Aria: Oh, I am SO glad to finally be back! I missed everyone SO MUCH!
Even the pissed off guppy goddesses!
Darunia: You said that you'd be back in five days! You left us all on the
8th and you haven't updated since today! That's six days, woman!
Aria: Hey! Cut me some slack! You don't have to yell at me like that!
And, you don't have to be insulting, either! I'm only fifteen; not twenty-
one!
Darunia: You could have checked in on us yesterday, though.
Aria: What is this?! The freaking Inquisition?! Look, I tried to update
yesterday, but my dad made me go to bed before I even had much of a chance!
Gimme a break!
Darunia: But, you didn't have to feed these ungrateful guppies for six
days! They were practically staring lasers at me!
Aria: That's 'cause they're still pissed that I turned them into guppies.
They'll get over it when I turn them back. And, if they don't, I'll zap
them again. Happy?
Darunia: Somewhat.
Aria: Good. Anyway, like I said at the beginning, I missed everyone! I
got so many reviews too! Everyone was upset about the nasty cliffhanger
(^____^), but you'll all get over it because I'm posting two chapters
today! Whee! Oh and for those of you who didn't guess what my mysterious
monster was that kidnapped Link in the last chapter; it was a Phantom
Ganon. Okay?
Link: Very much so not!
Aria: You're just upset because you're not going to be in the next few
chapters.
Link: That and you didn't even tell them who kidnapped me! I know it's
really obvious, but the point of it all!
Aria: Oh come on! You KNOW I love being a cryptic little pest! They do
too! I told them myself!
Link: But, what if something happens to Tetra and I can't help her? (Awww!
He's worried about her!)
Aria: No harm will come to the heiress of Hyrule as long as I am the
authoress of this story. She'll be fine! Don't worry! Now, go back to
the torture chamber.
Darunia: (0_o) ARIA! WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT?!
Aria: Uh, oops. I shouldn't have said that. Um, Darunia, you do the
disclaimers. I'm going to put a shield spell around myself to deflect
angry people.
Darunia: *slaps forehead* Okaaaaayyyy. The settting-herself-up-for-
assaasination authoress and owner of this story, Aria Zephyr, does not own
the Legend of Zelda games, their characters, etc. I'm starting to wonder
why I took this job.
Aria: *from very, very, very, VERY high cloud* Enjoy this chapter! I
think.
Chapter 26: The Secret of the Medallions
"NO! LINK!" Tetra cried in despair. Angry tears welled in her eyes as the
magical chains released her and dropped her to the ground. She found her
Star Light at the foot of the tree's trunk, as her sorrowful tears ran down
her face and onto the ground. When she picked up the Star Light, its faint
glow brightened and another one, not far from her, also sprang up.
Tetra looked to where the other light came from and saw that a soft, tiny,
golden light was coming from the forest a little way away from her. She
walked over to where it was and found Link's Star Light glowing as it hung
on the low-slung branch of a tree. She gently freed its delicate chain
from the branch.
The glow began to subside, but not before a glint of gold caught her
attention. A small, triangular medallion of a sort lay at the foot on the
tree, entangled in a mess of broken twigs. She reached for the tiny thing
and extracted it from the tangle. When she picked it up, a tingle ran down
her spine. She nearly dropped it in surprise and realized that it had the
emblem of the Triforce upon it.
'How did this get here? The Star Light must have been dropped when that
monster attacked Link, but how could this thing have gotten here? What is
it? And, why did it give me that odd feeling like it's trying to remind me
of something?' Tetra wondered as she studied the medallion.
She turned around to walk back into the clearing and was shocked to see two
glowing triangles on the arch. One was at the top of the arch and the
other was on one of the pillars and they were both glowing fiercely. 'What
in the world?' Tetra thought just as the medallion in her hand seemed to
start pulling her towards the arch. "Huh?" Tetra gasped. The "tugging"
became more insistent and Tetra approached the arch.
It was less covered with climbing vines and moss than it had been before.
Both of the glowing triangles were about the same size as the medallion in
Tetra's hand and the carvings on the arch were easier to see. It was an
ancient language that Tetra couldn't understand, but there was only one
message written there, as it seemed.
"I wonder what this means," Tetra thought aloud as she traced the carvings
along one pillar with her fingers. Almost out of the blue, as Tetra
touched the carvings, a simple statement appeared in her mind: 'Three
goddesses; three pearls; three keys; all must be in place for the gateway
to the land beyond to open.'
Tetra jerked her hand back as if she had been stung. "What? Where did
that come from?" She yelped. She eyed the arch suspiciously and noticed a
triangular hollow on the pillar that had no glowing triangle.
It was the left pillar and when she noticed this, the medallion gave a
sharp jerk in her hand. "Hey!" Tetra said in protest to the medallion's
strange effects on her. She looked at it and then looked back at the empty
hollow. 'Could this thing belong there?' She wondered as she looked from
one to the other. 'I guess there's no way in knowing unless I try and put
this there. Oh, well; here goes!' Tetra thought as she raised the
medallion to the hollow and pushed it in.
It was a perfect fit. The medallion flashed brightly when it was placed in
the hollow and the other two flashed as well. A bright glow began to form
in the archway and a light started to emanate from it. Tetra stepped back
in surprise as the light got stronger.
Soon, the light stopped getting brighter and the triangles stopped glowing
to reveal that they were also golden medallions, except they were each
slightly different. The one that Tetra had placed had a border or flowers
around its edge. The one at the top had a border that looked like
splashing waves around its edge. And, the last one, the one on the right
pillar had a border of leaping flames around its edge.
Tetra was standing squarely in front of the glowing archway as she was
studying the medallions. She was entirely unaware of the tiny whistling
sound that something was making as it rushed towards her. When she did
finally notice it and was turning to see what it was, the brightly glowing
something hit her in the back and pushed her into the unknown beyond the
archway.
Link: YOU SAID NOTHING WOULD HAPPEN TO HER! WHERE DID YOU SEND HER?!
Aria: It's official; this IS an Inquisition! I am not going to tell you
where Tetra is, but I can tell you that she's very safe there. And, you
are supposed to be where your evil captor put you!
Link: But, but, but!
Aria: No buts, mister! I'm really sorry about this, but back you go!
*snaps fingers and Link vanishes*
Darunia: But, if what you said was true-
Aria: HE'S NOT GOING TO GET KILLED! THAT DARNED BLASTED WITCH CAN'T KILL
HIM! AND, I'M NOT SAYING WHY! I'M NOT REPEATING THIS AGAIN! TETRA IS
SAFE AND LINK IS ALIVE! WHAT ELSE DO I HAVE TO SAY TO GET YOU OFF MY
BACK?!
Darunia: 0______o
Aria: *panting heavily* Okay. Sorry about that. I had to blow off a
little steam; that's all.
Guppies: (they're the goddesses still, but they've been fish for so long
that I'm sure you get the idea) *eyes are still bugged out*
Darunia: *clears throat* That was, interesting.
Aria: Whatever. That's it for chapter twenty-six! Chapter twenty-seven
will be right behind! Please read and review!
Even the pissed off guppy goddesses!
Darunia: You said that you'd be back in five days! You left us all on the
8th and you haven't updated since today! That's six days, woman!
Aria: Hey! Cut me some slack! You don't have to yell at me like that!
And, you don't have to be insulting, either! I'm only fifteen; not twenty-
one!
Darunia: You could have checked in on us yesterday, though.
Aria: What is this?! The freaking Inquisition?! Look, I tried to update
yesterday, but my dad made me go to bed before I even had much of a chance!
Gimme a break!
Darunia: But, you didn't have to feed these ungrateful guppies for six
days! They were practically staring lasers at me!
Aria: That's 'cause they're still pissed that I turned them into guppies.
They'll get over it when I turn them back. And, if they don't, I'll zap
them again. Happy?
Darunia: Somewhat.
Aria: Good. Anyway, like I said at the beginning, I missed everyone! I
got so many reviews too! Everyone was upset about the nasty cliffhanger
(^____^), but you'll all get over it because I'm posting two chapters
today! Whee! Oh and for those of you who didn't guess what my mysterious
monster was that kidnapped Link in the last chapter; it was a Phantom
Ganon. Okay?
Link: Very much so not!
Aria: You're just upset because you're not going to be in the next few
chapters.
Link: That and you didn't even tell them who kidnapped me! I know it's
really obvious, but the point of it all!
Aria: Oh come on! You KNOW I love being a cryptic little pest! They do
too! I told them myself!
Link: But, what if something happens to Tetra and I can't help her? (Awww!
He's worried about her!)
Aria: No harm will come to the heiress of Hyrule as long as I am the
authoress of this story. She'll be fine! Don't worry! Now, go back to
the torture chamber.
Darunia: (0_o) ARIA! WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT?!
Aria: Uh, oops. I shouldn't have said that. Um, Darunia, you do the
disclaimers. I'm going to put a shield spell around myself to deflect
angry people.
Darunia: *slaps forehead* Okaaaaayyyy. The settting-herself-up-for-
assaasination authoress and owner of this story, Aria Zephyr, does not own
the Legend of Zelda games, their characters, etc. I'm starting to wonder
why I took this job.
Aria: *from very, very, very, VERY high cloud* Enjoy this chapter! I
think.
Chapter 26: The Secret of the Medallions
"NO! LINK!" Tetra cried in despair. Angry tears welled in her eyes as the
magical chains released her and dropped her to the ground. She found her
Star Light at the foot of the tree's trunk, as her sorrowful tears ran down
her face and onto the ground. When she picked up the Star Light, its faint
glow brightened and another one, not far from her, also sprang up.
Tetra looked to where the other light came from and saw that a soft, tiny,
golden light was coming from the forest a little way away from her. She
walked over to where it was and found Link's Star Light glowing as it hung
on the low-slung branch of a tree. She gently freed its delicate chain
from the branch.
The glow began to subside, but not before a glint of gold caught her
attention. A small, triangular medallion of a sort lay at the foot on the
tree, entangled in a mess of broken twigs. She reached for the tiny thing
and extracted it from the tangle. When she picked it up, a tingle ran down
her spine. She nearly dropped it in surprise and realized that it had the
emblem of the Triforce upon it.
'How did this get here? The Star Light must have been dropped when that
monster attacked Link, but how could this thing have gotten here? What is
it? And, why did it give me that odd feeling like it's trying to remind me
of something?' Tetra wondered as she studied the medallion.
She turned around to walk back into the clearing and was shocked to see two
glowing triangles on the arch. One was at the top of the arch and the
other was on one of the pillars and they were both glowing fiercely. 'What
in the world?' Tetra thought just as the medallion in her hand seemed to
start pulling her towards the arch. "Huh?" Tetra gasped. The "tugging"
became more insistent and Tetra approached the arch.
It was less covered with climbing vines and moss than it had been before.
Both of the glowing triangles were about the same size as the medallion in
Tetra's hand and the carvings on the arch were easier to see. It was an
ancient language that Tetra couldn't understand, but there was only one
message written there, as it seemed.
"I wonder what this means," Tetra thought aloud as she traced the carvings
along one pillar with her fingers. Almost out of the blue, as Tetra
touched the carvings, a simple statement appeared in her mind: 'Three
goddesses; three pearls; three keys; all must be in place for the gateway
to the land beyond to open.'
Tetra jerked her hand back as if she had been stung. "What? Where did
that come from?" She yelped. She eyed the arch suspiciously and noticed a
triangular hollow on the pillar that had no glowing triangle.
It was the left pillar and when she noticed this, the medallion gave a
sharp jerk in her hand. "Hey!" Tetra said in protest to the medallion's
strange effects on her. She looked at it and then looked back at the empty
hollow. 'Could this thing belong there?' She wondered as she looked from
one to the other. 'I guess there's no way in knowing unless I try and put
this there. Oh, well; here goes!' Tetra thought as she raised the
medallion to the hollow and pushed it in.
It was a perfect fit. The medallion flashed brightly when it was placed in
the hollow and the other two flashed as well. A bright glow began to form
in the archway and a light started to emanate from it. Tetra stepped back
in surprise as the light got stronger.
Soon, the light stopped getting brighter and the triangles stopped glowing
to reveal that they were also golden medallions, except they were each
slightly different. The one that Tetra had placed had a border or flowers
around its edge. The one at the top had a border that looked like
splashing waves around its edge. And, the last one, the one on the right
pillar had a border of leaping flames around its edge.
Tetra was standing squarely in front of the glowing archway as she was
studying the medallions. She was entirely unaware of the tiny whistling
sound that something was making as it rushed towards her. When she did
finally notice it and was turning to see what it was, the brightly glowing
something hit her in the back and pushed her into the unknown beyond the
archway.
Link: YOU SAID NOTHING WOULD HAPPEN TO HER! WHERE DID YOU SEND HER?!
Aria: It's official; this IS an Inquisition! I am not going to tell you
where Tetra is, but I can tell you that she's very safe there. And, you
are supposed to be where your evil captor put you!
Link: But, but, but!
Aria: No buts, mister! I'm really sorry about this, but back you go!
*snaps fingers and Link vanishes*
Darunia: But, if what you said was true-
Aria: HE'S NOT GOING TO GET KILLED! THAT DARNED BLASTED WITCH CAN'T KILL
HIM! AND, I'M NOT SAYING WHY! I'M NOT REPEATING THIS AGAIN! TETRA IS
SAFE AND LINK IS ALIVE! WHAT ELSE DO I HAVE TO SAY TO GET YOU OFF MY
BACK?!
Darunia: 0______o
Aria: *panting heavily* Okay. Sorry about that. I had to blow off a
little steam; that's all.
Guppies: (they're the goddesses still, but they've been fish for so long
that I'm sure you get the idea) *eyes are still bugged out*
Darunia: *clears throat* That was, interesting.
Aria: Whatever. That's it for chapter twenty-six! Chapter twenty-seven
will be right behind! Please read and review!
