Quest Log,

Entry 10

The Earth Temple (Part 2)

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

They reached headstone island at dawn the next morning. Zuko learned that the power bracelets give him super human strength! he walked upto the island, and there sat a giant stone head blocking the entrance. He walked over to it, lifted the head, and just tossed it aside. There was a hole like the one he and Da-xai entered when they blew up the rock at Outset. He climbed down into it; and staired at a giant stone slab. It had a bunch of markings that seemed to make no since to him. As he looked at it though; he saw it was a song for the wind waker. He pulled it out of his knapsack, and began to play. The ghostly image of Laruto appeared before him, nearly scaring him out of his skin.

"Do not fear.." She told him gently. "I will not harm you..I am Laruto, the former sage of the earth temple.The fire lord attacked my temple and stole my soul to waken the Master Sword. You need to find another earth temple sage and bring him or her to the earth temple, clearing the temple of monsters as you do. You will know the sage by the harp he or she carries, and playing the Earth God's lyric will open his or her eyes to his or her new duty. Only the new sage can remove the stone tablet that blocks entrance to the Earth Temple." Zuko nodded and left to do what he was told. He got back on the ship; knowing instantly where they needed to go.

"Dragon roost island!" Zuko ordered; the helmsman obeyed his order and started sailing towards the island.

It took them a week to sail to Dragon roost island; and when he got there, he knew what he had to do.

"Aryll, stay here with uncle Iroh." She nodded and obeyed his orders. He re-traced the steps he and Da-xai took along time ago when they first came. He climbed the road and looked for Medli, but as he searched; the night sky against the cool waves made him remember when they first got there, how beautiful it was, and how beautiful she looked. He found himself stairing at the ocean as he had before, and looking beside him. He wanted to see her standing there; looking amazedly at the sea, but the vision of her faded and he saw he was alone. He heard the sound of the harp being played; he turned his head and saw Medli walking up towards his spot.

"Oh Zuko!" She was surprised by his presents. "I didn't see you. I'm pleased that you are safe and sound, where...is Da-xai?" He was quiet, and told her he'd explain later. He pulled out the wind waker, and played the Earth God's lyric. Medli fell into a trance; and began to play along with him. The ghostly figure of Laruto came beside her, and all three played; it was a pretty nice tune. Medli stopped playing, and realized her destiny. "I understand now, I must be the new earth sage. Will you take me to the Earth Temple on Headstone Island?" Zuko nodded. The two walked down to his ship together; and set sail.

Zuko sat meditating. He wanted so badly for this all to be just a horrible dream, he couldn't stand it. He felt like he should have done more, there had to be more he could have done. He felt himself start to cry; but he stopped himself. Telling himself that Da-xai was safer in Hyrule, than on his ship. He was sure of that. Da-xai didn't give up when her sister was separated from her, and neither would he. He looked towards his door and saw Medli standing there.

"You told me you'd explain where Da-xai was." She told him gently.

"OK..well..it went like this.." He explained the entire story to her. About how he and Da-xai were royalty to two nations that were to have come together through their engagement. How they loved each other anyway so it was fine with them, and how they wanted to get married anyway. How their mothers didn't want them to remember any of their Hyrule past; and how their memories were wiped. But then how the king of Hyrule told them all they had forgotten, and how Da-xai, was really Princess Zelda. How the fire lord would kill her if she wasn't secure in Hyrule..and even Medli was heartbroken. She and Da-xai had been friends, thanks to how Zuko and Da-xai helped Prince Komali face his fears.

"How long until she can come back?"

"I dunno. Until I restore the Master Sword's former power and find the eight triforce shards." Now it seemed like he'd never get her back, but he knew that sooner or later, he would. Medli was given a guest room for a week, until they reached Headstone Island again. Once they got there; Zuko and Medli went inside, and played the Earth God's lyric infrount of the stone tablet; and the tablet shattered. Revealing the entrance to the earth Temple.

The journey through the earth temple was hard; he had to depend on Medli to fly to places where he couldn't reach, she did so without question. He missed Da-xai so desperately. He knew that thinking about her was just going to make him even more depressed, but he couldn't help it. She was his everything..he shook it out of his mind. The less he focused on her being gone, the more he could focus on getting her back. He looked through a treasure chest and found a Mirror Shield, which reflects beams of light just like Medli's harp. Zuko had many bad scrapes on his arm from getting himself hurt so foolishly. But he pressed on; his goal insight, and a determination that could not be broken. He and Medli went onward, coming into a room where a stone face stuck out of the wall, one half looked like the sun, and one half apparently the moon. He needed to reflect light into the eyes; so he told Medli to reflect some light off her harp and into the sun half's eye; she did so, while Zuko used his Mirror shield to reflect light into the statue's other eye. When both of the eyes were illuminated, the fog disappeared, the room lit up, and a set of stairs leading down to the first basement appeared. He and Medli walked down the stairs and reached a suspension bridge. There were two blue bubbles overhead, and he knew that they were just like red bubbles; if they hit him, he couldn't use any weapons until the effect passed. The red bubbles caused his weapons to burn him if he touched them, and the blue bubbles caused his weapons to freeze over until the effect passed. He grabbed the deku leaf and blew a gust of wind at them; and rid them of their blue aura. He drew the sword and beat the shit out of them wildly, until Medli told him that she figured they were dead. He put the sword back in its...holder...thingie...and started across the bridge. There was another stone tablet inscribed with the Earth God's lyric. He conducted the lyric and Medli played along with her harp.

"Medli. Stay here while I go kick ass OK?" She nodded and stayed where he told her. He walked into the next room and beat the two ReDeads in the room. As Medli watched him do that; she knew how much he loved Da-xai, and how hard he was working to get her back.That's when she started thinking of Prince Komali, he looked up to her as a mentor; and a friend. She wondered if he loved her at all, and if she would be missed. She saw how deeply Zuko cared for Da-xai, and knew she loved Komali; but she and he couldn't be together; for she was the earth sage, and the prince could never see her again. "Come on!" she heard Zuko call; she ran over to him. "What was that all about? You looked like you were in a daze."

"I was just thinking..."

"What about?"

"Prince Komali, I was wondering if he loved me at all; because I love him." She shook her head. "It wouldn't matter anyway. I'm going to be the new earth sage, he and I couldn't be together anyway." Zuko was quiet. "Tell me, what are your plans when you free Da-xai?"

"Well, after we over throw my father, we might go back to Outset island. After that; I really don't know. But; I'm thinking of asking her to marry me." Medli smiled.

"really? That's wonderful! I'm sure she'll say yes!" Zuko grinned as they entered the third room of the Earth Temple; Zuko left her at the entrance again; as he went to do whatever he had to do. Medli smiled at him as he did his job. Da-xai was going to be so happy; spending her life with him. Her only regret was that she couldn't be there to see everything that'll happen between them. Their wedding, their children, and everything else. She wanted so badly not to miss out on all the stuff; and miss out on Prince Komali's growing into a fine young man, and finding out weither or not he loved her. Everything happens for a reason, so she decided to let fate run it's course, and let things happen as their suppost to happen. Zuko called for her to follow. She did so; following close behind.

woot. I'm stopping here so I can do both of what I want to do:

1. Find where the hell they are in the Strategy guide

2.Space out the chappies so It can be longer. I'm still deciding weither or not I want to make thier life on Outset Island part of this one, or a sequil. I'll think it over. :D

I also chaged how Aryll's name is spelled, because I've been spelling it wrong and the E at the end bugs the hell out of me. :D I'm also running this chappie through a spell check!