Wow, I can't believe we're actually here. At the City in the Sky! I tell ya, the first time I played this game, I had no idea WHAT to expect! Especially at first when I knew we had to get to "the heavens", I didn't understand. X3

Well anyway, here we are! Let's venture into the City in the Sky!

Oh. And did anyone but me notice how the first half of the battle against Argorok (the dragon boss), seemed a little BIT similar to how we were dealing with Gohma from Wind Waker? Having to pull Valoo's tail? XD I noticed that the first time and laughed!

Anyway, on with the show!

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We were launched into the air, and then soon careening down, down. I yelled out loudly and then we struck water.

Huh? Water? Had we landed back in Lake Hylia? Did the cannon not shoot us far enough?

I kicked to the surface, and I suddenly saw we weren't Hyrule anymore. Were we really in the sky? We'd landed in a small pool, with steps leading out to different bridges.

There was squawking and a small splash beside me, and I looked to see Ooccoo and Ooccoo Jr. land in the water near me.

"Phew! Gracious, we made it back! Finally! Welcome, adventurer! This is the sky city of the Oocca. Erm, since you came all this way...I guess I can give you a tour of the city..." She suddenly looked off behind me and gasped. "EEEK!"

I craned my neck to see what was wrong, and I immediately saw why. A dragon adorned with armor was flying right toward us! The dragon roared as it soared past us, above the panicked squawking of probably the Oocca. Staring in shock, I watched as the dragon flew off toward a nearby tower and disappeared behind it.

On the steps nearby, an Oocca came running in panic. It then spoke to Ooccoo in a strange, squawking language I didn't recognize. Ooccoo responded back and then turned to us as I swam closer.

"Ooh, goodness... Brave adventurer, you won't believe it! There's a dragon raging outside the citywalls... Ooh, I'm terribly worried about everyone... I'm going to check in that shop for survivors!"

She hurried off toward the building across the bridge with the other Oocca. I swam out of the water and went to go after her, but a gust of wind blew right AT me! It was very strong and nearly knocked me off my feet.

I noticed there were also sections of the bridge that weren't closed out, so I knew I'd be a goner if I wasn't careful.

"Link! Your iron boots! The force of the wind won't knock you back!" Midna said from the shadows.

I nodded and then she slipped the iron boots out and I stepped into them. Another gust of wind blew at me, but luckily I had the iron boots to help me make it across. Once the wind cleared, I hurried across to the shop. The door slid open and I went inside.

The shop had some handy supplies, so we bought some arrows, bombs, and even filled a bottle with some red potion, which I heard was supposed to be healing. Ooccoo was there, and she and her son of course came after us to help us out.

So apparently we had to take care of that dragon. All right then, onward.

Coming back outside, I took in the sky city. All of the buildings were floating in the clouds, with propellers on the underside that I guessed was to keep them in the air. No wonder, all the way up here, the wind blew constant strong gusts so I guessed it was easy to keep the place afloat. It was pretty interesting, unlike anything I had ever seen before.

We went back outside and then swam in the water to the other bridge, and managed to cross over without falling. The door ahead of us was barred with another door.

"Adventurer, the blue diamond above opens that door!" Ooccoo told me.

I looked up and saw a small blue diamond, much like the ones I'd seen back in the Temple of Time and the Goron Mines. So I took out my clawshot and fired it at the diamond. It glowed green and then the barred door slid open.

We came into the first room, and there was a large gap between us and the other side of the room. I looked down and all I saw was sky. I knew it would be a bad idea if I tried to jump across, it was too far. How would we get across now?

A couple of Oocca were wandering around near me, looking up at me curiously from time to time. Ooccoo went over to them and explained something in the strange sky language.

"They can help you across, adventurer!" Ooccoo said, turning to me. "Just pick one up and hold them high, then jump!"

Oh, now I get it. Kind of like that golden chicken Rusl gave me to use in order to get across the gorge to the Sacred Grove. So I picked up an Oocca and then jumped over the ledge. My stomach lurched, afraid I was going to fall, but the Oocca glided us gracefully across the gap and landing safely on the other side.

The city was a very tricky dungeon, since it contained blue-coloured blocks that would fall when weight was pressed onto them, and in every room we came to, there were gaps and holes leading down into the sky. We had to be careful, like in the Goron Mines with all the lava. Luckily, Ooccoo helped guide us through and told us where to go next.

Soon we came into this room, having had to pull down a fixture to stop a rotating fan. We lowered down into the room, and it was deserted.

I suddenly heard snarling and something rush past me behind me. I tensed, drawing my sword and looking around. Right then, it came above me a few feet away, lowering down. It was a strange-looking lizard creature with wings, and a sword and shield. The shield was also a clawshot medallion, for some reason.

The flying lizard snarled at us and hovered in the air. I tried shooting it with my arrows, but it blocked my every attack. And with it in the air, I couldn't strike it with my sword.

Suddenly, it changed its pose and held out its shield before it, the medallion facing me. That's when I got an idea.

I drew out my clawshot and shot it at the shield. Sure enough, it grasped onto it and pulled the flying lizard to us. With it close, I drew my sword and slashed at it before the flying lizard flew back into the air.

We had to repeat the process a few more times, it was trickier since the flying lizard would now fly out through the openings in the walls and then come flying back in through another hole, but finally it fell to the ground and exploded into nothing.

Barred doors opened on a ledge above us, revealing a treasure chest. There was a clawshot medallion up above, so I used that with the clawshot and went up to the ledge.

Popping the lid, I pulled out...another clawshot? But I already had one! What was I supposed to do with it?

"You know adventurer, having a second one could come in handy!" Ooccoo remarked. "Why don't you try using them?"

It was worth a try. I took out my other clawshot, and saw a few medallions behind bars on the ceiling, I had to use them to get out. I fired one clawshot to it, and hung there. And then I realized it. With two clawshots, I could hang on one medallion and fire myself to the next without having to drop to the ground! It really was handy to have two.

We made our way out of the room and continued along the city walls.

In some places outside, there were strange flying creatures called Peahats that were flying around. I'd seen a few back in Gerudo Desert, and you could use them to fly over ledges, or to make your way from one to the next in order to cross a gap.

Later on we finally found the big key, that would take us to the boss chamber. We had to lower down into the "foyer" room, and activate the large fan in order to get across to the building where the dragon was flying around.

Before long, we finally made our way up to the top of this large, grassy platform with tall towering wire panels.

I walked along the platform, looking around for the dragon. The sky suddenly grew cloudier, started to rain, and I heard the flapping of large wings above me.

Sure enough, the dragon circled around the platform and then swooped over me dangerously. It roared menacingly, as if challenging me to come closer.

There had to be a way to get it down somehow! It was dressed in armor, and had a strange little cage hanging at the end of its tail. Hmm...

On the panels around the platform, there were wires and so I used the clawshots to make my way up on them. The dragon hovered up after me, and then blew fire right toward me! Luckily I managed to clawshot over to the next panel before the flames hit me.

I climbed to the top of the panel, and then took a chance. I aimed the clawshot to the cage hanging on its tail, and fired toward it. I then slipped into the iron boots, dragging myself toward the ground.

Sure enough, it worked! The dragon cried out in pain as it was being dragged down, and then we fell to the ground, where some of its armor clattered off.

It then lifted itself up and flew back into the sky. So I repeated the process and brought it down a second time.

This time, its armor clattered off and revealed a jewel lodged into a frame on its back. Could that have been its weakpoint?

But before I could move, the dragon suddenly rose up, shaking off from being stunned. It rose into the air, and then shed the rest of its armor. Great, now I wouldn't be able to get close to it.

The dragon rose into the hair high above us, making it hard to reach even from the top of the pillars.

I heard a strange rustling in the ground, and looked to see some Peahats sprout from the ground! They rose from the ground, and then lifted up in a circle above the pillars! High enough to reach the dragon, but close enough for me to clawshot to them from the pillars.

The winds were badly raging now with the rain, so we had to be careful.

I made my way up the pillars, and then chanced it with the Peahats. I shot from one to the next, with the dragon following my every move. I had to get behind it, and get to that jewel on its back somehow. Maybe I had to do it like when I defeated Morpheel, clawshotting to its back and then stabbing the jewel with my sword.

The dragon then paused, let out a snarl and breathed fire toward us! But it bought me some time since it didn't move, so it allowed me to clawshot from Peahat to Peahat until I got behind it. I fired the clawshot toward the jewel on the dragon's back, and I shot right at it. Clinging on as the dragon swerved, I drew my sword and struck the jewel a few times. Sure enough, the dragon roared in agony as I did this and I realized it was indeed its weak point.

Then the dragon plummeted to the ground, trying to shake me off. But I held on and managed to jump off as we hit the ground. It shook itself off and then rose back into the air. Here we go again.

I had to repeat the process a few more times, and finally, when I hit the ground, the dragon let out a few agonizing roars as it breathed out fire along the sky. It tried to fly off, but it was weak and defeated. It fell toward us, and then exploded into nothing.

Then the mirror shard formed into a whole, and came floating down toward us. I couldn't believe it, we finally had the last shard!

Midna popped out of the shadows, and took it from me. "Link, you did it! It's the fourth shard! Now we have them all! Hey...Link. The words of the sages... Do you remember them? Only the true ruler of the Twili can destroy the Mirror of Twilight. Zant could only break the Mirror of Twilight into shards... He couldn't utterly shatter it. That's proof of his false kingship."

She floated over to the ground and created a portal. "Link, we have to hurry! To the Mirror Chamber! After all, a fake is a fake...and no matter how much you dress it up, the real thing always wins!"

My stomach sank then, since now we were definitely able to restore the Mirror of Twilight and go into the Twilight Realm to defeat Zant once and for all. That meant afterward, it would all be over. The idea of parting ways with Midna was really getting to me now, I could feel it coming close.

I shook my head at the thought, no time to think about it now. We still had time together, and we would go and defeat Zant side by side. I went to the portal and we warped out of there.