Link swallows his fear and stands ready for battle. The creature comes at him with incredible speed. But in one swift motion Link, doge's its attack and decapitates its left leg with his sword. It screeches in pain, it falls over Link as he is crouched down to avoid it falling on top of him. The creature falls frat on the Forrest ground, and Link spins around to face his fallen foe. To Link surprise, it is crawling towards him leaving a trail of blood on the forest floor from its open wound. Link decides to put it out of its misery, and in another flawless strike, he decapitates its head. The creature's body goes limp as it dies, Link cleans his sword as he looks down at the hideous creature. In his entire quest, the only creatures similar in appearance to it are the Redeads. But it moved much faster than they do, and unlike the Redeads this creature doesn't appear human in origin.
Suddenly, Link is blinded by a bright yellow-red light emitting from the corpse of the creature. As its brightness beginnings to fade, he looks back at the corpse in time to see it seemingly disintegrate into ash blown away by a soft breeze. Link was about to inspect the ash when suddenly he hears the whispers returning followed by a menacing demonic laugh echoing through the woods. All around him, he sees multiple yellow-red lights appear behind the bushes surrounding his camp. He hears screeches all around him alike to the creature he just killed, followed by frantic movement all around him. There surrounding me... Link realises as he readies himself for the coming fight. Two creatures like the one he just finished charge at him from his right, their claws spread with drool flowing down their maws. Link charges towards one of them, kicking it in its stomach causing it to lose its momentum and fall on its back. He switches to the second creature and decapitates the lower body with his sword.
The other creature is already back on its feet when Link sees another two of the monsters charge at him to his right. In one swift move with his sword, he beheads the creature that had just gotten back on its feet. Link continues his move, spinning to his left he brings the sword down to split the head of one of his new attackers into two open half's. Link pushes the bleeding corpse into his second attacker, which causes it to lose balance. Link uses the opportunity and thrusts his sword through the corpse's stomach, into the other creature. It screeches in pain as Links sword slices through them both. Link hears, at last, another two approach him from behind, he puts his foot on the corpse's stomach in support. He pulls his sword out of the two creatures, the wounded beast behind the corpse making a hideous grunt as he does. The footsteps are close as link spins around, he sees three more of the creatures charging at him. He cuts the first two down, but the third manages to slice into his hip with this sharp claws. Link holds back from screaming in pain, as its uneven claws manage to get stuck on his skin tearing part of it outwards revealing his wrecked flesh underneath. Before the creature can continue its attack, Link decapitates its arm and head releasing him from the pain. Link examines his wound the cut is deep and he is bleeding badly, he needs to finish this quickly or run. He would need to lose his attackers and stitch it up before he loses too much blood. Link tries to ignore the stabbing pain, already feeling a little dizzy. All around him he can see movement in the bushes, except the direction his attackers came from. He decides to take the chance, and dashes forward through the gap in the rustling bushes into the deep of the woods. Suppressing the unyielding pain from his wound, Link with all his remaining strength runs through the vegetation of the forest. He hearings his pressures not far behind him, but he continues to run through the woods desperate for any sign of a cave or place where he could hide. But to no avail, the woods seem to stretch endlessly before him with no sign of any variation or potential hiding spots. He enters an opening in the forest, when sees a massive intimidating figure tower over him. It is absolutely massive and like the other creatures it appears humanoid in form, but Link cannot make out its full details as it seems completely covered in an unnatural darkness. the creature looks down at Link, revealing its glowing red eyes that seem to pierce directly into Links soul. Mastering his fear and summoning his courage, Link draws himself out of his frozen gaze at the terrifying monster. He was about to turn around and flee, knowing too well in his current condition and armed with only his Ordon sword he cannot take on a creature of that size. But with unnatural speed for its size, the creature swoops link off the forest floor with its massive clawed hand, lifting him upwards. Link is in complete agony, as he can hear his individual bones snapping under the pressure of the creature's grip. Slowly it lifts him upwards towards its face. Link in all his pain can make out its massive maw opening, filled with terrifying teeth appropriate to its size. Link closes his eyes, as he feels the wet greasy texture of its tongue on his upper broken body.
He can feel the humidity of the beasts inner mouth, as well as smell a stench of rotten partly digested body parts and fleshy bits in its breath.
Link, at last, lets out a final scream of pain, as he feels his lower body being crushed and separated by the creature's teeth as it bites down. Links vision becomes blurry, and he can feel himself slipping out of consciousness. The last thing he could feel before everything turned white as he passed out, was the wetness of the creatures inner throat with its fluids and the immense force from it as he was being swallowed.
Zelda looks out of a window in her own royal bedroom, she enjoys the beautiful sight from her castle on the rising of the morning sun. She sees the vast green fields of Hyrule and in the distance the great mountains that blend in with the horizon. Down these great mountains, runs a forest that stretches all the way to the beginning of the green Hyrule fields. This forest is known as the mysterious Farron woods, within it lies many mysteries and ruins that sometimes date all the way back to the time of the great goddess Hylia. But there also lies in Farron woods a small village, called Ordon village Links home... it's been three years since they ended Ganondorf's tyranny, and freed the Twili people as well as their own. It pains Zelda to recall the suffering her people had to endure during the Twilight dominion, and her inability to help them... And Yet somehow Link managed to save them all, regardless of the hopeless situation they were all in. Hyrule will forever be in his debt, she wonders if he managed to receive her letter in time to be able to attend the royal ball.
Zelda can't deny the fact, that she had been looking forward to seeing him again for quite some time. She wonders if he also sometimes had sleepless nights or nightmares from the things they have been through. Sometimes Zelda still has nightmares of being caged in a room, or of the brutal slaughter of her men she had witnessed during the battle for Hyrule castle against Zant
the usurper King of the Twilight realm. She also wonders often if Ganon really had been defeated that day, thinking sometimes she can still feel his presence. It would do her well to have someone to talk to, who could understand her as most the people of Hyrule Castle seem to have no recollection of the Twilight domain and the fall of Ganondorf. She hears a knock on her door. "You may enter." Zelda turns around from her window, to see one of her maids open the door. "Your Highness your modiste has finished your dress for the royal ball." Zelda smiles and nods at her. "Thank you, Nadine I will call for him shortly." The maids face lightens up, as she realises that Zelda remembered her name. " There is another matter, your highness, we have received information regarding the whereabouts of the young man from Ordon village you have send the invitation to." Zelda's heart skips a beat at the mention of Link but is careful not to let it betray her composure.
Zelda follows her maid down the stairs into the great castle hall, it is absolutely massive and made by the finest architectures in Hyrule. In the centre of the hall is her throne, above the throne, is a great stone sculpture of the tri-force with three female sculptures around the individual pieces of the tri-force representing the three Devine goddesses who created Hyrule.
Standing on the red carpet leading towards the throne stands what appears to be a worn traveler they go towards him Nadine doing the introductions as they approach and stop before him "Your Highness this is Shad he is a traveler who claimed to have information regarding the young man from Ordon village." the traveler bows towards Zelda. "Your Highness." Zelda looks him over slightly recognising him "Were you not part of the resistance group during the Twilight dominion?" Shad looks at her in complete surprise "I'm honoured! Few remember that there even was a resistance group during the Twilight dominion most appear to have lost their memories of that time altogether, but I will not waste your time I'm sure you have other things to attend to I'm here to tell you that I was recently traveling through Farron woods and came across a delivery man, after I had talked to him I found out that he had just delivered a royal letter from the princess to a young man named Link the delivery man made a few more deliveries that day and as he was just leaving for Farron woods thought he'd seen the young man walk towards the mayor's house packed and ready for a long journey, so in other words it is very likely he is on his way here. Since I was on my way to Hyrule Castle regardless I felt it my duty to inform you of this." Zelda nods at him appreciatively "Thank you for taking the time to deliver us this message." Shad bows again "It was an honour, your Highness, Ido not which I to take up any more of your time and will take my leave." but before he heads back towards the door he also adds "Link has helped me greatly in my research I owe him a great deal for that alone, I would welcome the chance to meet him again as well." With that, he exits the throne hall. Zelda turns to her maid "Would you take me to the modiste I think I would like someone else's opinion on the dress as well." Nadine smiles at her "Of course your highness, please follow me." Zelda was about to follow her maid when she was startled by a frightening voice
- ("Thy flesh undone, thy soul consumed bow before the eternal fire join in the pain and suffering.")- Zelda turns around to see the sinister and strange words originate from what appears to be an extremely thin old mam cloaked completely in black
- ("purify us with thy embrace, tear us apart from our shell and help us embrace thy purity.")- creepily the cloaked figure slowly raises its head to reveal a deformed mouth filled with animalistic sharp teeth it smilies at Zelda with absolute hatred and evil intentions. It raises it's head up further to reveal red eyeless sockets with blood flowing down from them. Its voice takes a deep distorted tone as it speaks again.
- ("Your world shall yield, your people burn and bleed for our pleasure!" The creatures tone becomes more and more furious with Blood pouring out of its mouth as well as it's eye sockets. "You will bleed, yes you'll die and see all whom you hold dear burn! Burn!! Burn in our eternal fire!!!")- "Your Highness?" Zelda turns back to Nadine her maid a look of worry set on her face as she attempts to examine the reason for her queen's shocked expression. "I-" Zelda turns back around to where she saw the figure confused she finds that the figure seems to have disappeared. Shaking her had she adds "Its-its nothing I'm sorry, please lead the way."
All seems dark and cold. There is no light no hope, but alas no pain and no suffering... Yet suddenly, he finds himself standing Infront of Ganondorf with the same sword of evils bane in hand ready to end it once and for all.
Link sits up from his bedroll, awakened by his own screaming. He is panting for air, as he frantically checks to see if all his limbs were still attached which to his relief they all seemed there and in working order. Confused he looks around, to find he's still in Faron woods at his camp he had made the previous night. "was..was it all a dream?" Link ponders as he examines his hands and finds not a single wound or sign of wear on them, "It..it felt so real.."
But as Link looks about his camp examining it as well, he is shocked to find obvious signs of a struggle. He notices the ground around his camp is heavily disturbed, with what even appear to be some claw marks on the ground here and there. Yet Link can't see any footprints, or any sign the creatures he had fought. Or even his own struggle. "Rough night?" Surprised Link looks to his right to find what appears to be a middle-aged man with a large leather handbag sitting by his side unnoticed. "I was just making my daily rounds through the woods when I found you in a clearing not too far from here.." link looks at the man confused "I was lying in a clearing?" The man nods at him. "Yeah, I found you just lying there completely out cold. I found your trail and figured your camp mustn't be too far off." Link grunts as he feels a sudden pain in his hip and noticed he's bandaged. "Yes, you Might want to take it easy for a while. When I found you, you were a little roughed up. Judging by your bruises I'd say you must have fallen from quite a decent height, however you managed to do that." For a moment Link considered telling the man about his dream but realising how mad he would sound he decided against it. "I-I can't seem to remember." The man gave him a warm smile "Trust me, in your age, I had my fair share of those sort of nights. What is your name?" Link extends a hand to him "Link, my name is Link and thank you for your help." The man shook his hand "Talon, and don't worry about it." Link couldn't help but feel a certain familiarity with the name somehow. "Talon...I feel like I heard that name before.." Talon Looks up at the sun "Ah, yes I was named after my grandfather he used to own a farm called the Lon Lon ranch back then." He looks back at Link. "I and my wife have actually just recently moved here from Hyrule Castle to open a farm and bring my grandfather's infamous lonlon milk back on the market." Talon turns around and opens his leather carry bag. He fumbles about his bag until at last he takes out a filled milk bottle and hands it to Link. "Here, try it I guarantee it'll make you feel better." Link nods at Talon in appreciation as he takes the milk bottle "Thank you." He opens the bottle and instantly is hit by a sweet yet fresh milky smell. Link drinks from the bottle, the milk truly tasting fresher and more nutritious than any other milk he's had before. To his surprise Link almost instantly feels the pain in his hip fade away, and instead feels awake and fit as if he could journey for a hundred miles. "This is incredible!" Pleased Talon smiles. "Like it?" Link hands the milk bottle back to Talon. "I feel no more pain, I don't think even a healing potion made me feel this good." Link looks up at the sky seeing by the setting of the sun that it must already be early afternoon. "If I had time, id come by your farm to buy one of your bottles but I must be off. Thank you for your kindness." Talon looks Links gear over. "Are you on your way to Hyrule Castle by any chance?" Link already packing up his camp speaks while he hurriedly gathers gear and equipment. "Yes, I am actually." Talon gets up. "I'm going to make a sample delivery there today, if you like you could help me with it I could use an extra hand it would save me a second trip and you'd get to use one of our horses you'll be faster than on foot."
