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Ocarina of Time: The Three Goddesses Reincarnated

Chapter Seven: Dante the Gravekeeper

"Nothing…is…happening." Tessa growled, slightly irritated. Tessa, Link, and Navi were sitting behind the former gravekeeper's grave, waiting for…anything. Navi was resting by Link's shoulder, who was sitting up, and Tessa had fallen back onto the grass, trying to keep her impatience to a minimum. That…and she was bored out of her mind.

"Maybe this wasn't such a good idea…" Navi sighed, also bored with the activities.

"Well…those rumors could lead to something. We should at least stay the entirety of the night." Link shrugged, and both Navi and Tessa sighed.

"If that's the case, I'm going to sleep." Tessa muttered as she closed her eyes.

"WHAT WAS THAT?" Navi screeched, and Tessa shot up, startled and irritated at the same time.

"I don't know what it was." Link murmured, leaning forward. Tessa blinked, and fell back once again to try and sleep.

"THERE IT WAS AGAIN!" Navi shouted, and started to flutter around wildly. Tessa, who had jumped up, was not happy. She decided to let it slide and tried once again to fall asleep.

"ACK! A GHOST!" Navi screeched and ducked inside Link's hat. Tessa had slowly risen by this time with her fists clenched. 'I am going to murder that fairy…' Tessa growled inside her head, before she looked up and saw something that made her freeze in fright.

A ghost floated in front of the trio, and smirked almost in a mocking way before descending down into the grave.

"L-L-L-L-Link…I th-think I'll g-g-go h-home n-n-n-n-n-now." Tessa stammered, scared shitless, and turned around to get the hell out of there, but Link's hand caught her shoulder.

"Please don't let me deal with this alone. You did say you would help." Link said, and Tessa twitched. He sounded so…weird just then. "I mean, you're not scared of ghosts, are you?"

Tessa momentarily forgot her fear, and she whirled on Link, her eyes flashed with anger. "I'M NOT SCARED!" Tessa shouted defiantly.

'I'm terrified.'

"So you'll come with me, right?" Link smirked, and Tessa marched over to the grave without answering. Tessa had been insulted…even though it was true…and she was furious about that. She was also stubborn to the bone, and she would just have to show Link that she wasn't scared! Even if it meant putting up a front and lying about it.

Tessa circled the grave a few times, got frustrated, and kicked the back of it. She almost screamed when the grave suddenly started to move below the ground. Navi started to fly around he sinking grave in an alarmed manner, her light flashed red at a high frequency.

Finally, the grave stopped moving, however it was deep into the grave and not seen by the trio. The three peered into it uncertainly.

"Eh…now what?" Tessa asked, looking at Link. Link shrugged and jumped into the grave, Navi following after him. Tessa's eyes bugged out of her skull, and she waited a few more moments.

"The way's clear!" Link's voice shouted up, and Tessa sucked up a breath before she dove into the hole. She screamed about halfway down, but landed in someone's arms. She blinked, surprised, and almost blushed when she found out it was Link. He gently set her down, and Tessa brushed off anything that might have clung to her during the fall.

"So, you decided to follow me, eh?" A voice cackled from behind them. Link was the first to turn around, followed by a highly spooked Tessa. What was it about ghosts that just scared her senseless?

"Why are you still lingering in our world?" Link asked, highly curious. The Great Deku Tree had told him and the other kokiri(1) about ghosts, but he had never seen one in person. He was fascinated, and couldn't understand why Tessa was frightened.

"I need to give something to someone worthy!" The ghost seemed to taunt Link. "I can't rightfully leave without it put into the proper hands."

"What would that item happen to be?" Link asked, eyeing the gravekeeper. Maybe he had found it after all, the item he had been looking for.

"Can you keep a secret?" The ghost taunted. Tessa blinked. This ghost seemed nice…just…weird. Completely different from the different movies and stories she'd seen. Link gave a curt nod to the ghosts inquiry, and the ghost cracked into a huge grin. "Well so can I!" The ghost cackled again. Tessa's lip twitched, and Link looked highly irritated.

Suddenly, the ghost flew up into Link's face, an excited grin on his face. "I don't believe I introduced myself! I am Dante the Gravekeeper!" Link blinked, surprised at his quick movement. Tessa jumped back a few feet, startled out of her wits.

Dante laughed. "I like you kids. I'll tell you what, beat a certain time in a race, and I'll give you the item." Link didn't even stop to think, before he nodded. "However, both of you need to come and beat the race. You can't get out of my grave otherwise!" Dante started laughing and started to float quickly down the depths of the grave. "Follow me!"

Link grabbed Tessa's wrist and started to pull her along. "Come on!" Link shouted, and Tessa was finally able to get her legs moving. Link sensed this and let go, both of them dashed after the form of Dante. They didn't even go too far until he started shooting fireballs at them. They weren't too quick, and both of them were able to dodge out of the way, but if they weren't careful, or paying attention, they would get burned. They ran through many pathways, turning left and right and dodging many obstacles. Tessa was starting to breathe heavily. She had missed out on a lot of her sporting exercises and she started to feel the effect of it, especially with her loss of breath.

A door shut behind them, and Link had to stop abruptly before he ran over the cliff. Tessa almost ran into him, but when she saw the dark depths that lay before them, she immediately started backing up again, only to hit the wall behind her. "Holy guacamole…" Tessa gasped, her eyes were wide. "That…is a very long fall."

"Yeah…" Navi murmured. Link suddenly shook his head and started to bolt up what was a spiraling staircase. Tessa and Navi looked at each other before bolting after him. They had to dodge fireballs the whole way there, but they didn't succeed one-hundred percent of the time. Tessa was sure she was going to need to go to a hospital after this experience.

Right ahead of them the door began to close. If they couldn't make it there in time…they'd be stranded! Tessa forgot her fatigue and suddenly pumped all she had into the energy she needed to make the door. Link was on the same track, as he did the same as Tessa with Navi who had clung onto the tip of his hat. The door was almost shut.

Suddenly, the two of them dropped and slid below the closing door, just barely making the time needed. 'I felt like I was running for home base!' Tessa thought, her heart pounding. Link looked up and narrowed his eyes at the laughing Dante above the two.

"My that was entertaining! I've never seen a move like that before!" Dante laughed some more. Link's eyebrow twitched a few times. "You two kids have some spunk!" Link's eyebrow twitched yet again, he was starting to get impatient. "I believe the two of you will have some fun with my treasure! Here you go!" Dante suddenly disappeared, and something dropped on Link's head.

"OW!" He shouted, and rubbed his head. Tessa blinked and picked up the treasure. She wasn't entirely what it was, but it looked like some sort of tool. It was short and thick and made of metal, and purple in color. There was what looked an arrow sticking up towards one side, and a handle towards the other. How could it be used in a battle situation?

Link watched her inspect the item. She pointed the arrow towards the ceiling as she inspected the rest of it. Then, she noticed a button. Being curious, she pressed it. The arrow shot out of the main part and was still attached by a long chain that seemed to grow, until it jammed itself into the wooden top of the grave, and started to pull her up quickly.

"AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!" Tessa screamed as loudly as her lungs allowed her, until she felt herself stop abruptly. She was dangling by the handle of the item. "Oh…it's a hook shot…" Tessa grumbled. "Never thought I'd ever see one of these…"

"Are you alright?" Link shouted up after Tessa, who looked down to answer. Her eyes widened when she saw just how high up she was.

"Y-Yeah…" Tessa gulped. Navi flew up to Tessa.

"We need to get that out of the wood…" Navi murmured, and started inspecting the area around the hook shot. It took her less than a minute, but Tessa was getting desperate. Her arms couldn't hold on any longer! She wasn't sure entirely of what was supposed to go on here…but she realized that no matter what, she was going to drop.

Then Navi pushed the arrowhead of the hook shot, and it came loose. Tessa felt herself falling, and she promptly started screaming again, until she landed on something that was not the ground. She opened her eyes slowly, and saw a pair of blue ones staring at her. She blushed and jumped out of Link's arms, with the hook shot still in her hand.

"Eh…well…" Tessa looked at the hook shot before tossing it to Link. "Here you go!"

Link looked at the hookshot with relief in his eyes. 'This may be the key to getting to the Forest Temple…'

End of Chappie

(1) Link doesn't know that he's not a Kokiri yet

Haha, It's been a little bit. Sorry, I've been busy but I think this chapter is longer than the others so far! At least, I would like to hope. Heh. Well, whatcha think?