Chapter 24
Hear the sound of the falling rain,
Coming down like an Armageddon flame,
The shame,
The ones who died without a name
The battle raged on, although it was in an entirely different style now. Those who remained fighting to protect Castle Town were scattered throughout the field, taking shelter where they could, and using any tactics that they could think of in order to survive while holding back the monsters. Fires were slowly spreading from the flaming arrows that the monsters were shooting. The field was covered with blood and bodies.
I could feel rage building up inside of me, as I looked out at the remains of the battle. The sky darkened as a huge thunderstorm appeared. I looked up and held my arms out a bit as the rain started coming down in sheets. I breathed in deeply, and dashed at the closest group of monsters.
They never saw me coming, so it was easy to kill them. Once they were gone I ordered the soldiers that had been fighting them before to fall back closer to the castle. They just stared up at me shock and fear. I can't say that I blamed them, since I probably looked like some sort of witch, my hair frizzing out a bit from the rain, my eyes flaring, and the lightning from the storm illuminating the sky behind me.
When they took off, I went on to the next group of monsters. I went on like this for close to an hour, and I had sent a good portion of the remaining warriors back towards the castle, where they would have a few more places to hide while keeping back any monsters that got past the remaining soldiers. I also had a small group who had chosen to stay with me. We fought our way through the front line of Ganondorf's troops, and caught up with another group of our soldiers who had managed to do the same.
"You there!" I called out to the group, shouting to be heard above the storm, once we had killed the monsters surrounding us, "Who's in charge of your group?"
"I don't know ma'am," shouted back one of the soldiers, "originally Link was with us, but we lost track of him a while back, so we decided to just keep going."
I bit back a cry of despair. "Where's the last place that you remember seeing him?"
"Over by the cliffs close to the Castle wall!" someone shouted out.
I nodded, then turned to soldiers following me, "Go with them!" I ordered.
"But ma'am, you'll need someone to watch your back!" shouted one.
"I'll be fine! Go help them!" I turned and ran back towards the castle.
There was a section of the castle, which had a higher wall than the rest, which extended out beyond the town. Some cliffs, smaller than the ones in the desert, but still high, was very close to this wall, and it was the perfect place for someone to try and infiltrate the castle. By climbing up the cliffs, they would be able to get over to the wall, and climb over it.
I was running as fast as I could, which might not have been the best idea, because the combination of blood and rainwater covering the field made it extremely slippery. So when I came across a group of monsters, I tried to skid to a stop and ended up face first in the mud.
While I was struggling to get out of the mud (Why does deep mud always suck you down and make it impossible to get up quickly when you're in a desperate situation?) they spread out and circled around me. There were two lizalfos, a few Stalfos, and a dark nut, all leering down at me.
"Well, this is awkward…"
I jerked my sword up and took a swing at one of the Stalfos. My aim was off, and I ended up hitting the dark nut instead, so my sword just bounced off of his armor. Now they were all glaring (and in the case of the lizalfos, snarling) at me.
"Look guys, I really don't have time for this, so if you don't mind, I would really like to be going," I said as I lunged at the Stalfos again. This time my aim was dead on, and it fell apart. Before I could turn and attack any of the other monsters, one of the lizalfos slashed me across the back with its sword. I couldn't hold back a scream, and I heard them all chuckle. I spun around and screamed in rage, about to swing my sword at it, when a bolt of lightning flashed and hit it dead on.
Before I could fully process what had happened, the rest of them had run off, screaming like little girls. That was really pathetic. I shook my head and started running again.
By the time I had reached the wall, I was feeling calmer, and my rage had faded. The storm had moved off, clearing the sky enough to let a few rays of the setting sun fall down on Hyrule. I hesitated, trying to decide where to go, when I saw a shadow flit across one of the spaces where the cliffs were very close to the wall. I gripped my sword tighter and ran through the opening. A force field appeared once I was on the other side, blocking any route to escape.
I beg to dream and differ from the hollow lies,
This is the dawning of the rest of our lives,
On holiday
Lyrics: "Holiday" by Greenday