AN: Really, really sorry it took so long. I had some... homework issues, then I had no urge to write, and the temple almost got boring before it even really started... but I think I'm ok now. Thanks to all who reviewed.

Responses:

Outofstategrl: Yeah, She'll use them at some point. When I was doing the temple in the game I would have killed for her to have something. She got taken away by those stupid hands so many times…

Simbiot2.0: Wow. That's not creepy. Lol, thanks for the review.

Freakyanimegal456: Wow, that's what my teacher keeps saying… oh well, thanks for the review anyway.

Link led the way into a small, dome shaped room. In the middle, there was something resembling a well. There was no exit from the room aside from the way they entered from. Link peered down the well, and used a light arrow to illuminate it for a short while. He saw ground below, and realized it was the true entrance. The earth temple seemed more and more like a tomb…

"Don't come down until I say." Link told the other two before leaping over the small side and plummeting to the ground below. He crouched low at the impact, which was minimal. He had landed in soft earth which broke his fall nicely.

The room was lit by blue lanterns that cast eerie blue light around. It was dead silent; not even a rat was moving. The air felt thick and oppressive, but there was no danger as far as he could tell, so he yelled up for Naito and Medli.

Medli came down first, landing gracefully with help from her wings. Naito followed, landing ungracefully on his back. He hopped to his feet quickly and got a look around.

Link saw an exit, and took large steps through the soft dirt towards it. Just as Naito and Medli followed, a shape rose out of the dirt before them. Link instantly recognized it as a redead, although it was blue and not brown. He reached for his sword but it let out a shriek and its eyes flashed, and he was rooted to the spot. It bore down on him, baring its sharp teeth, ready to drain his life force.

"Hya!" Naito let out a little scream as he leaped through the air at it, right over Link. He flipped over the redead and slashed its head, then performed a quick spin attack as he landed. Link broke free of its hold and drew his sword. He jumped up into the air about a foot and spun before delivering a powerful blow to the redead's neck. It was beheaded, and the body lay down slowly as if taking a nap. It lay still, rapidly decomposing into dirt. This made Link wonder what all this other dirt was, but decided it was best not to think about it.

The three entered the next room quickly. Link raised his hand as soon as they entered, signaling for Naito and Medli to stop. Naito rolled his eyes and whispered, "I'm not stupid."

Link ignored him. He focused his sensitive ears on the footsteps from in the room. There were stairs leading up into the main part of the room in front of them, which meant most of the room was out of sight. He heard three heavy creatures shuffling about, probably moblins. He whispered this to Naito, who drew his little sword and shield.

Link did the same, and they crept up the stairs after telling Medli to wait. As soon as they got to the top, they dashed forward. The room was very big, with a staircase leading nowhere to the left and a door leading elsewhere at the other side of the room. There was a moblin at the top of the staircase to nowhere, but he didn't see them. The other two moblins ran at them as soon as they charged into the open.

Link ran into a moblin head on. He leaped at the last second and drop kicked its chest. He back flipped off of it to his feet as it fell over backward, and jumped into the air with his sword planted down to finish it. It batted him out of the air with its spear shaft, and got clumsily but quickly to its feet. Link rolled to the side as he landed, and drew his hammer as the moblin jumped at him awkwardly. He threw the hammer with both hands, and it spun into its skull with lethal speed. There was a loud crack and the moblin landed like a rag doll a few feet in front of him with a smashed skull.

Meanwhile, Naito reached the other moblin and stopped just out of its range. It swung and missed, then he darted forward as it was off balance. He was just about to strike when it swung viciously the other way. He ducked under it and jumped at its head, but it surprised him with a head butt. He flew back onto the ground, clutching his stomach in pain. The moblin's head felt like a block of stone. It was bearing down on him, but he wasn't done yet. He carefully got a bomb ready, shielding it from view behind his body. The moblin was a few strides away, spear high in the air to stab him with. As it plunged the weapon down, he moved the bomb and rolled back, leaving the bomb in his place. He hopped back as he got to his feet, and the moblin's spear plunged into the center of the bomb. A split second later it went off, hurling the badly burned moblin back. It didn't get up again.

He sheathed his sword easily, almost gracefully. He was starting to wonder how he had ever managed without the sword, it felt like part of him now. With that done, he looked over at Link, who had just pulled his hammer out of the skull of the other moblin. Naito walked over to him to find out what he should do next.

Before he could say anything, Link drew his bow. He shot an arrow at the same time as Naito spun and unsheathed his sword, thrusting it forward. His sword pierced the stomach of the moblin sneaking up on him. The arrow flew by mere centimeters from his head and slammed into the moblin's shoulder, pushing it back off the sword. It swayed, bleeding blue blood from its two wounds, before collapsing.

"Smooth. I had him you know; almost clipping my ear off didn't help." Naito commented. He then sheathed his weapon and walked back to get Medli while Link scoured the room.

The door was the only other way out, so Link called Naito and Medli over to it. He pushed up on it, and it opened in a cloud of dust. They stepped into the next room slowly. It was dark, illuminated by a single beam of light in the center of the room. Link caught a slight sound, something like a splash, and instantly tensed.

He peered into the darkness, and realized a pair of orange eyes was peering back at him. He pushed Medli back and ran forward as his eyes adjusted. It jumped at him and he back flipped into the beam of light. He quickly drew his mirror shield and shined the light on it. For a moment the "fearsome" beast was illuminated. It was nothing but a tall, very dark purple blob of jelly with eyes. Then it turned to stone under the strong beam of light.

Link put the mirror shield on his back and put away the Hylian shield. He had a feeling he would need the mirror shield more often here. He beckoned over Medli and Naito, and they came quickly. The three proceeded to the next room, which was much bigger and brighter. There was a giant statue of a sun across from them over a large, shallow pit of blue and purple fog. They were on a ledge overlooking this with two beams of light shining down from the roof.

Link noticed the sun statue looked like a large version of the mini ones he had seen in the Spirit Temple. He got under some light and reflected a beam at the statue, half of which began to glow bright yellow. When he tried to light the other half however, the first part faded back to dull grey.

He then did what he had learned to do during his travels. He scoured the room while Medli watched and Naito tried to help. He looked for hidden mirrors, switches, alternate routes, everything. He tried hunting through the fog, which made it impossible to draw his sword for a while and obscured his vision. He was just about to head into the previous room when he noticed Medli's golden harp.

It looked shiny enough. "Can you try standing over here?" He asked, showing her the spot. He also showed her where to hold her harp, and as he had hoped it reflected the light and lit up half.

He strode to the other beam and used his mirror shield. The other half lit up and the sun statue smiled while glowing brightly. The fog faded, and a staircase appeared under the statue. Link led the way down quickly, and through the door at the bottom.

The door slammed shut behind them. There was a great shrieking cry that pierced the three to the very soul. Definitely redeads, and it sounded like a lot. They were on a ledge, but they couldn't see what was below from their angle. Link shook off the effect quickest, followed by Naito. Medli kept her back pressed to the door, breathing rapidly.

"Should we check it out?" Naito asked.

Link nodded, crouching low. The two crept to the edge, wincing at another shriek. They peered over the edge, and gasped at what they saw. There were at least twenty redeads down there, and all forty or so red eyes were staring right back at them. Link felt like his very blood had frozen in his veins. Naito didn't look any better. They slowly backed away from the edge.

"What now?" Naito asked grimly.

Link cast his gaze around the room. The ceiling and walls were all plain dirt, the ledge they were on was stone; that was about it. He looked over at Naito and said, "I have something else to teach you with your magic."

Naito nodded, listening. Link told him to draw his bow, and he did so.

"This is a lot like the spin attack. You just have to force magic into your arrow. But it's a bit harder, pure energy just snaps arrows. You have to focus it into an element, ice or fire for now. I can't describe how it works; when you get it you get it." Link explained.

Naito nodded, preparing an arrow. He closed his eyes, and Link watched as his arm tensed from the invisible current of energy. The arrow flashed green and shattered, spraying splinters of wood and metal.

"Close. As it flows through you, focus on shaping it into something. Try ice, that's what we need now." Link said.

Naito nodded again, another arrow ready. He tried again, and this time a blue mist surrounded the arrow. But then the mist became overly thick and the arrow splintered again.

"You had it. Do it again, but you have to stop the rush of magic, or it becomes too much. Arrows are a lot weaker than your sword." Link told him.

Naito nodded yet again, nocking another arrow. This time the arrow turned an icy white as a blue mist again surrounded it. Link saw Naito's jaw clench as he stopped the energy, and the arrow stayed blue. He fired it at the ceiling, and a large, jagged icicle formed.

Link nodded, smiling slightly. The smile turned into a grimace as another shriek rang out. "I hope you can do that quickly and easily. My life depends on it." He said grimly.

"What do you want me to do?" Naito asked.

"I'm leaping down. Freeze one before I jump, than cover me with ice or fire, if you can. Just make sure the first one you freeze is close enough for me to jump to." Link told him.

Naito didn't question him. Instead he charged another ice arrow, eyes open this time. He crept to the ledge, and made his shot. Link didn't wait to see if he made it, and ran at the ledge. He saw the large chunk of ice he was aiming for and leapt to that. He forced energy into his sword as he twirled it point down. Orange energy leaped to the blade, crackling like electricity. He slammed it down as he landed on the ice chunk, throwing all his weight into it. The energy leaped out and the chunk of ice exploded violently. Razor sharp shards of ice flew in all directions, peppering the redeads with a lethal ice volley. Some collapsed, gaping wounds that bled no blood covering their rubbery bodies. Others were stunned, and all were thrown into chaos. Several shrieked, but none made eye contact and Link was able to shake it off easily.

Naito began his deadly volley. Link saw one redead go up in flames, screeching and flailing. Another was frozen in place. Link jumped at one from behind and rammed his sword right through its back. The redeads here were different than the ones he usually fought; these were blue and bigger, and had no blood as opposed to the green blood from redeads he was used to. They were similar enough that the same strategies worked however, and he and Naito were able to do some major damage. They were near the end when Link felt cold, clammy flesh grab him from behind. The redead pinned his arms to his sides, completely enfolding him. He felt hot, rancid breath on his neck before it placed its dry, cold mouth over him. It didn't exactly bite him; it was more like heavy suction. He tensed instantly, quivering on the spot as his life energy began to drain. He tried to fight but he kept getting weaker. Blackness swam into the edge of his vision. Faintly he heard Naito cry something about not having a clear shot, and the darkness overcame him.