The Secret of the Sages
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Rauru looks around in the Temple of Light. There is a HUGE library there, and he believes that he should at least find out something about the former temples. He hasn't even gone through a tenth of the books there, and he has been there for the better part of 4 days. He sighs, then goes back to his reading. Then he looks up.
"I could have sworn I heard something.." he mumbles to himself. He looks back down at the book, and the sound comes again. Someone is trying to sneak around. He slowly gets up. Unlike the other sages, he has absolutely no fighting ability. As he turns a corner, he can see a shadow. Someone is in here. He picks up a large candleholder and walks over to it. But before he can make a move, something hits him, and he is knocked out.
**Back in the Sheikan Village**
"Anything?" Nabooru asks. She, Impa, and Sheik are searching in the basement of the head lodge.
"Nothing that would help us." Sheik replies. Impa looks through the window into the next room. Then she just shakes her head.
"This is getting us nowhere. I told you it wouldn't." Impa says. Nabooru just looks at her. "We are wasting valuable time." Nabooru sticks her tongue out at her, then picks up another book. She looks at the title, then turns back to Impa.
"What was that comment earlier? 'Lightening never strikes the same place twice'?" Impa looks at her.
"So?" she says. Nabooru holds up the book. It has six strange symbols on it, and is titled "The Sages of Universe" and lists the temple elements. Impa's jaw drops. Sheik just stares.
"My guard is right." Nabooru says. Sheik looks at her.
"You know, I've been meaning to ask about that..." he says. Nabooru gives a grim smile.
"Well, a certain someone, coughLinkcough, played a certain song in the desert, coughSongofStormscough, and of course, a huge lightening storm came down. Well, some of our guards were out there training. One of them got nailed by a lightning bolt. She thought that it couldn't possibly hit twice in the same place, so she stayed there. And about 2 minutes later, was struck again." Impa slaps her forehead. Sheik can't believe it.
"AND SHE SURVIVED?!" he asks. Nabooru smiles.
"Well, of course!! We're not weaklings you know." She opens the book. Then she starts going to random pages. "This isn't good...."
"What isn't good?" Impa says. Nabooru hands the book to her.
"See if you can tell what language it is in, I can't." Impa takes the book, and flips a few pages. Then she just shakes her head.
"I've never seen it before. Which means one of three things." Sheik and Nabooru look at her. "It is in Zoran, Goron, or a language that no one in Hyrule speaks." Nabooru sighs.
"So how do we find out which?" She asks. Sheik looks up.
"Darunia and Ruto." He says. They teleport to Lake Hylia.
**In the forest with Saria and Link**
"Wow. This place is huge...." Saria says. She and Link are inside the building. In the main room, there is a large circle on the floor. Also carved in it is the symbol they saw on the door. They walk around a bit, just taking it all in.
"I wonder what this place is...." Link says. He stops in front of a torch. Something funny is going on here. He inspects it more closely. Saria stares at him from the other side of the room.
"Link, what are you doing?" she asks. "It's a stupid torch. Get over it." Link looks over at her.
"I feel like we are being watched. Something isn't right here." Link turns back to the torch.........only it isn't there anymore. None of the torches that were around the room are there now. Saria runs over to Link.
"I'm scared now." She says. Link draws his sword.
"YOU DARE TO COME INTO THIS SACRED PLACE." The voice sounds like a female, and it is coming from everywhere. "STATE YOUR PURPOSE." Link stands up straight.
"We are trying to find the temples of the previous sages." He states. There is a pause. Then, maniacal laughter.
"WELL, WELL, AREN'T WE MISTER HERO." The voice says. "IF YOU ARE WHO YOU SAY YOU ARE, THEN PROVE IT!!" The moment she says 'prove' a ton of Stalfos and Lizafos come crashing down from above. Link and Saria are completely surrounded.
"We're doomed." Saria says. Link gives her a quick glare, then looks around. He will have to figure out how to do this quickly, or they won't have much time to regret it.
**Death Mountain**
Darunia wanders around inside the Fire Temple. On every wall are Goron hieroglyphs from ages ago. He slowly goes down each wall, trying to find some kind of hint.
"Goddess created Hyrule.....sages born.....sages to protect..."he mumbles as he reads it. "This is stuff I already know. I must be missing something." He goes into the next room and goes around the glyphs again. Then he stops suddenly.
" 'When the Sage of Rock was unable to continue as Sage, he was sealed inside of his temple. Because of lack of space, the mountain around the temple was transformed to accommodate the new temple.......The Temple of Fire'." He can't believe it. He has been inside the Rock Temple pretty much all his life. But, how can he find the previous sage? He keeps reading. Then he runs deeper into the temple as fast as he can.
**Back with our happy trio**
"RUTO!!!" Impa yells. They are at Lake Hylia. This was where Ruto said she was going to be. Nabooru picks up a rock and hurls it into the lake. Ruto comes up quickly, along with Reiyno.
"Do you mind?" Ruto asks. She takes the rock Nabooru threw and throws it back at her. Nabooru dodges and it lands somewhere behind her. The two Zoras come out of the water. "What's going on?" Ruto asks.
"We need to know if you can read this." Impa holds the book out to Ruto. She opens it, and flips the pages for a few moments. Then she sighs.
"Sorry, I can only read Zoran." She says. Reiyno is reading over her shoulder.
"It's not Hylian, what is it?" he asks.
"We don't know." Sheik says. "We were hoping it was Zoran."
"Sorry guys." Ruto says. Impa takes the book back.
"Well, we have to go up to Death Mountain then." She says.
"Any luck finding a temple?" Nabooru asks.
"Not yet." Ruto responds. "But there has to be one near a water way."
"How far does Zora's River actually go?" Sheik asks. Ruto looks at him a moment.
"In West Hyrule, it goes into some really thick forest. The lines are drawn there. No Zora has gone into it. Well, none I know of anyway." Ruto thinks a moment. "You may have something there..I'll see about taking a look."
"Be careful." Impa warns. Ruto smiles, then she and Reiyno dive back into the lake. The trio heads up to Death Mountain.
**Link and Saria......this is getting ugly**
About half of the enemies are down. Well, they would be, if they weren't being regenerated every time he slayed one. Link is starting to run out of steam. Saria has been doing her best to help, but her magic is mostly defensive.
"Try Din's Fire!" Saria shouts.
"I have done that ten times already!!" Link shouts back. "It doesn't work!" Link starts looking on the ceiling. The only way to end this is to kill them all at once. But how? Then he gets an idea.
"Saria, I need to borrow some of your magic power." Saria looks at him. Then she goes over and holds on to him tight. Link charges up his sword until it glows white. Then he releases a massive spin attack, taking out everything....including some of the wallpaper. They stand there staring. Saria drops to her knees and cries softly. Link leans down to her.
"You all right?" he asks. She nods. Then they see a bright flash. Link quickly gets up and turns around, sword still drawn. Saria remains on the floor, but looks up. A young woman is standing there. She is about Zelda's height, and is dressed like Saria. On the front of the tunic, is the symbol they saw on the door and carved on the floor. She smiles at them.
"So you are the Hero of Time." She says.
"Wait....we heard your voice earlier." Link says. She nods.
"Allow me to introduce myself. I am Lylan, the Sage of Life. But, my symbol was declared no longer needed in the world. And so I remain here." She looks down at Saria. "So you are the one who replaced me." She says. Saria is confused.
"What do you mean, replaced?" she asks. Lylan goes over to her and helps her up.
"Come this way." She says gesturing to a door. "We can talk in comfort here." They all head off.
To be continued....
One down.......5 to go........darn.
Disclaimer: Do you really need to ask? -_-
Rauru looks around in the Temple of Light. There is a HUGE library there, and he believes that he should at least find out something about the former temples. He hasn't even gone through a tenth of the books there, and he has been there for the better part of 4 days. He sighs, then goes back to his reading. Then he looks up.
"I could have sworn I heard something.." he mumbles to himself. He looks back down at the book, and the sound comes again. Someone is trying to sneak around. He slowly gets up. Unlike the other sages, he has absolutely no fighting ability. As he turns a corner, he can see a shadow. Someone is in here. He picks up a large candleholder and walks over to it. But before he can make a move, something hits him, and he is knocked out.
**Back in the Sheikan Village**
"Anything?" Nabooru asks. She, Impa, and Sheik are searching in the basement of the head lodge.
"Nothing that would help us." Sheik replies. Impa looks through the window into the next room. Then she just shakes her head.
"This is getting us nowhere. I told you it wouldn't." Impa says. Nabooru just looks at her. "We are wasting valuable time." Nabooru sticks her tongue out at her, then picks up another book. She looks at the title, then turns back to Impa.
"What was that comment earlier? 'Lightening never strikes the same place twice'?" Impa looks at her.
"So?" she says. Nabooru holds up the book. It has six strange symbols on it, and is titled "The Sages of Universe" and lists the temple elements. Impa's jaw drops. Sheik just stares.
"My guard is right." Nabooru says. Sheik looks at her.
"You know, I've been meaning to ask about that..." he says. Nabooru gives a grim smile.
"Well, a certain someone, coughLinkcough, played a certain song in the desert, coughSongofStormscough, and of course, a huge lightening storm came down. Well, some of our guards were out there training. One of them got nailed by a lightning bolt. She thought that it couldn't possibly hit twice in the same place, so she stayed there. And about 2 minutes later, was struck again." Impa slaps her forehead. Sheik can't believe it.
"AND SHE SURVIVED?!" he asks. Nabooru smiles.
"Well, of course!! We're not weaklings you know." She opens the book. Then she starts going to random pages. "This isn't good...."
"What isn't good?" Impa says. Nabooru hands the book to her.
"See if you can tell what language it is in, I can't." Impa takes the book, and flips a few pages. Then she just shakes her head.
"I've never seen it before. Which means one of three things." Sheik and Nabooru look at her. "It is in Zoran, Goron, or a language that no one in Hyrule speaks." Nabooru sighs.
"So how do we find out which?" She asks. Sheik looks up.
"Darunia and Ruto." He says. They teleport to Lake Hylia.
**In the forest with Saria and Link**
"Wow. This place is huge...." Saria says. She and Link are inside the building. In the main room, there is a large circle on the floor. Also carved in it is the symbol they saw on the door. They walk around a bit, just taking it all in.
"I wonder what this place is...." Link says. He stops in front of a torch. Something funny is going on here. He inspects it more closely. Saria stares at him from the other side of the room.
"Link, what are you doing?" she asks. "It's a stupid torch. Get over it." Link looks over at her.
"I feel like we are being watched. Something isn't right here." Link turns back to the torch.........only it isn't there anymore. None of the torches that were around the room are there now. Saria runs over to Link.
"I'm scared now." She says. Link draws his sword.
"YOU DARE TO COME INTO THIS SACRED PLACE." The voice sounds like a female, and it is coming from everywhere. "STATE YOUR PURPOSE." Link stands up straight.
"We are trying to find the temples of the previous sages." He states. There is a pause. Then, maniacal laughter.
"WELL, WELL, AREN'T WE MISTER HERO." The voice says. "IF YOU ARE WHO YOU SAY YOU ARE, THEN PROVE IT!!" The moment she says 'prove' a ton of Stalfos and Lizafos come crashing down from above. Link and Saria are completely surrounded.
"We're doomed." Saria says. Link gives her a quick glare, then looks around. He will have to figure out how to do this quickly, or they won't have much time to regret it.
**Death Mountain**
Darunia wanders around inside the Fire Temple. On every wall are Goron hieroglyphs from ages ago. He slowly goes down each wall, trying to find some kind of hint.
"Goddess created Hyrule.....sages born.....sages to protect..."he mumbles as he reads it. "This is stuff I already know. I must be missing something." He goes into the next room and goes around the glyphs again. Then he stops suddenly.
" 'When the Sage of Rock was unable to continue as Sage, he was sealed inside of his temple. Because of lack of space, the mountain around the temple was transformed to accommodate the new temple.......The Temple of Fire'." He can't believe it. He has been inside the Rock Temple pretty much all his life. But, how can he find the previous sage? He keeps reading. Then he runs deeper into the temple as fast as he can.
**Back with our happy trio**
"RUTO!!!" Impa yells. They are at Lake Hylia. This was where Ruto said she was going to be. Nabooru picks up a rock and hurls it into the lake. Ruto comes up quickly, along with Reiyno.
"Do you mind?" Ruto asks. She takes the rock Nabooru threw and throws it back at her. Nabooru dodges and it lands somewhere behind her. The two Zoras come out of the water. "What's going on?" Ruto asks.
"We need to know if you can read this." Impa holds the book out to Ruto. She opens it, and flips the pages for a few moments. Then she sighs.
"Sorry, I can only read Zoran." She says. Reiyno is reading over her shoulder.
"It's not Hylian, what is it?" he asks.
"We don't know." Sheik says. "We were hoping it was Zoran."
"Sorry guys." Ruto says. Impa takes the book back.
"Well, we have to go up to Death Mountain then." She says.
"Any luck finding a temple?" Nabooru asks.
"Not yet." Ruto responds. "But there has to be one near a water way."
"How far does Zora's River actually go?" Sheik asks. Ruto looks at him a moment.
"In West Hyrule, it goes into some really thick forest. The lines are drawn there. No Zora has gone into it. Well, none I know of anyway." Ruto thinks a moment. "You may have something there..I'll see about taking a look."
"Be careful." Impa warns. Ruto smiles, then she and Reiyno dive back into the lake. The trio heads up to Death Mountain.
**Link and Saria......this is getting ugly**
About half of the enemies are down. Well, they would be, if they weren't being regenerated every time he slayed one. Link is starting to run out of steam. Saria has been doing her best to help, but her magic is mostly defensive.
"Try Din's Fire!" Saria shouts.
"I have done that ten times already!!" Link shouts back. "It doesn't work!" Link starts looking on the ceiling. The only way to end this is to kill them all at once. But how? Then he gets an idea.
"Saria, I need to borrow some of your magic power." Saria looks at him. Then she goes over and holds on to him tight. Link charges up his sword until it glows white. Then he releases a massive spin attack, taking out everything....including some of the wallpaper. They stand there staring. Saria drops to her knees and cries softly. Link leans down to her.
"You all right?" he asks. She nods. Then they see a bright flash. Link quickly gets up and turns around, sword still drawn. Saria remains on the floor, but looks up. A young woman is standing there. She is about Zelda's height, and is dressed like Saria. On the front of the tunic, is the symbol they saw on the door and carved on the floor. She smiles at them.
"So you are the Hero of Time." She says.
"Wait....we heard your voice earlier." Link says. She nods.
"Allow me to introduce myself. I am Lylan, the Sage of Life. But, my symbol was declared no longer needed in the world. And so I remain here." She looks down at Saria. "So you are the one who replaced me." She says. Saria is confused.
"What do you mean, replaced?" she asks. Lylan goes over to her and helps her up.
"Come this way." She says gesturing to a door. "We can talk in comfort here." They all head off.
To be continued....
One down.......5 to go........darn.