Lana walked through the doorway and it opened up to the mountains. Death Mountain to be exact. Tying her hair back, she held to her book and started to make her way to the castle. Only taking a very steps, the ground began to vibrate. Looking up, she saw the Great Fairy blasting powerful magic at the mountain. Oh no. Cia's magic had already reached here. It had to be her. The Great Fairy looked angry and her magic was crumbling the mountain into nothing but rocks.

" Lana, what are you doing here?"

Lana turned and smiled. It was Darunia, the Goron tribe leader.

" Oh Darunia, it is so good to see you."

" You as well. Only I wish it was at a better time. I have to contain the Great Fairy and hope she comes to her senses. She just all of a sudden became angry and started attacking the mountain."

Cia had just been separated from her for less than a day. And her magic was already this strong and causing panic. This was not good. If her magic had progressed this much in such a short time…..she could be too late.

First things first,she had to help the gorons calm the Great Fairy.

Only she had no idea how to stop her.

" We need to get her back to her fountain. My men said that the sacred water that she holds her power has not been touched by the evil magic. Maybe if we can get her back there, she will return to her normal self."

Darunia had a point. All the Great Fairies in Hyrule had a sacred pool where they all took their place in the world. Some even had special talents and powers. And this one at the moment was on a damage power crash course.

" Okay let's get up there and see what we can do." Lana suggested.

Darunia helped guide Lana and and a few other gorons to the top of the mountains. As they got closer the Great Fairy unleashed even more destructive power. Darunia covered Lana with his arm to protect her from the extreme heat of the rocks. Finally making more progress to reach the top, they got up close and personal with the Great Fairy herself. Her eyes red and magic flaring from her hands.

This was bad.

Lana hurried and cast a wind spell, trapping the Great Fairy between the entrance to her fountain and them.

" How dare you interfere with my magic !" She tossed a massive sized flaming ball at Lana.

Darunia jumped in front and took the full blast of the hit and the heat not even affecting him whatsoever. Rolling himself up and the other two gorons joining him they rushed at the Great Fairy slamming her right through fountain entrance. Lana rushed in with them and saw the sacred water flowing up around her body. The flames and dark energy dispelling from her body and rushing up and vaporising right before their eyes. She then sank down in the water out of their line of sight.

Two small red fairies came out to greet them

" Oh thank you for saving our Great Fairy."

" Of course. Tell us do you know how that evil power came to be in this sacred place?" Danuria asked with deep concern.

The fairies just shook their heads. " All we know is that the balance of light and dark has been shifted. To fix this will take much aid and bonds of true friendship and even stronger love. We must tend to out Great Fairy. Please help heal this balance."

The two little fairies when then gone within the pool.

Walking out with Lana and his fellow gorons, Darunia stopped turning to Lana. " You know something."

Lana gripped her spellbook. Yes she did and she hated herself for allowing Cai to escape. All of this was her fault. Never in her wildest dreams would she have thought Cia could use that much dark power. Controling a Great Fairy took strong magic.

Cia was gaining power to fast.

She had to be stopped before it was too late.

" Cia has escaped and I am here to stop here before she hurts anyone. She is going after Link. I have warned Princess Zelda. But she will need help. That is why I am here. Cia is part of me and I need her to return to where she belongs."

" If Link is in danger I will aid you. He is my sworn brother, I will never turn my back on him."

Lana smiled and nodded. Thankful for the help she waited as Danuria tended to a few goron things and they continued to the short cut to Zora's River. Walking through the gate, the appearance of the dark clouds sent a chill down Lana's spine.

Had her magic reached over to this place as well?

The Zora princess herself stepped out from the entrance to her domain. Her face etched with grief. Oh no. What could have happened here?

Had Cia took her people?

Ruto turned her head to see them. She gasped as her eyes went to Lana. Rushing over to them she stood there in shock.

" Your, majesty." Lana bowed with respect and then looked back to her. " Are you alright?"

Ruto blinked back her tears. " No. I fear it is all my fault."

" What happened?" Danuria asked the question this time.

" A very strange dark creature appeared in our Domain and I feared for my people. My power was not strong enough against it. So I went to Hyrule Castle myself and asked for Link to aid my people in this time. I had no idea the monster would…."

No….

Cai what have you done?

" Where is Link?" Danuria's tone harsher than he had meant.

Ruto fisted her hands at her side. Her emotions everywhere, she knew she had to contain herself.

" Princess Ruto. Please. What happened?"

Ruto looked at them and took a deep breath before answering. " Link tried to defeat it and the created swallowed him whole. And then the creature was just gone."

Lana sank to the ground. Dropping her book. Her eyes wide and her body felt as if she had been hit by a boulder.

She had been too late to help them. Cia had taken Link. But only where she take him?

" I allowed the princess to loss her hero. I sent a messenger to tell her of Link. I am responsible for this. I allowed Link to be killed." Ruto's guilt poured from her heart through her voice.

Lana stood quickly. " No you are not. Link is not dead."

" What? How can you say that? I saw that creature get him. It swallowed him whole and then was just gone!"

Lana laid her hand on Ruto's shoulder. Ruto stopped shaking and just looked in Lana's eyes. She could tell Lana spoke the truth but she just didn't understand.

" Cia has escaped and if that creature was created by her, which I have no doubt it was then Cia took him alive. We will meet with Zelda and get to the bottom of this."

" We can begin now."

All three turned to see Zelda. She wear elegant battle gear and a sword on her hip. But no crown. She was Zelda here, and she was not going to follow no rules. But Impa was also at her side. Zelda and Impa walked the small distance to them, joining them.

" I want Link back. Impa is going to return to the castle to make sure nothing happens to the kingdom while my father and I are away. I will not return till Link has been giving back. Cia will not have him."

All of a sudden a large crystal like wall appeared. Images showed themselves on the wall. Zelda felt her heart sink as she saw Link kissing a woman and it was …...her.

No. That couldn't be her.

Link and the other Zelda were becoming intimate and everyone gasped. Zelda began to cry as she saw someone else with her love. He was being tricked and she couldn't stop it.

The images of him touching her was almost too much to bare.

" Oh don't cry, princess. He truly loves you. He saw through my illusion."

The wall shattered. Cia stood before them, the grin on her face was anything but sweet. Her hand on her hip and her staff in the other. She looked as if she held all the cards. At this moment it felt as if she was. Cia kept her gaze on Zelda. She was feeding off the pain Zelda was keeping inside. The fury of the images she had just seen.

" Did you enjoy the show? I know I did."

Zelda rushed at her only to have Impa stop her." You bitch! Where is he? What have you done to him?"

Cia gave a fake surprised gasp at her. "Such language for a princess. But I wouldn't worry about your hero. I would worry about them." She waved her arm out as she vanished a large and vast amount of shadow creatures circled them all.

Zelda felt her rage and blood boil.

She would find Link. And Cia was going to to bleed. If anything…

Cia's heart was going to be in her hands.

Zelda looked at everyone, even with a army of shadow creatures about to attack.

" Everyone. Link has been our hero. He has helped all of us time and time again. Now he needs us. Help me rescue him. Please."

" I owe Link for so much. Of course I will help you." Ruto said.

" He is my sworn brother. I will not abandon him.

Lana nodded her head and lifted her book to her chest.

Their they stood. A team. First they had to get rid of this stepping stone before them. Then, then they would go after Cia and get Link home.