Ghirahim looked around in pure distain. The desert wind howled, as if echoing the sentiment. He certainly hadn't missed this place. He hadn't spent long here. As fast as he could, he'd made his way to the gate of time. When it was destroyed, he had taken his leave, fuming at Link for being an impetuous brat and foiling his plans.

The desert was simply too dry and hot for his tastes. He was used to the desolation; for it too existed in the demon world, though it was much cooler there. He clutched his green shawl over his face as a hot breeze blew sand in his direction. He was sitting with link, near the sand sea. Link had decided he needed a quick break, voiced through him plopping down and shifting through his pouch for some water and provisions. Ghirahim was alright with this break though.

While link ate, Ghirahim sifted through his seemingly never ending pouch. How did that boy fit all of this into one small pouch? Link finished the loaf of bread and pumpkin soup he had been eating and stood, dusting the sand off himself.

Ghirahim was fiddling with the water dragon's scale, when a thin piece of what seemed like skin, flaked off from the scale. He blinked. Shit.. Did he break it? Link came up behind him "..What did you do?" Ghirahim huffed "Nothing..!" He looked down at 'skin'. It was see through, and iridescent. ".. I think it's suppose to come off …" Link looked at it curiously "What is it?"

Just then, Ghirahim remembered something he'd read, a long while back. It was a long shot, and it could be dangerous, but if he was right, it would be very helpful. Ghirahim stood up and grabbed Link, whose eyes widened. Ghirahim pressed the skin, right up under links nostrils and over his mouth, and it stuck there. He then pushed link into the water, which was only near skipper's boat because of the activated time shift stone.

Link was in shock. He tried to swim up, but Ghirahim held him under. Ghirahim casually raised his eyebrows, watching him. Links lungs eventually couldn't take it, and he gasped for breath. The water he had expected to go into his lungs never came. He got air instead. He opened his eyes. He was still under water, but he could breathe… The skin from the water dragon's scale must allow him to breathe underwater.

Ghirahim smiled when he noticed Link stop struggling and begin breathing. He stopped holding him under, and link swam up, still gasping for air. Yes, Ghirahim had said it would be dangerous.. but not for himself. When link caught his breath and hauled himself up onto land, he glared hard at Ghirahim. If looks could kill…Ghirahim would be roasted on a spit. Ghirahim waved his hand dismissively "I had thought it would do that. See? Now you can breathe under water!" Link glared at him still and wrung out his tunic, which soon dried almost instantly "You could have killed me. You could have at least said something..!"

Ghirahim smiled slyly and shrugged "I could have… But you have to have more faith in me than that.." Link took the skin off and attached it back to the scale. He re-attached his pouch and huffed "How can I have faith in you when you go around pushing me into the sea?" Ghirahim shrugged "You are my 'master' after all. I do have SOME sense of duty to you. I'm not a total animal." Link looked skeptical of that fact. He sighed silently "Let's just go.. Please don't do anything like that ever again"

Ghirahim sighed "Fine. I shall inform you of my thoughts next time. Would that be better?" Better, but a lot less fun. Link nodded some.

Finally, after that fiasco, they were on their way. They boarded skipper's boat. Link thought for a moment and looked at Ghirahim. "Ghirahim, do you have a dowsing ability too?" Ghirahim looked puzzled "Dowsing… Oh. You mean that silly thing that goddess sword used to do? That had you running all about pointing a sword everywhere? No, I don't do that exactly. I have a more efficient and less taxing system." Ghirahim gestured to the sword. It unsheathed itself and floated in mid air. It spun around once, before pointing like a compass needle to the north-west.

Ghirahim smiled "It's that way..." Link nodded slowly and steered the boat in that direction. The sword slowly began to point in a downward direction, under the water. Suddenly Ghirahim's hand shot out, and stopped link from going any farther. Link blinked and looked at him un-amused, expecting more of his usual games "What?" But Ghirahim was glaring at the water, anything but fooling around "Back the boat up." Links eyebrows furrowed at the sudden change in the demon lord. Ghirahim looked at him "Now-!"

But it was too late. The water churned around them violently, forming a whirlpool that swept the boat up. Link gasped and held onto the boat, while Ghirahim cursed. The whirlpool quickly sucked them up, and pulled them, and the boat beneath the water. The whirlpool slowly died down, and the small circle of water returned to a false sense of calm.

Links eyes opened with some difficulty. He awoke to find himself lying on the bed of the sand sea. He sat up slowly, only for it to register that he was breathing underwater. When he felt at his face, he found had the dragon scales skin on. He didn't remember putting it on… He then registered he felt a lack of a swords weight on his back. He looked around.

His sword was sticking up out of the ground nearby. He stood and moved over to it, picking it up in his hands. Ghirahim's voice reverberated in his mind "Sky child... I can't come out of the sword... For the fact that I don't like to breathe under water…its uncomfortable" Link gave a slow nod, and looked at the sword questioningly, as if inquiring to the man insides health. Ghirahim piped up "I'm alright... Ugh. Wretched beings... Using my own tricks against me…" He trailed off, then started up again "Well we just so happened to land right in front of where we need to be… Let's get inside quickly, yes?"

Link took the opportunity to take in his surroundings properly. He was in front of a ruined building. It was crumbling, and it bore the logo of Lanayru on the front of it. There was a large door, but it was crumbled and dilapidated. There was no way to get past it. A large time shift stone sat out, off to the right side. He went over and struck it.

The area reverted to its past like state. The building that now stood in front of him was no longer in ruin. It was large, with two tall towers on either side, with bells on top. The two towers were connected by a stone bridge, without a railing. The previously impassible door was now back to pristine condition. Link went up, to investigate closer. It had no visible doorknobs, but it had some symbols on it, that looked like musical notes.

Link thought and took out his harp. He read the notes, and tried to play them as best as he could. As he played, each correct note lit up a pale white. After he finished, the ground rumbled a bit and the door opened. He smiled triumphantly. The first puzzle of the new adventure solved. He swam inside.

The door closed behind him. It lead off to a long corridor, and ultimately in stairs. As he traversed the stairs, the water level fell. When he entered the first large room, the water level was about up to his thighs. Ghirahim came out from the sword "Whew. That's a relief." The room they were now in, link surmised was the main room of the temple.

This would be one of those temples where the treasure was in the first main room, yet you had to explore to find a way in. There was a large door, with three large holes around where the keyhole should be, and golden notes on it. He knew he couldn't enter the room right away, so he looked around further. The room was fairly barren. There were four identical statues in each corner, and a door off to the far right.

Link tried to budge the door, but it seemed to only be able to be opened from the other side. His keen eyes swept the room, and noticed a golden rim under a statue. He pushed the statue out of the way, and off of a switch plate. Bingo. Link went around and moved the other three statues, that all sat on a switch plate of their own. Once he moved the last statue, the wall on the far left lifted, and gave him passage to a new room.

This room was much smaller than the other room. He noted one of the walls was starting to crumble, so he set a bomb by the bottom. The wall exploded, and revealed a large space. Link went inside, and recognized it as being one of the large towers he saw from outside. There was a large spiral stair case that led up the tower. Ghirahim sighed dramatically "Oh no. they've found your one weakness. Spiral stairs will be the death of us.. Try not to fall again, dearie." Links face flushed in embarrassment. He would never hear the end of that, would he? Every time he even goes near a stair case, he'll get some sass from Ghirahim. Oh lovely.

Ghirahim grinned playfully "Oh you know I'm simply playing around.. Partially. Really do take care not to fall.." Link sighed and started up the stairs.

Halfway up, A pile of bones re-animated itself, and from them a stalfos appeared. Link grabbed his sword and shield and backed up a bit. Ghirahim grinned some "Will this be our first battle together?" Link nodded. Ghirahim smirked "Hopefully not our last..." The stalfos held its swords to the right, so link slashed at it from the left. It gave a cry of anger and swung at him. He dodged out of the way, and took the quick chance to stab at it.

It was on him again soon, protecting itself from the top first. Link quickly slashed at it from the bottom. It stumbled back and link stabbed it hard. The sword went crunching through its ribcage, sending splinters of bone flying. The stalfos gave a cry before stumbling off the edge of the stairs and falling.

Ghirahim smiled some "Well done…Though it was only a lowly stalfos. Our enemies will be a lot harder in the future.." Link nodded "I know.." He set his sword away and continued his climb. He had to swat away a few keese along the way, but nothing major.

Link exited out the door at the top of the stairs. He was back outside, on top of the left tower. The large bell loomed over him. There was a small chest that held a key. He looked across the stone bridge. It was safe to assume the key led to the door on the other side. He started to walk across the bridge. It was pretty thick, around five or six feet, but it still didn't have a railing, so it was best to air on the side of caution and not go bounding across.

Link saw movement out of the corner of his eye as he neared the center of the bridge. He looked in that direction, but saw nothing. He heard something though. Something was coming… He jumped out of the way just in time as a golden trident was thrust at him, aiming to kill. He grabbed his sword and pointed it at his aggressor.

What stood in front of him was a creature the likes of which he had never seen. Half woman, half fish. She had grayish skin and a human body down until her hips. There, she had aquamarine scales all over a fish like tail, ending in a wispy blue and light green caudal fin. She had light green dorsal fins on either side of her tail. Her human half was adorned with a blue and purple top. Her hair was long and multicolored. It was mostly a mossy green color, but with grassy highlights, and aquamarine lowlights.

That is her basic appearance, leaving out the demonic touches. Her eyes were slits, and her teeth were snaggled and jagged. She had long, elf like ears, that were a bit dogged. Her arms were normal, down to the elbow. They then became large and more monstrous, her hands webbed with claws. She clutched a large double ended trident. On her forehead was a sinister looking tiara, with a black gem mounted on it, dark as obsidian.

Ghirahim clacked his tongue from inside the sword "A siren…But not only that, a possessed one. This one is being controlled… If you want my opinion; Her weak spot should be that tiara...And watch out for that trident!" Link nodded. That was all he really needed to hear. The battle had begun.


Ahh hello everyone VuV The first part of the 'Lost Sea Temple' is done! I figured i'd break it up a bit into parts. The siren is indeed the sub-boss uwu So halfway donee.. Theres a picture on my deviant art (Which is seriously old, like otaku phase old) Of the siren. I'll post art there of the story from this point on! VuV The link is on my profile, so if you want to, please check it out!

Reviews are much appreciated!