Awakening of the Earth

Leon here. What's up people? I don't own Zelda and I wrote this intro after the chapter and since the chapter is so good I won't stall you with this chit chat. Enjoy!

"huh….huh…Raiku…next time…I'll lead the group!" was all Leon managed to say out of breath.

Joe and rick, finishing each other's sentences continued to reprimand Raiku.

"Yeah, because of you…"

"…we almost got killed by that…"

"…minotaur I think…"

"…more like a troll…"

"…Whatever. Point is we had to run through this forest for almost eight hours finding the meadow with wolves and giants (he's talking bout the troll)…"

"…chasing us around."

"Stop that! I want to say it!"

"No, you stop!"

"Grrrr…"

"Grrr…."

Leon smacked their heads together, making an echoing thunk all around. "Would ya knuckleheads stop it! We finally made it, so let's go in!"

"Yeah, you knuckleheads!" added Raiku, thinking he was off the hook. "Hey, wait…the temple's entrance…it's broken!"

"So?" responded Leon, like if the twelve feet height of the entrance was climbable. Obviously, it was not, so why was he so calm?

"Leon, what do you mean 'So?' Howe are we supposed to get in…oh no, why are you looking at me like that?" A thought flashed in Raiku's head, the painful thought that he did not want.

Leon was grinning as he stared at Raiku. "You know"

Raiku started to panic. "No,no,no! I will not lift you guys!"

"Thanks for volunteering." Raiku was stupefied ast how he had been played. Seeing no use in retaliation, he decided to give up.

"Say what?! Huh…it's no use, is there?"

"Nope! Everyone, on Raiku's back…"

With tears of regret on his face, Raiku lifted rick and joe with Leon's help. They then helped Aerith up and finally it was Leon's turn. With a gulp, Raiku closed his eyes and as soon as he felt Leon's weight on his shoulders pushed him up. Once Leon was at the top he was going to thank Raiku, but unfortunately for him, he was unconscious.

"Heh…Poor Boy…Though I should have thrown my incredibly heavy sword before he lifted me…ah well. Guys, let's go!"

"All right!"

"Yay! Temple Raiding time!"

"Um…Okay…"

All four headed in to the temple.

Once they passed the Majestic doors of the forest temple, they were able to see it in ruins. The four torches that long ago had been lit were now shattered in the floor. The elevator chamber was nowhere to be found. All the doors, including the one they just used, disappeared the moment all four had entered the room. Rubble surrounded them.

"What the hell?!" Raiku was spooked when the doors disappeared.

"you guys…I'm scared."

"Hey, Aerith, there's no reason te be scared. So what if a few doors disappeared. If there's no doors, then we'll just make some."

"Make some, Leon?" As she asked him, she saw him clench his fists and with a smirk on his face laughed softly.

"Heh, heh…of course!"

"What do you…Oh! Ok, I guess I feel better…"

"See? No reason to worry…"

At that exact moment, the whole temple started to quake in tremors. All of the rubble that lay in the floor was lifted by the great movements of the earth. The shattered torches flew into the air and reassembled. They fell to the ground, precisely where they had once been and lit up, not the colors of the poe sisters, but an intense black.

"Now can I be scared?" asked Aerith. "uh…n…no….yeah…"

As Aerith started to scream, Rick and Joe ran around in circles.

"We're gonna die!!!!!1 Ahhhhhhhh!!!!!"

"You idiots! Keep running like that and you really will die!"

The ground suddenly stopped its trembling.

"Now what?"

As if answering Leon's question, the temple's main and biggest chamber started to fall at great speed. Such speed that all four were stuck to the ceiling. After what seemed like an hour or two. The temple had a sudden stop, crashing Leon and Joe painfully on the ground, and tossing Aerith and Rick onto their backs. Of course Aerith and Rick felt no pain, but Leon's and Joe's spine sure felt it.

"Yeeouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuccccccchhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!! Rick get the hell off me, man!! You weigh a ton!!!"

"Hey! I weigh the same as you! We're twsins remember?"

"Shut up!"

"Hey, Leon, you okay? Thanks for breaking my fall."

"Yeah I'm okay. Lucky for me, it wasn't Rick who fell on top of me. How about you? You okay?"

"Yeah. What was that?"

"I don't know but I'm starting to think Din is trying to kill us, sending us to this deathchamber. Hey you two! You guys ok?"

"Guess so…"

"Everything 'cept I feel a pain in my back."

"Good."

Joe's eyes flared. "Wjhat do you mean good about my back?!"

"I didn't mean that. I meant none of you are dead…yet."

Rick's eyes grew. "Uh…yet?"

"Well, we're not still out of this. Let's try to find an exit."

"Guardians…" Echoed the familiar voice.

"Din!" Exclaimed the twins. "You're back, baby! I knew you wouldn't forget us!"

"uh…sure… Listen to me…"

"Anytime baby"

"Stop that! Listen the only way to get out of here is if the chosen guardian proves his worth…"

"Uh...problem. Link isn't here…"

"I'm not talking about Link. The temple was crashed down here, to the realm of the spirits, deep within the earth because one of you is the heir to the Earth element. It is he who must face off with the current guardian and once he proves his worth, the exit will be revealed."

"Got it!" spoke Joe. "Of course, I'm the chosen one, so what do I do?"

"If you think you are the chosen one, go to the altar in the middle of the room. Hopefully you'll get killed."

"Hey!"

"That's for calling me baby…"

Leon questioned this. "Altar? Minutes ago it was an empty hole."

"Look Again."

"Whoa!!!" Where the whole had once been, a small shrine had appeared. It kept glowing a green glow. The center of the Altar had an opening and in the opening, a ring. The golden ring was embedded with an emerald that shone just as bright as the rest of the shrine.

As Joe approached the small shrine, a shadowy beast began to surround him. As soon as he touched the granite shrine, he was pushed back about twenty feet, right back where they had started. The shadow spoke with a solemn and deep manly tone.

"Only he who can command the earth will be allowed through! This is your first and only warning; come again and your corpse will become part of this decrepit old place."

When he finished speaking, he shot a green blast at Joe. Joe fell back fomr the intensity of the blow and when he woke up he was shivering in fear. It was almost like a hand was passing thourgh his body, immobilizing him, and when his brother tried to touch him, Joe punched him and huddled up, as if he was afraid of his own flesh and blood, his own brother.

Leon was outraged "What have you done to him?!"

"I have punished he who was not worthy. I shall release my curse on him as soon as one of you proves his worth."

"Grrr.. Rick, Aerith, look after Joe. I'm killing this beast!"

Just one thought raced through Leon's mind. "I will free my friend!!!!!!!!!!"

As he dashed to the altar, Aerith and Rick were helpless as they saw the shrine sink even further down, taking with it Leon and the Shadow.

"Leeeoooooooooooooooooooonnnn!!!"

"Dude, come back!"

"Leon…"

Whoo well I'm done for now. What's next, you ask? You'll know soon enough…