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Claimer: But I still own this story and some of its ideas.

The Legend Of Zelda Dark Triforce

By Alan Chen

A.K.A.

The God Of Death

Chapter 6: Fiery In Forest Temple

Continuing to chat away, the friends Link and Skull Kid completely forgot the situation they were in. Flowing through the Lost Woods was the beautiful sound of birds chirping, which resembled Saria's Song. Upon hearing the melody, Link's mind jumped back to reality and remembering the fact that Saria was in trouble, Link pulled out his ocarina. Receiving nods from both Sheik and Skull Kid, Link began to play the Minuet Of Forest (melody that transports them to the Scared Forest Meadow).

Particles of shining deep green lights circled the group and in a flash, they disappeared and the particles flew off. In a blink, they reappeared in the Scared Forest Meadow, standing on the Triforce pedestal. Taking out his Hookshot (the weapon that shoots arrow-hook with a chain attached), Link signalled to his friends to grab on as he aimed the hook guided by the magical ruby sight, at a branch overhanging the entrance to the Forest Temple. With the release of the Hookshot, the group took off like a shot as they were pulled by the Hookshot up toward the entrance. Striding through the entrance to the front lawn of the Forest Temple, they were greeted by two Wolfos (werewolf like creatures) but even the mighty hide of the Wolfos could not withstand the might of Skull Kids axe and with one swift swing, he had demolished the two Wolfos. Gazing at the ancient temple, it seemed to have stood empty for many ages but Link knew better, he knew that the temple had been once again claimed by the minions of Ganondorf. Climbing up the vines to a tree, and from there following the branch and jumping to the next tree, Link opened up a small treasure chest to find a small key, hopping down with a smirk on his face, Link had already gone through this once before and with all the knowledge from his past future, Link knew everything about the ancient temple and whatever lies inside.

Entering the temple, Link sensed ominous forces gathered to thwart his quest, and felt watchful eyes as he moved forward but as much as he wanted to turn back, Link knew that Saria and everyone else needed his help, and so he pressed on into the gloom. In the long dark hallway, Link stopped to raise his Hookshot and without even a glace upward, he release the hook and down came a Skulltula vanishing into blue flames. Leading the way, Link had lead them through the hallway to the central chamber where they witnessed four Poes (ghost creatures), a red, blue, green and purple one, stealing the flames from the four torches in the middle and there he stopped, here he consulted with his friends and came up with a plan and there the three of them split off onto their missions.

Passing straight through the central chamber, Skull Kid climbed the steps to find a door and beyond the door was a short narrow hallway followed by patrolling Fire Bubble (flaming blue skulls). It rushed Skull Kid but with his axe to shied him, he quickly finished off the minion and continued to the next room. Welcomed by two furious Stalfos (skeleton knights) that attacked in tandem, Skull Kid had to be careful to keep from being caught between the two, but every now and then when he saw his chance and aided by the two fairies, Skull Kid hacked away at the unprotected areas of the Stalfo until it's bones were scattered. Sweeping in from behind, the other Stalfo caught Skull Kid in the left rib but in his moment of hesitation, Skull Kid gave a mighty swing to the Stalfo which completely desolated it. Limping over to the small treasure chest that appeared, Skull Kid pull out a small key, then proceeded over to the corner and smashed a jar containing a fairy, which magically and instantly healed his wound.

Dashing across the central chamber, Sheik came to a carved block, she pulled out her small golden harp and began to play the Song Of Time and with sky blue lights surrounding the block, it vanished to reveal a door to the inner court. Entering the inner court, it seem like a beautiful inside garden with a tiny island surrounded by dark blue water connected to a bridge on the other side but aside from the beauty, there was also the minions of Ganondorf that took their place inside the court. Snapping at Sheik with their huge man-eating jaws were five Deku Babas, but with Sheik's amazing speed, agility and reflexes, she effortlessly dodged all incoming assaults. Sending furious and swift kicks at the Deku Babas, Sheik had obliterated them in no time, she turned to see an incoming Deku Seed (a plant seed that sends a flash of light and stuns enemies when thrown) no more than a feet away. Passing right through Sheik, the seed land against the door with a loud crack, Sheik moved so fast that she had left an image, she was now on top of the Octorok (octopus like creatures that shoot Deku Seeds kind of like the water versions of Deku Scrubs), and with a snap of her heel against the head of the Octorok, she leaped off onto the bridge as the Octorok faded into the misty blue water. Sheik directed her eyes to a hole in the wall across the bridge, and with a Deku Seed causing a flash of light, Sheik was in the hole and so she pressed on into a small room guarded by a Fire Bubble. With a mighty round-house kick, the Fire Bubble fell, and Sheik continued over through a door to find herself on a balcony of another inner court practically identical to the first but this one didn't have the bridge. Crack! And with that flash of light from the Deku Seed, Sheik once again disappeared and reappeared on the balcony next to the one she was on, then she stepped on a switch and saw the water in a well drain away. Leaping into the well, Sheik found herself in a damp, dark, and cool underground corridor and at the other end of the long narrow corridor was a treasure chest containing a small key.

Strolling confidently to the first door on his left, Link used the small key he had found outside earlier to entered into a short empty hallway, stepping into the next room, Link was faced with a score of Fire Bubbles, drawing his sword, Link readied himself while the score of Fire Bubbles surrounded him. At the start of the rush, Link unleashed his magical spin attack and with the wide circular orange light, he completely wiped out the score of Fire Bubbles. In this room there was a puzzle, a puzzle of which Link knew, Link knew that he would have to move two large blocks into their proper positions to continue on, and so began the solving of the puzzle. Finally finished moving the first block into place, all Link had to do was move the last block to the corner in front of him, but the huge block gave Link a harsh time, but suddenly the block started to feel lighter, and so Link pushed it to the end easily as a hallow crate. Only when Link turned around, did he realized that he had received help from his friends Sheik and Skull Kid. After climbing a few ladders, they reached a wide room with two Fire Bubbles which were disposed of quickly, they entered the door into the next room, to find themselves in a twisted corridor, but they pressed on and emerged in a strange room with a pillar in the middle. Signalling to his friends to wait, Link hopped to the cliff, and a moment later a huge shadow dropped over Link and as the shadow shrank, Link jumped out of the way just in time to dodge the Wallmaster (a huge hand), Link finished off the Wallmaster and hopped over to the locked door. Join by his friends, Link proceeded and opened the door with Skull Kid's small key.

They arrived in a stairwell and found three portraits of the red Poe, where Link shot, and as the last arrow hit the last portrait, the mysterious red Poe appeared and was easily defeated by Skull Kid's axe, Sheik's kicks, and Link's blade, and to top it off, they found another small key. Continuing to the next room, they found two Stalfos, and with Sheik luring them and Link and Skull Kid attacking from behind, it was over in mere seconds. Standing over their shattered remains, Link was ready, as the bones started to reconstruct themselves, Link hammered away with the Master Sword until the bones vanished into thin air. In the next room, they found it to be exactly the same as the one with the red Poe but in this room, there was a blue Poe instead, and repeating the same procedure, the blue Poe vanished into blue flames. Heading back to the twisted corridor alone, Link entered the room where previously two Fire Bubbles were, and drew and arrow, he released the arrow at the symbol of an eye above the door to the twisted corridor. Entering the corridor, but this time the corridor was straighten out and so, Link proceeded to the next room, but now the room had also changed and Link could see a huge blue and golden chest waiting him, he popped open the chest to recover the Boss Key. Twisting the corridor again, Link sprinted back to his friends, and they continued on through another locked door to another strange room with pillars. Coming into the next room through another locked door, they found it to be another corridor but this one wasn't twisted like the last, and continuing to the next room, they once again found themselves in a strange room with rotating pillars and a flame in the centre. Leaping onto a pillar, Link aimed his arrow and timing it correctly, he released it through the flame at a frozen symbol of an eye. Turning back to the corridor, the friends found it twisted now, they continued to the room at the other end of the twisted corridor. The room was different from the last time with pillars on the sides but the main difference was the hole in the floor, in which the friends leaped into. Falling down, they land in a room with a checkered floor and ceiling which also rose and fell. Link led them to the holes in the ceiling to avoid harm and to a switch which open the exit. Reaching the next room through the exit, they found the portrait of the green Poe, and with that Link shot an arrow at the portrait which resulted in nine blocks dropping from the ceiling. Sheik instantly took over as she leaped on top one of the blocks, she shouted orders to Link and Skull Kid of where to move the blocks and in a short time, the blocks were moved together to form a picture of the green Poe. Revealing itself, the green Poe rushed Sheik but the Poe's speed was no match for Sheik's and in a matter of time, the green Poe vanished into green flames from the assaults of Link and Skull Kid. Leaving the room, they found themselves in the central chamber again but now in the centre was the purple Poe. It created three illusions of itself but that wasn't enough for Sheik with her great speed, easily vanquished all four Poes. As the purple Poe vanished, they notice that the torches in the centre received their flames back which activated the elevator in the centre of the chamber. The elevator brought them to the basement where they found blocks attached to the walls of the room. By pushing the blocks, they spun the walls to reveal two secret rooms with switches which opened the gateway to the boss's door.

Openning the boss's door with the Boss Key, they climbed a flight of red carpeted stairs to a round platform, surround by giant picture frames. Materializing through one of the picture frames was Phantom Ganon (a ghost version of Ganon and final boss in Forest Temple), but before the phantom had a chance to attack, Link launched an arrow engulfed in light at the mounted Phantom Ganon as his galloped out of a picture frame and leaped into the chamber, the shot destroyed the phantom horse but still left Phantom Ganon floating. Throwing an huge ball of energy at Link, Phantom Ganon was confident that it would finish Link off but to his surprise, Link reflected the energy right back at Phantom Ganon with a swing from his Master Sword, and he returned the favour by sending it back with his Trident (spear like weapon with three blades) and so continued the circle until Phantom Ganon caught Link off guard but this time Skull Kid intercepted the energy and caught Phantom Ganon off guard. Dropping to the floor like a stone from the stun that the energy ball gave him, giving the chance for Link and his friends to finish him off. Phantom Ganon could not withstand the continuous onslaught of Link's Master Sword slashes, Skull Kid's axe hammerings, and Sheik's ferocious kicks and so he vanished like the others. Shining from the floor was a blue light, signalling their victory, Link paced towards the light as Skull Kid follow but was held back by Sheik, "No… only the Hero Of Time deserves to enter the Chamber Of Sages, this is something he must do alone." As Link stepped into the light he felt something was wrong, he was pulled through the ground an into a place of complete darkness, the only thing he could see was himself and everything else was pitch black. "Welcome… BOY! Ahahahahahaha"

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Well I finally finished this chapter, sorry I took so long just that I had a hard time figuring out what to write and I felt so lazy. Wow this is the most I ever wrote yet, I hope you leave reviews telling me if you liked the way I handle the temple or give suggestions. Now who do you suppose said "Welcome… BOY! Ahahahahahaha" well just keep checking to find out. Next time Chamber Of War.