Chibi Red Eyes Black Dragon: Rawwr! Rawr rawr rawr rawr rrrraawwwwrrrr! (Hi! I'm here to welcome you all to a brand new chapter!)
Yami Tulip-Jin: Which is normally Aibou's job...she's so dang superstious!
In corner: *Tulip-Jin is surrounded by garlic, salt, rabbits, and a large pile of four-leaf clovers*
Yami TJ: Just cause it's chapter number 1-3, she think's it might be unlucky...
Chibi Red Eyes: Rawwwwwwwr rawr rawr? (And you have horseshoes around your neck why?)
Yami TJ: Hey, it never hurts to be prepared!
Disclaimer: FIGURE IT OUT ALREADY GENIUS!
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"So, now what?" Zelda asked.
"I really don't have any idea. All we know for sure is that if Ganondorf uses the Stone at full power it's all over. On the other hand, that would kill him too…"
"Not much of a bonus, huh?"
Link gave her weak grin. Just then, the ground shook.
"What is he doing?"
A Goron rolled up.
"Ganondorf's attacking Kakariko!" he yelled as he rolled past.
"We have to try and stop him, c'mon!"
Link and Zelda raced off. Lace pouted and stayed where she was. She knew she was probably no match for whatever was happening. Navi hovered nearby.
"I want to help them, but what can we do?" Navi said miserably.
"We could play cards or something…"
Lace gave a half-hearted laugh.
"I wish we could ask someone about all this…" Navi was saying when it hit both of them.
Of course!
They ran like crazy, up some stairs and down a tunnel that opened into the Lost Woods. Randomly choosing an exit, they dashed past the village and down the path to the Great Deku Tree's Meadow.
They panted as they stopped in front of the Sapling.
"Why are you running around like this, my dears?" The Deku Sapling asked them.
"We want-to ask you-about the-Golem Stone." Lace gasped out between breaths.
"The Golem Stone? Oh dear. This day came sooner than I thought…"
"What do you mean?" Navi chirped.
"Young ones, do you know the story of the Great Deku Tree?"
"Yes. The Great Deku Tree was created in the beginning to be the Guardian Spirit of the Forest. Then Ganondorf cursed him, and he gave Link the Kokiri's Emerald before he died. When Ganondorf's evil was locked away, you grew in the shadows of the Deku Tree."
Lace was puzzled. What did that have to do with the Golem Stone?
"Child, that is what everyone knows. But you are going to hear a bit of my history that only I know."
He paused.
"True, I sprouted in the shadow of the Tree. But what I have told no one is that I really am the Great Deku Tree."
"What? But he died! Link and I watched while it happened!" Navi buzzed. "How could you be he?"
"Simple. It was not a true killing curse. It sapped my voice and strength, locked me away within my own bark. For those seven years Link slept, I locked all that I could of myself into a seed. It sprouted once the Forest Temple was cleansed."
The Sapling paused, letting this sink in.
"When the Evil King was sealed away and those seven years lost, my seed here sprouted immediately. I am the seed of the Tree, but I am not complete, for the curse's magic remains."
"You mean, part of you is still locked in there, watching us?" Lace pointed to the giant, blackened tree in the center of the Meadow.
Unbidden, an old memory surfaced. Lace remembered being afraid one night. She'd snuck out of the village, passed the Sapling unseen, and lay curled up at the Tree's roots. She had lay there, crying, for a hour before a sudden sense of something had washed over her, calming her down. She distinctly remembered giving the Tree a hug before sneaking back home.
Lace shook her head as she glanced at the darkened Tree.
"Yes. And now I will get to what this has to do with the Golem Stone."
The Sapling cut off Navi's comment before she thought about making it.
"As I am, I can do nothing. But if I can be restored, then my powers can aid you and Link immensely."
"What must we do?"
Lace jumped up excitedly.
"All I know is to have you 'Seek three keys and they shall guide thee.' Sorry."
"Don't be. I have a good idea what you mean. Uh, one more thing. What can we do about Ganondorf? I mean, he and Zelda and my brother are probably fighting right now…"
"Don't worry," reassured the Sapling, "Right now, they are only fighting Ganondorf's minions. I can sense the Evil One watching for his own entertainment."
He paused.
"And one in anguish? What? Two as in one? My dears, you must hurry. Seek your 'keys' while I figure this out. Good luck!"
Lace dashed off as the Sapling mused his own observations.
"Okay, so what are the 'keys'?" Navi asked.
Lace stopped by her house to catch her breath. Her house (Which was hollowed out of the tree right below Link's) was very cluttered. Lace pushed some stuff off a chair so she could sit.
"Well, this kind of a guess, but you remember when you and Link had to go collect Spiritual Stones?"
"Yeah, what about it? We had to get them so Ganondorf couldn't get the keys to the Door of Time-"
Navi paused.
"I just said 'keys', didn't I?"
Lace laughed.
"Oh yeah. Now if we could just get to the Temple of Time, everything would be set."
"Hey, I know!" Navi flew up the ladder, followed by her partner.
"Why are we in Link's house?"
"Look under here. There should be a box!"
Navi perched on the bed. Lace pulled a box out from under it. Inside were a couple books.
"Open the one with the music note," Navi instructed.
Inscribed on the pages were ocarina songs! With each song was a description of where Link had learned it and what the song did. Lace flipped through until she found one called 'Prelude to Light'.
After Lace memorized it, she put everything the way she had found it before stepping onto the balcony.
"Here goes!" Lace said as she played the song with her flute.
Everything was swept up in a whirl of bright yellow light - and the next thing they knew they were on the marker inside the Temple of Time.
"What a rush!" Lace said.
"Ugh. I forgot how nauseating that was…" Navi landed on Lace's shoulder.
The two of them walked to the pedestal holding the Stones. As the Stones spun and sang, Lace was a bit confused.
"Now what?" she asked Navi.
"No idea," Navi said.
Lace thought for a moment, before pulling out her flute again.
"I suppose this won't hurt anything…"
"What are you doing?"
"Relax, I heard this in a dream."
Navi fluttered anxiously as Lace played the song she had learned in her dream. Once she finished, the Temple was deathly silent.
The Stones had stopped singing. They glowed, and suddenly Lace and Navi heard a voice.
"You have played the Song of the Stones. What is it you seek?"
It seemed to be coming from all three Stones at once. Navi looked at Lace, who shrugged. Lace cleared her throat.
"We seek aid, on behalf of the Great Deku Tree."
"Child of Fate, we will help thee. Return us to our rightful posts in the opposite order in which we left them. When thou has finished, we shall speak again."
The Stones began singing again as they flew up into the air. As the Door of Time began closing, a bright blue light passed through. It turned into a small blue stick that flew with the Stones into Lace's bag.
"Okay, now where?" Lace asked as she turned to Navi.
"If it's reverse order…then go to Zora's Fountain!"
They walked to the wall of holes.
"Pick one," Navi said.
They did, only to find themselves in the entrance to the Sacred Forest Meadow.
"Okay, there's a shortcut to the waterfall entrance of Zora's Domain down here!"
Navi said as the two of them dived down the big pool in the Lost Woods. Lace played Zelda's Lullaby to get past the waterfall, then ran past the many Zoras to the Throne Room.
"Why hello, young one. Odd time for a visit, isn't it?" said King Zora the XXXXXXXXVII.
"Yes your Highness. I need to go to the Fountain, please. I have to restore the Sapphire!"
King Zora's eyes went very wide.
"Of course! This way!"
King Zora (who was a lot thinner than some of his predecessors) lead them to the Fountain.
"If you wish to restore the Stone, take it to the platform."
Lace did so. The Sapphire flew out, there was a blinding flash of blue light- and the Stone spun in place and sang on top of a pillar that had not been there before.
And, with a splash, a giant fish stuck his head out of the water and bellowed a greeting.
"By Nayru! The story was true! Lord Jabu-Jabu has returned!" King Zora gave Lace a very wet hug before going to greet the Zora's Guardian Deity.
"Okay, now back to Goron City!"
Yami Tulip-Jin: Which is normally Aibou's job...she's so dang superstious!
In corner: *Tulip-Jin is surrounded by garlic, salt, rabbits, and a large pile of four-leaf clovers*
Yami TJ: Just cause it's chapter number 1-3, she think's it might be unlucky...
Chibi Red Eyes: Rawwwwwwwr rawr rawr? (And you have horseshoes around your neck why?)
Yami TJ: Hey, it never hurts to be prepared!
Disclaimer: FIGURE IT OUT ALREADY GENIUS!
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"So, now what?" Zelda asked.
"I really don't have any idea. All we know for sure is that if Ganondorf uses the Stone at full power it's all over. On the other hand, that would kill him too…"
"Not much of a bonus, huh?"
Link gave her weak grin. Just then, the ground shook.
"What is he doing?"
A Goron rolled up.
"Ganondorf's attacking Kakariko!" he yelled as he rolled past.
"We have to try and stop him, c'mon!"
Link and Zelda raced off. Lace pouted and stayed where she was. She knew she was probably no match for whatever was happening. Navi hovered nearby.
"I want to help them, but what can we do?" Navi said miserably.
"We could play cards or something…"
Lace gave a half-hearted laugh.
"I wish we could ask someone about all this…" Navi was saying when it hit both of them.
Of course!
They ran like crazy, up some stairs and down a tunnel that opened into the Lost Woods. Randomly choosing an exit, they dashed past the village and down the path to the Great Deku Tree's Meadow.
They panted as they stopped in front of the Sapling.
"Why are you running around like this, my dears?" The Deku Sapling asked them.
"We want-to ask you-about the-Golem Stone." Lace gasped out between breaths.
"The Golem Stone? Oh dear. This day came sooner than I thought…"
"What do you mean?" Navi chirped.
"Young ones, do you know the story of the Great Deku Tree?"
"Yes. The Great Deku Tree was created in the beginning to be the Guardian Spirit of the Forest. Then Ganondorf cursed him, and he gave Link the Kokiri's Emerald before he died. When Ganondorf's evil was locked away, you grew in the shadows of the Deku Tree."
Lace was puzzled. What did that have to do with the Golem Stone?
"Child, that is what everyone knows. But you are going to hear a bit of my history that only I know."
He paused.
"True, I sprouted in the shadow of the Tree. But what I have told no one is that I really am the Great Deku Tree."
"What? But he died! Link and I watched while it happened!" Navi buzzed. "How could you be he?"
"Simple. It was not a true killing curse. It sapped my voice and strength, locked me away within my own bark. For those seven years Link slept, I locked all that I could of myself into a seed. It sprouted once the Forest Temple was cleansed."
The Sapling paused, letting this sink in.
"When the Evil King was sealed away and those seven years lost, my seed here sprouted immediately. I am the seed of the Tree, but I am not complete, for the curse's magic remains."
"You mean, part of you is still locked in there, watching us?" Lace pointed to the giant, blackened tree in the center of the Meadow.
Unbidden, an old memory surfaced. Lace remembered being afraid one night. She'd snuck out of the village, passed the Sapling unseen, and lay curled up at the Tree's roots. She had lay there, crying, for a hour before a sudden sense of something had washed over her, calming her down. She distinctly remembered giving the Tree a hug before sneaking back home.
Lace shook her head as she glanced at the darkened Tree.
"Yes. And now I will get to what this has to do with the Golem Stone."
The Sapling cut off Navi's comment before she thought about making it.
"As I am, I can do nothing. But if I can be restored, then my powers can aid you and Link immensely."
"What must we do?"
Lace jumped up excitedly.
"All I know is to have you 'Seek three keys and they shall guide thee.' Sorry."
"Don't be. I have a good idea what you mean. Uh, one more thing. What can we do about Ganondorf? I mean, he and Zelda and my brother are probably fighting right now…"
"Don't worry," reassured the Sapling, "Right now, they are only fighting Ganondorf's minions. I can sense the Evil One watching for his own entertainment."
He paused.
"And one in anguish? What? Two as in one? My dears, you must hurry. Seek your 'keys' while I figure this out. Good luck!"
Lace dashed off as the Sapling mused his own observations.
"Okay, so what are the 'keys'?" Navi asked.
Lace stopped by her house to catch her breath. Her house (Which was hollowed out of the tree right below Link's) was very cluttered. Lace pushed some stuff off a chair so she could sit.
"Well, this kind of a guess, but you remember when you and Link had to go collect Spiritual Stones?"
"Yeah, what about it? We had to get them so Ganondorf couldn't get the keys to the Door of Time-"
Navi paused.
"I just said 'keys', didn't I?"
Lace laughed.
"Oh yeah. Now if we could just get to the Temple of Time, everything would be set."
"Hey, I know!" Navi flew up the ladder, followed by her partner.
"Why are we in Link's house?"
"Look under here. There should be a box!"
Navi perched on the bed. Lace pulled a box out from under it. Inside were a couple books.
"Open the one with the music note," Navi instructed.
Inscribed on the pages were ocarina songs! With each song was a description of where Link had learned it and what the song did. Lace flipped through until she found one called 'Prelude to Light'.
After Lace memorized it, she put everything the way she had found it before stepping onto the balcony.
"Here goes!" Lace said as she played the song with her flute.
Everything was swept up in a whirl of bright yellow light - and the next thing they knew they were on the marker inside the Temple of Time.
"What a rush!" Lace said.
"Ugh. I forgot how nauseating that was…" Navi landed on Lace's shoulder.
The two of them walked to the pedestal holding the Stones. As the Stones spun and sang, Lace was a bit confused.
"Now what?" she asked Navi.
"No idea," Navi said.
Lace thought for a moment, before pulling out her flute again.
"I suppose this won't hurt anything…"
"What are you doing?"
"Relax, I heard this in a dream."
Navi fluttered anxiously as Lace played the song she had learned in her dream. Once she finished, the Temple was deathly silent.
The Stones had stopped singing. They glowed, and suddenly Lace and Navi heard a voice.
"You have played the Song of the Stones. What is it you seek?"
It seemed to be coming from all three Stones at once. Navi looked at Lace, who shrugged. Lace cleared her throat.
"We seek aid, on behalf of the Great Deku Tree."
"Child of Fate, we will help thee. Return us to our rightful posts in the opposite order in which we left them. When thou has finished, we shall speak again."
The Stones began singing again as they flew up into the air. As the Door of Time began closing, a bright blue light passed through. It turned into a small blue stick that flew with the Stones into Lace's bag.
"Okay, now where?" Lace asked as she turned to Navi.
"If it's reverse order…then go to Zora's Fountain!"
They walked to the wall of holes.
"Pick one," Navi said.
They did, only to find themselves in the entrance to the Sacred Forest Meadow.
"Okay, there's a shortcut to the waterfall entrance of Zora's Domain down here!"
Navi said as the two of them dived down the big pool in the Lost Woods. Lace played Zelda's Lullaby to get past the waterfall, then ran past the many Zoras to the Throne Room.
"Why hello, young one. Odd time for a visit, isn't it?" said King Zora the XXXXXXXXVII.
"Yes your Highness. I need to go to the Fountain, please. I have to restore the Sapphire!"
King Zora's eyes went very wide.
"Of course! This way!"
King Zora (who was a lot thinner than some of his predecessors) lead them to the Fountain.
"If you wish to restore the Stone, take it to the platform."
Lace did so. The Sapphire flew out, there was a blinding flash of blue light- and the Stone spun in place and sang on top of a pillar that had not been there before.
And, with a splash, a giant fish stuck his head out of the water and bellowed a greeting.
"By Nayru! The story was true! Lord Jabu-Jabu has returned!" King Zora gave Lace a very wet hug before going to greet the Zora's Guardian Deity.
"Okay, now back to Goron City!"