-----------CHAPTER 11:Darkness Rising-----------

~~Three Months Later~~

Link looked up at the cloudy and rainy skies as he went walking out of the door.The day of reckoning had come.His wife and his daughter stood in the doorway looking at Link.They were worried,scared,and in a strange way nervously excited.Link took one more loving glance at them,and started to ride Epona to Hyrule Castle.Link tried to hold back his tears,for he wondered if he would ever see his wife or his daughter ever again.If this dark one was as powerful as the sages had foretold,then maybe the Hero of Time might finally meet his doom.
The freezing rain hit Link's face like sharpened nails,making Link occasionally wince in pain as he slowly trotted his horse to the castle.Hyrule Castle Town was especially quiet today,even for a rainy day.Link ignored the overly creepy silence and continued to the Castle.The guards gave him a worried look,and let him pass through the gates.It seemed that even the commoner citizens of Hyrule could feel some kind of disturbance.
When Link got to the castle,he found all of the sages and Princess Zelda all with terrified faces in the throne room.They all looked uneasy and scared,even Rauru who was usually Mr.Calm,looked like he was going to throw up.They all looked a little nauseous,even Princess Zelda herself who was a little quezy.Durania,the goron sage of fire was then the first to speak."Now that brother's here,I suppose we should get this meeting started".Said Durania in an overly serious manner.
"Naburoo,I think you should start.What exactly happened anyway"?Asked Princess Zelda."(sigh)When Ganondorf returned around five years ago,he was very different.His personality remained similiar,but his goals were quite different.He seemed to have almost no interest in conquering anything ,but more like he was determined to kill Link.Well,after a couple of failed assasinations he turned to black magic.He started working on some kind of strange creature,in which he would tell my Gerudo people that it would be a thing to finally kill the Hero of Time.So for the next two years he was almost insanely fixated on this creation.He had just completed it when Link stepped in and killed Ganondorf".Said Naburoo.
"If only I had gotten there a few seconds sooner.I........i've failed".Said Link."It wasn't your fault Link,nothing could have stopped this".Said Princess Zelda."Link,this isn't the time to feel bad about yourself".Said Impa abruptly."The past is the past,and the present is the present.We need to think about how we are going to solve this problem".Said Impa.Link just stared at Impa,she was very wise and Link knew that she would usually give him good guidence.
"It's more than obvious that this is no normal enemy".Said Durania."And what's worse is that we don't even know the exact nature of this adversary.Right now all we know is that he's powerful and his physical form is going to resemble Link".Said Durania."I'm sorry but I have to go.I'm feeling terribly faint".Said Saria meekly.The signs of the Kokiri's outside aging effect were already beggining to take place.Because of her sage status,she could leave the forest for short periods of time,but not long.So she wiped out her ocarina and slowly started to play the Minuet of the Forest.
"Goodbye then Saria,it's been nice to see you again".Said Princess Zelda.With that Saria teleported back to the triforce platform near the forest temple.When Saria left,they immediatley went back to their heated disscusion."I think we only know one thing for sure.That it's going to happen in Gerudo Valley.Personally I think that we should get packed and continue everything there".Said Naburoo."I'd have to agree with Naburoo.It would be a smart idea to travel to Gerudo Valley,but would they let us in"?Asked Rauru."I can have that arranged".Said Naburoo."Fine,it's decided.But we need to get there fast and any kind of trip would take at least two days".Said Princess Zelda."That and I can't ride horses.We gorons are a little too heavy,and even when i'm Goron rolling I can't reach a horse's speed.It would probley take me about three days".Said Durania.
"I have an idea".Said Link."Now everyone grab on to me,i'll play the Requim of Spirit so that we can get to Desert Collosus".Said Link.Everyone got into a group huddle,and the next thing they knew they were standing on a partially buried triforce platform."Oh no,I was afraid of this.This is going to be a horrific sandstorm,everyone stick together and follow me".Said Naburoo.As they continued through the wasteland the sandstorm started getting worse and worse.Link had to actually close his eyes,and would have to follow blindly behind Naburoo and the others.It started to fizzle out though when the got to the Theif's Hideout.
"Who are these outsiders Naburoo"?Asked the gatekeeper."I haven't the time to explain,just please let us in".Said Naburoo.Without further hesitation the gatekeeper let Naburoo and the other sages into the Valley.Some Gerudos stared at the outsiders with dirty looks,but the sages and Link were too engulfed in the problem at hand to notice them."We should all probley head to Ganondorf's old run down tower near the horse range.It might be the only place where we can find some answers".Said Naburoo."Sounds like a good idea to me".Said Link,"Let's go".
When they got to the tower,they all felt the presence of evil there.Even three months after Ganondorf's death,the tower seemed like a haven of darkness.Dark clouds surrounded it,just as they always had.It brought back bad memories to both Link and Zelda,who remembered the tyranny that the wicked Gerudo man had gaven them.And not to mention the hellish things he had done to Hyrule and it's people,and not to mention the Gerudos,who he might have burned most of all.If it weren't for Ganondorf and his wicked predessesors the Gerudo people would not have been banished to this barren valley.It is however their sad and eternal punishment for following such evil men.
"What should we do now princess"?Asked Rauru."I think we should stay here and wait.Wait for something to happen".Said Princess Zelda."Now that's the stupidest idea i've ever heard"!Said Princess Ruto angrilly."Ruto,this isn't the time to challenge my judgement.This is my decision,and I say we wait here".Princess Zelda replied.Link unsheathed his Helix Sword and knelt onto the ground.He was ready for the unexpected.
"It is hatching!My master's work will soon be complete".Said a weak and disoriented Burmet.He had stayed in Ganondorf's tower ever since Link had killed his master,and he wasn't looking very good.Hygenicly,he looked terrible.His hair was a cespool of dandruff and disease,and he smelled like a rotten fish that had been out in the sun for too long.His teeth were turning yellow-ish green,and he had been living on rations of baloney which Ganondorf was going to have for lunch those three months ago.As for water,he would have to drink some of Ganondorf's terrible tasting potions every day in order to stay alive.
Link watched the sky,as it went pitch black.Not a trickle of light streamed through it to the ground,and it was only eleven o' clock in the morning.It was dark,darker than night.The lit torches near Ganon's tower provided at least enough light to make it possible to see.It then started storming ,wildly.But no rain came during the storm,just thunder and lightning and nothing else.With each mad strike of lightning everyone became more and more nervous.Even Rauru and Impa,who were usually very grounded and mellow started trembling.