"Professor what do we do now?" Buttercup asked sitting on a large pink couch in the lounge.
"To be quite honest I'm not sure. There was no information in the essence that could tell us how to get to Hyrule. I'm just not sure…" the Professor responded shaking his head and folding his arms.
"Well isn't it obvious?" Blossom spoke up suddenly, "We need to get to Hyrule."
"Good work Sherlock," Buttercup said sarcastically under her breath, "and how do you suppose we do that? I'm certainly open to suggestions."
"Well somehow this essence went from Hyrule to Earth, right? It would make sense that somehow it could go from Earth to Hyrule and if it does then…" Blossom started
"Then maybe we could follow it!" Bubbles interjected excitedly
"Yeah! I think that where this thing was found might have some of the answers we need." Blossom finished
The three got up excitedly and quickly flew home to get the things they'd need for a trip to the arctic. They rendezvoused at the Lab where the Professor handed them a small parcel.
"I think you might need this." He said and the girls opened it to see the red crystal sitting snugly within the box.
The nodded and the Professor gave them a map that showed the location of the building where it was found. "Now only those four scientists have ever been able to get there and back and a lot of others have tried so be careful girls." The Professor warned and with that the girls took off towards the North Pole.
"Do you think we'll get to see Santa again?" Bubbles asked happily
"Don't count on it." Buttercup responded remembering the reindeer suit that Santa made them wear before.
Soon they passed the Arctic Circle where the midnight sun shone brightly down on the pure white snow below. The reflection of the snow made it difficult for the girls to see so they put on a pair of sunglasses as they scanned the ground below.
Blossom scanned the ground with her eyes trying hard to catch even a glimmer of where they could be and where the building was. Suddenly everything turned into an interesting negative color. Blossom looked around and she could see the bone structure of her two companions. She "Eeek"ed in surprise and shook her head while closing her eyes.
Bubbles and Buttercup floated over to her, "What's the matter, Blossom?" They said in unison
"Everything turned strange colors and I could see your bones and, and,…" She said starting to hyperventilate to which Buttercup was all too pleased to smack her out of it.
"Whew." Bubbles sighed seeing Blossom calm down
"Are you saying that you have X-Ray vision like a superhero?" Buttercup asked
"You could be right but I think it would be more accurate to say Z-Ray vision don't you think?" Blossom stated
Buttercup and Bubbles fell backwards for the corny pun.
"Well, see if you can see below the ice and maybe spot that building." Buttercup suggested.
Blossom nodded and focused again everything turned negative and she could see several things frozen in the ice. Most of them looked like old whale bones and some other ocean life but she stumbled upon a small cluster of buildings. She focused harder and to her surprise the buildings became closer as though she was looking through a magnifying glass. She could see tables and chairs and other ornate decorations in the houses that were empty of anything else. There were no bones of anyone which caused Blossom to sigh in relief.
She scanned some more and finally spotted a large building that looked somewhat like a statehouse, "I think that's it!" She said and the three floated over to just above the large building, "Buttercup use your lasers and cut us a way down." She instructed
"I've got a better idea!" Buttercup said and charged her lasers. She released them, but instead of a focused beam they were wider and much less potent. The ice melted quickly and steam rose up into the arctic air only to be whisked away by the wind. Soon the whole building was exposed to the sunlight and the three went down to its front steps.
"Wow!" Bubbles said in awe looking at the large stone pillars that held together the peaked roof. Seeing it like this it looked more like the Maison Carré which Blossom had visited last summer while traveling in France.
There were huge stone doors that had faces etched into the rock and Blossom and Buttercup saw the stand where the red crystal was found. They took out the crystal and put it in the pedestal but nothing happened.
"I wonder if there's something we need to do inside the building." Bubbles stated with her finger to the side of her face.
The three went over to the large stone door and all three of them needed to push it as it was incredibly heavy. The door opened to reveal a single room with stairs that led down to the center of a staging area. In the center there was a very similar stand to the one they saw outside, a small hole in the roof let in just enough sunlight to lighten just this small pedestal and everything else was left in the dark.
The girls approached the stand and as soon as they stepped in the light the pedestal went underground. Lanterns light up against the walls of the building and the door slammed shut behind them with large metal bars falling down blocking the exit.
In front of them an eye opened and stepped out into the newfound light of the burning lanterns. It was a giant creature that looked like a scorpion but only had two legs and one giant eye. The creature climbed to the ceiling and jumped down and let out a deafening roar.
Buttercup was the first to move and she slammed the underside of the beast with her hammer. Her hammer rang out but the beast didn't seem to notice the hit. It climbed up on the wall and jumped down slamming Buttercup to the ground.
"You're never going to defeat it like that!" Came a voice behind the girls but they turned and didn't see anyone.
"You need to aim for the eye!" Came a different voice but once again the girls didn't see anyone.
"Well it's worth a shot." Blossom said and readied her yoyo, "Strawberry Supreme Kick!" she yelled and threw the yoyo at the large eye.
"Sonic Hammer!" Buttercup yelled and her hammer released a ray of green light.
"Electric Bubbles!" Bubbles yelled and released a wide flurry of electrically charged spheres from her staff.
All three attacks hit the eye at once and the eye, popped! Blood poured on the ground and the creature stopped moving. The bars from the door lifted up and the pedestal came back up from the ground.
"What was that about?" Buttercup yelled.
"Whoever helped us, thank you!" Blossom yelled out and two small lights floated from the side of the building towards the three. One was white and had silvery wings floating behind it and the other was black with the same style of wings floating behind it.
"No problem." The white one said floating around the heads of the three.
"Who are you?" Bubbles asked in awe
"What are you?" Buttercup asked in not so much awe
"I'm Tatl." Came the voice of the white one
"I'm Tael." Came the response of the dark one
The girls laughed at the implication but stifled it after a minute.
"Do you know where we are?" Blossom asked Tatl and Tael
"You are in the Chamber of Worlds, the gateway of the goddesses." Tatl responded
"That creature that you defeated was named Ghoma who brought this building here on Gannondorf's orders." Tael continued
"Can we get to Hyrule through here?" Buttercup asked excitedly
"That's kind of the point of the room!" Tatl stated sarcastically.
"Whatever, annoying bug!" Buttercup said under her breath
"ANNOYING BUG!?" Tatl yelled and started bopping off Buttercups head
"Uh-oh." Was all that Tael could say as the two fought in the background
"So how do we get there?" Blossom asked ignoring the two bickering in the back.
"Well you need something from the world that you want to go to and when you put it in the pedestal right there it will take you to that world." Tael said helpfully
"So…" Blossom took out the red crystal, "Would this work?"
"I think so." Tael responded.
Blossom walked up to the pedestal and placed the red crystal in it. The room turned black, which finally stopped the bickering of Buttercup and Tatl. White specks appeared all over the walls and soon it felt like the girls were flying through space as the specks started to move across to the back of the wall. This continued for almost a minute until a large orb appeared in front of them. As it got closer some of the characteristics of the orb came into view. There was a tall mountain with a cloud swirling around the summit and a large ocean of sand.
"Hyrule!" Tatl and Tael said in unison. Suddenly there was an earth shattering jar in the building and the girls fell straight down. As they arose Bubbles was rubbing her tailbone while Blossom and Buttercup were rubbing their heads.
The door opened wide and a bright beam of sunlight filtered through. The group walked out into the light and found themselves in a wooded village. There was a small building with a ring on the top and a man in a turban sitting out front with two snakes in a pot. There was another family with a Father, Mother and a young boy, the neighbors would call out, "Good Job Pippin, and blossom that's a fine boy."
"I know where we are." Tatl said enthusiastically, "We're in Holodrum."
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