Link cursed under his breath. The twilight monster was hurt and wobbled every now and then but it still moved fast and with purpose. The clawshot didn't reach. He was out of arrows.

And the monster jumped again.

The soldiers had barricaded Zelda in a room, they had been nervous and obviously scared, but they moved with a purpose Zelda had thought lost to them. She had had little time to ponder what to do or where to go as William arrived shortly after.

"There is a hole in the sky and some monsters fell and Link just shouted a bunch of instructions and left."

Zelda felt her heart on her throat, "Is everyone all right?"

"The last I saw was Loran guiding a group of soldiers towards the hole."

Zelda made fists with her hands.

"Last I heard, no one was seriously injured."

Zelda tried to relax.

"I'm sure Link will take care of it."

As if on cue, Zelda thought she could hear Link's voice in the distance. She shook her head, she shouldn't let herself be distracted.

William frowned and walked to the window, "Is that-?"

Zelda stood and ran to William.

Link was coming full speed towards the Castle, and sure enough, he was screaming at the top of his lungs. As soon as William opened the window Zelda felt a chill in her spine.

"Monster incoming!"

Zelda tried to peer and see the monster, but William grabbed her and put her behind him.

"Wait, I have to talk-"

"I know, but still, if the monster appears I will serve as shield."

"William!"

"Link's coming."

Zelda looked over William's shoulder to see out the window.

Link was still coming full speed, but he was now standing on Epona's saddle and aiming his clawshot to the tower Zelda was in. Zelda couldn't understand how he remained stable standing on Epona.

The moment he reached the wall, Link looked up to the window, "Are there soldiers in there!?"

William peeked his head out, "Posted outside the door!"

"Get Zelda somewhere safe!"

Link could hear Zelda's voice protesting but William disappeared from the window and Link would have to trust him.

The monster arrived with a thud and a scream and his face was growing out slowly. It was almost comical how it looked.

Link swung his sword in his hand, "Beat you to it."

The monster stopped one second and screamed as if it wanted to scare Link away. Link moved his head to wash away his annoyance. The monster shook its head and tried to pass Link but Link successfully parried it. William appeared behind Link, opening a window and jumping towards him.

"You're not hurting it."

Link chopped the monster's leg and stabbed it in what Link thought would be the heart. The monster lay unconscious for a couple of seconds. "I know," he answered.

William looked to the open hole in the sky, "What's the plan?"

Link parried the monster again, "Hopefully Ashei takes care of the little ones and that will weaken this one and let me kill it for good."

William unsheathed his sword.

"How's Zelda?" Link asked. The monster was standing again.

"Protected inside. How about you leave a sword stuck through it nailing it to the roof?"

Link eyed William's sword and ran to the monster.

The monster was weak and Link just had to dodge a desperate attempt to hurt him. William stood relaxed and even Link thought this would be it.

"That hole is giving me the creeps."

Link looked up and asked for William's sword, "Me too. I want this over."

Link was still looking up when he heard Ashei's voice coming from afar. William followed Link's eyes and the both of them stood in awe of what they saw. Link could feel his hairs standing on end.

Ashei was following a group of four- seven? twilight monsters running full speed to where Link and William were. Link was halfway to the monster on the roof when the first twilight monster appeared. Link couldn't do much about that one, but the one after it, Link sliced. William had taken cover near the wall of the tower and though he could hear Ashei screaming things at him, William just stood unmoving.

Link tried to fight the monsters, and he fought for a couple of seconds before a black hand hit him in the stomach and sent him flying down the roof.

Link tried to plunge his sword through the roof, tried to grab whatever he could to break his fall, but he was falling down already and he could hear the monster screeching to the sky as Link's clawshot took hold of the tower wall.

Link's body felt numb so he breathed in and out while holding onto the wall.

William was nowhere to be seen and Link was sure the arrows aimed at the monster were Ashei's. The monster was twitching in place, still morphing itself into one. The monster then screamed and Link closed his eyes, his ears ringed and though he still had trouble hearing around him Link let himself fall to the roof.

The monster gave no time for Link to straighten himself and plunged his arm into the tower. Everything trembled and Link had to crouch to keep his balance. The monster got closer to the tower and raised its arm once again, Link ran towards it and sliced at its leg. The cut disappeared the second Link gave a step back to get into his stance.

The monster kept on hitting the wall and Link was starting to put two and two together while he tried to remain on the roof and not fall due to the trembling.

It had tried to get to Robert first due to the mirror... or the rock. And now it was trying to get to Zelda due to the mirror... or so Link thought.

Link had to plunge his sword through the tiles in the roof to help him from falling and the screams of the soldiers was the only thing that gave away that the monster had breached the wall.

Link had been figthing for himself and the future of the world and his village all those months back. And though he had faced collateral damage that still weighed him down, that still made him feel anxious, knowing that Zelda was unprotected against this Twilight monster filled Link with such dread that his heart was at his throat.

"Zelda!"

A soldier stood in front of Zelda while another tried to mover her away from the debris that fell inside the room. The monster outside screeched and Zelda knew with such certainty that the next blow would take half the room with it and only she with at most two guards would make it alive that Zelda could feel her mind coming to a stop.

The soldiers were shouting orders to each other and the only thing Zelda could think of was, 'Not again,' never again, not to her, not to her Kingdom, not to her people, and certainly not to the poor fools that would try to protect her and die trying. Not when she knew she could fight against such a monster.

A Twilght monster, a darkness monster. It almost made her sigh in relief, to know that her magic was meant to fight such things. The soldiers moved in disorder but one word from Zelda and they stood aside. It was good to know that at least now no one would dare disobey her orders. It made her feel strong. Stronger.

The monster raised its arm and a couple of soldiers gulped down their fears and stood at her sides. Zelda could hear their gasps and whispers for mercy as the arm came down. Link screamed her name once.

And Zelda raised her arm and called forth her Light Magic.

There was no fear in her. Nothing more than the need to protect her people came to her mind. The lectures of her tutors were drowned by the feeling of victory that bathed her as the monster staggered back with half an arm less.

Zelda closed her hand and knew she could handle this. She would save them all this time.

When Link appeared in front of her. Worried, amazed and with his breathing uneven Zelda clung to him. None of the soldiers moved, and Zelda's "Take cover," was the last they heard before Hero and Princess fell from the tower.

Happy Holidays and Happy New Year, people!

Have read the comments about wanting more detail! Thanks for bringing it to my attention and will try to be more mindful of that!