A hero in training
Chapter 4
An old gerudo man walked through the field of Hyrule grumbling to himself while wearing a blanket around his shoulders, "jeez it's cold here, I can't believe the rudeness of that princess I clear out my schedule for her and she doesn't even send a message or something" he continued to grumble to himself while traveling through the field.
"Dammit link where are you, you've been gone far too long" Roolof whispered to himself as he stood outside links room door send away anyone who tried to enter, then Zelda walked out her room towards Roolof, "excuse me Roolof I have to talk to link" Roolof raised his arm stopping Zelda in her tracks "sorry princess, link asked that he not be disturbed and asked me to send away everyone and that includes you" Zelda scoffed at this "you will move out of the way Roolof you or I will dismiss you from duty" she yelled at the captain, his forehead started to bead in sweat "I'm sorry my lady but this is a favor to link and even if you dismiss me I will not move" the captain started trembling at his words knowing he was going to be in trouble, Zelda stared at the captain in disbelief with shock on her face "well then captain pack you things you are dismissed from duty" she said still in shock that he didn't move after she tried to bluff, the captain was even more shocked that she actually dismissed him for a little reason like that, not believing it entirely he fell on his knees from the shock giving Zelda a chance to slip by, as Roolof saw Zelda reach for the doorknob he scrambled to stop her but he was too late she opened the door and looked inside, link was gone, "where is he? I know you have something to do with this" she yelled at Roolof
"I honestly don't know link just simply asked me to guard his room till he gets back" Roolof exclaimed holding his head high and sticking his chest out, Zelda tried to think of any reason link would leave until it hit her "he went to get the master sword" her eyes went wide when she realized what he would get it for, she quickly ran down the hall of her castle sweating in fear that he might try to defeat dark link, "hey what's the big deal if he gets the master sword or not" Roolof tried saying clearly enough so Zelda could hear him "I don't know but you know the dream I've been having" Roolof nodded "well in it I see link dead with the master sword's tip impaling him" Roolof stumbled only for a second " you mean if link pulls the sword he's going to die" Zelda shook her head "I don't know but I'm starting to think that it will play a key role in future" they continued to run through the castle and toward the temple of time.
Earlier that night
"Well that was too close, that idiotic captain just about got me caught by Zelda" link thought to himself as he reached the entrance of the temple of time, he pushed open the doors and entered, when he reached the main room of the temple of time he felt the nostalgia of being back in the place where his greatest adventure started, he reach the podium which still had the three spiritual stones he placed there seven years ago, he got out his ocarina and hoped that the song would work without the other ocarina, as he played the song of time he noticed the doors of time were shaking but not moving, he played the same song for a hour until finally the doors decided that they would open, he quickly enter the tall chamber and ran to the master sword, upon reaching it his heart began to race he felt the power flowing into him that the sword held, he felt that once he pulled this sword out he would go on another great adventure, he had complete confidence that this sword would make him undefeatable, he pulled it out expected the normal blue wall to go up but when it didn't he simply shrugged it off "well I guess I'm old enough to wield you now" link excitedly told the master sword, "well then we're going to beat dark link once more my old friend" link said to the sword as he ran out of the sword chamber and stopped dead in his tracks.
Back to present
Zelda ran through castle town with Roolof in tow, they near the temple of time and stopped "wait here Roolof, catch your breath" Roolof just raised his hand in agreement as Zelda ran in, right after Zelda walked in Roolof heard Zelda scream loud enough for him to hear outside, not wasting time he rushed in sword drawn ready for anything but what he say wasn't something he could comprehend.
The walls of the temple were stained in blood as bodies from castle guards to young children of kakariko village were torn, thrown, ripped, or impaled to the walls and in the center was dark link smiling, teeth red with blood as if he was drinking the blood of those slain, his hands had blood dripping down on the ground his body covered in the blood and flesh of those he slain, he opened his eyes turning towards link "doesn't this just get you heart going boy, it's an art of mine if I do say so myself" link focused his attention at dark link rage filling his face, he charged at dark link master sword in hand he swung down at dark link, dark link simply dodged then disappeared "don't worry boy I'll give you a chance to fight me but not here, it is too close to the scared realm it is a clear disadvantage for me, find me in kakariko town" with that light began to fill the temple from the rising sun but the blood of the windows gave the temple a eerie red light that filled every corner, "link turned towards Zelda and Roolof "I'm going whether you like it or not, so don't try to stop me!" Zelda nodded her head "fine do want you want, this madness has gone on long enough" with that link left leaving Zelda and Roolof in the temple, "Roolof I will give you your position back, please follow link but make sure he doesn't know" Roolof nodded and left.
Link reached the staircase of kakariko village looking up at it he noticed the rubble that was there yesterday was gone so he quickly made his way up the stairs, "boy those carpenters sure work hard now" he thought to himself, he came to the gateway of kakariko village shocked by what he saw.
The village was burning every house was either on fire or turned to rubble, the once green grass now stained with blood, the windmill was fallen over crushing the entrance to the graveyard, impa's house was blown apart there was no rubble where it once stood just a few bricks indicating where the walls once stood, and the path up to death mountain was destroyed.
Link walked through town dumbfounded at what he saw, when he was close to what remained of the witch's house he heard dark links deep throat laugh sending chills up his spine, he turned around and found dark link leaning his back on the tree in the middle of the village, "well doesn't this feel nostalgic, if I recall this is what happened in the water temple except with more carnage, feels more homey now" dark link breathed deeply letting the smell of burning corpses' fill his nostrils, "you're sick you know that" link hollered at his shadow
"Why thank you boy, you shower me with your praise" dark link laughed,
"let's end this" link screamed as he charged at dark link with all his might jumping in the air, spinning counter clockwise and slashing dark link across his face, jumping back he charged again this time running into dark link with his shield sending him rolling back, before dark link had a chance to get up link slashed dark link across his throat, this triggered dark link's disappearing act but link was ready for it he turn around fast enough to block an overhead strike from dark link, pushing back he quickly used his spin attack hitting dark link in the belly forcing him to disappear again, this time though when link turned around he slashed horizontally but didn't connect with flesh instead heard the sound of glass, he looked up to see dark link holding a glowing crystal in his hand and laughing manically, "what's so funny" dark link looked back down at him still laughing "you're so foolish boy" link feeling the decreasing amount of power from the sword took his sword from the crystal and tried to slice dark link again but it simply went through him, dark link took his shield and bashed link across the face with it, as link got back up from the blow he looked down at the master sword as it began to become less balanced growing heavier until it felt like a normal sword, "what have you done to my sword?" link yelled at his shadow distraught with emotions of anger, confusion, hopelessness, dark link looked at link and smiled a sinister smile "I have killed your sword, now you have no hope to stop me" with that dark link vanished laughing at link which echoed through his mind for what felt like eternity, link defeated but not broken stabbed the sword in the ground and quickly ran out of kakariko village leaving the dead master sword stuck in the ground "I will find a way to revive it" he told himself as tears were running down his face due to the loss of the one thing he thought would work.
"Well Glockstern I have the power of the sword, now can I kill him?" Glockstern turned in his chair to face dark link "of course but before you go perhaps you would like to see what all this trouble has brought us?" dark link thought about it for a moment "all right I have to recover from the hits I took fighting that kid"
Glockstern smiled "perfect but there is one more thing I need from you and since you kill all my underlings I figure you owe me"
"Fine what is your request?" dark link asked annoyed that he still works for him,
"Well I need a live sacrifice to complete the ritual and I was hoping you can get me that lumbering giant out there following link?" dark link looked out the window into the ruined kakariko village "you mean the guard I suppose I could get him" in a flash dark link was behind Roolof and smashed him on the head knocking him out cold and then started to drag him back with him.
"Good we now have everything that we need, I'll get everything set up" Glockstern got up from his chair grabbing a small knife he began cutting into the floor a circle with five lines going toward the center, he began to place the five items he gathered on each line, the blood of an elf, the heart of the king, the crystal with the master sword's power, the eyes of a witch, and finally a demon's sword.
With everything in place dark link walked in with Roolof in hand who was starting to stir, "please shadow boy put him in the center of the circle and step back" dark link scoffed at the title Glockstern gave him but put Roolof in the circle, leaning on the wall he watched as Glockstern started reading a chant using ancient hylian, a language not used since the hero of the sky, "what, where am I" Roolof was beginning to waken when he felt his body slowly grow heavier and his power left him, Glockstern finished his chant then walked up to Roolof, slicing his hand with a knife he placed his palm on Roolof's forehead "now great champion of demise rise and take this body for your own!" Roolof just understood the words when the floor beneath him went up in black flames with blue and red outlines, they slowly crept up Roolof's body until it reached his eyes then the flames entered his eyes and his body began to burn from the inside out, he started to scream as blood came rushing out of his pores and the elf's blood came rushing in, he felt his flesh burning off leaving him looking like charcoal, he felt his heart wither and disappear before feeling the kings heart squeeze down his throat, his eyes burned up with the fire then feeling new eyes growing in his sockets.
Dark link look with intense interest as he saw the crystal merge with the demons sword then stab Roolof through the gut then suddenly a large flash of light threw dark link away to a distant shadow untouched by the light, he continued to watch as the light shrunk back into itself causing a large explosion which left made the place vanish completely, when the smoke cleared dark link saw Glockstern bowing down before a twelve foot tall monster.
The monsters eyes were red like blood and flowed like fire, his hair was black with white highlights, his teeth were pointed like a sharks and they were yellow and rotten, he wore heavy armor made out of metal that could not be broken it was black with red highlights, the shoulders were spikes the went a foot over his head, the chest was a thick coat of metal, rigid and bumpy with skulls facing outward making it look like people trying to escape, his arms were covered in the same metal but were sleek and smooth, the elbow pads had a dagger placed on each one, his leggings were rigid with multiply spikes going around them, his face was black like charcoal and he gave off an aura that was far more powerful than ganon had even with the triforce of power.
"who are you pathetic beings" the demon boomed with his thunderous voice, Glockstern rose from his spot and announced himself, the demon turned to dark link waiting for him to answer the question, dark link simply looked back at him with hate in his eyes "and why should I tell you my name" the demon surprised by this smaller shadows bravery teleported to him and before dark link could react the demon caught him by the throat pinning him on a nearby wall "you are brave little demon perhaps you can tell me why I'm here" dark link struggled to breath as the demons iron like grip held him by the throat "I don't know why you're here maybe you should ask the one who brought you here" the demon dropped dark link and turned back to Glockstern "I have brought you here to serve me as your master in return for bringing you back to life, I wish to destroy this pitiful kingdom of Hyrule and set up my on kingdom that shall bring fear into every soul just by the sound of its name with you as my champion" the demon thought about what Glockstern had said then threw his head back and laughed a thunderous laugh that deafened Glockstern "you expect me to follow you how dare you, for even thinking a thought like that I'm going to kill you" with a snap of his fingers Glockstern imploded leaving a red mess of guts and blood, dark link smiled now that he was dead, he turned to the demon and bowed "thank you for killing him, now what are you going to do if you don't mind me asking" the demon turned to dark link "I'm going to do what I was created to do" dark link looked with curiosity "what would that be exactly" the demon raised his head up to the growing storm clouds and yelled "destroy everything the goddesses have created"