Chapter 7 Next day
"Link?" Link opened one eye groggily as he tried to sit up. Link was greeted by Zirain's smiling face and Horaku's wide eyes. "About time you got up." Zirain teased. "You slept like a baby. I was beginning to think you had drowned from your own song." Link laughed nervously and sat up. Horaku cleared his throat.
"It's an honor to meet you Hero of Time." Horaku said with a pleasant smile. Link groaned and cast an accusing glance at Zirain. Zirain looked defensive and held up his hands.
"Don't look at me! He figured it out on his own!" Horaku laughed at Zirain and rose from his chair. Link then noticed Navi and Cera on the table.
"Don't fret about it. There are many Zora prophecies that would foretell of your arrival. Your bringing rain to where none should have been confirmed it. I have never seen that type of magic before, where did you learn such a spell?" Link blushed in embarrassment and glanced away.
"Actually, the magic is the song itself. I'm a mediator in these sorts of things." Link said with his cheeks burning. Horaku laughed his deep watery laugh again.
"You were no mere mediator in casting that spell. That was some piece of work. Thanks to you, my people have enough water to last them a few days. I am very grateful for your help." Link nodded and tried to get out of the bed. "I also know why you're here. I'm afraid that I can't give my pendant to while we are still in danger."
"Horaku." Zirain growled in a warning tone. Horaku cast a sharp glance to the teen at the table.
"He needs to know! Unless those rattacks are cleared from that cave, I can't give him the pendant. I need Hunter's help in this." Horaku growled back at Zirain. Link chuckled at their small argument. Why argue about it when the obvious answer had just woken up.
"You two are being silly. The answer is painfully obvious! I'll go and get the water flowing again." Link stretched and hopped out of bed. Horaku and Zirain looked at Link blankly.
"You can't be serious." Horaku sputtered. Zirain leaned back in his chair sighing.
"Oh he's serious all right. Just don't ask him to clear all of your harvest after it's over, I'm sure he would find a way to do it." Zirain growled. Horaku looked at Link with an incredulous look. Link put on his tunic and found that the Deku pendant was still there. Horaku noticed something for the first time and decided to ask.
"Why do you wear green little one?" Horaku emphasized on 'little'. "You wear neither blue nor yellow and Zirain say's your not from Neutral City." Link tucked his ocarina away and went to strap on his mirror shield and sword.
"I'm from the Lost Woods beyond the seal. I live with the Kokiri and they all wear green." Zirain belly laughed at the look he received from Horaku. Link's matter-of-fact tone had left the Zora looking more like a fish than usual. It was too much of a shock for the poor Zora to take and he sat down abruptly in his seat once more.
"B-beyond the seal?" Squeaked Horaku. Link nodded and finished getting dressed. Navi and Cera fluttered to Link's hat.
"We really have to find another hiding place. Your hat is just too crowded." Navi muttered in Link's ear. Link let out a sigh and fit his hat so they would have more room.
"Better?" Link asked. Navi pat his head. "So, where is this entrance to the waterway? I would like to get this done as quickly as possible." Horaku blinked at the young child in surprise and sighed. There was no way around this was there?
Watercrest waterway.
Horaku led Link to the opposite side of the waterbed that they had stopped to look at. Link scanned the cliffs for any sign of life. There was none.
"This cave leads to the source of the waterfall. If you somehow manage to defeat the rattacks inside, we can get the water to flow again. I wish you well but I must go now." Link nodded in thanks and let the man disappear into the dunes. Link nodded to Navi and Cera and he took out his ocarina.
"Well, we should get going. What are we waiting for! Let's go Link. Link?" Zirain had just enough time to see Link putting his lips to the ocarina of time. Link played the Goron's Lullaby and Zirain crumpled to the ground as if he dropped of exhaustion.
"Sorry about this." Link muttered into Zirain's ear as he flipped him over. "I can't fight when distracted. Cera, keep an eye on Zirain for me. Navi and I will go and check out the cave." Cera sighed but agreed to keep Zirain there. Link and Navi ventured forth into the cave.
"Just like old times huh Link?" Navi whispered. Link and Navi entered a cavern much like Zora's Domain and Link nodded. Navi searched the area by flying and found no trace of a rattack. "Nothing. Not a single monster."
"That's good. Let's go farther in. There must be something up higher and deeper in the cave." Link followed Navi as she lit the way for Link. Link was so jumpy that he dared not explore the cavern. It was too dark. At least in the ice cave in Zora's Domain you could see something but there was no light here except for Navi's light.
'There's something wrong about this.' Link thought worried. They ventured deeper into the cave when Navi found something.
"Link! Over here!" Link ran to Navi's light and found the remains of a yellow warrior. Very disturbing because it wasn't eaten yet and days old flesh still hung to the bones. "I think I'm going to be sick." Navi whimpered. Link ignored the smell of decaying tissue and trod on through the pitch-blackness.
'I should have been attacked by now. Why aren't the rattacks coming out?' Then, Navi fluttered in front of his nose.
"I think we're being followed." Navi whispered into his ear. "I don't know for sure but they aren't coming too close. They seem to skitter away like frightened children." Realization hit Link hard.
"Navi! It's you! They're afraid of the light! Remember when we heard their first attempts to come in? Their torches were blown out first." Link said loudly. "That means they don't like fire." Navi saw Link's wicked grin and sighed.
'That means I can use Din's fire and my fire arrows to beat them back. I can probably use my arrows of light too! If things get desperate, I can always blast my way out as well.' Link thought smug. Link always liked monsters that were afraid of fire; it made Link's life a whole lot easier.
"Come on! We have to find where they have blocked the water." Link and Navi ventured forth in the cavern. Link had his sword at the ready and had Din's spell in the other just in case. Without warning, a shadow lunged at Link from behind. Link felt its presence and rolled to his right and came up swinging his sword. A loud scream echoed through the cavern as Link's blade protruded from its belly and Link rolled it over so he could get free.
"Eeeew!" Navi seemed to squirm at the sight of the dead rattack. It looked like a cross between a dodongo and a large rat. "It's belly and neck seems to be it's weak spot." Navi said examining the carcass. Link wiped his blade on its fur and walked on.
'That was just a young one. I wonder if there's a master at work here as well?' Link began to ponder why all these events seemed to be happening around the same time as the battle alert. 'It seems as if someone wanted both sides too weak to fight the other properly.' Link was brought out of his thoughts as he entered a very large cavern.
"I don't like this Link." Navi muttered. Link nodded his head in agreement. This had an all too familiar air to it. Suddenly, a cave in occurred behind Link trapping Navi and himself in the cave. Laughter echoed in the darkness.
"It seems that the Zora's have gone desperate! Look! They send a child to deal with us now." More laughter echoed in the cavern. "Let us feast on his young tender body and pick our teeth with his bones." Link powered up his sword waiting for the first attack. When it came, Link dodged to the side waiting for a more appropriate situation to use his attack. Link rolled into a circle of them.
"Link!" Navi yelp. Link let lose the attack and the circle of rats screamed the death scream and collapsed dead to the floor.
"What is this!?! Kill that accursed light!" Link jumped out of the ring of dead rattacks and waited. Once he was cornered again, Link let lose another sword attack killing all in its wake.
"Link! Up there! I can see some light on the roof of the cavern." Link backed himself into a wall and took out his fire arrows. Navi targeted the cavern roof and Link let lose the arrow of destruction. A resounding thunk and hiss resounded in the cave as something was burned away.
'What is that stuff?' Link saw what he had burned away and made a face. It was a lot of green gunk that Link had never seen before. It looked like slime but was very easy to burn. The cavern gunk burned away leaving Link with some light in the room. The darkness hissed.
"How dare you bring light into my domain!?!" Hissed the mocking voice from before. Link readied Din's fire in his hands. "I'll tear you apart and leave your remains for the worms to devour! I am the leader of the rattacks Marist and I am not afraid of the light!" Link bounded to the middle of the light where he could plainly see his work.
'Twelve, maybe thirteen dead by my sword. There are at least five more that I can make out. One of them is big.' Link waited for the attack to come.
"Link?" Navi asked worried. Link didn't respond but held a fire arrow notched in his bow. "What are you doing?" Link stood motionless as the last remaining four circled him again. Fast as lightning, Link let lose four arrows that found their mark. A loud rumbling growl echoed as the last one found its mark.
"You will die for that." Link waited for the attack from Marist. Waiting motionless in the light, Link put away his bow and arrow and readied Din's fire. "You shouldn't have put those away." Snickered a loud voice in the darkness. "Those were the only hope you ever had to defeat me." Link let out a startled yelp when the blackness seemed to jump out of nowhere.
"LINK!" Navi yelled worried. Link had been knocked out into the darkness. There were sounds of a struggle and Navi quivered in fear. Link let out a small yelp of pain and then yelled something familiar.
"Yaaaaa!" There was a blinding flash of red light as Din's fire was released and a loud scream from the beast. Then there was a deadly calm. "Navi? You alright?" Link asked stepping back into the light. Navi let out a sigh of relief.
"Don't do that to me again! I nearly had a heart attack! You just disappeared and I couldn't target anything." Navi let out a small gasp when she saw a few scratches on Link's arm. "Link! Are you alright?" Navi fluttered to Links sword arm and gently touched the wounds.
"I'll be fine. It's only a few scratches. Let's light this place up shall we?" Link took out his bow and arrows again and started to burn away the green ooze that covered a good portion of the cavern. When it was light enough, Link made his way back to the cave in.
"What are you doing Link?" Navi asked giving Link some light to see. Link absentmindedly stroked the Deku pendant through his tunic.
"Something's out there." Link said in a low tone. "I can feel something out there. Look!" Link pointed to a crevasse that had been uncovered by the rattacks cave in. Link scuffled his way over rocks and debris and looked straight up. It looked like a large underground canyon. Link could see daylight about and sighed in relief.
'Now we have a way out at least.' Link scrambled back down to where Navi was. When Link came back, he squinted through the dimness of the cavern and saw the sight for what it really was now. The rattacks had no right to be there, they had intentionally tried to kill the Zoras and attacked Link. Normally, Link felt a little sorry for some creatures that didn't have a choice in the matter but these things deserved no pity; they did it just because they wanted to. The whole battle was an extermination of life, a cleansing of pure evil.
"Lets get out of here." Navi said in a low tone. It may have been a cleansing but it was still the deaths of living creatures. "I think I saw a doorway over here during the battle." Link nodded and followed Navi to a great door on the far side of the cavern. Link had been so busy fighting that he didn't notice it until now. It was like the great doors that the regent had.
"Wow." Link said taking a closer look at the carved piece of art. It was just like the regents door but had a noticeable difference; there was other species as well as Zora. It was of all the people of Hyrule working together instead of one race on it's own. Link clicked his tongue thoughtfully.
'I do like that notion. Gerudo and Deku working together. All races shouldn't work apart, they should work together like in Neutral…' Link let the thoughts of Neutral hang in the air for he had other things to do. Link tried to open the door but it wouldn't move.
"You would need a great amount of strength to move these doors." Navi said examining the doors. "These are no ordinary set of doors." Link nodded in understanding. Navi watched as Link pulled out his newly acquired spell and chanted the magic words. Din's power snaked its way along Link's body and he was enclosed in a bright red glow.
"Hnnn!" Link grunted with effort as the doors slowly gave way before his strength. Link opened the door wide enough so he and Navi could go through and he hurried into the room beyond.
"Oh Link." Navi said in a gasp. Link stood in wonder of the beautiful cavern before him. The doors behind Link and Navi closed behind them but neither noticed it. "Are these crystals or ruppies?" Navi said taking a closer look.
"It looks like glass or maybe ice but it's not cold enough here for it to be ice." Link muttered stepping beside Navi. The whole cavern looked like a crystal play land. Edges of the crystals spiked out along the walkway down to the main floor. The ceiling looked like polished glass and so did the floor. Light sparkled from an exit from the tunnel that illuminated the entire cavern.
"It's beautiful!" Navi breathed. Link could only nod in absolute agreement. Link noticed something on the main floor and gasped. It was the symbol of the triforce. Navi noticed this too and Link carefully made his way down the slippery walkway. Link then noticed the grove in the main floor and smiled; this was where the water came from. Link then also noticed why the water wasn't coming out.
"Green slime. How did that get there? I thought that a great deal of power was needed to get through those doors." Navi shrugged her fairy shoulders and Link growled. It just wasn't right for someone to do this to such a pretty place. Link took out an arrow and shot it at the green slime. To Link's surprise, a large wall of rock still blocked the water flow.
"Link, I think you should see this." Navi called from the side. Link looked in the direction Navi was calling him from and groaned loudly. Navi had found another cave.
"Let's check it out." Link said with a sigh. More caves usually meant more obstacles to overcome and more fights. Link and Navi made their way to the tunnels entrance. When they walked into the cave, Link was surprised to find nothing. It was just a small empty cave. "Now what?" Link asked Navi. Before Navi could reply, a bright light engulfed Link again.
"Link!" Navi yelled shocked that her friend had vanished on her. "Oh, that boy! He'd doing that way too often lately!" Link was floating in weightlessness. A bright flash of blue light danced upon his senses and he was able to move.
"Hello Link." Without opening an eye, Link knew who it was that addressed him. "I am the Great Fairy of Peace. I welcome you to my crystal domain."
"Hello." Link muttered as he got up off of the polished floor. Link saw the Great Fairy of Peace and sighed. Yet again the fairy had differences that separated her from all the other fairies. Link gazed at the white flowers that seemed to encircle her body and tied up into her long black hair.
"I see you have been to the Great Fairy of War already. My, you have been a busy boy. Take this spell with you and my hope for the future." Link tottered on his feet as the magic was transferred. Link felt hazy and tired as the Great Fairy worked her magic and closed his eyes. When it was over, Link saw the new spell and brightened up considerably.
"What does this 'Nayru's Nightshade' do?" Link asked the fairy. Peace gave a laugh like all great fairies. Link stared at the spell when she answered.
"It makes flowers around you bloom no matter what the season it is or what type of flower it is. Be careful around purple jungle irises; their pollen can make a person fall into a deep sleep but you can get rid of it by bottling it up." Link went to thank the fairy when she disappeared into her fountain. Link felt the sensation of being pulled upwards and found himself staring at Navi.
"You have to stop doing that." Navi growled at Link. Link let out a nervous laugh and rubbed his neck.
"Like I really have a choice in the matter." Link managed to get out between laughs. Navi shook her head at Link. Link then remembered the spell and took it out.
"What's that? A new spell?" Navi asked fluttering to Link's hand to see it. Link nodded and sighed. "What does it do?" Navi asked excited. Link pocketed the magic and held up his hand so she could land.
"The Great Fairy of Peace said that it makes any flower bloom. It's called Nayru's Nightshade. She warned me that it could be dangerous if I don't use it wisely." Link said in a regular tone. Navi let out an excited squeal.
"Wow! Do you realize what this can mean!?! Imagine being able to create apple blossoms in winter! Not to mention the winter snowblacks; not one of them have bloomed in years in the Lost Woods. I can't wait to try it out at home." Navi fluttered to Links hat. "Well, that can wait until we get home can't it. Let's go open that wall." Link nodded and made his way back to the triforce marking on the cavern floor.
"Do you think I should play Zelda's Lullaby? It usually worked in the temples and at the fairy fountains in Hyrule." Link asked to the fairy on his shoulder. Navi floated to the floor to examine the markings.
"I don't see why not. Just be careful." Navi said curious. Link nodded and took out the ocarina of time. Link stood directly on the marking and played the soft melody that Impa had taught him such a long time ago. Link swayed side to side as he played the song and memories took form. Link remembered all the fairy fountains he had opened, the way he had used it to get in to see Darunia and most importantly, how he used it to get the master sword. Link let the last note die away in the echoes of the cavern.
"Nothing." Link said disappointed. Navi hovered in front of the rock wall and concentrated at something Link couldn't decipher. Link felt a tremor run through the ground and gulped down his nervousness.
"Link RUN!" Navi suddenly shouted. Link didn't question why when he felt that tremor. Of all the luck! Link started to turn to the way he had come in and things happened in slow motion. Link saw the rock wall vanish letting all the water go, Navi flew over the spray and barely missed being shot out of the air and Link made a desperate lunge for the side. The water hit Link in the side, making Link shoot down the long cavern a ways before he latched onto the side. Link held onto the side as the water pushed his body around like a rag doll.
"Navi!" Link yelled as soon as he saw the fairy looking for him. Navi rushed to Link panicked that she couldn't do anything.
"LINK!" Link was suddenly battered by a large wave and was forced to let go of his rock. Link was dragged down under by the undercurrent.
Man! Link can't catch a break with me can he? (insert evil laughter here)
Disclaimer: Yes, we all know that Link doesn't belong to me already!
"Link?" Link opened one eye groggily as he tried to sit up. Link was greeted by Zirain's smiling face and Horaku's wide eyes. "About time you got up." Zirain teased. "You slept like a baby. I was beginning to think you had drowned from your own song." Link laughed nervously and sat up. Horaku cleared his throat.
"It's an honor to meet you Hero of Time." Horaku said with a pleasant smile. Link groaned and cast an accusing glance at Zirain. Zirain looked defensive and held up his hands.
"Don't look at me! He figured it out on his own!" Horaku laughed at Zirain and rose from his chair. Link then noticed Navi and Cera on the table.
"Don't fret about it. There are many Zora prophecies that would foretell of your arrival. Your bringing rain to where none should have been confirmed it. I have never seen that type of magic before, where did you learn such a spell?" Link blushed in embarrassment and glanced away.
"Actually, the magic is the song itself. I'm a mediator in these sorts of things." Link said with his cheeks burning. Horaku laughed his deep watery laugh again.
"You were no mere mediator in casting that spell. That was some piece of work. Thanks to you, my people have enough water to last them a few days. I am very grateful for your help." Link nodded and tried to get out of the bed. "I also know why you're here. I'm afraid that I can't give my pendant to while we are still in danger."
"Horaku." Zirain growled in a warning tone. Horaku cast a sharp glance to the teen at the table.
"He needs to know! Unless those rattacks are cleared from that cave, I can't give him the pendant. I need Hunter's help in this." Horaku growled back at Zirain. Link chuckled at their small argument. Why argue about it when the obvious answer had just woken up.
"You two are being silly. The answer is painfully obvious! I'll go and get the water flowing again." Link stretched and hopped out of bed. Horaku and Zirain looked at Link blankly.
"You can't be serious." Horaku sputtered. Zirain leaned back in his chair sighing.
"Oh he's serious all right. Just don't ask him to clear all of your harvest after it's over, I'm sure he would find a way to do it." Zirain growled. Horaku looked at Link with an incredulous look. Link put on his tunic and found that the Deku pendant was still there. Horaku noticed something for the first time and decided to ask.
"Why do you wear green little one?" Horaku emphasized on 'little'. "You wear neither blue nor yellow and Zirain say's your not from Neutral City." Link tucked his ocarina away and went to strap on his mirror shield and sword.
"I'm from the Lost Woods beyond the seal. I live with the Kokiri and they all wear green." Zirain belly laughed at the look he received from Horaku. Link's matter-of-fact tone had left the Zora looking more like a fish than usual. It was too much of a shock for the poor Zora to take and he sat down abruptly in his seat once more.
"B-beyond the seal?" Squeaked Horaku. Link nodded and finished getting dressed. Navi and Cera fluttered to Link's hat.
"We really have to find another hiding place. Your hat is just too crowded." Navi muttered in Link's ear. Link let out a sigh and fit his hat so they would have more room.
"Better?" Link asked. Navi pat his head. "So, where is this entrance to the waterway? I would like to get this done as quickly as possible." Horaku blinked at the young child in surprise and sighed. There was no way around this was there?
Watercrest waterway.
Horaku led Link to the opposite side of the waterbed that they had stopped to look at. Link scanned the cliffs for any sign of life. There was none.
"This cave leads to the source of the waterfall. If you somehow manage to defeat the rattacks inside, we can get the water to flow again. I wish you well but I must go now." Link nodded in thanks and let the man disappear into the dunes. Link nodded to Navi and Cera and he took out his ocarina.
"Well, we should get going. What are we waiting for! Let's go Link. Link?" Zirain had just enough time to see Link putting his lips to the ocarina of time. Link played the Goron's Lullaby and Zirain crumpled to the ground as if he dropped of exhaustion.
"Sorry about this." Link muttered into Zirain's ear as he flipped him over. "I can't fight when distracted. Cera, keep an eye on Zirain for me. Navi and I will go and check out the cave." Cera sighed but agreed to keep Zirain there. Link and Navi ventured forth into the cave.
"Just like old times huh Link?" Navi whispered. Link and Navi entered a cavern much like Zora's Domain and Link nodded. Navi searched the area by flying and found no trace of a rattack. "Nothing. Not a single monster."
"That's good. Let's go farther in. There must be something up higher and deeper in the cave." Link followed Navi as she lit the way for Link. Link was so jumpy that he dared not explore the cavern. It was too dark. At least in the ice cave in Zora's Domain you could see something but there was no light here except for Navi's light.
'There's something wrong about this.' Link thought worried. They ventured deeper into the cave when Navi found something.
"Link! Over here!" Link ran to Navi's light and found the remains of a yellow warrior. Very disturbing because it wasn't eaten yet and days old flesh still hung to the bones. "I think I'm going to be sick." Navi whimpered. Link ignored the smell of decaying tissue and trod on through the pitch-blackness.
'I should have been attacked by now. Why aren't the rattacks coming out?' Then, Navi fluttered in front of his nose.
"I think we're being followed." Navi whispered into his ear. "I don't know for sure but they aren't coming too close. They seem to skitter away like frightened children." Realization hit Link hard.
"Navi! It's you! They're afraid of the light! Remember when we heard their first attempts to come in? Their torches were blown out first." Link said loudly. "That means they don't like fire." Navi saw Link's wicked grin and sighed.
'That means I can use Din's fire and my fire arrows to beat them back. I can probably use my arrows of light too! If things get desperate, I can always blast my way out as well.' Link thought smug. Link always liked monsters that were afraid of fire; it made Link's life a whole lot easier.
"Come on! We have to find where they have blocked the water." Link and Navi ventured forth in the cavern. Link had his sword at the ready and had Din's spell in the other just in case. Without warning, a shadow lunged at Link from behind. Link felt its presence and rolled to his right and came up swinging his sword. A loud scream echoed through the cavern as Link's blade protruded from its belly and Link rolled it over so he could get free.
"Eeeew!" Navi seemed to squirm at the sight of the dead rattack. It looked like a cross between a dodongo and a large rat. "It's belly and neck seems to be it's weak spot." Navi said examining the carcass. Link wiped his blade on its fur and walked on.
'That was just a young one. I wonder if there's a master at work here as well?' Link began to ponder why all these events seemed to be happening around the same time as the battle alert. 'It seems as if someone wanted both sides too weak to fight the other properly.' Link was brought out of his thoughts as he entered a very large cavern.
"I don't like this Link." Navi muttered. Link nodded his head in agreement. This had an all too familiar air to it. Suddenly, a cave in occurred behind Link trapping Navi and himself in the cave. Laughter echoed in the darkness.
"It seems that the Zora's have gone desperate! Look! They send a child to deal with us now." More laughter echoed in the cavern. "Let us feast on his young tender body and pick our teeth with his bones." Link powered up his sword waiting for the first attack. When it came, Link dodged to the side waiting for a more appropriate situation to use his attack. Link rolled into a circle of them.
"Link!" Navi yelp. Link let lose the attack and the circle of rats screamed the death scream and collapsed dead to the floor.
"What is this!?! Kill that accursed light!" Link jumped out of the ring of dead rattacks and waited. Once he was cornered again, Link let lose another sword attack killing all in its wake.
"Link! Up there! I can see some light on the roof of the cavern." Link backed himself into a wall and took out his fire arrows. Navi targeted the cavern roof and Link let lose the arrow of destruction. A resounding thunk and hiss resounded in the cave as something was burned away.
'What is that stuff?' Link saw what he had burned away and made a face. It was a lot of green gunk that Link had never seen before. It looked like slime but was very easy to burn. The cavern gunk burned away leaving Link with some light in the room. The darkness hissed.
"How dare you bring light into my domain!?!" Hissed the mocking voice from before. Link readied Din's fire in his hands. "I'll tear you apart and leave your remains for the worms to devour! I am the leader of the rattacks Marist and I am not afraid of the light!" Link bounded to the middle of the light where he could plainly see his work.
'Twelve, maybe thirteen dead by my sword. There are at least five more that I can make out. One of them is big.' Link waited for the attack to come.
"Link?" Navi asked worried. Link didn't respond but held a fire arrow notched in his bow. "What are you doing?" Link stood motionless as the last remaining four circled him again. Fast as lightning, Link let lose four arrows that found their mark. A loud rumbling growl echoed as the last one found its mark.
"You will die for that." Link waited for the attack from Marist. Waiting motionless in the light, Link put away his bow and arrow and readied Din's fire. "You shouldn't have put those away." Snickered a loud voice in the darkness. "Those were the only hope you ever had to defeat me." Link let out a startled yelp when the blackness seemed to jump out of nowhere.
"LINK!" Navi yelled worried. Link had been knocked out into the darkness. There were sounds of a struggle and Navi quivered in fear. Link let out a small yelp of pain and then yelled something familiar.
"Yaaaaa!" There was a blinding flash of red light as Din's fire was released and a loud scream from the beast. Then there was a deadly calm. "Navi? You alright?" Link asked stepping back into the light. Navi let out a sigh of relief.
"Don't do that to me again! I nearly had a heart attack! You just disappeared and I couldn't target anything." Navi let out a small gasp when she saw a few scratches on Link's arm. "Link! Are you alright?" Navi fluttered to Links sword arm and gently touched the wounds.
"I'll be fine. It's only a few scratches. Let's light this place up shall we?" Link took out his bow and arrows again and started to burn away the green ooze that covered a good portion of the cavern. When it was light enough, Link made his way back to the cave in.
"What are you doing Link?" Navi asked giving Link some light to see. Link absentmindedly stroked the Deku pendant through his tunic.
"Something's out there." Link said in a low tone. "I can feel something out there. Look!" Link pointed to a crevasse that had been uncovered by the rattacks cave in. Link scuffled his way over rocks and debris and looked straight up. It looked like a large underground canyon. Link could see daylight about and sighed in relief.
'Now we have a way out at least.' Link scrambled back down to where Navi was. When Link came back, he squinted through the dimness of the cavern and saw the sight for what it really was now. The rattacks had no right to be there, they had intentionally tried to kill the Zoras and attacked Link. Normally, Link felt a little sorry for some creatures that didn't have a choice in the matter but these things deserved no pity; they did it just because they wanted to. The whole battle was an extermination of life, a cleansing of pure evil.
"Lets get out of here." Navi said in a low tone. It may have been a cleansing but it was still the deaths of living creatures. "I think I saw a doorway over here during the battle." Link nodded and followed Navi to a great door on the far side of the cavern. Link had been so busy fighting that he didn't notice it until now. It was like the great doors that the regent had.
"Wow." Link said taking a closer look at the carved piece of art. It was just like the regents door but had a noticeable difference; there was other species as well as Zora. It was of all the people of Hyrule working together instead of one race on it's own. Link clicked his tongue thoughtfully.
'I do like that notion. Gerudo and Deku working together. All races shouldn't work apart, they should work together like in Neutral…' Link let the thoughts of Neutral hang in the air for he had other things to do. Link tried to open the door but it wouldn't move.
"You would need a great amount of strength to move these doors." Navi said examining the doors. "These are no ordinary set of doors." Link nodded in understanding. Navi watched as Link pulled out his newly acquired spell and chanted the magic words. Din's power snaked its way along Link's body and he was enclosed in a bright red glow.
"Hnnn!" Link grunted with effort as the doors slowly gave way before his strength. Link opened the door wide enough so he and Navi could go through and he hurried into the room beyond.
"Oh Link." Navi said in a gasp. Link stood in wonder of the beautiful cavern before him. The doors behind Link and Navi closed behind them but neither noticed it. "Are these crystals or ruppies?" Navi said taking a closer look.
"It looks like glass or maybe ice but it's not cold enough here for it to be ice." Link muttered stepping beside Navi. The whole cavern looked like a crystal play land. Edges of the crystals spiked out along the walkway down to the main floor. The ceiling looked like polished glass and so did the floor. Light sparkled from an exit from the tunnel that illuminated the entire cavern.
"It's beautiful!" Navi breathed. Link could only nod in absolute agreement. Link noticed something on the main floor and gasped. It was the symbol of the triforce. Navi noticed this too and Link carefully made his way down the slippery walkway. Link then noticed the grove in the main floor and smiled; this was where the water came from. Link then also noticed why the water wasn't coming out.
"Green slime. How did that get there? I thought that a great deal of power was needed to get through those doors." Navi shrugged her fairy shoulders and Link growled. It just wasn't right for someone to do this to such a pretty place. Link took out an arrow and shot it at the green slime. To Link's surprise, a large wall of rock still blocked the water flow.
"Link, I think you should see this." Navi called from the side. Link looked in the direction Navi was calling him from and groaned loudly. Navi had found another cave.
"Let's check it out." Link said with a sigh. More caves usually meant more obstacles to overcome and more fights. Link and Navi made their way to the tunnels entrance. When they walked into the cave, Link was surprised to find nothing. It was just a small empty cave. "Now what?" Link asked Navi. Before Navi could reply, a bright light engulfed Link again.
"Link!" Navi yelled shocked that her friend had vanished on her. "Oh, that boy! He'd doing that way too often lately!" Link was floating in weightlessness. A bright flash of blue light danced upon his senses and he was able to move.
"Hello Link." Without opening an eye, Link knew who it was that addressed him. "I am the Great Fairy of Peace. I welcome you to my crystal domain."
"Hello." Link muttered as he got up off of the polished floor. Link saw the Great Fairy of Peace and sighed. Yet again the fairy had differences that separated her from all the other fairies. Link gazed at the white flowers that seemed to encircle her body and tied up into her long black hair.
"I see you have been to the Great Fairy of War already. My, you have been a busy boy. Take this spell with you and my hope for the future." Link tottered on his feet as the magic was transferred. Link felt hazy and tired as the Great Fairy worked her magic and closed his eyes. When it was over, Link saw the new spell and brightened up considerably.
"What does this 'Nayru's Nightshade' do?" Link asked the fairy. Peace gave a laugh like all great fairies. Link stared at the spell when she answered.
"It makes flowers around you bloom no matter what the season it is or what type of flower it is. Be careful around purple jungle irises; their pollen can make a person fall into a deep sleep but you can get rid of it by bottling it up." Link went to thank the fairy when she disappeared into her fountain. Link felt the sensation of being pulled upwards and found himself staring at Navi.
"You have to stop doing that." Navi growled at Link. Link let out a nervous laugh and rubbed his neck.
"Like I really have a choice in the matter." Link managed to get out between laughs. Navi shook her head at Link. Link then remembered the spell and took it out.
"What's that? A new spell?" Navi asked fluttering to Link's hand to see it. Link nodded and sighed. "What does it do?" Navi asked excited. Link pocketed the magic and held up his hand so she could land.
"The Great Fairy of Peace said that it makes any flower bloom. It's called Nayru's Nightshade. She warned me that it could be dangerous if I don't use it wisely." Link said in a regular tone. Navi let out an excited squeal.
"Wow! Do you realize what this can mean!?! Imagine being able to create apple blossoms in winter! Not to mention the winter snowblacks; not one of them have bloomed in years in the Lost Woods. I can't wait to try it out at home." Navi fluttered to Links hat. "Well, that can wait until we get home can't it. Let's go open that wall." Link nodded and made his way back to the triforce marking on the cavern floor.
"Do you think I should play Zelda's Lullaby? It usually worked in the temples and at the fairy fountains in Hyrule." Link asked to the fairy on his shoulder. Navi floated to the floor to examine the markings.
"I don't see why not. Just be careful." Navi said curious. Link nodded and took out the ocarina of time. Link stood directly on the marking and played the soft melody that Impa had taught him such a long time ago. Link swayed side to side as he played the song and memories took form. Link remembered all the fairy fountains he had opened, the way he had used it to get in to see Darunia and most importantly, how he used it to get the master sword. Link let the last note die away in the echoes of the cavern.
"Nothing." Link said disappointed. Navi hovered in front of the rock wall and concentrated at something Link couldn't decipher. Link felt a tremor run through the ground and gulped down his nervousness.
"Link RUN!" Navi suddenly shouted. Link didn't question why when he felt that tremor. Of all the luck! Link started to turn to the way he had come in and things happened in slow motion. Link saw the rock wall vanish letting all the water go, Navi flew over the spray and barely missed being shot out of the air and Link made a desperate lunge for the side. The water hit Link in the side, making Link shoot down the long cavern a ways before he latched onto the side. Link held onto the side as the water pushed his body around like a rag doll.
"Navi!" Link yelled as soon as he saw the fairy looking for him. Navi rushed to Link panicked that she couldn't do anything.
"LINK!" Link was suddenly battered by a large wave and was forced to let go of his rock. Link was dragged down under by the undercurrent.
Man! Link can't catch a break with me can he? (insert evil laughter here)
Disclaimer: Yes, we all know that Link doesn't belong to me already!