"Impressive, I never expected them to make it this far," said Dark Link
waving his hand and making the image of Zelda, Han, Tilkate, Navi, and
Janie disappear. "They may have a new friend," he continued, "But that will
not help them much." He then decided to see how Link was doing. He took
sick pleasure in seeing Link suffer. That same evil smile became bigger
when he saw Link in his current position. It looked like he was going to
die any day. Link struggled to keep himself awake for fear he would not
wake up. "You look pathetic you know," said Dark Link. Link said nothing.
"It will all be over soon," he continued, "Hyrule will soon be mine!"
"It..will never...be...yours," said Link.
"You shouldn't strain yourself when you talk, Link," said Dark Link with sarcasm, "You'll...kill yourself wasting your breath." With that he laughed evilly and left the room.
"Whew, I'm exhausted!" Zelda breathed flopping onto a bed.
"S'cuse me," said Janie.
"Yes?" Zelda asked.
"I still don't know any of your names," said Janie.
"Oh! Okay," Zelda began, "The man that's staying in the house behind us is Han. He's the captain of the Hylian army."
"I'm Navi," said Navi.
"This," said Zelda pointing to Tilkate, "is Lady Tilkate. And I'm Princess Zelda."
"Oooh! A princess?!" Janie squealed.
"Yes," Zelda laughed.
"I have another question," said Janie.
"What is it?" Zelda asked.
"Why has this land and the Dark World morphed into one?"
Zelda took a deep breath and told Janie everything.
"I see," said Janie after she heard the story, "Can you let me help you get your husband back? Please?"
"No offence," said Navi, "But what can you do?"
Janie smiled and pulled out a small dagger. "This is my weapon," she said.
"That's awfully small," Navi commented.
"Looks can be deceiving," Janie replied, "Excuse me but I need to change my leaf dress. It has got dry."
"What does she plan to do with a little dagger?" Navi asked when Janie was gone.
"Like she said," said Tilkate lying down on a bed, "Looks can be deceiving."
The next morning, "Zelda, you need to get up!" said Tilkate shaking Zelda.
"No, I don't wanna," Zelda replied.
"Zelda! C'mon! We only have this one last temple to tackle and then you're back in Link's arms."
Zelda's eyes shot open and she immediately got out of bed. Tilkate laughed and walked outside. She looked at Death Mountain. It was so dark and gloomy. She didn't know if her eyes were playing tricks on her, but she could have sworn she saw numerous creatures flying around. She sighed and walked towards the graveyard. She looked up at where the entrance to the Shadow Temple was. She looked beside her and saw a crate. She looked as if she had come up with an idea. "What a minute," she thought, "We can't get in by playing that song, but if we stack crates up then maybe we can climb up." She ran back to Han and told him about her idea.
"Sounds like a good idea," he said.
"Now we just need to wait for Zelda to come out," said Tilkate.
The two sat down on a bench until Zelda was ready. Tilkate sighed and looked at the sky. "Han, what are your plans for the future?" She asked.
"M-my future?" He asked surprised, "I don't know."
She gave a look of disappointment. "I was hoping he would say; 'I want to spend the rest of my life with you.'" she thought.
"Hey, what's up?" He asked.
"Hmm? Oh, it's nothing," she lied.
Finally Zelda came outside looking rather awful.
"What's wrong with you?" Tilkate asked.
"I really don't feel good," Zelda answered.
"Come on, princess," said Janie, "It'll be over before you know it!"
"Yeah," Tilkate replied, "Besides, I think I know how we can get into the Shadow Temple."
"How?" Zelda asked.
"We can stack up crates to reach the entrance," said Han.
"Yes, I suppose we could," Zelda agreed.
"Then let's go!" said Navi.
They walked around Kakiriko Village looking for crates. They figured it would take about twenty crates to reach the entrance. Zelda stacked the crates as Han and Tilkate looked for them. She built what looked like a set of stairs up to the entrance.
Zelda decided to climb the crates first.
"How many people do you think has tried to do this?" Tilkate asked.
Zelda walked inside and looked around. She came back out and looked at Navi.
"A lot of people," she said, "There's twenty or thirty skeletons in there."
"Wow," said Han.
Navi and Janie flew into the temple and Tilkate and Han climbed their way in.
"How do you think they died?" Han asked.
"Probably the evil that dwells here killed them," Zelda answered.
In the room were numerous skeletons, torches, and a round platform in the middle of the room.
"Where do you think the crystal is?" Janie asked.
"In here," said Tilkate.
"How do you know?" Zelda asked.
"I can feel it," Tilkate answered, "It's under this room."
"Do you think there's a secret opening in this room?" Han asked.
"Let's look around," said Zelda.
They all began searching the walls, the floors, and the torches, but found no sign of an opening.
"It must not be here then," said Tilkate with a sigh.
"No, it's in here," said Han.
"How do you know?" Zelda asked confused.
"Tilkate has to use her sapphire," Han answered.
"How did you know that?" Tilkate asked.
"I don't know," he said, "Just a wild guess."
"Do you know exactly where it is?" Tilkate asked.
"Stand on that round platform and a hole will open up," Han explained.
Zelda suddenly felt a little suspicious. How did Han know how to get into the opening? She was actually starting to wonder about him. Like why the Din's Fire spell did not work. She shook her head of the thoughts when she saw Tilkate fall through the platform. Navi and Janie flew in while Han and Zelda jumped in. They landed in a pit of mud.
"Oh gross!" Tilkate exclaimed, "I'm extremely dirty now!"
Zelda gasped and looked around her.
"What?" Han asked.
"Did any of you touch my back?" She asked.
"Not me," Tilkate answered.
"Not us," the two fairies answered in unison.
"Me either," said Han.
"There's something alive in the mud!" Zelda gasped and jumped up. At that moment a figure slowly crept out of the mud. It was hard to tell what it was at first. The mud slipped off the figure's body. The creature was brown and had only flesh and bones.
"No, there's nothing alive in here," said Han, "There's something dead!"
"ReDead!!" Janie gasped.
One by one the foul creatures crept out of the mud until there were fifteen of them in the room. Three of them walked towards Zelda. She quickly grabbed her daggers and tried to look at any part of their body, but their eyes. She stabbed one in the gut, but the other two jumped on top of her. She screamed and fell to the floor.
Janie twirled her dagger and threw it at one of the ReDead's back.
"What good will that.." Han stopped when he saw the ReDead disappear. Janie made her dagger fly back at her and she threw it at the other ReDead.
"Impressive," Han commented and stabbed a ReDead.
He was so busy fighting a couple more ReDeads that he did not notice one creeping up behind him. Tilkate saw this and threw her dagger at the creature's back. Tilkate quickly recovered her dagger and turned around only to accidentally look into a ReDead's eyes. She tried to scream, but she could not move. As the ReDead was getting ready to suck Tilkate's life out, Zelda stabbed it from behind.
Tilkate shook her head and looked at her rescuer. "Thanks, Zelda." She said.
"Anytime," Zelda replied.
"Five left!" Said Janie as she finished off another ReDead.
Two were walking side-by-side and Zelda stabbed them both with her daggers. Han struck one more down. Tilkate finished off her last one, and Janie got the last one.
"That was pretty scary," said Tilkate cleaning her dagger.
"How do you suppose we get back out?" Zelda asked cleaning her weapons as well.
"Well, maybe with my powers," said Tilkate, "I can boost as up."
"That's how Link got out of the temples." Said Navi.
"Should we test?" Han suggested sheathing his sword.
"I guess we could," Tilkate answered. She walked under the hole and held her sapphire up. She felt herself floating back up to the entrance.
"It worked," she called down.
"Good," Zelda called back.
Han felt mud splatter on his face when Tilkate jumped back down. He wiped the mud off his face with his sleeve.
"Sorry, Han." Tilkate giggled.
"No problem," he replied.
They continued on walking through the mud. They found a door covered in chains. Zelda used her powers to make the chains fall. When they were in the other room, they were shocked when they saw about fifty dead ReDeads lying around.
"What killed them?" Han asked.
"I have no idea," said Zelda.
They walked around the dead ReDeads to the middle of the room. Zelda gasped when she felt herself get flung up against the wall. A monster appeared in front of her. Zelda screamed in terror at the sight of the monster. It looked a lot like a ReDead, but it had blood red eyes and it was much larger. It opened its mouth to reveal long sharp teeth. It hissed and brought itself closer to her. When it seemed that she was about to get her head bit off by the monster, it suddenly screeched in pain and fell to the floor. Tilkate was now in front of Zelda cleaning her dagger.
"That was too close," she said.
"Sorry," said Zelda, "I was too scared to move and get my own weapons."
"Don't worry about it," Tilkate replied, "Let's just get out of here before anymore of those things shows up."
They walked into another room and saw the crystal. A smile came to Tilkate's face. They all were surprised to see the crystal this early. All of them except Han.
"Good," said Tilkate, "we can get out of here quick then."
"Tilkate, wait!" said Han, but it was too late. Tilkate walked up to the crystal and fell through the floor.
"Tilkate!" Zelda gasped.
"What happened?!" Janie gasped, "Where is she?!"
"That was an invisible floor," said Han.
"Look, Han," said Zelda annoyed, "I hope I'm not coming off rude or anything, but how the heck did you know about certain things? How did you know that the bridge in the Fire Temple would collapse when a third person walked across it? How did you know how to get down to this place? And..."
"Zelda, we don't have time!" Han cut her off, "Use the Len's of Truth to see the opening."
Zelda agreed to let the questions go for now and pulled out the Len's of Truth from her pouch. She saw the opening in front of the crystal and she also saw that it could be impossible to get Tilkate from where she was.
"We're going to have to jump down there and find another way back here," she said.
Han nodded in agreement. Navi and Janie flew down first.
"Are you alright?" Navi asked.
"Yes, I'm fine," Tilkate answered.
Han and Zelda then jumped down. The room they were in was a small room made of stone. They looked up and saw how far they had fallen. Zelda was right, it would have been impossible to get her.
"Curses, why did I not think to bring ropes?!" Zelda thought aloud.
"It's just one of these complicated moments we have to face," said Zelda.
Zelda then looked at Han. "Now, Mr. Know-it-all, is there a way to get out of here?" she asked.
Tilkate was shocked by Zelda's rudeness. "Zelda, what's wrong?" she asked.
"No, Tilkate," said Han, "she has a right to be angry with me, but I don't have time to explain. There is a way out and I'll help lead us out of here."
"Good," said Zelda.
"After all this is over," said Tilkate, "I want to know what's going on."
"You'll find out soon." He said.
They walked into another room and found that this too was a room full of mud. The mud was much deeper and thicker this time. They had to drag their feet as the walked through the room. Zelda, Han, Navi, and Janie stopped when they heard Tilkate scream. They looked behind them and saw that Tilkate was gone.
"Tilkate!" Han gasped.
They then saw her jumped out of the mud, but was pulled back down by something.
"Something's got her!" Navi gasped.
Han reached his hand in the mud and felt around trying to find Tilkate. He felt something that felt like her arm. He grabbed it and tried to pull her out. She began coughing out mud, but was pulled back in. Han was pulled to his knees and kept struggling. Zelda ran in to help. She found her other arm and together her and Han pulled her out, along with a monster called FloorMaster. Janie saw the opportunity and threw her dagger at the creature. It disappeared and Tilkate was free.
Tilkate started spitting mud out of her mouth and gasped for breath. Han wiped the mud off her face the best he could. "Are you alright?" He asked.
"I think so," she answered.
"Now you're completely covered in mud," Navi laughed. Tilkate glared at her.
"We'll get you washed up after we leave," said Zelda.
"I just want to get out of here before something else pulls me in," Tilkate said. Han nodded and led them to another room.
In the next room they saw a creature in a black cloak guarding the door. Zelda and Tilkate pulled out their weapons. Han held up his hand. "Don't worry," he said, "I'll handle this." He then walked up to the creature.
"Aush meenra," said Han in a different language.
"What did he say?" Tilkate asked.
"I don't know," Zelda answered.
"Zi caneen," said the creature.
"Oon? Malan?" Han asked.
"Zee arly oocaysa Dark Link," it answered.
"Zi xan neen!" Han shot back angry.
"Boolasca!" The creature spat drawing its sword.
Han quickly drew is sword and blocked the creature's attack. It brought its sword down again for another strike, but Han blocked it with his shield and kicked the creature in the stomach. Han brought his sword down, but the creature kicked Han's legs and tripped him. An arrow then struck the creature from Tilkate.
"Stoolaysca Elf!" It growled and threw a dagger at her. It struck her on the left shoulder. She cried in pain and fell to her knees. Han became very angry and while the creature was laughing, Han stabbed it in the chest.
"Oh gosh, Tilkate," Zelda gasped.
"Get...it out!" Tilkate cried. Zelda carefully pulled the dagger out.
"Zelda, do you keep bandages in that pouch of yours?" Han asked.
"Yes," Zelda answered. She opened her pouch and made some bandages appear.
"I'm going to pour some potion over it just in case," she said. She opened a bottle of red potion and poured it over Tilkate's wound. Tilkate gasped in pain and moaned. Han and Zelda then bandaged the wound and helped her get up.
"Are you going to be okay?" he asked.
"Yes, I'll be fine," Tilkate answered.
"What was the deal with that creature?" Zelda asked, "What were you saying to each other?"
"I promise it will all be explained later," he said, "But we're almost where we need to be so let's continue."
They walked into the room that the creature was guarding. It was a very small room that only contained a hole in the ceiling and a ladder. Han walked up and ladder. Tilkate went second, but was only able to use one hand to pull herself up. Zelda went last just in case Tilkate needed help.
"I wish I had wings," said Tilkate when Navi and Janie simply flew up.
"We are in the Shadow Temple now," said Han.
"Who was the servant of the Shadow Temple?" Tilkate asked.
"A shadow creature called Bongo-Bongo." Navi answered.
"Then again," Zelda added, "Kotake and Koume were the ones Link fought in the Spirit Temple, but we ended up fighting a cobra."
"Isn't it obvious?" Navi asked, "In the Forest Temple we fought Ghoma instead of Phantom Ganon. In the Spirit Temple we had to fight a cobra instead of Kotake and Koume. The three of them has to do with Ganondorf's intentions period."
"I see," said Zelda.
They walked out of that room and in the next room, they saw a large ferry and a river of murky water.
"Wow, that's big," said Tilkate.
"Over here," said Han walking left, "There's a secret passage that will take us back to Kakiriko."
At first Zelda did not want to follow him. What was he up to? Is it just coincidence that he knew all this? "I doubt it," a voice inside her head said. She decided to just go a head and follow him.
They walked down a dark narrow passage that felt like one thousand miles long. The two fairies were the only light in that passage. The two women stopped when Han bumped into a wall. "Here's the door," he said. He opened the door and they shielded their eyes from the sudden light. They had been in that dark place for so long that their eyes were adjusted to the dark. Han was right. The passage did lead to Kakiriko Village.
"Zelda, can we please take a small break so I can clean all this mud off?" Tilkate asked.
"Yes," Zelda answered, "I could use a break myself."
A/N: They're almost there! A lot is going to happen in chapter 9 so don't miss it! I'm gonna start working on it immediately ^_^.
"It..will never...be...yours," said Link.
"You shouldn't strain yourself when you talk, Link," said Dark Link with sarcasm, "You'll...kill yourself wasting your breath." With that he laughed evilly and left the room.
"Whew, I'm exhausted!" Zelda breathed flopping onto a bed.
"S'cuse me," said Janie.
"Yes?" Zelda asked.
"I still don't know any of your names," said Janie.
"Oh! Okay," Zelda began, "The man that's staying in the house behind us is Han. He's the captain of the Hylian army."
"I'm Navi," said Navi.
"This," said Zelda pointing to Tilkate, "is Lady Tilkate. And I'm Princess Zelda."
"Oooh! A princess?!" Janie squealed.
"Yes," Zelda laughed.
"I have another question," said Janie.
"What is it?" Zelda asked.
"Why has this land and the Dark World morphed into one?"
Zelda took a deep breath and told Janie everything.
"I see," said Janie after she heard the story, "Can you let me help you get your husband back? Please?"
"No offence," said Navi, "But what can you do?"
Janie smiled and pulled out a small dagger. "This is my weapon," she said.
"That's awfully small," Navi commented.
"Looks can be deceiving," Janie replied, "Excuse me but I need to change my leaf dress. It has got dry."
"What does she plan to do with a little dagger?" Navi asked when Janie was gone.
"Like she said," said Tilkate lying down on a bed, "Looks can be deceiving."
The next morning, "Zelda, you need to get up!" said Tilkate shaking Zelda.
"No, I don't wanna," Zelda replied.
"Zelda! C'mon! We only have this one last temple to tackle and then you're back in Link's arms."
Zelda's eyes shot open and she immediately got out of bed. Tilkate laughed and walked outside. She looked at Death Mountain. It was so dark and gloomy. She didn't know if her eyes were playing tricks on her, but she could have sworn she saw numerous creatures flying around. She sighed and walked towards the graveyard. She looked up at where the entrance to the Shadow Temple was. She looked beside her and saw a crate. She looked as if she had come up with an idea. "What a minute," she thought, "We can't get in by playing that song, but if we stack crates up then maybe we can climb up." She ran back to Han and told him about her idea.
"Sounds like a good idea," he said.
"Now we just need to wait for Zelda to come out," said Tilkate.
The two sat down on a bench until Zelda was ready. Tilkate sighed and looked at the sky. "Han, what are your plans for the future?" She asked.
"M-my future?" He asked surprised, "I don't know."
She gave a look of disappointment. "I was hoping he would say; 'I want to spend the rest of my life with you.'" she thought.
"Hey, what's up?" He asked.
"Hmm? Oh, it's nothing," she lied.
Finally Zelda came outside looking rather awful.
"What's wrong with you?" Tilkate asked.
"I really don't feel good," Zelda answered.
"Come on, princess," said Janie, "It'll be over before you know it!"
"Yeah," Tilkate replied, "Besides, I think I know how we can get into the Shadow Temple."
"How?" Zelda asked.
"We can stack up crates to reach the entrance," said Han.
"Yes, I suppose we could," Zelda agreed.
"Then let's go!" said Navi.
They walked around Kakiriko Village looking for crates. They figured it would take about twenty crates to reach the entrance. Zelda stacked the crates as Han and Tilkate looked for them. She built what looked like a set of stairs up to the entrance.
Zelda decided to climb the crates first.
"How many people do you think has tried to do this?" Tilkate asked.
Zelda walked inside and looked around. She came back out and looked at Navi.
"A lot of people," she said, "There's twenty or thirty skeletons in there."
"Wow," said Han.
Navi and Janie flew into the temple and Tilkate and Han climbed their way in.
"How do you think they died?" Han asked.
"Probably the evil that dwells here killed them," Zelda answered.
In the room were numerous skeletons, torches, and a round platform in the middle of the room.
"Where do you think the crystal is?" Janie asked.
"In here," said Tilkate.
"How do you know?" Zelda asked.
"I can feel it," Tilkate answered, "It's under this room."
"Do you think there's a secret opening in this room?" Han asked.
"Let's look around," said Zelda.
They all began searching the walls, the floors, and the torches, but found no sign of an opening.
"It must not be here then," said Tilkate with a sigh.
"No, it's in here," said Han.
"How do you know?" Zelda asked confused.
"Tilkate has to use her sapphire," Han answered.
"How did you know that?" Tilkate asked.
"I don't know," he said, "Just a wild guess."
"Do you know exactly where it is?" Tilkate asked.
"Stand on that round platform and a hole will open up," Han explained.
Zelda suddenly felt a little suspicious. How did Han know how to get into the opening? She was actually starting to wonder about him. Like why the Din's Fire spell did not work. She shook her head of the thoughts when she saw Tilkate fall through the platform. Navi and Janie flew in while Han and Zelda jumped in. They landed in a pit of mud.
"Oh gross!" Tilkate exclaimed, "I'm extremely dirty now!"
Zelda gasped and looked around her.
"What?" Han asked.
"Did any of you touch my back?" She asked.
"Not me," Tilkate answered.
"Not us," the two fairies answered in unison.
"Me either," said Han.
"There's something alive in the mud!" Zelda gasped and jumped up. At that moment a figure slowly crept out of the mud. It was hard to tell what it was at first. The mud slipped off the figure's body. The creature was brown and had only flesh and bones.
"No, there's nothing alive in here," said Han, "There's something dead!"
"ReDead!!" Janie gasped.
One by one the foul creatures crept out of the mud until there were fifteen of them in the room. Three of them walked towards Zelda. She quickly grabbed her daggers and tried to look at any part of their body, but their eyes. She stabbed one in the gut, but the other two jumped on top of her. She screamed and fell to the floor.
Janie twirled her dagger and threw it at one of the ReDead's back.
"What good will that.." Han stopped when he saw the ReDead disappear. Janie made her dagger fly back at her and she threw it at the other ReDead.
"Impressive," Han commented and stabbed a ReDead.
He was so busy fighting a couple more ReDeads that he did not notice one creeping up behind him. Tilkate saw this and threw her dagger at the creature's back. Tilkate quickly recovered her dagger and turned around only to accidentally look into a ReDead's eyes. She tried to scream, but she could not move. As the ReDead was getting ready to suck Tilkate's life out, Zelda stabbed it from behind.
Tilkate shook her head and looked at her rescuer. "Thanks, Zelda." She said.
"Anytime," Zelda replied.
"Five left!" Said Janie as she finished off another ReDead.
Two were walking side-by-side and Zelda stabbed them both with her daggers. Han struck one more down. Tilkate finished off her last one, and Janie got the last one.
"That was pretty scary," said Tilkate cleaning her dagger.
"How do you suppose we get back out?" Zelda asked cleaning her weapons as well.
"Well, maybe with my powers," said Tilkate, "I can boost as up."
"That's how Link got out of the temples." Said Navi.
"Should we test?" Han suggested sheathing his sword.
"I guess we could," Tilkate answered. She walked under the hole and held her sapphire up. She felt herself floating back up to the entrance.
"It worked," she called down.
"Good," Zelda called back.
Han felt mud splatter on his face when Tilkate jumped back down. He wiped the mud off his face with his sleeve.
"Sorry, Han." Tilkate giggled.
"No problem," he replied.
They continued on walking through the mud. They found a door covered in chains. Zelda used her powers to make the chains fall. When they were in the other room, they were shocked when they saw about fifty dead ReDeads lying around.
"What killed them?" Han asked.
"I have no idea," said Zelda.
They walked around the dead ReDeads to the middle of the room. Zelda gasped when she felt herself get flung up against the wall. A monster appeared in front of her. Zelda screamed in terror at the sight of the monster. It looked a lot like a ReDead, but it had blood red eyes and it was much larger. It opened its mouth to reveal long sharp teeth. It hissed and brought itself closer to her. When it seemed that she was about to get her head bit off by the monster, it suddenly screeched in pain and fell to the floor. Tilkate was now in front of Zelda cleaning her dagger.
"That was too close," she said.
"Sorry," said Zelda, "I was too scared to move and get my own weapons."
"Don't worry about it," Tilkate replied, "Let's just get out of here before anymore of those things shows up."
They walked into another room and saw the crystal. A smile came to Tilkate's face. They all were surprised to see the crystal this early. All of them except Han.
"Good," said Tilkate, "we can get out of here quick then."
"Tilkate, wait!" said Han, but it was too late. Tilkate walked up to the crystal and fell through the floor.
"Tilkate!" Zelda gasped.
"What happened?!" Janie gasped, "Where is she?!"
"That was an invisible floor," said Han.
"Look, Han," said Zelda annoyed, "I hope I'm not coming off rude or anything, but how the heck did you know about certain things? How did you know that the bridge in the Fire Temple would collapse when a third person walked across it? How did you know how to get down to this place? And..."
"Zelda, we don't have time!" Han cut her off, "Use the Len's of Truth to see the opening."
Zelda agreed to let the questions go for now and pulled out the Len's of Truth from her pouch. She saw the opening in front of the crystal and she also saw that it could be impossible to get Tilkate from where she was.
"We're going to have to jump down there and find another way back here," she said.
Han nodded in agreement. Navi and Janie flew down first.
"Are you alright?" Navi asked.
"Yes, I'm fine," Tilkate answered.
Han and Zelda then jumped down. The room they were in was a small room made of stone. They looked up and saw how far they had fallen. Zelda was right, it would have been impossible to get her.
"Curses, why did I not think to bring ropes?!" Zelda thought aloud.
"It's just one of these complicated moments we have to face," said Zelda.
Zelda then looked at Han. "Now, Mr. Know-it-all, is there a way to get out of here?" she asked.
Tilkate was shocked by Zelda's rudeness. "Zelda, what's wrong?" she asked.
"No, Tilkate," said Han, "she has a right to be angry with me, but I don't have time to explain. There is a way out and I'll help lead us out of here."
"Good," said Zelda.
"After all this is over," said Tilkate, "I want to know what's going on."
"You'll find out soon." He said.
They walked into another room and found that this too was a room full of mud. The mud was much deeper and thicker this time. They had to drag their feet as the walked through the room. Zelda, Han, Navi, and Janie stopped when they heard Tilkate scream. They looked behind them and saw that Tilkate was gone.
"Tilkate!" Han gasped.
They then saw her jumped out of the mud, but was pulled back down by something.
"Something's got her!" Navi gasped.
Han reached his hand in the mud and felt around trying to find Tilkate. He felt something that felt like her arm. He grabbed it and tried to pull her out. She began coughing out mud, but was pulled back in. Han was pulled to his knees and kept struggling. Zelda ran in to help. She found her other arm and together her and Han pulled her out, along with a monster called FloorMaster. Janie saw the opportunity and threw her dagger at the creature. It disappeared and Tilkate was free.
Tilkate started spitting mud out of her mouth and gasped for breath. Han wiped the mud off her face the best he could. "Are you alright?" He asked.
"I think so," she answered.
"Now you're completely covered in mud," Navi laughed. Tilkate glared at her.
"We'll get you washed up after we leave," said Zelda.
"I just want to get out of here before something else pulls me in," Tilkate said. Han nodded and led them to another room.
In the next room they saw a creature in a black cloak guarding the door. Zelda and Tilkate pulled out their weapons. Han held up his hand. "Don't worry," he said, "I'll handle this." He then walked up to the creature.
"Aush meenra," said Han in a different language.
"What did he say?" Tilkate asked.
"I don't know," Zelda answered.
"Zi caneen," said the creature.
"Oon? Malan?" Han asked.
"Zee arly oocaysa Dark Link," it answered.
"Zi xan neen!" Han shot back angry.
"Boolasca!" The creature spat drawing its sword.
Han quickly drew is sword and blocked the creature's attack. It brought its sword down again for another strike, but Han blocked it with his shield and kicked the creature in the stomach. Han brought his sword down, but the creature kicked Han's legs and tripped him. An arrow then struck the creature from Tilkate.
"Stoolaysca Elf!" It growled and threw a dagger at her. It struck her on the left shoulder. She cried in pain and fell to her knees. Han became very angry and while the creature was laughing, Han stabbed it in the chest.
"Oh gosh, Tilkate," Zelda gasped.
"Get...it out!" Tilkate cried. Zelda carefully pulled the dagger out.
"Zelda, do you keep bandages in that pouch of yours?" Han asked.
"Yes," Zelda answered. She opened her pouch and made some bandages appear.
"I'm going to pour some potion over it just in case," she said. She opened a bottle of red potion and poured it over Tilkate's wound. Tilkate gasped in pain and moaned. Han and Zelda then bandaged the wound and helped her get up.
"Are you going to be okay?" he asked.
"Yes, I'll be fine," Tilkate answered.
"What was the deal with that creature?" Zelda asked, "What were you saying to each other?"
"I promise it will all be explained later," he said, "But we're almost where we need to be so let's continue."
They walked into the room that the creature was guarding. It was a very small room that only contained a hole in the ceiling and a ladder. Han walked up and ladder. Tilkate went second, but was only able to use one hand to pull herself up. Zelda went last just in case Tilkate needed help.
"I wish I had wings," said Tilkate when Navi and Janie simply flew up.
"We are in the Shadow Temple now," said Han.
"Who was the servant of the Shadow Temple?" Tilkate asked.
"A shadow creature called Bongo-Bongo." Navi answered.
"Then again," Zelda added, "Kotake and Koume were the ones Link fought in the Spirit Temple, but we ended up fighting a cobra."
"Isn't it obvious?" Navi asked, "In the Forest Temple we fought Ghoma instead of Phantom Ganon. In the Spirit Temple we had to fight a cobra instead of Kotake and Koume. The three of them has to do with Ganondorf's intentions period."
"I see," said Zelda.
They walked out of that room and in the next room, they saw a large ferry and a river of murky water.
"Wow, that's big," said Tilkate.
"Over here," said Han walking left, "There's a secret passage that will take us back to Kakiriko."
At first Zelda did not want to follow him. What was he up to? Is it just coincidence that he knew all this? "I doubt it," a voice inside her head said. She decided to just go a head and follow him.
They walked down a dark narrow passage that felt like one thousand miles long. The two fairies were the only light in that passage. The two women stopped when Han bumped into a wall. "Here's the door," he said. He opened the door and they shielded their eyes from the sudden light. They had been in that dark place for so long that their eyes were adjusted to the dark. Han was right. The passage did lead to Kakiriko Village.
"Zelda, can we please take a small break so I can clean all this mud off?" Tilkate asked.
"Yes," Zelda answered, "I could use a break myself."
A/N: They're almost there! A lot is going to happen in chapter 9 so don't miss it! I'm gonna start working on it immediately ^_^.