Chapter 14: Out of the Desert to find Ganondorf

Without hesitation, Norclas leapt across the gap and landed rolling on top of the altar. He reached the side on which Link's unconscious body had been dropped earlier. Leaping over the corpse of the giant scorpion, he fell down towards Link's falling body. Staying close to the sides of the altar, he narrowed his arms against his body, gaining speed. He was now even with Link's body. Passing it just barely, in one swift motion he moved his legs towards the side of the altar, and jumped off it, trying to catch Link's body. Jumping towards the wall, arms outstretched, he caught Link a few feet above the ground. Landing safely, he laid down Link's body near the altar. At the entrance of the temple now stood Denpolent, riding Epona, with a large satchel over his back.

"How long has he been out?" asked Denpolent while dismounting Epona and bringing his satchel in front of him

"A minute, tops" replied Norclas, getting up off the ground

"Was he stung?"

"Not that I saw. You may want to look for yourself, it is your area of expertise"

Denpolent walked towards the body of Link and looked around the torso for any rips or tears in the shirt. He saw the bandaged arm of Link and took out a small, clear bottle filled with an orange liquid. Unwrapping the wound, he poured the liquid on it, and watched as the wound closed almost immediately. Finding no other tears, he took out a bottle containing a red liquid. Just as he had done earlier in the cave, he knelt down beside Link and elevated his head against his thigh. He opened Link's mouth with one hand, and poured the liquid down his throat with the other.

"Will he be alright?" asked Norclas, worried that he didn't do more during Link's battle.

"He should be fine", replied Denpolent, in an effort to appease the worried soul of Norclas. Secretly Denpolent wasn't all that sure. He didn't know if the scorpion had squeezed the very life out of Link. All he could do now was hope.

"I didn't know you'd be here so fast", commented Norclas, attempting to break the uneasy silence

"There are many things you don't know about me"

"Such as..."

"What happened?" Link rubbed his head and slowly stood up.

"You were rendered unconscious by the giant scorpion when you were battling. I caught you as you were falling and Denpolent came and gave you medicine."

"The scorpion is dead then?"

"But of course. The wounds you gave to his underbelly bled him to death"

"I hope I do not meet the same fate on my journey"

"As do we all"

"Any signs of Ganondorf?"

"Unfortunately, all that was seen was a man riding a dark horse out of the desert."

"Which way?"

"Get to the wall opposite the entrance of the Temple and go straight"

Link walked out the door and mounted Epona. He rode to the left and made his away around the Temple to the other side. Riding as fast as Epona could gallop, Link rode off with the setting sun now at his back. Link was now determined to find Ganondorf, knowing he could not have gotten that far in such a short period of time. Exiting the desert, with a full moon waxing, Link rode into Hyrule Field. He decided that if Ganondorf was no where to be seen, the Tower on the Mountain might be the next place that was hit, and he would go there, in a blind attempt at finding and defeating Ganondorf

Link reached the center of Hyrule Field at the full gallop of Epona. Taking a quick look around and finding nothing, he turned towards the mountains. Suddenly, a turret broke through the earth in front of Link, causing Epona to stop dead in her tracks. Link was thrown from Epona and crashed side-first into the turret. Link tenderly got up, clutching his ribs in pain. He and Epona moved as fast as they could out of the way of the rising turret. Link looked back and saw that now three more turrets were tearing through the fertile earth. The turrets were in a square formation, each no bigger than six feet tall and ten feet in diameter. In between the two front turrets, there was a small box like structure. Link inspected it, and found that on each visible side there was a grate. Link kicked in a side grate and caused a loud crash to be heard. Link slid in the opening, and fell to the cold hard stone floor.