A Strange Beginning (cont'd)
Chapter 11
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Next spun around abruptly, to face the now closed door. She looked at Oniwalu, who was still facing inward into the temple. She noticed that his hand was not on the hilt of the sword, but the sheath.
"You know, if we're attacked, that sheath will do nothing against our enemies. Hey, are you listening to me?" Oni was still looking toward the center of the room. He tightened his grip on the sheath, and spoke.
"Dear mother, grant me the courage to continue..." As he said this, the sheath began to glow a light green. He took a step forward. The sheath glowed brighter, and he stepped forward again. Soon he was standing in front of the sword pedestal, and the room was completely lit. Next could see a sword embedded in the pedestal, but it appeared to be rusted all the way through. She took a step forward.
"What kind of useless sword..." Her voice trailed off as a shadow came over her. She looked up just in time to see a giant hand come down and grab her, and throw her out of the temple. Now Oniwalu was alone.
"This sword...It will destroy me, if I do not destroy it first." He drew his sword, and then thought again. "But...then the balance between good and evil would be disrupted. I do not want to disrupt everything. I need not destroy this weapon yet." He sheathed his sword, and walked out of the temple, where Next stood impatiently.
"What kind of temple IS that? A giant hand just tossed me out of there! What's going on here?" She continued ranting, as Oniwalu watched the sky, as Magnellen landed softly in the clearing with several small woodland creatures in his claws. Oniwalu cringed as, one by one, the dragon ate the creatures.
Seeing her dragon friend land, Next stopped shouting, and spoke. "Catch anything good?"
"The creatures here are very strange," He responded, picking his teeth with the forelimb of a wolf. "Take this tree creature, for instance. He tried to run away when I attacked! Truly strange indeed." As Magnellen pulled the Deku Scrub from his back, Oniwalu saw that the poor creature could not be more than a few years old.
"Put that creature down, you overgrown Dodongo!" Oniwalu rushed over, grabbed the deku scrub from the dragon's claw, and set the thing on the ground. It ran as fast as it could out of the clearing. Oniwalu heard a screech as the poor critter was devoured by the vine monsters. Oniwalu looked at Magnellen.
"Do you think you can just waltz right into my world and take whatever you can catch? You don't understand," Oniwalu was almost screaming now, "you don't understand why that deku scrub couldn't defend himself, do you? He was from..." Oniwalu suddenly realized something. "He was from...Hyrule...! How did you find him, here in the Sacred Realm?!"
"He was in the middle of some destroyed town. I found him near a pentagram. Strange that a tree person would be in a destroyed village. Why do you ask?"
"Near a pentagram? You mean...there are rifts in the realm? There are hylian creatures in the Sacred Realm! Oh, dear god..." Oniwalu placed his hand on the hilt of the sword. It glowed bright blue. He closed his eyes. Next looked at him as though he were some insane fugitive. "The rift in the world is letting creatures from Hyrule enter this world," he said, opening his eyes. "We have to go to the pentagram, and check everything out. Next, I would ready your sword. There is no telling what evils have traveled through the rift." Oniwalu leapt into the air, and immediately flew toward the town that he had removed the pentagram from. Next watched him fly away, thinking.
Massic never was ambitious, she thought, but then, Massic's gone now... She climbed onto Magnellen's back, and they flew off to where Oniwalu had gone.
Chapter 11
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Next spun around abruptly, to face the now closed door. She looked at Oniwalu, who was still facing inward into the temple. She noticed that his hand was not on the hilt of the sword, but the sheath.
"You know, if we're attacked, that sheath will do nothing against our enemies. Hey, are you listening to me?" Oni was still looking toward the center of the room. He tightened his grip on the sheath, and spoke.
"Dear mother, grant me the courage to continue..." As he said this, the sheath began to glow a light green. He took a step forward. The sheath glowed brighter, and he stepped forward again. Soon he was standing in front of the sword pedestal, and the room was completely lit. Next could see a sword embedded in the pedestal, but it appeared to be rusted all the way through. She took a step forward.
"What kind of useless sword..." Her voice trailed off as a shadow came over her. She looked up just in time to see a giant hand come down and grab her, and throw her out of the temple. Now Oniwalu was alone.
"This sword...It will destroy me, if I do not destroy it first." He drew his sword, and then thought again. "But...then the balance between good and evil would be disrupted. I do not want to disrupt everything. I need not destroy this weapon yet." He sheathed his sword, and walked out of the temple, where Next stood impatiently.
"What kind of temple IS that? A giant hand just tossed me out of there! What's going on here?" She continued ranting, as Oniwalu watched the sky, as Magnellen landed softly in the clearing with several small woodland creatures in his claws. Oniwalu cringed as, one by one, the dragon ate the creatures.
Seeing her dragon friend land, Next stopped shouting, and spoke. "Catch anything good?"
"The creatures here are very strange," He responded, picking his teeth with the forelimb of a wolf. "Take this tree creature, for instance. He tried to run away when I attacked! Truly strange indeed." As Magnellen pulled the Deku Scrub from his back, Oniwalu saw that the poor creature could not be more than a few years old.
"Put that creature down, you overgrown Dodongo!" Oniwalu rushed over, grabbed the deku scrub from the dragon's claw, and set the thing on the ground. It ran as fast as it could out of the clearing. Oniwalu heard a screech as the poor critter was devoured by the vine monsters. Oniwalu looked at Magnellen.
"Do you think you can just waltz right into my world and take whatever you can catch? You don't understand," Oniwalu was almost screaming now, "you don't understand why that deku scrub couldn't defend himself, do you? He was from..." Oniwalu suddenly realized something. "He was from...Hyrule...! How did you find him, here in the Sacred Realm?!"
"He was in the middle of some destroyed town. I found him near a pentagram. Strange that a tree person would be in a destroyed village. Why do you ask?"
"Near a pentagram? You mean...there are rifts in the realm? There are hylian creatures in the Sacred Realm! Oh, dear god..." Oniwalu placed his hand on the hilt of the sword. It glowed bright blue. He closed his eyes. Next looked at him as though he were some insane fugitive. "The rift in the world is letting creatures from Hyrule enter this world," he said, opening his eyes. "We have to go to the pentagram, and check everything out. Next, I would ready your sword. There is no telling what evils have traveled through the rift." Oniwalu leapt into the air, and immediately flew toward the town that he had removed the pentagram from. Next watched him fly away, thinking.
Massic never was ambitious, she thought, but then, Massic's gone now... She climbed onto Magnellen's back, and they flew off to where Oniwalu had gone.