Here I was, inside the Sealed Temple at last. I hadn't known what to expect and to my surprise, seeing an old woman wasn't that astounding to me.

"Come here, Zelda," she said with a kindly voice. She must have been able to see my confusion on my face because she said, "Even in male clothing, I can still feel your spirit."

"Has Link passed through here?" I asked worriedly.

"The Hero has passed this way, though it seems you are safe," mused the old woman. "Something must have happened in the Silent Realm."

"What do you mean?"

"It was you who should have fallen to The Surface. Link should have followed you and been the Hero that the goddess has chosen. However, something must have happened in the Silent Realm long ago, so the goddess switched your rolls. I do not entirely have insight on this but I told Link that he should go to Skyview Temple and wait for you there."

"Thank you," I said to her and bowed.

I walked briskly to the door that the old woman had said would take me to Faron Woods. I exited the Sealed Temple and found myself in a lush forest. As I walked deeper into Faron Woods, I noticed many evil creatures lurking about. I didn't want to fight every creature I came past, so I decided to sneak around as many as I could. I didn't run into any problems until I was in sight of Skyview Temple. A large red creature appeared out of nowhere and I stepped back in surprise. It was a wooden shield Moblin and loomed over me by at least five feet. To say I felt miniscule was an understatement.

It didn't wait for me to stance myself correctly and tried to barrel me down. I quickly sidestepped and it charged passed me harmlessly. It turned toward me again but this time I was ready. With the Goddess Sword, I hacked at its dingy wooden shield. It splintered and fell to the ground in pieces. It grew angry and tried to stab me with its spear. I stepped back and before it could try to stab me again, I sliced at its belly a few times. Its health depleted from it and it collapsed at my feet. I stepped over it and set my gaze on the door of Skyview Temple.

I reached the door and noticed red crystals on top of the doorway. I unsheathed my sword, held it up to the sky, and released the energy within it at the crystals. At first, I thought it didn't do anything, but ever so slowly, the door began to open. I looked inside and all I saw was blackness. I took a deep breath and entered.

As my eyes grew accustomed to the darkness, I noticed light ahead. I entered another corridor and the walls were lit with torches. As I looked down the corridor, I noticed a few Chuchu's and Keese roaming around. They weren't frightening enemies but they were an annoyance. I hadn't sheathed my sword yet and I decided wielding it would be the best thing I could do. I didn't know if something would come out from the darkness unexpectedly.

I cut my way through the corridor and entered a large room. In the middle was a large dome-shaped structure. There was a door and I tried to open it but found it was tightly locked.

So much for an easy access door, I thought with exasperation. As I thought this, I heard a jingling sound from across the room. I turned and beheld a Skulltula, a giant spider, hanging by a thread way up high. I approached it and its beady eyes looked at me as it came quickly down to try and grab me. I moved to where it could not reach me and moved to its exposed underbelly. With a grunt, I jumped and stabbed it hard. It squealed and fell to the ground, underbelly facing up. Without hesitating, I walked over and jammed my sword downwards. It lay still and its legs shriveled as its life depleted from it. Seeing that it was dead, I picked up the keys it had.

I ran over to the locked door. I tried a few keys and on my third try, I heard the door's lock click open. I shoved open the door and as I stepped inside, the door shut behind me.

I suppose heroes don't get rest, do they? Apparently, Heroines don't either, I thought to myself, trying to ease my nerves and aching arm.

Two Stalfos, undead skeletons, were guarding a chest. I wondered what was in it but decided the Stalfos needed to be dealt with first. They looked at me with hallow eyes and took their weapons in hand. As I closed the distance between us, they both swung their massive sword at me. I raised my arm and their swords clanged hard against my shield. Stunned by the jolt it created, the Stalfos were vulnerable. I swung my sword at both their midsections and they toppled the ground. Their head snapped their teeth at me and jumped to bite me. I slashed downwards at them until they lay still. Having made sure that they would not reform, I walked to the chest and opened it.

Inside was an emerald and gold Beetle. Fi appeared and informed me that this item could help me with hitting faraway objects and scouting ahead. I hoped that whatever was ahead wouldn't be as hard as fighting the Stalfos. Little did I realize at the time that the Stalfos would be the easiest boss I would come across.

I headed out of the room and spotted an odd looking window high above a locked door. I decided that it would be a good time to use the Beetle. I launched it and directed it inside the window. As it went further in, I saw red crystals like I had on top of the Temple's door. I aimed the Beetle at it and as it collided, I heard the door unlock. The Beetle secure, I lifted the door and walked through it. I noticed that there was water on the ground and that above me was another floor. I sought the source of the water and turned it on. I sheathed my sword and swam up to the second floor. There before me was a heavily secured golden door. I stared at it for a moment and I thought I felt Link on the other side. I touched the door gently in wistfulness. If only finding the key would be a simple task!

Looking around, I didn't see any place to find one. For a moment, I stared unseeingly out at the place before me. My eyes then latched onto vines growing on the wall. They seemed too thick to have grown naturally. I grabbed the vines with both my hands and put all my weight on them, testing their strength. The vines held and with one hand in front of the other, I began to climb. My arms burning and beginning to grow weak, I finally reached a top ledge and pulled myself onto it. Gasping for breath, I lay there for a second. My hand rested on the hilt of my sword just in case something passed by me. Rested, I stood up and found myself in a small room. Three eyes watched my every move as I crossed over to them. They closed their eyes as I drew closer and looked into the barred area of the room. There was a large chest and I wondered where the creature was that guarded it. Just as I wondered that, I heard a large thud behind me. I turned and to my horror, there was a Staldra, a three headed monster. It lunged at me and I tried raising my shield but I wasn't fast enough. One of its razor sharp teeth grazed my shoulder. I cried out in pain and stumbled backward. As it came in for another lunge, I ignored the pain in my shoulder and slashed at all three of its heads at once. Without a sound, their heads rolled off and it collapsed in a heap, its evil heart no longer beating.

I looked at my wound and pressed my hand against it to make it stop bleeding. Reaching into the bag I carried, I brought out a bandage and wrapped it around my shoulder and in between my arm. Having taken care of my wound and trying not to grumble about it, I looked at the eyes once again.

Maybe if I confuse the eyes all at once, they'll stop guarding the barred area, I suggested to myself.

With a shrug, and wincing afterwards from the pain the shrug brought from my wound, I pointed my sword at the eyes. They were entranced by it and all the eyes could not take their eyes off it. I moved my sword in circles. The eyes soon began to grow dizzy and stopped guarding the area. The bars disappeared and I walked through feeling satisfied with myself. I opened the chest and took out the key to the golden door. It looked like an odd shaped cube. I tucked it into my bag and climbed down the vines. Putting the key into the golden door was difficult. It only had one way of fitting in correctly and after a few failed attempts, I put it in correctly.

The door slid open after a moment. I couldn't see what was inside and stepped cautiously into the room. With a loud thud, the door closed behind me. I turned, wide eyed at my only escape route.

Well, that was the smartest move you've made all day! I sarcastically said to myself.

I turned back around and stepped toward the other side of the room, hoping for another door.

"Hold on there!" came a menacing voice.

Bewildered, I looked around for where the voice had come from.

"Here, you mewling hero," said the voice as its speaker stepped into the light in front of me.

I stood my ground but looked in awe at the person in front of me. He had black eyes that had purple shadows underneath them. His white hair was cut short on one side and fanned out on the other. He wore a tight fitting outfit that had diamonds cut out of the fabric, showing his chest and legs. He also wore a gold bracelet on his upper arm.

"I have been watching you, Hero," he said, annunciating hero as if it tasted bad in his mouth. He continued on, not bothering to wait for a reply from me, "I quite apologize for not introducing myself. It was rude of me. You see, I've been busy trying to capture an annoying boy named Link. He is quite hard to find."

I interjected with, "You sure do know how to talk a knight's ear off, don't you?"

He clucked his tongue, "My, my, my. Such fire, such spirit. No wonder this goddess of yours picked you."

"And who picked you?" I countered back.

He stiffened, trying to remain aloft and simply said, "Hero, if you must know, I was chosen by Demise the Master of Demons."

"Chosen or forced?" I questioned back.

"Enough!" he roared and more calmly said, "It is time I dealt with you. Such a pity I have to destroy you."

"Such a pity I don't even know my murderers name."

"Why, it's Ghirahim. At your service. Well, at the service of destroying you," he smirked and laughed.

"We'll see about that," I said back and unsheathed the Goddess Sword.

Ghirahim chuckled and as I thrust my sword at him, he knocked it easily away with his hand.

"You'll have to try harder than that, Hero," he said, toying with me.

"This is why I prefer fighting Stalfos," I said back. "At least they shut up."

He rolled his deep black eyes at me and whipped his hair out of his eyes. He raised his hand again but I attacked from his other side. I grazed his upper arm and purple blood seeped out.

He stumbled backward and snarled at me, "Fine. You want to play rough, I'll play rough."

Out of what seemed thin air, Ghirahim acquired a sword. It glinted in the light from the room. He dashed toward me with his sword out before him. I raised my shield and deflected his blow. It jarred my arm and I winced in pain. I held my ground and he backed off, looking for a weak point. This time I attacked him and he caught my sword with his. On we fought and it felt like we would be in combat until hell froze over. Then Ghirahim did something unexpected, he stopped fighting.

Wary of another trick up his sleeve, I held myself in attack position. He looked at me oddly and suddenly I noticed that my cap was on the floor. My hair was still tightly in a bun but he knew at once that I was female.

"So," he said amused. "A Heroine was sent by your goddess. How interesting."

He circled me and I followed his every move.

"This does change things up a bit," he purred happily.

"Well, I suppose you're not going to kill me now since all of a sudden you turned into a gentleman," I sarcastically remarked.

"A Heroine of sass," he remarked to himself and then directed his thoughts to me, "Though I am outwardly evil, I do hold some form of chivalry. However, I do realize that if I don't kill you, you're going to help that boy Link."

"Well, then why work for Demise? If you want to rule The Surface, you could potentially do that without resurrecting Demise. The creatures here would even like you if you weren't evil. You do have a good sense of humor," I admitted to him, not knowing why I said it.

"A Heroine that tries to talk good into an evil humanoid," he pondered to himself. "I am intrigued."

Ghirahim suddenly looked at the closed door and closed his eyes briefly in annoyance. He looked at me again and said, "Oh how lovely, that boy has escaped my grasp and is no longer here. What am I to do with you, deary?"

"How about not killing me and letting me go?" I said, not believing he would do that.

"That is tempting," he admitted.

"Or even better," I replied, hamming it up. "You come with me and cut off the hold Demise has over you."

"I just may, Heroine," he said, this time Heroine coming out of his mouth softly. "I just may."