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Chapter 6
When Link and Namara returned to Kakariko village, they had just enough time to get back to the house they where staying in before Navi, Tatl, Nova, and, Kriku returned.
"How goes it!" Kriku asked enthusiasticaly as they all flew in the window.
"Well, you can drop the act, Link knows about Termainia." Namara said.
"Well, in that case Princess, we are glad your secret is finnaly at rest." Nova said.
"That has a lovely ring to it doesnt it? Princess Namara of Termainia." Tatl said. " Yes, that does sound good."
Soon after, all the fairys had fallen asleep, and Namara snuck out side to see the stars. When she got out side, she was surprised to see Link sitting on a crate near the door.
"You still up?" He asked.
"Yeah." Namara answered. "I was thinking about today... it really was the best day of my life."
"Im glad you had fun." Link said motioning for her to sit with him. "Even with Mido breathing down my neck, i had fun when i still thought i was Kokiri."
Link and Namara moved off the crate into the soft grass, and stared up at the moon.
"I remember a time when that same moon, seemed like it would fall down on Termainia. But at the last second, these four giants came from nowhere and held it up." Namara said." All through those three days, i kept hearing about a boy in green who was traveling all through Termainia fighting through all the temples. My friend Miku, of the Indigo-gos, he was in town a few times through those three days, he was acting so strange, he didnt even come to visit me. And even before that, there was this adorible little deku scrub wandering around town."
Link was surprized that she was recounting all this.
"Namara... did you ever find the name of the boy in green?" Link asked.
"No, i never did. I saw him once or twice around town, but i never talked to him." Namara said.
"I know who the boy was... i still know him now..." Link said. " Do you want to know his name?"
Namara looked straight into Link's deep blue eyes. " I think i already know." She said softly.
"Then you know, what hes about to do this very second?" Link asked her, leaning closer to her.
"I think i do..." She murmured, and Link kissed her. Namara had never felt safer than she did with Link, not even the safe, peacefull, quiet clock town made her feel as content. They sat in silence for a while, untill Link spoke.
"Namara, did you ever hear from Miku again?" Link asked. He hoped they werent thinking of the same Miku.
"No, i never did. And i still wonder what happened to him." Namara looked down at the ground. Link opened his bag and dug through untill he found three cloth wrapped objects, the only things he had left from his adventure in Termainia. He unwrapped one of them to reveil a mask of a zorra.
"I know what happened to him." Link whispered. "He is dead now, all thats left of him is this mask."
"A mask..." Namara paused. " But how did you get it?"
"For a short time, i was Miku." Link said. Namara gave him alook telling him she didnt understand. "I was the scrub too. I will show you what i mean."
Namara watched as Link stood and placed the zorra mask over his face. It seemed to take hold of his face, there was a bright flash, and when the light subsided, instead of Links normal body, there was the body of a zorra.
"This is what i mean. It was because of the deku, goron, and zorra masks that i was able to save Termainia."Link said. "Im sorry, but Miku really is dead."
Link removed the mask and pushed it into Namara's hands."I want you to keep it. You knew Miku alot better than i did."
Namara kissed link on the cheek."Thank you so much. At least now i know what happened to my best friend. I knew him even before he started playing in the Indigo-gos."
"We really should get back to the temples tommorow." Link said.
"Your right, we should." Namara admited. "The next one is the water temple right?"
"Thats the one." Link said. "Morpha."
"Promise me you wont try to leave me behind this time." Namara pleaded.
" Dont worry, as long as the water level is low, we wont have any problem getting to morpha with out an extra zorra tunic." Link said.
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The next morning, every one woke early and met Link out side.
"You all ready?" Link asked Pulling out his orcarina. Everyone gathered around Link as close as they could get while he played the serinade of water. The lights surrounded them again and disparced to reviel Lake Hylia.
"This is it..." Murmured Namara looking around the lake. "This is where i washed up when i got here."
"I hope you can swim." Link said pointing to a marble door submerged under the water. "Thats the temple entrance."
Namara followed Link under water and through the stone door. As soon as they entered the temple, Namara noticed the water was much lower.
"Now all we have to do is hookshot to the boss room." Link said. He grabbed Namara firmly around the waist and took aim at one of the targets.
They kept hookshoting from target to target untill they came to the slopeing hallway to the boss room. The sliders that had been there the last time where gone, and Link and Namara struggled to the door. It took them about half an hour of almost making it, and ending up sliding back to the bottom before they finnaly made it.
"At least we wont run into Dark Link." Link said as the fairys flew over and joined them.
"Time to fight."Namara said.
"Its time for me to fight, i dont want you getting hurt." Link corrected her. Namara seemed ready to protest but Link gave her a look telling her he wasnt going to argue about it.
"Fine..." She said finnaly. "Lets go."
They entered the boss room and Link jumped onto the center platform. Morpha attacked and Link Jumped back onto the main floor.
"Remember to aim for the eye!" Shouted Namara. Link targeted Morpha's eye hookshot it pulling it towards himself. When it got close enough Link drew his sword and got in as many shots as he could before it reutrned to the rest of its ameoba like body.
Link contenued like this for several more rounds. Morpha suddenly extended two jelly like tenticals, with one he missed Link by a hair's breath, with the other he wrapped around and picked up Namara.
"Link!" Namara cried, struggleing to get away from Morpha's squeezing tentical. Link tried to free Namara by drawing the eye out again, but it had retreated too far into the body for him to hook onto. Morpha, seeming to sence Link's distress, squeezed harder.
Namara screamed as a loud crack ecoed. Morpha's sudden squeeze had snapped two of her ribs. Morpha was now reacting to the distress of both Namara and Link, it knew that the more pain it caused the girl, the angrier Link became. And the angrier Link became, the worse his judgement became. Morpha squeezed harder untill Namara couldnt breath, and kept its hold untill she passed out.
Link was infuriated. Morpha let Namara fall the twelve foot drop back to the ground, then went back to attacking Link. Link took aim again; Morpha was wrong, his judgement stayed crystal clear. Link pulled the eye out and attacked it harder than he ever had before. He followed it as it retreated to the body and got in the finnishing blow.
Morpha melted into nothing more than puddles on the floor. Link turned to the fairys.
"You go see if you can wake Namara, i will free the fairy." He said as the bottle emerged from its ring of light. Inside a small dark blue fairy was zooming around franticly. Link opened the jar, and sure enough he did the exact same thing the others did.
"IM FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!" He Cried. Nova and Kriku flew over to meet him.
"Azure, long time no see!" Kriku said cheerily. The rest of the fairys made their introductions and Link went to see Namara.
She had fallen on her side and was lucky she hadnt broken her arm.
"Wake up..." He murmured. "Can you hear me?"
Azure noticed them and quickly buzzed over."Whats happened to the Princess!" He asked franticly.
"Morpha." Link mumbled.
" Well come on, we should get out of here." Azure said leading the way out of the temple.
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Link rode with Namara as fast as Epona could go towards hyrule castle. It was the only place Link knew where it would be safe and that had the supplies needed for Namara's condition.
He didnt even get off Epona at the entrance, but kept riding straight through town and straight into the courtyard. He stopped infront of a castle servant and pulled Namara out of the saddle.
"Get Zelda, now." He said sternly. The servant ran into the palace, and Zelda returned a few moments later.
"What is so urgent Link?" She asked rushing toward him, but stopping in her tracks at seeing Namara in his arms.Then said coldly "Thats the Termainian Princess. She has to go."
"No, not yet at least!" Link snapped. "She needs help."
"I Will not allow that filthy foreiner into my castle unless you promise to take her back to Termainia first thing in the morning." Zelda said firmly.
Link's shoulders fell and so did his face."Agreed." He said finnaly, and he lowered his head in defeat.
Zelda nodded and motioned for Link to bring Namara inside.
Throught the night, Namara was healed little by little by use of red potions untill a castle guard brought a fairy which he had caught in a bottle. The guard was paid lavashly for the fairy, and sent back to his post.
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The next morning, Link explained to Namara his agreement with Zelda.
"Why would you agree to something like that? You promised you wouldnt take me home if i didnt want to go." Namara snapped.
"I know, but you had me really worried, and it was the only way zelda would help you." Link explained. " We have to hurry, Zelda wants us gone by dawn."
"She was a real witch about it too." Tatl said.
"And she used to seem so nice..." added Navi.
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Call me crazey...but i think they are going to Termainia.