The Legend of Zelda: Shadows of the past_________ Book One: Beginnings

Chapter 4 - "The Shadow Sword"

Once Again, For like the one hundredth time; I stepped into Fairy woods, and once again with my stubby little sword. Remember That place I took you to? Yes? Ok, so you just... go there and then I can do what is necessary to 'enter' the zone-house Wait what? Yes I Know, weird and stupid name; but in my defense I didn't come up with that, so don't put the pressure on me!! Uh, Ok? Alright good!! Now get going, my patience is running out And with that I started walking, I followed the normal path I took the first time I was here; To 'rescue' Tetra. I walked by the hole leading to one of the great faires scattered around the see, and was surprised to see two chu-chus. They were just....Standing there, like they were guarding something; but all I could see was a wall. Ignoring the Strange Event, I climbed the fallen tree unto the wide circular area. Ah, we're here I took a swift look around and found nothing. Now, here is where things get interesting, I was then confused, what would get interesting? Now if you'll wait then you see, And that's when Kinel started chanting a unknown language;

Ακούστε με, μ 'ακούς Ω Θεοί? Αφήστε το φως δείτε τη σκιά, ας είναι !!!

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Note from Author: The Text is Greek so if you're interested in what the heck Kinel is saying then you're more than welcome to search it up. And just to let ya'll know, I came up with it. ;)

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Then before I could question what the heck Kinel was saying, My brain started to burn, Like REALLY burn. After a couple seconds, which felt like 3 hours. The pain went away; I opened my eyes (It sort of relieved the pain when I closed my eyes) to see, everything in a WAY darker shade of color. Like everything was nothing other than Dark blue, Black, Or A dark/light brown-ish color. So? What is this? This is what I like to call 'Shadow Vision'!!! Huh, for once since the time if've met you; that makes sense Thank you kindly, anyway look to your right! That wall that was 'there' before won't be 'there' now, take a look! I turned in reply and, sure enough, the wall that was there before but wasn't here now. Whoa, I thought as I walked into the now what was a wall, but was now a pathway.. Then walking for what seemed like an hour (It was actually 2 minutes) I found myself in front of the outhouse thing. Even though it was getting dark, the area seemed just as bright as it would be in the day. Stepping onto what appeared to be a weathered stone slab I opened the old rusted door; cold, stale air blasted out of the place as if it hadnt been open in ages (Which apparently was very obvious at the moment). How about instead of standing there, you go down the staircase? Okay, Okay jeez no need to rush!! And with that I began my descent into the darkness.

-What felt like an hour of walking down stairs later-

I reached a wide open room with a couple of boxes and some random staircases within it. I took a couple seconds to survey the room and found that that the staircases were stationed in a particular order, So picture this; a rectangular room with 2 random staircases leading to nowhere, and some boxes that were about the same height as those random staircases, beyond that was a tall ledge. Then realizing what the puzzle wanted me to do I started pushing the boxes towards and ultimately in front of the stairs. Once I had put each box in front of the stairs, they formed a straight line to the ledge; Grateful and tired from all the pushing I climbed the stairs and ran across the boxes anto the ledge. I then found myself in front of a door, since this place was so ancient I had to pick up the heavy door. Thankfully I had my power bracelets on and was able to pick it up easily, the door lead to another room (Why wouldn't it?). Which had a bunch of chu-chus within it, once they noticed me; they began to viciously hop towards me and the sound of slapping was heard throughout the area. I sighed softly and drew my sword, and prepared for the vicious barrage of chu-chus. I counted the number of the slimy monsters as they slowly crept up towards me; 6 chu-chus, pretty average considering that I was in an abandoned-underground-whatever-this-place-is area. One of them Jumped at me and with a hard swing it split into 2 blobs, as the blobs hit the ground they dissipated. The others; ignoring the fact that one of their kin met a brutal end, began their advance upon me. One, presumably the 'leader' Stayed behind as if to watch how this would unfold. One of the four jumped at me and, again, with a whoosh of air the chu-chu meet a brutal end. The remaining four, again ignoring the fact of death, continued their pursuit of my death. Then, Slightly annoyed, I took matters into my hand, and went on the offensive. I Swung my sword a cut through 2 of them, resulting in their swift death. Now, there remained two, one smack dabbed in front, one behind. The middle chu-chu, now noticing that he was alone, began to retreat; Without hesitating, I struck the chu-chu, resulting in death. Finally the last chu-chu, realizing that there was no way he could win this fight, disappeared. Cautiously, I sheathed my sword and continued down the room and was meet with an another door. Opening it, I was met with a HUGE room with a couple of doors and levers and some useless items within. There, in the middle, was a chest; Slowly, I opened the chest and was rewarded with a key. Surely whoever made this wouldn't leave this in the open, I thought, Backing up. Suddenly I heard the faint sound of tiny feet beating on the ground, I unsheathed my sword and prepared for the unknown. Soon, I was met with a gazillion rats, who looked at me with eyes of hunger, as if they hadn't eaten in a long, long, time. Well, u were right U think? The rats, Stared at me for about a couple moments, before they gnawed their teeth and rushed towards me like a tidal wave. Wasting not a single second I ran out of the room, via a another long corridor, and was meet by a door with a single rusted lock. Stumbling upon the key, I managed to open the lock, pick up the door and slam it behind me just as the rats slammed themselves into the now-closed door. Now, in the other room, I sighed the sweet joy of relief; Then, proceeding deeper into the room, I found a rotting sign that read;