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The night air was cold and silent as Link and Zelda glided along the pitch black sky, guided only by the light strapped onto their borrowed loftwing's head. Link didn't feel the cold at all, all he felt was a great sense of urgency and determination. Zelda held Link around the middle to stop her from falling off as he directed the bird towards Faron woods. They were both equipped with an iron practice sword and shield and Link's adventure pouch was filled with potions. They were prepared for anything.
They landed as quietly as a ghost beside Lake Floria. Link patted the navy blue loftwing's head gratefully as they dismounted. A cloud in front of the moon shifted, allowing the pale moon light to illuminate the vast, blue lake. Without a second thought Link dived in, fully clothed, and swam across the lake. When he had reached the other side, he used his water dragon scale to jump out of the water and land beside the Ancient Cistern's entrance.
Zelda stood on the other side and looked at the water nervously. "Link, I don't think I can jump that."
"Just jump in, I'll pull you up. Trust me."
Zelda nodded, and did a run up and jumped into the freezing cold water. She surfaced a moment later, gasping and shivering; her hair and clothes soaking wet. She swam towards Link's outstretched hand and he pulled her up. She wrung out some of her hair in vain and the pair headed into the Ancient Cistern, both dripping everywhere.
Link lead the way expertly through the temple, with Zelda close behind. He was going so fast that she struggled to keep up and hardly had time to admire the large, 6 handed stone statue which took up most of the central chamber. 'This temple must be hundreds or even thousands of years old.' She said to herself as they passed through more rooms, each covered in ivy and falling to pieces. Most of the monsters were already dead, cleared out the last time Link was here. They went deep into the bowels of the temple.
In the basement the lighting was darker and the water was strangely purple. The stench of death soon reached their nostrils and they covered their noses. They edged around the deep purple pool and Zelda paused for a closer look at the curious liquid. Link hastily grabbed her arm, scared that she'll fall in. "Careful, don't touch the water, it's cursed."
Zelda nodded, but Link didn't let go of her until they were a safe distance from the evil pool.
"We're almost there, just a little further." Link said confidently.
Zelda looked uncertain."Link, are you sure about this? I have a bad feeling."
Before he could reply, the earth around them began to rumble. Cursed bokoblins gradually crawled their way up through the earth, groaning loudly. These cursed monsters were horrible, bone-chilling creatures. They limped slowly towards the pair, their skin an unnatural shade of dark pink. They drooled with their mouths hung half open and flies constantly buzzed around them. Link and Zelda simultaneously drew their swords and shields to defend themselves from the approaching bokoblins.
The peaceful stillness of the temple was punctured by the clash of sword against flesh, as Link and Zelda fought off the hoard of bokoblins, who annoyingly kept getting up after being struck down. More bokoblins emerged from the ground and it turned into a bokoblin massacre. Link sliced through bokoblin after bokoblin with ease, while Zelda wasn't quite as practised but she still had no trouble in wielding her weapon and blocking their uncoordinated attacks with her wooden shield. Eventually, the last bokoblin's body disappeared in a puff of evil purple smoke, dropping an evil crystal, which Link stowed away in his pouch with the countless others that he had gathered.
"Think that'll be enough?" Zelda asked, glad that all the bokoblins were finally gone.
"Yeah, we have quite a lot. Ghirahim said that we only need about 10." Saying Ghirahim's name had become quite painful for the young boy but it also served as a reminder to him of the importance of his task. Link wiped sweat off his brow; they'd been fighting for a couple of hours and he felt exhausted.
They exited the temple, Zelda taking sly glances at Link with concern as they walked, which he didn't notice.
"Link." She said finally as they emerged outside, which was still dark. "Don't you think you should take a break? You look really tired."
Link stopped and looked at her over his shoulder. "I can't just take a break, I haven't got time! If I waste time he might..." Link broke off, the prospect of failure too depressing to even think about.
"I know but you're no use to anyone if you get hurt, are you? Just sit down for 5 minutes, ok? For me, please." Zelda pleaded.
Link sighed and gave in. "Fine, I'll have a break, just for a minute though." He lent against the temple entrance, laying his sword and hylian shield beside him, and slid down to the floor. He soon slumped over and drifted into an uneasy sleep. Zelda sighed as she watched him mumble nonsense and twitch in his sleep.
"I hope this all works out the way you want it to, Link." She whispered before she sat down beside him to rest her eyes.
Zelda was awoken the next morning by a bird's song and the sun's rays which shone into her face. Link was resting his head on her shoulder, which had gone numb. In fact her whole body felt uncomfortably stiff.' He's not going to be happy.' Zelda thought. 'But perhaps it's for the best, he needed some sleep.'
"Come on Link, it's morning. You need to wake up." She prodded him until his eyelids flickered open.
"What?" He muttered, still half asleep.
"Link, it's morning." Zelda repeated patiently.
Link opened his eyes wide in shock and jumped up, feeling extremely guilty and angry with himself. He ran his hands through his hair, which was sticking up everywhere. "You mean I slept all night! But I only closed my eyes for a second. I didn't mean to... Why didn't you wake me?"
Zelda looked equally guilty and apologetic. "I'm sorry Link but I dozed off as well. I was too tired to stay awake."
Link shook his head slowly. "It wasn't your fault. It's too late to worry about it now, anyways. What's done is done." He grabbed his sword and shield as he spoke. "Come on, we can't afford to waste anymore time." He took Zelda's hand and they both jumped into the lake and swam to the other side. Their loftwing was exactly where they had left him the day before and they quickly mounted him and flew off high into the sky towards their next destination.