I just have this image of a group of scrap divers who work getting old items from under the ocean. They swim along collecting goodies among ancient building reclaimed by reefs and ocean life. They occasionally grapple with an eel or a particularly upset fish that was living inside of the helmet the group shoved in their bag.
After their bags are sufficiently full, the woman leading the group motions for them to begin to surface. The light given off by the group only partially penetrates the murkiness of the ocean. The group begins to kick upwards leaving the ground until they are only surrounded by endless darkness.
The woman hesitates, squinting into the darkness, her golden hair pooling around her as she stills. Only one diver, Link, notices her pause and hangs back to give her an inquisitive look. She shakes her head and motions again to rise. Before they can do so, the darkness itself seems to reach out and wrap around her waist.
Link lunges forward after her as she is tugged downwards into the gloom. Rushing after her, Link finds himself face to face with a writhing mass on the seafloor. The darkness seems to absorb the light around it, only a single red and yellow eye peering out at him from the center.
Behind the creature, he sees the light of his dive-leader, Zelda, being dragged into an ancient castle. He aims to swim around the mass, only for it to strike upwards, knocking Link's direction right out of him.
Link focuses on the bubbles from the disturbed artifacts as they rise toward his feet. Looking up at the sea floor, he is able to brace himself as another blow lands against his right forearm. He flies back, tumbling again until his back hits a wall of some crumbling building.
Out of the darkness, something reflects Link's diving light. Reaching out for it on instinct, Link finds his fingers closing around a blade seemingly untouched by the ocean waters. Pushing himself off of the wall, Link lunges forward, glacing another blow off the blade's guard.
Another rush forward and the blade sinks deep into the glowing eye of the beast. Light rushes from the wound, overwhelming Link's senses. It consumes everything for a moment, then fades.
The next think Link remembers is the feeling of something poking him in his side. He pushes himself up from the loose sand, spitting some out of his mouth. Two small girls in pigtails jump up and scream "run!", dropping the stick they were using to prod him. Suddenly aware of his surroundings, Link rushes to just feet, finding himself on an island he had never seen.
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