Saria's body was lying on a bed, Link by her side with his face buried in his hands. There was a knock on the door.
"Come in." Link said tiredly
Princess Zelda and a young girl about the age of twenty came in. The young girl had blue eyes and brown hair. Zelda came and sat next to Link.
"The girl's name is Tamrea." Zelda said as if she read Link's mind.
"What is she here for?" Link asked.
"You'll see."
The young girl stretched out her hands over Saria, then green energy came out of the girl's hands and penetrated Saria's body. Saria started to breath. Link ran and stood beside her and took her hand in his. Her eyes opened and she found a handsome man standing over her.
"Did we get him?" She asked. Those being the first words she spoke to Link.
"We sure did honey." Link said as he watched the young girl walk out, "Thank you," he called to her. She just turned around and smiled.
* * *
Link and Saria got home. The place was small, but a well home for them; they were both exhausted when they got in.
* * *
That night Link was getting ready for bed when he heard a knock on the front door. When Link opened it a sharp pain went through Link's right arm. Link looked up and saw Ganon standing over him with the Master Sword in his hand penetrating Link's arm.
"Thought you were rid of me did you?" Ganon said, " You're lucky I'm in a good mood, this is only a warning. If you wish to die, meet me at the desert colossus." Just then Saria and Navi came in. "Ah the fairy called Navi," Ganon used his power to bring the fairy to him and grabbed the fairy and electrocuted the small being.
"You, we saw you die on Death Mountain. How …"
"No, no you thought you saw me die." Just then Saria stepped through the bedroom door and Ganon saw her. "Ah, I see my Tamrea did do her part."
"What are you talking about?" Link asked painfully.
"Well you see, Tamrea was created to destroy you by making you believe she was your friend. Oops, I guess I just ruined the surprise, Oh well." And with that The Evil King vanished leaving the Master Sword in Link's arm.
"Oh, Link, what was that about and who is Tamrea?" Saria came over to Link's side.
"She was the one who- OUCH," Saria had pulled the sword out of Link's arm, "that brought you back."
Saria nodded and started bandaging Link's arm.
* * *
"I want you to destroy Link with this," Ganon handed Tamrea the Sword of Darkness. Tamrea stood there admiring the sword. She noticed a small green gem in the hilt, similar to that on the Master Sword, in fact it was identical to that on the Master Sword.
* * *
"But you can't go!" Saria was saying, "He'll kill you!"
"I have no choice, you don't want to live in a world ruled by him do you?" Link argued back.
"No, but …" she was cutoff by Link,
"Look, you can use your power to look over me. Now I've got to go." Link turned and started to walk out the door.
"Wait!" Saria called to him, "Take this," She handed him a shield that had a mirrored surface, "It's a mirror shield. It can reflect energy and magic back at its source." Link kissed her on the forehead and ran out the door. "Goodbye." Saria said to herself as she watched him depart.
* * *
Link ran by the Temple of Time and thought he saw someone going in. Link went in to investigate. He saw Tamrea standing there, sword in hand.
"So we meet for combat, I have trained for this moment when I would meet the Hero of Time in combat." Link walked over and brought his sword up to meet Tamrea's.
* * *
"Link has been gone to long," Saria was saying to herself. She grabbed Epona's reigns and rode toward the Temple of Time.
* * *
Tamrea was a warrior in her prime, never to be any better, her powers at their apex. Link engaged Tamrea and the battle began.
Stroke for stroke, Link and Tamrea battled about the room of the temple, locked in a combat that seemed endless and forever and could be won by neither. Suddenly Tamrea reversed her sword and knocked Link in the head with the hilt of her sword.
"Link," a beautiful woman was calling Link. "Come see your new baby sister." It was Link's mother. "Her name is Tamrea." Tamrea. The name seemed to repeat itself.
"Link, get up." Link saw Saria bandaging his head. "Are you okay?"
"Yeah, all except this major hangover." Link sat up and looked around. "I had the strangest dream, Tamrea was my sister."
"Well, there's one way to make sure," Saria said.
"How?" Link said impatiently.
"Here, follow me," Saria lead Link to the back wall of the chamber in which he had fought Tamrea. Saria extended her hands and the wall slowly began to open. "Go on through I'll wait for you here."
Link walked trough, disappearing into the bright white light.
* * *
"Why didn't you kill them both when you had the chance?" Ganon was yelling at Tamrea.
"I found no reason to kill the girl so I left." Tamrea said .She was hoping Ganon would give her another chance.
"You're lucky I'm in a good mood today, you have one more chance if you fail I will kill you myself. Understood?"
"Yes, my master." And with that Tamrea walked out the door.
* * *
Link was in the Chamber of Sages. Link was wondering around when he ran into Rauru, the head sage.
"May I help you, Hero of Time?" The old man asked.
"Yes, do you know about my past?" Link asked.
"Yes. What do you want to know about?"
"My family."
"Well, you were born to a royal Hylian family. Your mother was then the keeper of the Triforce of Courage. You had a sister named Tamrea. Then Ganon hunted your mother down. She sent you with the Triforce of Courage to be with the Kokiri, and your sister to be with the Gerudo. But your mother fell victim to Ganon's evil and was killed. What your mother did not know was that Ganon was a Gerudo and he found Tamrea and trained her in the ways of evil, swordsmanship and black magic."
"So she is my sister?" Link asked.
"Yes." The sage answered.
"Thank you and good bye." Link turned and began to walk away, then turned and looked at Rauru, then spoke once more, "do you know anything about that sword that Tamrea has?"
Rauru turned to look at Link, "Yes, yes I do."
A look of extreme seriousness crossed over Link's face, "Tell me."
"Well," Rauru began, "About a thousand years ago, there was a magical gem, it allowed people to send their life force into an inanimate object, giving that object extreme power, The gem was split into two halves, small halves, and two blacksmiths found the pieces and they went their separate ways, one blacksmith made a sword and put the gem in the hilt, thus creating the Master Sword, that gem is what allows you to charge the sword up, the other blacksmith made a sword, but his evil heart corrupted the sword when he put his half of the gem in, and his sword became the Sword of Darkness. Since the swords share the same type of gem, the swords are opposites, the Master Sword and the Sword of Darkness could never actually sever each other, the gems keep that from happening, but there is one other thing, the Sword of Darkness was later used in the Imprisoning war, and the owner put a second blade onto the hilt, making it a double-bladed weapon. So Tamrea probably didn't have the true sword. Unless the Master Sword has an extremely powerful owner would it then truly defeat the Sword of Darkness."
Link nodded, "So, in other words, the Sword of Darkness is invulnerable to the Master Sword unless the Master Sword has a powerful owner."
"Yes, that is right. But it also works the other way around." Rauru nodded, Link waved to him and turned and left the way he came.
He came through the door and saw Saria sitting down. She did not hear him come in. He snuck up on her and tickled her in the sides. She jumped and yelped in surprise.
"You ass hole!" She said playfully, she turned and hugged him. "I missed you."
"Huh?" Link said confused, "How long was I gone?"
"About twelve hours."
Link looked even more confused. Saria explained that time goes by quicker inside the Chamber of Sages. "So what did you find out"?
"Tamrea is my sister." Link said.
"What are you going to do?"
"Try to turn her to the good side." Link grabbed Saria's hand and said "I think it would be safer if you came with me."
Link and Saria went to the horse and hopped on. They sped towards the Desert Colossus.
* * *
Link and Saria rode to the Colossus. Link saw the silhouette of Tamrea standing at the entrance.
"Wait here," Link said to Saria as he dismounted off of the horse.
Tamrea didn't wait a minute before she tore into Link like a dog on a steak. Slashing and cutting, the combatants fought.
So Link challenged Tamrea quickly, and just as quickly discovered that his best effort were not good enough to achieve an early resolution. He settled into a pattern then, working against his enemy, waiting for an opening, but Tamrea gave him none, and so the battle went on.
Then Tamrea caught Link off balance and he fell into the sand. Link got up and started again. With quick, hard strokes of his sword, he bore into his adversary, deliberately engaging in close quarters so the other could not bring her weapon to bear. He drove Tamrea backward, keeping her constantly on the defensive, pressing on her steadily. Link might not be as young as he used to be but he was still powerful. Tamrea's face took on a ragged look, and the glitter of her strange eyes brightened with uncertainty.
With a downward stroke Link knocked the other's weapon out of her hand and swept her, knocking her to the ground. Link got up and looked at Tamrea on the ground. He then motioned for Saria to come to him. Saria obeyed and came over.
"See if you can't bring back her memory." Saria out stretched her hand sand began to focus. Inside Tamrea's mind her memories were coming back.
"I remember," Tamrea, said, "Link, you're my brother."
Just then evil laughter echoed through the air. Every one turned to see Ganon standing at the entrance with the real Sword of Darkness that was actually a double bladed weapon.
"Well, well three for the price of one." Link said nothing but simply walked up to Ganon and held his sword up ready for the final battle.
Link was on him in an instant, covering the distance separating them in a rush, hammering into Ganon anew. But he was growing weary now from carrying on all these battles. His strokes were not so vigorous as before, his face was bathed with sweat and taunt with fatigue.
Slowly Ganon began to edge his way back into the fight, becoming the aggressor once more.
Then the Evil King parried a down stroke, whirled swiftly to the right, and with his back to Link, made a blind, reverse lunge. Too late, Link recognized the danger. The blade of the King's sword caught him in the midsection, its black length cutting through clothing and flesh and bone.
Saria thought she heard Link scream, and then realized it was herself calling her husband's name in despair. Link made no sound as the blade entered him, stiffening with the impact, and then taking a small step back as it was withdrawn. He stood motionless for an instant, fighting against the shock of the killing blow. Then his eyes clouded, his arms lowered, and a great weariness settled over his proud features. He dropped to his knees, and his sword clattered to the stone ground.
He slumped forward and motionless when Saria, seething with rage, rushed to his rescue.
"Link." Saria said then picked up the Master sword. Saria got up and stood ready to face Ganon.
"Saria, don't!" Cried Tamrea
"I'll do what I must!" Saria said, as she stood ready to battle the Evil King.
"So, you want to try your luck? You can't win!" Ganon said in Saria's face.
Sensing her opportunity slipping away from her and her strength waning, Saria mounted a final assault. She rushed the Evil King with a series of side blows designed to bring the two-bladed sword horizontal. Then she feinted an attack to her enemy's left and brought her sword over and down with such force that it severed the other's weapon.
Crying out in fury, she cut triumphantly at the King's head, a killing blow.
And missed completely.
Ganon, anticipating the maneuver, had crouched and lowered his head, causing her to miss. Discarding the lesser half of his severed weapon, he counterattacked swiftly, striking at Saria with enough force that he knocked the young girl sideways and off-balance. Quickly he struck her again, harder still, and this time Saria lost her footing completely and tumbled over the edge of the cliff, her sword flying from her hand. For an instant, she was falling, tumbling away into the dark. She reached out in desperation and caught on to a rock just below the lip of the cliff.
There she hung, helpless, staring up at a triumphant Ganon.
Ganon slowly walked to the edge of the cliff, evil face bathed in sweat, eyes wild and bright with joy. The battle was finished. The last Descendant of the Sages was about to be dispatched. He smiled and shifted the remnant of his shattered weapon from one hand to the other, savoring the moment.
Eyes fixed on the Evil King; Saria went down deep inside herself, and connecting with the Sage's Power she had worked so hard to understand. Calming herself, stilling the trembling of her heart, and banishing her anger and fear, she called upon the last of her reserves. With clarity of purpose and strength of heart, she launched herself away from the side of the cliff and catapulted back toward its lip. Imbued with the Power of the Sages, given to her by her mother, she cleared the rim easily, somersaulting behind the Evil King in one swift movement. Even as she landed, she called the Master Sword to her outstretched hand.
Ganon whirled to confront her; shock and rage twisted his dark face. But before he could act to save himself, the Master Sword slashed through his chest, burning him with killing fire. The slain warrior howled in pain and disbelief.
Then Saria turned, and watched her dying enemy tumble away into the abyss.
Tamrea came and stood behind Saria and put a comforting arm over her shoulder.
"Look, Saria, I'm sorry about Link." Tamrea said comfortingly.
"He did what he must, but my life will be different without him." Saria looked at Tamrea as they turned and walked back to the Castle
* * *
That night, Link's life was celebrated, his death was mourned. Princess Zelda, Saria, Tamrea and all of Hyrule was at Link's funeral.
"Why did it have to end like this?" Saria asked Rauru.
"All the Heroes of Time pass on, it was Link's time. But now we must find a new Hero of Time". Rauru replied.
* * *
Saria arrived early to the Chamber of Sages.
"Saria, for your valiant effort and defeat of the Evil King, Ganondorf Dragmire, we award you with the title of Hero of Time." With that, Rauru presented Saria with the Master Sword. She has been the keeper of peace and justice with the Master Sword, and around her neck is a pendant with her deceased husband's picture.
* * *
That night, a dark figure in black robes, with an empty sword sheath on his side walks silently through the graves, searching, finally coming to stop in front of the headstone of Link, Hero of Time. The dark figure speaks in a low raspy voice, sounding as if his lungs were sliced. "Soon, I will extract my revenge, Hero of Time, very soon. I know what your weaknesses are…" Then the dark figure turns and walks away.
THE END
The Legend of Zelda:
The Sword of Darkness
"Come in." Link said tiredly
Princess Zelda and a young girl about the age of twenty came in. The young girl had blue eyes and brown hair. Zelda came and sat next to Link.
"The girl's name is Tamrea." Zelda said as if she read Link's mind.
"What is she here for?" Link asked.
"You'll see."
The young girl stretched out her hands over Saria, then green energy came out of the girl's hands and penetrated Saria's body. Saria started to breath. Link ran and stood beside her and took her hand in his. Her eyes opened and she found a handsome man standing over her.
"Did we get him?" She asked. Those being the first words she spoke to Link.
"We sure did honey." Link said as he watched the young girl walk out, "Thank you," he called to her. She just turned around and smiled.
* * *
Link and Saria got home. The place was small, but a well home for them; they were both exhausted when they got in.
* * *
That night Link was getting ready for bed when he heard a knock on the front door. When Link opened it a sharp pain went through Link's right arm. Link looked up and saw Ganon standing over him with the Master Sword in his hand penetrating Link's arm.
"Thought you were rid of me did you?" Ganon said, " You're lucky I'm in a good mood, this is only a warning. If you wish to die, meet me at the desert colossus." Just then Saria and Navi came in. "Ah the fairy called Navi," Ganon used his power to bring the fairy to him and grabbed the fairy and electrocuted the small being.
"You, we saw you die on Death Mountain. How …"
"No, no you thought you saw me die." Just then Saria stepped through the bedroom door and Ganon saw her. "Ah, I see my Tamrea did do her part."
"What are you talking about?" Link asked painfully.
"Well you see, Tamrea was created to destroy you by making you believe she was your friend. Oops, I guess I just ruined the surprise, Oh well." And with that The Evil King vanished leaving the Master Sword in Link's arm.
"Oh, Link, what was that about and who is Tamrea?" Saria came over to Link's side.
"She was the one who- OUCH," Saria had pulled the sword out of Link's arm, "that brought you back."
Saria nodded and started bandaging Link's arm.
* * *
"I want you to destroy Link with this," Ganon handed Tamrea the Sword of Darkness. Tamrea stood there admiring the sword. She noticed a small green gem in the hilt, similar to that on the Master Sword, in fact it was identical to that on the Master Sword.
* * *
"But you can't go!" Saria was saying, "He'll kill you!"
"I have no choice, you don't want to live in a world ruled by him do you?" Link argued back.
"No, but …" she was cutoff by Link,
"Look, you can use your power to look over me. Now I've got to go." Link turned and started to walk out the door.
"Wait!" Saria called to him, "Take this," She handed him a shield that had a mirrored surface, "It's a mirror shield. It can reflect energy and magic back at its source." Link kissed her on the forehead and ran out the door. "Goodbye." Saria said to herself as she watched him depart.
* * *
Link ran by the Temple of Time and thought he saw someone going in. Link went in to investigate. He saw Tamrea standing there, sword in hand.
"So we meet for combat, I have trained for this moment when I would meet the Hero of Time in combat." Link walked over and brought his sword up to meet Tamrea's.
* * *
"Link has been gone to long," Saria was saying to herself. She grabbed Epona's reigns and rode toward the Temple of Time.
* * *
Tamrea was a warrior in her prime, never to be any better, her powers at their apex. Link engaged Tamrea and the battle began.
Stroke for stroke, Link and Tamrea battled about the room of the temple, locked in a combat that seemed endless and forever and could be won by neither. Suddenly Tamrea reversed her sword and knocked Link in the head with the hilt of her sword.
"Link," a beautiful woman was calling Link. "Come see your new baby sister." It was Link's mother. "Her name is Tamrea." Tamrea. The name seemed to repeat itself.
"Link, get up." Link saw Saria bandaging his head. "Are you okay?"
"Yeah, all except this major hangover." Link sat up and looked around. "I had the strangest dream, Tamrea was my sister."
"Well, there's one way to make sure," Saria said.
"How?" Link said impatiently.
"Here, follow me," Saria lead Link to the back wall of the chamber in which he had fought Tamrea. Saria extended her hands and the wall slowly began to open. "Go on through I'll wait for you here."
Link walked trough, disappearing into the bright white light.
* * *
"Why didn't you kill them both when you had the chance?" Ganon was yelling at Tamrea.
"I found no reason to kill the girl so I left." Tamrea said .She was hoping Ganon would give her another chance.
"You're lucky I'm in a good mood today, you have one more chance if you fail I will kill you myself. Understood?"
"Yes, my master." And with that Tamrea walked out the door.
* * *
Link was in the Chamber of Sages. Link was wondering around when he ran into Rauru, the head sage.
"May I help you, Hero of Time?" The old man asked.
"Yes, do you know about my past?" Link asked.
"Yes. What do you want to know about?"
"My family."
"Well, you were born to a royal Hylian family. Your mother was then the keeper of the Triforce of Courage. You had a sister named Tamrea. Then Ganon hunted your mother down. She sent you with the Triforce of Courage to be with the Kokiri, and your sister to be with the Gerudo. But your mother fell victim to Ganon's evil and was killed. What your mother did not know was that Ganon was a Gerudo and he found Tamrea and trained her in the ways of evil, swordsmanship and black magic."
"So she is my sister?" Link asked.
"Yes." The sage answered.
"Thank you and good bye." Link turned and began to walk away, then turned and looked at Rauru, then spoke once more, "do you know anything about that sword that Tamrea has?"
Rauru turned to look at Link, "Yes, yes I do."
A look of extreme seriousness crossed over Link's face, "Tell me."
"Well," Rauru began, "About a thousand years ago, there was a magical gem, it allowed people to send their life force into an inanimate object, giving that object extreme power, The gem was split into two halves, small halves, and two blacksmiths found the pieces and they went their separate ways, one blacksmith made a sword and put the gem in the hilt, thus creating the Master Sword, that gem is what allows you to charge the sword up, the other blacksmith made a sword, but his evil heart corrupted the sword when he put his half of the gem in, and his sword became the Sword of Darkness. Since the swords share the same type of gem, the swords are opposites, the Master Sword and the Sword of Darkness could never actually sever each other, the gems keep that from happening, but there is one other thing, the Sword of Darkness was later used in the Imprisoning war, and the owner put a second blade onto the hilt, making it a double-bladed weapon. So Tamrea probably didn't have the true sword. Unless the Master Sword has an extremely powerful owner would it then truly defeat the Sword of Darkness."
Link nodded, "So, in other words, the Sword of Darkness is invulnerable to the Master Sword unless the Master Sword has a powerful owner."
"Yes, that is right. But it also works the other way around." Rauru nodded, Link waved to him and turned and left the way he came.
He came through the door and saw Saria sitting down. She did not hear him come in. He snuck up on her and tickled her in the sides. She jumped and yelped in surprise.
"You ass hole!" She said playfully, she turned and hugged him. "I missed you."
"Huh?" Link said confused, "How long was I gone?"
"About twelve hours."
Link looked even more confused. Saria explained that time goes by quicker inside the Chamber of Sages. "So what did you find out"?
"Tamrea is my sister." Link said.
"What are you going to do?"
"Try to turn her to the good side." Link grabbed Saria's hand and said "I think it would be safer if you came with me."
Link and Saria went to the horse and hopped on. They sped towards the Desert Colossus.
* * *
Link and Saria rode to the Colossus. Link saw the silhouette of Tamrea standing at the entrance.
"Wait here," Link said to Saria as he dismounted off of the horse.
Tamrea didn't wait a minute before she tore into Link like a dog on a steak. Slashing and cutting, the combatants fought.
So Link challenged Tamrea quickly, and just as quickly discovered that his best effort were not good enough to achieve an early resolution. He settled into a pattern then, working against his enemy, waiting for an opening, but Tamrea gave him none, and so the battle went on.
Then Tamrea caught Link off balance and he fell into the sand. Link got up and started again. With quick, hard strokes of his sword, he bore into his adversary, deliberately engaging in close quarters so the other could not bring her weapon to bear. He drove Tamrea backward, keeping her constantly on the defensive, pressing on her steadily. Link might not be as young as he used to be but he was still powerful. Tamrea's face took on a ragged look, and the glitter of her strange eyes brightened with uncertainty.
With a downward stroke Link knocked the other's weapon out of her hand and swept her, knocking her to the ground. Link got up and looked at Tamrea on the ground. He then motioned for Saria to come to him. Saria obeyed and came over.
"See if you can't bring back her memory." Saria out stretched her hand sand began to focus. Inside Tamrea's mind her memories were coming back.
"I remember," Tamrea, said, "Link, you're my brother."
Just then evil laughter echoed through the air. Every one turned to see Ganon standing at the entrance with the real Sword of Darkness that was actually a double bladed weapon.
"Well, well three for the price of one." Link said nothing but simply walked up to Ganon and held his sword up ready for the final battle.
Link was on him in an instant, covering the distance separating them in a rush, hammering into Ganon anew. But he was growing weary now from carrying on all these battles. His strokes were not so vigorous as before, his face was bathed with sweat and taunt with fatigue.
Slowly Ganon began to edge his way back into the fight, becoming the aggressor once more.
Then the Evil King parried a down stroke, whirled swiftly to the right, and with his back to Link, made a blind, reverse lunge. Too late, Link recognized the danger. The blade of the King's sword caught him in the midsection, its black length cutting through clothing and flesh and bone.
Saria thought she heard Link scream, and then realized it was herself calling her husband's name in despair. Link made no sound as the blade entered him, stiffening with the impact, and then taking a small step back as it was withdrawn. He stood motionless for an instant, fighting against the shock of the killing blow. Then his eyes clouded, his arms lowered, and a great weariness settled over his proud features. He dropped to his knees, and his sword clattered to the stone ground.
He slumped forward and motionless when Saria, seething with rage, rushed to his rescue.
"Link." Saria said then picked up the Master sword. Saria got up and stood ready to face Ganon.
"Saria, don't!" Cried Tamrea
"I'll do what I must!" Saria said, as she stood ready to battle the Evil King.
"So, you want to try your luck? You can't win!" Ganon said in Saria's face.
Sensing her opportunity slipping away from her and her strength waning, Saria mounted a final assault. She rushed the Evil King with a series of side blows designed to bring the two-bladed sword horizontal. Then she feinted an attack to her enemy's left and brought her sword over and down with such force that it severed the other's weapon.
Crying out in fury, she cut triumphantly at the King's head, a killing blow.
And missed completely.
Ganon, anticipating the maneuver, had crouched and lowered his head, causing her to miss. Discarding the lesser half of his severed weapon, he counterattacked swiftly, striking at Saria with enough force that he knocked the young girl sideways and off-balance. Quickly he struck her again, harder still, and this time Saria lost her footing completely and tumbled over the edge of the cliff, her sword flying from her hand. For an instant, she was falling, tumbling away into the dark. She reached out in desperation and caught on to a rock just below the lip of the cliff.
There she hung, helpless, staring up at a triumphant Ganon.
Ganon slowly walked to the edge of the cliff, evil face bathed in sweat, eyes wild and bright with joy. The battle was finished. The last Descendant of the Sages was about to be dispatched. He smiled and shifted the remnant of his shattered weapon from one hand to the other, savoring the moment.
Eyes fixed on the Evil King; Saria went down deep inside herself, and connecting with the Sage's Power she had worked so hard to understand. Calming herself, stilling the trembling of her heart, and banishing her anger and fear, she called upon the last of her reserves. With clarity of purpose and strength of heart, she launched herself away from the side of the cliff and catapulted back toward its lip. Imbued with the Power of the Sages, given to her by her mother, she cleared the rim easily, somersaulting behind the Evil King in one swift movement. Even as she landed, she called the Master Sword to her outstretched hand.
Ganon whirled to confront her; shock and rage twisted his dark face. But before he could act to save himself, the Master Sword slashed through his chest, burning him with killing fire. The slain warrior howled in pain and disbelief.
Then Saria turned, and watched her dying enemy tumble away into the abyss.
Tamrea came and stood behind Saria and put a comforting arm over her shoulder.
"Look, Saria, I'm sorry about Link." Tamrea said comfortingly.
"He did what he must, but my life will be different without him." Saria looked at Tamrea as they turned and walked back to the Castle
* * *
That night, Link's life was celebrated, his death was mourned. Princess Zelda, Saria, Tamrea and all of Hyrule was at Link's funeral.
"Why did it have to end like this?" Saria asked Rauru.
"All the Heroes of Time pass on, it was Link's time. But now we must find a new Hero of Time". Rauru replied.
* * *
Saria arrived early to the Chamber of Sages.
"Saria, for your valiant effort and defeat of the Evil King, Ganondorf Dragmire, we award you with the title of Hero of Time." With that, Rauru presented Saria with the Master Sword. She has been the keeper of peace and justice with the Master Sword, and around her neck is a pendant with her deceased husband's picture.
* * *
That night, a dark figure in black robes, with an empty sword sheath on his side walks silently through the graves, searching, finally coming to stop in front of the headstone of Link, Hero of Time. The dark figure speaks in a low raspy voice, sounding as if his lungs were sliced. "Soon, I will extract my revenge, Hero of Time, very soon. I know what your weaknesses are…" Then the dark figure turns and walks away.
THE END
The Legend of Zelda:
The Sword of Darkness