Link awakened the next day,with a startled and perplexed look on his face."What did all of these strange dreams mean"?He thought to himself.Maybe it had to do with things that he had tried hard to forget,things about his past.Things that were very personal and that were just plain gruesome.Things he really didn't want other people to know about.Things that he hadn't even told his wife or daughter about.
The night before was some kind of rude awakening for Link,who had tried so hard to block out some of the horrific events that took place in Termina.Although most his expieriences in Termina were great,there were a couple of things that happened there that made Link try and forget about Termina altogether.They were horrible memories that not another living soul knew about with the possible exception of his old fairy partner Tatl.
Link tried to think about it,and at the same time not to think about it.There were some things that he simply did not want to think about,even if his own dreams were telling him to do so.Things that just made his spine shiver and made him want to burst out into tears.He held it back though,and tried to dig it into the back of his mind.
He quickly got up to his bed and dressed into his undershirt and tunic.When he went outside he found Din waiting for him,but she wasn't wearing her usual laid back garments,but more of a female soldier uniform similiar to what Gerudos wore.Link let out a quick sigh,then stood still in a way as to say "I await your words of wisdom".
Link got out of his stance and began to open his mouth."Can't um,we wait until after breakfast Din"?Link asked worriedly."No Link,we shall start now.Your belly is full,I have arranged that.You have enough energy to start your training ,now follow me",said Din as she took a quick right down the hall.Link sighed once again but then picked up his pace and followed Din down the hall.
She led Link into a black wooden door with a crystal knob,and she quickly took out her scimitar as she opened the door.Link followed her inside and into a place that was astonishing.It was collosal in size,and it had thousands of bleachers in it's round shape.Link strided onto the desert like ground with his mouth gawked open wide.He then looked down at himself and found that he was wearing entirely different clothing.His ordinary Kokiri tunic was replaced with some metal armor with a moon and star on the chest plate.His green hat was also replaced with a steel bowler hat bearing the triforce at it's dome like top.
He then heard the voice of Din come from behind him."This is a place called the colleseum.It exists in a different world that yours,but that is not the point.This is the perfect place to hone your skills,but it will be extremely challenging.Are you ready Link"?Asked Din.Link quickly nodded yes and Din raised up her hands to her head.With one clap of her hands she dissapeared,and a metal gate started to open.Link couldn't tell what it was at first,as the monster slowly crept out of the darkness.
When it came from out of the shadows,Link recognized it immediatly.It was a Queen Gohma!Link unsheathed his Helix Sword and reached for his Mirror Shield.He didn't exactly know how to defeat it,at least without any Deku Nuts.The giant spider,gaping open it big hungry claws lunged tword Link with an incredible spring.Link quickly shielded himself but the physical force of the giant spider hitting him sent flying out a couple of feet.
Just before Queen Gohma was about to swallow Link whole,he jumped up and quickly defended himself with his shield.He jumped up and gave one quick slash of his sword to the spider's eye.It growled in pain and took a few steps back as it rubbed it's large eye with two of it's long spider arms.Link grasped the opportunity and ran twords the beast with his Helix Sword facing outwards.He stabbed the spider right in the head and it brutely screamed at the sword wished and whirled around in it's small insect brain.It then quit it's struggle and fell to the ground dead.
Link sheathed his sword back up and took a moment to take a breather.He was a bit winded,but not to the extent where he was actually tired.Link then heard the voice of Din again,but it came from nowhere.Her physical body was no where in sight,but Link couldn't care less."This time I think we should even up the ante a bit Link.Odolwa"!! Shouted Din.Link quickly turned his head."Oh no,not that accursed jungle warrior again",Link thought to himself.
"Where's Odolwa"?Link once again thought to himself.He was no where in sight,and the colleseum was totally silent.Then,Link felt a strange force ram him with some sort of flat object.He was lying down on the ground,but he quickly got up onto his feet.Expecting to see Odolwa,Link unsheathed his sword and did a quick spin attack,but nothing.Nothing,just a bunch of wavy thin air.Then Link felt a foot like thing hit him right in the stomach,and he was kicked into one of the brick pilars that filled the arena.
"Oh no,he must of some how become invisible",Link realized.He then tryed to reach for something ,although he knew it probley wasn't there.He was right,and the Lens of Truth he had been searching for was no where around.He would have to battle an invisible beast without it.Sighing ,Link tried to make out Odolwa's position.He had little to work with,except that the place where Odolwa stood would always produce hazy air.The kind of air that comes from fire,or hot days.
Link knew it really wasn't enough to actually battle the creature,but in his couragous manner he decided to battle it out no matter what the odds.Carefully,with his shield in front of him,he went over the wavy air and tried to produce a sword attack.To no avail,as sparks just come out of what appeared to be nowhere.Appearently,Odolwa had defended himself with a shield.Link quickly jumped back and and took some magic powder out of his pouch.He quickly stroked his blade with the mystical powder,and speedily shouted out some magic words.
All of the sudden his blade started to glow with a bright magical light,and Link could feel the power flowing through his weapon.He quickly raised his sword to about waist high,and started shooting energy discs at the hazy invisible Odolwa.It was the one thing that nobody could defend against,as it was concentrated energy from a guardian deity.After about five to six shots Link saw the wavy,thin air evaporate into a dying blue flame.
He had stood against the odds and defeated the invisible creature,but Link knew he hadn't the time to celebrate.Any moment now Din was going to call upon another ferocious beast for Link to do battle with."Hmmmm,i've been making this a little too easy.Okay,let's try something hard this time.Ganon"!!Yelled Din as Link's heart skipped a beat."Ganon?Oh no not Ganon",Link thought to himself as two glowing eyes came staring at him from the dark.
Link witnessed as a giant monster about twice the size of the original Ganon came stepping out of the shadows.Link knew there would be some sort of catch,but a twenty four foot beast?He quickly dismissed it's size and unsheathed his Helix Sword once again.He reached for his shield as well and ever so carefully started to creep closer to the monster.Then,without warning the giant sized Ganon took out his gigantic twin swords and performed an extremely powerful double cut on Link.The force of the two swords hitting Link's shield sent him railing against the the wall.
When Link got up,he noticed that a large chuck of glass had just fallen off of his mirror shield."How is it possible"?Link thought to himself,as the glass on a Mirror Shield was supposed to be virtualy industructible,but that monster with his blades had managed to break it in two.His shield was pretty much useless now,so he dropped it to the ground and picked up his sword.Link hadn't noticed,but Ganon had already walked over to his position and was about to do a jumping slash.
Link quickly sommersaulted out of the way and stabbed the monster right in it's foot.It made a howl of pain and it began to become very angry.It's adrenaline was starting to take over,and the sheer anger in it's body must of made it twice as powerful,twice as agile,and twice as tough.With his long golden swords he struck down into the ground with earth shattering force,making Link tumble over a bit.He quickly regained his balance.And made a quick swipe at the monster's leg.A large bleeding cut was left where Link had just stabbed him.The monster made a quick acknowlegement of his pain by making a brief howl,but then continued to thrust his swords twords Link's body.
Then,without warning Ganon charged twords Link with his pointed horns much in the way a bull does at a bull fight.One of the horns penetrated into Link's shoulder and he started to scream in pain.Then the monster stood up,with Link still dangling from it's horn,and it charged it's head into a concrete wall.Link's bones and ribs broke as the monster continued the onslaught of rams and charges."I can't lose like this",Link thought to himself as his pain intensified with every passing second.Link,angrilly fed up of being beaten like a rag doll,took out his sword and quickly stabbed his Helix Sword into the monster's head.
The monster roared and growled as it's brains began to slowly implode inside it's head.He started shaking his noggin permissivly which in turn sent Link flying in to the ground.Then,after dropping the swords which he was still wielding ,his eyes turned pale white and he fell down on his back.Link had won,another one of his old archnemesises had been slayed.Now that Link's adreneline had run dry,he began to painfully notice the large gash in his left shoulder.He quickly put his right hand on the wound and loudly cried,"Owww,my shoulder"!!
"Very good Link,but not nearly good enough",Din said as she came back into visibility."If you want to survive on Zecherus you can't go around getting injuries",Din added sternly."You must learn how to vanquish even extremely powerful enemies quickly,and without incidence.I can teach you that",Din added as she began to walk twords the middle of the arena."Listen Link,some of the things I can teach you during your training you will be capable of,but some things you won't.Remember that when a situation like that arises that even though you be one of the fiercest warriors known,you are still only a Hylian",Din said as she started to fiddle around in her pocket for something."This powder,this magical powder,it will give you the strength to learn some of my more advanced techniques",Din added.
"I won't give it to you now though,first I must see you at peak Hylian strength before i'll give it to you",Din said as she stuffed the small brown pouch back into her pocket."The first thing we must learn Link will probley be the hardest lesson for you,and that is the art of fleeing",Din said as she listened closely to Link,anciously waiting to his response."F....F....Fleeing ma' lady"?Link said in a puzzled manner."I know that it's not like you,the holder of the Triforce of Courage,to run away Link.However sometimes you may encounter beings with hundreds of times your strength,and in those situations you have to realize that there be no cowardice in running from an impossible battle",said Din as she began to walk over closely to Link.
"But,I can't run away.I just can't,it defies everything I believe in,and it also betrays all of my instincts",Link said heartfully to Din,who was letting out a short worried frown."I can't,I won't,I just can't do that Din"!Said Link in a very defiant manner."Very well,then your going to have to battle me Link",said Din as she unsheathed her long golden sword."What but,how can I fight you?",Link questioned."I said fight"!Din screamed as she quickly forced Link down onto the ground."Link,I could kill you two times over,what do you think your going to do"?Asked Din as she held her long sword over Link's fallen body."This",said Link as he quickly sommer-saulted to his feet.Quickly,with all of his agility,Link began running away from Din as fast his legs could carry him.
Quickly,Quickly,he ran past the stone pillars,past the rows and rows of seats,and finally through the black wooden door where he had entered the large stadium.And on the other side was Din,with her arms crossed and a wide smile arched on her face."Very good Link,sometimes you see tough love gets the best and quickest results",Din said,trying to hold back her laughter.