The temple of the key


“Just like I thought,” said Michael examining the medallion.

“What is it?” asked Zelda. “Is there something wrong with it? Is it some kind of powerful element?”

“The powerful element is correct,” said Michael tearing away is gaze. “This thing is so powerful it can eliminate the gods. Link, where did you get this Medallion?”

“I got this at a stall in Hyrule Market,” said Link immediately. “I doubt this can eliminate the gods.”

“It says so in a book I read at a ghost town,” responded Michael. “This is how I remember it. Endfall was much more beautiful than Hyrule ever could be. Its design was almost flawless. Evil kings became jealous and wanted to control the land for their own greedy wants. Then one day somebody I didn’t trust named Diatheleser came into the kingdom and removed all the other evil forces. He eliminated the steward… my father, and took control of Endfall. It was all chaos. Amnir I guess just decided to let Diatheleser take over Endfall. But he allowed it only for a short time. Because after about ten years he let his dragon loose onto the land and it destroyed Diatheleser. Though Diatheleser’s human form was eliminated his spiritual form lived on. So the land was evil. He was too weak to keep control of Endfall so all he could do was hope that no one would take it over before he would. But people did indeed take it over. And that is where your gods came and recreated Hyrule in their name.”

“Are you sure?” said Zelda, “because this seems like you made it up.”

“He couldn’t have made it up,” said Link. “It’s so well designed that… I just can’t believe it. This is how it had to happen.”

“No,” retaliated Zelda, “I won’t believe it. How can I believe you? How do I know you aren’t making this up? I believe what I’m going to believe in and that is the three gods, Nayru, Farore, and Din.”



“I can’t blame you,” said Michael, “that’s what you were born believing and I can’t relieve you from it. But now that you had the chance to believe in Amnir he will not take you to heaven. As soon as you have the chance then you must believe.”

“I will not believe this until I have literal, physical, and spiritual proof.”

“Good, then I guess you won’t mind coming with me to an old temple,” said Michael.

“You mean that old shrine that no one was able to interpret?” said Zelda lifting one eyebrow.

“Yep, that’s the one,” said Michael.

***

“Your majesty, we have found the absolute current location of both Enfaillans. One is currently headed toward Kethro and the other is staying at a ranch near the center of Hyrule,” said the monster in front of a shadowed figure.

“Endfall!!!!!! shrieked the horrible voice, It is Endfall, how many times do I have to tell you!!!!

“Oh please forgive me your majesty,” said the monster in fear.

“You’re right, I am merciful, and you are lucky that you have not received the same consequences as Merthes. It would be a pain for you to go to hell. But there is no current leader there and as soon as I take over Endfall I shall relieve my post unto you for being my most loyal servant.”

“Thank you sire,” said the monster.

“You are excused,” said the figure. “And make sure you close the door as soon as you leave.”

“Yes your majesty,” said the monster and he left.

***

That night Link was lying on the floor just looking at the stars. “I wonder if what Michael said is true? What if there really is one all-powerful god that created all. What would people think if I told them this? Would they think I’m an idiot? I don’t know what to believe.”

“Link, food!” called Michael.

“I’ll be there in a sec,” said Link. “He continued to gaze at the stars.”

“Get over here!”

“Okay, okay,” said Link getting up.

After dinner Link walked back to the place he had been earlier. He lay back down in the exact position and place he was earlier. He slowly closed his eyes.

He had a dream. Michael was on top of a hill ahead of him. “Michael!” Link called. All Michael did was look back and said, “believe,” then the voice changed but the sentence continued, “for I am the almighty king. I have created the once thriving empire of Endfall and soon it will be restored.”

“How soon?” asked Link.

“You will have died by that time,” said the voice. “Then Link saw the figure. It was huge. It was a middle-aged man with no beard and he had a sheathed sword and a quiver of lightning bolts with a bow.”

“I don’t know what to believe,” said Link bowing his head.

“Do you believe now?” asked Amnir. “You have proof that I exist and if you wonder that this is only a dream I will tell you all of your life. In fact I can even tell you the things you do not remember”

“And what would that be?” asked Link.

“Your parents,” said Amnir. Link looked up at him with wide eyes.

“You know about my parents?” said Link, “then tell me, where are they now. Are they all right? Are they ill? Are they dead?”

“Yes they have died,” said Amnir. “It was because of a foul plague that ripped across Hyrule. They were one of its many victims.”

Link began to cry a little. He was always hoping that he still would have his parents alive. Or at least one, one would be enough.

“Do not weep for they are in heaven,” said Amnir. “They did not have a chance to believe so they were permitted to enter. But you have a much more heavy burden. Will you continue your old beliefs? Or will you believe the true one.”

“If my parents are really in heaven then allow me to see them,” demanded Link.

“As you wish, but you must return to your normal world after two minutes time,” said Amnir.

Link was teleported through a warp-hole and soon found himself in a field. It was very beautiful with the rising sun and he noticed that there was nobody around. He saw a figure in the distance though. It was a human… he noticed that. Link ran up to the figure and saw a very beautiful woman with blonde hair and blue eyes. She looked a little bit like Link but somewhat different.

“Mom?”

The woman smiled and nodded.

Link fell into her arms and he began to cry. I miss you so much, he said a little shaky. Is there any possible way to bring you back?

“Maybe,” said Link’s mom. “If there is, please do so. I want to see your father again.”

“Y-you mean d-dad’s s-still alive?”

“Yes, he was not affected by the plague, so he is still alive. I would have seen him by now if he were dead,” said Link’s mom.

“What’s dad like?” asked Link.

“He’s like… he’s much like you. You are more similar to him than to me. Oh-you don’t have much time left. I will see you again… son.”

Link began to have his eyes filled up with tears as the warp-hole carried him away. The last thing Link’s mother heard him say was “bye… I love you”.

Link woke up suddenly and he noticed that he was sweating.

“Is something wrong,” asked Zelda kneeling at his side.

“I… saw her,” said Link. “I… saw…”

“What’d you see?” asked Zelda getting a little worried about Link.

“I saw… mom, I saw mom.” said Link staring straightforward.

“You saw your mom, what did she look like?”

“She… I can’t describe her,” said Link slowly turning his head toward Zelda. “She was beautiful though.”

“Well how did you see your mom, it was a dream.”

“No, this wasn’t a dream. This was the real deal. I saw… Amnir. I saw him.”

“What,” said Michael barging into the conversation. “You saw Amnir!!!”

“Yes, he was a normal looking guy. Kind of like you. He carried a large sword and had a bow and a quiver full of lightning bolts.”

“That’s how he is described on the tablet,” Michael mumbled to himself. “We need to go… now!”

Link stood up and gathered his things. “Where are we going again?”

“Ugh, just… just follow us,” said Michael really annoyed by now.

They reached the old shrine and it looked beautiful. It was within a forest. There was a brick wall with vines going down it. There was a dried fountain and then there was an ancient tablet of stone to the right of the fountain.

“We’re going to have to wait until nightfall,” said Michael taking out a loaf of bread.

“Why?” Asked Link and Zelda in unison.

“The tablet’s inscription only appears during moonshine. You see the hole in that wall over there? That is where the moon shines through. Then we can really get cracking.”

“Um… do you have another one of those,” said Link pointing to Michael’s loaf of bread. “We haven’t eaten in um… days and… we’re like, you know… hungry.”

“Sure,” said Michael pulling out another loaf of bread. “And here’s one for you too. He passed another loaf of bread to Zelda.”

Link tried to begin to set up a campfire during sunset. “Don’t do that you idiot,” said Michael. “If you let another light burn other than the moon then the inscription won’t appear!”

“Okay sorry,” said Link stomping the fire out. “It takes a lot of work just to read an inscription that can’t be that long.”

The moon then appeared and its light shone through it. Writing so small appeared on the tablet. Michael put his hand on the tablet and another on a piece of paper. There was a bright glow on both hands and then writing appeared on the piece of paper. Michael read it out loud:

“The fountain of youth lies west of the ancient mountain of Amnir. This place is a large labyrinth so you will need a map to get through the area. A map is hidden within the temple of Amnir near here. It is hidden beneath a pile of lies, under the stream of hate.”

“What the hell is that supposed to mean!?” said Link in extreme confusion.” And this looked longer than that how come it is only so short.”

“That’s the enfaillan language,” said Michael. “This is how I learned it and this is how you will recognize it, by its length. Now let’s go, we have no time to lose.”

Michael saw a river there and in it were flowing many pieces of papyrus. Each of them had inscriptions on it that were all the same and Michael could not read them. He jumped in the water and saw a lot of dead bodies on the floor of the river.

“This is the river of lies. It’s aptly named!” said Michael to himself.

He jumped up out of the water and grabbed Link and Zelda by the feet and dragged them in.

The soon reached a cavern where they were able to breathe.

Michael looked around and saw a chest. He opened it and there was a map inside. It had absolutely no language on it of this earth. It was clearly the gods’ language. He stuffed it in his pocket and said, “Link, you need to go to sleep with this map in your pocket.”

Link walked back into heaven and saw Amnir one more time. “Amnir,” he asked, “can you interpret this.”

“Why certainly,” he said, “he examined the map and wrote it in Hylian language.”

“Thanks,” said Link, “he then went to see his mother again.”

He didn’t see her though. He walked for hours and hours and didn’t see anything. “Mom”, he called out but all he saw appear was Amnir.

“Your mother is no longer here,” he said. “She had moved on to the next realm. Her judgment has occurred and she is now in heaven.”

Link began to cry, he wanted to see his mother again but it wasn’t possible.

“If only she could wait a few more years then I could have resurrected her. But no… she was too much of a stubborn ass,” said Link with an angry expression and threw gritted teeth. “That bitch! He fell to his knees weeping harder than he ever had. I’m sorry mom, I really am. If only I could have seen you… one last time. Link was then carried off by the warp-hole.”
He woke up with tears in his eyes. He then hammered his fists into the floor with hatred. He began to cry again. “I miss you mom,” he whispered quietly,” I really… miss you.”

Zelda knelt down at his side.

“He’ll get over it,” said Michael. “He’d already experienced this once before he can make it through again.”

“But I’ve never seen him like this before,” said Zelda, “are you sure he’s okay?”

“Listen Link you will see her again. I will promise you that,” said Michael. “You have suffered many losses in your life and I cannot make you suffer much more.”

“H-how do y-you know I-I’ve suffered a lot?” said Link regaining his composure.

“I just know these things,” said Michael looking up at the early morning sky.

The sun hadn’t risen yet and already the group was back on their feet.

“Okay so the temple is this way,” said Michael pointing onto a large hill. “That’s the palace.”

“Good,” said Link, “because I am not stopping here.”