were done with the help of ZAUBER!" Sieg screamed out as his Rune Eye glowed brighter. His body then took a radical transformation; it was as if his body was pure lightning mana as it glowed a light yellow with lightning crackling around him. "Enough games, über-blitz!" he yelled electrifying Abigail to the point where most of her clothing became tattered and her broom was destroyed.
Abigail then fell down; she looked down at the giant Deku Baba coming to eat her. She figured it was a fitting way for her to go…until she felt someone grab her leg. Sieg had saved her, but the creature was still coming. He raised his hand in the air; "Oberst-Blitz!" he called out as Lightning bolts came crashing through the ceiling tearing the creature apart. He then gently came down with Abigail and gave her his coat to cover her nearly totally exposed body.
"That was awesome, three cheers for our magic guy! Dibs on the next one" Shin happily yelled as Sieg "powered down".
Zelda and Link deduced that this is what Rune Eye possessors transform into, "That was very similar to my transformation into Shiek and Ganondorf's transformation into Ganon" she stated. However Link was more interested in what Sieg was doing with Abigail.
Sieg took a piece of tapestry and used magic to form it into a new coat for him; he then looked at Abigail and Zelda. "Your mothers' deaths were orchestrated by my old master Zauber" he explained. "Now, you both have apologies to make to each other, and you witch have a choice" he began to the girls' shock. "You can either stay here and wait for Ganondorf to kill you, or you can walk and make things right between you and her" he said waiting for an answer.
After a few soul searching seconds, Abigail got up, "I'll walk, master" she said to Sieg much to everyone's surprise.
"Excellent, my apprentice" he answered.
