Chapter III

"Somehow you look familiar…"

"I do?"

"Yeah…" I smiled.

"I met a few people like you!"

"Really?" She nodded. I looked up the stairs, and shivered slightly. One of my eyes looked over to Rachael. "Why is it so cold here anyway?" I asked.

"I don't know exactly, I just know that the Zora's Fountain has been frozen over…" I began walking up the stairs, "Then why don't we go check out!" Suddenly I felt a sudden pull on my hair. "OW!" Almost falling down backwards, I pulled up. I turned around.

"Sorry… I don't want you going up there!" I stared at her.

"Why?"

"It's super cold!" I sighed. She sniffled.

"That's how I lost one of my friends!" I looked down.

"Sorry…" I nodded up, and grabbed her hand. "Let's go to Lake Hylia," She smiled, and we went back to Zora's River.

Rachael was super happy, "C'mon!" She dove into the water. "Wha—"I looked down at the water. Rachael peeked her head up from the water. "Aren't you going to jump down?" With all these freaking clothes on? I'm wearing so many layers! "I…" She glared at me, "C'mon! It's fun!" I even have boots on! "Um…" I glared down again. "I don't know…" I glanced at the twisted walkway in front of me… all I had to do was jump. "C'MON YOU COWARD!" She laughed. I looked down at her, and back at the jump. It was just one big jump across, or a jump into a pool of water… I don't want to get wet though… but it's difficult to jump across. "Um…" Instantly I'm falling into the water. "GAH!" SPLASH… into the water head first. I couldn't breathe, but Rachael grabbed my hand pulling me up. I began spitting out water.

"Why did you jump in like that?" She asked. I glanced up. Did somebody push me?

"I—I don't know…"

"Well… are you okay?"

"Yeah… I thought I was going to drown… that's all."

"Don't worry, you won't drown if you're with me!" I nodded to her.

"Why?" She smiled.

"If I just grab someone's hand, they can breathe underwater! They can also swim swiftly." I tilted my head.

"Really?" She nodded. "That's cool!" I peered up where I was standing before. "Did you… see anyone up there?" Rachael looked confused.

"No, I didn't" I looked down into the water.

"Okay…" Slowly a smile drew across my face. "Let's get going!" She grabbed my hand, and led me down the stream. It didn't take too long.

Land came, and I was able to stand on the ground including Rachael. My outfit was all soggy though.

"Where is Lake Hylia? I've never been there." I pointed to the southwest.

"It should be over there!" She glanced at my hand, and stared into the distance.

"It seems far away…" I sighed.

"Yeah…" All of sudden a vibrating feeling came from my pocket. I stared at it annoyed.

"What's wrong?" I pulled the purple box out, and it started to judder in my left hand. "That's a pretty box…"

"It's also an annoying one too…"

"Why?"

"I don't like it… at all!"

"Okay?" I opened the purple box, and out flew a golden staff. I examined it.

"Ooo… what's that?" I stared at it. It had a long golden handle that was about two-feet long. It also had the Zora Sapphire on it. The sapphire was really pretty, it looked like there was actually water inside it. In script it said Zora Water Wand.

"Zora… Water… Wand." I mumbled.

"Water wand?"

"Yeah,"

"That seems interesting," She said. I held in my hand.

"How does it work?" I mumbled. I rapidly began shaking it. Rachael just stared at me like I was a crazy person. It was weird. I stared at it for a second, and eventually figured it out. I turned the staff over, and found a sapphire triforce. Again it looked as if it was made of water. I place my thumb over it with my right hand, and swung it. Nothing happened.

"What?"

"Does it work?"

"I… don't know?" I observed it again. I was confused. I switched the hand I was holding it… and place my left thumb on the triforce. I gave the Zora Staff a yank, and out came water. I stared at it with amaze and shock. With a smile on top.

"Cool! Can I try?" I glanced at her.

"I… guess?" I handed it to her. She had it in both of her hands.

"WOW! This looks AMAZING!" She had a huge smile on her face. She gave it a yank, but nothing happened. She looked sad.

"Your other hand?" I asked. She place it in her right hand, and swung it again… nothing. I was confused. Does it only work with me? Was it the triforce?

"Why won't it work?" She handed me the staff, and I put it in the purple box.

"I don't know…" I stared at the ground.

"It's unfair." I smiled slowly.

"Well… you can breathe underwater!" She looked down.

"Yeah… but you're adorable, you have cat ears, and you can use water magic!" I stared at her.

"You have water magic too!"

"Yeah… okay…" I looked down. I felt bad somehow… I also regretted being here, if I'd make people feel bad! I looked back into the distance, leading to Lake Hylia.

"Do you think it will make it faster to get there with magic?" She asked. I nodded to her.

"Yeah…! I can try that." Out of the blue suddenly, lightning came by every five seconds, and the ground shook. I almost fell over on my face. "WHAT THE HELL!?" I thought I saw a person, wearing black, and something bright yellow. It was hard to make out, especially with the short time period! They were moving at light speed. I glanced at Rachael. "Hey! Let's see if we can catch up with them!"

"How?" She asked. I quickly threw out the purple box, and my Zora Wand came out. "Oh, yeah!" I glanced at her. I really wanted to get moving quickly. I lent my right hand to her.

"I'm not sure how this will work out…" Rachael stared at my hand, and grabbed it. This may not work because I'm right handed… not left handed. I placed my thumb on the triforce, and aimed at the ground. Enormous amounts of water began pouring out underneath us! It was like we were flying! Though, it was more like surfing than flying because it was a giant wave.

"WOW! THIS IS AWESOME!" I smiled.

"Yeah, it is!" I still remained focus on the staff. That was somehow the other difficult part. The wand was bringing so much force to my hand! My hand was vibrating because of it. I wasn't use to something like this, it made me shocked. In this, I placed my other hand on the wand, and suddenly my hands began glitter with sparkles around them. I stared at them, I was curious.

"WATCH OUT!" Rachael screamed in my ears. I glanced up quickly, and saw fences and some small pillars. "GAH!" Quickly I raised the staff up, and the wave ascended over the fences. I drew the wave closer to land, and dropped the staff on the ground. With that myself and Rachael landed. I landed on my hands on the wet muddy grass. My face was covered in sweat, I was panting, and my eyes were wide open.

"That… that… scared the crap out of me!"

"Well, you nearly killed us!" I glanced over to her, and sighed. My head fell towards the grass again.

"I want to find that person…" I slowly looked up with hardly any energy left! I saw someone wearing black clothes, and two bright yellow things on them. I tried to look closer, but my eyes strained in the action. I was really eager to know who that was… I didn't notice them from any Zelda game!

My hand gripped the staff on the wet grass, and I began sprinting over to Lake Hylia to get to the mysterious person.

"HEY! WAIT UP!" Rachael called out. I didn't respond. The person was probably going to disappear pretty soon… I wonder if they were going into the Water Temple as well!

Instead of swimming across, or cutting across the bridge, I used the Zora Wand. I poured water and made a wave. The person noticed me, and put a mask on… The Fierce Deity mask? They dove in the water, and disappeared into the abyss of the Water Temple. "CRAP!" I was annoyed.

For some reason, I heard a high-pitched sound, and my water began to feel less dense. I looked around. "Wha?" I was puzzled. Then all of a sudden, the watery sapphire began to drain. I stared at it in confusion. All at once in seconds, I fell in the water… SECOND TIME IT HAPPENED TODAY! "AH!" It hurt this time though!

My wand began lighting up again for some reason? The watery blue sapphire came back! So I used it to bring myself up.

"HEY! WHAT HAPPENED?" I looked over to Rachael, while kicking my legs and moving my arms to keep a water balance. She dove into the water and swam up to me as fast as she could.

"I guess my staff lost some power…" I stared at the staff. "Maybe it charges with water…" I mumbled. She stared at it with me.

"Maybe…" I glanced over at the hole where the Water Temple was.

"Were going in there!"

"We are?" I nodded. She sighed.

"Okay… I just…" I grabbed her hand, and forced us under. She led us into the pits of The Great Water Temple!

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