I have my reasons for doing what I am doing now,
To some it wouldn't make sense that I a dark entity, an enemy of the light would allow myself to be a watchdog for some girl... only she is not just some girl. She is precious to me, more than anyone would ever know. It wasn't just him who cared for her, just seeing her through his memories, knowing how important she is and how against everything she would still find us. For him and for myself I will protect her, no one not even dark entities like Ganondorf will ever be allowed to get their hands on her.
Why?
Because she is our precious treasure and despite who I am, she cares and sees me as family as well. That is something I can't ignore, whether she is connected to my light side or not. She is my treasure... my descendent.
"So this is the entrance to the Palace of the Winds?" Link asked as he stared at the long tower with dread due to how high the roof was. Even Zelda was feeling uneasy about how high they had to go due to the fact that the tower reached past the clouds.
"Seems so, but we can't let out guard down. Monsters like Wallmasters are inhabit this place, most likely they are here to send away unwelcome intruders" Zelda replied before they entered the tower to see ancient stone like floors and pillars, cobwebs covered some parts of the area while some mold and weed resided in some parts of the stone cracks. Flowers also lived in certain parts where the sun touched them making the area look more ancient. Despite the fact it looked peaceful, they refused to let their guard down as the place contained a light pulse of energy surrounding various parts of the area and objects. Their ears soon caught the sound of birds either tweeting or cooing as they rested on top of a platform near where a small set of stairs were located. No soon as the pair took their first steps on the stairs did the birds fly away leaving them with deafening silence within seconds.
Tension immediately filled them as they examined the first hallway that contained six doors.
"We should stick together, we don't know anything about this place" Zelda commented earning her a brief nod from a silent Link who remained on guard.
The first door to their left contained a stone tiled room with nothing but green mold and various sized rubble. Looking round the pair silently looked for anything useful, Zelda soon spotted a silver like object half hidden by rubble on the far right end of the room and quietly walked over towards it.
"It's a key" Zelda whispered to Link after she picked the item up before showing him. Link's eyes however who narrowed his eyes in order to see what she found. Just as Link was about to take a step towards her, he immediately looked up the moment he heard a stray wind howling above them before the air changed in the room. Grabbing his sword he rushed towards Zelda who yelped as she was pulled away just in time for Link to slice at the newcomer, only it was not what they expected.
A large deformed fairy like creature with five sharp claws at the end of its five legs similar to a wall master's fingers landed on the floor. Its wings were stick like but glowed a sickly pink, its hair was blond but the strands were like thick string as they moved up and down slowly in the air. It's greyish skin was also wrinkly and paper thin. The creature once it's dark eyes spotted them soon released an unearthly scream, this caused the pair to cover their ears immobilizing them for a moment before forcing themselves to run before getting attacked.
"That cannot be a Wallmaster!" Zelda cried in terror as they tried to avoid vines that broke and cracked open various stone tiles until they dived outside the tower after leaving the hallway.
"Whatever that was, I don't think I want to ever see that again!" Link panted as he gripped the ground tightly to assure himself that he is alive, for once that creature really left him scared and it lived in the tower!
"What now? We have to find the map" Zelda showed him the key "we also have this key but no idea of which door it leads to" Zelda commented with a worried look.
"We are not going near that door again!" he said sharply "but who knows if it will still be after us... times like this I wish Navi was here to help us" Link muttered softly while her face grew sad from hearing Navi's name.
"We have to do something" she said softly "we can't just sit and wait for it to vanish, they live there-"
"And if we get chased out? I can't use Din's Fire nor Farore's Wind" Link replied causing her to go cold.
"No magic?!" She panicked a little too loud for her liking, she went pale from the thought before composing herself. "Fine, we will use what we have to survive. You did pack a hookshot right?" Link froze before looking away weakly causing her to feel uncomfortable from seeing his reaction "Link?" Zelda asked a little sternly.
"I didn't know we would end up here" Link responded lamely causing Zelda to grab the right side of her bangs while resisting the urge to scream.
"No problem, what weapons did you pack?" She asked in a semi tense voice as she tried to compose herself but her voice showed she was getting hysterical to her dismay.
"My sword, shield and Ocarina" Link replied now feeling uneasy from seeing Zelda glaring at his response.
"No bow or arrows?!" She asked only to growl as he shook his head "wonderful... just wonderful Link" she hissed crossly as she seethed at Link for not equipping himself properly.
"What about you?" He asked now feeling annoyed only to pause with his eyes growing wider and wider as she showed her bow, gold hilted rapier, Deku Nuts, daggers, bombs, bottles filled with red, blue and green potions, lastly she had also packed a hookshot of her own to his surprise.
"You left prepared" Link commented in a semi stunned tone "almost as-"
"I was leaving you to find my sister, I wanted to make amends. Even if the world was to end I was hoping to have no regrets between us" Zelda said stiffly as she kept her eyes away from the Link who soon grew more perturbed that she would aim to leave without telling him, not that he wouldn't have deserved it thanks to how he treated her.
"Are you both Link and Zelda?" Asked a meek voice that caused them to look at the entrance to the tower. Zelda's eyes went wide as she saw Maemi who was wearing a floral sky blue dress with a sky blue bow tied to the right side of her head, she stood bare footed while looking at then with curious blue pupiless vacant like eyes. Link who noticed the eyes blink in surprise while Zelda shot off from her spot and ran towards the girl not noticing the eyes.
"Maemi! I am truly sorry for how I acted!" Zelda cried as she hugged the girl tightly but didn't notice the lack of response "I-there are no words I can say that will justify what I have done, but can you ever forgive me?" Zelda pleaded at the girl, Link as he watched felt odd at acknowledging that this was Maemi. She felt too eerie and slightly empty.
"Zelda..." Link said softly at how happy and yet guilty she was but knew he couldn't say anything. For all he knew it could be a trap.
"I'm sorry, but I am not Lady Maemi" the meek sweet voice commented startling the pair as they looked at her. Zelda soon detached herself from the girl and moved a back a few spaces, Link however was surprised at how quick the girl was to admitting that she was not Maemi. Just who was she?
"What?" Zelda asked now wanted to cry at the cruel trick.
"I was asked to guide you by my master Lady Maemi, she knew that it would be troublesome for you to enter with the Wallmasters lurking about" the girl commented softly as she smiled brightly at them. "So here I am!" She chirped surprising them even more.
"Who are you?" Link asked while Zelda remained silent.
"Marcia! And you both are here to scale the tower, very challenging when you have no maps or compasses! Very hard indeed~!" Marcia said as she smiled widely before doing a mini twirl while her arms were up on either side of her as she moved. Seeing this startled pair were left at a loss for words from watching the peppy Maemi look alike twirl and act all chipper, a complete opposite to the Maemi they knew.
"My sisters are sadly at the temple, very sad but in a way that is good so that Lady Maemi can know where you are" Marcia added as she placed her hands behind her back and beamed at them. "So shall we go now?"
"Wait wait! Do you mean to tell us that that creature we saw in there was a Wallmaster?" Link asked only to shiver up inside as she nodded eagerly.
"Yup! An evolved version Maemi nurtured to scare off intruders like Moblins. They do have a large appetite which makes it easier to remove bad creatures. Those bad creatures won't be very happy when they see these Wallmasters, oh no they won't~!" Marica sang while beaming at the uneasy pair who remembered their run in with the creature.
"I don't think I want to see how it eats" Link muttered "I saw how Dead Hands attack and that was enough for me" Link added while Zelda gave him a worried look.
"Hehe! That's what I am here for silly billies~" Marcia giggled while her wide smile remained, tilting her head her long black hair fluttered to the right before settling. "Follow me! You have to get to the top quickly before Ganondorf finishes rebuilding his castle! He is so very mad that Maemi tricked everyone into thinking he was dead, very very mad~! Good thing he doesn't know it's her" She added in a peppy tone as she led them to relevant rooms.
"Get the keys, you have one final test and they are part of it" Marcia chirped before waving at a grunting Wallmaster who was munching on a dead Moblin while it's legs kept it in place on the ceiling.
"True fact, they can eat with the mouths on their faces and inside the hand like mouths. Lucky you didn't get caught" she chirped but didn't notice the reactions of the terror stricken duo who's jaws dropped in horror, while their faces were pale from the thought.
"Yeah..." Link muttered.
"Lucky..." Zelda said in a faint tone as she then ducked her head to give the monster privacy while trying not to puke at the sight of how it was eating the dead Moblin. Giggling Marcia then pointed at another key for Link to grab, taking the key gingerly he was surprised to see that no Wallmaster was coming after them.
"Why are they not going after us now?" Link asked in confusion earning himself a giggle.
"Because I'm here, they know now that you're friends who are taking a test. They're just annoyed they have missed but on a free meal but know not to upset the lady of the temple" Marcia added brightly as they continued their route. Link immediately turned to Zelda who looked more pale from the thought of having to endure the non stop chasing and attacks from those creatures, both as they looked at Marcia immediately grew grateful that Maemi had sent her to help.
"And here we are! The final floor" Marcia chirped as they arrived on the floor below the roof. Giggling she turned to look at the exhausted pair who were now collapsing on the floor.
"I don't want to get up…" Zelda cried weakly as her voice was muffled by the floor, but cared not if it was dirty. She was too tired to get up after going up those flights of stairs and being forced to check all the doors to find over a hundred keys, even those objects were getting heavy the more they had to store them. Zelda when she heard Link groan weakly would have laughed but had no energy to even crack a smile as she wanted to sleep.
"No time to sleep silly billies! You have to take the final test! Otherwise it will take longer to see her" Marcia said brightly as she tilted herself slightly while beaming at them.
"How are you not tired?" Zelda asked weakly while trying not to cry taking Marcia by surprise as she head Zelda's thoughts.
"I just want to sleep… not even those other dungeons were that strenuous" Link whined causing Marcia to giggle while placing her clenched right hand to her mouth.
"Okay! You can rest after going up this tower" Marcia chirped earning her relieved cries from the pair making her giggle again.
She soon sat down and watched the doors which had a floral design on the top and sides of the doors, the vines also lead past the doors and were on the walls connected to them. Meanwhile an eye rested as a keyhole in the middle of the double doors giving some who would see it an unsettled look.
A smile continued to form on her face before she noticed the sun was about to set meaning the twilight hour.
"Alright you two! We have to get the trial on now! Or else Lady Maemi will get tired of waiting and close the gate completely!" Marcia chirped shocking the pair into sitting up.
"We're up!" The pair cried in alarm before taking out the keys so fast that they had to pause and cry out from the pain of pulling a their arms somehow, giggling Marcia helped take out the different colour and sized keys by using teleport and levitated them in the circle.
"Okay now I sure hope you all memorized the balance symbol because this is the trial- find the key of balance!" Marcia chirped with glee not seeing Link gulp slightly "pick the wrong key and you all have to start again! From the very beginning!" Marcia added with a sly smile as she grinned at the pair. Zelda stared at the keys in shock before looking through them with determined eyes, Link however almost choked on his bile before slowly getting up so he could look at them properly.
"If a hint helps then I shall give you one, think of Lady Maemi and what she prefers. What is her personality?" Marcia asked now changing her expression as she watched them with knowing eyes.
Zelda who was listening paused, she soon tried to think back before eyeing the keys. Each was too flashy or either too big or too small or too heavy. Only a few looked like they would have the symbol until she was put off from seeing them, however some looked too cheap or fake leaving them to worry on whether they actually obtained the key at all. Link as he looked remembered to when he was with Maemi, the day he met her in Kakariko Village she had worn a plain sky blue dress, something that was different to what Zelda had worn at the castle. Even then he remembered her wearing plain coloured clothes with hardly any design, he remembered her being very simple and yet determined to help. Link remembered how she helped the Goron elder by singing a song to ease his troubled mind despite the rough encounter, then there was the issue with Ruto the princess of the Zoras. She had been able to not only silence but also helped the princess to mature and behave properly during their misadventure until she was able to go home. Just remembering however about the issue with the stone at the end unfortunately left him almost shivering involuntarily causing Zelda to look at him for a brief moment.
"I'm fine" Link said almost looking a bit green, yup! He was avoiding Ruto after this!
Seeing his reaction she shook her head before looking at the keys until one key however left her blinking, it looked slightly plain and yet the colours where the head part of the key was left her intrigued. How had she not noticed this before?
Reaching for it she blinked in surprise as Link also grabbed the same key as her leaving them both in silence.
"I think it's this one" Link commented, stunned from the contact she nodded softly.
"I think so… Maemi liked wearing plain clothes" Zelda said softly.
"Never the flashy ones" Link added with mirth in his eyes as he smiled, seeing this she smiled warmly as she thought back to her sister being fussy and whining about the clothes her father or Impa would try to give her until they decided to give her plain ones.
"Hmm? You sure?" Marcia asked as the pair presented the key to her.
"Yes, it has to be" Zelda commented.
"No other key matches the description" Link added before Marcia plucked it from Link's hand.
"Well let's test it shall we?" Marcia chirped as she turned to place the key in the iris of the eye, hearing at thump the pair went quiet until a turning noise followed by a series of clicks entered their ears. Soon a loud clank filled the room and then silence.
Both were left unsure of what to say or do as they looked at the door with worried eyes, did they chose wrong?
"Congratulations! You passed!" Marcia cheered with glee causing the pair to sigh in relief before a smile formed on their faces. "Time to go and see the one guarding the gateway~! Let's be on our way! Our merry merry way~!" Marcia sang before pushing the door open to show an empty room and entered leaving the pair to gather their thoughts. Once they were ready the pair entered the large room containing pillars on the ends of each corner of the room. They also noticed that the light was now dimmer compared to the other rooms they had encountered minus the few rooms which were dark and had no light sources which meant that they had to feel their way around the area.
Now as they observed the area the pair soon grew worried as Marcia's voice was no longer present in the room.
"I wonder who the one guarding the gateway is" Zelda commented now feeling a little worried.
"I don't know, but I have a feeling it won't be as easy as we think" Link replied now feeling like something was about to happen, as they continued to walk with only the sounds of their footfalls greeting their ears Zelda soon blinked and squinted her eyes as she spotted something in the large room.
"Who is that?" Zelda asked as she tried to see who was standing in front of a door, curious Link stopped walking and stared at the shadow like figure and blinked in confusion. For starters why they only see two red lights and no face or anything that would allow them to see who it was that was in the room.
"I… I don't know" Link said softly as he moved Zelda so she was behind him. "Stay close, we don't know who it is" Link said before moving forward slightly until some light entered some parts of the room, allowing the parts of the room to bathe in the moonlight beams. Link as soon as he saw some of the light bounce of the figure paused and went still.
"Oh and before I forget, there is a silent swordsman protecting the final door to the temple entrance. Appease him and he will let you in. But remember what you learned or he will show no mercy" Emotia's words entered Link's ears once again causing him to bristle. HIM?! He was the one guarding the final door?!
Link narrowed his eyes before gasping in shock from seeing a version of himself wearing a black tunic, staring at him Dark remained still but kept his arms folded. On him was his sword and shield as he observed them silently but didn't move an inch.
"Why is there a dark version of me here?" Link asked lowly for Zelda to hear, her eyes went wide in shock before looking past Link to see the dark version of him.
"It can't be… Dark?" Zelda gasped as she placed her hand to her mouth to hide her horror. Dark stared blankly at them but didn't respond leaving her baffled.
"Dark?" Link asked Zelda not knowing why she called him that.
"Ah-yes! Maemi called him Dark when I found her speaking to him, for some reason she kept defending him but I wasn't sure if she was sympathizing with him because of Sapphia" Zelda explained with a thoughtful look on her face before looking at Dark who kept watching them.
"I was told to defeat him, I thought that he was an enchantment Ganondorf had created in the room" Link commented before staring back at his dark side. Thinking back to Maemi he trusted that she had a reason for trusting Dark. Hearing that she named his dark side did surprise him deeply but kept himself composed as he soon went towards Dark. Zelda taking note walked behind Link just in case she saw any hints of Dark appearing hostile.
"You're Dark?" Link asked politely to his counter part who just stared at him with guarded eyes, hearing no reply Link blinked. "Are you the silent swordsman Emotia told us about?" Finally Dark moved by looking side to side while hinting that there was nobody else in the room causing Link to frown.
"Hey I was just asking, you never know who could be an enchantment or not" Link snapped before growling as Dark rolled his eyes but said nothing as he glared at Link.
"Look I know I left you injured but in all fairness you attacked me first" Link commented earning him a low snort.
"Is that what you think?" Dark finally asked, his voice raspy and hoarse due to the lack of speaking, hearing him finally speak took the pair by surprise "seeing someone in the room wielding a sword while a fairy locks onto you the moment you are spotted, you don't think that's striking first?" Dark asked causing Link to bite the inside of his cheek, his dark side did have a point.
"I can understand-"
"No… no you can't" Dark shook his head with venom now present in his eyes. "It's always you, it has to be you who is the favourite son who does no wrong" Dark spat to Zelda's shock as she hears the hatred in his voice, even Link is left stunned by the comment.
"The Goddess' favourite while I, I am the bastard son who was locked away without any thought as to how this would affect me. I will never be accepted by anyone of the light… until one who found me gave me a name. Gave me hope for the first time and then just when I think of meeting my light side for the first time… you try to slay me in cold blood. So can you blame me for retaliating? For being so angry and upset? Apparently you can! You never heard me or spoke to me, you just saw me as an enemy and attacked me like you would any other opponent or monster that you've come across! Did you think for one minute or did all reasoning go out the window?" Dark screamed as he pushed a startled Link to the floor. "Just being near you makes me sick, how the Goddess' can pick you. One who just acts like a puppet and doesn't think much, are you just here kill anything bad that the Goddess' disapprove? Are you just an executioner?!" Dark sneered before shaking his head.
"To think I wanted to help and make a difference, to prove that I could be useful to help and seeing everything… generation after generation. I see no reason to be good, I am only alive because she helped me live when I was almost dead. Not caring that if I die so do you, no she wanted me of all things to live! Why should you be allowed to live because of your actions?" Dark snapped "I shouldn't be known as the bastard child, it should be you! It always has to be me who is the faulty one well look what's happened! You almost ruined the world and allowed that filth to almost destroy it, both of you did!" he added before giving Zelda a cold look.
"I never did forget what you tried to do to me, I wouldn't be surprised if you told him to kill me" Zelda's eyes went wide.
"I most certainty did not!" Zelda snapped as she defended herself "if anything I was trying to-"
"Find the sister you chased away? Oh I know a lot about it, talk of the temple and some areas of Hyrule" Dark spat causing her to recoil in horror. "You know she wanted to never forgive you for your actions had someone she knew talked her into thinking in a different way" he added while Link got up shakily due to fatigue.
"Why should I allow you to see her? Both of you will just cause problems so go back to the surface and let us all be?" Dark yelled crossly.
"Because we need her" Zelda responded with guilty eyes "I know I messed up, I want to make things right but in order to do that we need her help. I know we can't go back in time and fix this. Even if we did the results could be even worse because we have no idea of how to fix it, but Maemi can do it. I believe she can" Zelda gripped the sides of her garb weakly.
"So she's just a tool for you to use?" Dark laughed sarcastically "just like how you're using him you're now using her? Even after all this time you still can't stop using people, what a sad world we live in" he added before Link narrowed his eyes.
"Stop it! We have no time for this-hey!" Link cried in alarm as Dark took out his sword and swiped it at a now shocked Link who dodged it.
"What? You're too close… seems familiar?" Dark asked in a cold tone as he smirked cruelly. Zelda bit her lip as she saw the emotions raging in Dark's eyes, in more ways than one he was right. She had used people whether it was intentional or not.
Link used his glove and wiped some sweat from his head.
"Okay! Since you won't allow us past I guess I'll have to defeat you to get by" Link snapped causing Dark's eyes to light up with malice.
"So you're going to finish what you started? Are you going to aim for my heart that you missed last time?" Dark asked angrily as he took his shield out and got himself ready.
"Link no!" Zelda cried sharply.
"Enough Zelda, he's trying my patients" Link hissed stunning her at how his eyes went cold "he's been baiting me ever since we got here and he knows how important it is to see her, I am not going to let him rattle me anymore" Link added to her shock.
"Link please, we can't-"
"Oh but princess, he wants to" Dark smirked "he's been after my throat since we met. So why not play this game once again since this isn't the first lifetime he's trying to kill me" Dark goaded, Link not caring about his words released a battle cry before charging after Dark who retaliated with his shield before bashing Link back with his sword and used his own sword to slash downwards. Seeing this Link jumped back causing the sword to hit the ground resulting in a few sparks to appear. The pair either blocked or exchanged blows that would almost hit until one received a nick from the opponent's sword. Zelda as she watched gritted her teeth as she watched in horror of what was happening, this couldn't be happening. How things would end, after all Maemi wouldn't have rescued Dark without a reason. She must have seen good in him otherwise why would she have bothered?
"Link please enough!" Zelda said before crying out in surprise as she dodged a stray attack from Dark after being pushed back by Link. Staring at them she huffed at how childish this truly was, no one was going to win due to how evenly matched they were and she knew it. Neither had magic, it was just swords and shields that were a factor in this and even if the fight ended. Both would be too exhausted to get up or at worst they both die.
"There has to be a way to stop them… this is getting out of control" Zelda muttered. Even as she watched them she had tried to find a way to block them from attacking the other but there was no opening, they were so deadlocked it was hard to see how she could end this.
Soon to her surprise Zelda winced and rubbed her head, closing her eyes she opened them only to blink as the scene looked slightly different. Link had shoved Dark harshly onto the floor and stared at him angrily while Dark responded with a glare filled with hatred. Gripping his sword Link charged and jumped while Dark pulled his sword up so it was above his head only what happened next stunned Zelda.
"Stop it!" Maemi's scream filled the room causing Dark to look up in horror at seeing Maemi now standing in front of Link with her arms wide spread with the aim of protecting Dark. Link who's eyes widened from seeing her sudden appearance was unable to stop his attack felt his stomach and heart leap up to his throat as Maemi had been sliced from the top of her right shoulder to her left lower waist. Dark remained stunned as he saw Maemi now drop to the floor and bleed out in front of him. Screams filled his ears not realising that it was his own, gripping his sword he undid his protective stance and stood up before charging at Link and stabbed him in the heart.
"Bastard child… are you happy you killed someone who is innocent?" Dark asked with unrestrained fury before twisting the sword in his hand, hearing Link grunt but was unable to move winced as Dark pulled his sword out and kicked Link away from him once he fell to the floor. Spitting blood from his mouth Dark narrowed his eyes hatefully before turning to see life leaving a dying Maemi's eyes, tears welled up in his eyes. Dropping the sword he rushed towards Maemi and picked up her bleeding form and hugged her.
"I'm sorry, I'm so sorry… I couldn't even save you in this life, why? Why would you save me?" Dark's voice shook as he cried, seeing her grip his sleeve weakly she tried to smile weakly before looking at Zelda. Her eyes slowly darkened and then… she went limp. Dark seeing this releases a broken wail that fills the tower enough to send shivers down someone's spine. Zelda as she watched dropped to her knees and screamed in despair before wailing but nothing could be done. They were both dead.
Zelda blinked as she snapped out of her daze, seeing Link send Dark to the floor the pair glared at the other startling Zelda enough to realise what she had just seen.
"STOP IT YOU TWO! ENOUGH OR SOMEONE WILL DIE!" Zelda screamed as she ran to stop Link from attacking Dark only to stop and flinch from seeing Link's sword go down, her eyes were now shut until she heard the sound of metal hitting the stone floor. She remained still before slowly opening one eye, Zelda's eyes immediately opened at seeing that Dark was undamaged and that Maemi was not in the room. Instead Link placed his sword back in his scabbard and gave Dark a hard glare.
"I am not going to sink that low as to attack someone who is unarmed" Link gestured to the sword that was be Dark's side which had somehow left Dark's hand. Blinking harshly Zelda was stunned by what she had witnessed. "I didn't just go through all those trials just to kill needlessly, obviously you are here for a reason since she saved you right?" Link added as Dark stared at him with a wordless expression, shock filled the dark entity before a feeling unfamiliar entered him. Spying his sword he grabbed it and used it to help him stand, Dark wobbled for a bit before placing his sword back in it's scabbard and his shield was now strapped to his back. Not speaking as he did this he soon turned to Link with a neutral look while Link was left baffled at the sudden change of atmosphere in the room.
"Well done… for once" Dark said bluntly and vanished before the pair could say anything, shock filled them until light slowly filled the room allowing them to see a plain room. Taking in the details of the pillars and holes that filled the room they soon spotted that the doors had now opened inwards allowing them to go through.
"Scared me there, you scared me very much!" Marcia said with a pout as she approached them.
"You were watching?" Link asked as she stared at him.
"Lady Maemi would have stopped you but she would have died you meanie!" Marcia said causing them to go pale, Zelda as she heard this felt her heart twist at the vision she had seen. It wasn't an ordinary vision after all.
"I-I didn't know" Link said as shock filled him.
"How could you when she would have intervened to save him, hardly spoke when she saved him! Worried he was becoming a mute, very very worried!" Marcia scolded before folding her arms. "But… you spared him, that was very nice of you. She would be very happy to see this" Marcia beamed, turning to see the gateway she beckoned them towards it. Shaken Link followed Zelda and Marcia to see a doorway that had a swirl multicolours as it glowed within it.
"She's waiting for you now" Marcia chirped before allowing the pair to enter. No sooner after entering the pair were immediately lightheaded as they walked through the hallway like path was filled with multicoloured lights.
"This is the bridge way?" Zelda asked in awe at seeing such colours which reminded her of the sage medallion colours.
"Yup! It was constructed to help travel safely, those who chose to fly there will suffer a little light headedness. That is unless they are birds" Marcia giggled before seeing a bright light at the end of their route.
The pair winced and slammed their eyes shut once they left the exit to see some trees and stone floors. Surprised the pair looked round until they noticed the ancient ruin like area.
"This is the Palace of the Winds?" Zelda said while Link watched with wide eyes, he saw clouds below some parts of the floating land leaving him to finally grasp that they were not on the surface anymore.
"I think so… this place, we're above clouds" Link commented shocking Zelda as she flashed him a look. Looking round she saw some parts of the floor and building were missing to her surprise. How old was this place?
"Bit late aren't you?" asked a voice they knew too well, turning to their left they saw Maemi wearing a white dress with a black sash around her waist, on her feet were black shoes. Beside her were two identical girls. One wore a reddish brown dress and bow, her eyes were also reddish brown and was barefooted. Meanwhile the other wore a purple dress and purple bow which matched her purple eyes, like the other girl she had no shoes on. However what stunned Zelda and Link the most was that Dark was standing beside her with a guarded look on his face.
"Honestly I was expecting you both sooner, then again it is to be expected" Maemi sighed weakly before blinking as Zelda immediately ran towards her and hugged the stunned girl tightly.
"I was scared that you were going to die! Don't ever do that to me again! How will Impa cope if you died?!" Zelda cried before her shoulders shook, sighing softly Maemi smiled faintly and hugged her sister back.
"Nice to see you too" Maemi said warmly, spying Link she gave him a brief 'we are going to have a few choice words later' look causing him to smile weakly but knew she was right.
"LIIIIIIIIIIIIIINK!" Navi screamed as she flew towards him and hugged him as tightly as she could surprising Link before he chuckled in relief from knowing that she was okay.
Yay they finally meet up!
