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Chapter 25 - The secret of Dark Link

The door slowly opened and revealed a large flooded room. Five persons entered it all looked suspiciously around. Ruto motioned the two Zora soldiers to stand guard by the door. Zelda, followed by Alexis, proceeded to the middle of the room.

"So this is the room where Link fought his dark side?" she asked.

"This is called the Hall of Illusions," Ruto responded, "from what I could understand from my father, is that this room reacts to an enemy of the inner sanctum and the sage and forms an illusion of that enemy. And since Link..."

"...was an enemy to the monster in the inner sanctum, it was an enemy to the temple and formed an illusion to counter him." Zelda finished, nodding.

"So, if someone was to attack you, in this room, " Alexis said, "then the room would respond?"

"Normally yes, bu..."

Alexis grabbed her and immediately they all stood on a large lake with a small island in the middle. He let her go and slowly it all started to fade.

"Interesting." Zelda whispered.

"I'm sorry, your highness," Alexis apologised, "I just wanted to test that theory."

"Then don't test it with me!" Ruto snapped back.

"I'm sorry for Alexis his bluntness, princess," Zelda turned to her, "I will deal with his insolence, you have my word."

Alexis bowed on more time to Zelda and stepped back.

"Are these illusions permanent?" Zelda asked after a while.

"Not that I know of and NO YOU MAY NOT TEST THAT," Ruto turned to Alexis who took a pose that said "I wasn't gonna do anything", "but I think that after the threat is eliminated, the illusion vanishes."

"So," Zelda thought aloud, "if this illusion would have beaten Link, Ganondorf would not have had a new ally?"

"No, but may I ask, my queen, why you are so interested in this room?"

"To ensure my safety in the castle if my Sheikah should fail, the Goddesses prohibit it off course, but you never know what evil may lurk the country." Zelda said with a small smile.

"I don't think the room could be recreated, my queen. It was made a long time ago and I believe the water has something to do with it."

"Magic water?" Alexis reacted.

"I don't know, but if flows from through the walls and flows down through the floor into the river."

"What river," Zelda frowned, "this is a lake, isn't it?"

"Actually it is a large basin," Ruto explained, "we gain water from the river Hylia, flowing through Gerudo canyon, and is collected here. If there was no exit for it, the whole place would flood, but under the temple is the drainage for the water and flows away in an underground river."

"How do you know this?" Zelda asked.

"From what my father and Link told me, Link has gone through the underground river."

"He has?"

"If I remember correctly," she said, walking to the opposite side of the room, "is the entrance to the river in the next room."

"Do you know where this river leads to?"

"To the southern lands of Marekar, if I'm not mistaken."

"Ah," Zelda nodded, "one of the lands that lay on the other side of the desert."

Ruto nodded.

"Who knows what lays there," she said, "let's hope it's as peaceful as here."

"Let's." Zelda responded with a little smile.