A/N: Of course, I get more into the game of Breath of the Wild and come across an interesting memory that causes a little plot hole in the original idea of my story. Well, I tweaked it a little, but all is good and there is still mystery and drama to enjoy! Nothing has changed with any of the chapters posted so far, so you don't have to worry (but this new memory/plot hole that came about required me to delete 'Zelda' from the 'OC/Link' in the written summary. Other than that, everything is the same. Don't worry, stuff still happened between Link and Alaya. So look forward to finding that out!
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Her Last Breath of the Wild
Chapter Two: Two Shrines Down
They made their way down into the depths of the shrine.
A voice from the ancient goddesses whispered Magnesis Trial as they to the center of the room.
Alaya looked down to see two metal doors planted firmly on the floor. She examined all around seeing that there was a small crack revealing an underground room.
"How do you know my name?" he asked, pulling her away from focus.
Oh, yes, she had let his name slip between her lips at the tower; how foolish of her. She avoided eye contact, viewing every inch of the room. Another slate insert was located on one side, waiting to be used.
"The man told me," she finally said.
"How does he know?"
Thankfully, her back was to him. Her cheeks were bright red with embarrassment and guilt at lying that he would have seen right through her whether he was gullible or not.
"You think I know what he knows? He told me to go to you for any information. Clearly, you don't have any. Now, would you put your slate in so we can get those paragliders?" Alaya's voice started to rise with frustration. No, lying was no good for her and it was obvious now that she had to avoid any and all questions that could be asked about the past.
He walked up to her, not fazed by her small rise in temper. Placing the slate on the pedestal, a blue droplet leaked down just as it did on the Sheikah tower. Both their slates seemed to be linked to one another as hers started to glow just as his was glowing. Pulling it out, she saw a small update on the slate claiming they had a new ability.
Alaya moved back to the metal doors, honing the ability she hoped she actually had — otherwise she would be waving her hands about like a fool for nothing.
Link watched her, waiting for something to happen. A red glow started to appear and she was able to use it to latch onto the metal doors, moving them to the side to reveal an underground pathway.
Behind her, Link clapped slowly. "I'm impressed. But you have to let me try the next one. This ability is amazing!"
Alaya gave him a smile. To see his eyes light up like they used to before everything was a sight she felt was too rare for its beauty. Just as soon as she looked at him, holding his gaze for longer than was normal between two acquaintances, she quickly turned away to go down the ladder. Thankfully, Link said nothing.
They walked through the tunnel until they found a stairway back up at the end.
"Alright, you said you wanted a shot at using this magnesis. Here's your turn," Alaya said, pointing to a wall of square boulders with a single metal block in the middle.
A small glance at her was taken before he mustered up the determination to move the metal block out from underneath the rest. The wall came crumbling down, revealing a small guardian already aiming at them with it's blue-beaming cyclops eye. It blasted it's laser at the two of them, causing them both to leap in opposite directions to dodge the impact.
Link unsheathed his sword from his side and took a single swing at it. That was all it took for the guardian to shut down immediately into a pile of metal.
Sighing, Alaya took the liberty to use her ability and move a metal board to cross the waters onto each platform. Link followed her closely behind. They made it to the end where there was a small platform raised to level with an ancient figure sitting still like stone with a glass wall surrounding it. Link went to the platform first, reaching out a hand to touch the glass. It shattered into thousands of pieces, vanishing into thin air.
It took them both aback.
"You have proven to possess the resolve of true heroes," the figure said. It had its hands folded in front of its dark gray, wrinkly chest. It had pointed ears behind long strands of white hair, and in the center of its forehead was a Sheikah eye. "I am Oman Au, the creator of this trial. I am a humble monk, blessed with he sight of Goddess Hylia an dedicated to helping those who seek to defeat Ganon. In the name of Goddess Hylia, allow me to bestow this gift upon you… Please take this spirit orb."
Two purple orbs came out of the soul of the monk, floating into the hands of both Link and Alaya. The two Hylians looked at each other with confusion but accepted the gift anyway.
"May the Goddess smile upon you…"
And the next thing they knew, they were back out in the world with the bright sunlight and tweeting birds. It wasn't until she was finally back outside that she realized how warm it was and how cold it was inside the shrine.
Link hopped off the shrine, moving towards who-knows-where until King Rhoam — the old man — came paragliding down to them once again.
"We get the paragliders now, right?" Alaya asked, jumping closing to him as she leaped down from the platform.
"I encourage you to slow down for a moment, my courageous friend," he said with a chuckle.
The respect and love she held in her heart for him made it easy to calm her anxiety before she pushed him much further.
"It seems that with the appearance of those towers and the awakening of this shrine… It's all connected to that Sheikah Slate you two carry on your hips there. It has been quite some time since I have seen that Sheikah Slate. Long ago, a highly advanced tribe known as the Sheikah inhabited these lands. The great power of their wisdom saved this kingdom time and time again. But their ancient technology disappeared long ago… Or so it is said."
Yes, it did disappear… But only temporarily. The technology came back to destroy everything —
The king interrupted her thoughts, continuing his speech. She was grateful for that. "It is interesting, however, to think how something like that survived all this time, hidden away in a shrine. These shrines are tucked away in numerous places all across this land. On this plateau alone are still three more."
Link and Alaya both raised a brow.
"Bring me the treasure from each of those shrines… Then I will give you my two paragliders."
Link shot his eyes wide open.
"But you said just this one!" Alaya insisted.
"I said treasure, but I never said there would be only one." He smirked, eyes crinkling at the corners. "Whether it's one treasure or four, what's the difference for young go-getters such as yourselves? Since I'm feeling generous, I'll tell you a trick for finding shrines. It's always best to survey the area from a high point. How about going back up that tower over there and taking a look?"
One look at the tower and Alaya threw her head back in exasperation. She hated the King's playful crypted-ness. It was much too tedious and time-consuming when they could be paragliding right then and there down to defeat the ugly beast that was about to unleash across all of the land.
Better to start now than never, she supposed.
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After pinpointing the three shrines on the tower, they made their way to the nearest one. They successful finished that one, obtaining the ability to use bombs as they willed and once that was completed with another gifting of a spirit orb, the two set up camp in the crumbling walls separating the plateau from the rest of Hyrule.
As Alaya ate a piece of her fruit and mushroom skewer that Link was crafty enough to make, she looked out to the shadowed castle, thinking back to the horrific last day she was awake. She remembered running to Calamity Ganon, willing to give her life for a single wake at the ugly beast, but she couldn't remember much after her running as far as to stand in front of him. Did she take a swing? Did he knock her out? Did someone intervene?
Nothing came to mind.
"Just two more shrines and we will be able to attack," Link assured her.
She didn't peal her eyes away from Calamity Ganon. Her eyes slowly narrowed at the beast. "You don't remember anything? Not this beast, not anything or anyone?"
He shook his head, sighing. "Do you?"
It was strange how some questions managed to form water in her eyes. Her voice struggled not to crack as she said answered, "No." She hated lying to him, but she felt it too late to tell the truth.
"We will get our memories back eventually. I don't know how, but I'm determined we will. You think we were good friends back then? This sounds crazy, but I feel close to you without remembering anything of my past."
That made her turn to look him in his ocean-blue eyes. She gave him a soft smile. "Maybe we were. We can figure out our forgotten past later. For now, I'm going to bed. We have two more shrines to go and I am starting to get adventure-crazy. I don't want to be stuck on this plateau forever."
He gave a firm nod in agreement. They made their pallets on the rock ground and eventually fell asleep. As difficult as it was from the slight glow of red light illuminating for the shadowed castle…