The Balance of the Earth
Chapter 3: Dark Dust If I must
By Son of the Specter 992
Three years pass since the two young oracles were taken in by Din and Nayru. In those three years, they had been trained in their powers of seasons and ages. As they progressed, they exerted more power.
Unknown to the oracles, the souls of vanquished evil had been absorbing the excess energy. The souls of Gannon, the Six Shadows, and Vaati, the evil beings defeated by the warrior of Hyrlu, Link. As the energy ran to their lifeless bodies, their spirits returned. Out of an abyss came a cloud of dust. This wasn't the dust that one would see in a normal desert. This was the dark cloud of pure evil. As Josh and John trained harder, the cloud got closer. By the time they had taken a break, the cloud had gotten their.
The cloud took form of a mighty beast and stomped into the clearing. The beast looked like a scorpion with two tails with axe blades at the end, giant spiked hammers instead of claws, and seven arms. As it came closer Josh and John noticed it. They didn't know anything about battling. They decided that the best thing to do would be to charge it head on. The beast swung hard with one of its many spiked hammers.
It knocked both Josh and John back with such force that the trees behind them snapped like twigs. Din and Nayru heard the noises coming from the clearing and headed that way. When they approached their young protégé they see the giant scorpion.
"It's a Maltion, a servant of the dark lords. It must have been sent by the Darkness Warriors defeated by the hero of Hyrlu to find and destroy us to sent the world into total chaos." Nayru exclaimed. "The power that has been released during your training must have brought them back to existence."
While Josh, John, and Din were taking their monster lecture, no-one noticed that the Maltion had snuck up on them and was about to attack. Din looked up and gasped. She saw the beast about to swing, informed Nayru, and they both took evasive action. Din and Nayru shove their wards out of the fire as the hammer comes down on them. The strike was powerful enough to sent the aged women flying.
Josh and John rushed over to their mistresses. Their wounds were fatal, John and Josh could see that they were dying.
"Mistress Nayru" Josh pled in a voice that was weak with sorrow.
"Lady Din, are you alright?" John was just as upset as Josh. He too knew that his Mistress was dying.
"John, Josh, we knew that this day would come sometime. We wanted to make sure that you would be prepared for this. You had to be prepared to take over as the official oracles of seasons and ages. We're both glad that you are now ready. We may pass away but our spirits will be with you to help defeat this beast. We're so proud of you" these were there running blood grew still.