Okay, now we are heading to the temples. From hear on in, I will be refering to the days as dawn of the first day or evening of the first day. We are now heading to the southern swamp.

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The Legend of Zelda: The Chosen's Mask

ACT TWO, SCENE FOUR: THE SOUTHERN SWAMP

DAWN OF THE FIRST DAY

The sun was beginning to rise. Colette said, "We only have three days. Isn't there any way to slow down time?"

"Now that you mention it, there is," Link replied. "A song called the song of inverted time." After he said this, he started to play the song of time in reverse. Everyone started to move slower and slower to the point until they weren't move very fast at all.

"Sweet trick Link!" Mido exclaimed. "We could pull the sweetest tricks with the ocarina of time! So many practical jokes! So many possibilities…"

Zelda slapped him on the head saying, "The ocarina of time is not a toy! It should be used for extreme purposes only!"

"You know, you and Saria keep slapping me," Mido said. "Maybe you just don't like me…"

"Don't be such a baby," Saria said. "Anyways, we're burning daylight. Let's get to the Woodfall quickly."

The group left through the southern gate, they have been talking; talking about Link's adventures through both Termina and Hyrule. The only one that didn't speak was Colette. It was Link who brought her into the conversation.

"Say, Colette?" Link started to ask her. "About what you said at the clock tower back there…"

"Hmm?" Colette woke from her thoughts. "What is it Link?"

"Well," Link started. "What did you meant when you said: "So you have a title as well?"

"It's pretty obvious, Link," Mido said. "She has a title too. You go by the title Hero of Time right, so she should go by the title…"

"Aren't you going to finish you sentencing Mido?" Saria said. "I don't exactly know what Colette's title is," Mido said. "So Colette, what is it?"

Colette was deadly silent now. No one knew what she was thinking. She stopped walking, thinking about what to say. Finally, it was Zelda that said, "It's okay Colette. You don't have to tell us anything if you don't want to." And that's where the conversation ended. "Sooner or later I'll find out," Mido said to himself.

Near midday, they reached the southern swamp. It was full of poisonous water and mutated monsters. The stench was putrid and the warm weather made it worse. The group made their way into the wooden hut.

"Excuse me," Link asked the person inside the hut.

"What can I do for you?" said the photographer. This man was huge and wore a blue vest. He had a wild beard and probably didn't know what a razor was.

"We are looking for the one in charge of the tourists guide," Link said.

"Now that you mentioned it, I didn't see her for a long while," said the photographer. "Where do you think she is?"

"I have a hunch…" Link replied. And at that, the group left the hut and made their way to the forest of mystery. They followed a white monkey that lead all the way to the end of the forest.

"My, aren't you a sight for sore eye!" exclaimed the tourist lady. "That girl knocked me down and I couldn't get up!"

Colette having a guilty look, stared at the floor saying, "Sorry…"

Link gave her a red potion saying, "Never mind about that. We need to borrow one of your boats."

After acquiring a boat, the group made their way through the swamp and into the entrance that led to Woodfall.

"The bugs are huge," Saria observed. "I wonder why they grow so big."

"Maybe they eat the same things that make your ego so huge…" Mido replied.

"Shut up!" Saria said, slapping him. "Owww…" Mido replied, rubbing his head.

"Knock it off you two," Zelda said. "These beams are so narrow. It's easy to fall off."

As they made their way to a platform with a strange picture of a deku, Link put on a deku mask. Then he transformed into a deku.

"Wow!" Colette exclaimed. "That's a neat trick. How did you do that?"

"The mask contains magical properties," Link explained. "It allows me to transform between Deku shrub to human forms. I have many masks like that. Anyway, here we go."

Link played the Sontana of awakening. After Link has done this, a temple and a path leading to the entrance of the temple appeared.

"That's our destination," Link said. "Woodfall Temple."

I hope our heroes know what they are doing. What evils lay inside the temple? Please R&R and find out!