Author's Note: I don't own Aquamentis or the mini bosses.
Lyndsey stared up at the sky, thinking about Link. He had helped her fight the monsters on the beach, and learn how to make fast cash. She figured she owed him something. Link was inside the shop, getting some bombs and some hearts. She thought and thought until he came out.
He did not look the same. He looked dazed and drunk, but he had his bombs. Melinda must have done something to him, Lyndsey thought, worried. She got up and ran over to him hurriedly.
"Link?" she asked, trying to put an arm around his shoulder. Instead, it went right through. "LINK!"
She ran inside. "What did you do to Link she yelled. Melinda came out through the doorway. Her skin was pale green, her eyes those of a cat's. She smiled a white, toothy grin, and said, "Link is fine." Lyndsey ran though the doorway and stared. Link was sitting in a chair, eyes closed and limp.
"YOU KILLED HIM?!?!" yelled Lyndsey.
"Of course not. He's only asleep."
"Who's outside then?"
"His spirit." Melinda said calmly. "I'm keeping his body. I don't need his spirit."
"What do you need him for?"
"Why, you should know!" Melinda said. "Link is a great hero. He is able to defeat any villain. My father, Onyx, cannot have him bombarding his plans. Onyx instructed me to kill him." She paused. "He is indeed a great hero, and will have talented children. To put it simply, my sons will be as great as he is."
"NO!" Lyndsey said. She ran out of the room, out of the shop, and to the stump near her house. She slumped onto it and cried her eyes out.
Suddenly, a white blob seemed to be rubbing her back. Lyndsey felt a tingle and looked up, eyes red and blurry.
It was Link's ghost. He bent toward her and lifted the key that the Maku Tree had given her which was still tied around her neck. It raised only a little, but it lifted. Lyndsey took it, and pulled it over her head and held it in her hand. Link's ghost drifted to a nearby rock, and Lyndsey followed. She knelt down and studied it closely. She saw a small crevice, and she knew what to do. Lyndsey took the key, and stuck it in the crevice. The rock seemed to glow, and then Lyndsey heard a sound. She turned and saw the stump, rising higher and higher. When it finally stopped coming out of the ground, a cave-like entrance remained. Lyndsey waited until the stump stopped moving, and then entered.
In the Gnarled Root Dungeon were two bull-like creatures. When Lyndsey entered, they took out their boomerangs and sent them flying. Lyndsey drew her dagger, and sliced the boomerangs in half, and they fell uselessly to the ground. Then the red and blue creatures charged. Lyndsey sliced her dagger through the blue one's body, but it made but a cut. I must go for the vulnerable parts, she thought. She swung her dagger to the red one's head, cracking it and revealing ten rupees. She collected them quickly while being slashed by the blue turtle. She then cut off its legs, and it fell to the floor. Lyndsey stood above it and sliced its head open. Three hearts appeared in its place, and they recovered her. A door leading to another room revealed itself, and Lyndsey went through it, only to find a huge dragon, with a horn on its head.
I am Aquamentis. A voice in Lyndsey's head said. It was apparently coming from the monster in front of her. Prepare to die.
Lyndsey grabbed her shield and prayed she would win. She had to save Link or…
The dragon flew up, and landed somewhere else. Lyndsey braced herself. The dragon started walking and blowing fire. She dodged the flames and waited until the monster touched down. When he did, Lyndsey used her dagger to cut across the dragon's skin.
Nothing happened. Lyndsey felt the dagger clash against the tough skin. Maybe if I aim for the horn, Lyndsey thought. The dragon started walking. Lyndsey grabbed the chance. She jumped up, and slashed the horn numerous times.
It worked. The dragon started blowing up, leaving a heart container and one hundred rupees in its place. Lyndsey scooped everything up and proceeded to the next room. Inside was the first Essence. It was called "Fertile Soil", and Lyndsey discovered this while climbing up to the platform. When she finally arrived, she took the Essence, put it in her pack, and exited the dungeon.