[EDITING] The Legend of Zelda: Goddess of Secrecy

Dungeon Chapter 9 - The Sunken City

...and into the Sunken City. Link wondered why it was called the Sunken City, since it was built underwater. He would have to find out later, when the task at hand wasn't as pressing. His boots hit the floor, the room he had entered was open air beneath the massive dome overhead.

Faru stood a few feet away, giving Link room to land. Yore was perched on top of the arch leading into a hallway at the other end of the room, leading further into the dungeon. As Link walked up, Faru began, "This temple was designed with three main engines that pump water to keep the city floating in the middle of the lake. The central engine also acts as the gate to Nayru's Temple, but it will only work if the other two generators are functioning."

Link took a moment to take in the information, scanning the outlines of a city around them. "Then we need to get these other two engines back on."

"That's the general idea," Faru replied. "But the East Egg and West Egg engines are a bit...tangled."

"What do you mean?" Link asked, not sure how these "eggs" could be tangled. But not surprised to hear they were either.

"She is talking about the monster that has inhabited these waters."

"What kind of monster?" Link inquired.

"I don't know," Faru replied, her expression dropping, "but something that looks like a dragon. This one's got its tails wrapped around the engines to keep them from turning on."

Link gulped, thinking about the size that dragon would be. Faru laughed. "Silly, its old tails. It's like snakes and crabs, they grow better ones, prettier and stronger ones. It hasn't got more than one tail now, but getting rid of them from the eggs is going to be a big hassle. So...that's where you come in."

"You can defend yourself?" Link asked, hesitantly. He knew the Zora was a strong mage if she was going to be a priestess, but he wasn't sure whether or not he'd be having to dedicate all his time to ensuring her safety.

Faru nodded, saying, "I may be a master of magic, but Queen Rasida would never have let me come if I didn't know how to defend myself. She trained me briefly in the Zoras' natural defenses when the Princess showed up. She said you would be coming shortly after that...and here we are."

Before Link could ask anything else, Faru said, "Now come on! We've got to restore this place so you can visit Nayru's Temple." With that, she raced on down the hallway.

Link drew his sword and followed after the Zora. The city was made mostly of light gray marble, but seaweed had crawled up and covered most of the walls. Little bits of the wall had chipped away where coral had begun to grow. In that aspect, the temple was gorgeous.

On the other hand, tektites roamed freely across the top of the water. Blue chus inched along the flooded portions of room. A few lizalfos patrolled the dry pathways, though if they saw Link, they didn't bother with him. Link figured swimming wasn't a priority for most monsters as much as attacking was. He would have to find out if the lizard men would float or not.

Faru pointed off to Link's right. She said, "That's the way towards the East Egg. It was mostly housing on that side of the city, so it should be easier to get through."

"What was on the west side?" Link asked.

"The forge was my only real concern," Faru explained. "It's this massive room before the Egg itself, and it's mostly open. Considering the big monster I know about...I figured that there would probably be something large in there too. That, and that door it locked." Link looked over and saw the chain hanging over the door. "So maybe we don't start there until we can unlock it."