(i do not own Zelda or any characters that dont belong to me)
The Legend of Zelda: The Liryxn Blade Chapter 9: Dodongo Cavern
Prologue: Link has finally reached Lake Hylia, after managing to get away from a Death Wyvern, which is a creature from the Sacred realm that fed of the darkness of the Sacred realm, before The Hero of Time (in LoZ: Link to the Past) sealed Ganon away in the Sacred realm and took the Triforce in order to restore the Golden Realm, this was about 100 years ago, the matter of fact was that this creature is now a legendary creature and Link is bound to fight it once more. However Link, Dark Link or Shadow Link as I prefer, Malon, Rhekai, Clarisse and Japas have heard a strange voice saying to them, "Find me…look at me…Cut to pieces inside you….find me.." what could this voice be, and more importantly why is it talking to these people?
Link knocks on the laboratory door, Malon hears the door being knocked and gets up enthusiastically hoping it would be Link (However, I am not going to be an ass and make Link disappear or anything). Link is tired and weary, his back is aching from that backhand the D.W gave him, the door opens and Malon appears in front of the door. She sees Link in front of her and hugs him as if it was George Bush hugging a playboy bunny. Link; however, is not up for hugs and moves away from Malon. Malon is hurt by his gesture of unfriendliness, she begins to think that Link is angry at her for making him go through all the trouble of getting a King's Jewel. Malon resents the fact that Link has saved her so many times, she feels helpless like princess Zelda, and Zelda is a walking invitation to a kidnapping.
Link groans and lays down on the bed Malon was previously on, Link is in bad shape, he has various bruises, cuts, and to top it all off he might have a cold, because of his little early cold-water swim. Malon remembers her birthday and how wrong it went, she begins to get a bit mad at Link for this turn of events, since it almost got her killed. She decides to tell Link what she feels about him and this trip, but the fact that he does not want to hug her after she had tried to be nice did not help. Malon approaches Link in the good old-fashioned terminator style (Vslasher says in terminator voice: Ill be back! don't hurt me I felt a sudden urge… must kill Bush!), she says harshly, "Link we need to talk, now!"
Link gets up lazily and says, "Malon im sleeping, buzz off please…" Malon is insulted by his obnoxious attitude and says, "Link you listen to me now! Or else you're going to have to deal with the scorn of a woman!"(A/N: nothing is worse then the scorn of a women, there's simply nothing worse, it makes dudes feel weak, I know because my sister did it to me once, but knowing me so well, I prob. didn't even pay any attention lol, but I did feel bad for like the first 30 seconds I did pay attention lol, im immune to it hah except the little googly eyes chicks do, that still works on me, stupid pretty eyes!) Link responds offensively, "Sadly Malon, you're not a women yet." (Ouchy, that's going to earn him a beating courtesy of Malon and it was made possible by Vslasher)
Malon is in a complete rage now, she grabs a random item that happens to be a gay, pink, fluffy pillow (don't ask why the scientist had one of those…) and whacks Link on the head with it. Link falls to the floor screaming, "What the hell is wrong with you, you crazy chick?" Malon stares at him in a fiery wrath, literally, she had tapped into her special gift, the ability to wield the flames of the eternal phoenix, and talk about bad timing for Link, since Malon is pissed off like hell, she might just fry him into a Link burger or sumthing. Link makes a face that says, "Oh shit!" Malon uses her newly discovered power and conjures a fiery blast hitting Link on the chest. (all I can say is, I think we are going to need some ice…and maybe some hamburger buns…) Link tries to calm Malon down, but to no avail nothing works, he continues dodging deadly fireballs.
He gets an idea, not a good one but ehh, what can you do Link is an idiot. He says, "Malon, I love you." (Aww how cute, but its going to get butchered soon enough, how? I have no idea.) Malon stops, looks at Link, and says, "You…you...love me?" Link nods and says, "Yea Mal, why do you think I asked your dad to let us go to Zora's domain alone?" Malon says, "You're kidding right? I mean you can't like me, I always though you liked Zelda, don't you?" Link responds, "No I never liked Zelda, all that crap she put me through and I never even got a hug or a kiss for saving Hyrule, all I got was a thank you, and that's crap and you know it." Malon runs towards her knight in crappy errr… with no armor, but unexpectedly, Vslasher makes Malon take a trip and she goes crashing into Link's "special area" head butting him in the crouch (lol, I tripped my sister just as she passed by lol, she landed on the sofa though…dam! I meant umm…. safety first! That's how I got this half-assed inspiration lol).
Link shouts in pain, "What are trying to do Malon, neuter me?" Malon blushes that she had "accidentally" (Vslasher knows she liked it though) stumbled into his precious regions and says, "Im sorry Link", but in the moment of weirdness and confusion she asks, "Want me to make the hurt feel better?" Hanhjoab happens to be up at that moment from all the commotion Malon and Link had made, he takes advantage of the opportunity by saying, "Do me first!" Malon and Link make a face like this: 0.O. Malon starts gagging, she says, "I meant Link! and I didn't mean it like that!" (although she did, Vslasher knows…hehe).
On death mountain,
Rhekai is getting ready for the tournament; he had decided to fight in honor of his family, after thinking for hours, finally resolving to this outcome. Then a certain Rito named Fido (The Rito equivalent of Mido) came up to Rhekai and says, "So you are going to fight for your family? Huh, it sounds to me you just want the money Rhekai, besides the goddesses knew you wouldn't be able to save your mother, just as you weren't able to save your father and sister, but I suppose that's what you get for being a fool, huh Rhekai?" Rhekai tries hard to hold his temper and says to Fido grimly, "Get away before I make you regret those words…" Fido, being the sissy coward that he was, ran off like George Bush when the army was drafting for the Vietnam war. Rhekai continues to prepare for the tournament as he let out a harsh gust of wind, eroding a nearby rock to dust. Rhekai is determined to win, no matter what had happened, not even the voice that he heard calling him would distract him…
In the Shadow Abyss,
S.L. is training on three stalfos knights, he slashes at them bitterly, but even with all that force, he still missed (authors notes: What is all that strength worth if you cant land a hit? strength is worthless without accuracy, just like being elected to be president, you have all that power, and yet George Bush cant seem to get anything right!). His anger with himself is distracting him, being defeated by a mere kokiri sage he felt like he was useless, weak causing it to get in the way of his true potential, and he knows it as well. The three stalfos knights surround him, two slash in unison while the other executes an overhead slash, S.L. back flips to dodge the two slashes, but fails to block the third slash; therefore, taking a direct hit by the stalfos knight's sword on the shoulder. S.L's anger increases, now that worthless monsters had harmed him; he unleashes a shock wave of darkness that the stalfos knights could not withstand, causing them to crumble under it. S.L. looks at his wound and put his hand over it, the wound was not deep enough to actually pose a threat, but even a little bleeding in a long time can go a long way, he heads towards the surface, so that he could go to the potion shop and purchase a red potion.
In Zora's domain,
Japas receives word of a fighting tournament in Death mountain from the Zora king, and decides to join it. Japas thought if he could at least win the tournament that, he could actually believe that he is the best Zora warrior in Hyrule and thus, finally accept being called that. He runs hurriedly towards the river linking to the river in the Hyrule town moat, he dives in and swims towards the entrance of Kakariko village.
In the kokiri forest,
Clarisse gets called by the Deku Tree, he had received word of a fighting tournament in Death mountain, he had decided to have Clarisse enter it. The Deku Tree felt that there was someone there she should meet, the voice had informed him that something was going to happen soon, and that it might happen in the tournament.
Lord Jabun or Jabu Jabu, who was also informed by the voice, had told the king of the Zora's to make Japas enter, that he will also be needed In the tournament, but for what he was not told.
In Kakariko village,
S.L. had surfaced to the surface in Hyrule via connection to the well in Kakariko, seeing as how the well descended into darkness this was also used as a portal to Hyrule from the Shadow Abyss (Is also the same thing as the Dark realm). He takes notice of a flier that was announcing the fighting tournament in Death mountain, he is inert to react at first, but he decides to go check it out, as it might be of some use in his training. He moves quickly towards Death mountain, since the tournament was going to start at the break of night, and he could not afford to get there late.
On Death mountain,
Japas was already at the goron village, where registration to the tournament is being held, the gorons were surprised to see a zora up in a death trap such as Death mountain. Darunia (OoT players should know who this is, since I am assuming you have played most of the Zelda games) ; however, is impressed to see such a high spirit from someone who was susceptible to heat and cold, he promptly welcomes Japas and shows him around.
In the Lost Woods,
Clarisse makes her way to the goron city entrance in the Lost woods, where she ran into some wolfos. However, she dispatches them with ease, each wolfo with a earthen spire across its heart, laying on the floor rendered completely harmless. She smiles, and says, "What a bother…" , she continues to walk towards the tunnel with no hurry at all.
In Goron Village,
Japas and Darunia are talking and Japas brought up Link into the conversation, Darunia is surprised that he had met on of Link's friends, one would think of this as a weird coincidence. However, Darunia knows better than this, if Link is involved in something it usually involved something much deeper, and he hoped it DID NOT involve Ganondorf, since the Gerudo "king" is just a joke now, which is exactly what I think of the president.
On the summit of Death mountain,
Rhekai is looking at his mother's grave asking her to bring him luck, he is determined to win the tournament for his family. He says to out loud, "If it's the last thing I ever do for you, it will be to win this tournament mother, I know you would have wanted me to and hopefully this would make my father proud as well."
In Lake Hylia,
Link and Malon are getting lovey dubby and crap, when Link is called by Saria via telepathic connection to his ocarina. Saria tells Link that the Deku Tree had told her to tell him to go to Death mountain as soon as possible in order to join a fighting tournament taking place there, that he was going to meet some people there that would be helpful for fighting an upcoming evil. Link asks what the danger is, but Saria tells him she knows nothing of what it was nor, did the Deku Tree. Link nods and says, "I'll be there soon then…" "Malon, are you going to come?" asks Link, she nods and says, "Yes, of course you will probably need me, so I might as well join too." Link hesitates on the matter of Malon coming along, but she had that new power so for the moment being he had to take her with him, he had no choice besides he was going to need his strength and he did not need Malon trying to make a BBQ out of him for not wanting her to come with him.
Link plays Epona's song, and Epona then appeared from the last place Link had tried to call her, Malon nuzzles Epona's nose, Epona neighs in happiness. Link mounts Epona urging Malon to get on, since they had to leave A.S.A.P. Link gives Epona a soft kick and Epona starts galloping towards Death Mountain. By the time Link and Malon had gotten to the main entrance of Lake Hylia, the debris from the fallen structure had been cleared off to the side by the Hylian carpenters.
On Death mountain,
It is two hours before night, and registration to the tournament is nearly closed. Link and Malon run towards Goron village in order to get there in time to enroll. Nevertheless, they make it in time and had finished the registration, the qualifying round was going to be in Dodongo cavern in order to see who was able to survive a fight with an adult Dodongo and retrieve a tail from one. Clarisse approaches the registration table in order to enroll, she notices that Link had the Master Sword with him. She finishes her registration, she approaches Link and Malon from behind, she says to Link, "Excuse me, but by any chance do you know the Deku Tree?"
Link turns around surprised and says, "Yes, why do you ask?" Link notices that the girl is wearing Kokiri attire and says, "Wait, are you kokiri?" Clarisse smiles and says, "Yes, so you do know the Deku tree, so then you must be Link, the Hero of Time. The Deku tree told me id be meeting you here, he sent me here to enter the tournament, but for what reasons I don't know.." Link says, "I got a telepathic call from Saria, the sage of the Forest, who is also my friend, saying that the Deku Tree wanted me to come to Death mountain to join the tournament in order to meet some people who would help me out in fighting a upcoming evil.."
Clarisse says, "I am so rude, I did not introduce myself, my name is Clarisse, its nice to meet you." Link says, "It isn't a problem, you already know my name, but this is Malon, she can conjure fire, isn't that weird?" Clarisse is in shock upon hearing this, she says excitedly, "So you are the one whom the phoenix chose to wield the eternal flames, I have been granted the ability to control the earth element, thanks to Mother earth or Gaia as some call her, but where are the wind, shadow and water controllers?" If we are here they should be here too, I recall a legend to were there were five beings who collaborated in order to fight an evil that threatened to destroy Hyrule, it was the reincarnation of death and destruction. However, I know that person is here or I would feel his or her presence…" Malon says, "But if there were only five people who controlled a certain element, then why is Link here? He can't control wind, water or the shadows, so why does he have to be here?" Clarisse says "I suppose Link comes in as the hero told by this old Sheikah poem",
"In Hyrule where the shadows rise,
One sword, one hero,
Lives shall be changed,
One for the endless shadows, for the never-ending sky,
For mother earth, for the eternal flames,
for the deep, cold sea, and for death and destruction,
The hero will be undone,
The faith of the people will be lost,
When all looks dark who will come?
No one will come…
Hyrule is forever lost in the ages of shadows…
Let the rivers of blood pour in Hyrule,
For the shadows are growing, In the never ending sorrow that is Hyrule" (Note: This is a repeat of the Chapter 4 poem)
"I am guessing Link is the hero that wields the sword, that changes those peoples life's somehow…which would mean that he is probably going to need you, the others and me, Malon in order to fight the evil.." Link says in contempt, "I have seen this poem before, I saw it in a cave near The Lake Hylia entrance, were I fought a Death hand." Clarisse has an expression on complete astonishment, she says, "Then a portal to the Shadow Abyss is there! From that portal you can access the Dark Realm, but then that means…oh no!
That means undead creatures are surfacing to Hyrule, and that means we could be facing a legendary creature… Which we cannot defeat with the Master sword alone…We will also need the Liryxn Blade, which melds light and darkness together. With the Master sword we would only be able to defeat it temporarily, as the creature can drain the dark energy from the Dark Realm healing itself …"
Link asks Clarisse, "How do you know all of this?" Clarisse smiles and says, "I did my homework, unlike you." Link says, "We had homework?" Malon and Clarisse both groan at Link's incapacity to understand idioms, Link asks in confusion, "What did I do?" Malon smacks Link on the head, we hear a hollow thud. Link says, "What, my minds on air, besides this whole poem has me thinking… If I am the hero then what does "The hero will be undone", mean? Clarisse is about to say something when a Goron (or morons as I call them) announcer says that the preliminary rounds were going to start in five minutes and that the participants should be going to Dodongo cavern right now.
In Dodongo cavern,
The participants are gathered, as follows:
Link, Shadow Link, Rhekai, Clarisse, Malon, Japas, a goron named Lou, Ernest who was a Hylian elite guard, a Gerudo warrior named Ashanti, a female ranger expert named Diane, a Strange warrior named Vulskah, a bodybuilder named Robert, who wielded a mace, a woman named Leona, who wielded a dagger, a surprise Character! Zelda, and bunch of random, worthless characters. Japas sees Link and runs towards him, Japas says to Link, "Hey Link, whats up? what are you doing here? Link explains to Japas what was going on, Japas says, "Incredible, So the Deku Tree sent you here? I was sent here by Lord Jabun." Link says, "Well it makes sense that you are the water controller, after all you are a zora." Japas says, "So I am supposed to help you out in a fight with evil huh? How cool is that, I finally get to fight side by side with you." Malon says, "Yeah, Clarisse is the earth controller, I am the fire controller, now all we need is the wind and shadow wielders."
Zelda spots Link and decides to go talk to him, she approaches him and says, "So you were told to come here as well Link? I was told by a voice to come here, because I would be needed here, that it was my destiny." Link is startled by her appearance, remains calm he says, "Well I suppose we are going to have to watch out for each other huh? I mean if that evil comes here, we have to be on guard…"
Shadow Link is looking around the cavern where he notices that Link and his nemesis, Clarisse were in the tournament as well. He grumbles, "Stupid, demented egotistical Kokiri, I hope I get to fight her in this tournament, I want to ram my sword up her ass so bad! (note: He still likes chicks and he has a crush on Clarisse, oh and sword has a double meaning in the previous sentence, if you didn't catch my drift)."
The goron announcer says, "On your marks, get set, go!" The warriors start running around the cavern to see who could find a Dodongo to slaughter and to retrieve a tail from. Link tells his companions that he knew where most of the Dodongo were, seeing as he had gone through this dungeon already, he leads them across the bridge leading to the right side of the cavern. Then the beamos shoots an energy beam at the group, Zelda unfortunately (Vslasher is on the floor L.M.F.A.O. unfortunately hahaha, we all know I don't mean that) gets hit on the leg, she is hurt badly and faints from the pain. Link walks towards her and tells Japas to carry her, since they cant leave her here to die (not just yet anyways). He tells them to be ready for anything they are going to go deep into the cavern now, as a sudden gush of wind is heard pass over the group, enveloping the area in shadows…..