They entered the main hall and saw a raised central platform, and several post and beams surrounding the structure. There were some pots and a chest dangling above the platform, held by the thick cords of spider web. Link guessed that the chest would be a good place to hide the map. He ran up on the platform and told Sheik to see if he could get it down. Sheik flew up to the chest to try to break the strand with which it hung, but it was too strong. Sheik flew around to scope out the rest of the room, since he couldn't really do much else, being so small, at least he could be the scout. He told Link about another chest by the door ahead, and that there was another door hidden behind the cobweb to his side. The forward door was too far and high for him to jump, although he did try because he wanted to get to that chest. He fell short and hit the wall beneath it. He went back up and decided to try the side door that wasn't blocked by the web. He was able to jump the smaller gap, slamming against the door to open it and proceeding into the next room.
He walked down the dark hallway, his keen night vision showing him the way, the floor board creaking under his feet. He came to a room filled with water where a few broken bridges spanned between outcroppings where other doors were located. He made his way around to a wooden gate that Sheik had pointed out. It enclosed the large, ornate chest that most likely held the Big Key. The gate was too tall to climb over and he couldn't figure out how to use the mechanisms next to it that probably opened it. They would have to come back to it later, knowing that he would eventually find something useful that would help him. They passed by the chained door, having no key, and Link hopped over the broken bridges to the unblocked door.
It led into a huge chasm where the wind howled through with gale force. There was a bridge in front of him but it was oriented the wrong way. The chasm was endlessly deep, like the one outside the Temple. The trunks of giant trees sat on a ledge on the other side. Their thick roots sprawled outwards, forming an alcove that protected the door at the base. The trees of the Sacred Grove rose hundreds of feet and the exterior parts of the Temple were suspended on platforms between them. The interior was a system of interconnected caverns encased in the surrounding rock walls. He was turning back for the door when the wind picked up all the sudden and he heard a fluttering noise coming from the bridge. He looked back at it, noticing a little wind vane spinning frantically at the top of the center post, which in turn rotated the bridge back to its proper orientation. That wind vane seemed to be the same as the mechanism that opened the gate holding the Big Key. He stored this little nugget of information for later. They passed over the bridge and into the next door.
It was a diamond shaped room with another misaligned bridge, but unfortunately there was no wind in this room, and there seemed nothing else he could do here. He saw a chest sitting next to the door he had come through and hoped there was something good in it. He bumped it like he did the door, and the spring-loaded lid popped open, revealing a Small Key. Since Link had nothing to carry it in but his mouth, Sheik picked it up, clasping it in his talons. They exited the room, going back to wind chasm. While they were crossing the bridge, Sheik spotted another door in the distance, father up the chasm. The one from the main hall, that Link couldn't reach, seemed to exit there. A bridge was suspended between it and a hill that led up to another entrance similar to that of the Temple entrance itself. Sheik wanted to check it out but the wind was so strong that he couldn't fly to it, barely able to stay on the bridge with Link, shielded by the guard rails. They returned to the water room but decided to bypass the chained door for which they just got a key, not knowing if it would be more helpful somewhere else. They wanted to get to that first door that also led to the wind chasm.
When he was back in the main hall, the only thing they could think of was to try the door on the other side behind the cobweb. Having a brilliant idea, Sheik spotted a stick, grabbed it with his free talons and gave it to Link. He could light it in one of the braziers next to the entrance then use it to burn the cobweb. As Link was very familiar with this concept from past Temples, he felt especially stupid when he saw the four unlit braziers on each corner of the center platform. He lit the stick, then ran around in a circle, lighting the braziers. When he did, stepping platforms rose from the ground to the now accessible door. He stopped to open the chest, which unsurprisingly contained the map. They got a good look at it, but without the compass they didn't know exactly where they needed to go. They just wanted to get the Temple over with and didn't care about Rupee's or Heart Pieces, since Link had full hearts already from his last quest. With that, they headed through the door.
They entered the wind chasm again, farther up this time, and headed for the bridge. The strong cross-wind made the bridge flap around incessantly. Link had to cross it on foot, but without a barrier or rail, Sheik had nothing to protect him from the powerful gusts. Link took the key in his mouth so that Sheik could grip the collar around his neck. The eagle's heart fluttered when he noticed it was actually his bandage that Link had somehow got wrapped around his neck. After crossing the unsteady bridge slowly, they finally made it to the sheltering alcove on the other side, climbing the hill leading up to the elaborate entrance. Sheik didn't want to let go of Link, he just wanted to stay there, nestled in the wolf's fur. He told Link how happy he was to see the collar and that he was truly taken aback by the thoughtfulness Link showed, even during difficult times, always reaffirming how much he loved and cared for him. There was so much more to Link than people would ever know. Link's head was turned around to look at Sheik, hoping he knew how much he really did care. He had just wanted something of Sheik's to hold onto, to carry with him during his search so he wouldn't lose hope. Sheik finally hopped down and Link nuzzled against him, finding it hard not being able to hold him close. Link opened the door and they somberly walked through.
The door suddenly closed behind them and a wooden grate fell before it, locking them in. They guessed they would have to fight something now in order to get out. They walked forward into a ring of totems that surrounded a central pillar, where sat a large baboon, a crazy mask covering its face. As they approached, it erupted with cackling laughter and threw a giant boomerang towards them. It whipped through the air, knocking three snapping plants off the ceiling, before returning to its hand. The snapping plants slithered towards Link and he leapt on the nearest one, biting into it and tearing it apart. The second one came in as Sheik held back the third, gripping its stem in his talons. Link was quick to dispatch the second, then went after the one that was now snapping at Sheik. When it was gone, the baboon howled in anger and started hopping back and forth between the tops of the pillars.
Link couldn't get to him, he was too high and too fast. But Sheik dove at him, trying to knock him off. The baboon was throwing the boomerang at Link, and the diving eagle distracted him enough that he didn't notice the boomerang coming back at him. It hit him right in the face and knocked him off the pillar. As soon as he hit the ground, Link was all over him. He swatted back, trying to get out of Link's biting grasp, then it bit him back and managed to get away. He quickly jumped back up on the pillar to safety. Now weary of the bird, he aimed the boomerang at it to try to knock it out of the air. Link slammed into the base of the column, toppling it over. The baboon hit the ground, the boomerang falling from its hand. Link jumped on it again as it tried to fight back. As he was biting at the mask, he noticed it was actually a parasitic bug attached to the baboon's face. He managed to tear it off, killing it in the process. The baboon froze, then in shock, went berserk and ran around the room eventually jumping out a hole high in the rock wall. The evil bug had exploded, clearly defeated, but the grate on the door did not rise. Link didn't think the baboon to be the culprit, since it was taken over by the parasite, but then why wouldn't the door open.
Sheik noticed the boomerang laying on the ground, but it was to big for him to carry, so he called Link over to get it. As Link grabbed it in his mouth, a female voice spoke aloud from the boomerang. She said that she was the Wind Goddess and that the boomerang held the power to summon the force of a gale. She bestowed it on him as a gift for saving her, and it disappeared wherever all Link's other equipment seemed to go. Since he couldn't effectively use it in this form, she told him that the power was now in him and that the boomerang was just a symbol, he could summon the wind with the whip of his tail. After he thanked her, she glittered from the air, leaving only the whispering sound of the wind.
They both stood there, wondering how to get out, when Sheik noticed the wind vane above the door. Link made his first attempt to use the power given to him. He whipped his tail toward the door, and a gust of wind sliced through the air hitting the wind vane. It spun around, lifting the grate only a few inches. He tried again, but this time putting more thought in to what he was doing. The air made a compression sound as the gust slammed into the wind vane, spinning it with enough force to raise the grate, sucking it back up into the wall. Link was then surprised when the gust came back toward him and almost knocked him over. So now Link knew what opened the gate to the Big Key. They headed back out, crossing the chasm the same way as before, Sheik more than happy to cling to him again. When they reached the other side, a gust of wind came booming down the chasm, tearing the bridge from it supports, shattering the wood in to splinters. They both looked back with their mouths agape, then at each other, thanking the Goddesses before going back through the door.
Once in the main hall again, they headed to the side door where they had located the gate. When Link finally stood in front of the gate, he was a little confused. He knew how to open it, but therein lie another problem. There were four wind vanes and he had tried to cover then all in one mighty gust, but that had no effect, other than rattling it around. Sheik, while perched on the gate, noticed a pattern on the floor between the vanes. It was in a zig-zag, perhaps indicating an order in which to activate them. Link tried it out, slashing his tail in four quick bursts, hitting them in order. It didn't seem to work but he figured it was too slow. The gate had shuddered, but only one panel at a time. After many tries, a whisper in the breeze told him to focus the wind with his mind, imagining where he wanted it to go. He did so, looking at the four vanes in succession, focusing on the path, then firing the gust. The gale shot out and whipped back and forth along the path, spinning the vanes in order, and the gate shuddered and slid open. He wasted no time in retrieving the Big Key, ignoring the pause of fanfare. This time he carried it in his mouth, since Sheik probably wouldn't be able to lift it off the ground.
Now that they had the Big Key, they just needed to know where the Temple Guardian was. They headed back to the room they had pretty much spent all their time in. He slice the air at the chest that hung above the platform, snapping the cord. The chest dropped to the ground, breaking open as it did. The compass fell out, surprisingly, undamaged. It showed that the guardian was back through the same side they had already explored, through the chasm, passed the diamond shaped room with the misaligned bridge. They never once needed to go to the side where the cobweb blocked the door, and from seeing the map, they were quite glad they didn't. Now back in the diamond shaped room, Link fired a gust at the central pillar, spinning the vane and rotating the bridge. Sheik finally dropped the Small Key he had been carrying, since he no longer needed it. They headed straight for the other side of the room, side trips now being pointless. If the giant gap on the map was any indicator, the next room would prove quite a challenge.
Sheik flew out of the doorway, and crossed the gap. If only it were that easy, if I could just carry you like you did for me. His thoughts were just a distraction, being dismayed at how the answer eluded him. He needed to find a way for Link to cross. There was a bridge, but it was a bit too far to jump, more so than in the main hall. There were some large mushroom platforms that went up the wall, but not towards the other side. There was a giant branch above, but nothing to tie to it to swing across, not that Link could even grip a rope. He was just flying back to tell Link the bad news when the baboon that had the boomerang came walking out onto the branch above. Link immediately spotted him and started to growl. The baboon then spoke, asking if he could help. "You saved me from nasty bug. Me help you get bigger bug." The baboon told him of the evil presence infesting the Temple, to which he was the rightful guardian. He called forth some friends and, one by one, a line of monkeys came out onto the branch. "We swing you across. You hold on, trust monkeys." It seemed a good a plan as any, so Link asked what he should do. He need only start them swinging.
The monkeys hung from the branch, each one holding the one below it, clasped together like links in a chain. The the guardian climbed down to the bottom, being almost the size of Link, he was the only one that could hold him. Link whipped a breeze to the monkeys to help them start swaying. Eventually they swung back and forth far enough to reach the platform link stood on. Link took a deep breath and stepped forward to the edge. The guardian grabbed him around the chest and yanked him off. The sudden jerk forced the air out of his lungs and the Big Key that was in his mouth flew out and started to fall. He yelled to Sheik, who was already diving down after it. Link could see him plummeting below as the chain swung him across, dropping Link on the other side. By the time he righted himself and stood up, the eagle was gone from sight, having disappeared into the abyss below. They were hundreds of feet up, the trees of the Sacred Grove were giants, and he sat there on the platform, small and helpless. The monkeys climbed back up the branch, watching the darkness as well. Hours seemed to have passed in those brief moments, but then Link heard the piercing screech, which was a blessing to his ears. The eagle flew up with a mighty effort, gripping the comparatively massive Big Key in his talons. It took all of Sheik's strength, but he managed to make it to the platform. Link was immediately at his side, curling up around him as he collapsed from the exhausting flight. The monkeys cheered in the background as they parted, waving good-bye and wishing the two a safe journey. They were left in peace to gather themselves before the coming battle.
They lay there a while longer, the amount of time was not important, the evil wasn't going anywhere...
They had caught up on some much needed rest, not having slept since before the attack in the spring, not knowing how many days had passed in this perpetual twilight. Link stood up, grabbing the Big Key in his mouth. Sheik flew up and perched on his back, holding the collar that seemed to belong there now. Link pushed the key into the lock, making a loud clanking sound as it spun around and dropped to the ground. The door opened and they both looked forward, determination set freshly on their faces.
They entered a large cavern, the door expectantly slamming shut behind them. They stood on a shore in front of a pool of purple acid, much like that in the swamp on the way to the Temple, its noxious fumes filling the air. There were several little waterfalls cascading around the walls, filling the pool. A knot of giant tree roots twisted up from the back of the pool, sneaking up through the rocks above. Three dead logs floated in the pool amongst the grass, each with a bomb spider clinging to it for dear life.
A rumbling shook the floor and the water started to froth as two huge snapping plants came shooting from its surface. They swayed back and forth as they towered menacingly high above the pool. Link couldn't reach them in any way, and Sheik wouldn't make a dent in them if he tried. Their bright blue tongues waggled in their mouths, which were lined with sharp teeth. Strings of slime stretched between their lips as they opened and closed their powerful jaws.
As Link saw the bomb spiders standing there, he remembered what the Wind Goddess told him. He focused on one spider then up to the taunting mouth above it. He let out a slash of his tail but was too late as the snapping maw lunged across the room at him. He was slammed hard into the wall behind him, but was thankful that he didn't end up in its mouth. The gust hit the spider, knocking it into the water. Sheik saw what Link was trying to do and dove for another spider, plucking it from its perch. He wove around the closer plant that had seen him, and dropped it onto the farther one as it retracted from its attack on Link. The bomb exploded on contact, taking a giant chunk out the the plants head. It was killed instantly, and its body slipped beneath the surface. The other plant was still watching the eagle swoop around, oblivious to the wolf. Link took the opportunity and shot a gust at the one remaining spider then to the mouth that was snapping at Sheik. The gale spun around, sweeping up the bomb spider, depositing it directly in the plants mouth as it turned around and finally noticed him. It went straight down its gullet, exploding at the base of the stem. The head was propelled out of the water, the separated stem trailing behind it like a streamer. Black smoke fumed from its mouth before it splashed down, disappearing into purple pool.
All was calm for a moment, but still the evil lingered. The water started to churn and bubble, causing the purple waves to lap heavily against the shore. An even bigger plant suddenly broke the surface and soared high out of the water, its fleshy stem pulsated like a giant mass of corded muscles. It waved its head around in a tantrum before diving down toward Link. The head split into three leaves, each rimmed with teeth, and peeled back to reveal a giant yellow, protruding eye that stared down at him with rage. Two more of the swaying plants surfaced beside it as it screamed out to them. Sheik flew around the room, searching frantically for more bomb spiders. Finding none, he flew into the dark tunnel near the ceiling. Link heard his departing screech knowing he would return with something that would help.
Link dodged the plants as they lunged and snapped at him. Their aim wasn't very good, and as they shot forward blindly, they didn't seem to notice him move. Sheik's call alerted him that he found something. As he flew back into the room carrying a bomb spider, he told Link to take it while he went to find more. Not being able to catch it, Link blew the gust up as Sheik dropped it into the gale, and it was hurled at one of the smaller plants, since the bigger one didn't seen to be striking. The bomb hit its target and exploded, killing it like it did the others. The eagle came back with another bomb, repeating the process. While Link killed the other small plant, Sheik bombarded the bigger one. After the concussion to its head knocked it out, it flopped down on the shore, dazed from the impact. Link took the opportunity to tear away at the eye that stood out in front of him. He could hear the tearing of the flesh, but the creature quickly shot back up, now alert from the pain. It looked down at him in agony and shot a stream of acid from it mouth, following Link around the room as he tried to avoid it. Its scream had brought up two more smaller plants and, not being very intelligent, they fell for the same tricks, dying in the same way. Sheik finally got another hit on the larger one, and Link wasted no time in tearing it to shreds. He managed to rip the eye off and, as soon as it hit the ground, it blew up in a fiery puff of smoke. Sheik landed next to Link while the rest of the dismembered body writhed around in the air before petrifying into a hardened mass. Its particles scattered then shifted about in the air before getting sucked into a single point in space above Link. The blackness formed into a shape before gently floating to the ground at Link's feet.
As soon as he picked it up, golden flecks shimmered in the air. They permeated the cavern, filling it with a blinding light, forcing the wolf and eagle to cover their eyes from its intensity. When the light in the cavern dissipated, the room came back into view. The clear blue water lapping at the naked shore was the only sound left echoing through the empty cavern. The wolf and the eagle had vanished with the light. The Temple had been restored, returning back to the light as the Twilight lifted from Faron.