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Bubbles rose toward her in an array as air escaped from inside the wooden chest. Ruto almost had to stand back from the light, but her eyes pierced through its intense rays and came upon the object lying inside the chest. Before her was a long trident made of a hard rock that was a shiny silvery- blue color. Engraved below the three points of the trident was the legendary triforce, painted in pale gold. A sharp pointed diamond that glittered faintly covered the end of the trident. It was the most magnificent weapon she had ever seen, and appeared to be almost as powerful as the legendary Master Sword. Dare she even touch it? Ruto stood admiring it, looking at its three points which seemed to represent the three parts of the triforce: power, wisdom and courage. The trident had beautiful craftsmanship, and the rock it was made from seemed to be so hard and strong that it could break though just about anything.
Slowly she reached in and grasped the trident's long handle with one hand before gently removing it from the chest. It never occurred to her how long it really was until she stood it upright next to her and saw it was nearly taller than she was. The three points of the trident were razor sharp, so Ruto didn't need to bother finding out if the weapon was useful or not. The trident's smooth shiny reflective surface allowed the light within the room to bounce off it and illuminate it in a pale glow. Ruto knew she was now holding the ancient legendary weapon of her people: The Zora's Trident.
How did it get locked away in such a small room? Ruto wondered as she gazed questioningly at the trident. It didn't matter though – she would use the trident to kill the water serpent. Ruto grasped it tightly in one hand before leaving the room, feeling more determined to continue now that she possessed such a powerful evil-slaying weapon. She returned to the long passageway and took the path to the left, which led her to an oval shaped room with a flat ceiling and hard black stone floor. There was a large opening ahead of her, and the room appeared to be empty. Fortunately, she learned from previous experiences in the lair that nothing was ever as it seemed.
Ruto walked to the middle of the room and stopped, taking in her surroundings. The ceiling was made of rock as flat and smooth as the floor, but it was a normal brown color. There seemed to be nothing else in the room, except the large open exit on the other side as well as a small hole in the left wall. Ruto could vaguely see her reflection in the black floor, as well as the glowing reflection of the trident she held. Other than that, there was nothing else. Ruto sighed in exasperation and muttered to herself in annoyance.
"Stupid monsters. I wish they would just show themselves to me for once-"
She didn't even finish her sentence when something appeared from within the small hole in the wall. Ruto's fins widened in nervousness as she grabbed the trident with both hands and crossed it protectively in front of her. Why did monsters always come at the wrong time? She wondered, and backed away when the creature suddenly came out of the dark hole and stopped. Ruto recognized it immediately. The creature was the octopus like thing that had attacked her when she got sucked into JabuJabu's belly as a little girl. Link, although a child as well at the time had heroically defeated it. Ruto glared at the creature menacingly as she felt her fins prickle in anger. She would get her revenge upon it for being so inconsiderate as to abduct her when she was little. The octopus-like thing came thumping towards her, its short tentacles propelling it quickly through the water while its strange tired looking yellow eyes stared blankly at her. It made a short moaning sound, as though it were curious as to who or what she was, but Ruto decided not to give it enough time to find out.
She had never used a trident in her life, let alone any weapon because she had no reason to until now. As a result, she was horribly inexperienced in fighting. She didn't see how Link killed the previous octopus thing that had attacked her when she was young, so she was forced to guess at where its weakness was. Then again, Link didn't have a trident with him either, so she did have one advantage. As the strange looking octopus approached, Ruto was so taken aback by it that she didn't have enough sense to move out of the way. The Zora princess let out a terrified yell as the creature slammed into her with its hard powerful body and sent her flying backwards onto the floor with a resounding thud.
The blow didn't really hurt her, but it did more or less surprise her. The octopus creature continued thumping along around the room, and moved off in a tight circle that would soon end where she was. Ruto regained her senses and got up off the floor, and was relieved to know she still held the trident in her hands. As the octopus thing came around again in its circle as though it would slam into her once more, Ruto angrily threw her body out of its way just as the creature passed. The octopus thing quickly ran over the area where she once stood, and as it did Ruto quickly swam off the floor and above it. She floated above the creature while it continued to make a tight circle in the same place, and as it did she positioned the trident so the three pointed ends were pointing down toward it. Ruto silently waited until the octopus thing came just underneath her where upon she dove down toward it with a thrash of her feet and plunged the trident into its shelled back.
The trident was so powerful it cracked the shell of the octopus creature with ease, and Ruto could feel it hitting the soft flesh hidden underneath. The octopus thing became still with shock, and also with pain. Ruto forced the trident as far into its back as she could, her eyes hardening to see it pierce through numerous layers as a thick green colored blood spilled into the water. Once it had gone in far enough, Ruto ripped it out as the creature's short tentacles wriggled in agony before it sank to the floor. It moved its tube-like mouth toward the ceiling before spitting an object out, which went a few feet until hitting the floor with a short metallic clink. Then the creature lowered its mouth and disappeared in a cloud of bubbles.
The gills on Ruto's neck opened and closed furiously as her body heaved to take in more water. She clasped the trident tightly in her hands, but her attention was quickly diverted to the object the creature spat out before it died. She swam across the room and saw a glimmer of silver on the floor, and when she finally got to where it was she quickly recognized it.
The object was a gold triforce strung onto a thick silver chain. Ruto gasped and picked it up, holding it in one hand as the golden triforce shone and its silver chain glimmered from the light reflecting in the room. It was Misu's triforce necklace. The chain wasn't broken, so it must have fallen off somehow – or maybe something happened to him and the water serpent left it behind as a warning or reminder? Ruto felt her emotions boil inside her as she pressed the necklace to her chest, its smooth cold surface reminding her of her husband. Every time Misu touched her, his hands felt cold, and the triforces cold surface reminded her of him. She knew deep down Misu wasn't as cold hearted or arrogant as he appeared, and neither was she.
All her life she had hidden behind a mask of self-preservation and royal appeal, yet it wasn't until seven years after Link saved her when she was a child did she realize how poorly she treated him – she didn't take the time to realize how brave Link had been to do such an honorable thing for someone like her. However, as a little girl she was forced to cater to her father's whim as well as the demanding ways of Lord JabuJabu. Every opportunity she had to break free of that she used, even if it meant acting out sometimes and causing intense trouble for others. The only person she thought she had the most common with was her mother, but she died so early in her life the Zora princess could barely remember anything about her.
There was only one other who she thought would see through her and know who she was, and that was Misu. Even if she didn't know him as well as a husband and wife should know one another, they had several commonalities – one being the fact they were misunderstood by many Zoras in Zoras Domain, and that they had their own dreams and ambitions, even if it meant being a loner. Misu was seeing though her enough to not allow her to walk all over him as she did most other Zoras, yet he was still kind to her despite all the things she said to him in the past. Ruto couldn't bear losing him; she could bear missing her last opportunity to truly be understood by someone, especially another Zora. Misu did have many differences from her, yet the commonalities were far stronger.
There was something else as well though, besides losing Misu. If she didn't destroy the water serpent, she would lose her beloved Zoras Domain all over again. Ruto remembered seeing it being coated in a thick chilly ice before Sheik saved her from a frosty fate. Yet it was in danger again, and only she could save it now. Where was Link? The thought ran through her mind, but she knew this was a Zora problem and Link had disappeared after he saved Hyrule from Ganondorf. How could she save her people from such a powerful creature like a water serpent? She was just a Zora princess, and she had no experience fighting or playing the heroine! Becoming the Sage of Water wasn't even her choice either; it had been made for her by an unknown means.
Ruto tried to save Zoras Domain from the evil Morpha that had inhabited the water temple, but before she could she was sucked into the Sacred Realm and remained there until Link awakened her as a sage. She hadn't done anything heroic at all...she didn't save Zoras Domain...it was all to the credit of the hero of time. Ruto thought to herself, as her mind spun in a battle to discover what her role for her people was...what was her destiny? She didn't know, and here she was inside the lair of an ancient monster, bravely or stupidly trying to save her people, her home and her husband from destruction. It seemed so intense, so impossible – even though she possessed the legendary Zoras Trident. How could she accomplish such a task? Ruto felt her body give under her sudden questionable attitude as she fell to her knees onto the floor.
Ruto lowered her head and gently closed her eyes, fighting back her feelings of fear and torment. She was the Sage of Water, she ruled over her element like no other and it was her duty to protect her people. Duty. She hated how it all came back to that one aspect of being a Zora princess. It was all her father talked about, all she was reminded of since she was little. Only her mother told her otherwise – from what she could remember, her mother once said to her gently for her to be who she was, and to do what she truly wished to do in life instead of being so harsh on herself and following what others wanted. Ruto held those words close to her heart, yet as she grew older she felt them slip away from her, until she got to the point where they were lost but never forgotten.
Ruto thought deeper, looking further into the core of who she was...searching. She wasn't going through so much pain and fear out of duty, she was doing it out of love. It was for the love she had for Zoras Domain, the Water Temple, and her people...her father...Misu...and the land of Hyrule. Those things were her world, and they defined her life. In a way, she was also putting her life on the line to save herself as well. Yet she hated thinking of it in that way, because she felt selfish. Ruto forced herself to dismiss that thought, because it wasn't the only reason why she entered the serpent's lair, why she fought and killed so many monsters and why she was constantly putting her life at risk. She wanted more adventure and to be something more than a supposed whiny bratty princess many thought of her as being...and in a way, she had gotten what she desired.
Ruto opened her eyes and gazed longingly at Misu's necklace she held in her right hand, and then at the trident in her left hand. She had what she needed to complete her task – and now she had something more...courage and a love for her world to help her and give her strength to continue. Ruto only hoped she wasn't too late to save her husband, and it was inevitable she fight the water serpent as a way of confirming her destiny and faith in herself. Ruto slowly got to her feet until she stood firm and proud before taking Misu's necklace and placing it gracefully around her neck so it hung with her triforce necklace. Misu would forever be with her in spirit, even if he couldn't be in person.
Ruto finally felt ready to move on, and quickly swam out of the room. The next room she entered was a large room filled with mirrors all over the floor. The mirrors were standing upright on the floor and turned in several different directions, and upon entering the first ones she encountered reflected her from several angles in them. There were so many Ruto had difficulty moving around, especially since they were also quite disorienting since whenever she turned all she saw was herself reflecting in them. The strange thing was, which took her by surprise, was that the mirrors didn't reflect the trident in her left hand. She quickly moved the weapon and touched it with her other hand to confirm it wasn't some sort of an illusion, but she could still feel it in her hand and the fact she killed something with it had been no illusion. Why didn't the mirrors reflect it then? Ruto wondered as she slowly explored the room. Every time she encountered another mirror, she checked to see if the weapon was visible but it wasn't, and it looked rather strange to see her left hand appearing to hold something, but the mirror reflected an image of nothing being in it. She stood for a while in front of several different mirrors trying to understand why the trident wasn't visible when she was, but she could come up with no reasonable answer. Ruto even moved forward and touched some of the mirrors to confirm they were even real, and her fingers lightly tapped against their hard glassy surface as proof she wasn't going mad.
As Ruto moved through out the room, around dozens and dozens of mirrors that slowly led to the back part of the room, she noticed a beam of bright light was reflecting off of each one because of how they had been positioned in the room. All the mirrors looked the same, which made her decided to stop wasting time with each one and just follow the light that reflected off of them because it seemed to lead somewhere. Ruto slowly moved around and past mirror after mirror, until she came to the very end where a large beam of light reflected from the last mirror and into a huge round mirror near the wall.
The mirror was inside what appeared to be the mouth of a stone serpent as huge and menacing looking as the real life one that invaded Lake Hylia. At first when she saw it, Ruto screamed and held the trident in front of her until she realized it was only a stone head of a serpent. The serpent's mouth was open in its attack position, revealing sharp stone teeth and the mirror inside its jaws. It was so huge that it made even the real water serpent look quite small in comparison, which made Ruto nervous. The mirror was high above the floor, but the light from the numerous other mirrors reflected inside it. Ruto knew she could no longer hesitate because she had courage inside her, and so she slowly swam toward the stone serpent until she went to the mirror in its jaws and looked at it. The mirror was so big she looked tiny in comparison, and the jaws of the stone serpent were wide and high enough for the real serpent to easily fit though.
Ruto realized that unlike all the other mirrors, the huge mirror reflected the trident in it. Why? She peered closer at the mirror, and it looked like all the other ones with the only exceptions being that it was far larger and was round in shape. As Ruto stared into the mirror, she noticed in the reflection that the trident was beginning to glow a light blue color. In amazement, she looked harder at the trident as the glowing blue color around it increased. Then a long blue beam short from it and hit the mirror in a wave that spread across its glassy surface for a moment until disappearing. Ruto was so startled that she nearly dropped the trident.
The beam didn't damage the mirror, but Ruto noticed the mirror itself was glowing a mysterious blue color. Slowly the Zora princess stepped toward it, and reached out with her right hand to touch its surface. Instead of touching its reflective surface, her fingers went though the mirror. In shock, she pulled them quickly back and stared at the mirror for a few minutes and then at the trident. Nothing. Ruto slowly stepped closer and tried to touch the mirror again, but her hands went though and when she pulled back again she realized she wouldn't be harmed because nothing happened to her fingers. What was behind or even inside the mirror? Ruto moved even closer and put one foot though, but there was nothing underneath! In surprise, she stumbled forward and fell completely into the mirror.
Everything let go, and all around her was blackness. Ruto felt like she was falling in water, as streams of bubbles slipped passed her and disappeared – to where? She wanted to scream, but her throat didn't vibrate because of her sudden shock, and she felt her heart beating rapidly in her chest. Ruto's body felt weightless yet heavy at the same time, as she spiraled deeper into the dark watery abyss.
Bubbles rose toward her in an array as air escaped from inside the wooden chest. Ruto almost had to stand back from the light, but her eyes pierced through its intense rays and came upon the object lying inside the chest. Before her was a long trident made of a hard rock that was a shiny silvery- blue color. Engraved below the three points of the trident was the legendary triforce, painted in pale gold. A sharp pointed diamond that glittered faintly covered the end of the trident. It was the most magnificent weapon she had ever seen, and appeared to be almost as powerful as the legendary Master Sword. Dare she even touch it? Ruto stood admiring it, looking at its three points which seemed to represent the three parts of the triforce: power, wisdom and courage. The trident had beautiful craftsmanship, and the rock it was made from seemed to be so hard and strong that it could break though just about anything.
Slowly she reached in and grasped the trident's long handle with one hand before gently removing it from the chest. It never occurred to her how long it really was until she stood it upright next to her and saw it was nearly taller than she was. The three points of the trident were razor sharp, so Ruto didn't need to bother finding out if the weapon was useful or not. The trident's smooth shiny reflective surface allowed the light within the room to bounce off it and illuminate it in a pale glow. Ruto knew she was now holding the ancient legendary weapon of her people: The Zora's Trident.
How did it get locked away in such a small room? Ruto wondered as she gazed questioningly at the trident. It didn't matter though – she would use the trident to kill the water serpent. Ruto grasped it tightly in one hand before leaving the room, feeling more determined to continue now that she possessed such a powerful evil-slaying weapon. She returned to the long passageway and took the path to the left, which led her to an oval shaped room with a flat ceiling and hard black stone floor. There was a large opening ahead of her, and the room appeared to be empty. Fortunately, she learned from previous experiences in the lair that nothing was ever as it seemed.
Ruto walked to the middle of the room and stopped, taking in her surroundings. The ceiling was made of rock as flat and smooth as the floor, but it was a normal brown color. There seemed to be nothing else in the room, except the large open exit on the other side as well as a small hole in the left wall. Ruto could vaguely see her reflection in the black floor, as well as the glowing reflection of the trident she held. Other than that, there was nothing else. Ruto sighed in exasperation and muttered to herself in annoyance.
"Stupid monsters. I wish they would just show themselves to me for once-"
She didn't even finish her sentence when something appeared from within the small hole in the wall. Ruto's fins widened in nervousness as she grabbed the trident with both hands and crossed it protectively in front of her. Why did monsters always come at the wrong time? She wondered, and backed away when the creature suddenly came out of the dark hole and stopped. Ruto recognized it immediately. The creature was the octopus like thing that had attacked her when she got sucked into JabuJabu's belly as a little girl. Link, although a child as well at the time had heroically defeated it. Ruto glared at the creature menacingly as she felt her fins prickle in anger. She would get her revenge upon it for being so inconsiderate as to abduct her when she was little. The octopus-like thing came thumping towards her, its short tentacles propelling it quickly through the water while its strange tired looking yellow eyes stared blankly at her. It made a short moaning sound, as though it were curious as to who or what she was, but Ruto decided not to give it enough time to find out.
She had never used a trident in her life, let alone any weapon because she had no reason to until now. As a result, she was horribly inexperienced in fighting. She didn't see how Link killed the previous octopus thing that had attacked her when she was young, so she was forced to guess at where its weakness was. Then again, Link didn't have a trident with him either, so she did have one advantage. As the strange looking octopus approached, Ruto was so taken aback by it that she didn't have enough sense to move out of the way. The Zora princess let out a terrified yell as the creature slammed into her with its hard powerful body and sent her flying backwards onto the floor with a resounding thud.
The blow didn't really hurt her, but it did more or less surprise her. The octopus creature continued thumping along around the room, and moved off in a tight circle that would soon end where she was. Ruto regained her senses and got up off the floor, and was relieved to know she still held the trident in her hands. As the octopus thing came around again in its circle as though it would slam into her once more, Ruto angrily threw her body out of its way just as the creature passed. The octopus thing quickly ran over the area where she once stood, and as it did Ruto quickly swam off the floor and above it. She floated above the creature while it continued to make a tight circle in the same place, and as it did she positioned the trident so the three pointed ends were pointing down toward it. Ruto silently waited until the octopus thing came just underneath her where upon she dove down toward it with a thrash of her feet and plunged the trident into its shelled back.
The trident was so powerful it cracked the shell of the octopus creature with ease, and Ruto could feel it hitting the soft flesh hidden underneath. The octopus thing became still with shock, and also with pain. Ruto forced the trident as far into its back as she could, her eyes hardening to see it pierce through numerous layers as a thick green colored blood spilled into the water. Once it had gone in far enough, Ruto ripped it out as the creature's short tentacles wriggled in agony before it sank to the floor. It moved its tube-like mouth toward the ceiling before spitting an object out, which went a few feet until hitting the floor with a short metallic clink. Then the creature lowered its mouth and disappeared in a cloud of bubbles.
The gills on Ruto's neck opened and closed furiously as her body heaved to take in more water. She clasped the trident tightly in her hands, but her attention was quickly diverted to the object the creature spat out before it died. She swam across the room and saw a glimmer of silver on the floor, and when she finally got to where it was she quickly recognized it.
The object was a gold triforce strung onto a thick silver chain. Ruto gasped and picked it up, holding it in one hand as the golden triforce shone and its silver chain glimmered from the light reflecting in the room. It was Misu's triforce necklace. The chain wasn't broken, so it must have fallen off somehow – or maybe something happened to him and the water serpent left it behind as a warning or reminder? Ruto felt her emotions boil inside her as she pressed the necklace to her chest, its smooth cold surface reminding her of her husband. Every time Misu touched her, his hands felt cold, and the triforces cold surface reminded her of him. She knew deep down Misu wasn't as cold hearted or arrogant as he appeared, and neither was she.
All her life she had hidden behind a mask of self-preservation and royal appeal, yet it wasn't until seven years after Link saved her when she was a child did she realize how poorly she treated him – she didn't take the time to realize how brave Link had been to do such an honorable thing for someone like her. However, as a little girl she was forced to cater to her father's whim as well as the demanding ways of Lord JabuJabu. Every opportunity she had to break free of that she used, even if it meant acting out sometimes and causing intense trouble for others. The only person she thought she had the most common with was her mother, but she died so early in her life the Zora princess could barely remember anything about her.
There was only one other who she thought would see through her and know who she was, and that was Misu. Even if she didn't know him as well as a husband and wife should know one another, they had several commonalities – one being the fact they were misunderstood by many Zoras in Zoras Domain, and that they had their own dreams and ambitions, even if it meant being a loner. Misu was seeing though her enough to not allow her to walk all over him as she did most other Zoras, yet he was still kind to her despite all the things she said to him in the past. Ruto couldn't bear losing him; she could bear missing her last opportunity to truly be understood by someone, especially another Zora. Misu did have many differences from her, yet the commonalities were far stronger.
There was something else as well though, besides losing Misu. If she didn't destroy the water serpent, she would lose her beloved Zoras Domain all over again. Ruto remembered seeing it being coated in a thick chilly ice before Sheik saved her from a frosty fate. Yet it was in danger again, and only she could save it now. Where was Link? The thought ran through her mind, but she knew this was a Zora problem and Link had disappeared after he saved Hyrule from Ganondorf. How could she save her people from such a powerful creature like a water serpent? She was just a Zora princess, and she had no experience fighting or playing the heroine! Becoming the Sage of Water wasn't even her choice either; it had been made for her by an unknown means.
Ruto tried to save Zoras Domain from the evil Morpha that had inhabited the water temple, but before she could she was sucked into the Sacred Realm and remained there until Link awakened her as a sage. She hadn't done anything heroic at all...she didn't save Zoras Domain...it was all to the credit of the hero of time. Ruto thought to herself, as her mind spun in a battle to discover what her role for her people was...what was her destiny? She didn't know, and here she was inside the lair of an ancient monster, bravely or stupidly trying to save her people, her home and her husband from destruction. It seemed so intense, so impossible – even though she possessed the legendary Zoras Trident. How could she accomplish such a task? Ruto felt her body give under her sudden questionable attitude as she fell to her knees onto the floor.
Ruto lowered her head and gently closed her eyes, fighting back her feelings of fear and torment. She was the Sage of Water, she ruled over her element like no other and it was her duty to protect her people. Duty. She hated how it all came back to that one aspect of being a Zora princess. It was all her father talked about, all she was reminded of since she was little. Only her mother told her otherwise – from what she could remember, her mother once said to her gently for her to be who she was, and to do what she truly wished to do in life instead of being so harsh on herself and following what others wanted. Ruto held those words close to her heart, yet as she grew older she felt them slip away from her, until she got to the point where they were lost but never forgotten.
Ruto thought deeper, looking further into the core of who she was...searching. She wasn't going through so much pain and fear out of duty, she was doing it out of love. It was for the love she had for Zoras Domain, the Water Temple, and her people...her father...Misu...and the land of Hyrule. Those things were her world, and they defined her life. In a way, she was also putting her life on the line to save herself as well. Yet she hated thinking of it in that way, because she felt selfish. Ruto forced herself to dismiss that thought, because it wasn't the only reason why she entered the serpent's lair, why she fought and killed so many monsters and why she was constantly putting her life at risk. She wanted more adventure and to be something more than a supposed whiny bratty princess many thought of her as being...and in a way, she had gotten what she desired.
Ruto opened her eyes and gazed longingly at Misu's necklace she held in her right hand, and then at the trident in her left hand. She had what she needed to complete her task – and now she had something more...courage and a love for her world to help her and give her strength to continue. Ruto only hoped she wasn't too late to save her husband, and it was inevitable she fight the water serpent as a way of confirming her destiny and faith in herself. Ruto slowly got to her feet until she stood firm and proud before taking Misu's necklace and placing it gracefully around her neck so it hung with her triforce necklace. Misu would forever be with her in spirit, even if he couldn't be in person.
Ruto finally felt ready to move on, and quickly swam out of the room. The next room she entered was a large room filled with mirrors all over the floor. The mirrors were standing upright on the floor and turned in several different directions, and upon entering the first ones she encountered reflected her from several angles in them. There were so many Ruto had difficulty moving around, especially since they were also quite disorienting since whenever she turned all she saw was herself reflecting in them. The strange thing was, which took her by surprise, was that the mirrors didn't reflect the trident in her left hand. She quickly moved the weapon and touched it with her other hand to confirm it wasn't some sort of an illusion, but she could still feel it in her hand and the fact she killed something with it had been no illusion. Why didn't the mirrors reflect it then? Ruto wondered as she slowly explored the room. Every time she encountered another mirror, she checked to see if the weapon was visible but it wasn't, and it looked rather strange to see her left hand appearing to hold something, but the mirror reflected an image of nothing being in it. She stood for a while in front of several different mirrors trying to understand why the trident wasn't visible when she was, but she could come up with no reasonable answer. Ruto even moved forward and touched some of the mirrors to confirm they were even real, and her fingers lightly tapped against their hard glassy surface as proof she wasn't going mad.
As Ruto moved through out the room, around dozens and dozens of mirrors that slowly led to the back part of the room, she noticed a beam of bright light was reflecting off of each one because of how they had been positioned in the room. All the mirrors looked the same, which made her decided to stop wasting time with each one and just follow the light that reflected off of them because it seemed to lead somewhere. Ruto slowly moved around and past mirror after mirror, until she came to the very end where a large beam of light reflected from the last mirror and into a huge round mirror near the wall.
The mirror was inside what appeared to be the mouth of a stone serpent as huge and menacing looking as the real life one that invaded Lake Hylia. At first when she saw it, Ruto screamed and held the trident in front of her until she realized it was only a stone head of a serpent. The serpent's mouth was open in its attack position, revealing sharp stone teeth and the mirror inside its jaws. It was so huge that it made even the real water serpent look quite small in comparison, which made Ruto nervous. The mirror was high above the floor, but the light from the numerous other mirrors reflected inside it. Ruto knew she could no longer hesitate because she had courage inside her, and so she slowly swam toward the stone serpent until she went to the mirror in its jaws and looked at it. The mirror was so big she looked tiny in comparison, and the jaws of the stone serpent were wide and high enough for the real serpent to easily fit though.
Ruto realized that unlike all the other mirrors, the huge mirror reflected the trident in it. Why? She peered closer at the mirror, and it looked like all the other ones with the only exceptions being that it was far larger and was round in shape. As Ruto stared into the mirror, she noticed in the reflection that the trident was beginning to glow a light blue color. In amazement, she looked harder at the trident as the glowing blue color around it increased. Then a long blue beam short from it and hit the mirror in a wave that spread across its glassy surface for a moment until disappearing. Ruto was so startled that she nearly dropped the trident.
The beam didn't damage the mirror, but Ruto noticed the mirror itself was glowing a mysterious blue color. Slowly the Zora princess stepped toward it, and reached out with her right hand to touch its surface. Instead of touching its reflective surface, her fingers went though the mirror. In shock, she pulled them quickly back and stared at the mirror for a few minutes and then at the trident. Nothing. Ruto slowly stepped closer and tried to touch the mirror again, but her hands went though and when she pulled back again she realized she wouldn't be harmed because nothing happened to her fingers. What was behind or even inside the mirror? Ruto moved even closer and put one foot though, but there was nothing underneath! In surprise, she stumbled forward and fell completely into the mirror.
Everything let go, and all around her was blackness. Ruto felt like she was falling in water, as streams of bubbles slipped passed her and disappeared – to where? She wanted to scream, but her throat didn't vibrate because of her sudden shock, and she felt her heart beating rapidly in her chest. Ruto's body felt weightless yet heavy at the same time, as she spiraled deeper into the dark watery abyss.