Ok, I'm tired.
"She's safe, just like I promised. She's all set to marry Norrington, just like she promised. And you get to die for her, just like you promised. So we're all men of our word really... except for, of course, Elizabeth, who is in fact, a woman. " - Jack Sparrow, Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl
Chapter Ten
Lynn was growing accustomed to her new form, her pale green glow now more of a pink tint, which she preferred.
Flight was awkward in combat, she had to avoid the wooden creatures known as the Deku Scrubs, as their ability to fire projectiles from their round mouths put her at risk of losing a wing.
While she had lost her shield, she found that the now longer sword, while lighter, now required two hands to be used to its full ability. The sword dealt blows four times stronger than that of her regular attack, however the wide sweeping blows it delivered left her open to attack for at least a second or two.
The bow was imbued with magic, which allowed Lynn to utilise her newly found magical ability to good use. She discovered that fire magic worked particularly well in this dungeon, as most of the monsters here were wood-based, and would ignite easily, making her job easier.
Her wings were useful, however, in reaching places she couldn't have otherwise reached, though she could only stay airborne for a short time before she got tired and had to land.
There was, unfortunately, a slight problem with her new body. While her body would no longer remain damaged for very long due to the natural ability of a fairy to heal quickly, her clothing didn't offer much in the way of protection, so she received more damage as a result, and as she was currently stuck in this form, she couldn't change to her regular form which at least offered her some protection.
Another problem she found was that walking got to be a real struggle. Floating was easier, but she couldn't do it while fighting in case she damaged a wing, which Skye assured her would take a while to heal, so she had to land, take out the enemies, and then take flight again, which she found incredibly annoying, along with a certain feature she noticed when she reached a stream, which flowed with the crystal clear water of the fairy fountain, allowing her to see her reflection.
"Skye, why is my hair tinted pink?" she asked, unimpressed,
"Oh I thought you knew," Skye said quietly, "I quite like it,"
Lynn sighed, but moved on.
After encountering several locked doors (and finding a key which opened them, but broke after every one), they made it to a large, cavernous room. In the centre, was a spring, the source of the fairy fountain's power. A large creeper snaked it's way into the source, and seemed to be leaking something into the water, before it seemingly disappeared.
"The water seems fine, but the taint is still present within it, anybody who would drink this would suffer an agonising death..." Skye said sadly, "The Great Fairy must be using up her life force just to purify the water, we have to hurry,"
"So, what? Cut the vine and pull it from the spring?" Lynn asked,
"Definitely," Skye said determinedly, following Lynn as she made towards the vine. However, about halfway across the room, inevitably, something happen.
A huge head, similar to that of the Baba beast they had encountered earlier dropped from the ceiling, while two other, smaller, ones smashed through the walls, arranging themselves like fists in front of the larger one.
Lynn would have to think quickly here.
It soon became apparent that while big, the monster was not coordinated. It was clumsy, and the limited space meant that the bigger head would repeatedly stun itself, leaving it open to attack. However, Lynn was unable to get in to attack due to the smaller heads viciously defending it. She had to somehow take out the smaller Babas before attacking the big one.
Flying up to a ridge just out of reach of the attacking heads, she drew an arrow, ignited the tip, and sent it flying towards the smaller head. The head screeched, before waving about blindly, eventually smacking itself into a wall and stunning itself.
After repeating this with the other head, the big head stunned itself again, allowing Lynn to swoop in and attack its eye, before dropping back and repeating the process.
There were a couple of times when Lynn was almost swallowed, and she was not without injury as she delivered the killing blow to the huge beast.
The two smaller heads bumped into each other as the larger head delivered its death cry, green liquid pouring from its eye. It shrivelled, and exploded, the vine poisoning the spring disappearing with it.
"You did it!" Skye cried happily, as the water began to flow normally again, free of the taint the monster had put upon it,
"Well done, young hero," the Great Fairy's voice echoed throughout the cavernous hall, "Now, allow me to transport you back to my fountain..."
A blue, flowery portal opened beneath Lynn's feet. She had the distinct sensation she was being sucked through a tube, before everything went dark again.
Lynn and Skye found themselves back inside the fairy fountain. The room was now fully illuminated, the blue glow now completely filling the room. The crystals were opened fully, resembling a flower even more. Floating above the crystals was the great fairy.
Skye had been right, the woman was completely naked, though the more private parts were thankfully covered by the fairy's long hair, which was the same shade of blue as the crystal.
She smiled warmly as Lynn and Skye saw her, "Well done, Alynnedé, you proved your courage and ingenuity, and saved my fountain. The damage done here will take time to recuperate, however, you do deserve a reward. First, I shall return you to your normal state," she waved her hand, and Lynn felt her body shift, and, looking down, found herself back to normal, clothes and all. Any injury she had received had healed magically.
Lynn suddenly felt a burning sensation on her left wrist, and pulling off her gauntlet, she found a small mark, in the shape of the classic image of a fairy (an orb with four wings) burnt into her wrist,
The Great Fairy nodded, "Focussing your power into this mark will allow you to access that form again. My second gift is empowerment to your fairy companion," the Great Fairy once again waved her hand, and Skye's glow burned an intense green before turning white again, "I grant you access to my forest powers, do with them what you will. And as for my third gift, Alynnedé, I give you the bow and arrow, however, outside of your fairy form you will not have unlimited ammunition," a smile played on the lips of the fairy as the quiver, filled with arrows and an already strung (and impossible to snap) bow, "And with that, I leave you, live well," the Great Fairy sank into the fountain.
Leaving the cave, Lynn and Skye made their way back to Linebeck, who was trying in vain to make Epona move.
"Come on you daft horse, move it!" he grumbled, not noticing the two girls, until Lynn cleared her throat, "Ah! Miss Alynnedé, I didn't see you there, you were gone such a long time, I was merely trying to move the horse and carriage to one side of the path so as not to get in the way of anybody passing by,"
Lynn looked at him disbelievingly, "Right, well, get in, we're moving on," she nodded at Epona, who whinnied in her small victory over Linebeck.
Back on the move, Linebeck asked, "So, what was with all the hurrying off for?"
"Oh, Skye detected a fairy fountain in peril, we saved it," Lynn said,
When Linebeck pulled a face that told her he didn't believe her, she pulled out her wallet (which was essentially just a small bag with money in it), she said slyly, one eye on Linebeck as she turned to the fairy, "How many Rupees do you think we found in there Skye? Three, four hundred?"
Skye, catching on, bobbed up and down before replying, "I'd say closer to six hundred, Lynn,"
Linebeck, now that the conversation was on the subject of money, had been listening intently, before he realised he was being duped.
"Very funny, ha ha," he grumbled as the two girls exploded in a fit of giggles, as the carriage pulled by Epona trundled on through the forest.
Boss battle and Great Fairy reward. Also, a chance to see Linebeck being miserable.