Sage of Water
Link and Kariah watched as Saria disappeared in green light leaving behind Aliana and Navi. Aliana was shocked that Saria had left her behind and was now crying her eyes out. Navi was trying to console her but to no avail Aliana didn't want comfort she wanted Saria. Kariah decided to talk to her while Link washed in a pool. She explained to the fairy that Saria would come back and that she would have to wait a little while.
Link sat by the pool to collect his thoughts. 'She kissed me and then in a way rejected me. I don't think I can handle that. Either she has feelings for me or she doesn't, and I need to know. We can't have any interaction if she is leading me astray,' Link paused in his thoughts as he glanced at Kariah caring for the distressed fairy.
"She is troubling you isn't she?" Navi voiced, fluttering in front of Link. Link looked at her in surprise and then nodded.
"Here is my advice to you Hero, she is a goddess and will have to return to where she belongs after she has done her duty in Hyrule. I would focus on the pretty princess that you rescued in Hyrule City, at least she won't be going anywhere," Navi said quietly.
"How do you know about me rescuing the princess?" Link asked curiously. Navi winked at him.
"The Great Fairy that resides in a fountain near Hyrule Castle told me about it. All the fairies of Hyrule are connected. They see things and they tell other fairies. Mostly they keep it among themselves but sometimes they tell us little fairies if it is big news. I guess she thought it was big news that you rescued Princess Zelda. The Great Fairy at that fountain also says that the princess is severely distressed about her father. She is afraid for her future and the future of Hyrule. She is getting weary of waiting for you and Kariah and Ganondorf has threatened her on several occasions," Navi explained telling him the news he had received from the Great Fairy.
Link mulled over what the fairy had said. He approached Kariah and Aliana without saying anything to Navi. She silently followed him.
"Kari, we need to get moving. The princess is in more danger each day that passes," Link stated, his cold personality was taking over again. She gave him a sorrowful look.
"Listen Link, before we go, I…" Link interrupted her, "Listen, I know it meant nothing Kari, you are a goddess remember. You can't fall in love with a Hylian of the mortal realm. You told me that a long time ago," Link said bitterly. Kariah had an unreadable expression.
"That is not true Link, even a goddess can fall in love, but I will never be able to follow through with it in the end. I will have to return soon. Sooner than I want to but I will have to return to my sisters, but you are wrong about me not loving you or anyone. For now I am a Hylian, not a goddess, I just wanted you to know that, but I don't want you to feel for me Link, because I will break your heart. If you think you can handle it I won't stop you, but you are better off if you bury any feelings for me now," Kariah warned, although there was a slight wistful note behind her voice.
Link didn't move, he knew she was right, and he buried them right there and then.
"You were right about one thing Kari, you will break my heart because in a way you already have. Now where is the next sage? I have a princess to save," Link said bitterly, turning away from her.
"At the bottom of that pond is a lost gateway, a shortcut if you will, to the doorsteps of Zora's Domain. The Zora live there and that is where the next sage lies, however her temple is at the bottom of Lake Hylia. There is another gateway that leads straight into the lake," Kariah said, pointing to the pool. Link strode to the waters edge.
"Kari, when we get to Zora's Domain, I want you to stay there, I am going to the temple by myself. I don't need anyone to come with me, it takes way more time if you are there and then I have to worry about whether or not you are safe or not," Link said coldly. Kariah knew that it would be useless to argue; besides he could take care of himself.
"I understand Hero, lets go so that you can save the princess," Kariah said quietly with a slight bitterness behind her voice.
"And another thing Link, you're not going by yourself. If it is all right with Navi, I want her to go with you. I sense that she has the wisdom of my sister behind her. She can help you if you get stuck or lonely and a fairy companion will never leave your side. She will hid in your hat if you feel that she is in the way. This is my only request of you Link," Kariah said before he jumped in the pool.
Link didn't know how far to push the goddess so he accepted this term of their agreement and he found that Navi fluttered onto the top of his hat. With a nod to Kariah, Link splashed into the pool leaving the goddess and Aliana behind.
Link surfaced on the other side of the portal and he climbed onto the side. He was still ticked off at Kariah and the way she was acting. He knew that he needed to get away from her for a while. Kariah surfaced to find that Link was impatiently waiting for her.
"Kari, there is now door here. There isn't even an entrance into the domain from here," Link said annoyed. Kariah gave an annoyed sigh of her own.
"Play this melody. It is called Zelda's Lullaby and it will open many gates for you. There is a hidden power in these notes. You will need it in the Water Temple anyway now that you aren't taking me," Kariah said lowly, she hesitantly took out her Fairy Ocarina and then played Zelda's Lullaby. Link recognized that it was the same melody that she had played at the Royal Tomb in Kakariko Graveyard.
The waterfall reacted to Kariah's ocarina and quieted into a temporary sleep. Link was astounded that a song could stop the flow of water.
"Come on, the waterfall will resume running soon," Kariah said, jumping into the doorway that lead into Zora's Domain. Link followed her quickly. The pair was instantly shocked at what they found.
Zora's Domain was in a complete sheet of ice. Kariah's eyes opened in disbelief and horror.
"Nayru? What happened?" Kariah whispered softly, regaining her composure. "Why didn't you warn me of this before coming here?"
A flash of blue light appeared in front of the pair as the Goddess Nayru appeared. Link's eyes widened and Kariah looked mildly surprised.
"Sister, I didn't ask you to come to this realm, I only asked what had happened," Kariah responded ruefully. She cast a gentle smile on Kariah before pulling her younger sister into a hug. Link just watched the display dumbfounded.
"Jabu has fled to the safety of the heavens sister. With his presence gone the Zora will be trapped under the ice for a long time. The hidden power that resides in the Zoran Princess saved her. She has fled to the Water Temple. However the Hero will need the Iron Boots and the Zora Tunic before he will be able to venture to the shallow depths of Lake Hylia…" Nayru was interrupted by Link.
"How can Lake Hylia be shallow? That lake always has a ton of water in it. I would know I went downriver once when Nabooru pushed me off the cliff. The lake was huge, there is no way you can call that lake shallow!" Link exclaimed incredulously. Nayru and Kariah raised and eyebrow at him before Nayru continued.
"The lake has been drained. The power of Ganondorf is growing stronger. You must go into the Ice Cavern on the far side of Zora's Fountain. There you will find blue fire to unfreeze King Zora and the Iron Boots. Once you have them and the Serenade of Water you will be ready to enter the temple and free the sage from the monster there. Do not hesitate. Navi, lead the way to the Ice Cavern, I have issues to discuss with Kariah," Nayru said, sending the Hero and the fairy on their way.
Link shot a cold but curious glare at Kariah. She ignored him and followed Nayru to the warmth of the riverbanks outside the domain.
"Is it just me or do them goddesses like to pull the wool over our eyes sometimes?" Link muttered, following the icy path that led to Zora's Fountain. Navi was savouring that fact that she had seen the Goddess of Wisdom at all.
Link swiftly found his way into the Ice Cavern without much of a problem. He battled the Ice Keese and solved the puzzles found in the cave and found himself with an ever growing hatred for Kariah. He couldn't explain it, but it was there. Navi began to sense the changes in the Hero of Time and was becoming frightened of it.
Link finally stumbled into the next room and found that it was inhabited with a white wolfos. With an unimpressed smirk Link easily killed the wolfos and found that he was guarding a treasure chest. Link casually opened the chest and found the heavy Iron Boots. Link pulled them out and tucked them in the waterproof satchel. Kariah suddenly appeared, but she seemed different. Link was startled for a moment before he recognized her.
Kariah had returned to her Goddess form and she was wearing a white dress and had silver hair instead of her fiery auburn. Her eyes were no longer the warm amethyst jewels that Link was used to seeing; they were an icy light blue instead.
Link couldn't help but bow to the powerful goddess. She seemed so different when she looked like that.
"Link, you will have to play this melody twice. When I teach it to you now you will help unfreeze Zora's Domain so that my brother will be safe again to watch over his people. After that you must rescue the Sage of Water from the Water Temple found at the bottom of Lake Hylia. Take that bottle of blue fire and restore King Zora to the way he was. Call Epona and make haste to the Water Temple, Arden will come with you as far as the waters edge. I will meet you when you return. Good Luck Hero and take care." Kariah said before pulling the Fairy Ocarina to her lips. She played the metallic sounding song that belonged to the Sage of Water. Link followed along and learned the pretty melody.
"Find out who you really are, that will be your test Hero," and with Kariah's last words in his mind she disappeared. He was confused at her sudden change. He had hoped that she would come with him even though he started to resent her immensely. Feeling suddenly alone Link, with Navi exited the Cavern. Link found his way down the river and gave a whistled Epona's song as loud as possible. He was rewarded with two whinnies. Epona and Arden galloped to the young man that was standing soaking wet on the riverbank.
Arden just seemed to accept that Kariah wasn't with him. For half a second Link wondered what it would be like to ride the bronze stallion, but he quickly forgot about it as he mounted Epona and they were off. It took a good day and a half for Link to find his way to Lake Hylia. He made it in good time and found to his absolute horror was a dried lakebed with only a little water left in the deepest part. He slowed Epona down to a trot and they went down to the waters edge.
Kariah, Nayru, Farore and Din observed Link from the top of the tree that was close to another warp platform.
"You have fallen for him haven't you sister," Nayru said quietly. Kariah didn't move in acknowledgement.
"It takes a great deal of courage to love a mortal, but if that is what you truly want you know that you can stay with him," Farore said just as quietly.
"I know the law and I won't be staying with him. I can't, as a Goddess of Time, I can't leave that duty like you three can. You may be older than I but you must remember that I control all the time in this place. If I were to neglect those duties then your perfect world would fall into despair and chaos. I should have known better than to let my heart speak to me," Kariah said denying that accusation.
"Maybe so but the power of love is causing you to see blindly that you are starting to tamper with things that shouldn't be tampered with. You were only supposed to teach him the songs and lead him through Hyrule. You shouldn't have revealed yourself to him in the first place. If anything a disguise as a male would have been better," Din said quietly.
"Nobody remembers what took place seven years ago. Link doesn't remember that he is the Hero of Time and that he has already done all of this. If that silly princess hadn't tampered with the flow of time in the first place then Link wouldn't have to do this a second time. The only thing that the sages did the first time was scatter the spiritual stones and the Triforce pieces and low an behold Ganondorf found the Triforce of Power once again because our dolt of a brother couldn't protect it like he should have. You remember what happened at this time seven years ago when Link took a stand at our brother. He was killed and the mountain pass was no longer safe. I'm surprised that he hasn't seen visions from his past. Now leave me be, I must wait for him here," Kariah said icily. Din, Nayru and Farore frowned at Kariah but left her be. They knew that she was upset and that they should help her but this seemed to rile her up more. They left in a flash of light. Kariah left the safety of the tree and with a hooded cloak surrounding her body she sat at the base of the tree.
Link sank to the bottom of the lake where the water was still settled. He found the portcullis that was down in front of the entrance to the temple. He also saw the switch that would open the door.
'Hmm, I can't use arrows, they are too wet, bombs can't be lit underwater. I can't swim with my sword, and the only other weapons I have are Hoover Boots that won't help me in the least. The only other thing I have is the Hookshot. Maybe that will work,' Link mused to himself. Navi wasn't really capable of talking underwater so he had to figure out what was going to work or not.
He shot the switch and the portcullis opened allowing Link inside. He and Navi entered the Water Temple. Link pulled off the Iron that was attached to his boots and he floated to the surface. He looked around but was suddenly grabbed by a webbed hand.
"Don't you know anything! Morpha is in this room and if you aren't careful she will take you!" A sarcastic voice hissed. "Stupid Hylians," the voice muttered.
Link spluttered and found that swimming beside him was a Hylianized fish. He couldn't help but stare at the odd creature.
"What are you staring at haven't you any manners?" she asked. Navi suddenly yanked on his hair.
"OW, Navi!" Link exclaimed loudly, enough to draw the attention of Morpha. It attacked them from below and they barely had time to register what had happened. Link felt himself thrown high into the air, but he also felt something else. It felt like he was being dismembered although all of his limbs were still attached. He hit the water with a splash that brought him back to reality in a rush. The Zora had swum away at Link's exclamation and she wasn't harmed.
She swam back to Link with a rather amused expression painted on her face.
"Are all Hylians that silly. Even when they are warned they still shout out loud?" she wondered to herself.
"Look, would you quit insulting me, I've been through enough of that," Link said exasperated. The fish girl gave him a sly wink before pulling him up onto a platform.
"Alright mister Hylian, I have some questions for you. Number one, why are you in my temple?" She asked, giving him a thorough warning look.
"I was sent to help the Sage of Water return her homeland to the way it is meant to be," Link replied quietly, no longer feeling angry at Kariah, a strange feeling indeed. The Zora sat there for a moment, before asking another question.
"What is your name?" she asked.
"My name is Link, and what is yours?" Link said, recovering slightly.
"Ruto, Princess of the Zora, so who sent you to find me?" Ruto asked suspiciously.
"Umm, I …" Link stuttered, he didn't know if it was wise to give out Kariah's name to the Zora girl. Ruto wasn't satisfied with the answer.
"Did you come by yourself or did Ganondorf send you?" She asked her anger starting to flare.
"I will have nothing to do with Ganondorf, I was sent by the Goddesses," Link hissed coldly. A look of disbelief crossed her face but it was Link's tone that convinced her that he wasn't bluffing.
"Well, if that is the case, you may as well help me get rid of Morpha, he is a very annoying creature," Ruto said brightly. Link was surprised that she had taken to him that well. He grew suspicious but left it be.
Together Ruto, Link and Navi navigated the doors and water levels. They were climbing the waterfall and they found themselves in a brightly lit room. The room locked itself behind them. Link sensed that they were being watched. He motioned that Ruto was to stay where she was and Link proceeded further into the room. A curious tree was standing in the centre of the room. Link was wary of it. He crossed the whole room and found himself at another blocked exit. A sudden gasp was heard and Link found himself running to Ruto's side.
She had a large stab wound in her chest and she wasn't breathing. Link was confused, she was supposed to be the Sage of Water, how could this happen. Link's senses suddenly told him to move. He moved and not a moment to soon for a shadowy figure of himself had just attacked him. Link swiftly brought out the Master Sword, momentarily forgetting about the dead sage.
"So we finally meet Hero of Time," the shadow said menacingly not attacking for the moment. Link didn't let down his guard for a moment.
"Who are you and why did you kill the Zora Princess?" Link demanded coldly. The shadow shifted his weight slightly before answering.
"Why I am you Link, the part of you that is always angry and jealous, the bad ass in you," Dark Link said quietly. Link just listened not showing any emotion.
"Didn't you ever wonder why Kariah doesn't want to be with you? Could it be that you are evil Link? Evil and goddesses don't mix very well," Dark Link smirked evilly. Suddenly Link remembered something that Kariah had said in the Ice Cavern
Flashback
"Find out who you really are, that will be your test Hero," and with Kariah's last words in his mind she disappeared.
End of Flashback
'Is that what she wanted me to find out? That I am evil, that I don't belong? That I am no better than Ganondorf himself? Or is there something else that this maniac knows?' Link thought furiously within.
"I will finish you off like I should have done last time," Dark Link hissed. Confusion spread across Link's face.
"Last time?" Link echoed.
"Yes last time, you and me have encountered each other before. However you don't remember it Link, those memories have been erased from your mind. Kariah said that you are a Hero of Time but really you are the Hero of Time. Which gives me the pleasure of destroying you. You have forgotten your past due to Kariah's spell. You are only a tool of hers and you will always be part of her schemes. Have you ever wondered why the temples that you have encountered haven't scared the shit out of you as of yet? It is because you have already encountered the horrors once before. Instinct has told you what to expect, not that that matters now though cause I'm going to destroy you," Dark Link said not giving Link a chance to ask any questions.
Dark Link attacked. Link blocked but clumsily. He was confused at what Dark Link had told him about himself and Kariah. Link decided quickly that he would worry about that later. He brought all of his attention to the fight at hand.
The two warriors rushed each other and the clashing of their swords made the heavens tremble. Link had never felt more alive in his life although each clash brought back a memory of a forgotten history. Somehow Dark Link was forcing him to remember his journey and how each little act seemed to cost him more. Link continued to fight and finally as his memory was almost completely restored, Link was able to finally finish off Dark Link.
The room resumed its natural form and Link was sitting in the shallow water that covered the floor. He allowed a moment for his mind to catch up with his adrenaline rush before standing once more and returning to Ruto's side. The Zora Princess was dead. Link was still confused as to how the sage could die. Her body slowly started to fade as the chamber took her soul.
"Link, we must keep going. The sage's power is still trapped in the temple and we won't be able to free it until you defeat the evil being. Dark Link was only a mini challenge compared to…" Navi was saying before Link interrupted her.
"Morpha, I know Navi, I have faced this monster before, in a different time long ago. Let's go and find the Longshot, it should be on the other side of the door that just opened," Link said, feeling calmer by the relief of the knowledge that had been awakened in him.
Once Link had found the hookshot, he and Navi proceeded to another room that was home to the Boss of the Temple. They spoke little and Link was still trying to sort out his memories of another time. He found that he remembered the temples perfectly and yet there were some other things that were still a little fuzzy.
He could only remember a little bit about the Gerudo Valley and the events that took place there. He remembered Zelda sending him on his mission at the age of ten and then later finding the sages. Eventually though he gave up concentrating on them. He found that he had no memories of the Goddesses though. They weren't really present in any of those memories.
He and Navi entered the room. It was a perfectly square room but the walls were lined with jagged spear tips, or so that was how Link liked to describe them. There were foursquare pillars in the square pool that was filled with water. Navi graciously warned Link that the water was strange although Link already realized this.
The glowing nucleus that was known as Morpha showed its ugly face (if it had a face). Link brought forth the trusty Longshot and retreated from the flowing water mass that Morpha controlled. Carefully aiming the Longshot, Link speared the red and blue mass.
The retracting Longshot brought Morpha to meet a painful experience at the tip of the Master Sword. The monstrosity retreated while Link moved from his current position. As he predicted or remembered, Morph controlled a trick copy of water. Link repeated the process several times until he was able to finally put the monster in its place.
With a sickening crunch, Morpha was finally killed. The water in the room disappeared and Link jumped down into the pit. He wasn't really sure why he jumped down but he did. The remaining water on the roof splashed down and a blue glowing portal appeared. It was identical to the blue light that had taken him to the Temple of Light in the Sacred Realm. Link hesitated before entering the portal.
The light was so bright that Link had to close his eyes. He felt like he was floating but still couldn't seem to open his eyes until he felt something solid come up under his feet. Glancing down he noticed that he was standing in the middle of the Triforce on and identical hexagonal platform to the Pedestal of Time in the Temple of Time.
Looking around he noticed that everything was intricately coloured. The platform itself was blue and the individual circular patterns held their own colours. He recognized three out of the six circles. Light, Shadow and the Forest patterns were easy to recognize. He had miniature versions of each one but there were three others that weren't recognizable. A red, orange and blue circle patterns were the ones that Link figured he would still have to get. He was confused as to why he was here.
The blue pattern started to glow in the sacred blue light that had brought Link to the chamber. Slowly a recognizable figure appeared. Ruto, very much alive, was standing on the blue pattern. Link immediately realized that she was the Sage of Water and she had been awakened. But that didn't answer the question to why he was in this strange place.
"Link, the Hero of Time. I must thank you on the behalf of the Zora race. You have saved us all. My magic has already started to flow to the fountain and soon my brethren will be able to swim free in the warm waters of Zora's Domain," Ruto greeted formally but then winked.
"Ruto, I don't understand why I'm here. Where is here? You are the Sage of Water and the other sages that I have awakened were awakened in Hyrule. How come you are different?" Link asked feeling the beginning of a massive headache coming on.
"I don't have time to explain why right now. You must return to Hyrule. Ask Kariah, she will answer your questions. I give to you this medallion, let the water spirits guide you Hero. Call me when it is time to confront the King of Hyrule. He is going to wish it was my father he had dealt with when I'm through with him," Ruto said with an evil glint in her eye. Link chuckled at the crazy girl's antics. He accepted the medallion and mentally prepared himself to come up with Kariah again. He knew that she was probably very ticked off at him but then he wasn't so sure.
The sacred light pulled Link out of the Chamber of Sages and he landed on the hexagonal platform on the very top of the Temple. He looked around in the darkness on the lake.
"They always say that the darkest hour of the night is the hour right before dawn. Welcome back to Hyrule Hero," a voice that sounded very familiar sounded out in the dark. Link swung around and found that Kariah was leaning against the tree. Link was definitely surprised to see her, especially in her goddess form.
"I see that you have questions that you would like answered Hero. We have an hour now ask," Kariah said calmly, getting straight to the point. There were a million questions running through his head. He decided to start where Dark Link returned some memories that he had no memory of ever doing.
"Where did those memories come from?" Link asked moving closer to Kariah. Her pale eyes stopped him from coming to close. They were very eerie. They weren't the amethyst gems that he had fallen for.
"They are your memories of a time that no longer exists. They were supposedly erased due to the mistakes of another. Initially you are repeating what you did in that period of time. Didn't you ever wonder why you never really questioned me on our quest?" Kariah asked casting a knowing glance at Link. Link nodded slowly.
"Why were they erased?" Link asked.
"You are the Hero of Time Link, remember when I said that you were a Hero of Time. What you truly are isn't a Hero of Time but the Hero of Time. You were chosen by destiny to protect the princess by my three sisters and me. What happened in that alternate time was forgotten by everyone even Ganondorf. However it didn't change Ganondorf, he was still greedy and power hungry. Only you stood in the way of repeating what had happened and that alternate time had left behind a few scars that are present in this time.
Instead of locking the Triforce back in the Sacred Realm after you were sent back in time we intervened in hopes that the same thing wouldn't happen again. We couldn't allow Ganondorf seven years of terror again so we entrusted the Triforce of Power and the Din's Ruby to one of our brothers, Volvagia. He is a fire-breathing dragon that resides in the shrine that the Goron's built supposedly long ago.
We left the other two pieces within your reach and the reach of the princess should you ever need them. We entrusted Nayru's Sapphire with our brother Jabu and the Farore's Emerald with our other brother Deku. We knew that they probably were less secure than they were the first time but we knew that Ganondorf would never be able to obtain the Triforce of Wisdom or Courage as long as I held the Ocarina of Time.
When Ganondorf stole Din's Ruby and the Triforce of Power from Din's Shrine, Jabu sent Nayru's Sapphire to the Princess knowing that she would give it to you in order for you to enter the Sacred Realm. It was harder for Deku to do so for he was in a form that couldn't move about. I sent a snobby prince into the forest to obtain the jewel for the princess and low and behold you got it from him without consciously knowing the true meaning behind the gem.
I met you in the Temple of Time and sent you to the Temple of Light where Farore greeted you and told you that the princess was in danger and that she need your aid. You immediately agreed because the old memories of your subconscious told you it was true and it was your duty to do so. You never questioned that. You never questioned me," Kariah said pausing so that Link could ask the question that lingered in his eyes.
"Um, what does all that have to do with why my memories were erased what happened? I can only remember a few things and why is that?" Link asked impatiently.
"The information I just told you will help you understand what happened after those memories were erased. The reason they were erased was a misjudgement on the part of one particular sage. She used the Ocarina of Time to send you back to your childhood that was lost to you during the seven years of sleep that you endured. She didn't anticipate the consequences of those actions but nonetheless she still did it. We intervened shortly after that.
Now you only remember certain things because Dark Link wasn't able to restore your whole memory. You likely remember the paths through the forest and all the comings and goings through Zora's Domain. You'll have a memory of Princess Zelda at the age of ten and you will have a childhood that you don't remember having. All of those memories are the things that happened to the real you although they were lost in the flow of time," Kariah said quietly letting her words sink in for a moment. She noticed that it was starting to grow light out.
Link quietly sorted through his memories, he had memories of Navi accompanying him through the interior of Kariah's brother and finding the evil spider monster Gohma deep within the bowels of the Great Deku Tree. Memories of Mido and Saria were deeply imprinted in his mind. He remembered a different, fiery form of Ruto; so much different to the Ruto he had lost in the Water Temple.
He remember the long battle against Dark Link so long ago, he remembered the Forest Temple completely and found that he even remembered a strange individual by the name of Sheik. But other pieces of information such as the fragments of dire heat and molten rock seemed to confuse him. He didn't really remember them.
"The holes in your memory are the pieces that we haven't seen yet. You don't remember the adventure up to Death Mountain, but you will when we get there that is our next stop. I hope you understand enough for now that we may get moving, the princess is still in danger, you have two sages left to awaken, the Sage of Fire and the Sage of Spirit," Kariah said, watching Link carefully.
"Why did I meet Ruto in that place, the…" Link paused racking his memory for the name of the chamber, "the Chamber of Sages when I met the other three down here in Hyrule?"
"Ruto was killed and so her soul was sealed within the chamber waiting to be awakened. The same would have happened to Impa if you hadn't defeated Bongo Bongo when you had. There is one other sage that hasn't been awakened that is also waiting in the chamber. Anything else?" Kariah asked. Link shook his head and so Kariah pulled out her Fairy Ocarina.
"We must return the lake to its original state. Play with me," Kariah said softly. Link obliged and pulled out the Ocarina of Time. Together the pretty melody known as the Serenade of Water sounded around Lake Hylia. The sun slowly rose to greet the rising water level and soon Lake Hylia was filled with pure water from the forever flowing Zora's Fountain.
Link stopped playing and watched as the sun painted Kariah's form. Her silver hair became the rich auburn that he had learned to love and her pale eyes became the colour of amethyst. Her skin tanned and she was the Kari that he knew.
Kariah ignored Link as her attention was focused to the North…