Hokay. Yes, well, after reading the first chapter (Looks at everyone, mouthing, "Yes, I'm sure you did" andglancing suspiciously through narrowed eyes.) You'll know that the Lizard man guy and the mysterious creature have left to Death Mountain to try and capture Link, who is now in there, trying to defeat the temple. Anyway, I hope it's to everyone's liking. :D (P.S. If any of you are insulted by some minor fighting (No gore or anything like that) then you might not want to read this – though it's defiantly no worse then the minor violence in the actual game.)

Oh, by the way, if anyone who had been reading my other story (A Warrior's Tale) happens to read this… well, I might update soon… sorry I've been so busy. D:


Just to let you know, thischapter isn't about Link doing the whole temple, only one thing before there is a rude interruption…


Chapter 1

The Conspiracy

By Saber88


The heated air heaved and twisted around Link, making objects look blurry in his line of vision. He pulled of his green tunic and replaced it with the heat-resistant scarlet one. The temperature seemed to drop hugely for the blond haired Hylian and he slowly stocked back into the Temple as he had left it the previous day.

The young man went left and yanked open one of the huge emerald iron doors, a rush of sickly warm air whipping back his pale hair.

With squinted eyes, Link entered…

Only to have a worm like monster, a 'Like Like' to fall in front of him, making it's horribe croaking sounds.

Before Link could even unsheathe his sword, the creature engulfed him, its slimy innards making an oozing coating of goo in his clothing, sword, and his shield that the thing just ingested before spitting him out.

He flew back and slammed with a dull thud into the door and quickly regained his feet, slashing at the creature and throwing a bomb at it to finish it off.

Link's Hylian shield took the carcass's place along with a red ruby; he picked both up, once again equipping the defense device.

At the end of the small hall, a goron was shuddering behind bars, whining. The Hylian walked up to the door and hit the switch, opening the cage door.

Hurriedly, the rock-like person praised his savior, and then he ran out of the Temple with tremendous speed.

Link wiped off his sweaty forehead with a sleeve and starred after the retreating figure, face impassive as it had been through both encounters, "Hm… sure knows how to take off fast when they could be of help…"

Just then, there was a clanking at the door he had entered at. The man went over to the door, thinking that the goron had perhaps changed his mind and was returning with a hint or something of the sort.

When he did open the door, he was stunned into immobility. A reptilian man stood at the door, grinning, pointed yellow teeth exposed. With a clawed foot, the creature kicked Link back into the room, and jerked out a dagger, approaching the prone form on the ground with agility born of his race.

As the Lizard Man lunged at him, Link rolled out of the way and regained his feet. Using the length of his Master Sword, he pushed back the dagger-wielding menace until they were in the open room of the Temple.

The human continued pushing back the disfigured thing until he was near one of the pots of fire, which he thrust the Lizard Man into.

The beast let out a yelp of surprise and was consumed by flames…

But it didn't seem to weaken, but to gain power…

It gave him one of his abnormal smiles, and the nefarious being leapt out of the licking flames, its body on fire without any seemingly obvious fuel.

Before the creature could attack again with a wicked vengeance, Link threw all his strength into a vicious stab. The creature tried to evade, but wasn't so lucky. The sword dug its way into his scaly shoulder. The abomination shuddered from the surly excruciating agony, falling to his knees and withering on the floor.

With a hoarse voice, it shrieked, "EARCU!"

The Hylian prodded the monster with his sword, chuckling slightly,and was about to finish it off when suddenly a large beast broke the wall above the entrance to the temple, bursting through with such strength, rock shards went flying with enough velocity to puncture his soft body. He ducked behind a ledge and avoided the flying stones.

The monster that flew in looked like a giant ebon eagle, with black, muscular hindquarters of a lion. A griffon.

Link looked at it in awe as it reached the Lizard man, snatching him up by his shoulders. The feathered animal had a monstrous wing span, its body about the size of three of the adolescent combined.

Earcu, the griffon, was about to fly out of the Temple and into the Death Mountain Crater when Link broke out of his stupor. He quickly pulled out his bow and took a single arrow from his quiver, taking aim. The projectile whizzed out, clawing its way into the fleshy thigh of the griffon. It screeched; a horrid, inhuman sound. The cry rang out, reverberating off the walls and doing more damage then the arrow could've done.

Earcu dive-bombed downward to the lava, the Rogth, his reptilian companion screaming, his limbs flailing helplessly. At the last moment, the beast snapped his wings open and flew up, and over the volcano's steep sides, a trail of crimson blood dripping below, forever staining the solid stone walkways.

Link remained motionless for several moments, trying to round up his fleeing thoughts; unable to truly comprehend what, exactly, had happened so abruptly, in such a short length of time.

Maybe this was a mini-boss of some sort?

Or maybe not…

I don't know now…

but I'm sure I'll find out whether I like it or not!


Earcu landed near Kakariko Village, out of site or prying eyes. With a grunt, the griffon connected with the turf, falling over onto his un-wounded side. He let go of Rogth, who rolled onto the grassy ground, panting with fright, dwarfed by the immense bulk of the griffon.

"Goddesses!" he raged, "I hate flying!

Earcu snorted, "Quit your petty complaining! Fix your shoulder then heal this wound o' mine!"

"Fine, fine, I'm getting to it." Growled the other, and beneath his green patterned scales, the creature paled, "What will Lady Tendra say? About failing?"

The griffon closed his eyes in pain, taking his time to answer, "We're defiantly not going to come out of her room unscathed, yes?"

Rogth paled further as he wound a piece of torn cloth around his shoulder, which had begun to heal already – another advantage of his kind.

When he finished, he looked grimly at Earcu, "You might want to brace yourself…"

The reptilian man took out a vial, uncorked it, and poured sparkling yellow liquid into the depression left by the arrow shaft, which he yanked out aggressively.

Earcu screeched and twitched, trying not to respond to the burning, fire-like pain enveloping him.

As the beast convulsed, Rogth watched the wound close up, not even leaving a scar. He glanced at the griffon, "Your fine now." He coughed, and curled up in the sun. He had no intention of seeing his mistress any time soon…

…if he could help it.


Well! I think that's an okay chapter. :D Hope ya'll liked it… please comment if you did, or even if you didn't – long as there's a logical reason. And, like I said in the previous chapter, I don't mind some constructive criticism, that will help improve the story.


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