Chapter 5: Ice and Water
"Perfect. Everything is going as planned," Tamorie thought. "It's true that the mirror image of Ganondorf and the shadow version of Volvagia were pushovers, but wait until they get to the Water Temple." Misty's eyes seemed to go blank. She saw a vision at the Zora's Domain. She started to head in that direction of the field.
"Uh Misty? The temple is at the lake," Saya said.
"I know that. But I sense something," she said. Rasheed looked at her and began to follow.
"Come on guys. Lets go," he said. Saya and Mikagami looked at him with curious eyes. But Tamorie just followed with a smile on his face.
"Rasheed, what's wrong with Misty?" Saya asked.
"I don't know. Maybe it's some sort of new power that she received when she first went to the Chamber of Sages," Rasheed said. Misty could hear them, but she didn't want to jump in the conversation and tell them about her being able to react to the sage's power and spiritual stones.
"So you think that Misty is able to see things that we can't?" Mikagami asked.
"Yes. But it could also be that green eye of hers," Rasheed said.
"Doubt it. It only senses objects that give off heat signatures. Not magic," Saya said.
"Really?" Tamorie asked.
"Yes... now do you mind telling me your name?" Saya asked.
"Tamorie," he said.
"Ok Tamorie. So what brings you here and why are you tagging along with us?" Mikagami asked. Tamorie just smiled and told them why he came here.
"So that's why you're here. Well fine with me. The more the merrier," Saya said. They were then at the river. It had shrunk over the past few months. Once again it was quiet and the only thing you can hear is the sound of the river flowing and the sound of the waterfall at the end. Misty jumped from one end to the other and followed the trail to the waterfall. When they did reach the waterfall, Misty casted a water spell that caused it to split. Giving them an opening to get through.
"Go now," she said.
"But what about..."
"Just go," she said. Saya hesitated but managed to jump the gap. So did Mikagami, Tamorie and Rasheed. Now what Misty was about to do was going to be difficult. She stopped chanting the spell and lunged through, only seconds away of missing it. She stumbled through until she met up with the others. The Zora's home was nothing but ice.
"Ok why did we come here?" Saya asked.
"Just trust me," Misty said. She walked up the small ramp, which leads to the Zora king's throne room. Tamorie walked up next to misty and smiled.
"So... what ARE we really doing here?" he asked.
"Because I sense something coming from the throne room," she said.
"Being vague again," Mikagami muttered. In the throne room a Zora was frozen at the on platform, which is also the entrance to where Jabu-Jabu lives.
"This is the reason why we are here. Because king Zora is the only one alive as of now. And the fact he is the father of the Sage of Water," she said.
"Well how can we get him out? He is frozen in ice. But a type of ice that has a magical barrier on it," Saya said.
"That's why we are here," she said and she walked up the next ramp. The four looked at each other and sighed. Though Tamorie went ahead and followed next to her. Back out side, it was snowing. Ice everywhere. And a bunch of icebergs were floating in the ice-cold lake. A cave could be seen but just barely.
"Over there, is where we will find what we need," Misty said.
"In that cave?" Mikagami asked. "Um are you sure about that?"
"I say lets go," Tamorie said.
"Ok what is with this guy? He is always agreeing with her. I mean I'm not saying she's not right. But don't you think it's strange?" Saya whispered to Mikagami and Rasheed.
"I don't know. But we should just keep an eye out for Tamorie. I have a really bad feeling about him," Rasheed said.
"Yeah, plus he is getting a little bit too close to her... for once I am not going to call you bad names Rasheed. But I think he may be after her. Which makes me pissed off," Mikagami said.
"Well lets just go anyway. I mean, that Zora back there is the only one left," Saya said. They turned back to Misty and Tamorie and followed. Misty jumped onto one fo the icebergs. It swayed around, almost knocking her off.
'Whoa careful there," Tamorie said.
"Misty, please wait up!" Rasheed called out. But it was too hard to see or hear her friends calling her. So she kept on going. Tamorie close behind, and strangely enough he could see perfectly. He could see Misty very clearly.
"Perfect, now for me to make my move," he muttered. H casted a spell that shook the water violently. She screamed and fell into the ice-cold water. She thrashed around, trying to get to the surface. But couldn't, for she was getting tired and it was so cold that she couldn't move her arms and legs anymore.
"MISTY!" Rasheed cried out. Saya and Mikagami push forward and jumped to an iceberg.
"It's all working out perfectly. Now to get the girl while they are distracted," he thought. He jumped into the freezing cold water and swam towards Misty. He grabbed her hand but at the same time absorbed some of her blood.
"This blood will make me strong enough to withstand those fools. Since she is blessed with goddess blood and the demon goddess blood I will be much stronger then I am right now," he thought and he reached the surface with her in his arms. He swam towards the cave and pulled himself up.
"Guys, don't worry! I have her in the cave. You must get here quickly," Tamorie yelled. His voice was crystal clear in the harsh cold wind. Saya, Mikagami and Rasheed looked at each other.
"Well we should get to her now!" Saya yelled over the blowing wind and she jumped from one iceberg to the other. Mikagami and Rasheed followed behind. Saya jumped into the cave and ran over to Misty and Tamorie. He had Misty in her arms and tried to keep her warm. Her whole body was blue and she was barely breathing. Rasheed and Mikagami ran to them.
"Oh god..." Mikagami muttered. He kneeled down to her and placed his hand on her neck.
"She is still alive... but her pulse is very weak," he replied.
'Well someone help me build a fire here!" Rasheed snapped. He casted a fire spell at the ground but it soon melted away.
"Here let me," Saya said and she laid a few deku sticks on the ground.
'Now try it," Rasheed casted another fire spell and the sticks lit up. Tamorie took off his cape and wrapped her in it.
"...It's strange, that she could be frozen so easy..." Saya said.
"Her main element is thunder. She can do ice and water spells. But she can't withstand the environment. If it is hot temperatures she can stand it. Anything but ice she can stand," Rasheed said.
"But it's strange, because a few months ago when we were at the Ice Tower, she didn't react much in the harsh cold weather. But for some reason she is. It's almost like someone drained her of some of her power," Saya said.
"Oh you don't know how right you are, my dear," Tamorie thought.
"Well whatever it is. She should recover," Mikagami said.
"Well I think that someone should go after that artifact that will free the Zora King," Tamorie said.
"Yeah but who will watch over Misty?" Rasheed asked.
"I will. Don't worry she will be fine," Tamorie said.
"You will? Ok, then that's settled... but why not have Mikagami stay here. Just to be sure," Rasheed said.
'Yeah..." he said while cracking his knuckles. Before they left Saya and Rasheed spoke to him for a few seconds.
"I have a feeling that he did this to her. So keep an eye on him," Rasheed said.
"Yeah, I had this strange feeling that a piece of Misty was taken away from her. He might have taken some of her powers. That's why she almost froze to death,' Saya said.
'Right. Plus I need to give that guy a good old fashion kick in the ass," he said and he turned back and walked over to them. Rasheed and Saya walked into the icy cave.
'Well, looks like I will be here to make sure that Misty is ok. And also so she wont be too much to handle," Mikagami said.
'Well good, because it would be so much helpful,' Tamorie said.
"Yeah and screw up my plans. Now how do I leave and take her with me to my parents without him messing it up?" he thought. Mikagami sat down across from him, glaring at him.
'What's wrong?" Tamorie asked.
"Oh nothing...." Somewhere in the ice caves, Rasheed and Saya were running. A few freezards were on their tail. Blowing ice-cold wind on them. They didn't see it when they passed it because it had a ghostly feature in which you couldn't see it at first.
"Wasn't my fault!" Saya said.
"Yeah and you kicked it," Rasheed said.
"Well I didn't see it so there!" Saya said. They ran into a chamber, and slammed the door shut. As they turned around a huge ice blade was spinning in the center of the room. They were only inches away from being cut in half.
"... Great..." Saya muttered.
"So, tell me. What happened to misty back there," Mikagami asked.
"I don't know. I found her like that when I dove after her," Tamorie replied.
'Really?" Mikagami asked.
"Yeah... like what Saya said. Something must have gotten to her. Maybe there was something in the lake," Tamorie said.
"Maybe..." he said.
"Or maybe you're nothing but a lying snake," he thought. Misty was slowly getting her color back. But she still didn't feel like herself.
"Looks like she is getting a little better," Tamorie said.
"Well that's good news," Mikagami muttered.
"And how about you let go of my sister and give her to me you ass," Mikagami thought.
"Hey why don't you take a brake and give her to me?" Mikagami asked.
'Sure... Ok," he said and placed Misty into Mikagami's arms.
"I'll just be going over there and see if Rasheed and Saya are back yet," Tamorie said.
'That's fine..." he muttered. He looked down at Misty and sighed.
"What on earth happened to you...." Tamorie leaned against the ice walls and looked down the darkened icy cave. A harsh voice rang through his mind.
"What the hell are you waiting for boy?" Ganondorf yelled.
"What do you mean father?"
"I'm saying that you should kill the girl now before she finds the sages and the stones!"
"But dad I thought you wanted me to save the girl until you are released," Tamorie said.
"Well there's been a change to the plan. You see, this girl is starting to annoy me. Such as her powers are somehow growing. Even thought you have taken some of her blood, it still doesn't affect her," Ganondorf said.
"But father... fine, I will carry out as planned," he said.
"Good. Don't fail me," and his voice disappeared.
"Hey kid, see Rasheed or Saya yet?" Mikagami asked. Tamorie didn't hear him. He was in some sort of trance.
"HEY KID!"
"Huh what? Oh... no I don't see them yet," he said. Mikagami looked at him with concerned eyes.
"I swear, he must be up to something," Mikagami thought. Misty groaned and jerked a bit. Mikagami looked down and smiled.
"It's good to see her still alive," he thought again. Saya and Rasheed were passed the blade room and were in a small room with tones of snow everywhere. They walked forward to the potion and picked it up.
"Good, now lets get back to Misty," Rasheed said. As they turned they were ambushed by a few ice wolfos.
"Damn... and we were so close too!" Saya said.
"Well let's finish these guys off first. Because they aren't going to let us leave here without a fight," Rasheed said.
"Fine. Just as long as we get back fast enough," Saya said as she drew her sword of darkness. The two engaged in a fight against 10 wolfos.
"Hang in there Misty," he thought. Misty was starting to grow cold again. But in her mind she was trying to fight back. But somehow a piece of her was missing. But do they know that? Tamorie is the only one who knows. But can he be trusted? He was just instructed to kill her. But in his mind, a voice rang out.
"Don't kill her... You're not like that...." Tamorie stood there in surprise.
"What do you mean?" he asked the voice.
"I know in your heart that you don't want to kill her. You are only doing this for your father. For once don't listen to your father. And follow your own path," Tamorie's eyes changed from red to blue, as if the voice was trying to get him to change him to a more lighthearted being.
"Instead you must protect her. Follow your heart..." and the voice disappeared. Tamorie stood there in surprise. Mikagami on the other hand looked at him suspiciously.
"Hey kid, you ok over there?" he called out. Tamorie stood dazed. He didn't reply.
"KID!" he yelled. Tamorie turned his head to him.
"What?" he asked.
"... Never mind..." he said when he looked into his eyes.
"Something must have happened to him... Oh whatever, I never understood him anyway," he thought. Only one wolfo remained. Rasheed went ahead and killed it right away.
"Come on, we have to hurry!" he yelled and they took off at full speed back to the entrance.
"Please Misty hang on," Mikagami thought. Misty grew colder and colder. Even after getting some color back she was still getting worse. She winced, as the pain got stronger. Rasheed and Saya ran through the blade room and ran through the snow down path. Tamorie looked closer and smiled.
"They're back!" he cried with joy. Rasheed ran to Misty and kneeled down to her. He opened the bottle and poured some in her mouth.
"What took you so long?" Mikagami demanded.
"We had a little trouble coming back here," he said. He poured a bit more into her mouth before closing the bottle.
"Is she going to be alright?" Saya asked.
"I don't know... but we should head out of here and back to the Zora's domain. At least it wont be as cold there," Tamorie said.
"Right," Mikagami said as he started to carry Misty out of the cave. He let the others cross the iceberg bridge, so that way there wont is a lot of movement across. Mikagami made his way to the mainland. He was careful not to fall or drop Misty. Back at the Zora's Domain, Rasheed applied some of the potion to the Zora king. He too thawed out, but Misty was the only one who was slowly getting her colors back.
"What might bring you five to the Zora's?" asked the king.
"Well you see... Misty was the one who sensed you, and brought us here," Saya said.
"Ah and where is this girl?"
"Well, she isn't doing to well... But," Rasheed said. Mikagami stood there with Misty in his arms. He looked at the king and sighed.
"We gave her the same kind of potion we gave you to awaken you. But unfortunately, she is recovering very slowly," Mikagami said. The king thought for a while and sighed.
"There's nothing else you can do. You just have to wait. Because that potion only works well with zoras. But when used on a human, well it wouldn't work as well... But I do know a scientist in Lake Hylia who may be able to help your young friend," he said.
"Thank you sir," Tamorie said with a bow.
"But how do we get there in time to save Misty?" Rasheed asked. The king looked at the five and closed his eyes. A bright light exploded, causing some of the ice to melt.
"Take the short cut. Just dive and swim through the hole. You will be at Lake Hylia in no time," he said.
"Thank you," Mikagami said and the party went back to where they came. At the main part of the zora's domain, they saw a huge pool near the hole. Rasheed dove in first to make sure the hole is open. When they saw he didn't come back up they knew he had made it. Saya went in next then Mikagami and Misty. Tamorie went in last to help Mikagami get Misty through to the other side. When they rose out of the hole and submersed, they were at Lake Hylia. Though there was barely a lake at all! About eighty percent of the water was gone. They walked to the main land and ran into the lab.
"Hey doc! We need some help here!" Saya yelled as she ran through the door.
"Doc?" she asked. He wasn't to be seen.
"Where the hell did he go?" Rasheed, Mikagami, and Tamorie walked in.
"So where's the scientist?" Rasheed asked.
"I don't know... HEY DOC!" she yelled.
"Simmer down. Geez, can't an old man get some peace and quiet in here?" said the man.
"Are you the scientist?" Tamorie asked. The old man had on a white lab coat. He had on some small and dirty glasses.
"Yes. Now what do you hoodlums want?" he asked.
"Please sir. Our friend is terribly ill. Please save her," Rasheed said. He moved to the side and let Mikagami through. He placed Misty on a bed and moved aside, letting the old man take a look at her.
"Hmmm," he said.
"Well? Is there anything you can do to save her?" Saya asked. The old man took a closer look at her.
"She needs some blood transfusion. And some medicine to help the fever go down," he said. Rasheed took a step forward.
"Take some of my blood," he said. The old man looked at him hard.
"Young man. If I do that, you may be out for a few hours. This girl needs a lot of blood. Because from what I can tell it looked like some of her blood was taken out. And by some I mean almost half of it. I'm surprised to even see her breathing!" said the old man.
"Well I don't care. I want her to live. And if that means for me to die then so be it," Rasheed said. Saya, Mikagami and Tamorie looked at him for some time.
"But Rasheed, if you die... she will never be happy again," Saya whispered.
"But it's better me then her..." he said.
"All right. Lets do it," said the old man. "Now the rest of you, get out so I can do this in peace." Saya started to protest, but Tamorie placed his hand on her shoulder and shook his head. Saya looked at him with sad eyes and left. After they left and waited outside, the old man took out a small knife and a made a slit near Misty's neck. He then made a slit on Rasheed's wrist and held his wrist over Misty's open cut. A bright light formed between them and blood was transferred from Rasheed to Misty. The old man quickly bandaged her up and bandaged up Rasheed's wrist. Rasheed slumped down in his chair and was breather rather harder then before. The old man then took out some herbs and began to give Misty several drugs that would hopefully put down the fever. He then gave Rasheed some to help restore some of his blood. Saya placed her ear on the door and started to listen. But it wasn't long until the old man opened the door to talk to them.
"Well? How did it go old man?" Mikagami asked.
"I must say it was very successful. But they have to rest for a while... But I think you three should head off to the water temple now," said the old man.
"But how did you..." Tamorie began. The old man laughed and smiled.
"It wasn't that hard to figure out. With all these outbreaks and all, I figured you were going to the temple to get the lake flowing again," he said. "Now go. The temple is just below that small island over there." The three nod and head over to the island. The old man however went back in his lab to check on the two.
"So... Is she going to be ok?" Rasheed asked weakly.
"She will be fine. You just rest here on the spare bed until you fully recover. I have to go out and find more plants and herbs for my medicine," he said and left. Rasheed limped over to the bed next to Misty's. He grabbed her hand and held it. He then closed his eyes and fell asleep from the sudden dizziness. At the water temple, Saya and the others were in the main room of the temple. There was a huge gap from where they were standing. But luckily there was water and they could just swim across.
"Come on guys, we need to hurry,' Saya said. Thirty minutes later, Misty finally woke up. She slowly got up and looked at Rasheed. She let go of his hand and got up. She almost fell down because she was still dizzy. She quietly crept away and started to head to the water temple. At the spikes room, they were one room away from the boss's chamber. It was a really steep hill they had to climb but at the same time they had to dodge the spikes that were sliding across the floor. As they were about half way there a spike had cut Saya on the ankle. She winced in pain but kept on going. Misty however was at the tower in the water temple main room. She used the wall to keep herself from falling.
"I can't... let them go on their own... I must help them..." she said in a weak voice. Rasheed opened his eyes. He quickly got up when he saw her gone.
"No... she couldn't have..." he muttered. He then took off to the Water Temple. Saya, Mikagami and Tamorie were then in a huge pool like area. Stone pillars were floating in the water. Though the water didn't look to clean.
"Now what?" Tamorie asked.
"I have no idea," Mikagami said. They turned at the sound of a door being opened. Misty appeared, breathing hard. She hasn't fully recovered and she felt like the inside of her was about to explode.
"Misty?!?" Saya said. Misty took a step forward before falling. Tamorie ran up and grabbed her. He gently laid her on the ground.
"What are you doing here? You are in no condition to be here. Especially when the boss is lurking about here," Mikagami said.
"... Morpha... in the pool..." she said.
"Morpha?" Saya asked.
"In the pool?" Tamorie also asked. Behind them, the pool of water suddenly came to life. A black nucleus was in the center of the giant blob of water. Two tentacles formed at its side.
"... You have to kill the nucleus... but in order to do that you have to pull it out of its water barrier..." Misty said. Rasheed soon came through the door and ran to misty.
"Misty... Misty are you all right?" he asked.
"I'm fine. But we must defeat Morpha as soon as possible. And stay away from the tentacles. Because you will be grabbed and flung into the wall with spikes," she added. She tried to get up but Rasheed just held her down.
"Stay down. Let them fight instead," he whispered and he formed a shield around them.
"But Rasheed, they wont be able to kill it without our help!" she protested.
"Just believe in them and they will win," he whispered. He held onto her and watched the fight. Misty however just laid her head onto his shoulder and sighed. Saya, Mikagami and Tamorie took their positions at separate parts of the pool. Each of them tried casting a spell that would expose the nucleus. So far, there was no luck. One of the tentacles smacked Mikagami to the spiked wall, but he managed to rebound and not get hurt. Every time something like that happened, Misty would try and help them but would be held back by Rasheed.
"You are in no condition to fight. If you fight you may not make it," Rasheed said. The keep her down he sat her down on his lap and wrapped his arms around her. Tight enough to keep her down until the battle was over. Saya casted a spell one more time and was finally able to expose the nucleus. Mikagami appeared to give a very brutal beating. But soon after several strong attacks the nucleus retreated back into the water.
"Give it another shot guys," Misty shouted. Mikagami nods and tried to expose the nucleus once again. Tamorie did the same this and so did Saya. The nucleus fell out of its water barrier and started to flop on the ground. Tamorie gave it the final blow and killed it. The water evaporated until there was nothing left. The barrier that protected Misty and Rasheed went down and they both got up. A blue glow appeared at the bottom of the empty pool. So they all jump in at the same time.
At the Chamber of Sages, the blue symbol of water glowed. And a Zora Princess appeared.
"My name is Ruto, the sage of water," she said. Her voice was clear and sounded more human then Zora.
"My... Name is Misty," she said weakly.
"What's wrong young one?" Rasheed put his arm around her to help her stay up.
"She had some rough times," Rasheed said.
'Ah I see. Well your next destination is the shadow temple. But first you must go through the well in order to pass the test," she said.
"Test what test?" Tamorie asked. But before she could answer they were teleported back to the temple of time. The symbol for water lit up. Only two more left. And believe me, it's not going to be easy. The last ones may be pushovers. As they went to the main hall of the temple of time Misty fell over, breathing hard.
"Misty?" Rasheed asked. Her body started to glow blue and red at the same time. Saya ran over to her and placed her hand on her head.
'The blood transfusion from you seems to be mixing with hers. But for some reason her body wont accept the blood because of Din and Nayru," Saya said.
"But... I thought that mine would mix with hers just fine. Shouldn't it work?" Rasheed asked.
"Well for some reason her blood wouldn't accept. It is basically tearing her apart. We need to some how get her to let the blood flow through," Saya said.
"... But how... no, Misty!" Rasheed yelled in his mind.
"Perfect. Everything is going as planned," Tamorie thought. "It's true that the mirror image of Ganondorf and the shadow version of Volvagia were pushovers, but wait until they get to the Water Temple." Misty's eyes seemed to go blank. She saw a vision at the Zora's Domain. She started to head in that direction of the field.
"Uh Misty? The temple is at the lake," Saya said.
"I know that. But I sense something," she said. Rasheed looked at her and began to follow.
"Come on guys. Lets go," he said. Saya and Mikagami looked at him with curious eyes. But Tamorie just followed with a smile on his face.
"Rasheed, what's wrong with Misty?" Saya asked.
"I don't know. Maybe it's some sort of new power that she received when she first went to the Chamber of Sages," Rasheed said. Misty could hear them, but she didn't want to jump in the conversation and tell them about her being able to react to the sage's power and spiritual stones.
"So you think that Misty is able to see things that we can't?" Mikagami asked.
"Yes. But it could also be that green eye of hers," Rasheed said.
"Doubt it. It only senses objects that give off heat signatures. Not magic," Saya said.
"Really?" Tamorie asked.
"Yes... now do you mind telling me your name?" Saya asked.
"Tamorie," he said.
"Ok Tamorie. So what brings you here and why are you tagging along with us?" Mikagami asked. Tamorie just smiled and told them why he came here.
"So that's why you're here. Well fine with me. The more the merrier," Saya said. They were then at the river. It had shrunk over the past few months. Once again it was quiet and the only thing you can hear is the sound of the river flowing and the sound of the waterfall at the end. Misty jumped from one end to the other and followed the trail to the waterfall. When they did reach the waterfall, Misty casted a water spell that caused it to split. Giving them an opening to get through.
"Go now," she said.
"But what about..."
"Just go," she said. Saya hesitated but managed to jump the gap. So did Mikagami, Tamorie and Rasheed. Now what Misty was about to do was going to be difficult. She stopped chanting the spell and lunged through, only seconds away of missing it. She stumbled through until she met up with the others. The Zora's home was nothing but ice.
"Ok why did we come here?" Saya asked.
"Just trust me," Misty said. She walked up the small ramp, which leads to the Zora king's throne room. Tamorie walked up next to misty and smiled.
"So... what ARE we really doing here?" he asked.
"Because I sense something coming from the throne room," she said.
"Being vague again," Mikagami muttered. In the throne room a Zora was frozen at the on platform, which is also the entrance to where Jabu-Jabu lives.
"This is the reason why we are here. Because king Zora is the only one alive as of now. And the fact he is the father of the Sage of Water," she said.
"Well how can we get him out? He is frozen in ice. But a type of ice that has a magical barrier on it," Saya said.
"That's why we are here," she said and she walked up the next ramp. The four looked at each other and sighed. Though Tamorie went ahead and followed next to her. Back out side, it was snowing. Ice everywhere. And a bunch of icebergs were floating in the ice-cold lake. A cave could be seen but just barely.
"Over there, is where we will find what we need," Misty said.
"In that cave?" Mikagami asked. "Um are you sure about that?"
"I say lets go," Tamorie said.
"Ok what is with this guy? He is always agreeing with her. I mean I'm not saying she's not right. But don't you think it's strange?" Saya whispered to Mikagami and Rasheed.
"I don't know. But we should just keep an eye out for Tamorie. I have a really bad feeling about him," Rasheed said.
"Yeah, plus he is getting a little bit too close to her... for once I am not going to call you bad names Rasheed. But I think he may be after her. Which makes me pissed off," Mikagami said.
"Well lets just go anyway. I mean, that Zora back there is the only one left," Saya said. They turned back to Misty and Tamorie and followed. Misty jumped onto one fo the icebergs. It swayed around, almost knocking her off.
'Whoa careful there," Tamorie said.
"Misty, please wait up!" Rasheed called out. But it was too hard to see or hear her friends calling her. So she kept on going. Tamorie close behind, and strangely enough he could see perfectly. He could see Misty very clearly.
"Perfect, now for me to make my move," he muttered. H casted a spell that shook the water violently. She screamed and fell into the ice-cold water. She thrashed around, trying to get to the surface. But couldn't, for she was getting tired and it was so cold that she couldn't move her arms and legs anymore.
"MISTY!" Rasheed cried out. Saya and Mikagami push forward and jumped to an iceberg.
"It's all working out perfectly. Now to get the girl while they are distracted," he thought. He jumped into the freezing cold water and swam towards Misty. He grabbed her hand but at the same time absorbed some of her blood.
"This blood will make me strong enough to withstand those fools. Since she is blessed with goddess blood and the demon goddess blood I will be much stronger then I am right now," he thought and he reached the surface with her in his arms. He swam towards the cave and pulled himself up.
"Guys, don't worry! I have her in the cave. You must get here quickly," Tamorie yelled. His voice was crystal clear in the harsh cold wind. Saya, Mikagami and Rasheed looked at each other.
"Well we should get to her now!" Saya yelled over the blowing wind and she jumped from one iceberg to the other. Mikagami and Rasheed followed behind. Saya jumped into the cave and ran over to Misty and Tamorie. He had Misty in her arms and tried to keep her warm. Her whole body was blue and she was barely breathing. Rasheed and Mikagami ran to them.
"Oh god..." Mikagami muttered. He kneeled down to her and placed his hand on her neck.
"She is still alive... but her pulse is very weak," he replied.
'Well someone help me build a fire here!" Rasheed snapped. He casted a fire spell at the ground but it soon melted away.
"Here let me," Saya said and she laid a few deku sticks on the ground.
'Now try it," Rasheed casted another fire spell and the sticks lit up. Tamorie took off his cape and wrapped her in it.
"...It's strange, that she could be frozen so easy..." Saya said.
"Her main element is thunder. She can do ice and water spells. But she can't withstand the environment. If it is hot temperatures she can stand it. Anything but ice she can stand," Rasheed said.
"But it's strange, because a few months ago when we were at the Ice Tower, she didn't react much in the harsh cold weather. But for some reason she is. It's almost like someone drained her of some of her power," Saya said.
"Oh you don't know how right you are, my dear," Tamorie thought.
"Well whatever it is. She should recover," Mikagami said.
"Well I think that someone should go after that artifact that will free the Zora King," Tamorie said.
"Yeah but who will watch over Misty?" Rasheed asked.
"I will. Don't worry she will be fine," Tamorie said.
"You will? Ok, then that's settled... but why not have Mikagami stay here. Just to be sure," Rasheed said.
'Yeah..." he said while cracking his knuckles. Before they left Saya and Rasheed spoke to him for a few seconds.
"I have a feeling that he did this to her. So keep an eye on him," Rasheed said.
"Yeah, I had this strange feeling that a piece of Misty was taken away from her. He might have taken some of her powers. That's why she almost froze to death,' Saya said.
'Right. Plus I need to give that guy a good old fashion kick in the ass," he said and he turned back and walked over to them. Rasheed and Saya walked into the icy cave.
'Well, looks like I will be here to make sure that Misty is ok. And also so she wont be too much to handle," Mikagami said.
'Well good, because it would be so much helpful,' Tamorie said.
"Yeah and screw up my plans. Now how do I leave and take her with me to my parents without him messing it up?" he thought. Mikagami sat down across from him, glaring at him.
'What's wrong?" Tamorie asked.
"Oh nothing...." Somewhere in the ice caves, Rasheed and Saya were running. A few freezards were on their tail. Blowing ice-cold wind on them. They didn't see it when they passed it because it had a ghostly feature in which you couldn't see it at first.
"Wasn't my fault!" Saya said.
"Yeah and you kicked it," Rasheed said.
"Well I didn't see it so there!" Saya said. They ran into a chamber, and slammed the door shut. As they turned around a huge ice blade was spinning in the center of the room. They were only inches away from being cut in half.
"... Great..." Saya muttered.
"So, tell me. What happened to misty back there," Mikagami asked.
"I don't know. I found her like that when I dove after her," Tamorie replied.
'Really?" Mikagami asked.
"Yeah... like what Saya said. Something must have gotten to her. Maybe there was something in the lake," Tamorie said.
"Maybe..." he said.
"Or maybe you're nothing but a lying snake," he thought. Misty was slowly getting her color back. But she still didn't feel like herself.
"Looks like she is getting a little better," Tamorie said.
"Well that's good news," Mikagami muttered.
"And how about you let go of my sister and give her to me you ass," Mikagami thought.
"Hey why don't you take a brake and give her to me?" Mikagami asked.
'Sure... Ok," he said and placed Misty into Mikagami's arms.
"I'll just be going over there and see if Rasheed and Saya are back yet," Tamorie said.
'That's fine..." he muttered. He looked down at Misty and sighed.
"What on earth happened to you...." Tamorie leaned against the ice walls and looked down the darkened icy cave. A harsh voice rang through his mind.
"What the hell are you waiting for boy?" Ganondorf yelled.
"What do you mean father?"
"I'm saying that you should kill the girl now before she finds the sages and the stones!"
"But dad I thought you wanted me to save the girl until you are released," Tamorie said.
"Well there's been a change to the plan. You see, this girl is starting to annoy me. Such as her powers are somehow growing. Even thought you have taken some of her blood, it still doesn't affect her," Ganondorf said.
"But father... fine, I will carry out as planned," he said.
"Good. Don't fail me," and his voice disappeared.
"Hey kid, see Rasheed or Saya yet?" Mikagami asked. Tamorie didn't hear him. He was in some sort of trance.
"HEY KID!"
"Huh what? Oh... no I don't see them yet," he said. Mikagami looked at him with concerned eyes.
"I swear, he must be up to something," Mikagami thought. Misty groaned and jerked a bit. Mikagami looked down and smiled.
"It's good to see her still alive," he thought again. Saya and Rasheed were passed the blade room and were in a small room with tones of snow everywhere. They walked forward to the potion and picked it up.
"Good, now lets get back to Misty," Rasheed said. As they turned they were ambushed by a few ice wolfos.
"Damn... and we were so close too!" Saya said.
"Well let's finish these guys off first. Because they aren't going to let us leave here without a fight," Rasheed said.
"Fine. Just as long as we get back fast enough," Saya said as she drew her sword of darkness. The two engaged in a fight against 10 wolfos.
"Hang in there Misty," he thought. Misty was starting to grow cold again. But in her mind she was trying to fight back. But somehow a piece of her was missing. But do they know that? Tamorie is the only one who knows. But can he be trusted? He was just instructed to kill her. But in his mind, a voice rang out.
"Don't kill her... You're not like that...." Tamorie stood there in surprise.
"What do you mean?" he asked the voice.
"I know in your heart that you don't want to kill her. You are only doing this for your father. For once don't listen to your father. And follow your own path," Tamorie's eyes changed from red to blue, as if the voice was trying to get him to change him to a more lighthearted being.
"Instead you must protect her. Follow your heart..." and the voice disappeared. Tamorie stood there in surprise. Mikagami on the other hand looked at him suspiciously.
"Hey kid, you ok over there?" he called out. Tamorie stood dazed. He didn't reply.
"KID!" he yelled. Tamorie turned his head to him.
"What?" he asked.
"... Never mind..." he said when he looked into his eyes.
"Something must have happened to him... Oh whatever, I never understood him anyway," he thought. Only one wolfo remained. Rasheed went ahead and killed it right away.
"Come on, we have to hurry!" he yelled and they took off at full speed back to the entrance.
"Please Misty hang on," Mikagami thought. Misty grew colder and colder. Even after getting some color back she was still getting worse. She winced, as the pain got stronger. Rasheed and Saya ran through the blade room and ran through the snow down path. Tamorie looked closer and smiled.
"They're back!" he cried with joy. Rasheed ran to Misty and kneeled down to her. He opened the bottle and poured some in her mouth.
"What took you so long?" Mikagami demanded.
"We had a little trouble coming back here," he said. He poured a bit more into her mouth before closing the bottle.
"Is she going to be alright?" Saya asked.
"I don't know... but we should head out of here and back to the Zora's domain. At least it wont be as cold there," Tamorie said.
"Right," Mikagami said as he started to carry Misty out of the cave. He let the others cross the iceberg bridge, so that way there wont is a lot of movement across. Mikagami made his way to the mainland. He was careful not to fall or drop Misty. Back at the Zora's Domain, Rasheed applied some of the potion to the Zora king. He too thawed out, but Misty was the only one who was slowly getting her colors back.
"What might bring you five to the Zora's?" asked the king.
"Well you see... Misty was the one who sensed you, and brought us here," Saya said.
"Ah and where is this girl?"
"Well, she isn't doing to well... But," Rasheed said. Mikagami stood there with Misty in his arms. He looked at the king and sighed.
"We gave her the same kind of potion we gave you to awaken you. But unfortunately, she is recovering very slowly," Mikagami said. The king thought for a while and sighed.
"There's nothing else you can do. You just have to wait. Because that potion only works well with zoras. But when used on a human, well it wouldn't work as well... But I do know a scientist in Lake Hylia who may be able to help your young friend," he said.
"Thank you sir," Tamorie said with a bow.
"But how do we get there in time to save Misty?" Rasheed asked. The king looked at the five and closed his eyes. A bright light exploded, causing some of the ice to melt.
"Take the short cut. Just dive and swim through the hole. You will be at Lake Hylia in no time," he said.
"Thank you," Mikagami said and the party went back to where they came. At the main part of the zora's domain, they saw a huge pool near the hole. Rasheed dove in first to make sure the hole is open. When they saw he didn't come back up they knew he had made it. Saya went in next then Mikagami and Misty. Tamorie went in last to help Mikagami get Misty through to the other side. When they rose out of the hole and submersed, they were at Lake Hylia. Though there was barely a lake at all! About eighty percent of the water was gone. They walked to the main land and ran into the lab.
"Hey doc! We need some help here!" Saya yelled as she ran through the door.
"Doc?" she asked. He wasn't to be seen.
"Where the hell did he go?" Rasheed, Mikagami, and Tamorie walked in.
"So where's the scientist?" Rasheed asked.
"I don't know... HEY DOC!" she yelled.
"Simmer down. Geez, can't an old man get some peace and quiet in here?" said the man.
"Are you the scientist?" Tamorie asked. The old man had on a white lab coat. He had on some small and dirty glasses.
"Yes. Now what do you hoodlums want?" he asked.
"Please sir. Our friend is terribly ill. Please save her," Rasheed said. He moved to the side and let Mikagami through. He placed Misty on a bed and moved aside, letting the old man take a look at her.
"Hmmm," he said.
"Well? Is there anything you can do to save her?" Saya asked. The old man took a closer look at her.
"She needs some blood transfusion. And some medicine to help the fever go down," he said. Rasheed took a step forward.
"Take some of my blood," he said. The old man looked at him hard.
"Young man. If I do that, you may be out for a few hours. This girl needs a lot of blood. Because from what I can tell it looked like some of her blood was taken out. And by some I mean almost half of it. I'm surprised to even see her breathing!" said the old man.
"Well I don't care. I want her to live. And if that means for me to die then so be it," Rasheed said. Saya, Mikagami and Tamorie looked at him for some time.
"But Rasheed, if you die... she will never be happy again," Saya whispered.
"But it's better me then her..." he said.
"All right. Lets do it," said the old man. "Now the rest of you, get out so I can do this in peace." Saya started to protest, but Tamorie placed his hand on her shoulder and shook his head. Saya looked at him with sad eyes and left. After they left and waited outside, the old man took out a small knife and a made a slit near Misty's neck. He then made a slit on Rasheed's wrist and held his wrist over Misty's open cut. A bright light formed between them and blood was transferred from Rasheed to Misty. The old man quickly bandaged her up and bandaged up Rasheed's wrist. Rasheed slumped down in his chair and was breather rather harder then before. The old man then took out some herbs and began to give Misty several drugs that would hopefully put down the fever. He then gave Rasheed some to help restore some of his blood. Saya placed her ear on the door and started to listen. But it wasn't long until the old man opened the door to talk to them.
"Well? How did it go old man?" Mikagami asked.
"I must say it was very successful. But they have to rest for a while... But I think you three should head off to the water temple now," said the old man.
"But how did you..." Tamorie began. The old man laughed and smiled.
"It wasn't that hard to figure out. With all these outbreaks and all, I figured you were going to the temple to get the lake flowing again," he said. "Now go. The temple is just below that small island over there." The three nod and head over to the island. The old man however went back in his lab to check on the two.
"So... Is she going to be ok?" Rasheed asked weakly.
"She will be fine. You just rest here on the spare bed until you fully recover. I have to go out and find more plants and herbs for my medicine," he said and left. Rasheed limped over to the bed next to Misty's. He grabbed her hand and held it. He then closed his eyes and fell asleep from the sudden dizziness. At the water temple, Saya and the others were in the main room of the temple. There was a huge gap from where they were standing. But luckily there was water and they could just swim across.
"Come on guys, we need to hurry,' Saya said. Thirty minutes later, Misty finally woke up. She slowly got up and looked at Rasheed. She let go of his hand and got up. She almost fell down because she was still dizzy. She quietly crept away and started to head to the water temple. At the spikes room, they were one room away from the boss's chamber. It was a really steep hill they had to climb but at the same time they had to dodge the spikes that were sliding across the floor. As they were about half way there a spike had cut Saya on the ankle. She winced in pain but kept on going. Misty however was at the tower in the water temple main room. She used the wall to keep herself from falling.
"I can't... let them go on their own... I must help them..." she said in a weak voice. Rasheed opened his eyes. He quickly got up when he saw her gone.
"No... she couldn't have..." he muttered. He then took off to the Water Temple. Saya, Mikagami and Tamorie were then in a huge pool like area. Stone pillars were floating in the water. Though the water didn't look to clean.
"Now what?" Tamorie asked.
"I have no idea," Mikagami said. They turned at the sound of a door being opened. Misty appeared, breathing hard. She hasn't fully recovered and she felt like the inside of her was about to explode.
"Misty?!?" Saya said. Misty took a step forward before falling. Tamorie ran up and grabbed her. He gently laid her on the ground.
"What are you doing here? You are in no condition to be here. Especially when the boss is lurking about here," Mikagami said.
"... Morpha... in the pool..." she said.
"Morpha?" Saya asked.
"In the pool?" Tamorie also asked. Behind them, the pool of water suddenly came to life. A black nucleus was in the center of the giant blob of water. Two tentacles formed at its side.
"... You have to kill the nucleus... but in order to do that you have to pull it out of its water barrier..." Misty said. Rasheed soon came through the door and ran to misty.
"Misty... Misty are you all right?" he asked.
"I'm fine. But we must defeat Morpha as soon as possible. And stay away from the tentacles. Because you will be grabbed and flung into the wall with spikes," she added. She tried to get up but Rasheed just held her down.
"Stay down. Let them fight instead," he whispered and he formed a shield around them.
"But Rasheed, they wont be able to kill it without our help!" she protested.
"Just believe in them and they will win," he whispered. He held onto her and watched the fight. Misty however just laid her head onto his shoulder and sighed. Saya, Mikagami and Tamorie took their positions at separate parts of the pool. Each of them tried casting a spell that would expose the nucleus. So far, there was no luck. One of the tentacles smacked Mikagami to the spiked wall, but he managed to rebound and not get hurt. Every time something like that happened, Misty would try and help them but would be held back by Rasheed.
"You are in no condition to fight. If you fight you may not make it," Rasheed said. The keep her down he sat her down on his lap and wrapped his arms around her. Tight enough to keep her down until the battle was over. Saya casted a spell one more time and was finally able to expose the nucleus. Mikagami appeared to give a very brutal beating. But soon after several strong attacks the nucleus retreated back into the water.
"Give it another shot guys," Misty shouted. Mikagami nods and tried to expose the nucleus once again. Tamorie did the same this and so did Saya. The nucleus fell out of its water barrier and started to flop on the ground. Tamorie gave it the final blow and killed it. The water evaporated until there was nothing left. The barrier that protected Misty and Rasheed went down and they both got up. A blue glow appeared at the bottom of the empty pool. So they all jump in at the same time.
At the Chamber of Sages, the blue symbol of water glowed. And a Zora Princess appeared.
"My name is Ruto, the sage of water," she said. Her voice was clear and sounded more human then Zora.
"My... Name is Misty," she said weakly.
"What's wrong young one?" Rasheed put his arm around her to help her stay up.
"She had some rough times," Rasheed said.
'Ah I see. Well your next destination is the shadow temple. But first you must go through the well in order to pass the test," she said.
"Test what test?" Tamorie asked. But before she could answer they were teleported back to the temple of time. The symbol for water lit up. Only two more left. And believe me, it's not going to be easy. The last ones may be pushovers. As they went to the main hall of the temple of time Misty fell over, breathing hard.
"Misty?" Rasheed asked. Her body started to glow blue and red at the same time. Saya ran over to her and placed her hand on her head.
'The blood transfusion from you seems to be mixing with hers. But for some reason her body wont accept the blood because of Din and Nayru," Saya said.
"But... I thought that mine would mix with hers just fine. Shouldn't it work?" Rasheed asked.
"Well for some reason her blood wouldn't accept. It is basically tearing her apart. We need to some how get her to let the blood flow through," Saya said.
"... But how... no, Misty!" Rasheed yelled in his mind.