Chapter 8

Chapter 8

A light flashed across the sky as the heavens began to pour down onto the land. The King of Red Lions cruised silently into the Tower, its bow filled with three. As the tiny boat reached the main opening, the riders hopped out and onto the platform. Link was the last to exit the boat, and the only one to look back. He continued onward, following the two young girls. His gaze fell on Zelda in particular. She had refused to ware a dress; she feared that it would hold her to walking around the battle ground. Aryll was second in the line the group was in, this was so she wouldn't be attacked from the get-go. The pirate she was following stopped, arming herself with a loaded bow. She released the slender arrow, which hit a beamos on the opposite side of the room. Tetra took a few steps into the open, looking around the room cautiously. She turned to her comrades and motioned for them to follow. The climbed the stairs as silently as possible and reached a door known only to Link. The trio entered the room and met with a completely destroyed room. It held in it prison cells, one of them holding what all three hoped to see; Link's grandmother and the islanders. Link and Aryll ran over to the cell and happily reunited with their friends and family. Zelda, standing alone in the room's center, looked to the marking on the wall. She walked over to it and placed her hand on it, causing the wall to coil backwards. She looked back to see she was still being ignored. She looked forward and disappeared into the dark hallway.

Link was close to tears, as his sister was already. The young girl clung to her grandmother through the bars happily. Link smiled and turned to introduce his grandmother to his beloved, but the smile faded as he saw her action's aftermath. He again was faced with the hard choice of his family and Zelda. He turned again to the cell and broke the door. His family members watched as he ran towards the opened wall. Aryll guided them to the hallway and up the stair to the tower's windy roof. Link was surprisingly already on the ground, but he was looking at something. Aryll soon realized that Zelda wasn't anywhere on the roof, she looked up to the bell tower and saw a young boy, a mirror image of Link only darker, holding the young girl's neck, laughing. Link starred bewildered at his shadow as it sucked the life from the young pirate. Zelda's last stand included kicking him in the face, but falling to the roof's wet ground as a consequence. The boy laughed and walked up to the young girl, shortly after landing. He was faced with an obstacle this time though, Link. The young boy held his unconscious princess tightly in his arms, sobbing sorrowfully. Aryll soon joined them, holding a dagger tightly in her hands. "Aryll don't! He'll kill you!" Aryll starred at the boy, completely ignoring her grandmother's pleas. "Ganon…you'll pay for this," Aryll's voice drew his attention, as he walked toward her smiling all the while. "You think so? Well, I don't," his voice sounded the same as her brother's. He drew a sword similar to Link's and swung it forcefully into the young girl, sending a sound of clashing metal into the rain-filled air. Link had no other option but to leave Zelda there. He stood and blocked another of Ganon's blows. The smile stayed glued to his face. He pushed the young girl to the floor and began wailing on Link with a barrage of sword slashes. Link too was soon thrown to the ground. Ganon's sword, pointed at Link's neck, was surrounded by a black aura. Link had lost, yet again. He closed his eyes painfully and…nothing. No pain, no sword piercing. He opened his eyes to see a shadow of Zelda, clothed in the princess's dress, holding his sword in place. "Do it now, Tetra!" A light arrow came crashing into Ganon's skull, sending him flying into the wall. The young pirate, holding the bow while her hair blew freely in the wind, walked up to her shadow. "Thank you, princess. I owe you one," Tetra said calmly. She smiled and put a hand on Tetra's shoulder, disappearing soon afterwards. Zelda's eyes shifted to Ganon, panting and smirking in her direction. "Ganon! Remove that smirk from your face or I will!" The smile disappeared as he caught his breath. Link and Aryll stood by the young princess, all their weapons drawn heroically. Light would take one last stand, in the fight against darkness itself.