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Everything was calm when they reached the castle. Link's blonde hair drifted in the wind as he carried Zelda, who had grown tired, into her room and laid her down to rest. She was so beautiful. Beautiful blonde hair, falling past her waist, such a beautiful sight. He lightly kissed her on the forehead and glanced at the window. He locked the window with a metal bolt and placed a bombchu on the ledge so that no one would sneak in alive. He walked towards the door and headed down the dark staircase leading to the king's chamber. King Hyrule was sitting at the far end of a long dinner table thoughtfully nibbling on a fried chicken leg. His gray hair outlined his rosy face in a beard, adding to the radiance of his bright, yet tired eyes. He finished the portion of the large meal and wiped his hands on a silk napkin, embroidered with intertwining Triforce symbols. It was a beautiful symbol. Outlined with gold, it was the epitome of appreciation. Link paid no mind to it. He knelt next to the king's right hand and awaited his dismissal. "Hello Link, please, have a seat. Help me eat some of this abundant meal, please," the king offered graciously with a wave over the hefty dinner. It consisted of three chicken legs, a large bowl of mashed potatoes, peas, broiled frog eyes, and steak. Link slowly picked at the meal with the king. He hadn't eaten since lunch the day before and was getting quite hungry. "So what is the news my boy?" "I saved your daughter today. I infiltrated Ganondorf's temple and nabbed her. You already knew that though." Link muttered. "Yes. Impa told me before leaving today. My highest gratitude Hero of Time. Thank you. But what else is bugging you?" The king stopped eating and wiped the corners of his mouth with the silken napkin. "Impa left? Where did she go?" Link glanced up quickly with curiosity. His bright eyes seemed shocked. "She wanted to be with her people so she made her way to Kakariko Village today. She felt useless here since Princess Zelda was gone and the thought of you going off and getting killed trying to save her probably didn't help any. She will probably return if conditions get worse." The king scooped up some peas and ate them with an instant as he finished his explanation. "What is it that is bugging you though? There must be a reason you're here. and so thoughtful." "When we were on our way back we encountered two men from the planet above. They're names were Sephiroth and Zack. They were odd and had advanced equipment and vehicles. I got into a fight with the younger one, Zack, and found him to be incredibly skilled. I can only imagine what the other guy could do." Link pulled his gauntlets tight into his grip and looked up at the king. "They offered to help us by bringing in two thousand of they're men to add to our forces. I accepted." "You accepted another military to come to our kingdom?" The king's eyes widened as he interpreted what the young man had just told him. "Are you sure they won't switch sides on us?" "Yes, I am sure. They will be arriving in about thirty minutes. Rile and I are supposed to meet them in the field and help them build camp outside the castle. They seem very powerful and helpful." Link sighed. "I can only pray that they are as good as they seem." "This is wonderful!" The king laughed lightly to himself, his belly shaking with each chuckle. "Ganondorf will not stand a chance against us if we have two thousand more fighters; especially advanced fighters. Go get general Rile and get ready to meet them." "Yes your majesty." Link nodded and smiled to himself. He turned and started for the door, armor gleaming. His white tunic seemed to glow in the fiery light from the braziers as he passed them. The small rush of air caused the whipping balls of fire to kneel at his presence. "Oh, and after everything is completed I would like to meet with the leader of these fighters. I haven't ever met with any outsiders before." the king wiped his mouth off with the silk napkin as he spoke. Link nodded and rushed towards the General's quarters to summon him.
Zack kicked back inside his Skylancer, windshield ejected so he could see the beautiful scenery of his own planet above. Lights twinkled everywhere, almost like constellations of the cities he had once visited in SOLDIER. It was an unfamiliar sight. You couldn't see stars from Midgar. The lights and mako were too thick to even see the atmosphere. Everything was beautiful. "It really makes you stop and think." Zack brushed his hair from his eyes and darted his eyes at all of the twinkling lights above. "I never imagined that this is what the outside of our planet would be like. And then there is this beautiful land of Hyrule. Untainted. Pure. I wish I could stay here." The clouds, which were mixed together in a beautiful array of morning dew and rainbows, suddenly erupted with a fleet of Skylancers and Highwind transport airships. Zack leapt out of his airship and glided to the ground like a hovercraft. As he looked around he saw two men heading towards him in the distance. One was Link and the other must have been the General, but Zack wasn't watching closely enough to even care as he stood in front of the landing zone. There were five hundred Skylancers, each one owned personally by the First Class SOLDIER flying it. There were fifty- five Highwind transports left gliding in the center of them all. General Sephiroth climbed out of his Skylancer and made a hand signal to all of the First Class men. Instantaneously, all five hundred of the high ranked SOLDIERs ejected they're windshields and climbed out. "What the hell.are these guys?" General Rile scratched the stubble of his beard and glanced at Link questioningly. Link shook his head and looked over at Sephiroth, who was standing several feet in front of him. The man was giving orders at a normal tone of voice, not even recognizable to such a large crowd. All of the men seemed to understand each order with perfect perception. "I thought you had actual 'men', not robots." Link glanced at the SOLDIERs who had lined up on either side of the long- haired General. Sephiroth glanced back coolly, his hair drifting in the slight breeze that constantly seemed to blow between they're planets. "Victor, take off your helmet for a minute," Sephiroth nudged the man to show the Kokiri warrior his true identity. As the helmet came off, strands of long blonde hair flowed from behind his head. They shimmered beautifully as they draped past his midriff. His long bangs resembled Sephiroth's but were softer and outlined his face rather than draping over it. Reflecting off of the locks of hair next to his face were two shiny, glowing eyes. The intensity burned in a small ring around his pupil with a yellowish red tone. Rile was taken aback by the odd looking eyes, which glowed with mako. The attention was suddenly diverted to the dismissal of one thousand five hundred SOLDIERs from the Highwind transports. Each one was dressed according to rank. Second Class wore dark blue armored uniforms, Third Class wore a maroon colored uniform, while the First Class was assigned black armored uniforms which were very impressive looking. Each of the First Class uniforms had a sleek, black helmet, full frontal, back, shoulder, forearm, and hand protection. They each lined up according to rank in front of the fleet of Skylancers and saluted, holding they're position without the slightest twitch. Link glanced back over as the First Class, Victor, put his helmet beck on. Link didn't notice that the SOLDIER had waited exactly one minute before reequipping it. He tucked his shimmering blonde hair into the back of the uniform and stood at attention. Zack walked up behind Sephiroth and stood next to him before the brigade. Sephiroth turned to the General and Link. "This is a small portion of SOLDIER. The guys in the black next to me are First Class. They're ranks descend. Victor and Ashley are the troop leaders of First Class SOLDIER." As he motioned to each of them he patted each on the broad shoulder plates that armored they're shoulders. A thick clicking noise rang out as his armor bracelets collided with they're shoulders. "All decisions, when Zack and I are not around, are verified by them. I already informed everyone that they are to take orders from you or General.what was your name? " "Rile. It's good to meet you Mr. Sephiroth. My greatest gratitude to fight alongside you and your army," the military leader of Hyrule reached out to shake hands with the black clad man. The light from the planet above reflected off of his worn, silver gauntlets as a strong hand shook quickly and turned to his men with a nod. "We will begin setting up camp north of here. Victor, tell the Highwind pilots to dock the ships outside of the castle so we can begin unloading materials. Ashley, come with us while we figure things out." Sephiroth turned to Zack, Link, and Rile as Victor walked off speaking into a transmitter inside his helmet. "While they are unloading the materials we can get things figured out." "Yeah. Lets go back to the castle and meet with the King." Link and Rile turned, the SOLDIERs following them closely. Link's white tunic ruffled as he walked, much like Sephiroth's coat as he took stride after stride. "When do you think Ganondorf will attack again," Zack asked with a brush of his hand through his hair. Rile looked back with a discerning look and looked up at the sky. "Whenever a storm begins to brew you will know. He always attacks within the arrival of storms. Everything seems clear for the time being but it often changes with the drop of a pin." Rile pointed to the sky and shook his head. "That's odd. We should hurry and get this camp constructed before he decides to ambush us. Ashley, go ahead and help them while we meet with the king." Sephiroth looked over to the area that the camp would be made at and nodded at Ashley. The SOLDIER saluted and headed towards the site. "We examined the topography of your land from a telescope on our planet and are going to set a large metal wall around the corner of your moat and the river that flows out of the castle. It will keep anyone from getting in and will provide enough room for our men to stay." Zack informed of they're plans as the group headed towards the kingdom tall kingdom walls in the distance. "Sounds like a plan." Link replied as he looked up at the darkening sky. The hours were so different since the summoning of the planet. He didn't think he would ever get used to the quick changes in daylight. The two SOLDIERs carefully examined everything that they walked past. They had obviously never seen anything like this before. Link could only imagine what they're planet was like. They seemed very interested in the castle as the headed through the market. People stared at the strange men with curiosity as they passed through, following the Hero of Time. As they made it around the bend the sunlight seemed to brighten slightly and the shade of darkness quickly began to fade. "Its strange. With our planets so close together, the hours are shorter and the sunlight comes at odd intervals. Very interesting indeed." Sephiroth brushed his silvery hair back and directed his beautiful blue green eyes to the cloudless blue sky. "So is your king a nice guy? Do you think he is going to mind having us help you?" "Of course, he's a great guy. He is grateful for your support. He also is interested in the fact that you are aliens." Link glanced back as they walked along the worn trail leading to the castle. They gave narrow glances. "Aliens? We're humans dude. Aliens are gross slimy creatures." Zack gave his opinion bluntly as usual. "You are human? We're human too. You can't be human! You don't have pointy ears, and your eyes glow." Link stopped and looked at them with squinted eyes. His blonde bangs drifted in the wind as he studied them carefully. The duo raised an eyebrow and shook they're heads. "Same goes for you. We are humans on our world and we don't have pointy ears. The reason our eyes glow is a long complicated story that you would not understand very well. It has to do with advanced technology on our planet. Sephiroth walked with Link to the castle. "Tell me more about this Ganondorf." "Ganondorf is an evil sorcerer that gained the power of the Triforce of Power. Triforce is a sacred emblem left by the gods of Hyrule when they left. Triforce of Power, which Ganondorf possesses, Triforce of Wisdom, which Zelda has, and Triforce of Courage, which I have, are the three areas of the emblem. After Ganondorf obtained his, he took over this kingdom and became ruler. Traveling through time, seven years into the future, I defeated him and banished him to the realm of evil." Link sighed remembering, as he had many times before, the terrible strife of saving Hyrule. The images of the monsters he had barely defeated and the rancid temples he had trekked through haunted back to him. "So he is really powerful then, I take it.?" Sephiroth asked as Link took a breath. He sighed, thinking of all the powerful people he had fought in his days. "Very. Anyway, he has escaped the realm and obtained the power of an evil spirit known as Majora. He has then used its power to pull your planet towards us. His motives for doing this are unclear right now, but soon enough we will find out why." Link finished. "I see.do you think he will attack us today?" "No clue. He attacks randomly. It is impossible to kill his army too. most of them aren't even alive to begin with." Link sighed, exasperated by realization of all that had happened. They kept on walking through the castle until they reached the king's café. There were two knights dueling it out with broadswords in a small arena in the middle of the room. Link walked towards the king, who was joyfully watching the miniature battle before him. "Your majesty. This is Sephiroth, the hero of the planet that Ganondorf has summoned. He has ordered his army to aid us in our quest to stop him." Link said to the king, who was eyeing the silver haired man suspiciously. His face went happy once again when Link finished. "Thank you. Sephiroth was it? My age is catching up with me I suppose. Anyhow, I am thankful for your support in this ordeal. The Hylian army cannot stand to Ganondorf's attacks for much longer." The old man chuckled and started up from his seat. Sephiroth and Link helped him up and stood by his side as he headed towards his room. Two knights kept a close distance away the entire time. Sephiroth didn't know if they were protecting the king, or just keeping an eye on Zack and him. "It is my pleasure sir. My planet is also in danger. I could not stand by and watch as it was destroyed. I hope to make both our lands safe once again." Sephiroth replied. "Oh, and this is my personal student, Zack. He is second in command of SOLDIER when I am not around." "Pleased to meet you your majesty." Zack bowed slightly at the king's acknowledgement and received a nod of approval. "Same to you Knight Zack," the king responded with a warm smile and continued on towards his room. Zack raised an eyebrow at Sephiroth, having been called 'knight' but otherwise ignored the slight mistake. "An old man is growing weary in the day. I am retiring for the evening. or day. or whatever it is right now. Damned hours and mixing me all up." "It's growing evening again sire. The sun is beginning to pass over the gap between the planets. Depending on the position of the moon we could possible have a pitch- black night or a dark blue ray from the reflection." Sephiroth replied quickly with his hypothesis. It seemed to clear things up for the others who were also curious. The king nodded and headed into his room to rest. "Your pretty smart man." Link turned after shutting the door. Sephiroth shrugged. The silver armor plates made a sliding sound as he moved his strong shoulders. He turned towards the exit with the other two and glanced out the window as he started forward. "No big deal. I got a master's degree in astronomy and stellar theory at Shinra University," he replied. Zack snuffed slightly at the comment. "You got a master's degree in every course at the school."
The night had fallen and the moon, reflecting beautiful blue rays into the space between the planets, looked almost like a blackened sun, peeking over the edge of the horizon. SOLDIERs of every class rushed about beneath the scenery to construct they're encampment. Victor and Ashley stood about over a large table that was painted with blue prints. They had removed they're helmets and were dressed in they're normal SOLDIER uniforms. Victor shook his head in annoyance, "we don't have enough supplies." "Your right. We're going to have to go back and get more," Ashley flipped his jet-black hair back, which much resembled Zack's spiky style. His glowing hazel eyes reflected off of the sharp bangs that draped from his hairline. "No. That will take too long, and plus, if we go back, Shinra might order us to stay and fight." Link led the group outside the castle gates as the operation was slowing down. Sephiroth and Zack frowned. The breeze cut past them lightly as they took step after step towards the main operations tent. Sephiroth looked around and ducked inside of the operation's tent. "What's wrong? Why isn't the camp up yet?" "We ran out of supplies general. My only guess is that a few regiments back home took some supplies by another officer's command." Victor crossed his arms after saluting and nodding to the others. His fiery eyes glowed ominously as they met the powerful Top Officer's blue- emerald ones. Ashley jumped into the conversation with a disgruntled clearing of his throat. His mildly deep voice broke the falling silence. "Where are we going to station at? There is no point in even trying to finish the encampment. Our most important supplies aren't here." "I know Ash," Sephiroth's crisp tone cut in like a dagger. "I'm going to have to split everyone into squadrons." "You can stay in the Hyrule Market like all the other knights, you know? It's no big deal. You're just going to have to mingle with the townsfolk and the Hylian army." Link chimed in with a click of his golden gauntlets to his breastplate. "There's plenty of room for all of you to stay." "I hate barging in unwelcome. You're sure your king will not care?" Sephiroth glanced over at Link with a slight sigh. His eyes looked uncomfortable. He hated depending on people. That's why he liked it when people depended on him. "Its no problem at all. We can accommodate your brigade as long as needed. You are more than welcome in Hyrule," Rile nodded at the other's indifference and rubbed his beard with one hand. His worn armor glinted in the lantern light hanging from the black ceiling. "We can set up for your arrival immediately. I'll go and make reservations at the motels and talk to the king about getting your higher ranked men settled in at the castle." As Rile left the room everyone went silent. Sephiroth grabbed a transmitter and walked outside of the small tent. He looked around to see how much had been completed. There were only a few of the portable walls put up. The black, metal walls were originally planned to connect at the edge of the moat and the edge of Zora's River but there were only half as many walls as needed. They were crucial to setting up the camp because all of the smaller buildings and tents connected to the walls like a network. "Start disassembling the base and loading the pieces on the Highwind transports. We don't have enough to finish it all. Second and Third Class will be moved to the Hyrule Market beyond the castle walls and First Class will be stationed directly within the castle." "Everyone meet at the front gates of the castle moat after completion of disassembly." Sephiroth sighed and glanced at Zack. The group walked off towards the gates to wait. SOLDIERs moved about in every direction, following their orders.
Everything was calm when they reached the castle. Link's blonde hair drifted in the wind as he carried Zelda, who had grown tired, into her room and laid her down to rest. She was so beautiful. Beautiful blonde hair, falling past her waist, such a beautiful sight. He lightly kissed her on the forehead and glanced at the window. He locked the window with a metal bolt and placed a bombchu on the ledge so that no one would sneak in alive. He walked towards the door and headed down the dark staircase leading to the king's chamber. King Hyrule was sitting at the far end of a long dinner table thoughtfully nibbling on a fried chicken leg. His gray hair outlined his rosy face in a beard, adding to the radiance of his bright, yet tired eyes. He finished the portion of the large meal and wiped his hands on a silk napkin, embroidered with intertwining Triforce symbols. It was a beautiful symbol. Outlined with gold, it was the epitome of appreciation. Link paid no mind to it. He knelt next to the king's right hand and awaited his dismissal. "Hello Link, please, have a seat. Help me eat some of this abundant meal, please," the king offered graciously with a wave over the hefty dinner. It consisted of three chicken legs, a large bowl of mashed potatoes, peas, broiled frog eyes, and steak. Link slowly picked at the meal with the king. He hadn't eaten since lunch the day before and was getting quite hungry. "So what is the news my boy?" "I saved your daughter today. I infiltrated Ganondorf's temple and nabbed her. You already knew that though." Link muttered. "Yes. Impa told me before leaving today. My highest gratitude Hero of Time. Thank you. But what else is bugging you?" The king stopped eating and wiped the corners of his mouth with the silken napkin. "Impa left? Where did she go?" Link glanced up quickly with curiosity. His bright eyes seemed shocked. "She wanted to be with her people so she made her way to Kakariko Village today. She felt useless here since Princess Zelda was gone and the thought of you going off and getting killed trying to save her probably didn't help any. She will probably return if conditions get worse." The king scooped up some peas and ate them with an instant as he finished his explanation. "What is it that is bugging you though? There must be a reason you're here. and so thoughtful." "When we were on our way back we encountered two men from the planet above. They're names were Sephiroth and Zack. They were odd and had advanced equipment and vehicles. I got into a fight with the younger one, Zack, and found him to be incredibly skilled. I can only imagine what the other guy could do." Link pulled his gauntlets tight into his grip and looked up at the king. "They offered to help us by bringing in two thousand of they're men to add to our forces. I accepted." "You accepted another military to come to our kingdom?" The king's eyes widened as he interpreted what the young man had just told him. "Are you sure they won't switch sides on us?" "Yes, I am sure. They will be arriving in about thirty minutes. Rile and I are supposed to meet them in the field and help them build camp outside the castle. They seem very powerful and helpful." Link sighed. "I can only pray that they are as good as they seem." "This is wonderful!" The king laughed lightly to himself, his belly shaking with each chuckle. "Ganondorf will not stand a chance against us if we have two thousand more fighters; especially advanced fighters. Go get general Rile and get ready to meet them." "Yes your majesty." Link nodded and smiled to himself. He turned and started for the door, armor gleaming. His white tunic seemed to glow in the fiery light from the braziers as he passed them. The small rush of air caused the whipping balls of fire to kneel at his presence. "Oh, and after everything is completed I would like to meet with the leader of these fighters. I haven't ever met with any outsiders before." the king wiped his mouth off with the silk napkin as he spoke. Link nodded and rushed towards the General's quarters to summon him.
Zack kicked back inside his Skylancer, windshield ejected so he could see the beautiful scenery of his own planet above. Lights twinkled everywhere, almost like constellations of the cities he had once visited in SOLDIER. It was an unfamiliar sight. You couldn't see stars from Midgar. The lights and mako were too thick to even see the atmosphere. Everything was beautiful. "It really makes you stop and think." Zack brushed his hair from his eyes and darted his eyes at all of the twinkling lights above. "I never imagined that this is what the outside of our planet would be like. And then there is this beautiful land of Hyrule. Untainted. Pure. I wish I could stay here." The clouds, which were mixed together in a beautiful array of morning dew and rainbows, suddenly erupted with a fleet of Skylancers and Highwind transport airships. Zack leapt out of his airship and glided to the ground like a hovercraft. As he looked around he saw two men heading towards him in the distance. One was Link and the other must have been the General, but Zack wasn't watching closely enough to even care as he stood in front of the landing zone. There were five hundred Skylancers, each one owned personally by the First Class SOLDIER flying it. There were fifty- five Highwind transports left gliding in the center of them all. General Sephiroth climbed out of his Skylancer and made a hand signal to all of the First Class men. Instantaneously, all five hundred of the high ranked SOLDIERs ejected they're windshields and climbed out. "What the hell.are these guys?" General Rile scratched the stubble of his beard and glanced at Link questioningly. Link shook his head and looked over at Sephiroth, who was standing several feet in front of him. The man was giving orders at a normal tone of voice, not even recognizable to such a large crowd. All of the men seemed to understand each order with perfect perception. "I thought you had actual 'men', not robots." Link glanced at the SOLDIERs who had lined up on either side of the long- haired General. Sephiroth glanced back coolly, his hair drifting in the slight breeze that constantly seemed to blow between they're planets. "Victor, take off your helmet for a minute," Sephiroth nudged the man to show the Kokiri warrior his true identity. As the helmet came off, strands of long blonde hair flowed from behind his head. They shimmered beautifully as they draped past his midriff. His long bangs resembled Sephiroth's but were softer and outlined his face rather than draping over it. Reflecting off of the locks of hair next to his face were two shiny, glowing eyes. The intensity burned in a small ring around his pupil with a yellowish red tone. Rile was taken aback by the odd looking eyes, which glowed with mako. The attention was suddenly diverted to the dismissal of one thousand five hundred SOLDIERs from the Highwind transports. Each one was dressed according to rank. Second Class wore dark blue armored uniforms, Third Class wore a maroon colored uniform, while the First Class was assigned black armored uniforms which were very impressive looking. Each of the First Class uniforms had a sleek, black helmet, full frontal, back, shoulder, forearm, and hand protection. They each lined up according to rank in front of the fleet of Skylancers and saluted, holding they're position without the slightest twitch. Link glanced back over as the First Class, Victor, put his helmet beck on. Link didn't notice that the SOLDIER had waited exactly one minute before reequipping it. He tucked his shimmering blonde hair into the back of the uniform and stood at attention. Zack walked up behind Sephiroth and stood next to him before the brigade. Sephiroth turned to the General and Link. "This is a small portion of SOLDIER. The guys in the black next to me are First Class. They're ranks descend. Victor and Ashley are the troop leaders of First Class SOLDIER." As he motioned to each of them he patted each on the broad shoulder plates that armored they're shoulders. A thick clicking noise rang out as his armor bracelets collided with they're shoulders. "All decisions, when Zack and I are not around, are verified by them. I already informed everyone that they are to take orders from you or General.what was your name? " "Rile. It's good to meet you Mr. Sephiroth. My greatest gratitude to fight alongside you and your army," the military leader of Hyrule reached out to shake hands with the black clad man. The light from the planet above reflected off of his worn, silver gauntlets as a strong hand shook quickly and turned to his men with a nod. "We will begin setting up camp north of here. Victor, tell the Highwind pilots to dock the ships outside of the castle so we can begin unloading materials. Ashley, come with us while we figure things out." Sephiroth turned to Zack, Link, and Rile as Victor walked off speaking into a transmitter inside his helmet. "While they are unloading the materials we can get things figured out." "Yeah. Lets go back to the castle and meet with the King." Link and Rile turned, the SOLDIERs following them closely. Link's white tunic ruffled as he walked, much like Sephiroth's coat as he took stride after stride. "When do you think Ganondorf will attack again," Zack asked with a brush of his hand through his hair. Rile looked back with a discerning look and looked up at the sky. "Whenever a storm begins to brew you will know. He always attacks within the arrival of storms. Everything seems clear for the time being but it often changes with the drop of a pin." Rile pointed to the sky and shook his head. "That's odd. We should hurry and get this camp constructed before he decides to ambush us. Ashley, go ahead and help them while we meet with the king." Sephiroth looked over to the area that the camp would be made at and nodded at Ashley. The SOLDIER saluted and headed towards the site. "We examined the topography of your land from a telescope on our planet and are going to set a large metal wall around the corner of your moat and the river that flows out of the castle. It will keep anyone from getting in and will provide enough room for our men to stay." Zack informed of they're plans as the group headed towards the kingdom tall kingdom walls in the distance. "Sounds like a plan." Link replied as he looked up at the darkening sky. The hours were so different since the summoning of the planet. He didn't think he would ever get used to the quick changes in daylight. The two SOLDIERs carefully examined everything that they walked past. They had obviously never seen anything like this before. Link could only imagine what they're planet was like. They seemed very interested in the castle as the headed through the market. People stared at the strange men with curiosity as they passed through, following the Hero of Time. As they made it around the bend the sunlight seemed to brighten slightly and the shade of darkness quickly began to fade. "Its strange. With our planets so close together, the hours are shorter and the sunlight comes at odd intervals. Very interesting indeed." Sephiroth brushed his silvery hair back and directed his beautiful blue green eyes to the cloudless blue sky. "So is your king a nice guy? Do you think he is going to mind having us help you?" "Of course, he's a great guy. He is grateful for your support. He also is interested in the fact that you are aliens." Link glanced back as they walked along the worn trail leading to the castle. They gave narrow glances. "Aliens? We're humans dude. Aliens are gross slimy creatures." Zack gave his opinion bluntly as usual. "You are human? We're human too. You can't be human! You don't have pointy ears, and your eyes glow." Link stopped and looked at them with squinted eyes. His blonde bangs drifted in the wind as he studied them carefully. The duo raised an eyebrow and shook they're heads. "Same goes for you. We are humans on our world and we don't have pointy ears. The reason our eyes glow is a long complicated story that you would not understand very well. It has to do with advanced technology on our planet. Sephiroth walked with Link to the castle. "Tell me more about this Ganondorf." "Ganondorf is an evil sorcerer that gained the power of the Triforce of Power. Triforce is a sacred emblem left by the gods of Hyrule when they left. Triforce of Power, which Ganondorf possesses, Triforce of Wisdom, which Zelda has, and Triforce of Courage, which I have, are the three areas of the emblem. After Ganondorf obtained his, he took over this kingdom and became ruler. Traveling through time, seven years into the future, I defeated him and banished him to the realm of evil." Link sighed remembering, as he had many times before, the terrible strife of saving Hyrule. The images of the monsters he had barely defeated and the rancid temples he had trekked through haunted back to him. "So he is really powerful then, I take it.?" Sephiroth asked as Link took a breath. He sighed, thinking of all the powerful people he had fought in his days. "Very. Anyway, he has escaped the realm and obtained the power of an evil spirit known as Majora. He has then used its power to pull your planet towards us. His motives for doing this are unclear right now, but soon enough we will find out why." Link finished. "I see.do you think he will attack us today?" "No clue. He attacks randomly. It is impossible to kill his army too. most of them aren't even alive to begin with." Link sighed, exasperated by realization of all that had happened. They kept on walking through the castle until they reached the king's café. There were two knights dueling it out with broadswords in a small arena in the middle of the room. Link walked towards the king, who was joyfully watching the miniature battle before him. "Your majesty. This is Sephiroth, the hero of the planet that Ganondorf has summoned. He has ordered his army to aid us in our quest to stop him." Link said to the king, who was eyeing the silver haired man suspiciously. His face went happy once again when Link finished. "Thank you. Sephiroth was it? My age is catching up with me I suppose. Anyhow, I am thankful for your support in this ordeal. The Hylian army cannot stand to Ganondorf's attacks for much longer." The old man chuckled and started up from his seat. Sephiroth and Link helped him up and stood by his side as he headed towards his room. Two knights kept a close distance away the entire time. Sephiroth didn't know if they were protecting the king, or just keeping an eye on Zack and him. "It is my pleasure sir. My planet is also in danger. I could not stand by and watch as it was destroyed. I hope to make both our lands safe once again." Sephiroth replied. "Oh, and this is my personal student, Zack. He is second in command of SOLDIER when I am not around." "Pleased to meet you your majesty." Zack bowed slightly at the king's acknowledgement and received a nod of approval. "Same to you Knight Zack," the king responded with a warm smile and continued on towards his room. Zack raised an eyebrow at Sephiroth, having been called 'knight' but otherwise ignored the slight mistake. "An old man is growing weary in the day. I am retiring for the evening. or day. or whatever it is right now. Damned hours and mixing me all up." "It's growing evening again sire. The sun is beginning to pass over the gap between the planets. Depending on the position of the moon we could possible have a pitch- black night or a dark blue ray from the reflection." Sephiroth replied quickly with his hypothesis. It seemed to clear things up for the others who were also curious. The king nodded and headed into his room to rest. "Your pretty smart man." Link turned after shutting the door. Sephiroth shrugged. The silver armor plates made a sliding sound as he moved his strong shoulders. He turned towards the exit with the other two and glanced out the window as he started forward. "No big deal. I got a master's degree in astronomy and stellar theory at Shinra University," he replied. Zack snuffed slightly at the comment. "You got a master's degree in every course at the school."
The night had fallen and the moon, reflecting beautiful blue rays into the space between the planets, looked almost like a blackened sun, peeking over the edge of the horizon. SOLDIERs of every class rushed about beneath the scenery to construct they're encampment. Victor and Ashley stood about over a large table that was painted with blue prints. They had removed they're helmets and were dressed in they're normal SOLDIER uniforms. Victor shook his head in annoyance, "we don't have enough supplies." "Your right. We're going to have to go back and get more," Ashley flipped his jet-black hair back, which much resembled Zack's spiky style. His glowing hazel eyes reflected off of the sharp bangs that draped from his hairline. "No. That will take too long, and plus, if we go back, Shinra might order us to stay and fight." Link led the group outside the castle gates as the operation was slowing down. Sephiroth and Zack frowned. The breeze cut past them lightly as they took step after step towards the main operations tent. Sephiroth looked around and ducked inside of the operation's tent. "What's wrong? Why isn't the camp up yet?" "We ran out of supplies general. My only guess is that a few regiments back home took some supplies by another officer's command." Victor crossed his arms after saluting and nodding to the others. His fiery eyes glowed ominously as they met the powerful Top Officer's blue- emerald ones. Ashley jumped into the conversation with a disgruntled clearing of his throat. His mildly deep voice broke the falling silence. "Where are we going to station at? There is no point in even trying to finish the encampment. Our most important supplies aren't here." "I know Ash," Sephiroth's crisp tone cut in like a dagger. "I'm going to have to split everyone into squadrons." "You can stay in the Hyrule Market like all the other knights, you know? It's no big deal. You're just going to have to mingle with the townsfolk and the Hylian army." Link chimed in with a click of his golden gauntlets to his breastplate. "There's plenty of room for all of you to stay." "I hate barging in unwelcome. You're sure your king will not care?" Sephiroth glanced over at Link with a slight sigh. His eyes looked uncomfortable. He hated depending on people. That's why he liked it when people depended on him. "Its no problem at all. We can accommodate your brigade as long as needed. You are more than welcome in Hyrule," Rile nodded at the other's indifference and rubbed his beard with one hand. His worn armor glinted in the lantern light hanging from the black ceiling. "We can set up for your arrival immediately. I'll go and make reservations at the motels and talk to the king about getting your higher ranked men settled in at the castle." As Rile left the room everyone went silent. Sephiroth grabbed a transmitter and walked outside of the small tent. He looked around to see how much had been completed. There were only a few of the portable walls put up. The black, metal walls were originally planned to connect at the edge of the moat and the edge of Zora's River but there were only half as many walls as needed. They were crucial to setting up the camp because all of the smaller buildings and tents connected to the walls like a network. "Start disassembling the base and loading the pieces on the Highwind transports. We don't have enough to finish it all. Second and Third Class will be moved to the Hyrule Market beyond the castle walls and First Class will be stationed directly within the castle." "Everyone meet at the front gates of the castle moat after completion of disassembly." Sephiroth sighed and glanced at Zack. The group walked off towards the gates to wait. SOLDIERs moved about in every direction, following their orders.