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hapter 6: Catacombs part 1

Link felt the wind pick up as he hurried outside. He had to put his hand on his hat to make sure it didn't blow away. People stared at Link as he ran to the Temple of Time, but he didn't care. The old man was telling the truth, Link knew it for sure. He knew far too much to just be a 'fan.'

Link noticed dark, ominous clouds coming from the east. He knew what it meant. Manuko had made his move. It was only a matter of time before his forces reached the Market. He took one last look at the market, knowing when he came out of the catacombs, it wouldn't be the same. He then turned the corner that led to the Temple.

As Link looked up at the Temple of Time he was in awe. He had only been to the Market a few times but never bothered visiting the Temple. He could tell it had been renovated because it looked like it was just recently constructed. It's white bricks somewhat shined in the sunlight. The windows were stain glass pictures of the Sages awoken by the Hero of Time.

Link walked up to the doors and opened them. A loud creak was heard as the doors slowly opened, as if they haven't been open in years. He walked inside, looking around to see if he was alone or not. Getting in was the easy part, finding the Catacombs was not.

The Temple was empty aside from a large platform with the Triforce and the symbol of light on it and an alter with the three spiritual stones on it. Behind them was a sealed door depicting the Temples symbol. Above the door was a shining picture of the Triforce. Link figured he should start there. He walked passed the platform and up the stairs. He then stood in front of the door. He took out the Gemshorn and started to play Lullaby of Time.

The familiar relaxing tone of the melody filled the temple. He was put into a better mood as the notes played into his ears. As the Lullaby ended and he opened his eyes, he was shocked to see the door was still shut.

I guess that doesn't lead to the… Link then slaps himself in the head Duh! That's the gate to the sacred realm. The Song of Time is needed to open this door. He then turned around and started looking around for what could be a door into the catacombs.

"This is hard…" Link mutters to himself. He though a door might be under the alter holding the sacred stones. There's not. He though the door might be somewhere on the outside of the temple. There's not. He finally laid down on the platform.

"I need to rest. Maybe my mind will think better when I'm not as tired," Link muttered softly. He then took out the Gemshorn and played the Lullaby of Time to relax him into sleep. As his eyes were about to shut he felt the ground moving. He quickly spun on his fours to see what had happened. The platform was slowly moving, reveling an aged staircase.

"Knew I'd find it eventually…" he said and hurried down stairs.

The catacombs were very dark. Link had trouble seeing the nose on his head if he strayed to far from a torch. The forbidding sound of dripping water somewhere in the distance was all that could be heard down here.

"Just get the staff and leave. That's all that you have to do. In and out," Link said to himself.

Link had only walked a few steps when he saw movement ahead. He back up a bit, sweat dripping down his face. What ever it was it was blue, moving fast, and moving towards him. Before he knew it the blue light swept pass him, doing nothing to him other then freaking him out.

Link's eyes blinked open, after realizing the light did nothing too him he started down the path again. He got tired of having to walk by torches on the wall and took one down for him to carry. As he got deeper in the catacombs he could hear the faint sound of moaning.

Link entered a room. It was pitch black outside the glow of his torch. As he stepped deeper into the room the door slammed shut behind him. He ran back, bars made sure the door stayed shut. Torches lit the room up. Three zombies stayed curled up in the center of the room.

"ReDeads… great," Link muttered. He walked closer and they stood, he then through the torch at one of them, setting it ablaze. It moaned in pain for a moment before collapsed dead once again. He then drew the Master Sword and charged.

A ReDead turned its head to face Link. A high pitched screech rang out through the room. Link froze in place. He panicked as the two ReDeads slowly moved towards him. Soon he was free to move again.

Attack them from behind, that way they can't look at you… He thought as he ran behind them. The ReDeads slowly started to turn but Link quickly loped off one of the ReDead's head. He then slid to a stop and stabbed the other through where it's heart once beated. It moaned a moment before it became dead weight on Link's sword.

As the ReDead slid off Link's sword a large chest appeared where the ReDeads once stood.

"Hello…" he trailed as he opened the chest. "Well… not what I was thinking but it'll still come in handy," he muttered unsettledly as he rolled the dungeon map and put it in his bag.

Link wandered through the catacombs. ReDeads swarmed the place and every now and then a Keese would swoop down. That blue light must have been Manuko's spell, Link thought, It would explain all the reanimated ReDeads.

Link took out the Dungeon Map and studied it. It was proving to be useless to him. He needed the compass so he'd know where he was and where everything else is. "Time to do some aimless wondering through rooms…" he muttered to himself.

He entered a room. Tombs were on the wall. He could open them if he wanted. He tried too. All he had to do was grab hold and pull it out. It was useful in the beginning. Though they were mostly empty, he wondered why, he would sometimes find rupees or hearts. But he stopped when he pulled out a ReDead that almost latched onto his neck. He decided to leave them be and check another room.

It took awhile but he finally found the room with the compass. It was the same thing as with the Dungeon map. Bars block doors, kill some ReDeads, get the compass. After he took the compass out of the chest he sat down, leaning against the chest.

"Lets see," he muttered to himself, "Where is the Staff…" After a few moments of studding it he figured he needed to go down to the next level to get the staff but other goodies awaited him on this level. He'd get the toys awaiting for him here, then move down to get the staff and get the out of the catacombs. He got up and hurried back into the path, running to his first toy to help him out with this dungeon.