"So... YOU are the young girl that fool Link has been traveling with!" Gannondorf said, grinning sinisterly at Malon. "I've been looking a long time for you..."

"Lemme go!" Malon yelled at him, struggling at her chains. "Link will save me, and kill you! Just wait and see!"

"Hah! And she's feisty too!" Gannondorf laughed, his putrid breath blasting across her face. "Of course, I didnt just kidnap you to simply make lover-boy worried about you... oh no, there's much more I'm going to do with you, girl." Gannondorf swished his hands, and Zelda reached into her pocket. She extracted the Ocarina of Time, and began playing The Song of Time.'

"Stoppit, Zelda!" Malon screamed at her. "Stop playing!"

"She is under my power now." Gannondorf said, his smile widening. "Now, girl, start singing that song... let me hear your beautiful voice..."

"No!" Malon shouted, closing her eyes. "I wont do it... I wont do it..."

"Really?" Gannondorf chuckled. "We shall see about that..."
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Link trekked through the castle, his mind flooded with one thing: Malon. "Dammit, why did she have to come with us?" Link growled, almost angry at her. "What does she have to do with me and Zelda? The last time I fought Gannondorf, she had nothing to do with it, but give me Epona..."

Link was cut off from his thoughts as a Moblin lumbered from behind a wall. Link drew the Master Sword, but, amazingly, this Moblin spoke to him:

"Brave warrior, I hold the knowledge you seek." the Moblin rumbled.

"You know where Malon is?" Link shouted at it. "Tell me!"

"Before I tell you, you must solve my riddle." the Moblin growled. "Here it is: I can move entire mountains, drain massive lakes. But I can tell you one thing: my tune is not fake. What am I?" Link stood there, looking up at the massive Moblin. Finally, it clicked in his head.

"Haven't used this little thing in a while..." Link muttered, pulling his Fairy Ocarina out of his satchel. He put the tiny instrument to his lips, and played Zelda's Lullaby.

The Moblin nodded its head, and bellowed, "That is correct." The Moblin began to glow, and it shrunk and became more humanlike... soon, the Moblin was gone, and a shrewd old man had taken its place.

"Your love for Zelda is obvious... but your love for the farm girl is imminent. Good luck, Hero of Time." And in a brilliant flash of light, the Sage of Light disappeared.
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Link continued his journey through the castle, and he finally reached the final door. It was the familiar gigantic door with the huge brass lock. But this time, the door was unlocked... Link pushed the door open, and peeked inside.

Zelda was playing The Song of Time on her Ocarina, and Malon and Gannondorf were accompanying her on voice and organ.

"Stop!" Link yelled. The two girls blinked and shook their heads, as if they were stepping out of a trance.

"Link?" Zelda and Malon said in unison. But it was much too late. Gannondorf played on final chord on the organ, and a Triforce symbol lit up on the ground, and a vortex opened up in the center. Gannondorf swirled his hand again, and Zelda and Malon burst from their chambers and flew toward the portal.

"Liiiiiiiiiiiiink!!!" Malon shrieked as she swirled into the vortex. Link made a frantic grab for her, but the suction was too strong. With a loud sucking noise, Malon and Zelda were gone. Gannondorf made a peace sign, and jumped into the portal. And with a blast, the vortex sealed shut.

In an instant, they were gone.