The tunnel wound around a few times, with different plants that grew along the bottom. Some odd shell-like creatures snapped at Link as he swam past them, and other creatures bounced through the water that made crackling noises like the insects had.

Eventually, the tunnel led him into a wide room that thankfully wasn't underwater. Some parts of the room were lined with bricks, while others seemed to have been carved out of the rock itself. As he looked around the room, a red jelly-like creature dropped from the ceiling onto the floor, in the back of the room. It squirmed across the ground, circling near a small wooden chest.

"I know what you're thinking, but you heard those Zoras! Nobody's been here in Rasa-knows how long, so nobody's going to miss whatever you find in here."

Link huffed. 'Actually, I was wondering what that creature is.'

"Oh. That's a Chu.' Had Midna just sneezed... through telepathy? 'A long time ago, they were called Chuchus. But we just ended up calling them Chus after a while.' So that hadn't been a sneeze?

Wait. "'We'? Who's 'we'?"

He kept a wary eye on the Chu, watching it wriggle across the ground in no particular direction, while he waited for Midna to respond. Eventually, the Chu was far enough away from the chest, and Link sprinted over to see what was inside.

A few arrows, as it turned out. They were added into the quiver, and Link turned around to see what else was in the room. On the other side from where he stood, a set of staircases led up to a raised platform, which had what looked like a gate in front of it. There was also a metal object that almost reminded Link of a key, hanging from the ceiling near the stairs.

As he walked up the stairs, he noticed another Chu - this one blue - squirming behind the gate. There seemed to be a door behind the gate as well. Hm. He turned around, looking again at the strange metal object.

Then it hit him. The chains in the castle's dungeon. That was what this reminded him of. Which meant he would have to jump up and pull at it, right?

He walked back near the gate, then turned and ran towards the not-quite-a-chain, jumping as he neared the edge of the platform. Thankfully he did reach it, clinging to it as it slipped down until it stopped. Behind him, the clanging and scraping of metal moving. Probably the gate.

The drop back down onto the ground, while not terribly pleasant on his knees, was at least manageable. He walked back up the stairs, noticing that the blue Chu was now squirming along the ground where he had just been standing. He brought out the Hylian Shield in front of himself, keeping his eyes on the Chu as it slowly turned and squirmed towards him.

Suddenly, it leapt into the air, and by instinct he swung his sword out to intercept it. The monster fell to the floor at his feet, melting into a puddle of blue. At least Chus didn't seem particularly difficult to deal with.

The door opened into a cave with large stalactites and stalagmites, and with water flowing down along some of the walls. It seemed there had once been a bridge leading from the door to the other side of the room, but it had long since crumbled away. Lizard-like creatures, with metal shells on their backs, ambled around the room. Looking below, there was also one of the strange jumping creatures, though it was a deep blue. And it had a companion. Joy.

Stepping through the opening, he let go of the door, wincing at the grating sound of stone against stone. More concerning though was the sudden cracking noise as the door picked up speed. Glancing back, he saw a spiderweb of cracks growing above the closing entrance, and quickly ducked to the side of the door as it hit the bottom. A tremor rocked the room, spreading jagged lines up the walls and across the ceiling, and he covered his head as one of the stalactites split and fell, the thud of its impact echoing through the area.

Midna appeared from his shadow, staring at where the stalactite had fallen, crushing one of the armored lizards beneath it. "Woah! That's treacherous..." She turned to look at Link, a grin on her face. "But maybe that could come in handy? If they're weak enough to just fall like that, a strong enough force should do the trick too!" She leapt back into Link's shadow, leaving him to his thoughts.

A strong enough force? Well, what could be stronger than a bomb arrow? Again he tied a bomb to an arrow, nocked it back, and let the bomb arrow fly through the air. It struck a stalactite, sending another clump of rock falling to the ground. He grinned. Exploding arrows, as it turned out, were pretty fun.

It wasn't long before the rest of the stalactites were knocked down, and Link noticed that gave him an easier path up to the door at the other side of the room. The collapsed bridge led almost directly to where one of the clumps of rock had formed, and he used that to jump up onto the cliff in front of him. The second clump allowed him to climb to where the bridge must have originally connected, right in front of the door. For a moment, he wondered what this room might have looked like in the past, before the Fused Shadow was sealed in here. Then he continued through the door.

On the other side of the door was a long walkway, maybe even a bridge judging from the sound of rushing water that filled the area. At the end of this walkway was a creature that reminded him of the fire-breathing lizards he'd seen in the Gorons' mines. The creature stood in front of another set of doors.

As he walked closer, the creature seemed to have seen him, scampering forward with a hiss and brandishing a sword. He brought out the shield in front of him, stepping back as the creature swung its body around, revealing a blade at the end of its tail. The spirit-knight's words came back to him, then. Don't stop observing, just get faster at it.

The lizard creature had a blade in its hand and a blade on its tail, and a small shield on its elbow. There wasn't enough room here to do a back slice, but thankfully that wouldn't be needed if its only armor was the small shield. Despite having it, the creature seemed not to care particularly much about protecting itself. So a quick slice to its unguarded chest, perhaps?

The creature recoiled, hissing and clutching its chest for a moment before charging at Link and spinning, sending its bladed tail almost directly into his face before he was able to scramble backwards and draw the shield in front of himself. That was close. And now the creature was angry, hissing and baring its teeth at him with feral hatred in its eyes. It swung its blade at him, then its shield arm, and finally another spin that sent its tail directly at him. Thankfully this time it bounced off of the shield, which seemed to have disoriented the creature. Now it was Link's turn.

Another slash to the creature's chest, followed by a stab through its chest, and finally it fell dead. Link shivered as he stared down at it, its expression now forever twisted into furious hatred. Then he stepped around its body and walked through the doors at the other side of the walkway.

He was greeted with a large circular room, with a chandelier dangling from the ceiling. With a start, he realized - he was at the top of the room, not the bottom floor. There were more of the not-quite-chains scattered around the room, including one in front of him, hanging above what looked to be a staircase. Vines grew along the walls and ceilings of the room, curling above and around fences on either side of the walkway. The only way forward was to take the stairs, it seemed.

As he reached and began walking down the stairs, he noticed that there were more of the metal not-quite-chains. One across the room from where he was, and one at the bottom of the stairs. He turned back and looked at the one he'd walked under. What might they do? Only one way to find out. He climbed back up the stairs, jumped up to the not-quite-a-chain and grabbed it, and waited for something to happen.

It was only when his arms started to tire that he wondered if maybe, it wouldn't do anything - at least, not right then. With nowhere else to go, he continued back down the stairs.

To his left, another fence with vines growing around it on the walls. To his right, what looked like there was going to be a fence there but one had never been built. Interesting. Something called him towards the fence to his left, though. Maybe the clay pots sitting beside it? Maybe the chest on the other side of the fence?

As he approached the pots, however, he noticed a gap in the railing. Huh. There was water down there. And, on the central platform, under the stairs, a chest. What could be in there? The water wasn't high enough for him to be able to swim to it. And, with a frown, he noticed the fish swimming in the water below. They were skeletal things, only recognizable as fish from their motions through the water.

In the clay pots, Link only found a single green Rupee and a few scattered arrows. His hand hesitated to pick up the Rupee, but then he remembered Midna's words. She was right. The Zoras had abandoned this place a long, long time ago. And besides, it was only a green Rupee.

To the right was a door. Interestingly, where there would've been a not-quite-chain, there was only a red marking on a metal plate. Huh. He looked around.

It was behind all of the not-quite-chains. It was behind the torches, in some places. He even saw them on the chandelier. It had to mean something, then. He turned around to face the door. Maybe the answer would be here?

As it turned out, no, the answer wasn't behind that door. What was behind the door was another of the deep blue jumping monsters, which leapt at him as soon as he was through the door. A quick swing of the sword and it was dealt with, leaving Link to ponder what was in front of him.

It looked like a metallic version of the water wheel back in Ordon Village. But without any water flowing past it, the wheel didn't turn. He stepped closer, pushing against it as hard as he could. No luck there. Hm.

With nowhere else to go, Link went back through the door and into the circular room with the staircase. To his left, the path continued. That was the only direction he hadn't gone yet, so what could be that way?

This path also ended in a fence, though a small chest stood in front of the fence. Inside the chest was a few more scattered arrows. So... where to now?

There was an opening in the railing again, as if there should be a door behind him. But there wasn't, it was just the wall. However, another of the not-quite-chains hung from the ceiling. Maybe this one would do something? Another running jump, and he was clinging to the handle as it slowly fell and oh Ordona's horns was it going to drop him into the water with the skeletal fish?

Suddenly, with the grinding of stone on stone, the staircase swung around the room until the bottom of the staircase was underneath him. What? How? He almost didn't want to let go of the handle, what if the staircase wasn't really there?

He eventually willed himself to let go of the handle, and to his relief the solid stone of the staircase greeted his feet when he did. He let out a sigh. So that was what those not-quite-chains did. He could probably use that to get around the room, with all the fences scattered around.

Up the stairs, there were two doors. One to his left and one to his right. The door to the left was bound with a set of chains. The one to the right was thankfully not locked. However, before entering, he noticed something odd about the walkway in front of the door. There were square-shaped holes along the bottom edge... but why?

Through the door was another unmoving metal waterwheel. Link huffed. Now it was starting to get annoying. Back through the door, to see if there was anything else he could do. Another not-quite-a-chain greeted him. It was worth a try, wasn't it? The stairs spun again, now leading back down. Had he been to that door before? Hopefully not.

To his left and right were both fences, but on the right was a large chest. That was at least better than nothing. Inside the chest was a large piece of paper, folded over several times. As he reached in to pick it up, he realized the paper felt.. odd. He wasn't sure what it would be called, but it felt like the paper wouldn't be damaged by water. It made sense, though. The Zoras lived in water, why wouldn't they make paper that could safely be in water?

As expected, the folded paper was a map of the temple. Six floors. The Lakebed Temple had six floors. How far underground did this temple go? There were a few different rooms behind the door he'd passed, as well as behind the door on the other side of the room. Might as well try the door he'd already passed, since he was here.