LINK AND THE WATER TEMPLE OF DOOM
DISCLAIMER: I don't own anything
RATING: This chapter has a rating of PG. It has no adult themes, no swearing, and nothing that could really offend anyone. It also has spoilers from the computer game, so playing it through is suggested first. Or at least playing past the water temple. Anyway, on with the show.
AUTHORS NOTES: Ok, this is where it gets interesting. This chapter isn't as long as I would have liked. I'm having a bit of trouble writing the second half, so I figured I'd post this now, and keep all the readers happy. Only due to the amount of reviews I got for my last chapter (None) I'm guessing I don't have any. Kinda makes me wonder why I bother posting it up here.
Chapter 4a
Link watched the water as it rippled in the light of the fairy's, and tried to think of a way out of the chamber he was in. No matter how hard he thought though, nothing came to mind. He was in a tiny air pocket hundreds of meters underground on the bottom of a lake, and the only way out was through the passage he had come in. And the passage was blocked by a clam. So he had to stun or kill the clam in order to get past. But he couldn't do that, because all his weapons and equipment were lying next to the clam. And even if he could sneak past the clam, he would still drown without his water breather. So he needed to go down to get his equipment. But all his equipment was within attacking distance of the clam. Unless he had some way to stun or kill the clam, he couldn't recover his equipment. Which meant the only thing he could do was sit and wait for whoever had left the fish. He hoped it was Ruto. He couldn't think of anyone else it could be. Sheik had said he hadn't seen Ruto since the week after Zora's Domain had frozen over, and that was six months ago. Link rolled back onto the floor and sighed. Once more, he had rushed into the situation without thinking. Once more, he was forced to rely on others to fix something his reckless impulses had got him into. He sighed, and waited the return of whoever had left the fish.
It was now several hours later, and Link had given up waiting. He was ashamed to say it, but he was bored. Here he was in a potentially life threatening situation, and he was bored. More bored than he knew was possible. As the minutes had passed into hours, He had grown more and more frustrated, and less and less interested in waiting for whoever had left the fish. In fact, after several hours of sitting round doing nothing, or pacing around the tiny room, he felt like jumping into the water and fighting the clam weaponless, just to break the monotony of waiting. He had tried to rescue his equipment with the hook and rope, but the rope had finally snapped, leaving the hook with his equipment. Link paced around the room. He was starting to hate that room. He was sick of the sound of the water lapping of the water against the entrance, sick of the pale dim light provided by the fairies, which left dark shadows in the corners, and sick of the smell of fish. He thought longingly of the island he had fallen asleep on earlier. The hours passed slowly, and Link grew tired. Eventually, he lay down on the floor, and drifted into a uncomfortable sleep.
Link slept, his unconscious mind registering everything as his body rested. It felt the cold, and dismissed it. Felt the rough limestone floor pressing into Link, and dismissed it. Could smell the stink of fresh fish, and dismissed it. Could hear the barely audible sound of water splashing, as someone entered the room from the tunnel. Link leapt to his feet, and went to draw his sword in a move which would have cleaved his opponent in two, if his sword had been in his scabbard. But unfortunately for him, it wasn't. It was at the bottom of the pool. Instead, he overbalanced and crashed into the person who had been creeping up on him. They were both knocked to the floor. His opponent was the first to recover, and he was rolled onto his back and had the sharp edge of a knife pressed against his throat.
Link groaned as he shook the last of the cobwebs from his mind, and looked at the person who had the knife to his throat. He groaned again, as he realized his opponent was a Zora. Two huge black eye's, no nose, and thick, rubbery pale green skin. "Who are you" The Zora spoke. Link stared. And needle sharp teeth. Needle sharp teeth, only inches from his face. The Zora put more pressure on his throat, and he forced his mind back to the question.
"Link" he said. The Zora blinked. "I'm here to rescue you." Link said, hoping the Zora Was Ruto.
Link wasn't very good at reading the expressions of Zora's, but even he could tell the Zora was looking a lot less hostile. The knife at his throat was withdrawn, and she let him sit up.
'So Link, you have come.' The Zora spoke. 'Just as Sheik said you would. My betrothed has come to restore my peoples domain to it's previous state.' Link started. Betrothed? The Zora must have seen his bewilderment. 'Yes Link. Sheik told me you would come.' Seeing Links continued confusion, Ruto paused. 'Sheik is the one who sent you, isn't she?' Link nodded dumbly. Ruto looked at him, concerned. 'Then why are you looking at me like that?' she asked. 'Be-berothed?' He managed to stutter. 'Yes. Berothed. I gave you my engagement stone just before Ganondolf took over.' Her voice took on a slight edge. 'Don't tell me your trying to get out of it.' Link looked nervously at the scowling Zora and the knife she was holding. 'Who me? Never. Never run from anything, that's me' he said, laughing nervously. 'But I don't remember you giving me any stone'
Ruto scowled even more, pushed him up against the wall, and pressed the tip of the knife back against his throat. 'Three sapphires in a gold setting. I gave it to you right after our 'visit' to Lord Jabu Jabu' she snarled. 'Don't tell me you'd 'forgotten' about it?'
Links eye's widened . Partially from the sight of Ruto's needle-like teeth inches away from taking off his nose, partially from the knife at his throat, but mostly because he realized what Ruto was talking about. The Zora's Saphire. She had said something about it being her most precious possession when she had given it to him, but at the time Link hadn't been paying attention. The knife dug in deeper. 'Well?' Link was ready to swear Ruto was almost foaming at the mouth. There was only one thing he could say. 'Yes.' Link said, looking Ruto in the eye's. 'But . . . why is it so important to you?' Ruto paused. 'You want to know why my engagement is important to me?' she asked in disbelief. 'I knew Hyrilians were stupid, but I didn't realize they were that dumb.' Link just looked at her.
Ruto stared back angrily for a few seconds, before her mask crumbled. Her head slumped forwards, and her posture changed to one of dejection. In a small sad voice, she spoke. 'I'm the only one left' She said. 'I'm the only Zora of our tribe still alive. A outsider like you wouldn't know this, but the Zora's weren't always a peaceful race. We used to fight amongst ourselves. Tribe against tribe. The Wfari tribe stopped that. My tribe. We unified the Zora's under our rule, and bought peace. But if my tribe ceases to be, that peace will end.' Ruto lifted her head and looked at Link 'A Zora's marriage lasts for life. By accepting my engagement stone, you have become my fiancé. The only person I can marry is you. Unless my line continues, the Zora's will forget about peace, forget about the truce with the Hyrilians and revert to barbarism' Her voice changed. Now containing a hint of steel. 'I Will Not be the last of my tribe. When I gave my stone to you, I may have been young and foolish, but what's done is done. I Will marry you and I Will continue on my line.' Her voice softened. 'I have no other choice.'
'Oh' Link said. Ruto waited for Link to say something else. Link sat there, looking at Ruto with a look of confusion on his face. Ruto waited some more. Link continued to sit there. 'Is that all you have to say?' Asked Ruto, exasperated. 'Yes' said Link. Looking at the look in incomprehension on Links face. Ruto had a flash of inspiration. 'You didn't understand a word I was saying, did you?' Link looked away. 'Well . . .' He muttered. 'Hey, who cares about that stuff. Shouldn't we be finding the demon or something?'
TO BE CONTINUED
MORE AUTHORS NOTES: C&C please. What do you like about it? What don't you like about it? Are the jokes funny, or lame? Do you have any suggestions? Somebody, please post something. Hey, I'd even be happy with flames, as long as they make a valid point and tell me how to fix it.
Whatever you send me, it can be sent to Ryan Bailey, at RevengeoftheLurch@hotmail.com or just added via the review thingy. You can copy and paste this document wherever you like, as long as you don't change it at all. I just realized how stupid I sounded before when I assumed anyone would actually want to buy this.
DISCLAIMER: I don't own anything
RATING: This chapter has a rating of PG. It has no adult themes, no swearing, and nothing that could really offend anyone. It also has spoilers from the computer game, so playing it through is suggested first. Or at least playing past the water temple. Anyway, on with the show.
AUTHORS NOTES: Ok, this is where it gets interesting. This chapter isn't as long as I would have liked. I'm having a bit of trouble writing the second half, so I figured I'd post this now, and keep all the readers happy. Only due to the amount of reviews I got for my last chapter (None) I'm guessing I don't have any. Kinda makes me wonder why I bother posting it up here.
Chapter 4a
Link watched the water as it rippled in the light of the fairy's, and tried to think of a way out of the chamber he was in. No matter how hard he thought though, nothing came to mind. He was in a tiny air pocket hundreds of meters underground on the bottom of a lake, and the only way out was through the passage he had come in. And the passage was blocked by a clam. So he had to stun or kill the clam in order to get past. But he couldn't do that, because all his weapons and equipment were lying next to the clam. And even if he could sneak past the clam, he would still drown without his water breather. So he needed to go down to get his equipment. But all his equipment was within attacking distance of the clam. Unless he had some way to stun or kill the clam, he couldn't recover his equipment. Which meant the only thing he could do was sit and wait for whoever had left the fish. He hoped it was Ruto. He couldn't think of anyone else it could be. Sheik had said he hadn't seen Ruto since the week after Zora's Domain had frozen over, and that was six months ago. Link rolled back onto the floor and sighed. Once more, he had rushed into the situation without thinking. Once more, he was forced to rely on others to fix something his reckless impulses had got him into. He sighed, and waited the return of whoever had left the fish.
It was now several hours later, and Link had given up waiting. He was ashamed to say it, but he was bored. Here he was in a potentially life threatening situation, and he was bored. More bored than he knew was possible. As the minutes had passed into hours, He had grown more and more frustrated, and less and less interested in waiting for whoever had left the fish. In fact, after several hours of sitting round doing nothing, or pacing around the tiny room, he felt like jumping into the water and fighting the clam weaponless, just to break the monotony of waiting. He had tried to rescue his equipment with the hook and rope, but the rope had finally snapped, leaving the hook with his equipment. Link paced around the room. He was starting to hate that room. He was sick of the sound of the water lapping of the water against the entrance, sick of the pale dim light provided by the fairies, which left dark shadows in the corners, and sick of the smell of fish. He thought longingly of the island he had fallen asleep on earlier. The hours passed slowly, and Link grew tired. Eventually, he lay down on the floor, and drifted into a uncomfortable sleep.
Link slept, his unconscious mind registering everything as his body rested. It felt the cold, and dismissed it. Felt the rough limestone floor pressing into Link, and dismissed it. Could smell the stink of fresh fish, and dismissed it. Could hear the barely audible sound of water splashing, as someone entered the room from the tunnel. Link leapt to his feet, and went to draw his sword in a move which would have cleaved his opponent in two, if his sword had been in his scabbard. But unfortunately for him, it wasn't. It was at the bottom of the pool. Instead, he overbalanced and crashed into the person who had been creeping up on him. They were both knocked to the floor. His opponent was the first to recover, and he was rolled onto his back and had the sharp edge of a knife pressed against his throat.
Link groaned as he shook the last of the cobwebs from his mind, and looked at the person who had the knife to his throat. He groaned again, as he realized his opponent was a Zora. Two huge black eye's, no nose, and thick, rubbery pale green skin. "Who are you" The Zora spoke. Link stared. And needle sharp teeth. Needle sharp teeth, only inches from his face. The Zora put more pressure on his throat, and he forced his mind back to the question.
"Link" he said. The Zora blinked. "I'm here to rescue you." Link said, hoping the Zora Was Ruto.
Link wasn't very good at reading the expressions of Zora's, but even he could tell the Zora was looking a lot less hostile. The knife at his throat was withdrawn, and she let him sit up.
'So Link, you have come.' The Zora spoke. 'Just as Sheik said you would. My betrothed has come to restore my peoples domain to it's previous state.' Link started. Betrothed? The Zora must have seen his bewilderment. 'Yes Link. Sheik told me you would come.' Seeing Links continued confusion, Ruto paused. 'Sheik is the one who sent you, isn't she?' Link nodded dumbly. Ruto looked at him, concerned. 'Then why are you looking at me like that?' she asked. 'Be-berothed?' He managed to stutter. 'Yes. Berothed. I gave you my engagement stone just before Ganondolf took over.' Her voice took on a slight edge. 'Don't tell me your trying to get out of it.' Link looked nervously at the scowling Zora and the knife she was holding. 'Who me? Never. Never run from anything, that's me' he said, laughing nervously. 'But I don't remember you giving me any stone'
Ruto scowled even more, pushed him up against the wall, and pressed the tip of the knife back against his throat. 'Three sapphires in a gold setting. I gave it to you right after our 'visit' to Lord Jabu Jabu' she snarled. 'Don't tell me you'd 'forgotten' about it?'
Links eye's widened . Partially from the sight of Ruto's needle-like teeth inches away from taking off his nose, partially from the knife at his throat, but mostly because he realized what Ruto was talking about. The Zora's Saphire. She had said something about it being her most precious possession when she had given it to him, but at the time Link hadn't been paying attention. The knife dug in deeper. 'Well?' Link was ready to swear Ruto was almost foaming at the mouth. There was only one thing he could say. 'Yes.' Link said, looking Ruto in the eye's. 'But . . . why is it so important to you?' Ruto paused. 'You want to know why my engagement is important to me?' she asked in disbelief. 'I knew Hyrilians were stupid, but I didn't realize they were that dumb.' Link just looked at her.
Ruto stared back angrily for a few seconds, before her mask crumbled. Her head slumped forwards, and her posture changed to one of dejection. In a small sad voice, she spoke. 'I'm the only one left' She said. 'I'm the only Zora of our tribe still alive. A outsider like you wouldn't know this, but the Zora's weren't always a peaceful race. We used to fight amongst ourselves. Tribe against tribe. The Wfari tribe stopped that. My tribe. We unified the Zora's under our rule, and bought peace. But if my tribe ceases to be, that peace will end.' Ruto lifted her head and looked at Link 'A Zora's marriage lasts for life. By accepting my engagement stone, you have become my fiancé. The only person I can marry is you. Unless my line continues, the Zora's will forget about peace, forget about the truce with the Hyrilians and revert to barbarism' Her voice changed. Now containing a hint of steel. 'I Will Not be the last of my tribe. When I gave my stone to you, I may have been young and foolish, but what's done is done. I Will marry you and I Will continue on my line.' Her voice softened. 'I have no other choice.'
'Oh' Link said. Ruto waited for Link to say something else. Link sat there, looking at Ruto with a look of confusion on his face. Ruto waited some more. Link continued to sit there. 'Is that all you have to say?' Asked Ruto, exasperated. 'Yes' said Link. Looking at the look in incomprehension on Links face. Ruto had a flash of inspiration. 'You didn't understand a word I was saying, did you?' Link looked away. 'Well . . .' He muttered. 'Hey, who cares about that stuff. Shouldn't we be finding the demon or something?'
TO BE CONTINUED
MORE AUTHORS NOTES: C&C please. What do you like about it? What don't you like about it? Are the jokes funny, or lame? Do you have any suggestions? Somebody, please post something. Hey, I'd even be happy with flames, as long as they make a valid point and tell me how to fix it.
Whatever you send me, it can be sent to Ryan Bailey, at RevengeoftheLurch@hotmail.com or just added via the review thingy. You can copy and paste this document wherever you like, as long as you don't change it at all. I just realized how stupid I sounded before when I assumed anyone would actually want to buy this.