CHAPTER EIGHT
Bryn looked across the giant whirlpool. She turned her head and looked at Rafiki.
"This is too easy. The time has stopped, yet there is still danger."
Rafiki swam close to the edge and stuck a fin over the edge. He then pulled it back a giant blade came slicing down. Rafiki quickly swam back, frightened.
Bryn looked over the edge and pulled something from her staff. It was a tiny blade. She shoved the staff back into her belt and through the blade over the side. As soon as the giant blade came down, she darted across. Other large blades came down, trying to kill her, but all they succeeded in doing was making large dent in the ground.
She repeated this process to get back.
"You'll have to help me when I'm carrying you across," Bryn informed Rafiki. Picking him up, she tore off a piece of her sash and threw it over the ledge. As soon as the blade came crashing down, she darted across the pit.
"NO!" roared the voice when she had gotten to safety. "NO! YOU ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO MAKE IT ACROSS!"
"Well we did," replied Bryn coolly as she let go of Rafiki. Kicking open the chest, she found the Dungeon Map. She tucked it into her sash and opened up the next door.
"C'mon, Rafiki."
The next room was a circular room with a platform that went up and down when a switch was pressed. Bryn began to walk over to the switch when a different voice screamed, "YOU SHALL NOT PREVAIL!"
Bryn looked to see the Cyclos/Gyorg monster. It looked like Cyclos but had sharp, Gyorg-like teeth and a Gyorg's tail.
"Who are you?" demanded Bryn.
"I AM ROMNEY, THE WATER-WINDER!" screamed Romney, the Water-Winder.
Bryn pulled out her staff and twirled it like a baton.
"Bring it on, Frogger!"
Grilles slammed in front of the door as she yelled this taunt. She glanced at the door and spikes flew along the wall, pointing straight at her. Romney gave a maniacal laugh and twirled a wand. The water began blowing in the direction of the spikes. Bryn began running in the opposite direction, trying to get away from Romney's wind. Finally, Romney stopped and began to swim around Bryn's head. Bryn brought out her retractable fins and shot them at Romney. He gave a grunt of surprise and Bryn launched them off again. They hit Romney and Bryn shot them one more time. Romney fell to the sand and Bryn took out her staff. She began slicing and hacking away at the beast. Blood began clouding the water. Suddenly, Romney got up and gave Bryn a huge punch on the nose. Bryn went flying from the strong creature's blow. Blood from her nose streamed into the water. Bryn got up and targeted Romney, waiting with her fins ready. She threw her fins at Romney but missed. The Cyclos/Gyorg being laughed a crackling and cackling laugh. He then came up to her, Gyorg teeth gleaming in the faint light. The teeth grazed her face, giving her a nasty cut on the cheek. She stabbed Romney with the sword-like staff and bared her own teeth tauntingly. Romney the Water-Winder made the wind go at her again. When the wind stopped, she threw her fins at him again. This time she got him and he fell to the sand, where she began lashing at him and punching and kicking. As he got up, he grabbed the Zora-girl by the neck and threw it against the wall. Bryn got up gingerly and targeted the monster. She could tend to her wounds when her life wasn't in so much danger.
"BRYN! LOOK OUT!" Rafiki screamed. Bryn looked at Romney through the blood- clouded water and saw him charging at her. Bryn neatly side-stepped the fiend and HE smashed into the wall. Bryn gave him a hard whack over the head with her staff. Romney pushed her to the floor and they began circling each other. Bryn drew out her fins and fired them. A direct hit!
"Not as strong as your Master of this Temple thought, eh?" laughed Bryn, getting ready to shoot her fins again. "Who is your Master in the Temple, anyways?"
Romney screamed, "I WILL KILL YOU, FOOL!"
He made more wind and Bryn began running in the opposite way like before. Suddenly, the wind stopped and Romney was screeching, "GEET OFFA ME!"
Bryn saw Rafiki bopping Romney in the face. Bryn shot her fins at Romney's tail and he yelped angrily, his arms flailing. One arm slammed into Rafiki, sending him down to the wall.
"Rafiki!" gasped Bryn, but she had no time to see if her friend was okay; she needed to kill Romney the Water-Winder!
Holding her staff tightly like a sword, she floated in the water at the same level that Romney was at.
"No one, not even a Zora, can slay me!" growled Romney.
"I am not a Zora. I am not a human. I am Bryn the Changer!" She screamed her battle cry, "KILLEM! SLAYYEM! DEEEEEEEEEEATH!"
She threw the staff like a spear. It whirled through the air, catching Romney in the heart, sending him down to the sand.
She pulled the staff from Romney's body before he vanished in a puff of smoke and two chests and three pots appeared. She opened one chest and got an empty bottle. She smashed the pots and out came rupees and a faerie. She captured the faerie then opened the last chest. In it was the compass.
"Rafiki, we're close to the end of this endless quest!" exclaimed Bryn happily.
"Bryn, I'm at the end," rasped Rafiki, and Bryn turned around to see Rafiki impaled on a spike, blood dripping from his body and from the spike. Bryn ran to Rafiki, tears in her eyes.
"No! Rafiki!"
"I just wish that...that I could have made Da and Aunt...Aunt Drusilla pr-pr- pr-proud," he coughed up blood. Bryn knelt in the water, holding her friend's fin. She tried to pull out her faerie, but Rafiki shook his head. "No, Bryn. This faerie was not meant for me to use."
"You may not have made your father and Drusilla proud, but you have made me proud. Good-bye, Rafiki, Bravest of the Fish men. Good-bye, friend."
Rafiki looked into Bryn's eyes. Bryn wanted to look away from the eyes that were misting over with the mist of death, but she did not break the gaze.
"Good-bye, Changer Who Sees All. Good-bye, friend. Bye, Bryn."
"I'm sorry," Bryn whispered, but Rafiki did not hear these words. The brave Fish man was dead.
Bryn looked across the giant whirlpool. She turned her head and looked at Rafiki.
"This is too easy. The time has stopped, yet there is still danger."
Rafiki swam close to the edge and stuck a fin over the edge. He then pulled it back a giant blade came slicing down. Rafiki quickly swam back, frightened.
Bryn looked over the edge and pulled something from her staff. It was a tiny blade. She shoved the staff back into her belt and through the blade over the side. As soon as the giant blade came down, she darted across. Other large blades came down, trying to kill her, but all they succeeded in doing was making large dent in the ground.
She repeated this process to get back.
"You'll have to help me when I'm carrying you across," Bryn informed Rafiki. Picking him up, she tore off a piece of her sash and threw it over the ledge. As soon as the blade came crashing down, she darted across the pit.
"NO!" roared the voice when she had gotten to safety. "NO! YOU ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO MAKE IT ACROSS!"
"Well we did," replied Bryn coolly as she let go of Rafiki. Kicking open the chest, she found the Dungeon Map. She tucked it into her sash and opened up the next door.
"C'mon, Rafiki."
The next room was a circular room with a platform that went up and down when a switch was pressed. Bryn began to walk over to the switch when a different voice screamed, "YOU SHALL NOT PREVAIL!"
Bryn looked to see the Cyclos/Gyorg monster. It looked like Cyclos but had sharp, Gyorg-like teeth and a Gyorg's tail.
"Who are you?" demanded Bryn.
"I AM ROMNEY, THE WATER-WINDER!" screamed Romney, the Water-Winder.
Bryn pulled out her staff and twirled it like a baton.
"Bring it on, Frogger!"
Grilles slammed in front of the door as she yelled this taunt. She glanced at the door and spikes flew along the wall, pointing straight at her. Romney gave a maniacal laugh and twirled a wand. The water began blowing in the direction of the spikes. Bryn began running in the opposite direction, trying to get away from Romney's wind. Finally, Romney stopped and began to swim around Bryn's head. Bryn brought out her retractable fins and shot them at Romney. He gave a grunt of surprise and Bryn launched them off again. They hit Romney and Bryn shot them one more time. Romney fell to the sand and Bryn took out her staff. She began slicing and hacking away at the beast. Blood began clouding the water. Suddenly, Romney got up and gave Bryn a huge punch on the nose. Bryn went flying from the strong creature's blow. Blood from her nose streamed into the water. Bryn got up and targeted Romney, waiting with her fins ready. She threw her fins at Romney but missed. The Cyclos/Gyorg being laughed a crackling and cackling laugh. He then came up to her, Gyorg teeth gleaming in the faint light. The teeth grazed her face, giving her a nasty cut on the cheek. She stabbed Romney with the sword-like staff and bared her own teeth tauntingly. Romney the Water-Winder made the wind go at her again. When the wind stopped, she threw her fins at him again. This time she got him and he fell to the sand, where she began lashing at him and punching and kicking. As he got up, he grabbed the Zora-girl by the neck and threw it against the wall. Bryn got up gingerly and targeted the monster. She could tend to her wounds when her life wasn't in so much danger.
"BRYN! LOOK OUT!" Rafiki screamed. Bryn looked at Romney through the blood- clouded water and saw him charging at her. Bryn neatly side-stepped the fiend and HE smashed into the wall. Bryn gave him a hard whack over the head with her staff. Romney pushed her to the floor and they began circling each other. Bryn drew out her fins and fired them. A direct hit!
"Not as strong as your Master of this Temple thought, eh?" laughed Bryn, getting ready to shoot her fins again. "Who is your Master in the Temple, anyways?"
Romney screamed, "I WILL KILL YOU, FOOL!"
He made more wind and Bryn began running in the opposite way like before. Suddenly, the wind stopped and Romney was screeching, "GEET OFFA ME!"
Bryn saw Rafiki bopping Romney in the face. Bryn shot her fins at Romney's tail and he yelped angrily, his arms flailing. One arm slammed into Rafiki, sending him down to the wall.
"Rafiki!" gasped Bryn, but she had no time to see if her friend was okay; she needed to kill Romney the Water-Winder!
Holding her staff tightly like a sword, she floated in the water at the same level that Romney was at.
"No one, not even a Zora, can slay me!" growled Romney.
"I am not a Zora. I am not a human. I am Bryn the Changer!" She screamed her battle cry, "KILLEM! SLAYYEM! DEEEEEEEEEEATH!"
She threw the staff like a spear. It whirled through the air, catching Romney in the heart, sending him down to the sand.
She pulled the staff from Romney's body before he vanished in a puff of smoke and two chests and three pots appeared. She opened one chest and got an empty bottle. She smashed the pots and out came rupees and a faerie. She captured the faerie then opened the last chest. In it was the compass.
"Rafiki, we're close to the end of this endless quest!" exclaimed Bryn happily.
"Bryn, I'm at the end," rasped Rafiki, and Bryn turned around to see Rafiki impaled on a spike, blood dripping from his body and from the spike. Bryn ran to Rafiki, tears in her eyes.
"No! Rafiki!"
"I just wish that...that I could have made Da and Aunt...Aunt Drusilla pr-pr- pr-proud," he coughed up blood. Bryn knelt in the water, holding her friend's fin. She tried to pull out her faerie, but Rafiki shook his head. "No, Bryn. This faerie was not meant for me to use."
"You may not have made your father and Drusilla proud, but you have made me proud. Good-bye, Rafiki, Bravest of the Fish men. Good-bye, friend."
Rafiki looked into Bryn's eyes. Bryn wanted to look away from the eyes that were misting over with the mist of death, but she did not break the gaze.
"Good-bye, Changer Who Sees All. Good-bye, friend. Bye, Bryn."
"I'm sorry," Bryn whispered, but Rafiki did not hear these words. The brave Fish man was dead.