Chapter 11: Deeper into the Maze
"Guard against its flame with your shield!" Navi shouted when she saw the creature that looked like a floating skull engulfed in blue flames. The creature was called a blue bubble. Link pulled out his shield and stepped in front of Faith as the bubble charged at them. As soon as the bubble hit the shield it dropped to the ground. Faith then leaped at it with her sword and took it down with a single slice.
"Nice job Faith, now all you need is your own shield," Link joked.
"I need more than my own shield," Faith snarled. Suddenly a chest appeared in the middle of the room. "Did that happen last time?"
"Yes actually it did," Link said as he walked over to it. He opened it and pulled out the map of the Forest Temple. "Well one thing certainly hasn't changed its structure."
"You're kidding. I thought the temples would be the one thing that changed the most."
"Guess not."
"Will you too stop gabbing and keep moving!" Rosa asked annoyed. Link and Faith rolled their eyes and walked toward the next door.
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Faith still had her sword drawn and when she saw the Deku Baba standing on the balcony she leaped at it striking it with the Kokiri Sword. It disappeared leaving Deku Nuts behind.
"If you want you can jump down now or you can cross of to the next balcony the same way we got into the temple."
Faith looked down and saw they were right above water. "I'll jump now," Faith said stepping onto the railing of the balcony they were on. She was over the side before Link could even pull out his long shot.
When he did pull it out he aimed for the bull's eye above the next balcony. He landed on top of a button which drained the well on the other side of the courtyard. Link looked to see where Faith was before Jumping. She had already headed over to the well simply to get out of the way of the creatures in the courtyard. When he saw she was out of the way he jumped into the water from the balcony. When he landed he started to swim toward the well. He climbed out of the water and ran over to the well before the Giant Deku Baba or the Octrok could try to attack him.
"There's a ladder over here, should we go down?" Faith asked confirming her thoughts.
"Yeah, there's a key down there. Come on." Link started down the ladder. He knew that the tunnel down there would lead to the other courtyard they had been in and that the only thing down there was the key.
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Once they had gotten they made there way back to the center room. "Okay Link now which door do we take?" Faith asked looking at all the doors. There were seven pathways total but only five that they could get to, the door that lead out of the temple, a locked door, a door with bars in front of it and an eye above it, the door they had already gone through, and a door with a stairwell leading up to it that was directly across from the exit.
Link pointed toward the door across from the exit. "That is the door to the next key."
"Where does the one with bars go?" Faith asked.
"To the other courtyard we were in. We don't need to waste arrows to go in there." Link headed toward the stairs without another word. Faith followed him.
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"Stalfos again, luckily it's just two this time," Faith said drawing the Kokiri Sword.
"Yes this time we can each take one and another won't be attacking us," Link agreed. They nodded and each of them went for a different Stalfos. Link went to the left and Faith went to the right. Link and the Stalfos he faced circled each other. When the Stalfos swung his jagged sword Link blocked with his shield then leaped and sliced at it. He struck the Stalfos in the ribs. The Stalfos jumped back and they circled each other again. This time it lunged at Link. Link side-stepped to avoid the attack. This also allowed him to get behind the Stalfos. Link took advantage of his position and sliced the legs off the Stalfos. It crumpled to pieces on the ground.
Faith hadn't had as much luck because she was fighting without a shield. Her left arm had been nicked by the Stalfos' sword and it had also gotten her lightly in the chest. She rolled under the Stalfos when it lunged at her. Taking advantage of being behind it, Faith took off its head causing the Stalfos she was facing, as well as the pieces of the Stalfos Link had defeated, to disappear. With the disappearance of the Stalfos a chest appeared in the middle of the room.
Link ran to the chest and pulled out the key that was inside. He then went over to the jars in the back of the room. "Faith, come here!"
Faith glared at him and staggered over to the jars. "What is it?" She didn't really care. She wanted to use the potion the Kokiri girl had given her to heal herself.
"A way to use you potion later, break open the right jar."
"Ok…" Faith wondered what he was up to but she broke open the jar anyway. A pink fairy floated out of it. It then circled faith making the wounds the Stalfos had given her disappear. "I thought most of the fairies had disappeared!" Faith said stunned.
"They had probably only gone into hiding. Like the Kokiri. Come on there is still one more pathway from the middle room we haven't been in yet that we can get to right now."
"Yeah but what's past that locked door?" Faith shouted.
"Don't worry. We can handle those things no problem."
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Link had gone through the door first, mainly because Faith was reluctant to go through the door anyway. But because he had gone first the Blue Bubble that waited for them was no problem.
"Come on Faith, follow me," Link ran over to a ladder that lead up to a ledge not too far up. On the ledge was another ladder that led up. Link climbed that ladder with Faith following. Once he got up the ladder and in far enough he waited for her.
"Alright now what? You stopped so that means you want to explain something doesn't it?" Faith asked sarcastically.
"Now we have to move blocks so we can move forward. We'll split up to make it easier. Go on ahead to were the arrows change directions. I'll move the block so you can push it into the hole. Then you climb up and wait for me. You'll have to wait before the arrows because I'll be pushing another block toward you again."
"I get it; we take turns pushing till we can climb over it to the next floor."
"Right, now go on I'll meet you up there."
Faith nodded and ran to were the arrows changed directions. After Link had pushed the block into wall to her left she began to push it forward. When she got a good look of the hall the block had come from she found it eerie not to see him. But she knew he would be on the next floor waiting for her so she hurried and climbed up to the next floor. She found the block was already waiting for her when she got up there. She pushed the block and found Link waiting for her once she passed the hall he was in.
"Good job, now let's go but stay behind me there are two bubbles up there and since you don't have a shield you might get hurt."
"So he does worry a little," Faith remarked looking at Rosa. They both laughed a little but link just rolled his eyes. He climbed up the ladder to the next floor.
Yay I'm finally done with this chapter! I had to keep going back to my 64 to make sure I was doing everything in the right order. The fun begins next chapter though. Time for the funky halls, Poe sisters, more Stalfos, and more bows and arrows. Hope the next one doesn't take me as long to write. Time for Review responses! (Pulls out a giant plate of cookies and a basket of plushie Links) Enjoy! (Cuddles a Link)
Sakume: I hope to get the next chapter up soon. However if my computer keeps acting funny it may take a while. I'm glad you've enjoyed it so far!
Chips Dip: I hope this chapter was cooler.