Chapter 8: No where left to go
The courtyard was now enemy free, well, alive enemies anyway. All the carcasses lay around the slippery floor but they weren't a problem. Link saw three passages ahead, one that lead up a rock wall, with man made handles, another was a large opening in front of him, and the other was a dark and spooky passage to the left of him. He knew that not many people would want to climb up the rock wall to get to a spring, so that was out, and he figured that any dark and spooky passage could be saved for a second run-through, so he headed into the large opening.
It started out smoothly; Link pretty much just walked through a wide and straight passage. Then it ended. The path just...stopped, there was no sign that anything had been here, where as before there were marks in the crystal, initials or messages carved, and stray rocks from people talking too loud. Here there was nothing. Link tried to walk through this wall as well but ended up slamming into rock. He looked all around for any sign of somewhere to go but there was none. Link frowned and headed back into the main courtyard.
This time he headed into the dark passage. He couldn't tell if anyone had been here previously because he couldn't see, but he assumed that all these passages had been taken. He continued on, feeling the cold walls with his hands, and hit another dead end. He checked all the directions and found no passage. He frowned again. This was getting annoying and pointless.
He headed out once again to the courtyard and shifted his weight so he could make it up the rock wall. He ignored the groans of his uncomfortable shield as he went up. This passage was strangely well lit. He knew this had to be it, why would someone take the time to light it up if it didn't lead somewhere. He headed down this passage, very curvy compared to the others, and it too ended in a rock wall.
"What is with these passages!?" He shouted. A tremendous echo broke out and the walls came crashing in on him. He ran back a ways in the passage for safety. The rocks fell, and became another rock wall identical to the past three. THIS was why none of the passages led anywhere, people had caved them in, or maybe the evil in the land had caused this. Link quickly worked on opening up the passage, he still thought this was the right passage.
After quite a few hours of tiring work he had the first rock wall that he had caused open. Now he was working on the second one. He figured he would make a small hole at the top to squeeze through, less work for him. He pulled out a few rocks and fit through the small hole, peering into the wide room in front of him. He snaked out of the hole and hopped off the rocks on the other side. The room was large, and there was a pool of water in the middle...a pool of water! It was the spring!
The courtyard was now enemy free, well, alive enemies anyway. All the carcasses lay around the slippery floor but they weren't a problem. Link saw three passages ahead, one that lead up a rock wall, with man made handles, another was a large opening in front of him, and the other was a dark and spooky passage to the left of him. He knew that not many people would want to climb up the rock wall to get to a spring, so that was out, and he figured that any dark and spooky passage could be saved for a second run-through, so he headed into the large opening.
It started out smoothly; Link pretty much just walked through a wide and straight passage. Then it ended. The path just...stopped, there was no sign that anything had been here, where as before there were marks in the crystal, initials or messages carved, and stray rocks from people talking too loud. Here there was nothing. Link tried to walk through this wall as well but ended up slamming into rock. He looked all around for any sign of somewhere to go but there was none. Link frowned and headed back into the main courtyard.
This time he headed into the dark passage. He couldn't tell if anyone had been here previously because he couldn't see, but he assumed that all these passages had been taken. He continued on, feeling the cold walls with his hands, and hit another dead end. He checked all the directions and found no passage. He frowned again. This was getting annoying and pointless.
He headed out once again to the courtyard and shifted his weight so he could make it up the rock wall. He ignored the groans of his uncomfortable shield as he went up. This passage was strangely well lit. He knew this had to be it, why would someone take the time to light it up if it didn't lead somewhere. He headed down this passage, very curvy compared to the others, and it too ended in a rock wall.
"What is with these passages!?" He shouted. A tremendous echo broke out and the walls came crashing in on him. He ran back a ways in the passage for safety. The rocks fell, and became another rock wall identical to the past three. THIS was why none of the passages led anywhere, people had caved them in, or maybe the evil in the land had caused this. Link quickly worked on opening up the passage, he still thought this was the right passage.
After quite a few hours of tiring work he had the first rock wall that he had caused open. Now he was working on the second one. He figured he would make a small hole at the top to squeeze through, less work for him. He pulled out a few rocks and fit through the small hole, peering into the wide room in front of him. He snaked out of the hole and hopped off the rocks on the other side. The room was large, and there was a pool of water in the middle...a pool of water! It was the spring!
