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Chapter 11- Two in One (Though One of The Two Makes It Seem Like Three)

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Sheik's POV


I was drawn to the Ice Cavern, just off to the side from where Lord Jabu-Jabu once swam. Staying hidden within the shadows, I enter the last room to see Link. He stood there with his back to me, opening a chest and then pulling out the Iron Boots. He puts them on and tries running around, but almost falls on his face, I cover my mouth with my hand to stifle the laughter bubbling up inside me, he tries to jump and just move in general and slowly gets acclimated to wearing them, but I am treated to quite a show. As he begins muttering about good exercise but will make going to Hylia Lake so much longer I finally become unable to hold in the laughter anymore.

My giggles ringing off the stone and ice within the room as I clutch my sides and double over slightly. "You know, you don't have to wear them the entire time, it is possible for you to take them off when you don't want to be weighed down." I say in between the laughter that is slowly subsiding. He had switched to a ready stance when I first broke the silence, now he was standing with an embarrassed expression on his face while scratching at the back of his head.

"Yeah...I, Uh, I forgot about that. I'm used to getting something new and having to start using it automatically until I'm done with whatever I have been doing...Thanks."

Unknown to me at the time, Link was promising himself to thank Gwyn next time he saw her for the difference he was seeing in my actions.

Still plagued with occasional bouts of chuckling I continue with what I feel I need to speak, "You left before I could tell you, coming here was a waste of time, this is all there is... With one exception, the Zoras are now sealed under this thick ice sheet... I managed to rescue the water princess from under the ice, but... she left to head for the Water Temple... This ice is created by an evil curse... The monster in the Water Temple is the source of the curse. Unless you shut off the source, this ice will never melt... If you have courage enough to confront the danger and save the Zoras, I will teach you the melody that leads to the temple."

After he learns the song I turn to leave, but I feel Wisdom give me a nudge, and then begins whispering more words to me, haltingly, I begin speaking what I hear while committing all of it to memory, "Time passes, people move... Like a river's flow, it never ends... A childish mind will turn to noble ambition... Young love will become deeper affection... The clear water's surface reflects growth..." The last line catches my attention, I had this thought a couple days ago, about his eyes, the growth that I saw there, I turn back to look at Link again, but he is a few inches from me. For a few seconds, I'm held there by an invisible force, his eyes, so bright and full of life; openness, understanding, and care held there in his eyes as he looks at me. I wonder what he sees in my eyes... I feel myself start to move closer to him but stop, no, if I do this, it needs to be once he knows that I'm actually a girl, how would he feel if a guy comes onto him like that? Do I really want to kiss him though, Gwyn made a couple good points but still, do I really want-Yes, yes I do, but how to tell him now, after all of this that I'm actually a girl...I need to get away right now though, before I do something dumb...

A half second has passed, "Link... I'll see you again..." I quickly step back, throw a Deku Nut with a little more force than is necessary and teleport back to Gwyn: comfort, safety, and openness waiting for me.

I don't wait for a moment after I arrive before I begin pacing, my head wrap being thrown a few feet away in frustration and then running my hands through my hair. Gwyn is shocked for a few moments before leaning forward and asking, "Alright, what the hell just happened? I think that is the longest you have taken with one of the message things you do and now you come back freaking out? Talk, now."

I stop pacing and turn to her, beginning to explain before turning away, pacing, stopping trying to explain, and then returning to pacing, how do I tell her? Umm, directly? Crap, I hate you sometimes... It's not good to hate yourself you know. "I...well…you see," I sigh "Ialmostkissedlink" I say hurriedly before returning to pacing.

She half laughs, "Wow, you jumped right on my suggestion it sounds like, though a little out of order. Usually you get to know the person pretty good first and then comes the kiss. I don't see what the problem is though."

"He doesn't know I'm a girl! How would he react if the person he thought was a guy tried to kiss him. If he knew I was a girl it might have changed things, but..."A look of confusion flits across her face before a slight flash of realization crosses her face and then slips into a look of thought. I let out a bigger sigh and drop to the ground next to Gwyn "How am I supposed to tell him I have been lying to him this whole time? Should I tell him? I mean, I kept this disguise to keep myself hidden and safe. You, Ruto and Impa are the only three who know right now that I'm actually Zelda, but..."

"Whoa, whoa, wait, are you saying you don't trust Link with your secret? Did you already forget what he said about why he was fighting to save Hyrule? He mentioned a few points, but if I remember correctly, you were the main reason, right? Besides, you don't have to tell him everything yet, who knows he may not even make that big of a deal about it, if he is very observant, he may not even be that surprised. He has been around us quite a bit the past few days, and you don't act quite like the guy you are supposed to be sometimes. Like last night, most guys wouldn't have acted like that. I bet if you just tell him, and not worry about what comes after, it all will be fine.

"You should know Link well enough by now to know that even if this does surprise him, he isn't the kind of guy to make a big deal about it. He'll take it in stride and will only treat you differently if you want him to, which by your almost actions you explained a bit ago, it slightly sounds like you do." She finished with a wink.

She examines me closely for a moment before nodding to herself, "So what did you say to him this time?"

I recount the words I heard whispered from Wisdom and the two of us slowly go over them. She gets a knowing smirk across her face as I get closer to the end, and then we launch once more into discussion. The day ends with us eating a quick dinner and talking until we both fall asleep.


Over the next few days we keep mostly the same schedule, get up, eat, meditate, spar, talk, eat, talk, etc. and then sleep once again figuring with each passing day we would hear from Link about him completing the next temple, and we gradually grow more worried as more days pass with still no communication from him. I haven't had any dreams of him being in trouble, nor have I felt any pulls to go somewhere, so we waited, impatiently, but waited all the same.

On the sixth day we decided to try going to the temple. I had never been inside before so it was a new experience for Gwyn and I. I found out on the trip that Gwyn didn't know how to swim, she could stay afloat for a while if she really needed to, but other than to wash up, she almost never goes near water. Shortly after we got inside the Temple, we had to leave again because the water began to rise randomly and we didn't know where we could go to get away from it other than out.

In the end we set up camp near a large building with a weird old man standing near a small hole filled with water. Once more, we settled in to wait. We watched Hylia Lake while waited; the evil in the air around the Temple was almost visible in the area the water should have been filling.

After a week and a half of Link being inside the Temple I finally had a vision one night of him fighting the final evil creature. It was a ball of water that formed into a tentacle of some kind and tried to attack Link as he jumped between platforms. When I awoke the next morning, I left the camp and moved over to a small island with a tree on it, as I knew that was where Link would be returning. The sun was barely starting to come up as something caught my eye. The water was slowly filling back up inside the lake. I looked towards the Zora's Domain and saw large chunks of ice falling into the water as it melted and broke free from where it was hanging. Turning back to the lake, it was easy to see as the darkness returned to wherever it came from.

"As the water rises, the evil is vanishing from the lake... Link, you did it!" I whisper half to myself, half to the wind.

I allow a smile to fill out my lips, it took a whole lot longer than usual or expected, but he once again came through for us.

Link lands in blue light on the Triforce symbol that is on the island behind me, but I don't turn around to look at him yet.

"Sheik." He says softly, I turn and see him, barely standing and completely soaked, for the first time since all this started, I see him looking tired and beaten up pretty bad. I quickly walk to his side and let him lean some of his weight on me. He thanks me, and closes his eyes for a few moments, letting his body sag a little more, I chuckle worriedly; it was more than a bit strange to see him like this though reassuring that he is in fact a small part human. "Come on hero, let's get you back to our camp."

Rather than waste time with walking, I teleport us over to where Gwyn was still sleeping lightly. I lay him down lightly near the fire pit and quickly set to building a new fire so he can dry off. As it started giving off heat, he smiled slightly, and scooted a little closer, almost rolling into the fire because he was so tired. I pull him back away again and drape my blanket that was lying not too far away from us over him. "Don't use yours, I'm going to get it all wet, mine is in my bag. I laugh slightly, "It is still pretty chilly this morning, I didn't want you to be lying around with wet clothes for very long, It'll be fine, I can let my blanket dry later, for now you need to rest. We'll talk more later."

Gwyn started shuffling around, and looks over at me sleepily, "Good morning Ze-Sheik" Sleep is fully awake now; as she looks frantically at Link who she noticed after she started to greet me. "When did he get back and why didn't you tell me...so I could greet him." she asks before mouthing 'I'm sorry' to me.

"You still pretty sleep I guess Gwyn? What was that supposed to be, an impersonation of a bee?" Link chuckled softly, his voice fading fast as his slipped closer to sleep.

"You look like crap, Link." Gwyn stated

"You're pretty beautiful yourself, Gwyn, sleep now, talk later..." Link mumbled

Gwyn and I look at each other and smile, good old Link, even half awake and beaten up he still flirts and cracks jokes. My smile falters slightly; does he like Gwyn, well, like that? Does she like him back? No, I can safely say she doesn't after all the talks we have had about him, she isn't that kind of girl anyways, too restless at heart, at least right now, to actually settle down with one person. She's said on more than one occasion that her trips to Castle Town work perfectly for her. Really interesting talking to her about relationships...those are all things to think about later.

I go back to adding another piece of wood to the fire, grabbing the blanket from Link's bag and draping it over him as well and then settle in to draw some of the warmth from the flames into my slightly chilled body. I set up a pot over the flames and start adding the ingredients to make up some Red Potion. He usually heals pretty quickly on his own, but just in case, it will be good to have this on hand. He seemed pretty battered...I wonder why it took him so long to get this one finished when the others have been a quick in and out.

Halfway through the day, Link wakes up. I hand him the Red potion that finished setting a couple hours ago and he drinks it down quickly. "Ahh, thank you, it wasn't that I got hurt a lot, it was just that I was so dang tired. You step into a Temple and it keeps you going non-stop. Those monsters in there seem to come out of any walls and ceilings in there and its endless it seems sometimes... How long was I in there?"

I look at him calculatingly, "About ten days. Or at least that is how long it was from the time that I met you in the...Ice Cavern until you came out this morning." I hesitated and look away for a few moments as I brought up the Ice Cavern incident. Even after Gwyn told me to not worry about it...there is still the fear of him rejecting me when he learns the truth...

"Well I'm sorry if you all worried," guessing that was what caused me to turn away. Gwyn came over, sat down next to me and we both turned to look at Link. Color had begun to return to his face and his voice was growing stronger and was once more reaching its normal level. "Fine, fine, I get it, I'll spill. I won't even make you two beg for it either, man, must still be doing worse than I thought." He smiles brightly at us, "I met up with Ruto the same day I met you in the cavern. She met me inside and told me to follow her, but...she left me behind by going faster than I could keep up and I had to find my own way through the Temple. Side note and a word of wisdom from someone who learned the hard way, don't get lost in the Water Temple."

"What was the deal with the water raising? We came in after you had been gone for six days but couldn't do much because about as soon as we came in, the water level started rising in the room so we left again." Gwyn asked.

"Ha, the water level is what makes the Water Temple so confusing. There are four levels you have to change to get to different levels. Sometimes you have to go underwater to reach a new area. I can't really explain how terrible it was because I forgot where the switches were to change the level of the water so I had to search for hours to re-find one I had already found before even with Farore's Wind...I would have marked my map, but I forgot to put it in a watertight container before I dove in. But monsters just kept coming so I didn't have any time to sleep. I also didn't have much time to do meditating, which is usually what I run off of, but...yeah, it was a rough time. I think the worst part, aside from getting lost a couple times, was fighting myself. Very glad it is over finally." He looks over at me, "By the way, Ruto says thanks."

I look at him dumbfounded for a moment, "Ruto said thanks?" I ask him unbelievingly. "No way."

He chuckled, "That was my reaction, but yes, she said thanks for the help and the talk. You going soft on me after all this time? What is it with you and being nice to all these girls man?" He asks lightly bumping into me with his shoulder with a small, knowing smirk.

I look away for a bit, Gwyn catches my eye and nods encouragingly. I sigh...might as well get this over with. If Gwyn doesn't think it will be too bad, then it probably is not as big of a deal as I am making out to be. "Speaking of which... Link, I -and please don't hate me for not telling you, but... I am... I'm not a guy." I let my head drop slightly to look at my hands as I pick nervously at the wrappings around my fingers.

I hear him shift, but don't look at him, until I see his knees on the ground in front of where I am sitting on a rock. He puts his hand on my cheek and turns my head up to look at him. The warmth I remember from the weird dream almost two weeks ago comes back to me and realization hits me. "Look at me Sheik," he says softly and I stare once more into his eyes, so warm and welcoming, "I know, and I'll be honest, I've known that for a little while, but thank you for trusting me enough to tell me. Don't worry about it, its one of the fun parts about you, so many mysteries" He smiles softly before stroking my cheek with his thumb in a soothing manner before pulling away and standing once more.

"I'm still pretty worn out, so I think I am going to meditate for a while, let me know when it is time for dinner." Link said as he walked a few yards from us.

Gwyn looked at me with a puzzled look on her face, "But its not even breakfast time yet!" she whispered to me.

"I haven't eaten in eight days, I need to break back into it slowly." Link said as he faced away from us going through the first steps from a past fight. It was easy to hear the smile through his voice. The chuckling after it only cemented that fact; "You wouldn't want my body to shut down because I ate three full meals after nothing would you? Slow and steady is usually safer, unless you are faced with fire, trust me, I know."

I still had not moved or really reacted to anything said since Link told me he knew, and the comfort I took just from him touching me, the reassurance of his words... I knew he was a great person, but this is a little more than I expected. I thought for sure he would look at me like I was repulsive and say he never wanted to see me again after lying to him like that... But he said that it added to me, that it was a fun part about me...he liked the mysterious side of me...now the big question is, how will he react once he finds out I'm actually Zelda? I wonder if he's worried about me, sure he mentioned fighting for me trying to give Hyrule the future I want it to have, but...how will he feel knowing that I've mostly done nothing to really openly help Hyrule, that I have been here the entire time, by his side and letting him go through the temples alone. Sure I kept some people from being robbed here and there, but nothing on the level of what he has done for Hyrule. I've been hiding, for my safety of course, but more like a scared child if I really think about it. I've hidden from my emotions, from my past, even from my future responsibility by not wanting to claim the title of Queen. He will probably be ashamed and upset that he is doing all this work while I hide, scared, broken, and defeated in mind and spirit when I am supposed to be the strong, proud, fearless leader for Hyrule...my mind begins to run too quickly for thoughts to be fully processed, so confusing, so terrifying, everything right now, tears start to fill in my eyes but don't start to fall yet.

There is so much darkness still left throughout Hyrule, and every time we get rid of some, the rest seems to get stronger, I don't even want to imagine how strong Ganondorf is and will be by the time we reach him, he was powerful even before he claimed the Power piece of the Triforce... The fact that Link needs all the Sages to be awakened to defeat him is even more terrifying, and what if I tell him and he decides that it should be my job, and I have to be the one to fight Ganondorf. What if...

Arms wrap around me from the side and I feel more than hear Gwyn whisper in my ear, "He won't hate you, you know? No matter what you tell him, or how you tell him, or even when you tell him. It may not be what you're thinking about, but I know something is really messing with you, its been a couple hours since you have even moved and I figured you could do with hearing some good news...Link, he's the kind of guy that will be your friend through everything, even if you turned out to be a terrible person, he would see the good in you and make sure he told you about the good he saw in you, helping you believe and work to become the better person you have it within you to be. That is just the kind of person he is. Don't worry about the future for now, it will come as it is supposed to." With that she gave me a quick but tight hug and then stood and walked over near Link and settled into her own meditative state.

Left to my thoughts, I work to assimilate everything that has been said by Gwyn and Link. Gwyn is so good at knowing the best things to say at the perfect time, and Link... I smile to myself, Link doesn't care that I didn't tell him I was a girl, and he knew for a while and waited for me to tell him. He didn't even want to intrude on my privacy and waited for me to trust him enough to tell him myself...

I lose myself in my thoughts until I start seeing the sun moving closer to the western horizon. I start moving around and getting things put together to make a light dinner. Gwyn came out of her meditation a few minutes later and started helping me. We work quickly in the quiet and then call for Link. We had some light conversation over dinner that flowed easily into some more involved and demonstrative discussion and storytelling, just enjoying each other's company and friendship before turning in for the night.

The next day we talked, meditated and just generally relaxed until shortly after lunch.

Something comes to mind that had been pushed completely to the side after the conversation between Link and I the day before. He mentioned it in passing but I was too caught up with worrying about his acceptance and telling him and everything to even consider asking about it so I decided to bring it up now, "Link, what did you mean yesterday when you said you fought yourself?"

A light shudder runs through his body and he stares unseeingly past Gwyn and I for a few moments. "Have you ever thought, and I mean really thought, about what you would be like if your personality was the exact opposite of what is normal for you right now? For instance, say you are actually not a good person, you don't know love or joy or peace or any of the other great things in life that surrounds us, you only know darkness, hate, pain, despair, and those kinds of things. Not only do you only know those things, but you revel in them, you enjoy experiencing it personally and forcing on to others around you."

Gwyn and I look at each other startled at this question before turning back to Link and answering in the negative.

Still gazing off into pace he sighs, "It's not a pretty image, thinking about it at least. It's even worse seeing it personally with your eyes though… Part of the way through the Temple…there was a room, water a few inches deep covering the floor, two doors, one straight across from the one I entered in with a small island in between the two in the middle of the room, and it looked like it went on forever. On the island was a dead tree, I was wary as I passed by it the first time, but I didn't see anything that I thought I needed to worry about and walked on past to the only other door in the room. The door wouldn't open so I turned around to go back to look more closely at the tree.

"Upon turning around, I saw a shadowy figure that was barely visibly as I slightly blended in to the tree trunk. I moved back towards it to see what it was and…" He turns and looks directly at us with a haunted look in his eyes, "It was me. Clear as day, exact same clothes, hair, hat, sword and shield as me. The difference though was that even after moving away from the tree, it was like seeing a solid shadow, as I got closer, it looked like I would have if I somehow started absorbing light into my body rather than reflecting it back off. I charged it and started to attack, but it blocked everything." Seeing our shocked looks he chuckled lightly but as he began speaking again he slowly slipped back into having a haunted look on his face, "Yes, everything, landing more than a few hits on me in the process. As we fought he spoke and it was terrifying. The foulest nightmares, the cruelest tortures, the most brutal murders, everything dark and despised he spoke of. I would go back and fight hundreds of the bosses I have faced before rather than having to even consider being around that…thing again.

"I ended up having to use Din's Fire, a fairy and a few potions to even stand a chance against defeating it. It was a shade of myself, a physical embodiment of all the darkness that within me and then multiplied upon itself to a level that is utterly frightening. I will admit I'm not perfect in every way and there is some darkness, but…even at my worst I am not a fraction as bad as it was. Fighting yourself, hearing those things being spoken of as if they are the greatest things in Hyrule in your own voice and not being able to land a hit while being continually battered and beat…it's extremely disconcerting. I had to stop for a day after that alone to try and calm myself. But, I have come to accept the fact that though it looked and sounded like me, I don't have to see the world that way or even fear that I will become that. There was a level of perverseness that I don't think is attainable in this realm so no more sorrowful thoughts, yes?"

Clapping his hands together, Link stands from where we were sitting together, turns to his pack and then begins to load things into it. "I'm feeling about like I usually do, that Red Potion was good. Did you add in a little something that is not usually in there? It seemed to work better than usual."

I give a sly smile after recovering from the shock of how things just went, "Sheikah secret"

He chuckles lightly. Once everything is packed (he hadn't taken hardly anything out), he shoulders the pack and turns back to us. "Alright, so I took a lot longer than usual to get back on my feet, and then we've taken some time to relax, but we need to get moving again. Fall is coming to a close and Winter is right around the corner, so unless you all want to still be sleeping outside when the freeze hits, we need to try and get done with all of this so we can move back indoors and stay for a while. Now, the next Temple I have to go to is the Shadow Temple." He looks at me, "Any clue where that is?"

My eyes widen, "Kakariko" I whisper. "Impa hasn't contacted me this week, she and I usually send mail to one another once a week or so with an update, her for things from the temple, me for how we are doing with the other temples. She was supposed to send a letter yesterday, and she never misses our usual day without sending at least a notice or something. We need to go!"

Gwyn and I quickly pack our things. "Sheik, you go ahead and teleport to the village, Gwyn, you should probably go with her just in case there is trouble. Epona and I will bring the gear and that will allow me to gain a little more strength back. I'll see you guys at the village, be safe you two." With that, I teleported Gwyn and I to Kakariko as Link pulled out his Ocarina, presumably to call for Epona.

As we came into the town, we saw all of the buildings on fire, screams from people trapped and cries at their loss of possession ring out all around us while groups of people scatter aimlessly throughout the town. "Get around to each of the houses on this side of town, if people are trapped inside, do what you can. We will worry about putting out fires once we get everyone safe. I'll get to the other side of town and work my way back here, I'll meet you in the middle."

We both split off, Gwyn running to the closest house to start helping, and me teleporting to the other side of town and beginning to do the same. It was late into the evening before we got everyone uninjured together and directed them to work together putting out fires. A few groups went to get water with Gwyn or I going to provide protection incase Stalchilds appeared. The rest of the assembled townspeople worked on getting the fires put out or tending to the wounded. Once everything had calmed down, most of the town settled in for a few hours sleep. Gwyn and I spoke with the leadership figures of the town to find out what happened exactly, and we were told it seemed to just spontaneously happen and they couldn't find Impa anywhere. My face paled at that, that could only mean Bongo Bongo had escaped and captured Impa rather than Impa keeping him sealed away. He apparently has grown much more powerful than before...

After meeting with them, Gwyn and I settled into meditating, deciding that it would be better to stay awake and aware rather than fall asleep. A few more times some small fires started, but Gwyn and I were able to put them out on our own. By daybreak, I was standing near the well, looking into it. I had been in the Temple enough to know what Bongo Bongo's presence feels like and had felt him stirring as dawn approached. I heard Link's soft footfalls approaching. He wasn't as soft a walker as the Sheikah, but he was much quieter than anyone else I knew outside of them.

I felt Bongo Bongo's presence surge closer quickly and only had the chance to shout, "Get back, Link!"

I feel the presence erupt out of the top of the well and the wood is sent flying. I don't let it distract me as I feel a part of the evil presence rush towards me and I register pain and movement as I fly through the air from the blow. I black out shortly after. A sense of warmth flows over me for a couple seconds, then followed by a blast of coldness, thick with evil. I slowly come to and regain my bearings. Looking around for Link, I spot him slumped against a wall a little ways away. I jump to my feet and race over to him. I begin letting my magic flow through my hands and heal the worst of the injuries before moving him to where he is laying on the ground in a more natural position.

After a few minutes he groans lightly and his eyes slowly open. "Looks like you're finally coming around..." I reach over to his pack and pull a Red Potion to hand him. He gulps it down and slowly stands to his feet with a little help from me. The village was once more on fire; I guessed it happened while the two of us were knocked out.

"Link! You have to understand this, a terrible thing has happened! The evil shadow spirit has been released! Impa, who is also the leader of Kakariko Village, had sealed the evil shadow spirit in the bottom of the well... But the force of the evil spirit became so strong, the seal of the well broke, and it escaped into the world! Impa has probably gone to the Shadow Temple to seal it again, but... she will be in danger without any help! Link, Impa is one of the six Sages. Destroy the evil shadow spirit and save Impa! There is an entrance to the Shadow Temple past the graveyard behind this village. The only thing I can do for you is teach you the melody that will lead you to the Shadow Temple...

"This is the melody that will draw you into the infinite darkness that absorbs even time... Listen to this, the Nocturne of Shadow!" I pull out my harp and teach him the Nocturne of Shadow. "Let me and Gwyn take care of the village...just...be safe!" I say as I pull him into a hug. He gives me a tight; reassuring hug back and then turns and runs towards the town's graveyard.

"Please be safe..." I say once more before steeling myself and rushing back to where I thought Gwyn would be, before a thought pulled me up short, Crap, I hope he has a way to see in there, The Eye of Truth was supposedly lost...there's nothing more that I can do right now though, so good luck Link, you're really going to need it...I continue running back to he center of town where most people ended up sleeping last night.

Finding Gwyn, we quickly work together to once more start putting out fires and helping wherever we can. By lunchtime, the people were sitting down once more, working to catch their breath from the non-stop rushing we had been doing all morning. Only a few buildings were burnt to the point they couldn't be salvaged. The rest would require some minor patch ups or some redesign work to make sure they are structurally sound again.


The rest of the evening, and the two following days passed without incident. The carpenters were gone unfortunately, or maybe fortunately rather as they probably would have slowed things down with how slow they work, so that left the rebuilding and salvaging work up to those who were able. Most had survived without any injury, a few with minor scrapes, bruises, and burns from rushing to get out of the buildings but nothing too serious. Everyone was subdued, and rightly so since, to them, the houses caught fire for no apparent reason. Stories that were treated as myth about Bongo Bongo resurfaced and many began questioning others around them if it was possible the 'myths' were true. Gwyn and I went to sleep that night with little problem, though many of the other Kakariko residents found sleep hard to come by as the nightmares of Bongo Bongo ran rampant through their minds even though they had not gone to sleep yet.


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A/N So I was working on the next chapter shortly after I uploaded this, and realized that the part I put as the end to this chapter wasn't supposed to happen yet, so I had to change it but there was not much else I wanted to put in so this has become the shortest chapter I have posted. :/ Sorry it has been a month since my last update, glad I didn't just upload what I had this morning because I totally forgot about the battle with Dark Link. As for the title, if you have played the game, the Water Temple takes so long it seems like it is two temple put together, not difficult in the enemies, but maneuvering takes FOREVER.

Thanks to those who have reviewed and followed or liked the story. My guess would be three or four more chapters (Including the possible epi), as there is only one temple left (and the subsequent closure to a plot point or two) before Ganondorf's Castle and consequently the final battle and the conclusion to this story. I may ultimately end up dong an epilogue but there will not be a sequel to this story as I have not played Majora's Mask enough (or all the way through for that matter) to even consider having an idea of what to write for it. Whether I do an epi or not, this story will come to a end with full closure on the plot. Any questions or things you feel are not wrapped up as they should be, feel free to let me know. Sheik and Link's relationship will have closure, the information given about Link's parentage will have closure and more than likely I will give a quick view at what life is like for these characters a few decades after the final battle because I so hate wondering how they ended up. Thanks all, until next time!