Prologue ( where we last left off).



Link smiled and nodded his understanding and Ganondorf just sat staring into the fire. The three of them sat in silence for a good long while. Link felt himself starting to drift into slumber when a nosie from off the in shadows sapped him back to attention. He immediately jumped up and drew his sword. Jim and Ganondorf did likewise. The three of them stood with their backs to the fire peering into the blackness. Link saw a shape move and his muscles tightened. Ganondorf let loose a huge fire ball and hit the figure that was there. The three of them ran to the spot and waited for the smoke to clear. When it did, they all gazed in disbelief and what laid on the ground. It was Mason.



Chapter 21





It took several minutes to revive Mason. He was badly hurt and Ganondorfs fireball just made things even worse. Once he gained consciousness he started to babble incoherently. Link tried to make out what he was saying, but it was no use. After a few minutes Mason lost all consciousness and fell into a deep comma like slumber. Link decided that it was futile to try and revive him. The three of them watched over him all night long. In the morning Link awoke to find Mason sitting up and awake. He was drinking some of that coffee that Jim had. He was very quiet and sat for minutes n end without moving or breathing. Link went over to him and asked him how he was. Mason did not respond, so Link asked him again. This time Mason jerked his head towards Link and looked as if Link was the most frightening thing he had ever seen. His eyes got wide and his whole body began to tremble. He let out a horrifying scream. Everyone who was awake ( and some who weren't) came running towards them. Link was trying to help Mason who had gone into a sort of convulsive shock. He was on the ground thrashing around. When the rest of the group got there everyone just stood there not sure of what to do. Jim ran and got his pack and poured a liquid down Mason throat. Soon afterwards Mason stopped and fell asleep once again.

" What on earth did you say to him" Ganondorf inquired.

" Nothing, I asked him how he was. He didn't respond so I asked him again. That is when he looked at me. I don't think he was seeing me though, I think he saw something from the sorceresses lair. He got all wide eyed and just flipped out. He screamed and then went into a convulsive shock. That is when you guys came."

Everyone left after a few moments, and Link told Jim to keep an eye on Mason for a few while he went for a walk. Jim told him he would and Link went off to be alone for a few moments. He walked for a few hundred feet into he woods and then collapsed to the ground. He was very disturbed and shaken up by the look on Mason's face when he turned to look at him. Link never knew that so much terror could exist in one being. He knew that whatever it was that Mason saw, it would pale in comparison to what they would all experience when they came face to face with the being. Link didn't know if he could go on. He didn't know if he could take much more of this. They were not even close to the being and he already wanted to quit. Link began to feel a great anger well up inside him until he was shaking almost as much as Mason was. He let out a great and fierce cry and screamed into the air..

" I don't want this anymore, do you hear me. Take it away, take it all away. I don't want to be the savior of time, or the hero of time, or the great warrior. I just want to live a normal life. I can't take this. What is to become of us. I am tired, and angry. Please someone tell me why."

Link could hear no sound, all sound in this forest was dead, as were they all he feared. He was alone, in the stillness, on his knees waiting for a answer he didn't expect to hear. Expect it or not, he however got one.

" Because you will succeed when others have failed."

Link spun around looking for the source of the voice. He didn't se anything.

" Who are you, what do you want?" he asked to the winds.

" I am the collective unconscious of all those who have tried to stop this being and failed. We are from many planets, and some of us are of completely different genetic makeup. We however all share one common thread. We have all faced this creature and failed. You are our last and final hope. You are the only one who can stop this thing. You have been chosen, by us to fulfill this task."

" What? What do you mean. I was chosen by destiny, by my birth heritage. By my connection to Ganondorf and Zelda."

" IT is true that it is your heritage that chooses you, but not in the way you think. It is your actions, and not your ancestors that now influences this task you face. It is true that because of your heritage that you were forced to face Ganondorf. However that is not the sole reason you are now chosen for this task. We searched the universe for a being who was pure of heart, strong of will and swift of mind. We learned of your great deeds here on your planet, and then made it so that the being would come to your planet next. We placed the necessary information in the minds of some of the people you would know. We did this so that you would learn of the beings existence and it's intentions. You must succeed in stopping the creature. In order to do that, you must leave behind all those who are in your party. You must go alone. If the creature finds them, he surely will win by breaking your spirit. Listen to us, go alone. Leave them to fight the creature you now seek, and go find and kill the being alone."

Link sat in the dead silence for a long while. He didn't know what to believe. Should he listen to and believe the voice, or his own gut, which told him not to leave the group. Was that voice truly the voice off all those who had failed and then came to him as the last hope. If it was, he must do as they said. Link sat there for a few moments and then making his decision, he stood up and began walking.

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Miko walked down the long hallway to the chamber that let him talk to his master. He felt a bit of pride in his accomplishment. This was one time that he would not be reprimanded for is failure to do what his master has instructed him to do. As he neared the chamber one of the Lizarians slithered past him. Miko shuttered, he detested the Lizarians. As he got to the chamber door he was stopped by the two Lizarian guards.

" The masssster wishessss to sssspeak with you."

" NO kidding. That might be why he summoned me."

The guards parted and Miko went into the chamber. Once inside he sat down on the only piece of furniture in the room and waited. His master would soon contact him, but how long that would be he didn't know. Miko was starting to fall asleep when the deep booming voice of his master washed over him.

" Did you do as I told you"

" Yes my master. I told him everything you told me to say."

" Good. Did he believe you?"

" I am sure of it. He will soon fall into our trap. The poor fool bought to whole thing. He really thinks he was chosen by some group of dead warriors. He will soon be caught and killed."

"NO. I don't want him dead. Bring him here, I will deal with him personally."

" Yes my master."

" Soon the hero known as Link will be mine."

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" He's gone". Jim said.

" What" exclaimed Ganondorf.

" I said he is gone. I followed his foot prints into the woods, and then I found the spot where he stopped. His foot prints stop there. They lead no where else."

" So what does that mean"

" It means he is covering his trail, he doesn't want anyone to find him."

" Why would he do that"

" Who knows."

" So what do we do now"

" I think we should kill the sorceress like we intended to, and then go look for him I guess."

Ganondorf was not happy about this. IT was not Link to run off on his own. Something must have happened, and he would like to know what it was. He and Jim gathered the whole group together and told them of this latest turn of events. Everyone was shocked and a few were in disbelief. Malon said nothing, she made no reaction at all. When the group was dispersed to sleep, Jim went over to her.

" Are you all right" he asked.

" I am fine."

" Are you sure."

" Yes. I know that if he left on his own he must have had a very good reason to do so. I am not worried. Let's go kill this sorceress and then we will go find him."