Withstanding the Currents
The now group of three were heading down the staircase that would lead them to
Hyrule Field. Afraid of the water, Geo had decided to stay in Kakariko Village with
Michael. They were to be picked up by the others when they returned from Zora's
Domain.
"Derrick, where's Epona?" asked Hiro as they entered the field. "A castle guard
told me that he took her to Lon Lon Ranch. The people there will take care of her, so
don't worry," answered Derrick to the young prince. "Are we going to get her first?"
asked Sheik. Derrick turned his head to Sheik and then replied, "There's no need to since
Zora's River is just south of here. Anyway, like Geo, Epona can't swim."
The three walked for only a couple minutes before they reached Zora's River,
which would lead them to Zora's Domain. The trio then dived in and started to swim to
the other side of the river. Because of the armor, Sheik and Derrick had trouble, but Hiro
had no trouble at all, exceptionally since he was a friend of the Zora prince, Dart.
It took a good 15 minutes before the trio reached the other side of the river. As
they continued their walk, Hiro began to think, `I hope this all comes out good in the
end,' `I wonder if anyone else will join our journey,' and `I hope we'll see Dart.' "Hey
Hiro?" spoke Sheik, snapping him out of his train of thought.
"Yeah? What is it?" asked Hiro. Derrick answered and said, "We've just arrived
at the path that leads to Zora's Domain. The only problem is that there are rocks blocking
our path." Hiro looked at the boulders, smiled, and then took out a bomb. Surprised,
Derrick asked, "Where did you get that?" Smugly, Hiro answered, "Geo gave it to me
before we left Kakariko Village. He said that we might need some of them."
Hiro ran ahead of the other two, lit the fuse, and carefully set them bomb by the
boulders to blow them out of the way. Like in Death Mountain Crater, Hiro ran for cover
after the bomb was in place. After the five second wait, the bomb had detonated and the
boulders were gone. "Good job Hiro. Now lets continue," spoke Derrick. The boys
nodded and they continued onward.
They walked for a few minutes before they reached a cucco by a circle of rocks.
"Dad told me that he use a cucco to cross Zora's River," exclaimed Hiro to his
teammates. "Alright, we'll take turns. Hiro, you're first, Sheik, you're after him, and I'll
be last, ok?" said Derrick to the kids. The boys nodded and Hiro picked up the cucco.
With a leap, Hiro glided across the river to the safety of the other side. When he
landed safely, he threw the cucco back across to Sheik, who did the same and tossed it to
Derrick. Once Derrick made it, they continued their walk up river. By jumping gaps,
climbing ledges, and hiking up hills, they had finally made it to the waterfall that led to
Zora's Domain.
"Ok. We're here but how do we get past that?" asked Sheik who was pointing to
the waterfall. Derrick then turned to Hiro and said, "Hiro, why don't you try to play
`Zelda's Lullaby'. It worked last time." Hiro nodded and walked on top of the drain and
again played ` '. Once the melody was played, the waterfall opened up to reveal
the entrance to their destination. They all jumped to the ledge and entered.
Zora's Domain was one of the most beautiful places that they had ever witnessed.
The clear water looked so inviting to the three and the waterfall, to them looked amazing.
The boys, full of excitement, ran to the edge of the ledge and looked down at the
glistening water below. Looking around, they saw many Zoras swimming through the
pure, clean, water.
"Come on you two. We need to speak with Queen Ruto," said Derrick, but the
boys couldn't help themselves so, they dove in. "Hey, where do you think you're going?"
shouted Derrick at the two. "Come on, we've been walking all day. We deserve a rest."
Shouted Sheik back. Derrick then called back, "We can rest after we talk with the Queen.
Or do you two not want to come?" Hearing this, the friends quickly exited the large pool.
The group walked forward till they came to a fork and took the left path. They
started to walk up hill and then they came to some stairs. Continuing their climb they
finally reached the Royal Chamber, and on the throne sat, instead of Queen Ruto, a male
Zora with two young Zoras by his side.
Once they entered the chamber, the male Zora asked "Who are you and what do
you wish of the Zoras." Derrick was about to speak when, "Dart, is that you?" asked Hiro
to one of the Zoras standing off to the side. One of the Zoras, who was wearing a blue
tunic, then turned toward the three and said, "Hiro? Cool! You got to come over."
The Zora then ran up to the three, and Hiro introduced him to the others as his
friend Dart. Derrick then asked, "You know the prince of the Zoras? How?" Hiro turned
towards him and replied, "Dart always visited the castle through the water system."
Derrick only nodded in response.
Dart then introduced the three to his family. "The Zora on the throne is my father,
Zorco, and the other Zora is my little sister, Tica." The friends bowed their respects to the
family and Hiro then said, "This is my best friend, Sheik, one of Hyrule's Royal Knights,
Derrick, and my name is Hiro, Prince Hiro." Then Sheik asked, "Where's Queen Ruto."
Dart then looked at them and said, "Mom just disappeared yesterday when she was put in
a crystal."
"Enough of this. We'll continue our discussion in the morning," ordered Zorco.
Everyone nodded and Dart led them to Zora's Fountain where they put up camp for the
night. In the morning, Dart led them back to his father.
When they entered, Zorco turned towards the three and said, "You still haven't
told us of why you're here." Derrick then stated, "We need the Spiritual Stone of Water
so we can rescue Your Royal Highness Link and Queen Zelda." Zorco nodded and
replied, "You may have it but you're going to have to get it yourselves. You're going to
need al the help you can get."
The group was puzzled by the remark but then Tica came up to Hiro and said,
"I'll give it to you but only if you marry me." Hiro stood dumbfound and in shock when
Sheik whispered to him, "Did your dad have to go through anything like this?" Hiro then
whispered back, "Yeah." "What did he do about it?" Sheik asked back. "He returned it,"
Hiro finished to his friend.
"Well, I'm waiting for your answer," spoke Tica in a flirting manor. Hiro really
didn't know how to answer and Zorco didn't look like he was planning on helping either
so, Hiro shot Dart a pleading look. Dart, wanting to help his friend mouthed the words
`run'. They were confused but complied and headed towards the entrance. When they
reached it they heard a scream and turned around to see Dart running right to them.
As he past them he shouted, "Hurry up before she catches you!" Puzzled they looked
behind them to see Tica ran after them looking very, very angry. Without asking, they
quickly ran after Dart through the entrance and followed him through the path of Zora's
River all the way to Hyrule Field, until they were sure that Tica stopped following them.
When they finally slowed down, Sheik asked, "What was that all about?" Dart
turned towards them, gave off a sly grin, and took out the Zora's Sapphire. "You stole
it?" shouted Derrick to the young Zora. "You needed it and I could tell that Hiro didn't
want to marry my sister," replied Dart. Hiro then turned towards Dart and said, "I guess
you'll be coming with us, huh?" Dart turned towards him and then said, "It seems so."
The four left it at that and continued towards Kakariko Village to take a break and to pick
up their allies, Michael and Geo. The walk back was uneventful except for the struggle to
swim across the river again. Dart helped Sheik across, but Derrick was on his own.
When they finally reached the village it was noon. They all continued walking till
they got to Sheik's house. When they entered the house, Geo and Michael were preparing
lunch. As they ate, Hiro introduced the two to Dart and told them of their adventures to
Zora's Domain. For the rest of the day, the group rested for they were to be going to
Kokiri Forest in the morning. They actually had no sleeping issues, for everyone slept
where they did two nights ago and Geo slept curled up on the floor and Dart slept leaning
against the wall. It was pretty much uneventful.
As morning came, they large group of six got up early and got ready for their long
walk to Kokiri Forest. They then said goodbye to some of the villagers and started off on
their journey. "Are you sure we shouldn't go to the ranch first, Derrick?" asked Michael
to the knight. Derrick looked a little nervous then replied, "Yes, I'm sure. We'll make to
the forest with no problems. Trust me." Hiro eyed him suspiciously then shook it off as
they made their way to find the last Spiritual Stone.
The now group of three were heading down the staircase that would lead them to
Hyrule Field. Afraid of the water, Geo had decided to stay in Kakariko Village with
Michael. They were to be picked up by the others when they returned from Zora's
Domain.
"Derrick, where's Epona?" asked Hiro as they entered the field. "A castle guard
told me that he took her to Lon Lon Ranch. The people there will take care of her, so
don't worry," answered Derrick to the young prince. "Are we going to get her first?"
asked Sheik. Derrick turned his head to Sheik and then replied, "There's no need to since
Zora's River is just south of here. Anyway, like Geo, Epona can't swim."
The three walked for only a couple minutes before they reached Zora's River,
which would lead them to Zora's Domain. The trio then dived in and started to swim to
the other side of the river. Because of the armor, Sheik and Derrick had trouble, but Hiro
had no trouble at all, exceptionally since he was a friend of the Zora prince, Dart.
It took a good 15 minutes before the trio reached the other side of the river. As
they continued their walk, Hiro began to think, `I hope this all comes out good in the
end,' `I wonder if anyone else will join our journey,' and `I hope we'll see Dart.' "Hey
Hiro?" spoke Sheik, snapping him out of his train of thought.
"Yeah? What is it?" asked Hiro. Derrick answered and said, "We've just arrived
at the path that leads to Zora's Domain. The only problem is that there are rocks blocking
our path." Hiro looked at the boulders, smiled, and then took out a bomb. Surprised,
Derrick asked, "Where did you get that?" Smugly, Hiro answered, "Geo gave it to me
before we left Kakariko Village. He said that we might need some of them."
Hiro ran ahead of the other two, lit the fuse, and carefully set them bomb by the
boulders to blow them out of the way. Like in Death Mountain Crater, Hiro ran for cover
after the bomb was in place. After the five second wait, the bomb had detonated and the
boulders were gone. "Good job Hiro. Now lets continue," spoke Derrick. The boys
nodded and they continued onward.
They walked for a few minutes before they reached a cucco by a circle of rocks.
"Dad told me that he use a cucco to cross Zora's River," exclaimed Hiro to his
teammates. "Alright, we'll take turns. Hiro, you're first, Sheik, you're after him, and I'll
be last, ok?" said Derrick to the kids. The boys nodded and Hiro picked up the cucco.
With a leap, Hiro glided across the river to the safety of the other side. When he
landed safely, he threw the cucco back across to Sheik, who did the same and tossed it to
Derrick. Once Derrick made it, they continued their walk up river. By jumping gaps,
climbing ledges, and hiking up hills, they had finally made it to the waterfall that led to
Zora's Domain.
"Ok. We're here but how do we get past that?" asked Sheik who was pointing to
the waterfall. Derrick then turned to Hiro and said, "Hiro, why don't you try to play
`Zelda's Lullaby'. It worked last time." Hiro nodded and walked on top of the drain and
again played ` '. Once the melody was played, the waterfall opened up to reveal
the entrance to their destination. They all jumped to the ledge and entered.
Zora's Domain was one of the most beautiful places that they had ever witnessed.
The clear water looked so inviting to the three and the waterfall, to them looked amazing.
The boys, full of excitement, ran to the edge of the ledge and looked down at the
glistening water below. Looking around, they saw many Zoras swimming through the
pure, clean, water.
"Come on you two. We need to speak with Queen Ruto," said Derrick, but the
boys couldn't help themselves so, they dove in. "Hey, where do you think you're going?"
shouted Derrick at the two. "Come on, we've been walking all day. We deserve a rest."
Shouted Sheik back. Derrick then called back, "We can rest after we talk with the Queen.
Or do you two not want to come?" Hearing this, the friends quickly exited the large pool.
The group walked forward till they came to a fork and took the left path. They
started to walk up hill and then they came to some stairs. Continuing their climb they
finally reached the Royal Chamber, and on the throne sat, instead of Queen Ruto, a male
Zora with two young Zoras by his side.
Once they entered the chamber, the male Zora asked "Who are you and what do
you wish of the Zoras." Derrick was about to speak when, "Dart, is that you?" asked Hiro
to one of the Zoras standing off to the side. One of the Zoras, who was wearing a blue
tunic, then turned toward the three and said, "Hiro? Cool! You got to come over."
The Zora then ran up to the three, and Hiro introduced him to the others as his
friend Dart. Derrick then asked, "You know the prince of the Zoras? How?" Hiro turned
towards him and replied, "Dart always visited the castle through the water system."
Derrick only nodded in response.
Dart then introduced the three to his family. "The Zora on the throne is my father,
Zorco, and the other Zora is my little sister, Tica." The friends bowed their respects to the
family and Hiro then said, "This is my best friend, Sheik, one of Hyrule's Royal Knights,
Derrick, and my name is Hiro, Prince Hiro." Then Sheik asked, "Where's Queen Ruto."
Dart then looked at them and said, "Mom just disappeared yesterday when she was put in
a crystal."
"Enough of this. We'll continue our discussion in the morning," ordered Zorco.
Everyone nodded and Dart led them to Zora's Fountain where they put up camp for the
night. In the morning, Dart led them back to his father.
When they entered, Zorco turned towards the three and said, "You still haven't
told us of why you're here." Derrick then stated, "We need the Spiritual Stone of Water
so we can rescue Your Royal Highness Link and Queen Zelda." Zorco nodded and
replied, "You may have it but you're going to have to get it yourselves. You're going to
need al the help you can get."
The group was puzzled by the remark but then Tica came up to Hiro and said,
"I'll give it to you but only if you marry me." Hiro stood dumbfound and in shock when
Sheik whispered to him, "Did your dad have to go through anything like this?" Hiro then
whispered back, "Yeah." "What did he do about it?" Sheik asked back. "He returned it,"
Hiro finished to his friend.
"Well, I'm waiting for your answer," spoke Tica in a flirting manor. Hiro really
didn't know how to answer and Zorco didn't look like he was planning on helping either
so, Hiro shot Dart a pleading look. Dart, wanting to help his friend mouthed the words
`run'. They were confused but complied and headed towards the entrance. When they
reached it they heard a scream and turned around to see Dart running right to them.
As he past them he shouted, "Hurry up before she catches you!" Puzzled they looked
behind them to see Tica ran after them looking very, very angry. Without asking, they
quickly ran after Dart through the entrance and followed him through the path of Zora's
River all the way to Hyrule Field, until they were sure that Tica stopped following them.
When they finally slowed down, Sheik asked, "What was that all about?" Dart
turned towards them, gave off a sly grin, and took out the Zora's Sapphire. "You stole
it?" shouted Derrick to the young Zora. "You needed it and I could tell that Hiro didn't
want to marry my sister," replied Dart. Hiro then turned towards Dart and said, "I guess
you'll be coming with us, huh?" Dart turned towards him and then said, "It seems so."
The four left it at that and continued towards Kakariko Village to take a break and to pick
up their allies, Michael and Geo. The walk back was uneventful except for the struggle to
swim across the river again. Dart helped Sheik across, but Derrick was on his own.
When they finally reached the village it was noon. They all continued walking till
they got to Sheik's house. When they entered the house, Geo and Michael were preparing
lunch. As they ate, Hiro introduced the two to Dart and told them of their adventures to
Zora's Domain. For the rest of the day, the group rested for they were to be going to
Kokiri Forest in the morning. They actually had no sleeping issues, for everyone slept
where they did two nights ago and Geo slept curled up on the floor and Dart slept leaning
against the wall. It was pretty much uneventful.
As morning came, they large group of six got up early and got ready for their long
walk to Kokiri Forest. They then said goodbye to some of the villagers and started off on
their journey. "Are you sure we shouldn't go to the ranch first, Derrick?" asked Michael
to the knight. Derrick looked a little nervous then replied, "Yes, I'm sure. We'll make to
the forest with no problems. Trust me." Hiro eyed him suspiciously then shook it off as
they made their way to find the last Spiritual Stone.