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A Trip Down Memory Lane!
The Dex Holders, along with Link and Navi are shown climbing up large staircases, all of which possess torches which light up as they pass by.
"Come on, we got to keep moving!" Said Red.
They proceed to run up to another doorway, and proceed to barge their way through.
At that moment, several mummy Heartless and lizard men Heartless appear before them.
"These things are clearly overstaying their welcome." Said Green, drawing his sword.
Red draws the Keyblade. "You're telling me." Said Red.
The lizard men Heartless, nonsurprisingly head towards them, and attempt to slash them with their blades.
Link draws the Master Sword and slashes one of the lizard men Heartless, dispatching it immediately.
Red and Green are seen exchanging slashes with the other lizard men Heartless, and eventually dispatch them as well.
"This aughta take care of you, FIRAGA!" Yelled Blue.
Before the mummy Heartless have a chance to do anything, they are seen catching fire, and are reduced to mere ashes.
"Ganondorf is trying to stall us for as long as he can." Said Green.
"No kidding, but nevertheless, we have to keep moving." Said Red.
"Wait a minute Red, we can't keep going on like this, we need to have a moment's rest." Said Blue.
"But if we stop now then..." Began Red.
"It won't really matter if we try to fight Ganondorf low on energy, Blue has a point, let's just take a few moments to catch our breathes." Said Green.
"Alright, but we can't afford to waste too much time." Said Red.
"Don't worry, we won't." Said Blue, who then proceeds to take a seat on the floor. Everyone else proceeds to join her.
"It's hard to believe that we're so close." Said Blue. "I feel the tension rising as we pass through each floor."
"Well, we are on what's essentially the home stretch, I think it's normal to feel just a tiny bit nervous." Said Green.
"You, nervous? Never thought I'd see the day." Said Blue.
"Blue, it may come to you as a shock, but I'm human too." Said Green.
"I think it's safe to say that we're all a little bit nervous." Said Navi. "But remember, if we fail to stop Ganondorf, Hyrule, along with the rest of the universe will be under his tyranny. Under any circumstance, we cannot allow that to happen."
"You think we don't know that?" Asked Red. "That's been incredibly clear ever since we first heard of the guy."
"Trust us Navi, we know very well what's at stake if we fail." Said Green. "Rest assured, we'll fight Ganondorf with everything when we get to him."
"I think this was a long enough rest, let's go." Said Red, now rising up from the floor.
Everyone proceeds to nod, and get's back on their feet. Suddenly, Ganondorf's sinister laughter can be heard. At that moment, everybody draws their weapon.
"Ganondorf, where are you!?" Asked Red, now searching the room.
"I have to say, Keyblade Master, I am amazed you made it this far." Said Ganondorf's voice. "However this little ascent of yours ends right here and now."
"Come out and fight us you coward, we're not scared of you!" Said Red.
"I'll give you this Red, you are determined. However if you think there is a chance in Hell you'll be able to defeat me, you are sadly mistaken." Said Ganondorf's voice.
"Overconfidence is your weakness Ganondorf." Said Green. "If you face us, it'll end the same way it did with the other members of your now ruined Dark Circle."
"Funny you should mention them, here you are, all of you about to throw your lives away, and you haven't even taken the time to reflect on your past endeavors? This simply will not do." Said Ganondorf's voice.
"In an urgent situation such as this, forget it. We're focusing on what's happening right now Ganondorf, and right now you need to be stopped!" Said Navi.
"Ah, the voice of that annoying fairy, belonging to the Hero of Time I presume?" Asked Ganondorf's voice. "You'd best be assured that you will also meet your ends once you come up here, if you come up here."
"GR!" Growled Link.
"Hm hm hm hm." Chuckled Ganondorf's voice. "You've all come such a long way, why don't you take a moment to reflect, all of you."
Suddenly, the room begins to distort itself and becomes wavy in appearance.
"What's going on?" Asked Red.
"Everyone, stay close!" Said Navi.
The room then proceeds to burst with dark energy, everyone proceeds to cover themselves as a large gust of wind blows in along with it.
"Wha...What is this wind?" Asked Red.
"Could, could it be the power of the Dark Gate?" Asked Blue.
Soon the wind dies down, and the Dex Holders now find themselves in a completely different location. Somehow, the location in question is familiar to them.
"What happened?" Asked Red. "Wait a minute, this place isn't Ganondorf's castle!"
"Oh no, you don't think he transferred us to some other location, do you?" Asked Blue.
"This place...we've been here before." Said Green.
"You sure?" Inquired Red.
"Yes, positive." Said Green.
"Now that he mentions it, this place does look familiar...wait, those drapes...they have Bowser's symbol on them!"
"Are we back in Bowser's castle? But that's impossible, Bowser's castle was destroyed!" Said Red.
Suddenly, from behind, a giant green turtle shell bearing a familiar set of spikes is seen rapidly spinning towards them, and nails them.
"GAH!" Screamed all three Dex Holders in pain. All of them crash to the ground, and then proceed to get back up, and look back, their faces contorting to show surprise. Unraveling from his shell is a familiar, evil Koopa king.
"Bowser? But how, we defeated him!" Said Red.
Bowser then proceeds to open his mouth and proceeds to spew out a stream of flames towards them.
"And from the looks of it, he ain't too happy about it." Said Green.
Bowser then proceeds to retract in his shell, and rapidly proceeds to spin towards them once more.
"Look out!" Said Blue.
All three of them proceed to jump out of the way of the Koopa king's attack.
"We defeated you once Bowser, and we'll defeat you again! BLIZZAGA!" Screamed Blue.
The tip of her wand turns blue and freezes over. A gust of wind carrying snowflakes and ice chunks floats towards Bowser, and instantly freezes him.
"Yeah, that got him!" Said Blue.
"Strange, last time we fought Bowser, he gave us quite a run for our money. I wonder..." Said Green. He then proceeds to run up to the now frozen Bowser and slashes him. Bowser is then shrouded in a dark aura, and shrinks down into a tiny Goomba Heartless. The Heartless is then dispatched.
"It was a Heartless the whole time?" Asked both Red and Blue.
"Seems so." Said Green.
Dark energy and wind proceed to shroud the once proud Koopa king's throne room.
"This again, you've got to be kidding me!" Said Red.
Time passes, and the Dex Holders have managed to find themselves transported in another spot.
"Where are we now?" Asked Red.
"My guess is on Ripto's castle." Said Blue.
"For real?" Asked Red.
"So, you took the same guess as me, huh?" Asked Green. "Ganondorf must be trying to do us in with Heartless clones of the previous Dark Circle members we've fought."
"Oh great, you mean we have to fight those guys again?" Said Red with a hint of annoyance.
The group then proceeds to jump out of the way of an incoming fireball. The Dex Holders take a look, and see Ripto pointing his scepter towards them.
"Relax Red, if the last one was any indication, they're nowhere near as strong as the originals. THUNDAGA!" Yelled Blue. She aims her staff upwards, and it then proceeds to spark with electricity. A few seconds later, Ripto is seen being struck by multiple bolts of lightning. Ripto proceeds to shrivel up like a raisin, and transforms into a Gnorc Heartless before being dispatched.
"Hm, nicely done." Said Red.
"I try my best." Said Blue, giving a wink.
The room proceeds to change again, this time into Cortex's Macine Room.
"Let me guess." Said Red.
Several blaster shots are then fired towards them. On the top part of the machine, we see "Neo Cortex" trying to desperately shoot them.
"HYAH!" Yelled Red, who then proceeds to throw the Keyblade towards "Neo Cortex" who makes a pained face as the Keyblade makes impact with him. Predictably enough, it turns out to be a Mad Bomber Heartless, which then proceeds to dissolve in a black cloud.
"That is for the part you played in Yellow's transformation!" Yelled Red.
"You realize that was a simple Heartless, right?" Asked Blue.
"They're just as responsible." Said Red.
The room then proceeds to change again, this time into the area where they fought Mundus.
"I suggest we keep our guards up, who knows how strong this fake Mundus is." Said Green.
"Right." Said Red.
At the other side of the room, white symbols can be seen going into the wall. The wall opens up a red gate, and out jumps "Mundus" in his final, damaged form.
All of the Dex Holders proceed to draw their weapons.
"Mundus" proceeds to crawl slowly towards the Dex Holder's, and begins to charge up his laser attack, which he then proceeds to fire towards them.
All three Dex Holders jump out of the way. Blue then proceeds to take aim towards Mundus.
"FIRAGA!" Yelled Blue. She aims her staff towards "Mundus", and a large stream of fire is then seen fired towards "Mundus" central eye. This proceeds to stun him.
"Ready Green?" Asked Red.
"Ready." Said Green. "HRAH!"
"HYAH!" Yelled Red. The two run towards the stunned "Mundus", and then jump up into the air. Green proceeds to slash "Mundus" to the diagonal left direction, Red to the diagonal right.
At that moment, "Mundus" body proceeds to start and break apart. When the fake shell has been broken, it is revealed to be a Marionette Heartless, which then dissolves into black smoke, releasing a heart into the air.
"So, all we have left is Sigma and Wily then." Said Green.
"If they all go down as easily as the first 4, I ain't all that nervous." Said Blue.
The scene was again changes, this time they are seen in the hallway where they fought Sigma.
"So, any guess to where "Sigma" is?" Asked Red.
"Right above us, move, quick!" Said Green.
The Dex Holders jump back, as "Sigma" comes down and then proceeds to come back up, drawing his beam sword.
"This is starting to get really old." Said Red.
"I agree." Said Green.
"Sigma" proceeds to rush towards them, and rapidly starts to slash at the group. They once again dodge the oncoming attack.
"THUNDAGA!" Yelled Blue.
Bolts of electricity then proceed to rain down upon "Sigma" who is then paralyzed. Red and Green rush towards him, and proceed to slash him. "Sigma" then transforms into a Hoganmer Heartless, which proceeds to dissolve.
"One more." Said Red.
"Here we come, Wily!" Said Blue.
The room proceeds to change, and " " is seen standing at the other end of the room, pointing his gun towards them. He does not get the chance to fire it, as Red proceeds to throw his Keyblade at his face. " " simply turns out to be a simple Metool Heartless, which is then dispatched.
"Hard to believe a Heartless like that gave us problems." Said Blue.
"Well then, now that they've all been disposed of, we should be heading back, right about now." Said Red.
At that moment, the room is then flooded with dark energy, and a gust of wind proceeds to blow over. When it's all over, they are seen standing in the same room back at Ganondorf's tower.
"Hey, you're back!" Said Navi.
"Yeah, we are. Talk about a relatively lame trip through memory lane." Said Blue. "Word of advice, if you want something like that to work, try to make the Heartless as strong as the individual they're impersonating."
"Not like it matters at this point, it's over." Said Green.
"Have you guys been waiting for us the whole time?" Asked Red.
"Uh huh." Said Navi. "Link here insisted we waited here for you guys to return."
"He did?" Asked Red. "Oh, Link, you didn't have to do that."
"Where did Ganondorf take you guys anyway?" Asked Navi.
"It's a long story, and we have no more time to explain." Said Red. "The sooner we get to Ganondorf, the better."
"Well, we've got some good news to share with you then." Said Navi. "Listen closely."
"Hm? Why..." Began Red.
"Shhh!" Said Navi. "Listen."
They all proceed to remain silent, and soon they begin to hear a lone sound in the room. It's compressed for the most part, but the sounds are that of an organ you'd hear being played at a church.
"An organ..." Said Red.
"And it's right above us." Said Navi. "None of the monsters or Heartless in this place are smart enough to play any instruments, so it must be Ganondorf playing it up above us."
"That's the best news we've heard all day. Come on, let's go!" Said Red.
They all proceed to leave the room, and proceed to climb up the circular stairway.
As they ascend the stairway, the music from the organ proceeds to grow louder and louder as they get closer. Soon, they all reach the doorway, which is black in color, covered in yellow spikes.
"The music is coming from the back of that door." Said Navi. "I can feel Ganondorf's evil presence within."
"So, he's in there, no doubt then." Said Red.
"This is it, once we enter that doorway, there is no turning back." Said Blue.
"Are we all ready?" Asked Red. "We've come this far, there is no turning back, period."
"Then let's get the show on the road." Said Green.
The Dex Holders proceed to look towards each other, and then back to Link. All of them proceed to nod in unison.
"Alright. Here goes!" Said Red. He then proceeds to kick the door open, and they all come running in.
At the other end of the room, we see Zelda hanging near the cieling, still in her crystal prison. She looks up, and her eyes widen in surprise as she looks down upon the Dex Holders and Link.
"Link, you're here!" Said Zelda.
"Don't worry your majesty, we'll save you!" Said Navi.
They then proceed to look forward, and see Ganondorf playing the organ rather masterfully.
"Gr." Growled Link once more.
"Ganondorf." Said Red, simply.
Ganondorf then proceeds to stop playing the organ.
"So, all of the proper pieces of this little chess game have finally arrived." Said Ganondorf simply. "I must admit, all of you are a lot more troublesome than I had anticipated."
Ganondorf then proceeds to turn around, his cape swaying as he does.
"However, if you plan on stopping me, than I'm afraid you're too late. I have already harnessed the Dark Gate's power, and have grown much stronger than I was in our last encounter, Red."
"What!?" Said Red.
Ganondorf then proceeds to take out the black crystal. "It isn't the Dark Gate's full power, but it is more than enough to dispose of the likes of you." Said Ganondorf. "Hm hm hm. I mean with this power alone, I could easily conquer 10 worlds, and such power is conveniently small enough to fit in my pocket."
"You're wrong Ganondorf, you aren't going to be conquering anymore worlds, your reign of terror ends here and now!" Said Navi.
"HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!" Laughed Ganondorf, almost maniacally. "My reign is only just beginning, you insignificant tree dwellers. Your hearts will all make fine sacrifices to the Dark Gate. And once I've disposed of you fools, not only will I be powered by the Dark Gate, but also by the Triforce as well."
Ganondorf proceeds to lift his hand up, and shows the back of his fist to the heroes. The top part of the Triforce appears to be glowing on his hand. The Triforce appears on both Zelda and Link as well. On Link's hand, the bottom right part of the Triforce begins to glow, and on Zelda's hand, the bottom left part of the Triforce begins to glow.
"Let me give you but a short taste of my power!" Said Ganondorf. The back of his hand proceeds to be shroded with purple energy, which then fires itself towards the heroes in the form of a mighty vortex
"AHH!" Screamed everyone.
"N...No way...he couldn't possibly be this strong!" Said Red.
"What a terrible darkness...never did I think I've feel something so foul." Said Navi.
Ganondorf then proceeds to stop the attack, and everyone proceeds to get on their knees.
"You see, there is nothing the likes of you can do to stop me anymore." Said Ganondorf. "Neither the Keyblade nor Sword of Evil's Bane can compare to my power!"
"You're wrong. That isn't true power..." Said Red.
"Hm?" Asked Ganondorf. "What are you pilfering about?"
"True power does not come from some magical artifact...nor does it come from mere selfish desires." Said Red, slowly but surely getting back up. "You may think you've won, Ganondorf, but really, the darkness you hold in such high regard has blinded you."
"And it seems that the light you and your band hold in high regard has blinded you as well." Said Ganondorf. "If the power I possess now isn't true power, than what is?"
"The power to protect those you care about, the power that comes from the heart. That is true power Ganondorf, and it is with that power that me and my friends will defeat you!" Said Red.
"The heart? That pathetic, weak thing?" Asked Ganondorf. "All hearts are good for is for supplying the Dark Gate with energy, which by extension powers me as well."
Red then proceeds to draw the Keyblade.
"I will defeat you Ganondorf, that isn't a threat, that's a promise." Said Red, his voice filled with determination.
At that moment Ganondorf proceeds to look down upon the heroes with bitter contempt.
"You poor, simple fools." Said Ganondorf. "Do you know who I am? I am Ganondorf, King of Evil!"
His entire body then proceeds to sprout a dark aura, and he then proceeds to start to float into the air.
"You should of looked back on our initial encounter as a warning, you fool!" Said Ganondorf. "This time, there is nothing holding me back from killing you all! When I'm done with you, I shall make the Triforce mine, and I'll claim that pathetic Keyblade of yours as a trophy! Have at you!"
Comments: The final battle with Ganondorf has begun. Will the Dex Holders and Link be able to pull through, and what of the hooded figure? Is she truly Yellow, and if she is, will Ganondorf's defeat help alleviate her heart from the Darkness? Find out in the next chapter, fellow readers. Thank you all for reading this chapter, I hope you enjoyed it. Please leave your comments and reviews, as I love to hear feedback from you guys. As always, I will see you all next chapter!
