OK, I shall now write another chapter... I have to get writing before
school gets into busy-mode! *writes*
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 9 - Translating Inscriptions *~*
"Any ideas yet?" Katt asked Link.
"Not really," Link replied, "I'm still sticking to my postman theory."
"OK... Link, there are no postmen. Now do you have any ideas?"
"None."
Katt sighed, "This is hopeless. We're two foreigners in some evil world, who are stuck carrying around a big-ass rock in the middle of nowhere!"
"Not nowhere, Deku Plain," Link corrected.
"It's the same thing! Do you SEE any sign on civilization!?" Katt exclaimed.
"No, but has the thought that their town, city... place... whatever... is hidden, like that cave was?"
"Well... I guess that's possible. But how can we find it? Must I repeat that we have these stupid inscriptions to lug around?" Katt reminded Link.
"What if one of us just stayed here? I could go find the Dekus, and try to get some help, while you stay here," Link suggested.
"All right," Katt agreed, "But be quick! It's going to get boring here after a while!"
Link nodded, then mounted his Pegasus whom cantered off into the tall grass.
"This plain seems to go on forever," Link stated to himself, "There's no sign of it ending or of any civilization. Maybe Katt was right. Maybe there's no hope in finding anyone to help."
Much to Link's surprise, his Pegasus' ears perked up and it turned to the right and ran, "What are you doing!?" Link exclaimed. Since Pegasus can't talk, it didn't reply and just continued running. The Pegasus slowed down, and trotted forward, then came to a halt.
Link remained silent. He quietly dismounted Goldy and listened. He could hear voices. They weren't very clear, or maybe they were. It didn't even sound like they were speaking Hylian. Link stepped forwards a few paces before he noticed that the grass was getting shorter. Link didn't want to be seen, so he crouched down and crawled forward. Soon he came to a clearing where he saw a society of Deku Scrubs. They were all very busy. Half of the Deku were standing atop a large platform, watching the sky, while the other half were gathering food and such and bringing it down a stairwell.
Link pondered, "If I were to just go up to them and try to reason with them, what would they do? Would they attack or help me?" he looked up at the Deku on the platform, "They're waiting for something," he decided, "And chances are they'll think I'm that something. I need to sneak into their fortress...home... whatever... and see if anything in there can help me."
Link sat up and looked through his items. "Bow and arrow... no... I don't want to hurt them. Bombs... they'd be good if I could throw them far enough. Bombchus... Yes... Bombchus! I could send them off in all directions and sneak in before the smoke clears," he pulled out a Bombchu and put it down, then he took out another, and another until the entire clearing was covered in smoke. He ran through the smoke and, luckily, found the stairwell without falling. He slowly went down the stairs and ended up in a maze of tunnels.
Link had been wandering the tunnels for quite some time, and he hadn't run into one Deku, "Man, these tunnels go on forever," he muttered, "And they all look the same. I have no idea if I'm just going around in circles," Link fumbled along the wall, feeling for any doorway that he couldn't see in the darkness. Link felt his way along, but his foot got caught in a crack in the wall, "Ugh!" He struggled to pull it out, and after a few tries, was successful. He pulled out a bomb and placed it on the ground in front of him and ducked for cover.
There was an explosion that blew out part of the wall to reveal a secret room. Link walked in and looked around. He noticed a torch in the center of the room. He walked up to it and was able to faintly see a table next to it. He felt along the top of the table and touched a form. It was rectangular and thick.
Footsteps were heard approaching Link, "Hurry! The explosion came from this direction!"
"I have to get out of here," Link said quietly. He grabbed the object and ran out of the room and through the tunnel until he had escaped.
"Forty-two swarms of Keese on the wall. Forty-two swarms of Keese. You take one swarm down and bash it around. Forty-one swarms of Keese on the wall!" Katt sang as she sat waiting for Link to return.
"I can see you've been bored without me," Link said as Goldy trotted up to Katt.
"You're back!" Katt jumped up, "It's about damn time! Did you get any info?"
"Maybe," Link pulled the object out and placed it in front of Katt. It was a book. The cover of the book read 'Legends of Senkrad' in Hylian.
Katt opened the book, "The Shield of the Elements," she read, "One of Senkrad's most famous legends. The Shield of the Elements was said to have the power to destroy great evil. Each of the jewels encrusted in this legendary shield represents an element. The ruby represents fire, the sapphire water, the emerald earth, the diamond wind and the topaz thunder. Whichever evil is currently living in Senkrad will be depicted in the center of the shield. Whether the evil be threatening the entire land, or merely a small shop, it will be shown."
Link looked at the Shield of the Elements, and at the dragon in the middle.
"The way to use the shield," Katt continued, "Is said to change depending on the evil. It could be as simple as holding the shield before your opponent, or powerful magic may be needed to activate the shield's power. If you hold this shield, there is always hope," Katt closed the book, "So what do we do?"
Link stayed silent, he was staring at the shield.
"Link?" Katt looked at him, "Did you hear me?
"The diamond..." he said. Katt looked down at the shield. The diamond on the shield was flashing.
"Why is it doing that?" Katt asked.
"No idea," Link replied, "It's eerie..."
"Could it have something to do with the elements?"
"Most likely. Maybe it's reacting to its temple," Link pondered aloud.
"So in other words, the Wind Temple is near by?" Katt asked. Link nodded. "So, how should we use it to help us find the temple?"
"It'll probably flash quicker as we near the temple," Link figured.
"OK, so let's start searching,"
"Katt!" Link called, "Hurry up! The diamond is reacting to something nearby! The temple can't be far now!"
Katt ran up to Link from behind, "Awesome! We're almost there, Link! We're almost at the first temple!"
"You may be excited now, but once we get inside you won't be so thrilled."
"Says you! I'm so ecstatic! Whatever's in the temple, I'll handle it!" Katt said with a grin on her face.
Link rolled his eyes, "Of course... Come on. Let's waste no more time. We have to start searching for the temple."
Katt nodded. It was starting to get dark. They wandered through the tall grass and finally came across another clearing. There was a building that appeared merely one-story. Torches were lit on either side of the dark doorway.
"This seems small for a temple," Link said, observing the temple.
"Things are not always as they seem," Katt said, "Let's find out if this is," she stepped forward and entered the temple. Link followed.
"Oh no..." Katt gasped, "More stairs leading into darkness. I'm sick of this!"
"Don't fret. There'll be light. It'll work out. I've been through worse."
Link and Katt walked down the staircases into what appeared to be endless darkness.
*~* End of Chapter 9 *~*
What did you think? Did you like it? Huh? Huh? Did ya? Ahem... sorry. I'm a little hyper! Review and let me know how it was! ^_^
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 9 - Translating Inscriptions *~*
"Any ideas yet?" Katt asked Link.
"Not really," Link replied, "I'm still sticking to my postman theory."
"OK... Link, there are no postmen. Now do you have any ideas?"
"None."
Katt sighed, "This is hopeless. We're two foreigners in some evil world, who are stuck carrying around a big-ass rock in the middle of nowhere!"
"Not nowhere, Deku Plain," Link corrected.
"It's the same thing! Do you SEE any sign on civilization!?" Katt exclaimed.
"No, but has the thought that their town, city... place... whatever... is hidden, like that cave was?"
"Well... I guess that's possible. But how can we find it? Must I repeat that we have these stupid inscriptions to lug around?" Katt reminded Link.
"What if one of us just stayed here? I could go find the Dekus, and try to get some help, while you stay here," Link suggested.
"All right," Katt agreed, "But be quick! It's going to get boring here after a while!"
Link nodded, then mounted his Pegasus whom cantered off into the tall grass.
"This plain seems to go on forever," Link stated to himself, "There's no sign of it ending or of any civilization. Maybe Katt was right. Maybe there's no hope in finding anyone to help."
Much to Link's surprise, his Pegasus' ears perked up and it turned to the right and ran, "What are you doing!?" Link exclaimed. Since Pegasus can't talk, it didn't reply and just continued running. The Pegasus slowed down, and trotted forward, then came to a halt.
Link remained silent. He quietly dismounted Goldy and listened. He could hear voices. They weren't very clear, or maybe they were. It didn't even sound like they were speaking Hylian. Link stepped forwards a few paces before he noticed that the grass was getting shorter. Link didn't want to be seen, so he crouched down and crawled forward. Soon he came to a clearing where he saw a society of Deku Scrubs. They were all very busy. Half of the Deku were standing atop a large platform, watching the sky, while the other half were gathering food and such and bringing it down a stairwell.
Link pondered, "If I were to just go up to them and try to reason with them, what would they do? Would they attack or help me?" he looked up at the Deku on the platform, "They're waiting for something," he decided, "And chances are they'll think I'm that something. I need to sneak into their fortress...home... whatever... and see if anything in there can help me."
Link sat up and looked through his items. "Bow and arrow... no... I don't want to hurt them. Bombs... they'd be good if I could throw them far enough. Bombchus... Yes... Bombchus! I could send them off in all directions and sneak in before the smoke clears," he pulled out a Bombchu and put it down, then he took out another, and another until the entire clearing was covered in smoke. He ran through the smoke and, luckily, found the stairwell without falling. He slowly went down the stairs and ended up in a maze of tunnels.
Link had been wandering the tunnels for quite some time, and he hadn't run into one Deku, "Man, these tunnels go on forever," he muttered, "And they all look the same. I have no idea if I'm just going around in circles," Link fumbled along the wall, feeling for any doorway that he couldn't see in the darkness. Link felt his way along, but his foot got caught in a crack in the wall, "Ugh!" He struggled to pull it out, and after a few tries, was successful. He pulled out a bomb and placed it on the ground in front of him and ducked for cover.
There was an explosion that blew out part of the wall to reveal a secret room. Link walked in and looked around. He noticed a torch in the center of the room. He walked up to it and was able to faintly see a table next to it. He felt along the top of the table and touched a form. It was rectangular and thick.
Footsteps were heard approaching Link, "Hurry! The explosion came from this direction!"
"I have to get out of here," Link said quietly. He grabbed the object and ran out of the room and through the tunnel until he had escaped.
"Forty-two swarms of Keese on the wall. Forty-two swarms of Keese. You take one swarm down and bash it around. Forty-one swarms of Keese on the wall!" Katt sang as she sat waiting for Link to return.
"I can see you've been bored without me," Link said as Goldy trotted up to Katt.
"You're back!" Katt jumped up, "It's about damn time! Did you get any info?"
"Maybe," Link pulled the object out and placed it in front of Katt. It was a book. The cover of the book read 'Legends of Senkrad' in Hylian.
Katt opened the book, "The Shield of the Elements," she read, "One of Senkrad's most famous legends. The Shield of the Elements was said to have the power to destroy great evil. Each of the jewels encrusted in this legendary shield represents an element. The ruby represents fire, the sapphire water, the emerald earth, the diamond wind and the topaz thunder. Whichever evil is currently living in Senkrad will be depicted in the center of the shield. Whether the evil be threatening the entire land, or merely a small shop, it will be shown."
Link looked at the Shield of the Elements, and at the dragon in the middle.
"The way to use the shield," Katt continued, "Is said to change depending on the evil. It could be as simple as holding the shield before your opponent, or powerful magic may be needed to activate the shield's power. If you hold this shield, there is always hope," Katt closed the book, "So what do we do?"
Link stayed silent, he was staring at the shield.
"Link?" Katt looked at him, "Did you hear me?
"The diamond..." he said. Katt looked down at the shield. The diamond on the shield was flashing.
"Why is it doing that?" Katt asked.
"No idea," Link replied, "It's eerie..."
"Could it have something to do with the elements?"
"Most likely. Maybe it's reacting to its temple," Link pondered aloud.
"So in other words, the Wind Temple is near by?" Katt asked. Link nodded. "So, how should we use it to help us find the temple?"
"It'll probably flash quicker as we near the temple," Link figured.
"OK, so let's start searching,"
"Katt!" Link called, "Hurry up! The diamond is reacting to something nearby! The temple can't be far now!"
Katt ran up to Link from behind, "Awesome! We're almost there, Link! We're almost at the first temple!"
"You may be excited now, but once we get inside you won't be so thrilled."
"Says you! I'm so ecstatic! Whatever's in the temple, I'll handle it!" Katt said with a grin on her face.
Link rolled his eyes, "Of course... Come on. Let's waste no more time. We have to start searching for the temple."
Katt nodded. It was starting to get dark. They wandered through the tall grass and finally came across another clearing. There was a building that appeared merely one-story. Torches were lit on either side of the dark doorway.
"This seems small for a temple," Link said, observing the temple.
"Things are not always as they seem," Katt said, "Let's find out if this is," she stepped forward and entered the temple. Link followed.
"Oh no..." Katt gasped, "More stairs leading into darkness. I'm sick of this!"
"Don't fret. There'll be light. It'll work out. I've been through worse."
Link and Katt walked down the staircases into what appeared to be endless darkness.
*~* End of Chapter 9 *~*
What did you think? Did you like it? Huh? Huh? Did ya? Ahem... sorry. I'm a little hyper! Review and let me know how it was! ^_^