Back in the water, Link, Saria, and Mari made for the depths once more.

Before they knew it, they were back on the murky spring floor, and their surroundings were again obscured, saved for the scarce light that Mari emitted. The poor little fairy tried to stay as close to the children as she could, while still managing to light the area ahead of them. Soon, the spelunkers reached an area somewhat familiar, they stood at the very spot where the like like had slurped up Saria.

"Right... so this is as far as we've made it. Ahead, lies waters unknown. And with it, probably some ugly fish. Are you two ready?"

"I mean, we're already down here. Why would we turn back now?"

"Please, remain ever vigilant. I don't want something sneaking up on us again. Link, keep those big ears of yours out for trouble."

Clearly, Mari was somewhat distressed by their first attempt to swim so deep. Saria wanted to say, 'Stop worrying, we'll be fine.' but the normally carefree girl wasn't even sure that would hold true. If even Link left the water covered in scars, she feared what may happen to herself. Continuing into the blackness ahead, everyone kept their eyes focused on what little they could see, and left their ears to monitor their unseen surroundings. The longer everything remained silent, the more uneasy everyone became. Link himself was beginning to feel helpless in the dark spring. What if some monster was watching them, and just waiting for the right opportunity to gobble them all up? The warrior attempted to banish such thoughts from his mind, but they recurred again and again, something in the water just wasn't right. They were all just sitting ducks, a light in the middle of the dark, waiting to attract attention. To say he was uneasy, was an understatement. When Mari's high voice broke the silence, both the children nearly jumped out of their skin.

"Hey! Do you hear that?"

"For the love of the goddesses! You nearly gave me a heart attack Mari!"

"I'm sorry, but listen! Something is out there!"

Both Link and Saria put an ear out and tuned into the environment. At first, they heard nothing, but after a few moments, an unwelcome noise breached their eardrums. *Clack! Clack! Clack!* Link muttered a curse to himself when he realized what the sound was. Bone fish. As the sound grew louder, he drew his hookshot, and Saria brandished her sword.

"It's getting closer..."

Though the audible irritant only grew in volume, it was impossible to tell what direction it came from, it seemed to bounce and echo all around them. Identifying it's location from sound proved futile, and the children instead kept their eyes peeled. Abruptly from the dark, a bone fish emerged, its red eyes set on Saria. The girl took a wild whack at the monster, but missed. With nothing left between her face and the ravenous creature's teeth, Saria closed her eyelids and clenched up in preparation for the pain. None came. She opened back up her eyes, and noted the lifeless skeleton floating mere inches from her face. Out the corner of her vision, she caught Link's hootshot retracting. A sense of relief washed over her, but along with it, a new feeling of unease. The clacking hadn't stopped, in fact, it still grew louder.

"Maybe I should be using my hookshot too..."

"Look out! There's more of them!"

Another three fish burst from the black, their mouths snapping, full of razor sharp teeth. Each child gunned one out of the water, but that left the third one, and both them vulnerable. As quick she could, Saria retracted the hookshot and fired it again, but she managed to miss the creature. It latched onto her thin leg, and began thrashing. The instant the sensation of pained reached her mind, the girl pointed straight down, and pulled her trigger. Bones from the skeleton floated up, and with it, a slow trickle of blood into the water.

"Ooh... that's gonna leave a mark..."

"Don't stop now! Here they come!"

Red eyes began to glow in every direction. However many fish there were, they would be more than a tough fight. Link and Saria slowly edged to each other's backs, and prepared to fight for their lives. Hordes of bone fish charged toward the children through the murky waters. Blasting through the monsters with their hookshots proved to be no problem, but it seemed for every three they decimated, one would slip by and latch onto a limb. Fragments of bone filled the water, and blood began to give flavor to the liquid. Link and Saria fought flesh against bone, but through it all, they were clearly getting mauled.

"How many more of these things are there?! I don't know how much- OW! -more I can take!"

If this kept up, the two heroes would be nothing more than fresh meat. While the children were both getting torn up, Mari, oddly enough, remained untouched. Perhaps... maybe the fish had low tolerance for light? Whilst still spearing through the undead creatures, Link rifled through his bag for the object he wanted. After knocking a fiesty set of teeth from his arm once more, he removed his hand from his pouch, holding the ocarina of time. There appeared to be an opening in the onslaught, how did that song go? The boy quickly pieced together the Sun's Song, and as he finished the tune, their dark surroundings quickly turned to light. The strange creatures seemed disoriented, and all swam off in haphazard directions. Saria covered her eyes in shock from their now lit surroundings, but once her vision adjusted, she smiled, and then grimaced at her and her friend's appearance.

"Eeeegh... we look terrible. I'm not sure what you did, Link, but thank you."