Family

Chapter 218 Lakebed Temple 1

By: Major144

Disclaimer: I do not own anything, expect the OCs. This is just a story for fun.

Phoebe flew across the sky of Hyrule in the direction of the palace. The fiery girl was enjoying the sights, when Midna popped up next to her in her shadow form.

"How long do you think it'll take us to reach the palace and then fly back to Gerudo City?" Asked Midna.

"Well I think by the time we start going through the desert towards Gerudo City the sun will begin to go down." Said Phoebe.

"I see." Said Midna.

"Is something else on your mind?" Asked Phoebe.

Midna let out a sigh and told Phoebe about the dream she had and then waking up to find Wolf Link beside her. The Twilight Princess then began to tell Phoebe, she never felt feelings like this with anyone before.

"Well it's clear to me you like Link." Said Phoebe with a smile.

"That's preposterous! I've only known him for a short time." Said Midna.

"And in that time his helped you, saved your life twice, and showed you kindness and comfort. Those sound like qualities and actions that would attract one person to another." Said Phoebe.

"Ok...so maybe I do like Link, however the two of us can't be together, we're two different races and we're from different social classes. A relationship would never work." Said Midna.

"Those are just excuses created from fear. Take me and Finn for example. I'm a princess made out of fire and Finn is a human, who was simply a hero. The two of us fell in love and it didn't matter what the other was or what social class they came from. We loved each other for who we were as individuals. Sure it seems strange for me and Finn to be in love, but that's how we feel and there's a bunch of odd couples on our home world and they all manage to make their relationships work. Me and Finn met a couple like us named Balder and Fionna and they were ready to take the next step in their relationship and get married. So you see Midna a relationship between you and Link can work." Said Phoebe.

"But...what if I tell Link how I feel and he doesn't like me back?" Asked Midna.

"Better to tell him how you feel and learn how he feels about you, then to never tell him and never know how he feels. You just have to be brave." Said Phoebe.

"Alright." Said Midna.

"And to tell you the truth, I think Link might have feelings for you to." Said Phoebe.

"How can you tell?" Asked Midna.

"Just instincts." Said Phoebe.

Midna just shrugged her shoulders and disappeared into Phoebe's shadow. The two kept traveling on to the palace.

At the palace, Zelda had changed into some blue long pants, a long sleeved shirt, and some brown boots to travel to the Lakebed Temple. She gathered some supplies including her bow and arrows and a shirt dagger. The princess then gathered Lapis, Mimi, and Peridot and they set out to the temple. They left early in the morning and they soon reached the lake entrance.

"Leave this to me." Said Lapis as she pointed a hand at the water.

A bunch of water rose out of the lake and wrapped itself around the group forming a sphere. The sphere lifted itself up and descended into the water still maintaining it's shape as it floated down and through a watery tunnel. Inside the sphere the bottom was solid for the group to stand on and there was breathable air. Zelda and Mimi stared out at the passing scenery in awe.

"Your powers are quit amazing Lapis." Said Zelda.

"Thanks." Said Lapis.

The group continued onwards. At the edge of the temple entrance stood Vaati. He had been spying on the girls and have learned about their planned adventure and was interested in acquiring the power of the Fused Shadow piece for himself and his masters. Vaati had returned to the cave and informed Ghirahim about what Zelda and her group were planning. Ghirahim was excited by the news and decided to give Vaati some special help. That special help was a evil creature called Bellum and a monster called Morpha. Majora also decided to assist Vaati by giving him a magic red card with an eye on it that would allow him to summon a monster called Gyorg.

Vaati looked at the lake and at his two traveling companions. Morpha looked like a tentacle made out of water, with a large red eye the size of Vaati's head in it. Bellum was a large, jellyfish-like creature capable of floating with a patterned gold-yellow colored body and a toothed "mouth" surrounding Bellum's singular black eye, with orange and yellow iris. He possessed a short, darkly colored tentacle, and 5 evenly spaced, black tendrils or tentacles with large ovular tips adorned with eye patterns that appear the same as Bellum's eye, that were reminiscent of a peacock's eye feather patterns. From what Ghirahim had told Vaati, he knew that Bellum was very cunning and possessed a few nasty abilities. Vaati chuckled at the thought of seeing those powers used against Zelda and her friends. The mage surrounded himself with a round energy shield and dove into the lake with Morpha and Bellum behind him.

"Let's send the girls a little fishy friend. Time to fish Gyorg!" Said Vaati as he held Majora's card up.

The eye began to glow and a massive red and blue fish appeared a few yards away from Vaati and his companions. Gyorg was monstrous fish that could easily swallow a person in one go. He had a mouth full of sharp teeth including two extremely long ones that stuck up on the sides and two horns on his head.

"Swim down this passageway and attack a group of women." Ordered Vaati.

Gyorg let out a roar as he swam at an incredible speed up the passageway. Vaati just let out a chuckle as he Morpha and Bellum slowly made their way down the passageway.

Several hundred yards away the water sphere that held Zelda and her group was continuing to make it's way down a tunnel, when Lapis sensed movement through the water and turned her head to see Gyorg charging in from behind. Lapis quickly moved the sphere to the side and the monster flew by.

"We're under attack!" Shouted Lapis.

"Can you form anything to attack it?" Asked Zelda.

"I'm...not sure. I've never fought anything underwater before." Said looking unsure and nervous.

Zelda was also nervous. She knew her arrows wouldn't be very affective underwater and the monster might be able to avoid them. Gyorg was turning around and began to charge again with it's mouth wide open. This time it was Peridot who took action the fish monster. Peridot had brought a round metal shield and some short metal spears with her. She used her powers to send the shield flying out of the sphere through the water and into Gyorg's open mouth! The shield lodged itself between some teeth on the top of Gyorg's mouth and dug into the monster's lip and gums. Gyorg roared in pain as it veered to the side of the sphere. Mimi then took a deep breath and dove out of the sphere at Gyorg and punched him in the head knocking out several of the monsters teeth and dislodged Peridot's shield from the mouth. The little girl quickly swam back to the sphere and took a breath of air.

"Nice one!" Cheered Lapis.

"Excellent work." Said Peridot as she called her shield back with her powers.

Gyorg floated in the water with a dazed look on it's face as black blood leaked from it's mouth. The heroes decided to move on and continued down the tunnel. Gyorg recovered and chased after them. There was a light up above the heroes and they floated up towards it and into a cavern that had air in it. Lapis raised the sphere out of the water and began to move it apart, when Gyorg jumped out of the water to attack the group. Zelda saw the attack coming and fired an arrow at the monster striking it in the gills on the right side of it's face! Gyorg screeched in pain as it fell back into the water and vanished.

"Well that takes care of that." Said Lapis.

"I'm not certain we've seen the last of that creature. I have a feeling that someone summoned that monster to attack us and whoever that is, it seems like they are following us." Said Zelda.

"Seems that way." Said Lapis.

"We best be on our guard." Said Peridot.

The others nodded and the group moved on into the temple. Back in the water Gyorg returned to Vaati who returned the monster to the card and began to use his magic to heal him. Vaati chuckled as he and his companions surfaced in the cavern. The fun and games were soon to begin.

To be continued.