OKay so the last chapter was a bit of a cliffhanger, I suppose, but I was hoping to keep chapter length relatively consistent, but then I thought, what the hell, I'll just put up what I've got since I can't think of a half-decent, non-cliffhangerish chapter ending...
I have not updated over the holidays because I was too busy playing videogames...Whoever invented gameboy emulators deserves a trillion dollars...
You of all people should understand that.
"Brynna?" she said, looking surprised towards the young girl. She looked like she was half asleep. The child, seemed to be following some sort of strange looping line pattern, and then suddenly stopped at one side of the Temple, the side that faced towards the forest. Slowly, she raised a hand and Zelda felt a tremor of energy run through the ground with a rumble, akin to that of a dammed river being released.
"Zelda…what did you do?" she heard Saria's voice ask through the tiny portal Brynna had created to the Sacred Realm. The portal was what Brynna called 'tellerphone-thingy'. It connected to places and let only a person's voice travel across space. In simpler terms, it was yelling across dimensions.
"What happened?" asked Zelda, constantly watching the child, as she kept moving, following a strange looping pattern that only she could see.
"I'm connected again…I can feel the forest again…" Then Darunia interrupted.
"I can feel the mountains!"
"NOW THIS IS MORE LIKE IT!!!!" she heard Nabooru whoop enthusiastically.
"Zora's Domain and Lake Hylia have been connected to here again…" Brynna raised her hand again…
"Connection to Kakariko village has been re-established…" and again…
"We're coming Zelda…"
8.8.8
Suddenly, the Fierce Deity looked away from him. In this state of mind, Link did not have enough consciousness of the outside world to know what could have possibly distracted the god for a moment, but he knew an opportunity when he saw it. Immediately Link tried to expel the Fierce Deity from his mind. He only managed to regain slight control over his eyes, and it was blurry for that matter, but it was a start. Looking around wildly, he noticed that Brynna was nowhere in sight, and neither was his Ocarina…Really…so she really was on my side the whole time…he thought fondly of the little girl.
The brat will pay for this treachery… snarled the Fierce Deity, forcing him back on the defensive once more.
"YOU LEAVE HER ALONE!!!" he shouted loudly, "It's not her fault that you're an insensitive jerk with no social skills!!!"
Honestly, if this was what happened when you had a lot of power, being ruler of the world was going straight off of Link's 'Things to Achieve' list. Preferably, he'd rather live his life out alone, after everything he'd done…Firmly shaking his figurative head, he mentally yelled at himself.
This is no time to start thinking about stupid things…Just think about that stuff over once this is all over!!!
Link decided to rest up a bit. If Brynna had done what he thought she did, he'd need as much energy as he could get…
8.8.8
The invisible barrier around the Temple of Time dissipated rapidly in a stream of cascading blue lights. Zelda stared in awe of the six-year old girl in front of her who had broken the spell.
"WOAH!!! IT'S PRETTY!!!!!!!" exclaimed Brynna staring at all the flashing lights and sparks that drifted into the wind.
Zelda couldn't help but smile. If she didn't know better, she'd think that Brynna was just an ordinary little girl; but remembering that voice from that tunnel, she knew that Brynna was much older than she seemed.
"Brynna what did you do?"
"She removed the barriers on each of the Sage's Temples…" said a tired, strained voice.
Zelda whirled around to see a very tired looking Link behind her. He was wearing the clothes he always wore.
"Link…"
"Hey…it's me…" he groaned, falling to his knees.
"Link…are you…" she said, moving towards him with little steps. She didn't know if this was an illusion, or possibly even just an elaborate act by the Fierce Deity…
"I beat him…I finally beat him…" grinned Link, looking up at her face, "God…you're beautiful…" he whispered, his eyes shining as brightly as they did all those years ago…
"Link!" shouted Zelda joyously. It was him! IT really was him! He was back…he was finally back…and this was all over…He had killed her father, but that didn't matter…He had killed her husband, but that didn't matter either…He had murdered her people and friends, but that didn't matter to Zelda at that moment... For now, she just had her dear Hero back…
A sudden flash of bright blue light blasted into Link's kneeling figure, causing her to scream in surprise. Zelda whirled around to see Brynna, with one hand held up in Link's direction.
"Brynna…why-what-?" she stammered shocked.
"I didn't know you could do that…" said Link's voice icily. Zelda spun around to look at Link. His eyes were as cold as ice all of a sudden
"I don't like you…" was Brynna's cheeky reply, as more energy collected around her upraised hand.
"That a brat like you could actually realize that illusion…impressive…" said Link's voice. Zelda suddenly felt ashamed. It was suddenly all so obvious that it had been a hoax. How she, the Seventh Sage had been unable to detect any of the most obvious signs was beyond her…She had just been so happy to see him…
"You're a meanie face…" muttered Brynna darkly, firing off another blast of energy, which the Fierce God deflected easily.
Brynna wouldn't stand a chance against him, even if she could use magic. They would need at least Sage level power in anything they could throw at the blasted god…
Wait a second…she was a Sage…thought Zelda irritably, immediately conjuring a fireball to throw at the God.
"Your persistence is just as amusing as that boy's…" said the Fierce Deity, looking at them passively, "You must know that there is no way that you can…" he was saying when Brynna peered around to look at something that wasn't there, or only she could see.
"Hello! What are you doing mister?" she asked no one in particular.
Link had said that she could see things that others couldn't, her being Sheikah and all…but usually Zelda could also see those things, then again, she couldn't see the Fierce Deity possessing Link, so probably the little girl's eyesight was better than hers…
Immediately, the Fierce Deity spun around to face an enemy, and was promptly blasted from behind by an energy ball.
"HAHA! Made you look!!! Made you look!!" crowed Brynna pointing at the god and laughing.
Zelda stared from Brynna to the Fierce Deity in a sort of shocked amazement. The all powerful Dark God had fallen for the oldest, and dumbest trick in the book!!!
"Why you little…" started the Fierce Deity angrily, the sky suddenly darkening. It looked like it was going to rain…
"Hey…what are you doing?" Brynna asked aloud once more, looking beyond him. Was she seriously trying the same trick twice? Thought Link, presently only able to observe everything going on. He stared critically at the little girl. True that the girl acted a lot older than she looked…but this was pretty immature of her right now…Then he noticed something reflecting in her eyes…She wasn't lying…
THONK!
"Nabooru!!" exclaimed Zelda, shocked. She hadn't expected her to hit him that hard…
"That's for messing up the bloody world!" declared the Gerudo chieftain, shaking out her fist.
"He's as headstrong as ever…" sighed the golden-eyed woman regretfully.
"Always rushing into things he should think over…" agreed Impa.
"Like adventures…" said Darunia.
"Dungeons…" added Ruto.
"Fights…" muttered Saria
"Trouble…" all seven sages said together with a huge sigh.
"Truly...the living world is so incredibly amusing…" they heard the Fierce Deity say as he stood up. "Persistence is such an amusing trait you all have…or is it simply clinging to your pathetic existences?"
The Six sages lined themselves up in a wall in front of the Princess and Brynna.
"Leave him to us!" growled Darunia, pushing Zelda further behind them.
"No! WAIT!!" shouted Brynna desperately, just as the Sages fired an enormous blast of energy at the Fierce Deity.
8.8.8
When the smoke cleared, Zelda was shocked to see the Fierce Deity unscathed, and all six of the Sages sprawled upon the grass, battered and bruised…Most of them seemed to be unconscious…
Nabooru got up slowly, her golden eyes flashing with extreme irritation.
"I told you that it wouldn't work…" she panted heavily.
"It took three goddesses to build the world…and it takes one man to destroy it all…" groaned Saria, getting up herself.
"Which goes to show, all men are trouble…" sighed Ruto.
"Men, pets and children…" corrected Impa, brushing herself off.
"This is going to be a lot harder than we thought…"
8.8.8
Link watched helplessly as his friends were sent sprawling by a single wave of the Fierce Deity's hand. He had gotten too powerful…His manifestation within his body was almost complete…Link wouldn't survive much longer. The Dark God had granted him vision, to watch as his friends died one by one, in a hopeless attempt to fight him. Link knew that the God could be beaten…just that he didn't have enough control over his own body to do that…
8.8.8
Well…now what were the adults going to do? It was obvious enough that they wouldn't be able to take any more blows like that, for any period of time. Brynna glanced from the Princess to Link, seeing the look in the woman's eyes of pain and sorrow. She reminded her a lot of her own mother…who had often looked at her father in that same way. Mama had thought that Papa worked too hard and worried too much about everyone and everything…that's why he had died.
Mister had been nice to her. He was a good person…He didn't really mean for all this to happen, even she knew that…but was anyone good enough to merit having the rules broken for them? Brynna made a decision. To hell with the rules! She wasn't about to let anyone look as sad as Mama had when Papa died!
Okay so this is also yet another crappy, semi-cliffhanger ending. I'm sorry, I have too many ideas in my head right now, okay? And I got my hopes up when my dad said we'd be getting a wii and twilight princess...why did they have to be sold out??!?!