Chapter 7
Temple of Water
"Well here we go. Off to get that second piece of the Triforce" Zelda said. After following the tunnel for a while they came upon a gigantic open room that some how kept the ocean out, because the whole room was under the ocean. Then suddenly some gates enclosed the two in the room and something was set loose from a tank in the corner. Then some spouts began to let the ocean water in until it was about waist level.
"Oh no! There's something loose in the water!" shouted Zelda. It suddenly appeared, jumping out of the water and splashing back in. It was green and had sharp scales from head to fin. It had six bony outgrowths joined by some blue skin and scales sticking out from the side of its face. On its front arms it had four razor sharp, six-inch long claws. It also had a weird third eye.
"Hey that's the creature from the vision!" Link shouted.
"So they did show you the future." Said Zelda amazed.
It began to come toward them at super fast speed. With its razor sharp claws it began slashing at the duo. Link pulled out his sword and began to fight the creature. Then Zelda began firing arrows at the Amphibian Beast, but they just bounced off the creature's tough scales. Links sword, as powerful as it was, didn't affect the creature either
"I know why your sword isn't glowing! It's because the creature isn't evil it's just defending it's territory." explained Zelda.
"Yeah,…. That's not much…. Help now is it" Link complained as
he fought the creature off. Then Link noticed that whenever he would get close to the creature's head it would back off. The creature's claw sliced Link's left arm leaving four deep cuts in it.
"I know! Try to hit its third eye with your arrows, Zelda" Link said. So Link focused on trying to hit the eye. He hit the creature's face and it roared in pain. It started oozing a greenish slime. With a couple more face slices Link managed to corner the creature as Zelda distracted it with her arrows. Link dove at its face. The sword hit the creature's eye, but it kept going through and the creature slithered to the other end of the room and finally collapsed into the water. After what seemed like hours of walking Zelda broke the silence.
"Link, let me ask you something. If we do get all the pieces of the triforce, then what?"
"Well back in Hyrule is the Temple of Time. I tried to get in there once, but then I read that the doors will only open to the one who completes the Triforce. So I guess we'll go back there," explained Link.
"Well OK, here's another question. How do you feel about having me come along with you? Do I still bother you, like in the beginning of our quest?" asked Zelda as she tried to stop the blushing on her face.
"All I know is that without you I'd have been dead several times." Link blurted out. That made Zelda turn away in sadness.
"So all I am to him is a good bodyguard, well I'll show him!" Zelda thought to herself.
They were silent until they came to a fork it the hall.
"Let's try going right." Link suggested.
"NO! I'm going left." With that Zelda ran off down the hall. Link tried to keep up with her, but the area was like a tree with many branches. It kept parting over and over until Link finally stopped.
"It'll be impossible to find her now." Link said to himself. He then realized that the most haunting part of the vision had come true. You see, throughout the journey he began to grow really attached to this girl at his side, but he was too shy to tell her.
"I'll just keep going to the left. Since she said that she wanted to go left at the beginning." Link thought. So kind of hopelessly he began taking the left hall. While running he kept thinking about what Zelda asked. "…So how do you feel about me…".