Old: I have finally entered the first temple. And an old friend of Link is found. Hope you enjoy. Please r&r.
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New: Finally. I've been having trouble with this chapter but now I can get back to work.
Refresh: Last time, Li received the Master Sword and journeyed back to his time to save his classmates from the evil Dark Link. Not saying a word, Li left the students in complete confusion.
Chapter 3: Hyrule's Hidden Temple Update
Hyrule Castle
322, May 6
15:58
Li walked up to the gates, trying to whistle a tune; a tune from a famous band in his time (we would know it as The Zelda Theme). It helped to calm his nerves. "Wish I could whistle. Ah, the gate. I'll talk to Zelda about Dark Link and find out why he is threatening my time." The sounds of huffes on the ground came from behind. "Huh." Li turned to see a horse drown wagon. The wagon was kind of old and was loaded with milk crates. A man, about middle age and kind of chubby, drove the wagon.
"Howdy, young man," said the man in a country voice. "My name is Talon. I am the owner of Lon Lon Ranch. This here is my daughter Malon." Just then, a young girl, about Li's age, poked her head over the crates. "I'm off to deliver some of this here milk to the castle. Would you like a ride?"
"Sure," answered Li.
"Well hop on in then." The man stuck out his arm to Li. Li grabbed hold and hoisted himself up. "You just have a seat in the back with Malon."
"Ok." Li climbed over the crates and joined Malon.
"Hello," said Malon. "You must be from the forest. I say that because you wear green clothes. You're the second fairy boy I've seen. What's your name?"
"Li. I'm not from the forest. I'm a Hylian, I just happened to get these clothes by accadent."
"Nice to meet you, Li. It's strange, my boyfriend said he's a Hylian too, but he grow up in the forest. . . .You remind me of him."
"May I ask what his name was?"
"His name is Link. Do you know him?"
Through his eyes, a younger Malon was standing in the middle of the Market.
". . .My father went to the castle to deliver some milk, but he hasn't come back yet. He must have fallen asleep. . ."
"Li, are you listening to me?"
Li snapped out of it. "I'm sorry, but it just dawned on me that you look familiar."
"I don't see why not. People say I look more and more like my mother every day. I asked why you're going to the castle?"
"Oh, um. . .I ah. . .I wanted to see the castle up close and hoped to meet the princess."
"Don't worry. We're going to see her anyway. Link met her. He was heading there when we met."
"That's ironic."
"We're here," came Talon's voice from over the crates.
They got off and headed into the castle. Talon, a guard, and Li carried a crate each. The guard looked at Li and winked. It was Zeikola.
"Are these your kids?" he asked.
"This here is my daughter Malon and a friend."
"Nice to meet you two. We better hurry."
It was obvious to Li that Zeikola was trying to help. They continued into the castle.
The walk was long, but they reached their destination. They were in a room that held all the castle's food. Zelda was there waiting.
"Thank you," she said as the men set the crates down. "How much do I owe you?" She started to count out rupees.
"Oh, it was nothing, princess. You know how much I hate taking money from you. I'm proud to serve you."
"But I insist. Let's see, fifty rupees should do it." She handed Talon the rupees. "And who are your fellow travelers?"
"Oh. This here is my daughter Malon, and this here is our new friend, ah. . . what was your name again sonny?"
"Li."
"Li," Talon repeated.
"It's a honor to meet you at last, princess," said Li winking.
"The pleasure's all mine."
"We better get going now, princess. Got a lot more deliveries to do. Come on, Malon. Come on, Li."
"I'll catch up in a minute," said Li. Talon looked from Li to Zelda.
"It's ok," said Zelda, "he can stay for a while."
Talon turned back to Li. "Ok, but hurry it up." They left, leaving Li and Zelda alone.
After making sure they were gone, Li said, "There was trouble at my school. A person named Dark Link attacked it."
"I see," she pondered. "Dark Link's a powerful foe. Link had a hard time defeating him. You probably remembered that fight."
Li looked at her curiously. "What are you talking about?"
"Never mind. I'll tell you later. Anything else you want to tell me or ask me?"
"Yes; I want to find him."
"I see. You are like Link. Dark Link has a castle in the Lost Woods. The only way to enter is to get the eight key pieces from eight hidden temples."
"Ok. Where do I find them?"
"I don't know."
"Alright. Thanks princess."
"Please call me Zelda."
"Ok, princess, ah. . . I mean Zelda." Zelda gave a little giggle.
"Had a nice cheat with the princess?" asked Talon when Li got to the wagon.
"Yeah. Listen, I got to run."
"Ok, then. You should come by the ranch sometime."
"Ok. I will. Nice meeting you."
"Nice meeting you."
"Bye, Li," said Malon.
"Bye," said Li, and he left.
"He's a nice kid," said Talon.
"Yeah. But he reminds me of Link."
"Yeah. What ever happened to Link anyway?"
Hyrule Field
322, May 6
17:56
Li started looking for the hidden temple. The entrance was hidden while. "It must be a hoooooooooooooooooooooooooole!!!!!!" He fell in one.
Armer's Dungeon
322, May 6
18:01
Floor 1 – Entrance
Li landed on his feet but fell onto his butt. "Ouch. Remind me to watch my steps."
Li found himself in a room with jars. A door straight in font of him, and an opening was his right. He noticed that he was on a platform with a sign next to it. The sign read:
For those who wish to find Armer, you must go through Armer's Dungeon first. You will find skulls, Flamethrowers, and other creatures in here. But believe me, you won't make it out of here alive. Good luck, Li.
-Dark Link
"That sounds good."
R Defend (L,R,D,U moved)
He entered a room with three Blue Bubbles in it. "What in the world? They're skulls engulfed in a ball of blue flames?! Why do they look familiar?" One started to attack. Li raised his shield and it ran into it. The flames went out and the skull fell to the ground. It started bouncing around helplessly. Li swung his sword and slashed it twice. The skull puffed into a cloud of smoke and it was gone. The others attack. Li defeated them the same way as before. "Too easy." A chest appeared in a corner. Li opened it and got a key.
L Used Key U Quick Thinking
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Li was now in a big, dark room. There was a wall in the middle of the room acting as a support beam, a dim, blue light coming from behind it. There were torches all around the room, but the room kept becoming brighter then darker and vise-versa, and it wasn't the torches. What looked to be warriors in armor was blowing flames out through a hole in their shields. Just then, Dark Link's voice could be heard.
"You think you can win. I warned you, Li, now you will burn. But I'll give you a hint. I do want to kill you myself. You can't enter the other rooms until this room stays bright. I doubt you will accomplice this though. Ha ha ha ha ha ha."
'Ok. How do I do that? Think, Li. Well, there are torches and fire. . .people. . .things. Maybe I can get them to do it for me. My stupid thinking worked before.' Li moved fast. He moved in front of a torch and yelled, "Hey, flame head!" A Flamethrower turned to him and charged. When he got up to Li, he swung his sword at Li, but Li blocked it. 'Ok. Maybe if I get them mad enough.'
"Is that all you got, flame head!" And when he said that two more had joined in the fight. Li blocked their attacks and kept insulting them. "You gunkey!"
Finally, after about 500 years of blocking, the Flamethrowers began to blow fire. The one in front of Li blew fire first. Li moved out of the way, and the Flamethrower lit up the torch. "Now we're getting somewhere. Ok, boys, let's keep this up and I'll be fighting Dark Link in no time."
Li moved to the next torch, to the right of the first. He did the same thing at that torch. When it was lit, he moved to the next touch then the next, and the next, and the next, and the next, and the next, and the next one (a lot of torches, ay?).
When he started to cross behind the support beam, the blue light got brighter. It was agence the wall. He also noticed that the Flamethrowers were staying away from it. Li moved to the light. "It looks familiar." A blue object seemed to be the source of the light.
Suddenly, it spoke, "Who's there? . . .Link, is that you?" It was a fairy.
"I'm not Link. I'm Li. Almost Link, but without the -nk."
"Oh, sorry. You looked so much like him. I thought it was him. I'm Navi the fairy. I got trapped down here and couldn't get out."
"That's too bad. Well, see ya. Hope you get out."
"What?!"
"I'm kidding. I'll help you. Come with me and I'll get you out of here."
"Ok."
"How do you know Link?"
"I was his partner on his first quest."
"Oh. You look familiar."
Li continued to the next torch with Navi flying behind. "It seems that the flame things. . ."
"Flamethrowers, Link. . .Li."
". . .are afraid of you. You might want to hide so I can draw them close. Hide under my hat." Navi did so.
The Flamethrowers returned and continued to try and hit Li with their fire, but hit the torch instead. Li went on to the next one and did the same there. Then the next four torches. The sound of bars sliding against something was heard throughout the room. Li ran to the door in QT2 and entered.
D Fight
This room was a dead end. Bars came down behind Li, blocking the only way out, and trapping Li and Navi in the room with four Flamethrowers.
"Heh. You're better then I thought. I can see you may get through this quit easily."
"He's getting annoying."
" Flamethrowers," said Navi, "can blow fire through their shields. They are hard to defeat if they are in a group. Maybe if you can narrow the odds." This gave Li an idea.
He waited until the Flamethrowers cleared the middle of the floor. He then stepped into the middle, pulled out his sword, and tapped it on the floor. The Flamethrowers turned and attacked him with their fire. Li jumped out of the way. "Too slow!" The Flamethrowers burned each other up.
"Not bad, Li."
"It wasn't exactly what I planned, but it worked."
"What were you planning?"
"Fighting."
The remains of the Flamethrowers burned away. When they were nothing but ash, the bars on the door draw themselves up, a staircase appeared near the back of the room, and a chest appeared near the staircase.
"Wow. What a reward."
Li went to the chest and opened it. He found a small key. He then headed down the staircase.
Floor 1 Basement – Maze
When he got to the bottom, he found himself in a labyrinth. Not knowing where he was going, Li started through the labyrinth. He ran into a few dead ends, but he finally made it through.
"What a long maze."
(For those who don't know a labyrinth is another name for a maze.)
R Trap
He was now in a big room, not as big as the torch room. There was nothing in there but lit torches. "This is too easy." Li started to go through the room, but then an arrow flow in front of him. It was a good thing he was walking slowly or he would be shicabob by now. He looked down and saw that the tile he stepped on activated it. "Booby-traps."
"Booby-traps are set to go off when the elements are right. Here the tiles activate those arrows."
"I'm well a ware of that, Navi."
Li continued cautiously. A few arrows went by, but they missed Li just like the first.
D Jump
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Li finally made it to the next room. He started to walk into the room, until something metal with spikes on it went by. It bounced off the wall and slowly went back. Li continued into the room. He was on a little walkway with just enough room to dodge the spikes. There was a gap in front of the walkway, stretching from the wall on the left to the wall on the right. It was about two feet wide and its depth was unknown. Beyond that was another walkway as the one Li was standing on, complete with spikes; beyond that was a similar gap. Beyond that was the rest of the floor, with a chest and a staircase going up on it.
Li waited until it was clear. Then he jumped across to the next walkway. When he landed, he quickly jumped to the next one dodging the spikes. "Close one." He walked up to the chest and opened it. He found a Dungeon Map.
"You got the Dungeon Map," said Navi. "This magical map shows you the whole dungeon. Its magical ability shows what room we are in when a room on the map starts flashing blue, and what rooms you have been when a room on the map becomes a solid blue. But it only works for this temple. If you find the compass, then it will enhance the map to show you more."
Li took a quick glance at the map, rolled it up, and put it in his pocket. He then ran to the staircase and went up it.
Floor 1 – Rest
When he got to the top of the stairs, he found himself in a small room. There was a chest in the middle of the room and another staircase going down. He opened the chest and found the compass.
"What luck?! You found this dungeon's compass. The Compass now enhances your map. Now the map can show: your exact location with a yellow arrow, where you entered the room from with a red arrow, chests with a brown square, and where the boss is with a skull. This compass can only work for this temple only." Li put the compass in his pocket. He then ran to the staircase and went down.
Floor 1 Basement – Push
When he got to the bottom of the stairs, he found himself in a room with blocks all around him.
"Hey, Link. . . Li, you can move the blocks here easily, but some blocks you can't move even if they look the same. Oh, and I'm sorry I called you Link again. It's just that all this reminds me of the quest Link and I had, and you look so much like him, except for the glasses."
"It's ok, Navi. I think it's strange that we look alike too."
Li started to push the blocks out of the way. When he got out, he noticed a door to his right had bars on it and four blue buttons at the end of the room. He started stepping on the buttons, but they did not work or stay down.
"Maybe if you use the blocks," said Navi. "You might need all the switches down."
"Right," said Li with a nah-du look, and he started to move the blocks again. He eventually finished moving the blocks onto the switches. The bars ascended into the ceiling.
D Hill
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Li found himself in another room with Flamethrowers. The room was more like a hall because it was neural. It seemed to go down deeper into the ground. It had an opening on the left wall near the end of the room. Li started to walk down the hall cautiously. He made it to the other end, after some fighting with the Flamethrowers, and went through the opening.
The next room was the same as the last room, except it went back up. At the end was a golden chest with a strange design on it. It was guarded by Flamethrowers. Li walked across, fighting off Flamethrowers, and got to the chest. He opened it and found a key, but this key was bigger then the others.
"This is the Boss Key," said Navi. "Now we can get into the room where the boss is at. You can only use this key in this temple."
Li placed the key in his pocket, and was about to go back until he saw a sign next to the chest. It read:
To find the weapon that can reflect go left, up, left, down, down, left. A secret can be found up, left, down, down, left, up. To find me go in the right direction.
-Armer, The Evil Knight
"What the world?"
"Don't ask me, Link-I mean Li."
"You got to stop doing that, Navi." They decided to go back.
QT3 U Halls of Mysteries
When he entered the new room, it seemed different. The room was squared with an opening to the left, right, and to the front, but Li could not see past the openings. It was as if there was nothing beyond them.
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Li walked to the opening to his left. As he came closer, the next room came into view. He walked through it. He was now in the same room.
"Li (I got it right this time.)," said Navi, "this room seems to be a magic room called Halls of Mysteries. You have to go through the openings in a certain order to go to another room. Only one opening allows you to leave this place without the trouble."
"Ok. Then which way do we go?"
"I think the sign we saw earlier was revering to this room. It said. . ."
"I know what it said."
"The key is to know where we entered this room. The best way to get out is to go to the door each time, face into the room, and use that to choose our next opening. We already went left, so lets go up."
Li was walking to the door. "Are you coming?"
L U L U D D L Try
They went through the order correctly it seemed and found themselves in a room with little skeletons and pit holes.
"What are those?" asked Li.
"Those are skull children. Don't worry; they are easy to defeat. Even if they hit you, they won't hurt you much."
"They sure are ugly."
Li defeated them easily. They went on into the second half of the room in which blocks are blocking their view.
"This is too easy. How does Dark Link suspect we won't get through this?"
Li grabs hold of a block and pushes. "What the world?!" Li tries another block. "Why aren't the blocks moving?!" Li tries another. "Move already!!!" It moves. "Finally!!!"
"I told you, some blocks won't move."
They get to the other side of the blocks. Li finds a door and goes through it.
U Run
Li walked into the next room and stepped on a switch. The floor in the room started to fall apart.
"Oh great."
Li runs to the door across the room.
U Narrow Walk
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He finds himself in a room with lots of long pit holes. There was a chest on the other side of the room. Li jumps over the pit holes and reaches the chest. Li opens the chest to find the Mirror Shield.
"Wow," said Navi, "it's the Hyrule's Mirror Shield. This special shield can reflect light and energy beams. This is the best 'hand' shield you can get."
"Cool."
D Run
They turned around and went back. The "falling floor room" was strangely back to normal.
"Curious."
(Ok, I'm going to skip everything else and go straight to the boss. The chapter's long enough. I will give you a quick summery of what happen between the points. Li and Navi find a secret room, got 100 rupees, enter the mini-boss room, defeat the mini-boss, and enter the boss room ready to fight Armer.)
D R U L D D L U D R R
Floor 1 Basement – The Room Before
U Boss
"So," said Li, "where is Armer?"
"I don't know."
"Why not?"
"I never went this far into the temple."
"Hey, Armer, where are you?!" Li looked around. "Come on out, you gunkey!" Li looked to the other end of the room. He could see some kind of mask hanging on the wall. "What's that?" He walks over to it.
Li takes it off the wall and looks at it. The mask was round, with spikes on the top and the sides of it, two horns on top, and two horns on the bottom going downward. It had designs on it with eyes looking mad, evil. All of a sudden, Li tdropped it.
"You see that?" he asked.
"See what?" replied Navi.
"It winked at me."
"Yeah right."
"It did." Li looks at the mask again. "There, it just moved."
"I didn't see a thing."
"It just did it again."
This time Navi saw it. How could she not? The mask was shacking now.
"It wasn't me," said Li.
"I don't like this," she said.
"Time to go," said Li. He ran to the door, but bars came down and blocked the door. Li grabbed the bars. "That's not good. Help! Mommy!!!"
"Come on, Li. This is what you came here for. You have to fight."
"No I don't! You fight!"
Just then, the mask hits Li. The mask was spinning and going around the room.
"Now what?! What do I do Navi?!"
"Use your sword!"
"That's real helpful!" Li pulled out his sword and shield. When the mask came back, Li attacked.
"Direct hit," cried Navi.
The mask rose six feet in the air and started flying around the room. It just barely misses Li. Li waited for the mask to come back. Then he took his sword and stuck it straight up and hit the mask. Li flanged the mask to the other end of the room.
"Well, that was easy," said Li. "Come on, Dark Link! Give me something harder!"
Li looked at the mask. The mask was changing. It became a six-foot suit of armor. It pulled out a sword.
The Evil Knight, Armer
"Ok. That's good."
Armer attacked Li. Li blocked him with his shield, and then attacked him with his own attack. Li hits him. Armer takes a step back and made a jump attack at Li. Li attacked Armer before he came down. He hits him again. Armer attacked Li again, but misses. Li counters. Li hits him a third time. Armer falls to the ground.
"Still too easy. Is that all you got?"
Li looks back at Armer. Armer gets up onto his feet. Li watches Armer's sword turn into a double blade sword.
"What is this? The Phantom Menace?!"
Armer attacks Li. Li blocks with his shield. Armer's sword comes in with the other blade. Li blocks with his sword. Li kicks Armer back. Armer runs into a pillarThe pillar goes everywhere, along with some kind of nuts.
"Li," called Navi, "grab those Deku Nuts! They can help you in this battle! Stun Armer with the nuts, and then attack!"
Li runs over and grabs a nut. As if he knew what he was doing, he throws one at Armer. Armer becomes stun. Li runs up to Armer and makes a jump attack. Li lands it and sits there for a while. Then, Armer falls apart. Li had cut Armer in half.
Armer disappeared leaving a heart container in its place. A chest appeared at the back of the room and a blue light appeared in the center. Li walked over to the chest and opened it. He finds a piece of Dark Link's Castle Key.
Dark Link's voice was heard making catcalls. "You are a lot better then I thought. That weak Armer. You did me a favor. I was going to destroy him anyway. Since you took the key piece you won't get the heart container. Even if you get all the key pieces you would be too weak to beat me. Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha."
"Navi, what's a heart container?"
"Everyone has a certain amount of life energy counted by hearts. Each heart is worth four hit points. If you would have taken the heart container, you would gain one heart, but I guess you need the key pieces to get to Dark Link, right?"
"That's right. I don't know how to get more hearts, but I guess we can worry about that later."
"Yeah. Let's get out of here."
Li walked into the blue light, followed by Navi, and disappeared.
One down, 7 to go.
To Be Continued. . .
Next Chapter: A Trip to the Ranch