Legend of Zelda: Spirits of Alana

Chapter Twelve: Brogan Attacks!


Brogan screeched and ascended into the air, high enough that he almost could touch the ceiling. Link readied his sword and look at the giant king of bats. There was no way he could get the ugly bat right now, he'd have to wait till Brogan goes down. But how long would that be?

Brogan laughed. "Pesky human…there will be no way for you to hit me!"

"Well yeah? Maybe if you get your ugly bat face down here, then maybe I could!" Link shouted up to the bat.

Brogan glared down at Link, clearly offended by the young human's insult. He screeched loudly and swan-dove down to the ground at an incredible speed. Before Link could be prepared, Brogan picked Link up with his mouth and began to shake him about. Link screamed in pain, the monster had bitten him hard in his torso area. Brogan began to fly back higher into the air. If he were to drop Link at such a height, the human would die no doubt about it.

Before Brogan could get to high, though, Link used his sword and slashed Brogan on the nose. Brogan roared in pain and opened his mouth, letting go of Link and dropping him to the ground. Thankfully, he landed in the murky water of the spring, which helped break his fall. After resurfacing and gasping for air, Link swam back to land. He crawled onto the earth and looked at the wound Brogan inflicted. The puncture wasn't too deep and it didn't hit a vital organ at least, but it stung worse than anything.

Link looked up at Brogan. "There's no way I'll be able to handle this…"

Suddenly, Link heard the familiar ring of a bell. He opened his saddlebag and pulled out the crystal ball that Teranika had given him. It was glowing immensely, even in the darkness of the room.

"Link…Link? Can you here me?"

It was Kallias' voice. It seemed to be coming from the bell. Link looked closely at it.

"Kallias!" Link shouted to the bell. "Is that you?"

"Yes it is," Kallias said, her voice becoming very cheerful. "Are you okay?"

"Yes I am. But how are you able to communicate with me through the bell?"

"I guess that must be one of the special skills that it knows that Teranika didn't know about." Kallias paused then continued. "Listen…I heard of the Legend of Brogan and I contacted you to tell you something."

"How do you know I'm fighting him?"

Kallias giggled. "The wind told me. I am a bird you know. Anyway, do you see how huge his ears are?"

Link nodded. "Uh-huh."

"Well…that's his weakness. His ears are so huge that they're very sensitive to anything. If you know a way in which to, you need to get him to the ground. Then, slash away at his ears."

Link looked up Brogan's ears and then he took out the boomerang. Maybe that was the way to get him down. Links smiled and look back at the bell.

"Thank you Kallias! I owe you one!"

"Well, you won't if you get killed! Good luck Link."

And the bell stopped glowing. Link placed the bell back into his saddlebag and got the boomerang in his hand.

"Are you ready?" He asked the boomerang.

"Ready when you are," the boomerang said.

Wind began to whip around Link as the boomerang began to glow its light green color. Brogan hovered in the air for a couple of moments. The wind around Link began to grow stronger.

Brogan took off and swan-dove once again to hit Link. Now it was his chance. Link threw the boomerang at the bat. The boomerang had its own tornado surrounding it. As the boomerang came closer to him, Brogan stopped his initial attack and floated in air for a few moments until the boomerang, and the tornado around it, hit him in his massive chest. The tornado whipped the giant bat around and slammed him into the wall of the tree. Brogan squealed at the contact and flew to the ground, unconscious. When his body hit the ground, it caused a slight tremor but that didn't stop Link. He picked up the boomerang, which fell onto the ground and pulled out his sword. The young Ordonian ran up to the fallen bat and immediately began slashing away at his massive ears. The bat king screeched in pain, but couldn't do anything; his body was still in pain from the impact of hitting the wall.

Link continued to hack and slash at Brogan's large ears. Blood from the freshly made wounds spurted out and the bat king cried more. Then, Brogan's red eyes flashed open and sat up. He moved one of wings in Link's direction, to try to hit him, but Link was to quick and dodged the blow. Brogan screeched once again and flew back up into the air. Blood seemed to begin to rain down, as it was rain as the bat went back into the air.

"Good job Link," The fairy said cheerfully. "If we do that one more time, Brogan will be felled, I think."

Link nodded, wiping off some of the falling blood off of his face. He got the boomerang back in hand and gripped it tightly. The light green aura returned to the boomerang and the wind began to whip up around Link once again. Brogan, blinded by pain and anger, swan-dove once more down to the ground. Link threw the boomerang at the bat again. The tornado was around the boomerang again and, just like before, got Brogan in the chest. Brogan was whipped around and then crashed hard into the wall. The bat king fell to the ground and slammed hard into the earth.

Link picked up the boomerang once again and ran to the giant fallen bat, sword in hand. He ran up to the ears and began slashing at them once again. Brogan screamed in even more pain as Link viciously attacked the most sensitive place on his body. But Link showed no mercy to the evil bat king. He continued to attack the king until his ear became nothing more than just scraps of flesh. Now Brogan was too defenseless.

Brogan roared, a mixture of pain and anger towards Link. Now it was time to finish this demon. Link jumped high in to the air and came down onto Brogan's head, his blade pointed down to the brain. Link drove his sword through the skull of the beast and left it there for several moments. Brogan thrashed about violently on the ground, screaming and screeching in pain. "CHHHHIIIILLLLLDDDRRRREEEENNNNN!!!!!!" he screeched.

Link removed the sword from the bat's head and jumped back far enough so the thrashing bat would harm him. Brogan lashed about for a few seconds then he began to begin to quiet down. The bat was lying in a pool of his own blood. The color was red but looked almost black and it gave off a foul scent. The bat looked up at Link, a nasty glare set on his face. Then, he gasped for air, his final breath. He released and lied still on the ground. It was clear now; the king of evil bats was dead.

Link took a sigh of relief and placed his sword in its sheath and his shield on his back. He walked up to the corpse of Brogan. The glare was still on his face.

Suddenly, Brogan's body began to be covered by a dark cloud. The cloud lingered for a little bit and Brogan seemed to become part of the cloud. It stayed and looked at Link for a moment, glaring at him with red eyes. Then it took off into the air and flew out of the sacred area of the Faron temple. Link watched it fly away into the horizon, to the direction of Alana. Then, he looked around the area of the Sacred Spring.

The area was restored to what it looked like before Brogan and his minions conquered it. The water of the spring was clear and blue and the statues in the water were cleaned and not covered in moss. The grass outside of the spring was green and lush again. But there was something odd in the grass, the place where Brogan's corpse used to be.

It was a piece of the mask Hana asked Link to retrieve. It was the bottom left part of the mask and it fit the left top part that Hana gave to Link. It was off-white and had a long part, like part of a snout of a dog was to wear it. Link walked over to the piece of mask and picked it up.

Suddenly, something in the spring began to glow. Link turned to the direction of the glowing and was amazed when the glowing began to take the shape of something. It was the shape of an otter floating over the clear water. The fur of the otter was white. There were gray spiral marking along its fur, on it's head and back. It had green eyes, a scar over its nose and a little feather trinket hanging from its ears. No doubt that this was an Alanian creature.

"Young youth for the village of Ordon," The creature spoke, her voice echoing as she spoke. She bowed her head respectively. "I am Aisliegh, a warrior formerly from Alana who now wanders the skies of Hyrule."

"Um…hi," Link greeted. "I'm Link. -Wait…you say you're from Alana? What do you mean 'now wanders the skies of Hyrule'?"

Aisliegh looked onward at Link, with no fear or any emotion in her face. "I lost my body not long ago and it was used for evil deeds for the Evil Queen. While I lost my body and it was destroyed by my friends, my soul was never able to find its way home to Alana."

Link looked down at the ground. This spirit was one of the poor souls captured and turned into a black cursed monster sent to attack Hyrule. This was his first time ever talking to the soul of a cursed monster.

Aisliegh continued. "The monster you just defeated, Brogan the King of Evil Bats, was created by the mind of an Evil Queen, the queen who captured me and stole my body. You have saved this part of Hyrule by slaying him and now Faron is forever in your debt."

Link grinned a little. "Um…it was nothing."

Aisliegh looked down at his hands and was looking at the mask piece. "He stole that piece of mask from within the temple and thought that could bring him more power. It did, but it also made go slowly insane. Link…this an instrument of great power I hope you know. Take good care of it."

"I will," Link promised. "But I'm looking for the other pieces. Do you know where the rest are?"

"I don't know about one piece, but I am certain that another piece lays in the sacred mountain temple that is near the Castle City of Hyrule."

"The mountains near the Castle City…" Link muttered. "Alright, thanks! But, ah…how can I get out of here?"

"The crystal bell you have…it is also a teleportation device."

Link took out the bell and looked at it. "It is?"

Aisliegh nodded. "Yes. It is one of its mysterious powers that it has."

The bell began to glow and it levitated out of Link's hands. It floated a few feet away from him it began to ring a small melody. Then, from underneath it, a blue glowing portal appeared.

"That must be it then…Thanks again Aisliegh."

"Link…before you go, I want you to promise me something. Please help my soul find its way home…I wish to return to Alana when all of this is done."

"Um…I don't know how but I will find a way. I promise."

"Thank you Link. May the ancients light the path before you…"

Then, Aisliegh and the light surrounding her disappeared. Link smiled and walked over to the glowing portal. He stepped into the blue glowing light and it surrounded him like a veil. He closed his eyes and then opened them, finding himself outside the entrance of the Faron Forest Temple.

Now, the forest seemed a lot more peaceful. Animals were already coming back and the sun could be seen through the trees now. Birds' chirping was heard in the distance. Epona was still at the entrance and was more than happy to see Link. She trotted up to him and rubbed her head into his chest.

"Hi Epona," Link said cheerfully to her. "I missed you too."

He grabbed the crystal ball, which was floating outside when he exited the temple, and placed it into his saddlebag. Then, he pulled out the boomerang.

"Thank you so much for helping me Link," The fairy said. "Now the forest is at peace thanks to you."

"So…I'm guessing you want to stay here," Link asked, a little bit of disappointment in his voice. He knew the fairy would probably wanted to stay home and rebuild her home.

"Are you kidding?" The fairy asked. "I want to go with you! Fighting Brogan was way more fun than I expected and I'm sure you're going to do more of it."

Link smiled. "So you want to come with?"

"Yes," the fairy said. "I will join you on your adventure! Let's go to the Mountain Temple!"

Link grinned and jumped onto the back of Epona. He kicked her into a gallop and they ran out of the Faron forest. Now, it was off to the Mountain Temple of Hyrule.