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The moon shone high over Death Mountain as Mikon, Aylia, and Mila made their way down the mountain’s steep path toward the town of Kakariko.
“This is odd…” Aylia said to herself as the group traveled down the mountain.
“What is?” Mikon looked down at the kokiri girl.
“I had to fight some tektites on my way up this path,” Aylia replied. “But now, I don’t even see any.”
“Maybe we killed them all.” Mila hovered around the two warriors.
Suddenly, Aylia noticed several shadows on the cliff to the group’s left.
“What are those?” Aylia looked up at the shadows.
“What are what?” Mikon asked.
“Those shadows,” Aylia answered.
“Shadows? Where?” Mikon looked around.
“There!” Aylia pointed to the cliff as five shadowed figures leapt off the cliff and landed in front of the group, revealing themselves to be tektites. Five more tektites landed behind the warriors.
“Think they want to avenge their friend’s death?” Mila asked.
Aylia drew her sword. “If they don’t move, they’ll be joining their friend!”
The tektites in front of the group suddenly leapt toward Aylia. The kokiri girl quickly swung her sword at the spider-like creature as it fell toward her, slicing off a couple legs. The now crippled monster few to the ground in front of Aylia. The Forest Warrior stabbed the tektite’s back, finishing it off.
“Aylia, behind you!” Mila shouted.
“Huh?” Aylia turned around in time to see two more tektites leaping toward her. She held her shield up over her face and waited for the monsters to strike. Instead, she heard two high-pitched shrieks as the tektites were knocked away. Aylia lowered the shield and saw Mikon kneeling on the ground, his fists inside two rapidly dissolving tektites.
Mikon pulled his fists out of the monsters and saw that they were covered in a thick green goo. “Eeeeww…” He shook the goo off his fists.
Aylia giggled at Mikon’s reaction to the goo, then saw another tektite behind the goron, getting ready to pounce him. “Hey Mikon, look down!”
“Okay.” The goron looked at the ground.
Aylia ran toward Mikon and jumped over him, sword raised. She slashed at the tektite as she passed, cutting deep into its right side. The tektite turned toward its attacker and jumped. Aylia ran under the monster and sliced at its underside, destroying it.
“Ack!” Mila flew to the right as a tektite jumped at her. “Hey, you brute! Try picking on someone your own size!” She flew up to the tektite and scratched at its eye with her fingernails. Being so small, she wasn’t able to do a great deal of damage.
A large brown fist sent the tektite flying into the cliff wall. The impact caused the monster to split into several pieces, all of which vaporized in a few seconds.
Mikon grinned at the fairy. “Maybe you should leave the fighting to us.”
“And maybe you should focus on the fight!” Mila advised as she noticed a tektite getting ready to attack the goron.
The tektite jumped at Mikon, striking the Mountain Warrior’s back. The bumpy surface of Mikon’s back caused the attack to do more harm to the monster than the goron. With a high-pitched screech, the tektite fell back to the ground.
Mikon turned around, noticing the tektite. He lifted his left foot up and stomped on the monster, killing it.
Meanwhile, Aylia has her hands full with two more tektites. One faced her while the other stood behind her. She leapt to the side as both monsters pounced at the same time. The tektites collided with each other in mid-jump. Aylia dispatched the spider-like creatures before they could recover.
The remaining two tektites stood in front of the warriors, neither attacking nor fleeing. The two monsters turned around and started to hop away.
“Oh no you don’t!” Aylia ran in front of the tektites and slashed at the nearest one. “You started this fight, you’re going to finish it!” She finished the tektite off with a quick blow to its side.
Mikon curled up into a ball and rolled over the last tektite, squashing it. He stopped halfway between Aylia and Kakariko, uncurled himself, and stood up. He then leaned against the cliff wall, waiting for Aylia to catch up.
“I think that’s all of them…” Aylia looked around. “Do you see any more, Mila?”
Mila flew above the warriors and looked around. “No, we’re clear.”
“Good…” Aylia walked toward Mikon. Mila followed close behind the kokiri girl.
Mikon smiled at the kokiri girl. “Ready to continue?”
Aylia nodded. The group walked the rest of the way down Death Mountain and entered Kakariko.
“It’s really late. We should probably look for an inn.” Mila suggested.
“Yeah, good idea…” Aylia replied with a yawn.
“I know where one is.” Mikon grinned at the two. “Follow me.” He led the kokiri and her fairy across the town toward a medium-sized brick building.
“Is this it?” Aylia looked up at the building.
“Yep.” Mikon opened the door and stepped aside so Aylia and Mila could pass through. Once they were inside, he entered and closed the door behind him.
“Hello!” The innkeeper smiled at the goron and kokiri. “I don’t get many customers at this hour.” He took a closer look at Mikon. “Mikon! I haven’t seen you in awhile! How are you and the other gorons?”
“I’m good. They’re all fine.” Mikon smiled at the innkeeper.
“You know this guy?” Aylia asked, her voice barely above a whisper.
“I’ve been here a few times before, when I had to help carry bombs down the mountain to sell here and at the Hyrule Castle Market,” Mikon answered.
“And who’s this?” The innkeeper looked down at Aylia, then up at Mikon. “Pretty girl, but isn’t she a little young for you?”
“Huh?” Mikon scratched his head and gave the innkeeper a confused look.
“Nevermind.” The innkeeper chuckled.
Aylia pulled a small pouch off her belt and opened it. “How much is a room here?”
“Forty rupees,” the innkeeper answered.
“FORTY RUPEES!?” Mila exclaimed. “That’s a bit steep…”
The innkeeper chuckled again. “You think my price is steep? The inn next door costs eighty.”
“You’re kidding…” Mila stared at the innkeeper in disbelief.
The innkeeper shook his head. “If you don’t believe me, go see for yourself.”
“Do you have that much, Aylia?” Mila asked her protectee.
“She doesn’t need that much.” Mikon pulled a few blue rupees out of his shorts pockets. “The room’s forty rupees, so we’ll each pay twenty.”
“All right then.” Aylia withdrew a red rupee from her pouch. She and Mikon placed their money on the front desk.
The innkeeper took the rupees and smiled at the warriors. “Second door to the left down that hallway.” He nodded to his left. The warriors thanked the innkeeper and walked to their room.
“This is one of the few times you two will be able to relax.” Mila informed the warriors. “Enjoy it while you can.”
“That shouldn’t be too hard.” Mikon walked over to one of the beds and fell back onto it.
CRASH!
“Whoa!” The Mountain Warrior fell to the ground as the bed caved in underneath him.
“Mikon!” Aylia ran to the goron. “Are you okay?”
“Yeah, I’m fine…” Mikon climbed out of the destroyed bed.
“The innkeeper isn’t going to be too happy about this…” Mila looked down at the bed.
“We’ll just have to wake up early tomorrow and sneak out before he finds out,” Aylia replied.
“Isn’t that unethical?” Mila asked.
Aylia shrugged. “Probably, but I doubt any of us can afford to pay for another bed right now.”
Mila sighed. “Just be sure to pay him back when you can afford it.”
Aylia nodded, then looked at the remaining bed. “We should probably be getting some sleep now…”
“Right. But where am I going to sleep?” Mikon asked.
“The other bed looks big enough to fit all of us,” Aylia replied.
“Uh uh! There is no way I’m letting you share a bed with a boy! Especially an adolescent!” Mila protested.
“Why?” Aylia looked up at the fairy. “Me and Saria share a bed. How’s that different?”
“Saria’s a female, for one,” Mila answered. “And she’s your sister.”
“So?” Aylia walked to a nearby wall and laid her sword and shield against it. “It’s not like he has anywhere else to sleep anyway.” She kicked off her boots and walked toward the bed.
“Yeah. Don’t worry, I’m not going to try anything,” Mikon added.
Mila sighed. “Fine, but this is the only time. Got it?”
The warriors nodded and climbed into the undamaged bed. Mila sat on the table next to the bed and watched the goron and the kokiri. It didn’t take long for the three travelers to fall asleep.
The sun rose slowly over the land of Hyrule. Unfortunately, it could not be seen due to the swirling black clouds of dark energy that still covered the skies. Still, the Hyrule Castle Market grew busy as night turned into day. Shopkeepers opened their shops. Hylians walked this way and that, going about whatever business they may have. Children played in the streets. Horses carried carts of goods to various shops. Even the occasional cucco could be found wandering through the market.
‘Whaaa? Morning already?’ Hiro slowly opened his eyes and looked around. ‘The sky’s still dark… I guess I shouldn’t be surprised…’ He jumped to his feet. ‘The warriors! I must find them!’ He ran toward the market’s exit, dodging the occasional person, animal, or thing that stood in his path.
“Psst! Aylia, wake up!” Mila half-shouted, half-whispered in her protectee’s ear. The kokiri girl lay curled up on the left side of the bed, fast asleep. Mikon lay on his stomach next to her.
“Hmmm….?” Aylia opened her eyes and sat up slowly. She looked out the window. “Mila! It’s still dark out!”
“Not for long,” the fairy replied, “Get Mikon up and hurry! We wanted to sneak out so we wouldn’t be stuck paying for something we can’t afford, remember?”’
“Oh yeah…” Aylia turned to face the goron and shook him gently. “Mikon! Time to get up!”
“Mmm… Those rocks… Much tastier…” Mikon turned to the side, facing away from Aylia, and continued to sleep.
“Mikon!!! Get up!!” Aylia shook the Mountain Warrior again, harder this time.
Mikon woke up with a groan. He sat up and looked around. “Where’s my rocks?”
“No time for that now!” Mila hovered around the two warriors. “We need to get out of here before the innkeeper wakes up!”
“He wakes up pretty early. How are you going to do that?” Mikon asked.
Aylia got out of bed, walked over to where she laid her stuff, and slipped her boots on. “We could try going out the window…” She strapped her sword and shield to her back, walked over to the window, and opened it. “Think you’ll be able to fit through here, Mikon?”
“Maybe… Let me see…” Mikon walked over to the window and started to climb through it. He managed to get halfway through the window, but couldn’t climb the rest of the way out. “I’m stuck!” He began to struggle.
“Calm down or you’ll wake the entire village up!” Mila ordered.
“Here, let me help.” Aylia pushed against Mikon’s back, first with her hands, then with her back. He didn’t budge an inch. “This isn’t working…” Then, she got an idea. She pulled her shield off her back, took a few steps backward, and charged at the goron, her shield held in front of her and aimed at the Mikon’s back. When she was close enough, she jumped up and tackled the Mountain Warrior’s upper back. The impact sent both flying out of the window and into the grass outside the inn.
“Owwwww…” Aylia slowly got up off of Mikon’s back. “Not exactly what I’d call a soft landing…”
“I didn’t think it was too bad...” The Mountain Warrior stood up.
“Yeah, you landed in the grass!” The kokiri girl stuck her tongue out at the goron.
Mikon spit out a mouthful of grass. “That’s what it’s called… Not as tasty as rock sirloin.”
“Rock sirloin? What’s that?” Aylia asked.
“You’ve never heard of rock sirloin?” The goron looked at the Forest Warrior in shock. “It’s the best! It’s steak made out of the tastiest rocks. You HAVE to try it!”
The kokiri girl chuckled. “I’d probably break my teeth before I could break the rocks…”
“You don’t know what you’re missin,’” the Mountain Warrior replied.
Aylia shrugged and looked around. “Shall we get started? We need to find the other warriors as soon as possible!”
Mikon nodded. The two warriors and the fairy began their search for information on the dark god’s next attack.
Princess Zelda sighed as she watched Link from a window on the top floor of Hyrule Castle’s right tower. She had been watching him for quite a while now, waiting to see what he would do.
“Princess Zelda?” Impa entered the room Zelda was in and slowly approached the princess. “I thought you would be in here…”
“I’m worried, Impa…” Zelda kept her gaze fixed on the Hero of Time. “What if the warriors do not succeed? Or if we cannot find them all in time?”
“Hyrule will be destroyed,” the Shadow Sage answered. “But we do not have to worry about that. The warriors WILL succeed.”
“How can you be so sure?” The princess looked at her caretaker. “Even Link has had his close calls in his fight against Ganondorf…”
“He succeeded in the end, did he not?” Impa looked back at Zelda.
“Well…yes…” The Sage of Wisdom looked down. “But still…”
“Everything will be fine, princess,” the Shadow Sage assured the princess. “We are all doing what we can to help the warriors in their fight. Even your brother has decided to join the search.”
“Hiro’s out there?!” Zelda looked at Impa in shock.
The sheikah nodded. “I saw him sneak out of the castle late last night.
The Wisdom Sage sighed. “I was hoping I could keep him out of this until the legend called for his help…”
“He will be fine.” Impa smiled at the princess. “The other sages and I will be doing everything we can for the warriors and your brother. In the meantime, you should try to get some rest. A kingdom is not easily run while one is weary.”
Zelda nodded. “I suppose you are right. Goodnight, Impa…” The princess walked out of the room and down the steps of the tower.
“Goodnight, princess,” Impa said as Zelda left. She looked through the window at Link. ‘At the rate the dark god is attacking Hyrule, the warriors only have a few days… Maybe it is time his progress was slowed down a little…’ With the flash of a deku nut, she was gone.
Link closed his eyes and gathered the dark energy around him. This time, he was planning on attacking Lake Hylia. There weren’t many people in that area other than a couple hylians and a few zoras, and he knew it. But he also knew that the lake was one of Hyrule’s main sources of water, and the largest. Also, it was connected to Zora’s Domain, the other main water source. If he contaminated the water in Lake Hylia with his magic, then before long all the creatures in Hyrule would be like the kokiri and the gorons now were. All, that is, save for the gerudo. They were accustomed to living in the desert and did not need as much water as most other races. Link shrugged mentally. He would just have to take care of the gerudo separately. He Hero of Time smirked to himself. “I should have thought about this when I was first released from that awful prison…” He had finished gathering energy and was about to send it toward Lake Hylia when something large and hard slammed into the back of his right hand. Link cursed loudly and held his right hand in his left. “What the he—?!“
“Watch your language!” A tough-looking white-haired woman approached Link. “The children in the castle might here you.”
The possessed hylian glared at the woman. “Who are you?”
“I am Impa,” the woman introduced herself. Ahe smirked. “And you are the so-called dark god that is trying to destroy Hyrule, am I correct? Funny, I did not expect a god to look so common.”
“You wouldn’t think my appearance was too common if you saw my true form,” Link replied.
“Oh really?” Impa continued to smirk. “Show me, then.”
The hylian growled. “The power of the goddesses prevents me from using my true form in this world.”
The sheikah laughed. “So you are really not all that powerful.”
Link growled lower. “If you’re trying to pick a fight with me, you succeeded!” He gathered the dark energy around him into a medium-sized ball in his left hand and fired that energy at Impa. The Shadow Sage stepped to the side and let the magic blast fly past her. The ball flew into the castle wall; denting it and leaving the area it hit charred black.
“Not bad,” Impa complimented. “But your speed could use a little work!” She ran up to the hylian and aimed a roundhouse kick at his stomach. Link leapt out of the way of the kick and fired his longshot at the sheikah. Impa dodged the head of the weapon, and then grabbed its chain as it retracted, letting it pull her up toward its owner. Once she was close enough, the Shadow Sage punched Link in the face. The hylian countered with a hard kick to the sheikah’s stomach.
Link landed quietly on both feet where he had been standing. Impa crashed into the ground in front of him, wincing and holding her stomach.
The hylian chuckled. “Had enough?”
The sheikah stood up slowly and smirked at Link. “Not quite.” She kicked Link’s legs out from under him, making him fall. The hylian fired an ice arrow at Impa. The Shadow Sage leapt out of the arrow’s path and toward the castle wall. Link activated a bombchu and tossed it at the wall. The bombchu landed on the wall, darted up to where Impa was, and exploded. The blast sent the sheikah crashing back down on the top of Hyrule Castle’s left tower. Impa sighed mentally; this was going to be one tough battle…
The sun had already made its way above Death Mountain by the time Hiro reached the city. The young prince looked around. ‘The chosen one I heard about was a kokiri. He should be easy enough to spot, even in this crowd…’ He continued to look around. ‘I don’t see him here. Maybe another part of the town…’ Hiro ran deeper into Kakariko Town in search of the Forest Warrior.
“Excuse me sir,” Aylia approached a tall, muscular, middle-aged man that stood near the old skulltula house.
“Whaddya want, kid?” The man growled at the kokiri girl.
‘He’s sure friendly…’ Aylia thought to herself. She cleared her throat. “My friend and I were wondering if maybe you knew anything about the attacks on Hyrule. Like maybe where the next one will be.”
The man glared at the kokiri. “What do I look like, a psychic?”
Aylia looked down. “No...”
“There you have it. So get lost!” The man snapped.
“Okay, fine! Sheesh! Sorry…” The Forest Warrior backed away from the man.
“Now what?” Mikon asked.
“We keep searching,” Aylia replied. She looked around at all the people in the town. She spotted a young man with white/blond hair and blue eyes wearing a green shirt, blue pants, brown boots, and a white bandanna running through the town and looking around occasionally. “He doesn’t look like he’s from around here. Maybe he’ll know something…”
The goron looked at the man. “He looks familiar.”
“Really?” Aylia looked up at Mikon. “Where have you seen him before?”
The goron shrugged. "I dunno."
“Well, let’s go see if he knows anything!” The Aylia ran toward the man. Mikon and Mila followed the kokiri girl.
Aylia approached the man. “Hey, mister! I have something I need to ask you!”
“Yeah, yeah. What is it?” The man looked down at the kokiri girl.
“Do you know anything about the attacks on Hyrule?” Aylia looked back up at the man.
“I may know some about it. Why do you wanna know?” The man asked.
“We’re trying to find out where the next attack will be,” Aylia explained. “Do you have an idea?” The man shook his head. “Well, thanks Anyway.” The kokiri girl and Mikon started to walk off.
The man notices the kokiri sword strapped to Aylia’s back. “Hey, wait!” He ran in front of the two warriors. “Isn’t that the kokiri sword?”
Aylia nodded. “How did you know?”
“I happen to know a friend of your sister’s,” the man replied.
Aylia gave the man a confused look. “A friend of Saria? There are none that leave the forest except Link and the sages, and I’ve never seen you inside the forest. Wait, how did you know Saria was my sister? Or are you thinking of someone else?”
“The green hair is kind of a given.” The man smirked.
“Who are you, anyway?” Aylia asked.
“Who I am is not your concern” the man replied.
Mikon walked up to the man. "Don't make me make it our business who you are!"
“What are you gonna do, rock boy? Roll over me?” The man laughed.
Mikon grinned. "Yes. I would."
The man drew his sword and shield. “I’d like to see you try!”
The Goron looked down at the kokiri girl. “Aylia, can I?”
Aylia giggled. “Try not to kill him, okay Mikon?”
Mikon pouted. “Awww... fine.” He curled himself into a ball and started to roll toward the man.
The man fired a gold magic blast at the ground in front of the goron, creating a large hole. Mikon rolled into the hole and crashed into the dirt wall inside.
“Ha! You can’t beat me that easily!” The man looked into the hole, which was now empty. “Huh? Where’d he go?”
Suddenly, the ground under the man gave. “What the—oof!” He was thrown back into the side of a building as Mikon burst out of the ground where the man had been standing.
Aylia laughed. “Not as tough as you think you are, are you?”
“Eh… Lucky shot…” The man stood up slowly.
“Yeah, I bet.” Aylia rolled her eyes.
The man drew his sword and shield, held his shield out in front of him, and charged at Mikon. He was only able to take a few steps before he found himself crashing to the ground. He looked back at what caused him to fall. The kokiri girl stood behind him and to his left. Her left leg was extended. The man growled.
Aylia giggled. “Better watch where you step!”
The man stood, picked the kokiri girl up, and tossed her into the building that he had been knocked into. “Think all this is funny, huh? Let’s see how you like it!”
“Aylia!” Mila flew toward the kokiri.
“LEAVE HER ALONE!!!!!” Mikon tackled the man and raised his arm as if to pound the man’s face in.
“Stop it! All of you!” An angry voice called to the warriors and the man from above.
Mikon lowered his arm. “Huh? Who was that?”
Aylia looked up at the roof of the building across from the one she had been thrown into. “Kappy!”
The large owl flew down from the building and landed on a nearby fence. He nodded at Aylia. “It is good to see you again, Aylia. I see you have found the Chosen of the Mountains.”
Aylia nodded. “Yep!”
“What are you talkin’ about?!” The man gave Kaepora a confused look.
“The prophecy states that there are chosen warriors from the forest, mountains, lake, desert, and swamp,” the owl answered. “But you know this as well as anyone, Prince Hiro.”
“Prince?” Aylia looked at the man in disbelief.
“KEEP IT DOWN, KAEPORA!!!!” the man yelled at the owl. “I’m trying to keep my identity a secret!”
Aylia and Mikon laughed.
“I can’t believe we ganged up on the prince of Hyrule…” Aylia replied.
Hiro pulled his bandana down, revealing his face. “Well thanks to the bird you guys now know who I am…”
“What are you doing out here anyway?” Mila asked the prince. “Shouldn’t you be in the castle?”
Hiro shook his head. “I’m helping to look for the chosen five so we can save Hyrule before the dark god destroys any more of it.”
“The Chosen of the Lake and the Chosen of the Desert will soon be awakened,” Kaepora informed the group. “You had best hurry.” With that, the owl flew off.
“Where will we find the Chosen of the Lake?” Mikon asked. “There are quite a few water places in Hyrule…”
“Why don’t we try Lake Hylia first?” Aylia suggested.
“Okay,” Mikon replied.
The kokiri looked up at Hiro. “You coming?”
The prince shook his head. “I’ll go after the Chosen of the Desert. It’ll be faster that way.”
“If you say so.” Aylia shrugged. “My sister mentioned a swamp in the Lost Woods. We’ll meet there and see if she knows the exact location.”
Hiro nodded and ran off.
“Well, shall we get going?” The kokiri asked Mikon.
“Sure,” Mikon replied.
“Great! Come on!” Aylia ran toward the exit to Kakariko Town.
“Aylia! Wait for us!” Mila shouted as she and Mikon ran after the kokiri girl.
Meanwhile, the battle between the dark god and Impa was starting to end. The sheikah had put up a good fight, but she was no match for the dark god’s power. Now, she sat on the tower top, worn out from the fight.
“Did you really think you could beat me?” Link walked over to Impa and picked her up. He threw the Shadow Sage away from him. “You’re no match for me, and neither are your precious warriors.” He walked to the edge of the tower. “Now if you will excuse me, I have more important matters to tend to.” The dark god jumped off the edge of the tower and flew to Lake Hylia.
Impa watched helplessly as the possessed hero flew off. ‘I hope I gave Hiro and the warriors enough time…’ She closed her eyes and sighed; she needed to rest before she could do anything else.
It was a warm, beautiful afternoon in Hyrule. Any signs of the dark god’s attacks were invisible, save for Kokiri Forest and Goron City. Lake Hylia was its normal peaceful self. The river that poured into the lake from Gerudo Valley flowed at a steady pace and the water was crystal clear.
Link smiled to himself as he walked toward the large body of water that was Lake Hylia. He grinned as he crouched near the water. ‘Those stupid fish men won’t know what hit ‘em,’ he thought as he placed his hands on the water’s surface and concentrated. The water around his hands turned coal black and seemed to pulse with a dark energy. The blackness of the water spread until it covered the entire lake. Link continued to concentrate for a few minutes, and then lifted his hands out of the water. ‘That should do it. I’d be surprised if anyone in Hyrule other than the Gerudo isn’t affected by that.’ The dark god chuckled evilly, and then disappeared as he teleported back to Hyrule Castle.
Mikon, Aylia, and Mila traveled across Hyrule Field toward Lake Hylia. Mikon rolled ahead of the group, crushing any enemies that might get in their way. Aylia ran close behind the goron and Mila hovered around the kokiri’s head.
“How far do you think the lake is?” Aylia asked once they had passed Kokiri Forest.
“Dunno. I’ve never been this far,” Mikon replied.
“Then how do you know we’re going in the right direction?” The kokiri girl wondered.
“I remember hearing that the lake is at the southernmost tip of Hyrule,” the goron answered. “If we keep going in this direction, we should find it.”
“If the direction we’re going IS south…” Mila replied.
“It is,” Mikon assured the fairy, “The castle is to the north, and we’re heading in the opposite direction of it.”
“Are you sure about that?” the fairy asked.
“Yes,” the goron replied, “I sold bombs at the market near the castle a few times.”
“Would that be it over there?” Aylia asked, pointing toward a fenced off area.
“Maybe,” Mikon replied as the group headed toward the fences.
Mila flew over the fences and looked around. “I think this is it, guys.”
The kokiri girl walked up to the fence. “How are we supposed to get over it?”
The goron took a few steps back. “You may want to back up a little, Aylia.”
“Okay…” Aylia backed away from the fence.
Mikon curled himself into a ball and rolled at full speed toward the fence, tearing it off its hinges. He then stood up and looked at the kokiri and the fairy. “You guys comin’?”
Aylia nodded and walked through the once-fenced in area and toward the lake. Mila followed.
The kokiri girl looked around. “This has to be the largest amount of water I’ve ever seen in one place…but why’s it all black?”
“The dark god must’ve been here already,” the goron thought out loud.
The fairy looked at Mikon. “Really, you think?”
“Occasionally.” The goron replied.
Aylia giggled and walked to the edge of the water. She looked down at the black liquid. “Whoa... I can’t see anything through all that black stuff…”
Just then, a pair of black tentacles wrapped around the kokiri’s ankles and dragged her into the water.
“Aylia!” Mikon ran to the edge of the water, and then stopped. “Crud…”
Mila hovered around the goron. “Why aren’t you trying to save her?!”
Mikon looked down. “Gorons and water don’t mix…”
“So you’re just going to let her drown?!” The fairy yelled at the Mountain Warrior.
“No…” Mikon looked around. No one was anywhere near the lake. ‘Guess I’ll have to risk it.’ He ran into the water and looked around for Aylia, weakening every second he stayed in the water.
Just as the goron was about to pass out, a pair of blue-white hands grabbed onto his right arm and dragged him back toward the shore.
“What do you think you’re doing?!” the being that saved Mikon, which turned out to be a male zora, yelled at the Mountain Warrior. “You could have died from that!”
“Aylia’s in there!” Mikon tried to stand up, but he was too weak from being in the water so long.
“Friend of yours?” The zora asked.
Mikon nodded.
“I’ll get them. You stay here.” The zora dove into the water.
“Think he can hold his own down there?” Mila asked worriedly.
Mikon shrugged. “What I’d like to know is where he came from…”
The zora looked around as he swam through the contaminated water. It did not do much good; the dark magic was all he could see.
‘How am I supposed to find that Aylia person if I can’t see them…?’ the zora thought to himself.
Just then, the zora felt something wrap around his leg. Thinking quickly, he generated an electric shield around him. With a cry of pain, the thing that had grabbed the zora let go.
‘What is in here?’ The zora wondered. Unable to see anything underwater, he swam up to the surface.
No sooner did the zora’s head pop out of the water than a large black beast that resembled an octorok with four mouths and ten legs rose to the surface. Each of the monster’s mouths was large enough to fit even the largest goron inside and was filled with several rows of long sharp teeth. Its eyes were a dark red in color and seemed to glow. The octorok-like creature glared at the zora.
“What IS that thing?!” The zora exclaimed as he looked up at the monster.
Mila flew toward the zora. “That’s the master octorok! This guy prefers to eat his victims rather than crush them with rocks like normal octoroks do.”
“Well, this is just great!” the zora remarked sarcastically.
The master octorok raised two of its tentacles; one of which was wrapped around a small green-haired girl, who was struggling to break free from the monster’s grasp.
The zora swam to the base of the tentacle that held the girl and karate-chopped it. The octorok roared in pain and dropped its captive.
The zora swam to the girl and carried her back to shore. “You okay?”
The green-haired girl coughed, spitting a mouthful of water out in the process, and nodded. “Yeah, I think so. Thanks.” She looked up at the zora. “But who are you??”
“Kale,” the zora introduced himself. “Further introductions will have to wait until later. We’ve got a monster to fight.”
“Right.” Aylia looked up at Mila. “How do we beat this guy?”
“I’m not sure,” the fairy replied. “Normal octoroks are defeated with ice attacks or by bouncing the rocks they spit at you back at them. Since this guy doesn’t spit rocks and you don’t have any ice weapons, we’re going to have to find another way.”
The kokiri girl thought for a moment. “What if we lured it to the shore and had Mikon attack it? He’s rocklike.”
“Are you sure that’s wise?” Mila asked. “What if he gets eaten?”
“He won’t,” Aylia smiled at the fairy. She turned to Kale. “Hey, see if we can make it come over here!”
The zora gave the kokiri a confused look. “What for?”
“I have an idea,” Aylia answered. She ran along the shore towards Mikon and shouted at the monster. “Hey you, octopus breath! Wanna piece of us? We’re right over here!”
“What are you making him come over here for?” the goron asked.
“You’re going to attack him,” Aylia answered. “If octoroks can be beaten by the rocks they throw at their enemies, maybe they can be hurt by any type of rock.”
“Okay,” Mikon replied.
Kale swam back to the master octorok and attacked its body, then swam back toward the warriors as the octorok tried to grab him with its tentacles. “Aylia, this plan of yours had better work!”
“I hope it does,” the kokiri replied. “Cause I don’t have any other ideas.”
The zora reached the shore and approached the group, the master octorok close behind him. He jumped out of the way as one of the octorok’s tentacles crashed down where he had been standing. “Now would be a good time, goron boy!”
Mikon nodded and jumped at the master octorok. He curled himself into a ball and rolled into the monster. He then uncurled himself and landed next to Aylia.
The master octorok roared in pain. It glared at the group and slammed its two front tentacles down on either side of them. It then started to wrap its tentacles around the fighters.
Kale leapt out of the way as the tentacles wrapped around the group. Mila was barely able to fly out of the tentacles’ range. Unfortunately, Aylia and Mikon were not able to get out of the way in time.
“Aylia!” Mila watched in horror as the master octorok slowly lifted its captives toward its front mouth.
“Mila!” Aylia struggled against the octorok’s hold. “Get out of here before this monster tries to get you!”
“I can’t just leave you there!” the fairy exclaimed.
“You won’t have to,” Kale said to the fairy as his body began to glow a faint blue color.
Mila watched as the glow got brighter until it was almost as bright as the sky used to be during the daytime. ‘Wow… He must be the Chosen of the Lake…’
Kale leapt at the master octorok, leaving a trail of blue light behind him. He then proceeded to punch and kick the monster, severing all its tentacles and damaging its mouths in the process.
“What was a soft landing,” Mikon replied after the tentacle holding him and Aylia fell back onto the shore.
“Not for me…” The kokiri groaned.
The goron looked around. “Aylia, where are you?”
“You’re sitting on me,” Aylia answered weakly.
“Oops! Sorry…” Mikon stood up and helped the kokiri to her feet. The two watched in amazement as the zora kicked the master octorok surprisingly hard, sending it crashing into a mountain wall. The monster slid off the mountain and landed on the ground with a loud ‘thump’ before vaporizing.
The glow surrounding Kale dimmed slowly. The zora watched the monster disintegrate. “Wow… I didn’t know I had it in me…”
Mila flew toward Kale. “Wow! That was GREAT!”
The zora looked up at Mila. “I’ve never been able to do that before… What happened?”
“Your powers have been awakened,” the fairy explained.
“Powers?” Kale gave Mila a confused look.
The fairy nodded. “There are five warriors in Hyrule, each from different locations.” She gestured toward Mikon and Aylia. “Aylia is the Forest Warrior. The goron is the Mountain Warrior. We have yet to find the warriors of the desert and swamp. The Lake Warrior is standing right in front of me.”
“Are you sure about that?” The zora asked.
“Look at your right arm,” the fairy instructed.
Kale did as he was told. The water symbol glowed dimly and was slowly fading away. “I don’t believe this…”
“Believe it.” Aylia walked up to the zora. “Looks like you’ll be traveling with us now.”
“Wait a minute!” Kale looked at the three travelers. “Would someone mind filling me in first? All I know is that I’m some kind of warrior.”
Mila, Mikon, and Aylia proceeded to tell the zora about the current events; about the dark god, the attacks on various parts of Hyrule, and how Aylia and Mikon had been awakened as warriors.
When they were finished, Kale thought for a moment. “I think all this explains why the water here is black and why my family’s unresponsive…”
“If you understand all this now, then we’d better be going before the dark god attacks again,” Mila advised.
The zora nodded. “Good idea.” He looked at Mikon and Aylia. “Where are we headed now?”
“The desert,” Aylia replied. “I want to see if Prince Hiro has been able to find the warrior there yet.”
“The desert… I think that’s to the west,” Mikon said.
The Forest Warrior smiled at the goron. “Lead the way. You’d know better than any of the rest of us.”
“Okay.” Mikon curled into a ball and rolled away from Lake Hylia. The rest of the group followed just out of earshot.
“The prince is involved in all this?” Kale asked. The kokiri nodded. “Hmm… I guess I shouldn’t be surprised. This is kind of important…”
Aylia giggled. “That’s why he SHOULDN’T be involved… ”
The zora gave the kokiri a confused look.
Aylia shook her head. “Long story. I’ll tell you later.”
“All right…” Kale and the kokiri girl walked behind Mikon in silence for a few minutes before the zora spoke up again. “Your goron friend must really care about you.”
“What do you mean?” Aylia looked up at the zora.
“Gorons generally can’t stand water, but he dove into the lake in an attempt to save you,” the zora replied.
“Really?” Aylia stared ahead at the goron. ‘Wow…’
“Oh no…” Mila groaned as she flew around the zora and the kokiri. “Now you’ve done it! She’s going to develop a crush on rock boy now.”
Aylia blushed. “Mila!”
Kale smirked. “I think we may be a little late for that…”
The kokiri girl blushed deeper. “Shhh… He might hear you!”
Mila shook her head. “I was afraid this would happen…”
“What’s wrong with it?” Aylia looked up at the fairy. “Its not like I’m gonna act on it. I don’t have a chance as long as I look this young anyway...”
“I think it’s cute.” The zora grinned mischievously. “I’m sure Mikon would feel the same way.” He started to run, slowly catching up with the goron. “Hey Mikon, guess what!”
“No! Don’t!” The kokiri girl chased after Kale.
“Oh brother…” Mila sighed as she watched the zora and the kokiri. “This is going to be one long quest…” She darted after the group.
You are listening to the Hyrule Field midday theme from The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. This MIDI was sequenced by Asa, composed by Koji Kondo, and taken from vgmusic.com.
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