p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 135.75pt;"strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"Chapter 6 /strongHow Do You Spell Backfired? (With Letters)/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 135.75pt;""Bye Grandma!" Link rushed out the door and hurried to the forest. Today was the day he and Sheik were going to purify the Forest Temple. Well, he was going to purify the Forest Temple. Sheik had been researching the temple and had found a way in./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 135.75pt;"The two met at the edge of the forest. "Ready?" Sheik asked him./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 135.75pt;""No. Let's go." Link entered the forest, Sheik following close behind. The two stopped in front of the ruins of the mansion. "Am I gonna be safe in there? It got condemned last year and even when the high school used it as a haunted house it was really sketchy being in there."/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 135.75pt;""It's really sketchy because it's haunted by the Poe sisters." Sheik said. "It got condemned because the stairs collapsed last year, they didn't want anyone being able to sue because they were being stupid trying to get in."/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 135.75pt;""Like we're about to be?" Link raised an eye brow. Sheik grinned in return./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 135.75pt;""The Poe sisters were quite clever in their time." The ghost said. "They were skilled in illusions, but illness took the third sister Beth and the other three were never the same."/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 135.75pt;"Sheik nodded. "They were a wealthy family in the area and their father went off to fight in one of the civil wars. Their money ran out and they began to perform magic for pay. They weren't naturally skilled though and made deals with a demon. This took a toll on their mind and the magic began to twist them. Eventually Beth fell ill and died and the other three followed soon after. Their father never made it home from the war. During the era of the Hero of Time this was supposedly the Forest Temple."/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 135.75pt;""You know your history." The ghost complimented./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 135.75pt;""Thank you." Sheik ruffled around in his back pack. "So the Hero of Time entered the temple using something called a hookshot. It was a spring loaded tool but no one's quite sure how to recreate it. So, we're gonna go with an even older method." He pulled out a length of rope with a hook at the end. "Grappling hook!"/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 135.75pt;"Link resisted the urge to roll his eyes. "Did you build that yourself?"/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 135.75pt;""Yup." Sheik held the grappling hook out. With a sigh Link took the contraption./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 135.75pt;""If I die because of this thing just know you'll be the reason why Hyrule falls to ruin." Link swung the grappling hook./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 135.75pt;""Far enough." Sheik shrugged. "But you're not gonna die from this fall."/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 135.75pt;"Link let the hook fly and it wrapped around a stone pillar. He gave an experimental tug and sighed. "Oh I hope this holds…" With a grunt Link began to climb the rope. His heart raced as he thought of a million ways he could fall. The stone could crack, the hook could give out, oh… He was at the top already…/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 135.75pt;""Alright!" Sheik punched the air in triumph. "I'll be right there."/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 135.75pt;""Sheik I don't know if that's a good idea."/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 135.75pt;""What?!" His face fell. "Why not?"/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 135.75pt;""If you get hurt-"/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 135.75pt;""Link I know what I'm getting into." Sheik began to climb the rope. "You're forgetting who's teaching you how to fight."/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 135.75pt;""A ghost has been teaching me." Link crossed his arms./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 135.75pt;""Your friend might be of valuable assistance." The ghost mused./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 135.75pt;""What?! I thought I had to go this alone!" Link countered. "You said that yourself!"/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 135.75pt;""You alone can purify the temples and bring back magic." The ghost agreed. "But your friend is offering his assistance and he is capable. As long as he is willing to help you should use that help." Link chewed on his lower lip. By that time Sheik had reached the top and unhooked the grappling hook./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 135.75pt;""Let's go." Sheik slung the rope over his shoulder and entered the mansion. With a sigh Link followed. The two crossed the interior courtyard and entered the main room of the mansion. Link surveyed the room, it was large and dark save for four torches around a hollow pillar in the center of the room. The two exchanged a glance and walked toward the torches. Suddenly a dark cackling filled the room. Four poes appeared and stole the flames from the torches and the disappeared as quickly as they came. The hollow pillar sank into the floor./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 135.75pt;""I don't suppose you have some matches?" Link tried./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 135.75pt;""I do but I doubt that'll work." Sheik chuckled. "Do we want to split up or stay together?"/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 135.75pt;""Have you never seen a horror film? We are sticking together man!" Link's eyes widened./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 135.75pt;""Aren't you supposed to be the bearer of courage?" Sheik laughed./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 135.75pt;""Shaddup." Link rolled his eyes./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 135.75pt;""Until you prove yourself to Farore you will not receive her blessing." The ghost said./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 135.75pt;""Thanks ghost!" Link was seething. "Pick a door metal mouth."/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 135.75pt;"Sheik was busy laying on the ground laughing. "I'm about to join the Poe sisters in the afterlife. That was the sickest burn I've ever heard."/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 135.75pt;""I did not burn him I merely stated a truthful fact." The ghost furrowed his brow./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 135.75pt;""I'm going forward." Link huffed. Wasn't he Farore's chosen hero? Didn't he just naturally have her blessing? Whatever the ghost had embarrassed him and Sheik was laughing at him. He'd prove to Farore that he was deserving of her blessing. He entered another hall to find a floating skull surrounded by blue clouds./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 135.75pt;""Don't touch that." Sheik said./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 135.75pt;""I wasn't planning on it…" Link drew his sword./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 135.75pt;""No!" Sheik grabbed Link's arm. "You can't touch it with your sword either. You've gotta stop the blue stuff from surrounding it."/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 135.75pt;""Okay how do I do that?" Link sighed. Sheik shrugged. Link rolled his eyes and sheathed his sword. He watched the bubble bounce around the hall. "Now!" He darted down the hall, Sheik following close behind. The bubble brushed close to Link's right shoulder. An icy cold gripped his right side. He threw open the door with his left hand and closed it as soon as Sheik had passed the door way. "Yeaow!" He clutched his shoulder and leaned against the wall, sinking to the ground. "That hurt! It barely touched me!?"/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 135.75pt;""Link!" Sheik pointed to the center of the room. Two skeletal warriors appeared. The skeletons quickly approached the two boys, swinging their swords down. Sheik dove to the left while Link rolled right. Link scrambled to his feet and dropped his bag. He drew his sword and eyed the skeletons. He swung at one only to be blocked by the skeleton's sword. The impact reverbed through his whole body. "Link close your eyes!" Link backed against the wall and closed his eyes. There was a flash of light. Link opened his eyes to see the skeletons frozen. "Quick!"/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 135.75pt;"Link swung at one of the skeletons spines, breaking it in half. The skeleton faded into smoke. The other skeleton had unfroze and swung at Link, cutting across his back. He cried out and fell to the ground, his sword clattering on the ground./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 135.75pt;""Link!" Sheik dove forward and grabbed Link's sword. He turned quickly and blocked the attack from the skeleton. Sheik pushed the skeleton off and jabbed at its spine, severing it in half. The skeleton disappeared much like the first had. Sheik dropped to Link's side. "Link!? Link!" He couldn't tell how deep the cut was. "Link stay awake!" His head whipped around looking for the ghost. "Where are you!?" He shouted. "Ghost guy where are you!?"/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 135.75pt;""Here." The ghost floated through the door. "I couldn't enter the room until it was cleared."/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 135.75pt;""Link's hurt! What do we do?" Sheik's was panicking. What…. What happened if the hero died? Would evil rule the land? Was Hyrule going to be cast into darkness?/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 135.75pt;""There's a fairy fountain nearby. In the hedge maze we passed. There should be a container in his bag." The ghost floated in front of style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /span"Link stay awake. You'll be okay." Sheik rummaged through Link's nag and found his water bottle./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 135.75pt;""This work?" He held the bottle up. The ghost nodded. Sheik dumped the water out and darted out of the room./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 135.75pt;""This is my fault I should have prepared you better." The ghost said. "I thought that monsters couldn't be here since I purified this place last. Link groaned./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 135.75pt;""Huuurrts." The ghost grimaced. "Sl-sleepy."/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 135.75pt;""If you sleep now you will never awake. Darkness will consume this land and she will die."/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 135.75pt;""N-no." He groaned. He pressed his palms to the ground and pushed. His arms shook under his weight, but he managed to push himself up. "Not today." His breathing was heavy. "Not dying today." Link swore he saw the ghost smile./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 135.75pt;""Good."/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 135.75pt;"Sheik returned panting and clutching Link's water bottle. As soon as he entered the room he opened the bottle. A pink orb flew out of the bottle and towards Link. Instantly he felt relief as the fairy worked her magic. "Better?"/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 135.75pt;""Yeah…" Link leaned against the wall. How close had he come to dying? Was this going to become a normal part of his life?/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 135.75pt;""Why couldn't you come in the room earlier?" Sheik asked the old hero./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 135.75pt;""There was a barrier. Perhaps something to stop the dead from entering or leaving."/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 135.75pt;""Okay but those skeletons?" Link asked. "They were just there?"/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 135.75pt;""Stalfoes." Sheik corrected. "But they must have been in the room before."/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 135.75pt;""Is this part of the quest?" Link raised an eyebrow. "Do I have to help the dead move on?"/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 135.75pt;""I don't know." The ghost said. "You're the first hero to be accompanied by another."/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 135.75pt;""We should go home Link." Sheik said. "Regroup, come up with a strategy. Maybe train."/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 135.75pt;""What? But we're already here?" Link frowned. "We should keep going."/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 135.75pt;""I'm pretty sure you nearly died…" Sheik pointed out. "We thought the temple would be mostly empty but it's not. We didn't expect monsters and ghosts."/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 135.75pt;""This place was haunted before we got here." Link countered. "It was a haunted house."/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 135.75pt;""The absence of people have allowed the monsters to retake this place." The ghost said./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 135.75pt;""Link let's go home. I'll look through some of my aunt's books and see if I can find anything. You should spend some time learning how to use your sword." Sheik grabbed Link's bag./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 135.75pt;""I put the pointy end in the bad guy what else is there to learn?" Link was being sarcastic, but the ghost didn't seem to catch on./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 135.75pt;""A sword wields no strength unless the hand that holds it has courage." The ghost chided. Link sighed. Maybe it was for the best./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 135.75pt;""Fine. We'll come back later." Link conceded. Sheik held out his hand and pulled Link to his feet. The two walked out of the temple with Link leaning on Sheik./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 135.75pt;""You'll need a red potion and plenty of bed rest." The ghost said./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 135.75pt;"Link raised an eye brow. "Red potion?"/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 135.75pt;""Pain killers. Take some pain killers and get some sleep." Sheik said. "Your place or mine?"/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 135.75pt;""Your place." Link felt exhausted. His back hurt and he felt like it would split open at any moment. "I wanna sleep, not worry Grandma."/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 135.75pt;"_br /emOkay its only been less than a year. I don't have internet at my new place so I haven't been able to up date. I've got stuff written, but no consistent way to upload. So I'm sorry that it's taking so long to update. I do have a plan and a flexible outline for this story and I will post a chapter every chance I get, but I have no internet and I am getting married later this year AND making cosplays for friends./em/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 135.75pt;"emI also finally got breath of the wild, though that content isn't planned until much later in the story. It's such a pretty game holy smokes.../em/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 135.75pt;"emIf you really want me to update faster ya gotta review. You can also check out my Zelda tumblr chosen-zero-of-the-goddess where I occasionally post cosplay photos, my art, and some writing snippets, but mostly gush about the AMAZING fan art I come across./em/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 135.75pt;""Bye Grandma!" Link rushed out the door and hurried to the forest. Today was the day he and Sheik were going to purify the Forest Temple. Well, he was going to purify the Forest Temple. Sheik had been researching the temple and had found a way in./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 135.75pt;"The two met at the edge of the forest. "Ready?" Sheik asked him./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 135.75pt;""No. Let's go." Link entered the forest, Sheik following close behind. The two stopped in front of the ruins of the mansion. "Am I gonna be safe in there? It got condemned last year and even when the high school used it as a haunted house it was really sketchy being in there."/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 135.75pt;""It's really sketchy because it's haunted by the Poe sisters." Sheik said. "It got condemned because the stairs collapsed last year, they didn't want anyone being able to sue because they were being stupid trying to get in."/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 135.75pt;""Like we're about to be?" Link raised an eye brow. Sheik grinned in return./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 135.75pt;""The Poe sisters were quite clever in their time." The ghost said. "They were skilled in illusions, but illness took the third sister Beth and the other three were never the same."/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 135.75pt;"Sheik nodded. "They were a wealthy family in the area and their father went off to fight in one of the civil wars. Their money ran out and they began to perform magic for pay. They weren't naturally skilled though and made deals with a demon. This took a toll on their mind and the magic began to twist them. Eventually Beth fell ill and died and the other three followed soon after. Their father never made it home from the war. During the era of the Hero of Time this was supposedly the Forest Temple."/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 135.75pt;""You know your history." The ghost complimented./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 135.75pt;""Thank you." Sheik ruffled around in his back pack. "So the Hero of Time entered the temple using something called a hookshot. It was a spring loaded tool but no one's quite sure how to recreate it. So, we're gonna go with an even older method." He pulled out a length of rope with a hook at the end. "Grappling hook!"/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 135.75pt;"Link resisted the urge to roll his eyes. "Did you build that yourself?"/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 135.75pt;""Yup." Sheik held the grappling hook out. With a sigh Link took the contraption./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 135.75pt;""If I die because of this thing just know you'll be the reason why Hyrule falls to ruin." Link swung the grappling hook./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 135.75pt;""Far enough." Sheik shrugged. "But you're not gonna die from this fall."/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 135.75pt;"Link let the hook fly and it wrapped around a stone pillar. He gave an experimental tug and sighed. "Oh I hope this holds…" With a grunt Link began to climb the rope. His heart raced as he thought of a million ways he could fall. The stone could crack, the hook could give out, oh… He was at the top already…/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 135.75pt;""Alright!" Sheik punched the air in triumph. "I'll be right there."/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 135.75pt;""Sheik I don't know if that's a good idea."/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 135.75pt;""What?!" His face fell. "Why not?"/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 135.75pt;""If you get hurt-"/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 135.75pt;""Link I know what I'm getting into." Sheik began to climb the rope. "You're forgetting who's teaching you how to fight."/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 135.75pt;""A ghost has been teaching me." Link crossed his arms./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 135.75pt;""Your friend might be of valuable assistance." The ghost mused./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 135.75pt;""What?! I thought I had to go this alone!" Link countered. "You said that yourself!"/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 135.75pt;""You alone can purify the temples and bring back magic." The ghost agreed. "But your friend is offering his assistance and he is capable. As long as he is willing to help you should use that help." Link chewed on his lower lip. By that time Sheik had reached the top and unhooked the grappling hook./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 135.75pt;""Let's go." Sheik slung the rope over his shoulder and entered the mansion. With a sigh Link followed. The two crossed the interior courtyard and entered the main room of the mansion. Link surveyed the room, it was large and dark save for four torches around a hollow pillar in the center of the room. The two exchanged a glance and walked toward the torches. Suddenly a dark cackling filled the room. Four poes appeared and stole the flames from the torches and the disappeared as quickly as they came. The hollow pillar sank into the floor./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 135.75pt;""I don't suppose you have some matches?" Link tried./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 135.75pt;""I do but I doubt that'll work." Sheik chuckled. "Do we want to split up or stay together?"/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 135.75pt;""Have you never seen a horror film? We are sticking together man!" Link's eyes widened./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 135.75pt;""Aren't you supposed to be the bearer of courage?" Sheik laughed./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 135.75pt;""Shaddup." Link rolled his eyes./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 135.75pt;""Until you prove yourself to Farore you will not receive her blessing." The ghost said./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 135.75pt;""Thanks ghost!" Link was seething. "Pick a door metal mouth."/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 135.75pt;"Sheik was busy laying on the ground laughing. "I'm about to join the Poe sisters in the afterlife. That was the sickest burn I've ever heard."/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 135.75pt;""I did not burn him I merely stated a truthful fact." The ghost furrowed his brow./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 135.75pt;""I'm going forward." Link huffed. Wasn't he Farore's chosen hero? Didn't he just naturally have her blessing? Whatever the ghost had embarrassed him and Sheik was laughing at him. He'd prove to Farore that he was deserving of her blessing. He entered another hall to find a floating skull surrounded by blue clouds./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 135.75pt;""Don't touch that." Sheik said./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 135.75pt;""I wasn't planning on it…" Link drew his sword./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 135.75pt;""No!" Sheik grabbed Link's arm. "You can't touch it with your sword either. You've gotta stop the blue stuff from surrounding it."/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 135.75pt;""Okay how do I do that?" Link sighed. Sheik shrugged. Link rolled his eyes and sheathed his sword. He watched the bubble bounce around the hall. "Now!" He darted down the hall, Sheik following close behind. The bubble brushed close to Link's right shoulder. An icy cold gripped his right side. He threw open the door with his left hand and closed it as soon as Sheik had passed the door way. "Yeaow!" He clutched his shoulder and leaned against the wall, sinking to the ground. "That hurt! It barely touched me!?"/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 135.75pt;""Link!" Sheik pointed to the center of the room. Two skeletal warriors appeared. The skeletons quickly approached the two boys, swinging their swords down. Sheik dove to the left while Link rolled right. Link scrambled to his feet and dropped his bag. He drew his sword and eyed the skeletons. He swung at one only to be blocked by the skeleton's sword. The impact reverbed through his whole body. "Link close your eyes!" Link backed against the wall and closed his eyes. There was a flash of light. Link opened his eyes to see the skeletons frozen. "Quick!"/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 135.75pt;"Link swung at one of the skeletons spines, breaking it in half. The skeleton faded into smoke. The other skeleton had unfroze and swung at Link, cutting across his back. He cried out and fell to the ground, his sword clattering on the ground./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 135.75pt;""Link!" Sheik dove forward and grabbed Link's sword. He turned quickly and blocked the attack from the skeleton. Sheik pushed the skeleton off and jabbed at its spine, severing it in half. The skeleton disappeared much like the first had. Sheik dropped to Link's side. "Link!? Link!" He couldn't tell how deep the cut was. "Link stay awake!" His head whipped around looking for the ghost. "Where are you!?" He shouted. "Ghost guy where are you!?"/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 135.75pt;""Here." The ghost floated through the door. "I couldn't enter the room until it was cleared."/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 135.75pt;""Link's hurt! What do we do?" Sheik's was panicking. What…. What happened if the hero died? Would evil rule the land? Was Hyrule going to be cast into darkness?/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 135.75pt;""There's a fairy fountain nearby. In the hedge maze we passed. There should be a container in his bag." The ghost floated in front of style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /span"Link stay awake. You'll be okay." Sheik rummaged through Link's nag and found his water bottle./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 135.75pt;""This work?" He held the bottle up. The ghost nodded. Sheik dumped the water out and darted out of the room./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 135.75pt;""This is my fault I should have prepared you better." The ghost said. "I thought that monsters couldn't be here since I purified this place last. Link groaned./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 135.75pt;""Huuurrts." The ghost grimaced. "Sl-sleepy."/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 135.75pt;""If you sleep now you will never awake. Darkness will consume this land and she will die."/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 135.75pt;""N-no." He groaned. He pressed his palms to the ground and pushed. His arms shook under his weight, but he managed to push himself up. "Not today." His breathing was heavy. "Not dying today." Link swore he saw the ghost smile./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 135.75pt;""Good."/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 135.75pt;"Sheik returned panting and clutching Link's water bottle. As soon as he entered the room he opened the bottle. A pink orb flew out of the bottle and towards Link. Instantly he felt relief as the fairy worked her magic. "Better?"/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 135.75pt;""Yeah…" Link leaned against the wall. How close had he come to dying? Was this going to become a normal part of his life?/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 135.75pt;""Why couldn't you come in the room earlier?" Sheik asked the old hero./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 135.75pt;""There was a barrier. Perhaps something to stop the dead from entering or leaving."/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 135.75pt;""Okay but those skeletons?" Link asked. "They were just there?"/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 135.75pt;""Stalfoes." Sheik corrected. "But they must have been in the room before."/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 135.75pt;""Is this part of the quest?" Link raised an eyebrow. "Do I have to help the dead move on?"/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 135.75pt;""I don't know." The ghost said. "You're the first hero to be accompanied by another."/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 135.75pt;""We should go home Link." Sheik said. "Regroup, come up with a strategy. Maybe train."/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 135.75pt;""What? But we're already here?" Link frowned. "We should keep going."/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 135.75pt;""I'm pretty sure you nearly died…" Sheik pointed out. "We thought the temple would be mostly empty but it's not. We didn't expect monsters and ghosts."/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 135.75pt;""This place was haunted before we got here." Link countered. "It was a haunted house."/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 135.75pt;""The absence of people have allowed the monsters to retake this place." The ghost said./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 135.75pt;""Link let's go home. I'll look through some of my aunt's books and see if I can find anything. You should spend some time learning how to use your sword." Sheik grabbed Link's bag./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 135.75pt;""I put the pointy end in the bad guy what else is there to learn?" Link was being sarcastic, but the ghost didn't seem to catch on./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 135.75pt;""A sword wields no strength unless the hand that holds it has courage." The ghost chided. Link sighed. Maybe it was for the best./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 135.75pt;""Fine. We'll come back later." Link conceded. Sheik held out his hand and pulled Link to his feet. The two walked out of the temple with Link leaning on Sheik./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 135.75pt;""You'll need a red potion and plenty of bed rest." The ghost said./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 135.75pt;"Link raised an eye brow. "Red potion?"/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 135.75pt;""Pain killers. Take some pain killers and get some sleep." Sheik said. "Your place or mine?"/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 135.75pt;""Your place." Link felt exhausted. His back hurt and he felt like it would split open at any moment. "I wanna sleep, not worry Grandma."/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 135.75pt;"_br /emOkay its only been less than a year. I don't have internet at my new place so I haven't been able to up date. I've got stuff written, but no consistent way to upload. So I'm sorry that it's taking so long to update. I do have a plan and a flexible outline for this story and I will post a chapter every chance I get, but I have no internet and I am getting married later this year AND making cosplays for friends./em/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 135.75pt;"emI also finally got breath of the wild, though that content isn't planned until much later in the story. It's such a pretty game holy smokes.../em/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 135.75pt;"emIf you really want me to update faster ya gotta review. You can also check out my Zelda tumblr chosen-zero-of-the-goddess where I occasionally post cosplay photos, my art, and some writing snippets, but mostly gush about the AMAZING fan art I come across./em/p
