The long and narrow stairs escalated in a spiral motion. It wasn't long before the deity reached the top of the tower. The yellow glowing figure immediately sealed the entryway and stood away from the circular, stone wall. The vacant room was lit only by the being's emitting aura. It clenched a similar glowing item within its hands. With a small nod, it opened a small window-like portal. Anzeen couldn't comprehend how mortal monsters had entered the eternal realm or how they were managing to destroy it. The entity watched as all three guardians fought valiantly against the multitude of tainted hearted creatures. Anzeen closed the portal with another nod and sighed sadly.
'I must do something.' It looked down at its clasped hands and stared worriedly at the crystal relic it held. With a swift hand movement, the distraught figure close the first portal and opened another large enough for it to fit a medium-sized object.
"Show me the three purest mortal hearts." Suddenly, the portal split into three as images came up in each of them. The deity took in a deep breath and closed its eyes.
"Wisdom..." The imagery moved quickly wishing the portal, only stopping on a small female child, who was just old enough to walk. The back of her hand glowed for a split second.
"Courage..." The view within the portal shifted once more. It landed on a young boy close in age to the first child, who's hand also glowed for a short moment.
It put the celestial being at ease to know her comrades were able to bestow the sacred essences to those they deemed worthy. It took in a deep breath and decide to look at the last holder of the purest hearts.
"Power-" A sharp and horrible pain suddenly overwhelmed its abdomen. It looked down in agony, clenching its grip tighter on the item. Someone had pushed a dark flaming sword into it. 'How?... This sword...'
The young mortal intruder continued to push the large sword until they got close enough to whisper in its ear,
"Power... is MINE. With this power, I will slaughter and destroy any who oppose me." The portal immediately disappeared as the thief pushed the once immortal being off of his sword.
'Oh Din... You didn't make it.' Anzeen collapsed onto the floor unable to move, feeling itself slowly fade. 'So... this... is what it feels like... to be betrayed...' Ganondorf laughed evilly as he stared at how the back of his hand glowed.
"And now... to keep my word." He inched closer to the listless being. Both of his hands gripped the handle of his sword as he raised it above him. His arms swooped down to hit his target but in an instant a glowing red sword knocked his out of his hands just inches from finishing off the dying celestial being.
He was immediately constrained with blue light, which covered his body.
"You..." Red, burning irises stared down at the perpetrator with rage. She raised her scimitar sword to prepare a strike.
"DIN! STOP!" A green figure rushed in front of her, shielding the mortal to prevent any further bloodshed.
"He is part of the Triforce. We cannot go against this fate... Even after what he's done." Farore tried to reason with Din. The young lord of darkness gave the fiery deity a sinister smile meanwhile she replied with a look of disdain. She reluctantly accepted her fellow guardian's justification but not before lowering her sword and stepping before Ganondorf with the sharpest side right below his throat.
"You may have stolen the essence of Power from me but you will NEVER set foot in this sacred land again." She spat the words in his face. Din's sword was then placed back into her sheath then joined her fellow guardians by adding her power to theirs to place the evil-doer into a frozen state. A large portal opened below his paralyzed body; the ground of the mortal world could be seen at a distance. The sacred guardians lowered him into it and released their constricting powers. Ganondorf fell a few feet and hit the ground, armor covered chest first. They watched as he turned quickly, fighting disorientation, to where he had come out of and looked up at them as the portal closed in a split second.
"Anzeen!" Nayru dropped her knees next to her fallen comrade and began lending it her power.
"It's fading! We have to do something!" The green and red glowing guardians immediately knelt beside Anzeen, across from Nayru and joined in.
"Who let this happen? How did this happen?" Din tried to question the motionless deity, but it could not give a response. Farore thought out loud,
"I have my suspicions-"
"Forget that right now! We need to save Anzeen's essence." The blue glowing deity alerted the other two.
"Right. Let's commence." Din proceeded to open the last portal the slowly dissipating entity had seen. A sleeping woman could be seen laying on a bed in a candle lit room.
The celestial guardians nodded in agreement and began to chant.
'Soul of safety, be true once more.
Removed from eternity and
cast into the transient world.
Awaken the key heart within one
and return to protect your kingdom.
Vanquish the unruly darkness
within both lands,
reign with great authority
as done before in your hands.'
Their glowing power grew as they encased Anzeen into a small glowing orb. They sent the shining ball through the portal and placed it inside the slumbering woman.
"Anzeen will awaken when the time comes. But for now we must shut any pathways from the mortal land. No one gets in or out. As for that tainted celestial sword," their gleaming eyes stared at the discarded dark blade with contempt, "it will be encased and kept here." The fiery red guardian commanded. All three deities materialized to their respective corners of the celestial land and began to expel the color of their power. The forbidden sword was simultaneously encased in a similar aura to what the celestial guardians emitted. The goddesses began to glow stronger as their beams of light connected with one another and became barriers around their immortal home.
'We will find out who is responsible for this. You will not escape your fate.' Their three voices echoed throughout the sacred land, making sure that everything and everyone remaining heard the message.
Author's Note:
Anzeen is pronounced "Ann-zee-n".