Hi everyone! I'm back for another chapter! Now before I start this, I just want to point out something. Aden has the power to bring up elements of the past, not HIS past. So when the Great Fairy and Aden saw wolf link and Midna in the memory orb (that is what I am calling them), that was when they were fighting monsters getting through the Cave of Ordeals. But Akuro Zetra, I will say this. SPOILER WARNING! Aden and Midna have met before, but I won't tell you yet how. Yet. SPOILER WARNING OVER! I would also like to say, even though I am trying as hard as I can to update as soon as I can, if I get two or more reviews after a chapter post, I will work DOUBLE TIME to get the next one done! This, I promise. Anyway, let's get to reading the next chapter of Aden's quest that has a really cool name!
Chapter 3; Magic Within the Shade
Aden's POV
When I opened my eyes once again, I found myself standing on some steps that lead into a cave. Knowing that the cave was the Cave of Ordeals, I turned around, meeting a vast desert. Thankfully it was nighttime, so it wasn't that hot out. Deciding to take a look at what the Great Fairy gave me, I opened the basket. Inside it was exactly what she said, food, water, money, and other things. Since that it was pretty cold, I took out the cloak and put it on.
The cloak had a pretty neat design actually! The cloak was mostly black, but it had some markings on them. I wasn't sure if they were symbols or some more of this "hylean" though. The symbols were colored dark blue in some places here and there, and there was also crimson red ones too! After putting the cloak on, I decided to find out where I was going.
Looking throughout the desert, I noticed I was a bit, higher up than usual. 'oh no, please no!' I thought. I took a couple steps, and found myself on a ledge that was TO HIGH UP FOR COMFORT! This was WAY too high for me to get down! I looked to my left, and saw another little cliff platform. 'well, that is probably as close as I can fall without breaking my legs' I thought.
I went to the ledge above the other cliff platform, and looked over. Even though it was still closer to me than it was to the ground, I was still terrified! Like lots of other people, I had a fear of heights! But seeing this as the only way down, I braced myself, and jumped off. After about two seconds of falling that seemed like an eternity, I landed on the ground with a slight pain on my legs, sort of like hitting your shin on something hard.
But then, after seeing another ledge, I knew this was going to take a little while.
Twenty minutes of two jumps and lots of fearing later
Landing on the ground with one last pain up my legs, I felt a large wave of relief. 'Why on earth was the cave up so high?!' I sighed, either way I had to get moving. I finally looked around to see where I was. To my right, I saw another ledge that, from here, looked like the way to a beautiful lake! To my left, I saw a large tower, but it was really far away! So I had a choice, climb or fall?
'After what I have been through just from getting down here, climb. Defiantly climb!' So, I headed out into the direction of the tower. Since I was going to be walking for a while, I decided to experiment with the magic I had. So focusing my energy once more, I created another orb.
The orb actually gave off a small glow in my hand. It wasn't exactly much, but it was still pretty cool. I focused even more to make it larger, and it got brighter! By now, it was about the height of me, and it reached the ground even. But looking in the area inside the orb, I saw some solid ground and, a boar?
I let go of the orb, and decided to try something else. I reached my hand out, and it went through the orb! I reached out farther, and tried to touch the boar. When I touched it however, there was a bright gray glow once again. And just like from my dream, it was coming from my left hand. I closed my eyes because of how bright it was getting.
Then, the light subsided and I heard a squeal. Opening my eyes, I saw the boar from the orb, no longer in freeze frame. Not only that, the orb was gone too! The boar was outside of the memory orb ('yeah, that is a good name for them'), and it was looking straight at me! The boar was no longer standing on solid ground though, just sand.
Looking on its back, I saw a saddle on it. Seeing this, one thought instantly popped into my head. 'I could ride this all the way to the tower!' I then hopped onto the boar, but it seemed like it didn't like what I was thinking. When I got on it, it instantly tried to buck me off! I held onto the reins to make sure I didn't though. Then, the real wild ride began.
The boar started to sprint at full speed to try to buck me off! I tried to hold onto the boar's neck to help myself, but that made it go even faster! It swerved left and right, sprinting at full speed while I was screaming like a maniac! Then at last, the boar swerved to the left and I fell off, rolling through the sand.
I got on all fours, coughing and spitting out the sand that got in my mouth. After about a minute of doing so, I laid on my back again and took some deep breaths. From all of that screaming that I did, I was out of breath! I then laughed a tiny bit, that was actually kind of fun! The boar was long gone now, so I wasn't able to do it again.
I then closed my eyes for a few seconds. It was the middle of the night, so I was a little tired. Especially after the chaos that I just went through! I was almost about to drift off into sleep, but then I heard a panting. It sounded like an echo of a dog pant, and it sort of freaked me out! I then slowly, and cautiously, opened my eyes.
A golden wolf was sitting beside me! Its fur was strangely bright and its eyes were a dark red, and it automatically sent a chill up my spine! It didn't seem like it was going to attack me though, it was just staring at me. I obviously didn't want to die to this creature, so I decided to play nice for a bit.
"uh, hi wolfie. Please don't hurt me." I said with an obvious fear in my voice. The echoed wolf pant stopped, and it then looked serious, yet curious at the same time. I started to lift my head, but then the wolf raised its paw.
"What are you-" I tried to say. But then he put his paw on my chest, and I instantly felt drowsy. I then fell asleep just three seconds after the wolf touched me, then something strange happened.
I woke up with a slight headache thumping in my head. I was lying down in some, water? How was that possible, I was just in the desert?! I started to get up, and I got a view of my current position. I was in some sort of strange place, and everything was foggy. Ahead, I could see a white and blue castle with pointed spires. It looked like it belonged to royalty, and I guessed it was. Everything else however, was too hard to make out.
I turned around, only to see the wolf once again. It was sitting down in the very shallow water, doing its echo pant again. How did this happen, did the wolf bring me here? Because the first encounter I had with it back in the desert seemed strange enough, I was more than confused this time. I just couldn't find the words to describe how weirded out I was.
"I feel so stupid right now doing this, but, did you bring me here?" I asked the golden wolf. It didn't respond, that was when I became a little skeptical. Just what was this wolf exactly? Somehow, the wolf answered my question. It raised its head high and gave out a loud spine chilling howl. A golden light shined from the wolf, and I had to shield my eyes to prevent becoming blind.
The light subsided, and I uncovered my eyes. What was in front of me was not the golden wolf I had seen before, but a terrifying demon looking soldier! It had gold and red armor, and a sword and shield in its hands. Its visible body parts were a dull gray, and almost seemed ghost-like! Then there was its face.
The face was probably one of the most terrifying things I have seen! Its teeth were showing, and were a yellowish white. It didn't have a nose, but rather an outline of where its nose should be! Its eyes were a completely other story on its own. Its right eye was a dark red, almost blood red! The left eye, well, there wasn't anything to talk about. Why? Because there was literally nothing to talk about, there was no left eye!
I had no way to defend myself, so I decided to experiment with my current magic once again. I quickly focused my magic once again, and shot it out to the demon soldier. The orb enveloped him, and I saw once again, a different sight. In the memory orb, I saw an adult with a green tunic. He had a serious face and a scar over his left eye. I couldn't see it fully because there was a bandage over it. His shield was the same, but the sword was completely different.
It was a silver blade with an extremely pointed tip. The blade was as long as my leg, and had a strange marking on it close to the guard, that sort of looked like the triforce that was on my shirt. The grip was a dark shade of purple, and its design was very odd.
The demon soldier wasn't even fazed by it though, he gave a confident "Hmph" and just walked right out of it. He turned back into the terrifying monster he was, and stopped a couple feet before me. I was terrified, obviously, but then it started to talk.
"Your magic has not reached its full potential yet." It said. Its voice was something of a ghost, as loud as someone regularly talking, but sounding like a whisper. Another chill went throughout my body, and I could feel the goosebumps popping up on my body. "If you wish to survive on your journey, you must unlock your true abilities."
"J-Just who and what the heck are you?!" I asked with a wavering tone in my voice. The demon soldier let out a sigh, and tilted his head down a bit. "I should have expected this. I have just brought you here with no choice from your own will. But do not worry young one, I bring no harm." It was hard to convince me, but it actually seemed like he wanted to help me.
Still a bit skeptical, I started to speak once again. "Alright, then can you please answer my question? Who and what are you?" I said.
The demon soldier looked up to me, with a confident look back in his eyes. "Young one, I am known by several names. I am Link, the Hero of Time and Termina, the hero in green, but I am now known as The Shade" it said. "You have made me curious young one, for only Triforce weilders are able to see me. But the wielder of power is defeated, the wielder of wisdom I have never come across, and the wielder of courage has learned all from me."
The shade then had a curious look on his face. "So young one, what do you wield?" he said. Deciding that this "shade" probably could be trusted after all, I raised my left hand and showed him my Triforce mark.
"A couple hours ago, I woke up in the Great Fairy's cave from a dream. In the dream, there was a voice that had called me 'Wielder of Magic'. So I guess I wield, the Triforce of Magic?" I said. It was the Shade's turn to look skeptical this time.
"Your piece is not full, are you sure you are a true wielder of this new Triforce piece?" he said. I then explained to him about what happened, looking for 'my ally from another realm', the Great Fairy, my magic, and coming here. He seemed intrigued the entire time. When I finished, the Shade spoke up again.
"It seems that the goddesses have chosen more wielders of their power, interesting. Do you know who your 'other realm' partner is?" he said. I shook my head and said, "No, I don't. Just like in the Great Fairy's cave, I don't remember anything before my dream. She just told me to seek out my partner, and that was all."
"Most of my ancestors and descendants' adventures have always started with a strange dream. Perhaps it could be the same for you, young one." The shade said.
I took a step back. "Me? Listen, I may be able to make these little orbs, but I don't think I could be able to save the world, that would be way out of my league!" I said. The shade chuckled.
"All of my ancestors and descendant's adventures were 'out of their league', but they manage to do the seemingly impossible every time. I can already tell, you have a great roll to fill." He replied.
I sighed. "I don't know, maybe the goddesses have chosen the wrong person."
"Nonsense!" the Shade cried out. "The Goddesses' decisions are right every time! Saying something like that would be like saying the goddesses are unfaithful!" I took another step back.
"Okay, okay, sorry. I'm probably just not as skilled as fighting as you guys probably are." I said.
"You may not be a fighter now," the Shade said. "But train with me and you will be one in no time!"
"Alright, good. Because to be honest, I need all the help I can get." I said.
"The first magic ability I shall teach you is called the 'Pointed Shockwave'. This is used primarily for attacking at any foes that cross your path." He took a scroll out of, wherever he was keeping it, and handed it to me. I took the scroll from his hands, and found that it dissolved right in my hands! But then, I felt something tick in the back of my mind.
"You now know how to use it, so try it on me." The shade said. He then got into a battle stance, shield in front of him to protect him. The shade was right, I did know how to do it, so I decided to try it out. I closed my eyes and put my left arm across my chest. I pointed out my index finger and focused my energy into there. After a couple seconds of storing energy, I opened my eyes and swiped my and across the open air.
A white shockwave appeared from my outstretched finger. It was a wide shockwave, and it was a light white. I didn't get much time to see it though, because I didn't even have a full second to look at it. It quickly came out of my finger and hit the Shade's shield, knocking him back a little. He then got out of his battle stance and lowered his weapons.
"Very good young one. This will help you face off against any foes you cross paths with. Make sure to use it wisely." I nodded. Looking at my left hand again. My Triforce piece was glowing a bit brighter than usual, it was hard to notice the difference though. I lifted my head back up to the shade.
"I still have more to teach you, but this is not the place and time to do so. On your quest, if you see a golden wolf again, make sure to ready your abilities." I nodded again.
"Farewell young one." Everything then became fuzzy, and I found myself falling back to the ground again. If this was a dream, I guess I am waking up now.
I woke up like I did in the dream, head pounding. I lifted myself off of the ground and looked around again. The golden wolf was gone, and I didn't know where it went. I found myself at the entrance of the large tower, the boar must have brought me closer to here than I thought.
I lifted myself up, standing once again on the hard sand beneath my shoes. It felt later than usual, but I didn't know why. But either way, I felt energized from the encounter with the shade, so I wasn't tired anymore! In fact, I felt great! I was about to rush into the tower, but I stopped myself.
'I should check to see if that was an actual dream or not' I thought to myself. I then did what I did in my dream. I raised my left arm across my chest with my index finger pointed. After focusing more energy, I swiped through the air, the shockwave appearing once again. 'that definitely wasn't a dream'
So, with my magic at the ready and my basket of supplies filled, I entered the tower.
This chapter was probably the longest one I have every written! (And that is a good thing) I hoped you all liked it, and remember to leave a review down below! Again, if I get two reviews for this chapter, I will work double time to get the next chapter done! I give you my word. Anyway, see you in the next chapter!