Disclaimer: Hey! Welcome to chapter: 8 of my Ben Drowned series! This should be the last chapter! R&R positively please! Thank you! I don't own The Legend of Zelda, Ben Drowned, or characters from each! Here we go!
Chapter 8: Saving the World!
Link's PoV:
I hear Ben enter the room. I hear him walk briskly up to me. He's suddenly beside me. I hear a chain jingling. I feel loose. Ben grabs on to my arm and roughly pulls it, and says, sternly, "You're coming with me!" Ben pulls me by my arm across the floor. Then, he grabs me by my underarms and continues to drag me out of the room. I struggle and struggle to break free from his grasp, but I have no luck. "Stop struggling!" I do what he says, and stop struggling. But I replace the struggling with muffled screaming. Ben pulls me for a few more minutes, until he stops. He lets go of me, and I attempt to crawl away, but Ben grabs on to the leftover chain from the shackle, that's still around my waist. "Get back here, you fool!" Ben grabs me by my waist, picks me up, and slams me down onto-what seems like-a table. I feel like I'm being strapped down onto this table. Ben grabs on to my hair and roughly turns my head, so that I'm facing him. "Ha ha ha! Link, you'll be my slave. You're going to make the moon fall and crush all of Termina! You'll make all your friends our slaves! Then, after we're finished crushing Termina and enslaving all your friends, we'll live together at my home. We'll make all of Hyrule our slaves. How does that sound, hm?"
"No! No!" I try to shout. I can't let this happen! This is all my fault...
"Aww. Well, that's just too bad! You're going to work for me, whether you like it or not!" Ben pulls my hair a little more. "I know that tomorrow's your Birthday. This will be the perfect Birthday present for you, my little Linky. Happy early Birthday! Ha ha ha ha!" Oh Goddesses... I forgot that tomorrow's my Birthday! Oh my gosh! No! Ben finally lets go of my hair and says, "Well... shall we get started?..."
Ben's PoV:
I pull a large machine above Link. I grab a mask that looks like an oxygen mask. Link doesn't even know what an oxygen mask is. Since Termina's a couple centuries into the future, there are newer things that Link hasn't even heard of. I pull the mask down to Link. I pull down the handkerchief from his mouth. "Help! Somebody! Please! Help me!" Link shouts, but I place my hand over his mouth.
"Shut. Up." I say to him, in almost a whisper. I place the mask over his nose and mouth. He starts screaming. He struggles to break free, but he has no luck. I reach up and turn on the machine. After a few seconds, thick, yellowish gas fills the mask. Link still struggles for a few moments. His struggling gets weaker and weaker, until he struggles no more and loses consciousness...
Saria's PoV:
We arrive on the moon. It's a wide, open field of grass. But, there is a lone tree in the centre of the field. What is this? We all start to walk toward the tree. I see someone walking around. Is it Ben? Or Link? I walk up to him and tap him on the shoulder. He turns around. It's Link! I can tell by the eyes! Ben's eyes are greyer and colder with malice and has a wicked, cold smile. While Link's eyes are a bright and are a happy blue and has a happy, cheerful smile. "Link! You're OK! I'm so happy!" I hug him, but he pushes me away. I look at him with shock. "Link, what's the matter? It's me, Saria. The Sages and the Kokiri, along with Skull Kid and some new friends, that we made in Termina, are here to save you."
"You are the enemy." Link says, evilly. His voice actually sounds a bit like Ben's.
"Ben, I mean, Link, it's us! Saria, the Kokiri, Skull Kid, the Sages, and some new friends! We're here to save you! Come on!" I proceed to grab on to Link's wrist, but he immediately yanks his wrist out of my hand. "Link, what's wrong with you?!"
"You are the enemy. You must work for Ben and I!" Oh no... Ben must have done something to make Link act this way!
"Listen, Link, we are your friends. We're here to save you. This is not you. You must wake up. You must come out of it!"
"No! You are the enemy! Termina must be destroyed!"
"No! Link!" Link puts his arms above his head and looks up. A purple orb appears above his head. Then, he shoots it at us. With a yell, we all fall back and land on the ground.
"I must destroy Termina, so Ben and I can live together, forever, with all our Hylian slaves to serve us!"
"No! Link!" Link puts his arms above his head and looks up again. Another purple orb appears above his head. The orb gets darker and darker, until it almost turns black. Then, Link shoots the orb down to the ground. The magic that he's shooting is now white. He doesn't stop shooting it down. Link looks like he's in a trance while shooting the magic. Suddenly, I feel ourselves shift. I feel that we're slowly starting to fall. "Link! What are you doing?! Stop!" I quickly get up and push Link to the ground.
"What are you doing?! Fool!" Link shouts at me.
"Link! This is not you! Stop it!"
"Make me, bitch!" Link quickly gets off the ground, but I slap him in the face so hard, that he falls to the ground. I feel terrible for doing that, but I had to! "Don't you dare assault me again!"
"Don't you dare assault ME again!" I sit on top of Link. I grab his tunic and pull him up. He struggles to break free from my grasp, but he has no luck. I then, kiss him on the lips. I hope this breaks the spell or whatever. True love's kiss usually breaks spells. Well, I think I'm Link's true love. I separate my lips from his. He opens his eyes and looks at me. It no longer looks like he's in a trance! I think I did it! "Link... Link, is this you?"
"Yes, Saria, this is me." His voice actually sounds like his now. He's back to normal! "What have I been doing?"
"Ben did something to you, to make you act evil. I don't know what, but he did."
"Oh... All's I last remember doing is screaming my head off in the darkness, with something over my nose and mouth." We feel ourselves shift again. "What was that?" Link asks.
"You, Link. You caused this. I think the moon's falling to Termina!"
"Oh no! We have to do something!"
"We can." Zelda says. I turn my head to face her, and Link tries to look over me, so that he can face her, too. "We, as Sages, can place a safety barrier around Clock Town. Doing that will prevent the moon from making contact with the rest of Termina."
"Yeah! We can do that, can't we?!" I say, excitedly. I get up, off of Link and I help him up from the ground, too, by grabbing on to his hands and pulling him up. I head over to the Sages, and we all hold hands. We lift our hands and aim them for the centre of us. A white ball of light appears above our hands and glows bigger and bigger. As soon as the ball is almost as big as all of us Sages in this circle, the light ball shoots down at the fastest pace...
Author's PoV:
The large ball of light covers the entire city of Clock Town. The large ball of light is now purple and is in the shape of a half sphere. The barrier protects the city of Clock Town and the entire land of Termina in general...
Saria's PoV:
"That barrier will protect Clock Town and Termina in general. It also has the power to repel evil. So, Ben won't be able to touch it." Zelda says.
"That's great! I was awful worried that Termina was going to be crushed!" Link says, happily.
"You think that will stop me?!" We all turn around to face Ben. We all widen our eyes with horror. Especially Link. "Think again!" Quickly, Ben pulls Link's arm and pulls Link closer to him. "If you wish to save your precious Link and this previous World, come on and fight me! I'll leave a portal here, if you decide to fight me!" Ben says, evilly. Link's struggling to break free from Ben's grasp, but he has no luck. "Stop struggling, you moron!" Tightly, Ben grabs on to both of Link's arms and disappears with the screaming Link.
Suddenly, a portal appears. "No! Link!" I turn around. "Guys, we have to save Link! We have to battle Ben! It's the only way to save Link and Termina!"
"I don't know, Saria... I'm awful afraid..." Mido says.
"It's all right to be afraid! But, right now, Link needs us! Termina needs us! Link has never given up on saving us! So, we shouldn't give up on saving him! Who's with me?!" The entire crowd cheers. "Then let's do this thing!" And we all head in to the portal...
On the Other Side of the Portal...
"Where are we?" I ask.
"I don't know." Mido answers. The room's all dark and colourful.
"So, you've decided to come and fight me, did ya? Well, that was a brave choice you made." Ben's voice comes out of nowhere. "I'll have you know, this won't be an easy battle. You're fighting the most powerful non-being in the universe." Ben says, as he floats down from the ceiling. He wasn't up there before...
"Where's Link?!" Mido demands.
"Oh? He's right here..." Ben moves out of the way, and Link also comes down from the ceiling by a chain. The chain has Link's arms chained behind his back. His ankles are also chained together. He also has a white rag covering his nose and mouth, gagging him. Link looks over at us. He widens his eyes. He looks at us, pleadingly. "Now, fight me, and Link will be saved!"
"We'll fight you." I say.
"Excellent!" Ben says, excitedly, as he happily claps his hands together.
Since Link's in the middle of the strange room, a ring of fire appears in the centre of the room. Then, Link starts to be lowered down to the centre of the fire ring. "Mmm! Melp me!" Link yells. He's trying to yell, "Guys! Help me!"
"As soon as Link hits the centre of that fire ring, the battle's over! So, we better hurry." Ben says. And the battle begins...
...
Ben shoots a stream of electricity at us. We jump out of the way of it. Then, he shoots a stream of fire at us, but we jump out of the way of that, too. "You guys are such wimps! Fight me, or Link's mine!" Ben shouts.
All of us Sages shoot our Sage powers at Ben. Romani and Cremia shoot their bow and arrows at Ben. The Kokiri and Skull Kid brought their own bow and arrows. They also shoot them at Ben. "We're not wimps, Ben! We just don't wanna be hit with electricity and fire! Nobody does!" I shout at Ben. With all of us shooting at Ben, most of us successfully hit Ben, with our magic and arrows. Ben cries out in pain. Ben actually cries out in pain! He disappears and reappears behind us. He shoots a stream of electricity at us. With a cry of pain, we all fall backward and land on the floor.
"Ha ha ha! You guys are pathetic!" Ben cackles.
"We'll show you who's pathetic!" I shout.
"Oh? We'll just see about that!" Ben shoots a stream of fire at us. We manage to roll out of the way. We roll to a stand. We Sages aim our hands at Ben, while the others aim their bow and arrows at Ben. Then, we all shoot our magic and bow and arrows! I can't believe this! I think we all successfully hit Ben!
Ben cries out in pain. He disappears and reappears behind us again. He grabs Cremia and Romani by the back collar of their dresses. They drop their bow and arrows. He lifts them up, and they struggle to break free. "Let Romani and sister go!" Romani shouts.
"Pathetic little kid! It's pathetic that you talk in third person!" Ben says.
"Mmm! Mmm mm m mm, mm!" Link tries to shout. What he tries to say is, "Hey! You did it once, too!" Link's referring to Ben.
"Shut up!" Ben shouts over his shoulder.
"Why don't you make him!" I shout.
"Alright. Alright. I'll make him not talk at all! You asked for it, girly!" Ben snaps his fingers, then says, "Alright. Now, he can't talk at all! There's no use for that rag over his nose and mouth anymore!" Ben gives us a wicked grin. Then, he hollers over his shoulder, "Hey! Sweetheart! Try to talk now! Ha ha ha!..."
Link's PoV:
I try to open my mouth, but I can't! I can't get words to try and come out, even if I try! I'm muted, with my mouth sealed shut! No! "Ha ha ha! How do you like that, Linky?! Ha ha ha!"
"Ben! Undo it! Now!" Saria shouts.
"No!" Ben then, drops the two Malon lookalikes, but quickly snaps his fingers, and chains appear around both girls' arms. The chains lift the two girls up and brings them over to me. They're over to the fire ring, too, but they're above me. "If Link hits the centre of the circle, the battle's not over. You have more time. If the two girls hit the floor of the circle, too, then the battle's over! I'm being nice! Ha ha ha!"
"Well, with less time or more time, we'd still beat you!" Saria shouts.
"I don't think so. Well, quit wasting time, and fight me!" They all nod and continue the fight...
Saria's PoV:
We Sages shoot our Sage powers at Ben, and the non-Sages shoot their bow and arrows at him, too. If only Romani and Cremia were here with us... But they're chained up, too... We all successfully hit Ben! He shouts in pain, disappears, and reappears behind us. He grabs me by my waist!...
Link's PoV:
"Let her go!" I try to shout, but I forgot that I'm muted.
"Put her down!" Malon's younger lookalike shouts.
"Why don't you make me, you ginger!" Ben shouts. Malon's younger lookalike gasps.
"Don't you dare call me a ginger again!"
"Ginger! Ginger! Ginger!"
"Stop it!" Malon's older lookalike shouts.
"Ha ha ha!" Ben holds on to Saria by her waist and holds her up above him. "Say "goodbye", girly! Ha ha ha!" Ben runs over to the fire ring and attempts to throw Saria through the fire ring, to hurt her.
"No!" Skull Kid shouts. He runs over to Ben and pushes him. Ben loses his balance and falls in to the fire ring, dropping Saria outside of the fire ring. Ben screams and screams, as he's being burned up.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH! HELP! GET ME OUT OF HERE! PLEASE! NOOOOOOOOOOO!" Ben screams.
"Serves you right, you jerk! Calling me a ginger!" Malon's younger lookalike shouts. "And, even more important, hurting a dear friend!"
"I'M SORRY! PLEASE! I'M SORRY!"
"Sorry, chump. The game's over. You're a lying, sadistic, psychopathic sociopath! We'll never believe you! Never!" Saria shouts. Suddenly, a portal appears and starts to suck Ben in to it...
Saria's PoV:
Since Link's above the portal, too, Ben grabs on to him, and tries to pull him down with him. The chain breaks, and Ben hangs on to Link, while Ben's hanging on to the ledge of the portal. The fire ring's gone and Link's not muted anymore. It's like Ben's powers are gone. Link's screaming and screaming muffled screams. "Mmm! Mmm! Mmm mm!" Link's trying to shout, "Help! Please! Help me!"
"I'll never let you go, my treasure! I love you! You have to come with me!" Ben shouts. We try to save Link from Ben! The portal will close soon with Ben AND Link! We have to hurry! We're all trying to pull Link away from Ben, but Ben's hanging on to Link, refusing to let him go. Skull Kid and I grab on to Link and pull him away from Ben. We all fall back, while Ben falls through the closing portal. "NOOOOOOOOOOOO! LINKYYYYYY! IIIIIIII LOOOOOVE YOOOOOU!" And the portal closes. Ben is gone.
We pull Link away from where the portal used to be. He lays on the floor. Darunia pulls the chains off of him, while I pull the rag away from his nose and mouth. "Link, are you OK?" Link looks at me. Tears start to form in his eyes. He hugs me, and I hug him back.
"Thank you." he says, quietly.
"You're welcome, my Link. I love you." I say back to him, quietly.
"I love you, too." Link says, quietly. Darunia pulls Cremia and Romani down from the ceiling. He unchains them, and they run up to us and hug us.
"I remember you! You were kidnapped before! We all drowned Ben!" Romani says.
"Yeah." is all Link could say.
"I'm Romani. And this is my sister, Cremia."
"It's nice to meet you, Romani and Cremia."
"Likewise." Cremia says.
All of the Sages, Kokiri, Skull Kid, and Romani and Cremia hug Link and I. I still have Link in my arms. I don't ever want to let him go. They're all more than happy that Link's finally saved. Forever.
Darunia picks Link up and holds him in his arms. Link falls asleep almost immediately in Darunia's arms. We all hold hands, and Zelda teleports us back to Hyrule. Cremia and Romani would stay awhile, to spend time with all of us, including Link. They would also stay, because they want to meet their Hylian counterpart.
The barrier lifts up from Clock Town. The whole city cheers, as the moon rises up to its rightful spot in the sky. Termina has been saved. Forever...
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Link and the others are more than happy to be home. Link's been doing all right. He's relieved that he's home and out of Ben's grasp. Forever. He's had nightmares and panic attacks, but he'll be all right. He's the Hero of Time. He'll be all right.
Everybody's relieved that Link's finally home. Forever. Never going anywhere again...
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The End?
Maybe?
A/N: Thanks for reading! Hooray! Link's finally home! The reason why I said "Maybe?" at the end, is because I'm thinking of making a surprise chapter: 9. We'll see, though. Well, review positively please! Thank you! :)
- The new and improved YoungLinkZeldaFan123
