Hey guys! It is time for another chapter of this! I'm now getting comfortable with my college classes and my new apartment. My roommates, however, still need work. I know them and we're friends and all but one of them is a douche and a fatass when it comes to eating everything in the pantry...so I'm kind of running out of money but that's okay! I can just find another job so I can actually survive in this cruel world of ours! You guys know how it is so I don't think I need to go into any further detail. As for this chapter, it's another dungeon chapter so that might be the reason why it took so long to make. These are usually pretty long because I add in so much detail to it. Please review or comment on the chapter! Finally, thanks so much for reading and here is the chapter!

Ch. 21: The Arbiter's Grounds

(Link's POV)

Scarlett and I both had our bows out as we crouched low to the ground and ran towards the bulblins. There were a few walking around in the hot sand of the desert, but most were standing on the top of wooden watchtowers. It was a good vantage point; however, unfortunately for them the wooden towers were so far apart from each other that if you attacked one others would probably not hear it if you were quiet enough. I'm not at all surprised by this. Every single bulblin is a dumbass in their own special way. It's actually pretty funny.

"I got this one," Scarlett whispered to me quietly. I nodded and she drew back her string with an arrow attached to it slowly. She then let the string go and the arrow pierced the bulblin right in his chest. He waddled in place for a bit and then fell backwards to where half of his body hung off the edge of the watchtower. The club he was holding, which apparently was on fire as well, fell from his hand and smacked the sand a couple of times before going limp. Amazingly, the fire was still lit on the wooden club and it sat there calmly in front of us. I grinned and gave Scarlett a silent high five.

"Nice shot!"

"Thanks, you can get the next one."

"Alright, sounds good to me," I said, looking at the numerous watch towers in front of me. By numerous, I mean like ten or fifteen; each one having one or two bublins on them. That was kind of a lot for just Scarlett and I. You know how you get that feeling where you were super excited to do something and then when you're finally about to do it you're just like "meh, whatever". Well that was me right now. I got this exhausted heated feeling all over my body and could feel a headache coming. Scarlett must have noticed because she tapped me on my bare shoulder.

"You okay Link?" She asked. I smiled and nodded. "Yeah, it's just I really want to enter the prison now I guess without spending too much time on these little bastards."

"I agree, but how can we get through them quickly without risking our lives?" she asked with a small chuckle. I looked out at the watchtowers for a second with the lit fire emitting from the club in the lower left corner of my eye. I turned my eyes to the club and suddenly had an idea pop into my head. It was genius and I was fifty percent sure that it would work. That was good enough for me!

"Judging by that grin on your face, you have a plan," Scarlett said with a grin of her own.

"Hell yeah I do. You see that lit club that bulblin you killed dropped? Well let's see if I can do this…" I walked carefully over to the club and brought out an arrow. I lowered the tip of the arrow to the fire of the club and the end of it became engulfed in a fiery red that looked magnificent and deadly. I glanced at Scarlett to see her reaction and she was shaking her head with a big smile on her face. I hope she's impressed with what I'm about to do!

"Here goes nothing."

I brought the arrow back on my bow and aimed for a group of four bulblins who were standing in a circle conversing amongst each other. What do bulblins even talk to each other about? Whatever, that doesn't matter. They're about to burn to death. I shot the arrow, and thanks to my aim the arrow landed on one of them and in turn caused all four to burst into flames from being so close to that one unlucky bulblin. I guess they're all unlucky now...I watched with a smirk as they did exactly what I thought they would do in this situation; run around like idiots screaming and hollering. They were all so busy with the flames burning through their skin that they didn't realize that they had run into one of the watchtowers in the camp. Being wooden, the watchtowers either lit up completely or collapsed from the bottom being burned away. Nonetheless, the bulblins who were on top of the watchtower died from the incident. It started with a couple of the watchtowers burning down and then multiplied to every single one burning to the ground! My plan worked and I can't freaking believe it! That was way too easy. Scarlett ran over to me and was still shaking her head.

"I can't believe that fucking worked. You are the luckiest man alive."

I laughed and took out my sword while putting my bow away.

"Maybe so, but there are still three bulblins who are at the camp furthest away from us. They're now currently running at us in anger."

Scarlett looked ahead of us to see the three idiots making their way over to us on giant warthogs. They were the last three bulblins in the area so this wouldn't be a problem. With Scarlett here with me, I didn't even worry. You want to know why? Because as soon as she drew one of her arrows I knew she would shoot all three bulblins off their warthogs before they even reached us. It turns out...she did just that. Man, she's such a badass!

"Haha, nice try. GG bitch," she said after shooting the last one. With no rider, the warthogs stopped in their place, not knowing what to do or where to go.

"GG?" I asked her. She turned to me and giggled.

"Oh right, you're not from Castle Town. It's slang basically. It means 'good game'. You say that to someone who just got their ass whooped by you," she laughed. I nodded and laughed too because it made sense. I think I'll start using that from now on. "Alright well, aside from the new word I just learned, I think we should ride those warthogs through those wooden gates in front of the prison. I bet they could break through it easily with their tusks. Want to give it a try?"

She shrugged and wiped some sweat that had fallen down her cheek.

"Why not. Everything else you've done so far has worked," she concluded.

"Awesome, now all we have to worry about is the hog itself. If I get kicked or attacked by this thing we're having bacon for dinner tonight," I said, moving towards one of the hogs. It had red eyes, which looked extremely menacing, but the hog warmed up to me when I got within touching distance and patted his neck.

"You probably hated those stupid bulblins didn't you?"

The warthog made a grunting noise and leaned into my hand. Scarlett petted the animal and smiled at me, "you're pretty good with animals Link. Like, I'm actually surprised that you got this warthog to warm up to you. A horse, yeah, but a pig!?" She exclaimed.

"I did grow up in the country."

"Oh yeah…" she muttered in thought, "I forget sometimes," she giggled. She looked uncertain for a second before she jumped up and got on the hog's back. My eyes widened in surprise until I saw her hand in front of me. She motioned for me to come up with her with a proud look on her face. I think even she was surprised she got on the hog's back without my help. But from my angle and her elevation, she looked like a goddess with the sun shining behind her. It created a heavenly aura that forced me to take her hand without thinking. I was pulled up in front of her on the saddle of the hog. On the saddle, we had a clear view of the wooden fences in front of us. They were straight ahead and built right after each other so whoever designed that was a real genius. I turned my head to glance at Scarlett and she gave me a questioning look.

"Hm?" She hummed.

"Nothing, it's just I have a feeling that I'm going to need to tell you to hold on tight."

"Oh...Yeah that's pretty much common sense to us by now," she retorted with a laugh. I smiled in agreement and then turned to the wooden fences. Lowering my head, I talked smoothly to the warthog while also petting its rough fur. "Alright buddy, we're going to need your help on this. Get us through those wooden fences up ahead okay?"

The hog just snorted so I figured he understood me; or at least he heard me talking. That works too. Scarlett wrapped her arms around my waist as I grabbed the reins of the hog and finally got us moving. And when I say moving, Scarlett and I were holding on for dear life as the hog screeched and sprinted forward at an unimaginable speed. I would have laughed in enjoyment if I didn't think I was about to break a bone from falling off this wild beast! The hog lowered its tusks at the first fence and obliterated it completely. Pieces of wooden debris flew past us as we ran through the second fence and then the third. I couldn't even say "holy shit" throughout this whole event because I was trying so hard to keep me and Scarlett from falling. After the fourth wall, the hog stopped and panted, out of breath.

"Are we dead?" Scarlett asked, her butt lowering from the air back onto the saddle again along with mine. I sat silently and combed my bangs with my fingers before responding, "Not yet."

"Good, let's get off this thing," she whined. She was the first to hop off, but she fell to the ground when she hit it. I made a low gasping sound when I saw her and jumped off the hog to see if she was okay. But as soon as I hit the ground, I knew why she fell. I was so dizzy from the ride that my sense was totally out of whack at this point. I, too, fell to my knees in confusion and we both had to just sit there until our senses realigned themselves. The whole process took about a minute.

"Wow, never again," she muttered, standing up finally.

"Note taken," I said, standing up as well. I patted the hog, telling him he did a good job, and then looked ahead at our next pathway. It was a hill that led up to the prison. Scarlett and I started up the hill, but stopped when we saw a golden wolf waiting for us on the path.

"Already?" Scarlett asked out loud after seeing the wolf. We had just seen Shade earlier today so it was weird seeing him twice in one day. The both of us walked up to him and found ourselves in the solid white environment Shade always put us in. I looked down and my tunic was back on my body. I guess Shade doesn't tolerate shirtless hidden skill lessons...Which hidden skill was this again? The fifth one?

"It is good to see you two again," Shade said. Scarlett put her hand on her hip, "You saw us just this morning Shade. You can't be that glad," she joked. Shade grunted and lightly shrugged his shoulders.

"I am always glad to see your faces, no matter how long our last meeting was."

Scarlett blushed from the praise and I smiled. Shade was so awesome and cool.

"Likewise," I said.

"Thank you. Now, it is time to learn your fifth skill, Mortal Draw. This is excellent in that it catches the enemy by surprise every single time. First off, you must have your sword sheathed so that your enemy expects to you to be defenseless. When they get close enough, that is when you strike. You must quickly take a hold of your sword and strike the enemy before they have time to react. The skill is good in getting the first hit; however, it does leave you open for an enemy's attack. Be careful and time your strike right. For this skill, I will do something different. I want you two to use the skill on each other. Perform the skill at the same time and your sword will collide with each other, leaving the both of you unharmed," he instructed. I looked at Scarlett with some uncertainty in my heart even though I knew we would perform the skill perfectly. There was just something about attacking Scarlett that rubbed me the wrong way. I would never ever want to hurt her, but everyone knows that by now. I don't think I have to explain my reasoning. Cough cough, because I love her, cough cough.

"Okay let's give it a shot," Scarlett said to me, flashing a cute grin at me. I returned it, leaving behind the doubt inside me. We walked close to each other so that we faced one another. We kept our sword in our sheaths as instructed. The skill was pretty simple this time so this would be a piece of cake. Scarlett and I stared into each other's bright eyes until we both decided to draw our swords. We managed to draw them at the same time and when we struck the sound of metal hitting metal sounded in my ear drums.

"Good. You two are naturals. Though, I have said that in the past as well. You now have five skills under your belt. You have two more to go until you have mastered all of them. You should be proud," Shade told us with a nod. Scarlett and I grinned again and performed a high five. That should be like a social hidden skill or something. Grinning.

"Are the last two skills badass?" I asked with a smug look on my face. Shade turned his back towards us and looked up at the white glowing sky. "The hidden skills of Hyrule are ancient in origin and have been passed down from generation to generation. That adjective cannot even describe the power each skill possesses. But yes, they are badass."

I had to laugh on that one.

"I knew you would enjoy that answer...What about you Scarlett? Any questions…? Wait...I do believe I saw you this morning so it would be highly unlikely that you would have any for me this quick. Am I correct?"

Scarlett shrugged and crossed her arms. "Pretty much. But YOU WILL give me the answer to those couple of questions you've been dodging ever since we met you," she demanded. Shade grunted, "very well. Until then use the skills I have taught you to your utmost advantage and you will succeed in saving Hyrule. Farewell."

The training environment faded and we were in the Gerudo desert once again. I was back to having my tunic wrapped around my waist and boy did I realize how hot it was before we learned that skill. The hot sun hit my bare skin as fast as Shade disappeared and I became light-headed from the instant heat and brightness of the light. My vision became dark and I staggered forward with a helpless sigh. Fortunately, Scarlett was there to keep me steady. She reached out and wrapped her arms around my chest to keep me from falling.

"Link! Are you okay?" She asked in worry. I looked up at her and her face was crimson in color. By this time, I regained my senses. It was similar to when you get up too fast. It sometimes makes you dizzy but you're okay after a few seconds.

"Yeah, I'm good. Sorry about that. I got dizzy from the sun for a second but I'm good."

"Okay good...and I'm really going to need you to put your tunic back on Link," she said shyly. I gave her a look before smiling. "What? Why? You can't handle the sight of my pecs?" I asked, flexing my chest and biceps. This was a bold move Link, but you said it so you gotta back it up! Scarlett brought her hand to her chest and stared at my chest before glancing away. "W-Well...Yeah…" She said quietly. I stopped and my eyes widened.

"Wait what? Really!?" I said excitedly. She looked back at me, this time more of a glare than a blush. "Yes! But I would say that to any guy who is shirtless in front of me! It would be the same if I took my top off in front of you. You would be a blushing mess! But it wouldn't be because of me. It would just be because I was a girl and had tits," she laughed. That made a lot of sense, but I really wish she would've said that she liked my muscles. Ugh! Why is impressing a girl so difficult!?

"Alright fine…" I muttered, unwrapping my tunic from my waist and slipping the green top back on. It was a bit warmer with it on but we were about to enter the prison so it was okay. Scarlett took the lead in walking forward until she stopped and smiled at me.

"And by the way, don't get ahead of yourself," she said with a wink and a laugh. She was obviously referring to my cocky decision to flex my muscles in front of her. My face dropped by that verbal burn and she laughed again at the expression on my face. At least she was happy...We walked forward for maybe half a mile until we could see the entire front of the abandoned prison we were about to enter. The sun was starting to go down so the sky was a bright red and orange. I didn't realize what time it was until I saw that. Should we make camp before we go in there? I asked Scarlett about it.

"Hmm...I'm not that tired to be honest. Are you?"

I shook my head.

"Nah, not really. Do you want to just enter the prison and get as far as we can before we rest?"

"Yeah, I think that sounds better. Besides, I'm too excited about going into a new dungeon to go to sleep!" She cheered. I smiled and nodded. That's the spirit Scarlett! With the newfound excitement inside us, we practically ran to the entrance in front of us. However, before we could get there a warthog crashed through a wooden fence that had led us to the entrance and blocked us from our destination. Scarlett and I jumped back and took our master swords out. I was ready for a fight before I saw who was on the warthog. Okay, remember that time when I saved Collin from that Bulblin king or whatever? And then I dueled him on the Eldin Bridge and knocked him off so that he fell to his death? Yeah...he's back apparently. I am now going to lose my shit over it.

"HOW THE HELL ARE YOU STILL ALIVE!?" I screamed at the monster.

"YEAH! WHAT HE SAID!" Scarlett yelled. Oh that's right, Scarlett was with me there too. She actually shot him off his hog with one of her arrows. Damn, how did I forget that? Must be heat stroke from this stupid desert.

"Klcblkcjnelkcnebvkebvkefv," the bulblin king replied, slobber dripping from his nasty mouth. That's...really disgusting...That's it! I'm killing this son of a bitch! I ran forward with a yell and slashed my sword at the bulblin leader until he screeched in pain. His purple blood splattered across my cheek but I kept going. He had had enough after I made a huge gash in his stomach and swung a massive axe-like sword at me. I had no idea he even had that! He must've been hiding it on the other side of the animal he was riding. In result, I was sent flying into a portion of the wooden fence that wasn't destroyed by the bulblin's warthog. Blood came flying from my mouth and my spine felt like it had twisted when I hit the fence. I fell to the ground on my hands, gasping for air with my eyes closed tightly.

"Link!" Scarlett screamed. She ran over to me and crouched down to my level. I peered at her through my hair and reassured her that I was okay, "I'm fine Scarlett...Be careful. That sword of his hits hard," I said, grunting in pain from talking. She nodded, gave me a small hug, and then stood back up to face the bastard who had just hit me.

"Think I'm going to attack you with my sword?" she mocked, "think again!"

She took out of her bow and arrows and once the bulblin saw that his red eyes widened in fear. And at that moment, he knew he fucked up. Scarlett started to shoot arrows at him and each one pierced through the fat of his skin. Purple blood poured everywhere and the sound of his cries was the only thing that could be heard for miles. After Scarlett's fifth arrow hit him, he decided that he should run away. He tossed his heavy sword aside and limped away without his warthog. What an idiot. I hope he dies a slow and painful death in the desert. Scarlett could've ended him, but she was too worried about me to give a shit about him.

"Link-..."

"Scarlett, I'm fine. You don't have to worry about me," I said with a chuckle. I did my best to appear fine but she wasn't buying it. She had me drink a red potion to make all the pain I was feeling go away and then she gave me a hug that lasted about two minutes. I really liked that last part.

"You good now? You ready to enter the prison?" she asked. I nodded and we both stood up to look at the entrance. Two torches lit each side of the entrance and gave off a very traditional feel to it. The design was unusual for a prison, but it was built a long time ago so I have no room to judge. The two of us walked inside carefully, in case there were any ancient traps, and looked around the first room once inside. After running down a long corridor, we came into a room that wasn't big but it had one thing in it that scared the shit out of me.

There was a sand hole in the middle of the floor! A sand hole meaning that if you were caught in it you would be drowned in sand and that would be "game over". That's on my top ten list of worst possible deaths. I'll read my list later, but right now we have to figure out how to get through this first room.

"Quicksand…" Scarlett muttered while staring at it. Midna came shooting out of my shadow when she heard that and looked intrigued by our new obstacle. "Hmm interesting…" she said as she poked the sand, "the sand is soft and solid at the same time. I'm willing to bet ten rupees that you can walk on this sand but not long before you start sinking so you guys better be quick if you're going to step on it. I don't want to have to get you out of that sinkhole!"

She went back into my shadow, leaving Scarlett and I at least some knowledge on how to cross this room. Scarlett looked at me and then back at the sand on the floor. "You want to just run across the sand so that it won't have time to sink us?"

I nodded.

"Yeah, let's try it."

So that's what we did, making sure we stayed clear of the sandy sinkhole. It actually worked! Though, I could feel the warm sand slowly descend into the ground when I ran across it. On the other side of the room, we walked up a small ramp and came to a locked door. Our first one for this dungeon. Why couldn't everything be unlocked for once!? Why is it that we always have to find a key!?

"A locked door...Our greatest weakness…" I uttered in defeat. Scarlett giggled and pointed to our left and right.

"It's okay though because there's a door on each side of this room. The key has to be in one of them and if it isn't...Well then the locked door really will be our greatest weakness. You take the left and I'll take the right," she said. I watched her turn to the door on the right before moving to the left. There was no door, just an opening, so I could see a chest at the end of the small square-shaped room. I silently pumped my fist and walked over to the chest. Opening it, I took out a small silver key that was really dusty. It had a shitload of spiderweb on it too. Wiping it on the wall, I turned around and held the key in the air.

"Hey Scarlett, I got the k-..."

"Ahhh!" Scarlett screamed from the other door. I instantly dashed towards her direction without even thinking and saw that she was running towards me.

"Get them off! Get them off!" She yelled, motioning at her body. I looked down at her waist and thighs to see these leech-like creatures sticking to her. Aw hell no, I'm the only one who gets to touch her there! Well not yet...but if we get together then yeah! I grabbed each leech off her body as fast as I could and made sure they died as they left her body. I wasn't about to let them get away with this shit. Scarlett kept screaming and swinging her arms around until I took the last one off. I distinctly remember her saying she doesn't "do" insects at all; mainly spiders but still.

"Oh my gods, thank you…" She said in a whimpering tone. Her face showed clear disgust as she held her arms. She looked like she had the chills.

"Don't mention it. You alright?"

"Yeah, just some bugs. They just really scared the crap out of me. They were all slimy and cold it just caught me off guard is all. Did you find a key?" She asked, after shaking her head in another sign of dismay. I nodded and held up the key for her to see. That actually put a smile on her face.

"Good, let's keep on going before more of those leeches show up. Ugh…"

I handed her the key and she unlocked the door, giving us access to the second room in the dungeon. It was completely dark in here and it gave off a very creepy vibe. Even though it was dark I could make out two fire posts on the other side of the average-sized room so I started walking over there to light them. When I took my first step, the ground around us began to rumble and shadowy figures could be seen moving in the darkness surrounding us. I quickly ran to the fire posts, lit them, and then turned around to see an army of skeleton warriors moving at me and Scarlett. I have to admit, I was actually expecting this kind of shit in a room like this. The warriors were no trouble at all and we were soon in the next room. This room was much larger and it almost looked like the main lobby for the prison for when it was in operation. Again, it was dark. Scarlett stayed close to me, almost hand holding distance and I was loving it. Sure I was in constant danger and could die at any moment but that ain't got nothing on this beautiful girl next to me.

"I'm sticking close to you because this place is just terrifying," she laughed nervously. The triforce on the back of her hand glowed brightly when she said that and she glared at it.

"Oh shut up! Having the triforce of courage doesn't mean shit in some place like this," she yelled. I smiled and chuckled under my breath.

"It's cool. I don't blame you. I kind of feel the same way so you're protecting me as much as I'm protecting you. And it looks like we're both going to need that protecting because look," I said, pointing at four floating lanterns coming our way. They illuminated a haunting blue light and made this clacking sound like some invisible force was carrying them around. This was an abandoned prison so it's like...a guaranteed chance there are ghosts in here. The blue lanterns hovered next to each other and then lit themselves with blue flames that had been burning on four fire posts in the gigantic room. The lanterns then floated towards us and circled around us like they were about to attack. Scarlett and I bunched close to each other and readied our swords, but the lanterns didn't attack us like we thought they would. Everything else has so you kind of just expect it now. Instead, they divided themselves up in different directions. All except one.

"What do we do with it?" Scarlett asked.

"I don't know," I replied. Midna came out to give us some more of her...insight once again once she saw we had no idea what to do.

"Guys, I don't want to freak you out, but I'm just going to turn you back into wolves so you can see what I'm seeing right now. DO NOT piss on the floor out of fear! You'll piss off the prison ghosts or whatever."

With the flick of the wrist, she used the twilight crystal we found back when we got our master swords and turned us into our wolf forms. The process took five seconds, but the bone-shifting thing felt slow and almost painful. As a dog, I shook my head to clear it and then looked up at the lantern to see a tall, disgusting ghost in front of us. I jumped back with a small yelp and Scarlett did the same. This thing was seriously gross and creepy. It screamed at us and swiped its arm at the both of us.

"Watch out!"

We jumped back just enough for the ghoul to miss before I lunged at it, teeth barred. I sunk my sharp canines into the ghoul's chest and bit hard into it. It sorta tasted like...a carpet. It sucked but it was better than those stupid insects. As I was biting, a red glowing object revealed itself to me. If I had to guess, it must be the ghost's heart. Naturally, I went for that instead and the ghost started screaming very loudly! Seriously, I have better hearing when I'm a wolf and this bastard was killing my ear drums! I ripped the object out of its chest and it went silent before disappearing. The object I had ripped out also disappeared with it. Midna turned Scarlett and I back into humans once we were safe again.

"That was pleasant," Scarlett muttered, rubbing her ears. I did the same as Midna tried to get our attention.

"You'll have to hear that some more because look."

The blue light the ghost had stolen inside its lantern flew like a ball back to the fire post from which it once sat. So when I killed the ghost the fire post became lit with its stolen fire again? Interesting…

"The passage ahead is blocked until you restore all four fires back to their post. I think it would be best if you two split up."

I looked at Scarlett and she looked at me.

"But why?" We both asked in unison. "We have time. Why can't we stick together?"

We were so used to each other that we felt weird being separated. Plus, who would ever want to leave Scarlett? She's freaking perfect! But that's just me and my heart being dumb I guess…

"Actually, we don't have time. We need to defeat Zant and whatever forces that ally with him as soon as possible. It'll just be for a few minutes so what's the big deal? Don't tell me you two have become inseparable? Ugh, I'm turning you two into wolves so you can go after the three ghosts," she told us. The girl next to me blushed and so did I before Midna turned us back into wolves.

Bones. Shifting. Again.

"That's better. Now since you're better on your own as a wolf I'll go with Scarlett this time. Meet us back here in ten minutes okay?" Midna said to me, hopping on Scarlett's back. I nodded and watched them go in the opposite direction. They were following a scent the ghosts had left behind. It was very strong and smelled similar to rotten meat. That would make sense since they were dead. There was a trail behind me so I followed it with the sensitivity in my nose. The trail led me to the wall. There was a small chain on the ground but nothing else. So why not pull it!?

"Let's see if this works…"

I pulled the chain and the floor beneath me lowered into stairs. Typical. Walking down the stairs, I came into a circular room with a large revolving door in the middle of it. No, it wasn't revolving right now. You had to manually push it to make it move in case anyone was wondering. I wish I could turn into a human myself because pushing this will be much more difficult as a wolf.

"Damn it Midna...Holy crap what is that?"

Just before I could push the revolving door a coffin near the wall jumped towards me.

"Mmmmmmmmmmhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhaaaaaaaaaa!"

"Wow...A mummy...That's hilarious," I said to myself. The coffin jumped towards me again and then its door flew open. Inside was what I expected and it wanted to kill me. It's not the only thing that wants to do that to me.

Two seconds.

Literally two seconds.

It took me that amount of time to kill this thing and get on to moving the revolving door. The action caused a part of the wall to lift up and that led to another room. From here I could see a blue lantern.

There he is.

I ran at him and tackled the ghost to the floor with my powerful fangs. He never even saw me coming...even though he was waiting for me...whatever! I killed him quickly and his blue flame returned to its original post. That's two. Back to the main room it is! I know it's only been like five minutes, but I can't wait to see Scarlett again. Midna was right. We really ARE inseparable. I dashed back to the main room and started wagging my tail in seeing Scarlett and Midna returning as well.

"Hey! So did you find the ghosts?" I asked them.

"Yeah, just one. The other one came back here. I got him!" Scarlett told me, jumping towards a spot around the corner. That's probably why I didn't see the ghost when I came into the room. Nonetheless, the last blue flame returned to its post and the passage ahead was now open for us. That was a lot easier than what we've previously had to deal with.

"Great job guys! Keep it up! Oh! And let me turn you back," Midna said. She turned us back into humans and I finally had thumbs again. Sweet opposable thumbs. Scarlett tapped my shoulder with a big smile on her face.

"What's got you so excited?" I asked with a slight chuckle. She held up a map of the dungeon and smirked.

"I found this while Midna and I were trying to find that ghost. Here." She handed me the map and I took it gladly. After the last time in the Water Temple, she knew she couldn't be trusted with the map. I thought that was pretty funny and cute. Damn, I really need to stop thinking everything she does is cute. I'll start to get creepy if I keep doing it...Nah…

"Great job Scarlett! Let's see…The only way for us to go is forward through the passage we just opened so let's start there."

She narrowed her eyes at me and then threw her arms up.

"I could've figured that out!"

"Yeah, but who has the map now?"

"I just gave you it!"

"Exactly," I said with a smirk. She bowed her head in shame and we continued on to the next room. The room was, again, circular in shape with an oddly dented pattern in the center of the floor. The center was accompanied by large brown gears that you could see from the large cracks in the ground. There were also a couple of little skull monsters present, but we killed them like it was nothing. We both inspected the pattern in the floor and Scarlett crouched down to get a better look.

"It looks like layers of gears," she said, rubbing her hand across the rough, uneven edges. She looked up at me from her level, "What do you think these are for?"

I shrugged my shoulders and took a glance at the map again.

"I'm not sure but I bet we will find out as we go through the prison. When I was finding my ghost there was this revolving door I had to push to make a part of the wall lift up. That's what I would say it is, but there's no revolving door so it's possible that this is an entirely different thing. But anyway, our next room is this way." I pointed to the right side of the room instead of the left because there was just a chest on the left side. I have a feeling we'll be coming back to this room so we can get whatever's in the chest later. Walking into the room on the right, it allowed us a few steps before it just dropped off. I peeked over the edge and was glad to see that the floor wasn't far from us. Below was another revolving door in the center of the room so I knew what to do from here. I hopped down and then helped Scarlett so she wouldn't sprain an ankle jumping down as well.

"Thanks. Now you said we just need to push this for the next room to appear?" She asked, her hands on her hips. I nodded and referred back to the room I had gone through when looking for the ghost again. She understood me with a nod and began pushing the door around. This time, the floor even twisted around, causing us to stop pushing.

"Whoa, that's so weird," she said.

"Yeah, but it's leading us to another room," I laughed. We pushed some more until we were all the way at the bottom. There laid a door inside a broken piece of the wall and surprisingly it didn't need a key. So far, we've only used one key on this dungeon and in any other dungeon we usually use like five! I'm not complaining though. Finding keys is a pain in the ass.

Going into the next room, all I was anticipating was sand. Yes, there was some more sand, but also more zombies and more spikes! Wait spikes!? Whatever! The prison was getting much more difficult the deeper we went. Just judging by this room, I'd say Scarlett and I need to be really careful about our next move. I can't even imagine what the huge monster at the end of this will be like...Oh wait I do know...Just like everything else in this prison, it'll be a pain in the ass…

(Scarlett's POV)

"Link is everything okay? You look kind of pissed?" I asked the boy next to me as we entered the next room. He shook his head at me and smiled.

"Nah, just a little irritated by this prison. It's giving me a serious headache and it's a real pain in the ass. I mean look at those spikes shooting up from the fucking ground over there!" He yelled. I looked at the spikes and they were definitely sharp enough to kill us in one go. I then looked back at link and smiled.

"Oh come on, we've gone through worst. As for your headache, I'll do to you what my mom always did for me."

"What's that?"

I kissed my index and middle finger and then touched his forehead with them gently. He gave a confused look and I giggled. "It's just something she used to do when I was a kid. It made me feel better and I liked to think her love was like a strong warrior fighting against my headache. It almost always went away after she did that," I told him. He brought his hand to his forehead and felt the spot where I had touched.

"Hmm, well how strong is your love for me?" He asked. My cheeks heated up from that but I don't think it was strong enough to notice. I opened my arms the widest I could get and grinned. "This strong!"

He dropped his hand and almost rolled his eyes. He didn't but I could tell he wanted to. He just smiled and started walking through the room. I followed after him and stayed close so that none of the spikes hit us. That wouldn't be good. Undead enemies lurked around us but could not attack because of said spikes. Kind of defeats the purpose of them being here huh? By the time we reached the other side, we were stopped by a dead end wall.

"It's not a dead end. There should be a chain around here somewhere," Link said, scanning around the area for one. I tilted my head and tapped my foot against the old fragile floor. "Did you learn this from chasing your ghost? Just like that revolving door?"

He gave me a look that said he did and I stomped my foot this time.

"What the hell! How come you have all of this puzzle, problem-solving shit with your ghost? My ghost just went into another room and I just had to walk up to him and kill him. The only thing I got out of that was the damn dungeon map! So unfair…"

"I'm sure the prison will get much more exciting for you," he joked, still looking around for a chain on the wall or floor. I have no idea what he's doing. Link does what Link wants to.

"Found it!" He cheered. He was a few feet away from me and was holding a chain with a handle on the end of it. The chain was connected to the wall and met the wall at the bottom of it. I asked Link what it would do and he answered by pulling it as hard as he could. The dead end barrier behind me moved into a slit in the wall and we were now able to pass through. However, it didn't last long because when Link let go of the chain the door started sliding back. I easily passed to the other side but Link had to run.

"Link, hurry!"

"I'm trying!" He answered. He had to dive through the wall to get to me before it closed shut again. He grunted as his palms hit the ground and he scraped both knees on the rough sand beneath us. It most likely felt like a carpet burn.

"You good?" I asked, helping him up. He nodded and took a deep breath.

"Y-Yeah, I'm good. There should be a door up here."

We walked through this hallway and he was right. There was a door on the right side and a chest on the left side with a couple of pots sitting beside it. The door was locked so the logical reasoning would be that the key is in the chest. That's freaking stupid…I walked over to it and yep! It was a key! I took the jars next and flipped them over just to see if any money was inside them. Sometimes that happens. Only this time it was much worse! An ugly, bald yellow chicken came flying out of it and looked at me with devilish red eyes.

"Finally free at last! My name is Ooccoo! And-"

"I know who you are! I threw you over a cliff back at the Lakebed Temple remember!? How are you here stuck in another pot!? And why do we keep finding you!? I should've asked Shade about this! Gods!"

I was currently going insane because of this disgusting creature in front of me. Link stood in the background laughing behind his hand. Ooccoo stared at me and smiled.

"I don't remember you doing that at all and the pot is my worst enemy. It is my main predator. Who is Shade?"

I slapped my hand against my forehead and pointed at the hallway from which we once came.

"Just get out of here. The exit is that way."

Ooccoo's face brightened up and she flapped her wings erratically.

"Well thank you! Who knows we might see each other in the next place you go to!" She said all enthusiastically. I brought my lips together and crossed my arms. "I hope that 'might' becomes a 'never'. But goodbye," I told her...him…? I have no idea. I didn't want to seem too mean. This thing just annoyed me in the same way the postman did. Although, his presence was more of a pedophilic aura rather than an annoying one. I don't even want to get into that.

"Okay then goodbye!" She said back to me, flapping her wings and hopping over to the hall. Link walked over to me with that laughing smile still on his face and we both watched Ooccoo about to leave.

"You know, she's not THAT bad," he said, nudging my arm. I sighed and brushed my hand through my long blonde hair.

"I...guess not...She's still ugly and disgusting though. She looks like a demon chicken back from the dead. Other than that, she has a nice personality!" I said, making us both chuckle. Ooccoo was still hopping through the hall and she was staying real close to the wall. That must be a defensive instinct of hers. She was just about to round the corner we had walked through, but as soon as she landed in front of this large gap in the wall a skeletal hand lashed out at her, grabbed her, and pulled her in. Link's mouth flew open with a gasp escaping his lips. I really had no reaction other than biting my lip.

"Well that was unfortunate," I said. Link looked at me and then glared at me. "You planned this didn't you?"

I gave him a look and brought my hand up.

"How could I have guessed she would be eaten by an undead monster? Don't worry I'm sure we'll see her in the next dungeon we go through. Now let's unlock that door."

I could tell Link was still looking at me in a suspicious way as I unlocked the door but he was going to get over it. No use fretting over Ooccoo. What was worth fretting over was this room! For real! There was this rotator in the middle of the room and on the rotator were two spikes logs that swung counter-clockwise! How does this thing keep moving!? I took a step back and grabbed Link's arm in the slight fear I was getting. The logs were swinging around the room quickly and if we weren't fast enough in crossing it we were dead. Link put his hand on mine and said, "don't worry, we're fast enough. All we need to do is sprint to the other side. You're great at running so this should be a piece of cake!"

I frowned but still felt happy that I had him to go through this with.

"You're not just saying that because you want me to go first is it?"

He chuckled and shook his head.

"No, we'll go together."

He got at the very edge of where the logs could hit you and bent his knee in a running position. I followed his example after seeing him do that and we both waited for the log to swing past us.

"Wait for it...Wait...Now!"

The log had just swung past us and we were now running right behind it. I got this feeling in my back that the other side of the log was right behind me so I panicked and ran even faster. Luckily, we both made it across the room, our bodies feeling the wind of the log that had been behind us swinging past our backs. We both took a few quick breaths until Link gave me a cocky grin. "See!? I told you we would make it!"

I smiled back and then rolled my eyes.

"Yeah yeah…"

"What would you do without me?" He asked as we stood in front of the next door.

"I don't know. I would be pretty lonely," I told him, putting my hand on the door. His bright blue eyes lit up for a split second and he nodded. "Yeah, me too…"

We both stared at each other for a moment before the thought of opening door crossed my mind again. I swallowed hard and opened it. Out of the corner of my eye I saw Link lower his head and look at the ground. What was he thinking about? Boys were so...unique I guess I would put it. I can never tell what he's thinking. Then again, he probably can't tell what I'm thinking haha. What I'm thinking right now is that this room we just entered is totally dark and needs a candle or something. When my vision got used to the darkness I was able to make out a large sword sticking out of the floor. The sword was attached to four ropes that were bolted to the ground. I was very skeptical about approaching it but you know Link! He's not afraid of anything! He reached to touch the sword and when he did that the ropes around the sword bursted into flames and the sword lit up in a bright red light. There was no way this would be good. No way. The glowing sword shaked for a second before rising out of the ground and swinging at us. Link and I jumped back just in time but the sudden attack took my breath away.

"You just had to touch the sword didn't you!?"

"I never touched it I just reached for it!"

"Well to the sword, it's basically the same thing!" I yelled. Link wanted to say something, but he chose his battles and closed his mouth. Yes, he wasn't afraid of anything and he also wasn't stupid. Okay, I take that back I'm not about to start sounding like a bitch all the time.

"...It's okay though, let's just kill this thing!" I said to him. His frown turned into a smile as he nodded at me. In front of us, there was only a levitating sword so Midna had us turn into wolves again so we could see the ghost with our enhanced senses. I thought it would look like the ghosts that had the lanterns but it actually just looked like a hooded figure. It was a transparent white color but strong enough to still see.

"Arrrrrrghgghghhhhhhhh!" It screamed at us before slamming the sword down at us again. Link and I both leaped to the left and let the sword slam into the ground. The sword apparently got stuck because the figure had a hard time picking it back up. This was our time to strike. A flash of dark fur flew past me and I saw Link sink his teeth in the figure viciously. At the first sign of contact the figure transformed into its physical form. I almost shit my pants. I know I'm a dog! It's just a figure of speech! The real form of the figure was a long, dark undead man with a skull helmet on his head. His eyes, like Ooccoo, were a demon-like red.

"I'm turning you back now!" Midna said quickly, turning us back into humans. The undead man screeched at us and started flying around the room. He was like a kite in the wind; so fast and agile. An idea came to me in seeing him do that and I looked over at Link to give him the plan. Basically, I was going to shoot the man with my arrows and when the man was stunned or hit the floor that was Link's cue to attack him with a flurry of sword slashes.

"Good idea," Link said, gripping the sword in his hand tighter. Despite the undead person's appearance, he wasn't that big of a challenge for us. It took me two arrows and five slashes from Link to destroy him, causing black dust to rise up to the ceiling and disappear. We both gave each other a high five and saw that there was a door on the other side of the room. Without the undead thing's presence, the light in the room became so much brighter. Link jumped up in the air and tightened both his hands into a fist. "Oh hell yeah! I bet you it's a new weapon! This is my favorite part of the dungeon!" He said. I laughed, "mine too. I think it's weird that every dungeon or place we go to is essentially the same thing. Go through it, kill monsters, get a new weapon, and then finally kill the big bad monster at the end. Does that sound weird to you?"

"Nope," he replied, running to the door to see if there was a chest on the other side. I shook my head with another laugh and followed him. There was, of course, a chest behind the door and it did not take long for Link to open the damn thing. I was pretty excited to see what was inside it as well…

"Whoa!" Link gasped in amazement, "what are these things?" He asked himself, taking out the two weapons that were inside. We both sat down to examine what the things actually were. Even Midna tried to figure it out. They looked like a spinner. That's probably what they were. They just looked ancient in design. What am I talking about? They WERE ancient! The question was...What do we use them for?

"I'm extremely confused," Link said, staring at one of the spinner.

"Well we have some of these back in the Twilight Realm. Granted it's a lot more modernized, but back where I'm from people would hop on the spinner and the spinner would act as kind of like a bicycle I guess. As we've gone through the prison I've noticed a bunch of tracks on the ground and walls so I say we try riding those tracks. How do you turn it on?" Midna examined the spinner from all angles and hopped on the contraption with that tiny body of hers. The spinner immediately began to spin like a turbine and she was sent flying away from us.

"What the!?" I yelled.

"One of you fucking help me!" Midna screamed over and over as the spinner swung her this way and that way. When she hit one of those tracks she was talking about the metal in the spinner connected with the tracks and followed them until they ended on the other side of the room. At the end of the tracks Midna fell off the spinner finally and it stopped spinning. We ran over to her and she was rubbing her temples.

"I hate my life...That's it! I officially hate my life!"

"Oh stop whining and get back in Link's shadow," I snapped.

"Fine!" She returned to the boy's shadow, leaving us to deal with our newly-found spinners. I will just say that they looked pretty cool. I'm nervous about riding it but it could be fun. Link seemed excited about it but he was a guy and guys love this kind of stuff. I, however, am sort of a tomboy! So I like both boy and girl stuff! Muahahahahaha! But, you know, not in that way. I'm 100% straight. Sorry, I felt the need to make myself clear.

"This thing is badass! Remember that room with the track pattern in the center of the floor? I know just what to do! Come on!" He grabbed his spinner, grabbed my spinner for me, and then took my hand to go back to one of the first rooms we had visited. The spinners were light weight, but the journey all the way back to the room Link was talking about was a bitch. He did have a great idea with the indented pattern in the floor though. The spinner fit inside it perfectly and he had the idea to make it spin while it was in the pattern to make something cool happen. He was just about to jump on the spinner when he realized something. I could tell by the look he had on his face.

"Hold on, I'll be right back," he said quickly, running back to the rooms we had just come from. I was curious as to why he did that, but I'll just let him get whatever he needs. I need a break anyway. Looking around, I saw that chest we had left in here so I decided to go see what was inside. It was just twenty rupees so it was no big deal. I sat down on the floor and leaned my face on my palm. I had not realized it until now but I was very sleepy. It was becoming night when we entered this place. There's no telling what time it is now. With the Lakebed Temple, time flew so fast when it only felt like an hour going through it. Here, I have no idea what it's like outside. My eyes started to droop and everything went black for a couple of seconds before I heard Link's voice.

"Sorry, that took so long I-...Oh…Scarlett?" I jumped up a little and he smiled a bit.

"Did I fall asleep?" I asked him. He nodded, "it looks like it. Were you tired?"

"Yeah, I hadn't realized it until I sat down. What did you go do?"

He hummed and reached his hand in his bag. "I don't know for sure, but I figured the big monster that's usually at the end of these dungeons is behind this wall or something. That's what I think will move when I start spinning this spinner anyway. But yeah! I had to get this big ass key because there's always a large locked door waiting for us at the end," he said, taking out said key. I tapped the side of my head with my hand for forgetting that.

"Where did you find it?"

His eyes went big and he shook his head in disbelief.

"You don't even want to know. Just know, you got like an hour of sleep. I was really worried about leaving you alone that long, but I knew you could handle yourself. Then I come to find out that you were just sleeping the whole time," he laughed. Oh Hylia, he was adorable. But I would never tell him that myself. He'd probably think I was weird for saying it.

"Now that we have the key let's get onto the boss."

Link jumped on the spinner that was implanted in the center of the floor and it started to spin. Just like Link had said, the wall in front of us that looked different from the rest of the walls rotated to the right, giving us a new pathway to explore. A secret passageway! Hell yeah! We walked inside and it was a humongous spiral setting with the majority of the room covered in tracks for the spinner to use. The spiral structure that was, like I said, lined with tracks led all the way up to a circular platform. Boy, this prison sure does have a fetish for circular shit…

"All we need to do is get up there. You ready?" Link asked me while getting on his spinner. I nodded and did the same, stepping on my own spinner carefully. I reached down and gripped the side of it so I wouldn't fall off. The spinner was soon spinning wildly under my feet and the feeling was exhilarating. It was a little bit like being on Epona. You felt so free and in control. It was easy to handle, believe it or not. Link and I made our way up the spiral structure in no time. When we hit the platform we got off our spinners and gave each other a look like "holy shit, that was cool."

"Hey look, another one," I said, pointing at the center of the platform. It looked like an exact copy of the pattern we just used to make the wall rotate. That meant there was only one option for us. The option to spin this bitch! I did it this time since Link got to do it the last time. As a result, a twisty rail rose up from the ground and rose all the way to the ceiling. That must be where the final door is. The two of us got on our spinners again and got on the rail which did in fact lead to what I had expected. Link took out the giant key that would unlock it and looked at me.

"You ready? Let's stick together on this okay?" Link said to me. His eyes told me he was serious and his voice was loud and clear. I could tell instantly that he would protect me at all costs. I don't know why. I just got that feeling from him. It made my heart beat faster with every passing second staring into those water blue eyes of his.

"Scarlett?"

"O-Oh! Yeah! We'll be okay Link. Don't worry."

He sighed and frowned.

"I hope so…" He said as he unlocked the giant door. The door lifted open into a never ending darkness that appeared extremely frightening. But we had to go in for Midna's sake. Plus, I always relax myself before a "boss" fight by thinking of that mysterious glass heart that appears after defeating the giant monster. The heart makes me feel all good inside and I feel stronger as well. So as long as I keep that in mind I'll always be good to go. Alright, enough of my thoughts. Let's face this monster once and for all. I entered the darkness first and Link was right behind me. It was initial blackness for a few seconds before we came upon a large dome. The whole ground consisted of a pit of sand with what looked like a skeleton at the bottom of it. I glanced at the boy next to me and we cautiously walked down to it. Up close, it was a skeleton of a...dinosaur-looking thing. I can't really describe it. I can say that it wasn't getting up even though we're right in front of it now.

"Well? Is it going to move or what?" I asked out loud.

"Oh, it'll move."

What the? That sounded like...Next thing I knew, Zant was in front of us and Link and I were both on the floor out of shock of him being here. Link hurriedly crawled over to me and put his arm over my body as a second defense. The look on his face was one of pure repugnance.

"...because I'll make it move. How are...you two still alive? No matter. Don't even answer that. I guess that's why they call you two 'heroes', am I right? Don't answer that either. I don't give a shit about your silly prophecies and what not. I will end you here. Oh what a bittersweet reunion this is. It will be the last time I get to see those idiotic blue eyes of yours trying to protect the chosen heroine. Look kid, it's just a title. As far as I'm concerned, she's just a stupid whore who got lucky enough to be chosen by your silly gods," Zant laughed. Link's glare at him intensified and he tightened his fists. I felt Zant's words hit me hard, but I didn't care at this moment. I wanted this guy gone. Now. How dare he say that…

"How amusing. You two are so sensitive. You should be happy. You get to die together."

He formed a sword in his hand and then struck it in the skeleton monster's head. He gave us one last look with that eerie mask of his and laughed, "Oh happy day! Happy day!"

And then he was gone. He disappeared into thin air. Link was literally shaking from the anger he was feeling and I had to touch his arm to make him calm down. His body relaxed slightly at my gentle touch and he took his arm out from in front of me.

"I...fucking...hate...that...guy," he muttered to me.

"I know, I do too, but just think. We will have our chance to destroy him after we finish this thing off. That sword of his is starting to act like a lifesource for it." I pointed at the skeleton and when Link looked the lifeless eyes of the monster burned a bright red, signaling its re-birth into the world. The ground began to shake as it rose from the sand and screamed at us. Instead of a head, it had risen to a half-formed body. It had arms, ribs, and its spine which was holding it up in the sand. The words then appeared in the air in front of us.

Twilit Fossil: Stallord

This is our fourth place where those letters appeared so we're just going to go with it this time instead of freaking out. I mean, more unusual shit happens to us on a regular basis than this. It does give me a name for this skeletal beast though.

"You got a plan Link?" I asked him as we got up from the floor. He looked around at the tracks that covered the circumference of the room and then back at Stallord. He was particularly focused on what was holding the monster up in the sand.

"Let's start by attacking the spine. It should be damaged if we hit it with our spinners. You up for that?"

"Yeah," I replied with confidence. We both hopped on our spinners and headed down into the sand pit to hit Stallord's spine. He roared at us ferociously and swiped at us with his bony hand, but we were too fast. Link got to the spine first and when he rode his spinner up against it it cracked. Awesome, that meant the plan was working. I was next to hit him and this time the spine dissipated away, causing Stallord to fall on the remainder of his spine. HE WAS PISSED! He slammed his hands and arms in the sand over and over again until bodies started to pop up. They were freaking zombies I think! I could hear Link cursing from where I was and I tried hard to make my spinner go over to him.

"Okay, I'll distract the zombies...or whatever the hell they are...and you hit his spine again okay Scarlett!?" He yelled from across the room.

"Okay! Be careful!" I said to him, driving my spinner over to the tracks that lined the dome. The tracks gave the spinner better speed and velocity. With this, I could probably break another part of Stallord's spine with one hit. I don't want Link endangering himself for me for too long. I said I would protect him too and that's what I intend to do.

"Here I come you bastard!" I yelled, bouncing my spinner off the tracks and towards the pit. Stallord was too busy with trying to hit Link to see me and I managed to hit the spine directly without opposition. That was amazing! Even more so when Stallord had nothing left to support him. He fell backwards into the hot sand and those red eyes of his stopped glowing. The sand beneath us drained us lower once this happened until we were on solid ground again. It turns out that pit was just a lot of sand built up over the years. It really tells how old this prison is. But who cares!? Solid ground!

"That was epic Scarlett!" Link yelled happily, running over to me and hugging me. I blushed and hugged him back.

"I know! I actually had fun in that fight! Thanks for distracting him for me."

"Heh, don't mention it. I'm just glad it's over."

"I wouldn't be so sure," Midna appeared in front of us and tapped her fingers on her arms. "That battle seemed just a little too easy don't you think?"

I shrugged, "I don't know. Maybe we just got off easy this time."

Midna rolled her red-hued eyes and then narrowed them at me. "Oh please. Like that ever happens. With your shit luck? Nope! But you could be right. The stupid monster hasn't gotten back up yet."

"Let's hope it never does," said Link, "oh look, another one of those patterns."

In the floor beside the fallen Stallord, another indented pattern sat in the floor. That was a good thing right? That meant our way out of here.

"I'll spin it," I said. I got on my spinner and moved over to the pattern. While spinning into it, I had a thought. Wasn't a glass heart container supposed to appear or something. That's the thing I look forward to after these boss fights! Oh no, Midna might be right. As I was spinning, the ground under us lifted up as another platform. That could only mean one thing…

"Scarlett! Watch out!" Link yelled. I gasped and looked to see Stallord alive again. Before I could even react, it rushed towards me and hit me head on. I cried out in pain, feeling my bones ache from the hit. I heard Link yell my name again before I felt his chest against my back. I then felt the both of us falling. It was only for a second but it felt like a lifetime. Stallord had knocked us both off the platform. Hitting the ground was the worst part. I heard Link yelp as we hit it. He cushioned my fall but he took the force of both the ground and me at the same time. I panted and slowly got up from his chest.

"L-Link…" I said quietly. He was breathing so hard it made my heart ache. His mouth was bleeding so he must have coughed up some blood when we hit the ground. I tried to say his name again but he stopped me with a grin. How could he be smiling when he's hurt!?

"Well that hurt."

"W-What!? I know it did! Are you okay!?"

"I'll be alright. That's what I get for being so careless," he said, getting up on his arms and wiping the blood from the corner of his mouth. "...you were right Midna."

"Naturally," she replied with a smug smile on her face. I flipped her off and then proceeded to help Link up off the ground. Luckily, neither of us had broken bones. However, we would both be feeling this in the morning. Stallord apparently didn't care because he was moving towards us. We had reduced him down to just his head and it was levitating in the air. Nothing weird about that. I just want this thing dead!

"Ugh, this monster is getting on my nerves. Let's kill it and be done. You go to the left and I'll go to the right. We need to spin on the tracks along the walls and see if we can hit him with our spinners again!" Link told me, running to the right. I simply nodded and ran to the left. Stallord stopped in the air and it looked like he was deciding who to attack first. Ultimately, he chose the left side. Of course he would choose me...I sprinted to the wall and hopped on my spinner. I became attached to the tracks and was now slowly making my way up. Stallord followed me and shot fireballs at me while I scaled the wall. Wait what? Fireballs!? When did he learn that? If I don't move fast I'm going to get hit. I looked around and noticed that the platform we fell off of also had tracks running along it. Let's see if I can…

"Holy Hylia!"

I jumped from the wall to the platform and when I hit it my spinner became attached to the tracks on it. Phew! That was a close one. Nonetheless, Stallord was still on my ass with fireballs. I continued to jump from the wall to the platform, dodging each ball of fire by the skin of my teeth.

"Get away from her!"

Coming from the right, Link jumped from the wall to the platform where Stallord was shooting at me and hit his skeletal head as hard as he could. Stallord screeched and fell to the ground below while Link was able to jump back to the tracks on the wall. I looked back at him from where I was and waved.

"Nice hit!"

"Thanks! Now it's time to get some payback!" He called back to me. He jumped to the ground where Stallord was currently laying and took his sword out. He yelled as he attacked the sword on Stallord's head. The giant monster thrashed around but could not do anything about Link attacking him. I smiled seeing it. Link was so smart in these kinds of situations. The sword was what gave Stallord his life so destroying it was our main goal. I had totally forgotten that while I was dodging the fireballs he was hurling at me. That happens sometimes…

"Get out of here!" Link yelled with one last swing of the sword. He hit the sword on Stallord's head so hard that it flew out of his head and landed all the way up on the platform. How does that even happen?

"Holy crap! Good job Link!"

"Haha thanks! I didn't know I would hit him that hard," he said back to me as Stallord blew up into black dust. The sword on the platform also blew up into dust, leaving behind a shiny heart-shaped glass container. From where I was, I could see Link's blue eyes widen.

"Is that a heart container up there!?" He asked.

"Yeah!" I answered, finally reaching the platform on my spinner.

"Hell yeah! I'll be up there in just a sec!"

So Link also looked forward to the heart container. How could you not? It was freaking awesome! I waited patiently for him to spin his way up here and when he finally landed next to me I gave him another hug. He did such a good job in that fight and I felt so...proud to be his partner. Can you imagine if I had a wimp for a partner? That would be totally unmanly.

"I'm so impressed with you, you know that?"

His cheeks went red and he smiled.

"Really? We both did good, not just me."

"Yeah, but I can still be grateful to have you around. You want to break the container this time?"

"Sure."

He walked over to the heart container, picked it up, and then threw it to the ground. The glass shattered into a hundred tiny pieces and the red liquid inside surrounded the two of us in a fine mist. Our bodies absorbed the mist and the feeling was just...breathtaking. My body felt so refreshed and like the last time my breast size seemed a tad bigger now. I find that hilarious. Like, did the gods intend for that to happen with these mysterious heart containers? I just hope by the end of our journey I don't have like D-cups or anything! I don't need back pain for the rest of my life!

"Did your boobs get bigger again?" Link asked me, out of the blue. I gasped and covered my chest.

"W-What!? Why would...I mean...Of course they did!" I screamed at him. He smirked and nodded.

"Excellent."

"Shut up!" I punched him in the arm and he grunted.

"Alright! Alright! I was just joking! Geez…"

"Yeah sure…" I said sarcastically. I then had a thought. "Wait a minute, I have a question. If my breasts get bigger does that mean that your dick gets bigger?" I asked. I meant it more as a joke but Link looked like he was seriously thinking over it!

"Now that you say that I do feel bigger down there."

I face-palmed and sighed with a red face again.

"Please tell me you're joking…" I said. He looked over at me and blinked. "I'm actually serious haha! Now this! This is excellent!" He said with the pumping of his fist. "Although, it's not like I needed help in the first place," he commented with a smirk. I punched him again for that.

"Just be quiet," I scolded. He rubbed his arm, and trust me I made sure it hurt, but he still had a big smile on his face. Pshh, boys and their…pride…

"Guys, I know you're happy about having bigger boobs and a bigger dick...but we should get going. I can sense that we're close to the Mirror of Twilight. It should be beyond that door that just opened," Midna told us. Link and I looked over at the door that had opened and saw the outside. The moon was high in the sky so it was still nighttime. Good, we didn't lose a day. Link glanced at me and took a step forward.

"Well...Shall we go?" He asked me. I slowly smiled and nodded in excitement.

"Yeah!" I told him as we both finally left the inside of the prison and went back into the coolness of the night.

And that is the end of the chapter! What a long ass one at that! I had a lot of writer's block for this and I apologize for that. I always waited until the last minute to work on it but it was longer than I expected it to be. I hope you guys liked it. I didn't describe the whole dungeon because I felt that that would get tedious so yeah! Please review or comment on the chapter and tell me what you guys think so far! Finally, thanks so much for reading and I will see you guys next time!