Family

Chapter 230 Forest Temple

By: Major144

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

(Author's Note: Howdy folks the there year anniversary of this story is coming up and I want to give you all a shoutout for your support, I really appreciate it. This story has really grown and a few of you have given me some great ideas and suggestions over past year and you should all pat yourselves on the back for your imagination and your creativity, your all great and you made some great tributes to this story. Now let's continue to be true to ourselves and let our imaginations and creativity flow. Enjoy the chapter.) :)

It was nighttime at Gerudo City and the fires caused by Onox's rampage were all put out. The heroes were all retiring for the night. Link walked over to Midna, who was sitting on a bench staring up at the moon and stars.

"Hey, I just wanted to properly thank you getting the Master Sword to undo that curse that was cast on me." Said Link.

"Oh it was nothing, you took that blow that was meant for me and got cursed in the first place, so I owed you one. Undoing the curse was the right thing to do." Said Midna.

"I don't blame you for the curse, though I am happy you helped undo it. Retrieving the sword and attacking Onox was very brave and nobel and I respect that." Said Link.

"Thanks. Well I'm just trying to prove I'm not a helpless princess. Even...I am just an imp, I'm not going to stand around and do nothing." Said Midna.

"What did you originally look like?" Asked Link.

"Well, I was much taller then I am right now and I was very beautiful. Men would proclaim their love for me and ask to marry me, but...now those days are gone." Said Midna.

"I give you my word that I will do everything in my power to see that the curse on you is removed. You helped undo my curse, so I must do the same for you. I also promise to save your people from Zant." Said Link.

Midna looked at Link in awe and could tell from looking into Link's eyes that he meant every word he said.

"Thank you." Said Midna with a smile before she entered Link's shadow.

Link smiled and went off to his room to rest for the night. As soon as Link was asleep, Midna hoped out of his shadow and looked at the sleeping hero. Link really was quit handsome and very nobel. Midna watched Link for a few minutes, before she lowered herself down and laid in the bed next to him. She didn't quit know why yet, but Midna felt safe and comfortable next to Link. The princess closed her eyes and fell asleep.

The next morning, Link woke to find Midna sleeping next to him. At first he was surprised, but then he smiled at the sight as he recalled laying against Midna, a couple of nights ago, when he was a wolf. Link watched Midna sleep. He was fascinated by the princess from another realm and he was starting to take a shine. Midna had proven herself to be a nobel and courageous person, who was willing to do whatever she needed to do to save both Hyrule and the Twilight Realm, despite her current condition and the growing challenge the group faced. Link admired that about Midna and he was curious about what she truly looked like once the curse was removed. The hero decided to get up to wash his face and do some stretches and let Midna rest.

Unbeknownst to Link, he was being watched. A tiny spider with a eye in it's abdomen sat up on the celling spying on the hero and Midna. What the spider saw was being shown in a crystal ball in a room of the palace of the Twilight Realm. Veran stood over the crystal ball watching, as Vaati stood nearby.

"So when do we strike?" Asked Vaati.

"Soon. Let's let them get another piece of the Fused Shadow before striking. You'll get some more dark power." Said Veran.

"Why not let them collect the whole thing and then strike?" Asked Vaati.

"Because Midna would be too strong at that point and we would have to sacrifice a good deal of our forces to weaken and capture her." Explained Veran.

"Fine." Grumbled Vaati.

The two continued to watch the crystal ball.

In Gerudo City all the heroes were up and ready to start their quest. They decided to go to the Forest Temple first, so they grabbed their horses and headed out, while Midna stayed in Link's shadow.

At the Yiga Hideout, Ghirahim had stopped by and told Koume and Kotake about what the heroes were up to. The witches decided to send out a team of Yiga and Garo soldiers, along with Tyrian and a monster called Odolwa. Odolwa was a large green humanoid with red and blue lines over his body, who carried a sword and shield. The only things the monster wore were a loincloth and a creepy jungle tribal mask with three long feathers. The team of villains soon headed out after the heroes.

After several hours of traveling the heroes reached the entrance of the Forest Temple and made their way inside. The group came across several carnivorous plants that attempted to eat them, but Phoebe easily burned them to bits with her flames. Finn and Link thought it would be best for Phoebe to take the lead through the temple since her powers were greatly affective against the plants. Phoebe had no problem with that. The group soon entered a large clearing, where Ling tensed up and cast a look up at a tree above.

"What is it?" Asked Finn.

"We have company." Said Ling.

At that moment dozens of Yiga and Garo jumped down from the platform and surrounded the heroes. Tyrian and Odolwa appeared before the group.

"Hello again Ling and friends." Said Tyrian with a grin.

"Hello Tyrian, how's the tail?" Said Ling.

"Oh it's doing better. I got a new stinger and I'm just dying to try it out." Said Tyrian as he indicated his tail, which had a sharp curved metal blade strapped to the end of it.

"How nice." Said Ling.

"Enough talk! Now time to have some fun!" Said Tyrian as he prepared to order his forces to attack.

"Guys close your eyes!" Shouted Phoebe.

The heroes quickly closed their eyes as Phoebe unleashed a bright flash of light from her flames that blinded the villains. Finn, Link, and Ling quickly struck out with their swords at the mass of dazed villains sending them flying about. Phoebe took to the air and flung some fireballs at the enemy, that exploded and scattered them. The enemies's eyesight soon recovered and they started fighting the heroes. Link blocked a Yiga's sword, with his shield and knocked the enemy back with a swing of his sword before he delivered a kick into the chest of a charming Garo knocking it to the ground.

"Behind you Link!" Cried Midna from Link's shadow.

Link spun around in time to deflect the blades of a Garo and then he knocked it down to the ground, with a sword slash.

"Thanks." Said Link as he glanced at his shadow.

"Welcome." Said Midna.

Link charged in to continue fighting.

Ling was swinging his two swords around as he fought two Yiga and two Garo at the same time. The hero was fixing to try and take all four of the enemies down, when Tyrian appeared on the scene and gave his forces orders.

"You four back off. This guy is mine!"

The four warriors backed off and went to fight the other heroes. Tyrian stepped towards Ling, with his arm blades and new stinger ready for battle.

"Shall we dance?" Asked Ling with a smirk.

Tyrian let out a snarl as he leapt forward to attack. Ling blocked Tyrian's arm blades and jumped over a tail spin, before he delivered a kick to the villain's back making him stumble forward and nearly fall to his knees. Tyrian quickly recovered his balance and spun around to slam his elbow into Ling's face knocking him back dazed. The crazed assassin charged at Ling and preformed a drop kick to the hero's chest knocking him to the ground. Tyrian quickly went over to Ling, with his tail posed high to strike. Ling saw the strike coming towards his head and managed to roll away at the last second and the bladed tail struck the ground, where his head once was. Tyrian cursed as Ling jumped to his feet to fight. The assassin tried to pull his tail blade out of the ground, but it was stuck. Ling took this opportunity to deliver a few powerful punches and kicks to Tyrian before he used his sword to slash at the strap on Tyrian's tail freeing him from his trapped blade and causing him to fall onto his back.

"Had enough?" Asked Ling.

Tyrian let out a wild growl and leaped up at Ling to continue the fight.

Meanwhile Phoebe was blasting away at Yiga and Garo forces, when Odolwa appeared before her. The fiery princess flung a fireball at the monster, but he blocked the attack with his shield and slammed it into Phoebe knocking her down. Odolwa raised his sword up high to attack Phoebe, but as he brought it down, it was blocked by Finn and his sword. Finn's body began to glow blue as he shoved Odolwa back and sent the monster stumbling back. The hero charged forward and began to deal out blow after blow to Odolwa. The monster tried to fight back, but Finn was too fast for him. After a few more powerful blows Odolwa collapsed to the ground face first and exploded into a cloud of black smoke.

The Yiga and Garo saw this and the fight went out of them. They all pulled out smoke bombs and threw them to the ground to create a cloud of smoke to help cover their retreat. Tyrian let out a curse at his forces retreat, before he cast one last glare at Link and retreated as well.

"Are you ok Phoebe?" Asked Finn as he went over to help Phoebe up.

"I'm fine. Thanks for the save." Said Phoebe.

The group moved on through some tunnels and trees, until they came across a large chamber with a pond full of purple liquid. Link grabbed a stick and stuck it into the purple liquid. The stick began to smoke as the end of it was eaten by the liquid.

"It's acid." Said Link.

"Well I don't see anywhere else we can go to from here, so this must be the end of this place." Said Ling.

"Shouldn't there be a boss monster here then?" Asked Finn.

The pond began to bubble and two massive carnivorous plant heads rose from the liquid and roared at the heroes.

"Bingo." Said Phoebe as she flung some fireballs at the monsters.

The fireballs struck the heads and they reeled back screeching in pain. The pond began to bubble again as a larger more grotesque plant head rose up and let out a roar. The monster was called Diababa and the other two plant heads seemed to be attached to it's sides. Diababa roared at the intruders and Phoebe struck it with a fireball that knocked the monster back. The creature recovered and slurped up some acid and spat it at the heroes forcing them to scatter to avoid being hit. Finn picked up a rock to hurl at Diababa, while Link hurled a boomerang at it. The projectiles struck the monster dazing it and Phoebe hit it with another fireball. Diababa screamed in pain as it fell forward and crashed to the ground by the pond. The monster's mouth popped open and out came a tiny stalk with an eye the size of a child's head at the end. Finn, Ling, and Link attacked the eyeball with their swords. Diababa rose up and let out one last scream as it's body withered and crumbled into black smoke.

"Dungeons and temples are so much easier to deal with, when you have company." Said Link.

The pond of acid began to vanish and turn into a clean pond. A peace of a metal helmet floated above the pond. It was a piece of the Fused Shadow. Midna went into her shadow form and grabbed the piece putting it in her helmet. Now there was just one piece left of the Fused Shadow to get before heading towards the Twilight Realm.

To be continued.