I have worked hard on this chapter... but it still doesn't feel right... but i'll post it anyway because my scedule is too full to re-do an entire chapter, but i'm sure you'll all enjoy it just the same. And, like i said, or i think i said, these chapters will still keep the same comedic element as chapters before it, but we'll also be delving into more darker and intriget levels of the story... so yeah, great. Without further adue and i'm sure you already skipped this part, lets get to the story.
For a wolf racing against an actually race horse, Trent was keeping neck and neck with Epona. Trent couldn't help but think it was because his passenger was much lighter then Epona's. "Wanna give up now?" Midna asked as she glanced over at Courtney, her small hands clenched tightly to the tuff of fur on Trent's back.
Courtney laughed friendly to Midna and urged Epona to gallop faster. "You wish," Courtney called back as Epona pulled ahead.
Midna smirked and looked down at Trent's wolf eyes. "Should we just..?" Trent nodded with a pant while still running.
Midna snickered to herself and pulled Trent to a stop. Courtney had already galloped too far ahead to notice they had stopped. Midna did a quick stretch and threw her hands in the air. "Next stop… the lake," Almost immediately, the two of their bodies turned pitch black and quickly broke apart into small rectangles little by little; each piece darting up into the sky.
Courtney confidently smirked as she kept her eyes locked on the distant fluttering orb in the distance. "How was a wolf going to beat a prize horse?" Courtney laughed to herself as she put on a cocky confident face.
It was short lived as she saw black "needles" zip above her and Beth. "…I'm not surprised…" Courtney sighed through a sincere smile.
Epona galloped onward after Beth and soon, arrived at their destination. Courtney slid off Epona's back and took a few steps forward. The "needles" of darkness had already plunged into the ground and formed the two that had been turned into them. Only now, Trent was in his human form when the darkness drained from him. Beth drifted ahead of them and broke into a giant smile when she looked out in front of her. "Lake Hylia," She told everyone.
The calm blue water that wavered slightly in the morning breeze seemed to welcome them heartedly. They saw that the whole area was pretty much enclosed in towering rock walls that seemed to be natural but also man made. "It's beautiful…" Trent declared softly.
The three other members of his team nodded in agreement. Before they could take another step into the Lake Hylia area, they heard the sound of rustling from behind them. Simultaneously, they slumped their shoulders and groaned. "What does it take to get rid of him?" Trent grumbled as he turned around.
Sure enough, Skull Kid was standing in the exit path with his arms crossed. "We meet again heroes, this time for the last time," Skull Kid laughed, but the team just narrowed their eyes and yawned mockingly; except Courtney.
"You know what?" Courtney started to say as she stepped forward in a huff towards Skull Kid.
She clamped her hands around each of his arms and lifted him off the ground. "I'm sick of you! At first you where some kind of threat. But now you're just… just…"
"A nuisance?" Beth guessed.
"A pest?" Trent guessed as well.
"An annoying little brat that we'd be better off throwing into a Cuckoo pit?" Midna added.
Courtney glared at Skull Kid as she still held him up off the ground. "How about all of the above…" Courtney hissed, forcing a fearful gulp from the small Skull Kid.
Courtney then looked to Midna with a mischievous smirk. "Midna… what's the worse place in this world?" Midna smirked devilishly at the question, while also putting Trent and Beth in the blank.
Midna drifted off the ground and met Courtney's look to the now shaking with a rattling swish Skull Kid. "I would have to say the inside of the Fire Temple… it's filled with flames, bats, flaming bats, lizards, flaming lizards, and flaming lizards wielding swords," Midna informed Courtney darkly, but still keeping a pleased smile.
Skull Kid quickly tried to squirm out of Courtney's hands, but to no avail. "Mind sending him there?" Midna nodded to Courtney's request.
Skull Kid, Trent, and Beth alike all became stiff at this harsh action. But before any of them could protest, Midna snapped her fingers and Skull Kid –screaming and howling like his other worldly counterpart- was turned to darkness and quickly broken apart as his body pieces darted towards Death Mountain. Both Beth and Trent looked at the two girls as they turned around with disbelieving bewilderment. "…That was harsh," Trent commented flatly.
"Oh please, he'll be fine. After all the other things he's been through, do you think that'll kill him? It'll at least give us a few hours of peace from him," Courtney retorted as she walked passed Trent and closer to the lake.
Midna drifted close behind her, but stopped next to Trent. "Hate it or not, the enemy is starting to catch up on us… And if we can slow them down, shouldn't we?" Midna reasoned with Trent.
Trent looked down at the ground for a second, but agreed with Midna. She rose the corner of her lip up and took Trent's hand. "Come on, let's free the next sage," She pulled Trent along with her to the nearby rope bridge.
Beth remained in place with her glassy wings fluttering, deep in thought. "Skull Kid… a creature that was driven to a rage filled attempt to take out an entire world because of disrespect and indifference… Tyler… a boy who took a lot of punishment and disrespect… I have a bad feeling about sending Skull Kid to the Fire Temple," Beth mused to herself as she hurried after the rest of her group.
Lake Hylia, much like any other place of resent, was at peace. The slight chirping of birds in the distant sounded throughout the enclosed lake area. The rope bridges that connected the main land and two small platforms swayed gently in the morning breeze, letting out small creaks as Trent and the others crossed it slowly. Trent had taken the lead and traveled considerably ahead of the others, leaving Midna and Courtney alone. The two of them remained eerily quite towards one another for a time, focusing on just walking the bridge. But, as Midna glanced over at Courtney through her impish yellow eyes, she felt she had to talk. "Um, so… you seem to handle yourself pretty well in a fight," She commented with a slight laugh.
Courtney's corner of the lip lifted up and stifled a giggle. "Someone has to around here. I mean Trent—" Courtney stopped herself, seeing Midna's smile had faded and she just looked flatly at her. "Yeah…" Courtney stroked her arm nervously while Midna narrowed her eyes.
"Tell me… What happens when this is all done?" Courtney blinked once; take back by Midna's question.
"What do you mean?"
"What happens when we get all the sages the Spirit Realm, and fix the world collapse thing?"
"…I guess we…" Courtney couldn't bring herself to say it as she took one look at Midna.
"Yeah… I thought as much," Midna sighed, but quickly slapped a smile on her face. "Then we'll have to make the most of us being together while we are, right?" Midna snickered with a nudge to Courtney's arm.
Courtney nudged her back with a welcoming grin. "Of course. But say, can you tell me something?" Midna tilted her head and nodded. "This 'Zelda' girl… was she just a princess?"
"Heh. If Zelda was just a princess, I wouldn't be standing here today… well floating here. It's a long story why and I rather not get into it—but the truth is… no, she was way more then a princess. She could fight like a fiend, risk her life so readily, and…" Midna checked Courtney and smirked. "I heard some things about her teaching Link a few things…" Courtney's mocha skin face flushed red and she looked away from Midna.
Midna let out a strong laugh and she held her sides. "Oh no, not that… although… naa. What I meant was that I heard –never saw- that Zelda could kick just as much butt as Link," Midna explained.
"How?"
"I don't really know actually… she didn't get a chance to show me before I went home," Midna told Courtney, a saddened look slowly crossing her pale-ish face.
"Home? But if you went home… why are you here?" Courtney questioned as politely as she could.
Suddenly, Beth fluttered between the two of them and looked at Midna. "And why don't you look—" Midna shot her hand out and pinched the little fairy's wings.
With a flick of her wrist, she tossed Beth up towards Trent and looked back at Courtney. "I'm here because… it's a long story,"
"And you don't want to tell me,"
"Not yet…" Midna clenched her tiny hands into fists but still gave Courtney a friendly smile and look of her one visible eye.
Courtney bowed her head in understanding and returned her look to Trent upfront. "…Do you like him?" Midna asked out of nowhere, startling Courtney.
"Huh? No, not at all, we're just—"
"Alright, I know where this is going… so let me change the question: what was his ex-girlfriend like?" Courtney calmed down slightly, seeing as this question wasn't so much as embarrassing, but was going to be hard to phrase.
"She was… smart, and… unique. I guess- if you ignore recent events- she's a pretty good person… she does make me laugh some times, I have to admit," Courtney admitted slowly, phrasing each word carefully.
"But… you hate her, isn't that right?"
"Hate is a strong word…" She replied with a nervous laugh.
"Strong… but right," Courtney slumped her shoulders and looked down at the ground she walked on.
"I said it so openly during the show… so why am I having second thoughts,"
"I won't ask what she did to you to make you hate her, or why it was so bad. But I will ask when will you forgive her if you ever will?" Midna asked on with a certain cool look to her eye.
Courtney looked at her and couldn't help but visualize Gwen talking to her instead of Midna. "…I think I have…" Courtney said under her breath.
"What was that?" Midna cupped her hand over her ear so she could hear her better.
"I said never… my pride is worth more then one friend," Courtney scoffed sarcastically.
They halted as they reached the first platform, Trent looking about the area curiously. "Do you see something?" Courtney asked Trent as she and Midna caught up behind him.
"No… and that's the problem. At the Cathedral, Skull Kid attacked us—"
"Attacked you, and did a pretty good job at beating you up," Courtney corrected him.
Trent ignored her interruption and just went on. "And at the Forest Temple a group of monsters were already there waiting for us. Then when we got to the Fire Temple—"
"Byrne attacked us before we could even get close…" Midna mused, starting to get the idea.
"Right. So then why is it that nothing's happening?" Trent asked the three other members of the party.
They all looked to Beth as she sat atop Trent's hat with a plain expression. "…What?"
"You're the one who's supposed to know everything," Courtney pointed out sharply.
"Well yeah, but if you haven't noticed, nothing is normal around here… not even for Hylian standards," Beth replied defensively.
Just then, they heard the distant sound of foot steps crossing the rope bridge ahead of them. They all quickly looked down its way to see a teal scantily clad clothed woman wearing a strange dip like hat on her head. Midna looked at her curiously while the other three groaned and looked up at the sky after they got a good look at her face. "Why?" The three of them asked the heavens above them.
The woman crossing the bridge smirked at their actions towards her approach and let out a low laugh. "You don't seem to be happy to see me? Or is it who I remind you of that you're not happy to see?" She asked in the painfully familiar voice of the most hated girl they all knew.
Trent's jaw dropped along with the others and he quickly unsheathed his sword and put his shield up. "What are you—"
"Save it hero… I know everything," She scoffed as she planted her feet onto the platform they where all standing on.
None of the others responded beyond preparing their weapons. She looked up at Beth and rolled her eyes as she pointed a fingerer at her. "You… Nerd Fairy… give them the details on me so we can start," She ordered Beth.
"Am I doomed to be bossed around by Heather in any world?" She cursed in her mind.
"Veran… the evil bi—Witch, evil witch…" Beth introduced the woman before them.
"Great, so you are good for something. But you're not worth much else other then that…" Beth growled at "Heather" from her words, but quickly hid under Trent's hat as she saw a devilish glint in Veran's eyes.
"Not that your not—oh wait, you're not threats," Veran laughed to herself, not even preparing herself for battle.
Trent arced his sword up for a readying strike, but Veran just rolled her eyes. "Already ready to cut me down? Guess I'm not surprised… Maybe that rashness and hate is why Gwen left you," Trent almost dropped his sword at the cold words Veran uttered.
Courtney, wide eyed and surprised, looked to Trent fearfully. "How..?"
"And maybe that's why you won't tell Midna the truth," The air seemed to be getting thicker for Courtney and Trent as they listened to Veran.
"Don't you dare," Courtney knocked an arrow and aimed it for Veran's head.
Veran patted her hand to her lips and let out a fake yawn. "I wasn't planning on telling her anything… but now she knows you two are hiding something from her," She gave a conniving as Trent looked over to Midna.
He mentally told himself to work it out later and faced Veran once more. "Are you just going to keep talking our ears off, or are you going to fight?" Trent challenged the sorceress.
"I see no reason to… you couldn't even bring yourself to take down Byrne… and he was holding back," Veran mocked them deeper.
"…He was holding back?" Courtney asked weakly.
"Guess he couldn't bring himself to use his full power on his girlfriend… oh, ex-girlfriend, almost forgot. He dumped you didn't he?" In a flash of white hate, Courtney aimed her bow and fired an arrow at Veran without thinking.
Veran smirked and tilted her head back. "Check," Veran thought as the arrow pierced her chest deeply and staggered her back.
Everyone looked to Courtney surprised and Trent furrowed his brows. "Courtney… I'm—" As Trent put down his sword, Courtney's eyes went wide.
"Trent, get down!" She screamed before lunging her body into Trent's, knocking him down.
As Trent hit the grassy knoll of the ground, he saw a wisp of purple smoke engulf Courtney. "What the—" Trent looked to where Veran was, but saw the only thing there was an arrow laying on the grass.
Trent's mind grew wild with thoughts, but was snapped back to the real world when he saw Courtney hit the floor. He quickly staggered to his feet and ran up to Courtney. "Court, are you alright?" He asked as he grabbed Courtney's hand.
Once Trent's hand touched Courtney's, he felt a cold chill creep up his spine. "I'm fine. Not so sure about Courtney though," His heart sank as he heard not just Courtney's voice, but Veran's voice leading it.
A looming purple aura trickled out of Courtney's back and framed her shape. Trent quickly jumped away from 'Courtney' and watched as he body lifted itself off the ground and levitated off the ground slightly. "I'll be honest. I thought you'd attack me first… But an attack is an attack," 'Veran' sighed darkly as she rested Courtney's cheek on her hand.
"What have you done!" Trent ordered for an answer.
"What are you stupid? I took over her body? Honestly, Goth Imp could probably tell that," Veran groaned from personal annoyance.
Midna drifted forward and joined Trent for battle. "Goth Imp? Good one…" Midna rolled her eyes and shook her head.
"Midna, how do we fight her without hurting Courtney?" Trent asked with a low whisper.
Midna leaned close to him in the air and gave him a serious look. "Don't worry… I have a plan," Midna turned his attention back to 'Courtney' as she stood in the air above them. "That was a nice move, taking over the body of a girl that no man can bring themselves to hurt … smart," Midna slowly made her way up to aerial level with 'Courtney'. "But… there's one problem with your plan," Midna stated, scratching under her chin in thought.
"What would that be?" 'Veran' asked, humoring the little imp.
Midna's "hair" stretched out and clenched its teal and black shading forming into a giant fist bigger then Courtney's body. "I am not a man!" She screamed firmly.
'Veran' raised an eye brow confused, but soon grew wide eyed as the giant 'fist' that Midna had cut through the air towards her. Unable to react or dodge, the 'fist' drilled into 'Courtney's' gut and sent her flying. Trent cringed at the sight, but couldn't look away. Midna quickly stretched her 'hair hand' out as far as it could go, grabbing 'Courtney' by her ankle. Letting out a battle cry, she flung 'Courtney' down into the water bed below, creating a large and loud crashing surge of water as the body disappeared under the water. Midna smirked to herself proudly and drifted down next to Trent. Trent turned to Midna and gave a chuckle. "Um, well… I hope that didn't hurt her as much as it looked like it did," Trent commented.
With a soft, cute laugh, Midna looked to Trent with her sharp playful eye. "I don't think something so small as me knocking her across a lake is going to hurt her- much less stop her," Midna told Trent as she smiled to herself.
"Then why did you hit her?"
"Just to show her that at least one of us won't pull any punches," Midna explained.
Suddenly, the water of the lake started to ripple all around, crashing waves violently against the two platforms on its lake face. The sky twirled dark clouds over head, blackening out the sun as the waves grew even more violent. Midna looked out towards where she previously threw 'Courtney'. "Looks like she's awake again," She stated, lighting starting to surge through the sky.
Out from the water she was thrown into, 'Courtney's' body slowly rose out and levitated high above the surging water. Her hair draped over her face from the water drenching it. She wore a scowl across her face that Trent could see even from the far distance; and feel it. "Nice hit, now it's my turn," Veran growled, holding a hand out in front of her.
From her hand, a light formed and created a rapier, to which she clenched the grip and laced her fingers through the guard. Trent whipped out his sword and shield with a scoff of confusion. "Since when could she make a sword out of nowhere?" Midna shrugged and whipped her long 'hair hand' out and picked up Courtney's dropped bow.
"Maybe Courtney has more powers then we first thought…" mused Midna.
Before they could converse anymore on it, 'Courtney' dived through the air at them, the point of the rapier aimed at Trent. The storm clouds above crackled thunderously as the rapier struck Trent's shield that he put up for protection. Taking his chance, Trent cocked his shield to the side, knocking the rapier and 'Courtney' off balance. Trent then swung his sword at Courtney and hit her side with the face of the Master Sword. Though not a cutting strike, the force of the attack knocked the wind out of 'Courtney' and she staggered back through the air with a grunt. "Was that supposed to hurt?" Veran scoffed as she held her side, pretending it didn't hurt.
Trent smirked and pointed his sword behind her. "Yes, but this will probably hurt more," 'Courtney's' head turned around to see Midna's giant "hand" holding Courtney's bow behind her.
"…Crap," Midna thrusted her hand down and with a loud thwack, crashed the bow on the top of 'Courtney's' head.
Once more, her body fell down into the water below and disappeared into the rough waters below. As she sank deeper into the lake, her head aching with pain, she inwardly grumbled. "I won't be beaten by some second rate dweebs! I'm better then Sulk Twerp, Burn-out, and Dorkious Link! I… am..!" Her eyes shot open and the water around her exploded with her immense energy surge. "VERAN!" She roared as she flew out of the water and looked at the platform Trent fought her on.
'Courtney's' eyes grew confused as she looked at the platform. Not a soul was there anymore. "Where did they go?" She growled, her voice growing angrier along with her vicious eyes flaring up.
"Hey Veran!" She heard a voice yell from above her.
She threw her gaze upward to see Midna's giant 'hand' holding Trent. "I believe the term for this… is check mate," Midna mocked as she flicked her giant glowing hand towards her, flinging Trent at her body.
Unable to react, Trent tackled 'Courtney' out of the air and slammed her back into the grassy platform below. Veran let out a loud blood curdling scream of hate as Trent pinned her arms down and panted. "Courtney, you've gotta' snap out of it," Trent pleaded as he looked 'Courtney' in the eyes.
Veran desperately attempted to break from his hold, but to no avail. Trent bit his bottom lip and gave a worried look. "Didn't want to do this, but…" Trent took one of his hands away from 'Courtney's' shoulders and balled it up into a fist.
The air crackled with thunder and flashed with the growing lightning. Trent swung with all his might and punched 'Courtney' across the face with a loud smacking sound ringing through the lake area. Suddenly, the waves stopped surging, the clouds unwind from the sky, and the morning sun glared down on the group. Courtney's head moved slightly and looked Trent in the eyes. "Trent… what are you doing on my chest?" She asked groggily, a slight stream of blood leaking from the corner of her mouth.
Trent got off her quickly and helped her to her feet. "I'm so sorry, but—" As Courtney got to her feet, she clenched her head and howled in pain.
Trent attempted to take a step forward to see if he could help, but was stopped when he saw Midna rush over to her through the air. "Veran… get out of her body!" Midna announced as her 'hand' formed up into a larger form then usual.
She clenched her giant 'hand' around Courtney's body, emanating a giant light from the cracks of her hand as her hold tightened. After a few moments, she took her hand away and revealed Courtney on the ground passed out, unharmed. While in the hand, she held Veran squirming for release. Trent cheered with laughter at Midna's success. "Wow, since when could you do that?" Trent asked Midna amazed.
"To be honest, I didn't think that would work twice… I was betting on it that time," Midna admitted as she recalled the last time she did something like that.
Courtney slowly opened her eyes and shakily got to her feet, holding a hand to her forehead in pain. "Grah… I feel like I just took a test I didn't study for…And that never happens, that's what losers that fail school do…" She compared as she staggered over to Trent.
Trent helped support her and they both looked up at Midna. Midna smirked down at the two of them and shook Veran about in her giant hand. "So, what should we do with her?" Midna asked, seeing as they where in a place of power for once.
Trent and Courtney looked at each other for a second, and then smirked deviously as well. "I say we—"
"I say you let the lady go," A voice from behind them uttered flatly.
They span around to see a giant suit of golden armor with a pointed helmet on was standing in the way of the rope bridge. Veran looked over to him in pain, but slowly smiled in relief. "O-Onox," Veran coughed as she looked down at the man.
The helmet of the man turned to look up at Veran and a laugh escaped the helmet. "Chica, are you well?" He asked in a joking tone.
Veran's smile faded and she turned her face away from him. Onox sighed and returned his look to Trent and Courtney. "What do you say? Won't you please let my 'friend' go?" He asked them directly, which made them confused.
"…Al?" Trent questioned as he searched the giant suit of armor's for some sort of face.
Onox's gauntlet hands clenched tightly and his body clang as he shuttered. "I don't know who this 'Al' is… but that name makes me want to hurt you," Onox growled, struggling to keep his calm voice.
"That's Alejandro alright… Too bad he's wearing that armor… he always had a great—forget that idea, forget that idea, he's evil," Courtney thought as she listened closely to his voice.
"I'll ask once more… will you release her?" Onox asked again, returning to his calmed voice.
"Not gonna' happen," Trent replied, pointing his drawn sword at Onox.
Onox looked at the sword then at Trent. Slowly, he let out a strong laugh and he shook his head. "Very well…" Onox started as he stiffened his laughter.
Just then, he shot out his hand and clenched its fingers around Trent's throat and lifted him off the ground. Trent dropped the Master Sword as he lost all his breath from the tight and quick grasp. Courtney and Midna did a quick motion towards Onox, but stopped as they saw him take out a dagger. "Move another inch and we'll see if he's any good at fighting without his eyes," Onox threatened.
The two girls gasped, but stayed in place. "Now, release the girl," Midna lowered her hand down and opened it wide so Veran could walk free.
Veran quickly took a place standing next to Onox, along with giving him a thankful smile and bow. "A pleasure doing business with you," Onox thanked as he dropped Trent from his grasp.
Trent gasped for air as he hit the floor. Onox and Veran both turned to leave as a dark warp way opened before them. Veran stepped through it and Onox looked behind himself at Courtney. "Volveré por ti mi princesa. Su amante de la mano del metal se alegrará de verte. Be A good girl now," He waved to them before stepping through the portal as well and disappeared.
The dark portal disappeared as well, leaving Trent and his party alone. "…Win?" Midna looked over to Trent and Courtney.
Trent looked up at her and shrugged. "Win. At its essence," Trent concluded.
"That reminds me…" Courtney spoke up, drawing their attention to her. "I owe Midna a punch in the gut, and a hit over her head. And I owe Trent a hit in the rib and a punch in the face!" Courtney shouted, bringing both their hearts to sink.
"Oh… you could see all that?" Midna laughed worriedly as she moved closer to Trent.
"See and feel," Courtney stroked her cheek with her silk glove hand, wiping her blood away.
Trent and Midna slumped their shoulders and looked down at the ground disappointed with themselves. Just then, Trent's hat lifted slightly and Beth fluttered out. "Umm, guys. Shouldn't we find the sage?" She inquired.
The group snapped back to their senses, all but Trent. "I'm never going to live down punching Courtney's beautiful face… even if she forgives me… Did I just say beautiful?" Trent thought to himself.
"…Yes…" he heard Midna's voice cross his mind in a hurt tone.
"Midna?" He called in his mind, but got no response.
He shrugged his shoulders and dismissed it as his imagination. "Alright, let's find that sage team," Trent instructed his team.
"Right,"
"Got it,"
"Whatever…" The three of them replied and went off to search the lake area.
Beth and Midna took to the sky and scanned the area carefully, but saw nothing. "Do you think the sage left the lake?" Beth asked Midna.
Her arms folded before her chest, Midna remained quite. "Midna?" Her yellow eye snapped in surprise and she turned to the little fairy.
"Sorry…"
"Is everything okay?" Beth asked with a concerned tone and look.
"Don't worry about me. I'm a big girl," Midna joked as she winked to Beth.
The fairy giggled and fluttered off to search other areas. Once she was gone, Midna's face turned saddened once more and she looked down at the water. "…Why do I care if he doesn't think of me as much as her? It's not worth it," She muttered to herself, a clear glint in the corner of her blurring eyes.
Trent heaved a hefty sigh and he looked out at the water. "Where is that sage…?" Trent asked sky, not knowing what else to do.
Courtney on the other hand, sat down next to a scarecrow placed near some crops and straitened her dress out. "The sage probably just left. I mean Owen wasn't at the temple, so maybe—"
"HRAAAAH!" A voice screeched from behind Courtney and the scarecrow that was just standing still a moment ago, leapt from its standard and onto Courtney.
With a frightened scream from Courtney, Trent whipped his sword out and charged at the scarecrow. Its head rose up and looked at Trent while still on top of Courtney's squirming body. "Oh oh, Trent! Hi! Nice to see you and Courtney come all the way out to Lake Hylia to find me!" The scarecrow laughed, skidding Trent to a halt and ending Courtney's struggling.
They both looked at each other, wondering if the other had the same idea. "Izzy?" They asked the scarecrow.
As if to answer the question, the scarecrow jumped off of Courtney and unmasked itself. Once the scarecrow mask dropped to the floor along with the rest of the outfit, it was as plain as the messy red hair flowing down her back, who it was. "Ta-dah!" She cheered as she showed her whole self to them.
For the most part, she looked normal except for her cloths being replaced with seaweed like substance and shells and other aquatic ordainments covering it. Not just that, but her forearms and forelegs had produced arching like fins of flesh out of them. "You guys look weird. But I guess I'm not one to talk, I mean look at me. Look at me," Izzy gestured to her whole body and at theirs.
"Beth, Midna! We found her!" Courtney called into the air. Beth soon fluttered down and approached Izzy happily.
Midna just drifted down and sank into Courtney's shadow wordlessly. "Izzy! You look cool," Beth commented with a laughing snort.
"Yeah, cool huh? But we can't just stay here talking, we have to get to the Spirit Realm and put me in place of the water sage," Izzy explained in her usual rushed and historical voice.
"How do you—" Trent attempted to ask, but was interrupted by the blinding white light as it engulfed Lake Hylia, warping them off to the Spirit World.
The smoldering heat of the Fire Temple scorched through the stone walls and red streams within the Temple. But unlike other times, the crazy flapping bats had stopped; the blood thirst lizards, where cowering; even the lava that flowed from room to room seemed to have stilled now. The only sound now that echoed through the molten Temple was the sound of cloth footsteps echoing towards the entrance of the temple. "They all treat me like a joke… I'm not a joke. I'm strong, I'm evil, I can kill… and I can get my revenge," The owner of the foot steps uttered darkly, drained off all feelings.
He stopped right at the exit and turned his head around, frightening all the creatures nearby to flinch and hide. "I can get it, because I'm a bad boy… I'm Skull Kid," The yellow eyes of the mask he wore flashed and the lava around him burst all about the room, scaring the monsters more and killing others.
Turned back around he let out a psychotic cackle and twitched his head about as he exited. "Good Skull Kid… Now just listen to me, and you'll have whatever you want," A soft voice whispered to Skull Kid as he exited the Temple, leaving many monsters cowering in fear even though he had left.
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The wheels keep turning round and round, where will it end? I hope you enjoyed this chapter as a precursor of what is yet to follow. Hope to see you next time.
See you in the big times
-Overlord-Flinx
What is Midna so upset about?
Why did Izzy know about the Spirit Realm and Lake Hylia?
Who was it that was talking to Skull Kid?
When will Courtney learn about her own abilities?
How is it no one respects Beth?
Some of this will be answered, some not... who knows? I know. And i may tell you if you REVIEW.
