Funny name for a town, Walse.
Chapter 9: Walse
Talon had taken Zelda and Tetra up to the summit. Zelda was now trying to find the Dragon Grass. The Wind drake was sitting there, watching her every movement.
"Over here!" she said with a smile.
Tetra frowned.
"Zelda, those thorns are poisonous! You'll kill yourself!" said Tetra.
"I love you too Tetra." said Zelda with a sarcastic edge to her voice.
She grabbed it, tearing her arm open in the process, and gave it to the Wind drake.
She fainted, and was dying. Tetra gave some to the Wind drake, which crowed and breathed a shower of silver particles onto Zelda. She got up, healthy as ever.
"Thanks, Hiryuu." she said, rubbing it's neck.
She, Talon, and Tetra got on it's back. Link stood still.
"Link, come on!"
"I can't." he said.
"Why not?"
"I'm kinda afraid of heights."
Zelda grabbed him by his collar and pulled him up.
"Hey!"
The Wind drake flew south, across the sea, until they saw a castle, a tower, and a town along the shore. They landed Hiryuu next to the castle.
"I need to tell you something." said Zelda.
"Go ahead." said Tetra.
"Well, there was a machine inside the Wind Shrine. This machine used the power of the crystal to aid us. A man named Barnes built it. He built two others for the Fire and Water Crystals. It might be what's happening to the crystals is that the machine's sucking their power away. We have to get King Walse to shut the machine down."
"Understood." said Link, looking green in the face.
They entered the castle. Guards barred the way to the throne.
"State your name and purpose!"
"I am Princess Zelda of the Kingdom of Tycoon! I seek an audience with King Walse regarding the Water Crystal." said Zelda.
The guards opened up to let them in.
Zelda approached the throne, where a man sat on the throne. He had blue robes and a golden crown.
"Well I'll be. Princess Zelda. This is unexpected. What do you want?" he asked, not unkindly.
"Sire, you need to shut the machine that the Water Crystal powers down."
The king looked like he was about to laugh.
"And why would I do such a thing?"
"Because that may be what caused the Wind Crystal to shatter."
"I did hear about that. Rest assured, that will never happen to our crystal. I have used it's power sparingly, unlike your grandfather and father did. The crystal wouldn't have even a crack on it. And further-"
The ground began shaking.
"What the devil?"
Up in the sky, three meteors fell from the sky and landed far away from each other. One at the Walse Tower, one near the town of Karnak, and one near a ruins.
Soldiers ran in.
"Sir! A crack has appeared in the Water Crystal! I think that the meteors caused it!"
"Meteors!? More of them!?"
"Three! One landed by the tower and two flew towards the Karnak and Ronka area!"
"Get some horses ready! I'm going to shut the machine down! That might help a little."
"Yes sir!"
They ran out.
King Walse looked at Zelda.
"I am sorry. I'm going to make sure this doesn't threaten our livelihood."
With that, he left.
"We need to get over there!" said Tetra.
They ran out and went to the town first to speak to the people.
Zelda was investigating Walse's use of the crystal. About three hours later, they saw a Garula, an elephant-like creature that was normally gentle, go on the rampage. Something had messed with it.
"Get to Hiryuu. We have to get there fast." said Zelda.
"Why?"
"He HAS been abusing the Water Crystal's power. It started way back when they had a famine a couple decades back. They decided to use it's power to help the crops grow and to bring fish in. They discovered it's uses, and they wouldn't stop using it."
They got to the tower and ran up to the top. The king was lying there, facedown. His front side was mauled by tusks. Garula tusks.
"Garula... it's gone crazy... Protect the Water Crystal..." mumbled the king before he died.
They ran up to the Crystal Room to find Garula trying to maul a man in unfamiliar armor.
"Sir Talon!" he shouted.
Garula seized it's chance and stabbed him with it's tusk.
Talon ran over to help him while Link, Zelda, and Tetra took care of Garula.
"Sorry... I couldn't stop it..." said the guard.
"Can you tell me who I am? Help me out! I've forgotten!" Talon shouted, but the man was dead.
He got up. Garula was unconscious, but cracks were spreading across the Water Crystal.
Then it shattered.
It's shards fell everywhere.
"Zelda! Get the shards! We've gotta get outta here!" shouted Tetra as the ground began shaking.
Zelda grabbed most of the shards in a hurry, but missed one.
She wasn't able to get it. They got out just as the small peninsula the tower was on sank.
Dun dun DUHHHHHHH!!! R&R