A/N: I want to thank everyone for their understanding of why this chapter is so late in coming. Currently I'm arguing with a couple friends about my decision to leave so I'm not sure when the next chapter will be posted. Thanks to all again for your understanding.
This chapter is dedicated
to the 7 BHS boys
who were killed in a car accident
The night of Friday, January 11th, 2008.
Brothers, sons, and friends to all
You will never be forgotten.
"They played together, they rolled together, they went out together." Anonymous
Link let out a groan as he slowly sat up rubbing the back of his head. He shifted as he sat there to see if there was any other damage to him, and noticed how light he felt. He gave a sharp intake of air as he padded himself down, cursing under his breath when he realized he didn't have any of his weapons. Leaning back on his hands he looked around the dark room, trying to see if there was another way out when he noticed one other thing…..
"For crying out loud! They even took my damn fairy!" Link shouted as he stood up and began pacing.
Looking around he noticed a square patch of dark sky high up on the wall in front of him. Backing up some he could see the wooden shutter of the window that was open to give him some extra air.
"If only I had my longshot, I could have escaped through that." He said softly.
A sudden clanking sound made him look up to the ceiling where another square opening was located, which he assumed, was where he had been tossed through in the first place. Backing up again and squinting a little through the darkness, he could make out that someone was up there moving around. Before he could say anything though the person held something out over the hole, which Link realized was his sword. The figure let go of it and Link dove to catch it so it wouldn't clang against the floor.
Curious as to why he got his sword back, he looked up again to try and see who was up there, only to find his shield over the hole now. Placing the sword down gently he dove for the shield as it was dropped also, then placed it down as he moved to catch his bomb bag, deku nuts, megaton hammer, iron boots, hover boots, blue and red tunic, longshot, Ocarina of Time, the lens of truth, and then finally Misty's bow and quiver.
Once he set everything on the ground he turned to find the figure lowering herself through the hole. He knew it was a she now because he could see the apparel of the Gerudo thieves. She allowed herself to drop down to the floor, and as she stood, carefully took a step forward as he watched her---and then he was suddenly blinded by a bluish white light.
"Hey Link! How's your head?" Navi asked bobbing around.
"Navi?" He asked in disbelief, and then looked to the Gerudo once he could see again. "Misty?"
"Duh, who else would give you back all your stuff in such a quiet manner?" Misty answered, obviously back in a good mood.
Misty was decked out in complete Gerudo elite guard garb, or at least what he had been told Gerudo guards looked like. She had on green pants that were cut down low in the front, the hem done up with gems. The pant legs belled outwards from the thigh, but were gathered at the ankle to give them a smooth appearance. Her shirt was also green in colour, but had a triangle that came from her two shoulders, down the middle of her chest that was a deep red. It was cut to almost right below her breasts and had no sleeves; a jewel was set in the middle of her chest, a chain of gold leading from it up to the large gold choker that was around her neck. She also had green coloured fingerless gloves that went up to her mid upper arm with small gems sown around the hem, and simple slipper like shoes, again with gems sown around the ankle.
"The hell? I get thrown into a hole for coming here and you get a new wardrobe." Link said as he began packing his things away.
"The Gerudo's are an all female group, they accepted me because I'm female and I proved myself worthy. You got thrown in here because they want nothing to do with you." Misty countered as she watched him.
"Right, well now we can get out of here." Link said holding up his longshot when everything else was back to where it was supposed to be.
"I don't know where you put everything." Misty commented as she walked over to him.
"Yeah, well that's my little secret." He answered as he slipped his arm around her waist, and pointed the longshot up to where the wooden shutter was.
Firing the longshot and hooking into the wood, they made their way up to stand on the window ledge. Putting his longshot away he looked out across the area. The Gerudo Fortress was directly to their left, a large complex series of levels of stone buildings all placed together. To their immediate right was the path they had rode up on, and ahead a clear path with three Gerudo's guarding it. Looking to the path again he noticed that there was a large mound with a pole sticking from the middle of it.
"I'm sure we can longshot onto that and jump down to the road from there without the guards seeing is." Link stated pointing out their path as he reached for the longshot again.
"Hang on Link." Misty said reaching out her hand to stop him. "I found that master carpenters workers, the Gerudo's locked them away in prison cells; we should try and free them."
"But if the Gerudo's find out that you helped me escape and then the workers wont they treat you as a traitor?"
"If they don't suspect me of trying to help you then they have some mental issues. Just don't get caught freeing the workers and we'll be fine so long as I don't actually help you in the freeing."
"Alright then, how are we going to do this?"
"We can longshot to that mound as you had suggested, but instead of leaving, I'll take the arrow heads off my arrows and fire blunt sticks at the guards so it'll knock them out and we can run into the fortress through that opening." Misty said pointing to the open door directly across from the mound.
Link nodded his head in agreement and hooked his arm around her waist again and longshot their way down to the mound. Once they were on it they crouched down low as Misty began taking arrowheads off her arrows, handing Link some to do the same. Knocking the now less harmful arrow, she waited until the closest guard was well away from the others before she fired her arrow. The arrow struck the guard in the back of the head, rendering her unconscious. Misty carefully looked around to make sure no one saw them, and then she and Link dashed into the fortress.
The hall they entered was made of a dull grey stone, and the floors seemed to be no better. The two took a couple steps, but Misty stopped just before the corner.
"The first jail cell is around the corner, I can't continue yet."
Link gave a nod of his head and moved on alone. The room was square with another corridor on the other side, a skull of an ox with decorative feathers surrounding it hung above it. In the right hand corner closest to him were a couple jars, and in the other, a box. To the left of him was the jail cell, and Link walked into the room a bit before a man's voice called out to him.
"Hey, you! Young man, over there! Look over here, inside the cell!"
Walking over to the man in the cell, who was dressed in a blue vest and pink pants, Link gave a small nod for him to continue.
"I have no idea where you come from, but you must have a lot of guts to make it past all the guards around here! All of my fellow carpenters are imprisoned somewhere in here. If you can get us out we'll repay the favour some how! But be careful! There've sure to be Gerudo guards somewhere around here….Wow! Watch out!" The guy suddenly yelled.
Link turned around to find himself face to face with a guard that held two very large scimitars. She jumped at him and Link instinctively took out his sword and slashed her. The guard jumped back and then came at him again, but this time she blocked Links' attack. Backing up again she crouched down and jumped towards him spinning. Link blocked her assault with his shield and managed to strike her again. Even though she was wounded, they continued on with their dance until finally she fell backwards after Link cut her leg. She glared at him for a moment before she jumped up high and seemed to vanish, leaving behind a key. Link walked over and picked it up, turning to see the guy in the cell jumping up and down. Walking over Link unlocked the door and stepped inside to talk to him.
"Did you come here to save me? Oh, that's just swell! I'm Ichiro the carpenter. We were really interested in joining their all-female group, but they locked us up like this just because we're men! We don't' care about the Gerudo anymore! They're so rude! Three of my fellows have also been captured, so please help them escape too!" With that the guy turned around and ran out of the cell and down the corridor.
As soon as the guy had passed, Misty stepped into the room and she and Link moved down the opposite corridor, which brought them back outside. There was a door directly to their left so they took it and cautiously moved up the ramp. When Misty didn't see any guards around the corner they moved halfway down the hall until they found another corridor going upwards. They took that one and came out on one of the rooftops. Just around the corner of the building was a slightly higher roof top and a guard. Misty took down the guard and both moved through the door. While Misty stood at the very entrance, Link moved down the hall to where the next prison cell was. He spoke to the carpenter, who had green pants this time, and went through the process of taking out of the guard and getting the key, and then opened the prison door.
"You're a cute kid! Thank you for coming to save me! I'm Jiro, the carpenter. These women are scary! I'd rather work as a carpenter then join them! I can't wait to say goodbye to this place! Two of my buddies are still being held prisoner. Will you please get them out too?"
When Link promised he would Jiro ran out of the room, Misty coming in once he had left. Again Misty and Link moved in the opposite direction then they had come, and came out on a higher rooftop then they had been on before. This time though they climbed down some ivy and ran across a lower level to a door. Misty stopped again, and for the third time Link moved on ahead and defeated a Gerudo guard, and then had to put up with speaking to the carpenter who had grey pants.
"Thanks boy! You're fantastic! I'm Sabooru, the carpenter. Have you seen our boss boy? He's probably worried about me! I have to get back to him immediately! One more of our workers is still a prisoner. Please save him!" And that was when he took his leave.
When Misty walked into the room Link turned to look at her and shook his head.
"It's a damn good thing that I only have to do this four times because this is getting repetitive."
Misty simply laughed and continued to walk towards the exit, Link following after her.
It took them a bit longer to get to the last cell, having to go through more rooms and wait to take out more guards, but eventually they did reach the final one which had only one entrance to it. While Misty hung back Link went in and did his thing, taking out the guard in no time since he had started to figure out their fighting patterns. Defeating the guard he walked into the cell to speak with the carpenter who was also wearing pink pants.
"I was afraid you were going to forget about me! Now I'm free! Thanks! I'm Shiro the carpenter. For rescuing me, I'll tell you something interesting about the desert that I over heard the Gerudo's talking about. They said: 'In order to cross the Haunted Wasteland, you'll need the 'eye of truth.' The colossus is on the far side of the Wasteland…' Ok, now I'm going back to my tent near Gerudo Valley, so drop by sometime. You may find something helpful there! Byeee!" And then the final carpenter was finally gone.
Link sighed and rubbed his hands over his face, but tensed when he heard a female voice in front of him that did not belong to Misty.
"I've seen your fine work. To get past the guards here, you must have good thieving skills."
He lowered his hands to look at the Gerudo standing on the other side of the prison bars, but relaxed when he saw Misty leaning against the wall behind her.
"I used to think that all men, besides the Great Ganondorf, were useless…but now that I've seen you, I don't think so anymore!" The Gerudo continued. "The exalted Nabooru, our leader, put me in charge of this fortress. Nabooru is the second-in-command to the Great Ganondorf, King of the Gerudo thieves. Her headquarters are in the Spirit Temple, which is at the end of the desert. Say, you must want to become one of us, eh? All right then! You're in from now on! Take this, with it…you will have free access to all areas of the fortress!"
The Gerudo handed over a slip of paper, and Link only barley glanced at it as he watched the Gerudo walk away. As soon as she was gone Misty pushed herself away from the wall and moved to stand in front of him.
"She's gone to inform all the guards about your new membership so that they won't try to throw you back in the prison. I know you're probably tired from running around here, but I really think we should keep going, after all, this is our last sage to release, and soon this can all be over."
Link nodded his head and he followed her back through the corridors and out into the open. As he walked behind Misty towards the large gate that lead out into the desert he looked at the other guards, who simply gave a small nod of their heads to his passing. When they reached the gate Misty fell back a step, indicating that Link should be the one to talk to the guard. He approached her slowly, and the short red head gave him a smile and called out to him.
"Hey newcomer! If you have any business in the desert you'll have to talk to the guard at the top of the gate."
Suppressing a sigh, Link moved past her to the ladder against the gate and climbed up. At the top another guard greeted him as he topped the ladder.
"Hey rookie! Are you going into the desert? I'll open this gate for you, but…you can't cross the desert unless you pass the two trials. The first is…The River of Sand! You can't walk across this river! After you cross it, follow the flags we placed there. The second trial is…The Phantom Guide! Those without the eyes that can see the truth will only find themselves returning here. You are going anyway, aren't you? I won't stop you….Go ahead!" The guard clapped her hands and the gate began to rise. Link nodded his head in thanks and then moved back down the ladder, and together, he and Misty moved through the gateway and into chaos.
Sand was flying everywhere, the wind seeming to be picking it up and flinging it at them. Both sank down into the sand under their feet almost to mid calf. Misty took the lead then, heading farther into the desert. Link followed after her, shielding his eyes from the flying sand with his hands, shaking his head at Misty who only seemed to just dip her head and be fine. In front of them Link could see the River of Sand he had been warned about, and just before that was a box, which Misty climbed up onto. Once Link had joined her, she turned and leaned in close to be heard over the wind.
"Longshot us over there!" She yelled, pointing across the river to one of the flag poles the Gerudo's had put up.
Taking out the longshot, Link grabbed Misty around the waist and hooked onto the flag poll. Once they were on the other side, Misty took the lead again, being able to see the poles better then Link through the blowing sand. Link trusted her to lead the way, and apparently she was doing a pretty good job since they passed a flag pole every couple of feet. Soon the flying sand seemed to decrease some, and looking up, Link noted they had come to a small building. There was an opening that lead downwards and probably to shelter, but Misty turned to the right hand side of the building and made her way up the ramp that ran around the structure up to its flat roof a couple feet up. Link could hear something moving once they reached the top, though he couldn't see a thing. The two moved over to stand in front of the plaque that had been placed there, and Link read it out loud.
"One with the eye of truth shall be guided to the Spirit Temple by an inviting ghost."
He looked to Misty who smiled and Link held out his hand towards the desert, indicating that she should once again take the lead. Misty looked out, and with the power of the lens of truth, saw the ghost that would lead them.
The ghosts' voice rang out to both of them, but Link ignored what it was saying since Misty had jumped from the roof and had started running. They zigzagged through the desert, Link often wondering if the ghost was actually leading them to the temple or not. One such thought was passing through his mind when something green came up through the sand and started spinning towards Misty. She noticed it and dove out of the way before Link could even say anything, and was back up and running again. The green things, which Link thought looked an awful like mini volcano's, came at them from all sides, disappearing and then reappearing somewhere else.
Link was really starting to get annoyed with the little creatures and the whole desert when they suddenly entered a large area, the green things still came at them, but the sand no longer blew into their faces. The sun began to set as they ran across the large area that was sheltered all around by high cliffs, making their way to the large figure of the Desert Goddess that had been carved into the largest cliff face.
Night had fallen by the time they ran up the steps and finally entered into the final temple. They carefully entered and looked around at the desert style of the place. Moving up the stairs they looked to their left where a small entrance was, which neither of them could fit through, and to their right a high pressure jet of water blocked their path.
"What the hell?" Link said throwing his hands up into the air. "There's no way to get any further into the temple!"
"Maybe there's a way to get in from the outside?" Misty suggested, and since it was pointless to be inside, Link followed her back out.
They had only made it down one set of steps outside when Shiek suddenly jumped down in front of them, making his way towards them as he spoke.
"Past, present, future…The Master Sword is a ship with which you can sail upstream and downstream through time's river…The port for that ship is in the Temple of Time…To restore the Desert Colossus and enter the Spirit Temple, you must travel back through time's flow…Listen to this Requiem of Spirit…This melody will lead a child back to the desert."
The melody which the two played was haunting in its own way, but Misty much preferred it to that of the Shadow Temple. The three of them stood in silence as the last notes of the song finished echoing. Shiek still stood there staring at Link in silence, but when Link moved to walk towards him, the wind greatly picked up, completely blinding them with sand, and when it finally cleared, Shiek was gone.
"Well I guess its back to the Temple of Time for us." Link said pulling out his ocarina.
Misty wrapped her arms around him as he played the song that would bring them to the Temple of Time. Closing her eyes she felt the odd sensation that meant they were on their way, and as soon as the feeling went away, she opened her eyes again and they were standing in the middle of the temple. Once she let go of him, Link moved towards the back of the temple where he had first found the Master Sword. Misty walked slower behind him as she once again gazed around at the high stone ceiling. As she neared the stairs that lead to the Master Swords chamber, she gazed over at the pedestal that held the three large stones. Her eyes lingered on their beauty that always amazed her, before she moved into the Master Sword chamber. Link was standing up on the dais where the stone was, arms folded as he watched her. When she moved to join him he held up his hand and shook his head.
"You weren't with me when I went through my journeys seven years ago, I don't think it would be a good idea if you came."
"Link, it can't be any more dangerous back then compared to what it is now." Misty argued, though she stayed where she was.
"It's not the danger I'm worried about." Link said with a troubled look in his eyes. "Its probably much more dangerous leaving you here on your own, I just don't know how your presence back then will effect the now." At the nod of her head Link let out the breath he had been holding and took out the Master Sword. "Promise me you'll stay in this room until I get back."
"I promise." Misty said, hands held behind her back.
Link gave another nod of his head as he turned his back on her and plunged the Master Sword into the stone. A bright blue light surrounded the dais and shot up to the ceiling of the Temple. The light grew so bright Misty had to cover her eyes with her hand, and when the light faded and she could see again, the dais stood empty except for the Master Sword.
"I saw those fingers of yours crossed."
Misty turned around to see Shiek walking towards her, and she gave a sheepish smile as she replied.
"He's probably going go be gone a couple hours anyway; I can't sit here for that long, besides, staying in one spot for long isn't a good idea."
"How right you are." Shiek said holding out two blue crystals.
Misty took them and they shattered and seeped into her hand. Flexing her fingers she felt a chill pass up her arm and she looked a Shiek who then handed her a small pouch.
"I just gave you a shield charm and the ability to use the power of ice with your arrow. This pouch will also allow you to store large objects; it's really how Link holds so many things." He said. "And since you're probably already bored and really shouldn't stay in one place too long, you can do me a favour." He continued, and reached into his own pouch and pulled out a blue cucco which he handed to her. "Could you deliver this for me? The cucco lady in Kakariko village asked me to bring him to her brother, who's in the Lost Woods, to the left as soon as you enter."
"Alright, thanks for the stuff Shiek." Misty said laughing as she took the cucco and left the temple.
This time she was ready for the un-dead that wondered the market place, and soon enough she was outside the walls. Tucking the blue cucco under one arm, she pulled out the flute the Gerudo's had given her to call one of their own horses. Instead of playing the melody they had taught her though, she played Epona's song and smiled when the horse came to her call. Climbing up she moved Epona towards the forest, the horse responding to her just as well as she did Link. Once they were at the forest opening, Misty dismounted, and carrying the cucco wanna-be under her arm, she moved through Kokiri forest and up into the Lost Woods. As soon as she entered the cucco let out a loud caw. Looking down at it she frowned and continued to the left where she spotted the guy who owned the bird.
He wore yellow pants, and Misty could see how skinny he was because he wore no shirt. Every bone in his torso could clearly be seen, causing her to flinch slightly, thinking of how he looked like he could be blown away by a large gust of wind. When she moved closer to him she realized he was asleep, but when she shifted the cucco in her hands, it let out another loud caw, waking the guy up. As soon as his pale eyes saw the cucco they seemed to brighten up and he held his hands out as he spoke.
"Cojiro? Why? Normally only a nice guy like me can tame you…which means…you…you must be a nice guy! Must be! You must be!! Please Ms. Nice guy! Please! Deliver this tuff to the old hag in the potion shop in Kakariko village! This will disappear if you take too long, so you gatta hurry!"
When Misty agreed he handed her a mushroom, and then the guy cuddled up to his cucco. She didn't know when she had become a delivery service, but since Misty had nothing better to do she left the forest. Epona was where she had left her, and again they travelled across Hyrule field to the base of the stairs to Kakariko Village. Dismounting she ran up the stairs, through the village entrance, and took the stairs to the left that lead to the Death Mountain trail. Instead of continuing through she turned to the right and walked into the new potion shop. Moving to the left she moved through the back entrance, down the ladder, over a small patch of grass, and then up the steps and into the old potion shop. Walking to the counter she smiled to the old lady, but before she could say anything the old hag started sniffing the air.
"What a mysterious smell…you must have something." She said, and then continued as soon as Misty pulled out the mushroom. "That bum! He had to go into the forest…I see. Hey, give it to me now!" At the command she handed it over and waited a few moments as the hag did something before she was handed a bottle of some form of liquid.
"If you see that fool, give this to him. It is the strongest medicine I have ever produced. How ever, this potion will not work on a monster. They say that there is no medicine that can cure a fool….I guess that's true."
With the odd potion in her possession Misty shrugged her shoulder and left the potion shop, made her way through the village, mounted Epona, and made her way back to Kokiri Forest. When she entered the Lost Woods though the guy was no longer there, instead a little blond Kokiri girl was standing in his place. Walking over to her, she asked where the guy was, pulling out the potion.
"That guy isn't here anymore. Anybody who comes into the forest will be lost. Everybody will become a stalfos. Everybody. Stalfos. So, he's not here anymore. Only his saw is left. Hee hee. That medicine is made of forest mushrooms. Give it back!" Misty handed over the potion and the girl handed over the guys saw.
Walking away from the little girl who was laughing about something, Misty looked down at the saw in her hand.
"Now what am I supposed to do with this?" She asked herself, and then stopped when she came up to Epona. "Well, I know those carpenters are in Gerudo Valley, I guess I could give it to them since I have no use for it."
Mounting Epona, she turned towards Gerudo Valley, hoping the carpenters would take the saw off her hands. Reaching the valley, the two once again had to jump over the gap in the bridge, and Misty muttered about how lazy the men were. Dismounting she moved over to the chief of the carpenters and held out the saw, but again she wasn't given a chance to utter a word.
"Hey, that saw! It's mine! But….I thought I left that saw with my old lady…oh well…My Biggoron tool broke, so I was going to Goron City to get it repaired. Your coming here is great timing. Will you give me my saw?" When she did the guy laughed and continued. "Good kid! Thanks! I'm sorry I can't give you something as good in return, but…take this anyway!" He handed over the broken sword and Misty gave a soft sigh as she walked back to Epona.
"Looks like we're going to Death Mountain. At least we'll have an extra sword now besides the Master Sword as soon as I get this one repaired." She said, and they moved off to go see the goron who lived at the top of Death Mountain.
Link sighed and rubbed his eyes before staring at the locked door in front of him.
"I guess well have to double back again." Navi commented.
"Yeah, for like the fife time." Link muttered. "I bet we would have saved a lot of time if Misty had been with us."
"That may be true, but we don't know what would happen to the current future if she had come back with us and something had happened to her." The fairy reminded him.
"True, at least I know she's safe in the Temple of Time." Link said before turning and back tracking through the temple in search of another key he had missed.
As soon as the Biggoron stood up Misty knew something was wrong; his eyes were half closed and puffy, though she held up the broken sword and asked if he had been the one who had made it.
"That broken knife is surely my worrrrrrk…I really want to repairrrrrr it, but….but because of yesterrrrrrrrrdays errrrrrruption, my eyes are irrrrrrritated…There are fine eye drops in Zora's Domain…You will find them if you go to see Kinnnnnnng Zorrrrrrrra..Please go get the eye drrrrrrrops."
When she agreed to do it, the Biggoron gave her a prescription for the eye drops, and then she was jumping down the death mountain trail, through Kakariko village, and along the path that lead to the domain. Once she reached the waterfall that blocked the entrance, she pulled out her flute and played Zelda's lullaby she had heard Link play so many times before. Once the water had slowed enough, she jumped across and made her way up to the throne room. Standing on the pedestal, she pulled out the sheet of paper.
"I have a request for you King Zora." Misty said holding up the sheet so he could read it.
"Ooh…this is…well….hmmm…..hmmm….Eye drops." The king said as he read it. "You might say we have them, you might say we don't…..we do have the ingredients. If you take the ingredients to the doctor at the Lake Laboratory, he can make the drops for you. But you need to deliver them fresh…Can you make it before they spoil?" At Misty's nod he handed over a large eyed frog.
Giving a quick bow of her head, she turned and took off running through the domain, down through the large area that lead to the waterfall, mounted Epona and took off. She raced through Hyrule field and to Lake Hylia, where she dismounted and walked into the laboratory pulling out the frog in front of the scientist.
"Oh wow!" He exclaimed at the sight of it. "I haven't seen an eyeball frog like this since Zora's domain froze over! These eyeballs are so delicious! Tonight I will cook fried eyeballs for the first time in a long time! Uhoy hoy hoo houy hoy! Such great stuff! Please say thank you to King Zora!"
"It's for Biggoron." Misty interrupted.
"Eh? What? These are for making Biggorons eye drops? Oh how disappointing! You should have said so in the first place!" Taking the frog he turned around and did something with it, and before long he handed a bottle to Misty. "Here it is. This medicine doesn't have any preservatives in it. So it won't last long at this temperature. Run as fast as you can to Death Mountain. You're young-you can do it!"
Taking the new bottle she took off running from the building, jumping on Epona at a run, knowing she didn't have long. As soon as they moved through Hyrule field and made it to the stairs that lead up to Kakariko village, she jumped off Epona and dashed up the stairs, through the village, and up the mountain. By the time she was at the top she was out of breath, and simply held out the bottle to the Goron and said two words.
"Got….them."
"Rrrreally? You brrrrrrought the eye drops? I'm so rrrrrrelieved! I'm going to use them rrrrright now!" He took them and used the drops before shouting out. "Wowwwwwwwwww!" This is stimulating! It's worrrrrrrrrrking grrrrrrrrrrrreat! Now I can get back to my blade business! My worrrrrrrk is not verrrrry consistent, so I'll give this to you so you won't forrrrrrget. Afterrr a few days….Please returrrrrrrrrrn…..wait, just wait patiently……" The Biggoron leaned over and handed her a stone with a picture of a sword and writing she couldn't read engraved on it.
"Must be a check claim." She muttered to herself and waved goodbye to the Goron as she made her way back down Death Mountain.
Misty had hung around with the cucco lady she and Link had stayed with before while she waited for her sword to be completed. As she made her way back up Death Mountain to claim the sword, she had to admit that it had been a very relaxing past couple of days. She had helped look after the cucco's, and had started to get attached to them. When she finally pulled herself over the final ledge, she pulled the stone claim check from the bag Shiek gad given her and called out to the Biggoron.
"Heyo!"
The Biggoron stood and turned around, and then smiled when she held out the claim.
"That sworrrrrrd is my finest worrrrrrrk!' He said as he handed her a long blade.
Misty took it with both hands, held it up for a moment, and then took a step back as the point of the blade leaned and then fell to the ground.
"Thanks." Misty told the Goron as she pulled it away from him to a private nook in the cliff face.
She stared down at it and shook her head before she pulled out her special bag. Setting the bag at the tip of the sword, she pulled upwards, and the sword vanished. Standing back up she laughed a little as she put the bag away.
"Apparently only Link is going to be able to use that sword." She said laughing, and then her features turned to shock. "Oh me God! Link! I'm supposed to be at the Temple of Time!" She said before turning and running faster then she ever had in her life, hoping Link had been an idiot and had done something to keep him tied up in the temple for the couple of days she had been gone.