The galloping of dozens of horses thundered across Hyrule field, making their way across the vast landscape. Their destination was not too far off, only a few miles. Link winced as the sun ahead of them started to rise, shining a white gleam in their path. The area around them became more dense with trees and thick overgrowth, forcing them to form a single line down the narrowed path. "Sire, what is that over there?" Raymond said, a black-haired knight.
Link glanced in acknowledgment before looking towards the source of his attention. In the distance, there was what seemed to be a black purplish portal.
The surrounding of the area was covered in black haze, fog clouds hang low. The riding horsemen halted their horses under the wave of the Kings hand, the air was tense with apprehension. Upon a closer look, there were bones scattered on the ground.
Link jumped off his horse, his hand resting on the hilt of his sword, "Ready you're weapons, these aren't ordinary bones."
The second in command, Raymond, glanced at the knights behind him and nodded. They all began to disembark from their horses and took a cautious step towards the portal.
"Kehahaha!"
Link and the knights looked at each other with confusion, puzzled by the laugh that came out of the blue. Then, out of a portal flew a wizzrobe.
"What is it?" One of the knights asked.
Raymond drew his sword and got into a defense position, having seen these types of creatures before. "Get back, these things are very tricky."
The bones on the ground started to shake, shifting and tumbling upwards. What appeared before they were Skeletor like monsters with machetes in each hand.
The stalfos began to shuffle towards them, ready to kill. "I see you've might stumble across my monsters." The wizzrobe said.
Link narrowed his eyes at the strange being, taking note of its gaudy clothing. "Who are you?" The wizzrobe pointed it's cane to itself, "My name is Gilard, a pleasure to meet you, your Majesty." Gilard said mockingly.
Raymond raised his shield as one of the stalfos drew nearer, "What business do you have with the King!"
Gilard chuckled, "I have no business with the King, you all just so happened to be unlucky."
The stalfos slashed forward, it's machete missing Raymond by an inch. He leaped out of the way and made a quick slice, cutting it in half with his sword. The other knights joined in the melee, metal clashing against metal.
Link looked behind him just in time to see a stalfos aim for his head. He quickly dodged it and rolled on the ground, turning to face it he stabbed the stalfos in the chest. "Watch yourselves!"
One particular stalfos had a knight up by the chainmail, the knight struggling in its grasp to free himself. Raymond dodged another swinging machete and sliced the stalfos feet, making it crumble to the ground and dropping the knight.
Link pulled out his bow and arrows, taking aim on the wizzrobe that called himself 'Gilard'.
His arrow flew loose and as soon as it was near its target, it was deflected. Link pulled down the bow, "What?"
"You forget we wizzrobes have magic, even greater than you Hylians. Such waste of arrows." Gilard said haughtily.
Link began to grow frustrated, he had an encounter with one or two wizzrobes in his lifetime but he's never seen one this powerful. "Your Majesty, look out!" A voice yelled from behind.
He quickly sidestepped out of the way from an attack, he winced as he felt a slice on his right arm. Ignoring the stinging pain on his forearm, he swung his sword at the stalfos that attacked him.
He looked up to see if the knights were doing alright, and it looked as if most of the stalfos were defeated. "Are you all right?" He turned around to see Raymond, his second in command. He let out a sigh and nodded. "There's still more to be done."
Raymond grunted in approval, "We have to destroy those portals, how, I'm not so sure."
All around them were bones of the enemies, their scattered fragments beginning to disintegrate into dust. The knights all had tired looks on their faces, having been put up a good fight. A clap was heard in the distance, everyone looked up to see Gilard. "Well done you all, you put up quite the fight."
Link and Raymond both grabbed their swords, ready for any sneak attack this wizzrobe had to offer. "That was a fun playfight, but I must say I grow bored of these theatrics. It's time for the real fun to start." Gilard said, snapping his fingers.
Instinctively the knights raised their shields, waiting apprehensively. The ground beneath them began to rumble, shaking with such intensity that it could be felt vibrating their teeth. The earth cracked, tearing into tiny pieces until the ground finally gave way and tore apart. A low growl began to emanate from below, a large claw shot up from the earth, lava-spewing everywhere like rain.
"Use your shields!" Link yelled, covering himself with his own.
Another claw shot up from the earth, followed by a large scaly tail. The tail began to lash to the right, catching a few of the knights off guard and sending them stumbling back. Raymond cursed under his breath, some of the lava had sprayed his hand. He quickly moved to the side as the scaly tail flickered his way.
A big, reptilian-like face rose from the lava, its eyes opening to reveal slit eyes. It's mouth slowly opened, a heat emitting from the back of its throat as fire blasted fourth, flaying everything in sight. The knights raised their shields as fast as they could, the scorching of the flames hitting the top of their helmets.
Link rummaged through his pouch of items, looking for his trusty bombs. His hand skimmed over a smooth surface and grabbed the safety handle of the bomb. He ducked over to a small boulder and took a deep breath, pulling out his bow and aiming for the giant dodongo's mouth.
The bomb flew from the arrow to the creature's mouth and landed inside, it's body going stiff as the bomb went off. A loud roar came from the monster, it's body finally went limp. "Now's our chance!" someone yelled. All at once, the knights charged forward and slashed the dodongo's tail.
Link readied another arrow, this time aiming for its abdomen. The bomb exploded as soon as it made contact with the dodongo, leaving it screeching until the life leaves its eyes. Raymond fell back when the bomb sounded, falling to the ground and taking cover.
Everyone's ears rung rather painfully as they got up and recovered. Dust and smoke hung over the air and in the middle, the carcass of the giant dodongo. "Look! the portal has disappeared!" a knight shouted.
Link looked over to where the portal once was to find out it did indeed vanish. He went over to the bushes and found his horse, pulling her reigns.
"We can't stick around here, the ground beneath us won't last to carry our weight."
The Knights followed suit and found their horses. Raymond rode next to the King, his face written with exhaustion. " Where do we go from here?"
Link looked at his map, taking note of all the red dots he's made that speculated the warp points were. "From here, we follow what's in red. We'll head north."
Link noticed Raymond's hand was burnt, he rummaged through his pouch and found a potion. "Use this."
Raymond reluctantly accepted the potion, taking off the cork and dripping some over his wound. He grimaced a little when the liquid made contact with his burnt wound. Link's horse neighed, he maneuvered her so that they would be in front.
"Were heading north from here, let's go." With that, he rode forth with his men following in suite.
"A-am I doing this correctly?"
Lily was scared half out of her wits. She was balancing on a clear, bubble-shaped object floating in the air. She just prayed to the Goddesses that this lesson would be over soon enough.
"I'm surprised you've managed to keep afloat, you're shaking like a leaf." Vaati mused. He snapped his fingers and the bubble beneath her popped, making her shriek out.
However, Lily didn't feel herself falling, instead, she felt weightlessness. She peeked open an eye and saw that she was floating, apparently with the from the mage.
"I um- thanks."
"No need to thank me, that part is over. This will be much difficult." Vaati replied. Two of each sentry appeared on each side of him, their eyes starting to glow red.
Lily stared at the four of them, her magic fizzling in her hand as she waited for them to shoot. A red beam shot out from their eyes one by one. She swept to the side and thew her arms up, creating a weak force field.
One of the lasers had cut the side of her skirt, tearing some of the fabric. She flung some of her magic at one of the sentries, hitting it directly in the eye.
Lily smirked as its form disappeared. One down, three more to go.
One of the sentry flew behind her and shot a laser directly. She gasped as the impact of the laser scorched the surface of her skin. She bit her lip to keep from screaming, she summoned her shield at the last minute to keep the laser from penetrating further.
The two sentries flew in front of her, ready to fire another laser beam. Lily covered herself with a full force field, hoping it wouldn't disintegrate on her. She conjured up all the energy that she had in her fist, hoping to blast the three sentries to bits.
When the lasers stopped, Lily dropped her force field and threw out her arms. The blast of her magic hitting the three sentries like a wave and thus, destroying them.
Lily opened her eyes and looked around her, sighing in relief that the sentries were gone. She looked down at herself, realizing that she had numerous holes in her top as well as a gaping hole on her skirt. Great.
"Well done, you've won a four on one fight. Impressive." The mage said. If Lily could bow, she would've if she weren't floating in mid-air. "Are we done? " Lily said tiredly.
Vaati waved his arm, turning around. "Yes, come on." Upon landing on the pavement, Lily instantly collapsed on her legs. The fight had pushed her a little past her limit, and all she wanted to do was rest.
She felt a hand place itself above the wound on her back, she glanced behind to see him. "You're injured," he said obviously.
She winced in pain as he placed a fairy orb on her wound, calming down immediately when she felt it's cooling healing effect. "Thanks." She muttered.
Vaati stood up, watching her with narrowed eyes. "Can you stand up?"
Lily took a breath and tried moving her legs, but her muscles would not act accordingly and she slumped back down. "No."
She heard him sigh in mild annoyance then felt his arms lifting her up, and off her feet. "Next time it would be wise not to use up all of you're energy." The mage huffed, carrying her inside.
Lily glanced down, feeling too tired to mutter a contort back. "Whatever." She whispered.
The mage raised an eyebrow down at her but continued walking. He saw Robbie in the distance, who immediately hurried towards them when seeing the state of Lily.
"Oh my, what's happened?" He asked worriedly. Vaati continued walking, not bothering to stop. "She's burnt out."
Robbie paused but caught up with him.
They made it to her bedroom and Vaati carefully set her down on her bed. Lily was fast asleep, her chest rising and falling. He placed the back of his on her forehead, the skin feeling hot and clammy.
"She has a fever." Vaati turned around to Robbie, "Stay here and watch her." Robbie, flustered, nodded eagerly. "Yes, master." With that, the mage existed the room, his cape billowing behind him.
Authors note: So a lot has happened since I last updated. One of my pet's died recently, so I decided to take a little break to mourn her death. On a positive note, I finished a super confusing puzzle in Breath of the Wild. Yay me!
The plot thickens hehe.
LadyViola~