WELCOME BACK!!!!! I'm updating earlier than usual, in honor of one of my dear friends' Birthday!!!!! This update is my little gift to her, seeing as how she lives on the other side of the country! XD I NEED MAH BEIGNETS!!!!! Ahem, moving forward.
Last time on, Enter the Imp, we left our Heros as they were traversing the dangerous Bulbin camp! What will happen today on, Enter the Imp?!
Yxme24: Oi! Who's gonna do the disclaimer?
(Nobody answers)
Yxme24: Ahem, I'll try again. Who's gonna do the disclaimer for a Beignet, and a bottle of Vitamin water?
(The doors explode and Yxme is tackled to the ground)
Newcomer: Pens!
Newcomer: Paper!
Paper: VITAMIN WATER!!!! MY PRECIOUS!!!! *chugs entire bottle*
Pens: A Beignet! SWEET! *Noms the powdered pastry*
Yxme24: (gets up) Ahem. If you would do the honors, birthday girl?
Pens: Sure! Yxme24 does not own the Legend of Zelda series!
Paper: If he did, we'd force him to make Link flip out in rage for no reason! XD
Link: But I don't wanna... T_T
Everyone: Enjoy the chapter!
Chapter 8: Sumo Bulbin, Doctor Link, and Alchemy
Link picked up the key from the dead bulbin's belt and slipped it in his pouch. I looked around at the now silent camp and shuddered. Link had been like a freaking ninja, and had killed with such swiftness and silence that not a single bulbin had awoken. Link walked back around to the wooden gate. He looked at the metal lock and slipped in the key. The gate popped open and I grimaced at the darkness inside the room.
"Uh, Link? This seems a little suspicious, doesn't it?", I asked, inadvertently warning him. He looked at me oddly.
"Whaddya' mean?", He asked. I looked over his shoulder and at the giant boar. A glimmer shone in the sunlight that crept through holes in the tarp and my eyes widened.
"Do the bulbins have some sort of leader that you know of?", I asked him nervously. His face grew concerned and he nodded.
"Now that you mention it, they do. Do you think he's nearby?", He asked me listening carefully. I nodded and pointed over to the giant boar. He turned his head slightly and glanced at the boar. Another glimmer shone in the darkness before it was swallowed up in the shadows. Link nodded and motioned for me to stay.
"I'm going in. You and Navi stay here.", Link said pulling out his sword. I backed up and clenched my fist in anger. Navi frowned and jumped as the gates shut closed suddenly. Navi flew over to the gates and looked over.
"Are you okay Link?", She asked in a hushed voice. Link chuckled.
"Yeah, I'm fine. Don't worry, I know how I'll be getting out of here.", He said walking towards the boar, sword drawn. The boar was smacked down and Link flipped backwards, narrowly avoiding being crushed. King Bulbin stepped out of the shadows with an axe as long as he was tall, if not larger. I peered through the gate and snickered.
"Man! That bulbin could be a sumo wrestler! And a damn good one at that!", I said laughing. Link jumped over the axe swing, slashing as he rolled in mid-air. He planted his feet and slashed King Bulbin in the back. The King let out a roar of pain and he fell limp for a moment. Link took advantage of the moment to attack the bulbin repeatedly. The massive green sumo twitched in agony as the sword slashed through his skin. His head rose slowly and his expression turned to one of pure rage. He swung the giant axe around him and Link flipped backwards, the axe and his sword creating sparks from contact. King Bulbin slowly raised the axe for another swing, but was stabbed in the left arm. He howled in pain and dropped his axe. Link watched him in spite as he slowly limped towards the other door. He paused and smirked confidently at Link. The gates shut behind him and I shook the gates. They wouldn't open.
"Shit. Link, go see if that boar's still alive. That may be your only way outta there.", I told him. He nodded and sheathed his sword. An arrow was shot onto the canvas and fire quickly spread. The boar reared it's head at the smell of smoke and got up. Link smiled and climbed up onto it, before turning it towards the gate.
"Clear the way! Here I come!", Link warned. I heard a snap of leather and the and the squeal of the boar. I darted out of the way and the gate shattered to splinters. Link held on tightly to the reigns as the boar barreled through the wooden barriers, blocking entry to the arbiters grounds. I watched the boar charge and whistled.
"Look at it go! I wonder if that was their prized boar? What do you think Navi?", I asked her. She stared at me, mouth agape.
"How the hell can you be so nonchalant about what just happened?!", She asked furiously. I cringed slightly and my ears drooped a bit.
"Well, Link's fine.", I said looking over to Link kicking his legs wildly with his head stuck in the sand, "For the most part..."
"But he still just fought that huge Bulbin! Weren't you worried?", She asked me with a frown. I smiled and nodded.
"Of course, but I stay optimistic, and focus on the positive outcomes. Link is strong and he can pull through the most difficult trials. If he starts to bleed profusely, then I'll start to focus on the possible negative outcomes. I have faith in him is what I'm trying to say.", I told her. She looked a little confused and worried.
"What's the matter?", I asked her. She fluttered towards Link.
"He stopped kicking to try and get his head out. I think we should help him.", She said suppressing a giggle. I floated over to see Midna pulling on one of Links legs. I snorted and pulled on his other leg with all my strength. Midna followed suit and slowly Links head popped out. He gasped for air and coughed.
"Agher..", He said hoarsely. Midna looked at him oddly and he made a drinking motion.
"Oh! Water! Why didn't you say so?", She asked him playfully as she handed him the canteen. He looked at her, thoroughly unamused and swished the water around his mouth before spitting it out.
"Sand is not tasty.", He muttered. Navi laughed and flew in front of his face.
"Ha ha! You see? I told you that was dangerous!", She gloated. Link rolled his eyes and smiled.
"It's not my fault that there was a drop. If I knew that, I would've let go.", He said taking another sip of water. I floated over to Link and pat him on the back.
"Just give up Link. You'll never stop her gloating, no matter how hard you try. I've learned this from experience with many, many woman.", I said to him. Everyone raised an eyebrow and looked at me oddly.
"Many, many women? Just what do you mean like that?", Midna asked testily. I tilted my head in confusion and thought about what I had said. I widened my eyes in realization. I stuttered and blushed brightly.
"T-that's not what I meant! I just know that it's hard to stop a girl from gloating! That's all! I swear!", I said flustered, raising my hands in defense. Navi narrowed her eyes and Midna smirked. She snickered and floated up leaning back.
"Relax Navi. It's obvious that he's not smooth enough to even ask a girl out.", Midna teased me. I blushed and glared at her. Navi looked at me with a small smile and tried not to giggle. I blushed harder and pouted a bit.
"... It's not funny...", I mumbled, crossing my arms in embarrassment. Midna snickered and shook her head.
"You're right it's-", Midna began.
"Hilarious. Yeah, yeah, I've heard that one before, and it gets old.", I cut her off. She huffed and leaned back. Navi smiled and flew on top of my head.
"It's not hilarious. You're just a shy guy. It's kinda cute.", Navi said ruffling up a little bit of my hair. I blushed deeper, if it was even possible and Midna giggled.
"Oh my! If he gets any more embarrassed, his heads gonna pop! I couldn't possibly do it to him anymore, could I?", Midna pondered sarcastically. I let out a small growl of frustration and put my head in my hands. Link shook his head and sighed.
"Hey, ease up on him. He may be shy, but there's nothing wrong with that. I used to be the same way.", He said motioning for Midna to ease up on the teasing. Midna rolled her eyes and shrugged.
"That's hard to believe," I mused, "I would expect you to be quite the lady-killer, so to speak."
Link chuckled and shook his head.
"Nah, I don't think I am. Besides, there's only one girl for me.", He said looking up at the entrance to the Arbiter's grounds. Midna leaned forward with interest, placing her hands on her hips.
"Oh? It wouldn't happen to be that farm-girl friend of yours, would it?", Midna asked smugly. Link looked at her oddly and chuckled.
"Ilia? No, she's more like a little sister to me anyway. The girl I like is a secret. I say that because I've run into a few bumps when I tell people who it is.", Link explained. Midna pursed her lips and pouted.
"Well that's no fun...", The little imp mumbled. She put her arms behind her head and floated into Link's shadow. He stood up and brushed himself off before walking up the stone staircase to the Dungeon. I shivered in excitement as I looked into the shadowy corridor leading inside. Here I was, a high school student, about to embark on a major part of the quest he was on. I smirked and began to laugh. Navi and Link looked at me strangely and looked at each other with concern.
"Uh... Everything okay there Austin?", Link asked. I looked at him with a glint of fire in my eyes.
"I'm just really excited is all, I mean who would've thunk that me of all people would be here at the gates of the Arbiter's grounds?!", I asked laughing. Link shrugged.
"What do you mean? I'm confused...", Link said in confusion. I shrugged and smirked.
"It's nothing, I'm still in a bit of a daze, you know? It's my first time entering a dungeon or a temple.", I explained. Link's mouth formed an 'o' and he nodded. Navi shrugged.
"I suppose it is a new experience for you. As you know, I'm a bit tired of dungeons and temples.", Navi shrugged, leaning back in my messy hair. I floated upwards and looked down the corridor leading into the dungeon. I listened and heard shrieks and creepy moaning. I swallowed nervously and looked back at Link. He tilted his head curiously at me.
"...It's dark...", I mumbled pointing to the corridor nervously. Link smiled and chuckled.
"It's okay to be nervous. I know I was my first and second time.", He said putting a hand on my shoulder. I sighed in relief and Midna giggled as she floated out of Link's shadow.
"Afraid of the dark are we? Now this is a rare occurrence for one born in the darkness.", She teased. I rolled my eyes and stuck out my tongue childishly.
"It's not the dark I'm anxious about! It's what lies behind it...", I trailed off. Midna looked at me like I was stupid. I looked at her nervously and scrunched my eyebrows in confusion.
"...You mean you don't know any magic other than what I taught you?", She asked disbelievingly. I groaned.
"Yep. All I know is how to fly. Nifty and useful, but not to good for defending myself. It's not like I'm Link who's trained with a sword all his life.", I said making a gesture towards Link. He shrugged in disagreement.
"Actually it's only been five years...", He said modestly. I laughed and rolled my eyes.
"That's beside the point. Right now, I have no way to defend myself or Navi, or you, or even Link in a tight situation!", I said throwing my arms up. Midna smirked.
"So your basically dead weight?", She asked with a slightly amused smile. Link looked at Midna harshly.
"Midna! That's not nice!", Link said in shock. Navi fluttered up in defense.
"Right! If it weren't for Austin, I'd still be unable to fly! And I'd still be in that forest that I was charged to watch over!", Navi said beating her wings rapidly in a huff. Midna rolled her eyes and was about to reply before I interrupted.
"But she's right guys. Until I can defend myself, I'm just dead weight.", I explained. Navi frowned and fluttered down on top of my head.
"...You're not just dead weight... you're not...", She muttered into my hair. I smiled softly and Midna yawned tiredly.
"Sooo.... Are you just gonna be angsty all day, or will you let me teach you some magic to defend yourself with?", She asked stretching with a small smirk on her face. My face lightened up instantly.
"Seriously?!", I asked with excitement. Midna nodded, looked over at Link and winked. He nodded and sat down against the warm stone entryway, pulling his hat over his eyes.
"Of course! As the 'older sister' of the group, I'm not about to let my 'baby-brother' get himself killed in some desert-prison because he couldn't protect himself! I may pound on you, but that's my job alone, not some monsters!", She said punching me lightly in the arm. Navi leaned over my forehead and smiled at Midna thankfully. Midna simply shrugged and leaned back in midair.
Midna began relaying instructions to me, "Now remember how I told you to focus and think of that peaceful place? You need to do that and...."
"Just focus. You've almost got it.", Midna said confidently. I nodded and put one hand over the other, palms facing each other. Sweat dripped off of my brow as I focused on flowing my energy into, and out of my hands, while keeping it contained.
"C'mon Austin, you can do it...", Navi said cheering quietly as she watched from Midna's shoulder. I scrunched my eyes tighter as I focused more. A small dark orb flickered into view before disappearing. I let my arms fall to the side as I groaned in pain.
"How long have I been doing this?", I asked taking a sip of water. Midna chuckled and placed a hand on my shoulder.
"Oh, about three hours. And how far you've come. From awkward grunting noises that made Navi turn pink to actually beginning to form the ball of magic. I'm impressed to say the least. Didn't know you had it in you!", She said to me. I laughed and wiped off the sweat before pausing a moment.
"... Made Navi turn pink?...", I asked. Navi blushed and flew behind Link's hat in embarrassment. Link twitched in his sleep when Midna giggled.
"Oops! Did I let that slip? My mistake!", Midna said innocently as she put a finger to her lips. Navi poked her bright red face out from behind Link.
"Mistake my ass!", She yelled angrily before retreating back behind Link. I sighed and chuckled. I always had a habit of being thrown together with a bunch of oddballs. Not that I minded, seeing as how their antics made life more fun and interesting.
"How long did it take you to get this down Midna?", I asked her curiously. She looked at me and thought back.
"Oh, about a week.", She explained. My eyes widened.
"WHAT? It's gonna take me that long to get this down?", I asked nervously. She looked at me and laughed.
"Probably not seeing as how I would only stay focused on this for about twenty minutes a day, if that.", She said laughing. I sighed in relief.
"You love seeing me scared don't you?", I asked. She giggled and nodded with a devious smile.
"Such is schadenfreude I suppose.", I sighed chuckling to myself.
"Shaden-what?", Navi asked poking her head out from behind Link's sleeping body.
"Schadenfreude. It's German for; To take pleasure in one's pain or misfortune.", I explained. Midna tilted her head.
"German? What's that?", She asked cluelessly. I mentally hit myself.
"I guess you guys aren't familiar with Germany. Never mind.", I said dismissing the subject. Navi huffed her hair and sighed. I looked over at her and my eyes drifted to a sleeping Link. I smirked devilishly.
"Is Link a heavy sleeper?", I asked Midna. She looked at him and shrugged.
"I guess so. Why do you ask?", She asked suspiciously. I smirked.
"Because I hatched a devilish idea.", I said evilly. Midna leaned in with interest.
"Oh? Whaddya have in mind?", She asked. I leaned over and whispered in her ear. Her eyes lit up and she smirked.
"I've always wanted to do that to someone...", She said before forming a brush and an ink well.
Link awoke to the sound of snickers and soon they were hushed as he stirred. He opened his eyes groggily and yawned tiredly. He rubbed his eyes before looking around. He looked at Midna who was trying her best not to laugh, and failing. She snorted and snickered as she pressed her hands over her mouth. He raised an eyebrow in confusion.
"What's so funny?", He asked her. I snickered, very proud at our work. Link looked at me and tilted his head. I laughed, seeing the monocle and long mustache painted on his face. Navi giggled quietly on top of my head when she looked at him.
"I have no idea what is making us laugh so hard . I believe it is a simple case of the giggle-fits. What do you believe the diagnosis is?", I asked him in a British accent. Midna roared with laughter and fell to the ground pounding her fist into the stone as she laughed. Navi giggled a bit louder and I snickered at my own comment. Link only made an even more confused face.
"Doctor? What are you talking about?", He asked us. I smiled and shook my head.
"Nothing. Did you know you can sleep a long time? I mean like six hours long! Seriously, I figured out how to form a ball of magic before you woke up.", I told him. He looked at me in shock. Midna floated over and leaned on his shoulder.
"Well he doesn't get much sleep with all his adventuring. So these breaks should keep him alert and ready for anything when he's going through dungeons.", Midna said on a positive note. Link yawned and licked his lips.
"I'm thirsty. Where's the water?", He asked. I handed him the canteen and he drank it slowly. He breathed deeply as he closed the canteen and wiped his lips. The ink smeared over his face making his ink mustache look very fluffy and thick. Midna burst into laughter again and shook her head. Link looked at her strangely and back at me.
"You said you can make an orb of magic. Can you show me?", Link asked curiously. I smirked and nodded before placing my hands above each other and focusing. Slowly, a dark orb grew from nothing to the size of a small orange. Link's eyes widened in surprise.
"That's amazing! Are you sure you've never used magic before?!", He asked me looking at the orb curiously. I nodded.
"Positive. I still haven't got it to the right size yet, but at least I can maintain it at this size.", I said holding the ball in one hand. Link's eyes widened when I tossed it in the air and caught it with the other hand behind my back. Midna twitched in annoyance.
"Hey! I told you that wasn't safe you showoff! Trust me! I had a bit of an accident after trying to show off when I was a kid.", She scolded me. I frowned and rolled my eyes.
"Alright, alright. Whatever floats your boat. I'll stop.", I said making the ball disperse into nothing. Navi yawned and stretched her arms.
"Don't you guys think we should get started? I mean, Midna taught Austin a way to defend himself, so we've dawdled around long enough.", She said forwardly. Link nodded and stood up.
"Let's go find that mirror.", He said in determination. I snickered and floated behind him into the corridor.
"I wonder if he'll notice once we get to the mirror?", I said to Navi. She laughed and nodded. I looked around as the light shrank away behind us. My pupils slowly dilated as they got used to the dim light given off by Navi's luminescence. Link pulled out his lantern and lit it up, blinding me. I pulled my hands over my eyes as they adjusted to the sudden light.
"I figured we might need a little light, you know? These places can get pretty dark.", Link said with a smile in the dim light. I nodded and suppressed a laugh. Trying to distract myself, I gazed at the engravings in the side of the wall. A dim light shined up ahead as we made our descent into the depths of the dungeon. We approached it and saw that there was a room with torches in the sides of the walls. Sand seeped out of cracks in the walls and drained into the floor, a pit of sand clearly in front of us. Some of the sand began to move as if something were swimming through it. Link noticed and drew his sword, prepared for anything. I followed suit and formed a ball of magic.
"Hey Link. I'm gonna try and get this one if that's okay. I need to practice my aim any way.", I said holding the ball in the palm of my hand. He nodded and backed out of the way. The sand grew closer and suddenly a large three-fanged worm leapt out at me. I jumped in surprise and shot the ball forward in the shape of a stake. The magic hit the worm dead on, leaving a hole straight through it. It's corpse fell to the ground and I kicked it into the sand pit where it slowly sank out of view.
"Hey, nice shot! You got it!", He said giving me a pat on the back. I chuckled and smiled. This seemed like it was gonna be easy! After all, I'd beaten the Arbiter's grounds dozens of times before. But, then again, this was the real thing, one false move could mean death. I gulped at the thought of how angry Din might be if I ran into her prematurely. Navi looked at me curiously.
"What's up? You seem nervous.", She asked a little concerned. I sighed and shook my head.
"It's complicated. I'll tell you later.", I said trying to focus on the task at hand. Link pulled out his clawshot and aimed it at the wire covered torch on the side of the wall across the sand pit. He released the trigger and was pulled over to the other side as soon as the grapple attached. I simply floated over the pit avoiding any other sand-worms, or Molgera, as I believed they were called. At least that's what the boss in Wind Waker was called. I chuckled as Link jumped from one pedestal to another.
"I guess being me has it's few perks. Being able to safely move from one section to another in exchange for little defense against danger.", I said smiling. Link looked up and nodded.
"That's right! You just gotta look at the silver-lining!", He said aiming his clawshot again. He fired and landed on another ledge. He looked at the distance between him and the next safe ledge and shrugged.
"I don't suppose you'd be able to fly me around some areas, would you?", He asked me sheepishly. I looked at him like he was crazy and laughed at his face and idea.
"I don't suppose you'd want my arms to be ripped off, would you?", I asked rhetorically. He chuckled and nodded.
"I figured as much. It was worth a shot.", He said before jumping as far as he could towards the ledge. He landed three quarters of the way there and began to sink into the sand. He stepped up quickly and walked onto the ledge. He repeated the action again and walked towards the chain laying in the sand. Small skeleton-like creatures with spears crawled out of the sand and marched towards Link. He noticed them to his left and slashed, cutting them in half, and letting their bones sink into the sand. I formed a ball of magic and shot it behind him, hitting one through the chest, and one through the shoulder. It gave out a shriek as it's arm fell off while the other sank into the churning sand. Link jumped in surprise and slashed the one remaining.
"Thanks Austin. I didn't notice him.", He thanked before grabbing the chain and pulling it back until it unlocked the gated passageway. Link walked around the metal fence and through the now open staircase. I looked at the two entrances to the left and right, and saw an open little nook with a large and small pot. Link went to the other side of the room and tore off rotting wooden planks that were blocking his path. I pushed the pots out of the way and looked at the shimmering liquid. It was yellow and in a giant goblet. Curious of what it was, I stuck a finger in the liquid, pulled out and rubbed my finger's together.
"What are you doing? For all you know, that could be poison!", Navi scolded leaning over my hair. I rolled my eyes and chuckled. Navi huffed and frowned.
"Relax! It's oil, probably for a lantern. Link could use this if he needed to refill his lantern.", I said wiping my hands off. Link walked up behind me.
"Use what?", He asked. I motioned to the oil. He smiled and laughed.
"Hey, cool! Who would've thunk that there would be pot of oil just when I needed a refill? It's amazing that these things happen, almost like someone's watching over me.", He rambled on as he dipped his latern and an empty bottle in the oil, filling them both up. I shrugged and looked at the locked door.
"Something tells me we're going to come across a lot of these locked doors.", I said aloud.
"You've no idea...", Link, Navi, and Midna said in unison. Link and Navi looked at each other silently as Midna and I began to laugh. Link shook off the strange chorus of them all speaking and put the key into the lock, making it pop open and fall to the floor with a loud 'clunk!' He lifted the door up with his strength and it lifted the rest of the way on its own. He went inside it and I followed him into a dark room with a single torch burning in a corner of the room. I floated over to the door and looked at the metal bars blocking our path.
"Look's like we need to do something to open the door. Any ideas guys?", I asked looking back at Link. He shrugged and pulled out his lantern, lighting the small, oil soaked wick. The dark room brightened up a bit more and I saw a torch right next to Link. He noticed as well and lit it with his lantern. Again, there was more light and several small skeletal creatures crept up out of the sand with spears, attempting to impale Link. He drew his sword and slashed until none were left, leaving their bones to sink back into the sand. Link rubbed his leg and ripped his leggings for a strip of fabric. He tied it aroud his leg tightly and walked on the stone careful not to step in any of the sand as he went around lighting the rest of the torches.
"You okay?", I asked him as he walked over to the now unbarred door. He smiled and nodded.
"Don't worry, it just nicked me. I've had worse.", He said reassuringly to me, but I knew it was aimed more at Navi, as he was looking at my hair when he spoke. He turned around and lifted the stone door up, until it went up like the last one. We entered to a dimly lit room with four torches at the far end.
"Whoa... Blue fire. I'm guessing that it's somehow magic, unless it's burning pure alcohol.", I noted as I looked around the room. Navi looked at me in interest.
"Fire turns blue when it burns alcohol?", She asked, stretching her arms and fluttering around my head. I chuckled and nodded.
"How do you know that?", Link asked me as he walked forward. I paused before answering his question, trying to figure out a way to explain how I knew this.
"Well, I had to do these sort of science experiments in school. This was something that my teacher showed us, it was actually really cool!", I explained. Link looked at me in amazement.
"Science? Like Alchemy and stuff?", He asked. I looked at him with a blank stare and shrugged.
"Not Alchemy exactly, even if I had to learn the periodic table of elements.", I told him. He gave me a perplexed look.
"What's the periodic table?", He asked in utter confusion. I chuckled and rolled my eyes.
"Forget it. Let's just find out.", I said as we started forward again. Suddenly four floating lanterns flew out of the giant hallway at the end of the room. They floated over to the stone torches and twirled around them, sucking the bright blue fire up into the lanterns themselves. A loud rumbling shook the entire room as a giant gate fell down, blocking the way into the hall. They flew to Link and I surrounding us as they spun around us quickly.
"Heh, I guess that answers the question at hand. Here's my new one: Anybody here afraid of ghosts?", I asked shaking slightly. Navi whimpered and nodded her head slowly. I gulped and smiled slightly.
"Good, so I'm not the only one.", I said. Navi looked at me in frustration and took shelter in my messy crop of hair. Three of the lanterns zipped away from us and through the walls, leaving one behind, floating back and forth in front of us. Link chuckled and smiled.
"Relax guys, I've got just the thing to deal with Poes. Right Midna?", He asked his shadow. Midna giggled and floated out of Link's shadow, the dark crystal floating above her hand.
"You thinking what I'm thinking Little Wolfy?", Midna asked in a playful tone of voice. Link nodded and Midna pushed the crystal into his forehead. Link groaned and fell onto all fours. Dark squares covered his body and he grew a tail. The darkness sank into him and there he stood as a wolf. Midna sat on his back and looked above the floating lantern.
"Quite big for a poe isn't it Link?", Midna asked with a smirk on her face. Link barked and nodded.
"You know what they say; The bigger they are..."
"The harder they fall.", Midna finished Link's sentence. I looked at them curiously.
"Umm... What are you guys talking about? All I see is a freaky, glowing, floating lantern.", I told them feeling puzzled. Midna looked at me like I was crazy.
"Are you honestly telling me you can't see that thing?", She asked disbelievingly. I shrugged and eyed the lantern nervously. She groaned and floated over to me.
"You wanna be able to see that thing?", She asked me. I shrugged and nodded, before she sighed and pinched her brow.
"Then don't bitch about what I'm about to do.", She told me. I gave a perplexed look.
"Why? What are you gonna- OW!", I was cut of as she jabbed he fingers into my eyes. I put my hands over my eyes as the began to water. Navi flew up to Midna's face.
"What did you have to do that for?! How would you like it if somebody went up and jabbed you in the eyes?", Navi asked angrily. Midna frowned with displeasure.
"Listen Navi. Get out of my face. He wanted to see the poe, now he can. Get off my back.", Midna said as she chuckled at the sight of me groaning in pain and rolling in midair. I slowly stopped groaning and began to open my eyes. Everything was fuzzy but I could make out a large, slender glowing figure.
"Woah, Navi, why are you so close to my face?", I asked her. She tapped my right cheek and looked at me nervously.
"Umm... I'm right here.", She said. I raised an eyebrow and blinked a few times, slowly letting everything become clearer. I jumped at the sight of a tall hooded poe staring at the gate. I stuttered and pointed at the tall ghost. Midna giggled and nodded.
"You're welcome by the way.", She said teasingly. Link growled and jumped at the tall Poe, only to pass through it. It began to turn purple and it swung its lantern in a circle, knocking Link to the ground.
"Jeez! Link, pay attention!", Midna said in annoyance as she rubbed her arm. Link whined an apology and focused on the Poe. It raised it's lantern up, ready to swing and turned purple. Link jumped onto the Poe and began to bit viciously at it's neck. The Poe screamed and wailed in protest, before finally pushing Link off. Link growled what seemed to be a laugh.
"I figured these Poes out. Wait till they're purple and solid, then strike! ", He said as he lept up onto the Poe once more, and biting mercilessly at it's throat. I let out a pained scream and fell to the ground. A dark black orb that had a red aura around it, floated out onto it's chest. Link pounced onto the poes chest and bit the orb, pulling as hard as he could. He ripped it out, making the Poe jerk upwards then collapse. The orb disappeared and the poe disappeared in what looked like steam shooting out of it's cloak. The lantern on the ground broke and the blue fire flew onto the closest torch. I stared at the fire and blinked a couple times, not sure of what just happened.
"N-nice work Link...", I muttered. Link looked at me and stuck his tongue out happily.
"Thanks! How're you and Navi holding up?", Link asked. I nodded my head slowly.
"I'm alright, I guess... Navi is... I dunno... Navi?", I asked picking her up out of my hair. She lay limp in my hand, and I panicked.
"Navi! NAVI! Are you okay? What's wrong? Oh, please be alive...", I muttered in a panicked voice. I held her up to my ear, to listen for a heartbeat.
"WHAT"S WITH ALL THE SCREAMING?!?!"
"OW!", I yelled and let Navi go. She fluttered up in my face and glared at me. I gripped my ear and pouted.
"Oi. Go easy on him. He was just trying to make sure you were alive. He just panicked since you weren't moving. It is kinda hard to check you for a pulse ya' know.", Midna said to Navi. Navi looked at her and then back at me. Her face turned from one of anger and annoyance to one of embarrassment, as she started to turn pink.
"Oh. Well then. Thank you Austin. I'm sorry for screaming in your ear.", Navi said trying her best not to blush. Link smiled and looked at the cloak left behind by the Poe.
"We have to search for the three Poes that fled... But we'd get destroyed just looking around randomly... Any ideas on how to find them Link?", Midna asked. Link looked at the cloak and sniffed it. He scrunched his face up and shook his head.
"Gross. Smells like a rotting corpse.", Link muttered. I made a face as Navi turned a shade of pale green at Link's statement.
"C'mon. We won't find those Poes by just standing around, right?", I asked. Link and Midna nodded and headed for a door to their right.
Eww! If you don't review, I'll send you that coat the Poe was wearing! I'm kidding! I'm not THAT cruel! Although Midna just might...
Midna: DAMN STRAIGHT!!! XD
Link: Midna, calm down... *sweatdrops*
Midna: But! I wanna! DX
Austin: *Facepalm* What have I gotten myself into?