Time Stop: Okay, we pulled this out of our hat really fast.
Wang: Even for us.
Shadow: panting I'm Tired.
Time Stop: Let's give a hand to Shadow, who finally figured out the best way to finish this part of the story.
Wang: Wait, what? I thought we were done.
Time Stop: I'll explain to you later, we don't own Legend of Zelda.
Wang: I thought we were done!
Chapter 11: Mysteries
They broke through the water, breathing the forest-scented air. Link climbed onto the bank, and Nadai followed suit. "Alright, I know where we are now." Link led his friends through the maze. In a short amount of time, Link, Nadai, and Navi stood in front of the Sacred Meadow. No Wolfos this time, only the Mad Scrubs remained, but it was easy for Link and Nadai to team up and defeat them. Soon they stood before Saria, and the familiar melody of her song echoed in the clearing.
"You came back," Saria said, "And so soon too."
Nadai smiled. "We had some help along the way, but we did it! Our quest is over!"
"Not yet," whispered Saria, so quiet only Navi with her sharpened hearing could hear her. "You need to bring the three Spiritual Stones to the Princess if you want to finish your quest."
"That'll be easy," Link said. "Only Stalchildren can stop us now, and we faced them plenty of times. It'll be a piece of pie."
Saria flashed them a look of caution. "But be careful anyway! You never know what is out there," Saria muttered. Only this time, Nadai and Link could hear her words.
"What do you mean? Do you know of something?" Asked Nadai.
"No, just something was telling me that you aren't done yet." Saria lied. Link and Nadai believed, but Navi knew better. She knew something was going to happen, as did Navi. It would come the time that the Great Deku Tree hard warned them about, but they both knew that the two kids weren't ready yet.
"So, um, any word on the rest of the Kokiri?" Asked Link tentatively.
"They-they don't trust you. They don't trust Nadai either. They can tolerate you, but I think they would wish it if you weren't ever here before. If the both of you were never entered the Kokiri Forest in the first place."
Nadai expected this, but for Link who knew the Kokiri all of his life, he couldn't stand it. "So," Nadai said, steering the conversation away from the topic. "Why did you call us here?"
Saria smiled. "I totally forgot! I made this for you, Nadai," Saria took out a box and handed it to her.
Nadai opened the ornately carved box. She gasped in surprise. Inside laid a flute, made of the Fairy Wood found only in the Lost Woods in the Sacred Meadow. Upon the dark wood, a few runes written in an old script decorated the surface. The flute had an inner glow, and seemed to shine in the clearing. Tentatively, she put the instrument to her lips. Unlike her dagger flute, which played sideways, this flute was meant to be played straight down.
As the wind coursed through the instrument, a song sweeter than any she had ever heard before sprang from the flute. Surprised, she stopped playing, before she started again. When she did, her sweet song echoed throughout the clearing, resonating a melody that made Saria sigh in pleasure, and Link stunned with amazement.
"That was awesome!" Link congratulated. "That was the best sound I have ever heard of."
"Thank you Saria, this is too good of a gift. How did you make it?"
"I cannot tell you. You will understand in time." Saria's smile faded. She cocked an ear to the wind. "Time is running short. You must go, now!"
"What?"
"We just got here!"
"You need to go. You'll understand later." Saria pushed them back. But Nadai and Link resisted. Growling with exertion, Saria pushed them back, this time not physically touching them. "Go! You need to go!"
"But-"
"Just go! You'll understand later, I promise, but go!" With Saria's urging, Link and Nadai ran. They swept past the Lost Woods and the Kokiri Forest. They passed Mido and Kaepora Gaebora, and ran into Hyrule Field.
Link and Nadai ran, Navi puffing through the air between them. Somehow, something was increasing their steps, something giving them haste. The journey was ending quickly, far too quickly. Dark should have came earlier, but something was delaying it. Link and Nadai looked at each other, and nodded. Something wasn't right, now even they could feel it.
In Hyrule Castle, Princess Zelda was talking to two of her friends. "But how? There is only one of these in existence."
They looked at her. "Princess Zelda, just give this to Nadai and Link when you see them next. We will find the other one when time comes to it."
Zelda looked dubiously. "This is not part of what I had foreseen."
"Trust us, Zelda. We'll see you soon." A man in dark clothes on a horse, a Gerudo horse from the dark sheen of its coat, sprang into the courtyard.
"Good work," he congratulated.
"Gannondorf!" Zelda said. "How could you have gotten in here?"
The two friends stood off to the side. Impa sprang out of a close by window, entering the room. With a move that only Sheikahs could do, Impa grabbed Zelda and left. Outside, she climbed onto a Hylian horse, one faster than even a Gerudo horse, and galloped away.
Gannondorf followed them, using his dark magic to blast away guards that tried to hinder them. Their goal, the drawbridge.
Link and Nadai stood in front of the drawbridge. It was close to sunset, though it should be closer to midnight. The drawbridge was up. "Something isn't right. This isn't supposed to happen." Navi said.
"Navi, what does that supposed to me?" Link asked.
"Yeah, what do you mean, Navi?"
"Watch out!" Navi shrieked. Link and Nadai jumped back, and the drawbridge fell.
Zelda and Impa rode out. They rode quickly, not really stopping at all. Link could see Zelda shout back, but it was lost in the noise of the hooves. But, she threw something back. She had good aim, and meant it to go to Link, or really bad aim, 'cause Zelda's throw hit Link in the head and it bounced back into the moat.
Nadai dived for it, and disappeared into the water. Link went to help, but then another figure entered the scene. Dressed in black, the tall, angular man had defined muscles of a fighter. His hair was short, and slightly balded. The red of his hair contrasted his tanned skin. His belt held a sword, one with a wicked looking edge. The horse neighed as it was stopped to a pull of the reigns.
The man looked at Link. "So, you got here fast."
"Gannondorf," Link breathed. In the corner of his eye he saw Nadai come up, but hide when Gannondorf came into her view.
"So, you know who I am. Boy, you don't know whom you are messing with. Tell me where they went, and I'll let you live."
Link drew his sword in response. "Never!" He rushed the Gerudo.
With a casual flick of his hand a bolt of energy sprang into life. The glowing golden orb pulsed in his hand. As Link jumped to cut at Gannondorf, he threw the bolt. Link flew back, and landed hard.
"Is that your best? You aren't worth even the effort of killing you. Good-bye, boy!"
Gannondorf rode off, in the wrong direction Link noted through pain filled eyes. Nadai came out of the water, and helped Link to his feet. "That hurt." Link moaned. He stood, and shook his head. "That attack, if my shield wasn't in front of me, I would've been a goner." The faithful Deku Shield that had shielded him before was burnt from the force of the blast. "If I ever want to stop him, I need to get stronger."
Nadai nodded. "But first, here," she handed him a small blue instrument. "This is what clonked you in the head."
As Link held the instrument, a wave of nostalgia flew through him. He, Nadai, and Navi were transported through thought and time.
They stood in front of the Princess; a world of light, mist and shadow surrounded them. "Link, by the time you reach this Ocarina, it will be too late. The man, whom you have met, is Gannondorf. He tried to take this from me. But now this is your chance. While he is chasing me, I need you to go to the Temple of Time. Inside, read the plaque. Then, play this song using the Ocarina of Time."
Holding the Ocarina, she played a simple tune. Link and Nadai could only listen to the tune. "You must hurry. Go and protect the triforce, with your lives." Zelda disappeared, and the three heroes went back.
Link looked at the Ocarina of Time. The blue sheen glinted in the sparse light. "We need to go to the Temple of Time, Navi?" Asked Link.
Navi nodded. "I know where it is, this way!"
She led them into Castle Town. The town was damaged; the people coughing dust and trying t help one another. Guards ran about, trying to keep order. An old man wearing the crown of a king walked about the town square, helping those he could. Unnoticed in the confusion, Link and Nadai raced to the one corner they didn't explore before. They climbed the stairs, and entered an entirely different world.
"It's so, quiet," Nadai said. "This is so different than in the square."
"This is holy ground," a deep, soft voice spoke to them. Surprised, they turned, and saw Darunia and Ruto and Saria. "This place is holy to all in Hyrule, Hylian or otherwise." The Goron said.
"Link, Nadai," Ruto spoke. "This is your destiny. We will try to help the best we can. You will enter a world not our own when you enter that temple. Do what the Princess of Destiny has told you and you will be fine."
"How-how did you get here so fast?" Link asked.
"We'll tell you later. We'll see you soon." Saria promised. Then, Darunia ushering them forward, they entered the Temple of Time.
Inside, Nadai sighed. "How come every time we make progress, we get more and more questions?" Link asked.
"Don't look at me, I don't know at all."
Navi spoke then, quieting them. "This is the Temple of Time, this is the holiest ground in Hyrule. It is said that three goddesses first touched ground here, and that this place was were the secret triforce was kept."
Link and Nadai walked slowly through the hallowed hall. Their footsteps echoed through the hall, leading to the room being filled with the light steps of the two children. They stopped in front of the plank. With the three stones, they placed the stones in their slots. They spun in place, before a flash of light temporarily blinded the two kids.
Link then took out the Fairy Ocarina. Gently he placed it next to the Kokiri Emerald. Nadai did the same with her old dagger flute. "Great Deku Tree," Link said. "Our quest is almost complete. We have just to protect the triforce." Nadai and Link took out their new instruments. Then, they played.
Playing a quick riff, Nadai was pleasantly reminded of her new flute's sound. Then she had to stop, for Link's sound was better if not equal to hers. Link was stunned to the point of breathlessness. His sound from the Ocarina of Time was so pure, but so deep, it sounded like the words of the Gorons, deep and rolling, but also of the Kokiris, melodious and soft, and the Zoras, swift and pure. But it also held three other hidden sounds. One of the Impas, mystical and secretive, and of the Gerudos, energetic and violent. Then the Hylian sound, a voice of the people in chorus, many yet as one. It seemed to Link all of that if not more, packed into one sound, and played with perfection.
Tentatively he played again, and did Nadai. Their two instruments, so different yet so alike blended into a perfect tune. Then, together they played the Song of Time, and the tune awakened an old man, and a door.
In front of them, the wall split open, and moved to the opposite sides of the wall. It sounds like the wall folded into itself, for there is no other explanation to that. Then, the two kids entered the sacred chamber.
"There it is, the master sword." Navi whispered. Link and Nadai went onto the pedestal. Standing in a center triangle, they looked at the sword. There neither was nor is an equal to its make. Perfectly balanced, hand crafted to perfection, the master sword is the best weapon anyone could have.
"Link, Nadai, this is your destiny. Take up the sword." Navi ordered them. Link gripped the handle. An energy rushed through him like one he had never felt before.
"Wait." Link stopped. "This is also Nadai's destiny as well. She has every right to do this with me."
"Link, think for a second. I don't use that, at best you would use that two-handed. For me, I would be lucky if I could lift it at all."
Link nodded, "then stay where you are." With Nadai next to him, he pulled mightily on the sword. After a few tugs, the Goron's Bracelets' power coursed through him. With unequaled strength of a boy his age, he managed to pull the sword free.
A blue light filled the room, and Link felt his spirit lead him away. Nadai couldn't move, and was pulled along. Navi held onto Link's hat, and went for the ride. They looked upon the room from an aerial view. The triangle they stood in was one of four. The four triangles made up the triforce.
With a final look, they left that world, and entered the next.
Gannondorf entered the chamber, and watched the Link disappear. Nadai was on the far side, and therefore out of Gannondorf's view.
"Geh heh heh! Excellent work! As I thought, you held the keys to the Door of Time! You have led me to the gates of the Sacred Realm...Yes, I owe it all to you, kid!"
Laughing maniacally, Gannondorf entered the sacred room. He crossed into the secret inner chamber, where the triforce hovered. With a single touch, he broke it.
"No!" Gannondorf yelled in desperation as the triforce split. "No!" One piece went inside of him. One went far away to a retreating person. And one was split in half, and disappeared from view.
"The triforce is mine! No one will stop me!" Gannondorf swept past the Kokiri Emerald, and stalked out the door.
Outside, he was surrounded by men. "Halt! Gannondorf, King of the Gerudos, you are hereby exiled from Hyrule."
Gannondorf swept his hand, and the men were knocked back by an arc of light. "Fools! You cannot banish me! I am King Gannondorf, your lord and master!" With another arc of his hand he knocked back the guards, forcing them to retreat. Gannondorf entered the main square, killing any who tried to flee. "I am the King, you cannot resist me!" With a few more swipes of his hand, he casually obliterated the King.
"I am the King!" With another swoop of his hand, some of the dead people in the square turned into ReDeads.
"I am the King!" Gannondorf strode to his castle, and using his new power altered the very fabric of the universe until a pool of lava floated under his new castle.
"I am the King!"
Time Stop: Wang, that is why we aren't done yet.
Wang: Oh, I thought we just randomly wrote this.
Shadow: Wang, we based this of Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time…we're not done yet.
Wang: You mean the game I've been playing since I was seven?
Time Stop: Yes, that game.
Wang: I love that game! I'll play it now!
Shadow: Hey, wait up!
Time Stop: watches as his two counterparts walk off Please, Review.
