Quest Log,
Entry 8
Castle Hyrule and The return to the forsaken fortress
Disclaimer: This is based off Legend of Zelda, the wind waker, except Link is a girl and a few things have been changed. I don't own the avatar characters. Pluse, I am using Zelda, and a few of the characters from the game for fun. DONT SUE ME IM TOO CUTE TO GET A LAW SUIT :D
The king of red lions had brought them to a gray castle under the sea. "I know you both have questions." The king said as they sailed. "But there is no time now to answer them, go inside the castle, there is an item you need to defete the fire lord, and ganon. go!" They jumped off and ran into the gray building. It was frozen in time during a moblin and dark knut attack. They explored the castle, and Da-xai found a portrait of a pretty girl, that had the same facial features as she did, but she couldn't tell if it really was her, the room being gray and all. The girl in the portrait had a man standing beside her, and he looked pretty handsom. He had his arm around her chair, and smiling at the portrait painter. There was a younger girl who resembled the girl that looked like Da-xai, and she was leaning on the right side of the chair, with her head resting on the arm rest. A necklace hung from the older girl's neck, that looked like Da-xai's. She lifted her own necklace to her face and compaired them. This picture...was strange.
"Da-xai" She turned and saw Zuko behind her. "C'mon. We better get that item." She nodded and followed him. While she was intranced in the picture, he had moved three large blocks with triangular bases into what the picture is suppost to be, a giant triangle, like the one Da-xai saw when she died for a while. The statue of the hero of time slid back and reveiled a stair case to the castle's basement. She and Zuko walked in, her telling him about that picture. "I'm sure it's just a coinsidence."
"I guess. It's just really weird. That girl had my mother's necklace..and her facial structure looked like mine. This place is weird, I can't wait untill we get out." Zuko nodded and they reached the bottom of the stairs. There was a circular platform with a sword stuck in a stone slab with that strange triangle on it. Zuko and Da-xai ran over to it, and Da-xai pulled it out. The statues above them lowered their swords simaltaniously over their heads and color returned to the palace.
After they returned to the top floor, the floor in which they came, all the color was restored; the doors were locked untill they defeted the monsters, and the monsters were back alive. They had to fight through them to open the doors; so thats what they did. They fought all the Moblins and Dark Knuts, and the doors unlocked. Da-xai showed Zuko the picture before they left. It confused her so much. Now that the color was back; the girl in the portrait had red hair, and that pretty dress she was wearing was pink, and sure enough, that was her necklace. Zuko seemed to think the guy in the picture resembled him before he ticked his father off. But he was convenced it was just a coinsidence. With Da-xai carrying the Master Sword, they returned to Zuko's ship. Once boarded, the king of red lions became a cat again; and everyone was glad to have her back.
But what was with that portrait..? Why did the people in it resemble Zuko, Da-xai and Arylle? Zuko had convenced himself it was a coinsidence. But she knew better; everything happends for a reason, why was there a portrait of them in that room? "Da-xai!" She turned and saw Zuko, he was telling her to come on deck, and to bring her arrows that she got from the tower of gods. She did so, and the second she stepped out on deck, a strong wind was blowing. No one could look at the source, because the wind stung their eyes. Da-xai spotted a red frog on a pink-cloud. She pulled her arrows back and shot it. Multiple times untill the wind calmed; and the frog came upto Da-xai.
"That was truely amazeing. No man could ever hit me, let alone a woman. I shall teach you the Ballad of Gales. Get your wind waker out." She did as he told her, and he taught it to her. "There. Now my brother should get off my back." and he dissapeared. (OK, in the game you've got to warp out of the Mother and Child islands to Tingle island before continuing on, but so I don't get a head ache; lets say there was a place for Zuko and Da-xai to crawl through to reach the pond place. OK? Spare me the migrain.) They crawled through the hole in the side of the wall of earth, and saw the center. It had large, bloomed flowers, and a large pond in the middle. They heared a voice speaking to them.
Zuko...Da-xai...I've been waiting for your arrivals...
but now is not the time for us to meet...
I know how badly you both want to find Arylle...
but there is another...
once you find the other one you must protect...
come back here...
and I'll show you my true form...
Leave now...
They did as the voice told them. They exited. The king of red lions told them that it is now time for Da-xai to return to Forsaken Fortress. The helmsman was orderd to set coarse for Forsaken Fortress, and it would be a couple of days before they got there, probably by morning. Da-xai sat in her room most of the time, thinking. About the portrait, about her sister, about alot of things she couldn't figure out.
"This must be overwhelming." she turned her head and saw Zuko in the doorway. "That portrait and everything..but I'm sure all the questions will be answered sooner or later."
"I just can't figure it out. Why was that girl in the picture wearing my mom's necklace? Who was that guy and that little girl?"
"I dunno." He sat with her on her bed, and stroked her hair. "There are alot of things about this I dunno either. But like I said, there are alot of questions, and every question has it's answer. I'm going onto bed, I just wanted to see how you were doing."
"OK. Goodnight." He smiled, got off her bed and walked back down to his own. Da-xai decided that she too, would go to sleep; hopeing for the answers to come soon.
It was midnight, about two or three days later before they got there. Iroh woke Da-xai from her sleep; she got her sword, sheild, and napsack, which was filled with: her boomarang, healing bottles, grappling hook, and wind waker. She joined Zuko on deck, and the king of red lions was a boat now. Cause, the fire navy ship is too big; and would get them found out. So they had to sail on the KORL. Once they docked where Da-xai had first started; the king of red lions spoke to them.
"The fire lord probably knows of our presence, but the Master Sword will drive him away." They nodded and started at their quest. They climbed the stairs and saw Phantom Ganon; ready to fight them. The fight was like a game of ping-pong. Hitting a glowing orb back and forth untill it hit one or the other; and when it hit Phantom Ganon, both Zuko and Da-xai fought it. So it died. They climbed further and further up the tower; most things being easier for Da-xai than before.They reached the bit before the door; Da-xai had gotten the skull hammer, and right there, before the door she needed to go through; were some spiked pegs, she brought the hammer down, and with one mighty pound; the pegs went down and allowed her acess to the door which her sister was behind.
She pushed the door open and ran in, there her sister stood, smiling at her. Zuko saw Da-xai's face light up like never before. She ran to her sister, and hugged her through the wooden bars.
"I'm so glad to see your OK! I've been so worried about you! Here. Let me get you out." Da-xai went to the door and tried to open it; but it wouldn't budge. "Damn it..It's locked.." Da-xai and Zuko turned their heads and saw Tetra and her pirates!
"Men, open the door." Tetra ordered, her pirates obayed without question. "god your stupid Da-xai! acting without thinking again! we had to distract that bird before it threw you all the way across the great sea again!"
"Sorry." Da-xai told her sheepishly. "But thank you none the less." The doors were opened, and the pirates carried the rich and poor girl away.
"We'll take them back to windfall." Tetra rubbed her hands together greedily. "Their fathers will pay a hefty sum for their return." The pirates left; leaving Zuko and Da-xai. Da-xai turned and saw her sister, smiling at them. Arylle ran to her sister and hugged her.
"Thank god..thank god.." Arylle mumbled as her sister took her in her arms. "Da-xai? who's your friend?"
"Zuko." She told her. "He's been helping me."
"Thank you.." Arylle told Zuko. He smiled.
"Zuko, I've got some buisness to attend to. Take Arylle back down to your ship. I shouldn't be long." He hesitated. Arylle looked between him and her sister. Arylle then walked to Zuko.
"Be careful." Zuko told her. "Don't get yourself-"
"I'll be careful." Arylle stood by Zuko, holding onto his armor.
"I swear I'll come back." Da-xai nodded, hugged her sister one last time, and then hugged Zuko. He held onto her tightly. Not wanting to let her go. "Watch yourself." She nodded as he let her go, and took Arylle back to his ship. The Helmrock king flew above her head, she shouted at it.
"Hey! You dumb-ass bird! I'm right here! You want a peice of me? What are you waiting for?" The bird looked down, and started attacking her.
"Zuko." He looked down at Arylle as they got closer to his ship. "Is Da-xai going to be OK?"
"I hope so." He told her. Lifting her up and getting her on the ship.
"Do you love her? you act like you do." He was quiet, and then knelt down to her height.
"Can I tell you a secret?" She nodded. "Yeah, I do." She smiled, and then he called for his uncle.
"Zuko. What are you doing here? Where is Da-xai?"
"Still up there. I've got to go back. Watch over Arylle for me." Iroh nodded. Wishing his nephew good luck as he climbed the tower once again.
Da-xai had climbed to the top of the tower, the area below her filling with water. The Helmrock King kept pecking at her; trying to knock her down. She raced it all the way to the top; where they faced off in a battle that would determin if Da-xai avenged her sister; or if Zuko would have something to be vengeful for. It started out really hard, but in the end, she won. Zuko raced up behind her, and took her in his arms. "Oh thank god your OK!" She smiled as he hugged her, and she hugged him back.
"Your suppost to be watching Arylle."
"Uncle Iroh is. I won't leave you. Come on." They ran up the winding road to the fire lord together. Zuko, ready to get his revenge, and Da-xai, ready to beat him up for takeing her sister. They got there, and barged in. The fire lord was standing away from them, faceing to the north.
"It's been a while boy." He turned and looked Zuko strait in the eye. "I'm glad to see you haven't lost your courage, unlike your honor. I'm suprised you got this far. Once you drew the blade from the stone back in Hyrule, it broke the spell on that sword, and now, I can claim Hyrule as my own, makeing the worlds below, and above the great sea a dark place for my ruleing!" Zuko growled and attacked his father, but was back-handed and knocked uncontious, and half-way across the room. He smirked, but Da-xai attacked him from behind, but he grabbed her by her throat and held her aloft. Smirking. He looked at his right hand, which had three triangles, like the one in Da-xai's dream, and, as it pointed at Da-xai, the top triangle glowed. He was suprised and delighted. He lifted her green hat off of her, and threw it to Zuko. "I've finally found you! Princess Zelda!"
"What are you talking about you insane man? I don't know anyone named Zelda! I'm Da-xai!"
"If you are not Zelda, then why do you wear a fragment of the triforce?"
"This is my mother's necklace! It's not a triforce or whatever you think it is!"
"I beg to differ my princess." Zuko got to his feet wearily. "and you boy. How dare you betray me twice! You are a worthless son and will never be allowed back into the fire nation, not even if you capture the avatar!" Zuko grew furious, but at the same time heart-broken. Just as all hope seemed lost; Quill and Komali flew in, snatched Zuko and Da-xai out of the Fire lord's danger, and carried them back to Zuko's ship. Valoo was behind them, and unleashed a blast of flame that incinerates the tower.
Da-xai opened her eyes, they were sitting in the King of red Lions, and they were back in Hyrule.
"What happened? Where are we?" Zuko answered.
"You were uncontious..Komali, Quill, and Valoo saved us. The king of red lions was afraid of something up there, so he brought us down here." Zuko hugged her. "I'm sorry."
"for what?"
"For the fight about the avatar we had a while ago. My father decided I'd never be able to come home, no matter if I captured him or not. So, I quit. I'm going to help you without anything in return." Da-xai smiled and hugged him.
"Thank you." Something rings in Da-xai's nap-sack. She pulls out the gossip stone that she had before, and lisoned to the person talking.
"You two must return to the room where you found the sword!" They nodded at eachother and left. Walking through the now colored room and back down to the basement where they found the sword.
There was a regal figure in a red coat standing where the Master Sword used to be. His back was turned to Da-xai and Zuko. Da-xai asked if he was the one that told them to come down there.
"Have you two heared the tales of the hidden kingdom where the power of the gods lie sleeping, dreaming, of the legend of the hero of time. They place where you stand is that kingdom. The lost kingdom of Hyrule, and I am the King of Hyrule, Daphnes Nohanson Hyrule. Do you recognise my voice Da-xai and Zuko? I'm the king of red lions!"
"No way!" Da-xai gasped, Daphnes nodded.
"As long as the Master Sword could repel evil,there was no reason for me to reveal my true form, but now that the sword has lost it's magic, the situation has changed. Long ago, Ganondorf turned Hyrule into a world of shadows and tried to take the power of gods for himself. The kingdom's only hope for salvation was the will of the gods, who sealed away both Ganondorf, and Hyrule with a flood that left only the highest mountain peaks above the water's surface. The people of Hyrule left before the deluge, and those people were your ancestors."
"But what about that portrait of that girl that looks like me?"
"That my dear girl, was a portrait of you. You were the princess, your sister was the second heir if anything was to happen to you, and the boy was Zuko. This must not make any since to you, you don't remember any of this. Your mother used a special ability, and it erased your memory of all of this. Zuko, your mother did the exact same thing for you. Your mothers were the best of friends, and wanted nothing more but for the Kingdom of Hyrule, and the fire nation to join as one." Da-xai blinked in amazement.
"Why? Why didn't our mothers want us to remember?"
"They wanted you two to have diffrent fates. They wanted for neither of you to know of this land, your royal heritige, or anything of the sort. But now, it is time for you, Princess Zelda, to learn the destiny to which you were born. come here child." She looked back at Zuko for a minute, and then did what she was told. She walked to the king, and he snatched her necklace. "This is a peice of the triforce. The Triforce of wisdom. The fire lord already has the triforce of power."
A blinding flash came before their eyes. When Zuko was able to see again, Da-xai was transphormed into the girl in the picture. Her hair flowed to her waist, she wore a tiara, and wind-looking barrets. Her long, pink dress had the symbol of Hyrule comeing down from the belt. Dephnes kept explaining. "You are Princess Zelda. Your sister is the last heir, but you are the only one fit to rule. Your sister is too young, so you are really the last heir to the throne. Now that the fire lord knows of your true identity, you need to be kept here, safe from him. Lest the triforce of wisdom to turn the worlds below and above the great sea into lands of shadow and dispair. You must hide untill Zuko revives the Master Sword's power in the world above, and defeats the fire lord." Zuko, and Zelda gasped. Both shakeing their heads in disbeliefe. Zuko ran to her, and she turned to him.
"You've got to do, what you've got to do. Revive the sword, take care of Arylle, and please, be careful." Zuko nodded slowly. Before he left; she gave him all her stuff; and told him she had something for him. "Incase..you know...we never see eachother again.." She kissed him. Her lips touched his, and he was suprised at first, but kissed her back, holding her close to him. "Be careful." He nodded. "Please, please be careful. Take care of Arylle.." He nodded again and sadly left her behind. Before leaving, he saw the portrait of Da-xai, Zuko, and Arylle; and took it off the wall, and brought it with him.
After he got back to the king of red lions, he explained that the master sword lost it's power because something happened to the earth, and wind sages who infused the blade with the god's power. He lisoned, but was sad about leaving her.
"Don't worry. She'll be safer down here than she would be up there. Your saveing her life by keeping her here." Zuko nodded, and they sailed into the glowing light. They got back, and they saw the ship.
"were is Da-xai?" Arylle asked. Zuko looked away, and after he got back on the ship, with the KORL as a cat again, Arylle asked again.
"Da-xai..she...she has to stay back there. But she'll be comeing back soon." He knew she was safer down there, but he still couldn't accept that he couldn't go on fighting her anymore.
"Oh Zuko..." Iroh softly said.
"Uncle, could you keep watching her? I need to be alone for a while." Iroh nodded, Zuko walked into Da-xai's room and set her nap-sack back down onto the floor.He put the picture on the floor and he closed the door. He tried to picture Da-xai sitting there, laughing with him, telling him what was on her mind. Everything. He remembered all they'd been through; he felt as if she was gone forever; if he couldn't revive the sword,she would be. He started crying. He sat on the floor; careful not to get her bed wet with tears. He couldn't stand it, she was gone..and he couldn't go on protecting her unitll he revived the sword.
awww. Is sad. I copied alot of that from the Strategy Guide :D