"…L-Let us….never speak of….that again. P-Period. …..Everyone g-got that….?" Dusk splutter-sighed. The last 27 minutes, or so, were….well, a little uncomfortable for everyone, but especiallyDusk. And Midna couldn't get enough of his uncomfortableness. Neither could Shadow, for that matter, though at least he was focusing most of the laughter at Green, Blue, and Red. Midna thought it was cute….even if it really wasn't. It was not a fun thing that had happened, at least in all of the boys' opinions. "…..Ugh….l-let's…just get going, oh, and I….h-hope that, that will n-never have to be used in….that way a-again. Yeeeeesh." The Hero of Twilight shuddered.
"…Err, agreed, dude…agreed." Sky answered slowly, wiping the sweat off his brow. Not only was the thing they all just did uncomfortable, it was actually kind of difficult. It was made even moredifficult by the sheer awkwardness of the concept. Scrub had already done a similar thing with Dusk at an earlier moment in time…..course this time there were more people….and Shadow…..and...*sigh*.
Time, wide-eyed, agreed with caution not to touch too deeply on what had occurred. It wasn't too bad, but it was something all of them wanted to forget, and soon, since it was just reallyawkward. Again, especially Dusk. "…Uhh, here's to hoping we won't need to do…..that ever again. ….Well, now seems like the perfect time to keep going, so uhh…yeah." Not only did he actually want to get going, and leave Dusk's Hyrule –seriously, he was sick of this place, and not to mention the fact that if they were going to the supposed Temple of Time, then he might figure out a way for them to go to his Hyrule, that way everyone would be happy- he also wanted to get Midna and Shadow back on the task, and to stop teasing the heroes. Ok, the Adult Hero of Time knew that Shadow Link wouldn't listen to a thing anyone else said to him, but it was worth a try. Honestly, Time still wasn't exactly sure why Shadow was even still with them at all, since all of the questions fired at him earlier were dismissed, you know, once they finally met up with him. …With the strange interactions that Shadow and Vio had, maybe the reflection would actually listen to what he has to do, if it's said by Vio? That may be, but Time did not want to get involved in that, whatsoever. He still wasn't the best at talking with other people…, and knowing himself, Time would probably end up screwing up something, if not everything in that group of the Four Sword Heroes, and their shadow. And he would rather not be held responsible for that.
The good news was, they were practically at the Temple of Time -FINALLY-, like the Goddesses told them to! Well the Princess Zelda of this time period physically told them, but it was still the Goddesses' order, so that counts. And you can't say no to a goddess. Well…..you technically can physically say 'no' to one I guess, but –this is just me giving you life advice here- you should probably just keep your mouth shut, and do as they wish. Anyways, the Goddesses know what's best, right? ….Here's to hoping…again. I'm getting a little doubtful by this point, actually.
They coughed awkwardly, and slowly began to walk forward and into a large tunnel made out of the trunk of a large fallen tree. For some reason, there was a large -and I mean large- chasm in the middle of the thick Faron Woods near the Forest Temple- apparently, as that is what Dusk claimed, and the only thing to go off of- , and they had just crossed it. After a bunch of very small platforms/literal branches, two wooden bridges that moved the opposite direction like every 15 seconds due to the wind, and two swinging tree-hammer-things all the while balancing on a tightrope, they had finally made it to the dark and spacious wooded area that felt mysterious, and creepy.
"WAIT," Myth suddenly stopped them all with a raised hand, as they were entering the large log, and into a maze-looking area. "Do you think we're forgetting to do something? I think we're forgetting to do something. Maybe we forgot to do something." The Hero of Legend asked, causing the rest to ponder it themselves, even if they were so close to the Temple of Time. Perhaps saving all of their eras of time could just wait until everything was situated with themselves. No, who am I kidding, things will never be close to being situated when it came to this group of…'odd' people…. But they still had to attempt to save everything, even if sometimes they were a little dysfunctional.
"Well, perhaps…..but maybe not." Oracle pondered, whilst staring at a strange rock in the distance, near the chasm they had just crossed. It looked like a round tombstone with a hole in the middle, and it had the depiction of the whole triforce on it. He didn't say anything, as it seemed to have already served its purpose in Dusk's adventure, or perhaps one of the other Links, or another hero. It looked to have once glowed slightly, but now it was as dull as….well stone. Anywho, back to what Myth was saying…..were they really forgetting something worth noting?
"Crap, why'd you have to go and say that?!" Green complained, dragging his head down.
"Now, we're gonna sit here…and think back on if we actually did forgot something, instead of moving ahead." Kailon continued.
"I'm sure we didn't forget anything important. Well, maybe we forgot our dignity over on the other side of the gorge…but nothing serious." Ravio commented.
Midna was still laughing. "Back to Myth's question in a minute," Sylin snapped quietly, turning to face Midna, who was leaning one elbow on Dusk's shoulder, while wiping away laughter-tears from her eye with her other hand. "Midna, why in the world are you still laughing at us? I think Dusk is already broken enough from that whole experience."
"Not to get started on how the rest of us feel, too." Spirit added with a raised finger, and a serious expression.
"Oh…BAAHAHAHA….about…that. NYEH HEH HEH….instead of doing what you all did…HAHAHAHA….we could have just warped! HAHAHAHA!" Midna laughed hysterically, while simultaneously making every single Link that actually cared –which happened to be everyone- turn their heads in a maniacal-angry way, towards the Twili. "But, I know how much Tiny loooooves walking, and I wanted….NYEH HEH HEH… to see what you would all do to cross the fricking gorge! And look, you did it, and managed to help make it more hilarious too! Good on you, boys!"
I'd rather not comment on what exactly happened next.
Only after a couple of moments filled with rage breathing…..after the…..err 'flip out' session was over, did Midna deem it safe enough to leave the 'safety' of the shadows that came off of the trees. Shadow just kind of stood there leaning against a large tree in the shade, while watching the 'show'. Ravio was the only one to not freak the crud out, since he was still deathly afraid of saying/doing anything that would upset the Twili by any means. Sure he was pretty upset, and the whole….situation before was uncomfortable, but he'd seen Yuga do way worse than what Midna did, and the Lorulian wasn't really in the mood to enter that….death-trap at the moment. Red didn't get angry though, he kind of just stared at his companions with fright at what they might just do.
"I don't even want to relive how I got across, but just be thankful I am a princess with standards…sometimes, or else you….you… …..Ok, I have to walk away now, or I'd probably smack her like I do to Link whenever he irritates me in the Tower of Spirits." Darknut-Zelda exclaimed, slamming one of her armor-covered hands to her mask, as if trying to shush herself. She briskly turned around, and walked over one of the trees next to Shadow Link, and promptly began to create a large gash in the trunk with the longsword that came with the body. At least she wasn't doing it to Midna.
Paint blinked at Zelda to semi-acknowledge her skills on being able to walk away before exploding, but looked back at the Twili with a very red face. "M-Midna, why did you not even mentionANY bit of that when we WERE TRYING TO COME UP WITH IDEAS!?" Ironically, this was actually pretty gosh darn calm compared to approximately three minutes ago. "Dusk only agreed to your suggestion it, since the golden cucco wasn't an option, and we couldn't think of any other way!"
"The golden cucco would've glided all of us across no problem…but I got aggravated and chucked it down the gorge…..as I explained earlier." Dusk continued. "And now I'm aggravated with myself, because I completely forgot about the warp thing! We wouldn't have had to walk the whole distance from Castle Town!"
World sighed, griping his forehead in his hands. "Not to mention how we'd even bring the cucco back from the other side to hand it to the others…. And Dusk, now the rest of us are aggravated as well. It doesn't matter though, because either way, I guess we got acro-"
"WAIT. Didn't I say wait earlier?" The Hero of Legend stepped in-between the argument that was raising in temperature every second….though it was not as bonfire-ish as a couple of minutes ago. "OK, I figured out what we forgot, and I have an idea." Myth continued from where he cut off World's sentence, totally disregarding Midna for the moment. "Oh, and it's not that serious."
"Uhh…should we be scared?" Red questioned, looking slightly nervous, just as everyone else felt. When Myth has an idea…..I think you should either walk away and avoid him, or just get frightened in general.
"Err….yes?" Myth responded quickly. "Ok, well, FLASHBACK TIME! We'll show the uninformed what happened…..and it gives us the perfect opportunity to explode in anger without having to be cautious of what we say! Perfect if I do say so myself. You know….the uninformed….The ones that don't know why we're all uncomfortable. We forgot to let them in on what happened! And that just won't do."
"I don't think I understand…." The Red garbed Link sighed, looking at his boots sadly. Maybe he shouldn't have asked…
(Yes, flashback time. Back approximately 35 minutes earlier…the 'traumatizing experience. And in the mean-time the Links get over this and finally get to the actual Temple of Time. Now you get to see what happened, even though it probably wasn't hard to figure out.)
"And that's why I decided to stop doing that, and to never, ever put fish bait in my hat and wave it at Tetra again." Wind finished his…unique story. "I also decided to stop poking King of Red Lions in the face with the Wind Waker suddenly because…..have I ever told you how big his mouth and teeth are?"
"My, you have some…interesting company, Wind…. Remind me to never meet Tetra. Like ever, please." Scrub shuddered. "I mean, why would someone even do that to another person? It's inhumane! I mean, really, that's some kind of messed up…..you should stay away from her, dude."
"Yeah…...mayhaps. But that probably won't actually happen, since she kind of has an alter ego….that I can't just ignore…..plus, she's kind of growing on me, you know….." The Hero of Winds responded slowly. "Anyways, I'm just afraid that my little sister Aryll is going to turn out like Tetra, since they spent some time together after I finally saved her from a 'demonic-walking-meal-for-43' bird."
"'Demonic-walking-meal-for-43'? So it's basically a giant cucco that could feed like two villages?" Myth commented. Most of the Links that were actually paying attention turned to look at the Hero of Legend with a strange face. "What?! It's not hard to figure out what he was talking about. It's easy, here I'll show you. First I looked at the 'demonic' part, and figured it must be a cucco. The 'meal-for-43' part wasn't hard either, I mean, it obviously means it's a giant one, which if cooked with butter, and then sautéed with cream sauce, would be delicious for approximately 43 people. Which would be around two small villages worth, right?"
"That's what I thought too, but now I think instead of it being sautéed with cream sauce, it should be pan-seared with it…..I think that would taste better." Ora agreed with Myth, with a finger raised.
"It's funny because the Helmaroc King in which I was speaking of, is basically just that." Wind chuckled. "Well, other than the cream sauce…"
"Alright then, anyone else have any stories? I'm afraid that mine would take way too long to cover, and is would be too confusing to follow completely." Time asked, mentally crossing himself off of the 'funny' stories list…..again, his would be too confusing. 'Oh time travel, how I semi-hate thou. Well, I mostly hate thou. For real, I hate your confusing-ness…but you're still pretty cool. No, wait, no its not. I want to be able to fit in my bed, but no, I had to go and time travel, and now I can't do the things I did before. Seriously, I just want to sleep...preferably in my own bed. OH WAIT, THAT'S RIGHT, I CAN'T FIT IN IT.' Goddesses, that escalated, and got off topic, rather quickly.
Tiny nodded with a thoughtful look. "Hmm, I got plenty actually….Perhaps I should start with that one time a strange Town Picori thought I was some kind of Godzilla-Picori monster. I ended up in a tied bag, and held hostage inside of a book at the library. Ahhh…that was fun." The Hero of the Minish said it as if it were a fond memory.
"That….. Wait, pardon? Elaborate please." The Hero of Worlds pleaded. That sounded like an interesting experience indeed.
"It's just as I said basically. I mean I could go into detail, but really, a Picori mugged me when he saw me shrink down, an- Oh hey look, there's Shadow!" Tiny broke off as he noticed an impatient dark figure loitering around in the middle of nowhere. So Shadow didn't end up ditching them after all…
"And you're happy, because?" Blue snapped. He was actually bummed he didn't get to hear the whole story of when Tiny got mugged by a tiny mouse person and got held hostage inside of a library book. "In case you haven't realized he's kind of a 'bad guy'. Did I ever tell you he was working for a demon? An ugly eyeball demon."
Vio snapped his head forward, and stared at Blue. It was obvious that the Violet hero was not mad at his blue counterpart necessarily, but at something internally. "Just give him a chance. ….Err…I mean, you c-can't possibly know what he's thinking." Vio barked uncharacteristically. Hmm…there was the weird stuttering again. Was Vio trying –and failing a little bit- to hide an emotion? Could that be the unreadable expression he had earlier, when they realized it was Shadow that had saved them? Wait…..Vio couldn't possibly think of Shadow Link as a….f-friend…right? There's no way he would, surely.
"…Er, how about we have Shadow be the one to talk here. That may be better than…..this fricking mess. Explain yourself Shadow Link. Why did you help us? Why are you even here? Can we trust you? What are you and Vaati planning?" Green asked quickly for the rest of them.
"Woah, hold back the spammage a little bit. And don't ya think you're being, huh, I don't know, a little…downgrading? I've told y'all this before, you shouldn't look down to shadows." Shadow Link responded, giving Green and the others a sly look. Ok, yes he was helping them, and was at least attempting to do the…..err 'right thing', but he seriously was finding it hard to not be excessively rude to the heroes. Well, Shadow sure as hell wasn't going to tell them that he actually kind of slightly wanted to 'help' them. Plus, he also didn't want to tell them that he technicallyhad to help them, since there was something that he needed to get in order to 'help' them potentially save all of their Hyrules. They had to figure that out on their own, Shadow was not going to walk them through it. Surely they weren't that stupid. "Look, I also already told y'all that I helped you out because I….uhhh felt like it. As for the rest, it's up to y'all to figure it out on your own, you doofs. Oh, and about Vaati…..I'm not even sure where the idiot went, and even if I did, I hate him. Well, regardless, does it look like we are in 'our' Hyrule to you? I don't see any Tower of Winds here, do you see any? No." The look on Green and Blue's faces made him chuckle, which in turn made the two boys' faces even more ridiculous.
Vio was looking at the ground, lost in thought. World nudged his arm…which looked a little strange considering how short the Hero of Worlds was for a 16-year-old, and how relatively tall Vio was for a 13-year-old. "Hey, what's wrong Vio? You're usually not like this…is it possibly because of Shadow Link's appearance?" World whispered.
Vio looked up quickly and frowned. "I-I'm just tired, is all. You need not fret about me."
"That's not true, and we both know it."
"Err…alright, yes, it concerns Shadow. I'm not going to delve into the details here, but whatever it is you all think about him, or what Blue is forcing into your brains, it is not entirely valid. Shadow Link is just really…misunderstood." Vio cracked a small smile, which quickly morphed back into a frown. "Now you should just leave me to be solitary, alright? I think that would be a valued idea, as to not attract more attention than what was aforementioned." Vio sounded more like his apathetic usual self now. The violet hero continued to stare blankly ahead, as World turned to look, and maybe join, the conversation that Shadow Link and the rest of them were having. The violet hero wanted to be alone, so alone he would be….well, as alone as you could get when surrounded by like 21 other people, which, try-as-you-might, you're not getting away from them anytime soon.
Midna phased out of Sylin's shadow, her whole form dark and transparent except for her one uncovered fire-orange eye. She got all up and personal in the reflection's face, and he was quick to show that he did not like that. Shadow Link stepped backwards, but kept his red-blue irises locked onto Midna's singular one. "Look here dude, I was tolerant of you before since the whole 'wall' thing. But now, I've got to let you in on somethings. First, there's only one 'shadow being' around here, and that's me. You are not welcome to take up that position….. Also, please make sure to be good, and don't irritate me…..I can also only dislike a couple of people in the immediate area at a time, and Bunny has already filled up the book, so watch it, please." This caused Ravio to snort and jerk forward, which he quickly covered up since Midna gave him the 'look'.
Shadow smirked. "Sure thing, dahling."
"Don't you dare. I will kill you." Midna seethed through clenched fangs, her eye as narrowed as physically possible. Then, she suddenly smiled, and opened her eye wider. "…You know what? I think I like your attitude!"
"Uh…..ok…" The dark reflection blinked. "…Er, before you say anything about how much y'all think I shouldn't be here, I kind of had no choice in the matter." Shadow declared, looking away from Midna, who was making him feel a little uncomfortable with how close she was. "Same as you guys, if I'm correct? So watch what y'all say about me behind my back…..I can hear everything.Everything." He added, with a slightly unsettling smile.
Ora warily spoke up after a slight pause in the conversation. He wasn't so sure he wanted to get into it in the first place, but…..meh. "Uhh…..wellll. Why did you wait for us, instead of running away? You had choice in that."
"And why are you even helping us though? I thought you hated us…..or at least them four…" Spirit questioned, pointing at the Four Sword Heroes. He was currently situated up on top of Darknut-Zelda's shield, which was raised in the air. Spirit claimed he didn't want to waste his energy, but he really just didn't want to walk anymore….they had already been straight up walking for the past day or two. Dusk's Hyrule was just too damn big for its own good. Also, Zelda didn't mind, so that worked out well enough for the Hero of Trains. Tiny had asked to join Spirit up there since he really didn't like walking great distances…for some reason…. But, he was ultimately refused. Well, at least Sky agreed with Tiny that 'bird travel was the best travel', while everyone else smacked him whenever the Hero of the Minish said it. So, Tiny had at least one thing going for him at the moment.
"Who cares why he's helping! He's helping! I don't see why we have to question it. Questioning good things just seems…..not good to me." Rallen declared, growing a little irritated. All he really wanted to do at the moment was be at the top of the totem while slashing away with his sword, and check to see if back in Hytopia the portal leading to the building called 'Den of Trials' was done being renovated yet. He was eager to go there and attack absolutely everything in sight. 'GASP…..what if all ….18….no 20…..19? …I don't care how many of us there are…all made a giant totem with me at the top! I'll make Sylin on the bottom! It'll be fricking awesome!' Rallen was lost in his…..riveting thoughts, already losing what he had spoken out loud, and the whole conversation going on, to his inner mind. …..Maybe this is why he almost never payed attention….
"See, …..err, he gets it!" Shadow said in an encouraging voice. He literally only knew Green, Red, Blue, and Vio's names, so 'he' would have to work. He also didn't really feel like bothering to learn them….it would come to him eventually. "Oh, y'all will figure out why I'm still here…..if you're smart enough that is. Oh, and for one thing, there happens to be a giant chasm directly behind me, if y'all bothered to notice. I know where you guys….and me, by some degree, have to be…..but I'm not crossing this. Without seeing other people attempt miserably first, that is! I got my standards."
"…..Well…..that's just- HOLY GODDESSES THAT IS HUGE. You weren't kidding…." Scrub exclaimed leaning forward to look over the edge of the big fallen tree they were standing on. Sure enough, Shadow was not joking. "How'd we seriously not notice…? Are we all that unobservant?"
"Yes. Ok….ummmm. Getting across is…how exactly is that going to happen? I can't cross that. You can't cross that. Alright, I've come to the conclusion that we can't cross that." Myth reported rather helpfully.
"I umm….may have thrown the only way of getting across as a person down this very cliff. The golden cucco that brought me across the second time…..was irritating me. Everything about that thing just seethed stuck-up-ness. So as Midna put it 'I had a fit, and overacted'."
Time laughed at the same time that Wind snorted. Meanwhile that was happening, Midna suggested something that caused all of the laughter to subside immediately.
"Dusk, you remember how you got across the first time, right? Just do that….the others can ride you. Dusk come here, I'm going to turn you into a wolf, and…..lets have Wind and Spirit go first? I'll pull you across, come back here, and repeat."
"You want….what to happen?! That's a little weird…" Sky stated, glancing to Dusk who was staring wide eyed as Midna plopped his Cursed Stone onto his forehead. Even as a wolf, he was still wide-eyed, and you could just tell he was blushing internally. Blushing is an understatement, the correct term would be, he looked flushed, and his face appeared to be very hot. I think you might burn your hand if you stroked his face fur. Which you shouldn't do, cuz that wouldn't be awkward at all.
Spirit was put onto the ground by Zelda who had lowered the ginormous shield, and he and Wind slowly inched closer to the wolf and imp. Wind gave a small pitying smile to Dusk, as he was close enough to climb on, but he paused before doing so. Spirit stopped next the Hero of Winds and coughed awkwardly.
"Well, are you going to get on, or do I have to put you two on him?" Midna pondered. After not even three seconds had gone by, Midna took her giant hand made out of her hair, and snatched Wind and Spirit up. After placing the two silent, but unhappy boys down on the lupine, she flew over part of the huge gorge, and waited for Dusk to jump. "Oh, you two might possibly want to hold on for your lives! And the rest of you line up so we can go faster!" She called over.
Dusk shook his head, and got adjusted to the weight on his back. Jeez, for two pretty small 12-year-olds, they sure weighed quite a bit combined. But that may also just be all of the gear they had equipped with them. The wolf suddenly bowled itself off of the cliff, aiming for the imp that was situated way farther than what should be reachable…and he made it? That shouldn't have worked….yet it did. It worked the whole way across.
After about two minutes of awkwardly waiting in their newly formed line, Dusk and Midna returned to pick up some more uncomfortable teenagers. Vio and Green were next, then Myth, World and a minish sized Tiny –with Ezlo as well, of course- went. After that, Blue and Red were sent, then Ora and Scrub. Kailon and Rallen took the next trip, while Sylin went with Ravio after. Time had to go alone next since he was too big to go with anyone else and still be able to fit on Dusk, and after that Sky went alone as well. Paint only went alone since the only partner left was Shadow, but he did something else to get across, so Paint was alone for his trip. Shadow, during one of the trips, replaced Dusk's shadow so he could get over the chasm as well –and let me just tell you, it looked absolutely absurd, border-line terrifying, for a wolf to have a shadow that looked like a person.
Anndddd…..Darknut-Zelda. Well…..that was an interesting experience indeed. Somehow, Midna picked up Zelda and brought her to each and every point they had stopped when they were carrying the Links across, and in intervals she would bring Dusk over. Princess Zelda, in her Darknut form, was extremely heavy, because of all the armor –and as for underneath the armor, I honestly think it was even more armor. When it came to the tightrope part, Dusk went across normally first, and then Zelda ripped the rope you were supposed to balance on, out of the ground, and somehow swung across like it was a vine in a jungle. The rest was the first part repeated, except this time, the twilight duo looked at Darknut-Zelda with a newfound respect.
(End of the semi-Flashback)
Midna was now slightly afraid of what the Links were capable, now that she was on the other end of the insults and snaps. Ok, only slightly. She still thought how they were reacting was cute. And….it still actually wasn't.
After Myth had declared 'FLASHBACK TIME', they had gotten the situation out of their systems, without having to be cautious of what they said. They had actually managed to get through the confusing wooded area, and reach the ruins of the Temple of Time fairly quickly, and had efficiently shared their feelings.
"Dusk, are you sure this is the same Temple of Time as in my Hyrule? I mean it looks so similar….but how far in the past is my time from here? I remember you saying something about hearing about me in stories…." Time pondered. He wanted it to be his own for some reason, but he didn't want it to at the same time. This place looked way too old, and the Adult Hero of Time didn't "Do you think that my time is the first one?"
"Maybe. But I have a Temple of Time too…..but I honestly have no clue if I'm from the past or future from this point in time. All I do know is that I don't really think this is the same as mine, since that one is surrounded by a desert. This isn't a desert…I don't think." Sky responded, in a thoughtful tone.
"We're right here, so just stop talking, and go." Blue suggested, which was loudly followed with snorts from Shadow, Ezlo, and Zelda. That sounded like a good plan, and the Links usually never stop talking…..
The 19 'Links', Ravio, Ezlo, and Midna- who was in Paint's shadow –all approached the ruins from the side, all looking around in awe. It was amazing how some of this was still standing with the way it was eroded and worn down. There really wasn't much to see though, as it was mostly destroyed by the harsh bites of the flow of time. There was what appeared to once be a staircase near the middle of the back of the 'structure' but it was mostly destroyed, and had giant rocks crashing through it, and blocking any way of entry on to the old steps. At the far back –what the staircase used to lead to- was a large door leading to seemingly nowhere. Back at where they were mostly standing in the middle, was a depiction of the Triforce, which didn't actually look old at all….it still looked shiny and powerful, even if it was put there hundreds of years prior. The depiction of the Triforce was facing a large mostly-intact archway, which led to a small clearing surrounded by the ruins of the once strong standing building. Right in the middle of the clearing there was a sword pedestal- the Master Sword pedestal by the look of it -…..but something strange was resting in front of it.
Resting in front of the sword pedestal, was a large rock with a giant closed eye, and a large open mouth. At the top it had three spikes, making it resembling the old Sheikah tribe's symbol…
"That's new, cuz that wasn't there the first time. It doesn't exactly look like a howling stone either…." Dusk observed.
"I think it's a Sheikah Stone." Scrub added. "Possibly."
"It looks like a Gossip Stone to me." Sky contributed. "Hold on, I have an idea on how to get the eye to open. This thing looks important." They had poked it, like they do whenever they encounter something new, but nothing happened. It was still like just a plain old rock. But it certainly looked and felt powerful, and important as Sky had observed.
"But….it's a rock…..how would it's 'eye' open?" Ravio asked, a little dumbfounded. In Lorule there was little magic left since the destruction of their Triforce….so things like this didn't really exist there anymore. It was a shame really.
"Based on my experiences with…everything really, I would really just let things do what they want, without straining your brain for the answer. Of course my life isn't exactly normal, but neither do the worlds we live in either if you think about it." Ora responded to Ravio, but also directed it at the whole group. Not that he really had to say anything about it….they all knew that had strange lives in…interesting lands…..with….unique people…
Sky dug into the small stitched up pouch he had hanging on the back of his belt, and pulled out a small…..girly instrument. Ok, well, I'm not exactly saying that an ocarina is very manly either, but Sky pulled out a lyre. A lyre. So yup, the instrument the Hero of the Skys used was a mini-harp…..
He approached the rock, getting very close to it, and began strumming. Well, I may have said the word 'strumming', but I think the more appropriate term would be aggressively swishing his hand back and forth through the strings of the lyre. Or, it would be best if I said that it was the equivalent of Tiny 'playing' his Ocarina of Winds in the way he loved to do it, but this time it was on the thing Sky called the Goddess Harp. (A/N: I don't really like the fact that it's called a harp though, harps are HUGE. A lyre would be a more appropriate title for it, as those are what 'mini-harps' are actually called. Come on, 'Goddess Lyre' sounds cool too, right?)
After a couple of moments filled with lovely, and masterfully played string noises –Sky claimed he was usually better when his companion, Fi, was helping him. He still didn't understand why she wasn't coming out of her sword form yet, but he had to believe it was a good reason. Fi wouldn't do it on purpose….she wanted to help. Ok, she was tasked with helping him, from the Goddess Hylia, but close enough. -, the rock began to shake uncontrollably. Every Link within a 3-foot radius of the thing, skootched away in the opposite direction to get away from the creepy, and apparently sentient rock.
The large mouth of the rock began to open wider, and the eye of the rock snapped open revealing a blood-red iris. The rock- either a Gossip stone, Sheikah stone, or a Howling Stone- achieved an overall omnipotent look to it. Inside the mouth that was ever-growing, was rainbow colored lights, which held a power over the boys. The mouth opened so wide, it swallowed up the heroes, companions, reflection, and counterpart, blinding them with a white light…..which Shadow severely did not like…..it actually kind of burned his skin a little.
