Sorry it took so long to get this chapter posted. I was drawing a blank on
ideas... and now I have ideas and a fat cat who won't leave me alone!!
Erm... Just had to say that. Read on, then review!
Disclaimer: I do not own the Zelda characters, races or worlds. But Katt and Senkrad are my creations.
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The Legend of Zelda: Dark World
*~* Chapter 8 - Senkrad's Mystery *~*
Link dismounted his Pegasus and folded the tall grass outward, "More grass..." he muttered.
"No Deku?" Katt asked. Link shook his head in response. Katt dismounted Silvery as well, then drew her sword.
"What are you doing!?" Link exclaimed.
"Chopping down the grass!" Katt replied. She slashed her blade, chopping a certain area of grass ahead of them.
"More grass," Link repeated, "And if you chop again we'll have more grass and a bunch of pissed off Dekus."
Katt rolled her eyes, "It's a dark world, everyone's pissed off, everyone's got something to hide."
"What's that supposed to mean?" Link asked.
"It means that the temple's probably somewhere beneath this blanket of grass," Katt replied.
"Fair enough," Link said, "But is it necessary to chop everything down? Can't we fold it?" Link asked, while demonstrating his point of folding the grass.
"Nope!" Katt said with a smile on her face, "I need to practice the art of swordplay. She chopped down more grass, "Besides, it'll grow back!"
Link shook his head to himself, then joined Katt in chopping the grass, "Find anything?" he asked.
"Negative," Katt answered, sadly.
Link sighed, "This is hopeless, it's a huge plain! What are the odds of finding the temple or the Deku at the slow rate we're going!?" he shouted, swiping his sword across a large area of grass. He looks down and saw a staircase going into the ground ahead of him, "Katt! I found something!"
"And after saying how impossible it would be to find something in this plain," Katt said sarcastically while walking over to Link.
"Yeah, yeah," Link muttered, "Let's just go down into the darkness and see what perils await us in the DOOM!!" Link said trying to frighten Katt.
"Eek," Katt said with no emotion.
"Fine. So you're not afraid of a dark staircase. Let's move," Link stepped down the steps, followed by Katt.
"It's pitch black down here!" Katt observed.
"No kidding," Link muttered, searching the floor for the next stair, "Woah!" Link lost his footing and fell down... about one foot to the floor, "We're at the bottom," Link stated, getting to his feet, acting as if he hadn't fallen.
"Finally," Katt said, "But it's still pitch black. Where are you?"
"Over here! Follow my voice!" Link shouted to Katt. Katt obeyed, and eventually found Link. "Katt, stay here. I'll go try to find a torch or something." Katt nodded, not that Link could see her. Link wandered the underground room, searching for some source of light, "Dekus! Fire! Anything!!" Link shouted, hoping to get some sort of response.
He got a response, but not the kind that he was hoping for. Over ten Stul Children ((Something like that, right?)) climbed out of the ground. They laughed and swung their rotting hands at Link. Link pulled back and drew his sword, he swung at a Stul Child, its head fell to the ground, but it continued thrashing at Link. Link crouched close to the ground, gathered his energy and unleashed a magic wave of power from his sword in all directions. The corpses... er... skeletons... whatever, of the Stul Children fell to the ground, "Wimps," Link said, dropping his sword in exhaustion. Just then a flame appeared on a torch by Katt.
Katt gasped, seeing the dancing flame next to her, "Link!" She shouted, "Over here!"
Link walked over, "Well, beating those skulls ended up helping. Even though it was fun!"
"Huh?" Katt was confused, she hadn't seen anything in the dark, "That's what those sounds were?"
"Yeah," Link replied. He looked around the room. It was a cave. A dank, creepy cave, "What's that?" he asked, looking at some inscriptions on the wall of the cave.
"It looks like some form of writing," Katt stated, "It isn't Hylian, that's for sure."
"Just what we need," Link murmured.
Katt took an arrow out of her quiver and chipped at the wall with its tip.
"What are you doing?" Link asked.
"Chipping these inscriptions from the wall... maybe we can find someone who can translate them into Hylian for us."
"Good thinking," Link admitted. He turned to retrieve his sword and noticed something in the far corner of the cave. He wandered towards it, "A treasure chest," he said.
"What?" Katt turned from the wall she was still chipping away at, "Link! Look out!"
A legion of Keese swooped down towards Link. Link turned around to see the bat-like creatures grinning at him with their large fangs as they prepared to attack him. Link took his Hylian Shield from his back and protected himself. He heard a crash, but it wasn't a Keese ramming into his shield. He pulled down his shield and stared at the ground. The Keese were frozen solid, and had fallen to the ground. Link turned to Katt who was holding her bow in a ready position. "Thank you, Katt," Link said, walking over to his sword and picking it up. He slashed the frozen Keese before the icy barrier melted.
"Don't mention it," Katt said, "So are you going to open that chest or what?"
"Oh yeah!" Link remembered. He turned to the treasure chest and opened it up. He pulled out a shield. It was golden with different jewels encrusted in it. A ruby, sapphire, diamond, emerald and topaz. And a dragon was carved in the center, "What kind of shield is this?" Link asked.
Katt walked over to him and peered over his shoulder at the shield, "Hm..." She pondered, "Can I see it for a second?" Link handed Katt the shield. She flipped it over, "Check this out. There's writing on this shield."
Link read aloud, "'The Shield of the Elements. Learn Senkrad's secret and learn the use of this shield.' What is that supposed to mean?"
Katt was silent for a moment, "Maybe 'Senkrad's secret' has something to do with those inscriptions we found."
"That's definitely possible," Link said, "Let's finish chipping that wall and get out of this place." They chipped a chunk of the wall out and dragged it up the tall staircase.
They were finally out of the cave and into the not-so-fresh air of Senkrad, "Now what do we do?" Katt asked while setting the tablet onto the ground.
"I have no idea," Link answered, "The only person we could ask to help us and trust is Rio, and he's on the other side of Senkrad."
Katt sighed, "There must be someone else we can trust..."
"Talon?" Link said. There was a long silence and then they both burst out laughing. After about a minute of laughing, Link spoke, "OK, seriously... what are we going to do?"
"I don't know," Katt said, "It's a world of darkness and lies out there."
"Maybe... we could ask the Deku to translate it for us and believe the exact opposite of what they say!"
"I highly doubt that'd work, Link."
"Yeah, but it was worth a though," Link stared up into the cloudy sky, "There must be some travelling freak who can help us. There's always been before."
"Link, everyone in Senkrad is a freak. Hardly anyone can be trusted, and as Rio said, we don't need the people who can be trusted."
"But the mailman always helped me,"
Katt stared at Link, "The mailman? You think that the people of Senkrad actually go around sending happy letters to each other?"
"They could be threatening letters," Link stated.
"No," Katt decided automatically, "There must be some other way."
*~* End of Chapter 8 *~*
Ooo... the elements. What could this mean? Who can help them? Do I even know? No! I don't! *LOL* Please review and let me know what you think!! ^_^
Disclaimer: I do not own the Zelda characters, races or worlds. But Katt and Senkrad are my creations.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~**
The Legend of Zelda: Dark World
*~* Chapter 8 - Senkrad's Mystery *~*
Link dismounted his Pegasus and folded the tall grass outward, "More grass..." he muttered.
"No Deku?" Katt asked. Link shook his head in response. Katt dismounted Silvery as well, then drew her sword.
"What are you doing!?" Link exclaimed.
"Chopping down the grass!" Katt replied. She slashed her blade, chopping a certain area of grass ahead of them.
"More grass," Link repeated, "And if you chop again we'll have more grass and a bunch of pissed off Dekus."
Katt rolled her eyes, "It's a dark world, everyone's pissed off, everyone's got something to hide."
"What's that supposed to mean?" Link asked.
"It means that the temple's probably somewhere beneath this blanket of grass," Katt replied.
"Fair enough," Link said, "But is it necessary to chop everything down? Can't we fold it?" Link asked, while demonstrating his point of folding the grass.
"Nope!" Katt said with a smile on her face, "I need to practice the art of swordplay. She chopped down more grass, "Besides, it'll grow back!"
Link shook his head to himself, then joined Katt in chopping the grass, "Find anything?" he asked.
"Negative," Katt answered, sadly.
Link sighed, "This is hopeless, it's a huge plain! What are the odds of finding the temple or the Deku at the slow rate we're going!?" he shouted, swiping his sword across a large area of grass. He looks down and saw a staircase going into the ground ahead of him, "Katt! I found something!"
"And after saying how impossible it would be to find something in this plain," Katt said sarcastically while walking over to Link.
"Yeah, yeah," Link muttered, "Let's just go down into the darkness and see what perils await us in the DOOM!!" Link said trying to frighten Katt.
"Eek," Katt said with no emotion.
"Fine. So you're not afraid of a dark staircase. Let's move," Link stepped down the steps, followed by Katt.
"It's pitch black down here!" Katt observed.
"No kidding," Link muttered, searching the floor for the next stair, "Woah!" Link lost his footing and fell down... about one foot to the floor, "We're at the bottom," Link stated, getting to his feet, acting as if he hadn't fallen.
"Finally," Katt said, "But it's still pitch black. Where are you?"
"Over here! Follow my voice!" Link shouted to Katt. Katt obeyed, and eventually found Link. "Katt, stay here. I'll go try to find a torch or something." Katt nodded, not that Link could see her. Link wandered the underground room, searching for some source of light, "Dekus! Fire! Anything!!" Link shouted, hoping to get some sort of response.
He got a response, but not the kind that he was hoping for. Over ten Stul Children ((Something like that, right?)) climbed out of the ground. They laughed and swung their rotting hands at Link. Link pulled back and drew his sword, he swung at a Stul Child, its head fell to the ground, but it continued thrashing at Link. Link crouched close to the ground, gathered his energy and unleashed a magic wave of power from his sword in all directions. The corpses... er... skeletons... whatever, of the Stul Children fell to the ground, "Wimps," Link said, dropping his sword in exhaustion. Just then a flame appeared on a torch by Katt.
Katt gasped, seeing the dancing flame next to her, "Link!" She shouted, "Over here!"
Link walked over, "Well, beating those skulls ended up helping. Even though it was fun!"
"Huh?" Katt was confused, she hadn't seen anything in the dark, "That's what those sounds were?"
"Yeah," Link replied. He looked around the room. It was a cave. A dank, creepy cave, "What's that?" he asked, looking at some inscriptions on the wall of the cave.
"It looks like some form of writing," Katt stated, "It isn't Hylian, that's for sure."
"Just what we need," Link murmured.
Katt took an arrow out of her quiver and chipped at the wall with its tip.
"What are you doing?" Link asked.
"Chipping these inscriptions from the wall... maybe we can find someone who can translate them into Hylian for us."
"Good thinking," Link admitted. He turned to retrieve his sword and noticed something in the far corner of the cave. He wandered towards it, "A treasure chest," he said.
"What?" Katt turned from the wall she was still chipping away at, "Link! Look out!"
A legion of Keese swooped down towards Link. Link turned around to see the bat-like creatures grinning at him with their large fangs as they prepared to attack him. Link took his Hylian Shield from his back and protected himself. He heard a crash, but it wasn't a Keese ramming into his shield. He pulled down his shield and stared at the ground. The Keese were frozen solid, and had fallen to the ground. Link turned to Katt who was holding her bow in a ready position. "Thank you, Katt," Link said, walking over to his sword and picking it up. He slashed the frozen Keese before the icy barrier melted.
"Don't mention it," Katt said, "So are you going to open that chest or what?"
"Oh yeah!" Link remembered. He turned to the treasure chest and opened it up. He pulled out a shield. It was golden with different jewels encrusted in it. A ruby, sapphire, diamond, emerald and topaz. And a dragon was carved in the center, "What kind of shield is this?" Link asked.
Katt walked over to him and peered over his shoulder at the shield, "Hm..." She pondered, "Can I see it for a second?" Link handed Katt the shield. She flipped it over, "Check this out. There's writing on this shield."
Link read aloud, "'The Shield of the Elements. Learn Senkrad's secret and learn the use of this shield.' What is that supposed to mean?"
Katt was silent for a moment, "Maybe 'Senkrad's secret' has something to do with those inscriptions we found."
"That's definitely possible," Link said, "Let's finish chipping that wall and get out of this place." They chipped a chunk of the wall out and dragged it up the tall staircase.
They were finally out of the cave and into the not-so-fresh air of Senkrad, "Now what do we do?" Katt asked while setting the tablet onto the ground.
"I have no idea," Link answered, "The only person we could ask to help us and trust is Rio, and he's on the other side of Senkrad."
Katt sighed, "There must be someone else we can trust..."
"Talon?" Link said. There was a long silence and then they both burst out laughing. After about a minute of laughing, Link spoke, "OK, seriously... what are we going to do?"
"I don't know," Katt said, "It's a world of darkness and lies out there."
"Maybe... we could ask the Deku to translate it for us and believe the exact opposite of what they say!"
"I highly doubt that'd work, Link."
"Yeah, but it was worth a though," Link stared up into the cloudy sky, "There must be some travelling freak who can help us. There's always been before."
"Link, everyone in Senkrad is a freak. Hardly anyone can be trusted, and as Rio said, we don't need the people who can be trusted."
"But the mailman always helped me,"
Katt stared at Link, "The mailman? You think that the people of Senkrad actually go around sending happy letters to each other?"
"They could be threatening letters," Link stated.
"No," Katt decided automatically, "There must be some other way."
*~* End of Chapter 8 *~*
Ooo... the elements. What could this mean? Who can help them? Do I even know? No! I don't! *LOL* Please review and let me know what you think!! ^_^