Equestria Warriors: Displacement of a Hero

‘This dungeon might kill me’ I thought to myself as I rolled to the side, avoiding getting blasted by a Beamos’ laser. I'd taken out one already, but this other one was being a real pain. I drew my bow and aimed for its glowing pink eye. I let it fly and it shattered the glowing orb, smoke pouring out as its rotating head dropped into the base with a THUD. I put my bow away as a bright light flashed between the destroyed machines for a second, a large chest now sitting there once it vanished. I walked up and opened it as I held up a map.

YOU GOT THE DUNGEON MAP! NOW YOU CAN SEE WHERE YOU ARE!

I put the map away after giving it a glance, moving to the door as I pushed forward. Going through it, I found myself standing in a circular room with stairs going both up and down. But the ones going down had a gate with a lock on it, so up I went to the next floor. I instantly spotted a couple Keese flying around and shot one out of the air before it even knew what hit it. The other flew at me and I backhanded it with my shield as I ran for the door ahead of me. Entering the next room I encountered a Bokoblin who rushed forward and had his face meet my sword. I had no idea where this energy was coming from, but I wasn't about to complain. Not in any immediate danger, I looked around the room I was now in. In front of me was a wall, a portion of it looked like it could be moved as well as a Beamos at the far end of the room. I looked out over the wall and spotted a large glowing yellow gemstone sitting in a niche high up on the wall.

“You gotta be kidding me…” I chuckled, knowing what this puzzle was. I took my bow back out and drew an arrow as I aimed for the jewel. Letting it fly, I watched as it hit the stone and shattered, turning it red as the wall slid open. I then turned to the Beamos guarding this end, popping its eye with another arrow. As I moved forward I saw a chest in the corner, and I kicked it open as I turned around and held up a bundle of arrows. I shook my head as I pushed forward, taking out two more armos as I progressed through the room. There was another chest, but I passed over it for now as I just wanted to move forward. Moving to the next room I was faced with two more Bokoblins, both being silenced with an arrow to the face as I looked around, finding two chests sitting on opposite ends of a raised platform. There were two unlit torches in the middle, as well as a lit one by the next door. I saw some crates sitting in the corner and got an idea. I smashed the crates, collecting the six rupees inside, and used a long piece to light the torches. As soon as they were lit, another flash formed a chest and I opened it and held up the item.

YOU GOT THE COMPASS! NOW YOU CAN SEE WHERE CHESTS AND THE BOSS ARE!

I put it away and pressed forward, entering the next room and coming face to face with a small Armos statue sitting in the center of an almost empty room. I went to move around the statue, seeing a blue gem in its back and hoped it wasn't alive. I made it to the chest before it hopped in place and turned to face me. I dove out of the way as it hopped forward, rumbling the floor as it did so. I drew my sword and jumped to the side as I tried to get behind it. I managed to do so and slashed at the gem, cracking it and making it rampage for a moment. I somehow managed not to get hit and moved to do it again, striking the gem as the Armos hopped and spun until it exploded. I took a deep breath before I opened the chest, acquiring a small key. I backtracked through the dungeon and opened those chests I passed. I walked up to the locked gate seventy rupees richer and unlocked it. I charged down the stairs and regretted it immediately as I was blasted by a Beamos sitting at the center of the room below. I checked my display and shuddered, as it dealt two whole hearts of damage. I managed to collect myself and peaked into the room, where I saw the Beamos slowly rotating its head around the room. I drew my bow and pulled my head back as its eye scanned this side of the room, moving into the open and drew an arrow back. I held and waited as it rotated to face me and let my arrow fly as it charged its laser. The glowing orb shattered and it fell silent, allowing me to move to the next room. There were large columns lining this one, with Armos statues set between them. I decided to run past them and ignore them, as I was trying to finish this as fast as I could now. Rushing to the next one, I was faced with four more Bokoblins. The two closest to me shrieked out a war cry and charged, the two on the far side looking over at the noise and charged over as well. My body seemed to go on autopilot as I slashed and stabbed them one by one, each exploding into dark dust as I cut them down. Looking around this room I saw two more doors, one larger than the other. I cracked my neck as I approached the larger door.

“Here goes nothing…” I muttered quietly as I pushed the door up and walked in. As I entered the room, I noticed there’s quite a lot of space in this circular shaped room with walls of marble and floors of stone with pillars standing in rows. Looking around, I noticed the room was partly flooded and run down, especially the many rows of seating that were cracked and old. It looked as if I had walked into a church? It felt strange.

At the end of the room I saw some kind of humanoid kneeling and praying to a statue of Farore. I cautiously approached and drew my sword, hefting the weapon as I got closer. Suddenly, the humanoid ripped off its cloak as it spun around dramatically, revealing itself to be a warrior of stone.

“Oh great, I got stuck with Dwayne.” I chuckled to myself as I remembered some jokes about The Rock. I sized it up and stepped sideways carefully, watching to see what it would do. My hud lit up, revealing the Mini boss's name as the golem warrior pulled out its stone sword and shield.

[Shakiva. Armos Guardian Of Farore's Temple]

I raised my own shield and kept circling it slowly, unsure how to beat this enemy. I took a tentative step forward and then charged, swiping at its face. Shakiva raised its stone shield just as my sword made contact, causing a light clank to echo throughout the abandoned temple. With its eyes glowing red, it slowly swings its stone sword at me. I dove to the side to avoid getting hit, rolling back to my feet and turned back to face the golem. Its stone head rotated sixty degrees to look at me, and then the rest of its body followed as it slowly walked toward me. I couldn't see any obvious weakness yet, so I charged at it again and swiped at its leg. It tried to block my attack, however due to its rock-like form, it only managed to push my sword swing as it scraped along its solid leg, it didn’t seem like I did much! I backed up to avoid getting hit, trying to figure out what its weak point could be. After a while of this, I pulled my bow out and drew back an arrow.

“Hope I'm right…” I breathed as I let it fly, the shot aimed for one of the creature's eyes. Its eyes flashed pink and red before shaking its head, it went on the move again but now it’s faster than before as it charged at me with its shield blocking its face. I scrambled to get out of the way, cursing myself for passing it off.

‘But at least it did something…’ I thought to myself as I ran for my life. Its body shifted as it spun its upper half of its body like a top, swirling its stone blade at me. I barely managed to get my shield up as it slammed into me, knocking my back against the wall. I had two hearts left as I got back to my feet, turning to face the golem again.

“I'm gonna die…” I grumbled in frustration. I had no idea if I'd respawn if I died, but I didn't want to test that theory now. All I could do was try and outrun this thing for now. As its upper body stopped turning, it ran straight at me again with its stone sword raised. In a panic I fired another shot at its eyes before I dove out of the way. Like before, its eyes flashed pink and red.

“...ggggGGGGRAAAAAAAAH!” Shakiva screamed out as it raised its stone arms up. Suddenly, it threw its shield away, landing to the side with a thud. Holding the sword with both hands, it ran at me ag-”HOLYFAROREITSFAST!” I yelped and sprinted away from it, not sure how long I could keep this up for. I dove to the side and let it pass me, drawing my bow as I slid on the floor, firing off another shot as it turned to charge again, it suddenly swung its sword, knocking the arrow away. Kneeling down, it leaped into the air in an attempt to crush me under its stone foot. I barely managed to roll over and get to my feet, now looking right up at the creature.

“Uh, hi.” I managed to say before I got backhanded to the other side of the room, hitting the wall with a sickening crunch. I now had half a heart, and I was in no shape to outrun this thing. I needed health now or I wasn't going to make it. I coughed up some blood and looked around for something, anything to help me keep going.

“This ain’t no bout, hylian.” Shakiva said in ancient hylian, for some reason I understood it. “Thou must be prepared for anything if thou wish to continue ye path of the hero!” It said as it charged at me with his stone sword raised. I managed to get to my feet despite being in pain and dove between its legs.

“Yet I can't seem to beat a rock.” I called back, the pain clearly heard in my voice. I struggled back to my feet again and looked at the golem.
“Farore be damned if I die to a rock!” I yelled, drawing my bow with all my remaining strength and firing another arrow at its face. It tried to block it again, however despite its increase in speed, it didn’t move fast enough as it zipped right into its eye, causing them to flash.

“Well.. played..” Shakiva said. Rather than explode like any enemy, it instead stopped in mid step and slowly lowered its sword as it took a knee. I shook and dropped to the ground, not able to move anymore. I just layed there for a moment as I tried to get my fatigue back. Suddenly, I hear the sound of shifting stone. Look to my right, I noticed small platforms rising out of the ground, one of them being a pot.

“Of course… as soon as it's over… I finally found one….” I growled in frustration as I clawed my way across the room. I grabbed the pot and smashed it, a small red heart appearing from inside it. Grabbing it, some of the pain subsided and I finally was able to get up without too much pain. I made my way to the altar at the back of the room. There sat a massive black chest with a massive ruby embedded in the lid. With a grunt I opened it, holding a large black key above my head.

YOU GOT THE BOSS KEY! TIME TO END THIS!

I sighed and walked back to the door, feeling like I could fall over at any moment. I walked to the next door and went through, this room being mostly a staircase down to the next floor. I looked to the left and spotted another chest, and I kicked it. I held up a new item I hadn't found yet.

YOU FOUND A PIECE OF HEART! COLLECT FIVE TO MAKE A NEW HEART CONTAINER!

I blinked as my health was restored, looking at my hands in mild amazement. With a nod to myself I ran down the stairs and through the next door. I saw the boss door ahead, with three Bokoblins standing in my way. I smiled and charged, now full of that same energy as before as I tore them to shreds. I sheathed my sword with a flourish before turning to the door. It was massive, with a giant black lock chaining it shut. I pulled out the key and unlocked it, watching as the chains fell away. I pushed it open with a shove, and entered. I found myself on a small section of floor, the rest looking like it fell away years ago. Leaning over the edge, I saw some water down below.

“I guess I go down.” I mused before I jumped, falling several stories before landing in the water below. I bobbed up to the surface and looked around, noticing some of the room was above the waterline. I swam over and got up as the room rumbled, making me look around in panic. From out of the waters, two big Deku Babas rose up, making me look in confusion when I noticed it had a different bark skin color. I remembered something like this existed in one of the Zelda games, but I couldn't put my finger on it yet. I drew my bow and fired a shot at one of them to see if it did anything, however it only bounced off of its wooden mouth. One of the Deku Babas pulled its head back, then launched forward at me in an attempt to bite me. I jumped back out of its reach, kicking a Bombling on accident.

‘How did I not notice these?’ I thought as I kicked it hard at the Deku Baba. It opened its mouth wide as if attempting to bite again, only to suddenly gag as the Bomblin went down its throat. With a loud boom, the Deku Babu withdrew back into its watery safe zone. I grinned, moving forward to bait the second one forward. Pulling its head back, it launches at me, moving slightly faster than its twin counterpart. I jumped back and kicked another Bombling at it as hard as I could right into its mouth. It went off with a loud explosion, causing it to cough and choke as it dived back into the waters below. I looked at the water as it clicked for me what boss this was. I grinned as it erupted from the water. It now had a massive central stem, its mouth opening with a mass shriek as its name appeared on my display.

DIABABA
Twilit Parasite

“Hello ugly.” I chuckled as I faced down this overgrown angry weed. I felt a sudden ping of a headache, however it vanished quickly. I heard a strange ethereal panting as I looked to my right, noticing a ghostly looking wolf? At first, I thought it was the hero’s shade, but its colors were wrong, sporting the colors of gray, green and spiky red. The way it moved looked just as unreal as it leapt across the air onto the other side of the room, which looked to have an exit on both sides.

“What in Hylia…” I started to say before I had to dodge a blast of purple acid. This was a lot scarier in person than it had been in the game, and I was getting a bit nervous. The spirit wolf reached into the door, soon pulling a Bombling with its jaw as it flailed around in its teeth. The Diababa’s two heads dove at me as I was trying to figure out what was going on. I barely managed to get out of the way, looking up at the wolf in uncertainty before I realized what it was doing. I smiled and drew my bow. Just as the Diababa’s right head attacked again, the wolf threw it right in front of its face with perfect timing. I fired a shot, hitting the Bombling right into the Baba's mouth as it exploded, sending the head back beneath the surface.The ghostly wolf let out a bark of approved as it leaps across the room, now standing on the opposite door and taking out a Bomblin, readying itself for the Diababa’s second head. I kept my bow in hand, an arrow notched and ready for my next shot. The second head let out a strange sound as if annoyed as it dove its head at me, and at that moment, the wolf slung its head out, throwing the Bombling right in its path. I quickly fired the arrow, barely managing to hit it as it swallowed the explosive creature. With a boom, it too sank beneath the surface as the central stem shrieked and spewed more acid. I managed to avoid getting burned, but was now out of explosives and ideas. Or so I thought as the wolf took out another Bombling. The way this wolf was helping, it was mimicking the monkey, except leaping instead of sliding along a rope. I drew back my bow, giving the wolf a nod as I aimed at the center head's. mouth. The Diababa let out a loud scream, as if it was in disbelief. Quickly, it looked straight at the wolf, making a mad dive at it. The wolf let out a surprised yelp as it threw the Bombling quickly into its mouth, however it didn’t explode as it got lodged in its mouth, chewing it in an attempt to get it loose. I fired my arrow, it sailed through the air as time seemed to slow for a moment before it struck the explosive little creature. It let out a scream of pain as it came towering down to earth, flopping itself near it as its stem-eye stared at me. I drew my sword and slashed at it several times before stabbing it with a yell. The enormous monster shrieked and wailed as it thrashed in pain, slowly drying out before exploding into dark smoke. It's eye landed near me and exploded as well, leaving behind a gold lined heart. I picked it up and watched my heart counter go up to six. A noise behind me grabbed my attention and I turned to see the green ball of light that left my body at the start floating there. I touched it and it exploded, the fragment of light shooting into my heart as text appeared.

Farore's Blessing has been returned to you, marking you as a Hero.

I patted my chest where the light entered as a portal appeared on the floor, I walked towards it before remembering my helpful friend. Looking up at the wolf, it thrusted its head into the air, letting out a long beautiful howl as green winds spun around him, only for him to vanish in a flash of light. I smiled, walking into the portal and vanished in a flash of light.