Snow Temple grounds

Link rolled out the way of yet another sword attack. He clashed the Master Sword into Marths dark silver sword. *this should have broken by now.* he thought, lunging forward to attack on an open space. Marths face was spattered with sweat and concentration lined his brow as he set out his long array of sword jousts. Epona suddenly reared up, and three arrows whistled past Links ears. He rolled forward just in time and surprised Marth by digging the sword into his leg. The boy let out a cry of pain as the sword penetrated his leg. Three muffled yelps sounded behind him, but Link shook his head and concentrated on Marth, who looked darker and worse than ever. Fast footsteps suddenly reached Link and he chanced a look around, but the darker figure clashed a staff with him intentionally and a white jet of light poured out from the attached weapons. "Sh.Sheik." The two bodied collided and Marth stumbled backwards, shocked. He looked at Link, swirling in midair, a strange transformation coming over him, white gold strands of liquid showering the grounds.

2nd Tower

"ATTACK HIM NOW!!!!!!!! KILL HIM! DO IT!" Gannondorf was screaming blindly, fists clenched up into balls. "Marth." Kim buried her head in her hands, curled up. She seemed too feel a love for him that ran very strong.and now he was going to be killed, all because of Gannondorf.

Snow Temple grounds

Link fell back in the wet grass, his body clinking with new armor. Leaping up, he dodged an attack that sunk deep into the soil where he had last lay. As Marth paused too pull it out again, Link kicked him down onto the floor, face first. Suddenly, Tatl whirled out from underneath Link's pocket, where she had been hiding this entire time. Marth gulped. He could feel the blade being pressed deeper and deeper in between the cracks of his armor. "Link..wait." Tatl whirled around his head and Link frowned. "The Imperius curse! Its not him you have to kill.its gannondorf!" "I'm not ready. He will be weaker if I kill Marth first." "Shut up, Link! You don't even know what you are saying!" Link grimaced and chanced a look upwards. "Even if I were ready, How am I meant to get up there?" he pointed up, and a voice sounded from behind him. In his shock, he pressed the blade into Marth, who choked and spluttered as the elfin sword drove into his lungs. "No need, my dear boy. I can just kill you here and now."

2nd Tower

Kim covered her eyes as Gannondorf disappeared into thin air, leaving behind him a small trail of smoke. Marth appeared, looking thin and papery, almost as if he had been- "Marth." She stumbled to her feet, holding up a hand to his smoke like face. It still felt solid, but so cold. She wiped a smear of blood from his face. "Its all my fault.I am so sorry. Just. I.I want to thank you for rescuing me." "No.I cant let you live with the thought that I helped you when I really didn't." He cradled her in his strong arms, but Kim felt detached from him as never before. "I was the one who shot the arrow.I was under the Imperius curse. I was weak, Gannondorf knew that." Kim choked back a small sob. "So.why did you try and save me?" "I was getting stronger. I was fighting off his curse." He placed a hand on her cheek. "I felt so strongly for you, even though I knew your heart was somewhere else. That's why I had to try, even if it killed me." "Marth." she hugged him tightly, and he smiled. He kissed her on the head as she let go, and touched her shoulder for a brief moment before disappearing into smoke. She fell to her knees and lay against the wall. First Link.and now Marth, too? Her head snapped up. "Go.you need to help him." the door clicked and for a second, in the pale light that shone from the enchanted ceiling in the hallway, she could see Marths smoky frail figure whirl upwards.