"Why didn't I remember the sound of the lyre sooner?" Double d wondered out loud as Ed swung them past a chasm on Dragon roost, following the sound of the golden instrument as night began to fall, "We could've been here thousands of words words earlier!"
"It could've been worse," Ed offered, "Microsoft word could completely shut down for days on end and bring progress to a standstill."
"You need to stop reading those comics Ed!" Eddy offered as the three climbed onto a ladder leading to a steep cliff. Medli stood there, playing Laruto's lyre absentmindedly. "What a discovery!" Double d whisper-shouted, taking out the Wayfarer's guide, which was filling up nicely, "It – seems – the - Zora's – now – bereft- of – fresh – water – developed- wings - and –became - the – Rito's." while he wrote more notes on the mysteries of evolution and natural selection, the other Eds approached Medli. "Nice harp you got there!" Eddy remarked casually, surprising her, "were you listening to that? Oh, how embarrassing . . ."
"I think it is prettyful sounding, like a seagull cawing at another one!" Ed offered the odd simile. "This instrument is called one of fate's tools." She held it up a little, confirming it was Laruto's, "Prince Komali's grandmother saw me carrying it one day and called out to me to stop. She'd seen my fate in the curves of the instrument, you see. She eventually became my teacher, and that's how I became the attendant you see before you today."
"Fascinating," Double d sincerely remarked, taking note of the story in the guide.
"So now you understand why I need to hurry and improve my skills, so that I may help the aerie."
"The what? Uh . . ." Eddy put Double d forward and swiveled behind Double d with Ed, who was staring blankly out at sea, "Your turn Double d!"
"Oh! Yes, well," Double d pulled out the wind waker, "Perhaps I may help."
"Hey, is that the wind waker? Wow!" she stopped playing to look at it, "Double d, will you conduct me? I wonder how I'll do . . ."
"Hopefully well." Double d replied, playing the earth god's lyric, and Medli played along as well as she could. When she was finished, she turned back to the sea and thought, "Hmm . . . what a mysterious song . . . it sounds so . . . familiar."
"Did it work?" Eddy stepped ahead of the other Eds, hoping to see what would happen next. "It's almost as if something I forgot is trying to be – Remembered . . . oh . . . I feel . . ." she barely got out as she fell backwards. All she heard was a quiet crack and a loud "Yeouch!" from Eddy before completely blacking out.
The world around Medli was pitch black, all but Laruto, who held her ghostly version of the lyre steadfastly. Slowly, Laruto played the Earth god's lyric, then Medli followed, and the two played a duet that could bring the strength back to the master sword, no matter how powerful Gannon became.
"Man, she's dead from the neck up!" She heard Eddy mumble, as her eyes began to flutter open. Her face felt warm and wet. "She's coming to!" Double d shouted happily, "Do it again, Ed!" she heard Ed snort and hack above her, and her eyes popped open. "ED, I'M AWAKE!" she pushed herself off Ed's lap and whipped the previous loogie off her face.
"Medli? What on earth happened?" Double d asked when her face was clean. "Just now, a sage spoke to me. She spoke so gently . . . there's something . . . something I must do."
"Like what? "Ed asked, as if he already didn't know.
"Eds, thanks to you I have been awakened to the knowledge that I am a sage of the earth temple. There's something I can do to actually help this world, it's incredible!"
"I know exactly how you feel," Double d looked back at the master sword, thinking about what the king of red lions said about the triforce of courage. "I bet my teacher knew all about this." A small tear trickled down Medli's cheek. "There there," Ed cooed gently, "Just remember what Eddy said about salads."
"What about salads?"
"I forget." Medli continued diligently, "Eds, please, you must take me to the earth temple. We must hurry and wake the power that sleeps within the master sword."
"I spy with my little eye," Ed said, pointing at an object moving through the sky, "Something that is royal!" sure enough, it was prince Komali. Medli knew that a formal goodbye wouldn't work. "Let's go now, quickly and quietly."
"All aboard who's going aboard!" Eddy whispered as the Eds slunk away, but Medli lingered up to the last second. "Oh Komali . . . I just want him to remember me as a simple attendant."
Prince Komali flew high over Dragon roost, searching for the special roost Medli would practice her lyre on. In his hands was an orchid from northern triangle island, and in his head he practiced what he was going to say once he landed "Medli, ever since my grandma died you've been like a mom for me, and I enjoy that. But what if you were more than tha- no, that sound's stupid!" he tried again, thinking of another approach, "You know Medli, we've known each other for a long, long time, and I don't think I'll ever meet another Rito girl quite like you. Come to think of it, there are no other Rito girls my age, God I'm desperate!" as he lowered down onto the platform, clouds brushed past him as he thought, "Say Medli, I found these orchids all over northern triangle island, and now that the cyclone's gone I was thinking we could go there and just stare out at the wat- oh what am I saying! I should just come out and say it: Medli I love you, and quit beating around the bush!" now resolved Komali landed, only to find Medli gone. And by the time he had searched the whole island and asked everyone, the Eds and Medli had warped away to eastern triangle island, and nobody else knew their location.
"Well that only took forever." Eddy grumbled as the four steeped back onto the shores of the earth temple. The king of red lions spoke for the first time in a long time, "Medli, listen carefully to what I am about to tell you. The temple ahead is the nest of an evil creature . . . the same creature who stole the life of your predecessor, the sage. It is a dark and frightening place. That is why, if you do nothing else, at least do this . . . if any of the Eds call you, be silent and follow them closely."
She nodded and the magical boat continued, "Also, allow them to lift you and if need be fly and carry them through the air."
"Although it would be advisable to carry us one at a time, since our combined weight would be overwhelming."
"Why can't we just use our leaf?" Eddy asked but was ignored.
"And Eds, if Medli gets stuck and cannot continue in the temple, use the Wind Waker to conduct the song you learned in the Tower of the Gods. Do you understand?" The king of red lions was of course referring to the Command melody, a song that allowed the Eds to take on the consciousness of a statue while moving it. "Well, I suppose I understand . . . though it sounds a tad unusual."
"Double d, we've met a giant dragon, a talking tree, and a giant wind frog, nothing is normal now." Eddy reminded him as the king of red lions finished his thought, "Eds, protect Medli, and Medli, protect the Eds. The power to repel evil will surely return to the Master sword!"
"It has been absorbed!" Ed smiled as they entered the temple.
"Now, let's see if a full-fledged Earth sage can do something about this door." Double d conducted the Earth god's lyric and Medli played it on her lyre. As soon as the song ended, the rock split in half and light shone from behind it, "It's gonna blow!" Eddy shouted, diving behind Ed with the others in tow. Instead of exploding though, it crumbled into rubble. "Do it again, I wasn't looking!" Ed pleaded after it was too late. The three entered the room beyond the door, where a huge hole was dug out. The Eds and Medli entered this hole, into a world of shadow and death. The monsters of this temple were almost always corpses and spirits (Much to the delight of Ed but the horror of everyone else), and light was very scarce. Without the teamwork of all four of them, the temple might've been impossible. Light was often a strong weapon against these dark spirits, and eventually the Eds found a way to harness this power.
"Man, those Redeads were creepy," Eddy shivered, unlocking a door at the end of a darkened passageway, "Remind me to cremate myself when I die."
"The next room appears to be a dead-end, suggesting a major monster battle," Double d said, examining the map, "We'll probably end up back-tracking, so I would suggest you stay here, Medli."
"Oh then, good luck." The young Rito waited by the door.
"Don't forget to write!" Ed smiled as they entered the relatively well-lit room. The floor consisted of nothing but dirt. "How unsanitary!" Double d exclaimed, "Locked in here with all this dirt, and coffins!"
"Relax Double d," Eddy started walking out onto the dirt, "It's not gonna kill you, sheesh- what the?" the ground shifted beneath Eddy as a skeleton rose from the floor, almost taller than Ed, brandishing a club. Eddy jumped off its head and ran behind his friends. "Evil Tim has beckoned him!" Ed shouted as double d corrected him, "That's a stalfoes, they're very dangerous!" Eddy threw his boomerang at its head and while it was distracted, shouted "You take him, sockhead! You've got that whole "Blade of evil's bane" Thing going for you!" Double d was pushed ahead and swung his sword with one hand, covering his eyes with the other. Eventually the bones fell apart, leaving the head to bounce around on the floor. "CRUSH THE MONSTER!" Ed shouted, taking out the skull hammer and smashing the skull, finishing it off. But as soon as that was done, the two coffins in the room popped open, releasing two more stalfoes. The three Eds worked in tandem like this until the stalfoes were no more. "That was almost kinda fun!" Eddy smiled as a stairway lowered in front of them. At the top of the stairs sat a chest. Double d opened it to reveal an ornate shield, its silvery front shined in the light. "This might prove useful soon. Ed, might I entrust you to use the hero's shield well."
"Can I have your hat, too?"
"Let's not get carried away here." The three solved many puzzles and battled many monsters with the help of both this and Medli, and all too soon they were at the boss door.
"Finally, we're almost done here," Eddy sighed, shaking off some smoke from a now-deceased smoke-bubble. Double d unlocked the door, giving a small speech while doing so, "Gentlemen, and Lady, we've come far on our quest to restore the Master sword, but now our journey is about to end. Beyond this door lies the unknown, but also the path of-"
"Just open the door, Shakespeare!" Eddy barked as the lock fell away and the Eds entered. But before Medli could enter, the door slammed shut behind them, and metal bars shot up from the ground. "Well that's just great. We come all this way to revive this stupid sword, and the stupid door locks out our sage!" Eddy tugged at the bars, while Double d and Ed looked at the room itself. The walls were covered in spikes, and in the center of the room, in almost every color of the rainbow, ran Poes in every direction. Poes were the souls of wicked and greedy people incarnated, but since the room was so well-lit, they were now solid. "They're kinda funny-looking, huh Double d?" Suddenly all the Poes turned to look at them, making Double d jump. The room turned dark, and a giant Poe's mask appeared in the center of the room. This the Poes filed into, making one giant, fat Poe. "Eddy?" Double d called, making his friend turn around and snap, "WHAT? CAN'T YOU SEE I'M- holy-" was all he got out before the three scattered from the rain of fire from the monster's lantern. Double d ran to a beam of light and shined his mirror shield on to the transparent fiend, making him solid again. "Ed, assistance please!" Ed lifted the hulking beast and threw it into a wall, causing it to break into its smaller components. The Eds slashed and shot at these, until those that remained regrouped into the big monster, which was now slightly smaller, this they continued to do, avoiding its fire and its confusion-bringing body-slams, until the last Poe fell. "Is it just me, or is this getting easier?" Eddy asked as the mask floated into the air and exploded in the filtering sunlight, giving the Eds another heart container. "Perhaps we are simply getting better at this?" Double d offered as Ed pulled them into another hug "We are getting harder, better faster, stronger!"
"Is it safe?" Medli asked behind them. "Where'd you come from?" Eddy asked, staring at the door. "Near the end of the fight, the door opened for just a moment, and I rushed in before it could close again." She panted, as a blue light began to shine from the center of the room, in the center of a Triforce symbol. Double d and Medli nodded to each other, and while they prepared to play the Earth Gods lyric, Double d placed the Master sword in the blue light, where it stood up on its own. As Medli played, the spirit of Laruto joined in, and the master sword shone brightly. "Well then." Double d picked up the sword, feeling a sort of electricity run through him as the hand guard opened up to both sides, showing the power that had returned to the blade. "All we had to do was open it up?" Eddy asked, staring at the blade, "That's stupid!"
"Well at least some of the power is returning to it." Double d sighed, holding it up to admire its blue sheen, "But I'm afraid that before Gannondorf can be slayed by this, the prayers of the wind sage are necessary."
"OH COME ON!" Eddy grumbled as Medli spoke to them, "Now Eds, the light behind you will bring you back to the surface, and from there you must find the sage of the Wind temple. I will remain here and continue to pray." Ed, thinking in his own special way, pulled a potato out of his pocket and gave it to Medli, "This is my lucky potato, may it serve you well!"
"Umm . . . thanks." She took the spud and put it in her pocket.
"At least you'll have something to eat!" the Eds stepped into the center of the Triforce mark, just as Medli remembered one final obligation, "And Eds, umm . . . about Prince Komali, Please watch over him for me."
"Tallyho!" Ed shouted as the three spun and ascended into the over world. They returned to the king of Red lions and plotted a course northwest, to where Double d was certain the item they needed to enter the wind temple would be: Ice ring isle.