Episode 50
Restoring the Sword
Last week, on Legends of Chima...Lauren, one of the Eight Heroes who helped Laval and his friends defeat Fangar three years ago, has returned to Chima, following an act of unspeakable events. After she told her tale, another face from the past attacked, Dark Link. Lauren fought the Lion and won, causing him to join the group. Now, they venture off to the Crocodile Swamp, to begin the process of restoring the Master Sword. What will happen to them? These are, the Legends of Chima...
(Dark's POV)
I feel sorry for trying to kill Link earlier. I did get some lessons from his wolf friend though, which is awesome. We're going to try to restore the Master Sword, which is this really cool looking sword that can kill anything...or it used to have that power...that is, until Ganon destroyed the two shrines that gave it that power. The shrine in the Crocodile Swamp is the oldest one, so we're heading there first. Razar, Link, Zelda, Lauren, and myself.
(Link's POV)
Right away, I notice something different. My sense of smell isn't what it was last night. I seem to be thinking slightly slower too. Then I notice something. Great Goddesses! I'm not a Lion anymore. I'm a Hylian again. And as I look over to my right, so is Zelda.
I move to a sitting position and bury my face in my hands. ...Now what? I was a Lion for so long... I remove my hands and look down at my chest. The armor piece is gone. I then look over to my left. The Master Sword has also converted back to its Hylian counterpart. But it seems to have more power now. ...What if...the curse only affected it when it's in this world's form... I reach over and pick up the blade, feeling strength flow through me. I'm just about to get up and practice with it when I hear a voice. "...Link?" It's Zelda. And she's as confused as I am. "...How...something must have happened to us last night, while we slept..." "...Oh." I snap my head around, only to find myself looking up at a very surprised Razar. "...Uh...Link?" I nod. "It is you...so that was what those lights were last night...of you two transformed..." Then Zelda gasps. "Link! When we transformed...I fear that Ganon did as well..." "So?" "He became himself again...a man, a Warlock known by the name of Conner Hanson..." Just then, Dark stands up and looks over to someone else. "So we all transformed then?" "I didn't." Razar seems very confused about all of this. "What I trying to figure out is why you transformed, and not me." I have no answer to that, so I can only get up and walk over to Lauren and see if she's okay.
(Lauren's POV)
"Yes, I know I'm human again, Link. What? Do I know what happened? No." I'm standing before Link, who looks as bad as I possibly look to him. Zelda's changed as well. She's pacing back and forth in front of Dark, Razar, Link, and me. "If four of us transformed, then..." Zelda stops pacing and looks at me. "Maybe the others did as well." I ponder this for a few seconds. "...Then if they did, then they must be confused as I am." Dark walks over to the huge pointed rock that has markings on it. "Hey...Come and look at this..."
The rock is covered in Magic-Runes. None of the others can read them, not even Link, but I can. I reach up and as my hand nears the markings, the glow briefly. "...Razar?" "Yes?" "Do you know if there were ever Wizards in Chima?" The Raven shakes his head. "Not that I know of, but to my knowledge, there were Warlocks and Mages..." I turn back to the rock. "Then they're the ones who made these runes...I think they give directions...yeah...one says...Thou who wield the blazing blade, if thou ever needth of these words of wisdom, listen well. To restore light to thy blade, first travel to the darkened waters. There thou shall find the first shrine...Darkened waters...whoever wrote this, they must have meant the Croc Swamp." I turn to the others, who are looking at me with something like wonder. "What?" "...You can read that?" "...Yeah, I can." Everyone agrees to set off to the Croc Swamp.
The Croc Swamp (Ruined Shrine)
"...That's it?" Link's standing before a moss-covered structure, staring up at the lone flame that's burning in the middle of it. "Looks like it." The blonde-maned Lion walks up the ruined steps and up to the lone flame. He then reaches behind him and unsheathes his sword, then thrust the blade downwards into the flame.
Seconds later, he's standing before us again, but his sword is glowing brighter than it was a few minutes ago. "...That's all we have to do?" Link nods, and raises his sword in the direction of the next shrine. "We head to the Lion Temple next."
(Razar's POV)
The Lion Temple (Ruined Shrine)
I'm still confused as to why my friends transformed and not me. I think it's because they're not from here, and what they are now is what they were before they came to Chima. Now that I think about it, I'd rather stay like I am now.
"...I have a bad feeling about this, Link." The Lion stops and turns bad to look at me. "And why is that?" I look past him towards the shrine. "...It's just...we Ravens have heard bad things about this particular shrine...it's said that a beast guards it..." "...A beast guards it, huh?" Link walks up the steps and thrusts his blade into the flame. A few seconds pass, then he raises his sword again. "Well, even if this beast was to come and attack us this very minute, he couldn't do much..." The Lion leaps from the shrine and spins in a circle, his sword leaving a trail of blue energy in the air as he does so. "Because the Blade of Evil's Bane has returned!"
Just then, I hear this...noise...a low growl. "There. Off to my left. Did you hear that?" Link nods and moves into an attack position. A few seconds pass, then this...thing charges out of the trees, towards us. "RRRAOAOOOOAOAOAORRRRRR!"
Without thinking, I lunge forwards and knock Lauren and Zelda to the ground. Behind me, I can hear Link and Dark begin to take on the beast. "What is this thing?!" "A Moblin! MOVE!" I get up and move myself in front of the Moblin, and without even thinking, I reach behind me and unsheathe my sword. "Is that a Fire Sword?" Dark's staring at me. "Yes." I swing it, seeing fire cut through the air. I point the blade at the beast in front of us. "You want to fight? Then let us fight." The beast roars again and charges the three of us.
We've weakened the beast a bit, but Dark's down, Link's hurt, and I'm hurt as well. ...This thing just doesn't want to yield, does it...Yow! The beast swings at me and I avoid the attack, but I notice that I'm fighting alone now. I risk getting killed and look down beside me. ...Link...that's it. The beast stabs me then, filling me this...power. Roaring the battle cry of my brethren, I raise my sword and stab it deep within the Moblin's head. While it's stunned, I reach down and pick up Link's sword, and stab the beast with it as well. But it's STILL not dead. ...How...can this thing...not be dead... Then, I see this flash of light...
"...Razar?" A Panther in red robes appears above me. She seems to be keeping me awake... "...Who are you?" The Panther smiles at me. "My name is Din. I'm the Goddess of Power. You did well, Razar. Now, rest...when you awaken...all will be well..."
(Lauren's POV)
I have no idea what exactly happened. From what I know, the Goddesses showed up, beat up the Moblin, and then the Legend Beasts showed up. Now, all of us are at this...Spring.
It's called the Fairy Spring, for good reason. Turns out that there are these little birds that act like Fairies. Also, it turns out that Din decided to show up. Why, I have NO idea.
I'm the least injured out the group besides Zelda so we're just sitting off to the side of the Spring, talking to each other. We also must of transformed back into our Chima selves while we were being brought to the Spring... "Well, we're one step closer to getting you guys back home, right?" Zelda nods. "Yes. Now the Master Sword is restored, we can go looking for the Bow of Light. Where do you think it could be?" "...It's somewhere around here. Maybe in the Eagle Spire?" Zelda nods again. "Yes, that'd be where it would be, most likely. But what if the Eagles think it's some sort of Artifact, or something?" I look away from the Lioness, towards the actual Spring, where two Lions and a Raven are being healed by the water. I still have no idea what's going on. I'm just going with it, because I've faced weirder stuff than this before. "...I still have no idea how Din showed up." "I called her." "You did?" "Yes. I think she recognized something in Razar...he's come a long way..." "...That he has..."
After a while, Din herself comes over to us, and tells us that everyone is healed, and that she has sent word to Ewald, telling him that we'll be heading his way for a while. "...What about Razar? What did you do to him?" The Panther grins. "I gave him just a bit of my power..." Zelda leaps up. "What? You gave him some of your power?! I thought you couldn't interfere..." Din is still grinning. "So? He's changed...a lot...now, the others have been healed. Go to the Eagle Spire, talk to Ewald. He will give you the Bow of Light."
And with this knowledge given to us, now that everyone has been healed, we all agree to set off towards the Eagle Spire tomorrow morning...