7th installment of the VGNU.
As the land of Hyrule fights to reform, an old evil reawakens on an island where it was imprisoned.
Secreting themselves away, the Princess of this land and her chosen hero travel to put this evil to rest permanently...
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The Four Links slammed into the ground, cracking the hard ice floor. Luckily it held, but it seemed as if they weren't going anywhere else any time soon.
"Well that's great," Barry muttered, brushing himself off. "How do we get back up?"
"I knew I should've kept the grappling hooks," Paul sighed.
"Stop moving," Roger warned.
Everyone froze, staring at the ground. It was solid ice, but fissures had started spreading out from around them.
"I think we hit it too hard," Link sighed. "Any i-"
Suddenly the floor gave way, tipping them sideways. Unable to grab hold of anything, they slid straight down, screaming into the freezing water below. But it didn't end there. The harsh currents immediately swept them away. The river that had been so challenging to cross forever ago now seemed like trying to stay afloat in a kiddy pool. This was like being swallowed whole by a hurricane.
Down deeper into the cave they were taken, crashing and knocking into the hard rock walls. It was difficult enough keeping their heads above water, but when they realized they were very quickly getting separated there was nothing they could do. None of them could stop themselves as they watched each other in turn disappear around a corner.
Think! Link thought. What do I do!?
He reached out to grab the wall, right as the water slammed him upwards. Hitting his head on the ceiling, everything went dark.
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Link woke leaning against the cold wall.
"You alright?" Roger asked.
"Yeah," Link mumbled, his vision still blurry. He realized he was shaking, but at least everyone else was too, so it was probably just from the cold. At the very least, fate was fortunate enough to let them all end up in the same spot. But if something like this happened again, would they be so lucky? "We should hurry up. Get through this, get out, get warm."
"Agreed," Paul said, helping Link stand. "So... which way do we go?"
Link looked at the chamber they were in. There was a pool of water which clearly came from the tunnels they'd just been pushed through, two cave entrances on either side of them, and a steep drop off in front of them where the ice broke off into darkness. Luckily enough, there was a bit of light spilling in from the cracks the cave ceiling above them, but the ceiling was so far up it didn't matter if Paul had brought the grappling hooks.
"Seems like there's only two ways forward," Roger said. "Which do we wanna pick?"
Paul squinted at the light. "I wish I had a better idea of where the sun was. Then I could tell which direction we were facing, and could figure out where... well, I guess we don't exactly know where the shrine is anyway."
