Live Your Own Story in Hyrule

Link's eyes slowly opens and he looks up groggily at Mipha and Irina. He tries to sit up quickly but is immediately met with a massive headache that causes him to wince in pain.

He reaches for a sword or whatever weapon he thinks is nearby and asks, “Where are the beasts?”

"Don't move too much," Mipha retracted her hands and placed them gently to his chest in a bid to keep him from moving further. "The beasts are gone. For now. I don't know if they intend to come back, but we have a brief reprieve to work with."

Irina is relieved that Link has recovered consciousness, but is also still concerned about his wound. “Please rest for now,” she adds, “There is no danger. We are all okay.” She keeps an eye around them, hoping the monsters give them enough time to recover.

Link doesn't resist but he does slowly position himself up and looks around slowly. He rubs his head again and offers a pained smile. “I guess I hit my head. The inside of that… device was so hard, as if it were made from coral.”

He clears his throat and by doing so notices that his hand is aglow. He summons Fi.

The spirit appears when she is summoned.

“Good morning, master.”

She performs a quick analysis on the area.

“Current probability of danger is low, however, it is certain that our time is limited.”

She floats up into the air and says, “Please follow me when you can.”

Link reaches to Mipha and asks, “Princess, please help me up.”

Mipha extends her hand to Link and helps him onto his feet. "Are you sure you wish to stand? You still have a headache, don't you?" She looked to Fi and the direction she was going. "Don't try to push yourself if it becomes too difficult."

Fi suddenly appears and Irina watches her in awe. She stands aside, letting Link and Mipha follow the mysterious spirit.

Link grunts and nods. All of his movements are awkward and pained, but he seems stubbornly determined to follow the spirit.

He leans on the princess but does his best to push himself forward the best that he can, one foot after the next.

The spirit stops in front of the cracked statue and stares up at it, as of contemplating.

“Master. The sacred vessel is trapped inside of that stone. It is bound by shadow energy and can only be broken by light.”

Link gives an affirmation to Fi then lowers his head and continues to the place where the other orb should have gone.

He kneels down, letting himself fall roughly, then touches it. The hole begins to glow and then pulsate.

He looks up to the group and says weakly, “I think there is enough ambient energy around to break the curse. Come closer. Perhaps our collective energy from the light realm will be enough.”

Mipha braces herself, being careful to maintain step with him so she doesn't add any undue pain to him. Upon reaching the recess for the orb she lowers herself along with him. "Then we'll all contribute. It won't be long now until the sword is returned to you."

Irina nods when the group is called. She joins the two, kneeling in front of the recess and placing her hand into it.

She turns to look for the Rito warriors and Gatu, smiling softly to them and hoping they will join as well.

Red breathes a sigh of relief. Great, it wasn't a premonition. That's good. Now he can focus on the task at hand. He walks up to the recess and nods his head motioning for Blue to come along as well. "Okay, now it's time for the light to do its thing. Preferably without adding to our misery."

Revali strides up as well and extends a wing down. "This had better be worth it. In fact, hey, you!" He calls out to Fi. "What's the probability I'm going to be _very_ upset if this doesn't go my way?" He then turns his attention back to the recess. "This light had better come through after all we've done to bring it back. I didn't get hit by mechanical porgy for nothing!"

"But something keeps bugging me... I used the Master Sword to end the Flood and recede the waters... I went with Princess Zelda and her guards to return it to its pedestal in the Temple of Time. The Door of Time were sealed shut before the flood, and only opened after she used her Sage magic to open it up so I could return it with her since we didn't have the Spiritual Stones or the other two keys. So how was it the Master Sword got taken and brought here in the first place after the Door of Time was closed?"

Mipha could understand Kala's sentiments, even if she may have been slightly disheartened at hearing her words. Still, she would hold out hope regarding the opportunity that might very well present itself.

"Evil has a way of overwhelming and corrupting what are considered sacred places. Each of the temples in the land served significance to its people in some form and Ganondorf invaded each one. The Master Sword, despite its power, I can imagine can be affected in similar fashion. However, unlike the temples, it bears a unique sentience that may have contributed to its disappearance. It may have ended up here due to fear or protection or something else," she offered her thoughts on the matter.

"That is what I think, at any rate."

Maintaining her hold on her trident, she turns away from the group to look towards the islands once again. It doesn't appear they're very active, which begs the question of where the others are. Were they successful? Why haven't they returned?

She'd placed a hand to her chest in a self-soothing manner to calm her heart, nearly sinking into the thought that they might very well be in trouble. Naturally, she lowered her eyes from the island feeling troubled. Yet, what was sadness was quickly turned into befuddlement. "What is happening in the water?"

She returned to the group. "Something has happened in the sea. It's filled with streams of light!"

_Gatu runs over and looks downwards to see what Mipha sees._
"Something important must have fallen into the water after what the others did over on the Floating Island. It's hard to tell, but... I think they went down to retrieve it. I think I see a craft of some sort down there, near the farthest stream of light over there." _Gatu said, pointing it out to Mipha if she hasn't spotted it._

"They went down? Are you certain?" Mipha inquired, her voice elevating as she'd stepped closer over the edge to take a look at where Gatu was looking. She couldn't quite make it out in the same way, but it didn't matter. They could very well be in danger. "But the waters... I thought--" She shook her head. "Nevermind, that. I'm going to go after them." She hastened towards the cliff that Link jumped from before. Looking over the ledge, she studied where the guiding light was leading towards. Without further hesitation she dove off the ledge and slipped through through the surface of the sea as smoothly as a knife through butter.

"Be careful Mipha!" _Gatu said after her, wishing her all the luck as she leap and dove down to see what's going on._

Kala crosses her arms and mutters something under her breath... something about "she is going to get herself killed" and "spoiled princess".

She walks to the edge then turns and gives Gatu a sharp look. "Well, are you coming or not?"

Revali came gliding in from above, circling over the area before coming to a landing. He didn't want to run into any issues on his way down. "Hey!" He calls out in greeting. "Me and Red have finally returned. We're coming to pick you guys up and fly you back to a boat out there. Seems a lot has happened and it'll be too hard to explain. Best way I can put it - A whale of light is tugging the boat." He shrugs.

"Don't ask me more, I just got there and got yelled at by Mipha."

Red comes landing soon after Blue and stretches a bit. "We've been doing a lot of flying..." He states. "But yeah, what the Blue guy says is correct. All the others are okay, though. That we know of, at least." He confirmed.

"If you all are ready, just say the word and we can carry you back. No need to get into the water."

Kala was about to jump into the water, maybe grabbing Gatu with or without his permission, but she stops when she sees the two figures on the horizon. She points and then runs to them as they land. "Boat?" She asks confused.

She stares out at murky water and frowns, then turns to the birds. Then the other thing he said clicks in her mind, "Whale... of light? What?" She looks more confused now. "Are they in danger? The people on the boat?"

Revali sighs, lifting his wing to his head to hold it briefly. "Yes, a boat. Whale of light. You heard it right. No one is in danger, thankfully. I'm not making any guarantees, I don't know anything about these waters, so they might not stay that way. But, for now, folks are fine. In fact, a lot of the crew looked like you," he pointed to Kala.

"We should probably get going before we lose sight of the boat. I don't think that whale is intent on stopping anytime soon."

Red grumbled, "I'll pick up from where he left off. There's a boat that's currently manned with a crew. Some of them look like you. Whatever happened on that island there is also responsible for the light in the water. We think they're headed towards its source." He eyes Blue. "It really wasn't that much to describe..."

He then returns his attention to Kala. "But if we stay here, they're probably going to get further away and I don't really want to be stuck here, so can we start flying off?" He thumb points in the general direction of were the boat is.

Kala crosses her arms. This wasn't exactly helpful dialogue, and she doesn't seem to enjoy small talk.

She immediately quips as soon as Red finishes, “Look, take these two…” she points at Gatu and Impa. “I can manage. A few sea serpents don't frighten me. Just try not to get eaten out there. I don't know what your kind tastes like but I am sure our local species would find you all delicious.”

She seems suddenly agitated and impatient to get to that boat. With that brief monologue, she jumps into the water with her spear. She disappears into the sea mist, practically flying across the surface of the water.

"I don't want to find that out. This is exactly why I want to fly away from here and eventually, out of here entirely." Red slouched a bit, thinking about being some sort of sea serpent snack. He took off and grabbed up Gatu, leaving Blue to pick up Impa. "N-not without helping out. I mean, we did sort of make an agreement and I'd hate to be the one to break that..."

"I'm in peak form and I take very good care of myself, so I would assume my taste would be sublime. But, I'm not about to be anyone's snack. I work far too hard just to become some mince meat for a sea serpent out here. Should it come to pass that I am unfortunately eaten, I will make sure the sea serpent that did it will have the worst stomach pains of its life every step of the way." Revali flies over to grab up Impa. "Alright, just hold on and we'll get back to the boat in no time."

"Let's head out. The faster we can go snag that orb of light that fell off the island, the faster we can hopefully stabilize BOTH realms." _Gatu replies, willing to head down and rejoin the others. The sooner they get the Master Sword out of the Twilight Realm, the faster it can stabilize._