Princess of the Zoras
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--The Hero is awake and has entered the Forest Temple –
Zora's Domain is now a realm of ice. The Gerudo forced most of the Zoras into the main water body before finalizing the freezing of the Domain. King Zora, like Ruto, was dealt with using the magic red ice. One Zora refused to leave her shop, and so the Gerudo froze the shop itself in the red ice. Out at Jabu-Jabu's shrine, one lone Zora is frozen in the red ice. Unable to see, think, hear, speak, or even notice the passage of time; the Zoran people wait for the Hero to come save them.
From the gate leading to the waterfall of Jabu-Jabu's shrine, a lone figure emerges. Dressed in white and blue, with the Sheikan symbol in red on the front, this person makes his way to the lone Zora. Very carefully, he pulls out a candle of blue fire and slowly starts to melt the ice, hoping there will be enough in the flame. Slowly the red ice starts to give away. After about half of it is gone, the Zora starts to come to her senses.
"Unnnh..." Ruto stares around herself, trying to remember. Then she sees the person next to her taking the candle away. There is still a little red ice, but she only has to stand up to cause it to shatter. She leans on a column of the shrine. After her head stops spinning, she turns to her savior.
"Are you all right?" he asks. Ruto nods.
"You have my thanks, but I'm not sure I can give much else." Ruto responds. The Sheikah shakes his head.
"Don't worry. I only wish I could save the rest of your people." Ruto feels the tears coming.
"They are all like me? All in that red ice?" she asks.
"Only your Father and a shop. The rest are frozen in the bottom pool." The Sheikah looks at his candle, which has no flame on it at all. "I'm afraid I don't have any more." Ruto nods.
"Don't worry." She says. She looks the Sheikah over. [Something is very familiar here...] she thinks.
"The Temple is the source." The Sheikah says. Ruto just stares at him.
"How?!" she demands.
"Gannondorf." Ruto sighs. Somehow, she feels like she should have known that.
"Figures." After a moment of silence, Ruto looks at him again. "Have we met? You look so familiar."
"I am Sheik. I don't see how we could have met, for I have never been outside my village before." He says. Ruto picks up something very different.
"Wait a minute..." she says. She has noticed that the Sheikan male isn't really a male. "Zel..." she doesn't get any farther, because 'Sheik' grabs her and pulls her into the tunnel.
"Listen fishface, you do that again I'll put you back." Ruto glares at her.
"Zelda, you are still a bitch." She says. Zelda sighs.
"You want Gannon here forever?" Zelda asks. Ruto shakes her head. "Then it's Sheik. Got it?" Ruto nods mutely.
"So why the Temple?" she asks "Sheik".
"Gannon put a monster in it. The monster is the source of the curse." Ruto thinks a moment.
"I have to get to the Temple, find a way to open it."
"Don't." Sheik says. "Link is awake, he'll take care of it." Ruto glares at her companion.
"No. I can't wait that long." She points to a cave on the other side of the shrine. "Allow Link into that cave. There are some Iron Boots hidden deep inside. They may be useful to him." Sheik nods.
"Gannon wanted to make it so he could get into the Temple. There is a switch you need to hit above the door." Sheik tells Ruto. "Be careful."
"You too. And I won't tell. Promise." Ruto sings the Serenade of Water and is at the Water Temple. She dives into the water, slams the switch, and rushes inside.
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--The Hero is awake and has entered the Forest Temple –
Zora's Domain is now a realm of ice. The Gerudo forced most of the Zoras into the main water body before finalizing the freezing of the Domain. King Zora, like Ruto, was dealt with using the magic red ice. One Zora refused to leave her shop, and so the Gerudo froze the shop itself in the red ice. Out at Jabu-Jabu's shrine, one lone Zora is frozen in the red ice. Unable to see, think, hear, speak, or even notice the passage of time; the Zoran people wait for the Hero to come save them.
From the gate leading to the waterfall of Jabu-Jabu's shrine, a lone figure emerges. Dressed in white and blue, with the Sheikan symbol in red on the front, this person makes his way to the lone Zora. Very carefully, he pulls out a candle of blue fire and slowly starts to melt the ice, hoping there will be enough in the flame. Slowly the red ice starts to give away. After about half of it is gone, the Zora starts to come to her senses.
"Unnnh..." Ruto stares around herself, trying to remember. Then she sees the person next to her taking the candle away. There is still a little red ice, but she only has to stand up to cause it to shatter. She leans on a column of the shrine. After her head stops spinning, she turns to her savior.
"Are you all right?" he asks. Ruto nods.
"You have my thanks, but I'm not sure I can give much else." Ruto responds. The Sheikah shakes his head.
"Don't worry. I only wish I could save the rest of your people." Ruto feels the tears coming.
"They are all like me? All in that red ice?" she asks.
"Only your Father and a shop. The rest are frozen in the bottom pool." The Sheikah looks at his candle, which has no flame on it at all. "I'm afraid I don't have any more." Ruto nods.
"Don't worry." She says. She looks the Sheikah over. [Something is very familiar here...] she thinks.
"The Temple is the source." The Sheikah says. Ruto just stares at him.
"How?!" she demands.
"Gannondorf." Ruto sighs. Somehow, she feels like she should have known that.
"Figures." After a moment of silence, Ruto looks at him again. "Have we met? You look so familiar."
"I am Sheik. I don't see how we could have met, for I have never been outside my village before." He says. Ruto picks up something very different.
"Wait a minute..." she says. She has noticed that the Sheikan male isn't really a male. "Zel..." she doesn't get any farther, because 'Sheik' grabs her and pulls her into the tunnel.
"Listen fishface, you do that again I'll put you back." Ruto glares at her.
"Zelda, you are still a bitch." She says. Zelda sighs.
"You want Gannon here forever?" Zelda asks. Ruto shakes her head. "Then it's Sheik. Got it?" Ruto nods mutely.
"So why the Temple?" she asks "Sheik".
"Gannon put a monster in it. The monster is the source of the curse." Ruto thinks a moment.
"I have to get to the Temple, find a way to open it."
"Don't." Sheik says. "Link is awake, he'll take care of it." Ruto glares at her companion.
"No. I can't wait that long." She points to a cave on the other side of the shrine. "Allow Link into that cave. There are some Iron Boots hidden deep inside. They may be useful to him." Sheik nods.
"Gannon wanted to make it so he could get into the Temple. There is a switch you need to hit above the door." Sheik tells Ruto. "Be careful."
"You too. And I won't tell. Promise." Ruto sings the Serenade of Water and is at the Water Temple. She dives into the water, slams the switch, and rushes inside.