Hello once again, fellow readers, writers, and those who are bored! I am writing again! Yay! My time zone difference is making me want to write more and more, so that's one thing. Anyway, I'll just start this chapter, since I know most of you want to know what's gonna happen.

Enjoy!

Chapter 10: His Return

"Thundera, time to get dressed." Victoria whispered, softly shaking Thundera.

A groan from Thundera, but no movement.

"Thundera. Get up." Victoria ordered. She shook her a little harder.

"Just a few more minutes..." Thundera muttered, slurring her words.

"Ugh." Victoria groaned. She uncovered the girl, watching her shiver. "Come on, breakfast won't wait for you."

"Fine. I'm up." Thundera muttered, almost angry. Victoria noticed the change of tone, and paused.

"Come on, you need to-" Victoria was cut off.

"I know what I'm doing, I don't need help." Thundera said, her tone much more serious and not as childlike anymore. Victoria made note of this, wondering what had changed overnight.

"Are you okay?" Victoria asked. All she got was a nod from Thundera.

Her eyes.

'Why were they tainted... Black?' Victoria wondered. Then, it hit her. '...Oh no...'

"Thundera," Victoria started, grabbing Thundera's arm. "I think we should train a little bit before we eat, is that okay with you?" Victoria asked calmly.

"...Okay." Thundera answered. She started to put on the tunic, and grabbed her new sword and shield.

Victoria heard footsteps down the hall, and she turned her head to the noise.

"Hi again." Grace said.

"W-What are you girls doing here?" Victoria asked, gasping.

"Well, we all decided that we should help Thundera train for battles. Y'know, with different types of opponents!" Brittany said. Then, the door opened to reveal Thundera once again.

"Hey, you have a sword and shield now!" Rosie said, gasping. She examined the shield more than the sword, recognizing it's design. "The Hylian shield, too!"

"The strongest shield in the world!" Brittany said, also taking a gander at it's amazing look.

"Yeah yeah yeah. Anyway, I need to start training, so I kinda need some space." Thundera spoke, crossing her arms and seeming annoyed. The girls paused, then backed away from Thundera. "Thank you."

Victoria, unfortunately, confirmed her suspicions. She was frightened and scared for the child. She bit her lip.

Thundera twirled her sword around. "I guess I can train with any of you guys." She spoke, her voice sounding bitter.

"I'll go first." Brittany said, pulling out her elemental sword. "We can use elements on the battlefield."

"Fine by me." Thundera said with a smirk.

Victoria, Rosie, and Grace closely watched the battlefield from the seats surrounding it. Victoria was biting her lip, hoping that she was wrong. Rosie was eager to watch, and so was Grace.

"Lets go?" Brittany asked. Thundera smirked and chuckled darkly.

"Lets go. You first." Thundera said, her darkened yellow eyes flickering. She was reading Brittany's battle style.

Brittany made the first move. With a loud battle cry, she sent a huge wave of water Thundera's way.

Thundera raised her hand, and snapped her fingers. A huge bolt of lightning broke the wave into steam and droplets of water. Brittany's jaw dropped to the floor. Thundera then prepared her well planned out attack.

With a blink of an eye, Thundera wasn't where she stood.

Instead, she was behind Brittany, and she was holding her sword with blade backwards.

Brittany found herself stabbed in the arm.

"GAH!" Brittany said, grabbing her good arm. Soon, she felt a foot on the back of her head push her down on the ground.

"You give up?" Thundera asked.

"What the HELL?-!" Brittany yelled, trying to push herself up. When Thundera felt it, she kicked Brittany in the back of her head.

"Thundera, cease the attack! You've already won!" Victoria shouted, getting up out of her seat. However, she felt an intense pain in her head once more.

Thundera was making sure that was happening.

"What the..." Grace whispered. Rosie summoned her orbitars and fired as a test shot towards Thundera.

Thundera commanded the fire shot at her, and directed it back at Rosie with twice the power. Rosie shrieked as she got hit, but not burned.

"Hey! Don't do that!" Grace said, preparing her own attack with vines. But before anything could happen, she felt herself be pushed back by a dark vine. She yelped in pain as she was thrown back.

"What the hell?" Green, Red, Blue, and Vio came running out, saying the same thing in unison. A dark field was growing on the battlefield, and they unsheathed their swords.

"HAHAHA!" A dreadfully familiar voice laughed evilly in the center of the darkened chaos. Zelda appeared from all the madness, but it still was not disintegrating in the slightest.

"ZELDA!" Everyone yelled, unsheathing all their weapons. Brittany was last, since she had to be helped up by Blue.

"Yes. It's me. I'm guessing that none of you know what's up with Thundera, I'm guessing?" Zelda asked, giggling sinesterly. She smiled fiendishly, taking out two stones from her pocket.

"What are you doing?" Victoria asked, rubbing her still aching head. She knew what the dark stone was, the elemental stone of darkness, but the second was unknown to her...

"The white stone is the same spirit that trapped me in that damned Limbo. Your prescious Samantha, or, in other words, Dialia." Zelda answered. Victoria's eyes widened, and she prepared an attack. However, she felt Thundera hold her arm back with dark psychic power.

"Heehee! Looks like you can't do much of anything without injuring your little Thundera, Victoria!" Zelda said, giggling evilly. She then snapped her fingers, pointing at Victoria.

Dark Lightning crashed on her with unbelievable power.

Victoria screamed, feeling the full force of her own weakness; Her own creation. She panted for breath, feeling extremely weak. Thundera let go of her, feeling something break into her mind to rid herself of the dark power.

Zelda felt this. She diverted her attention to Thundera. She could see her breaking through the Darkeon Stone's barrier. It didn't matter, anyway.

Nocterno's return was certain.

"Isma fordano lor catrana!" Zelda yelled her spell out, throwing her hands upwards. The white stone shattered, and the black oen shone with dark magic. Thundera was screaming with intense pain due to the Darkeon Stone reacting to the other stones.

The dark magic behind Zelda grew, and grew.

Until it broke away suddenly.

The dark magic left a form. It looked hylian, but not quite. The hair was a pitch black, and the eyes were a perfect blood red. His fangs stuck out of his closed mouth, and bat-like wings sprouted from his back. His skin was a gray, and the clothing was all black.

"Finally, I am out of that accursed seal Dialia placed on me." Nocterno said, his voice dark and booming. Thundera was on the floor before him, clutching her aching head. It no longer hurt badly, but it still hurt her.

"Master, I am glad you've arrived back to claim your rightful place." Zelda spoke, bowing to him. Nocterno looked at her, almost disgusted.

"You got me out of the seal, didn't you?" Nocterno asked. Zelda nodded, standing back up. Nocterno frowned, disappointed. "You should have brought me out sooner, you useless shadow pest. I'm glad I was not the one to create such a pitiful being as you."

Zelda gasped, hurt by her master's words. But she had no time to retort, as his attention was turned to the small goddess before him. He smirked with evil glee, but then was stopped by a voice from the seats above.

"Don't even think about touching her, Nocterno!" Victoria shouted, jumping off of the steps. She got her elemental weapon ready for use, and aimed at Nocterno.

Nocterno laughed with evil glee. "You think that puny Palm of Skies will stop me? Much less destroy me? Ha! You pitiful goddesses and your sorry feeling of hope. There is no hope of you winning this battle." He spoke, making Victoria more and more angry.

Suddenly, a huge dark gust of wind hit her like a freight train. She gasped as she was flung back by what she thought was her own element.

Zelda had her arm extended, smiling in evil glee as the dark winds blew forcefully on Victoria. Victoria extended her own arm, ordering her element forward. It was a battle of dark winds versus light winds, but only one person had the limit in their power.

Thundera watched as she saw Victoria strain to increase her limit of power, but it simply could not be passed. Thundera wanted to help, but she was too weak to do anything. The others just watched in fear as Victoria began losing her power.

"Pathetic. I think you've reached your limit a long time ago, Victoria. Prepare to- GAAAAH!" Zelda shouted in pain, the dark winds stopping. Victoria put her arm down, panting for breath and regaining her strength. Vio ran over to her, helping her weak form up.

"I said you have proven useless to me, you pathetic shadow. I don't want them dead on your terms. Only on my own." Nocterno said as he lifted Zelda high into the air with dark psychic powers. Zelda was screaming in sheer pain, and she couldn't take it anymore. Then...

She disappeared into thin air.

The group of nine shuddered as the shrieking stopped, horrified at what they were seeing. Nocterno then smiled evilly.

"Now that she's gone..." Nocterno said, extending his arm towards the others, "...I'll be taking the rest of you, as well."

"Over our dead bodies!" Green, Red, Blue, and Vio shouted, holding their swords and shields close. However, they knew they had made a very bad mistake.

"Out of my way, you so-called heroes." Nocterno said as he threw them away from one another. They shouted as the dark psychic magic threw them backwards, Blue and Vio hitting the walls behind them.

Nocterno laughed evilly, commanding the dark psychic power to pick up the four goddesses before him. "Now it is time to serve your purpose to my plans, Goddesses of Elements." He then turned away from them, extending both hands forward.

A ball of dark magic shot out from his hands, creating a huge portal to the dark world. He saw the lain form of Thundera before him, and stared.

"...Goddess of Thunder... Not Dialia, but a key to the dark world's reopening..." Nocterno said. He smirked as he dragged her by the arm. She was too weak to fight back, and she saw the worried faces of the other girls...

Then she saw darkness.

Just so you all know, that spell Zelda did was gibberish. If I said something bad in another language, sorry about that. I didn't mean to. It's supposed to sound like Latin. Anyway, I hope you enjoyed this last chapter. Took me forever to make it, so yeah. I bid you all adieu for a while.

~V-Fanfics