Aria: Oh! I forgot to mention something last time! I mentioned that the
King of Hyrule is in the Land Beyond place. But, the King of Red Lions is
still in the living world. Here's how it is: The King of Hyrule drowned
with Hyrule; however, he was the one making the King of Red Lions, the
boat, talk. Here's what's happening: The boat cannot talk anymore because
the person who had the magic on it died, but the boat itself is still
there. Any questions?
Anri: I think that that is sufficient enough.
Aria: Good, because I am out of breath.
Tiana: But, you didn't say why the King of Hyrule is in the other place!
Aria: Oh, thanks! He is dead, remember? That is his spirit, just like all
the other people, okay? Tiana, Anri, you can wake Kaepora up now.
Tiana and Anri: Yes, ma'am! *fly off to Kaepora's tree (Aria: I made it
just for him)*
Kaepora: Whoooo . . . Where is the fire?
Tiana: There is no fire, silly! You have to do the disclaimers now!
Kaepora: But, it's still daytime.
Aria: I can fix that! *snaps fingers and it turns to night* Happy now?
Kaepora: Aria Zephyr, the authoress of this story, does not own the Legend
of Zelda games, the characters, etc. She does own the witch, Natalia, the
Temple flower seeds, the Sacred Wood (A.K.A. the Forgotten Forest), the
Land Beyond the Physical Land, and the story. Now leave me alone; I'm
tired.
Aria: Thank you, Kaepora. That was. . . informative.
Chapter 34: Back to the Forgotten Forest
"Um," Zelda mumbled, staring uneasily at the gateway through which she had
entered. "What's the matter? You're not afraid, are you?" the princess
asked, coming up beside her. "No, I'm not!" Zelda said, "I'm just not sure
how that gateway is going to affect me this time. Last time, it knocked me
out for a little while."
"It won't harm you, believe me. I'm going with you anyways," the princess
said. "But, if you're a spirit, how am I supposed to know where you are?"
Zelda asked. "When I'm here, I'm only insubstantial. If I leave here, as
I am about to do, I'll look like a ghost. Understand?" the princess asked.
"Yes," Zelda said, looking at the gateway again.
"I guess there's no turning back now. Here goes nothing!" Zelda said. And,
with that, both she and the princess vanished through the gateway.
Zelda felt as if she was floating on nothing but clouds until she landed
face-first on the grass of the Forgotten Forest.
"You were right; this place is a total mess," the princess said, her voice
sounding as if she was very far away. Zelda glanced at herself and sighed
when she saw that she was still a princess. She looked in the princess'
direction and was barely able to see her in the dim forest. The princess
did look like a ghost, very pale and see-through
"Now, we just need to pinpoint in which direction the fortress is," the
princess said, jolting Zelda out of her thoughts. "Uh, what about the
gateway? Should we really leave it open like this?" Zelda asked, waving a
hand to the glowing archway. The princess shook her head and said, "It
would take a great deal of magic to remove one of the keys. Believe me, I
know. I took one of them out once and that is the one you replaced."
"Though, it is very strange. I gave that key to someone I knew would be
able to hide it. Can you tell me how you came across that medallion?" the
princess asked. "Over there, in the trees. It was near where my friend was
captured," Zelda said. "Another reason to believe," the princess whispered
almost inaudibly to herself. "What was that?" Zelda asked. "Oh, nothing,"
the princess said.
"Let's hurry, shall we?" she said. "Let me use the invisibility spell
first; we have no idea what may be out there," Zelda said, fishing through
her pockets to find the orb. When she finally pulled it out, she activated
the spell and vanished.
"It's a good thing I can still see you, but it's a better thing that others
cannot," the princess remarked. "Do you have any idea where the witch's
fortress lies?" Zelda asked, changing the topic. "No, I haven't looked,"
the princess said.
She looked around the forest and rolled her eyes. "I'll have to go above
the trees to see anything; stay here," she said, before she zoomed up above
the tree cover. She came back down very quickly and said, "It lies
directly to the east. The sun is still setting and we can use its rays as
a guide, but I don't think either of us wishes to be out here when night
falls." "Then, let's get going," Zelda said, picking up her skirts to move
more quickly.
Eventually, they came to the rock wall. "Drat and double drat! Is the
fortress on the other side of this? Because, if it is, there's no way even
Farore's wind can get me that high!" Zelda said, annoyed at the problem.
"I'm afraid you're right. This wall surrounds the entire fortress and it is
cutting off our way there. How will we get over it if we can't climb it?"
the princess said.
"While we're coming up with ideas, I'm going to sit down if you don't
mind," Zelda said, and she promptly did so. However, something in her
pocket poked her in the side and she quickly stood up again. "What's the
matter?" the princess asked. "Something poked me. Now what is it?" Zelda
said, taking various small things out of her pockets.
"Ow! I think I found it," she said finally, pulling a tiny sack out. "What
is that?" the princess asked. "Um, what was in this thing again?" Zelda
wondered, "Oh, yeah! The flower seeds that Medli gave us!" "Seeds?" the
princess said, raising an eyebrow. "Valoo said we might need them. What
kind of flower were they? Temple flower seeds?" Zelda said.
The princess immediately reacted and said, "Are you serious? I thought
that those things were extinct! Those seeds can grow the quickest growing
and tallest climbing vines ever! How did a dragon get such a precious
thing?" "Do you think we can use them to make a sort of ladder up the
wall?" Zelda asked hopefully. "We'd have to plant them first, but yes!"
the princess said excitedly.
And so, they found a patch of soft dirt near the wall and dug a small hole
in it. They weren't sure how many seeds would be needed to grow a strong
enough vine to support Zelda's weight, so they just planted the whole sack.
"Now that we've done that, we need some water to make it grow," Zelda said,
patting the dirt down over the seeds. "That I think I can help with," the
princess said. "There's a plant over by one of the trees that looks like a
giant flower. There's some rainwater in there we could use," she said,
pointing.
Zelda walked over to where it was and because she had nothing to carry the
water in and the flower was so small, Zelda cut the roots of the flower and
carried it over to the seed patch. She had a little trouble getting the
water to pour out, but it eventually drenched the patch of dirt.
Zelda sat the flower down on the ground and it immediately took root again.
"Quick grower," Zelda remarked, staring at it. "Never mind that! Look!"
the princess said, pulling Zelda's attention to the quickly growing vines
that were sprouting out of the earth.
"Quick! Grab one of the leaves and hold on tight!" the princess said.
Zelda watched the vines as they practically shot up out of the earth and
grabbed one of the leaves as it came with the vines. The vines kept
growing and growing and growing until Zelda felt a puff of air touch her
cheek and a wonderful scent reached her nose.
She had been keeping her eyes closed ever since her feet had left the
ground and now she finally opened them. The vines had grown to the top of
the rock wall and some were trailing across the plateau. Beautiful, creamy
pink flowers had blossomed from the vines and it was from them that the
scent came.
Across the short plateau of the rock wall, a massive, yet half buried,
fortress rose from the ground. It seemed to be built out of stone logs.
There were dozens after dozens of small shapes all running around the
outside of the fortress like tiny black ants.
"The witch's fortress," Zelda breathed in amazement, "Link's somewhere in
there." "And, so is the witch and the long lost Hero of Time," the
princess said. "What?" Zelda asked in surprise.
"Isn't it obvious? When I'm near you, the witch can't feel you nearby
because I used to be a bearer of the Triforce of Wisdom and that gives me
the ability to mask its magic. The witch doesn't know that your friend has
the Triforce of Courage because the former bearer of the Triforce of
Courage is somewhere in there. The Hero of Time or at least his spirit is
in there, somewhere," the princess said.
"I bet that if his spirit is there, the witch tortured him before he died,"
Zelda said venomously. "I imagine she probably did, but she will get what
she deserves when the time comes," the princess said. "What we must worry
about now is getting into that fortress undetected," she said, pointing
towards the structure ahead. "But, how do I get down?!" Zelda yelped.
The princess laughed softly and said, "Why didn't you ask that in the first
place? Before you hit the ground, use Farore's wind and it will take you
to a height where you won't be harmed by the landing."
Zelda crawled across the plateau of the rock wall and peered over the edge.
It was a very, very, very, long way down. 'I hope I don't get hurt over
this,' she thought, swinging one leg over the edge and then the other,
holding the top with her hands. 'I'm glad I already took my gloves off
when I was digging that hole; this rock would tear them to pieces!' she
imagined.
"You'd better let go before you get cold feet over this," the princess
cautioned. "I'm going, I'm going," Zelda muttered. 'Oh, please don't let
me goof this up!' she thought. And, with that, she let go of the wall.
Aria: Anyway, just tell me how you liked the chapters. Bye!
King of Hyrule is in the Land Beyond place. But, the King of Red Lions is
still in the living world. Here's how it is: The King of Hyrule drowned
with Hyrule; however, he was the one making the King of Red Lions, the
boat, talk. Here's what's happening: The boat cannot talk anymore because
the person who had the magic on it died, but the boat itself is still
there. Any questions?
Anri: I think that that is sufficient enough.
Aria: Good, because I am out of breath.
Tiana: But, you didn't say why the King of Hyrule is in the other place!
Aria: Oh, thanks! He is dead, remember? That is his spirit, just like all
the other people, okay? Tiana, Anri, you can wake Kaepora up now.
Tiana and Anri: Yes, ma'am! *fly off to Kaepora's tree (Aria: I made it
just for him)*
Kaepora: Whoooo . . . Where is the fire?
Tiana: There is no fire, silly! You have to do the disclaimers now!
Kaepora: But, it's still daytime.
Aria: I can fix that! *snaps fingers and it turns to night* Happy now?
Kaepora: Aria Zephyr, the authoress of this story, does not own the Legend
of Zelda games, the characters, etc. She does own the witch, Natalia, the
Temple flower seeds, the Sacred Wood (A.K.A. the Forgotten Forest), the
Land Beyond the Physical Land, and the story. Now leave me alone; I'm
tired.
Aria: Thank you, Kaepora. That was. . . informative.
Chapter 34: Back to the Forgotten Forest
"Um," Zelda mumbled, staring uneasily at the gateway through which she had
entered. "What's the matter? You're not afraid, are you?" the princess
asked, coming up beside her. "No, I'm not!" Zelda said, "I'm just not sure
how that gateway is going to affect me this time. Last time, it knocked me
out for a little while."
"It won't harm you, believe me. I'm going with you anyways," the princess
said. "But, if you're a spirit, how am I supposed to know where you are?"
Zelda asked. "When I'm here, I'm only insubstantial. If I leave here, as
I am about to do, I'll look like a ghost. Understand?" the princess asked.
"Yes," Zelda said, looking at the gateway again.
"I guess there's no turning back now. Here goes nothing!" Zelda said. And,
with that, both she and the princess vanished through the gateway.
Zelda felt as if she was floating on nothing but clouds until she landed
face-first on the grass of the Forgotten Forest.
"You were right; this place is a total mess," the princess said, her voice
sounding as if she was very far away. Zelda glanced at herself and sighed
when she saw that she was still a princess. She looked in the princess'
direction and was barely able to see her in the dim forest. The princess
did look like a ghost, very pale and see-through
"Now, we just need to pinpoint in which direction the fortress is," the
princess said, jolting Zelda out of her thoughts. "Uh, what about the
gateway? Should we really leave it open like this?" Zelda asked, waving a
hand to the glowing archway. The princess shook her head and said, "It
would take a great deal of magic to remove one of the keys. Believe me, I
know. I took one of them out once and that is the one you replaced."
"Though, it is very strange. I gave that key to someone I knew would be
able to hide it. Can you tell me how you came across that medallion?" the
princess asked. "Over there, in the trees. It was near where my friend was
captured," Zelda said. "Another reason to believe," the princess whispered
almost inaudibly to herself. "What was that?" Zelda asked. "Oh, nothing,"
the princess said.
"Let's hurry, shall we?" she said. "Let me use the invisibility spell
first; we have no idea what may be out there," Zelda said, fishing through
her pockets to find the orb. When she finally pulled it out, she activated
the spell and vanished.
"It's a good thing I can still see you, but it's a better thing that others
cannot," the princess remarked. "Do you have any idea where the witch's
fortress lies?" Zelda asked, changing the topic. "No, I haven't looked,"
the princess said.
She looked around the forest and rolled her eyes. "I'll have to go above
the trees to see anything; stay here," she said, before she zoomed up above
the tree cover. She came back down very quickly and said, "It lies
directly to the east. The sun is still setting and we can use its rays as
a guide, but I don't think either of us wishes to be out here when night
falls." "Then, let's get going," Zelda said, picking up her skirts to move
more quickly.
Eventually, they came to the rock wall. "Drat and double drat! Is the
fortress on the other side of this? Because, if it is, there's no way even
Farore's wind can get me that high!" Zelda said, annoyed at the problem.
"I'm afraid you're right. This wall surrounds the entire fortress and it is
cutting off our way there. How will we get over it if we can't climb it?"
the princess said.
"While we're coming up with ideas, I'm going to sit down if you don't
mind," Zelda said, and she promptly did so. However, something in her
pocket poked her in the side and she quickly stood up again. "What's the
matter?" the princess asked. "Something poked me. Now what is it?" Zelda
said, taking various small things out of her pockets.
"Ow! I think I found it," she said finally, pulling a tiny sack out. "What
is that?" the princess asked. "Um, what was in this thing again?" Zelda
wondered, "Oh, yeah! The flower seeds that Medli gave us!" "Seeds?" the
princess said, raising an eyebrow. "Valoo said we might need them. What
kind of flower were they? Temple flower seeds?" Zelda said.
The princess immediately reacted and said, "Are you serious? I thought
that those things were extinct! Those seeds can grow the quickest growing
and tallest climbing vines ever! How did a dragon get such a precious
thing?" "Do you think we can use them to make a sort of ladder up the
wall?" Zelda asked hopefully. "We'd have to plant them first, but yes!"
the princess said excitedly.
And so, they found a patch of soft dirt near the wall and dug a small hole
in it. They weren't sure how many seeds would be needed to grow a strong
enough vine to support Zelda's weight, so they just planted the whole sack.
"Now that we've done that, we need some water to make it grow," Zelda said,
patting the dirt down over the seeds. "That I think I can help with," the
princess said. "There's a plant over by one of the trees that looks like a
giant flower. There's some rainwater in there we could use," she said,
pointing.
Zelda walked over to where it was and because she had nothing to carry the
water in and the flower was so small, Zelda cut the roots of the flower and
carried it over to the seed patch. She had a little trouble getting the
water to pour out, but it eventually drenched the patch of dirt.
Zelda sat the flower down on the ground and it immediately took root again.
"Quick grower," Zelda remarked, staring at it. "Never mind that! Look!"
the princess said, pulling Zelda's attention to the quickly growing vines
that were sprouting out of the earth.
"Quick! Grab one of the leaves and hold on tight!" the princess said.
Zelda watched the vines as they practically shot up out of the earth and
grabbed one of the leaves as it came with the vines. The vines kept
growing and growing and growing until Zelda felt a puff of air touch her
cheek and a wonderful scent reached her nose.
She had been keeping her eyes closed ever since her feet had left the
ground and now she finally opened them. The vines had grown to the top of
the rock wall and some were trailing across the plateau. Beautiful, creamy
pink flowers had blossomed from the vines and it was from them that the
scent came.
Across the short plateau of the rock wall, a massive, yet half buried,
fortress rose from the ground. It seemed to be built out of stone logs.
There were dozens after dozens of small shapes all running around the
outside of the fortress like tiny black ants.
"The witch's fortress," Zelda breathed in amazement, "Link's somewhere in
there." "And, so is the witch and the long lost Hero of Time," the
princess said. "What?" Zelda asked in surprise.
"Isn't it obvious? When I'm near you, the witch can't feel you nearby
because I used to be a bearer of the Triforce of Wisdom and that gives me
the ability to mask its magic. The witch doesn't know that your friend has
the Triforce of Courage because the former bearer of the Triforce of
Courage is somewhere in there. The Hero of Time or at least his spirit is
in there, somewhere," the princess said.
"I bet that if his spirit is there, the witch tortured him before he died,"
Zelda said venomously. "I imagine she probably did, but she will get what
she deserves when the time comes," the princess said. "What we must worry
about now is getting into that fortress undetected," she said, pointing
towards the structure ahead. "But, how do I get down?!" Zelda yelped.
The princess laughed softly and said, "Why didn't you ask that in the first
place? Before you hit the ground, use Farore's wind and it will take you
to a height where you won't be harmed by the landing."
Zelda crawled across the plateau of the rock wall and peered over the edge.
It was a very, very, very, long way down. 'I hope I don't get hurt over
this,' she thought, swinging one leg over the edge and then the other,
holding the top with her hands. 'I'm glad I already took my gloves off
when I was digging that hole; this rock would tear them to pieces!' she
imagined.
"You'd better let go before you get cold feet over this," the princess
cautioned. "I'm going, I'm going," Zelda muttered. 'Oh, please don't let
me goof this up!' she thought. And, with that, she let go of the wall.
Aria: Anyway, just tell me how you liked the chapters. Bye!
