Ch.25-Clueless
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The Skulltula was white as opposed to the fuzzy brown Impa remembered and as large as a Moldarach; the Skulltula must have been alive for several years for it to even manage to grow to such a size.
The Skulltula hissed at the two, multiple burning red eyes glaring at them.
"So…" Zelda took a step back, sliding her bow off her shoulder. "Know how to defeat one of these?"
"Get it on its back," Impa spotted a Deku stick lying nearby and picked it up as Zelda pulled out a few arrows. "There should be a weak spot on its abdomen."
The Skulltula leaped at them, causing them to jump to opposite sides, and landed over the exoskeleton Zelda had dropped.
"Are you thinking of your Skulltula or ours?!" Zelda asked as she quickly glanced behind her to avoid a web-covered hole.
"M-mine?" Impa questioned, puzzled as to why Zelda would ask.
Surely the Skulltula's weakness hadn't changed.
The Skulltula growled, glancing between Impa and Zelda as it crouched over the exoskeleton.
Then suddenly the huge spider did something no one expected.
It kicked the hollow shell into an open hole, the exoskeleton dropping into the moat far below.
"Did it just…" Zelda blinked in surprise.
"Yeah."
The Skulltula turned, heading toward Zelda.
"Okay, let's assume its weakness is its belly!" Zelda hopped onto a low ledge to avoid the snap the Skulltula made at her. "Can you distract it and get it on its back so I can shoot it with a light arrow?"
Impa flipped the Deku stick around a few times to get used to the long rod before slamming one end of it into the Skulltula's legs when the spider began to climb the lowest ledge, forcing Zelda to retreat to the next highest.
The Skulltula lost its balance and crashed onto the ledge it had been climbing on before whirling to face Impa with a furious hiss, white fangs glistening with venom.
Zelda stood on the ridge she had escaped to, notching an arrow and filling the tip with pure light.
Impa kept backing up as the Skulltula crept toward her, occasionally glancing behind herself to make certain she wasn't going to walk into one of the holes.
"Hey, I think I see a weak spot on its back!" Zelda called. "Try and get it upright!"
Upright? Impa wondered as the Skulltula once again deflected her strike with its leg. That is easier said than done, Your Grace.
The Sheikah froze when her back hit a wall, looking behind her to see a sticky layer of web covering the wall.
Impa struggled to pull herself away from the wall, but the viscous web only pulled her back and entangled her further.
The Skulltula pounced at the trapped Sheikah who immediately held up the Deku stick diagonally in front of herself in an attempt to block the spider's attack.
"Impa!" Zelda cried in alarm, the bowstring slipping from her grip and releasing the awaiting arrow.
The Skulltula yanked its head from the wall, shaking the dust and debris off as it tossed the broken Deku stick to the side.
The spider glanced beside it when an arrow embedded itself in the dead bark next to its head and glared at Zelda before beginning to head toward the blonde.
Zelda jumped down from the ledge she was on, notching another arrow and aiming it at the advancing arachnid.
"You're gonna regret that, you stupid spider!"
Every arrow Zelda fired at the Skulltula was deflected with a flick of the head or swipe of a black and yellow leg.
Zelda avoided the spider's advances while also trying to evade the many holes in the floor which was becoming increasingly harder as she went along.
Zelda grabbed another arrow, realizing that after the one she held she only had one left.
Aiming carefully, Zelda took a few steps back as the Skulltula continued to come toward her.
Suddenly, there was nothing underneath her right foot and Zelda released the arrow in surprise as she felt herself falling.
Zelda barely had time to scream or figure out a way to stop herself when someone grabbed her wrist.
As she dangled, Zelda glanced up to see who had caught her, shocked when she noticed Impa gripping her wrist, her free hand against the ground to support herself.
"Impa!"
"Hang on, Your Grace," Impa said, grabbing Zelda's wrist with her other hand as she braced her feet against the floor.
Zelda helped Impa pull her back into the room by hooking the curved end of the bow against the top of the hole, using the weapon as leverage to drag herself back onto solid ground.
"Your Grace, are you okay?" Impa questioned, kneeling beside the blonde as Zelda sat on her knees and attempted to catch her breath. "Your Grace?"
Zelda abruptly hugged the Sheikah, practically knocking her down from the force, and Impa immediately thought that something was wrong.
"What is the matter? Are you injured?"
"I thought the Skulltula ate you," Zelda whispered. "I was scared…"
Impa became surprised.
"I am fine, Zelda," the Sheikah assured. "I returned to my more…vaporous form when the Skulltula attacked."
"How was I supposed to know that?!"
Impa sensed something and rapidly grabbed Zelda, leaping backward as the Skulltula slammed its head into the spot they had previous occupied.
The Sheikah released the blonde, picking up one half of the broken Deku stick and striking the side of the spider's head when the Skulltula advanced towards them again.
The Skulltula stumbled, shaking its head from the blow, before it hissed angrily and scrambled toward the wall, climbing to the top and bursting through the ceiling.
"It's headed to the top of the tree," Impa said, looking at Zelda as light filtered through the opening. "We can trap it there."
Zelda pulled out the last arrow from the quiver and stared at it.
"This is the final arrow."
"Then we should make it count," Impa ran toward the ledge, the broken Deku stick by her side, and began to hop up them. "Come on, Your Grace."
Zelda watched as the Sheikah disappeared through the hole before she followed after Impa.
As she came out onto the Deku Tree's head, Zelda saw that Impa had already engaged the Skulltula in battle.
Zelda powered up a light arrow and waited, keeping it aimed at the Skulltula as the Sheikah attempted to get the spider on its back.
Impa jumped back when the Skulltula snapped at her again before thrusting the Deku stick toward the spider, stabbing the jagged end of the stick in the Skulltula's mouth.
The Skulltula squealed and began twisting its head in an attempt to dislodge the stick, only causing more of its black blood to spill on the ground.
Impa kept a tight hold on the other end of the stick and sharply wrenched it to the side, flipping the Skulltula on its side where Zelda released the light arrow to pierce its exposed stomach.
The Skulltula gave a dying shriek as it vanished in a puff of dark smoke like many other monsters did when defeated and Zelda sighed as she slipped the bow onto her shoulder.
"I hate spiders," the blonde grumbled as Impa walked up to her.
"But it is defeated, Your Grace. Now we can head down and retrieve the exoskeleton you wanted."
Zelda pouted for a few seconds before she smiled.
"Yeah. We make a good team," the blonde held up her hand. "C'mon, high five."
Impa stared at the hand for a few seconds, not sure what she was supposed to do, before she slowly placed her hand against Zelda's.
"There ya go," Zelda continued to grin before she stared at their hands, not even feeling the need to tell Impa she could remove her hand; she would have to teach her the rules of a high five later.
Impa's hands were slightly tanner than hers (though Impa herself was tanner than Zelda) and her fingers were longer, more slender, than hers.
Zelda vaguely remembered when they had visited Castle Town and she had intertwined her hand with the Sheikah's.
That had felt…somehow right.
Zelda immediately withdrew her hand before she did something she would regret and strode away from the puzzled Sheikah.
"Come on, let's get the exoskeleton and return to Kokiri Village. I bet Saria is worried about us."
After getting the exoskeleton from the moat, Zelda and Impa returned to the village where Saria patiently waited by the entrance to the Deku Tree's grove.
The sun was beginning to set by the time they returned and Saria immediately suggested they stay the night again.
Zelda agreed and after dinner, the trio sat outside and watched the fireflies flying about.
Saria quietly watched as Zelda dragged Impa off the porch and began to show the Sheikah how to catch the fireflies without hurting them.
Impa stared at the many fireflies flitting around before slowly reaching up a hand, a firefly flying into her palm.
She watched the firefly crawl toward the tip of her index finger, not feeling its tiny feet on her skin, and lifted her hand higher so the firefly could take off.
Saria glanced toward Zelda, noticing that the Hylian was watching the Sheikah's actions.
Zelda observed Impa with a soft smile, her endeavors to catch several fireflies halted as she watched the Sheikah.
Saria sighed, leaning back on her hands as she continued to watch the two, her fairy resting on her right shoulder.
"They're clueless, aren't they?"
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GhiraLink4Ever: Yeah, you don't mess with Link xD Only one who can do that is Zelda. :) I hate spiders too xD Skulltula are the worst, especially in Skyward.
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