HIYA FOLKS!!! This chapter should be posted on Christmas but I got so hooked on the game Super Mario Galaxy (which I got on Christmas) that I lost my interest of writing stories. But now the chap is here, ya will know what's going to happen next, blablabla…
ENJOY!
Floor 3: Mid-boss
"Wow. I didn't know that there was a room in the branches... But its so dark in here" Melodie looked around and saw something on the ground but not very well.
"At least its less darker then in the other rooms" Link said.
"Brrr I hope there aren't more Kees'es in here"
"Hmmm..."
"Link... The ground... Its sparkling a bit... And moving"
"...Its water..." Navi told them.
"Water?"
"Hush! I hear something..." Melodie listened at the sound and tried to recognize it. " Do you hear it?" Link too was listening.
"It sounds like..."
"... Bubbling..."
"Bubbling?"
Suddenly they heard a sound like steam and they looked in front of them and saw two glowing eyes. Melodie and Link gulped and backed off. Again the sound of steam could be heard and the two glowing eyes disappeared. The lights turned on but not so bright as in the other rooms. It was just bright enough to see the same circles of land as they were in the other room from before. The room was exactly as the one from before except there isn't a cage or a path leading to another room. The threesome was puzzled for a while but Melodie quickly looked at her left at the end of the room to see a dorsal fin. She narrowed her eyes.
"I knew it! Link, there is something in the water! That cage from before! It held something in prison!!!"
Before they could turn in front of them a large wave has attacked them and they got all wet. In front of them at the end of the room where a chest supposed to be on the platform, a big frog-eel like thing was in the water staring angrily at them. The head looked like a frog and it had something round dangling over its head but the body is snake-like and slippery like an eel and had two very short front legs which it can barely use. The twosome grabbed their swords and stood in their fighting stance.
"That's a Aelpole!" Navi shouted.
The monster dove underwater. It disappeared and made no noise. The twosome hastily looked around them in the water, making sure that it wouldn't surprise them if it was near them. But it didn't appeared. The two kids looked at each other and nodded. They jumped to the circle of land and waited. The Aelpole appeared behind them. As soon the twosome turned to look at it, it dove back underwater. Melodie stepped closer to the edge and searched for it. The Aelpole appeared behind her with a growl which made her startle and she fell in the water with a small shout.
"You frea -blub- king..." She got underwater to see the Aelpole's tail. She waited until it swam away and she went back to the surface. Link helped her getting back on land as the Aelpole leaped out of the water. Link saw a sparkling rainbow orb on the Aelpole's tail.
"Link! I think its weak point is the tail!" Navi shouted again.
Link nodded and the twosome stood still. The Aelpole leaped out of the water again in front of Link which gave him the opportunity to attack the tail with a Horizontal Slash. The monster growled in pain and landed with a splash in the water, unconscious it turned around revealing his yellow ruff belly to the others.
"He's mine!" Melodie shouted as she jumped in the air towards the Aelpole planting her sword in the monster's stomach. The Aelpole growled again and quickly turned around and swam away. Melodie jumped off just in time and landed back on the small piece of land where Link is standing. "Where did he go now?" Melodie wondered.
"I don't know. He must be here somewhere. He can't disappear just like that... can he?" The twosome gulped at the same time. The water started bubble from slow to fast. The twosome gasped as steam came out of the water, making a warm fog in the room.
"-cough- Its too damp in here" Melodie coughed out. The light dimmed more and the room was almost dark.
"And warm" Link added. The sound of steam and hisses could be heard not far. Melodie whined silently as Link cringed. He then slowly turned around and looked in front of Melodie. The fog was pulling away as two eyes and the Aelpole itself revealed in front of her face. The Aelpole snorted and steam came out of the two holes in the middle of its face which supposed to be its nose.
Melodie got covered in its steam and the Aelpole snorted again before opening its big mouth with vicious teeth in it. Link gasped at the large mouth and the teeth in it. Melodie turned her head back in front and saw the large gap which she recognized as the mouth. Link pulled her back in time as the monster clamped his mouth back shut hoping he chomped her head off or at least one of her body parts. Melodie shivered a bit and the Aelpole swam back underwater.
"Link we have to kill it quickly or we won't make it out alive!" Navi said as Link growled.
"I know but with the damp... And the monster doesn't shows his tail anymore -growls again- What can we do?" The threesome heard a loud splash.
"What was that?" Navi asked a bit scared.
"That Aelpole jumped out of the water" Melodie said.
"But where? It was so loud that the walls reflect the sound and makes a thousand splashes"
"If you listen carefully you can make out where the loud splash comes from" Navi told a helpful advice. The twosome kept quiet and listened very good to make out the difference of the other fake splashes.
"Behind us!"
The threesome looked behind them and saw a glowing orb. Link, who is very quick, jumped land from land and until her was near the Aelpole and attacked its tail. The Aelpole growled hard and the dampness disappeared. Link jumped in the air and did a Sword Plant in the monster's stomach. The Aelpole growled out of pain and turned around to dive underwater. Link, who was surprised of the sudden movement of the Aelpole, fell in the water. The monster swam not far and turned around to bash into Link. Link gasped and swam for the circle of land. He climbed on it and the monster missed its prey. He was breathing very hard and fast.
"Link! Are you alright!?" Melodie asked very worried.
"Yeah I'm alright... Hey what's wrong?"
"I'm sorry I didn't help you"
"Its alright but keep this for later. We need to concentrate to finish the Aelpole" Melodie nodded.
"Link, its the final blow now" She winked as it made him smile. The Aelpole leaped out of the water near Melodie again and she slashed under him. The Aelpole growled and fell on the piece of land in front of Meldie. This time it wasn't lying on its back. Quickly link leaped back to Melodie's side. They saw that the round thing that was dangling over its head was actually his third eye.
"HYAAAH!!!" The twosome screamed as they jumped in the air and slashed the monster's eye in two.
The Aelpole screamed loudly and jumped in the water. It swam away quickly but soon slowed down as the energy drained out of him and mixed up with the water. A black liquid came out of the Aelpole and spread throughout the water. The monster stopped moving but its front legs twitched a bit before it became black and exploded in a black fog. Light slowly came back as the room became visible. the water got clean again and a chest appeared where it was mentioned to be. The twosome cheered and high-fived, which was a bit weird to them because they never high-five'd. They don't even know what high-five so they just shrugged and leaped from land to land to the platform where the chest is.
"Wow. Quite large for a chest" Melodie looked at the chest. It was very large that you needed two persons to open it.
"The larger it is the better" Link told her. He and Melodie put their hands on the chest and pushed it open. A brand new weapon was revealed.
"A Solid Boomerang!" Navi shouted disbelieved.
"Cool" Melodie looked happily at the boomerang as Link was quite curious about the Solid Boomerang.
"It has more effect then a normal boomerang and it has a wide range too" Navi explained.
"So I can throw it farther?"
"Yup. Or shorter if you want to. The boomerang just do want you want. Oh and it can ignite fire if you hit it on something solid. Like Melodie's boomerang. If both of your boomerangs hit each others it can ignite a fire"
"Does it serves breakfast too?" Melodie asked her.
"... No..." Link laughed as Melodie just giggled instead of laughing.
"Hey! That makes me think. We can now destroy the Vineswipers and light up our way in the dark corridor!" Melodie winked at him and hid the Solid Boomerang in one of her pockets
"Oooh yes! That's great! I will get my revenge now" Link grinned and hid his as well. They all got out of the room and headed for the vines. "I'm glad that the one we destroyed didn't appear back" He said relieved.
Navi flew up at a Vineswipe and Melodie took out her new weapon. She aimed carefully and threw the boomerang which hit the wall instead of the Vineswipe. The boomerang came back to her hand and she tried again. This time she hit the Vineswipe. It fell and disappeared in a purple smoke. Navi flew to another one not far from the destroyed one. Link took out his boomerang, aimed, threw it and hit the enemy and killed it instantly.
"Say Link... What should we do now? Continue up or going back down to go through that dark corridor?"
"... I don't know... I often have choices like that but... I don't want to go through that other room anymore. You know, the one with the cage"
"You're scared that another Aelpole might appear"
"No not that but I just don't want to"
"Yeah well, you know what? I don't wanna go through there either" Link smiled which changed into a grin. Melodie grinned back. "Don't grin" She joked.
"Its not that I'm scared but..."
"I understand Link. You're just too lazy"
"Hey what?"
"Joking, joking"
"I say we better continue up and try to find an elevator of some sort to bring us down and back up instead of climbing all those stairs" Navi suggested flying around the twosome. The twosome nodded and climbed up the vines and went to their left to get to the other side of the platform. Further up on the path was a dead end.
"Okay, what now?" Melodie asked.
"Look. Up there" Link pointed at a standing bridge which was tied up on a branch.
"I don't think they want us to go farther... Let's use our boomerangs to cut the ropes" Melodie said bringing out her Solid Boomerang. Link nodded and took out his. They threw their boomerang and cut the rope and the bridge fell down. Their boomerang came back and they pocketed them. They walked over but as soon they got on the other side the bridge made a loud rusty noise and broke off and fell down on the ground rearing up allot of dust.
"Whoa. That was a very old bridge... I wonder who how long it has been here?" Link wondered.
"Hmm. Well a bridge stays long with years but there is no one to take care of it, like oiling and so on... And the Taratoki's are birds that only steals so let stand that they can take care of it"
"Yeah you're probably right... There is a problem though"
"What?"
"How will we ever get back down?" Melodie looked down and saw how high they were already. She gulped as she didn't have a solution.
"We should have come here later… Well we have no choice than continuing up and hoping there is a device that can bring us back down..." Melodie looked up around the room. The only thing she saw are the Taratoki's that are flying around near the ceiling but she began to doubt if those are the Taratoki's. The twosome continued up the path as Link looked on the map.
Floor 4: The use of the Silver Boomerang
"There should be another room nearby..."
"You mean that room?" Navi said as she flew over to a large doorway which leads them to a very long room. The edge was colored black with golden lines curved up. The twosome entered the room.
"Man, looks like a dinner room!" Melodie said surprised.
"Why would the Taratoki's have plates, forks, knifes, goblets and fancy things which they don't use?! Look! Its even put neatly on the table. Are there people in here? I don't think that the Taratoki's can eat with forks let stand drinking from goblets..." Said Navi.
Melodie looked around and stopped in front of a large wardrobe with orange flowers in a blue vase on top of it and a portrait on the wall. The further they look in the room, the same things they see.
"Link, don't you find it weird that there is allot of dust on the services but the flowers are alive while there is no one to take care of it?" Melodie asked showing him the flowers.
"This is very odd…"
"Look guys! There is another doorway at the end of the room on the same wall we came in!" Navi shouted. "Guys?" Navi looked back to see the twosome staring at the painting on the wall and walking to the other side of the room, looking at the two large tables and all.
"This room feels..." Link didn't finished his sentence.
"Link this room gives me the creeps. Lets go!" Melodie shouted. Link nodded and they walked to the exit but a gate fell down and enclosed them in the room. They looked back and Navi flew to the other doorway only to find it was closed too. Suddenly the light went off.
"Great. Total darkness. AGAIN!!!" Melodie said with a touch of sarcasm in her voice.
"-Squeak-"
"What was that?" Navi asked giving them a bit light.
"I don't know... But let's use our boomerangs" Link and Melodie took out their boomerangs, though they can't see where they are standing they threw their boomerangs in hope that they touch each other and ignite a fire. A short grinding sound is heard and sparkles flew around and lit a few candles that is on the table.
"Yes!" They both shouted in happiness as their boomerangs came back.
"-Squeak-"
"Okay who's squeaking here? Its not funny" Melodie asked when she was near a lit up candle with Link.
"Well its not me and Navi only makes a bell sound and not squeaking... Its not you either 'cause you're the one who's asking..."
"RATS!!!" Navi yelled making her bell sound at the same time.
"Eww rats!" Melodie said disgusted. She threw her boomerang at the source of the squeaking and a rat screeched. "Yes! I got one!" She looked at the ground and saw a rat near her boot. She kicked it and it ran away. "Stupid thing" She said, making Link laugh. More squeaking was heard. Link too threw his boomerang and a few rats disappeared in a purple smoke.
"Its too dark in here. Let's light up some more candles" Link said. Melodie nodded and both threw their boomerangs in the same direction; over the tables.
The boomerangs are flying right beside each other and sparkles flew around, lighting up the rest of the candles and brightening up the room. They saw a few rats but soon a few became allot and more came until the room was crowded. Link gasped. He never saw rats together like that. Their boomerangs came back and as soon Melodie got hers she threw it back away to the rats and hit some. The rats came closer to them and they took out their swords and slashed at them. Some of them jumped on Link or Melodie. They grabbed it and threw it against a wall and made them disappear. They went on like this until all rats were dstroyed. After defeating them a large brown chest appeared in the middle of the table. Melodie climbed on the table and ran to the chest. She opened the chest and revealed...
"A compass!" She shouted showing it off at Link.
"Great! That will make things easier!" Link said. Melodie jumped and off and the twosome walked through the now open 'gateway' and along the path that led them higher in the fortress. Again the twosome looked down.
floor 5: Upon thy fog
"We are pretty high now héhé..."
"Yeah... I wonder how many floors there are" Link said and took out the map and looked at it.
"Well? How many?" Link frowned as he looked at the map.
"Euh..."
"Let me see that!" Melodie looked over his shoulder and peeked at the map. Her eyes widened. "20 FLOORS?!?" She shouted. "OH MY GOD!!! How can we go through all of the 20 floors???"
"Wait, Melodie... there is dust on the map" Link wiped off the dust and revealed something else. "Whew. Its not 20 but 13" He said.
"Yeah so? Its still much"
"At least 7 floor less" Navi said.
"Thanks for trying to reassuring me Navi" Melodie said with a touch of annoyance.
"Aaaah come on Melodie. We're already on the 5th floor. Only 6 to go" Link winked and nudged her. Melodie smiled.
"Sorry that I acted annoyed at you Navi"
"Oh that's no problem Melodie. I accept your apology"
"Beside, Navi is the one who is annoying... sometimes" Link whispered to Melodie and she giggled.
"Hey!" Navi jingled angry.
"I'm just joking Navi, just joking. Why would I find you annoying?"
"... I have no idea" They laughed.
"Yeah well you know I-- AAAH!!!" Melodie screamed when something hit her hard and she fell of the path.
"Melodie!!!" Link panicked and leaned on the edge to see her hanging. "Grab my hand!" He reached out his hand and Melodie tried to grab his hand.
"Link! Look out!" Navi shouted and jingled at the same time. Link quickly looked beside him and something fast tried to hit him but Link quickly lied down and looked at the fast flying thing. The thing turned around revealing itself as a Blue Bubble.
"Again a Bubble!?" Link growled.
"Watch it Link! This one can jinx you and is very fast than the normal Blue ones" Navi said.
"Thanks for the advice Navi, I already knew a blue one could jinx me but first thing first, I have to pull Melodie back up here" As soon Link turned his attention back to Melodie the Blue Bubble attacked. Link unsheathed his sword and shield and defended himself, making the Bubble bounce right off his shield and lose its fire and bounced on the ground. Link slashed it in a combo attack and it vanished. He quickly turned around and grabbed Melodie's hand and pulled her back up.
"Whew, that was tight" Melodie said relieved, wiping off the sweat on her forehead.
"Yeah tell me. Where did that thing appeared from Navi?" Link asked her. Melodie frowned.
"Umm Link..." Melodie pointed to a very wide and large path just above a small hill. A big platform was filled with skeleton heads lined up beside the path.
"Wow. Scary" Link said and stood up from the ground with Melodie. The threesome continued up on the path and a fog appeared from nowhere.
"Ack! No! Don't tell me there is a ground Aelpole!"
"No there isn't! But a group of Blue Bubbles!!!" Navi panicked. The skeleton heads that were lined up beside the path got black wings and flew around in front of them. The twosome unsheathed their swords and continued up the path and destroyed a few Blue Bubble's. As soon they walked deeper in the fog the sight of the flying skulls disappeared as the fog became thicker and thicker with each step they set.
"I can't see a thing" Link said narrowing his eyes trying to see something.
"With this state we will fall prey to the Blue Bubbles!" Melodie said. A sound of flapping passed behind them from Link's left side to Melodie's right side and they looked. Nothing to see. They looked back in front and slowly walked. Again the same sound was heard from behind them but on the opposite direction.
"The fog is too thick!" Navi said. They looked at Navi and suddenly something came towards Melodie.
"WAAAH!!!" A Blue Bubble hit her hard and sent her back from where she came from. Link's eyes widened and searched for the Blue Bubble but it has disappeared. He quickly looked back in front of him and saw something coming toward him and used his shield to defend but the same enemy hit him very hard that he too was sent back from where he came and everything went black. After a while Link and Melodie woke up, shaking their heads.
"What happened?" Link asked.
"You've been hit by a Blue Bubble. Pretty hard it seems" Navi said to both of them. Melodie growled.
"I don't like to be surprised like that!!!" She freaked out.
"Whoa, Melodie! You don't have to freak out like that"
"I know Link" Melodie groaned.
"Anyway there is something weird on these Bubbles... I can't quite put my finger on it" Link pondered.
"Those things are not smart enough and yet they defeated us by doing a surprise attack in the fog"
"They were fast, smarter and stronger than normal..." The twosome began pondering as Navi watched them doing so.
"Okaaaay..." She said as she continued watching them. Melodie stood up and stared at the path where Link and she were walking before being hit. Link stood up and saw that the fog was gone. The twosome walked and stopped before continuing upon the path. Navi followed them and hid in Link's hat as usual.
"What now?" Link asked.
"What makes the fog go away?" Melodie asked.
"Fire!" Melodie smiled. The twosome took out their Silver Boomerangs and walked forth on the path and waited until the fog appeared. "Wait! We don't have an item to make the fire appear and walk through the fog"
"No problem Link. I took that stick you used in the bat's room earlier" She winked. When it appeared the twosome threw their boomerangs away from each and when it came back it crossed teach other and sparks flew around. On the tip of the stick a fire appeared..
"I don't think those monsters will attack us now" Navi said when she flew out of Link's hat. When they walked through the fog the Blue Bubbles stayed away from them. The threesome could see them flying above the ground inside the fog watching them going upon the path and out of the fog. The stick burned up as they arrived on the other side. Navi turned around and looked at the fog.
"Navi what's the matter?" Link asked.
"Don't you find it weird that they didn't attacked us and that they stayed inside the fog..."
"Don't worry Navi. I met up new types of monsters in Termina so I think that this one is new too. Well kinda new"
"Yeah but they look like a Blue Bubble but these are stronger, faster, smarter and they stay in the fog if we have fire with us" Link and Melodie stared at each other.
"Navi, they're uglier too" Melodie laughed. Navi giggled and the threesome continued walking up the path around the room.
Oh boy. I can't tell ya folks when the next chap will appear. Btw did ya liked this? Hope so
See ya next time and thanks for reading!
Laterzzzzzzzzzz!
