Chapter Ten – The Top of the World

Link and Vane finished off the enemies with the help of Raine and Zay. Raine and Zay decided to stay on their floor so that they could make sure no monsters followed Link and Vane while they headed to the top of the Castle. They opened two large doors in the middle of the room and ran up the stairs. It was eerily quiet and Link saw the fear forming in Vane's eyes. Link could only imagine what Mezeray was like and he understood that only the Twili who remembered Mezeray truly knew how powerful he was.

Link desperately wanted Midna to hurry and help him fight. He knew he could probably manage on his own but he always liked having the company of someone who was just as strong, and Vane wasn't. Link knew Vane had gotten stronger but not enough to defeat Mezeray. And Link realized he would probably have to protect him for most of the battle.

"Mezeray has been consumed by more darkness than Twilight." Vane spoke. "Do you know what that means?"

"No, what?" Link said, not understanding where Vane was going with this. They continued to run up the stairs.

"It means that Mezeray's biggest weakness right now is Light. The reason why the Twili don't perish right away in your realm is because they have a little bit of light in them." Vane said. "But Mezeray doesn't, so being exposed to your realm will probably kill him."

"That means we need to get him to my world. But how? Do you think you could teleport us?" Link asked.

"Not with my strength. But with Princess Midna and Zelda's powers we might be able to." Vane replied.

'Oh right, Zelda.' Link had almost forgotten she had come along because his mind was focused on Midna and Mezeray. "That means we'll have to hope they meet up with us." Link said. "Or else we'll have to find some other way to weaken and kill him."

"And since he is in the Twilight Realm and is filled with darkness he will probably be even stronger." Vane muttered.

"Yeah." Link said.

Link stopped running once the stairs were ending. He and Vane made it to the top and were faced with a crooked door. Link slowly opened it, not sure what was waiting on the other side. He couldn't tell if Mezeray was behind the door but he could make out two figures. One was in the air and the other on the ground. His eyes widened when he saw Zelda battling a large monster. He rushed through the door and ran beside her, sword raised.

"Finally." She said glancing at Link.

Link was shocked to see how great of a fighter Zelda was and became relieved. Even though Zelda had been kidnapped and weakened, she definitely knew how to fight and defend herself when not captured. The monster was an even larger Shadow Kargarok and Link, Zelda, and Vane were all ready to defeat it. The kargarok flew down towards Vane and swerved to Link. Link rolled out of the way and slashed the monster with his sword. The bird flew upwards and screeched but didn't die. It flew around them but didn't fly towards them. Zelda gave Link a look and nodded towards his arrows. Link took out his bow and attached a bomb to one of his arrows. He aimed directly at the bird and pulled the arrow back and watched it soar to the kargarok's head. The bomb exploded and the monster crashed into the ground, black blood dripped out of it and the kargarok was nothing but shreds and its skin and insides. Link looked at his left arm and noticed the monster was able to scratch him. Blood dripped from Link's arm and down his gloves. He winced at the sudden pain but pushed it aside.

"We need to get to the roof." Link said.

Zelda and Vane nodded and followed Link to an outside staircase. They ran up it swiftly, making sure they didn't fall off the ledge. Link looked down and saw that some monsters had actually fallen off. Their bodies were scattered across the edge of the castle grounds and Link realized how far of a drop it really was. Link looked down again and saw that Twili were still fighting off the monsters. Some had even died and others were mourning already. He knew he had to save them, no matter what happened. He wouldn't abandon them or Midna. They finally made it to the top of the roof and saw that they were alone. They walked to the middle just to make sure no one would fall off. Link and Zelda looked at each other and weren't sure what was going to happen. Then behind them something had teleported. It was Midna, and she was standing behind them, looking ready to help. Link sighed with relief. His plan was going smoothly now, since he had Zelda, Midna, and Vane's power to teleport Mezeray to his world and destroy him with light. Link discussed the plan with them and Midna smiled darkly, ready to go through with it and finally have her realm in peace.

Lightning tore the sky apart and shook the Castle. They all looked at each other nervously, but ready. Mezeray appeared about fifteen feet away from them, and was balanced in the air holding a malevolent darkened sword.

"Heheh, four's kind of a crowd don't you think?" He laughed.

Vane knew what was coming and so did everyone else. Mezeray lifted his arm and lightning struck the middle of them, sending bricks flying. Link opened his eyes and saw that Vane and Zelda were lying on the ground, knocked out and bloody. He moved his head towards the right and saw Midna getting up, but something was wrong. He squinted and saw that she was in her imp form. Midna looked at Link and her eyes had grown wide. Link looked at Midna and then looked down. He was looking at fur and two paws. Mezeray had turned them into their old forms.

Mezeray laughed. "Just bringing back the good times."

Link and Midna looked at each other and realized Link's plan was destroyed now. Link ran over to her and she sat on his back.

"The good times." Midna whispered. "Let's show him how strong we really were together." She said and Link nodded, not being able to talk.

Thunder roared and it had begun to rain. The clouds were in front of a blue and orange sky, filled with lightning.

"Beautiful isn't? The top of the world." Midna whispered.