Link was perplexed. After spending a long time trying to find a way in he was finally standing inside the Shadow Temple and he was quite surprised at the number of mechanical devices that were operating inside this ancient temple.

The sharp sound of metal on metal sounded nearby as Link watched the sharpened blade of a guillotine fall downward and slam into the hard stone floor before inexplicably raising itself back to its starting position and falling back down a moment latter.

"I just don't get it" Link said.

"Get what?" his fairy companion replied.

"Get what this is for, I mean what purpose does this serve?" Link asked.

"Ummmm . . . it looks scary?" said Navi.

"Not really" Link disagreed "And it's not just this guillotine thing, I mean what is up with half of the junk in this castle?"

"Like what?" asked Navi.

"Like the rain of spikes room, or the invisible spinning grim reaper blades, or the wall of deadly wooden spikes that slowly, and I emphasize slowly, move to get me when I enter."

"Those are traps!" Navi answered, proud that she could successfully answer Link's query.

"Fine, I guess I'll accept that answer for now, but here's another question. Why is there blood all over the guillotine?"

Navi couldn't see why this was a hard question "Because it kills people?"

Link held up a hand "What people? Nobody has been in this temple for years. I mean it took me a song, din's fire, and the longshot that was buried underneath the bloody lake just to make it in the front door."

"Well . . . it's the monsters blood!" Navi said.

Link held up a single finger "Ahh I thought of that, but the monster's blood is green, and in a few rare cases, blue." He leaned in closer to the blade "I'm not even sure that's real blood." Link was on a roll now "and one more thing, what's with the mice on top? Was there leftover props from the last production of the nutcracker or what?"

"Mice are scary!" Navi said solemnly.

Link rolled his eyes "Whatever, I guess my point is that this temple looks like it was dreamed up on October 31st while the designers were going through a haunted house, and thrown together on November 1st with the leftover decorations"


Author's note: Oh my, so sorry for such a late update! I know I've been promising new chapters, and they are coming. This one is another writeen by my brother, one which I must agree with him on. The Shadow Temple is...disturbing. It's just...yuck. My least favorite temple, for sure, though the Water Temple annoys me it's not as bad as this one!