Chapter 6

The next morning, Link and Mirren woke up early. They got their things together and planned out their journey to Terlon Forest. Once they had a light breakfast, they said goodbye to Zelda and Faria, also to Mardera who was staying at Hyrule Castle to rest up and protect if any trouble came.

Just as the sun began rising into the sky over Hyrule, Link and Mirren rode off (well Mirren flew of course on Goldenfire) to Terlon Forest. They quickly stopped at Kakariko Village to go to Potion Shop. Link bought another Red Potion, a Green Potion, and a Fairy. Mirren bought the exact same, and he also stopped at the Bazaar to buy more arrows. Once they did that, they began their way to Terlon Forest. They swiftly traveled through Hyrule Fields and were quickly at the entrance to the forest. It was actually the small glade south of Lon Lon ranch.

Once they were there they dismounted their rides and began journeying on foot through the forest. They walked down the path as Link tried to figure out where to go.

"Hey Mirren, I think it'd best if we first stopped by your friend's place. But where is that?" he asked. Mirren smiled as he pulled out a large tome from his knapsack. Link stared at the large book for a few moments before asking another question.

"Whoa, what book is that?" Mirren skimmed through the many pages of the book as he answered.

"It's The Atlas of Hyrule" he answered, "It's one of my most helpful books!"

"I can see why!" replied Link with a laugh. They kept on walking for a few moments before Mirren found the village where his friend lived. He showed the book to Link as he spoke.

"There it is!" he exclaimed pointing to it, "that's Larchwood Village. I always knew the name of it, but I never could really remember where it was." Mirren now took his finger off the book and pointed to a nearby creek. "It should be not too far across that creek"

"Great!" said Link, "at least we won't have ta walk too far!" Mirren put the tome away as they both walked over to the creek. Mirren looked for something to walk across and finally found some large stones. He began jumping from one to another as he yelled to Link.

"Betcha I get across before you!" he shouted. But when he turned around, he simply saw Link shoot his Longshot to a tree and let it pull him across. Once he landed safely, he turned to Mirren and grinned.

"You're lucky we didn't bet anything on that challenge!" he said and ran into the woods with a laugh of success. Mirren growled a little and began jumping his way over to the other side. Once he was done he charged straight into the woods to catch up to Link. He ran through the brush and finally found Link, who was oddly standing still with his mouth open in fear. Mirren ran up to his brother and looked at him.

"What's up bro?" he asked. Link didn't answer, he only pointed to what was about seventy feet away from them. Mirren turned to see what it was and also froze in fear. There, in one line, was six huge Monblins with their massive war clubs.

"Ho-ly cow" said Mirren said as the Monblins grinned and laughed at him and Link. "Got any good plans Link?" he asked. Link shook his head.

"Not one" he answered, "but I guess we could just run in and hope to God we survive and we're able to kill them all by ourselves. You got anything?"

"Perhaps a barrage of arrows might take some of them down" Mirren replied. Link thought of the idea before answering.

"That's not bad either" he replied, "Let's charge in while firing a bunch of arrows, and when we're close, we attack with our swords." Mirren nodded.

"Sounds go ta me" Both of them then pulled out their bows and loaded up their arrows. As that happened, the Monblins got their clubs ready.

"Ready bro?" asked Link. Mirren nodded.

"You bet" he answered.

"Good" replied Link, "And if I die and you somehow survive, tell Zelda I.... actually forget that. Chaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrge!!!!" Link then ran into battle as he fired off the arrow. It struck one Monblin, but didn't do too much damage. As that happened, Mirren stood back confused by Link's remark.

"Wait bro!" he shouted, "tell Zelda what!? Come on I can keep a secret! What's up!? Ahhhh forget you!" Mirren then screamed and fired off his arrow as he ran into battle. Like Link's, it struck a Monblin, but didn't do too much damage. They kept running as the Monblins began slamming their war clubs into the ground creating shockwaves. The waves traveled through the ground and exploded all around Link and Mirren, but didn't hit them. They kept running and firing arrows as they dodged the many shockwaves that the Monblins were still creating. Mirren had fired another arrow and finally took out one of the Monlins. He roared in pain from the arrow and collapsed. His dead body then disintegrated by blue fire as Mirren celebrated. But as he cheered, a Monblin sent a shockwave right towards him.

"Mirren, look out!" shouted Link. Mirren finally noticed the shockwave, but couldn't dodge it. It hit him head on and knocked him back ten feet. He screamed in pain as Link quickly ran over to him and helped him up.

"Come on bro, we gotta go, they'll hit us both if we don't move now!" Mirren listened to Link and got up ignoring the pain. They got back to running and firing their arrows. Soon Link hit one in the stomach and finally killed him.

"Alright, only four ta go!" he yelled. By this time they were very close to the Monblins, so they pulled out their weapons. Link jumped at the Monblins with the Master Sword and Hylian Shield as Mirren followed with his broadsword. They quickly began slashing, stabbing, and cutting with their great blades as they dodged the many attacks from the Monblins' war-clubs. The Monblins tried and tried to just smash them to jelly with the clubs, but every time they did, Link and Mirren simply dodged it and hit them with their sword. After a few minutes of this, Mirren killed a Monblin with a nice slash, while Link destroyed one with a stab to the back.

"Nice job Mirren!" he said, "you're doin' great! I would've never had lasted this long at your age!" Mirren smiled from his brother's compliment and began attacking another Monblin from behind.

"Thanks Link!" he yelled back, "I'm almost done with this one, so then you can kill the other and we'll have won!" Link smiled at his little brother as he finished the Monblin off with a great over-head slash. Link noticed the Monblin behind him and stabbed him in the stomach. The Monblin was stunned, and Link charged up a spin attack. With his sword glowing orange, Link did the spin attack and killed the Monblin.

"Alright!" shouted Mirren, "we did it!" Mirren jumped up and down as Link smiled. He was very proud that his own little brother could withstand a battle with six Monblins. But as Mirren celebrated, Link suddenly saw two Monblins run in and create a shockwave each.

"Mirren, look ouuuuuuut!" Link ran towards him and was going to try and protect him from the attacks. But he could only get there in time to block one, and the other smacked Mirren. They were both sent flying and landed hard on the ground. They both groaned in pain as the two Monblins advanced towards them with evil grins on their faces. Mirren watched them and froze in fear; he and his brother were only seconds from death. But suddenly, two bolts of energy flew from the woods and struck the two Monblins. They both yelled in pain and were sent flying. Link was able to see this and immediately got up. He looked to where the shots came from and saw an old man and a young Hylian elf both with staves walking towards them. The elder was wearing a chestnut colored robe, while the younger one had a sky blue robe with dark red on the ends of sleeves, right around the bottom, and at the top on the collar. Mirren got up and rubbed his head without looking at them.

"Ow! Hey bro, who shot those bolts?" he asked. He finally looked up at the pair. He saw the young Hylian elf and his eyes lit up in joy. The elf also saw him and lit up with joy. Mirren got and began running towards the elf.

"Jarlis!!!" yelled Mirren.

"Mirren!!!" shouted back Jarlis. Soon Mirren was by his best friend and they both clasped each others right hand and hit each with their shoulder.

"I can't believe it's you Mirren, it has to have least been a year since I've seen you!" said Jarlis.

"I know! It's been so different without you!" Mirren said back. They both kept talking before Jarlis finally noticed Link.

"No way, is that your brother!?" he asked. Mirren smiled and nodded.

"Yep, that's my bro Link; I just met him about a week ago!" Mirren replied. Jarlis walked over to Link and shook his hand.

"It's nice to meet you Link, I'm Jarlis" he said. Link smiled at the boy.

"Same here Jarlis, so you're Mirren's friend" he said. Jarlis and Mirren smiled as Jarlis nodded happily. "Well I'm glad we've finally found you, and thanks for the help with those Monblins!" Link said once again.

"Actually, most of that was my grandpa's doing" replied Jarlis pointing to his grandfather. Link looked at the elder man and was somewhat surprised. He was going to ask him a question, but the elder man beat him to it with an explanation.

"Hello Mirren and Link, I'm Shar, Jarlis's grandfather" he spoke putting a hand out to Link since he'd already met Mirren years before. Link smiled and shook his hand. "I'd never expect that I'd ever shake the hand of the Hero of Time, not to mention that he'd be the brother of my grandson's best friend!" Shar replied. Link laughed a little.

"Thanks for the compliment, and don't be embarrassed about the whole brother deal, I didn't know either!" Everyone laughed for a moment before Shar spoke again.

"Don't get me wrong, but what are you doing here in these parts of Terlon?" he asked.

"Well, a couple days ago, we were informed that three terrors had attacked Hyrule, Captain Gorg and the Ogre Pirates, the Wolf-Bear, and the Evil Phoenix, so we traveled out to defeat them" answered Mirren, "We've already defeated Captain Gorg, so now we came here to fight the Wolf-Bear." Shar and Jarlis now looked very serious. It was true the Wolf-Bear had been attacking Terlon, and was getting nearer and nearer to their village.

"Well then my friends, would you two like to help our village defend against the Wolf-Bear?" asked Shar. Link and Mirren really didn't even have to think about it. They instantly said "Sure!" With that, Shar and Jarlis began to lead Mirren and Link to their village. After a short walk, they came to the peaceful Larchwood Village.

"It may be a little small, but we've got a decent amount of people here, and great shops!" said Jarlis. Mirren looked around at the village. He saw a few houses, a weapon shop, a potion shop, an inn, Hylians and Hylian Elves around, a nice small fountain, and a couple gardens. It reminded him of his old he had lived in before the moblins came and annihilated it.

"Nice village, I'd actually like to live here" he said, "so, where are me and Link gonna stay? The inn?"

"Oh course not!" replied Shar, "I'll let you stay at our house, we love company!" Link smiled and quietly laughed.

"Well it's great to have great welcomers!" Everyone laughed a little and soon they all went to do their own businesses. Shar went to his house to do some reading, while Jarlis showed Link and Mirren the fountain. They each bought their own empty bottle from the Potion Shop and filled them up with the water. Jarlis said it had great power, and not only tasted great, but actually could rejuvenate you. After that he took them to the weapons shop. They were both in need of arrows, so they each bought thirty arrows for sixty rupees. Also Link bought special blue fire candles that could burn enemies badly, while Mirren bought a cool red boomerang. Jarlis then took Mirren to the herb gardens as Link went to train with his sword. At the herb garden, Miren picked out great Arnica herbs to heal his wounds from the battle with the Monblins. After hours of hanging out together, it was time for dinner, and the sun began to set. Everyone began to set up tables and preparing the food for a great feast. Soon even Shar and Link came back to Mirren and Jarlis.

"So, how was your day boys?" asked Shar with his staff still in hand.

"Pretty good grandfather, I showed Link and Mirren all around the village!" Jarlis answered. Shar patted Jarlis on the shoulder.

"That's good Jarlis, I can see you're really good friends with them" Shar replied. Jarlis smiled and nodded.

"Yeah, I can see why Mirren and him are best friends" added Link. Mirren now smiled. They all kept talking as the food began cooking. Everything was now set up, but there was trouble coming. Suddenly, the howl of a wolf was heard, and so was the stampede of many wolves coming. Most of the villagers gasped in fear, while Mirren and Link only looked into the woods with faces of confusion.

"Hey Jarlis, what's goin' on?" asked Mirren. Jarlis paused before answering.

"Dusk Wolfos" he answered very quietly almost in shock and fear. Suddenly a huge pack of black Wolfos came howling and charging into the village. All the villagers screamed and began running into their homes, but Link, Jarlis, Mirren, and Shar stayed outside and were ready to fight them off.

"Be ready guys, these Dusk Wolfos are twice as fast and twice as strong as normal Wolfos" said Jarlis.

"Hmm, maybe I'll finally get a challenge from Wolfos!" replied Link. Shar then pointed his staff towards an oncoming Wolfos and blasted it away with a shot of energy. Link and Mirren then charged in and began slashing at the Dusk Wolfos.

As they did that, Jarlis was fighting alongside his grandfather whacking Wolfos after Wolfos with his staff. Shar was still shooting Wolfos with the shots of energy, but sometimes mixed it up with an energy slash from his magical staff. Mirren and Link both noticed the awesome power of the staff, and were amazed at how well Shar used it.

As Mirren killed another Wolfos with a great stab, he heard one rushing up from behind him. The Dusk Wolfos lunged at him with its mouth wide open. Mirren jumped over it just in time and pulled out his new boomerang. He threw it at the Wolfos and knocked it flat with it. He saw two more coming and killed them both with perfect shots from his bow and arrow.

Link was surrounded by about five Dusk Wolfos. He slashed and cut and stabbed like mad with the Master Sword in hope he'd escape the mess of Dusk Wolfos. But there were too many, and were a little too strong. They brought him down to the ground and trampled all over him. There was a large amount of grunting, howling and fighting as the Wolfos attacked Link. Jarlis noticed that Link was in danger and was going to run over to help before Link found a way out. He pulled out Din's Fire and used it. The dome of fire burnt the Dusk Wolfos to a crisp and instantly killed them.

"My God!" shouted Jarlis, "What was that!?" Link slowly got up and dusted himself off.

"Din's Fire" he answered with a groan of pain, "a magical spell I know of." Link then collapsed on the ground and grunted in pain. Jarlis ran over to him and pulled out the Magical Water from the fountain. He helped Link drink it, and soon Link was on his feet.

"Thanks Jarlis!" he said, "that water is better than my Red Potions!" Jarlis smiled at Link until he noticed a Dusk Wolfos duo charging at them. He turned to them and got in a battle position.

"I'll get these ones Link" he said. He grinned at the oncoming duo of Dusk Wolfos and finally charged at them and smacked them both with an uppercut from his staff and killed them both. Link was very surprised with the excellent staff handling of Jarlis and smiled at him.

"Nice shot" he complimented. Jarlis turned to him and smiled back.

"Thanks" he replied. Jarlis then immediately noticed a Wolfos sneaking up behind Mirren.

"Mirren! Look out!!" he shouted. Mirren tried to turn around, but the Dusk Wolfos got a nice slash of his claw in first. It came right on Mirren's back and knocked him down. Shar had also noticed what had happened and aimed his staff at the Dusk Wolfos and shot another energy bolt from it. It struck the Wolfos from behind and instantly killed it. Link and Jarlis then ran over to him and began helping him up.

"You okay Mirren?" asked Link holding him up. Mirren didn't respond for a couple moments. He groaned in pain and rubbed his head. He shook it around a little and got rid of the dizziness.

"Yeah, don't worry 'bout me, I'm fine" Mirren answered. Mirren was finally then on his own two feet and picked up his sword which he dropped from the attack. As that happened, Shar was shooting energy bolts from his magical staff like crazy. Each and every second you'd see a glow of light, and then see it shoot out and hit another Wolfos, killing it in a second. The Wolfos could see that they couldn't withstand more of Shar's awesome assault and retreated. Link, Jarlis, and Mirre then walked over to Shar as they watched the Dusk Wolfos retreat into the woods.

"Nice attack grandfather, they didn't stand a chance!" said Jarlis. Shar kept watching and nodded.

"Yep, I may be old, but I still got it!" he replied. Everyone laughed a little from Shar's joke.

"All I can say is that's been proven true by you Shar, you're excellent with that staff!" said Link, "what is that thing!?" Shar chuckled and showed it to Link.

"Well ya see Link" he began, "Many years ago, a carpenter once went into the woods and chopped some wood from a magical tree. He took it home to his house and..." Shar wasn't able to finish the story. He was interrupted by this time numerous howls and an ever louder stampede sound. Everyone looked in shock as another pack of Dusk Wolfos triple the size of the last one began to charge into the village.

"No way! There's gotta be sixty of 'em!" yelled Shar.

"There is no way in heck we can defeat all of them!!" added Jarlis. All of the watched in shock as Mirren pulled out a huge crystal with a dark yellow center. Link noticed this and was very surprised.

"Hey Mirren, what's that?" he asked. Mirren didn't answer. He instead advanced further away from Link and the others and glared at the many Dusk Wolfos. He finally gritted his teeth in anger and held out the diamond-like crystal with both hands.

"Don't you idiotic beasts know when ta give up!!!???" he yelled at the top of his lungs. Suddenly the crystal began glowing yellow. It seemed to charge up and up and up. Soon it was totally a shining bright yellow. Mirren screamed in rage and suddenly a huge thunderbolt flew out from the diamond. It soared towards the Dusk Wolfos as Mirren kept screaming and as he pushed more power into it. The huge bolt finally found its mark at the pack and created a massive explosion. It created a huge wind gust that almost knocked and the others off their feet! There was a huge ball of light from the explosion that ripped through the many lines of Dusk Wolfos. It kept pouring out wind as some of the very small buildings in the village to tear apart! Every second there was more yelps and howls of pain from the Wolfos as the explosion killed off the final ones. Soon Mirren stopped screaming and the explosion disintegrated. Mirren lowered his hands and breathed heavily as Link and the others looked in shock of the massive damage from the crystal.

"Mirren, what..is... that?" asked Link in total shock. Mirren kept panting slowly for a few moments before turning his head a little to look at Link.

"Thunder Diamond" he answered.

The next day, Link and Mirren mostly rested at Larchwood Village. They had both taken substantial amounts of pain, and needed a day to recover from their injuries. Even the Hero of Time and his little brother need rest. But back at Hyrule Castle, Faria and Zelda weren't resting at all. In fact, they were training in the courtyards! But not with weapons, instead with their very powerful magic.

Zelda began to launch a few magical fireballs from her hands at Faria. The powerful blasts of fire magic rocketed through the air right towards her little sister. But Faria was able to counter the attacks. Her eyes light up a light blue, and in a flash of mental energy, the fireballs exploded in mid air. Zelda covered her eyes from the explosion, but soon opened them and smiled at Faria.

"Nice block, you're getting better with those mental attacks" Zelda complimented. Faria's eyes finally turned their normal color and smiled back at Zelda.

"Thanks, but I couldn't have learned them so well without your help sis!" Zelda smiled even more.

"Well good, but lets see how you hold off against this" she said. Zelda then waved her arms gently around and she suddenly sent a pair a pink energy cloths towards Faria. It completely took her by surprise and she was soon surrounded by two energy cloths. The long cloths were like pieces of Zelda's long outfit, but these were much larger and could actually hurt the opponent, not to mention they were nothing but energy. Soon Zelda applied the pressure and made them crush Faria. There was a large pink glow around Faria as she screamed in pain. The pain was pretty bad, but she didn't give up and kept trying to think of a plan to escape.

"You're going good Faria, but I'd doubt you'll last much longer, 'cause I'm about to kick it up a bit!" said Zelda. She put in more power to her energy cloths and Faria felt even more pain. She kept screaming and was growing very weak. Zelda could see the pain in her little sister's eyes.

"Don't worry if you must give up Faria, you've lasted long enough, you've done well" Zelda spoke. Faria was really getting weak now, but she still didn't give up.

"I'm not giving up! I know I'll find a way to escape!" she shouted through her immense pain. She thought and thought of a technique to get her out of this mess, but came up short every time, but finally got one.

"Faria, if you stay in much longer, you'll be severely hurt!" yelled Zelda, "and I'm not joking!" Faria heard her sister's words and simply grinned through the glow of energy around her.

"Don't worry, I'm only seconds from escaping" she replied coolly. Zelda was very surprised at Faria's words, but did have a felling she was telling the truth. And she was right. Faria's eyes now lit up green, and she fired out two light green beams of energy from her eyes. The beams soared towards Zelda hit her head on. They were so powerful that they knocked her down, losing her concentration of the energy cloths. Instantly, Faria was free, and also fell to the ground from the pain. The cloths came running back into Zelda's hands and suddenly vanished. The two sisters lay on the ground resting for a few minutes before getting up and walking over to each other.

"Nice job Faria, I'm proud of you" Zelda said, "You did a great job today." Faria smiled.

"Thanks Zelda, you did great to!" Faria replied, "That energy cloth attack was really strong!" Zelda let out a laugh.

"It is, isn't it?" she said, "I've been working on that thing for a while." Both of them smiled at each other before Zelda thought of a plan.

"Hey Faria, I got a really cool plan" she began, "Listen to this! How about, when Link and Mirren defeat all the monsters and they're home here for a while, we challenge them to a fight? You and me, against them?"

Faria was a little surprised from the idea, but actually liked it.

"That'll be so cool!" she replied, "They'll never expect this! And also they won't expect us to be so strong!" They both laughed and began walking back into the castle, dreaming of what would happen when that day came.

Back at Larchwood Village, Link and Mirren had quit their resting and were out and about. They both had a few cuts and bruises, but nothing very serious. Mirren was practicing with his bow while Link watched. A few people had come by now to watch Mirren perfectly shoot the tiny red dot in the middle of the target. He easily impressed them with the excellent shots and maneuvers he was using. Even the archers from the village were impressed, not one of them could compare to Mirren!

After a few shots, Mirren took a bandana and rapped it around his eyes. He blindly took an arrow from his quiver and loaded it up. He placed himself correctly and let the arrow fly. Amazingly, the arrow still hit the red dot, even when Mirren was practically blind. He swung around, took off his bandana, and bowed as the crowd cheered for him. He thanked them and waved to them as he walked over to Link.

"Hey bro" he said, "how ya doin? Did ya like the show?" Link smiled a real little.

"Yeah, you're gettin' better, but I need to talk to you" he replied. Link didn't smile at all now. He looked very serious, and this made Mirren's smile disappear too.

"What's up Link? What do ya need to ask me?" Mirren asked.

"Not out here Mirren, I'd rather ask you this in private; let's go to Jarlis's house. They're not home, so it'd be just us" Link replied. He then turned and began walking to the house. Mirren was a little confused by all this but decided to do as his brother said. He put away his bow, and began following Link back to the house. Once they were there, they both went up to the bedrooms and sat down at a table.

"Okay Link, we're here, now what's up?" asked Mirren. Link didn't answer at first, instead, he pointed to Mirren's knapsack.

"Mirren, take out that diamond you used last night" he demanded. Mirren looked at his brother with a flummoxed expression but once again did as he said. He pulled out the Thunder Diamond and laid it on the table.

"Mirren, what is that thing?" he asked very seriously. Mirren stared at his brother, but soon answered.

"Okay, I'll tell you" he began, "a few years ago, back at my old village, the Elder Mage wanted to know who could harness his vast amount of power from three legendary crystals. So many people decided to try and use them in hopes they'd impress the Elder and receive his great power. Every man, woman, and child who tried though, failed and was hurt from the enormous amount of power. After an hour, it came down to me, so either I would harness the power, or no one would except the Elder Mage could. Shockingly, I some how had the power to control them, and not get hurt at all. The Elder Mage said I was the only one besides him who could use correctly, so he let me keep them to train with and get stronger with. The three crystals were the Ice Diamond, the Fire Diamond, and the Thunder Diamond which is right here." Mirren then took out the other two diamonds and laid one each side of the Thunder Diamond. There was a blue one and a red one "As I was saying; only I can harness them now since the Elder Mage died a year after I received them. They are all incredibly powerful and have special powers in them. The Ice Diamond can shoot a beam of ice and freeze anything it touches, even fire. The Fire Diamond shoots out a blaze like no other that burns anything to ashes, even boulders. And the Thunder Diamond which you've seen before can shoot a thunderbolt so power it can actually destroy a mountain if it's at full power."

Link sat in awe of the three awesome diamonds as he listened to Mirren's story. He just couldn't believe that objects so powerful could only be handled by a kid like Mirren. "Wow Mirren" he whispered, "It's just incredible, I don't think I've ever heard of such great powers before. Those things make my spells look like nothing!" Mirren was surprised by Link's remark.

"You know magic too?" he asked. Link nodded.

"Yep, some pretty cool ones, but like I said before nothin' compared to yours now" he answered.

"What are they?" asked Mirren. Link didn't respond right then and there. He looked in his own knapsack and pulled out three crystals. One light blue one, one orange one and one light green one.

"These are the spells of the three Goddesses which were given to me by Great Fairies" he began, "Din's Fire is the orange one. I don't know if you saw me or not but I used it when we fought the Dusk Wolfos. It creates a large dome of fire around me which spreads out and burns anything around me. The light green one is Farore's Wind. It lets me create a warp point and then lets me warp to it when I need to. But I can only use it in dungeons. And the last one is Nayru's Love. It surrounds me with a blue crystal and keeps me from taking damage for a short while." Mirren looked at the three spells for a few moments before looking up at Link.

"So, these were given to by Great Faires?" he asked. Link nodded.

"Yep, big half naked screaming psychos you don't wanna meet!" he replied. Mirren laughed and Link soon joined in.

Hours later, the sun began setting as Mirren, Link, and Jarlis went into the woods to collect firewood. They traveled down the path collecting every twig, stick, and log they could find for the fires back at the village. After a little while, it finally became dark, and the three decided it'd be best to return to the village. They followed the trail back as they talked about the feast they were going to have.

"I can't 'til I get back, I heard the cooks are makin' Peach Porridge!" said Jarlis.

"I know, and your grandfather told me there's a special dessert after the main dinner, he told me it might be a giant strawberry cake!" added Mirren. Link dreamt of the delicious sounding food the two were talking about. Sure the food at Hyrule Castle was great, but he'd never heard of Peach Porridge! All the foods sounded great to him, and he kept thinking about them as they kept walking down the path.

"I also guess there's gonna be extra Crabapple Ale!" said Jarlis, "Man I love that stuff! It's just so...." Jarlis was then cut off by a louder than ever trampling sound. Everyone looked down the path into the dark woods, where it was coming from.

"Monblins?" asked Link.

"More Dusk Wolfos?" asked Mirren. Jarlis froze in fear and finally knew what it was. He couldn't answer at first from the intense fear, but after a few moments did.

"The Wolf-Bear" he whispered. Link and Mirren were now also frozen in fear. The sound kept getting louder, and it sounded as if it were getting closer. And soon, it was right in front of them. It was as black as darkness, and had blazing red eyes. Its body and claws were that of a bear, and its head was that of a wolf. It stood at a height of fifteen feet, dwarfing Mirren and the others. It opened its mouth wide open and let out a terrifying roar revealing two rows of sharp, dagger-like teeth. It soon looked down at them, and was ready to attack.

"Run!" shouted Jarlis. All three of them then dropped their firewood and began running at full speed in hopes to escape. They ran as fast as their legs could carry them as the Wolf-Bear followed right behind them. Even though he was so massive, he was incredibly fast and was gaining up on the three quickly. Link noticed this, and pulled out the candles he had bought before.

"Try and kill us with this!" he shouted, and threw the candles at the Wolf- Bear. They all hit him around the face and burnt him. The fires scorched his eyes and made him roar in agony. He staggered around holding his burnt face as he began to lose his sight. Link noticed he had bought some time for the three of them and quickly began following Mirren and Jarlis back to Larchwood Village.

"Hey Link, what happened?" asked Mirren still running.

"I took out those special candles I had bought before and threw them at the Wolf-Bear" he answered, "I guess they hit him in the face so he's kinda blind right now."

"That's great!" exclaimed Jarlis, "that'll be great time you've bought us!" But Jarlis spoke too soon. They suddenly heard the trampling of the Wolf- Bear once again and knew he was getting closer.

"My God! That thing just doesn't know when the heck to give up!" yelled Mirren.

"Don't worry about it though; the village is just up ahead!" Jarlis said. They ran even faster now and were soon in the village. They watched as numerous villagers began running into their houses and locking up their doors and windows. The only person outside besides them was Shar.

"Grandfather! The Wolf-Bear's coming!" yelled Jarlis. Shar didn't even look at his grandson directly in the eye; instead he peered out into the woods where the loud sound of the Wolf-Bear running was coming from.

"I already know Jarlis" he replied, "I knew he was coming the second I heard the trampling."

"Can we defeat him!?" asked Mirren.

"Possibly my boy, if we work together of course" Shar answered. Link and Mirren then nodded and pulled out their blades, while Link also took out the Hylian Shield. They both got ready for the Wolf-Bear as Jarlis did the same and got in a battle position with his staff. They then waited for the Wolf-Bear to storm into the village. The wait, wasn't a long one. He crashed through two large beech trees and knocked them right over. He jumped into the village and roared even louder than all the other times.

"Well, here goes nothing!" shouted Mirren. He then charged at the Wolf- Bear. He screamed and jumped into the air straight at the Wolf-Bear. He was about to perform a mighty slash but was instead slashed by the Wolf-Bear's huge claw. He was sent flying back to where Link and Jarlis was and smacked hard into the ground. They both instantly ran over to him and began to help him up.

"Are you okay Mirren!?" asked Jarlis. Mirren groaned and little and rubbed the back of his head.

"Ow! Headache headache!" he replied. Link groaned in irritation.

"He's fine" he said not sounding concerned whatsoever. They then helped Mirren up to feet and made sure he was all right. As the two helped Mirren, Shar was keeping the Wolf-Bear at bay with his awesome energy slashes from his staff. He kept slashing and slashing at the beast as the Wolf-Bear backed off a little. The slashes weren't meant to hit him, instead to frighten him a little in hopes he'd back off and retreat back into the woods. But he didn't. The Wolf-Bear then lunged at Shar with a great slash. Shar was just able to evade the attack as the Wolf-Bear's claw dug deeply into the ground. Link then decided it was his turn to attack. He knew he wouldn't stand a chance in close combat with his sword, so he ran over to a large, gray boulder and lifted it over his head.

"Hey Wolf-Bear! How do ya like this!?" he yelled. The Wolf-Bear then turned to him and growled. Link then threw the large boulder at the Wolf-Bear. The large boulder got some good distance and was able to hit him in the middle of his chest. The boulder broke apart into the pieces and knocked him flat.

"Alright!" yelled Link. Jarlis stood in awe of Link's great battle skills and power.

"Wow Mirren, your brother's awesome!" he said, "I've never seen anyone do that! He's an incredible warrior!" Mirren scowled at his brother.

"Show off!" he retorted. Link then pulled out the Master Sword and charged at the Wolf-Bear. He was ready to do an attack, but the Wolf-Bear sprung up and smacked him with his claw. Link screamed in pain and was sent flying. He hit the ground with a loud thud and was knocked unconscious.

"Link!" shouted Mirren this time concerned for his brother. He gritted his teeth and screamed in rage. He whipped out his sword and screamed at the Wolf-Bear. He began charging at him as Jarlis followed. Mirren leapt into the air and went for another slash, only to receive an uppercut from the Wolf-Bear. He soared about twenty-five feet into the air and finally crashed on the ground. Jarlis then attacked with a great whack from his staff. Unfortunately for him too, the Wolf-Bear grabbed him by the waist with one hand and threw him in the ground behind him. Jarlis was sent crashing into the ground and made an indention of his body. Shar couldn't believe what he had just seen. His own grandson, thrown into the dirt like a stone. He knew he could've been dead and screamed in anger. He pointed his staff at the Wolf-Bear and charged it up. A blue ball of energy appeared at the top and glowed with power. The Wolf-Bear turned around and saw this. Shar then screamed and shot the blue sphere of energy. The Wolf- Bear just in time lifted up his claws and began to hold it back as Shar shot more power into it. The Wolf-Bear stood doing his best to hold back the power, and was actually doing a good job of it. The twos' powers were even, and neither one could overpower the other, until Mirren finally got up and loaded up his bow with an arrow. He aimed, and fired. The arrow flew in the air and found its mark in the Wolf-Bear's right shoulder. He roared in pain, and could no longer hold back Shar's sphere of energy. It hit the Wolf-Bear and created an explosion of light and energy, knocking down the Wolf-Bear. He fell into the ground just in front of Jarlis and made the loudest crash ever. It shook the ground and almost knocked Mirren off his feet! He got his balance finally and looked at Shar.

"Nice attack, we did it" he said breathing heavily. Shar breathed the same way, and spoke to Mirren still looking at the Wolf-Bear.

"I know, and thanks for the help" he replied, "I told you we could defeat him, if we worked together."

Mirren nodded as he fell to his knees. He was incredibly tired and very weak from the battle, and could barely stand. The great slashes from the Wolf-Bear's claws had taken a number on him, and he was greatly getting weaker.

As Mirren did his best to recover, Shar stared down at the dead body of the Wolf-Bear, and scowled. He turned around, and began walking away. But as he took his third step, the Wolf-Bear got up and did a massive uppercut to Shar. He flew into the air, and as he slowly came down, the Wolf-Bear smacked him again and sent him flying into a nearby tree. Shar's body struck the tree with a sickening thud, and he soon closed his eyes. Mirren gasped in shock and was just speechless. He wanted to say something, but just more horrified gasps came out. The Wolf-Bear then turned to him and slowly began advancing towards him. Mirren knew he couldn't get up and fight, so he had only one choice. He pulled out his ocarina, and stared at the Wolf-Bear.

"Please get here in time Goldenfire" he whispered. He then played the melody that would hopefully call Goldenfire in time to get him there to save Mirren. When he finished, he dropped the ocarina and lay helplessly as the Wolf-Bear got closer and closer. He watched in fear as his heart pounded like mad. His only chance was for Goldenfire to arrive in time. He waited and waited, and soon the Wolf-Bear was only a few yards from him. The Wolf-Bear roared and jumped towards Mirren. He turned his head away and closed his eyes ready to die.

"Don't worry Goldenfire, I understand you couldn't get here in time" he whispered to himself. He waited for the feeling of the killing blow from the Wolf-Bear, but instead heard the sound of shooting fire and the Wolf- Bear roaring in pain and hitting the ground. Mirren looked up and opened his eyes. He only saw Goldenfire. His eyes light up with joy and he suddenly found the strength to get up. He stood by his dragon friend and got his sword ready. He knew that Goldenfire must've burnt the Wolf-Bear just in time with his fire to save him, and he was very thankful. He waited and waited, and soon the Wolf-Bear was on his feet. He glared at the stunned Wolf-Bear, and was ready to attack until the Wolf-Bear roared in agony and literally froze. Mirren watched in confusion as the Wolf-Bear collapsed to the ground alive, yet not moving. He looked again and saw Jarlis with his staff.

"Jarlis, what happened?" he asked. Jarlis as breathing heavily and had a face of anger and seriousness on him.

"I was able to hit the Wolf-Bear correctly in the spine with my staff" he answered, "He's right now paralyzed, but alive. Kill him; once and for all." Mirren looked at his lifelong friend and soon nodded. He glared at the Wolf-Bear and then began charging at him. He leapt into the air and brought his sword down into the Wolf-Bear's upper back area. He let out one more roar of agony, and finally died. Mirren pulled out the blade from the Wolf-Bear's back and wiped all the blood and hair off it on the grass. When he was done, he put it away and looked at Jarlis. He gave Mirren a thumb up, and Mirren soon gave one back. They both smiled until Jarlis looked over to Shar. His face instantly changed from happiness to sorrow as he ran over to his grandfather. Mirren knew Shar was hurt, and ran over to Jarlis to help him and Shar. He knelt down as Jarlis wept terribly. He looked at Shar's closed eyes, and motionless chest. He froze in shock, and looked at Jarlis, who still was crying.

"He's.. dead" whispered Jarlis. He then hugged his grandfather's dead body and cried even more and even worse. Mirren could see the absolute sorrow in his friend, and patted him on the back to comfort him with complete concern for him. He had nothing he could say, he knew of no words that could help the situation at all. The two did as they were doing for a few minutes before Link finally walked over to them. He looked at Jarlis as he cried over his dead grandfather. He felt very sorry for him and looked at Mirren, who had turned his head to see Link. They both looked at each other grimly before finally nodding to each other. Link knelt down by Jarlis and looked at Shar.

"Is there any place you'd like him buried Jarlis?" he asked. Jarlis cried a little bit more before wiping his tears away and answering Link.

"Right by our house" he answered. Link nodded and picked up Shar in his arms. The three then walked over to the house as Mirren and Link began to dig a hole under one of the trees to put Shar in. Once they were finished, they put him in and Link began filling up the hole as Mirren stood by Jarlis. They both didn't say anything before Jarlis asked him something.

"Mirren, now that my grandfather's dead, I feel I have no reason to live here in my village" he began, "it just won't be the same here without him. That's practically the only reason I've been here for so long, because of him. But now that he's dead, I was wondering if I could come back with you and Link to Hyrule Castle." Mirren looked at Link as he finished up the grave. He didn't even bother asking Link about Jarlis's request.

"Jarlis, consider Hyrule Castle your new home" he replied.

That night, Link and Mirren decided they wanted to get right back to Hyrule Castle. So they packed everything they had brought with them, and got ready to leave on Goldenfire. Jarlis went into his house and packed up everything he wanted with him before he left. While he searched, he surprising came upon his grandfather's will! According to it, when Shar died, he'd leave his magical staff with Jarlis. So he left his normal staff in the house and took his grandfather's awesome staff. Once he was finished, he got on Goldenfire and the three flew back to Hyrule Castle in the night sky.

They flew and flew, and Jarlis was very quiet (you couldn't blame him!) Mirren could see how his friend was suffering but didn't speak to him. Not that he was a jerk, but he thought it'd be best if Jarlis keep his thoughts to himself and was alone. Mirren looked down at Hyrule Field and saw nothing but the dark ground. He soon saw Lon Lon Ranch and looked to see it. All the horses were now off the track and no one was out. As they flew by, Mirren could've sworn he heard Talon's loud snoring. He thought about it for a moment before shaking his head to get rid of the thought.

"What am I thinking!?" he said to himself, "man I really need ta get some rest when I get back." And soon, he would. They landed in front of the castle and got off Goldenfire. He then flew up into the sky and disappeared amongst the clouds. They all went in and noticed no one but the night guards were up. Link immediately went to his room and conked out, while Mirren showed Jarlis a free room where no one slept. Mirren helped Jarlis put all of his things up and soon it was officially Jarlis's room. Jarlis laid down in his nice, new bed and fell asleep as Mirren began walking down the halls to his room.

It was very dark, and there were no torches light, just a few small candles that provided little light. But Mirren kept walking even though he could barely see anything. He kept on walking until he heard something behind him. He instantly turned around and was now wide awake. He looked around to see someone but saw absolutely no trace of anyone but himself. He kept on walking and turned down a hall and saw someone right in front of him. He froze in fear and tried to make out who it could be, but failed. He only could manage to see that the person was taller than him, and had long hair. He didn't want to yell since he'd wake everyone up. And if it was just his imagination, he'd have no reason to scream. He stepped back a little and began running down the hall. He ran and ran and quickly began going down a small flight of stairs. He got half-way there before he saw the person again. He was ever more freaked out now and began running back. He burned down the halls and came upon the same person again! He gasped in fear and kept on running.

"What's goin' on!?" he said to himself, "is it a ghost, or am I just hallucinating!?" He kept on running and soon came to his bedroom door. He quickly opened it and ran inside. He closed it, and locked it up. He breathed heavily and sighed with relief. But he still felt the thing was still after him. He began taking steps backwards to his bed before he bumped into someone. His eyes instantly bugged out and he gulped in fear. He turned around, and saw the same person. He froze in fear and began breathing heavily as he backed away a little. He was freaked out more than ever.

"Who are you?" he whispered, "what do you want with me?" The person didn't respond. Instead it moved closer to him and came into the moonlight to finally be seen. It was Zelda.

"It's me Mirren" she whispered back, "and I was helping you get to your room." Mirren's jaw dropped and was shocked.

"Zelda!?" he exclaimed, "what the heck were doing scaring the crud outta me just to get to my room!?"

"Because you were going the wrong way" she answered, "when you left your new friend's room, you should've took the left hallway; instead you took the one straight in front of you. So I used my teleportation to get by you all the time to lead you to it" Mirren thought about the explanation for a moment before realizing she was right.

"Hmm, I guess you're right, sorry I snapped like that" he replied. Mirren then thought of Jarlis, he didn't even ask Zelda if he could stay there! "And I hope you don't mind me forgetting to ask you if my friend could stay" he said a little embarrassed, "when we were at Terlon Forest his grandfather died and...."

"You don't have to explain anything Mirren, I don't mind at all" interrupted Zelda. Mirren sighed with relief. Zelda smiled at Mirren and he smiled back before he thought of one more thing to ask her.

"Hey Zelda, if you were just trying to help me get to my room, why didn't you just tell me instead of freaking me out like that!?" Zelda giggled before answering the annoyed Mirren.

"I should've told you this before, it's just that I can never resist playing a practical joke like that, especially with a kid like you" she answered, "I'm sorry if you didn't like it, I'll never do it again." Mirren looked at Zelda in his annoyed look before finally letting out a quiet laugh.

"Well, if that's the reason, I don't mind at all!" he replied, "You can do it anytime I get lost!" Zelda laughed.

"Well I'm glad to see you can take a joke" she said. Mirren grinned.

"Why wouldn't I?" he asked, "I am- me after all" Zelda once again laughed and put her hand on Mirren's left cheek.

"I'm so glad Link found you and brought you here, you're such a cute kid!" she said smiling the whole way. Mirren's eyes lit up and his face went red as his mouth dropped a little. Luckily though, the darkness kept Zelda from seeing him blush, but she had a feeling he was. Mirren also kind of thought she could tell, but he didn't care, he felt absolutely great at that time. Zelda took her hand off Mirren's cheek after a few more moments and left his room. She smiled at him as she closed the door while Mirren still stood with his eyes lit up and his mouth open in surprise.

"Wow" he whispered to himself, "she thinks I'm cute!"

Ganondorf and Emralda watched Mirren as he lay down in his bed. He pulled up the covers and slowly fell asleep, with a smile on his face. They both laughed wickedly.

"Well well, it seems the brat's in love my brother!" exclaimed Emralda. Ganondorf sneered.

"What a fool of a kid, Zelda's nothing more than a weak damsel who acts all tough since she's a so called- Sage" Ganondorf retorted, "she's got some power in her, but nothing compared to a great woman like you Emralda." Emralda smiled.

"You're right, I should be princess of Hyrule, not Zelda!" she now looked a little jealous and angry as she thought of Zelda. Ganondorf put his arm around his sister.

"Calm down Emralda, there's no reason whatsoever why you should be mad over Zelda" he said. Emralda slowly began to sober. "There ya go my sister, and don't worry, you'll soon by queen of Hyrule! Once the brat and that fool Link defeat the Evil Phoenix, we can begin our real plan." Ganondorf grinned like a demon as Emralda turned to him and looked him in the eye a little flummoxed.

"But what about our attack on Gerudo Fortress my brother?" she asked, "we were supposed to get revenge on Mardera and...." Ganondorf then cut her short.

"Forget her, I no longer care about those traitors" he replied, "they may have been my family practically, but when they decided to hate me and betray me, I no longer care. The only reason they ever prospered was because of me and my excellent leadership. Without me, the Gerudos will slowly rot and die off. And I just want revenge on Mardera, and we will. Like we've been planning, we will take those whom Mirren loves most, and taunt him to get to our citadel. Mardera will be one of them, the same with that kid Jarlis. When he does come, we'll defeat him in battle, and let him watch as we kill all those who we capture. Then we'll kill him, making his death more sorrowful than ever. Then, we shall be king and queen of Hyrule!" Emralda was evilly pleased and smiled like a she-devil.

"Great plan Ganondorf" she said, "but let's check who we will capture. Mardera and the Jarlis kid."

"Link" Ganondorf added.

"Zelda's little brat of a sister Faria" Emralda said.

"The dragon" Ganondorf said back.

"And his love, Zelda" Emralda whispered sounding ever the more evil. Ganondorf smiled.

"Perfect, and we can add more as the time passes by" he spoke, "but we'll have to decide the order, it'll make it even better. But that can be for another day, right now, we've got the plan to get our ultimate revenge." They both smiled evilly and looked into Emralda's magical fire to see Mirren sleeping peacefully.

"Smile while you can kid, 'cause when we put our plan into action, you'll never smile again" Emralda whispered.