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(Author’s Note: I know what the places I mention in this story look like in the game, but keep in mind that this is long before Link. Like in real life, the landscape changes over the years.)
“Callista, do you have ANY idea where we’re headed?” Kyro asked the kokiri woman as they traveled through Hyrule Field. Only a few days had past since he, the kokiri woman, and Michael left the forest. Between then and now, Callista had managed to find a weapon and armor shop, from which she bought a decent sword and shield. Now, the trio was traveling south toward an unknown destination.
“Of course I don’t,” Callista replied. “That’s why we’re going this way.
“THAT made sense!” the red fairy rolled his eyes.
“It would make perfect sense to someone with a brain!” The kokiri woman stuck her tongue out at Kyro.
“Well, then I guess it doesn’t make much sense to you either!” the red fairy snapped.
Michael sighed. “Must you two ALWAYS act like this?”
“Things would be a lot more pleasant if red over there would quit pestering me,” Callista replied.
“Who’s being the pest?” Kyro glared at the kokiri. “You make a point to insult me at every opportunity!”
“Bite me, fairy boy!” Callista growled at the red fairy.
“Callista!” The gold fairy yelled at the kokiri. “Watch your language!”
“Hmph!” Callista turned away from the fairies. “I’ll say what I want. I’m not a kid anymore.”
“You just act like one,” Kyro replied.
“Shut up, Kyro!” The kokiri ordered.
By this time, the group had reached a large lake with an island near the center. On the left side of the lake was a single small building that looked like it had not been used in years.
The red fairy looked around. “Where are we?”
“Lake Hylia,” Callista answered.
Michael gave the kokiri girl a surprised look. “How do you know?”
Callista pointed to a sign near the entrance. “Unlike some people, I can read!”
Just then, the trio heard a faint moan coming from the lake. Callista ran to the edge of the water and knelt next to a young male zora, who ways laying on his side, barely breathing and bleeding heavily from several wounds all over his body. His lower half was still in the water.
‘What a strange-looking creature…’ The kokiri woman thought to herself as she looked at the zora. She turned toward Kyro. “Hey, Kyro, don’t just hover there! Get over here and heal this guy!”
The red fairy flew up to Callista and looked at the zora. “Wow… I wonder what happened here…” Kyro landed on the zora’s shoulder, presses his hands against the zora’s scales, and concentrated. A faint red glow surrounded the zora as his wounds disappeared. The red fairy flew back toward Callista as the zora slowly opened his eyes.
“You okay now?” The kokiri woman asked the zora.
“Yeah. Thanks…” The zora slowly rose to a sitting position.
Callista gave the zora a concerned look. “What happened?”
“A monster appeared in Zora’s Fountain and started to poison the water there,” the zora answered. “The poison has already reached Zora’s Domain and it’ll only be a matter of time before it takes over this place and the river. I tried to defeat the monster…but… I think you saw the result.”
“Is he still in Zora’s Fountain?” Callista asked.
The zora nodded. “Yes. Not even our best fighters have been able to defeat it. I came out here in hopes of finding someone that was willing to help us.”
“I have some experience battling monsters. Maybe I can be of assistance,” The kokiri offered.
The zora stood and looked down at Callista. “Do you think you can handle this beast?”
“I can try,” The kokiri woman answered, “I can’t just sit back and let it cause trouble, now can I?”
“Here we go again…” Kyro groaned.
Callista glared at the red fairy. “No one said YOU had to help!”
“You do know what you’re getting yourself into, right?” the zora asked the kokiri. “This is a very dangerous quest.”
Callista nodded at the zora. “Like I said, I’ve done this kinda thing before.”
“Once,” Kyro replied.
“Oh, shut up!” The kokiri snapped at the fairy. She turned back to the zora. “I’d be more than happy to help you out…Umm…”
“Rine,” the zora introduced himself. “And what, may I ask, are your names?”
“I’m Callista,” the kokiri answered. “The gold fairy back there is Michael and the annoying red glowball is Kyro.”
“Nice to meet you all. Wait right here a moment, Callista.” The zora dove into the lake, and then surfaced a few minutes later. He approached the kokiri woman with something blue in his hands.
“Here, you’ll need this,” the zora said to Callista, handing her the blue object.
The kokiri took the object and looked at it. “A tunic?”
Rine nodded. “With it, you can hold your breath underwater for as long as you need.”
The kokiri woman looked at the zora. “I take it the monster lives underwater.”
Rine shook his head. “He mainly stays on the surface, but you’re going to have to swim underwater for a pretty long time before you reach him.”
“I see…” Callista slipped the zora tunic on over her kokiri tunic. “Well, the sooner we stop this thing the better.” She walked into the water. “Mind showing me the way?”
The zora nodded. “Follow me.” He dove into the water.
The kokiri looked over her shoulder at the two fairies. “You comin’?”
“Do we have much choice?” Kyro asked. He and Michael flew into the zora tunic, resting on Callista’s shoulders.
The kokiri woman dove after the zora and looked around. She spotted Rine near what looked like a doorway and swam up to him.
The zora waited for Callista to catch up. “Zora’s Domain is just through this passage. From there, we can reach Zora’s Fountain. Then we’ll be close.”
The kokiri nodded and swam through the passage, followed by Rine.
As the two swam, the water they were traveling through turned purplish in color. The further they swam, the darker the purple color became.
The zora suddenly sped up, leaving Callista and the fairies by themselves.
‘Hey! What was that all about…?’ The kokiri struggled to keep up with Rine.
The passage took the group to what looked like a large cavern that was halfway underwater. Near the top of the cavern was a waterfall flowing out of a large opening in the wall. A narrow path rose out of the water and twisted around the cavern wall and then into another passage. On any other day, the cavern might have been beautiful, but not today. The water in the cavern was an ugly purple color and several zoras were laying unconscious on the ground or platforms in the water.
Callista looked around the cavern. “Is this Zora’s Domain?”
The zora swam to a nearby platform and hurriedly climbed on top of it. “Yes.” He looked down. “As you can see, it’s not in very good shape at the moment…”
The kokiri nodded as she swam to the platform. “I take it this poison stuff only affects zoras…”
Rine shook his head. “It makes any creature that breathes it in very sick. As long as you don’t inhale any of it, you have nothing to worry about.”
“Okay.” Callista climbed on top of the platform and looked around. “Where’s the monster that’s causing all this located?”
The zora nodded toward a nearby platform that was attached to a rock wall that went halfway up to the top of the cavern at the start and sloped gradually upward toward a passageway on the other side of the cavern. “This way…” He jumped over the water and onto the platform, then climbed up the water and started to walk up toward the passageway.
The kokiri woman followed Rine up the ladder, across the wall, and through the passageway, which led to a small room. The path the group was on went along the right side of the wall and under the small waterfall in front of them. A short branch of the path sloped upward slightly and stopped halfway across the flooded room toward the waterfall.
Sitting on the ledge the waterfall poured down from was an aging zora that was a bit bigger than Rine. The zora’s head was shaped more like a fish’s than a humans and he had a long, thick mustache under where his nose would have been if he had one.
Rine walked up the shorter path and kneeled in front of the zora. “I have returned, Your Majesty.”
‘Majesty? He’s a king?’ Callista kneeled quickly, not wanting to offend the zora king.
The king smiled at Rine. “I trust you found someone?”
The smaller zora nodded and gestured toward Callista. “This young lady has offered to help us.”
The zora king glanced behind Rine at Callista. “What is your name, warrior?”
“Callista,” the kokiri answered.
“Callista, we are grateful for your help.” The zora king scooted to his right, exposing a path that appeared to lead to the outside of the cavern. “The monster that has been terrorizing my people is just beyond here. Rine, you will assist Callista in any way you can. This is not something that can be done alone.”
The smaller zora rose to his feet. “Yes, Your Majesty.” He walked back down the bath he was on and headed up the path that led to where the zora king was sitting.
Callista followed Rine to Zora’s Fountain, which was little more than a small piece of land around the entrance and a large body of water surrounded on all sides by a rock wall. On the opposite side of the fountain was what looked like a small cave.
The kokiri looked around. “Where’s the monster at?”
Just then, a large purple snakelike creature rose partway out of the water. The snake looked to be made out of some kind of crystal; Rine, Callista, and the fairies could see through it, though the only things that appeared to be inside it were its brain and heart. Its large black eyes glared down at the group.
The kokiri woman looked up at Michael. “What is this thing?”
The fairy shook his head. “I don’t know.”
“Some help you are!” Callista stuck her tongue out at Michael.
“It looks a lot like Callista,” Kyro replied. “Maybe it’s a kokiri.”
“You be quiet!” the kokiri woman yelled at the red fairy.
“Look out!” Rine grabbed the kokiri woman and jumped out of the way as the snakelike creature crashed jaw-first down onto the land the two had been standing on.
Callista drew her sword and charged at the snake. Once close enough, she jumped over its head, landed above its eyes, and stabbed downward toward its brain. The snake’s surface was almost as hard as it looked, however; the sword only managed to scrape across it.
The snake hissed and tossed its head back, throwing the kokiri woman into the water behind it.
“Callista!” Rine shouted at the kokiri.
“I’m okay!” Callista surfaced and swam back toward the mass of land around the entrance to the fountain.
“That thing’s almost as hard-skinned as Callista is hard-headed.” Kyro smirked.
“Oh shut up!” The kokiri glared at the fairy.
“Hiiisssssssssssssss…….” The snake creature slithered through the water toward Callista and Rine.
The zora crossed his arms in front of his face and fires his fins toward the monster’s tail. The fins hit the tail, but bounced harmlessly off of it before returning to Rine’s arms.
Callista ran around the snake, jumped, and swung her sword at its throat.
The monster bent its head down toward the kokiri and snapped at her, nearly managing to bite her.
Callista landed in the water in front of the snake and swam back to dry land. She looked at the snake. “That was close…”
“Now what?” The zora looked at the kokiri.
The kokiri shook her head. “I don’t know, but I’m not giving up. There HAS to be a way to get inside that hard shell…”
Just then, the monster lunged at the group, its mouth open wide.
‘That’s it!’ The kokiri woman thought to herself. ‘I hope this works…’ She ran toward her opponent.
“Callista! What are you doing?!” Michael shouted at the kokiri.
Callista didn’t answer. She stopped directly under the snakelike creature’s mouth.
“She’s going to get herself killed!” Rine exclaimed; his eyes open wide in terror.
“Callista!” Michael darted toward the kokiri. “What are you trying to do? Get yourself killed?!”
“Michael, get back!” Callista knocked the fairy out of the way as the monster’s mouth closed in on her.
“Callista, you idiot! Why did you have to be so stupid?!” Kyro shouted.
The snakelike creature lifted its head up and roared. It stared down at the zora and the fairies.
“Crud…” Rine looked up at the monster. “How are we supposed to stop this thing now?”
Suddenly, the snakelike creature roared in pain as its heart was ripped into two pieces. It thrashed about for a few seconds, and then collapsed.
Kyro blinked. “What just happened?”
The snake’s mouth started to open, then closed.
“Is it still alive?” Rine wondered.
“No, but I am!” a faint voice called from inside the snake. “Help me out of here!”
“Callista? Is that you?” Michael flew toward the snake.
“No, it’s the Queen of Hyrule!” the kokiri replied sarcastically. “Hurry up, Rine! It really stinks in here and there’s not much air…”
The zora quickly ran to the snakelike creature and helped the kokiri woman lift its upper jaw. Callista slowly crawled out of the monster’s mouth, covered in blood and the creature’s digestive juices.
“That’s a good look for you,” Kyro remarked after seeing the kokiri woman.
Callista rose to her feet and started to wipe the blood and juices off her body. “Oh shut up, fairy boy!”
Rine looked at Michael. “Are they ALWAYS like this?”
The gold fairy shook his head. “They’re usually worse.”
Callista glanced at the snakelike creature’s body as it started to vaporize. “Well, your monster’s dead. Now what?”
The zora looked down at the purplish water in the fountain. “Now we need to get rid of the poison that’s still in the water.”
“How do we do that?” The kokiri wondered.
“There’s a scientist that lives a short distance from the lake,” Rine answered. “With any luck, he’ll be able to provide us with an antidote of some sort.”
“Great. Let’s go!” Callista ran toward the fountain’s exit.
“Callista, wait up! You don’t know the way.” The zora chased after the kokiri, followed by Kyro and Michael.
Callista ran back to the throne room and stopped to wait for the zora and fairies. Unfortunately, Rine didn’t see the kokiri stop until it was too late. He collided into her, causing her to fall off the ledge. Both fighters landed in the shallow water below.
The red fairy smirked. “Now would be a good time to point and laugh.”
“Oh shut up!” Callista yelled at the fairy as she crawled out from under Rine and stood up.
The zora king chuckled at the kokiri and fairy. “I trust you have defeated the monster?”
Rine nodded. “We won’t have to worry about it anymore.”
The zora king smiled. “Good. You four have done everyone here a great deed.”
“Its not over yet,” Callista replied. “We still have to get rid of the poison he left behind.”
The large zora nodded. “You best be on your way then.”
“Right.” Rine stood and walked out of the throne room.
The kokiri followed the zora. “Are we going through that water tunnel again or is there another way out of here?”
“There’s another path that leads to Zora’s River,” Rine answered. “The trip will be longer if we go through there, but that’s the only safe route at the moment.”
Callista nodded. “Where is that exit? I didn’t see it earlier…”
“Its up here,” The zora replied, stopping at a rock wall. He started to climb up the wall.
The kokiri followed Rine up the wall and into a short tunnel that was blocked on the other side by a waterfall.
“How are we supposed to get through there?” Callista asked.
Rine approached the waterfall. When he got close enough to touch it, it disappeared. “Like that.”
“Ah…” Callista approached the end of the tunnel.
”She has seen the light!” Kyro exclaims in mock astonishment.
“You’re going to see the bottom of the river if you don’t watch it!” The kokiri stuck her tongue out at the red fairy.
Kyro flew out of the tunnel, and then hovered ten feet over the nearest piece of land. “You have to catch me first!”
“Gladly!” Callista jumped out of the tunnel and onto the platform with Michael hovering around her.
As the kokiri jumped, the red fairy flew to the next platform and hovered above it, just out of reach.
“Be careful, Callista. The current’s pretty strong around here.” Rine warned as he followed the kokiri woman.
“Don’t worry.” Callista jumped to the next platform, which sloped down a few feet.
The zora followed the kokiri as she made her way from platform to platform, eventually ending up in Hyrule Field.
“Now where to?” Callista asked as she looked around.
Rine pointed to the southeast. “He lives around there, between the trees and the path leading to the lake.”
“We should probably hurry this up,” Michael advised.
“Why?” The kokiri looked up at the gold fairy.
“Fish-boy’s been out of the water for awhile,” Kyro answered.
Rine shrugged. “We have enough time.”
“We don’t want to take a chance,” Callista replied. “We should hurry this up.” She ran in the direction the zora had pointed, her fairies flying behind her.
“If you say so…” Rine followed the kokiri and fairies across Hyrule Field toward a small white house.
Callista stopped in front of the house. “Is this it?”
“Yes.” The zora knocked on the door.
“Who is it?” Called a male voice from inside the house.
“Its Rine of the zoras,” Rine answered. “I need your help.”
The door to the house opened, revealing a short old man wearing a lab coat and a black pair of pants and holding a cane.
The man smiled at the group and stepped inside. “Well, come in! What can I help you with?”
“This monster entered Zora’s fountain and poisoned the water. The monster has been defeated but all of the water in Zora’s Fountain and most of it in Zora’s Domain has been contaminated. Most of the zoras are very sick because of it.” The zora explained as he, Callista, and the fairies entered the house.
“I see…” The scientist thought for a moment. “What did the creature look like?”
“It looked like a large purple crystal snake,” the kokiri woman answered.
The man nodded. “I have just the thing! Wait right here a moment, please.” He limped to the back wall of the house, which had several shelves filled with various liquids, vials, and powders. He picked up a large vial containing a black liquid and walked back to the group. “Okay, now which one of you is carrying me to Zora’s Domain?”
“Carry you?!” Rine and Callista gave the man strange looks.
The man scratched the back of his neck nervously. “Well… My horse died a month ago and my health isn’t what it used to be…”
The two fighters face-faulted.
“Well…” The kokiri looked at the zora. “Which one of us gets to carry him?”
Rine, the fairies, and the scientist all looked at Callista.
The kokiri woman shook her head. “Nuh uh! Not me! Don’t even think about it!”
Rine, Callista, Kyro, Michael, and the scientist all traveled through Hyrule Field toward Zora’s River. The zora traveled ahead of the group since he knew the way better than the others. The fairies hovered around the kokiri who was carrying the scientist on her back.
“Tell me again why I have to carry him?” Callista looked at Rine.
“You’re stronger than I am,” Rine replied.
“And there’s no way Kyro or I could lift him,” Michael answered
“You guys are all a bunch of weaklings!” The kokiri stated as she continued to carry the scientist.
“Which is why we’re not stuck carrying a man that’s probably twice our age,” Kyro said with a smirk.
“Shut up, fairy!” Callista snapped at the red fairy.
“Make me, kokiri!” Kyro stuck his tongue out at the kokiri woman.
“Just you wait until we get to Zora’s Domain!” The kokiri shouted to the fairy.
Michael sighed. “Never a peaceful moment…”
“Shut up, Michael!” The kokiri woman ant the red fairy snapped at the gold fairy.
Rine laughed at the arguing trio and stopped as they reached Zora’s River. He looked at Callista. “Are you going to be able to get past here okay or do you need help?”
“I’ll be fine,” Callista replied. She walked along the edge of the river and jumped across it to the piece of land on the other side, almost losing her grip on the scientist in the process.
“Hey, watch it! You almost made me drop the antidote!” The scientist complained.
“I don’t HAVE to carry you, you know…” The kokiri side-glanced at the scientist.
“But if you don’t, I wont be able to get into the Domain,” the scientist replied. “Then your zora friends are doomed.”
Callista mumbled a few near-curses and continued jumping from each piece of land to the next. Rine and the fairies followed. After a few close calls, the group made it back to the entrance to Zora’s Domain.
Rine jumped through the waterfall and stopped the water long enough for Callista to jump through. After she and the fairies entered Zora’s Domain, the zora pressed the switch that allowed the waterfall to once again flow freely over the entrance to the domain.
Rine once again led the kokiri and her fairies through Zora’s Domain and into Zora’s Fountain.
Callista set the scientist down on the ground near the water. “Okay, you’re here. Now, can we be quick about this? The zoras have probably been out of the water for longer than they should be already.”
“Don’t rush me!” The scientist knelt in front of the water and slowly poured in the contents of the vile he had been carrying.
The group watched the water for a minute. It did not seem to change.
“THAT did a whole lotta good…” Callista stated sarcastically.
“Be patient!” The scientist snapped. “It will work. Just watch.”
The zora, the kokiri, and the fairies watched as the water slowly turned from purple to its normal clear/blue color. At first, only Zora’s Fountain was affected, but the antidote gradually made its way into Zora’s Domain as well.
“See? I TOLD you it would work.” The scientist looked up at Rine. “The water should be clean within an hour.”
The zora nodded. “Thank you for your help. All of you.”
“You’re welcome,” the scientist replied.
Callista shrugged. “It was kinda fun.”
“Of course you’d think so,” Kyro remarked.
“You have no sense of adventure, you know that?” The kokiri stuck her tongue out at the red fairy.
“At least I’m not risking my life at every opportunity.” Kyro stuck his tongue out at Callista.
“Will you two ever grow up?” Michael looked at the kokiri and the red fairy.
Callista looked up at the gold fairy. “I grew up a few days ago, thankyouverymuch.”
“Physically, but I have my doubts about mentally.” Kyro smirked.
“I’m more mature mentally than you are!” The kokiri snapped.
“You WISH!” The red fairy shouted.
Rine laughed at Callista and Kyro. “You two are hilarious, you know that?”
“Stay out of this!” The kokiri and the red fairy yelled at the zora in unison.
The zora raised his arms and backed away from the arguing pair. “Sure thing…”
Callista looked around the fountain. “Well, looks like everything’s in order here…”
Rine nodded. “As soon as everyone recovers, this place will be just like it was before that snake thing arrived.
“Good.” The kokiri started to walk away.
Rine walked after Callista. “Where are you going?”
“Away,” the kokiri woman answered. “I’m no longer needed here. Besides, I still have a lot of exploring to do…”
The zora nodded. “I see… Are you ever going to come back?”
“Maybe someday,” Callista replied. “When I’ve seen all of Hyrule and happen to be in the area.”
“You’re welcome to come here anytime you like,” Rine offered.
The kokiri smiled and nodded at the zora. “Thanks.”
Rine smiled back, then thought for a second. “Do you play any kind of musical instrument?”
“I sing. Does that count?” Callista asked.
“She THINKS she can sing…” Kyro replied.
“Thinks?” Michael looked at the red fairy. “I think she’s pretty good at it.”
“You guys haven’t even heard me since I’ve aged. How would you know?” The kokiri looked up at the fairies.
“You haven’t sung since you aged. How do you know you can?” Kyro asked.
“I can sing better than you at any rate,” Callista replied. She looked back at Rine. “Why did you want to know?”
“There’s a song that dries up the waterfall long enough for people to pass through,” the zora answered.
“What is it?” Callista asked.
“It goes like this…” Rine whistled a series of notes that increased, then decreased in pitch.
“Is that it?” The kokiri asked once the zora had finished.
Rine nodded. “That’s all you have to remember, anyway.”
“All right.” Callista smiled at the zora, and then continued to walk away with Kyro and Michael hovering around her. “Well, I guess I’ll see you sometime.”
Rine watched the kokiri as she walked away. “Yeah… Thanks again for your help.”
Callista just nodded. “Goodbye, Rine.” She exited the Fountain.
“Leaving so soon?” the zora king asked the kokiri woman as she entered the fountain.
“Yes,” Callista answered, “I have a lot of traveling to do.”
The zora king nodded. “Good luck on your journey, young warrior.”
“Thanks.” the kokiri bowed to the zora king. “Goodbye.” She ran out of the throne room, down the narrow path leading to the opposite side of the domain, and through the exit into the river, her fairies hovering close behind her. Callista made her way across the river and into Hyrule Field. She took a few steps into the field and was about to break into a run when something to her right caught her eye. She stopped and looked “Wow… What’s that?”
“What’s what?” Michael asked the kokiri.
Callista pointed at a large mountain with a ring of smoke floating around its tip.
“That would be Death Mountain,” Michael answered the kokiri.
“I bet you could see all of Hyrule from up there…” Callista thought out loud as she stared at the mountain.
“I’ve got a bad feeling about this…” Kyro stated.
Just then, the kokiri woman took off at full speed toward the mountain.
“Knew it…” The red fairy sighed as he watched his protectee run off toward the mountain.
“Well, come on…” Michael started to fly after Callista. “There’s no stopping her, so we might as well follow.
“Yeah…” Kyro followed the gold fairy as he flew after the kokiri.
You are listening to the Zora's Domain theme from The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. This MIDI was sequenced by Jarron Woodsorrel, composed by Koji Kondo, and taken from vgmusic.com.
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