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Ocarina of Time: The Three Goddesses Reincarnated
Chapter Twenty-Five: Blue Fire
The tunnel went on for ten minutes, and by the time the trio reached an opening; Tessa's arm was almost completely covered in blood red ice. "I wish I was at the fire temple." Tessa muttered, as she waited for Link to make a decision as to which direction to head it. The opening only lead to more pathways, and this only frustrated Tessa more.
"You need to calm down…" Navi murmured to Tessa, who simply growled. Navi flew more towards Link now. "I'm serious, we need you to be as calm as you can be, and no sudden movements. We really don't need that ice to grow."
"At least it's the arm opposite from my heart…and not the one next to it. Then I'd be screwed." Tessa sighed, and Navi smiled slightly.
"That's the spirit! Don't worry, we'll find a cure for your arm…and for King Zora." Navi smiled. Link simply growled at the conversation and stomped off into a random corridor of ice. Tessa stuck her tongue out at his back, but followed none-the-less.
"Men." She muttered as she stomped off after him. Navi laid back for a moment to observe them.
"I swear…they fight like a married couple…" Navi stopped herself after that comment. "Oh…that's a scary thought…" She shook it off, and followed after the two.
Link finally came upon a room, with a door clearly on the other side of the room. Silver rupees were scattered all over the room, and even Link knew of their value, they were practically impossible to receive, they were worth about a hundred or so regular rupees each. "Jeez…I could buy the castle with all of this…" Link murmured, and then heard Tessa come up behind him.
"Well, what's the hold-up?" Tessa growled at him. Link shook his head and stepped forward, only to slip and fall with a sharp crack to his head. At the same time his foot had touched the ice, a spinning blade of ice appeared in the middle of the floor, and began to spin at a slow pace. Tessa screeched and pulled Link back with her good arm.
"Ah…thanks…" Link said, as an ice blade almost cut his foot. Tessa suddenly changed her expression from a look of fear to one of indifference.
"Eh, whatever." Tessa huffed, and looked in another direction. "How are we going to get across the room? Those blades are only spinning faster each second."
Link stood up, and looked for any way around the blades. They went clear to the wall on all sides, and it was lucky for them that they were at the entryway. He searched, and searched again, until he looked at the actual blades. They weren't too narrow…but they weren't exactly wide either. If he jumped just right…
Link took the chance, and jumped on top of one of the ice blades. Tessa screeched as she watched him slip and stumble, and was thrown from the blame into the cavern on the other side. Navi flew over to him quickly. "Oh…he doesn't expect me to do the same…does he?" Tessa gasped, but saw him get up and look in her direction. "Oh…he does…that bastard…"
Tessa took a few steps back, and watched the rhythm of the blades carefully. She took a deep breath, ran, and jumped. She barely landed on the edge of one of the blades. A curse escaped from her lips, but the ride was soon over as she was flung into the cavern as well, but a bit farther than Link. She landed on her frozen arm, and felt a freezing sensation in her side.
"Oww…" Tessa murmured. Link pulled her up and looked at the damage. Her side was beginning to freeze as well.
"We have to hurry and find a cure…but what could possibly cure this?" Link asked Navi.
"Well…fire always melts ice…"
"This isn't exactly normal ice, Navi." Link said. Tessa's breathing grew labored. "I think it's going inside her, it'll be at her lungs soon."
"A really hot fire maybe…" Navi said. "I really can't think of anything, unless you're willing to throw her into lava…"
"Absolutely not!" Tessa growled, and then coughed. Link grabbed her good hand, and dragged her along the cavern. A blue light was ahead of them, but it was faint. It took them a few minutes to reach the end of that tunnel, but when they did, they all stopped in awe.
The room was covered in crystal, not ice, and blue fire was at the other side of the room. Bats covered in ice flew about stiffly, but pointedly. Navi flew ahead to the blue fire. "Do you suppose it's the cure?"
Tessa looked at it, and smiled. "Blue flame…haha. Maybe."
"I've never seen a blue flame before." Link stated.
"I have." Tessa grinned slightly, though it was pained and she only coughed more violently. "Blue flame is the hottest part of the flame. I learned that in chemistry class…although…that's usually with a gaseous flame."(1) Tessa went into another hacking fit. "Oh shit…"
Link pulled her forward, and about halfway through the room something leapt on top of Link, and dug its claws into his back. Tessa fell to the floor, and her hacking continued. The wolfos on top of Link's back continued to claw into Link's back, until Link reached back and grabbed his sword. He swung it behind him to slash at the pure white wolfos, which howled in anger, and jumped off to recuperate momentarily. Link jumped to his feet, and the two opponents circled each other. The wolfos took a flying leap, and Link shoved his sword through its stomach. The wolfos' fur quickly became matted with blood, and with one last howl of agonizing pain, the wolfos died.
"Tessa!" Navi screeched. Link looked over, to see that her pupils had dilated, and that she had stopped breathing. "Oh my…she's dead!"
Link stared in disbelief, but went up to put two fingers to her pulse on her neck. There was none. He jerked away, and fell to the floor in disbelief.
"You've got to be kidding me…" Link stated. "She really is…she can't be…but she is…"
Navi flew over and stopped to sit on Link's head as she began to cry. "No…"
A moment of silence waved over the two. Tears sprung to life in Link's eyes, but they wouldn't fall, because he couldn't believe it. The girl who had accompanied him on his journey since he had woken up…the girl who had helped Malon to trudge on through life in her time of need…was…dead…
Ice covered Tessa more rapidly at this point, and soon she was covered completely. The blood-red color seemed to make Tessa look more haunted than natural, and a look of pain had encompassed her face.
The tears finally cascaded down Link's cheek. "No…please…no…"
Her family, her friends, Malon, Navi, himself would all be devastated at this news.
"Link…she's not dead…at least…not yet." A familiar voice said from behind Link. He whirled around to see Sheik, and wiped the tears from his face as quickly as he possibly could.
"How do I save her?" Link asked, and searched Sheik's blood-red eyes for an answer.
"Somehow, you'll have to get that blue fire over to her…but I haven't figured out a method how to do that…" Sheik murmured. Link stared at the blue fire, as he tried to think of a way to bring that fire over to Tessa. "You had better hurry, since she's not a water creature, this will kill her if she is left in this state for too long."
"How long do you say she has?" Navi asked.
"I honestly do not know…" Sheik said. Link stood up, and walked up to the flame. He stuck his hand inside of the flame, and realized that it was neither hot nor cold. It was just…there. He wasn't even wearing a fire tunic.
"Link…what about a bottle?" Navi suggested. Link looked at her for a moment, but then comprehended what she said, and brought out his travel sack from behind his shield. In it, he found a collection of bottles he usually reserved for healing potions. He held it upside down to catch the blue flame, and then capped it as fast as he could. As he drew the bottle away, he noticed the flame stayed in contact.
"What gave you the bottle idea, Navi?" Link asked as he walked over to Tessa's frozen form.
"I noticed that it was burning on its own…not off anything…so I figured that if it could do that, it could survive in a bottle."(2) Navi murmured. Link nodded in understanding. He tipped the bottle over Tessa's body, and opened it. The flames poured out and grew to encompass Tessa quickly. The ice melted at a moderate pace, and Tessa laid there for a few moments. She began to breathe, and opened her eyes.
"I feel like I just ate a whole gallon of ice cream in one gulp…" Tessa groaned, and grabbed her head. "Major brain freeze…"
"Thank the goddesses…" Navi sighed, and went over to lie on Tessa's shoulder, and gripped onto the fabric. "We thought you were dead!"
"Huh?" Tessa asked, and looked over to Link.
"Just thank Sheik." Link said, and looked over at the bandaged man. Tessa smiled, and thanked him quietly. "Now…I suppose there's something you're going to tell us?" Link asked of Sheik, who nodded.
"Actually, it's a gift for the next temple. It's a way to walk underwater, instead of float. However, a spell is needed to control it." Sheik said, and walked over to Tessa. "I'll give this spell to Tessa, since you have a lot more of a burden to bear than she does." He whispered it into Tessa's ear, and she nodded in concentration. "Did you get that?"
Tessa murmured it back, and Sheik nodded.
"Good." Sheik said. "I'll also give Link the melody to get to the area around where the Water Temple is…" Sheik took out his harp, and Link took out his Ocarina. Tessa took this opportunity to look around at the ice walls that surrounded the cavern. She went up really close to one, and then stumbled backwards. She then crawled towards what she saw, but couldn't look up. Instead, she looked at the floor beneath her, and had another heart attack.
"Navi!" Tessa hissed. Navi flew from her shoulder to look into her eyes. "Look closely at the ground beneath us."
Navi did, and gasped. Beneath them were hundreds of Zora, all considerably smaller than King Zora. "What kind of place…they all look to be sad…"
"This was probably Ganondorf's doing, but this will take more than blue fire to break through. We're going to have to destroy whatever evil is in the Water Temple…" Navi sighed. Tessa nodded in understanding, and that was when she realized that Sheik and Link had stopped playing their music. They were looking at her with concern.
"Are you all right, Tessa?" Link asked. Tessa nodded.
"Yeah…but I really want to destroy the evil in the water temple…for what they did to the Zora." Tessa murmured. Link looked confused, but Sheik stepped forward.
"When Ganondorf asked for the Zora to ally with him, they refused profusely, and so King Ganondorf punished them like this. They are all frozen in these walls, and this is why this cavern is here. Obviously Ganondorf couldn't do the same to King Zora, so he used blood ice to freeze him, and hid the cure with the frozen bodies of the Zora. The only way to release the rest of the race is to defeat the evil in the temple."
"Good job, Navi." Tessa murmured to the fairy.
"Now, grab some of that fire and unfreeze King Zora before you do anything else." Sheik commanded. "Oh…and Link…" Sheik turned pointedly to the Hero of Time. "Princess Ruto is in the Water Temple, and is trying to save her people herself. You might want to hurry."
Tessa waited on the platform while Link unleashed the blue fire on King Zora. The ice melted pretty slowly, so Link had enough time to walk down the stairway and head up the platform to talk to King Zora face to face. Tessa was just sitting there with her legs hanging over the ledge, whistling a bit.
"You seem to be in a better mood." Link commented. Tessa just shrugged.
"I guess." Tessa continued to whistle.
"Do all girls have mood swings like you do?" Link asked bluntly. Tessa shrugged, and continued to whistle.
"Link…you should just be happy that she isn't about to bite your head off." Navi commented. Link shrugged, and watched as the last of the ice disappeared from the gigantic king. King Zora let out a gigantic breath of air, and looked around.
"My goodness…who freed me?" The king said, and looked around more feverishly. Link cleared his throat, and got the king's attention. "Link?"
"Yes, I need to ask you what exactly happened, so that I can help free your people." Link stated clearly. The king nodded, and began to think. Tessa grew bored and hopped quietly off the platform. Link watched her briefly, but figured that she would just explore, and let her go without a word. Navi stayed with Link.
"Oh yes, Ganondorf came and asked for us to join him in his conquest of Hyrule, and I refused, I didn't want anything to do with that man, especially after what he did to Lord Jabu-Jabu seven years ago." King Zora started. "Ganondorf threatened us, and yet we were able to keep him out for almost seven years, and recently he was able to break through the barriers of Zora Domain. His warriors were able to overtake us, and then he froze them over in the cavern once he was able to take control of the water temple."
"What of Princess Ruto?"
"Ah, yes. Your fiancée." King Zora stated. "My subjects were able to smuggle her out to Lake Hylia before the attack. I don't know what she plans to do, but I'm sure our scientist friend is taking good care of her."
Tessa grew bored quickly as she walked the halls of the domain. There wasn't much there that could entertain her. She wandered for at least five minutes before she came upon some sort of storage area. She walked in, and saw materials that shops would keep in this type of area. "Huh…" Tessa murmured, and saw a pile of blue fabric. There were two types of blue tunics, one set for males, and one set for females. The letter on top of them was wrinkled, and wet, but still readable.
"For those who cannot breathe underwater." Tessa said. "Three different sizes each…these could be useful." She went through the pile until she saw a size she thought would fit Link, and found a small for herself.
"Tessa!" Link called as he went through the halls. "Where did you go?" He had been wandering for about ten minutes now, and he was beginning to be frustrated. "Navi, where did she go?"
"I don't know, I stayed with you." Navi shrugged.
"Sorry Link!" Tessa's voice came from behind Link. "I just found something that could probably help in the water temple." She was dressed in a blue girls' tunic, and was holding one out for him. "These help you breathe underwater…they might come in handy…"
"Where did you find those?" Link asked as he took it, and Tessa turned around so that he could change shirts without embarrassment.
"Well…in a storage basement of a shop." Tessa replied.
"Isn't that stealing?" Navi asked.
"…Mmmmaaayyyyyyyyybbbbbbeeeee…." Tessa said shiftily. Navi rolled her eyes and shook her head, and Link said that Tessa could turn around.
"Are you sure you should have taken it then, Tessa?" Link asked.
"Uh…yes…the way I figure it…we are saving their asses anyway. We might as well get two tunics in payment, right?" Tessa said, the grin on her face plainly said that she was hoping he would buy it. He sighed, and let his shoulders down.
"Well…whatever…" Link mumbled. Tessa let out a sigh of relief.
"Well…where are we headed?" Tessa asked. Link didn't reply, but simply took out his ocarina. Tessa took the hint to wrap her arms around his chest, and hold on tightly as he played a beautiful melody. The both of them were surrounded by beautiful blue sparkles, and then a blinding flash of light.
Then they were gone.
End of Chappie
(1) XD That brilliant insight was by Karaeborg! - It's true though, if you think about it.
(2) I got to thinking about this, and wouldn't capping the flame actually put the flame out, since it would cut off the oxygen needed for the flame to burn? Random thought, I know, but think about it! I have a candle that in order to put it out without blowing on it there is a cap you put over it to cut out the oxygen. It goes out like POOF! Very confuzzling.
Wowzers! I'm updating pretty quickly now :D I AM BOREDETH! YAY FOR ME!!! So, once again, happy holidays, today is Christmas Eve's eve. XD Love ya'll!