sorry for so late of an update... been caught up in all the excitement as summer came 'round, so don't kill me... kay
-Chapter 11-
"Hey mom," Link said, throwing the door open.
"I already know" she replied before Link could say anything.
"You do?"
"Mmm-hmm" his mother replied
"Oh…" Link said, slightly downtrodden "and you're okay with it?"
"'Course I am. Not like I can stop you or anything. Besides, I think it would be good for you. You need a little adventure in your life, going out, fighting evil, and the running! Gotta love the running." she smiled a heartbroken smile.
"Eh?" Link raised his eyebrows
"Sorry… you need anything before you go?"
"No, I think I'm good. Just wanted to let you know." he headed back out the door. "That was easy." He told Sheik.
"Come on then, to Snow Peak" Sheik said "well actually, you're off to Snow Peak. I'm not coming."
"I thought you said you coming"
"Do you honestly need me?"
Link looked at Sheik, thinking about it for a second "well, I guess not…"
"Exactly" Sheik patted Link on the shoulder and grinned. Link smiled back.
"See you then!" Link said, waving before heading to the Ranch to get his horse.
"Bye!" Sheik called
"Come on girl, almost there!" Link said, looking at his map. He urged his horse on. LiteHart had started slowing down the closer they got to Snow Peak. "Come on… please" Link pleaded. But LiteHart had stopped and refused to go any farther. Link frowned and jumped off.
"On your head then. You can stay here, don't worry about me." She just whinnied, Link scowled at her and then trudged off into the snow.
Okay, Sheik had said the temple entrance was at the bottom of the mountain, Link thought, so where is it? After an annoying amount of time in the freezing cold he managed to find the entrance. Hoping that inside was warmer than outside, he rushed in.
The temple was carved out of the mountain, with millions of winding tunnels heading off in different directions.
"Holy cow" Link muttered, his voice echoing oddly in the main cavern "where to start?"
He investigated the main cavern for a bit, only to find a sign that read: you'll find you're prize where the light is brightest. But beware the darkest corners, for they will be your downfall.
Link got worried after reading this, but then discarded the thought. "What do I have to worry about?" he asked to thin air "I'm the only person who has been here in thousands of years." He grinned cockily and started down one of the tunnels. He didn't make it much farther than five feet before millions of bats just flew in from nowhere and attacked him. He disposed of then quickly "of course, there are bats in caves…" he muttered to himself "and there are likely to be more of them."
He continued, much more cautious than he had been before.
Sheik sat in the middle of Hyrule field, enjoying the unusual peace. He couldn't help but laugh as he thought of where Link probably was now, but then immediately felt sorry for doing so. Even though the image that came to mind was quite amusing. Link, being attacked by a bunch of bats, and screaming like a little girl.
Sheik felt even guiltier after thinking about it. Link was a great warrior, and a good friend. So why am I laughing at him? Sheik thought. He sighed, and admitted to himself because now that he's gone I'm bored, and there's honestly nothing else to do. He rethought about what he had just thought and then made a face when did I become so mean? He asked himself.
He pulled the book he had borrowed from the Library a while ago from his belt and flipped through it. He stopped on this one poem, which he had thought odd before and reread it.
A silent shadow sneaks through the silent temple
Defeating all the enemies in his path
He need not to face them
He can attack from just around the corner
Some call him cowardly
But he thinks himself smart
Sheik frowned. It wasn't that he didn't like free verse or anything, but the entire style of this poem was just odd. He shut the book, dismissing the entire poem, and stood up, sticking the book back in his belt.
Maybe I'll go see Zelda… he thought, heading towards the Castle.
Annoyed, Zelda nearly threw the book she was reading across the room. She moaned though instead, deciding it would be a better idea than destroying a really old book. She was officially sick and tired of being able to find nothing.
There was a knock on the door. "Come in!" Zelda called, trying to keep the anger out of her voice.
"What got you so mad?" Sheik asked, sticking his head in.
"You perfectly well know what" Zelda replied, glaring at him "there is now way Link is going to be able to do ANYTHING with only the Light Arrows, and there is NOTHING in any book in the dang Library! And it's the biggest library in Hyrule!"
"Sorry I asked" Sheik whispered, coming in and sitting down in a chair.
"You have any ideas?" Zelda asked him
"Why would I?"
"I don't know, I was just wondering if maybe the Sheikah knew anything and were keeping it quiet or something."
Sheik frowned at her "not that I know of, no…" Zelda sighed. Sheik's mind wandered back to the poem and his eyes lit up. "Hang on, maybe I do have something." He pulled out the book and flipped to the page and began to read:
"A silent shadow sneaks through the silent temple
Defeating all the enemies in his path
He need not to face them
He can attack from just around the corner
Some call him cowardly
But he thinks himself smart"
He stopped reading and looked up at Zelda, who was glaring at him more fiercely. "That does me no good!" she said "it doesn't even make sense, and how is that poetry anyways?"
"Free verse" Sheik replied "and no, it doesn't really make sense. But then I got to thinking, what if it's not supposed to be poetry, but a riddle?"
"Where are you going with this?"
"Let's see… the first part is: 'a silent shadow sneaks through the silent temple.' The shadow, could be say… one of the Shadow Folk, a Sheikah. And the Temple could be the Shadow Temple."
"Right, but so how does that help us?"
"I think that, maybe… it's describing a weapon with at least the next two phrases." Sheik continued
"What weapon fits the description though?" Zelda asked
"Well, what weapon can you defeat enemies with when you're around the corner?"
Zelda looked long and hard at the wall, as if it secretly held the answer she was looking for. "A boomerang…" she said after a moment, and then turned back to Sheik "so what you're trying to tell me is that there's a boomerang hidden in the depths of the Shadow Temple, and Link should go find that."
Sheik shrugged "best idea as any isn't it?"
Zelda nodded her head "Yeah, I guess it is."
There was a moment of silence between them before Sheik said "well, now that we're a step ahead of ourselves… do you think you could take a break?" upon seeing the confused look on Zelda's face he added "I mean, you've been researching for how long now? I think you deserve a nice break."
"Well yeah, I guess a break would be nice. Why are you bringing this up?"
"Well I thought, I don't know… we could go do something." Sheik said
"Kay" Zelda replied