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Chapter 21: The Final Battle

The kiss was short but felt like an eternity. We finally broke apart and gazed into each other's eyes.

"It's you... you've always been right there for me, I can't believe it's my Link," I whispered not taking my eyes off of his.

"Zelda..." Link's soothing voice whispered back.

"Dark," a voice said from behind. We both turned around to see Dark with a bored expression on his face. "Do you expect me to just stand here and watch you have your moment?"

"Dark, stop this right now. You should know better than to listen to that monster. You'll just end up making a fool of yourself like last time," Link said.

"Shut up! You can't control me!" Dark yelled as he drew out his sword.

"You want to fight and get yourself killed?" Link shouted back. I stood behind Link eyeing the two of them.

"I'll do anything for Master. Even if it means giving up my life, and why would you care anyway?"

"Because you're my brother!"

Dark didn't say a word; he was speechless for a moment until he finally thought of what to say back. "Only in this life, in the last life I was your enemy!"

"Well, what time are we living in now?" Link asked. I simply stood there. Dark and Link were great enemies in our past lives, this life, they were like real brothers.

"Well who put us as brothers in this life? It wasn't me for sure."

"The Goddesses did. Even though we were enemies in the past, we are brothers in the present, and I'm not going to let my brother get tricked by some guy who always fails to obtain the Triforce."

Dark dropped his sword. He suddenly became very interested looking at the ground. "Even though I've done horrible things to you in the past, you forgave me in this life. At the beginning I was acting brotherly for show but then you made me feel like I had a real family. You are my family. And right now I'm making a fool of myself by listening to a good for nothing idiot. I know I told you before I wasn't going to go back to him, yes I lied but that didn't mean I wanted to go back to him. The times we've had have been the best years I have lived. I've always been in the Dark, always being nothing but a shadow," Dark chuckled. "What am I saying? You've hit my weak spot," Dark took a deep breath. "I know you're worried about me but Ganon's right, I am nothing but a shadow. I'm your reflection. You're the hero. The only reason why I worked for Ganon was because I wanted to prove to him and myself that I wasn't just a shadow. I guess I was wrong."

"You're not just a shadow, Dark!" I suddenly blurted out. Both Link and Dark turned and faced me. I walked up to Dark and gently placed a hand on his shoulder. "You're so much more than just a shadow. Yes you were born as Link's shadow but over the years you have become your own person. We all think of you as an individual and we love and care about you very much." A tear rolled down my eye and I caught Dark into a warm embrace. "Don't ever say that you're nothing more than just a shadow."

Dark didn't let any words out. "How can you forgive someone like me?"

"How can we not?" I asked.

Link smiled and joined the hug. "Let's go save Hyrule!"

We broke apart and stood up. "But now that Zelda has awakened it's going to be a lot harder," Dark said. I looked at my hand and noticed that the Triforce was now printed on my right hand.

"It's too late! He's going to get us!" I said with a worried expression.

"It's never too late. Together we can defeat Ganon," Link said as he placed a hand on my shoulder.

"Is anyone else in danger Dark?" I asked.

"Well your brother and his girlfriend probably are," he replied.

"Oh no... this is bad. Where is Ganon?"

"He's probably a step closer to getting the Triforce. We have to stop him!" Dark covered his face "This is all my fault," he whispered to himself.

Link turned to face me. "We'll need a method to defeat Ganon. Zel, you still have the power to get light arrows right?"

"Well I'll try. I probably have my magic back since I've awakened."

"That's good. When Ganon comes back, Dark and I will go and hide while you distract Ganon by firing a light arrow and that's when we come in and do the final blow. "

"Sounds like a good plan," Dark said.

I closed my eyes and concentrated. "Goddesses, please lend me your power." I felt as though my body was lifted into a different realm I felt the power of the Goddesses wash through me. It was a wonderful feeling.

"It's been a while princess Zelda," I heard the Goddesses call.

I opened my eyes and saw that the light arrows were resting in my hands. I smiled. I haven't felt this much strength before. I noticed that three of the arrows were filled with light while one of them was only a regular arrow.

"It worked!" Link said enthusiastically.

"Looks like it did," I said to myself.

"By the way, Dark, how did you transform into a horse?" Link asked curiously.

"Ganon lent me a spell which I could transform into a black horse. It took a while to get used to but I can turn into one whenever I like."

"That's great! I'll need you to transform into one if you don't mind."

"Sure, okay."

"How much magic have you got?" I asked

"Lots, but it's not enough to defeat Ganon. This is dark magic. It's a whole lot different than light magic. It's much more dangerous so you have to be really careful with it. Who knows? You could win all of dark magic or lose it all."

I nodded in understanding. Link picked up his sword and tightened his green floppy hat. "We need to go how, Zelda, you will stay here."

"Are you sure? What if something happens to either of us?"

"You'll be fine and I'll be fine," Link hugged me and pecked me on the lips.

Dark transformed into a large black horse, Link hopped onto his back and waved at me before taking off.

"Wait!" I shouted.

Link and Dark stopped and turned around.

"I love you Link."

Links eyes widened, he then gave me a warm loving smile. "Love you too, Zel."

It felt great to finally remember my past and who Link truly was, my Link. I sighed. What if something were to happen to both of them? I just got back my loved one, what if I lose him again? I felt water filling my eyes. I hadn't really thought much about what would happen after this. I wonder if my friends remember their past lives too.

I suddenly heard the sound of footsteps behind me, they sounded like high heels. I turned around, oh no, not now. It was Malon. She was wearing a tight red dress that went down to her knees. Her hair was tied up into a tight pony tail. I remembered who she was back a few hundred years ago. She was the farm girl that used to always deliver Lon Lon milk to the castle. She was a very nice girl. I wonder how she turned out to be what she is now. She stood there alone glaring at me. Right now wasn't the time to hear her out.

"Malon?" I said.

"You... you took my man to the Goddess festival!"

"Malon, stay back! It's dangerous here."

"I'm not done with you!" she snapped.

"Malon please, I'll deal with you later."

Malon looked from my face to my hands, she finally noticed the bow and arrow, and she gasped. "What are you doing with that?" I wanted to speak but she spoke before I could reply. "Were you were planning to use that on me?!"

Oh no Malon, you've got it completely wrong. I'm saving Hyrule and you think that I would use that on you, just so I could have Link when Link is already mine? I sighed; she's not going to go away is she?

"Look Malon, no I'm not going to use that on you. Please go back to the festival and I'll explain everything after."

"Why should I listen to you?" Malon moved closer "You should be the one listening to me!" Malon started charging at me. This is bad; she doesn't know how much danger she is in. I muttered a quick spell and Malon fell into a puddle of mud. It was the only option. I couldn't help but giggle a little.

"Oops, you should watch where you're going next time," I said calmly

Malon got up, she was furious. Her beautiful dress and hair were now all ruined. "You! That big puddle was never there! What are you, some kind of witch?" Malon tried to shake the mud off the dress. I backed away a little bit to avoid getting mud splattered all over me, not that it would make much of a difference since my dress was already torn and dirty.

"You took my date and ruined my night! I'm watching you from now on!" Malon yelled.

"You should watch where you walk first," I said back.

Malon glared daggers at me then stormed off. I felt bad but it was the only way for her to go back to the festival where it was much safer. I watched her body fade away back into the Castle Town gates.

Just in time I saw a black figure standing behind me. I turned around and faced him. "This isn't over, you won't take Hyrule," I said still facing in front of him.

He chuckled the same low chuckle he had done for years. "My princess; seems that you remember who you are."

"Princess or not, I won't let you take over Hyrule."

"Well let's see about that."

I heard him draw out his sword. I stepped forward, and he followed. I got my bow and arrow ready. I stopped walking and turned around facing him with no fear. My hand gripped onto the bow while the other was holding the arrow in place.

"The same old light arrows," Ganondorf smirked.

"Light arrows will vanquish any evil," I said glaring at him.

"Go ahead and hit me!" Ganondorf dropped his sword and raised his hands into the air. I aimed at him. Fool, doesn't he know that light arrows could kill any evil? Without hesitation I pulled the trigger. The arrow flew towards Ganon and it snapped immediately.

I gasped. "It can't be!"

"See? I am much more powerful that you think!" He confidently walked towards me thinking that there was no way that I could defeat him now, but he was wrong. I smirked and pulled out another arrow, pointing it towards him, he just laughed.

"There's no point in doing that anymore! Nothing can beat me!"

I let go and it landed on his chest this time, a wave of light went through him. He screamed "Why? How is this possible?!"

"Oh it's possible. You're just stupid enough to not see that the first arrow was just a regular arrow. Like I said before, nothing can beat the light arrows!" As if on que, Dark and Link appeared, readied their swords and thrust them into Ganon's body.

"You betrayed me! You'll never be one of them! You'll always remain a shadow!" Ganon spat at Dark.

"Now you're the shadow," Dark said.

"I will come back in the next life and I will destroy everything!" Ganon screamed and burst into black mist.

"Nice one Zelda, I saw what you did there." Link said.

"Well I do have the Triforce of wisdom for a reason," I stood there replaying what had just happened. It's all over. "It's all over, Hyrule is safe once again!" I rushed into Link's arms and let out a few tears, finally a happy ending.

Sheik's POV:

Dawn had been acting funny ever since she told us she would destroy us physically. She had been acting as if she were having a seizure. She was acting like a light bulb, going on and off. I've also noticed her eye colour had been changing a lot.

"What's up with Dawn?" Midna asked.

"You tell me! She's getting out of control, One minute she's trying to kill us, the next minute she's unconscious."

"As if someone's controlling her," Midna said.

"Wait...that's it!"

Suddenly a huge wave of light washed through Dawn's body, she fell to the ground unconscious once again.

"Dawn!" Midna yelled and ran up to her.

"Midna, stay back!" I yelled but Midna didn't listen.

I heard a groaning sound coming from Dawn's body. She lifted her head up and rubbed her face. "Where am I?" her voice sounded much softer than before. Her eyes were deep red like Midna's, she didn't look like she was possessed or anything.

"Dawn? Is that you?" Midna asked?

"Midna?" Dawn asked and instantly reached to hug her. Midna looked very surprised but hugged her back. "What happened?" Dawn asked.

"I should be asking the same thing, what happened to you?"

"Well the last thing I remembered was going to the Goddess festival when some guy took me and some weird words were said and I blacked out."

"You were being controlled." I spoke up.

"And you are…?" Dawn asked.

"Sheik, Midna's boyfriend."

"Oh so this is the one you've chosen?" Dawn asked, Midna blushed lightly.

"Anyway, we need to find a way out of here. We'll sort everything out once we are safe. I hope Zelda's safe too."

"Oh yes! Zelda!" Midna quickly stood up and helped dawn up. "I knew there was something wrong with you when I saw you, I'm so glad to have my cousin back!"

Dawn laughed. "I have no idea what I did but I have a feeling I had done something terrible to you two,"

"You have no idea," I said.

oohkay! now here's my explanation, The answer is school, yes school. My math and english teacher have been piling me with homework, I don't think they have a single clue that I also have a life xD. Also I'm going to my school camp tomorrow! I've spent lots of time preparing for it and that's another reason why, I've had to do heaps of shopping and sorting out stuff. I've been staying up late at night doing homework etc, and when I'm finally done, I decide to write this chapter but I always only end up only writing a few lines because I just pass out from exhaustion. So I'm so sorry about that, please forgive me!. But just be glad it's here now!

Anyway thanks to BlueFrenchHorn97 for beta-reading and thanks to buring book, iranda20, Franne, spudyface, trideity, ShadowNinja1011, TheMysteriousDude, BlueFrenchHorn97, FairHairedAdventureSeeker, CourtneyFeather151, ArianandXaia, Guest, WolfGirl17, Helloreceiwwritw, Bla bow poster and Hyliaelvulcanish bard of death for reviewing!

and also don't worry! I'll use up my free time at camp to write!, only one chapter left!, well most likely. Thank you all for reading my story! I love you all and I mean it!

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