Chapter 6
(OA/N: Okay, I know it's a bit weird, but think about it. Link is out cold, so it can't be his adventure, Zelda only has mind powers going her way, Sheik I just don't like anyway, so it HAD to be Malon. And don't ask me why she has a rapier hidden in that stable. And I'm currently writing at 2:39... no, 2:40 in the morning, so expect me to put some humor in here. We all know it could use some of that magic medicine anyway...)
"We don't have a delivery scheduled until next Thursday," the guard said suspiciously, one eye cocked at me.
"Oh, c'mon, you can NEVER have to much milk! Now will you let me through, or do I have to say the sales pitch again?"
The poor Gerudo covered her face in her hands and moaned. "Oh, Desert Goddess, not that." She tapped her spear weakly against the stone, and the gate came down. She waved me through with one hand. "Just go. Now."
I really felt sorry for her as I rode past. When she wouldn't let me in, I made up some total crud about the milk being magical, and made an "excellent" sales pitch that consisted of ten minutes of baloney.
I was sure I'd given her a migraine.
Anyway, I rode out of sight and up to the gate to the desert. No one was there, so I dismounted, popped the lid off a milk jug, and pulled my rapier out of it. Tucking it through my belt, I started walking into the desert. Almost immediately, a sandstorm sprung up. Some sand blew into my eyes, and I dropped back a few steps. The storm stopped.
Experimentally, I placed one foot forward again. Nothing happened. I stepped again, and the whole desert blew up again. "Hmm... Looks like it might be enchanted." Shrugging, I walked on, shielding my eyes.
I had not walked far when I saw a pole with a long red flag attached to it. I could see another in the distance. After that was another, then another. I followed these to a small stone hut, and on top of that hut was a floating lantern. "What the heck is a poe doing out here?!" I yelled out loud.
"My job is to lead the lost to the Desert Goddess." A voice said from somewhere near the lantern.
"Do you mean the big, stone, statue thing?"
It sighed. "Yes. Now hurry up and follow me before the wind blows that dress off." And the lantern started moving.
I followed it, and it tried several times to lose me in the swirling dust. Finally reaching the end of the desert, we came upon the Desert Colossus.
"My work is done," said the poe, fading out, "And you are at the Goddess. Farewell." It disappeared entirely.
I continued on, wary of monsters, but none attacked. I looked around, and found the hole in the wall that Link had mentioned. I ran in, only to remember that the Royal Family's Song needed to be played to summon the Great Fairy. I turned, feeling extremely stupid, and began walking out. Suddenly, I heard a soft voice, almost the sound of a breeze.
"Sing it, child..."
The notes came to me, and I began to sing. I had only finished the first verse when the Fairy came out of the pool, laughing in a way so scary it... scared you.
"Child, you have a beautiful voice. You have done well. Now, on to business."
I was about to speak when she interrupted me.
"The poison in the Hero's body will be exterminated, but that will not save him. Ganon's mind is far craftier that that. He placed a curse upon the arrow, which has dropped the Hero into an endless sleep. There is only one way to cure it, and even I do not know that cure."
"Then what do I do?!" My tears were starting to well up again.
"Have faith, child! The Goddesses have told me that all will be made clear soon. Now, take this magic pendant back to your ranch, and touch it to the Hero's forehead. The poison will disappear and the Hero will shift back into real time."
She gestured, and a gold pendant bearing the mark of the Triforce, set with a diamond in the center, appeared. I took it, and the Great Fairy then disappeared. I was again left alone, with no idea of what to do.
I walked back through the desert, not feeling the sandstorm swirling around me. I was stopped when the ground beneath me shook, and came to my senses as the section of desert I was standing on elevated; along with the rest of the desert in a very long line going off into the distance.
I looked down the path into the distance, and a brief flash of lighting revealed some sort of structure. Without even thinking, I turned and walked along the newly risen path. I walked for about half an hour, and as each minute passed the structure turned into a gigantic pyramid.
Coming to the entrance, I realized it was twice as tall as Hyrule Castle, and the base was wide enough to cover Lake Hylia.
A doorway that the Biggoron could have fit through stood in front of me. Around it, there were hundreds of hieroglyphics. I recognized it as Ancient Hylian, but the language had been lost for centuries. Tearing my eyes from the walls, I entered through the giant passage.
Inside was one huge room, with several hundred pillars, which were all written in the Ancient Hylian. I could determine, from the pictures, that it was the creation of Hyrule and the immediate history.
All this would be mesmerizing to a historian, but I found the center of the room far more interesting. A single shaft of light shone down from the unseen ceiling of the chamber. It shone on the center of a large circular pedestal with a set of pillars ringing it. On the far side of the pedestal was a bas-relief of a huge head and two disconnected hands.
I stepped onto the pedestal, and as I did, the golden light vanished. The whole pyramid shook, and the pedestal rose as the top half of the pyramid slid open. The pillars toppled and fell, revealing several bomb flowers. I hurried to the center, away from them.
Then I realized the pedestal was floating on air. I noticed this because the whole thing tipped around as I ran. I made it to the center, and the platform rebalanced. The bas-relief suddenly glowed as I touched the center. Its eyes lit up, and it pulled itself from the wall. Floating in front of me, it pulled its hands from the wall, and began menacing me.
I pulled out the first weapon I thought of: my bow. The stone head, which I later learned was named Gohdan, seemed impenetrable. The hands, though, had conspicuous eye marks in the palms. I shot them each twice, and the hands were out of commission. I, however, was out of arrows.
That was when Gohdan snorted a bundle of arrows out of its nose! For a moment I was grossed out, but then I ran over and grabbed the arrows anyway. Snagging them and rolling over, I fired two arrows into one eye, which broke and went out. I quickly destroyed the next one, and the head fell to the ground, mouth open. I fired in an arrow, but it had no effect. Then I realized why the bomb flowers were there.
I ran grabbed a flower, and chucked it into the mouth. The mouth closed on it, then the bomb exploded, blowing smoke out of Gohdan's nose and ears. Then the eyes were repaired, and the hands swung up into position again.
I continued this simple pattern two more times, and then Gohdan stopped, and floated back up to the wall. It spoke in a booming voice as the pedestal retreated into the pyramid.
"You have done well, child. You are indeed worthy of meeting the Goddesses."
The golden light reappeared in the center of the platform, and I stepped into it.
~*~^~*~
(OA/N: I've decided that all meetings in the Sacred Realm will be told in third person, that is, by me. Transitions between realms will be as thus: `~*~' Alrighty then.)
Malon reappeared in a sky filled with rain. She was in the middle of a triangle formed by the Goddesses. Malon couldn't believe her eyes!
The Goddesses were children! Little girls, hardly more than seven years of age!
"Honestly, child, you should not judge by looks alone," Din chided her. "We may choose whatever form we like, and it does not affect our abilities. Anyway, congratulations."
"You have proved worthy."
"I have come for two reasons," said Malon.
"Yes, but your priorities are in the wrong order." Nayru said this, almost lazily.
"Link is more important than the Quadriforce mark."
"Wha..?" Malon was extremely confused. Then she pulled herself together. "Link is beside the important point!"
Not at all. You must save Link to save Hyrule."
"We will give you the tool to do this."
"You know only the distorted version of our legend."
"You know of the Triforce pieces attributed to each of us."
"But the essential piece was forgotten."
Din gestured and a diagram of the Triforce appeared in the air.
"Each piece alone gives incredible ability to the holder. Together, the Three can grant any wish. But only when completed can the true golden power be released."
Malon looked at her hand. "But, then, I'm..."
"Yes, Malon. You are the intended holder of the fourth and final piece of the Quadriforce: the Quadriforce of Purity."
A fourth piece appeared in the diagram, fusing the three others into one.
"Receive it now."
Each goddess raised her arms, and as they did, their respective Triforce pieces shined in the diagram. Then the piece of Purity glowed brighter than the others, became solid, floated down to Malon, and fused into her hand.
"The Quadriforce of Purity is the strongest of the four; for with purity in use, any energy can be amplified. For this reason, several items are needed to use its power."
"The first of these items is the "Liber Albus," the Book of Purity. It contains the Spells of Purity, which are needed to save Link and stop Ganon."
"The second is the Book of the Goddesses, which will allow you to translate the necessary spells."
The third is the Staff of Purity. It channels the immense power to the single target."
"Only with these items will you be able to save Link and defeat Ganon."
"Return, now, to your realm."
Nayru drifted closer to Malon, saying:
"Child, I will remain with you, in physical form, to guide you."
Malon faded out, and Nayru turned to her sisters.
"Remember the Plan."
The other two nodded. Nayru closed her eyes, spun in place, and warped away with the gentle laugh of a child...
(OA/N: Okay, I know it's a bit weird, but think about it. Link is out cold, so it can't be his adventure, Zelda only has mind powers going her way, Sheik I just don't like anyway, so it HAD to be Malon. And don't ask me why she has a rapier hidden in that stable. And I'm currently writing at 2:39... no, 2:40 in the morning, so expect me to put some humor in here. We all know it could use some of that magic medicine anyway...)
"We don't have a delivery scheduled until next Thursday," the guard said suspiciously, one eye cocked at me.
"Oh, c'mon, you can NEVER have to much milk! Now will you let me through, or do I have to say the sales pitch again?"
The poor Gerudo covered her face in her hands and moaned. "Oh, Desert Goddess, not that." She tapped her spear weakly against the stone, and the gate came down. She waved me through with one hand. "Just go. Now."
I really felt sorry for her as I rode past. When she wouldn't let me in, I made up some total crud about the milk being magical, and made an "excellent" sales pitch that consisted of ten minutes of baloney.
I was sure I'd given her a migraine.
Anyway, I rode out of sight and up to the gate to the desert. No one was there, so I dismounted, popped the lid off a milk jug, and pulled my rapier out of it. Tucking it through my belt, I started walking into the desert. Almost immediately, a sandstorm sprung up. Some sand blew into my eyes, and I dropped back a few steps. The storm stopped.
Experimentally, I placed one foot forward again. Nothing happened. I stepped again, and the whole desert blew up again. "Hmm... Looks like it might be enchanted." Shrugging, I walked on, shielding my eyes.
I had not walked far when I saw a pole with a long red flag attached to it. I could see another in the distance. After that was another, then another. I followed these to a small stone hut, and on top of that hut was a floating lantern. "What the heck is a poe doing out here?!" I yelled out loud.
"My job is to lead the lost to the Desert Goddess." A voice said from somewhere near the lantern.
"Do you mean the big, stone, statue thing?"
It sighed. "Yes. Now hurry up and follow me before the wind blows that dress off." And the lantern started moving.
I followed it, and it tried several times to lose me in the swirling dust. Finally reaching the end of the desert, we came upon the Desert Colossus.
"My work is done," said the poe, fading out, "And you are at the Goddess. Farewell." It disappeared entirely.
I continued on, wary of monsters, but none attacked. I looked around, and found the hole in the wall that Link had mentioned. I ran in, only to remember that the Royal Family's Song needed to be played to summon the Great Fairy. I turned, feeling extremely stupid, and began walking out. Suddenly, I heard a soft voice, almost the sound of a breeze.
"Sing it, child..."
The notes came to me, and I began to sing. I had only finished the first verse when the Fairy came out of the pool, laughing in a way so scary it... scared you.
"Child, you have a beautiful voice. You have done well. Now, on to business."
I was about to speak when she interrupted me.
"The poison in the Hero's body will be exterminated, but that will not save him. Ganon's mind is far craftier that that. He placed a curse upon the arrow, which has dropped the Hero into an endless sleep. There is only one way to cure it, and even I do not know that cure."
"Then what do I do?!" My tears were starting to well up again.
"Have faith, child! The Goddesses have told me that all will be made clear soon. Now, take this magic pendant back to your ranch, and touch it to the Hero's forehead. The poison will disappear and the Hero will shift back into real time."
She gestured, and a gold pendant bearing the mark of the Triforce, set with a diamond in the center, appeared. I took it, and the Great Fairy then disappeared. I was again left alone, with no idea of what to do.
I walked back through the desert, not feeling the sandstorm swirling around me. I was stopped when the ground beneath me shook, and came to my senses as the section of desert I was standing on elevated; along with the rest of the desert in a very long line going off into the distance.
I looked down the path into the distance, and a brief flash of lighting revealed some sort of structure. Without even thinking, I turned and walked along the newly risen path. I walked for about half an hour, and as each minute passed the structure turned into a gigantic pyramid.
Coming to the entrance, I realized it was twice as tall as Hyrule Castle, and the base was wide enough to cover Lake Hylia.
A doorway that the Biggoron could have fit through stood in front of me. Around it, there were hundreds of hieroglyphics. I recognized it as Ancient Hylian, but the language had been lost for centuries. Tearing my eyes from the walls, I entered through the giant passage.
Inside was one huge room, with several hundred pillars, which were all written in the Ancient Hylian. I could determine, from the pictures, that it was the creation of Hyrule and the immediate history.
All this would be mesmerizing to a historian, but I found the center of the room far more interesting. A single shaft of light shone down from the unseen ceiling of the chamber. It shone on the center of a large circular pedestal with a set of pillars ringing it. On the far side of the pedestal was a bas-relief of a huge head and two disconnected hands.
I stepped onto the pedestal, and as I did, the golden light vanished. The whole pyramid shook, and the pedestal rose as the top half of the pyramid slid open. The pillars toppled and fell, revealing several bomb flowers. I hurried to the center, away from them.
Then I realized the pedestal was floating on air. I noticed this because the whole thing tipped around as I ran. I made it to the center, and the platform rebalanced. The bas-relief suddenly glowed as I touched the center. Its eyes lit up, and it pulled itself from the wall. Floating in front of me, it pulled its hands from the wall, and began menacing me.
I pulled out the first weapon I thought of: my bow. The stone head, which I later learned was named Gohdan, seemed impenetrable. The hands, though, had conspicuous eye marks in the palms. I shot them each twice, and the hands were out of commission. I, however, was out of arrows.
That was when Gohdan snorted a bundle of arrows out of its nose! For a moment I was grossed out, but then I ran over and grabbed the arrows anyway. Snagging them and rolling over, I fired two arrows into one eye, which broke and went out. I quickly destroyed the next one, and the head fell to the ground, mouth open. I fired in an arrow, but it had no effect. Then I realized why the bomb flowers were there.
I ran grabbed a flower, and chucked it into the mouth. The mouth closed on it, then the bomb exploded, blowing smoke out of Gohdan's nose and ears. Then the eyes were repaired, and the hands swung up into position again.
I continued this simple pattern two more times, and then Gohdan stopped, and floated back up to the wall. It spoke in a booming voice as the pedestal retreated into the pyramid.
"You have done well, child. You are indeed worthy of meeting the Goddesses."
The golden light reappeared in the center of the platform, and I stepped into it.
~*~^~*~
(OA/N: I've decided that all meetings in the Sacred Realm will be told in third person, that is, by me. Transitions between realms will be as thus: `~*~' Alrighty then.)
Malon reappeared in a sky filled with rain. She was in the middle of a triangle formed by the Goddesses. Malon couldn't believe her eyes!
The Goddesses were children! Little girls, hardly more than seven years of age!
"Honestly, child, you should not judge by looks alone," Din chided her. "We may choose whatever form we like, and it does not affect our abilities. Anyway, congratulations."
"You have proved worthy."
"I have come for two reasons," said Malon.
"Yes, but your priorities are in the wrong order." Nayru said this, almost lazily.
"Link is more important than the Quadriforce mark."
"Wha..?" Malon was extremely confused. Then she pulled herself together. "Link is beside the important point!"
Not at all. You must save Link to save Hyrule."
"We will give you the tool to do this."
"You know only the distorted version of our legend."
"You know of the Triforce pieces attributed to each of us."
"But the essential piece was forgotten."
Din gestured and a diagram of the Triforce appeared in the air.
"Each piece alone gives incredible ability to the holder. Together, the Three can grant any wish. But only when completed can the true golden power be released."
Malon looked at her hand. "But, then, I'm..."
"Yes, Malon. You are the intended holder of the fourth and final piece of the Quadriforce: the Quadriforce of Purity."
A fourth piece appeared in the diagram, fusing the three others into one.
"Receive it now."
Each goddess raised her arms, and as they did, their respective Triforce pieces shined in the diagram. Then the piece of Purity glowed brighter than the others, became solid, floated down to Malon, and fused into her hand.
"The Quadriforce of Purity is the strongest of the four; for with purity in use, any energy can be amplified. For this reason, several items are needed to use its power."
"The first of these items is the "Liber Albus," the Book of Purity. It contains the Spells of Purity, which are needed to save Link and stop Ganon."
"The second is the Book of the Goddesses, which will allow you to translate the necessary spells."
The third is the Staff of Purity. It channels the immense power to the single target."
"Only with these items will you be able to save Link and defeat Ganon."
"Return, now, to your realm."
Nayru drifted closer to Malon, saying:
"Child, I will remain with you, in physical form, to guide you."
Malon faded out, and Nayru turned to her sisters.
"Remember the Plan."
The other two nodded. Nayru closed her eyes, spun in place, and warped away with the gentle laugh of a child...