"Hey what's up Link? You look distracted." Fluttershy said looking at the young Hyrulian.
"Huh? Oh yeah. Just kind of wondering what the others are up to." Link said reassuringly.
"I'm sure they're doing fine." Fluttershy said as they rounded a corner.
“Watch out!” Link said as a skulltula dropped down and he quickly shot it with his crossbow. The Skulltula fell to the floor and died in blue flames. When the flames died a small golden coin was left. “What are these coins I’ve been picking up?” he asked turning to Fluttershy.
“Those are bits, the currency of Equestria.” she explained looking at the coin. “But what would a monster need with money?”
“I’ve chalked it up to either the law of equivalent exchange or them taking it from poor innocent fools who got attacked by them.” Link said shrugging as they came to a three way intersection. To the right was a door with a lock on it and to the left was a door without a lock. “I guess we’ll go to the unlocked door.” He said as they walked towards it.
“Wow, this corridor is all twisted!” Fluttershy said surprised, as they walked through the door and into a curved hallway.
“Huh, a twisted hall puzzle. Haven't seen one of these in a while. Just watch for shadows of monsters that hang from the ceiling and you'll be alright.” Link said as they began walking down the twisted hallway.
“Alright.” Fluttershy said looking up at the ceiling. “Um why is there a chest on the wall?” She asked as they walked into a large room with a shallow hole in the floor with stairs that go to nowhere coming out of it, a large chest that was hanging on the wall and a small chest in the corner.
“It’s a part of the puzzle. Judging from the hole in the floor- GET OUT OF THE WAY!” Link yelled, startling the yellow Pegasus causing her to jump to the side right before a black hand fell from the ceiling and landed right where Fluttershy was just standing. He then quickly drew his sword and slashed at the hand until it died, bursting into blue flames.
“What was that thing?” Fluttershy asked.
“Wall Master.” Link said sheathing his sword. “They hang from the ceiling and are invisible until they drop on their pray. If they catch you they warp you back to the entrance of the temple. It’s not really deadly but it’s still an inconvenience. Just watch your shadow, if it becomes a big circle jump out of the way.” He explained. “Anyway as I was saying, judging from the hole in the floor and the stairs that go nowhere coming out of it, if we want to progress farther we need to find the switch that will straighten out that hallway.”
“Perhaps it’s in the other room! Oh, but we need a key don’t we?” Fluttershy said a little sadly.
“Don’t worry Fluttershy. It’s been my experience that all ancient temples have the same interior decorator. Which means,” Link said walking over to the small chest. “This small chest should contain a small key that we can use to open the door.” he then kicked it open and sure enough there was a small key inside. “This is a small key, they more often than not break in the lock you use them in and only work in the building you found them in.” Link explained showing it to Fluttershy.
“Ok, now we can see what’s behind the other door.” she said as they exited the room and back through the unlocked door. As they unlocked and opened the other door they were greeted by a giant purple mouth snapping out them before it pulled away. “Eep!” Fluttershy squeaked, hiding behind Link.
“Giant Deku Baba!” He said throwing up his shield. “You still have some Deku Seeds?”
“Yeah.” Fluttershy said watching the Giant Deku Baba’s mouth bounced off Links shield.
“I need you to throw one at it right before its mouth hits my shield.” Link said watching the Giant Deku Baba.
“Alright.” She said readying a Deku Seed. Then right when it stretched out its stem to attack, she through the seed at its head causing its stem stand straight up frozen. Link then rushed forward and cut the stem causing it to harden into a stick as it fell to the ground.
“Cool a Deku Stick. They can be used to light torches or as a bat.” He said picking it up.
“Hey this door has bars in front of it” Fluttershy said looking at the other door in the room.
“It’s a torch puzzle. We have to light all the torches in the room to open it.” Link said seeing there were three unlit torches in three of the corners and one lit torch in the corners of the room.
“It’s a good thing that Deku Baba turned into a stick then.” The shy Pegasus said watching link light the torches. When all the torches were lit the bars on the door slid up allowing them to continue through the door. On the other side was a set of stairs which lead up into a greenhouse like room. At the far end of the room was some sort of cell with a yellow Treeger in it. “Oh no!” Fluttershy said.
“No wait!” Link said stopping her from taking off. “It’s too easy.” He said as they slowly walked into the room. Suddenly a large slab of rock fell and blocked the way they came and a giant green eye fell from the ceiling as well as smaller pink eyes which began to surround the bigger one as it began to hover above the ground slightly. “Wart!” Link said taking out his crossbow and aimed it at one of the pink eyes. He then used the rope attachment to remove a few of the pink ones from the main body before destroying them. Once he had made a decent sized hole in its defence he knocked an arrow and fired when it had opened its eye. “Fluttershy, Take to the air quick!” Link said as the Wart slammed into the ground causing all the smaller eyes to fall off and die. It then began to slide around the room bumping into the walls just as Fluttershy took to the air. A few well-placed arrows latter and the Wart exploded.
“You did it!” The yellow Treeger said as the bars on his cell opened. “But who are you?” He said walking over to the two.
“My name is Link and this is Fluttershy.” He said introducing himself and the shy Pegasus.
“*Sniff, sniff.* You small just like my master.” The Treeger said sniffing Fluttershy. “That must make you the bearer of courage.” he said turning to link. “Unfortunately my name has been lost in the flow of time.”
“I could give you a name if you’d like.” Fluttershy said happily.
“That would be great!” The Treeger said excitedly.
“Alright how about… Bonitas?” She said after a few seconds of thinking.
“Bonitas? I like it!” Bonitas said happily. “Anyway, I guess you're here for the Orb of Kindness that I’m guarding. Unfortunately I no longer have it. You see when I felt the wave of darkness hit the temple I hid it in a Twisted Hallway Puzzle so no one could get it. I was then captured in trapped in that cell until you freed me.”
“So that’s what’s in that chest on the wall.” Fluttershy said remember the strange room.
“If you hit that eye switch above the door there with your crossbow it should straighten out the room.” Bonitas explained pointing to an eye craving above the exit.
“Thanks Bonitas.” Link said taking aim at the eye switch, he then fired the arrow and hit the switch. There was a sound of something turning and locking into place as the bars on the door slid up. “Alright I think that did it.” he said walking over to the door.
“Thanks again Bonitas.” Fluttershy said as she joined Link.
“No thank you for saving me and giving me a name.” Bonitas said as they walked through the door.
The door lead to a set of stairs that lead back down into the temple. At the bottom of the stairs were a couple of small wooden boxes, which link broke open to find a couple of crossbow bolts as well as a few bits. After A few minutes of walking they found themselves back in the twisted room but this time the large chest was on the floor.
“There it is,” Link said walking over to it.
“Link watch out!” Fluttershy said seeing his shadow had grown into a giant circle.
“Huh? Uh oh!” Link said jumping to the side just in time as a Wall Master fell right where he was standing. He then disposed of it before walking back over to the chest and retrieving the Orb of Kindness.
You got the Orb of Kindness! These orbs are the keys to unlocking the depths of the temple where the Element resides. Only one more reminds!
Link and Fluttershy then made their way through the now straight hall way and back into the main room. Link then placed the Orb of Kindness into the second slot. Another stone slab then moved out of the way, which revealed a new passage. Link and Fluttershy hopped off of the Platform and walked towards the passage way to retrieve the final Orb of Kindness.