Mage-Alia- Okay now that I've gotten THAT out of my system we can pick up
the story in a less...
Stephanie/Avelia- oh stuff that. Okay folks here's the story. The big bad black man from the forest has broken free and has purposely put the Gerudo warriors under siege in their fort. Now as our heroes face him face to face (Heehee I said that three times) they have to put all disputes aside as the threat on Hyrule prepares to attack. (Yay!! about time I was getting bored.)
Mage-Alia- (Using demon head technique) Don't take over like that ever again or I will put Link and Ruto together and we both know that's something neither of us want.
Stephanie/Avelia- (shoots back into hiding and say's quickly) I'll be good...
Legend of Zelda: Next generation
Chapter 18 : Heart of battle.
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Baldor's signal brought the first of the evil creatures pouring into view. The yellow speaking spell from Mathew, who was standing at the top of the west tower, popped in to life and gave me the sage of light's final count on the numbers that Baldor had at his disposal. The result wasn't totally unexpected "... and it keeps rising every minute." I looked up and saw the glow coming from the tower window. "Mat, don't go weird on me now." I tried not to let fear into in my voice as I turned my eyes back on the enemy.
While I looked my fear increased. I could hear Link calling commands farther down the wall and realized that despite all I'd learnt I'd had little or no experience beyond that what I'd encountered since I'd arrived. An unfeeling mask covered my face to hide my emotions as the creatures entered our firing range. Taking my cue from Link I brought up my own bow and shouted the identical order as the released arrows whizzed through the air. Wolfos cried out in pain as nearly every arrow hit it's mark. A powerful spirit blast from near the gate rushed toward the on coming stalfos. They hid behind their shields but they disintegrated. Debbie was about to celebrate when more of the damned things flooded in to take the place of those destroyed.
I heard a shout soon after, "Dark wind rising!" a powerful wind ripped out before us and took out some of the lighter species. The spell had come from Daniel with the help of his sword. None of the enemy had reached the gate yet. Fairy fires erupted all over the battle field as the magical creatures combusted. I was starting to gain some confidence when a disaster struck. I'd expected Baldor to wait until a little later until he entered the battle himself. But how wrong had I been. Now floating in the air the evil prince had one hand above his head and was gathering his power for an attack I'd seen too many times.
With a grunt he hurled the dark light strait at us. More importantly, at me! "Damn it." I was looking about in panic until at the last second I had an idea. Stupid as it was I grabbed the hilt of one of my blades and drew it feeling the magic pulse along it's length. The feel of solid steel in my hand brought a little comfort as I took a stance and slapped the ball of dark light with the flat of the blade.
The dark light bounced.
I looked up in surprise to follow its path straight back at Baldor. He looked as surprised as I felt. My mouth curled in to a grin that had trouble written all over it. I forgot my initial fear as the ball made contact with Baldor's black armour. The runes flashed and redirected the ball, now faster, at a spot farther down the wall...and straight into Link.
After seeing me pull the move he'd used when he'd fought Ganondorf, Link was all to ready to hurl the dark light right back. Although this time it didn't reach Baldor. Instead it disappeared on an invisible magical field held by not one but seven mages, all of whom Link recognized as the council he and his friends had died defeating. I saw them in their zombie like state and found only one explanation for them to be alive and using magic. Baldor had studied the black arts. He was a necromancer. Now that was something that I hadn't realized before but it was as obvious as the nose on my face.
I cursed and climbed down into the courtyard bringing up speaking spells as I went. "Everybody report." I said urgently as I climbed the stairs at top speed to reach the tower where Mathew and the rest of the royal family where helping with magic.
"No casualties on the wall. Enemies are getting past the arrows now. They are all hiding beneath shields." "Where doing okay down at the gate but we won't be able to use the more powerful attacks if they get any closer."
Two reports in there was a huge crack that I heard through the stone walls. "What was that?" I asked very quickly. "They've got catapults!" The startled report came from Link. "There's damage to the west walkway and four archers have been taken down." "Leila get down there and try to save them. Find Ruto if you can and have her start using her magic to help out the healers. Use the necklace to deflect any incoming stones." I cut of the spell to Leila and concentrated on the others as the riders where signaled to ride out straight into the on coming hordes. Alex, who had been in charge of handling explosives, told me that powder kegs where currently being hurled into the back lines near Baldor at regular intervals. I warned him not to use up all his ammo to soon as I fell through the door into the tower. Mathew and Zelda hardly noticed me as they where to busy concentrating on a spell. Torlin looked up worriedly. He was impatient because I'd made him stay here.
Crossing the room to the window I peered past the silent spell casters and looked out on the battle from my high vantage point. The enemy mages where wreaking havoc despite everything we where doing. I was getting a little frustrated and was about to leave when I saw Baldor look up. He held his hand high, summoned the dark light and threw it towards the tower. Working quickly I evoked my lightning spell with a slap of my hands, thinning it to a fine rod I hurled the bolt to intercept the dark globe. The lightning bolt punched through it and hurtled on the it's target. The dark globe started to pulse and exploded just before it hit the tower.
The force of the explosion threw me and the other occupants of the tower back into the far wall and when the dust cleared we all saw that the wall had been blown to smithereens. I ran to the gap and looked out in search of my own spell and smiled as I spotted the burnt, twisted remains of a mage. The general feeling of everyone was shock mixed with surprise, but the defenders recovered faster and attacked all the harder.
The enemy was being pushed back when I arrived back on the wall. I gave one look around before a huge stone came sailing through the air. "Shit!" I swore reaching for a spell when a blue wall of light appeared before me. The stone hit it and sunk stretching the light material until it touched the edge of the wall, before it was flung back at hyper speed toward it's launcher. Semi human screams came from behind a hill along with the sound of splintering wood.
"Yahoo!! Take that!" Leila shouted letting her necklace fall back to sit on her throat. heartened by that I made my jump off the wall. I couldn't help what came after that. Amidst all the frenzied fighting I found myself having to much fun. It was just like the first time I'd fought with my scimitars. I ran full on with the weapons lashing out at anything that reached for me. I'd fought my way to the gate and was just about to call a greeting to my friends when the tide of battle was changed.
The remaining six mages had pooled their power to create a spell that instantly made me retch. It was the spell of unraveling. Any spell that was being held or cast at the very moment it was loosed would be taken apart and the spell couldn't be used again for a long time. "Debbie!" I shouted to get her attention. "Tell them to stop using all their spells." She gave me a funny look but obeyed as the unraveling wave swept forward. Allot of the magic based monsters fell apart. When it hit us all of our spells had been subdued so we had very little damage.
I smiled as I stumbled up to my friends, "You can use spells again." I murmured. I felt incredibly tired, my eye's drooped closed but I shook my self awake. 'Oh no.' I thought as my mind slowed. From somewhere in the distance the sound of a body hitting the ground reached my ears. I wondered who's it was as a voice from far away screamed my name. Then it hit me with a jolt. I'd been holding an endurance spell when the unraveling had torn the magic apart. The side effects where taking over. My mind screamed as the darkness of sleep took hold and the light of the sun poured over the edge of the horizon.
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I floated in the abyss, a place where there was no light, no darkness, no right or wrong. Just nothing. I'd been here for god knows how long time couldn't be counted here for a moment I thought about what would happen if I couldn't return. I'd be all alone here until my body died and let go.
*You are not alone.* A face loomed out of the darkness and disappeared as fast as it had come. I was shocked into a state of mental awareness and looked franticly around. "Who are you?" I asked breaking the silence in the world of nothing. *We are the people who once served the evil prince.* I suddenly caught wind of a touch of hatred behind the words as shapes merged out of the darkness. They took on the forms of the mages Baldor had resurrected.
*We accepted our fate to die long ago, but our former master saw fit to bring us back to his side using the black magic he holds so dearly.* I let that sink in. "So you didn't want to be resurrected?" I managed to say. They nodded wispy heads. *When we, the spirits, didn't let him he took our bodies and locked us here so we couldn't interfere. Our bodies are mindless shells that obey his every beck and call.* The mage broke off with a noise of disgust.
"Can't you get back?" I asked, "I mean can't you just concentrate and retrieve all your magic then break the bindings?" They gave me a funny look with their wispy heads. *We never thought of that.* I grinned despite myself as they gathered their spirit's in tight and concentrated hard. One by one tiny sparks started to float into the world of nothing. They headed for the mages and settled inside them as the magic trickled faster. Before long it transformed into a stream as it poured into the now glowing forms of the mage spirits.
"You're doing it." I clapped playfully as the last of the magic settled and they looked around in wonder. "Our magic was always black before." One commented. I laughed, "It's light because you have made the choice to use it for a good purpose." They looked at me their eye's wide as they realized exactly who I was. "Princess!" They said each dropping to one knee as the corrupted Hyilian's where transformed to their own state. I smiled broadly beckoning them to stand strait. "There's no time for formalities. You must fight in my place as I can't. The unraveling spell that your body's cast broke the endurance spell that kept me going. I won't be leaving this place anytime soon so I need anyone with magic and are loyal to Hyrule to help destroy Prince Baldor and from what you've shown me you are the ones who should do that. Good luck."
I moved away as they nodded and formed a circle and disappeared, on their way to fight the hardest battle of their lives. I went limp again looking round the nothingness. I was alone again. I started counting sheep in my head and was up to three thousand when five bright multicolored lights came to surround me. *Princess.* They said *Thank the goddess we found you, it's time to leave the abyss.*
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Debbie and the others had all seen Stephanie fall as her spells failed. I her rush to get everyone else to drop theirs she'd forgotten her own. They held the enemy back ordering soldiers to protect her at all costs. Upon reaching the princesses limp form they noticed instantly that she'd gone into a deep sleep that no amount of shaking could wake her from. "Get her back inside the castle immediately." Daniel ordered the only course of action. "She's gone into a coma."
Debbie lifted her up but at that moment someone shouted, "I'll take her, you keep fighting." A green blur of a person jumped from the wall over the moat and flashed by sweeping the limp form back into the castle. Debbie recovered and started to fire balls of energy in random places around the gate taking out the enemies that had crept past.
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The green blur stopped inside the gate and Stephanie was taken by healers. "Thanks...*pant*...for the...*pant*...speed up...*pant*...spell." Impa came out of the shadows by the gate. "My pleasure, soon to be prince Link." She smirked. "Don't call me that." A panicked Link backed away from the sheikah. "Ah but it's so obvious." She said as the armor clad woman melted away into the shadows again. Link breathed a sigh of relief now that Impa was gone. She'd been teasing him about that for the last week. Link gathered that she'd been one of the spies Stephanie had told him about yesterday. Link shook his head and went back to the wall. He wanted to shoot something.
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Debbie finished her barrage and turned her eye's forward. Cupping her hands to her side she gathered the magic of the head dress but lost it as an incredibly bright light erupted from the mages around Baldor.
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Stephanie woke with a jolt startling the healers. She cried out and struggled to her feet fighting off waves of darkness. "Get me to the walls." she said desperately, as she stumbled out the door and climbed the stairs to the ramparts. She looked out on the battle field and saw the mages light. Her face split into a grin.
"So the rebellion begins."
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Mage-Alia- ^_^ Now Baldor's in hot water. Lets se how he likes having his own creations turned on him in the next chapter...
Chapter 19 : Where loyalty lies.
Stephanie/Avelia- oh stuff that. Okay folks here's the story. The big bad black man from the forest has broken free and has purposely put the Gerudo warriors under siege in their fort. Now as our heroes face him face to face (Heehee I said that three times) they have to put all disputes aside as the threat on Hyrule prepares to attack. (Yay!! about time I was getting bored.)
Mage-Alia- (Using demon head technique) Don't take over like that ever again or I will put Link and Ruto together and we both know that's something neither of us want.
Stephanie/Avelia- (shoots back into hiding and say's quickly) I'll be good...
Legend of Zelda: Next generation
Chapter 18 : Heart of battle.
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Baldor's signal brought the first of the evil creatures pouring into view. The yellow speaking spell from Mathew, who was standing at the top of the west tower, popped in to life and gave me the sage of light's final count on the numbers that Baldor had at his disposal. The result wasn't totally unexpected "... and it keeps rising every minute." I looked up and saw the glow coming from the tower window. "Mat, don't go weird on me now." I tried not to let fear into in my voice as I turned my eyes back on the enemy.
While I looked my fear increased. I could hear Link calling commands farther down the wall and realized that despite all I'd learnt I'd had little or no experience beyond that what I'd encountered since I'd arrived. An unfeeling mask covered my face to hide my emotions as the creatures entered our firing range. Taking my cue from Link I brought up my own bow and shouted the identical order as the released arrows whizzed through the air. Wolfos cried out in pain as nearly every arrow hit it's mark. A powerful spirit blast from near the gate rushed toward the on coming stalfos. They hid behind their shields but they disintegrated. Debbie was about to celebrate when more of the damned things flooded in to take the place of those destroyed.
I heard a shout soon after, "Dark wind rising!" a powerful wind ripped out before us and took out some of the lighter species. The spell had come from Daniel with the help of his sword. None of the enemy had reached the gate yet. Fairy fires erupted all over the battle field as the magical creatures combusted. I was starting to gain some confidence when a disaster struck. I'd expected Baldor to wait until a little later until he entered the battle himself. But how wrong had I been. Now floating in the air the evil prince had one hand above his head and was gathering his power for an attack I'd seen too many times.
With a grunt he hurled the dark light strait at us. More importantly, at me! "Damn it." I was looking about in panic until at the last second I had an idea. Stupid as it was I grabbed the hilt of one of my blades and drew it feeling the magic pulse along it's length. The feel of solid steel in my hand brought a little comfort as I took a stance and slapped the ball of dark light with the flat of the blade.
The dark light bounced.
I looked up in surprise to follow its path straight back at Baldor. He looked as surprised as I felt. My mouth curled in to a grin that had trouble written all over it. I forgot my initial fear as the ball made contact with Baldor's black armour. The runes flashed and redirected the ball, now faster, at a spot farther down the wall...and straight into Link.
After seeing me pull the move he'd used when he'd fought Ganondorf, Link was all to ready to hurl the dark light right back. Although this time it didn't reach Baldor. Instead it disappeared on an invisible magical field held by not one but seven mages, all of whom Link recognized as the council he and his friends had died defeating. I saw them in their zombie like state and found only one explanation for them to be alive and using magic. Baldor had studied the black arts. He was a necromancer. Now that was something that I hadn't realized before but it was as obvious as the nose on my face.
I cursed and climbed down into the courtyard bringing up speaking spells as I went. "Everybody report." I said urgently as I climbed the stairs at top speed to reach the tower where Mathew and the rest of the royal family where helping with magic.
"No casualties on the wall. Enemies are getting past the arrows now. They are all hiding beneath shields." "Where doing okay down at the gate but we won't be able to use the more powerful attacks if they get any closer."
Two reports in there was a huge crack that I heard through the stone walls. "What was that?" I asked very quickly. "They've got catapults!" The startled report came from Link. "There's damage to the west walkway and four archers have been taken down." "Leila get down there and try to save them. Find Ruto if you can and have her start using her magic to help out the healers. Use the necklace to deflect any incoming stones." I cut of the spell to Leila and concentrated on the others as the riders where signaled to ride out straight into the on coming hordes. Alex, who had been in charge of handling explosives, told me that powder kegs where currently being hurled into the back lines near Baldor at regular intervals. I warned him not to use up all his ammo to soon as I fell through the door into the tower. Mathew and Zelda hardly noticed me as they where to busy concentrating on a spell. Torlin looked up worriedly. He was impatient because I'd made him stay here.
Crossing the room to the window I peered past the silent spell casters and looked out on the battle from my high vantage point. The enemy mages where wreaking havoc despite everything we where doing. I was getting a little frustrated and was about to leave when I saw Baldor look up. He held his hand high, summoned the dark light and threw it towards the tower. Working quickly I evoked my lightning spell with a slap of my hands, thinning it to a fine rod I hurled the bolt to intercept the dark globe. The lightning bolt punched through it and hurtled on the it's target. The dark globe started to pulse and exploded just before it hit the tower.
The force of the explosion threw me and the other occupants of the tower back into the far wall and when the dust cleared we all saw that the wall had been blown to smithereens. I ran to the gap and looked out in search of my own spell and smiled as I spotted the burnt, twisted remains of a mage. The general feeling of everyone was shock mixed with surprise, but the defenders recovered faster and attacked all the harder.
The enemy was being pushed back when I arrived back on the wall. I gave one look around before a huge stone came sailing through the air. "Shit!" I swore reaching for a spell when a blue wall of light appeared before me. The stone hit it and sunk stretching the light material until it touched the edge of the wall, before it was flung back at hyper speed toward it's launcher. Semi human screams came from behind a hill along with the sound of splintering wood.
"Yahoo!! Take that!" Leila shouted letting her necklace fall back to sit on her throat. heartened by that I made my jump off the wall. I couldn't help what came after that. Amidst all the frenzied fighting I found myself having to much fun. It was just like the first time I'd fought with my scimitars. I ran full on with the weapons lashing out at anything that reached for me. I'd fought my way to the gate and was just about to call a greeting to my friends when the tide of battle was changed.
The remaining six mages had pooled their power to create a spell that instantly made me retch. It was the spell of unraveling. Any spell that was being held or cast at the very moment it was loosed would be taken apart and the spell couldn't be used again for a long time. "Debbie!" I shouted to get her attention. "Tell them to stop using all their spells." She gave me a funny look but obeyed as the unraveling wave swept forward. Allot of the magic based monsters fell apart. When it hit us all of our spells had been subdued so we had very little damage.
I smiled as I stumbled up to my friends, "You can use spells again." I murmured. I felt incredibly tired, my eye's drooped closed but I shook my self awake. 'Oh no.' I thought as my mind slowed. From somewhere in the distance the sound of a body hitting the ground reached my ears. I wondered who's it was as a voice from far away screamed my name. Then it hit me with a jolt. I'd been holding an endurance spell when the unraveling had torn the magic apart. The side effects where taking over. My mind screamed as the darkness of sleep took hold and the light of the sun poured over the edge of the horizon.
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I floated in the abyss, a place where there was no light, no darkness, no right or wrong. Just nothing. I'd been here for god knows how long time couldn't be counted here for a moment I thought about what would happen if I couldn't return. I'd be all alone here until my body died and let go.
*You are not alone.* A face loomed out of the darkness and disappeared as fast as it had come. I was shocked into a state of mental awareness and looked franticly around. "Who are you?" I asked breaking the silence in the world of nothing. *We are the people who once served the evil prince.* I suddenly caught wind of a touch of hatred behind the words as shapes merged out of the darkness. They took on the forms of the mages Baldor had resurrected.
*We accepted our fate to die long ago, but our former master saw fit to bring us back to his side using the black magic he holds so dearly.* I let that sink in. "So you didn't want to be resurrected?" I managed to say. They nodded wispy heads. *When we, the spirits, didn't let him he took our bodies and locked us here so we couldn't interfere. Our bodies are mindless shells that obey his every beck and call.* The mage broke off with a noise of disgust.
"Can't you get back?" I asked, "I mean can't you just concentrate and retrieve all your magic then break the bindings?" They gave me a funny look with their wispy heads. *We never thought of that.* I grinned despite myself as they gathered their spirit's in tight and concentrated hard. One by one tiny sparks started to float into the world of nothing. They headed for the mages and settled inside them as the magic trickled faster. Before long it transformed into a stream as it poured into the now glowing forms of the mage spirits.
"You're doing it." I clapped playfully as the last of the magic settled and they looked around in wonder. "Our magic was always black before." One commented. I laughed, "It's light because you have made the choice to use it for a good purpose." They looked at me their eye's wide as they realized exactly who I was. "Princess!" They said each dropping to one knee as the corrupted Hyilian's where transformed to their own state. I smiled broadly beckoning them to stand strait. "There's no time for formalities. You must fight in my place as I can't. The unraveling spell that your body's cast broke the endurance spell that kept me going. I won't be leaving this place anytime soon so I need anyone with magic and are loyal to Hyrule to help destroy Prince Baldor and from what you've shown me you are the ones who should do that. Good luck."
I moved away as they nodded and formed a circle and disappeared, on their way to fight the hardest battle of their lives. I went limp again looking round the nothingness. I was alone again. I started counting sheep in my head and was up to three thousand when five bright multicolored lights came to surround me. *Princess.* They said *Thank the goddess we found you, it's time to leave the abyss.*
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Debbie and the others had all seen Stephanie fall as her spells failed. I her rush to get everyone else to drop theirs she'd forgotten her own. They held the enemy back ordering soldiers to protect her at all costs. Upon reaching the princesses limp form they noticed instantly that she'd gone into a deep sleep that no amount of shaking could wake her from. "Get her back inside the castle immediately." Daniel ordered the only course of action. "She's gone into a coma."
Debbie lifted her up but at that moment someone shouted, "I'll take her, you keep fighting." A green blur of a person jumped from the wall over the moat and flashed by sweeping the limp form back into the castle. Debbie recovered and started to fire balls of energy in random places around the gate taking out the enemies that had crept past.
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The green blur stopped inside the gate and Stephanie was taken by healers. "Thanks...*pant*...for the...*pant*...speed up...*pant*...spell." Impa came out of the shadows by the gate. "My pleasure, soon to be prince Link." She smirked. "Don't call me that." A panicked Link backed away from the sheikah. "Ah but it's so obvious." She said as the armor clad woman melted away into the shadows again. Link breathed a sigh of relief now that Impa was gone. She'd been teasing him about that for the last week. Link gathered that she'd been one of the spies Stephanie had told him about yesterday. Link shook his head and went back to the wall. He wanted to shoot something.
*
Debbie finished her barrage and turned her eye's forward. Cupping her hands to her side she gathered the magic of the head dress but lost it as an incredibly bright light erupted from the mages around Baldor.
*
Stephanie woke with a jolt startling the healers. She cried out and struggled to her feet fighting off waves of darkness. "Get me to the walls." she said desperately, as she stumbled out the door and climbed the stairs to the ramparts. She looked out on the battle field and saw the mages light. Her face split into a grin.
"So the rebellion begins."
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Mage-Alia- ^_^ Now Baldor's in hot water. Lets se how he likes having his own creations turned on him in the next chapter...
Chapter 19 : Where loyalty lies.