Feeling

The wound hurt. Alot.

Link squirmed and moaned, holding onto his side for dear life. Something burned inside of him, and the outside felt raw. He had not felt anything impact him with such force in his life. Even the deku nut was lesser.

Link opened one eye and looked up, to see the wooden warrior standing over him, sword raised. Link shut his eyes, accepting the inevitable.

Death.

As he thought the word, his eyes opened, and something clicked within him. Something overcame him and he moved.

In less than a second, he was standing, with sword and shield at the ready. The monster had already swung, and it's sword banged against the wooden floor. How had Link moved so fast and so suddenly?

In another instant, he was upon the figure, bringing his sword down with a tremendous force. He let out a battle cry, just so he could get into the swing more.

His sword made contact, slicing through the thing's neck like it was air. The head fell to the ground.

But the creature was not done for. It got in a defensive stance as if though it had not lost it's head. Link could just imagine the faceless circle facing him.

Then the creature attacked. It swung swiftly, and Link was almost certain he could not dodge it.

But he did. Out of instinct and skill he never knew he had, he moved to the side, the wooden blade missing by several inches. Link cried out and swung his sword, cutting the warrior across the chest. It left a long, splintery slash. The thing looked over and him, and brought its sword up and swung horizontally.

Link parried the attack with a lightening quick move, and swung again, slicing through it's non-sword-arm, cutting it off.

The creature looked as if it were screaming, and it fell back up against the wall. Link charged forward, stabbing the thing through the chest. Splinters and chips of wood flew in all directions.

It squirmed, and then stopped moving. Link yanked his sword out of the wooden body, and staggered back and onto his rump. He let go of his weapons and stared at his hands. How had he fought like that? He was so smooth and quick. He fought like he had been trained his whole life. But he hadn't been.

Shaking his head, he stood up and gathered his things. He took another long look at his fallen foe.

Then, there was a flash of bright light at the end of the room. Snapping his head around, he saw a doot appear.

He hurried over to it and opened it with ease, coming out into a large, circular room. Torches burned along the walls, lighting up the room. There were marks on the floor, showing the shape of a smiley face. A bit of smoke came up from the cracks. At that moment, his purpose for the different floors came together.

He lit the fire in the previous floor, and now he was opening some sort of large hatches, to allow the fire and smoke through! He smiled, before turning his attention to the end f the room. The circular shape was cut off at the bottom by a flat wall with a door. Link hurried over to the door, and placed his hands on the handle carefully.

"Stop!"

Link let go of the handle, taking a few steps back in surprise. He turned around and searched the room with his eyes. No one else was there.

"Hey, turn around, idiot! I'm talking to you!" he heard a young voice order.

Link turned his head to see only the door.

"W-who's there...?" he asked, growing more and more weary.

"I am." replied the unknown voice.

"Where are you?" he asked, becoming just a bit more comfortable.

"Right in front of you, idiot." the reply came harshly.

Link raised his sword up, but only saw the door. He raised a brow and tapped it a few times.

"Stop touching me!" it roared.

"Oh... you're the door?" Link asked in surprise.

"Yes I'm the door! What did you think?" it cried.

"Well... it's just I never-"

"-Never what?" it demanded.

"I've never heard a door talk..." Link said truthfully, scratching his head, unsure of what to do about the current situation. It was not everyday a door started to speak to you!

"Oh, okay. Well, I assume you want to get by me, right?" it asked.

"Um, sure..." Link answered, taking a small step forward.

"Well too bad. I won't let you open me unless you kill the spirit in me." It snapped rudley.

"Oh, alright. I'll go with killing the spirit." he told it.

"Good. I'll summon a spell and launch it out of me. You'll have to kill it very quickly, as it will enter me as soon as the spell wears off, which won't take long." It explained quickly.

Link nodded and tightened the grip on his sword.

Then, the door started to glow yellow. There was a loud bang, and a small projectile was shot out from nowhere, landing in the middle of the room. Link called out and fell onto his back.

He got up in time to see a Skullkid grinning evilly at him. Link pointed his sword at the mystic child," Lets just get this over with..." He wailed.

"Okay, heehee! You're not much fun!" it said in a half sad, half playful voice. It twisted it's neck far to the left, beyond the natural breaking limit. He grinned even wider when he saw Link's look of utter disgust.

"I'll play you a song!" the kid offered suddenly, snapping his head back into place and drawing a crude wooden flute from his belt. He blew a few notes into it, which made the instrument start to glow.

"I-"

Link was cut off as a beam of light was shot out from the flute towards him! He yelled and jumped out of the way just in time.

The kid frowned in response and blew in a few different notes that sounded sadder. The flute glowed, and then a nut, much like the dekuscrubs had shot out like a bullet.

The nut hit Link in the stomach, right where the other had landed. He was forced back into the door with a tremendous force. The pained boy moaned and fell to the floor, his hands latching onto his stinging stomach. He squinted his eyes and took a few deep breaths, trying to bear the pain.

Eventually, he managed to force himself back up and into a defensive position, right as another deku nut was fired at him. He raised his shield up as quickly as possible and blocked the attack. He grinned tauntingly at the Skullkid. The kid launched a few more, but Link blocked every single one with the Kokiri Shield. The Skullkid looked annoyed.

"Hm, deku nuts don't work much with you!" the kid mused, looking down at his flute, thinking hard to make up another attack.

"Oh! Oh! I'll fight like you!" he cried, blowing a long tune into his flute. There was a burst of light, and then his was holding a sword with a flute-handle.

Link ran over to the kid and swung, finally on the offensive. The kid giggled and blocked the attack with ease.

"How did you block so easily?" Link asked.

"I'm good at games!" came the reply as he swung for Link's head.

Link ducked and thrust his sword forward, piercing the Skullkid's stomach. The undead child screamed and fell back, squirming on the floor, his flute turning into dust.

"H-how... how..." he mumbled something else, and then died, disappearing in flames.

Link smiled weakly, rubbing his sore stomach. He plodded over to the door, his job done, and knocked on it," I killed the spirit."

He waited and waited for a reply, but none ever came.

"Hello?" he prodded.

No answer.

"Oh well." he muttered with a small sigh, pulling open the door and walking into the bottom room.

The floor was covered in white tile, which was strange to Link, everything else being wood and dirt. At the center of the room, there was a large crank with ropes and chains wrapped in it. Behind that, there was another ladder. But blocking the way was another wooden warrior carrying a sword, much like the other one. It sparked into life a few seconds after Link's arrival, swinging it's sword a few times as a deadly warning, before lunging.

Link jumped to the side, barely avoiding the attack he knew would have been deadly, even with a wooden sword.

He brought his shield up in time to block a quick, hard, downward slash from his foe. Link could feel the impact through the shield, but at least it did not hit him head on.

He saw the soldier swinging again, so he brought his sword up and parried the attack. The soldier attacked again, but Link was ready that time as well, deflecting the attack as if it were easy; thought truth the be told, it wasn't.

The soldier lunged again, and Link was caught off guard. He raised his shield up as a last minute move and closed his eyes. He felt the blow to his shield, and he fell back onto his bottom, shield still raised.

Then, as the monster was ready to attack again, the same odd feeling clicked inside of Link like an 'on switch'. He jumped up, and with a terrific battle cry, swung his sword so hard, it broke his enemy's sword! But the feeling continued to overtake him, allowing him to swing his sword harder than he thought he could ever do, and cut the creature in half.

It's wooden body fell into two and landed across the floor. Link took a few breaths, the odd feeling going away.

He looked back up at the crank. Maybe this would open the floor to allow the fire through! He strode over to it and studied it. Maybe if he turned it left... He did, and it worked. It started to turn, and he had to put his muscle into it to keep it turning. He could feel the weight decrease after awhile, and then, he could turn it no more. He made sure it was in place, and hurried back out into the main room. There was a large amount of smoke that had shot out from the openings when they appears, and the room was lit up even more, and a lot more warmer. Link could see flames come up from the holes occasionally.