Well, this was one depressing week for me. Every single day in english class this week was studying the holocaust... and then Dr. Eva Olsson presented for us. Suffice to say, my faith in humanity was almost lost... Zelda saved it, though. Seriously, playing Zelda games really help me to calm down in situations like this. Sorry for dumping on you like that, but it's honestly all that I can think about right now as I write this. *sigh* Okay, time to respond to guest reviews. To the Drone: I'm glad that I managed to pull off the unexpected in throwing the beetle in there. Honestly, though, the fight with the wizrobe there was only short in order to make room for more detail about the mansion. Don't worry, the next midboss will be better, trust me... I've already written it. ^_^'

To Kagu the Great: Hey, I always respond to every review that I can! Honestly, I started writing this dungeon before I played TP. Yet, I took a break in the middle and actually played that game for the first time in my life... and I played through it completely. Also, the rod in LA was the magic rod. It was only called the fire rod or the rod of flames in ALttP and FSA. I know, kinda lame. However, I couldn't have then get another item that shot fire because the already the fire arrows. :/ Also, you guessed correctly for what the boss would be, although it didn't get a name.

Anyway, here you go. The boss of the ancient mansion, the...

Chapter 22: Sculpture

The first thing that we noticed was that there were several different ice sculptures everywhere, but there was one very large one in the center of the room. This larger one seemed to be that of a weird looking boy (about twelve?) wearing a tunic and carrying a sword and a shield. Furthermore, the sculpture was so huge, that we only came up to its preverbal ankle and it was all made purely out of ice. What moreso caught my attention, though, was the fact that the two shining balls of black and white that we had seen so many months prior seemed to be frozen into the sculpture's chest. However, before we could do anything, a certain shadow slipped down, out of the walls, like goo and engulfed the sculpture. When it was finished, it collected around the eyes and what would have been the whites became black while what would have been the pupils began glowing red.

Suddenly, it started moving and we realized that it was bringing its sword down to crush us! After dodging out of the way, we figured that it had been possessed by this shadow and, because it was no real living creature (as far as we knew), there would be absolutely no shame whatsoever in taking it down. Almost immediately, knight Link had started firing several fire arrows at it. However, it didn't really do all that much to it. What it seemed to be doing was using it shield at an angle so that the fire arrows bounced off and hit the walls.

Thus, we had to think differently. Unfortunately, the sculpture summoned a whole bunch of very sharp and small ice crystals, cutting off any thoughts that any of us may have had. The only thing that we could do was hold up our own shields and hope for the best. I noticed, though, how both of the other two Links took a corner and bent down with their shields in front of their faces in order to protect more of their bodies. I thought that it was a great idea, so I mimicked them and simply waited it out with my eyes squeezed shut. However, I then heard a couple of booms and when I looked up, I realized that the sculpture had walked towards me and it was towering above me.

Instantly, I did what any half-sane person would do: I ran out of the corner and in between its legs in order to escape! Thankfully, I was just in time because it had attempted to take a swing at me. While it was distracted with me, though, knight Link took his chance and fired a fire arrow at it. Thanks to his always awesome aim, it hit the sculpture directly in the back and it melted some of it away.

Immediately, it turned around and made a swipe for knight Link! However, he managed to dodge out of the way just in time. Then, future Link came running in out of nowhere and struck the sculpture's foot with his sword! Unfortunately, his sword got stuck there and he simply couldn't get it out. He had to run away, though, because the sculpture attempted to crush him with its sword again.

When it began walking again, though, it turned straight towards me. Then, in panic over what to do because I was the only one of us Links that didn't have something destructively powerful, I shot the hookshot at its nose (which was very small, by the way). Imagine my surprise when the hook caught and it pulled me straight towards the face of it. After that, all that I could do to stay on was to jab my sword in between its eyes! Suddenly, though, it lifted its shield-hand (right hand) up to me and tried to grab me in an attempt to pull me off. The only thing that had stopped it was another one of knight Link's fire arrows!

After it hit, though, I pulled my sword out and jumped off. Thankfully, I landed in a bunch of really soft snow, so I didn't take any damage at all from the fall. Then, by the time that I had gotten myself out of there, it seemed as though future Link had somehow retrieved his sword. After that, I rejoined the other two Links and the three of us began to fan out a bit more.

Suddenly, the sculpture tried to crush future Link with its sword again, but this time, future Link didn't just dodge it. Instead, he jumped out of the way, then he jumped onto the ice sword itself and began running up to its hilt. The sculpture saw this and started trying to swat future Link away, but he managed to hang on very tight. Not only that, but knight Link's fire arrows stunned it long enough for future Link to plant a bomb directly on top of its face. When the bomb exploded, though, part of the sculpture's hair was broken right off and it fell to the ground. After seeing that, we instantly knew the absolute most effective way to damage it!