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Kimiko's Quest
Chapter 3
Day Two: Morning
Kimiko's POV
Outside Temple of Light
Well, I know that Blu didn't really describe the Sacred Realm very well, so...
Blu: Hey! That's not my fault! This guy writes short chapters, and I was running too long!
Kimiko: That's understandable. I get the feeling he's going to stop limiting that so much, but now's not the time to bash the author. I'm not so sure that characters are allowed to flame. Anyway, back to the story. While Blu was reading her letter, I was looking around. It looked like an unspoiled Hyrule. The only man-made thing in sight was the Temple of Light, and that was beautiful.
Other than the golden sky, the one thing I will never forget is the field of flowers that was where the market would have been. It was incredible. You will never see those colors anywhere else. The colors were the deepest, brightest reds, greens, and blues you could imagine. It was incredible. Finally, Blu brought me out of it by showing me her letter. I promised her ramen if we left now, because I know if she didn't get me away from there soon, I'd never leave.
There was a ring of trees that closed in the area, so we walked through the only gap we could find. 'Hyrule Field' was completely the opposite of 'Castle Town'. The ground was dead, and nothing but dirt. There were great stone walls reaching as higher than I could see, forcing us to walk in a certain direction. Even the trees we had just come through, which looked beautiful on the other side, looked dead here. I didn't have to look up at the sky to know that this place was under the influence of Ganondorf.
"Hey, Blu. Lemme see the map." Blu handed it over, and I started studying it. This was no ordinary map. Just looking at one place, my eyes focused in on it, and it was as if I was there. The other thing was that whenever I focused on a place, somehow knew something about it. I don't know how, I just knew. "Okay, it looks like there is a sort of hub in the center of where the ranch should be. It connects all of these pathways, but you have to open each path from outside." My eyes drifted to the left side of the map. There was what would have been the Desert Colossus, and there was the altar that was holding the Triforce. And just behind it, on the stone steps of the Spirit Temple was... "Oh, god..."
"Kimiko? What's wrong? Are you okay?" I couldn't tell Blu about this! What would she do?! Of course, she'd have to see it when we got there...
"Nothing's wrong, Blu. Hey, I'll take care of the map, all right?" Well, now I knew what Nayru meant by the worst thing she could imagine. If it was me, I'd have a hard time thinking of anything worse than that...
"Umm...sure...whatever...You sure you're okay?"
"I'm fine, Blu."
"Well, then let's get to the end of this path and have some ramen!!!"
"All right. If we follow the path, we'll pass through the hub and come to about where the Kokiri Forest is in Hyrule. There's a second Forest Temple there, and it exits to another path. From the look of this, we'll be taking a path between the temples in the same order as my dad did"
I'd talk about the path more, but it was pretty uneventful and dull. The only things of note were stone walls, dead soil, a dark sky, and Blu singing the Song That Never Ends behind me. "Some people started singing it not knowing what it... Hey! Is that the hub?" Wow. I guess she WAS paying attention. Right in front of us was a dead end, with the Song of Time symbol just above where the top of my head reached to.
"Well, I guess I'll try the song." I had expected the wall to disappear win a blue light. Instead, it blew up. That's about the hardest I've ever hit the ground. When the dust cleared, only one piece of stone was left. The leaf-shaped piece fit perfectly in the section of the wall with the matching symbol. See, there were two places for 'doors' for each path, and half of them had specially shaped holes in them. I assumed that the others opened with songs from the other side. Anyway, I put the stone in the hole, and a large section of the wall sank into the ground.
We reached the temple by 11:30 and had some ramen. You have no idea how happy Blu was that one of my countless powers was to make ramen appear out of nowhere.
We moved to go into the temple, but the door was sealed with an immobile stone block. "Stuck?" The man I recognized as Rauru, the Sage of Light, from my parents' wedding pictures was standing behind us. "Get out your ocarinas. There's a song that'll open the temple." The song he played sounded somehow familiar...
"Hey! That's the Oath to Order! My dad taught it to us!"
"So that would make you Kimiko and Blu? I take it the legends came true?"
"Yep. We're here for the Triforce."
"Ah. And what about..."
"The goddesses said we can't speak of that."
"Oh. Of course. Well, one last thing I should tell you. Whenever you see an upside-down Triforce symbol on the wall in a temple, play the Oath to Order to return to Hyrule. Sometimes, you'll need to do that to get past certain parts of a temple. Well, I must go now."
Well, just as Rauru said, the song opened the temple. As soon as we walked in, two Wolfos attacked us. Or, I should say, tried to attack us. They jumped at us and were dead before they landed. I think I gave them heart attacks or something... Anyway, we walked into the next room, which held nothing but a hole.
After about a minute of falling, we landed in a circular room with no way out. "Kimiko? Maybe you should float us back up the hole..."
"Nope. Come here and play the Oath to Order." I closed my eyes and played the song. The feeling was similar to the one from when we pulled the Master Sword. When I opened my eyes, we were in the same room, but with a door, an elevator, and my parents...
Well, somebody's got some explaining to do! Jeez, I think I need to make a chart showing who knows what, because I'm even having a hard time keeping it straight! That might be partially because I know everything, even more than the goddesses. I really should keep printouts of my old chapters with me at school...
Kimiko's Quest
Chapter 3
Day Two: Morning
Kimiko's POV
Outside Temple of Light
Well, I know that Blu didn't really describe the Sacred Realm very well, so...
Blu: Hey! That's not my fault! This guy writes short chapters, and I was running too long!
Kimiko: That's understandable. I get the feeling he's going to stop limiting that so much, but now's not the time to bash the author. I'm not so sure that characters are allowed to flame. Anyway, back to the story. While Blu was reading her letter, I was looking around. It looked like an unspoiled Hyrule. The only man-made thing in sight was the Temple of Light, and that was beautiful.
Other than the golden sky, the one thing I will never forget is the field of flowers that was where the market would have been. It was incredible. You will never see those colors anywhere else. The colors were the deepest, brightest reds, greens, and blues you could imagine. It was incredible. Finally, Blu brought me out of it by showing me her letter. I promised her ramen if we left now, because I know if she didn't get me away from there soon, I'd never leave.
There was a ring of trees that closed in the area, so we walked through the only gap we could find. 'Hyrule Field' was completely the opposite of 'Castle Town'. The ground was dead, and nothing but dirt. There were great stone walls reaching as higher than I could see, forcing us to walk in a certain direction. Even the trees we had just come through, which looked beautiful on the other side, looked dead here. I didn't have to look up at the sky to know that this place was under the influence of Ganondorf.
"Hey, Blu. Lemme see the map." Blu handed it over, and I started studying it. This was no ordinary map. Just looking at one place, my eyes focused in on it, and it was as if I was there. The other thing was that whenever I focused on a place, somehow knew something about it. I don't know how, I just knew. "Okay, it looks like there is a sort of hub in the center of where the ranch should be. It connects all of these pathways, but you have to open each path from outside." My eyes drifted to the left side of the map. There was what would have been the Desert Colossus, and there was the altar that was holding the Triforce. And just behind it, on the stone steps of the Spirit Temple was... "Oh, god..."
"Kimiko? What's wrong? Are you okay?" I couldn't tell Blu about this! What would she do?! Of course, she'd have to see it when we got there...
"Nothing's wrong, Blu. Hey, I'll take care of the map, all right?" Well, now I knew what Nayru meant by the worst thing she could imagine. If it was me, I'd have a hard time thinking of anything worse than that...
"Umm...sure...whatever...You sure you're okay?"
"I'm fine, Blu."
"Well, then let's get to the end of this path and have some ramen!!!"
"All right. If we follow the path, we'll pass through the hub and come to about where the Kokiri Forest is in Hyrule. There's a second Forest Temple there, and it exits to another path. From the look of this, we'll be taking a path between the temples in the same order as my dad did"
I'd talk about the path more, but it was pretty uneventful and dull. The only things of note were stone walls, dead soil, a dark sky, and Blu singing the Song That Never Ends behind me. "Some people started singing it not knowing what it... Hey! Is that the hub?" Wow. I guess she WAS paying attention. Right in front of us was a dead end, with the Song of Time symbol just above where the top of my head reached to.
"Well, I guess I'll try the song." I had expected the wall to disappear win a blue light. Instead, it blew up. That's about the hardest I've ever hit the ground. When the dust cleared, only one piece of stone was left. The leaf-shaped piece fit perfectly in the section of the wall with the matching symbol. See, there were two places for 'doors' for each path, and half of them had specially shaped holes in them. I assumed that the others opened with songs from the other side. Anyway, I put the stone in the hole, and a large section of the wall sank into the ground.
We reached the temple by 11:30 and had some ramen. You have no idea how happy Blu was that one of my countless powers was to make ramen appear out of nowhere.
We moved to go into the temple, but the door was sealed with an immobile stone block. "Stuck?" The man I recognized as Rauru, the Sage of Light, from my parents' wedding pictures was standing behind us. "Get out your ocarinas. There's a song that'll open the temple." The song he played sounded somehow familiar...
"Hey! That's the Oath to Order! My dad taught it to us!"
"So that would make you Kimiko and Blu? I take it the legends came true?"
"Yep. We're here for the Triforce."
"Ah. And what about..."
"The goddesses said we can't speak of that."
"Oh. Of course. Well, one last thing I should tell you. Whenever you see an upside-down Triforce symbol on the wall in a temple, play the Oath to Order to return to Hyrule. Sometimes, you'll need to do that to get past certain parts of a temple. Well, I must go now."
Well, just as Rauru said, the song opened the temple. As soon as we walked in, two Wolfos attacked us. Or, I should say, tried to attack us. They jumped at us and were dead before they landed. I think I gave them heart attacks or something... Anyway, we walked into the next room, which held nothing but a hole.
After about a minute of falling, we landed in a circular room with no way out. "Kimiko? Maybe you should float us back up the hole..."
"Nope. Come here and play the Oath to Order." I closed my eyes and played the song. The feeling was similar to the one from when we pulled the Master Sword. When I opened my eyes, we were in the same room, but with a door, an elevator, and my parents...
Well, somebody's got some explaining to do! Jeez, I think I need to make a chart showing who knows what, because I'm even having a hard time keeping it straight! That might be partially because I know everything, even more than the goddesses. I really should keep printouts of my old chapters with me at school...