Hi there! I'm finished with chapter eight!
Link: So, what's your exscuse for the late update?
Me: -sighs- Moles and trolls, moles and trolls...
Malon: You are always busy, aren't you?
Me: YES! And I dislike it with a passion!
Gaara: Too bad, so sad.
Me: -glares- Don't make me sic CJ on you.
Gaara: CJ's afraid of you, remember? He says you're evil.
Link: Now why would he say something like that?
Malon: Who is he???
Me: Oh, just some random obnoxious dude that used to be my cousin's friend. -clears throat- Ahem... now, on to the important stuff. Thanks again to my loyal reviewer Kiarra-Chan. LONG LIVE THE REVIEWER!!!!!!!!!! Also, I would like to tell you that this is another serious-ish chappie. We'll get back to the funny stuff soon, though, I promise! And another thing: Th-
Malon: Ooh, can I say it?
Me: No... I'm gonna let Sora do that.
Sora from Kingdom Hearts: Sweet! I'm in the comics! ^^
Me: Yes, yes, you must be very happy. Now will you please stop dancing around like a total baka and tell them what they need to be told?
Sora: -pouts- Alright. -looks at the readers- destinykeyblade would like you all to know that this chapter was, like the last one, written while listening to KH music. However, unlike the last one, this was written while listening to the Simple & Clean techno remix! (She was listening to Dearly Beloved for the last chappie.) For those of you who have played Kingdom Hearts, it's common knowledge that the S&C remix plays during one of the intro movies. For those of you who don't play and have never heard it, please follow the link (if the site will let you) to destinykeyblade's Project Playlist playlist. .com/user/17505199/view
You'll find it on there along with a bunch of random songs.
Me: Sadly, it's the Japanese version. Now, I have nothing against Japanese music; I've even bought quite a few songs on iTunes. I just think that the English version of the techno thing is better. And a lot easier to sing. Seriously, man, the Japanese one is hard to do that fast!
Link: -yawns- Can we get on with the story now?
Me: Yes. Please enjoy, readers!
They rode in silence, the clip-clop, clip-clop of the horses' hooves the only sound. That is, until someone started shouting.
"Help! Please, someone help!" came the distant cry. Link pulled up on Eopna's reins and looked around, searching for the speaker. A figure appeared on the hill in front of them, waving his arms frantically to get Link's attention.
"Please, you have to help!" the man said upon reaching the blonde hero.
"What's going on?" Link demanded. For all the yelling this guy's doing, it better not be something stupid, he thought to himself.
"We've got trouble! Please, please, please, you have to do something!" the man begged. Link now recognized him as the one who ran the fishing place at Lake Hylia.
"I suppose the trouble's down at the lake?" he asked.
The fishing guy nodded vigorously. "Something's up at the Water Temple! There's a bunch of monsters and-"
He never got to finish his sentence, as Link had turned Epona toward Lake Hylia and dug his heels into her flanks. The red horse whinnied loudly and reared up before taking off at full speed.
Angel looked down at the fishing man from her perch atop Shadow. "We'll be back before you know it," she said reassuringly. "Come on, Shadow, let's go," she urged the horse quietly, stroking his neck. The black stallion quickly did as she asked, following Epona in the direction the lake.
~Lake Hylia~
~Angel's POV~
"Whoa..." I remarked quietly.
Blue Tektites were hopping around all over the surface of the lake, the air was full of those annoying bird things that thought they were heat-seeking missiles, and to top it all off, Morpha was out of the stinkin' Water Temple!
I looked around a little frantically, searching for Link. Shadow and I had followed him here, and yet... I didn't see him anywhere. Of course, I didn't have my contacts in since I'd left them back on Earth, but even without them, I could see well enough to find a Hylian. Therefore, I had to wonder...
"WHERE THE HECK IS HE?!" I shouted angrily.
Big mistake. Every single monster present turned to look at me, evil glints in their eyes. And there I was, a stupid little teenager that didn't belong in Hyrule, riding a big black horse that was about to freak out. I had no idea how to fight, (since the only time I'd ever been in a fight, I'd been younger and softer than a hot doughnut, which, as you may not know, will get a hole in it if you poke it) I had no weapon, and the hero of the story was nowhere to be found. So, in other words, if Link didn't show up, I was dead.
As the creatures approached, I stared them down. I was hoping that they were like dogs. If they look like they're going to attack you, you just glare at them all mean and stuff like you're not scared and they'll go away. Most of the time. Apparently, though, Hyrulean monsters were not like dogs. They kept coming, even with me giving them all a death glare.
Shadow pawed the ground nervously, gazing at the creatures in obvious fear. I stroked his neck comfortingly, wondering the whole time how we were supposed to make it out of this. As the evil creatures closed in on us, I heard a cry. It was more of a shout, actually. And it sounded strangely similar to "Catch!"
I turned my head just in time to see a short sword flying towards me, which I quickly reached out and caught so I wouldn't get stabbed. It was, of course, the Kokiri Sword, thrown to me by Link.
...Wait a second... Link?
I did a double-take when I saw the blonde Hylian. He was standing right outside the ring of monsters, looking relieved that I'd caught the sword. His expression relief changed quickly changed to one of... well, I don't know what. It wasn't anger, but... Determination. That's what it was. You see, hearing his yell, the monsters had turned their attention on him, and he was now drawing his sword.
Link was standing very near the lake, where the water-controlling nucleus Morpha was running around in circles. At least, it would have been if it was on land and had feet. The Tektites were slowly pushing Link closer to the water's edge, a very bad place to be since the demon of the Water Temple was loose.
Now, you're probably wondering why I'm telling you all this and not getting right to the action, but it's important to know where everything was in order for you to understand. (Shadow and I were near the waterfall, by the way.)
I watched with a sickening sinking feeling in my stomach as the evil beings backed Link into a corner (so to speak). I felt completely helpless... until I realized I had a sword in my hand. With this realization came a rush of adrenaline and powerful emotion. Before I knew it, I was running towards Link and the monsters as fast as was humanly possible, knowing that if I didn't get there soon... well, I had to get there soon. I had no idea what I was going to do when I reached my destination was very unclear, extremely fuzzy. That'd never stopped me before, though; I always did things without thinking them through.
~Five Minutes Later~
"Well, so much for that plan," Link muttered to me. "What now, genius?"
"Shut up, I'm working on it!" I whispered angrily.
Link had just started fighting when I got to him, and had almost slashed me with his sword as I made my way through the throng of Tektites, stabbing randomly as I did so. Many had fallen to our blades, but there were many more that had survived the onslaught. These survivors were now herding us towards the lake, where I knew Morpha waited to attack us. I glanced at the water demon anyway, just to see how close we were.
I wished I hadn't. I was about seven feet away from it; Link, being closer to the water, was five or six.
Before I tell you what happened next, you'll need to know a little bit more about me. I am known as The Queen of Randomness back on Earth, a title that truly fits. Random thoughts, random outbursts, random actions, random words... those would be mine. I'm bad to make split-second, spur-of-the-moment decisions, usually about very important things, and, as you might've guessed, things don't always end well when I do that.
This was one of those times that I decided at the last second to get us out of trouble... or try, anyway. Without any kind of warning, I tackled Link. The two of us rolled down the green, grassy hill, falling into the ice-cold Lake Hylia with a loud SPLASH!
Morpha saw us in the water and started towards us, summoning a tentacle to do its evil bidding.
Link and I rose to the surface, but only for a second. Taking as deep a breath as I could, I dove beneath the waves again, dragging the Hylian with me by his right hand. Pay very close attention to this little tidbit of information; you'll need it later.
Alright.. there's the Water Temple, I thought to myself. It's not too far away... We can make it!
Positive thinking isn't really my thing, but at this point had nothing else to think. Unless of course you count "We're gonna die!!!!!!!!!!!!" as something.
Yes... Just a little farther and...
My thoughts were interrupted by the water demon Morpha. The monster had been following us through the water, and was now close enough to grab us. Well, one of us. And that one just happened to be Link.
Morpha's watery tentacle grabbed hold of Link's left arm and began pulling him towards the nucleus. Fortunately, I still had a grip on his right hand, and immediately tried to pull him back to me. Our underwater struggle for survival had turned into a twisted game of tug-of-war... and Link was the rope!
To make matters worse, I knew I couldn't hold my breath much longer. My lungs were beginning to burn, and a strange light-headed feeling was stealing over me. A little voice in the back of my mind begged me to just let go, to stop torturing myself.
No! I shouted at the voice, and pulled harder on Link's hand. I saw his arm start to slide out of the tentacle's grasp. Feeling stronger due to my almost victory, I summoned all my strength and was somehow able to free him. Morpha, however, had given one final tug on the blonde's arm before relinquishing him to me.
Lack of oxygen was taking its toll as I swam one handed towards the entrance of the Water Temple. My lungs felt as though they would burst, I could hardly see where I was going anymore, and my heart was pounding unnaturally loud and hard. In short, I had almost reached the breaking point.
Almost there... almost there... almost there...
These were the only words I could think, and they echoed in my mind. To my great relief, I saw light above me. I could just make out a ledge right in front of me. Grabbing wildly, I managed to get a grip on the edge and pull myself up. I gasped for breath, filling my burning lungs with life-saving air. Sweet, sweet air! I vowed never to take it for granted again.
Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Link break the surface of the water beside me. He, too, was taking in deep breaths. That was to be expected, though, considering what we'd just been through.
After a few moments, I decided I shouled get out of the water. You know, in case Morpha came in and tried to kill us again. I drug myself up onto the platform thing with alot of trouble. Unlike Link, I wasn't used to this sort of thing.
Speaking of Link... where'd he go? I wondered. I glanced around and saw that he had used the Longshot to grapple across the water. He was now standing on that weird square thing that rose and fell with the water level in the temple. I saw him stand up and attempt to put his Longshot away. However, there was a problem.
He seemed to have used his right arm to get the weapon out and use it, but was trying to put it back in his pocket with his left. The Longshot clattered to the floor (clang, clang clang!) and Link grabbed his arm. His eyes were squeezed shut, and I heard a rather quiet grunt of pain. A muttered "Dern it!" followed this, and he threw his head to the left a bit. Then, he was quiet.
I'd seen my father do this plenty of times, after he'd injured his shoulder. The pain would dissapear... until he moved wrong. Judging by the pain Link was in right now, swinging a sword around would be pretty much impossible until he healed.
The silence in the Water Temple was shattered by two words that seemed to echo off the walls, uttered by none other than myself.
"Shiitake mushrooms."
Link: WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?!?!
Gaara: That's what you get for being mean to the authoress.
Link: -goes off on a rant that we all ignore-
Sora: ...Very misleading chapter title.
Me: Whaddaya mean?
Sora: 'Aquatic Serenity?' I think not. It was more like a waters-edge battle!
Me: But it was quiet and serene once they got inside the Water Temple!
Sora: ....No comment.
Malon: -giggles- You're cute!
Sora: -twitching-
Me: RUN, SORA! RUN FOR YOUR LIFE!!!
And so, Sora ran away with Malon following him. And now, it is time agai to reply to my reviewer.
Kiarra-Chan - Yay! Someone like me! ...I mean Angel! Join the club, 'Arra-Chan. We've got jackets lol! Think nothing of it, my friend; it was expected. ...And if you review this chapter, you'll get a cookie shaped like Link's hat! ^^ Thank you again for sticking with this; I don't know what I'd do with it if I didn't have your reviews. I'll try to update again ASAP, okies?
