Nature Sage - Ch 2
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"Uh," Malon moaned, holding her head. "What happened?"
"You have your Sage Powers now!" Ruto said triumphantly. Then, she said to Link, "And I found her!"
"And I'm still just the lousy Hero of Time," Link moped. "I think I deserve special lights coming from my sword, or something!"
"No, you really don't," Ruto said sweetly.
"Or maybe a Medallion, to symbolize my courage and skill!" he continued.
"Nope."
"An action figure?" he asked meekly.
"Sorry, Link," Ruto said. "Now, Malon, your Medallion is called the Nature Medallion, and it's silver. You are the leader of the Nature Sages of Hyrule."
"Wait a minute," Link interrupted. "I thought Zelda was the leader of the Sages."
"Of all the Sages, not just the ones in Hyrule. We're not the only Sages in the world, you know."
"Where are we?" Malon asked, suddenly realizing that they were no longer in the Temple of Light.
"Nature Temple," Link said. "This is your Temple."
"This is mine?" Malon asked, awestruck.
"It's like the Forest Temple and Ganon's Castle, put together in a twisted kind of way," Link said thoughtfully.
"And more..silvery?" Ruto suggested. "Silverer?"
"What are Sage Powers?" Malon asked. "What is a Sage? What do you people want from me?"
"Your Sage Powers include casting spells, teleporting places, and transforming into a small, silver ball of light energy," Ruto began. "Lots more stuff, too, but let's stick with the basics for now."
"A Sage is..wow, I really don't know," Link admitted, then resumed throwing Deku Seeds into a small pond. Malon noticed that the water had a silver, metallic look to it, rather than looking normal.
In fact, the whole place had a silver tint to it.
They were in a courtyard-type area, with gleaming silver castle walls all around. Malon didn't realize that this place even was in Hyrule. Even the grass looked slightly silver. The only thing that seemed normal was the blue sky above them.
There were six doors surrounding them, one for each beam of light Malon had seen in her dream. Each had a colored Medallion above the doorway, and silver horse statues between them. In the center of the courtyard was a huge, silver Medallion.
"Is that mine?" Malon asked, pointing to it.
"Yeah," Ruto said, gazing at it fondly. "This courtyard symbolizes the Nature Sages of Hyrule. There are a few more Districts of Sages, like the Seasonal Sages and the Destiny Sages, but you don't have to worry about them right now."
Malon nodded.
"Anyway, we need you to lead the Nature Sages in an effort to defeat Ganondorf once more," Ruto said. Link jumped up.
"But I thought I trapped him in the Evil Realm!" he cried.
"You did," Ruto explained. "But he's using the evil power there to control the entire Sacred Realm, which we cannot allow to happen."
"What's the Sacred Realm? What are you people talking about?" Malon asked, still utterly confused.
"This is going to take a while," Ruto sighed.
The waters of Zora's River glistened in the morning sun. The three of them had gone to the entrance to Zora's Domain. Malon could see her reflection in the mirror-like surface of the waterfall. She adjusted her hair a little bit, then closed her eyes and raised her hands. A ball of silver light appeared above her, twinkling like a fairy. Remembering what Ruto had told her, she concentrated on what she wanted to happen.
The waterfall slowly parted like a curtain. Silver jolts of energy ran down Malon's hands, and she struggled not to break her focus. The opening grew, ever so slowly, until the spell was complete. Malon collapsed to the ground, breathing heavily.
"I guess we should have started with something a little bit easier," Ruto said. Link nodded in agreement.
"No," Malon gasped. "This was.. good.. to practice.."
"No, this would have been good to play my Ocarina to and have it open about twelve times faster," Link said. "That really looked hard. I'm surprised you actually.." He fell silent. Ruto glared at him.
"It's okay," Malon said, standing up shakily. "I didn't expect to have the strength to, either."
"That's not what I meant," Link said quietly.
Malon smiled. Link always felt bad after insulting someone, even accidentally. She gazed at his troubled eyes for a moment, then snapped back to attention, her face turning slightly red.
"Let's go get Zelda," Ruto suggested, changing the subject. "We can tell her that we're ready to go into battle now, right?"
"No!" Malon cried. "This is the only training I've had!"
"If you can do this on your first try," Ruto said, "then you could become very powerful in a short amount of time. Now let's go." She started to teleport, but Malon grabbed her arm.
"Can't we just walk?" she asked politely. "I think it would be more fun than just.."
"Of course," Link replied. "You don't mind, do you, Ruto?"
Ruto looked like she was about to panic. The Princess had never really walked anywhere before. Suddenly, she grinned.
"Okay then, Link, I'll give you the honor of carrying me!"
"AAAAAHHHH! Not again!"
Malon laughed as Link lifted Ruto off of the ground. Together, they set off toward the newly built Hyrule Castle.
Ch 2, finished! I think. If you find an awful error, E-mail me about it, please, and I'll fix it. Look for Ch 3 in the near future. And let me once again remind you to review! Thank you!