Gerudo Forest

Chapter 28

"You did well." Ganon said with a look of pride but Melissa didn't feel like she had done much at all.  

Most of the battle she had just stood over Darunia.  

"What are you talking about? You did all the work." She thought to him feeling upset that even as a dragon she was a weakling.  

She was exhausted and ready to get back to normal. Trudging back to the hall she spit out the piece and shifted trying to ignore the shooting pain it caused. Redressed she returned to Ganon's side to show him what she had found.  

"What is that?" he asked looking down at what she held.  

"I think it's what Agahnim was after." She said turning it over in her hand.  

Darunia began to stir.  

"What did I miss." the goron asked as he sat up.  

Putting a hand to his head the goron let out a groan before he shakily stood and joined them to look at what she held.  

"I wonder what it does." She said feeling it's smooth edges. 

It looked to be some sort of gold colored metal. It wasn't any particular shape. Maybe it was apart of something much bigger. As she held it close to her face it began to light up.  

"May I look at it?" Ganon asked holding out his hand expectantly.  

"I guess so." She replied even though she felt strangely attached to it.  

She reluctantly agreed to let him hold it but before she could hand it over it turned into a white mist which floated around them and disappeared. They all looked at each other surprised for a moment.  

"What the hell! All our work was for nothing?" She complained feeling a little more than disappointed.  

After all they had went through they were still empty handed.  

" Do not discourage. The shard has been transferred to it's temporary bearer." They heard a male voice boom. 

They all turned around searching for the source. Melissa then spotted the head of the goron statue. It's eyes had that same eerie glow that the Spirit Temple statue had. She approached it wondering if there were statues like this at every temple that could talk.  

"Shard of what?" She heard Darunia ask.  

"It is a shard of the fourth triforce piece. Many years ago an evil sorcerer set his sights on it and when he touched it it became two. The evil man absorbed the dark half but could not take the light half being so corrupt. To keep the other half safe the sages broke the light half into pieces and sealed them away. One for each Temple." The statue responded.  

"Why could the sorcerer not take the whole piece? I have never heard of a piece that would split in two." Melissa asked curious.  

"This piece is different. There must be a balance to the one who touches it. The man lets pure evil rule his heart. Therefore he can not possess the whole piece." The statue head answered sounding weaker.  

Even the glow from it's eyes seemed to be fading.  

"So it's kind of like ying and yang. One must be good and bad?" Melissa asked confused.  

" The piece is neither good nor bad. It is a harmony." The statue said not really making any more sense than before.  

"Before you said the piece had returned to a bearer. Who is this person and how may we find them?" Ganon asked bringing the subject to the main point everyone was wondering.