Hyrulian Nights

Hyrulian Nights

Scene 7: The Mysteries of the Sacred Realm

(Cut to desert scene. We see Link leading a horse with the Researcher and Navi on it. Dissolve to the Sacred Realm.)

SACRED REALM: Who disturbs my slumber?

LINK: It is I, Link.

SACRED REALM: Proceed. Touch nothing but the Triforce.

(The realm opens up with a roar, and a staircase appears in front of Link.)

RESEARCHER: Remember, boy... first fetch me the Triforce, and then you shall have your reward.

LINK: (to Navi hiding under the shoulder of his vest) C'mon, Navi.

(Link begins to descend the staircase. He reaches the bottom and enters a golden chamber filled with treasure.)

LINK: Would ya look at that!

NAVI: Uh oh!

LINK: Just a handful of this stuff would make me richer than the king!

(Navi peeks out, sees the treasure, and then bolts for it.)

LINK: Navi!

(Navi stops in mid-fly, hovering over a rug on the floor.)

LINK: Don't... touch... anything! We gotta find that Triforce.

(They begin to make their way through the room when the carpet rises off the floor and begins following them. Navi gets the feeling they're being followed.)

NAVI: Huh?

(She turns, and the carpet lies flat on the floor. She continues, and the carpet begins to follow again. Again, Navi turns back, but the carpet is rolled up and leaning against a pile of treasure. Navi runs to Link and tugs on his tunic.)

NAVI: Link! Link!

LINK: Navi, will ya knock it off?

(Again the carpet follows, but this time, when Navi turns, the carpet jumps to the other side. It reaches down with a tassel and pulls on Navi's wing. When Navi jumps around, the carpet again goes to the other side. This time, Navi lands in a karate stance. Carpet reaches over and plucks Link's cap off, then puts it on himself. Navi sits thinking for a second, until Carpet waves a tassel in front of her face. Navi and Carpet both jump scared, and run away. Navi tackles Link and turns his head to look at the Carpet.)

LINK: Navi, what, are you... crazy?

(The Carpet peeks out from behind a pile of treasure.)

LINK: A magic carpet! C'mon. C'mon out. I'm not gonna hurt you.

(The Carpet slowly comes out, shyly, then picks up Link's cap and dusts it off. It flies over to Link and hands the hat to Link. Navi jingles and jumps onto his shoulder.)

LINK: Takes it easy, Navi. He's not gonna bite.

(The Carpet again picks up Link's cap and hands it to him. Navi shakes her fist and jingles at it. Carpet begins to walk away sadly.)

LINK: Hey, wait a minute. Don't go. Maybe you can help us. (Carpet looks back, excited. It then flies over and wraps around the pair.) Hey, whoa! You see, we're trying to find this triangle. (Carpet motions for them to follow it.) I think he knows where it is.

(They pass through a long tunnel, until they emerge in a giant underground cavern. In the center of the room is a tall pillar, with a staircase going up to it. It is surrounded by water with unevenly placed stones forming a bridge. At the top of the pillar is a beam of light. Link begins to cross the bridge.)

LINK: Wait here!

NAVI: Oh. Huh?

(Navi sees a shrine with a golden faerie. The outstretched hands hold a giant rupee. Navi is hypnotically drawn to it. Link climbs the stairs quickly. Carpet sees Navi and grabs her wings trying in vain to hold her back. Link finally reaches the Triforce.)

LINK: This is it? This is what we came all the way down here to... (He looks down and sees Navi break free of Carpet's hold and lunge for the rupee.) Navi... No!

(Navi grabs the rupee. There is a rumbling and the room begins to shake.)

REALM'S VOICE: Infidels!

NAVI: Uh oh!

REALM'S VOICE: You have touched the forbidden treasure. (Navi places the rupee back into the hand, but the rupee and the shrine melt into lava.) Now you will never again see the light of day!

(Link races down the steps, but they flatten into a ramp, and he skies down until he flies into the air. The water has turned into lava. He is falling toward it, when all of a sudden Carpet appears and catches him. Navi is standing on one of the rocks of the bridge. She looks left and right and sees rocks exploding into lava. Then Carpet races over and Link grabs her, just as the last rock is exploding.)

LINK: Whoa! Carpet, let's move!

(Together, they race back through the realm, dodging walls and falling debris. Navi grabs Link's head and covers his eyes.)

LINK: Navi, this is no time to panic! (He pulls Navi off his head and sees they are flying into a wall.) Start panicking.

(Carpet goes into a dive, through another tunnel. Finally, they emerge through the internal entrance. Outside, the realm begins to growl and close. Carpet and company are almost to the top when a boulder drops on Carpet, sending it to the floor. Link grabs onto the rock wall and holds on. He sees the Researcher at the top, within reach.)

LINK: Help me out!

RESEARCHER: Throw me the Triforce!

LINK: I can't hold on. Give me your hand.

RESERACHER: First give me the Triforce!

(Link reaches in and pulls out the Triforce. He hands it up, and the Researcher raises it above his head.)

RESEARCHER: Ha, ha, ha, ha! Yes! At last! Ha, ha, ha, ha!

(Link has climbed out with the assistance of Navi. But the Researcher kicks aside Navi and grabs Link's wrist.)

LINK: What are you doing?

RESEARCHER: Giving you your reward. (Ganondorf returns to his normal voice.) Your eternal reward.

(He pulls out a crooked dagger and is about to stab Link when Navi bites him on the wrist. He screams, but lets go of Link, who falls into the realm. The Researcher throws Navi into the realm as well. They fall. Carpet sees this, but is pinned under a boulder. It struggles to break free, then does. It races up and catches Link, but he has already hit the wall several times and is unconscious. On the surface, the realm roars one final time, then sinks back into the sand. Ganondorf pulls off his disguise.)

GANONDORF: Heh, heh, heh! It's mine. It's all mine! I... (He can't find it in his pocket) Where is it? No. No!

(Fade to Zelda's bedroom. She is sitting on her bed, next to Impa who looks sad. The King walks in.)

KING: Zelda? Oh, dearest. What's wrong?

ZELDA: Ganondorf... has... done something... terrible. (She looks as if she's been crying.)

KING: There, there, there, my child... we'll set it right. Now, tell me everything.