A/N: Ok, first of all, happy 2007 to everybody. There's a reason that this chapter took so long. It's not work, it's not Christmas, it's not computer problems, and it's not alcoholism. I don't know where that last one came from. Anyway, there is a perfectly good reason for why this one took so long.

The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess

Nuff said. Anyway, I've given the three monsters that Dooku releases on the Jedi new monster names to make them more Nintendo-y

CHAPTER 7: LOVE AND WAR

Just minutes after their capture by Janus Aran, Link and Zelda were cuffed and put on a chariot. For trespassing, they were to be executed, along with Marth Lowell, who was already in the center of the arena chained to a thirty foot marble post.

"Don't be afraid." Link said to Zelda as they prepared to be put on display for the Titanians for their deaths.

"I'm not afraid to die." Zelda whispered back. What she said next caught the Padawan completely off guard. "I've been dying a little bit each day since you came back into my life."

"What are you talking about?" He asked.

"I love you." Zelda responded.

"You love me?" Link repeated, unsure if he had heard her right. "I thought that we had decided not to fall in love, that we would be forced to live a lie and that it would destroy our lives."

"I think our lives are about to be destroyed anyway." Zelda said, pointing out an obvious loophole as her face came closer to his. "I truly…deeply…love you. And before we die, I want you to know." The two of them couldn't control it anymore as they gave in and touched lips for the second time. Unlike the first, it felt right for both of them instead of feeling like the two were crossing forbidden boundaries. They broke apart as they heard the chariot leave the inside of the preparation chamber and were brought out to the savage crowd.

As they neared the four poles, they found Marth already chained to the one on the far right, and the two next to them had their names on them as they were brought towards them. Undetected, Zelda was able to find a bobby pin in the pouch on her belt, and concealed it in her fist before she was chained up. As Link neared the post he was to be chained to, Marth spoke to him.

"I was beginning to wonder if you got my message." Marth said.

"I retransmitted it just as you had requested, Master." Link confirmed. "Then we decided to come and rescue you."

"Good job." Marth replied sarcastically as he assessed his current position and Link was chained. Cheers grew as Count Mewtwo appeared on a balcony above them. With him were the Chief of the Titanians, Viceroy O'Donnell and his assistant Leon Powalski, as well as Janus Aran and her daughter Samus.

"Settle down, settle down." The Titanian Chief called. "Let the executions begin." Three gates on the far side of the arena were raised as three giant monsters came out. The first was a giant Dodongo, then a huge Gohma. The third was a vicious Persian, which fiercely attacked a Titanian right off of the animal it was riding, much to the crowds delight.

"I've got a bad feeling about this." Link said as the Titanians poked and prodded the creatures closer to their intended pray.

"Just relax." Marth told him. "Concentrate."

"What about Zelda?" Link asked.

"She seems to be on top of things." Marth replied. Link looked over and saw that Zelda was able to free one of her hands and start climbing up the post.

The Gohma swiped a few times at Marth, but he was able to dodge. Marth was able to maneuver around another swipe, sending the Gohma's claw into his chain and freeing him.

As the Dodongo charged Link, he jumped and landed on the monster's back. The Padawan then wrapped his chain around the beasts horn, and it broke as the Dodongo snapped its head back.

Zelda was in quite a predicament when the Persian started climbing the post after her. She swung the chain into its face a few times before the beast swiped a claw at her. The Senator screamed in pain as the claws dug into her back and immediately drew blood, much to the delight of Wolf O'Donnell. The Persian jumped down and began circling the tower anxiously, as if it were a dog that had chased a cat up a tree.

Marth soon found himself on the ground rolling to dodge the Gohma's sharp piercing claws. The Jedi Master tried to stay close to the tower; any object separating the two of them was best for his well-being.

Link continued to ride the uncontrollable Dodongo looking for any way to possibly tame it as he was chased by Titanians. At one point he fell off, but with the chain keeping his wrists together wrapped around the beast's horn, Link was dragged across the ground in a very painful manner.

The Persian was on it's way up the post again, but this time Zelda was able to somewhat tie the chain shorter, allowing her to jump off her post and land a drop kick into the beasts chest and knock it to the ground; causing the Persian to yelp upon impact.

"She can't do that!" Wolf protested. "Shoot her…or something!" Zelda began climbing the post again as the Persian staggered to its four feet and began pacing back and forth.

The Gohma charged and knocked the post over, forcing Marth to quickly roll out of the way or be crushed. With nothing between them anymore and the Jedi on his feet, Marth began to run, with the Gohma not far behind.

Link was relieved when the Dodongo suddenly stopped. Hoping the monster had calmed down somewhat, he slowly approached it and waited for it to do something. The last thing Link wanted to do is scare it and send it into a run again.

As a Titanian charged with a spear, Marth grabbed the weapon and flung his enemy right off the creature he was riding and to the ground. Though it wasn't a lightsaber, Marth stood a better chance against the Gohma with a weapon than without it.

Once the Dodongo shook Link's chain free, it shook it's lower abdomen, allowing Link to mount it again, this time with some control. The crowd watched as Link's first destination was Zelda's post. He steered the Dodongo into the side of the Persian, puncturing the monster with it's horn and killing it while Marth tried to fend off his own attacker. As Zelda got both of her hands free, she looked down and saw Link waiting for her on the beast he had tamed.

"Jump!" Link called to her. Zelda dropped down to the Dodongo landing right behind Link and sneaking a quick peck on his cheek. With that, Link and Zelda were off again, using a Dodongo as their own personal horse.

In one last ditch effort, Marth threw the spear he was carrying into the side of the Gohma. With a scream of pain, the Gohma reached over with it's head, pulled the spear out with it's teeth, and bit it in two! As he saw his comrades ride by, Marth ran and took a seat on the Dodongo behind Zelda.

"This isn't how it's supposed to be!" Wolf whined. "Janus, finish her off!"

"Patience Viceroy, patience." Count Mewtwo said to him. "She will die." Mewtwo was confident of this as seven droidekas surrounded the Dodongo and it's riders. Being unarmed, this may be considered the end for the two Jedi and the Hyrule Senator.

But then salvation arrived.

Count Mewtwo watched intently as Link, Marth, and Zelda were about to be finished of when he heard the sound of a lightsaber ignite behind him. As he turned around, he saw the blade of that very weapon held at Janus Aran's throat.

"Master Falcon, how pleasant of you to join us." Mewtwo said to the Jedi who had quietly appeared behind him.

"This party's over." Falcon insisted. Mewtwo noticed more lightsabers ignite in the crowd as several Jedi stormed the arena and sent the spectators fleeing.

"Brave but, uh, foolish, my old Jedi friend." Mewtwo continued. "You're impossibly outnumbered."

"I don't think so." Falcon scoffed.

"We'll see." Mewtwo finished. Just then, Falcon turned to hear heavy footsteps approaching and saw four Super Battle Droids open fire on him. Falcon deflected a few shots before jumping off the balcony onto the grounds of the arena, allowing the Force to guide him there uninjured. His robe caught fire from one of the blasts in all the chaos, and he quickly discarded it. The flames were courtesy of Janus Aran, who shot at him with her short-range flamethrower.

As the spectators continued to flee, a droid army ran out and opened fire on the Jedi, forcing the Jedi to run into battle, lightsabers blazing! Atop the Dodongo, Link and Marth caught two lightsabers thrown their way and used them to cut off their shackles.

"My legs aren't moving." Said the droid head with ROB64's body. "I must need maintenance."

A blast from a Titanian knocked one of the three remaining posts over, sending Link, Zelda, and Marth to the ground. Zelda was prepared to fight for her life as well and quickly grabbed a blaster from an already downed droid. She opened fire on the Titanians riding the carriage that brought her and Link into the arena. As she commandeered the creature towing it, Link ran into the vehicle and the two of them became mobile in a hurry with Zelda blasting at anything that moved and didn't have a lightsaber while Link deflected blasts and chopped up droids left and right.

"What's all this noise?" ROB asked as the body he was on approached the arena. "A…A battle! Oh, there's been some terrible mistake! I'm programmed for etiquette, not destruction!"

Falcon leaped over a droid and deflected a blast back at it while it continued to fire upon him. He soon was back-to-back with Marth as the two of them continued to defend themselves. One Jedi was able to deflect a blast and knock a battle droid's head off of ROB's body, both crashing to the ground. One even got courage enough to leap to Mewtwo's balcony, but he didn't see the light of another day after Janus opened fire on him and sent him plummeting to his doom.

All the commotion scared the Dodongo and sent it into a run. As it past Falcon, the Jedi brought his lightsaber up and sliced once, claiming it's horn. As it crashed and burned, Falcon noticed a new face in the battle when he looked for his lightsaber that had been knocked out of his hand; Janus Aran. The bounty hunter dived for the weapon, but it was Force pulled out of reach by Master Falcon. Janus couldn't get back to her feet as she was soon trampled by the Dodongo, which shorted out Space Jump boots. As the monster charged again, Janus fired a few concussion missiles that ended the beasts life.

Janus then turned back around to fire on a fast approaching Master Falcon. The Jedi expertly dodged her blasts as he continued to advance. Once he was close enough, Falcon made to slashes. The first claimed half of her arm canon, rendering it useless.

The second claimed her head…and her life. Young Samus, who had scurried into a hiding place, saw the whole thing as her mother's body dropped to the ground. Janus Aran was dead. This even surprised Count Mewtwo!

"Die, Jedi dogs!" ROB yelled as he fired, but then quickly caught himself. "Oh! What did I say!?" The Jedi continued to defend themselves, but most of the apprentices and even some masters had already met their doom. Count Mewtwo looked around for familiar faces. Still in the fray, he spotted Master Falcon, Peppy Hare, Marth Lowell, Link Timehero, and even Senator Zelda.

"Oh dear. I'm terribly sorry about all this!" ROB complained as his foreign body continued to fire. A Force push from an unscathed Jedi knocked him to his back, and a Super Battle Droid landed right on top of him.

"Excuse me. I'm trapped, I can't get up." ROB said to the downed droid on top of him.

A shot from a droideka killed the creature Zelda was riding, sending her and Link to the ground. As the carriage tipped over, Link and Zelda took refuge inside. Link deflected enemy fire with his lightsaber as Zelda fired back.

"You call this a diplomatic solution?" Link asked sarcastically.

"No, I call it aggressive negotiations." Zelda replied, equally sarcastic.

Marth continued to block enemy fire, but it wasn't long until that pesky Gohma was behind him again still looking for a meal. This time, Marth was armed to the teeth and hacked off the Gohma's legs. Having enough of this creature, Marth dealt the ending blow to it once it was on the ground by impaling it.

"Mr. Game and Watch, what are you doing here!?" ROB asked as his head looked over and saw that his flat, black, droid friend was there. Mr. Game and Watch did a judgement attack that shot a suction cup on a wire to the top of ROB's head.

"What are you doing?" ROB complained as Mr. Game and Watch attempted to separate his head from the battle droid's body. "Oh, stop that! You're going to strain something! My neck!" ROB's head popped off with ease as Mr. Game and Watch began to pull it elsewhere.

"No where are you taking me?" ROB demanded to know. "This is such a drag!" After Mr. Game and Watch stopped, ROB looked over and saw his own body. "Oh, I'm quite beside myself." Once properly aligned. Mr. Game and Watch produced a tool box and began to attach ROB's head to his own body.

"Mr. Game and Watch, be careful!" ROB complained as the droid worked with a welding torch. "You're going to singe something! Is my head on straight?"

The Jedi weren't having a lot of luck as the seemingly endless Droid army began to surround what remained of them. Once only about 20 or so remained, Mewtwo gave a signal, and the droid's ceased their fire. This gave the Jedi time to breathe and check on their downed comrades.

"Master Falcon, you have fought gallantly, worthy of recognition in the archives of the Jedi order." Mewtwo said. "Now it is finished. Surrender, and your lives will be spared."

"We will not be hostages to be bartered, Mewtwo!" Falcon spat.

"Then, I'm sorry, old friend." Mewtwo said. The Jedi knew that the fire would start again, but once again, fate intervened.

"Look!" Zelda said as she pointed up. About five armored ships flew into the arena with even more above them. Marth noticed the pilots and those with them were none other than the Aquatian clone troopers, and commanding them was Master Yoshi!

"Around the survivors, a perimeter create!" Yoshi ordered. The ships began to circle their Jedi allies and blast droid after droid with tremendous rapid fire! Once close enough, the five ships landed, allowing the last of the Jedi, and Zelda, to escape, leaving all but two droids deactivated.

"Huh." ROB said as he sat up with his own body. "I had the most peculiar dream." The only one still in the arena was young Samus Aran, who was silently crying holding her dead mother's helmet in her hands.

The ships then began to fly towards the ships their enemies were using. Thousands of Battle Droids guarded them, but with the clone army on their side, they could give Count Mewtwo and his forces a fair fight. Masters Yoshi, Falcon, and Peppy Hare were all aboard the same ship discussing the possibilities of this battle.

"If Mewtwo escapes, rally more systems to his cause, he will." Yoshi said. As he finished that sentence, they were fired upon by Battle Droids from the ground. The ships moved into evasive maneuvers as they continued on course.

"Hold on!" Marth warned to his two comrades, Link and Zelda. As they grabbed onto a swinging rack to keep their balance, they saw they were approaching enemy ships. Most of the ship was concealed in the top half, the bottom half was for fuel storage.

"Aim right above the fuel cells!" Link called to his pilot. Two rockets made contact and destroyed the top half of the ship and toppling the giant fuel containers to the ground, crushing anything below them.

"Good call, my young Padawan." Marth smiled at his apprentice. Several ships had landed and put out some clone troopers to take on the droids head on, lead into battle by their Jedi generals as the battle raged on.

Inside the main compound, Count Mewtwo was speaking to his comrades.

"The Jedi have amassed a huge army." Wolf said in amazement.

"That doesn't seem possible." Mewtwo said, confused. "How could the Jedi come up with an army so quickly?"

"We must send all available droids into battle." Wolf warned.

"There are too many." Mewtwo sighed.

"Our communications have been jammed." The Titanian leader said.

Back on the battlefield, the war raged on as clone troopers began to turn up the heat and the Republic Gunships began to take it to enemy craft. The enemy fire heated up as three Jedi Masters watched as another of their ships was shot down.

"Pilot, land in that assembly area!" Falcon called.

"Yes, sir." The pilot replied as he landed the ships in currently friendly territory. Falcon and Hare stepped out and were greeted by more friendly clones.

"Sir, I have five special commando units awaiting your orders, sir." One said to Master Falcon. Falcon looked back, and saw that Master Yoshi was still on the ship.

"To the forward command center, take me." Yoshi ordered as the ship lifted off the ground. Yoshi watched as Master Falcon lead many more troops into battle against the approaching droids.

"Attack those Federation Starships, quickly!" Marth shouted to his pilot. Upon seeing the said ships launch rockets on an enemy ship, more did the same. At this time, Yoshi had arrived at his destination.

"Master Yoshi, all forward positions are advancing." A clone said to him.

"Very good." Yoshi smiled. "Very good." The master looked on as the battle continued. This would be an easy victory for the Jedi.