Gerudo Forest

Gerudo Forest Chapter 14

When she felt safe again she sighed in relief. She had found a room that had a walk out balcony. The heat from the outside was bearable because it was in the shade. She sat on the edge looking at all the activities going on below.  

She guessed if he found her she could pretend she had gotten stuck up here and hadn't heard him. It was peaceful here. She looked to the side and noticed another door. It was ordinary looking except for the same red pattern that had been on the tomb. She went to examine it. It opened at her touch just as the others had. She peered in to see that the walls had the same glowing symbols that lit the way.  

Should she risk going in to explore? Last time hadn't ended up so well but even as she thought this she felt an overwhelming urge to enter. Before she knew it she had made it halfway down the corridor and ended up in a room with the same statue of the woman and the snake. Though the snake looked a little different this time. It was horned with wings. 

As she approached it, the statue's eyes opened. They glowed bright white and warning bells went off in her head. She needed to get out but a feeling of calm spread over her. She swore she heard a faint voice in the back of her head calling to her. She stood there unsure of whether to stay or run till memories of a certain movie called the "Never Ending Story" came to mind. The glowing eyed statues in it hadn't been very friendly . She rushed to get back to the door only to run face first into an invisible barrier. Crap she was stuck.  

She turned around when she heard a female's voice. "Welcome new guardian."  

Had the statue just spoke to her? The voice sounded warm and musical.  

"Who are you?" Melissa asked unsure where the voice was coming from.  

"I am the spirit of the Temple." It responded.  

Great another ghost she thought.  

"This is the only working statue left with which I can speak to you. I have been watching you with great interest." 

" So you're a peeping tom?" Melissa replied jokingly. 

" No my dear I am not." It laughed making her think of tinkling bells. "I had been hoping that you would find me. So I could lift the binding placed upon you."  

"What binding?" Melissa asked unsure what it meant.  

"When your ancestor was sent away a binding spell had to be placed on her. It would keep her from performing magic. King Midas made sure of her safety before she was sent to the world you call home. People there were unkind to those they considered witches." The statue went on.  

Melissa thought of the Salem Witch Trials and kind of understood what she was saying.  

"The seal then worked on each descendent if they happened to posses magic as well. Yours started to unravel the moment you got here, but it is still there making it unreliable. I wish to fix that for you."  

Melissa thought about it. Did she really want to do magic? She felt it was giving in to what everyone here expected of her. To stay.  

"I don't want my magic. You can leave me as I am." Melissa responded.  

"I am afraid you have no choice in this matter. I can feel it approaching. A great evil is about to descend on Hyrule again. There will be a time that those powers will be needed. You are a guardian dragon just as the sword of kings before you."  

Melissa shook her head. "I don't want any part of this. I just want to go home. Why doesn't anyone understand this? How can I be a dragon? I just want to be normal again. For everything to make sense." 

"After the seal is broken you will change for the first time, But do not fret. It will last for only a short while and you will change back." The statue went on ignoring her protest.  

"NO! I don't want to change!" But the statue had gone silent.  

Melissa tried to leave. She banged on the barrier hoping maybe the next hit would free her. The statue's eyes glowed brighter and its mouth opened releasing a stream of white glowing smoke. Melissa had no time to react. It surrounded her and Melissa started feeling an odd sensation. It felt as if her head was floating. She felt a strange pressure in her head and on her back. She could feel her body stretching and bones shifting. It didn't hurt. It almost felt pleasurable. Like being cramped for a while then being allowed to stretch out. As the smoke dissipated she still felt groggy. 

"It has been done." The statue announced. 

She could now see the barrier from before. It moved into the walls and turned into a giant mirror. Melissa got a good look at what she had become. Her face almost looked feline her ears came to a point and was ringed with red feathers. Her neck as elegant as a swan's. Her hair had grown down her back. Large Red Feathered wings had sprouted on her back. Her tail also had hair on the end which was also red mixed with feathers. Red down and scales covered her whole body which looked like that of a slinky cat. Two black horns curled out from the top of her head. They almost reminded her of antlers. The whites of her eyes had turned completely black giving it the look of a wolf's. Her irises were still slate blue but the gold ring had become a glowing triangle which surrounded her cat like pupil. 

She was huge and the room looked as though it had shrunk. She tried to speak but couldn't. In the back of her mind she could hear something it was soft at first. As she concentrated on it she could make out Ganon's voice. He was still looking for her. She could tell that much. Her mind must be linked with his because when she thought about saying hello to him she could hear him call back.  

"Who is this?" He asked sounding hostile.  

Melissa didn't have time to answer. She felt the connection getting weaker. She looked in the mirror and witnessed her change back to human. It wasn't too bad. At least it didn't hurt. Melissa was still upset that once again she was forced into something she wanted no part of but it was too late to worry about it now.  

Of course her clothes had been tattered by the change leaving her naked once again. How was she going to explain this? The statue's eyes had closed back up and no amount of pleading could get the statue to reverse what it had done. Melissa did the only thing she could think of. She surrounded herself with the fire which leapt up to her command and exited back to the balcony.