The Legend of Zelda: A Hero's Return (Book 1)

Chapter 8: The Poisonous Queen

The rain was coming down so hard that Link could barely see. If not for the lightning, he would not have seen the giant leg swinging towards him. The monster stood from what he could see thirty feet tall. It had eight legs, and as it tried to bite him, and one giant eye right above its fangs. Link knew right away that he was in trouble but he knew that this thing must be stopped here and now. Dodging was doing nothing but he wasn't sure what else to do. He whistled to Epona and hopped on her back. With this much speed, he could get around to the back of his enemy to see what he was really up against. The creature had what looked like eight legs and tail. The legs looked like a spider but the tail was strange. He was dodging the legs now as the creature was spinning around trying to attack him. He readied his sword and as he passed another leg, he attempted to slice it. No luck. It was as hard as iron.

He was too into trying to figure out his enemy when out of nowhere, he was caught off guard and knocked clean off of Epona. Both Link and the horse went flying. Luckily neither were seriously hurt. Epona just ran away while he was trying to regain his footing. He finally stood up and saw that the rain and slowed down quite a bit. He saw that what he was facing was indeed a spider-like creature but the tail was still throwing him off.

With a hiss, it lowered its tail and laid a few eggs. Within seconds they hatched and mini versions of it popped out. He looked around to look for his sword. He couldn't see it anywhere. What a time to lose it. With Epona gone, his sword lost, and the fact that he left his friends back at Kakariko, the only thing he had was his shield. "Oh great!" he thought to himself. He took the shield and started swinging at the baby spiders as they drew close. Eventually, they had him cornered. He had no idea how to defeat these things without a sword.

Just as they jumped on top of Link, an arrow seemed to appear out of nowhere and hit one and that in turn knocked another off. He watched as another flew straight into the Huge spider's eye. It hissed and backed away for a bit. He turned to where both had come from and saw both Saria and Malon carrying bows and quivers.

"Did you really think you could leave us?"

Saria knocked another arrow and knocked the last one off.

"It seems to me that we're doing more saving than you are."

She ran over to help Link up.

"Hurry up you two, it's coming back."

Malon was preparing another arrow as she was hit with some sort of gunk. It didn't take long to figure out that it was poison. She fell over and passed out before she could utter another word. Link didn't even get the chance to thank them as Saria turned and shot another arrow at the creature's eye. It backed away again and both rushed towards Malon.

Saria checked to make sure she was still alive.

"She's still breathing"

She sighed with a bit of relief.

"You go distract it while also looking for your sword. I'll get to healing her."

Link didn't even hesitate. He grabbed the bow and quiver from Malon.

"Oh and take my arrows as well."

He had never shot a bow before but he had to learn quickly. It was rushing towards them once again but this time it had started to speak

"How dare you kill my babies and take my food."

Its fangs clicked as it spoke.

"Do you not know who I am? I am the Queen of all arachnids. I am Queen Gohma. How dare you treat me with such disrespect?"