Link ran to the glass case on the wall. The fairy inside flew happily forward to greet him.
"Navi, are you alright? He didn't hurt you---"
I'm fine. Break the glass, but watch out. I think it's a trap
She fluttered to the back of her prison. Link shot an arrow into the glass, shattering it completely.
Look out!
Link leapt back as a giant block of stone propelled across the room and slammed into the opposite wall. The almighty thud resounded though the Temple.
He winced. Someone had to have heard that.
Navi floated over to him and he suddenly felt whole. He was surprised at how much he had missed the fairy.
Zelda's up those stairs somewhere, Navi flew up a flight of steps, making Link run after her.
"Navi!" he whispered harshly, "what if someone's up there?"
There's no one.
"But..." he paused, "nevermind."
He followed her up.
"By the way, I'm not dead, and I'm fine, thank you for asking."
I know you're not dead. And I know you're fine. I'm connected to you, you know.
"Don't remind me," Link smiled; he was used to the playful banter that so often accompanied him.
Navi floated around a bend and stopped in front of a door with bars running vertically in front of it.
I think you have to do something to get in.
"Try this."
Link kicked the last bar with the iron heel of his boot, bending the bottom of the pole. All the other bars shot up into the ceiling. Link walked calmly through the door, Navi giggling behind him.
They came into a small room with three identical doors.
"Now what," Link asked, "I just walk in all of them and hope I don't get killed?"
I suppose.
Link walked to the door in the middle and took a long breath. Then he kicked the door in.
Zelda sat in a chair, head in her hands. She didn't look up.
"Zelda!" he ran to her as she stood up too quickly. She swayed and fell into him.
"Zelda, what---"
"Link you died---"
"---though Gannon had---"
"---under the tree---"
"---was so worried---"
"---had given up..."
They both stopped talking. Zelda clung to his tunic as he held her tightly. Link closed his eyes, chin in her hair.
"Zelda?"
"Yes?"
"We have to get out of here..."
