Prologue ( What happened last time)



Link sat in silence for a moment and then stood up. I will go and put a end to this sorceress, but in return you must get word to clock town that all who are coming to aide me, must meet me here in three days time. I will not be able to make it to them. Can you do that for me?" The Deku Woman shook her head yes. With that Link walked out of her house and went to find Ganondorf.



Chapter 16







Link relayed the information he had heard from the Deku lady to Ganondorf. " So what do you think. Do you know a way to stop her" he asked Ganondorf. Ganondorf sat and thought about it for a moment. " I will be honest with you. I have never heard of someone who could do something like of that nature. She must be very powerful to do anything like that. Combating her will not be easy, but I think I might know of a way. Get the rest of the group together while I prepare a plan." Link nodded his agreement and went to get the others. He told each of the to meet in Ganondorfs quarters in half an hour. When he got to Zelda's room he paused before knocking. He still had trouble talking to her. They were as close as any two people could be, but it was still hard for Link to look at her. Every time he came near her, his heart raced and his blood would get hot. For many years, he thought he loved her, now he wasn't sure if that was all true or not. He was just about to knock on her door when it swung open. She was startled by his appearance as he was of hers. After the initial shock they both laughed and smiled. " I was coming to tell you.." " That we are to meet in Ganondorfs quarters in about half an hour. I know." " How did you know" he asked her. Zelda smiled and stepped back revealing Malon sitting in a chair. Link blushed immediately. Zelda looked at him and smiled. " I will see you two in half an hour" As she passed Link on her way out the door she winked at him and whispered " try not to be too late". After Zelda left and shut the door Link and Malon stood there for many minutes not saying anything. Then they both started to say something. "You go first" Malon said. " No you go first" Link said. She nodded and then walked over to him. " I came here to ask Zelda some advise. I...am not sure how to put this. Ok here it goes. I have very strong feelings for you Link. I have felt this way for a very long time. I didn't want to say anything before now because I didn't know how you felt about me. Sense you seem to be closer to Zelda then anyone else here, I wanted to ask her if she knew if you felt the same way about me." " What did she say" " She told me that she didn't know you as well now as she used too. That you two have grown apart sense she became Queen. She seemed saddened by that. She also told me that even though she hasn't seen you in along time, she still knows how you get when you are embarrassed. She told me that she has seen you react to the sight of me, that has her to believe that you might share my feelings. I don't know if you do or not, but I had to tell you. God I feel so stupid now....Say something please." Link did not move for a few moments and Malon looked like she was about to cry. She turned he back to him " I can tell now that you do not. Forget I even brought it up." Link reached for her and turned her around. He then cupped his hand under her chin and leaned in and kissed her softly on the lips. He let the kiss linger for a moment before breaking it. When he opened his eyes, Malon was still standing there with her eyes closed. " I hope that tells you how I feel" he said. Malon opened her eyes and Link saw she was crying. He just smiled and kissed her again.

Link and Malon were five minutes late to the meeting. When they arrived Zelda smiled at them, Ganondorf looked upset. " Sorry we are late" Link said to everyone. Ganondorf began to speak. " As I was saying, this isn't going to be easy. We are dealing with a creature of immense power. I have devised a plan that I hope will help to confuse the creature so someone can get close enough to strike at her. There will be three sets of teams. Team one will be the ones doing most of the distance attacking and distracting. The second team will be the ones trying to get the creature to move where we want it to. The third team will be the ones that go in to try and hit the creature. They will be the ones who have the greatest risk of getting killed. Due to the supreme danger inherent in that task, I will ask for volunteers only for this team." No one moved for several seconds. Finally Link stood up. " We all know that I have the best chance for that to work. I will be the third team. I and I alone will be it." Everyone started to protest. After a few moments Ganondorf spoke up. " I will do it Link. You will head the second team." Link started to argue, but Ganondorf looked at him and whispered " we will discuss it later." Link didn't like leaving it at that, but he didn't want to argue in front of everyone. Ganondorf went over every detail of the plan with the group before they departed to rest. Link stayed behind to talk to Ganondorf. " So what is this all about" Link asked. " Why did you do that? Why did you tell me I won't be the third team. You know as well as I do that I am the only one who is skilled enough to do it. It is the only chance we have." Ganondorf said nothing, he just looked at Link and sighed shaking his head. " You really are that stupid aren't you?" Link was taken aback, why was Ganondorf calling him stupid? " What do you mean" he asked. " Think about it Link, we go up against this thing and you get killed, then who is going to lead this party. The only one here who knows this land, and the people is you. If you die the mission does with you. That is why I must be the one who puts himself in the kind of danger we are facing." Link shook his head. " Now your being the stupid one. Did you forget what we mean to each other, if one of us or Zelda dies, we have no hope of destroying this thing. Therefore we are all taking a chance no matter who does it. So let me be the one who gets close, you know that this is the only way."

Ganondorf shook his head and sat in silence for awhile, just staring a the floor. Just then there was a knock on the door. Ganondorf answered it. When he opened the door standing there was a man about Links age, maybe a bit younger. He was tall and muscular with brown hair. He wore a tunic with a symbol of a notebook covered by a symbol for justice. " Hello, is Link here by any chance?" the young man asked Ganondorf. Ganondorf looked at Link and shrugged. Link got up and went to the door. " Are you Link" the young man asked. " Yes, who wants to know." Link answered. " You probably don't remember me, but I remember you. You are the kid who saved all of Termaina. You are a legend in this land. Stories of your adventure here have been told far and wide. The play based on one of the stories is the most revered and most preformed in all of Termaina. I had hoped you would come back one day, but I also knew what that meant. When I received word that you were coming here I almost jumped out of my skin. I couldn't believe I was going to see you again. Then I realized what your return must mean. I was told that you were looking for friends from here to help on a quest. I rounded up some people and we were ready to go to Clock town when we saw your band of travelers be picked up by that idiotic Deku King. We came here to rescue you, but on the way we received word that you wanted us to come here. I am the first to come, the rest will be here within two days time."

Link waited a moment to see if the young man was going to say anything more. When he didn't Link said, " Well that is very good to know but you never did tell me your name." The young man started to laugh, " You know what your right. I got so excited when I saw you again that I forgot to introduce myself. I am Jim, the leader of the Bombers squad. When you were here last we were just a group of kids who did good things for people. It was known as the Bombers Justice League. Sense you left we have grown in size and in what we do. We are now known as the Bombers squad. We are fifty members strong. We are what you might call a goodwill Squad. We help people with problems. We travel all over the lands and have at least one member of each of the races. We do charge a fee, but it is proportionate to how much money you have. If you are rich the fee is more, if you are poor the fee is very little or none at all. We keep very detailed records of our services. We have a file on every person who has used our services and every person or thing we have come across in our work. We know every inch of this land, and some of the ones beyond. You could not ask for a better guide and companion in this land, then that of a Bomber." Link looked at Ganondorf who was watching Jim very closely. Link got the impression that he didn't trust him. Link did remember the Bombers Justice League. At the time there was only five boys including Jim their leader. He made Link a member, at the time Link didn't think much of it; but now he was glad that he made friends with them. He had the impression that Jim would be a very valuable asset in this quest. Link noticed Ganondorf moving tawords Jim, he hoped Ganondorf would not do anything stupid. Ganondorf walked over to Jim and started to pull out his sword. Before Ganondorf could even get the sword halfway out he was on the ground with a busted forehead and his sword was in Jim's hand.

Jim stood over Ganondorf holding the sword to his throat. " Why did you attack me" Jim asked. Ganondorf looked up and groaned. Link smiled, " He didn't even get a chance to. You moved so fast I don't think he knew what hit him. How did you do that?" Jim eyed Ganondorf for a moment deciding if he should let him up or not. When he was convinced that Ganondorf was not going to try and retaliate he let him up and handed him his sword back. " To answer your question Link. IN order to accomplish our work to the best of our abilities we learned we had to fight and fight well. So I hired a few of the greatest fighters in the lands to teach us their techniques. While it is required that any Bomber be able to fight well, I as the leader must surpass all of them. Therefore I have become the most skilled fighter in the land. My only wish is to be as great as you one day." Link blushed and was astonished at the same time. This man was ten times quicker then he ever was and yet he thought Link was the better fighter. Link wanted to correct him and let him know he was the better fighter, but thought better of it. If Link tired to tell him he might upset him and that would not be good. They needed a man like this in the party. " I think you might overestimate my abilities, but never mind that. We would be honored to have you join our quest. We are currently getting ready to fight the sorceress that lives in this swamp. We were just discussing our plan when you came. How much do you know about this creature?" " Only that she is something out of the darkest pits of darkness. I only know what I have heard, but sense most people who see her don't live to tell about it the details are sketchy. I did have one man on the squad who lived long enough to tell me some details about her lair. I will be wiling to guide you and your party though as much as I know. Now tel me your plan of attack and I will give you any advise I can."

So Link and Ganondorf went over the plan with Jim for the next half hour. When they were done Jim sat back. " It sound like a solid plan. I only see one problem, the person who gets close will be in mortal danger. One thing you two might not be aware of is the fact that she emanates electricity. If you were to hit her with a sword you would be instantly killed." Ganondorf smiled, " that settles it then Link; I will be the one who will get close. I can use my magic against her." Jim shook his head. " You cannot do that either. She is very powerful and no form of magic can harm her." Link was astonished, how were they to defeat this creature if neither Ganondorf or himself would be effective. " What about arrows" Link asked. " They might do well to annoy her, but they would be no real threat." " Then how do we stop her" Ganondorf inquired. Jim sat for a moment thinking and then popped up and grabbed his pack. " Their might be a way." he said. " If I...yes here it is." Jim held up what looked like to Link to be a sword made out of glass. The handle was made out of wood and the blade was transparent. Link asked if he could hold it for a moment. Jim said yes and handed it to him. " How is a sword made out of glass going to help us" Ganondorf huffed. Jim chuckled a bit. " It is not made out of glass, it is made out of crystal, a very rare crystal. It was made by a man I helped out many years ago. He was a blacksmith who had borrowed some money from some thieves, when he couldn't pay them back his daughter was kidnaped by the thieves. When I found her I had to kill all the bandits to get her away, I then went though their stuff looking for any kind of food to give her. They had been obviously starving her and I was worried she would not last long. In one of the trunks I found what looked like glass. At first I thought nothing of it and was about to leave it when the girl told me she heard the men talking about this. She said it was a rare form of a crystal that could only be found in lands beyond this one. It was as malleable as iron but had the strength of a diamond. I took it with me to see if the blacksmith could use it. He was so grateful to get his daughter back, but he had no money to pay me. He decided to pay me by making me a sword. I asked him if he could make me a sword out of this material and he said he would try. Well the forming of the sword was more difficult then he had anticipated. Apparently it needed a bit of magic to form it. So I got one of the magic users I had helped before to help in the creation of the sword. Together they formed the sword, but in order for it to work it had to be tied to one person. That person and only that person could use it, so they gave it to me and now the sword belongs to me. At first I wondered how or why this thing would ever come in handy. Surely a sword made out of something this light and this clear would break in a moments notice. I can assure you though that it will not. In fact over the years I have found what it true nature is. It becomes whatever you need it to be. IT will always be a sword, but the kind varies from time to time. The handle is not wood normally. When I picked it up though I told it to give a sword capable of withstanding electricity and this is what it gave me. Now sense I am the only one who can sue it and sense you two can't think of anything better, I will be the one who will get close and kill the creature. Don't even think about arguing, you know I am right." Link looked at Ganondorf who just shrugged and moved away. " Well" Link started, " you are right. I cannot argue with you, you shall be the one who will get close enough to kill the sorceress when we combat her. I will inform the others tomorrow. Now go get some sleep, we leave at dawn." Jim nodded and turned and left.

Link walked over to Ganondorf who was lying on his bed staring at the ceiling. " Do you think we can do this" Link asked. Ganondorf shook his head, " I don't know. One thing is for sure, we will know soon enough if we came all this way for nothing. If we can't stop this sorceress, we might as well forget about stopping the evil thing that awaits us somewhere out there." Link nodded his agreement. He said goodnight to Ganondorf and left for his won little shelter. While he was walking he stopped and looked at the moon. He remembered when the mon was threatening to destroy the world. Now it looked like it was a million miles away. Link closed his eyes and let the night air fill his lungs and the night sound fill his ears. He had done so much in his life and faced so many trails. He sighed as he continued to walk, he knew this was the pattern in his life. When he got to his little hut he was surprised to see the door wide open. He slowly moved inside and looked around. When his eyes adjusted to the darkness he noticed a figure standing in the shadows. Link tried to pierce the blackness and see who it was. He was about to call out when the figure stepped into the light, it was Malon. " I was hoping I could stay with you tonight" she said. Link smiled and walked over to her and kissed her on the lips. " Sure you can" he said. She hugged him and they walked together to get some sleep. They had a long road ahead of them, but for tonight they held each other in their arms and for a fleeting moment felt happiness and peace. The morning would bring hardship and pain, who knew when it would end. For tonight however none it mattered as they slept holding each other and becoming one.