Chapter 19 is done. Sorry it's kind of short but I realize a little too late that what I wanted to do I couldn't. It's kind of a filler chapter to basically get from one place to the next.

Chapter 19: Lake Hylia

It had been a while since Faith had been on a horse. She couldn't ride as fast as Link and was starting to fall behind. "Hey Link, slow down will you? I'm not as good at riding as you are!" Faith tried to push Dara to move faster but Dara either wouldn't or couldn't.

Link was slowed Llamrei down and let Faith catch up to them. "I thought Gerudo's were good at riding horses."

"Yet again let me remind you I was only trained by them. I however am not one." Faith was now riding along side Link. "The best thing I can do is shoot a bow and arrow from the back of a horse. And shouldn't we watch to make sure nothing is in our path?"

"Horses could probably stomp a Stalfos or Stalchild flat in mere seconds."

"That's not what I mean. What if a fence blocks the way? How high can these horses jump?"

"If they're like Epona, they can jump plenty high enough." Link saw a small bit of fence and urged Llamrei towards it to prove his point. Llamrei cleared it with no trouble at all. "See I told you!"

When Faith saw Link and Llamrei jump the fence she rolled her eyes. There he went showing off again. However she was glad he was enjoying himself despite the fact that the horse he rode was not the one he used to ride. Once more Faith urged Dara to go faster. This time Dara did go faster. Faith Caught up to Link and passed him. She laughed as she did so and raced toward Lake Hylia.

Link laughed as well when Faith passed him. He urged Llamrei to run faster. It was going to be fun to race again. The last time he had raced on horse was when he won Epona. He'd had fun then so racing again was bound to be just as fun. "Is that the best you can do?" Link shouted catching up to Faith. He smiled at her as he pulled ahead of her.

"Faster Dara!" Faith shouted.

Link stayed ahead of Faith. When he saw the fence leading to Lake Hylia he turned to make sure Faith was still behind him. "Come on, we have to go over these fences!"

"Keep going then!" Faith said starting to catch up to Link. The two horses that Link and Faith rode on ended up leaping at the same time over both the two fences that blocked the way to Lake Hylia. Link and Faith passed from Hyrule Field to Lake Hylia.

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"This isn't right," Faith whispered. She had been told stories of a huge lake filled with pure and fresh water. What she saw before her was a giant hole in the round with random spots that held water. She had never seen Lake Hylia before and to see it like this seemed depressing to her. She jumped off of Dara and walked to the edge of the grassy area.

"I had a feeling that this would happen. It's because the temple has been taken over. It happened last time too," Link said walking up next to her. He had Llamprei's reins in his hand. "We should leave the horses here. When we come out the water level should return to normal. That happened last time as well." Link put his free hand on Faith's shoulder. "You were expecting something different weren't you?"

"I'd heard about this place before but I'd never been here. It just seems so wrong for there to be so little water."

"Come on, we still have to get over to the entrance." Link let go of Llamrei's reins and walked away from the horse.

"I'm coming." Faith followed Link to part of the lake that still had water in it.

Link pulled out him long shot and aimed for a target half way down in the water. The long shot pulled something free from the rocks. "We should be able to go in now." Link went deeper into the water and dived when he was in far enough.

Faith followed him know this was probably the only way into the temple. She just hoped that she could be more help in this temple than she was in the last.

Hope everyone liked the desperately short chapter. The next few chapters should be longer.