Impa glared at her. "Could you be serious for a moment? There's something here. Something evil..." She ran her hand along the velvet rope that surrounded the raised platform, then looked up at the paintings that ringed the room, portraying a lonely road leading to a dark house. "There's someone here, and he's hiding."
"Hiding?" Nabooru scoffed, stepping into the area roped off by the velvet rope. "There's nowhere to hide..." She trailed off as gleaming golden posts topped by sharp barbs slid up, blocking her off from the other Sage. "Impa!"
"Behind you!" Impa screamed.
Nabooru whirled around, then threw herself to the side to avoid the ball of energy that exploded from one of the pictures. An unarmed Stalfos danced maliciously on the very edge of the frame, grinning down at them.
"Shouldn't have come," he sing-songed. "Shouldn't have come."
"Ichiro! We've come to rescue you." Impa fumbled in her bag for the powder the old woman had given her, while Nabooru moved around the perimeter, testing the rope, which shocked her when she tried to vault it.
"I can't get out," she hissed.
"Rescue me?" he said quizzically. "From what? Big magic here in the pictures?"
"Magic?" Hadn't Link fought and defeated the Phantom Ganondorf here? It should be completely free of magic. "Your grandmother and father are very worried about you."
For a moment, his features blurred, turning more human. "Nana's worried?" He skittered forward, dropping from the frame onto the floor below. Nabooru saw her chance and grabbed his bony ankle. He shrieked and writhed in her grip, his features blurring again, but this time, what emerged was something neither of them expected. Red hair and green skin swirled in and out of focus, covered with a black haze. He spoke in a thunderous voice, "Unhand me, woman!"
"Ganondorf?!" Nabooru let go abruptly and backed away, her face twisted in fear. "Impa, help!"
Impa swore under her breath as she finally grabbed the bag of powder. She threw it at the Stalfos, and Nabooru, guessing her intentions, threw a Deku Nut at the bag as it arced toward him. It exploded in a flash of light, sending a fine rain of powder down onto him. His skin sizzled and he howled as it burned away until there was only a slender, naked Hylian boy laying shivering on the ground. The gate slid back down and Impa rushed to his side, pulling her cloak from her bag and covering him with it.
"What the hell was that?"
"I don't know," she replied. "I don't know."
"Hiding?" Nabooru scoffed, stepping into the area roped off by the velvet rope. "There's nowhere to hide..." She trailed off as gleaming golden posts topped by sharp barbs slid up, blocking her off from the other Sage. "Impa!"
"Behind you!" Impa screamed.
Nabooru whirled around, then threw herself to the side to avoid the ball of energy that exploded from one of the pictures. An unarmed Stalfos danced maliciously on the very edge of the frame, grinning down at them.
"Shouldn't have come," he sing-songed. "Shouldn't have come."
"Ichiro! We've come to rescue you." Impa fumbled in her bag for the powder the old woman had given her, while Nabooru moved around the perimeter, testing the rope, which shocked her when she tried to vault it.
"I can't get out," she hissed.
"Rescue me?" he said quizzically. "From what? Big magic here in the pictures?"
"Magic?" Hadn't Link fought and defeated the Phantom Ganondorf here? It should be completely free of magic. "Your grandmother and father are very worried about you."
For a moment, his features blurred, turning more human. "Nana's worried?" He skittered forward, dropping from the frame onto the floor below. Nabooru saw her chance and grabbed his bony ankle. He shrieked and writhed in her grip, his features blurring again, but this time, what emerged was something neither of them expected. Red hair and green skin swirled in and out of focus, covered with a black haze. He spoke in a thunderous voice, "Unhand me, woman!"
"Ganondorf?!" Nabooru let go abruptly and backed away, her face twisted in fear. "Impa, help!"
Impa swore under her breath as she finally grabbed the bag of powder. She threw it at the Stalfos, and Nabooru, guessing her intentions, threw a Deku Nut at the bag as it arced toward him. It exploded in a flash of light, sending a fine rain of powder down onto him. His skin sizzled and he howled as it burned away until there was only a slender, naked Hylian boy laying shivering on the ground. The gate slid back down and Impa rushed to his side, pulling her cloak from her bag and covering him with it.
"What the hell was that?"
"I don't know," she replied. "I don't know."