Chapter Five
"GET UP LINK!! SLEEPY HEAD!!"
Link quickly sat up. "Nn...eh..? Wha..?!"
Saria smiled, standing over him. "Hey!"
Link slowly sat up. "Hey Saria." He looked at his bed. "Where's the kid?"
"Miroku? He's outside eating. Did you adopt a child or something?"
"His parents died. I thought that the Kokiri Children could take care of him."
"Yeah, we can do that."
Link stood up and slipped his boots and hat on. "Good. How is the Forest Temple doing?"
"Oh, that's what I meant to ask you. I'm having trouble with one of the Poe Sisters again."
"Which?"
"Meg!"
'Oh great...' Link thought.
Picking up his gear and strapping it on, he pulled out the ocarina Saria had given him and played the Minuet of Forest. A green light engulfed him and he disappeared.
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Link appeared in side the 'hallway' to the Forest Temple. He knew better than to just go in so he pulled his hook-shot out and shot it at the tree. It connected and stuck, so he made it pull him up a bit then he swung across to the entrance.
Two Wolfos emerged from the ground and looked around. Link was already inside so they didn't see him.
When he entered the main hall he heard crying.
"Not again..." Link moaned.
He jogged down the steps and before him sat a purple Poe Ghost. Her hands were buried in her face and she was crying.
"Oh, puh-lease Meg! Don't you know any other tricks?"
Meg growled and floated up. "I guess that one is getting a little old for you. But you will not leave here alive!"
She split herself into 20 copies. "HAHA! I know can make for copies!" They all said. "How are you going to find the really one with so many of me?!"
"This is how," came a quiet, childish voice.
Fourteen Skull Kids fell from out of nowhere and smashed their sticks into the Poe's heads.
All the copies vanished...leaving only the real one. Link grinned and took out his sword.
"W-wait! Lets talk about this!!" Meg pleaded.
Link let out a powerful slash, cutting the purple ghost in half. She screamed and disappeared.
Link smiled. "Next time I should bring my Light Arrows so I can finish her for good." He stood up and turned towards the Skull Kids. "Thanks for the help. Oh, and can you do me a favor? There may be a kid coming into the forest some times. His name is Miroku. If he wanders into the forest...make sure he doesn't get lost."
"Sure, no problem Link!" They laughed and ran off.
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Link's mind raced as he walked back to the village. None of anything made sense. First the Sheikah show up after being dead for hundreds of years and start killing anyone that is loyal to the Royal Family. They attack Kakariko but Impa's house doesn't get burnt at all. Then he starts having these weird dreams and now Malon is mad at him!
The young hero collapsed to the ground. "Too much...going... through....my brain..."
He would have to go visit Malon then go to Hyrule Castle and talk to Zelda.
Something suddenly crossed his mind as he stood back up. If it were the Sheikah that was killing people loyal to the royal family then could Impa be...?!
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It was at least 4:00pm by the time Link made it to Hyrule castle, the guard stopped him.
"Oh, it's you Link. What are you doing here?"
"I have to see Princess Zelda right away."
"I'm sorry but she left. She's going to Lake Hylia for the weekend."
"Darn it.... Thanks for the info."
Link turned Epona around and headed out to Hyrule Field again. 'I don't believe this...Zelda going to Lake Hylia is the perfect chance for the Sheikah to ambush her. I hope I can catch up before she gets there...'
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Zelda sighed happily as she lay on a towel by Lake Hylia in her bathing suit (Going to Lake Hylia was the closest thing to going to the beach for her). Her best friend, Kyla was laying next to her.
"Ah...this is the life, huh Zelda?" She smiled.
"Yeah...it's nice to get out of the castle once and awhile," Zelda replied. "Hey Triston, can you get me some lemonade? ........Triston?"
Zelda opened her eyes and screamed at the Sheikah towering over her. All her guards were laying on the floor in a pool of blood.
"You are Princess Zelda are you not?" The Sheikah asked.
The two girls just stared at the bodies in horror.
"GET UP LINK!! SLEEPY HEAD!!"
Link quickly sat up. "Nn...eh..? Wha..?!"
Saria smiled, standing over him. "Hey!"
Link slowly sat up. "Hey Saria." He looked at his bed. "Where's the kid?"
"Miroku? He's outside eating. Did you adopt a child or something?"
"His parents died. I thought that the Kokiri Children could take care of him."
"Yeah, we can do that."
Link stood up and slipped his boots and hat on. "Good. How is the Forest Temple doing?"
"Oh, that's what I meant to ask you. I'm having trouble with one of the Poe Sisters again."
"Which?"
"Meg!"
'Oh great...' Link thought.
Picking up his gear and strapping it on, he pulled out the ocarina Saria had given him and played the Minuet of Forest. A green light engulfed him and he disappeared.
-----------
Link appeared in side the 'hallway' to the Forest Temple. He knew better than to just go in so he pulled his hook-shot out and shot it at the tree. It connected and stuck, so he made it pull him up a bit then he swung across to the entrance.
Two Wolfos emerged from the ground and looked around. Link was already inside so they didn't see him.
When he entered the main hall he heard crying.
"Not again..." Link moaned.
He jogged down the steps and before him sat a purple Poe Ghost. Her hands were buried in her face and she was crying.
"Oh, puh-lease Meg! Don't you know any other tricks?"
Meg growled and floated up. "I guess that one is getting a little old for you. But you will not leave here alive!"
She split herself into 20 copies. "HAHA! I know can make for copies!" They all said. "How are you going to find the really one with so many of me?!"
"This is how," came a quiet, childish voice.
Fourteen Skull Kids fell from out of nowhere and smashed their sticks into the Poe's heads.
All the copies vanished...leaving only the real one. Link grinned and took out his sword.
"W-wait! Lets talk about this!!" Meg pleaded.
Link let out a powerful slash, cutting the purple ghost in half. She screamed and disappeared.
Link smiled. "Next time I should bring my Light Arrows so I can finish her for good." He stood up and turned towards the Skull Kids. "Thanks for the help. Oh, and can you do me a favor? There may be a kid coming into the forest some times. His name is Miroku. If he wanders into the forest...make sure he doesn't get lost."
"Sure, no problem Link!" They laughed and ran off.
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Link's mind raced as he walked back to the village. None of anything made sense. First the Sheikah show up after being dead for hundreds of years and start killing anyone that is loyal to the Royal Family. They attack Kakariko but Impa's house doesn't get burnt at all. Then he starts having these weird dreams and now Malon is mad at him!
The young hero collapsed to the ground. "Too much...going... through....my brain..."
He would have to go visit Malon then go to Hyrule Castle and talk to Zelda.
Something suddenly crossed his mind as he stood back up. If it were the Sheikah that was killing people loyal to the royal family then could Impa be...?!
----------- --
It was at least 4:00pm by the time Link made it to Hyrule castle, the guard stopped him.
"Oh, it's you Link. What are you doing here?"
"I have to see Princess Zelda right away."
"I'm sorry but she left. She's going to Lake Hylia for the weekend."
"Darn it.... Thanks for the info."
Link turned Epona around and headed out to Hyrule Field again. 'I don't believe this...Zelda going to Lake Hylia is the perfect chance for the Sheikah to ambush her. I hope I can catch up before she gets there...'
------------ -
Zelda sighed happily as she lay on a towel by Lake Hylia in her bathing suit (Going to Lake Hylia was the closest thing to going to the beach for her). Her best friend, Kyla was laying next to her.
"Ah...this is the life, huh Zelda?" She smiled.
"Yeah...it's nice to get out of the castle once and awhile," Zelda replied. "Hey Triston, can you get me some lemonade? ........Triston?"
Zelda opened her eyes and screamed at the Sheikah towering over her. All her guards were laying on the floor in a pool of blood.
"You are Princess Zelda are you not?" The Sheikah asked.
The two girls just stared at the bodies in horror.