The Legend of Zelda: The Dream Walker
Chapter 3
"Not your fault"
By MEGAMANX411

Link had successfully ended Wendell's nightmare, but he was still plagued with questions. He knew that Septimus was a bit of a scholar, so he assumed he might have some valuable information for him. The first thing that came to mind for Link was the girl that approached him this morning, Sybill.

"Hey Septimus, do you know Sybill?" Link asked quizzically.

Septimus nodded cheerfully.

"Yes I do," he replied. "She has strange powers too. She can dream things, and foresee them before they happen."

Link nodded in reply, and thought about it for a minute.

"And does anyone else have a power like this?" he asked.

Septimus placed his hand on his chin, and thought about Link's query for a moment.

"Nadia has a strange power too," he said. "When she dreams, nearby objects explode as if they were packed with dynamite!"

Link's eyes widened at the idea of something so ridiculous.

"How odd," he observed, sounding fascinated.

But then his attention shifted to his own special power.

"But how did I get this kind of power?" he asked.

Septimus shook his head slowly, and a defeated look washed over his face.

"I don't know..." he replied.

Septimus hated those words, being a scholar. Link decided it was time to change the subject.

"Hey, Septimus," Link began. "I faced some monkey like creatures in the manor..."

Septimus' eyes widened and he instantly cut Link off.

"The Murgg?!" he shouted.

Link thought back to his little skirmish with those devilish little creatures.

"Is that what they're called?" he asked.

Septimus nodded, frowning a little.

"Yes, vile, violent little monsters," he replied. "They'd gladly split open a child's skull and eat his brains."

Link couldn't bear such an image in his mind.

"That's horrible!" he shouted.

Septimus nodded.

"Yeah it is," he agreed. "They're very fierce, I'd advise against meeting them...wait a minute--"

Septimus was cut off by the sound of a large explosion.

"The freaking coal mine is collapsing!" he shouted frantically.

Link and Septimus rushed outside to see what the matter was, and a lot of people were gathered there. People rushed to the mine to see if the workers were all right. Jess was there as well. The old man approached Link, and appeared a little concerned.

"Link!" he shouted. "There you are. Where have you been?"

Link politely smiled back at Jess.

"I had to help someone named Wendell," he replied.

Jess had a worried look appear on his face.

"Oy! What was wrong with him?" he asked. "He was having a terrible nightmare, but he's alright now," Link replied.

Jess smiled, and nodded approvingly of Link's behavior.

"That's good to hear, lad. But unfortunately, there's some bad news here," he informed. "It looks as though the only one we've managed to recover from the collapsed mine is Olen, and he's in bad shape. We're bringing him back to Inoa."

They brought Olen back to Inoa, and laid him to rest in the mayor's house. Pleasantries were brief, because there were more pressing matters at hand. Some people congregated by Olen's battered body; Ronan, the chief priest, Giles, an upstanding citizen, as well as the mayor, Beaumont. Septimus ran in soon after.

"Is he alright?" the scholar asked worriedly.

"I hope so..." Beaumont replied. "I just wish we knew what happened at that mine."

"Do you think the Murgg had something to do with it?" Giles inquired.

Septimus shrugged in reply.

"I don't know. But I think Link might be able to help us find out!" he shouted.

Giles blinked heavily.

"What do you mean?" he asked.

Septimus smirked, eager to explain Link's special ability.

"Link could enter Olen's subconscious, and try to figure out what happened!" he observed.

Beaumont turned to Link, quite obviously fascinated with this turn of events.

"Is this true Link?" he asked. "You can do this?"

Link nodded slowly,notquitesure to be proud of his power or feel somewhat outcasted because of it.

"Yes," he replied.

Link approached Olen, and grasped his hand. He began to calm his breathing, and all of the sudden, his body went slack, and Link entered Olen's dream. Link was in the coal mine with the workers. He saw them activating a switch.

"Just gotta turn this machine on and we're in business!" one of the workers observed happily.

When the switch was pulled, rocks were blasted away in the mine, revealing a secret passage.

And out of it poured Murgg!

"No!" Link shouted.

He unsheathed his sword quickly. Link tried to defeat them, but he heard Septimus' voice.

"Link!" he shouted. "You must get out of Olen's dream!"

Link thought it was better to heed Septimus' advice, so he complied. And all of the sudden his body began to reanimate.

"Amazing!" Beaumont shouted to Link. "If I hadn't steadied you, you would've fallen to the floor when you were in his dream! You're body when completely slack! But now you've begun to reanimate, just like that.... but more importantly, what happened?"

Link had a worried look on his face.

"The Murgg were in the mine!" he shouted.

A look of pure disgust came onto Giles' face.

"Those filthy apes? How?" he questioned.

Link shrugged.

"I don't know," he replied.

Septimus interrupted the conversation, and pointed at Olen.

"Look!" he shouted.

Olen began to yelp in pain, and shook back in forth. The group was almost speechless at this sudden outburst, but soon, Olen became quiet again. He laid is head down, and expired. Ronan bowed his head.

"A sad day," he observed sadly. "Olen was a good man."

Giles nodded slowly, and bowed his head in reverance.

"Yes," he replied.

He then turned to Link.

"It's not your fault Link, don't worry about it..."

Link lowered his eyes slowly. Could he have done something had he stayed in Olen's dream? There's no way he could know now.

"Thank you Giles...." he replied.

Link went back to Jess' house to get some sleep, and as he slumbered, he heard Jess working on something. In the morning, he came downstairs to see just what the old man was up to.