The Legend of Zelda: Heroes Destiny- Chapter Four

Link found himself a few minutes later sitting up with a start. Looking at his hand he could see the Triforce of Courage mark pulsate for a minute and then go still. he reached his hand up and then felt his forehead. It felt wet and a bit clammy. Frowning he looked around and his eyes came to rest on Saria, sitting next to him, her green eyes staring at him with concern.

"Are...you alright Link?" she asked as she squeezed out a rag she had in her hands over a basin.

"Yeah...I'm ok..." came his reply. In reality it was a lie. He felt like a Goron had just rolled over him.

"Zelda really must try and limit her use of the Triforce of Wisdom," Saria sighed, "when I came out and saw you collapse with your hand glowing like that, I figure she was uising the Empathic bond the peices form between you two to contact you. She should know its dangerous to use it when its not whole." She leaned over and pushed him back down onto the bed, placing the damp, cool cloath on his forehead. He sighed and let his body relax.

Then looking at Saria, he asked, "The peices...are they dangerous to individual users?"

Saria smiled and shook her head, "no, not really, of course unless you try and draw on too much power. They're really only dangerous when two weilders try and use them together. Each triangle balances the other, so, really two peices cannot be used in tandem without one other peice being there. Your final battle with Ganon yoou and the Princess were able to combine your powers because the peice of Power resonated from Ganon. However, now that he is banished to the Evil Realm, its resonations cannot reach this Realm, and thus the balance is disturbed."

Link blinked and looked at her, then smirked, "Saria," he began slowly as he stared back up at the ceiling, trying to ignore the headache as it came pounding back, "you talk too much. I think I liked you more before you became a Sage"

Saria just stuck out her tounge.


The night was uneventful as the Hero and the Sage slept soundly. The storm outside eventuAlly broke and dissapated, letting the full moon spill its beautiful light over the Land of Hyrule. However, in the farthest reaches of the Death Mountains, someone was not sleeping. in fact, It was wide awake. The cloaked figure smirked as it resided on what could only be called a throne of the blackest marble. Around its edges was lettering that pulsed with Magic, etched into the marble. Alongside the throne, hanging from it wa sa sword. However this sword was no ordinary sword. if one looked at it, they could see it pulsed with malevolent black energy. Tendrils of this energy snaked around it even while sheathed and an occasional crackle could be heard. Before the throne all the evil minions of the Darkness had gathered: Moblins, Stalfos, Octorocs, and Poes to name a few, and they were all staring forward as if entranced.

Finally the hooded figure smiled under the hood, its slender jaw twisting into a smirk and stood calling, "loyal minions of evil and darkness, welcome home! it is good to see you after all these millenia!"

At this a roar came this great gathering of evil, and the figured smiled more before waving its hand and roaring in a voice, beautiful yet hideous, "Silence! That is enough! Long have I waited for this moment to arrive, my return to Hyrule...and my return to Darkness, and yet I come to find now this place is a place of goodness and light! We cannot have this!"
Another roar came from the crowd, showing their agreement with the figures words.

It spoke again, "now, now my minions, now is the time that Hyrule will again flow red with the blood of the innocent! Good will be but a memory...and all those who witness me shall tremble! However...first...rightous justice must be dealt to those who are descended from those who imprisoned me for so long! The Hero of Time and the Princess of Destiny must suffer and pay!"

"How will you make them pay Mistress?" came a voice both evil and dreadful from the shadows.
The robed figure turned to see a tall, dark skinned man walk out. On his hand was the mark of the Triforce of Power. He wore black armor, and a red cape flowed behind him. Even at the sight of him the minions shrank back and cowered in fear, however the figure did not flinch.

"Ah....Ganondorf Dragmire..." came the figures reply, "My loyal follower..."

"I live to serve you Mistress Nightshade" he replied, bowing onto a knee before her, his blood red cape falling about him, "and I thank you for freeing me from that accursed Realm where those accursed Sages put me."

"Still as loyal to me as when you first contacted me those many years ago." the figure purred, "now before I reveal anything of my plan I must get rid of this awful robe."

Then with a simple movement the robe fell off the figure. It revealed a woman, who could look no older then her eqarly twenties. Her skin was a pale creamy white, fair, and very attractive. It could be seen that she was very shapely, the curves of her body sensously hugged by a revealing outfit that ran around her neck, down her front (although it still revealed much cleavage and bare skin of her back) and went down to her midsection. There it split into a dress with long slits all the way up the sides, so her long, shapely legs could be seen every time she moved.

Nightshade, Mistress of Evil, smiled and purred, then stretched a little, "much better.Now then, here is my plan on how to get ,and that little bitch of a Princess" Her blood red lips then curled into a secretive, yet sinister smile. ~Hero,~ she thought to herself ~I have much more better plans for you~ Licking her lips subtelty she laid out her plan.


The sun rose the next morning and fell upon the bed that Link and Saria were sleeping in. As Link opened his eyes, he groggily tried to turn on his side to get away from the suns light as it streamed into the room. Finding he couldn't he let his eyes focus more only to see Saria snuggled up to him an arm wrapped around him possesively.

"Saria!!" he yelped as he squirmed out of her grip and fell onto the floor with a thud.

Saria yawned, then loooked over the side of the bed, blushing a little, "Sorry Link." she replied, laughing a bit nervously, "I erm...must have been...erm, sleepwalking or something." She hoped the blush that stained her cheeks didn't show much. Luckily for her, Link was too busy whimpering about having fallen out of bed when he was right in the midst of a deep sleep.

Navi then came flittering up and out of her small box that she had been sleeping in and started flitting about excitidley, "It's morning!" she chimed happily, "Today we get to see the princess!"

Link groused and folded his arms and feet, "damn...forgot about that..." he muttered.

"Awww, Link don't be such a spoilsport." Saria giggled, the blush now having faded, "c'mon lets get dressed and get going!"

Suddenly Link felt his stomach grumble and he held his tummy, "first we eat." he said firmly nodding. Saria knew she wouldn't be able to get him out of this mindset, and that once he had made up his mind, he wouldn't change it. ~He was always like this when he was hungry anyways~ she reminded herself.

"Fine, but we must hurry afterwards," Saria nodded, "can't keep Zelda waiting now can we?"

"Oh...and just one more thing.." Link replied as he climbed into his boots, tunic, and pulled on his cap, "how by the Triforce are we going to get INTo the castle?"

Saria winced and mumbled, "oops...I forgot about that..."

Link let out a laugh as he closed the door behind him and scampered downstairs for breakfast leaving Saria to ponder the question.

(next chapter, getting into the castle to see Zelda! stay tuned ;) )