AN: Heh, this chapter, this is where it all ends...or not. This is where it all begins mwahahahaha!

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Chapter 12: Leader of the Master Knights

The princess of Hyrule got up as she noticed a dark portal opening in the throne room, descending from the raised platform she saw Sora emerge from the corridor. He must've been reading and taking some tips from those horrible fashion magazines that people found trendy these days because his hair was dyed to a gleaming silver color.

After the corridor closed behind him, the first knight looked at Zelda and spread his arms in an embracing gesture.

"Did your miss your husband?" he asked.

Zelda frowned subtly.

"I'm unmarried" she replied curtly "and please refrain from making such appalling jokes Master Sora, they do not suit you."

The prince laughed wickedly, his golden irises alight with mirth. The entire chamber echoed.

At this holder of the triforce of wisdom knew that the first knight, against all odds, was possessed.

When his chuckles abated he moved closer to her, bringing up one hand, he caressed her cheek with mock tenderness, with the other, he hugged her waist and muttered to himself:

"Hmm, you are both resourceful and beautiful, I suppose I should keep you as a puppet, Hyrule will crumble faster if their precious princess is the one destroying it. Don't you agree Zelda?"

If Soranort was waiting for a reaction he was severely disappointed because Zelda did not even look grossed out.

He regarded her for a few more minutes, brushing his fingers once more across her face; he turned around and carried on with his soliloquy.

"It feels good to be young again, with this strength I can finally bring the tyranny of light to its end. Light. Hmpf, all everyone cares about is light; they forget that darkness is equally important. Yes, one may argue that we need a balance, but there is no such balance for darkness, it is always shunned, feared, despised. That is why I made it my life's mission to subdue light and plunge this world and all other realms into darkness."

Princess Zelda had no desire to neither listen to the man's ranting nor argue with his somewhat perverse logic. Silently drawing her bow, she fitted an arrow and fired it at Sora's back whilst he was busy with his dramatic speech and arm gestures. The arrow flew straight and struck the far wall of the room. Gasping painfully, she peered down and saw his key-blade, the silver now turned to an ominous black, protruding from her abdomen. The pain made her legs give out, smoothly removing the blade; he cradled her and then picked her up and walked slowly towards the throne. Gently placing her down on the seat he grinned viciously.

"You can bleed out and die on your coveted throne princess; sadly, my knights are waiting for me to lead them. I won't be here to witness your demise but be assured, I will be thinking about you"

Saying this, he stretched and began lazily strolling to the exit.


The Knights' table was missing two members today, the leader, which was absolutely normal and Vanitas, which was abnormal. But no one seemed to care the slightest bit. Rowdy amusement reverberated around the room. Even Impa had a smile gracing her face. Zack and Link were acting out scenes from their adventures in the Arbiter's ground and so far the audience was eating every exaggerated scenario up.

"And then an ugly zombie struck Roxas with a weapon so broad, it looked like my Buster sword, poor Roxas was flung to the far corner of the room and he was knocked out, his tongue lolled out like this" Zack dramatized.

The table erupted with fresh chuckles, with Ashei banging on the table. Roxas was slightly miffed at being the one made fun of but both he and Ventus' lips were curved into wide beams.

If Sora or Vanitas were present, Zack would not have been this courageous. If he managed to act out a scene, he'd be duly executed on the spot for insulting a member of the House of Kingdom

"Hey, hey, Link, do the one about Zack screaming while he saw the ghost in the first chamber." Choked out Ashei.

Link rubbed his hands, to tell the truth, his buddy Zack was far better, well no use in backing down now.

"Zack was all pumped up for cleaning the temple so he grabbed a broom " Link grabbed a pole from somewhere and clutched it to his chest "with a determined look he set off for the bronze lamps like a soldier" a few snorts were heard at this "and when he made it about half way to the room a life sized ghost materialized in his face, instead of screaming, our brave ninth rank phased his sword through it, and then screeched like a girl." Link, to the amazement of all present, squealed in a perfect imitation a frightened girl.

Needless to say, Zack started rolling on the floor, with Ashei. Aqua had tears coming out of her eyes while she tried to preserve some dignity. The twins now hid underneath the table, but were no doubt laughing like crazy. Auru chortled wholeheartedly his chest heaving and head thrown back.

"Oh my god Link, I did not scream like that, and where did you learn to do that?" Zack quizzed.

"I had lots of practice after my eardrums were repeatedly ruptured by Beth" he shrugged "she found almost everything a bit frightening."

"It's my turn to make you into an idiot Link" Zack declared.

"Please not the wolf part, because that was seriously not funny" Link requested.

"No, not that. Jeez, I'm gonna do the part where you fall off the platform because you were too busy with trying to take out your Spinner."

"Fine by me"

So Zack began:

"Esteemed Link single handedly defeated a grotesque skull and raised a huge platform after the sand cleared. Tragically for him, he was so preoccupied with taking his favorite toy out, which was stuck in the grooves by the way, that he, with his special wolfish senses" Link flapped in the background "did not notice coming, so we all got outta the way and the skele-head went bam and bashed Link to the ground where he flailed helplessly."

He imitated a fish.

"But wait there's more. Deciding to go on a manly skeleton to man match, Link drew out his Master sword and executed an immortal draw a-"

"It's called a mortal draw" cut in the Hylian.

"Yeah, the mortal draw and it did nothing. Frustrated at his lack of awesome weapons like my Buster sword; poor Link had no choice but to sadly throw his Spinner at the floating skull, in a million to one chance, it hit, the thing died and we all cheered. The end"

He then bowed to his audience whom were incapacitated with amusement.

Impa abruptly stood up and all merrymaking came to an immediate halt. On the far end of the table Link's face had turned grave and the triforce symbol on the back of the hand had begun glowing.

"The princess…she is in trouble" he reported.

"Everyone, to the throne room" Impa commanded "NOW!"


Soranort was almost near the exit when dark corridor opened up in midair. Flying out of it came Vanitas, his countenance set in an expression of fury. Slamming into Sora, he set him skidding, sliding and bashing his head into a far wall.

"Get out of my brother you freak" Vanitas roared. Raising Void gear, he struck Soranort's head for good measure.

The golden eyed man just snickered.

"My you have grown haven't you Vanitas? But this is no way to treat your brother, you ungrateful little-"

His sentence was cut off once Vanitas kicked his him in the chest, hoisting his key-blade for a brutal stab, he was taken off guard as Sora flicked his finger and Vanitas went soaring to the opposite side of the chamber.

Zelda watched all of this while barely conscious.

The moment Vanitas succeeded to lift himself up from crash landing, Sora flashed in front of him and was about to deliver a knockout punch when someone smashed into him again. It was Ventus, his blue eyes showing bewilderment. Throwing in a few blows which were all blocked expertly he slid to the side and Roxas charged in to take his place. Utilizing both key-blades expertly, he drove his elder brother away from a bleeding Vanitas and into a space flanked by Link, Aqua and Sheikha. Impa was no-where to be seen.

Moving away when he saw Link twirling his sword, Roxas joined Ventus to check on their dark haired brother's condition. Meanwhile, Sheikha was keeping their corrupted leader occupied with a combination of magic and close combat. Flitting in and out like a butterfly the ninja tried to strike nerve clusters but was hindered each time. Seeing an opening once Sora's legs were frozen, the lithe warrior drove a knee into his solar plexus. It should've guaranteed an instant coma but instead he just doubled over and rasped.

Upon entering the throne room, Impa's attention was immediately drawn to the princess who was bleeding on the throne. Trusting the knights to take care of themselves she made a beeline for the injured princess. Now cataleptic, Impa hauled Zelda up and rushed her to one of the court physicians.

Link felt no fear, even though his adversary was essentially one of the most powerful men in the land of Hyrule, he still felt no fear. Gripping the master sword tightly he attacked the rasping Sora first with his shield, at this the possessed prince staggered backwards, rolling around him in a semi-circle Link launched up and sliced his back deeply, an arc of blood sprang up. Discovering his blood, Soranort's pupils shrunk in anger, batting back Aqua's triple blizagga he stood in the middle and his clothes started smoking and changing color, the distinctive red and black attire now changing to a vivid yellow. Seeing this Vanitas' pale complexion paled further.

"Someone" he yelled hoarsely "stop him, if he goes into his Master form, we're doomed."

A female knight, minus the shining armor did just that.

The Aqua, Link, Sheikha formation disseminated when they observed Impa careering towards them. Spinning her broad blade, she jumped up a few feet and landed the hilt of her sword square on Sora's forehead, the force of the blow sent him into shock as his transformation stopped and he landed on the floor. Pointing the tip at Soranort's throat she queried:

"Who are you?"

In a remarkable display of sheer audacity, the knight merely pushed the tip of the blade away from him. Standing up, he dusted himself off and summoned his own weapon. Impa on the other hand waited just enough for his key-blade to materialize before she disarmed him. Kingdom key went spiraling in the air and landed blade first in front of Zack, who yelped in surprise. Not to be outdone, Sora attacked her bare-handedly and Impa swiped her blade across his forehead and a thin stream of blood dribbled from the wound. Feeling his body heat up in rage, the leader quickly scrambled to his fallen key-blade and snatched it up. Facing Impa he let loose a time-splicer. Time froze as he lashed out on every occupant in the room, particularly Impa and Link, he tried to do in Vanitas as well, but when he got to him, his body responses slowed down considerably. The stupid brat trapped in his mind must be struggling exponentially.

A baffled Link tried to stem the numerous bleeding gashes and cuts that seemed to mystically appear on his body, sweeping his gaze around the room it appeared as if everyone had received similar wounds with the exception of Sora's siblings. His entire body ached and stung but he could not give up. Their leader was in trouble and it is up to them to bring him back to his senses.

"Curaga" Aqua shouted out nearby and all his injuries were healed to a more or lesser degree.

Coming towards Link with Auru in a tow was Impa; she was practically hemorrhaging from her lacerations. Auru behind her fared much better, at least he wasn't leaving a pool of blood everywhere.

"We need a new plan, because Sora is crazy" she briefed "Aqua, Vanitas and the twins will act as decoy because I noticed that he is reluctant to attack his brothers, form a ring around him and prevent him from moving too freely. Zack, Ashei and Sheikha, are to encircle the distraction group, if their arrangement somehow breaks, rush in and attack Sora. Finally Link, Auru and I will be on the offensive, when we perform an assault, be sure to shift out of the way as we cannot guarantee that you will not be harmed. Is everyone familiar with the plan?"

"Yes sir" the knights' chorused as one.

Roxas summoned his shields of light and had them encircling Sora at an extremely close range. His movements hampered, Soranort began to strike his blade on the shields trying to break them. Vanitas, Aqua and Ventus true to Impa's words formed a loose ring and watched, ready to spring at a moment's notice. Behind them Ashei, Zack and Sheikha also stood poised to raid and right at the edge, Link and Impa huddled around Auru who was setting up his cannon.

"Make sure to get a clear shot, we don't want one of our own stuck in your light cage Auru." Impa warned.

In response Auru concentrated intensely on his big gun.

"Don't worry Master Impa, once Master Sora breaks those shields surrounding him, I'll encage him post haste"

Once he finally managed to break out, a green sphere of light shot out of Auru's steampunk-ish cannon, it alighted over the first knight's head and shot out bars, in a split second, he now stood inside a luminous cage.

"Freeze it" Impa ordered.

An amalgamation of Aqua's glacier and Ashei's snow magic encased the cage completely. From behind his icy tomb Soranort glared at all of them with hate.

"What do we do now?" Auru inquired.

The reply Impa gave was unpleasant especially for the members of the House of Kingdom.

"We wait till he is oxygen deprived; afterwards we have Link run him through with the Master Sword"

Vanitas glowered at her, Ventus and Roxas blanched horribly and Link's mouth hung open.

"Y-you want me to do what?"

"Only light can drive out the darkness within him. Your Master sword is a powerful embodiment of light, or have you not noticed?" she quipped.

"Then Roxas or Ventus or Aqua can do it, why me?" he warbled

"Because you are a chosen one Link" the second knight explained "and Sora is one as well, from one to the other, you have to help him. Normally, I'd have the princess drive out a possession with one of her light arrows, but that is impossible at the moment and it is the duty of chosen ones to vanquish evil, so do what you were destined to do."

Directing her attention to the obviously woozy leader she shattered the ice with one decisive strike, the barred enclosure, however, remained intact.

"Auru, recall the cage, none of us can break that."

Sora remained standing on unsteady feet. Holding out Kingdom key, he assumed an imperfect defensive position. Link, with a determined expression, closed his eyes and plunged the Master sword deep into his chest. Vanitas covered the twins' eyes so that they do not witness how desperately their big brother thrashed about. Trailing out one final scream it all stopped. He lay still on the marbled floor, the silver of his hair turning back to the warm, familiar brown.

Facing the rest of the knights' Impa decreed:

"What you saw in this chamber remains in this chamber; none of the outsiders should ever get a whisper of Sora being possessed, we will not talk about this day unless our leader brings it up. Failure to do so will result in expulsion from the ranks of the Master Knights and exile from Hyrule. I will personally see to that."

Sheathing her sword, she picked Sora's limp body off the floor.

"You are all dismissed. Tomorrow is a day off so enjoy it and heal yourselves."

Saying this she marched off with Sora's siblings behind her.


AN: Bonus points to anyone who gets the finger flicking reference and the character I loosely based Soranort on.

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