CHAPTER 6- THE WATER TEMPLE
No longer swelling with waves, nor half the resevoir it was seven years earlier, Lake Hylia had dried up into a modest puddle ravaged by Blue Tekites. Submerged in the basin's deepest point stood the entrance to the Water Temple, and Ruto had apparently swum in to uncover the readon behind the freezing of her homeland.
Having retrieved the Iron Boots and Water Tunic for Link, they all traveled to Lake Hylia. When they reached the lakes shores after trudding through muddy sand, they stopped. "You'll be fine with the Iron Boots and tunic Link, the rest of us'll have to swim." Jeff said.
"Shannon, you need help?" Sarah asked her friend who was eyeing the water with an odd expression on her face.
"Uh, yeah, sure." she whispered. Then a little more loudly she said, "I can't hold my breath for long periods of time."
Sarah nodded and waved Jessica over to her. "Shannon is gonna need our help. You mind?" she asked Jessica, who was a life guard herself and together the both of them took one of Shannon's arms waiting for Link to release the gate so they could enter the Temple.
Link dived into the water and in no time at all, the gate was open. Taking a deep breath, Sarah, Shannon and Jessica followed him swimming as fast as they could into the Temple. It seemed to take forever and eventually their lungs were burning, they needed air fast. Finally they slipped under the gate and emerged above the water. Gasping for breath, Link hauled them up onto the shore.
The others followed quickly. "I'm afraid we'll be of little help to you this time Link." Jeff said. "We can't stay under as long as you, but when you change the water levels, we can join you when you don't have to go under water."
"That's fine," Link nodded.
Sarah frowned, "You'll have to figure out the puzzles by yourself. If you need our help, come back to us and we'll tell you what you need to do. When you completely flood the level, we'll meet you at the door you need to go into to receive the Longshot. We'll be fighting the dark side of you Link, and it won't be easy, only your magic attacks can affect him. Well, you best be going."
Link waved to them and trudded off. Waiting wasn't going to be fun but they had to do it. Link had so many things he had to do before they got to the point where they had to defeat Dark Link.
Over the past three hours, they saw Link only a couple of times as he entered door after door and all they could do is wait. When Link asked for advice when he was stuck, Jeff, Sarah, Jessica, Jason and even sometimes Shannon, Glen and Zack answered him. Finally it was time to go up the waterfall. Reaching the door after Link completely flooded the Temple, they entered.
Link quickly destroyed the Keese and they all dropped onto the platform directly below them. One by one, they used the hookshot to work their way up the waterfall by going from platform to platform and reached the top then throwing the hookshot to the next person in line.
When they were all at the top, Link opened the door with a key and they went inside. "Run over to the other side and then stop by the tree," Jeff told Link, "then Dark Link will appear and we can destroy him." Link did as he was told and when he got back, not one Dark Link appeared, but five.
"Not good." Jason said grimly. The six of them who had a weapon drew them and charged forward. While they fought the Dark Links, the other four of them tried to think of a plan.
"Dark Link is weakest against magic attacks. We have to get Din's Fire from Link and use it against the enemy." Jessica said to the others. She looked over to where the six of them were fighting. "Link!" she called. Pausing only for a moment, Link looked up. "Throw us Din's Fire, we can help you out!" Getting Jeff to cover for him, he reached into his tunic and pulled out the orange gem. Tossing it to Jessica he returned to the fight that was ovbiously going nowhere.
"We'll have to take turns, I don't know how much magic power we have among us but we have to try. I'll go first." Jessica crouched low and ran over to the closest Dark Link. Setting the gem on the ground, she put her hand over it and then raised her hands up high and a huge fire dome spread out. The Dark Link tried to jump out of the way but it was no use. It took the full blast of the magic power.
Jessica ran back to the others and handed Din's Fire to Jacque. "Your turn," she breathed. Using magic takes a lot out of you. Jacque quickly repeated Jessica's move and one of the Dark Link's were defeated. Jacque passed the gem to Robbie, he to Shannon and they started over again. In no time at all, using the magic, all five Dark Links were destroyed.
"Thanks you guys." Glen panted as of them slumped to the ground in exhaustion from the battle. Link of course didn't seeem to be phased.
When they were able to continue, they walked through the door at the far end of the room and recieved the Longshot from the chest. Jeff pointed out the block in the room. "This is the thing Sarah always forgets to do." Wuickly Link played the Song of Time and he went down the hole.
"Aren't you coming?" he called to them from the bottom.
They shook their heads. "We won't be able to make it around the vortexes." Sarah answered him. He nodded and left their sight. The rest of them made their way with the Hookshot back to the main room. They only had to wait an hour before Link returned but left again shooting an arrow and Longshotting to the other side.
One more hour later and Link returned with the Boss Key. Joining him, they took turns Longshotting to the other side using a dragon statue. Finally they were in the Boss's lair. Morpha soon appeared and the fight began. The six with swords drew them and leapt into battle. Link Longshotted the core of the water amoeba and the others struck it when it was near. Then the tricky part came. Two Morpha's now lurked in the water. The one with the core went after its attackers but the other one charged on the rest.
"This is not good." Jacque said as she dove to the floor for what seemed to be the tenth time. The amoeba was in hot pursuit of them.
"Even if we had swords, we wouldn't be able to fight it!" Robbie yelled to the other three.
"I know, and that's the bad thing." Jessica muttered as again they dove to the floor, just missing the spikes that surrounded the walls.
"Sarah! Link! You best hurry! We're under attack!" Shannon screamed to the others. They nodded and in about five more minutes of diving and standing again, they were relieved that the creature was destroyed.
Link looked at them all, "No problem. That wasn't too bad." Jessica, Jacque, Robbie, and Shannon groaned.
"That's easy for you to say." Jacque mumbled. They all laughed.
Like always, they were all whisked to the Sacred Realm where they met Ruto. After her speach about not being able to marry Link because she was a sage, she gave him her medallion to add her strength to his.
"Next is your favorite part, Shannon." Sarah said. Shannon winced knowing what was coming. "The Shadow Temple."
A/N- Sorry it took a long time to update but I kept leaving my guide at my grandma's house. Hope you liked it.
No longer swelling with waves, nor half the resevoir it was seven years earlier, Lake Hylia had dried up into a modest puddle ravaged by Blue Tekites. Submerged in the basin's deepest point stood the entrance to the Water Temple, and Ruto had apparently swum in to uncover the readon behind the freezing of her homeland.
Having retrieved the Iron Boots and Water Tunic for Link, they all traveled to Lake Hylia. When they reached the lakes shores after trudding through muddy sand, they stopped. "You'll be fine with the Iron Boots and tunic Link, the rest of us'll have to swim." Jeff said.
"Shannon, you need help?" Sarah asked her friend who was eyeing the water with an odd expression on her face.
"Uh, yeah, sure." she whispered. Then a little more loudly she said, "I can't hold my breath for long periods of time."
Sarah nodded and waved Jessica over to her. "Shannon is gonna need our help. You mind?" she asked Jessica, who was a life guard herself and together the both of them took one of Shannon's arms waiting for Link to release the gate so they could enter the Temple.
Link dived into the water and in no time at all, the gate was open. Taking a deep breath, Sarah, Shannon and Jessica followed him swimming as fast as they could into the Temple. It seemed to take forever and eventually their lungs were burning, they needed air fast. Finally they slipped under the gate and emerged above the water. Gasping for breath, Link hauled them up onto the shore.
The others followed quickly. "I'm afraid we'll be of little help to you this time Link." Jeff said. "We can't stay under as long as you, but when you change the water levels, we can join you when you don't have to go under water."
"That's fine," Link nodded.
Sarah frowned, "You'll have to figure out the puzzles by yourself. If you need our help, come back to us and we'll tell you what you need to do. When you completely flood the level, we'll meet you at the door you need to go into to receive the Longshot. We'll be fighting the dark side of you Link, and it won't be easy, only your magic attacks can affect him. Well, you best be going."
Link waved to them and trudded off. Waiting wasn't going to be fun but they had to do it. Link had so many things he had to do before they got to the point where they had to defeat Dark Link.
Over the past three hours, they saw Link only a couple of times as he entered door after door and all they could do is wait. When Link asked for advice when he was stuck, Jeff, Sarah, Jessica, Jason and even sometimes Shannon, Glen and Zack answered him. Finally it was time to go up the waterfall. Reaching the door after Link completely flooded the Temple, they entered.
Link quickly destroyed the Keese and they all dropped onto the platform directly below them. One by one, they used the hookshot to work their way up the waterfall by going from platform to platform and reached the top then throwing the hookshot to the next person in line.
When they were all at the top, Link opened the door with a key and they went inside. "Run over to the other side and then stop by the tree," Jeff told Link, "then Dark Link will appear and we can destroy him." Link did as he was told and when he got back, not one Dark Link appeared, but five.
"Not good." Jason said grimly. The six of them who had a weapon drew them and charged forward. While they fought the Dark Links, the other four of them tried to think of a plan.
"Dark Link is weakest against magic attacks. We have to get Din's Fire from Link and use it against the enemy." Jessica said to the others. She looked over to where the six of them were fighting. "Link!" she called. Pausing only for a moment, Link looked up. "Throw us Din's Fire, we can help you out!" Getting Jeff to cover for him, he reached into his tunic and pulled out the orange gem. Tossing it to Jessica he returned to the fight that was ovbiously going nowhere.
"We'll have to take turns, I don't know how much magic power we have among us but we have to try. I'll go first." Jessica crouched low and ran over to the closest Dark Link. Setting the gem on the ground, she put her hand over it and then raised her hands up high and a huge fire dome spread out. The Dark Link tried to jump out of the way but it was no use. It took the full blast of the magic power.
Jessica ran back to the others and handed Din's Fire to Jacque. "Your turn," she breathed. Using magic takes a lot out of you. Jacque quickly repeated Jessica's move and one of the Dark Link's were defeated. Jacque passed the gem to Robbie, he to Shannon and they started over again. In no time at all, using the magic, all five Dark Links were destroyed.
"Thanks you guys." Glen panted as of them slumped to the ground in exhaustion from the battle. Link of course didn't seeem to be phased.
When they were able to continue, they walked through the door at the far end of the room and recieved the Longshot from the chest. Jeff pointed out the block in the room. "This is the thing Sarah always forgets to do." Wuickly Link played the Song of Time and he went down the hole.
"Aren't you coming?" he called to them from the bottom.
They shook their heads. "We won't be able to make it around the vortexes." Sarah answered him. He nodded and left their sight. The rest of them made their way with the Hookshot back to the main room. They only had to wait an hour before Link returned but left again shooting an arrow and Longshotting to the other side.
One more hour later and Link returned with the Boss Key. Joining him, they took turns Longshotting to the other side using a dragon statue. Finally they were in the Boss's lair. Morpha soon appeared and the fight began. The six with swords drew them and leapt into battle. Link Longshotted the core of the water amoeba and the others struck it when it was near. Then the tricky part came. Two Morpha's now lurked in the water. The one with the core went after its attackers but the other one charged on the rest.
"This is not good." Jacque said as she dove to the floor for what seemed to be the tenth time. The amoeba was in hot pursuit of them.
"Even if we had swords, we wouldn't be able to fight it!" Robbie yelled to the other three.
"I know, and that's the bad thing." Jessica muttered as again they dove to the floor, just missing the spikes that surrounded the walls.
"Sarah! Link! You best hurry! We're under attack!" Shannon screamed to the others. They nodded and in about five more minutes of diving and standing again, they were relieved that the creature was destroyed.
Link looked at them all, "No problem. That wasn't too bad." Jessica, Jacque, Robbie, and Shannon groaned.
"That's easy for you to say." Jacque mumbled. They all laughed.
Like always, they were all whisked to the Sacred Realm where they met Ruto. After her speach about not being able to marry Link because she was a sage, she gave him her medallion to add her strength to his.
"Next is your favorite part, Shannon." Sarah said. Shannon winced knowing what was coming. "The Shadow Temple."
A/N- Sorry it took a long time to update but I kept leaving my guide at my grandma's house. Hope you liked it.