Chapter 8: The True Force

"Yes, Link. So it is I, Syd. What do you want from me?" Syd spoke.

"Wha-what are you doing here?" Link asked, stunned.

"Haven't you noticed yet? I'm here to get the Triforce!" Syd said.

"No, you can't! Syd, this isn't like you!"

"I don't care about you, or the world, Link." Syd looked over at the Triforce, with passion in his eyes. "All I want to have is this almighty power."

"But... why all of a sudden-"

"I've always wanted this, Link. But you were my most important thing in life, as my friend."

"Um, I was that important?"

"But then, after you decided to become a secret agent, I thought you'd totally lost it."

"Well, look who's talking."

"I was actually bored for a while back in the forest. I was going to go look for you, but then I realized that Kokiri Forest was the only place that supported the right kind of oxygen for me, and the rest of the kokiri. I went to the Deku Tree Sprout for help. After hearing my sorrows, he gave me the power to breathe anywhere in Hyrule, so I no longer needed to breathe the strange particles floating around in our forest. A couple of enemies attacked me overnight. As a result, I almost didn't make it through the night. I called out for support, for somebody who would help me find my friend. But then, a voice spoke to me. I was sure it was inside my head, but it seemed so real. All it told me was, 'Seek the Triforce, and have your wishes granted'. I searched all over Hyrule for this Triforce, staying in any peaceful area I could find overnight. After what seemed like a lifetime of searching, I got obsessed. I nearly went crazy trying to find the Triforce, when I finally stumbled upon the Temple of Time. When I walked through the doorway that was somehow wide open, a pedestal in front of me started to glow. I walked up to this glow, and was suddenly warped to some strange place. I was standing on a platform. I looked all around me, but found nothing. So, I called out again. No voice came back, but instead, I was sent flying through some mysterious door. This door warped me also. When I stopped warping, I was in a wide field, full of flowers. None of these appealed to me, so I pushed the flowers out of my way, traveling until I reached a giant temple. This temple was surrounded by hundreds of guards. When they saw me, they came rushing towards me. I could sense that they opposed me, and suddenly, I felt a force inside of me. I closed my eyes, and somehow let out a beam of light. This light must have been effective, because when I opened my eyes, everyone was lying dead on the ground. I stormed into the palace, only to find more dead bodies, and something shiny, lying on the floor, next to a guard. I could tell immediately that it was a special key that the guard had dropped. I saw the locked door in front of me, and used the key. Finally, the door opened into a long hallway, the very same one that we are standing in now. I saw the Triforce, and ran up to it. But before I could do anything, I started saying these strange words. I didn't even know that I was saying them, but I snapped out of it when you burst in. As you can see, I- Hey! Are you sleeping?"

"Wha-what?" Link said, waking up from a short nap.

"Yeah, um, it's nice to hear your life story and all that, but we were getting kinda bored," Navi said.

"You fool! I can't even believe you would even come here to try and stop me! Don't you see, Link? The gods of Hyrule will help me, and I will rule the Sacred Realm!" Syd shouted.

"Oh, shut up! You're just a kokiri! HYAHHH!" Link shouted, jump attacking Syd.

"Not so fast!" Syd said, grabbing on to the Triforce. Link smashed right into an invisible wall, before being able to hit Syd. Suddenly, Syd started changing shape. Blue lightning struck his body, making him transform. When the lightning faded away, a huge beast stood, almost like Ganon. This beast had huge horns on his head, with long legs and short arms, almost like a bug.

"Whoa! He looks kinda like Ganon!" Link said, shocked. Suddenly, a long yellow sword sprouted from his hand.

"Well, at least there's only one," Link sighed. Just as he said this, the long yellow sword somehow lit on fire. It was now a flame sword. Syd took a huge swing at Link, who back flipped, and used his shield. The result? A Hylian shield, lying on the floor, broken in half. Syd made a small smirk, and walked back up to Link.

"HOLY CRAP! RUN FOR YOUR LIFE!" Link screamed, running down the hall. Stupidly, Syd accidentally swung at the wall, lighting it on fire. The whole room, even the floor, turned red from Syd's evil power. Link had no shield. He had to hurry up, or the Triforce of Courage could be destroyed. And on top of that, the Temple of Light was on fire.

"Link, I have an idea!" Navi shouted.

"Well, please share, before we die!"

"Use your Mirror Shield!"

"I don't have it!"

"WHAT!?"

"I threw it out!"

"Why!?"

"It looked dumb!"

"YOU IDIOT!"

Link turned around while running, to see Syd wind his arm back. He was going to throw his sword.

"There's only one way to do this! And we're gonna do it... Animal Crossing style!" Link said. Suddenly, he did a back flip. When he landed, he was wearing a red tunic.

"Brilliant, Link! But, what're you gonna do when the sword slices through your body?" Navi said. Syd stopped running, took a hop, and chucked the sword straight at Link. Link, with no defenses, could only watch in horror as the sword whizzed straight towards him. But, instead of going right through him, the sword smashed into Link, and he went flying back, only to land on the ground hard. Luckily, he wasn't on fire. Link slowly got up. When he was finally standing, he bent down, panting.

"Now, Link! Give me the Triforce of Courage, so I can have the true power of the Triforce!" Syd said, walking towards Link. Navi could only watch in shock. When Syd was standing right in front of Link, he held out his hand. Suddenly, Link screamed in pain. The very life was being sucked out of him, into Syd. When Link had turned completely gray, Syd stopped. Link fell to the ground, and stopped moving.

"LINK!" Navi screamed. She flew over to him, but it was too late. Link was now a gray statue, just lying on the floor.

"Finally. After finding Princess Zelda, and taking the Triforce of Wisdom, I have obtained the final piece. No other obstacle can stand in my way, now. This world will be mine! Ha ha ha!" Syd shouted, laughing. As he said this, the whole room turned black and dull, the Triforce now the only thing that stood out in the room. Suddenly, the Triforce rose from its stand.

"Ah, yes. The Great Triforce. I have used your power well, have I not?" Syd said to the Triforce. Syd was apparently so happy, he didn't realize he was speaking to an inanimate object. He turned around, and realized that Navi was whispering something.

"Hey, fairy! What're you saying to him? He's dead, so he can't hear you!" Syd said. Navi kept whispering for a couple moments longer, then stopped. Surprisingly, Navi was happy.

"Oh, you dumb villians," Navi said.

"What? What do you mean? Are you up to something?"

"No, it's just that-"

"What? Tell me!"

"Have you ever noticed a pattern in the past villians that Link faced?"

"Um... they all die?"

"No."

"What is it then?"

"They never know how to control the Triforce," Navi said. She flew aside, to reveal Link, standing up, sword in hand.

"Are we gonna finish this or not?" Link said.

"What? How did you-"

"Release his power within!" Navi shouted. Nobody could really tell who she was shouting to, but she was facing the Triforce. Now it was Syd who was screaming. Lightning struck him again, but this time, he started to shrink back down into a kokiri. In just a few moments, he was back to his normal size, powerless. Link walked up to him, his sword being held with two hands. Before Syd could run off, Link kicked him to the ground.

"You know what's funny, Syd?" Link said. Syd just wimpered at the sight of Link overpowering him.

"For once, I think Navi was right. You villians will never learn the ways of the Triforce," Link said, and thrust the Master Sword down through Syd's chest.

A few long moments passed, everyone frozen in action. The fires extinguished themselves, but the room was still dull and black. Finally, Link withdrew his sword from Syd.

"Well, it's finally over," Navi sighed.

"Not yet," Link said, walking up to the Triforce. He hesitated for a second, then placed his hand on the golden triangles. Link closed his eyes, apparently in deep thought. Then, slowly but surely, the room started to turn back into its original color. The roof and walls repaired themselves from the damage that the fire caused. Light shined in brightly from the windows, as morning arrived. But most of all, the Triforce shined with a blinding passion, almost as if it were glad that the Sacred Realm was turning back into a Golden Age of peace and prosperity.

"C'mon, Navi, let's get out of here," Link said.

"But, where will we go?" Navi asked.

"Back to the forest, of course," Link said, smiling.