(Chapter 4)
(Author's Note: Hey Guys For-Shovelry here, I just wanted to apologize for how long this took to upload… I may upload a Demo-story and see what you guys think… it's the Legend of Zelda put in the Assassins Creed universe…)
Link and Midna left the Mini-Boss room, and entered the previous room. Link pulled out his bow and arrow "Well let's see how this works." He said while nocking and arrow from his quiver. He focused on the arrow and soon after a few seconds the arrow's tip was consumed by flame. The fire arrow's glow warmed Link's face as he aimed for torches on the wall. The arrow flew from the bow and shot through the air and lit the torch. It then hit the wall and went out. Link drew another and lit the other torch. The bars on the door slid up as the Link was putting away his bow. They traveled into the next room.
"Wow…" Link heard Midna gasp. They had walked into some kind of crystal cavern. The crystals shone brightly despite the lack of light from the surface. The light danced and flickered as they walked through the cavern. They approached the door and noticed it was barred off.
"Jeez, they expect me to find a crystal switch among all these things." Link said with a sigh. He drew another arrow and aimed it a torch on the wall. "Maybe this might do something." He said as he released the arrow and lit the torch. The torches light bathed the cavern with the warm yellow glow of the torch. He proceeded to light the rest of the torches. The cavern was now filled with the warm yellow glow.
"Link maybe the switch won't reflect the light?" Midna asked.
"Yeah that might be what I need to look for." Link answered her question. He glanced around the room and searched for the switch that he needed to find. He was searching for the switch when a heard a loud chime. He looked back and saw Midna standing next to the crystal switch with a grin on her face.
"Look Link I found it." She said while still smiling.
"Well that's good." Link said while smiling back to her.
"Well then I guess we can head through the door now." She motioned to the now unbarred door.
"Yeah let's get going I just want to be done with this temple." He said with a little bit of smirk still on his face. Midna couldn't help but giggle at the Hero. He looked in her direction and motioned for Midna to follow him. As they made their way through the now opened door a wave of heat washed over them. He heard Midna briefly lose her breath.
"Wow, its hot," was her only comment.
"Yeah you could say that again." Link said while also catching his breath. All that was in front of them was a massive lake of magma.
"How are we going to get across?" Midna asked Link.
"Well I have no idea." He said while looking around the room. He looked towards the ceiling. He noticed a series of stalactites on the ceiling. Each one had a bomb flower growing next to it. "Heh, I think I just figured it out." He said while drawing his bow and aiming towards the ceiling. Midna glanced up and noticed the bomb flowers. She saw a fire arrow fly from Link's bow and strike the flower. She could faintly hear the hissing of the flower. She could hear the explosion and the cracking of stone as the stalactite fell from the roof. It firmly planted itself in the magma.
"Well that works." She mentioned to Link.
"Yes, it did." Link said while taking aim at another bomb flower. Another arrow flew and another stalactite fell. Link continued knocking down stalactites until they had finally created a bridge. "Well let's get to jumping." Link spoke. He ran at the lake of magma and leapt to the first stalactite. "Well Midna are you coming." He motioned for her to follow him. She wanted to hide in his shadow but it was too bright in the room. She was dizzy from the heat. She was about to lose her balance too. Link jumped back to the shore. She felt ready to collapse. Her vision went black as she fell. All she could feel was Link's firm grip on her before she passed out. She awoke a little bit later in the crystal chamber. She glanced around looking for Link. She couldn't see him in the now dark room all that was there was his bow. She grabbed it and lit the torches so she could see. Still despite the light she couldn't see her Hero anywhere. She finally heard the door open. Link entered the room with a red colored dress.
"Oh Link there you are I thought you had left me!" she cried as she saw him.
"Midna relax, I just went topside and got you something to help with the heat." He pointed to the red and gold dress he was holding.
"Did the Gorons make that just for me?" She couldn't believe they had done something so nice despite how rude she had been.
"Yeah I told them I just needed something to keep you from passing out." He was speaking to her. "Then next thing I now they come out with this fancy thing seems a little much, but I think it's perfect for you." He handed Midna the dress "Well are you going to try it on." He motioned for her to go into the other room. "Don't worry I won't peek." He said with a mischievous grin.
"You better not, or I will make you pay." She threatened the Hero.
"I'd like to see that." The Hero said while laughing. She scowled at him as she left the room. She entered the previous and looked back at the door to make sure Link was looking. She stood behind one of the statues as she changed her dress. She neatly folded her previous dress and held onto it as she returned to Link. She really liked the dress. I was crimson in color with some golden highlights on the edges and sleeves. It even had the Goron symbol stitched into the back in golden thread. Even she thought I was a little extreme and overdone. She reentered the room to meet up with Link. She could hear Link whistle as she entered the room. She scowled at him again. "Looks good," She could hear him say.
"I agree with you Link this seems a little much, but I like it." She said while doing a little spin to see how it looked.
"Yeah I think they did a good job myself." Link said while looking at the elaborate and ornate dress.
"Alright so this should help with the heat correct?" She asked Link
"Yeah it's the same design as my tunic." Link answered her.
"Alright so we can move on right?" she asked again.
"Yeah if you are feeling up to it." He answered her.
"Then let's get a move on then." She said while making her was to the door. Link nodded his head and followed her through the door. They reentered the room Midna had passed out in. They made their way through the room without a problem with Midna's new dress. "Wow, this thing really does help keep you cool." She mentioned.
"Yeah, Darbus said it would." He mentioned to her. They made their way across the magma lake and finally arrived at the door on the far side. Link pushed the door open and they walked through. The arrived in the next room. They glanced around and Link noticed some clawshot targets on the wall. He pulled the clawshot from his belt and placed them on his hands. He aimed at the targets and shot the claw. It stuck in the target and when he hung from them he felt them slide out. Midna noticed another port on the ceiling open and another target was revealed. Link held up the other clawshot and shot to another target near the wall. When it slid out, a burst of flame shot from the wall. Link fell from the ceiling and hit the ground with a thud.
"Link!" Midna screamed as she ran over to the Hero who now was lying on the floor unmoving. She quickly put out the fire that had covered his tunic. She rolled him over and heard him cough.
"Ouch, that really hurt." He said while getting up. "I could barely feel the flames at all, I hurt more from the fall." He got to his feet and coughed again. "I can't say I missed doing this." He said with a little bit of a smirk. Midna wanted to slap him for his carelessness, but he didn't deserve that. He had already suffered enough as is in this temple. He aimed back at the clawshot targets and grappled to some of the other ones. The ports on the ceiling were open and Link could finally get to the door. He grappled his way to the door. He reached his hand down to help pull Midna up. She grabbed his hand and he pulled her up. They entered the door in front of them. Link saw a group of switches and some boulders laying on the ground. "Well this looks straight forward."
"Yes, Link it really does." She said as Link made his way over to the boulders and picked one up. She could hear Link grunt as he picked it up. "Link do you need me to help you."
"Nah, its fine I got this under control." He said while hauling one of the boulders.
"Alright Link if you say so." She watched him haul several more boulder over. Finally all the switches were pressed down. The door opened and they progressed through it. The next room they entered had a magma fall blocking the door to the nest room.
"Well looks like we need to stop the flow of that to progress." Link was glancing around the room.
"Your right, and look there is a switch and a door over there." She mentioned to him.
"Yeah so I think I got this." Link pulled out his bow and aimed a bomb arrow at the cracked ceiling. The bomb arrow exploded revealing the iced over eye switch. Link aimed a fire arrow at it and let it fly. The ice sizzled as it melted, and the eye closed and the door opened. Link entered the room and looked at the statue.
"Hey isn't this one of those owl statues." Midna chimed in.
"Yeah I think it is." He responded to her.
"Well then Link get out your Dominion Rod." She told him. Link reached onto his belt and untied the Dominion Rod from his belt. He threw the green orb at the owl statue. The statue came to life in a flash of green light. Link began walking and the statue mirrored his movements and followed Link. Link led the statue over to the switch. The statue stood on the switch and pulled back on the Dominion Rod. The light inside the statue flew back to the Dominion Rod and the statue ceased to move and glow. But the magma fall had ceased and the way was clear. Link put away the Dominion Rod and made his way to the door. Link and Midna entered through the now opened doorway. They looked around the room. Link and Midna both saw the door that was blocked off by a gate. Link was glancing around the room for a way to remove the gate. Midna noticed a series of fans, "Link look up," She pointed towards the ceiling. Link glanced up at the ceiling and he noticed the series of fans. He untied the Gale Boomerang from his belt. He held it up and he felt the wind whip up around the boomerang. He aimed at the fans and he threw the boomerang. It flew through the air in a whirlwind and the fans spun and the gate slid open. They both approached the door and bars flew up.
"Oh great…" Midna heard Link groan as he turned around to notice the two lizalfos.
"Not these guys again." Midna also groaned out.
"Well let's get rid of these guys." He said while brandishing his sword. Midna also drew her sword. One of the lizalfos jumped at Link. He bashed it out of the air with his shield. "Idiot," she heard Link mutter as he drove his sword into its skull. It hissed then went silent. The other one pounced at Midna and she jumped back. The lizalfo's sword embedded itself in the ground. The beast hissed as it struggled to pull its sword out. Midna slashed it across the chest and finished it off. The bars on the door dropped allowing them to leave at last. They entered the next room and glanced around. Midna noticed the large door with the massive lock on it.
"Link I would assume that's the boss door." She spoke.
"Yeah I would guess so, not that it does much good we still need to key." Link pointed at the massive lock.
"Yeah, you have a point." She spoke back to the Hero.
"Well guess we only have one way to go now." Link pointed to door and they made their way to the door. They entered the only door they could. The room they entered had a large rotating spiked bar with multiple eye switches on the wall. "Oh boy, this looks fun." Midna could Link was displeased with this room. Midna noticed a switch on the other side of the room.
"Link look over there." She pointed to the switch.
"Huh, wonder if that will stop the spiked bar?" Link wondered to himself.
"Worth a shot," She told Link.
"Alright Midna but I want you to be careful, don't hurt yourself." He warned her.
"Don't worry 'Hero' I won't." she giggled a little bit. She saw Link smile at this comment and pull out his bow.
"I am relying on you Midna." He told her. She made her way into the circular area and watched the spiked bar for a while. When it spun past her she moved into its swing radius. She quickly made her way around the room and to the switch. When she stood on it the bar stopped spinning and Link could softly walk out. Link walked out and held up the bow and shot the switches. The door's bars slid down and Link made his way to Midna. They both entered the door and arrived in the next room. There they saw the massive and ornate chest.
"Well that's a welcome sight." Midna spoke when she noticed the chest.
"Yeah that means we are one step closer to getting out of here." Link said sounding exhausted.
"Yeah the sooner I get out of the place the happier I'll be." She said sounding equally exhausted.
"But first things first we need to get to the chest to start." Link said thinking out loud. They both glanced around the room looking for a way to remove the fire barrier. Link saw the frozen over eye switch. He aimed his bow at the switch and fired. The flaming arrow struck the ice and hissed as it melted the ice. The now extinguished arrow struck the eye switch. A section of wall slid up to reveal an owl statue behind it and a switch. Between the statue and the switch was a narrow path that led to magma. Link untied the Dominion Rod and aimed at the statue and threw the green orb at the statue. The orb struck the statue and the statue came to life in a flash of green light. Link carefully guided the statue across the narrow walkway and onto the switch. The magma level in the room dropped slightly. Midna looked up and noticed a port on the ceiling opened revealing a clawshot target switch.
"Link look up," She told Link. Link glanced upwards towards the clawshot target. He tied the Dominion Rod back to his belt and pulled off the clawshots. He aimed the clawshot at the target and fired it. It embedded itself in the target. The target slid out and the magma level dropped a little more. Link saw a crystal switch slightly covered in magma. He aimed the bow at it and shot it. It chimed loudly as the magma level finally reached the bottom now was only a few puddles of magma. A ladder descended down the pit so they could climb down. They arrived at the bottom and Link noticed a pull chain on the wall. He grabbed it and pulled it back. The chain reached the end and Link didn't notice anything change.
"Maybe something changed up top, Midna why don't you go look." He instructed Midna. She climbed back to the top.
'Alright Link, pull the chain." She shouted down to him. She waited for a few moments until she saw a section of wall slowly rising up. Behind the wall she could see another crystal switch. She walked under the wall segment and hit the switch. It chimed loudly again and she saw the ring of fire dissipate. She crawled under the wall segment, "Link I'm clear you can let go of the chain now." She shouted to the Hero.
"Alright," she heard him shout back. "What did it do?" He asked her.
"It raised that section of wall and revealed a crystal switch." She told the Hero.
"Finally I can open the chest at long last." Link approached the chest and opened it. He reached inside and grabbed the large skull-shaped key. "Now all that's left is to take care of the boss." Link sighed as he said this.
"Something wrong Link, aren't you happy to almost be done." She said slightly concerned for her Hero.
"No, I'm just a little tired that's all." He said reassuring her.
"Alright then Link, let's finish what we started." She said with some enthusiasm. They left the room and ventured back to the room with the imposing boss door. Link inserted the big key and the key turned. The gears and tumblers of the lock whirled and spun and clanked. The lock finally emitted a loud clunk as the chains were released. The chains fell with a loud clatter and the lock hit the ground and threw up dust.
"Well let's get this over with." Link said sounding a little exhausted. The room was a large open arena with a massive pile of rocks in the middle.
"Link look," Midna was pointing to a large black stone-like key sitting among the pile of rocks. "That's one of the Twilight Keys."
"Midna stay back you know it can't be that easy." He grabbed her arm. Just as Link finished the sentence the room shook and a flash of red light emanated from the Key. The mass of rocks began to move and shift and then they began to assemble into a roughly human shaped form. The mass of rocks roared and looked at the two intruders. Link let go of Midna's arm and pushed her out of the way as the creature brought its fist down on couple. Link quickly looked the creature of over looking for weak points. He noticed it had a bundle of bomb flowers growing on the insides of it hands.
"Link, what do we do now!" Midna shouted to Link. She saw an arrow fly and then a bright explosion and the creature roared as its hand was blown up. It swatted at Link with its still functional hand. Link felt the hand connect with him. Midna watched in horror as Link was swept to the wall. Link hit the wall with a thump and dropped to the ground not moving. Links bow was lying where he was standing. She knew if she could grab it she could protect Link. She got and ran to the bow. She grabbed it off the ground and nocked an arrow. She focused on the arrow and soon the tip was alight. She took aim at the creatures other hand and fired the arrow. The Bomb Flowers hissed and exploded obliterating its other hand. It roared again as she ran over to Link. She grabbed him and shook him. He didn't move but she could still see that he was breathing. She reached for his belt and pulled off one of the bottles she quickly uncorked it and brought it to Link's lips. She gently poured the crimson fluid into Link's mouth. She saw his eyes flicker open. He gasped as he looked around the room.
"What happened?" he asked while standing up and reaching for his bow. "Wait where is my bow." He said franticly.
"I have it, I used it to protect you when it knocked you out." She said handing Link the bow.
"Well I guess I need to thank you for that." He said while taking the bow. The creature was still roaring and trying to find a way to attack. It roared louder and the room shook and boulders began to drop from the ceiling. 'Wow, this guy needs to quiet down a bit." Link aimed the fire arrow at one of the cannons that were around the room. The arrow lit the fuse and it hissed at the cannon fired it projectile. It struck the beast in the head. Link could now see the key but it was surrounded by a glowing red sphere.
"Link you need to crack the darkness with you blade." She pointed to the key.
"Okay got it, so I need to bring it down to our level." He said as he drew back another arrow. He was about to fire when something grabbed him from behind. Link was pulled to the ground just as a boulder landed where he was standing but a moment ago. He looked behind and saw Midna also on the ground. She must have been the one who pulled him. He got back up and helped pull her up. Link took aim again and he fired the arrow and it struck the aura. It bounced off harmlessly, so instead he aimed at another one of the cannons. He let the arrow fly and the golem blocked it with its hand.
"Link I don't think it's going to be that easy I think it's trying to protect itself." She pointed to the Golem blocking one of the cannons.
"Well then it looks like we need someone to distract it, Midna I assume you're up for it." He looked over in Midna direction.
"Well I guess if someone has to do it." She said while making her way over to golem.
"Midna catch!" Link shouted as he tossed the bow over to Midna. She caught the bow and quickly took aim at the cannon fuse. She let the fire arrow fly and before the golem could react the cannon's fuse was lit. The cannon's projectile struck the golem's body. More rocks crumbled and collapsed. The aura around the key glowed more violently and brighter. The rocks fragments on the grounds began to assemble themselves into small rock creatures. Link began knocking apart the ones that were close to him.
"Link catch!" She shouted as she tossed the bow back to Link he caught it and was tripped by one of the small rock creatures. They began to pile on top of him. Midna ran over to him and knocked off some of the rock creatures. She helped him to his feet. Link shook off the rest of the small rock creatures.
"Midna keep these things off me while I take aim." He told her.
"Alright Link I can handle that." She while setting to work exterminating the small creatures. Link aimed at another one of the cannons and lit the fuse. Another projectile hit the Golem's torso. The Golem finally collapsed. As it crumbled it sent out a wave of dust. The dust wave washed over them. They both emerged from the dust. Link was coughing loudly. He walked over to Midna and helped her up.
"Well I guess that's that, let's get the key and get out of here." He said sounding relieved. Link looked over at the key and saw is still surrounded in the dark aura. Link approached it only to have it roll away. "Darn thing hold still." He said as he chased it around the room. Every time he got close enough to swing it rolled away. Midna stood in front of it and stopped it with her foot.
"Well Link couldn't even catch a ball." She chuckled as she said this. Link smiled at her and struck the orb with the Master Sword. The blade emitted a white light as the orb cracked and finally shattered. Midna grabbed the key, "Alright that's one of the many we are going to need to find and collect." She heard Link sigh. "Link, are you alright?" She asked the young Hero.
"Yeah I just want to get out of this place." He said while shaking dust off of him.
"Alright well let's go." She grabbed his arm and pulled him towards the door. They made their way to the lobby of the temple and out the front entrance. Link sighed again
"Right, the bridge I had forgotten." He rubbed his head trying to figure something out. Link saw Darbus on the opposite shore. He pulled back a fire arrow and let it fly. Darbus looked up and saw the red flash of light and noticed the red clothed boy and women.
"Brother!" Darbus shouted as he made his way through the magma and over to the two of them.
"So Darbus how are we going to get out of here, you brought me Midna's dress so how can you get us both out."
"Easy Brother we Goron have already finished creating a path with boulders." Link looked down at the magma moat and noticed a series of boulder lodged in the magma. They made their way to the boulders and jumped across to the other side and made their way out of the cave.
(Authors Note: Hey it's me again For-Shovelry… again sorry this chapter took so long ive been busy and haven't had much time to type I hope the next chapter won't take as long. So as for the Demo-Story I should have it up soon so next up whatever temple I decide to do next. Some fan input would be helpful. For-Shovelry out…)