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Askari sniffed the air, smelling the new scent. Well, not that new. It was somewhat familiar, then there was a..feeling she'd get when she was by the well in the village by herself. The blonde switched forms and sniffed again, following the scent cautiously. She looked around after sniffing for a while and saw Joslyn. The orange cat quickly ran over to the girl, shifting forms as soon as she got to her side. "Jos, Jos! You alright?" she asked, not making a move to pick her up. If she was passed out, you didn't want to move her.

The fog was beginning to lift as the sun rose higher into the sky. Apart from the occasional bird call, the Lost Woods were eerily quiet. It was to be expected. People rarely came in here. It was inhabited almost entirely by animals. Almost.

A small rabbit scurried out of the bushes, its ears turning every wich way in suspicion. Confident it was alone, the rabbit hopped up to a small pond. It casually drank its fill before turning and lazily hopping in another direction. The surface of the pond rippled. Silently, two dark eyes emerged and gazed after the rabbit. The eyes narrowed before, without warning, the creature they belonged to burst from the water. Twirling high in the air, he let loose a carved duku nut from his sling. It landed with a flash, stunning the rabbit. It fell over in shock, temporarily blinded by the light. The Zoran landed with grace at the edge of the pond before throwing his spear of bone at the twitching rabit. It pierced through the neck and the rabbit quit moving. Korin walked foward and retrieved his spear. Looking down at the rabbit, he sighed. It was a good, clean, fast kill. His skills were improving and now he wouldn't starve... But he was getting really tired of eating rabbit.

((Sorry, guys. My computer to claims to have a virus, so it might be a bit before I can get back online without worrying too much about the stupid pop-up telling me to activate my anti-virus and not letting me do so. Basically, I'm at a hard-core risk of a virus because of this stupid pop-up thing. Don't wanna make my hardrive die, so I won't be online as much for a while. Sorry. D; ))

Korin sighed as he began packing his things. He'd been in the Lost Woods for a long, long time. It had become like a second home to him. But the time had come. He needed to find the Zora's Sapphire and regain his place among his people. Come hell or high water, he would reclaim his rightful place as Prince of the Zoras.

He tied the knot around his possesions tightly before slinging strap of the fur bag over his shoulder. He picked up his spear and began to head towards the exit. It'd be a long walk to Hyrule Castle.

Benvolio simply nodded his head before explaining, "You are the only one who can. As protector of the temple I am forbidden from destroying the shadows which includes destroying the monster who is harvesting them. You will need a bow and some arrows." Benvolio realized that they had reached the entrance when he exited the well. Benvolio climbed the ladder and suddenly ran into the graveyard. He knew that Denji was right behind him. The thought of who the Hero of Time was had burned into his thoughts. He could not forget now.

"I'm going to go see if they're finished..." Jos stood up again with another cringe as her knee almost gave way. She ignored it and rushed off towards the village. Denji had to know about the monster... the thing that had just burst from the well and had escaped into the shadow temple. She slowed to a stop as she saw Denji and Benvolio. Breathing in relief, he was safe, she would be able to uphold her promise to Askari after all. "Did you get it?" She asked, ignoring Benvolio, ever since he had arrived he was dragging Denji everywhere... and she knew it... Denji was going to abandon the group. He was going to that temple alone, with a stranger she couldn't trust yet. She didn't care if he had to go alone, she would follow. She had made a promise... to Askari.

Denji followed him. "Is the shadow temple up on that ledge? If that's the case, then I don't need a song to get up there!" He mumbled as he raced past the gravestones and stood on top of one of the two stones there. He noted the Triforce in the dirt between them. It was a big jump, even for a neko like himself, but he was confident that he had enough strength in his legs to help him. "You take Josline. I'll meet you there."

When Koring arived at Hyrule Castle, it was nightfall. He noticed that, for some reason, the drawbridge had been destroyed. He was exhausted from his travels. He hated traveling on land.The night creatures were awakening and in the distance he could hear the screetches of the Stalfos. Whatever he decided, it would have to be quick.He could wait in the moat until morning.

He heard a clinking noise behind him and turned to see a stalfos attempting to sneak up on him. The Zora bared his teeth before swinging his right arm and throwing his sheild. The chain rattled as the sheild spun and the chain unraveled. The shield sliced the fragile skelleton in half. Korin pulled his arm back and the shield retracted. The Stalfos seemed undeterred and began crawling towards Korin on its torso by using its arms to drag itself. Korin, determined to finish the job, lept high into the air. On his way down, he spun, bringing the shield down beneath him and crushing the Stalfos's skull.

It finally stopped moving. Korin got up, dusted himself off, and after taking a short breath of dry air, dove backward into the moat. The moat was quite filthy. He wondered when the last it was cleaned. He shrugged remembering a moat's job wasn't to look pretty. Nevertheless, Hylians should have some pride. Despite its mildly murky appearance, the water tasted pure. Taking in a few lungfulls, he realized that the water was from the river. The river that began in his birthplace, the Zora's Domain. He became homesick for an instant before shoving the feeling aside. He needed to regain his honor. He couldn't do that by moping at the bottom of a murky moat. He swam around a bit to clear his head before settling on the dark bottom to await the morning sun.