-The Legend of Zelda: Island of Dreams-

When we last left Link and Zelda, Smoldergeist had cornered them in a large room. Seems the best place for a boss fight, eh?

Link: "You kidding me? This guy will be a piece of cake!"

The giant Poe had increased both the fierceness and heat of his flames, making him appear much scarier. Zelda took out the Pi'illopedia and found a picture of Smoldergeist in it.

Zelda: "OK, the book says Smoldergeist had the ability to control fire, and used it to protect his body from harm. Since ghosts tend to appear exactly the same as or close to their original body, maybe his core is beneath all that fire."

Link: "Got it, but the problem is getting to it. I highly doubt our swords will get through the fire without us getting hurt."

Zelda: "Convection schumunvection! We can hit Smoldergeist no problem!"

Unfortunately, Link was right. Zelda's sword turned red-hot as it plunged through Smoldergeist's heart. Zelda cried in pain as she let go.

Smoldergeist: "Told you kids that you'd never take another trial again! Prepare to perish!"

Link: "SHUT IT! I'm not letting you hurt Zelda!"

Smoldergeist: "And how do you plan on hurting me?"

Link: "I... I... I don't know, OK!"

Out of rage, Link threw his newly-obtained Pi'illo Boomerang at Smoldergeist. To his amazement, the boomerang actually put out the fires surrounding him, revealing his core, a tiny burnt rock with a single purple eye.

Smoldergeist: "WHAT?! HOW?!"

Link: "HAHA! Zelda, get the boomerang! That's his weakness!"

Zelda: "Got it! Now, let's see how to use it..."

Press the button as Link or Zelda pulls their arm back to throw the boomerang. Press it at the farthest point of the throw to score an Excellent!

Zelda: "Thank you, narrator!"

Link and Zelda promptly began wailing on Smoldergeist's core while the fire was out. This obviously made the specter mad. As Smoldergeist eventually became overly angry, his fire reignited and the two fell back.

Smoldergeist: "OK, I'll admit my weakpoint was a bit obvious, but now you must die! Or else you will die!"

Smoldergeist's body became even hotter, and he emitted a massive ring of fire. Link and Zelda easily hopped over it.

Smoldergeist: "Er... Forget that! Now, try my copies on for size!"

The ghost then split into four copies. Each one looked exactly like the real one, except for one thing- the flames were transparent, and they could see the copies didn't have cores like the real one did.

Zelda: "I... guess this really isn't this guy's strong suit." She threw the boomerang at the obviously real one and the fakes disappeared.

They attacked the core even more, until it finally began cracking and leaking rainbow-colored light.

Smoldergeist: "No. No! NO! I cannot be defeated! I'm freaking Smoldergeist! I'm sorry, my lords, but I... have failed you."

With that, the core exploded entirely in a flash of energy. Link and Zelda ran up to King Harkinian.

Link: "You okay, sir?"

Harkinian: "Zelda! You are grounded! I never want to see you in that much danger again!"

Zelda: "Father, I..."

Harkinian: "No buts! You are going to stay with Link in the airport until the meeting is over! Now, how do we get back?"

Just then, a door in the wall opened and a familiar face appeared.

Link: "Tingle?"

Tingle: "Well, I can't believe the secret passage in the collection room I found lead me to you people! Nice to see you!"

Link: "Collection room?"

Tingle: "Yes, fairy boy, collection room. It's Shad's place, where he mainly keeps the stuff he finds. Follow me!"

The group followed Tingle down the short hallway to the collection room. Link looked at Zelda, who was tearing up and looking at her father, who was ignoring her entirely. Link trusted the king with his life, but he still thought Harkinian was a bit harsh. They eventually arrived at the collection room. There was a series of shelves along the wall, which held a large assortment of ancient statues and old pottery (Link had a hard-to-supress urge to smash all the pottery). The center of the room was dominated by a massive golden bed with bizarre markings where the pillow should've been.

Tingle: "Welcome to the collection room! Shad says all this stuff is valuable, but I just think it's junk."

Zelda looked at the bed. The markings near the head of the bed greatly resembled those on the tiny pillow rock they found. In fact, both items seemed to radiate the same comforting aura. She pulled out the pillow rock.

Zelda: "Guys, the rock we found matches the bed's markings almost exactly!"

Harkinian: "Zelda, don't-"

Link: "Princess, what do you think would happen if we put the pillow on the bed?"

Zelda: "Y'know, let's try that! Thanks, Link!"

As Harkinian glared at Link, Zelda put the pillow at the head of the bed. Nothing happened. She then became aware of something in her pocket. She pulled out a small green bottle shaped like Tingle's head.

Zelda: "What's this stuff?"

As the princess uncorked the bottle, a pale pink mist leaked out. As soon as Zelda smelled the mist, she fell asleep instantly.

Harkinian: "TINGLE! What was in that bottle?"

Tingle: "Why, just a free sample of my home-cooked Tingle Dust! One whiff will knock even insomniacs out!"

Harkinian: "Y'know, I'd bet my kingdom Ghirahim would like some of that stuff."

Suddenly, the air began to distort above the sleeping princess's head. There was a bright flash, and a rainbow-colored vortex appeared in the air.

Link: "What IS that thing?"

Tingle: "OH MY PORK! A... A Dream Sage?"

Harkinian: "What's a Dream Sage? And how come I didn't know my own daughter was one?"

Tingle: "Your Majesty, there are some questions not even I can explain."

Harkinian: "Well, that thing popped up when she fell asleep, so I am waking my daughter up RIGHT NOW! I'm not letting her be hurt in anyway by this!"

Link: "No! What if waking her up while this is active makes something bad happen?"

Unfortunately for them, something bad happened before Harkinian woke Zelda up. The portal turned black and teal, and a wave of dark energy blasted everyone back. Link struggled to his feet as he saw a massive taloned hand with metallic armor emerge from the portal. The hand of the airship monster.

Link: "YOU!"

Link tried to grab his sword, but the hand knocked it out of the way. It lunged towards the unconsious Harkinian, grabbed him , and pulled him into the portal.

Link: "No. No! Your Majesty!"

Link knew there was only one option. It may have been suicidal, but it was the one option that could work. He jumped into the portal.

==Well, after attempting to write this FIVE TIMES and having the internet crash FIVE TIMES, here's your next part.

So, yes, the thing Tingle put in Zelda's pocket in chapter 3-4 was the Tingle Dust. Which is an item you can use in comabt/puzzles. But not right now.

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