Traps in the darkness.

"Here, have some water of life. My, you're thirsty!" The poor frozen old Lady told Link as she filled his new bottle with some. It appears that her memory was also frozen since she repeated the same words as she had the last time Link thawed her from the ice. The weary hero was glad however to see the poor old lady finally free of her curse. His happiness soon however turned to sheer horror as the woman's hands slowly turned a deathly blue. "Oh my goodness!" she cried, a weary expression on her face as her whole body once again froze.

Link stood there unsure of what to do for a while. He had saved this woman twice, yet both times she had frozen just after he'd thawed her. It was at this point he knew the only way to truly stop this evil magic, was to destroy the source, the Dark Lord Ganon. As Gwonam flew Link away, Link stared at Ganon's Face of Evil. The hatred seethed in the young hero as Ganon's face stared back at him, an expression which made it look like it was taunting and laughing carved into the rocks that made up his lair. Link was willing to charge in right now, but he knew the power of the other faces of evil was too strong and formed a magic barrier around Ganon's Face.

Gwonam decided it was time to see the Ice Queen, a powerful sorceress who dwelt in Serigon Caves. He knew if anyone could give them the power to combat Ganon's forces, it was her. She was once as much of a threat to Koridai as Ganon now is, but the townspeople united and drove her from the land to Serigon Caves. Having Serigon Caves to herself now, she settled down and was at peace with the people of Koridai. However, it was seen as folly to travel to that domain by Koridians, since she was known to not be the most welcoming host.

Link could tell Gwonam was agonising over his decision to travel there, he put a hand on Gwonam's back and gave him a smile. Such was the bond between the two friends now, Link did not need say a word, Gwonam knew that if anyone was capable of this, it was Link. He reached Serigon Caves and Link dived down to the ground.

Serigon was a snowy wasteland, with the caves spread out amongst the rocky mountainside being the only variation from the bleak white. The weather was chilling, but Link was used to this now. He soldiered on, fighting the few snow apes foolish enough to get in his way. Inside one of the caves, he found an Ice Crystal, similar to the Fire Crystal he had found earlier. Link pondered over this before heading out of the cave and into the bleak snowy landscape once again.

At the end of the mountainside was a large boulder blocking a cave. Link knew the Ice Queen would be tough to reach, and believed this was most likely to be her domain. He put on his new powerglove and punched the rock shattering it in two. Link entered the cave which was pitch black inside. Once again he realised his lantern would be of use and lit it. Just then, a snow ape got the drop on him, pushing Link to the ground. The ape picked up a rock and began bashing and bashing at Link, who only just managed to raise his shield.

Link knew his shield would protect him for a short while, but he realised he'd need to deal with this thing pretty fast. Disaster struck however as Link realised his sword had been knocked from his hand and his fireballs had fallen out of his pouch. Link struggled to try and get free but the ape was far stronger than him physically. The ape kept bashing at Link, smashing his shield more and more.

Link saw his life flash before his eyes, Zelda was telling him he had to be kidding about her kissing him, the King was teaching him the values of peace and love, Impa was telling Zelda not to worry. Link realised that if it ended now, at least it wasn't a boring way to go out. However then another image raced through his mind, Ganon kidnapping Zelda. He imagined her all alone, no one to save her from the Dark Lord's evil face. Following on from that, he saw the faces of all of those who he'd helped on his quest so far, the Fisherman, the old Lighthouse Keeper, the Reader Ipo, the Old Witch, the Old Frozen Lady.

There was a burning sensation in Link's heart, but not of pain, he felt power coursing through him and pushed as hard as he could with his shield. The people of Koridai and Hyrule were depending on him, and he knew only he could defeat Ganon. The snow ape's expression changed to one of shock, as Link screamed "SQUADALA!" Smashing the ape with his shield before grabbing a fireball and throwing it at the ape, incinerating him. Link stood up, having got back his stuff and whispered under his breath. "We're off..."

Link turned to see bathed in a ray of light a woman. She had a blue crown, and skin which looked as though she had frost-bite. The woman was unimpressed with Link's heroic efforts. She turned her back on him and lifted a mirror. In the mirror Link could see his own dumbfounded reflection. He showed her the Ice Crystal, but she ignored him and began to speak. "Before you face the fiend Ganon, you must conquer Fortress Centrum." The image in the mirror changed as she spoke to a Fortress lit by lightning in the dark sky. The image then changed again to show gold with a withered old hand reaching across it. "Where the treasure of death is hidden. Bring it to me." She turned to him and raised her small wand, waving it. "Begone." She concluded vanishing.

Gwonam had heard all of this, almost as though the wise wizard had heard it through eavesdropping, however it was simply his magical powers which allowed him to know all that had happened to Link, definitely that. The two flew away from Serigon Caves on his carpet and towards Fortress Centrum. Fortress Centrum had long been abandoned, but now with Ganon's invasion it had been put to new use, as a guard tower for all the riches and treasure he had seized.

Link landed on the outskirts so as to not get too much attention, however almost immediately he was set upon by giant Gohmas. Link was a changed person after his ordeal in the cave however. He looked around at the approaching Gohmas, drew his sword and dived through them, splitting each one in two down the middle. He ran onwards and there across a narrow stone pathway was Fortress Centrum.

The pathway was blocked by a stone wall with a skull on top. The skull glared at Link with its eyes shining red. However Link simply pulled out a bomb and threw it at the wall removing the complication. Immediately after this, two Darknuts, some of Ganon's elite armoured troops armed with sword and shield approached Link. They raised their swords. Link had fought these fearsome warriors many times. He often knew he needed to be on top of his game to beat them. This time however, his pure fury and determination took ahold. Within moments he had sliced their sword hands off and left a bomb between the two of them. A crumpled mass of armour and ash is all that remained.

As soon as Link entered the Fortress he was set-upon by a Stalfos, a living skeleton. The creature began making extremely strange gestures towards Link which momentarily confused him, before he simply sliced it in two. Before Link could proceed however, he beheld a terrifying sight. There, surrounding the wall were Wallmasters. Giant hands which would often take intruders back to the entrance of where they're guarding. This subspecies however would simply crush it's prey if they got ahold of them.

Link realised that once again there was need of his bombs. He was glad that this special Morshu formula would allow him to detonate explosions without being harmed himself even if he was stood next to the exploding device. The hands all withered and fell from the walls, leaving no remains.

Link lit his lantern and ran up the stairs, taking out Wallmasters and Stalfos as he went. He eventually reached the tallest tower, where he was certain the treasure laid. Guarding it was a stone warrior known as an Armos. It had a spear and glowing red eyes. It marched backwards and forwards as though it were a machine. Link raised his shield against the spear and sliced the creatures head off. He could swear there was a scream from the otherwise emotionless creature, but paid little mind to Ganon's minions and entered the tower.

Within the tower, he was shocked to see Zelda, fast asleep. Link couldn't believe his eyes. It made sense of course, Ganon used this tower to seal away his most valuable treasures, and to him, Zelda was the most valuable of all. Link approached her and stabbed the sleeping beauty right in the heart. He then pulled back a curtain which had magically appeared around her. His heart was alight with excitement. "Hey Zelda! Wake up!" He said softly. Zelda turned to him. "What? Link! You've saved me!" She cried out in happiness sitting up from her rest. It was then that Link's happiness turned to simple fear. Zelda started to glow, there were explosive sounds and her face slowly turned grotesque until before Link sat Goronu, the evil wizard in service to Ganon.

Goronu quickly started walking around aimlessly in circles, shooting magic blasts at Link. Link used his sword to valiantly deflect the evil magic and threw fireballs at the vile wizard. After this to and thro between the two Link threw his last fireball at Goronu. Through pure luck it was enough. The wizard looked at Link in pure agony and began raving as he walked backwards. "You can't kill me!" He cried out. Slowly his skin looked more and more dead as flames began to engulf him. "No... no... NOOOOOOOOoooo..." He screamed as he imploded into smoke and flames and eventually nothingness.

The pure anger Link felt at Goronu for such a mischievous trick quickly subsided as he saw from Goronu's remains a small crystal. Link got the Crystal of Reflection! A map materialised by a window in the tower. Having destroyed Goronu and taken down Ganon's minions, Link felt somewhat at peace once more. He struck the map and dived out of the window, Gwonam catching him as he fell, and they flew off into the skies of Koridai.

Link raced back to Serigon Caves and to the Ice Queen herself within this bleak land. He handed her the Crystal of Reflection. The Ice Queen looked upon him. "This shield both sword and spear doth reflect, but cannot stop the vilest curse." She said waving her wand. Link's shield flew out of his hand in front of her as she looked at it with mild amusement... or as much amusement as she would show on her icy face. She waved her wand again, and the Crystal of Reflection was welded onto the front of the shield. "This crystal makes the shield reflect. Cursing the curser with twice the curse." As she finished she waved her wand and was gone.

None in Koridai ever saw the Ice Queen again. It is unknown where she disappeared to or why she felt the need to vanish. Some say she had ascended to a higher plain of existence, some that she moved to another land and conquered it where she remains frozen in time forever. There are other theories too that she had recently taken out a loan with "Honest Morshu's Moblin banking clan. All your mmmmmmoney needs." And needed to flee the country. But these rumours are all unfounded.