Book Two
flight
Chapter III
The Sages ended the enchantment. A mile or so away, the six figures merged into one, the one they had been before it all started.
Link felt in his pockets for his ocarina, and pulled it out. He played a quick song, and quickly talked to Saria over his ocarina.
He then played another song, but this time he didn't talk to anyone. Instead, he warped to the Desert Colossus.
Link appeared on a stone plate in the desert. He jogged up to the temple and walked in. Zelda greeted him, and lead him to the main room, the one with the gigantic statue to the Gerudo god in it.
The Sages, Link, and the military leaders went into a small adjoining room. There they held a council of war. They decided on a way to take back Hyrule. It would start by taking the valley, then expanding east and north, eventually coming around and cornering the Odentians in Lake Hylia.
After the others had left, Zelda gave Link the Master Sword. She had rescued it from the ruins of the Temple of Time—when he was Rith, his evil fire couldn't destroy it. She also gave him advice.
"If anything goes wrong, the Sages are going to Termina. You should come with us." Link merely nodded. "Also, take these. You know what they are." Zelda told him, giving him fire, light, and ice arrows. Link didn't question where she got the fire and ice arrows. He just took them.
The next morning, their plan started. The attack took place two hours before dawn—probably when the Odentian defense was weakest. Link was the first to go out, along with three others—the Odentians had three guards, or so the army generals said. The main army came behind them.
Link saw three Odentians, each near the bridge. They hadn't noticed him yet, so Link shot a fire arrow at them.
His target turned around a second before it hit, and caught it in her bare hands. Unlike the other ones she had caught, though, this one was flaming. Link allowed himself a smile as she jumped in pain and surprise, but brought his shield up instantly a she hurled it back at him anyway. His respect for their warriors grew.
He heard something behind him, and glanced back for a second. One of the other three who had come with him had fallen, due to an Odentian on her back. Link flipped back and came down with the Master Sword in his hand, parrying the karate-style chop. The Odentian's hand didn't hit the blade—he wasn't that stupid. He stopped his hand from coming down, but slid into a sort of sliding tackle. Link jumped up and kicked his opponent in the face, and brought his sword in for the kill. As he landed, he twisted his ankle and cursed—but he felt his left hand heat up, and he was fine.
Link glanced around for a second, and cursed loudly. There were twelve Odentian warriors, counting the one he just killed! While he was fighting that one, the others had gone around killing off the army. He counted eleven people remaining, including him.
As Link engaged another, he knew he wouldn't last long—five more had ganged up on him, and the Triforce could only heal while he was resting…
He then remembered something. He had gone around Hyrule, before all this, getting the three magic spells he had used. That included Nayru's Love—he could become invincible for a short period of time.
Link quickly performed the spell, and slashed at the Odentians through the protective shield. Anything they did to him was simply deflected.
The Odentians weren't that stupid, but he had taken one down (not killed, only unable to fight as she had no arms past her elbows, or legs past her knees—she had forced him to do this to her) before they could run away.
By the time Nayru's Love had worn out, he was the only one remaining.
The Sages urged Link, through telepathy, to get to Termina. He finally warped to the Lost Woods. After him, the Sages followed.
They met him in the Sacred Forest Meadow. Link led the way to the magical gate leading to Termina. He had called Epona; she was walking next to him.
After about fifteen minutes, they found the gate. The eight and Epona hurried through, until they got to the door leading to the hole.
"After this door, there's a long fall, but lots of plants to cushion your fall. You don't really fall that fast, either—something slows you down," Link explained.
They went through the door and the fall without incident, but they came to the room with two platforms, spread far apart.
"I don't really know how to get past here. I was a Deku before, and used the flower," Link admitted.
"We'll make a bridge, like we did to Ganon's castle," Rauru suggested. The Sages did just that, and they walked across without any problems.
The inside of the clock tower looked different without the Happy Mask Shop owner. But Link and the Sages walked through, and into south Clock Town. It looked pretty much the same, though the people were different. And the moon wasn't visible at all, Link noticed with relief.
"We should probably get rooms at the inn. How long do you think we'll be staying?" Link asked.
Zelda replied with, "Until we find enough people to drive the Odentians out."
"What about Ganon's forces?" Ruto asked.
"Without a leader, the Odentians will crush them." Link answered.
They walked into the inn. Anju wasn't at the desk. Instead, it was someone who looked pretty much like Anju, but was younger than Anju had been seven years ago.
They booked three rooms—two had two beds, one had four. Luckily Zelda and Impa had brought money, but it wasn't enough to cover more than a few days. Some of them would have to get some kind of job.
Link decided to try something, though. He walked over to west Clock Town, and to the small bank.
"Would you still have an account that was last used about seven years ago?" Link asked.
"I might. Excuse me…" The banker stood up, and looked for Link's invisible mark. "Ah, yes, Link. You have five thousand and twenty three rupees in your account. You're lucky that that money doesn't get donated to charity for another three years."
"Okay then. Can I have it all?"
"Wow! If you spend it like that… Besides, you can't even hold five thousand rupees."
Link shrugged. "Would it be all right if I let some other people use my account too, then?"
"I guess. Can you bring them here?"
Link did, and the account was split so that any of the Sages could use it. Because the attack had been at four thirty, it was still only eight in the morning. But Link had a quick breakfast and collapsed on his bed.
Link awoke around one. He had a fast lunch, told Zelda what he was doing, and went to the owl statue in south Clock Town. Good, it still had its wings open.
A quick song and a short walk later, Link was at the bay. He looked out, and saw that it wasn't murky any more. That was good.
Link walked over to the small grave he had made for a Zora named Mikau. Using the Song of Healing the Happy Mask Shop owner had taught him, he had gotten a magical mask with the ability to turn its wearer into Mikau himself. This mask had saved Link's life, in addition to countless others who lived in the Terminian world.
Link felt a surge of anger. This mask had been either destroyed or stolen. Mikau had been dishonored.
Link used the Song of Soaring to go to another place, the mountain village on Snowhead. It was spring, so Link simply went up the long tunnel-path to the top of a cliff—and Darmani's grave. Link waded in through the water from the hot spring, and up to Darmani's tombstone.
Link had also gotten a mask using the Song of Healing from Darmani's troubled soul. It had also saved countless lives. But it, too, had been stolen or destroyed.
"Don't worry," Link whispered. "I'll get revenge."