I'm going to go ahead and spoil the next chapter a lil' bit for you guys.
It's going to be slightly sad, I don't know, depends how well I describe it and the readers interpret it.
Anyway, I am NOT doing the Lakebed/Water Temple. It was a major pain last story. I will however do snippets of it. This chapter was going to be Link's POV for the first part, then all Evienne's POV but for the snippets it will be Link's POV. Well anyway, enjoy.
Link's POV
Queen Rutela stared silently at us, as if beckoning us to follow her, then floated off towards the sanctuary.
No one else seemed to be outside anymore. Just us and Queen Rutela.
We slowly followed Rutela as she swiftly floated behind the sanctuary, and past the entrance o the graveyard.
"Could this be..?" I whispered to myself.
As we followed her into the graveyard, she lead us to a particular grave away from all the others, and disappeared into the wall behind it. As we stepped towards the grave, it started glowing a bit, then disappeared, revealing a small entrance big enough for us to crawl through. I stepped aside and let Evienne go first, then I entered behind her. When we crawled back out on the other side, we found we were now in a sort of spring. There was water surrounding the land we were on, and a patch of land across from us where a lone grave stood.
Queen Rutela floated over the grave silently as she continued to look at us. I jumped into the water and swam over to the grave as Eve floated over.
I am deeply grateful to you for aiding my son in his time of need," said Rutela, "You were right to bring him here. Kakariko Village is a sacred place for the Zora people. It is where we take our eternal rest."
Then were all the other graves also Zoras?
"My husband in life, King Zora, also rests his spirit here," she said, turning towards the grave, "It is no coincidence my son found his salvation in this place."
"The power you promised Link..." Eve said, stepping forward nervously.
"That which I have promised is within this grave."
We both stared down at it, then back at Rutela, afraid to touch the grave.
"During his lifetime, my husband created garments specifically for the chosen hero, garments that house the abilities of the Zora."
The grave slowly opened and a folded up armor came up under it. I walked up to it and carefully picked it up.
"Now, at last, I can join the king in slumber. And yet... My son... He still knows nothing of my death."
We looked at her with a silent apology.
"If you see him again, please pass on this message... Tell him he must not grieve his mother's passing. Tell him she wanted him to be brave and live on as the king of our people."
We both nodded and smiled at her, sealing a promise.
"And... Tell him his mother...loves him without end. Tell him..." her voice faded as she did.
As soon as she was gone, Midna came up from under my shadow, "Well, good thing you found all of your friends and picked up that nifty Zora's armor..." Midna said with no interest in her tone, "But aren't you forgetting something important?"
Eve scoffed from behind me, "Here it comes," she muttered.
"The last Fused Shadow," Midna growled, "Remember what Faron the light spirit said... He said you would need the Fused Shadows to defeat the dark overlord Zant and save the world..."
"I remember," I assured her.
"So even if you go back now with all of the people you saved... The whole tragedy would just repeat itself..."
"No, we're going to see this through to the end."
"So let's go get it! We need to go to the temple on the lake bed of Lake Hylia," she finished and disappeared back into my shadow.
When we arrived back at the village, it was sunrise again. I turned to Eve to find she was in another dangerous coughing fit. I actually thought she was making it up, seeing as she had been avoiding me lately, but she had no reason to fake it now. I just hoped she wasn't getting sick.
After once again stopping by the Bomb Shop, and picking up a new product, Water Bombs. Apparently they work underwater as well as on land.
After saying our goodbyes to everyone, we headed back to Lake Hylia, but this time took the door we used to get out. Of course to get down to the lake, I had to pay for a cuccoto to fly down with.
Eve and I went our separate ways and met back by Lanayru's Spring.
"Okay, so here's what we're going to do," I began, "We only have one suit, so you'll have to stay up here."
Eve looked surprised, "Why can't I go? My tunic has nearly the same function as your armor," she explained.
I shook my head, "It's over 100 years old, right? We can't risk it, I can't have you drowning half way. Besides, I think you might be getting sick, and if you go with me now, you'll be cold through the whole temple, and that will only make things worse."
Her eyes gazed at the floor as she sniffled lightly and nodded, "Okay, I'll stay here," she whispered.
I smiled and leaned down in an other attempt to try and kiss her, but as I thought, she stepped away from me. I stared at the floor and nodded.
"Okay, I get it now," I sighed.
"Link, I..." Eve began.
I shook my head and turned to her, "No, it's fine. I mean, if you didn't really want to be my girlfriend, you could have just said so."
She remained silent, and slowly backed away from me.
"Just...wait for us back at the spring," I muttered, and turned away, only hearing her footsteps quicken behind me.
I turned to find she left the Hero's Bow at my feet. I gently picked them up and strapped them over my shoulder.
"I feel so stupid. I mean, she never even said 'yes' in the first place. I was probably the only one that felt this way," I muttered, putting the Zora Armor over my regular tunic.
"I don't, and I mean DON'T like her, but even I understand why she's acting like this. And I don't even know her whole story."
I scoffed at this. It seems like everyone but I knew, didn't it?
"If it isn't obvious enough, she does it because she's madly in love with you!" Midna said, sounding like she wanted to hit me.
"What an odd way of showing it," I said, covering my mouth and nose with a mask attached to the armor, and jumping into the water.
Evienne's POV
I felt like a total ass. I hated doing this to Link!
As soon as I reached the ledge over the spring, I flopped onto the ground and sighed, rubbing at my watery eyes.
"What troubles you?"sounded Lanayru's voice through the room.
I sighed and sat up in the center of the ledge, "A while back, Link asked me to be his girlfriend. I was flattered of course, he's a hero, and a very charming one at that, but I couldn't say yes. I didn't exactly give him an answer but he must have taken my response of calling him a fool as a yes. Now I have to have him hate me or at least make him think I don't like him that way anymore, because I'll have to go home soon and I don't want to just leave him." I blabbed.
"Slow down, and take a deep breath," he instructed, and I followed, "Now explain to me exactly why you're so troubled. This is what you want, right?"
I shook my head, "No, I would be more than happy to accept his confession!"
Link's POV
"I feel kind of bad now. Maybe I was a little mean to her?" I asked, fighting off a giant clam like monster underwater.
"Nah, I think she had it coming," answered Midna, yawning below me.
"When we get out of here, I'll have to apologize," I mumbled, popping my head out of the water and swimming towards the nearest platform.
"You're so prissy," Midna groaned.
Evienne's POV
"Then why do you do it?" Lanayru asked.
I pulled at my hair in frustration, "Because I don't want to see him get hurt when it's time for me to leave!"
"Then why not just spend these last few moments you have with him? Don't you think he would understand why you have to leave?"
I gasped at this, then remained silent for what felt like hours. Lanayru was right. If Link really felt about me as he says, he would understand that I have to leave.I nodded to myself as I set my mind. When Link came back, I would apologize, and tell him exactly how I felt.
I looked over the rippling water, and thought back a bit.
"Why do you think Link has memories of me, but not his ancestor's adventures?"
"Perhaps you jogged his past memories, or his ancestor wanted him to remember you in particular," Lanayru answered, though I doubt he really knew what I was talking about.
"I'm...glad. I was scared when he said he didn't know who I was..."
After a few minutes of terribly awkward silence, I decided to start up again.
"Can I ask you one more thing, Lanayru?"
"Anything," he responded, not at all sounding annoyed like I thought he might.
I took a deep breath, and stared directly into the water, "You, and a lot of other people and creatures around this world, know who and what I am... Yet, having that knowledge, why do you still treat me with respect?"
Lanayru was silent for a while, "Because of your sacrifice."
I stared over the water blankly, "My...what?"
A could have sworn I heard a slight chuckle out of Lanayru, "You're pretty dense aren't you... Several decades ago, you risked your life for the hero of that time, correct?"
I pondered and swung my feet back and forth, "I'm pretty sure I died, doing something that stupid," I laughed lightly.
"If you hadn't been so rash, this world would not exist," he pointed out.
I groaned, "I still get punished for it too," I muttered, forming a shadow orb within my hands.
"In some cases, it may seem to be a curse, but if you look closely, you may learn to call them a gift. It seems you're getting better at controlling them within the light already," he pointed out, "The dark magic you hold is better off in your hands, than any other being's.
"I haven't been of much use though. It seems all I'm good at is getting in Link's way and making him worry. I swear, I don't even know why I'm here sometimes," I sighed, "My sword is broken, and I can't use my 'magic' too much in the light without it rebounding at me."
"I hope you can excuse that. We were made to hold back any kind off darkness, and lately, twilight."
I nodded in understanding, "You're just doing your job, I get it."
Link's POV
I watched as the giant eel and mutated worm like boss swerved out of control through the water, and crashed into the wall surrounding us, breaking a hole in it, and draining the water all around us.
"That was easier than I thought it would be," I said as I floated to the bottom with the decreasing water levels.
"Well, it was a little obvious that the weak spot was its eye," responded Midna.
"Yeah, I'm not sure why, but I feel like a lot of bosses seem to have the same weak spot. It feels like there's some sort of pattern with a boss and its eye..."
The huge eel enemy blackened and burst into millions of twilight particles, then crashed together and formed the last Fused Shadow, which happened to look a lot like another half to Midna's helmet. I looked back at each one for a while before mentally slapping myself. Of course, the fourth Fused Shadow was over Midna's head this whole time!
The Fused Shadow quickly disappeared from my hands as Midna took it into her hair shaped as one.
"I'll just take that, thanks!" she said.
I quickly began changing out of the slightly uncomfortable armor.
"That's it! The last Fused Shadow..." she stared at me, "Now, don't resent me for all I've put you through. I NEED this thing!"
"Eve's words getting to you?" I asked, to which she growled.
"Besides, we have to do something about Zant, the one who thinks he is the king of shadows... His power is a false one... I'll prove it using these!"
The Fused Shadow disappeared along with her red hand.
"So... I've done everything I needed to. I'm sorry for dragging you all over the place with me..." she floated away from me and opened up a portal in the floor, "You be sure to tell the girl that too,"
She must be referring to Eve.
"So... Shall we go?" she asked, standing by.
I nodded and picked up the Heart Container beside me, then walked over to Midna. She soon disappeared, and my own body slowly split into twilight particles, as she warped us back to the spring.
Evienne's POV
"Keep your head up," Lanayru said as soon as a bunch of twilight particles began forming a familiar green clad boy next to me.
I quickly stood up and took his right hand into mine as soon as his body was complete again. He turned to me and smiled.
"Link...I... I'm so sorry, I-" I quickly stopped as a chill ran down my spine.
I feared the worst, as I felt a dark presence at my side, but turned anyway.
I quickly froze in fear as I stared at the entity standing still before me.
Confusing, right?
Well Jen, hope that answers your question about teh queen.
