Link looked upon his mother, the older blonde woman's arm shaking slightly as she raised the small white cup of tea to her mouth, doing her best to recover from fainting after learning of her son's true identity.
"I...can put more tea on." Link suggested, warily looking towards his mother.
"Stay." she answered, her green eyes meeting the blue of her son's.
Link placed an elbow on the table, resting his chin in his open palm while looking out to the small living room of the modest house he called home in this life. Nika engaged in chatter with Zelda, the two getting on just fine, leaving Link to fend for himself against his mother.
"So, it's true then...you are...him."
"If by "him", you mean the Hero, yes, I am now and have always been, even if I didn't know it at first." Link replied.
"How am I supposed to go on, knowing my son is in mortal danger and has a target on his back at all times?" his mother asked, her hand beginning to shake.
"Mother, I have lived many lives, and I have survived them all, regardless of the injuries I sustain." Link fibbed, not wanting to mention the one instance Ganon had impaled him on his tusk.
Link removed his elbow from the table quickly, jumping slightly has his mother dropped her cup onto it, her expression turning severe, her characteristic green eyes hardening. "What if this life isn't the same? There are more dangers now, than there were three-hundred years ago, for all I know, you could be dead in the next week, then I'll have lost my husband AND my son!" she shouted, fingers digging into the small brown table between them.
The Hero looked over to Zelda and Nika, finding the latter standing meekly in the doorway, and the former sending him a sympathetic glance.
"Mother, calm yourself, I have the power to overcome many great obstacles, the Goddesses themselves have seen to that! And even if I fall, I will be reborn to live on." Link said, tensing as he realized his mistake.
"That may be true, but if you are reborn, you will no longer be son, but someone else's." his mother replied, a downcast expression on her face.
"Let me clean that up." Zelda said, telekinetically removing the spilled tea from the table, righting the cup, and putting the two back together. The Princess gave her warmest smile as her betrothed's mother looked upon her, growing uneasy as the woman's stare hardened.
"And you, you just send my son on these missions with no help, just expecting him to be fine?" she accused.
"I..well..." Zelda said, looking back and forth between Link and his mother.
"No, she doesn't, I go of my own accord because I know have to, and I go alone because I don't want anyone to die in some far away dungeon or temple because of me. This duty is mine and mine alone, handed to me Din, Farore, and Nayru themselves." Link said as he stood, looking at his mother with a firmly. "Father understood that."
His mother looked up at him in surprise, Nika making her way over and joining her mother.
"You've seen father, big brother?" she asked.
Link smiled at his little sister before turning to his mother, "The Triforce gives me many abilities, most of them I didn't even know I had, I was able to speak with father in the afterlife...he wants you and Nika to know he loves you...and that he's proud of me for being the Hero, I hoped you would be too." Link said, glancing away.
"I am..." Link's mother said, holding a hand to her face as tears began to fall. "I just don't want to lose you, not after losing him." she continued.
"It's okay, Mother, you still have us, we're right here." Nika said as she wrapped her small arms around their mother.
Link kneeled down, meeting his mother's gaze, "You don't have to be afraid, I'm always prepared for what's to come, I'll make sure this land is safe, and I'll make sure I am too, Zelda will see to that! And think on the bright side, you'll be part of the royal family soon." Link said with a small laugh.
Nika opened her eyes wide as excitement took over her face. "Could we live in the Castle, can I be a Princess, will I get my own horse?" she asked, her grip tightening on the armrest of the chair her mother occupied.
"You know, we have more than enough room for you in the Castle, and if not there, we can find you more than suitable accommodations in Castle Town, you'll be safe there, and you finally won't have to worry about wild wolfos or flocks of keese anymore." Link said with a small smile.
"Link, you know I have to stay here, your father built this house...I can't just leave it to rot." she answered.
"I thought that's what you might say." Link replied with another laugh.
"Promise me that you'll come back safe, back to this house your father built, back to me and Nika."
"I promise that and swear the Goddesses shall hold to me to it." Link said with a confident smile.
"I...I need a moment." Link's mother said as she stood up, slowly walking off towards her bedroom.
Link straightened up, feeling slightly guilty for causing his mother such grief, but at the same time, relief washed over him, the truth of his existence finally known to her.
"Link, may I speak with you outside?" Zelda asked as she approached.
"Sure, may I inquire as to the reason?" Link asked.
"I'd like to discuss a topic your family may find rather...distressing." Zelda admitted.
The two headed to the door, Link opening and letting the Princess through and giving his sister a smile as he walked out, the young girl waving back as she played with a wooden sword.
"You shouldn't offer your family a place in Castle Town." Zelda said, looking off to the side with a worried glance.
"What? Why in the hell not?" Link answered, taken aback.
"It's not as safe as you might think, with Ganon's new power and extended leave of absence, it's safe to say he's planning something, and Castle Town is always the target he intends to strike." she replied.
Link sighed, it was the truth, he could not deny that. "I can protect it this time, the Goddesses have granted us greater strength in this lifetime than any other, you know that. We can fight him, we can win before it all begins." Link pressed, reaching forward and clutching the hands of his betrothed.
"I don't want to risk your family being in the center of Ganondorf's wrath. You and I know him better than anyone else, thus you should not underestimate him." Zelda said, the worry in her voice increasing.
"I understand...I just...i just wanted to keep them close to keep them safe." Link admitted.
"I know, you show great kindness and care, that's one of the many reasons I've loved you for well over a thousand years." Zelda said with a smile, leaning forward and sharing a kiss with the Hero. "Now I have to go back inside, I was going to show Nika a braid Lemuria taught me when we were young." Zelda said with a laugh.
Link returned the smile as Zelda entered the house, taking a step forward after a moment to look out over the village. It hadn't changed much since he left, a tree here or there was larger, but that was about all there was, it was comforting to be back, but stressful, he knew he had to leave, for without him it may no longer exist.
"There you are, I've been looking out my window for an hour waiting for you to come out." Kallil said quietly.
"Ah, Kallil, how goes it?" Link asked.
"As well as you can expect it to, with the Prince's presence at my dinner table, my family didn't even notice this." he said, holding up his hand and indicating his missing finger.
"And what of Oreck's family?" Link asked.
"Fine then, never mind the fact that my family ignored I was missing a finger." Kallil said sarcastically.
"I'm sorry about your finger, you know that, if it's any consolation, Trystane did take the Gerudo woman's arm." Link answered.
"Yes, but according to Erris she got it back." Kallil responded, narrowing his eyes."
"Yes, yes, yes, now, what of Oreck's family, they live next to you so I assume you've spoken to them.
"...I told them Oreck stayed behind to finish some business...they asked what the business was and I panicked, said I didn't know and walked away..." Kallil answered.
"So you lied and made them even more curious...great." Link said, placing his face in his palm.
"You know they wouldn't have believed the truth...I mean hell, I barely believe it." Kallil said, leaning against a willow's trunk.
"I hope you're satisfied with the time you've spent with your family, we move out in the morning, spending too much time away from the Castle is unwise." Link added, staring off towards the Village's gate.
"For you." Kallil replied.
"Meaning?" Link asked.
"I don't understand my importance in all of this." Kallil said, a puzzled expression on his face.
"You're my best friend and have been for a long time, besides, you are still under Viscen's command, going to forsake your guard duties, are you?" Link teased.
"I thought I was under yours." Kallil answered with a grin.
"Something like that...I'd rather have you in Castle Town, I want to get the team back together and you are a member, don't forget that." Link said, his tone suddenly serious.
"I won't...and by the way...I'm sorry." Kallil said.
"What for?" Link asked, going silent as Kallil hurried off.
"I almost didn't believe it when I heard you were back." Marin said as she walked up to Link.
The Hero remained silent, he was hoping Marin had forgotten about him and he'd make it through the visit without having to deal with this...it was a foolish notion.
"Marin..it's...good to see you again." he said with a smile.
"Nervous as always?" she asked with a laugh.
"You...could say that." Link replied, looking towards the door, and then to his feet before looking up.
"I told you I had something to tell you last you were here...I assumed you'd be back much sooner...so I wish I'd told you then." she said with a smile.
"Marin...I have something to tell you too." Link said, summoning his resolve.
"How about we cut the formalities? A courtship is what you desire is it not?" she asked, a shy grin forming on her face.
"Marin...I'm sorry..." Link said, looking away from the girl.
"S...sorry...sorry for what?" she asked, her smile falling away.
"I'm sorry I failed to let you know...I felt as if you'd move on while I was in Castle Town...and I'm to be married soon." he said, deciding to spare her the truth of who he was and the nature of his relationship with Zelda.
"This...this can't be...we were children when we first spoke of courting, children play games like that often...I realize this, but as we got older I could tell you were always serious about it...I was sure...you can't just...you aren't...this can't be true." she said, tears forming in her eyes.
"Marin, I-" Link said before she looked up at him.
"No, just let me be! Go, be with your betrothed and forget me! As if you haven't already!" she exclaimed, storming off towards her home.
Link clenched his fists, silently cursing Kallil in his head for not keeping her away.
"This could not have gone any worse." he mumbled to himself.
Suddenly the door to his house flew open, Zelda standing in the entranceway, an alarmed expression on her face.
Link paled as he saw her, "Had she seen and heard everything? She couldn't have thought he was unfaithful..." Link thought, locking eyes with the Princess.
"Link, we mist depart at once...Impa contacted me through my seer's stone...Castle town it's under attack." she said.
Link grit his teeth, first his unfortunate meeting with Marin and now this.
"Castle Town is a full day's ride, we mightn't make it in time." he said grimly.
"Yes we will, I took this with me just in case." Zelda responded, removing a blue potion from the pack she carried. "With this I'll be able to teleport us all the way to Castle Town." she explained.
"Alright then, let's get going." Link said, nodding to the Princess.
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Thrakon raised his head, picking himself up off the ground slowly, he had just dreamed he was back at the Battle of Rutella Valley...and now he wished he was. The sounds of panicked townspeople and screams permeated the air around him as he attempted to right himself. He turned to the right, finding his sword lodged in a Castle Guards chest, the man's eyes pure white, a black substance seeping from the wound.
"Quickly, get up, we can't stay here for long!" a powerful feminine voice shouted.
Thrakon stood, finding the Sheikah Impa behind him.
"Here, make sure this is secured to your head and so you don't get knocked out again." she said, a hint of exasperation in her voice as she picked up his helm before tossing it to him.
The former sellsword extended his arms, catching his helmet. "Thanks." he said, placing a foot on his former opponents body and pulling his sword free.
The Sheikah woman turned quickly, snatching a vial containing a red shard from her pocket, and with one quick motion, tossed it to the ground next to Thrakon's former opponent, red ice quickly encasing him.
"Wait, what was that about? He's dead." Thrakon questioned.
"I wouldn't count on it, those two you and Trystane captured the other day were just the beginning, the longer that sludge is inside of them, the more powerful they become...it heals their wounds, even fatal ones...they just get right back up and keep attacking, I don't know how he managed this, but Ganondorf has outdone himself." Impa answered, glancing back at the encased figure.
"And I thought this would be easy." Thrakon sighed.
The Hylian and Sheikah tore down the street, the sounds of a large struggle emanating from up ahead.
"Commander Impa! They're breaching the wall!" a soldier shouted.
"Damn."the Sheikah woman growled.
In front of them, a large wall had been magically erected, Minister Kane Tonbridge and a few other sorcerers holding it in place, even as cracks spread throughout it.
"They've gotten to be about as strong as you." Trystane said as he ran up to Thrakon, two Sheikah at his back.
"We'll see about that..." Thrakon said, watching the cracks in the wall spread.
"Not if I...well...he can help it." Impa said as she strode passed.
"You sent these two to retrieve me?" Trystane asked.
"That wall is going to come down, and I need you to show off some of that ice magic I've heard about." Impa demanded.
"Red ice or...?" Trystane asked.
"Whichever." Impa said, removing her Great Sword from her back.
"Fine by me." Trystane said.
"Fall back!" a guard yelled, Minister Tonbridge teleporting he and his assistants out of the crumbling wall's path.
Trystane let loose a torrent of ice, shouts being heard as a large chunk of ice grew filling the hole in the wall.
As the mist cleared, a group of five had been trapped in the ice, and through the transparent substance, more could be seen trying to break through.
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Erris faded back, avoiding the blade of an infected soldier before darting in, delivering a swift slash to the chest that left his opponent on the ground. The Prince quickly released a vial of red ice from his hand, the substance encasing the man.
"At this pace, we'll run out before we're even half through." Erris growled.
"Patience, we just need to find this "Son of the Horror" and this will all be solved, correct?" Cia asked as she teleported out from under an infected guard's spear, re-materializing behind him and freezing him herself. "Besides, as long as I still have my magic, we don't have to worry about not being able to freeze them."
"This is ridiculous!" Erris shouted, throwing himself to ground and rolling as another guardsmen slashed at him. "If I had my magic, too, we wouldn't have to go through this! I would have been able to root out the Son of the Horror wherever the damned thing is!" Erris exclaimed as he shot from the ground, knocking his opponent over before tossing one of his last few vials at the man.
"I've tried sensing it, but I haven't been able to find the thing!" Cia replied as she released a bolt lightning at an oncoming black-veined soldier. "If this creature truly is how you described it, I fear it ranks among the undead, and thus there is nothing to sense." Cia explained as she grit her teeth.
Erris turned to reply, his eyes going wide. "Mother! Behind you!" he exclaimed.
Cia attempted to turn, but was knocked unconscious by the hilt of her attackers blade.
Erris raised his sword, eyeing the newcomer curiously. "You...you aren't infected." he said, narrowing his eyes.
"The Princess is a fool, you should have been executed long ago!" the soldier yelled.
Erris raced forward, meeting the man halfway. Their blades clashed loudly, but none of the infected attacked. The Prince darted back, evading a diagonal slash before charging his opponent, his stab being knocked away by a horizontal leftward strike. The man slashed at Erris again, the Labrynnian Prince fading to the side and throwing a punch to the his face with his left arm.
Taking the this opportunity, Erris surveyed the area, he didn't realize until now, but a an energy barrier had risen around them, the infected soldiers outisde watching, waiting. "Working for Ganondorf won't get you anywhere." Erris growled.
"I don't work for Ganondorf, but you did, and that's why you must die!" the man shouted as he raced forward.
Erris readied himself, quickly falling to the ground as his opponent approached. With a quicky strike to the soldier's ankle, he fell on top of Erris, the Prince pointing his sword upwards, his opponent falling straight onto it.
Erris stood up, pulling the sword from the man's chest, his eyes locking with his increasingly inactive opponent's.
"Long live the New Order..." the man said, coughing up a small amount of blood before his head fell to the side, his body remaining motionless.
"The New Order?" Erris wondered to himself as he looked around. To his relief, the infected had gone, allowing him to revive his mother without distraction.
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"I will come back safe, I promise, but I must go." Link said as he clasped his mother's hands.
"Don't go, big brother!" Nika exclaimed, grabbing onto his pant leg.
"Don't worry Nika, I'll be back, sooner rather than later." Link said as he crouched down, giving the girl a confident smile.
"Where do you two think you're going?" a familiar voice called.
Audrik and Kallil ran up to the Hero and Princess, concern marking their faces.
"Castle Town is in danger, I must go...and you will stay here." Zelda said, her eyes locking with her brother's.
"What?!" Audrik exclaimed. "You can't be serious! Allow my sister to jump into the fray while I sit safely in some village? I think not!" he shouted.
"I agree with the Prince, we can't let you go alone." Kallil chimed in.
"We won't be alone, we'll have the guardsmen, Knights, soldiers, and the Sheikah with us." Link said, attempting to calm the two.
"All the more reason for us to join you!" Audrik called, placing a hand on his blade.
"If there are so many fighting to save the town, must you really go?" Link's mother pressed.
"There's more going on than that, this is something I have to take on." Link answered, his gaze staying forward.
"I'm sorry, but I only have enough energy for the two of us, please, tell the Captain and the guards that were sent with us that I wish for them to return to Castle Town at once.." Zelda said, placing a hand on Link's shoulder.
Link's mother nodded in agreement as she placed both hands on Nika's shoulders, Link bowing his head as energy swirled around them, Audrik's protests fading as the spell took them far away.
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Zelda instantly collapsed to her hands and knees as the spell's energies dissipated. Link looked around, squinting against the bright light against the white and gold walls and masonry of the Castle's Great Hall.
"Zelda!" Link called out, crouching next to her. "Are you alright?" he asked, placing a hand on her shoulder.
The Princess pulled her pack from the ground, removing the blue potion. "I will be." she answered between breaths.
Link watched as the substance took effect, Zelda righting herself as her magical reserves were replenished.
"Let's go!" she called as she started for the door. She slowly stopped, scanning the Great Hall for any occupants, not finding one.
"They must have been evacuated." Link stated.
"Then the threat is more grim than I anticipated." Zelda answered, balling her fists.
The Hero and Princess flew through the doors and down the path in the courtyard, ignoring the calls of the guards assigned to the Castle and it's grounds.
"Do you feel it?" Zelda called as she ran.
Link's Triforce tingled as the feeling crept up on him, something evil...unholy lurked outside of the Castle, it was something only he and Zelda could sense, the Triforce's energies naturally conflicting with the dark energies of whatever it was that laid siege to the capital.
"It feels almost like a Redead Knight, but far worse." Link answered.
Link and Zelda rounded a corner, stopping as a guard flew passed them. They looked further down the street to see Minister Tonbridge, three of the seven Sheikah, Thrakon, and Trystane along with a small contingent of guards and couple of sorcerers battling what looked to be a large number of Castle Guards, bits of a shattered wall and ice shards lying on the ground around them.
"What...what's going on?" Zelda asked, Link only being able to return a concerned glance.
"It looked like we've got someone's attention." Link growled.
Zelda channeled her light energy while Link raised the Master Sword, relaxing as the figure stopped within a meter, revealing themselves to be none other than Impa.
"Princess! Hero! Thank the Goddesses you're here!" she exclaimed.
"Impa please, you must tell us what's happened." Zelda implored.
"I'm not sure, Erris says this is Ganondorf's doing, he sent a creature called the "Son of the Horror" to infect our guards with a strange black substance that quickly turns them against us." Impa said, gritting her teeth.
"Where is Erris?" Link asked, searching the scene for the Labrynnian Prince.
Impa's face took on an alarmed expression as she spun around. "Damn, he must have slipped away during the battle." she hissed.
Zelda placed two fingers against her forehead, using telepathy to locate the Prince. "He's still within Castle Town's walls, heading this way as we speak." Zelda said as she looked towards Link. "From what I can tell, Cia's hurt."
"We don't have time to wait for him to get here, we have to go find that creature." Link shot, gesturing towards the nearest gate.
"Erris informed us that if the creature were to die, the infected may return to normal." Impa said, looking back as the clash behind them intensified. "I have to help, please, end this before it gets any worse." the Sheikah woman said as she looked upon Link.
"You have my word." Link said as he made towards the nearest gate, Zelda joining him.
"How could I be so careless? How could I let this happen?" she asked, gritting her teeth as she ran.
"It's not your fault, Ganondorf would have found a way to make sure this happened no matter what, he always does." Link growled, anger growing inside of him as the Demon King's laugh ran through his head.
As soon as the Hero and Princess breached the gate, a bright flash greeted them as a bomb exploded, sending a couple infected soldiers flying back.
Thier presence didn't go unnoticed as a group of infected soldiers turned to face them, charging at once.
Zelda swiped her hand through the air, telekinetically tossing their would be attackers away.
Link dashed towards several soldiers that approached from the side, loosing a spin attack that threw them away with ease.
Zelda turned to the side, releasing a blast of light energy at a squad of infected soldiers.
She looked over the field, Admiral Ginthorne and a group of soldiers battling a large group of infected in the distance.
Link nodded at Zelda as they took off towards the battle, the sounds of the fight growing louder as they neared.
Admiral Ginthorne brought his blade down on an infected guards sword, breaking the blade and knocking the man to the ground, behind him, the Gamelonian Knight, Sir Gabriel performed a spin attack, knocking away a small group of infected.
As Zelda and Link approached, the Princess stopped, quickly she shot our her right arm, golden energy flowing into her palm as the mark of the Triforce appeared underneath the group of the infected that attacked the Admiral, Sir Gabriel and the others.
"Get out of the way!" Sir Ginthorne called, as leapt back, the Triforce mark releasing a bright flash that blew away most of the attackers, the others falling into the resulting triangular crater left behind.
"Princess, you shouldn't be out here, it's dangerous." Ginthorne said.
"I'm used to danger, and without me, you'd still be fighting that horde." Zelda remarked.
"The Princess has a point." Sir Gabriel stated.
Ginthorne grunted at the Knight before turning back to the newly arrivals. "I thought you two would be fighting off the infected soldiers that breached the gate, what's got you so far out here?" Ginthorne asked.
"The creature that caused all this, it's out there somewhere." Link said, pointing toward the woods.
Ginthorne and company took a step back as a rustling was heard from within the shadows, the moonlight illuminating the entire field, but leaving the forest dark.
"What is that?" a soldier asked, his voice shaking.
"Get ready." Link growled.
"Ready for what?" Sir Gabriel questioned.
"It knows we're here." Zelda stated.
With inhuman speed and a monstrous screech a tall, spindly being tore out of the forest, it's thin limbs a dark gray and it's face contorted and corpse like, it's mouth being devoid of teeth.
The contingent of guards froze in horror, Admiral Ginthorne and Sir Gabriel looking on, stunned.
"Here we go." Link said as he charged the beast, slashing the Master Sword madly.
Around them, the infected began to rise, the guards readying themselves.
Zelda extended a hand, the beast bursting into flames.
It screeched and raced towards her, swiping the scythe it carried at her, the Princess barely avoiding it.
Link darted in, delivering a slash to it's back, rolling away as it spun around.
Sir Gabriel blocked a strike from an infected soldier, fading to the side before deflecting another slash, and subsequently performing a jump attack, felling his opponent only for him to rise again, wounds healed.
"Keep on pushing 'em back! We have to give the Hero and Princess time!" Ginthorne called out as he drove his sword through his adversary.
Zelda threw three bolts of light energy at the creature, each hitting it in the chest. Link charged from behind, severing the creature's arm with the Master Sword. To his surprise, it turned around quickly, knocking him away with the blunt edge of it's scythe.
"Link!" Zelda called, telekinetically throwing the beast to the ground.
The Hero stood, tightening his grip on the Master Sword as the black substance poured from the creature's wound, congealing and twisting until it formed an arm to replace the lost one. "Son of the Horror, I presume." Link growled.
The creature seemed to smirk before it charged Link, bringing it's scythe down onto him, the hero parried the slash before rolling out from underneath.
Zelda summoned her rapier into her grip, teleporting behind the monster and stabbing it through the back. The Son of the Horror turning and swiping at her with it's claw. Zelda teleported away, releasing a bolt of electricity at the beast, only to have it dodge the attack with surprising speed.
Link performed a jump attack, barely missing the Son of the Horror as is leapt to the side. bringing it's scythe diagonally down onto him, the Hero catching the blade with the Master Sword. Link pushed back, but the beast proved to be stronger than it looked, pushing the scythe's blade down with more force.
Zelda readied a light arrow, only to be stabbed through the shoulder by an infected soldier. The Princess let out a gasp as she fell to one knee, managing to throw a ball of flame into her assailant's chest, incapacitating him.
Link looked on, feeling helpless as the creature held him in place while Zelda was injured. He slowly began pushing the Son of the Horror's scythe back, smirking as he heard heavy footfalls approaching.
The Son of the Horror was knocked to the ground as Admiral Ginthorne threw his shoulder into the monster. "Tend to the Princess, I've got him." the Admiral said as he raised his massive blade.
Link ran to Zelda, kneeling beside her. "Here, take this." Link said, removing a vial of red potion from his pack.
"No, you might need it...I'm fine, help Sir Ginthorne." Zelda said through gritted teeth, her left hand clamped on her wound.
Link nodded in reluctant agreement, turning back towards the Son of the Horror.
Ginthorne brought his sword down on the creature's scythe, easily being pushed back as it retaliated, performing a spin attack, forcing him to retreat momentarily. The Admiral rushed back in sword at the ready, throwing himself to the ground as the creature dropped it's arms, a white tentacle shooting out of it's mouth, a pincer on the end dripping with a black substance.
"Goddesses!" he exclaimed, raising his sword in defense against the new threat.
Link charged, performing a jump attack and severing the appendage, the black liquid spraying out of the wound. The Son of the Horror fell to it's knees screeching, it's full attention turning to Link.
The Hero ran passed the beast, blocking a strike from it's scythe as he came in close, darting away when it tried to follow. He charged again, performing a spin attack, the creature evading the assault and charging from the side. Link raised the Master Sword, stepping to the side as the Son of the Horror was blown forward, Zelda standing behind it, left arm raised.
Link dove towards the beast, wasting no time in driving the Master Sword into it's head, the Son of the Horror spasming and screeching until it's motion ceased, head falling to the side as Link withdrew his blade.
Around them, the infected slowly fell over, their veins diminishing in size, the color in their eyes returning.
"Thank the Goddesses it's over!" a guard called.
"Hail Princess Zelda and the Hero!" another called.
Link and Zelda were too distracted to notice, though, they slowly approached the body while Ginthorne prodded the tentacle with his blade.
"So this is what was turning our own against us." he remarked, his face contorting in disgust.
"Here, you need it." Link said, passing the red potion to Zelda.
"Thank you." Zelda replied, wincing as the took the vile, a small smile coming to her face as she downed the substance, her wound healing. "What horror do you think this thing is the son of?" Zelda asked, looking down cautiously at the creature's body.
"I don't know, but what I do know is that Ganondorf is beginning efforts to take the city...we must be ready." Link said, he and Zelda looking off towards Hyrule Castle's moonlit form.
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Thanks for the read! I hope you all enjoyed the chapter! I apologize for taking so long with writing it, I've started two other fics and work is keeping me busier than usual due to the fact I supervise a movie theatre and Star Wars unleashed complete madness onto us.
If you are a fan of "A Link Between Worlds" you should check out my new story, "The Legend of Hilda: Darkness Rising" and tell me what you think!
Gerudospirit: Well, now you know what the Son of the Horror is! I hope it didn't disappoint! Thanks for the words of encouragement and the review!
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