Hi everyone! Back for another chapter! Sorry again for missing my whole "chapter a week quota" thing. I had some family things to do, you get it right? Whatever, time for another

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The story that gets its time in the spotlight this time is a Splatoon story saga that is called, "Splatoon: The Series". It's your traditional novelization of a game, but the few chapters that it has now will make you laugh and keep you interested! Go check it out, and make sure you give the author (Heaven The Angel) a hi for me! ONTO THE STORY!

Chapter 16: The Princess in the Tower

Link's POV

"Go and find Aden and Midna, this is my fight." Her voice was louder when she was that tall, my ears even started to ring during that! But I knew that she wanted to do this by herself. Even if I wanted to help, there would be nothing I could do right now. So I did what I was told.

I knew she wouldn't hear me, so I just ran into the burning Castle Town, leaving Adri to Zant. I could feel every one of the twos' footsteps as I raced through the town, seeing surprisingly, nobody at all! No dead bodies (From what I could see), and no other surviving people! But the two had to be in here, I just know it!

I ran to the center of Castle Town, still seeing nobody at all. Suddenly, a barrier formed around me, and two Shadow Beasts appeared out of the portal above. I unsheathed my steel sword, and waited for the right time. They were both just standing there, waiting for the right time to attack, just like I was.

I still remembered and practiced The Shade's techniques to this day, so I prepared for the Great Spin Attack. I got into a proper stance, and held my sword behind me. I kept looking back and forth between the two beasts, seeing when one would attack me, or the other would.

Then, just within my reaction time, the two pounced on me. I was able to get both of them at once using the Great Spin Attack, and they both went down at once. My sword going through both of their bodies at once as I spun around with great speed.

They both collapsed, exploded into Twilit Particles, and shot up into the portal. The barrier disappeared as I sheathed my sword, and the thundering footsteps of Adri and Zant continued. I looked up over the walls to the two, and I saw Zant cut into Adri's side.

"NOOOOOOOO!"

I just stared there, she didn't have any pain showing on her face, and there was no blood coming out. After a couple seconds, Adri laughed, and kicked Zant in the stomach and away from Castle Town.

'Holy Hylia, she survived that?!' I thought to myself. I didn't have time to dwell on that though, I had to find Aden and Midna. Adri can't battle with Zant forever, and one of them is bound to lose soon. I refocused myself, and looked around Castle Town. 'Where do I go?!'

Suddenly, a golden light from my left hand caught my attention. I lifted it up, seeing my half piece there. The glow was a little faded, but as I moved my hand around, it began to glow brighter and sometimes fade. It glowed the brightest at the path to southern Castle Town. I knew that this is where I need to go.

Hand still out in front of me, I ran through the southern path, past all of the torn down shops, booths, and green fires. I followed the brightest glow until I got to a crossroad. The path on the right lead to another Castle Town path, and the path on the left lead to Telma's Bar.

The glow was the brightest to the left, so I went to Telma's Bar.

I practically leaped down the steps to the bar, and stepped over some rubble to the Bar door. The booming footsteps could still be heard as I opened the door, and closed it behind me just in case. I was met with multiple pairs of eyes.

There was Telma, Shad, Ashei, Auru, and Agitha. Everyone (Except Agitha, who was crying in her own small corner) was huddled around a table, with something, or somebody, on it. After a couple seconds, everyone (at once), yelled, "LINK!"

I ran over to them, and they all looked desperate. I ignored the glow on my hand now, since I knew that they were here somewhere. Agitha continued to cry, as the rumblings continued from outside. Everyone crowded around me, and assaulted me with multiple questions.

"Do you know what's going on out there?"

"How did you get here?!"

"Can you help us?"

"Do you know these two people?"

"My buuuuuuugs!"

"Everyone, stop! Now f'rst off, I am h're to help. But you said that th're were two people? Let me see 'em!" Everyone was silent, except for Agitha's crying, still. They all stepped aside, and showed me who was on the table. I gasped, it was Aden and Midna, but there was something wrong with both of them.

Midna was on her back, but her normally blue face was a really pale shade of blue instead. It didn't look like she was in any pain, but it looked like she was just a little sick. Aden on the other hand, was REALLY BAD! He was on his stomach, and his clothing (Which was now similar to my clothing for some reason) was lifted up. He had a large gash on his back, extremely wide and extremely bloody. This was going to be fatal if somebody didn't do something soon!

"We found them outside a little while ago, fighting against those monsters outside. That man was protecting this woman with all of his might, that is the true heart of a warrior." Telma said. "But because of us, that gash opened up, and he could very well die soon. We've been doing all we can, but we aren't doctors, and the only one in Castle Town is probably dead for all we know!"

"We hid ourselves in here, after rescuing these two and that girl over there." Auru was meaning Agitha, and her crying died down a little bit. "I'm not sure if we can save this man, he has lost lots of blood already. Do you know anything about this?"

This was EXTREMELY SERIOUS! One of my friends was about to die! I didn't know about healing wounds, this was really bad! Nobody in here knew what to do, and I don't think there is anybody else in Castle Town that knows something about this!

'Wait a minute' I thought to myself. 'What about Princess Zelda? She is probably still in the Castle, she could know some things about this!'

I quickly turned to Telma. "'s it still possible to go through your pass'geway to the Castle?!" I asked desperately. She looked surprised, and held up her hands.

"Well, there are some more monsters here and there but that is all I know! None of us have been through there lately, or at all!"

"St'll good enough for me!" I said, looking up to the ledge that held the passageway. "Do 'ny of you h've a ladd'r?"

There was silence for a couple seconds, as I stared up to the ledge. After a couple seconds, I turned back to them to see what was wrong. They were all staring at me, open mouthed at me. "Link, you can't be serious, are you?!" Shad said.

"Of course I'm serious!" I yelled. "The princ'ss is in there, and since all of the guards are straight up cow'rds, she's probably up th're defenseless right now! 'nd if I could raid Hyrule Castle through the fr'nt two y'rs ago, then I'm sure as Nayru that I can go this way! Now somebody go get a ladd'r now!"

Telma sighed, almost like in defeat. "Okay honey, I'll be right back." Then she turned around and did a slight jog into the other room. I looked over to Agitha, who was sitting against a wall, obviously still sad about something. 'Might as well find out what's wrong'.

I walked over to her and kneeled down to her level. "You okay Ag'tha?"

She looked up to me, her eyes were a little pink from crying. "Oh, hi there Li-ink. I apologize for se-eing me like this. I-its j-uh-uh" She began bawling again, I probably shouldn't have brung that up. I heard footsteps behind me, and it was Telma again. She got the ladder, and was heading to the passageway. "Ever since we got her in here, she has been crying about how, 'She lost her bugs'. Even though that sounds a little strange, I can't help to feel bad for her. It's like she lost family to her."

I turned back to Agitha, and put a hand on her shoulder. "Don't worry Ag'tha. I'll uh, av'nge your bug friends f'r you." That seemed to make her feel a little better, because she looked up a little with a smile and said, "Thank you."

"Alright honey, good to go!" I heard Telma say. I stood up, and walked back over to the four. The ladder was up, and they all stepped back to let me through. I looked to Aden and Midna, who were still on the table unconscious. I had to get to Zelda quickly, I can't let them die on me!

"Keep them both alive for as long as you can, I'll try to be back soon! Keep them alive!" I said, before heading into the passageway.

Midna's POV

I was back in the past, watching my younger self and Aden. We were about eight years old by now, and we were telling stories to one another in my room. It was really dark, so I think it must have been nighttime, in my realm that is.

Aden was telling me of a story that he found in a book, about some strange story that was originally from the Light Realm!

"So the boy managed to return to normal, but the moon was falling because of the strange kid! So now, he had to travel across the strange land and find a way to stop it before everything is destroyed for good!"

"Wow, and he managed to do it all by himself?!" I asked.

"Yeah! All by himself, that kid was amazing! Oh, and he was also able to transform into things like a fish person, or a rock person, or even a tree person!"

"All that with just masks? Are you sure this I"-

The door suddenly opened, and one of my guards appeared in the doorway. Everything was silent, and we all just stared at each other.

"Midna! Do not worry, I will get rid of this intruder at once!" the guard yelled. He grabbed Aden's arm, and pulled him out the door with him. I rushed after them, and grabbed Aden's arm.

"Don't! He's not an intr"-

"Midna, this man came in here without permission of the King or Queen, that makes him an intruder! He is a threat to you and possibly the entire palace!"

"How could he be a threat? He doesn't even have a weapon!" I pulled on Aden's arm a little more, but all that did was make me get pulled across the hall slower.

"That book he had, he could have slammed that against your fragile head and killed you!" We were still going along the hallway, and our argument was attracting another guard's attention.

"He was telling me a story! Please don't throw him out!"

"Midna, I will not throw him out. But I will instead throw him into the dungeons until we can get him a proper court sentence! Ah, you there, can you help Midna back to her room?" He said to the other guard. The guard that was behind me picked me up by the waist and made me let go of Aden.

The guard hoisted me up so my head was on his shoulder. I could see Aden being pulled away by the guard. I reached my hand out to him, tears in my eyes and cried out. "AAAAADEEEEEEEEN!"

He didn't say anything back in reply, he just looked back to me. I couldn't see what expression he was making, he was too far away from me. I saw his lips move, but I couldn't hear anything. But before I knew it, I was back in my room, and the guard put me back on the bed.

"Don't worry Midna, the intruder is gone. You can rest easy now." Before I could reply, he walked out of the room, and closed the door. I could hear it lock, but I ran over to the door to see if I could open it. I kept struggling with it to see if it could open, but to no avail.

I could hear the guard's footsteps as they got farther and farther away from the door. I slumped down onto the door, and began to cry. My best friend was going to probably be killed by the guards! "Aden, oh gods Aden. Why?"

I was lying on something hard, I didn't know what it was. I felt weak, and I could feel my own tears in my eyes and on my cheeks here and there. My legs were dangling off a ledge, and I felt cold. There was shakings every few seconds, like something big was coming. Whatever it was, I'm not sure.

I opened my eyes, and saw a stone ceiling above me. I looked to my left, saw the tops of some wooden chairs. So I assumed I was on a table. There was nobody there though. But then, I looked to my right. I did a silent gasp, and completely opened my eyes.

It was Aden. That whole thing I just went through was just a nightmare, but this was much worse. He was on his stomach, and was facing me. His face was completely white, and his eyes just stayed opened. His face didn't move, and he didn't blink once while I was looking at him.

Was he, dead?

I tried to get myself up, and I did, but it took a lot of energy out of me. "Everyone, she's awake!" I heard someone say. It sounded like a girl, but I'm not sure who it was. My eyes were a little blurry, and I felt lightheaded, but they adjusted so I could see where I was.

I remembered this place, this was Telma's Bar. I never got to actually walk around in here, but I was able to see this place from Link's shadow two years ago. One by one, some people rushed over to me. First it was Ashei, then Shad, Auru, then Telma herself. There was one more person, but I couldn't see them with everyone in the way.

I looked back to Aden, and I wish I didn't. His shirt was lifted up, so his gash was visible. There were cuts and scrapes across his back, but they weren't that bloody. It looks like that they treated to his wounds. But his main gash, still had some things to be taken care of.

Some blood was seeping out, not as much as last time, but it was still really bad! Some blood was dried into clumps and left stains on his back. The inside of the gash was almost the same as last time, I could see some muscle and bone on the inside, and just the sight of it made me feel even more nauseous! I almost threw up when I saw it.

"Honey, lay down, you need some rest!" I could hear Telma say. I did the exact opposite, I got off the table and stood up. I ignored the lightheadedness and nausea and focused on Aden. Tears began to flow from my eyes again, more than from my nightmare. He couldn't die, he can't!

"Miss, please, lay down!" I kept hearing everyone say. I ignored them, and instead, responded.

"What happened, how did we get here, how did he get like this?!" I said, turning around to face the four. I had to know what was going on! Ashei was the one to speak up first.

"That man, he was carrying you when we found you two. You were unconscious, and he was carrying you this way. He was attacked by those monsters, but we managed to help him. He risked his life to save you miss."

I couldn't take it anymore, I hunched onto Aden's body and started to cry. This was all MY fault, he could die because of me! He risked his life to save me, and this is what he got for it! Why did this happen again?! I can't lost him again, I can't!

I heard some more footsteps, and another voice came along. "Don't worry lady, everything will be okay." Hey wait a minute, that was-

I quickly turned around, and there was Agitha! We both gasped, we haven't seen each other in a long time! "Agitha!"

"Um, do I know you lady?" she said, obviously confused. She didn't remember? Was that because of… yeah, it was. And I had to remind her.

I sighed. "I was," I sighed again, I can't believe I'm about to say this. "The kitty that stole your butterfly."

As soon as I said that, her face lit up. Looks like she remembered now, and I only had to take away my dignity! "Oh! Now I remember! Sorry for forgetting missy!"

"Um, do you two know each other?" I heard Shad say. I turned to him and said, "Yeah, it's complicated. But right now, we don't have time for stories. We need to get everyone out of here!" Multiple explosions could be heard, but there were no rumblings. It was strange, but I couldn't focus on that!

"But miss, there are all those monsters out there, both you and your friend still need rest and healing, and there are those things out there causing these weird earthquakes! If we go out there, we at least need to treat your friend first!"

Aden, I thought we could just get out of here right away, but I guess we have no choice! But I know from experience that it will take a long time for something like this to heal, and that means that the town could be destroyed by then! So what do we-

I stopped, I heard something. It was, panting. Echoed wolf panting, the Shade! I stepped past everyone, and saw the golden wolf there, staring at us. I knelt down to the wolf's level, and talked-no-pleaded to him!

"Shade, Aden is about to die again, can you please help him?!" I begged the Shade with tears still in my eyes. I could hear some murmurs from the five behind me, but I ignored them.

"I will, but I cannot meet with him every time he is like this. My powers only go so far in this form." He said, speaking into my mind.

"Thank you, thank you so much!" The explosions kept going on while all this was going, getting more and more frequent by the minute. The golden wolf walked through the opening between everyone, not catching anyone's attention surprisingly, and jumped up onto the table. He turned to Aden, and put his paw on his back. There was a golden glow, that everyone else noticed this time, and faded after a couple seconds.

When the glow faded, the outcome was the same as last time. The gash was sealed shut, but the only difference was that you could still see some blood here and there. Everyone gasped, and stayed silent for a couple seconds, but I was first to break that.

I rushed over to Aden, and put my arms around his body. I picked him up, he was a little heavy though, so I had to be careful. "Come on, let's go now!" I walked past them, and Auru decided to be the person that was on everyone's mind.

"Lady, what was that, what just happened?!"

"Sorry Auru, no time to explain right now, let's go!"

"KAAAAAAAAAAAAAA-MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE"

Zelda's POV

I was astonished by what I was witnessing. First my town gets destroyed by the Twilit Beasts of two years ago, then they somehow all disappear. Now, the Usurper King and a strange woman of astonishing size! One would call it terrifying, but I called it, graceful.

It was two giants fighting in both hand to hand, and ranged. Every time it seemed like the Usurper King had the upper hand, the woman found a way around his attacks and used her own. I was watching this from my sleeping quarters, from my open window.

All of my guards have disappeared, probably hiding somewhere. I understood their fear, for people are not exactly used to attacks like these. The Usurper King suddenly hit the woman with a barrage of purple magic attacks, sending her flying backwards!

I knew at that moment that I had to help in some way. I knew what I had to do. I channeled all of my magic energy into creating a sacred weapon that I have not used ever since the invasion of two years ago. A bright light shined, and I closed my eyes. I felt weight in my hands, and opened them back up.

In my hands, were the light bow and the light arrows, sacred weapons that I used during the Twilit Invasion's end.

The Usurper Kind had now floated up into the air, and began to create a large mass of purple magic. The woman knew of this, and started to conjure up an attack that had a strange chant. She put both of her hands behind her, and began her strange spell.

"Kaaaaaaaaaa-meeeeeeeeeee" a large mass of blue energy began to form in her hands.

"HaaaaaaaaaaaAAAAAAA-MEEEEEEEEEE" the Usurper King had now sent his attack downwards to the woman, and the woman was ready to counter-attack.

"HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!" She outstretched her hands, and a large beam of blue energy shot out from her outstretched hands. It hit against the mass of purple energy, and slowly started to retract. The woman then shouted out something else that I could not decipher, and the beam grew in size massively. It automatically pushed the mass of purple energy back at the Usurper King, and knocked him out of the Sky.

The Usurper King fell to the ground, still in his giant form. The woman on the other hand, began to shrink back down to regular size. This was the time to help. I notched an arrow onto the bow of light as the Usurper walked over to the now regular sized woman, and lifted up one of his scimitars.

I let the arrow fly, aiming right for the Usurper's chest. As it flew, it grew in size, becoming more than double its original size. It hit the Usurper in the chest, and everything was silent. He soon dropped his scimitar, and a hurricane of Twilit Particles formed around him.

I heard footsteps as I let the Light Bow and Arrows disappear, and turned to the door. There was Link, in his Ordonian Clothing and lightly wet.

"Princ'ss Zelda, don't worry. I'm here to get you out of here!" he said, kneeling down onto one knee.

"You may stand up Link, you do not have to kneel right now. But you are right, I suggest that it would be wise to leave right now. Let us go."

Glad I was able to get this done! I had a HUGE writers block when I started this, but I'm all good now! I'll try to post another chapter this week, since I missed my quota. Plus, on Thursday, SUMMER BREAK! WOHOOO! Thanks for reading, and make sure to R,R&S! Bye Everyone!