Chapter 07: The temple of spinning air

Author's note: I know that this temple scene will seem as though it were straight out of the game, but that's what I wanted. It'll seem a little crude, and I'm sorry.

The minute Link entered, he was surprised by the statue.

It was a life-size one of him, holding out his left hand. The triforce on it seemed to glow slightly. Link looked at his own hand. Same thing.

"Wow, will it be this way in all of our temples?" Blue asked.

"Stop obsessing over your darn temple, Blue!" Link was really frustrated now. He was too busy admiring all of the trappings. It was pretty cool to have your own temple.

Red rushed over to a small alcove, where a chest was. He opened it to find a small key, which he handed to Link. Blue, meanwhile, just looked around. He discovered a door behind one of the fake windows. Green held his hand up to the false window, revealing the door, which he fitted the key into.

The next room had more statues, and several labyrinthine corridors leading off from it.

"The main room," breathed Link. The three Links separated, each going down their own respective corridor, their adventure suddenly changing. Link discovered the dungeon map almost immediately, then found a Deku stick, which he used to light several torches from an already-lit one. The torches then summoned a small chest, which contained three hundred rupees. Link wasn't overly fond of rupees, but it was a welcome gift. Meanwhile, he acquainted himself through use of his sword with several opponents, including ghomas, keese (which were really annoying),

Blue discovered the compass, and smashed his way through several enemies. His corridor held the most secrets, and in the end, he even was in possession of a formerly empty bottle that now held a fairy. He also found a block puzzle, but without Link, he couldn't solve them. He and Link then proceeded to push the blocks into dizzying patterns. Finally, the door ahead of them opened, which they realized was the miniboss door. Inside, a single Zora warrior was standing guard, which they defeated easily.

But it was Red who made the most dizzying discovery of all. He somehow bypassed the miniboss door, and while the other two were attempting to work out puzzles, he found himself in the room right outside of the boss chamber. On one side was the door to the chamber, which, no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't open. On the other side, there was a small carving, showing Link holding up the four sword surrounded by three others. Of course Red could recognize himself and Blue. Even Link was easy to notice. However, he realized that the fourth figure in the back wasn't one he recognized. First of all, his eyes were slightly different from the others. Second of all, he was wearing purple. Who exactly was he?

"Red, where were you?" Link's voice brought him out of his musings. "We haven't seen you for the entire dungeon!"

"Did you find a secret passageway or something?" Blue asked.

"Well, duh! Now let's get that boss!" Red replied happily. He tried the door yet again, this time being even less successful. Blue tried as well, and came up with nothing. Then, Link undid the lock neatly and opened the door as if nothing were wrong.

"What's up with that?" Blue asked indignantly.

"I think this boss fight is meant for him," Red explained. "It'll be the same in every temple."

Link noticed neither of them as he entered the boss chamber. It seemed peaceful for about five minutes. All of a sudden, a rumbling was heard. The platform suddenly rose far above the entryway, and Link found himself face to face with a giant ocean octorock. Cylock, stirrer of winds.

Temple of spinning air, huh, Link thought. Just why do they have to have a boss?

The battle was fairly hard at first. Cylock sent cyclones at him, and he just narrowly avoided them. Link realized that the bomb flowers surrounding them had to be the answer and tossed them into one of the cyclones. Cylock ate it by accident, then crashed to the ground, dizzy.

Link slashed at him as quickly as he could, thankful that his opponent in the Dojo had been Mido. Cylock was an easy opponent in comparison, and Link actually began to enjoy it after a few rounds. Just then, Cylock broke into a thousand pieces. They began to circle around and around, until, all of a sudden, they were shoved together again. Link drew his sword, expecting a battle. However, when the pieces were finally shoved together, he realized they'd formed a boomerang.

He picked it up, and, deciding to have some fun, aimed at a crystal switch that had appeared right below them. However, the boomerang suddenly began shaking in his hands when he'd locked on, and when he fired, a cyclone followed the spinning object.

"The legendary wind boomerang," Link thought to himself as the crystal switch took effect and he was magically returned to the entrance of the temple. Standing right next to him were Red and Blue.

"The wind boomerang!" Red cried, excited.

"I read a carving," Blue interrupted. "Our next destination is 'the temple of icy fire.'"

"Onward, then," Link announced. The four mounted their hot air balloon and soared high up into the sky. As soon as they were high up enough, they could see a volcano that seemed to be spilling both snow and lava.

"How much are you willing to bet that our next stop is right there?" Blue muttered.

"Ten rupees," Link replied.

"You're on."