After sometime of flying they touched down in front of the Forest Temple. Link dismounted Sheik and walked up to the chained door. He pulled out his ocarina, stood on the small patch of dirt and played The Forest of Evil song. After a few minutes of waiting the chain and lock had disappeared into thin air. Link looked over at Sheik and motioned for him to follow into the Temple. As Sheik obeyed Link and walked into the Forest Temple after him, he had a look of terror on his face, but he still followed Link any way. Link looked around the Temple, it was very dark, and he could hardly see anything. So Link walked over to a solitary torch and pulled out one of his sticks and made some kind of torch. Link and Sheik walked around the circular room looking for a door, only Link found a small crawl space that Sheik could very not fit it. Link walked over to the crawl space and crawled through to the room beyond. He looked around and found some kind of flower that produced bombs, *maybe it’s called a bomb follower or something, Link thought. He walked over to the ‘Bomb Flower’ and tried to pick it up but he couldn’t. So Link just walked into the middle of the room when it suddenly brightened, Link looked around for a torch but didn’t find one. The light was mysteriously there but had no source of it being there. Then out of no where some kind of monster just fell out of the sky.
“You left your horse back there, if you ever want to see him again then fight me. If you beat me, which I highly doubt that, and then I will give you a prize. The prize works when you wear it, it gives you a little more strength so you can pick up that bomb flower over there in the corner of the room. Now let’s fight.”
“Fine with me,” Link said to the strange monster. Link drew his sword, just then the monster shot some kind of magic at him so Link blocked it with his shield. But the shot of magic just vanished into thin air. After a few minutes of blocking the monsters magic Link realized he needed to reflect the magic back at the monster. Once again the monster shot magic at Link, but Link didn’t block it, he used his sword to reflect the bolt of magic back at the monster. After Link hit the monster a few times with its own magic, the monster just demolished into thin air. Then a golden bracelet appeared in front of Link, so he took the bracelet and put it on. He walked over to the bomb flower and picked it up, but he didn’t know what to do with it. There was no place he could blow up, or is there? Link stood there pondering what to do with the bomb when he noticed that the bomb was steadily getting hotter by the second. Then he looked down at the bomb and also noticed that it was starting to rapidly blink red. Link didn’t know what to do so he dropped it and ran to the other side of the circular room. Once the bomb blew up Link looked over and saw a large hole in the middle of the wall, he looked closely and he could see to the other room which Sheik was in. A few minutes later after Sheik got over the shock of the wall blowing up; he walked through and met up with Link. Link and Sheik looked around the circular room looking for an entrance to another room. They looked around for what seemed like hours, and then Link realized the he needed to use the bomb flower to blow up a wall. Link looked around the room for a cracked wall or one that didn’t look like it should be there, but he didn’t find one. Link drew his sword once again and walked up to a wall and started tapping it looking for a hollow sound, he soon found one. Marking the spot where he should blow up, he walked back to the bomb flower and picked it up and ran over to the wall, dropped it walked away from the bomb and waited for the bomb to explode. After the bomb exploded Link motioned to Sheik to follow him.
They entered a small rectangular room which was strangely lit from blue fire. Link looked around and found a chest in the middle of the room, not thinking well, Link ran joyfully over to the chest to open it. But just then another monster appeared out from nothing; Link was unprepared for the unexpected battle and didn’t have enough time to draw his sword, so the strange monster hit him with a bolt of magic. Link was blown into the wall, then he looked up at the monster, he too was blue just like the room. The monster was half man half horse, he was a centaur. Wow, this freak actually hit me, but I know for a fact that he can’t do it again, Link thought.
“Ohh you got me once you… you… whatever you are! I will make sure that you will never ever touch anything again you fowl creature!” Link screamed at the centaur.
“No, I am here to help you figure out this temple… I am not an evil creature, hear me out, and believe me!!” The strange centaur said.
“But if you are here to help me then why did you attack me? Tell me that if your just so smart.” Link said with a note of sarcasm in his voice.
“I did it to make you think I was an evil creature. If you would have killed me then there would have been no way for you to get through the Temple… Link.” The centaur said to Link, looking like it was most obvious.
“Right, now what am I suppose to do in this room?”
“Look up at the ceiling; do you see a cat painted on the ceiling?” The centaur asked.
“Yes, but what does a painted cat on a ceiling have to do with anything?”
“Open the chest then I shall tell you what you have to do with the painted cat.” After the centaur said this Link walked over to the chest and opened it. He pulled out a bow; it was called The Fairies Bow. He looked back into the chest and found a small stock of arrows.
“Okay, now what about the cat on the ceiling?” Link asked looking bored.
“What you need to do is use the Fairies Bow, and use the arrow with a small picture of a cat on it and shoot the cat with that one arrow.”
“Uh, okay. But what will shooting pictures of a cat with an arrow do?” Link asked looking puzzled.
“Just take my advice alright?” Just after the centaur said this he vanished. A few moments of hesitation, link looked through the arrows and found one with a cat carved into it. He loaded the Bow with the arrow and looked up and shot the picture of the cat. Nothing happened. Link just stood there for what felt like hours, but only minutes went by. Then a small section of a stone door started moving upwards and then disappearing into the ceiling. Link looked through the opening and saw another room, not only larger but bathed in what looked like red sunlight. Link called for Sheik, and the two of them walked into the strange room. Link gasped at what he saw, a large monster that he had never seen before standing there staring at Link, and on the floor in front of the monster was a young girl tied up. Her golden hair covered her face so Link couldn’t tell who she was.
“Sheik, stay here I’ll try and handle this guy, come if I need help. Once I free the girl I want you to sneak over to her and take her out of the Temple only when the monster is not looking. Alright?” Link whispered to Sheik, and he nodded in reply. Link ran over to the monster drawing his sword.
“What do you want with her? Let her go and deal with me!”
“Well, well, well. Looky here, its mighty Link and he comes to rescue his girlfriend!”
“What! What are you talking about? She is not my girlfriend; I don’t even know who she is!” Link screamed at the monster.
“Oh yes, I think you do know who she is. Look at him you silly girl! I said NOW,” his scream echoed through out the room. The girl sitting in front of the monster looked up at Link, it was Princess Zelda.
“What! Why?” Link stammered, “That’s it! I am not letting you hurt her. Let fight over it, if I win you let me Sheik and Princess Zelda go. If I lose you can take me but you have to let the Princess go. Deal?”
“Well… Oh alright. I guess it is a deal. Now let’s fight!” The monster released Princess Zelda and she ran over to Link and then the monster jumped at Link shooting an arrow at him. Link backed up and shot an arrow at the monster, it hit him in his stomach. The monster fell over clutching his stomach in agony. Link shot another arrow and it went straight into the monsters head, right between the eyes. Link grabbed his sword and ran over to the mobster and started stabbing him repeatedly until he was sure that the monster was dead. He walked back over to Sheik and Princess Zelda.
“Are you alright Princess?” Link asked.
“Yes. What am I suppose to do now? I can’t go home; do you want me to help you through this Temple?”
“Well Princess, if you want to. Get on Sheik he can help take you through the Temple so you don’t have to walk.” Link, Princess Zelda, and Sheik continued on to the next room…

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Link, Princess Zelda and Sheik defeated every monster in the Temple, and they reached the Boss’ lair.
“Well, are you ready?” Link asked the others. Link took the boss key that he had gotten when he defeated an extremely hard enemy, and opened the large door. All three of them walked through the door; after they passed the door it slammed shut. A large Wolf appeared in front of Link, and he drew his sword. They fought but Link didn’t get any closer to defeating the Wolf, when the centaur he saw a while back appeared. The centaur shot magic at the Wolf and then Link shot one of his arrows at it. Once the Wolf was on the ground in agony, Link rushed over to it and shoved his sword through the Wolfs throat; it spit out blood and then stopped moving.
“We beat the Temple! So, where do we find Farore’s Emerald?” Princess Zelda asked link, slightly confused.
“I am sorry Link. It is a good thing that you killed this evil Wolf and let the forest be at peace once again but the Emerald is not in this Temple. If you want that Emerald then on the other side of Lake Hylia there will be a castle. Your Emerald is there, but right now you cannot get into the Temple, you must go next spring, and you do not have the right tools so go get the tools and next spring, go and get that Emerald!” The centaur explained to Link. Link looked disappointed but he still kept a positive attitude.
“Come on Link, lets go back to the castle I’m sure my father will let you stay there since you saved my life,” Princess Zelda said, slightly blushing. She and Link mounted Sheik and they flew out of the Temple and towards the castle.
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Princess Zelda awoke suddenly in a pool of sweat. She had had a dream about the wedding, only she didn’t merry Prince Volvagia, she married Link. She had been having dreams about Link, like they were in some kind of relationship or something. Today was the day that her life would officially end, she had to marry the Prince even though Link had tried so hard to keep her out of it, and he failed. I wonder if Link has been having dreams about me. He always acts nervous around me, I think he likes me, really likes me. I do like him, but no one can know, not even him! If someone found out I’d die! Princess Zelda thought.

Link woke up and stepped out onto the balcony and looked over at Princess Zelda’s balcony and was surprised to see her looking right at him. Link waved and then walked back inside his room and grabbed his Bow and a piece of paper. He scribbled her a note, it said:


Dear Princess Zelda,
I see you are awake, I am sorry about you having to get married but there was nothing I could do to stop it. I am as disappointed as you are to get married to that horrible man, I have never even met him but with what you said to me about him, he sounds terrible. If you need any comfort just wave and I’ll be over at your room in a blink of an eye. By the way, you know I like you, but I like you more than what you think….

Much love, Link.

Link finished his note to Princess Zelda and stuck it on the arrow and went back out side. The Princess was looking out into the court yard and didn’t notice Link, but she noticed him when he shot an arrow at her tower, and it sunk right into the wood of the Torch by the door. Princess Zelda looked over at him and then read the note. She waved for him to come over for his company. Link jumped off the balcony startling Zelda. He landed on Sheik and they flew over to Princess Zelda’s balcony. Link jumped off Sheik and landed in front of Zelda.
“Good Morning Princess. Did you have a good night?” Link greeted her, bowing.
“Link it is not a good morning when you have to marry a fowl man! And I couldn’t sleep at all last night; I had this crazy dream… Link, I don’t want to marry Prince Volvagia!” Princess Zelda cried, tears swelling in her eyes.
“Oh Princess, it’ll be alright. Don’t worry,” Link murmured softly as Princess Zelda ran over to him as wrapped her arms around his neck and cried silently.
“Oh Princess, Princess don’t cry. It’ll be alright,” Link whispered as Zelda pulled away form Link and looked at him.

Wow, he has sky blue eyes. He is just to hansom for me, I wish I could tell him my feelings, but I just can’t, Princess Zelda thought. She stared into Link’s blue eyes as he wiped away her tears.
“Princess don’t worry. I’m here for you,” Link said softly, “I must go and help decorate the Chapel, you need to go and take a shower and go down and get ready for your wedding.” After Link spoke he leaned and lightly kissed Princess Zelda on the cheek. He turned away from her, the both of them blushing like mad, and then Link jumped off the balcony and landed on Sheik and the flew off to the Chapel by the lake. Oh my gosh he kissed me! I hope he can figure out a way to break up this wedding, and then maybe he will kiss me again, Zelda thought.