Disclaimer- Still don't own Zelda. Original characters belong to either Snowsilver or myself. Yadda yadda yadda.

A.N.- Well, actually I have these two parts written out by hand but I didn't feel like typing them. Now I'm starting part 11 as I type part 9 right now. Seriously though, if I finish anything I want to finish this. I'm actually quite proud of how everything is coming out. Rhyming is hard. nods

The Heroes of Time
Part 9

To Lake Hylia
They rode by horseback,
With all of their weapons
On their backs with a strap.

The field was large
For the speed they were glad,
Except for poor Timbre
Who was less glad than mad.

He still hated horses
And they still hated him,
Wolves were different, horses strange
Both had big toothy grins.

After a while
A fence did appear,
Epona jumped for it
With that leap it was cleared.

Down to a trot
While they walked down a path,
When they got to the lake
They let out a gasp.

For the water was gone
From most of the lake,
With tektites abundant
And guays in their wake.

"What happened here?"
Kat finally asked,
"It looks as though
Something came through here fast."

They got off Epona
And they all looked around,
As a final decision
Was soon simply found.

"See that tree
In the middle of the lake?"
Link said to the group
"The path there we will take."

So the group headed down
O'er the rickety path,
Of well worn bridges
That crickled and cracked.

As the got to the end
They got a surprise,
For Sheik did appear
In front of their eyes.

"You are not allowed here
For you have no way down,
Ask the owl for help
To get back to the town.
Head to the Zoras
They should be some help,
As the may have an item
That you can use yourself."

Then away with a flash
Sheik was then gone,
The teens were now mad
That their plans had been flawed.

As they all turned around
They saw what Sheik meant,
A huge owl perched
On a post that was bent.

I mean, it was huge
Three times their own size,
All of them could ride
And still have him rise!

He nodded and hooted
As they all gathered near
And all of them boarded
The owl with fear,
For he flew quite erratically
His wings went flap flup,
All others did wince
As Sond promptly threw up.

He then dropped them off
At Kakariko pass,
All of them landed
In a big confused mass.

They got it together
And then headed off,
Through all of the paths
To the entrance aloft.

All of them gasped
At the sight of it all,
Ice was abundant
E'en the great waterfall
Was a large frozen block,
They all looked around
Until the King of the Zoras
They saw frozen bound.

The teens hadn't thought
That this, they would find
And to all of them
This was quite a bind.

Kat slowly mentioned
That she had found a place
That sold light blue fire
A smile on her face.

"Don't worry," she said
As she reached in Link's bag,
"I thought it was cool,
Though the price was a gag."

A bottle of fire
That's contents were blue
Was uncorked and spilled,
The ice melted and flew
In chunks through the air
And left the King's skin,
He smiled with a nod
At his non-fishy kin.

"Thank you," he stated
The teens he still knew,
"For that I will give you
Some tunics of blue,
That will help you along
Under water you'll breathe,
I do have a problem
But you'll solve it with ease."

"My domain is now frozen
I'd like you to help,
To get some blue fire
From a cave that won't melt."

He pointed behind,
Down a hallway they walked
They all changed their clothes
At the end they were blocked
By the lack of a bridge
To the so called Ice Cave,
So jumping on ice chunks
To the cave they did brave.

It was quite cold
As Link did mention,
Timbre did scoff
Though with best of intention.

At the end they had found
A pair of iron boots,
Guarded by a Wolfos
Which they beat in three moves.

One with a sword,
The second with an arrow,
The third with a hammer
That broke through bone marrow.

Getting their prize
And some fire at that,
They started heading back
At a noise heads did snap.

To the side they did look
For that man had come back,
He pulled out a harp
To put them on track.

He played them a tune,
They all copied him
Their instruments brandished
And the voice of poor Tim.

"Play that tune to get back
To the lake water's edge."
And with a snap of his wrist
And a jump off the edge,
The man disappeared
In a bright deku burst,
The heroes trudged back
'Cause the Zoras came first.

They split into groups
And thawed them all out,
With some whoops and a holler
They all slid about.

Then back to their quest
They played out the tune,
"The Serenade of Water"
Warped them back very soon.

"Now," said Chiron
"Back to our work."
And with that went the boots
On his feet as he smirked.

A.N.- Jeeze. Sometimes I wonder where I get all the rhymes from. My head hurts after trying to write so many of these at once. I'm slowly coming along and about halfway through the story. I hope you like it so far because I am liking the outcome. Putting it through the paces are taking their toll though.

-Sond