Nohansen Lake Shore Village: 3 years later
It was spring. It was one of the most beautiful days ever to come to the Nohansen Lake Shore. It was the third year anniversary of the beginning of Diamond's training with his father Ramsey. The Deku Tree waited patiently for Diamond to arrive and await his trial, but Diamond was not there. Diamond had the entire day to show up and he was taking advantage of that. Putting in a few more hours of training to be absolutely prepared to face anything the Deku Tree would throw at him.
The spring flowers blew back in the breeze as a man in a black trench coat with a sword on his back approached the Deku Tree's sanctuary. The Deku Tree knew it was Diamond. He could sense his presence walk from one side of the village to the other with his hands in his coat pockets and his head staring toward the ground.
Diamond entered the sanctuary and his coat fluttered in the breeze. "It's been a long time Deku Tree. But it seems as if it was just yesterday when we last spoke."
"I see you have gotten stronger Diamond. Your fighting skill has increased a lot." The Deku Tree said.
"You don't know the half of it Deku Tree." Diamond said.
"Well I sure would like to see just how much you have improved. So enter Diamond, and take on the trial of the Deku Tree." The Deku Tree said as he opened his large mouth and revealed an entrance.
Diamond walked into the Deku Tree and the door closed behind him. Torches lit the entire room in which Diamond was standing and revealed several holes in the wall.
"Now Diamond. This is the Trial of the Deku Tree. First thing first, I would like to see how your skill with a sword has improved. So here is how the Trial works. One by one Scrub Soldiers will emerge from those holes in the wall and you will defeat them until I call them off. Use only your sword to vanquish them. Ready?"
"Always." Diamond said as he put his hand on his sword handle and got ready to draw it.
There was a silence, a disturbing silence that was broken by the sound of armored boots clacking on the ground. Diamond looked around and lifted his sword out of its sheath just a bit. Then all the holes were pouring Deku Nuts. They were everywhere, Diamond knocked away the ones that came at him and then they stopped. Then a man-sized Deku Scrub Soldier leaped out of a pile of Deku Nuts with a battle-axe in his hands. Diamond drew his sword and diced the Scrub down the middle and then across the gut.
"Too easy." Diamond said.
"Then perhaps you'd like a challenge. How about ten at once?" The Deku Tree said as ten more Scrub Soldiers popped out of the holes in the wall and drew their weapons.
"That's better." Diamond said as he charged at one of them and sliced it in half. He darted at another. "Take this!" Diamond kicked it in the chest and cut its head off before it could fly too far back. Diamond continued his assault, this time taking out two at once. One charged at him from behind but Diamond stuck his sword under his arm and the Scrub Soldier ran right into the blade.
"Very good Diamond. Now I will produce ten more upping the number to fifteen and lets see what kind of Magic Spells you have learned." The Deku Tree said.
"Fine by me. First I will show you Silent Dust Cyclone." Diamond said.
"What does it do?" The Deku Tree asked.
"Watch." Diamond said. "Silent Dust Cyclone!" Diamond fluttered his trench coat in the wind and a huge swarm of dust came up from the floor and blinded all of the Deku Scrub Soldiers. Diamond then went into the dust, closed his eyes, and entered the cyclone. A few bashing noises were heard, and a couple of screams came from the dust, but nothing more. When the dust cleared Diamond was standing above the bodies of the fifteen Deku Scrub Soldiers and put his sword back in his sheath.
"Interesting. You fluttered dust up in the Scrubs eyes, closed your own eyes and entered the cyclone. And since it was silent you could here the movements of the Scrub Soldiers getting the dust out of their eyes. Clever attack." The Deku Tree complimented. "Lets see another attack." Fifteen more Scrub Soldiers popped out of the holes and readied their weapons.
"My pleasure." Diamond said as he let out an enormous burst of energy that was felt all around the room and almost knocking all the Deku Scrub Soldiers on their ass. "Cosmic Slash!" Diamond jamp high above the Scrub Soldiers and came down with his sword out in front of him, his sword then began to glow orange then a light blue and finally yellow. He crashed down on the ground with amazing force and a blast of light incinerated all the Scrub Soldiers.
"My, my. That sure was a very good attack." The Deku Tree said. "Here comes the hard part." The Deku Tree magically lifted the sword from Diamond's hand and stuck it in the ceiling. "You must fight the next twenty soldiers unarmed. No weapons what so ever may be used."
"Ok." Diamond replied as he relaxed himself for a minute.
Then a loud bang rattled throughout the holes in the wall and the sound of more Scrub Soldiers scurrying through them began to get louder and louder. Then the final twenty emerged from the holes and surrounded Diamond. Diamond balled his fists and readied himself for the fight with the Scrubs. Then they all started to rear their heads back for something. Diamond looked on in curiosity as the Scrub Soldiers unleashed a barrage of Deku Nuts on Diamond. Diamond tried to block but couldn't block all twenty.
Diamond fell to his knees when the final Deku Nut struck him in the back. Then the Scrub Soldiers began to laugh. Their laughter grew and grew until Diamond became aggravated by it. Diamond darted towards a few of them and jamp high up.
"Harmless Glare!" Diamond yelled as his eyes gave out an enormous glare.
The Scrub Soldiers were not hurt by the flash of light, just blinded for a second. When Diamond touched down on the ground the flash was gone and the Scrub Soldiers were ready to strike with their weapons. But soon did they realize their weapons were all gone.
"Do you like it?" Diamond asked the Scrub Soldiers. "The Harmless Glare completely destroys all of your weapons in an instant."
The Scrub Soldiers were still amazed by the technique Diamond used. But looks of anger began to take form among the Scrubs and they began to inch toward Diamond. Diamond readied himself for the biggest test the Deku Tree had to offer.
The Scrub Soldiers charged at Diamond with their ready to strike. Diamond rolled out of the way and two of the Scrubs ran into each other and others tripped over the two trying to get to Diamond. Diamond's boots skidded on the floor as he turned around to trust his arm at one of the Scrubs. The hit was barely successful as Diamond slipped on the floor. Soon after, the Scrubs started to stomp him in the back and legs.
Diamond rose to one knee only to be knocked back down by a furious punch. Blood dripped from his nose as he tried to get up again this time succeeding. Diamond wobbled a bit before one Scrub drove his shoulder into Diamond's back. Diamond fell to his knees with his arms thrown back and his back bent inward and a hard elbow to the forehead sent him back down on his face again.
"I can call them back if you want." The Deku Tree said.
"No way." Diamond said as he pushed himself up again this time with a big gash and blood dripping down from his forehead. "I'm not gonna waste three years of training just to give up now. Because I seem to have a second wind."
Diamond got up and darted straight at a Scrub. He jamp behind the Scrub and grabbed it by the neck. A loud snap echoed through room.
"One down, nineteen to go." Diamond said as the Scrub fell to the floor.
Another charged Diamond but was leveled with a huge kick to the jaw.
"Eighteen." Diamond said as the Scrub Soldiers became even more enraged. They all charged at Diamond this time however came up short as Diamond jumped up and grabbed a inside branch. Diamond climbed up and balanced on the branch. A Scrub Soldier jamp up after him and Diamond fell only to grab the Scrub's waist. The tense weight of Diamond and itself was too much for the Scrub to handle so he lost grip of the branch. "Sixteen" Diamond said as he gained the upper hand in the fall and slammed the Scrub into another. He shot up and kicked another's head right off in an instant. "Fifteen."
With every Scrub he killed the others became more angered and intense. The Scrubs all darted at Diamond only to come up short again as Diamond once again jamp into the air and drill kicked through the chests of two of the Scrub Soldiers. He squeezed himself out of their dead carcasses and was met by the hardest punch he'd felt during his entire test.
"Twelve." Diamond said as he got up.
"But there is still thirteen of us?" One of the confused Scrubs said.
"Oh I'm sorry." Diamond said as he wrapped his arm around the Scrub Soldier and twisted it in a full circle. "That's Twelve."
One of the Scrubs broke off a branch and darted at Diamond, but Diamond pushed another Scrub in front of him. The Scrub was run through and Diamond spun the Scrub around with the branch still lodged in its chest and pushed him into another Scrub running him through as well. "Ten" Diamond said as he looked at the other Scrub Soldiers who seemed to be in pain.
"What's going on?" He asked.
"It is the transformation of the Scrub Soldiers. If they become enraged enough their speed, strength, endurance, and intensity doubles." The Deku Tree answered.
Diamond continued to look at the Scrub Soldiers, as they all grew a bit taller, more muscular, and more terrifying. As he continued to look he was belted in the back by the forearm of one of the stronger and more intense Scrub Soldiers. He fell on his face almost paralyzed by the pain. The same Scrub grabbed Diamond by his long black hair and rubbed his face into the floor.
Diamond then had a vision. As if his life was flashing before his eyes but at the same time it wasn't. He saw his father and the intense training he gave him and the three years of pain and agony. He then was struck with an idea, he remembered being beaten to the brink of exhaustion and the technique his father taught him for that very state.
The Scrub Soldier picked Diamond up and threw him against the wall and proceeded to hit Diamond's face over and over again. Diamond slid down the wall but the Scrub picked him up again. The Scrub Soldier lifted Diamond over his head and threw him clear across the room and into the wall.
"Diamond if you can't get to your feet by yourself this time, I'm calling off the Scrub Soldiers." The Deku Tree said.
"There will be no need for that." Diamond said as he rose from the ground and spit blood from his mouth. "I've been letting these freaks have their way with me for a reason."
"What are you going to do?" The Deku Tree asked.
Diamond laced his three inner fingers with his thumbs and little fingers extended. He then put his thumbs in between his eyes and relaxed himself. "This is my fathers greatest technique. A spell that has been passed down through my family for over five hundred years." A huge green orb illuminated around Diamond. "A spell that doubles my original strength and energy." A mighty gust swept under the Scrub Soldiers as the looked on in curiosity. "Power Surge!" Diamond yelled as he threw his hands to his side and his eyes rolled back into his head. The mysterious green orb that surrounded Diamond was now glowing red and flowing into Diamond at an alarming rate.
A bright flash lit the room and when it settled Diamond stood there as if nothing happened. He opened his eyes to reveal that they were still rolled back into his head. "However this spell only lasts for five minutes at my current strength, so I have to make good use of it." Diamond's voice sounded deeper and more intense then his normal voice. He now seemed more serious then he was earlier. And to the Scrub Soldier's amazement he was gone in a flash.
"Up here!" Diamond yelled as the Scrub Soldiers looked up to see him coming down towards them. Diamond threw a downward punch and went straight through one of the Soldiers. Two others charged at Diamond and got their chests knocked through. "Seven." The others darted towards him and he darted back. Diamond while five soldiers ran into each other Diamond ran the other two into the wall. Diamond reared back his right fist and split ones head open like a soft melon. Diamond reared back his left fist and delivered the same blow to the other. He turned around to see the remaining Scrub Soldiers wobbling as they got up. "Five."
The five remaining Scrubs got as enraged as they could get. But to no avail, Diamond was still superior in every way. Diamond moved fast, knowing he only had less than two minutes until his Power Surge wore off. One of the Scrub Soldiers stood in the center of a formation only to see his entire group get twisted in half. Diamond stopped in front of the Scrub Soldier. "One left." Diamond grabbed the Soldier by the neck and picked it up off the ground. He threw it against the wall and proceeded to choke it to death. His grip was so hard that it only lasted a few seconds.
When he was finished he let the Scrub Soldier go and a huge surge of red energy escaped his body and he fell to one knee, breathing heavily.
"Congratulations Diamond, you have passed the Trial of the Deku Tree and have proven yourself worthy for this task." The Deku Tree said proudly. "Here is your sword back." Diamond's sword fell from the ceiling and stuck in the floor beside him. He put his hand on the handle and lifted it out, put it in his sheath and walked out of the Deku Tree on a limp. "Now sit we have more to talk about."
"Trust me that won't be hard." Diamond said as he sat on the ground.
"Now about the Ultimate Gems. Once you find them all they will have to be put in a proper place, like a puzzle. Together they form the key to the Sacred Realm, The Mystic Key. Once you have assembled the entire key you will need to find the lost Temple of Time, which is buried beneath Shattered City, which is also the next stop on your journey. Once you reach Shattered City you must seek out Princess Jewels. She should be able to provide some information about one of the Ultimate Gems. Now head north Diamond and begin your quest to unlock the Hero of Time."
It was spring. It was one of the most beautiful days ever to come to the Nohansen Lake Shore. It was the third year anniversary of the beginning of Diamond's training with his father Ramsey. The Deku Tree waited patiently for Diamond to arrive and await his trial, but Diamond was not there. Diamond had the entire day to show up and he was taking advantage of that. Putting in a few more hours of training to be absolutely prepared to face anything the Deku Tree would throw at him.
The spring flowers blew back in the breeze as a man in a black trench coat with a sword on his back approached the Deku Tree's sanctuary. The Deku Tree knew it was Diamond. He could sense his presence walk from one side of the village to the other with his hands in his coat pockets and his head staring toward the ground.
Diamond entered the sanctuary and his coat fluttered in the breeze. "It's been a long time Deku Tree. But it seems as if it was just yesterday when we last spoke."
"I see you have gotten stronger Diamond. Your fighting skill has increased a lot." The Deku Tree said.
"You don't know the half of it Deku Tree." Diamond said.
"Well I sure would like to see just how much you have improved. So enter Diamond, and take on the trial of the Deku Tree." The Deku Tree said as he opened his large mouth and revealed an entrance.
Diamond walked into the Deku Tree and the door closed behind him. Torches lit the entire room in which Diamond was standing and revealed several holes in the wall.
"Now Diamond. This is the Trial of the Deku Tree. First thing first, I would like to see how your skill with a sword has improved. So here is how the Trial works. One by one Scrub Soldiers will emerge from those holes in the wall and you will defeat them until I call them off. Use only your sword to vanquish them. Ready?"
"Always." Diamond said as he put his hand on his sword handle and got ready to draw it.
There was a silence, a disturbing silence that was broken by the sound of armored boots clacking on the ground. Diamond looked around and lifted his sword out of its sheath just a bit. Then all the holes were pouring Deku Nuts. They were everywhere, Diamond knocked away the ones that came at him and then they stopped. Then a man-sized Deku Scrub Soldier leaped out of a pile of Deku Nuts with a battle-axe in his hands. Diamond drew his sword and diced the Scrub down the middle and then across the gut.
"Too easy." Diamond said.
"Then perhaps you'd like a challenge. How about ten at once?" The Deku Tree said as ten more Scrub Soldiers popped out of the holes in the wall and drew their weapons.
"That's better." Diamond said as he charged at one of them and sliced it in half. He darted at another. "Take this!" Diamond kicked it in the chest and cut its head off before it could fly too far back. Diamond continued his assault, this time taking out two at once. One charged at him from behind but Diamond stuck his sword under his arm and the Scrub Soldier ran right into the blade.
"Very good Diamond. Now I will produce ten more upping the number to fifteen and lets see what kind of Magic Spells you have learned." The Deku Tree said.
"Fine by me. First I will show you Silent Dust Cyclone." Diamond said.
"What does it do?" The Deku Tree asked.
"Watch." Diamond said. "Silent Dust Cyclone!" Diamond fluttered his trench coat in the wind and a huge swarm of dust came up from the floor and blinded all of the Deku Scrub Soldiers. Diamond then went into the dust, closed his eyes, and entered the cyclone. A few bashing noises were heard, and a couple of screams came from the dust, but nothing more. When the dust cleared Diamond was standing above the bodies of the fifteen Deku Scrub Soldiers and put his sword back in his sheath.
"Interesting. You fluttered dust up in the Scrubs eyes, closed your own eyes and entered the cyclone. And since it was silent you could here the movements of the Scrub Soldiers getting the dust out of their eyes. Clever attack." The Deku Tree complimented. "Lets see another attack." Fifteen more Scrub Soldiers popped out of the holes and readied their weapons.
"My pleasure." Diamond said as he let out an enormous burst of energy that was felt all around the room and almost knocking all the Deku Scrub Soldiers on their ass. "Cosmic Slash!" Diamond jamp high above the Scrub Soldiers and came down with his sword out in front of him, his sword then began to glow orange then a light blue and finally yellow. He crashed down on the ground with amazing force and a blast of light incinerated all the Scrub Soldiers.
"My, my. That sure was a very good attack." The Deku Tree said. "Here comes the hard part." The Deku Tree magically lifted the sword from Diamond's hand and stuck it in the ceiling. "You must fight the next twenty soldiers unarmed. No weapons what so ever may be used."
"Ok." Diamond replied as he relaxed himself for a minute.
Then a loud bang rattled throughout the holes in the wall and the sound of more Scrub Soldiers scurrying through them began to get louder and louder. Then the final twenty emerged from the holes and surrounded Diamond. Diamond balled his fists and readied himself for the fight with the Scrubs. Then they all started to rear their heads back for something. Diamond looked on in curiosity as the Scrub Soldiers unleashed a barrage of Deku Nuts on Diamond. Diamond tried to block but couldn't block all twenty.
Diamond fell to his knees when the final Deku Nut struck him in the back. Then the Scrub Soldiers began to laugh. Their laughter grew and grew until Diamond became aggravated by it. Diamond darted towards a few of them and jamp high up.
"Harmless Glare!" Diamond yelled as his eyes gave out an enormous glare.
The Scrub Soldiers were not hurt by the flash of light, just blinded for a second. When Diamond touched down on the ground the flash was gone and the Scrub Soldiers were ready to strike with their weapons. But soon did they realize their weapons were all gone.
"Do you like it?" Diamond asked the Scrub Soldiers. "The Harmless Glare completely destroys all of your weapons in an instant."
The Scrub Soldiers were still amazed by the technique Diamond used. But looks of anger began to take form among the Scrubs and they began to inch toward Diamond. Diamond readied himself for the biggest test the Deku Tree had to offer.
The Scrub Soldiers charged at Diamond with their ready to strike. Diamond rolled out of the way and two of the Scrubs ran into each other and others tripped over the two trying to get to Diamond. Diamond's boots skidded on the floor as he turned around to trust his arm at one of the Scrubs. The hit was barely successful as Diamond slipped on the floor. Soon after, the Scrubs started to stomp him in the back and legs.
Diamond rose to one knee only to be knocked back down by a furious punch. Blood dripped from his nose as he tried to get up again this time succeeding. Diamond wobbled a bit before one Scrub drove his shoulder into Diamond's back. Diamond fell to his knees with his arms thrown back and his back bent inward and a hard elbow to the forehead sent him back down on his face again.
"I can call them back if you want." The Deku Tree said.
"No way." Diamond said as he pushed himself up again this time with a big gash and blood dripping down from his forehead. "I'm not gonna waste three years of training just to give up now. Because I seem to have a second wind."
Diamond got up and darted straight at a Scrub. He jamp behind the Scrub and grabbed it by the neck. A loud snap echoed through room.
"One down, nineteen to go." Diamond said as the Scrub fell to the floor.
Another charged Diamond but was leveled with a huge kick to the jaw.
"Eighteen." Diamond said as the Scrub Soldiers became even more enraged. They all charged at Diamond this time however came up short as Diamond jumped up and grabbed a inside branch. Diamond climbed up and balanced on the branch. A Scrub Soldier jamp up after him and Diamond fell only to grab the Scrub's waist. The tense weight of Diamond and itself was too much for the Scrub to handle so he lost grip of the branch. "Sixteen" Diamond said as he gained the upper hand in the fall and slammed the Scrub into another. He shot up and kicked another's head right off in an instant. "Fifteen."
With every Scrub he killed the others became more angered and intense. The Scrubs all darted at Diamond only to come up short again as Diamond once again jamp into the air and drill kicked through the chests of two of the Scrub Soldiers. He squeezed himself out of their dead carcasses and was met by the hardest punch he'd felt during his entire test.
"Twelve." Diamond said as he got up.
"But there is still thirteen of us?" One of the confused Scrubs said.
"Oh I'm sorry." Diamond said as he wrapped his arm around the Scrub Soldier and twisted it in a full circle. "That's Twelve."
One of the Scrubs broke off a branch and darted at Diamond, but Diamond pushed another Scrub in front of him. The Scrub was run through and Diamond spun the Scrub around with the branch still lodged in its chest and pushed him into another Scrub running him through as well. "Ten" Diamond said as he looked at the other Scrub Soldiers who seemed to be in pain.
"What's going on?" He asked.
"It is the transformation of the Scrub Soldiers. If they become enraged enough their speed, strength, endurance, and intensity doubles." The Deku Tree answered.
Diamond continued to look at the Scrub Soldiers, as they all grew a bit taller, more muscular, and more terrifying. As he continued to look he was belted in the back by the forearm of one of the stronger and more intense Scrub Soldiers. He fell on his face almost paralyzed by the pain. The same Scrub grabbed Diamond by his long black hair and rubbed his face into the floor.
Diamond then had a vision. As if his life was flashing before his eyes but at the same time it wasn't. He saw his father and the intense training he gave him and the three years of pain and agony. He then was struck with an idea, he remembered being beaten to the brink of exhaustion and the technique his father taught him for that very state.
The Scrub Soldier picked Diamond up and threw him against the wall and proceeded to hit Diamond's face over and over again. Diamond slid down the wall but the Scrub picked him up again. The Scrub Soldier lifted Diamond over his head and threw him clear across the room and into the wall.
"Diamond if you can't get to your feet by yourself this time, I'm calling off the Scrub Soldiers." The Deku Tree said.
"There will be no need for that." Diamond said as he rose from the ground and spit blood from his mouth. "I've been letting these freaks have their way with me for a reason."
"What are you going to do?" The Deku Tree asked.
Diamond laced his three inner fingers with his thumbs and little fingers extended. He then put his thumbs in between his eyes and relaxed himself. "This is my fathers greatest technique. A spell that has been passed down through my family for over five hundred years." A huge green orb illuminated around Diamond. "A spell that doubles my original strength and energy." A mighty gust swept under the Scrub Soldiers as the looked on in curiosity. "Power Surge!" Diamond yelled as he threw his hands to his side and his eyes rolled back into his head. The mysterious green orb that surrounded Diamond was now glowing red and flowing into Diamond at an alarming rate.
A bright flash lit the room and when it settled Diamond stood there as if nothing happened. He opened his eyes to reveal that they were still rolled back into his head. "However this spell only lasts for five minutes at my current strength, so I have to make good use of it." Diamond's voice sounded deeper and more intense then his normal voice. He now seemed more serious then he was earlier. And to the Scrub Soldier's amazement he was gone in a flash.
"Up here!" Diamond yelled as the Scrub Soldiers looked up to see him coming down towards them. Diamond threw a downward punch and went straight through one of the Soldiers. Two others charged at Diamond and got their chests knocked through. "Seven." The others darted towards him and he darted back. Diamond while five soldiers ran into each other Diamond ran the other two into the wall. Diamond reared back his right fist and split ones head open like a soft melon. Diamond reared back his left fist and delivered the same blow to the other. He turned around to see the remaining Scrub Soldiers wobbling as they got up. "Five."
The five remaining Scrubs got as enraged as they could get. But to no avail, Diamond was still superior in every way. Diamond moved fast, knowing he only had less than two minutes until his Power Surge wore off. One of the Scrub Soldiers stood in the center of a formation only to see his entire group get twisted in half. Diamond stopped in front of the Scrub Soldier. "One left." Diamond grabbed the Soldier by the neck and picked it up off the ground. He threw it against the wall and proceeded to choke it to death. His grip was so hard that it only lasted a few seconds.
When he was finished he let the Scrub Soldier go and a huge surge of red energy escaped his body and he fell to one knee, breathing heavily.
"Congratulations Diamond, you have passed the Trial of the Deku Tree and have proven yourself worthy for this task." The Deku Tree said proudly. "Here is your sword back." Diamond's sword fell from the ceiling and stuck in the floor beside him. He put his hand on the handle and lifted it out, put it in his sheath and walked out of the Deku Tree on a limp. "Now sit we have more to talk about."
"Trust me that won't be hard." Diamond said as he sat on the ground.
"Now about the Ultimate Gems. Once you find them all they will have to be put in a proper place, like a puzzle. Together they form the key to the Sacred Realm, The Mystic Key. Once you have assembled the entire key you will need to find the lost Temple of Time, which is buried beneath Shattered City, which is also the next stop on your journey. Once you reach Shattered City you must seek out Princess Jewels. She should be able to provide some information about one of the Ultimate Gems. Now head north Diamond and begin your quest to unlock the Hero of Time."