10: Skeldritch/Capbone

Skeldritch roared and launched a boulder at Gold. Gold squeezed the handle and a green sphere of light appeared and changed the sand in front of him into a wall. He walked around to the other side of the wall and saw the boulder. "What now?" he shouted to Link.

"Use sand walls to place the rock in the catapult," Link instructed, pointing to the hammer things with the orbs next to them. Gold used the sand wand to direct the boulder into the catapult.

"Now, distract it!" Link shouted. Lyra ran up to Skeldritch and hit it with the sword Anjean had given her. Skeldritch slowly rotated around.

"Out of the way!" Link shouted to Gold, who backed away from the catapult. Link pulled out a bow from behind him. He pulled back the string and let the arrow fly in a perfect arch, landing on the orb switch. The hammer hit the boulder, launching it at Skeldritch. The boulder collided with Skeldritch and exploded, destroying one of the blocks holding up Skeldritch, causing the boss to fall to the floor and roar at them.

"Great!" Link complimented them.

"C'mon guys! Let's do it again!" Gold shouted to Lyra and Link. They repeated that process four times before taking a break.

"Whew!" Lyra said. "Skeldritch is one hard enemy."

Gold looked at Skeldritch. "Warning!" he said. Lyra and Gold ran in opposite directions, confusing Skeldritch. It rotated as if on a swivel chair and aimed a Lyra. Its armor turned red and it shot many high velocity boulders at her. Gold made tons of sand walls and carefully placed a boulder in a catapult. "Now, Link!" he shouted.

Link equipped an arrow in his bow and fired at the orb. It lit up green on collision with the well-aimed arrow and shot the boulder at Skeldritch's unprotected spot. The cylinder holding up Skeldritch exploded along with the boulder and the skull without a body fell to the sand as it had been when the fight started. Its helmet flew off its skull and cracked into many pieces, revealing a large red gem on its head.

"Destroy the gem!" Link yelled as Skeldritch got up and started hopping around. Lyra swung her sword at Skeldritch, leading to no effect. Skeldritch bit Lyra's sword and tossed her a couple feet away.

Gold squeezed the Sand Wand and used sand walls to trap Skeldritch's skull. He lifted himself with a wall of sand and ran toward the humungous red gem. Gold drew his pool cue and slashed at the gem countless times.

Skeldritch hopped up and down, breaking the walls. It jumped toward Gold, but he rolled away and used the sand wand again to trap the Skull and elevate both him and Lyra. Gold and Lyra ran to the gem and smashed it with their weapons. Finally, they both drew back their swords and preformed spin attacks on the gem.

Skeldritch screeched so loud that all the glass and pots in the temple shattered. The skull fell down and exploded in a cloud of dark purple smoke. The bars on Link's prison dropped and he ran out to congratulate them.

Suddenly, all the sand around them started swirling and twisting and changing color. When the sand settled, there was a stone floor in the center of the arena and a staircase going down. A golden treasure chest appeared.

Link ran to it and opened it. He reached in and pulled something out that he lifted above is head, as if showing the whole world.

"What is that?" Gold asked, pointing to the heart-shaped object Link had retrieved from the chest.

Link put it in his bag. "It's called a heart container. It heals you no matter how much damage you've taken and raises the amount of damage you can take."

Lyra stared at it in wonder. Then she remembered her mission and reached into her bag. "Here, Link. Take this sword," she said sweetly.

Link took the sword and practiced some attacks. "Thanks, wait…what's your name?"

Lyra smiled. "I'm Lyra and he's Gold," she said, pointing to herself and Gold.

Link smiled. "And as you all know, I am Link."
Gold looked at Link and Lyra. "Well, what are you waiting for? Let's go down those stairs!"

The trio happily made their ways down the stairs. At the bottom, they jumped off a small drop and walked forward a couple steps. In this room, there were many pots, a golden chest, and an eye target. Link ran forward and opened the lid of the treasure chest and took out a magnificent bow. Gold thought it could have been made of pure gold.

Link turned to thank them. "Finally! I have the Bow of Light! Thank you so much!" Link reached into his collection and pulled out an Ancient Gold Coin. He handed it to Gold. Next, he took out a beautiful Lyre and gave it to Lyra. "These are just small tokens of my appreciation."

Gold and Lyra thanked Link for his generosity. Then, Link equipped the Bow of Light and pulled back the silver string. Light waves streamed into the simple arrow, transforming it into a gleaming Light Arrow. Link shot the eye on the other side of the gap and it turned orange. A bridge suddenly appeared out of nowhere along with a blue light.

Link walked across the newly formed bridge and turned to face them. "Thanks for everything, guys."

"No problem! ^^" Gold told Link.

Link smiled. "Well, I've got to leave now. Bye!"

"Bye, Link!" Lyra said.

"Yeah! Bye, Link!" Gold chimed in.

Link stepped into the blue light and teleported to the entrance of the temple. Lyra and Gold stepped toward the blue light and vanished into thin air.