Fast Forwarding Time
Once the four boys had read the letter, Geo looked to and spoke to Hiro; "I wonder what Sarah
left for you, Hiro." With a simple shrug from the young prince, the group, including all of the
adults headed out toward the lone silo in the back of the ranch. On the way, the boys noticed
several sets of horseshoe tracks that they thought were the colts, since they were much smaller
than normal.
After a few minutes, the large group had made it to the silo, and entered it. "Looks like she
decided to be difficult," spoke Sheik as they spotted the crates. Sarah had bunched up all the
crates to surround the tiny crawlspace. Malon then turned to the group, "Don't worry. They're not
as heavy as you think. Remember, Dart was able to move one last night right after he woke up."
After that, the entire group walked over to the crates and started pushing and pulling the large
boxes out of the way.
Finally, the last crate was moved. "Well, go on boys. We'll wait right here for you," spoke
Michael to the group of children. Just as Hiro was about to crawl through the tunnel, a bright
yellowish light ball emerged from the small passage. "WHAT THE HELL IS THAT?!" cried out
Geo as he stared at the ball of light. "I'm a fairy, that's what," spoke the fairy in an annoyed
manor. Geo then remarked, "Well excuuusssseee me, fairy." Getting angry with the Goron, a loud
bell noise came from the fairy as she yelled, "My name's Tatl, get used to it."
"Um, excuse me, but why did you tell Geo to get used to your name," asked Sheik from the
sidelines of the argument. The fairy, now known as Tatl, flew over to the other boys and then
answered his question with, "Oh, so sorry. When Sarah, my brother Tael, and I were about to
leave the ranch last night, Sarah told us that it might be best if one of us stuck around and traveled
with you guys. She told me that since I worked with Link when he was a boy, that I would be the
best candidate to help you guys out."
"You helped my dad?" asked Hiro with a bit of curiosity in his voice. Tatl answered his question
full of pride with, "You bet I did. In fact, if it wasn't for me, he could have been killed in the form
of a Deku Scrub." Dart was about to ask her what she was talking about when Sheik spoke up,
"Don't you think we should be getting that surprise now?"
An alarmed bell sounded as Tatl responded to Sheik, "Oh yes, Sorry about that. I sometimes get
carried away when I'm talking about the adventures Link and I went through. Well, come this
way, Hiro." With that, Tatl flew through the small crawl through into the hidden room. Hiro then
bent down so he was on his hands and knees and crawled through the small hole.
To Hiro's surprise, the room was filled with a bunch of weapons and tools his father had used
when he was on his adventures. Surprisingly, everything in there looked functional, minus a few
scratches caused from many battles of course. Looking around, Hiro's eyes found themselves
staring at a small treasure chest in the corner. The chest looked as if it harbored spider webs from
the outside, sense it was very old and looked like it would fall apart, but Hiro could sense a great
power from it.
The boy walked up to the chest and asked Tatl, "What's in this?" With a `know it all' attitude,
Tatl replied, "Why don't you open it? I bet you'll be surprised." Curiously, Hiro kneeled down in
front of the old chest and grappled the sides of the lid. With gentle hands, he slowly lifted the lid.
The moment there was a crack between the lid and the box, a shining, golden-green light sprayed
out in all directions. Wincing by the sudden brightness, Hiro lifted the lid all the way back and
waited for his eyes to adjust to the light. What Hiro saw made his eyes widen in ultimate surprise.
Hiro thought that he was going to faint from the shock. He was mumbling something but Tatl
couldn't understand, finally she asked him, "What are you mumbling about?" Bringing his head
up he shouted through the hole back to the others, "Sarah left us the Kokiri Emerald!" The young
prince could hear the shouts of joy and excitement from his allies, but why wouldn't they be
happy, they were going to get their loved ones back from the Sacred Realm.
Grabbing the stone and a few weapons, Hiro crawled back through the hole with Tatl in hot
pursuit. Emerging from the crawlspace, he spoke to the other children who could fit in the small
space, excluding Geo (you know he's a little too big being a Goron), "Help me get the weapons
out of there, they're for adults but the adults won't be able to retrieve them." Receiving a nod
from Sheik and Dart, Hiro placed the weapons he brought with him on the ground and turned to
go back for more.
The three boys went back and forth for nearly an hour, picking up various weapons, some of mass
destruction, like `Din's Fire'. Geo and the adults then carried the weapons from the small hole
and brought them over to the pile of hay so that they could be hidden if necessary. When they
were finally done, they started to look more carefully through the large pile of weapons, picking
out supplies that they might need.
Of the weapons that were picked up, Hiro picked the `Fairies Slingshot', Sheik got the
Boomerang, and Geo and Dart picked up a larger bomb bag (Geo getting the larger one). Each of
them also grabbed a bottle for each of them, they also picked up a hand full of `Deku nuts' and
`Deku sticks'. The group hid the rest in the hay by the cows.
"We finally have all three Spiritual Stones!" exclaimed Hiro with a big grin plastered onto his
face. The rest of the group also were smiling in delight as they thought about their loved ones that
would be returning, well all except Malon and her family. "What's wrong Malon?" asked Geo to
the red-haired woman. "Don't get me wrong, I'm happy that your loved ones will be returning,
but. I'm worried that Sarah might not come back," replied the woman to the small Goron.
"Why would you think that? According to the Kokiri, she visited the forest all the time, and then
would return to the ranch after a day or two," spoke Sheik to the Ranchers. Ingo decided to
answer the question, "Well, you see, it's like this. It was pretty easy to see that Sarah was enraged
with being in her father's presence. She looked even madder last night than that time when she
found out what I did all those years ago. I'm sure you've heard of it. You know, when I took over
the ranch and was planning on giving Epona to Ganondorf. Well anyway, When she found out
what I had done, she just ran off and didn't show up again until a month later. She was dressed in
that there outfit like last night and was all scratched up, like she'd been fighting something."
"When we asked her what had happened, she just said that she was training herself so that an
incident like that would never happen again." "But that doesn't explain why she won't come
back," spoke Hiro to the elderly man. Talon stepped in this time. He spoke, "There's two reasons
to why we think that she won't be returning very soon. The first reason is that whenever she got
really angry at something in this ranch, she would disappear for more than a few days, sometimes
a week. Now if she disappeared for a month when she was mad with Ingo, how long do you think
she'll be gone this time?" Talon paused and let the reasoning sink into their heads before
continuing.
"The second reason is that Sarah took the four young colts with her, and she never does that. You
see, she's raised them there colts since they were born, and she hates to be separated from them
for long. So it's only logical that she would take them with her if she was to be gone for a while."
The group stayed silent, thinking about how they could help Malon when Tatl spoke. She said,
"You don't need to be worried about Sarah, she's a strong kid, who knows how to take care of
herself. Also, if she did get in any danger, my little brother, Tael, would come and find us
immediately."
The words seemed encouraging, and received nods from the boys and even the adults, but Malon
still looked terrible. Hiro than walked over to her and told her an idea he had. "When we save the
sages and my father, I'm sure that they'll help us organize a search party and look for her. But in
the mean time, you should just keep hoping that maybe she'll return on her own free will. Tatl is
right, the Kokiri said that Sarah was a good fighter so you don't need to worry."
Malon looked up and smiled at the boy's thoughtful expression and replied, "Yes, I know. But
she's still my little girl and I can't help but wonder if she'll be ok." Tatl then spoke up with a
`duh' like tone saying, "Then why don't you just call Saria, the Sage of Forest? I saw Sarah write
her song down on a letter meant for you, Hiro. That song will let you communicate telepathically
with Saria and she might have an idea to where Sarah went since Sarah talks to Saria all the
time."
Thinking that it might be worth a try, Hiro took out the Ocarina of Time and play the fast melody
of "Saria's Song." A few seconds later, the sound of a young girl's voice filled the minds of
everyone in the room. "Hello? This is Saria. Might this be Hiro?" Startled by the voice, Hiro
timidly replied back to the voice.
"How did you know my name?" The same cheery voice then echoed in their minds to reply to
Hiro's question. "Well Link and Zelda have told me about you, and Sarah just told me that she
left you instructions onto how to play my song." Before Hiro could utter another word, Malon
jumped up and yelled, "You spoke to Sarah? Where is she? Is she all right? Please tell me!"
Sounding as if she was wincing, Saria replied to the nearly weeping mother, "I take it you're
Malon, Sarah's mother, she said you might be upset, oh and you don't need to yell, I can hear you
perfectly fine. There is no need to worry, Sarah is safe, but I can't tell you where she is, she made
me promise. Although I can let you know that she's in a place that she'll be taken care of."
Malon still looked worried but not as worried as before and muttered a small "thank you."
Thinking that they were done speaking to Saria, they were surprised to hear the young girl's voice
again, "I sense that you have all 3 spiritual stones. Now is the time for you to go to the "Temple
of Time," young Hiro, and pull the "Master Sword" from the "Pedestal of Time." And you, Hiro,
must do this, so don't even think about keeping him away from the castle, Derrick and Michael."
"Can we come too?" asked Sheik towards the ceiling wondering if he was allowed. In a
approving manner, Saria replied, "I would prefer it if you boys went. Even though you're young,
it will make Hiro's chances of getting to the sword even better. So please watch over all of them
while you're all there, Knights." Both knights nodded and said, "right." Ending the conversation,
Saria gave them some last minute advice to watch each other's backs and to call her again if they
were in need of advice then lastly said farewell to the group of warriors.
It took about an hour after that for everyone to pack up and be ready to leave the ranch. After a
few good-byes and a threatening one towards Derrick, the troop set off north, towards Hyrule
Castle. The boys were all excited that they were finally going to see their family again, but the
knights were nervous with beads of sweat rolling down their faces. Each step they took, made the
knights more and more scared for the safety of the young group.
Finally, they made it to the drawbridge to Hyrule market and slowly entered, weapons poised,
ready for combat. As they entered the main area they were shocked to see it full of 30 redeads.
"Oh shit." muttered Derrick as they came into view of the gigantic horde. Once he said this, all
the redeads noticed that they had company. "Double shit." replied Dart to the knight.
As the redeads came closer to them, Hiro gained a look as if he had an idea. He turned toward
Geo and asked, "Can you do the rolling thing again? You know, when you roll really fast and
gain spikes?" Everyone, minus Dart (remember that he wasn't there at Death Mountain), then
smiled and looked at Geo. With the confident tone only a Goron could muster, he replied, "I'll try
my best."
The group of warriors then parted down the middle to leave an open area for Geo to roll through,
as he took a few steps back. Confident with his distance, Geo sat down and rolled up into a ball.
The young Goron than began to roll, gradually increasing his speed. He was gaining on the
redeads fast and was starting to feel a little strange, as if some of his energy was about to leave
him. Then, with a wave of power, long, sharp spikes sprouted from his back just as he made
contact with the closest redead.
As the Goron killed the undead enemy, he found himself being rebounded in the direction of
another redead. Again, once that one was dead he was launched at another opponent. This
continued until half of the redeads were remaining, when Geo was launched into the center
fountain. In the fountain, Geo couldn't tell where was where and who was who, for he had never
in his life, spun that fast for that long.
Impressed by his attack, the others just looked on as Geo rolled. Once he fell into the fountain,
the group than charged with all their might towards the army of now 15 redeads. Sheik and Hiro
stood back to back, stunning the redeads, as the young prince fired Deku seed after Deku seed
and as the young Sheikah threw the old boomerang over and over. While they did this, Michael
and Derrick ran forward and slashed at the enemies until they feel. Dart on the other hand, had
jumped into the fountain to protect the dizzy Geo, as he launched his fin boomerangs stunning the
redeads around him until the knights had gotten to them.
Finally, the last redead had fallen and the group was now heading towards the direction of the
"Temple of Time." Along the way, they encountered 6 more redeads, one for each of the
warriors. With the last enemy in the whole market slain, the group found themselves standing in
front of the old wooden doors of the ancient temple. With a hard shove, the heavy wood doors
opened, allowing the 6 to look inside of their destination.
They followed a long red carpet into the main room. The walls, floors and ceiling that were in the
main chamber were made of gray stone, and it seemed to almost shimmer in the light radiating
through the large windows on both sides of the room. In the center of the walk way, right by the
entrance, was an odd looking platform that had a the symbol of the Triforce and a symbol of what
looked to be the "Medallion of Light." Walking over the platform, and along the red carpet, they
came to a large pedestal.
There were three circles engraved into the stone pedestal as well as a message basically stating
that the 3 spiritual stones, the "Ocarina of Time," and the "Song of Time" were needed in order to
open the "Door of Time."
As Hiro stood in front of the enchanted pedestal, the 3 spiritual stones floated up and into their
corresponding circle. The others watched on as Hiro brought the blue ocarina to his lips and
played the mystical melody of the "Song of Time." When the last note left the ocarina, the
Triforce symbol on the "Door of Time," glowed gold and the door started to gradually rise up,
opening the way towards the "Master Sword."
They all walked into the smaller, but still large, room. It was a round room that was much darker
than the first except for the lone window who's light shown down on the ancient blade, the
"Master Sword." They all stared in wonder at the blade of legends that had once been used by
Link, and was once thought that it was to rest in peace for the rest of time. Slowly, they walked
towards the blade, but stopped short of the light to admire its craftsmanship.
Hiro then stepped forward onto the first stair that led to the pedestal where the sword lay. He
continued to approach the sword, as the others looked onward. Finally, he stood in front of the
weapon of Dark's destruction and reached out to take hold of the grip. Tatl, who had been resting
in Hiro's Kokiri cap, was watching Hiro's hand inch towards the hilt of the sword, and finally
make contact.
The feeling that Hiro felt as he touched the sword gave him a sense of power, one which was
nothing he had ever experienced before. Gaining new confidence, he put his two feet in front of
the pedestal, shoulder length apart. Both of his hands tightly wrapped themselves around the
handle, getting ready to pull. Looking around, he saw looks of encouragement from his comrades.
He placed his attention back onto the sword and with all his might, he pulled the "Master Sword"
from the "Pedestal of Time."
The moment the sword was pulled, a blue light surrounded Hiro and an evil laugh filled the
temple. "HA HA HA! Like father, like son. Thanks to you, I can now enter the sacred realm and
claim the Triforce for myself." All the faces whipped around to look at the place where to "Door
of Time" had once been and saw a till, dark man with crimson hair. He wore pitch-black armor
and carried a huge sword that had a red and black hilt, with a pure black blade.
The man then spoke with a loud ferocious voice, "I guess I have you to thank for, young prince,
for letting reach this place. Hear my name for it is the name of the new ruler of Hyrule.
GANRO!" When the blue light finally stopped, they saw that Ganro was gone, so everyone
turned their attention back to Hiro, but there was a problem. Hiro, Tatl, and the "Master Sword"
were gone!
Once the four boys had read the letter, Geo looked to and spoke to Hiro; "I wonder what Sarah
left for you, Hiro." With a simple shrug from the young prince, the group, including all of the
adults headed out toward the lone silo in the back of the ranch. On the way, the boys noticed
several sets of horseshoe tracks that they thought were the colts, since they were much smaller
than normal.
After a few minutes, the large group had made it to the silo, and entered it. "Looks like she
decided to be difficult," spoke Sheik as they spotted the crates. Sarah had bunched up all the
crates to surround the tiny crawlspace. Malon then turned to the group, "Don't worry. They're not
as heavy as you think. Remember, Dart was able to move one last night right after he woke up."
After that, the entire group walked over to the crates and started pushing and pulling the large
boxes out of the way.
Finally, the last crate was moved. "Well, go on boys. We'll wait right here for you," spoke
Michael to the group of children. Just as Hiro was about to crawl through the tunnel, a bright
yellowish light ball emerged from the small passage. "WHAT THE HELL IS THAT?!" cried out
Geo as he stared at the ball of light. "I'm a fairy, that's what," spoke the fairy in an annoyed
manor. Geo then remarked, "Well excuuusssseee me, fairy." Getting angry with the Goron, a loud
bell noise came from the fairy as she yelled, "My name's Tatl, get used to it."
"Um, excuse me, but why did you tell Geo to get used to your name," asked Sheik from the
sidelines of the argument. The fairy, now known as Tatl, flew over to the other boys and then
answered his question with, "Oh, so sorry. When Sarah, my brother Tael, and I were about to
leave the ranch last night, Sarah told us that it might be best if one of us stuck around and traveled
with you guys. She told me that since I worked with Link when he was a boy, that I would be the
best candidate to help you guys out."
"You helped my dad?" asked Hiro with a bit of curiosity in his voice. Tatl answered his question
full of pride with, "You bet I did. In fact, if it wasn't for me, he could have been killed in the form
of a Deku Scrub." Dart was about to ask her what she was talking about when Sheik spoke up,
"Don't you think we should be getting that surprise now?"
An alarmed bell sounded as Tatl responded to Sheik, "Oh yes, Sorry about that. I sometimes get
carried away when I'm talking about the adventures Link and I went through. Well, come this
way, Hiro." With that, Tatl flew through the small crawl through into the hidden room. Hiro then
bent down so he was on his hands and knees and crawled through the small hole.
To Hiro's surprise, the room was filled with a bunch of weapons and tools his father had used
when he was on his adventures. Surprisingly, everything in there looked functional, minus a few
scratches caused from many battles of course. Looking around, Hiro's eyes found themselves
staring at a small treasure chest in the corner. The chest looked as if it harbored spider webs from
the outside, sense it was very old and looked like it would fall apart, but Hiro could sense a great
power from it.
The boy walked up to the chest and asked Tatl, "What's in this?" With a `know it all' attitude,
Tatl replied, "Why don't you open it? I bet you'll be surprised." Curiously, Hiro kneeled down in
front of the old chest and grappled the sides of the lid. With gentle hands, he slowly lifted the lid.
The moment there was a crack between the lid and the box, a shining, golden-green light sprayed
out in all directions. Wincing by the sudden brightness, Hiro lifted the lid all the way back and
waited for his eyes to adjust to the light. What Hiro saw made his eyes widen in ultimate surprise.
Hiro thought that he was going to faint from the shock. He was mumbling something but Tatl
couldn't understand, finally she asked him, "What are you mumbling about?" Bringing his head
up he shouted through the hole back to the others, "Sarah left us the Kokiri Emerald!" The young
prince could hear the shouts of joy and excitement from his allies, but why wouldn't they be
happy, they were going to get their loved ones back from the Sacred Realm.
Grabbing the stone and a few weapons, Hiro crawled back through the hole with Tatl in hot
pursuit. Emerging from the crawlspace, he spoke to the other children who could fit in the small
space, excluding Geo (you know he's a little too big being a Goron), "Help me get the weapons
out of there, they're for adults but the adults won't be able to retrieve them." Receiving a nod
from Sheik and Dart, Hiro placed the weapons he brought with him on the ground and turned to
go back for more.
The three boys went back and forth for nearly an hour, picking up various weapons, some of mass
destruction, like `Din's Fire'. Geo and the adults then carried the weapons from the small hole
and brought them over to the pile of hay so that they could be hidden if necessary. When they
were finally done, they started to look more carefully through the large pile of weapons, picking
out supplies that they might need.
Of the weapons that were picked up, Hiro picked the `Fairies Slingshot', Sheik got the
Boomerang, and Geo and Dart picked up a larger bomb bag (Geo getting the larger one). Each of
them also grabbed a bottle for each of them, they also picked up a hand full of `Deku nuts' and
`Deku sticks'. The group hid the rest in the hay by the cows.
"We finally have all three Spiritual Stones!" exclaimed Hiro with a big grin plastered onto his
face. The rest of the group also were smiling in delight as they thought about their loved ones that
would be returning, well all except Malon and her family. "What's wrong Malon?" asked Geo to
the red-haired woman. "Don't get me wrong, I'm happy that your loved ones will be returning,
but. I'm worried that Sarah might not come back," replied the woman to the small Goron.
"Why would you think that? According to the Kokiri, she visited the forest all the time, and then
would return to the ranch after a day or two," spoke Sheik to the Ranchers. Ingo decided to
answer the question, "Well, you see, it's like this. It was pretty easy to see that Sarah was enraged
with being in her father's presence. She looked even madder last night than that time when she
found out what I did all those years ago. I'm sure you've heard of it. You know, when I took over
the ranch and was planning on giving Epona to Ganondorf. Well anyway, When she found out
what I had done, she just ran off and didn't show up again until a month later. She was dressed in
that there outfit like last night and was all scratched up, like she'd been fighting something."
"When we asked her what had happened, she just said that she was training herself so that an
incident like that would never happen again." "But that doesn't explain why she won't come
back," spoke Hiro to the elderly man. Talon stepped in this time. He spoke, "There's two reasons
to why we think that she won't be returning very soon. The first reason is that whenever she got
really angry at something in this ranch, she would disappear for more than a few days, sometimes
a week. Now if she disappeared for a month when she was mad with Ingo, how long do you think
she'll be gone this time?" Talon paused and let the reasoning sink into their heads before
continuing.
"The second reason is that Sarah took the four young colts with her, and she never does that. You
see, she's raised them there colts since they were born, and she hates to be separated from them
for long. So it's only logical that she would take them with her if she was to be gone for a while."
The group stayed silent, thinking about how they could help Malon when Tatl spoke. She said,
"You don't need to be worried about Sarah, she's a strong kid, who knows how to take care of
herself. Also, if she did get in any danger, my little brother, Tael, would come and find us
immediately."
The words seemed encouraging, and received nods from the boys and even the adults, but Malon
still looked terrible. Hiro than walked over to her and told her an idea he had. "When we save the
sages and my father, I'm sure that they'll help us organize a search party and look for her. But in
the mean time, you should just keep hoping that maybe she'll return on her own free will. Tatl is
right, the Kokiri said that Sarah was a good fighter so you don't need to worry."
Malon looked up and smiled at the boy's thoughtful expression and replied, "Yes, I know. But
she's still my little girl and I can't help but wonder if she'll be ok." Tatl then spoke up with a
`duh' like tone saying, "Then why don't you just call Saria, the Sage of Forest? I saw Sarah write
her song down on a letter meant for you, Hiro. That song will let you communicate telepathically
with Saria and she might have an idea to where Sarah went since Sarah talks to Saria all the
time."
Thinking that it might be worth a try, Hiro took out the Ocarina of Time and play the fast melody
of "Saria's Song." A few seconds later, the sound of a young girl's voice filled the minds of
everyone in the room. "Hello? This is Saria. Might this be Hiro?" Startled by the voice, Hiro
timidly replied back to the voice.
"How did you know my name?" The same cheery voice then echoed in their minds to reply to
Hiro's question. "Well Link and Zelda have told me about you, and Sarah just told me that she
left you instructions onto how to play my song." Before Hiro could utter another word, Malon
jumped up and yelled, "You spoke to Sarah? Where is she? Is she all right? Please tell me!"
Sounding as if she was wincing, Saria replied to the nearly weeping mother, "I take it you're
Malon, Sarah's mother, she said you might be upset, oh and you don't need to yell, I can hear you
perfectly fine. There is no need to worry, Sarah is safe, but I can't tell you where she is, she made
me promise. Although I can let you know that she's in a place that she'll be taken care of."
Malon still looked worried but not as worried as before and muttered a small "thank you."
Thinking that they were done speaking to Saria, they were surprised to hear the young girl's voice
again, "I sense that you have all 3 spiritual stones. Now is the time for you to go to the "Temple
of Time," young Hiro, and pull the "Master Sword" from the "Pedestal of Time." And you, Hiro,
must do this, so don't even think about keeping him away from the castle, Derrick and Michael."
"Can we come too?" asked Sheik towards the ceiling wondering if he was allowed. In a
approving manner, Saria replied, "I would prefer it if you boys went. Even though you're young,
it will make Hiro's chances of getting to the sword even better. So please watch over all of them
while you're all there, Knights." Both knights nodded and said, "right." Ending the conversation,
Saria gave them some last minute advice to watch each other's backs and to call her again if they
were in need of advice then lastly said farewell to the group of warriors.
It took about an hour after that for everyone to pack up and be ready to leave the ranch. After a
few good-byes and a threatening one towards Derrick, the troop set off north, towards Hyrule
Castle. The boys were all excited that they were finally going to see their family again, but the
knights were nervous with beads of sweat rolling down their faces. Each step they took, made the
knights more and more scared for the safety of the young group.
Finally, they made it to the drawbridge to Hyrule market and slowly entered, weapons poised,
ready for combat. As they entered the main area they were shocked to see it full of 30 redeads.
"Oh shit." muttered Derrick as they came into view of the gigantic horde. Once he said this, all
the redeads noticed that they had company. "Double shit." replied Dart to the knight.
As the redeads came closer to them, Hiro gained a look as if he had an idea. He turned toward
Geo and asked, "Can you do the rolling thing again? You know, when you roll really fast and
gain spikes?" Everyone, minus Dart (remember that he wasn't there at Death Mountain), then
smiled and looked at Geo. With the confident tone only a Goron could muster, he replied, "I'll try
my best."
The group of warriors then parted down the middle to leave an open area for Geo to roll through,
as he took a few steps back. Confident with his distance, Geo sat down and rolled up into a ball.
The young Goron than began to roll, gradually increasing his speed. He was gaining on the
redeads fast and was starting to feel a little strange, as if some of his energy was about to leave
him. Then, with a wave of power, long, sharp spikes sprouted from his back just as he made
contact with the closest redead.
As the Goron killed the undead enemy, he found himself being rebounded in the direction of
another redead. Again, once that one was dead he was launched at another opponent. This
continued until half of the redeads were remaining, when Geo was launched into the center
fountain. In the fountain, Geo couldn't tell where was where and who was who, for he had never
in his life, spun that fast for that long.
Impressed by his attack, the others just looked on as Geo rolled. Once he fell into the fountain,
the group than charged with all their might towards the army of now 15 redeads. Sheik and Hiro
stood back to back, stunning the redeads, as the young prince fired Deku seed after Deku seed
and as the young Sheikah threw the old boomerang over and over. While they did this, Michael
and Derrick ran forward and slashed at the enemies until they feel. Dart on the other hand, had
jumped into the fountain to protect the dizzy Geo, as he launched his fin boomerangs stunning the
redeads around him until the knights had gotten to them.
Finally, the last redead had fallen and the group was now heading towards the direction of the
"Temple of Time." Along the way, they encountered 6 more redeads, one for each of the
warriors. With the last enemy in the whole market slain, the group found themselves standing in
front of the old wooden doors of the ancient temple. With a hard shove, the heavy wood doors
opened, allowing the 6 to look inside of their destination.
They followed a long red carpet into the main room. The walls, floors and ceiling that were in the
main chamber were made of gray stone, and it seemed to almost shimmer in the light radiating
through the large windows on both sides of the room. In the center of the walk way, right by the
entrance, was an odd looking platform that had a the symbol of the Triforce and a symbol of what
looked to be the "Medallion of Light." Walking over the platform, and along the red carpet, they
came to a large pedestal.
There were three circles engraved into the stone pedestal as well as a message basically stating
that the 3 spiritual stones, the "Ocarina of Time," and the "Song of Time" were needed in order to
open the "Door of Time."
As Hiro stood in front of the enchanted pedestal, the 3 spiritual stones floated up and into their
corresponding circle. The others watched on as Hiro brought the blue ocarina to his lips and
played the mystical melody of the "Song of Time." When the last note left the ocarina, the
Triforce symbol on the "Door of Time," glowed gold and the door started to gradually rise up,
opening the way towards the "Master Sword."
They all walked into the smaller, but still large, room. It was a round room that was much darker
than the first except for the lone window who's light shown down on the ancient blade, the
"Master Sword." They all stared in wonder at the blade of legends that had once been used by
Link, and was once thought that it was to rest in peace for the rest of time. Slowly, they walked
towards the blade, but stopped short of the light to admire its craftsmanship.
Hiro then stepped forward onto the first stair that led to the pedestal where the sword lay. He
continued to approach the sword, as the others looked onward. Finally, he stood in front of the
weapon of Dark's destruction and reached out to take hold of the grip. Tatl, who had been resting
in Hiro's Kokiri cap, was watching Hiro's hand inch towards the hilt of the sword, and finally
make contact.
The feeling that Hiro felt as he touched the sword gave him a sense of power, one which was
nothing he had ever experienced before. Gaining new confidence, he put his two feet in front of
the pedestal, shoulder length apart. Both of his hands tightly wrapped themselves around the
handle, getting ready to pull. Looking around, he saw looks of encouragement from his comrades.
He placed his attention back onto the sword and with all his might, he pulled the "Master Sword"
from the "Pedestal of Time."
The moment the sword was pulled, a blue light surrounded Hiro and an evil laugh filled the
temple. "HA HA HA! Like father, like son. Thanks to you, I can now enter the sacred realm and
claim the Triforce for myself." All the faces whipped around to look at the place where to "Door
of Time" had once been and saw a till, dark man with crimson hair. He wore pitch-black armor
and carried a huge sword that had a red and black hilt, with a pure black blade.
The man then spoke with a loud ferocious voice, "I guess I have you to thank for, young prince,
for letting reach this place. Hear my name for it is the name of the new ruler of Hyrule.
GANRO!" When the blue light finally stopped, they saw that Ganro was gone, so everyone
turned their attention back to Hiro, but there was a problem. Hiro, Tatl, and the "Master Sword"
were gone!