Chapter 9: The Final Countdown
The three Goddesses and Mirren flew over Hyrule on their way to Herlassia. They passed over the field, Lon Lon Ranch, and had passed Hyrule Castle a little while ago. About a half an hour before, they entered Herlassia and decided to pick up a little speed. It was not a nice day out. The sky was gray, and the clouds were a thick black. Rain began to pour out of them and make its way down to the earth. But even with the bad whether and atmosphere, they kept on flying.
Mirren sat atop Goldwing still thinking of that final battle. His hazel eyes were full of intensity and fierceness, just as before. He had a very slim, narrow chance of defeating them, but even with that, he was determined to win and save all of his friends. There was so much at stake. If he lost, then he would die. Hyrule would be conquered by Ganondorf and Emralda. All of his friends and loved ones would die. And his and Zelda's birthday would be ruined.
Din and Nayru flew to the sides of Goldwing and Mirren, while Farore lead the flight in front of them. Right before they flew off, Mirren put his battle armor on by simply snapping his fingers. It all appeared on him; the red cape, the indigo steel body armor, the golden shoulder pads, the steel elbow and knee pads, and the chain mail pants and gauntlets. The great battle armor given to him by the Sages, light as a feather, hard as iron ore. The wind blew his red cape around, and the rain poured down onto his body armor and other pieces.
They kept on flying for a few more hours, and it looked like it was slowly becoming dusk. Farore finally spotted the great, huge black tower in the distance, and soon saw the rest of the citadel.
"It's right up ahead guys, we should be there soon, so get ready" she said. Din and Nayru nodded, but Mirren stayed silent and motionless. The mention of this now made him even more intensified. He was only a little while away from once again stepping into that citadel to fight. He was only a little while away from running up that tower and fighting all the enemies. He was only a little while away from once again fighting the most powerful duo in Hyrule..and hopefully defeating them.
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About twenty minutes later, they all finally made it to the citadel. They landed in front of the huge black and red door and walked up to it as Mirren hopped off Goldwing. He walked over to the Goddesses and looked up at the door as Goldwing trotted behind him. Din turned around and looked at him.
"Are you ready to fight Mirren?" she asked. Nayru and Farore now turned around and looked at Mirren. The warrior boy stood in his armor as he bowed his head. He was silent for a few moments, before reached to his back, and grabbed the bronze hilt of the Goddesses' Sword. He tightened his grip on it, and slowly pulled it out of his scabbard. It was finally out, and grasped it with both hands as he looked up at the Goddesses. He nodded.
"I'm ready...." he answered. They all nodded back, and the four of them opened up the door. They all walked in, and began running down the carpeted hallway as Goldwing began to fly behind them.
"Remember Mirren, Goldwing's gonna be fighting if there's any troops on the ground floor, so make sure he's ready to fight, okay?" Nayru stated. Mirren nodded and looked back at his great golden phoenix. He nodded back at him. They all soon came to another large door, and they opened it up. They ran inside the ground area, and stopped.
"Ohhhhh boy.." Mirren said. They looked all around, and saw endless black Iron Knuckles and huge, terrible looking Moblins and Monblins. They all were just like the other troops before, all battle ready and not looking happy. They filled up the entire, absolutely huge area of the ground floor, and it seemed like there might've been more than a hundred all together. Mirren looked a little shocked and worried, but Din turned to him and looked fine.
"Send Goldwing on them now" she told him, "tell him to clear a path for us to the entrance of the tower..okay?" Mirren looked up at her now more worried than shocked.
"But will he be able to take them all out without getting seriously hurt?" he asked. Nayru laughed.
"If I weren't a Goddess I would bet my own life on Goldwing to win!" she exclaimed. Mirren still seemed a little skeptical, but nodded. He turned to Goldwing.
"Alright Goldwing, I need you to destroy enough of these guys so we can get to the tower entrance safely, then I'll need you to stay down here and take all the troops out, okay?" he said. Goldwing nodded, and actually seemed to narrow his eyes at the troops. He let out a screech, and flew at them. He outstretched his talons, and raked through the troops as he got closer to the tower entrance. As he flew by he sliced through every Moblin and every Iron Knuckle in front of him to a terrible, and rather painful death. He stopped about halfway there and watched as a bunch of Moblins charged at him with their spears in front of them. Goldwing screeched again, and unleashed a beam of fire from his mouth. It struck the Moblin gang, and burnt them all to death. Mirren's eyes bugged out and his jaw dropped as he watched Goldwing annihilate the troops with such ease. Din turned to him and grinned.
"And you though he wouldn't stand a chance.." she said. Farore was a little more serious unlike Din, and turned to everyone.
"Alright! He's gotten a good path down...let's go!!" she yelled. They all nodded, and began to run to the tower entrance. They ran and ran and soon came to Goldwing as they began entering the tower. The Goddesses were the first in, and Mirren was last. He entered, and looked back at Goldwing.
"Please be okay..got it bud?" he whispered. Goldwing nodded, and turned back to a bunch of oncoming Iron Knuckles. He charged up once again, and shot a beam of fire from his mouth, disintegrating the Iron Knuckles away. Mirren almost seemed to smile at his new companion, and began running up the tower stairs to catch up to the Goddesses. Mirren was pretty fast, and he was faster than the Goddesses so within a few moments he was right to the side of them. "What troops are on this floor again Farore?" Mirren asked.
"Moblins" she answered. They all soon came to the floor after a few minutes, and opened it up. They ran in, and stopped at the sight of sixteen angry, tough looking Moblins. They all glared at Mirren and the Goddesses, and grasped their spears as they all got in battle stances.
"You think that Ganondorf would learn that these weak troops are no longer strong enough to even fatigue us a little.." Din stated. The Moblins gritted their teeth, and charged at the four with a yell of fury. Mirren grasped the Goddesses Sword with both hands, and got in a battle position as the Goddesses did the same. Once the Moblins made it halfway across the room, the four charged at them.
Din outstretched her hand and charged a fireball up. Once it was complete, she rocketed it from her and sent it flying at a Moblin. He froze in terror, and was soon incinerated by it to a burning death. The other three Moblins gasped, and also froze in shock of their dead comrade. Din took advantage of the situation and put both hands out. They glowed with a bright red color, and she soon shot a red beam of energy at them. It struck two of the unsuspecting Moblins, and killed them instantly. The remaining Moblin gasped and froze again, and looked at Din with fear in his eyes. He slowly backed off, and finally began to try and run away. Din narrowed her eyes, and flew at him. He didn't get very for, for once Din grabbed the back of his neck..he was dead. She screamed in fury and from the power coursing through her veins, and sent numerous flames through his body from her hand. This was just like the attack Ganondorf had used on Faria to kill her, only he used dark energy bolts while Din used fire. She soon stopped the attack, and it left a charred, dead Moblin. She dropped him, and glared at his dead body. Farore flew at her four Moblins, as they rushed at her. One went for a stab of his spear, but she easily dodged it and blasted him away with a ball of green energy. Another Moblin ran at her from behind, and tried to skewer her with his spear. She quickly turned around and dodged once again. The Moblin was a little surprised, and stumbled forward. Farore suddenly put her hand out, and the Moblin froze in fright. Her hand glowed green, and she soon shot a blast of energy from it. The Moblin roared in pain, and was disintegrated. The other two Moblins were shocked at her power, but still roared and ran at her spears in hand. Farore turned to them. She glared at them, and held her hand up in the air. It once again glowed green, but the Moblins still charged relentlessly. Her hand was now glowing very bright, and she brought her hand down onto the ground. She screamed from her power rush, and sent a shockwave of energy flying at the Moblins. They stopped in their tracks, and gasped as the shockwave got closer and closer. They watched it helplessly, and knew they were going to die. It finally struck them, and the energy exploded and pounded them with its great power. They roared in pain as they were engulfed with it, and it soon stopped. The Moblins then fell to the floor dead.
The Moblins attacked at Nayru like mad. They all kept stabbing and stabbing at her with their spears trying to turn her into a pincushion. But the Goddess of Wisdom dodged all the attacks with ease as she hovered about in the air. She finally threw her hands, out, and sent two cloths of blue energy flying at the one Moblin. This was just like Zelda's energy cloths attack, only hers were pink and Nayru's were blue. The cloths wrapped around the Moblins neck, and Nayru unleashed the energy. It pounded the Moblin with power, and he roared in pain from the heavy assault of energy. His body finally went limp, and Nayru knew he was dead. Two of the Moblins stood in shock, but the other one screamed in rage and rushed at Nayru. She saw him coming from the corner of her eye, and flung the dead Moblin right at him. It collided into him, and killed him also. The two dead Moblins crashed on the floor, and remaining two were now somewhat afraid, and froze once Nayru looked at them. Her eyes were narrow, and actually glowing a light blue color. The Moblins slowly backed off, but it was too late. Two blue beams of energy shot from her eyes, and soared at the Moblins. They were both struck by one beam, and were sent flying; dead of course.
A Moblin went for a slice at Mirren, but the boy dodged it with ease and pointed the Goddesses' Sword at him. It glowed blue, and the Moblin looked scared. Mirren finally screamed in fury and shot a beam of energy from it. The Moblin was hit directly at point blank range, and was killed. Mirren rested for a second, and heard a Moblin charging behind him. He spun around and blocked the shot the Moblin targeted at Mirren. They both grappled, and Mirren realized he wouldn't be winning this one. The Moblin pushed him away, and Mirren was sent flying. He crashed into the ground, and groaned a little from the pain. The Moblin smirked, and charged at the downed Mirren. He lifted his head up, and saw the Moblin coming. The beast roared and went for a stab at Mirren. But the boy rolled away just in time and got. The Moblin now tried to slash at him, but Mirren used his short size to his advantage and ducked. The spear flew right over him, and Mirren lunged at the Moblin. He stuck the Goddesses' Sword out, and stabbed the Moblin through. It gasped from the pain, and its mouth hung open as blood trickled from it. It dropped its spear, and fell backwards dead. Mirren glared at the Moblin, but soon lost his focus on it as another ran at him. It tried to run him through with its spear, but Mirren jumped up and landed on it as it dug into the ground. The Moblin tried to pull it out of the stone floor, but it was stuck, and Mirren already jumped at him. He pulled the Goddesses' Sword back, and slashed the Moblin right across the face. It let out one grunt of pain, and fell sideways as its wound opened up and bled. Mirren looked at the dead Moblin's great gash for a second, and saw another, and the final Moblin running at him. He turned around, and narrowed his eyes at the creature. It roared in rage, and charged at full speed. Mirren narrowed his eyes, and got in a battle position. The Moblin got closer and closer, and Mirren finally screamed in fury and lunged at the Moblin. He was rather low to the ground, and Moblin instantly realized he was in trouble. Mirren flew past the Moblin, and sliced its leg with a clean cut of his blade. The Moblin yelled out in pain, and fell backwards as he clutched his bleeding leg. He dropped the spear, and lay on the ground riving in pain. Mirren then jumped on his chest, and glared into the Moblin's fearful eyes. Mirren then put the Goddesses' Sword to the Moblin's neck, and grasped in with both hands tightly. He lifted the blade up, and brought it down again. The Goddesses' turned away for a second, and when they looked back Mirren had gotten off the Moblin and quickly cleaned the blood off his sword with a cloth. He finished, and put the cloth away.
"You guys ready?" he asked. Farore nodded, and Din and Nayru did also.
"Yes, now we gotta fight the Iron Knuckles on the next floor" replied Din, "let's go guys." Everyone nodded, and they ran out of the room and up the stairs to the second floor of the tower. They ran and ran up the second flight of stairs, and said nothing the whole way. They were totally silent, thinking only of defeating the remaining enemies, so Mirren would be able to get up to the throne room and finally begin his fight against Ganondorf and Emralda. They ran for quite a while, but after a little bit finally came to the door. Din opened it up, and the three went into the second floor room. Oddly; there was nothing in it.
"What in the world..?" said Mirren. They all walked into the middle of the room, and suddenly, one by one, twenty black Iron Knuckles surrounded them. Din narrowed her eyes, and created a fireball in her hand.
"Alright guys..let's take 'em out!!" she yelled, and shot the fireball at an Iron Knuckles who was instantly killed. Farore and Nayru attacked their own set of Iron Kunckles, and so did Mirren.
He grasped the Goddesses' Sword with both hands, and flew at an Iron Knuckle with a yell of fury. He went for a cut, but the Iron Knuckle blocked that. They grappled for a second, and Mirren jumped over him. He landed on his feet, and was about to attack the Iron Knuckle before another came running at him. He was soon only a few feet away, and when the Iron Knuckle Mirren had been fighting before swung his axe around, Mirren jumped away and the other Iron Knuckle was smacked. Mirren then lunged at the old Iron Knuckle and sliced the head off. It fell off, and Mirren cut the armored warrior in two. As its armor began falling apart, the Iron Knuckle that had been hit by the other ran at Mirren again to attack him. The warrior boy saw him coming, and dodged the Iron Knuckle's attack. The huge battle axe crashed into the ground, and got stuck. Mirren took this opportunity to attack, and rushed at him. The Iron Knuckle froze, and Mirren did a slash across his body. It broke into two, and its armor slowly disappeared. Mirren saw two more Iron Knuckles charging at him, and decided to finish them off quickly. He pointed his blade at them, and it glowed blue. Even though the Iron Knuckles were only seconds from death, they still rushed at Mirren. He finally shot the beam of energy from the Goddesses' Sword, and destroyed both Iron Knuckles with it. The blast disintegrated them both, but Mirren still had one Iron Knuckle to deal with. It went for a vertical slash of its axe, but Mirren lifted the Goddesses' Sword up just in time to block the attack. They both grappled, and Iron Knuckle suddenly brought his axe back and went for another slash at Mirren. He lifted up the Goddesses' Sword to block the shot, but the force of it still sent him flying. He landed hard on the ground, and the Iron Knuckle at him. Mirren rubbed the back of his throbbing head, and looked up to see the oncoming Iron Knuckle, and knew he needed to get up and fight or he was dead. He grabbed the Goddesses' Sword, and the Iron Knuckle brought his battle axe down. Mirren once again blocked the attack, and tried to push it back up to escape as he still lay on the ground. The Iron Knuckle was getting annoyed, and lifted his one foot up. He brought it down, and Mirren froze at the last second when he saw it. The huge black foot of armor smashed into his stomach, and Mirren screamed in pain. It felt like when the possessed Link smashed his onto his chest, except this was five times worse since the Iron Knuckle's foot was nothing but hard armor. The Iron Knuckle finally brought his foot up, and Mirren clutched his stomach as he rived in pain. The Iron Knuckle knew Mirren wouldn't be able to fight back, so he once again lifted his battle axe up, and brought it down. The huge axe came falling down at the defenseless Mirren, and was about to just dig into him. But at the last second, Mirren grabbed the Goddesses' Sword and rolled the away. The Iron Knuckle was shocked at what just happened, and stumbled forward. Mirren narrowed his eyes and ran him. He flew by him, and there was a flash from the Goddesses' Sword. The Iron Knuckle collapsed, and Mirren simply stood glaring down at it. It just lay there for a few moments before it finally broke in pieces. Mirren looked away from it, and watched as the Goddesses finally finished off their final Iron Knuckles. Once they did, he walked over to them.
"You guys alright?" he asked. They all nodded.
"Yes, we're fine, nothing bad happened" answered Nayru. Mirren nodded.
"Okay, then I guess we're one floor away from Ganondorf and Emralda.." he said. Farore smirked.
"Well, we are, but you're only one..." she corrected. Mirren looked a little confused for a second, but remembered that the only they would be fighting on that floor.
"Oh yeah, why exactly are you guys doing that again?" he asked. Farore smiled.
"I'll tell ya on the way up there..." she said, and ran over to the door. Din and Nayru followed her, and three began going up the stairs. Mirren shrugged, and went up after them. Like before when they very first entered the tower, Mirren quickly caught up to them, and they all ran up the long tower stair flight together. Mirren ran up right up to Farore.
"So, why are you guys gonna fight on that floor and not me?" he asked. Farore didn't look at him, but still kept running.
"Because we're not gonna take the chance of you getting hurt at all now" she answered, "I have a feeling that these three mystery foes are greatly powerful, and if something bad happens to you you'll be at a disadvantage when fighting Ganondorf and Emralda. You need your complete power and energy if you have any chance of defeating them..."
"Yeah, I'm kinda worried about these guys" added Din. Nayru looked a little surprised.
"Why is that?" she asked. Din bowed her head a little.
"Because while feeling their energies, they actually felt familiar" she answered, "like we've seen them before, but they're stronger this time. I have no idea what they could be, except that we've probably seen them before, and they're a lot stronger this time..." Mirren was now also a little worried at Din's words. He narrowed his eyes, and looked determined.
"You can defeat them though Din, all of you..." he said, "you guys are the Goddesses of Hyrule, I have more confidence in you to help me defeat some enemy just as much as I do in Link. You guys can do it..." They all finally came to the door to the third floor room, and Din closed her head as bowed her head once again.
"Let's just hope for that Mirren..." She said, and opened up the door. They all went in, and once again found it empty. They all moved into the room a little farther, but still nothing appeared to fight them. They were all a little surprised, and looked around in confusion.
"I don't get it, where is everything?" asked Farore. No one answered; they all just looked around and tried to figure out what was going on. Mirren began getting closer to the other door, and still looked around. He was now only a few feet away from the stair steps that led up to the door, and suddenly a very dark blue, thick and odd looking water began oozing out through the wall. It began to slowly come out, and move around the room. It began making large puddles and began to take some into tentacles. Everyone gasped watched in shock. Finally, one huge tentacle formed, and a strange looking, nucleus type thing appeared in it. Nayru gasped and put her hand over her mouth.
"Morpha.." she whispered. Then a cackling of a witch was heard, and everyone looked around to see where it was coming from. There was a flash of red and blue, and the fused form of Koume and Kotake appeared, Twinrova the Sorceress. Din's eyes widened in shock, and then there was loud drumming being heard. Everyone looked a little afraid, and suddenly a great shadow creature appeared. It had one long red eye, two huge floating hands, and a great black body. Farore narrowed her eyes.
"Bongo Bongo.." she said. The three great past enemies of Link stared at the Goddesses and Mirren, and looked like they were ready to attack. Twinrova did, and shot a blast of fire at Din. The Goddess of Power deflected the attack, and shot her own blast of fire at the witch. She froze, and fireball hit her and burnt her. She yelled out in pain, and crashed into the wall. Din glared at her, and looked back at everyone else.
"I'll take Twinrova!" she said, and flew at her. Farore then looked at Bongo Bongo.
"I'll get him!" she yelled, and also flew at him. Nayru then looked at Morpha.
"Well it looks like I've got Morpha!" she said, and shot two eyes at the nucleus part. It hit directly, and made the huge tentacle thrash around from the pain. She looked over at Mirren. "Go Mirren!!!" she yelled, "go and fight Ganondorf and Emralda once and for all!!!! Save everyone!!! I know you can do it!!!" Mirren nodded, and ran up the steps to the door. He opened it up, and took one last look at the Goddesses as they fought against the great enemies. He bowed his head, and began to make his way up the stairs. As he ran, he thought of everything that had happened to him only within the past few days. How he saved Nepsana from the Moblins and helped her defeat Varnash. The time when Goldenfire was killed right before his eyes. When he watched the Six Sages get captured and when he and Link fought Magna Volvagia. When Link was possessed and almost got killed by protecting Zelda from him. When he saw Ganondorf kill Faria and take Zelda, Nepsana, and Link through the portal. And up to today when he finally reunited with the Goddesses.
Then he thought of all the people he needed to save now. The Six Sages; Rauru, Saria Darunia, Ruto, Impa, and Nabooru. The six friends of his that helped him in his fist fight with Ganondorf and Emralda. He then thought of Taursus, his big buddy in a way. His Minotaur friend that was as big as his own heart. The one who saved him in the battle at Goron City, and who helped him defeat the Evil Phoenix. He thought of Mardera, the Gerudo whom he saved from The Ogre Pirates. The one who helped him defeat them, Captain Gorg, and the Sea Serpent. The one who he had first brought to live with him Hyrule Castle, and befriend her eternally. He then thought of Nepsana, the teenage girl who was one of his best friends. The girl who he and Link saved from Varnash's Moblins, and the girl who he helped defeat Varnash with. The girl who he considered his own friend on the day he met her. He finally thought of his two most loved ones; Link and Zelda. He literally did love Zelda with his crush on her, and was more determined as ever to rescue her. He felt like she was his big sister in a way, and they were really the best of friends. The many things she had done for him; calling him cute, carrying him to his room when he was injured, hugging him, and especially the kiss she gave him on the night he defeated Ganondorf and Emralda for the first time. All these things had led to his crush for her, and he was set on saving her and celebrating the greatest birthday of his life with her. Then Link finally came in. His big brother whom he loved so much. The one who had felt closest to, his last living family member. He still remembered the embrace they both shared on the day they met, and ever since then they were brothers to the end. He would always remember the adventures they had, the battles they fought together, the hard times they went through together, the times they comforted each other, and all the happy times they had. He had only known Link for about two months, but felt like he had known him for years. It was that brotherly love he had for him, and it was something Link had too. This was the thing that made as close as they were, and the thing that would always keep them together.
Mirren finally came to the doors that were the entrance to the throne room. He put his hand on them, and grasped the Goddesses's Sword with the other. He thought of everything and all of his friends in a split second, and finally narrowed his eyes. He looked straight forward, and went through the doors and into the room where his final battle would take place....
Mirren walked into the room, it was pretty much the same as last time. It was pretty dark now, but a few torches and wall lanterns gave enough light. High on the walls were also demon and gargoyle statues. The floor and walls were a dark grey stone color, and very hard. Orange-yellow stain glass widows surrounded the room on the walls also, and at the far end was the throne. It was nicely sized, with red carpeting and golden chairs with all sorts of gems wedged in. Everyone instantly turned their attention to him. They all gasped, but were a little relieved he had finally arrived. They all looked down at the young, soon to be 12 year old boy, carrying the Goddesses' Sword, and wearing the great battle armor given to him by the Sages. He looked up at all the captives, and he could see that everyone was afraid, even Link looked a little worried. He saw the Sages, Taursus, Mardera, Nepsana, Zelda, Link, and gasped when he suddenly saw the terrified Malon and worried Teerlis. He looked shock, and heard a familiar, quiet laugh. He looked over to where the throne was, and finally saw Ganondorf and Emralda standing there, both with evil smiles on their faces.
"A little surprised to see your ranch friends huh Mirren?" Ganondorf asked mockingly. Anger lit up in Mirren's eyes, and he gritted his teeth.
"Why did you bring them here?" he asked scornfully, "they have no great power you can steal from them to get stronger..." Emralda stepped forward and smirked.
"You're right on that Mirren, but you see, we really didn't care that they didn't have great energy" she began, "but they're great friends of yours, and we wanted to let them see your final battle..." Ganondorf smiled.
"Yes, to see the last battle you'll ever fight, the battle in which you shall die..." He added. Mirren narrowed his eyes.
"I'm still gonna fight, no matter what..." He said. Emralda grinned.
"Do you really think you can beat us?" she asked, "even with this incredible amount of energy in us, you still think you can win?" Mirren looked straight into her pale green, Gerudo eyes.
"I know the odds are against me, I know you're both much stronger than me..." he began, "..but I'm still gonna fight you both. I know that my odds of winning are very narrow, but I'm making an oath that I will fight you both with every single ounce of energy and power in my body. I have a very good chance of losing, but I'm going to find a way to kill you both. I'm going to make sure you both are dead once and for all no matter how much stronger you are, because the lives of my friends are on the line, and I won't let a single one die any more...." Ganondorf smirked, and was a little surprised by Mirren's words.
"Well, you're certainly determined" he replied, "You would even save them and defeat us at the cost of your life?" Mirren nodded.
"Yes...." he answered. Ganondorf smirked, and let out a diabolical laugh.
"Ha! You fool boy!! You're that stupid that you'd even give up your own life to save your friends." he began, "you're as dense as before young one. You talk big, and you're so content on defeating us and rescuing your friends, and also making sure birthday goes well tomorrow...but I guess that's just too bad!!! Kid, you don't stand a chance, I'll give you one opportunity to run away and save yourself. If you refuse this one, then you're going to have to fight us until one of us dies.." Everyone looked worried, and waited for Mirren's answer as they all looked at him. He looked up at them, and thought about how important they really were to him. And he'd be a lot happier if he only died, and not all of them. He looked back at Ganondorf and Emralda, and grasped the Goddesses' Sword with both hands now.
"Fine then...I guess I'll fight.." he replied. Every one of the captives gasped, and were shocked by his answer...except one. Link smiled.
"That's my little bro, not afraid of anything.." he said. Impa looked very serious.
"Yes, but will he really be able to defeat them, I mean they must be at least double his power!" she exclaimed. Link now looked a little more serious, and also worried. Zelda narrowed her eyes, and looked determined.
"He can do it..." she began, "Mirren is a boy whose heart is bigger than anyone else in Hyrule. He has a greater chance of losing than ever, but he'll still fight to the very end. And even if the odds are against him...he'll still win!!!!" Ganondorf smiled sinisterly, and looked up at Zelda.
"Well, you certainly think he'll defeat us, you have quite a lot of confidence in your little boy.." he replied in a jeering sort of way. Zelda narrowed her eyes at Ganondorf.
"You're darn right I think he can win, I know he can! And I do have pure confidence in him!!!" she yelled. Mirren blushed a little, and Ganondorf laughed again.
"Heh, you're another fool Zelda.." He said, "He has no chance of surviving, but we'll give him a little break." Ganondorf now looked at Mirren. "We won't have him fight the both of us at the same time, I mean he'll get killed too easily then. So instead we'll fight him one by one. Emralda will fight first, and if he ~somehow~ wins, then I'll fight him." Everyone was a little shocked, and Mirren couldn't believe what they were doing. Emralda tightened her grip on her staff, and walked off the throne and onto the stone floor.
"Thank you brother" she said. She now smiled wickedly at Mirren. "Are you ready to die boy?" she asked. Mirren narrowed his eyes, and grasped the Goddesses' Sword tighter as he got in a battle position.
"Bring it..." He said quietly but scornfully. Emralda smiled evilly, and lunged at Mirren with her staff in hand. Zelda looked at Link a little worried and confused.
"Why are they fighting him one by one, he now has a much greater chance of killing them, why are they practically evening the odds when they could finish him off right now?" she asked. Link didn't turn to her; he only looked down at the grinning Ganondorf. He had his arms crossed, and had an evil glee in his eyes. Link shook his head.
"I don't know Zelda" he answered, "but something's up, and I don't like it one bit...."
Emralda screamed in fury at she targeted a stab of her crystal, diamond- like emerald at the top of her staff. It was a powerful attack, but nothing Mirren would have trouble with. He lifted up the Goddesses' Sword and blocked the attack with ease. Emralda pulled it back, and went to crack it over his skull. As it came down, Mirren jumped backwards, and avoided it. It smashed into the ground, but Emralda pulled it back up and rushed at Mirren once again. She did a diagonal slash right at him, but Mirren blocked it with his blade once again. Emralda seemed frustrated and annoyed, and she screamed as she lunged at Mirre once again. She went for another stab, but Mirren had brought the Goddesses' Sword up once again and blocked it. He glared at her, and she gritted her teeth. But suddenly, Emralda smiled evilly, and the emerald began to glow. Mirren's eyes lit up with fear, and she screamed as she shot a dark yellow energy bolt from the staff. It Mirren at point blank range, and scorched his body with its dark energy. He was sent flying into the wall, and crashed into it hard. He rived in pain from the attack, and his smoked a little from the energy bolt. Emralda smiled wickedly.
"Take this boy!!!" she screamed, and shot another bolt of energy at Mirren. Everyone gasped, and watched as the blast of energy got closer to Mirren. He slowly lifted his head up, and saw the bolt. It looked like he'd suffer another painful hit, but he suddenly sprang up and slashed the bolt with his sword. It was sent flying back at Emralda, and she froze as her own attack came closer and closer to her. It soon hit her, and she yelled out in pain from its energy. It burnt her, and pounded her body with its great energy. Mirren grasped the Goddesses' Sword with both hands, and flew at Emralda. He screamed in fury and rage, and did a jumping slash. It connected with her left arm, and she roared in pain as it sliced right through. She was knocked back a few feet, and landed on the hard stone floor. She groaned in pain, and began to clutch her wounded arm. It stung when she did this, and the dark green material began to turn red around her arm. She removed her hand as she slowly got up, revealing a great slash mark on her arm. Everyone gasped, and was shocked at the great wound, and the great deal of blood that was coming out of it. Mirren had now drawn first blood on Emralda with that attack. She slowly got up, and looked at her wound. She gasped at first, but soon gritted her teeth. She screamed in rage, and flew at Mirren. She attacked with her staff, and Mirren was able to block the shot. She pulled it back, and began to hack away at him. Shot after shot came flying at him from her staff, but Mirren was able to block every one of them with the Goddesses' Sword. She began to grow frustrated, and lashed out like a savage beast. She slashed Mirren across the face with her staff, and he grunted in pain as he was floored. He smashed into the hard ground, and everyone gasped. A small cut appeared on his right cheek, and it opened up and bled. Emralda smirked.
"Ha! Come on boy; let's see what else I can do to you..." She said. Mirren narrowed his eyes, and got up. The second he did, she flew at him and aimed a slash at his stomach. He saw the attack coming, and blocked it with ease. At first Emralda looked angry, but she suddenly grinned. She pulled the staff back in a second and did a vertical slash on his forehead. He yelled out in pain again, and was knocked back a few feet. He landed hard on the ground, and another cut, this time on his forehead, opened up and bled. The blood slowly ran down the middle of his face, and everyone watching looked a little worried. Zelda put her hand over her mouth, and slowly pulled it down as she spoke.
"Mirren.." she whispered. Emralda looked up at her and grinned.
"Afraid now that he's hurt Zelda?" she asked, "Well you should be!! Mirren is a tough kid, but he's nothing compared to me now. I'm much too strong, and after that little attack I doubt if he's got anything left in him. I mean, after all, that was quite a hit!" Emralda let out a wicked laugh, and everyone looked afraid. But suddenly, Mirren just sat up, and got up on his feet. Emralda instantly stopped laughing. She gasped, and her mouth dropped. Mirren simply stood there glaring her with the blood still on his face from both hits.
"Are you proud Emralda?" he asked, "Are you proud that you got two little hits in on me? Are you proud that you knocked me down twice? Are you proud that you made me bleed? If you are...you're pathetic..." Everyone else was shocked too, and Emralda couldn't believe her eyes.
"How did you get up so easily????" she asked. Mirren narrowed his eyes.
"Did you really think that two weak attacks like that would actually keep me down for much longer?" he asked back. Link grinned.
"There ya go Mirren..you really just freaked her out with that..." He whispered. And he did. Emralda looked shocked, and her eyes showed that. But she was soon just angered by the fact that her attacks didn't do much to Mirren, and she lunged at him with a yell of fury. She did a jumping slash, but Mirren lifted up the Goddesses' Sword with one hand and blocked it. Emralda gritted her teeth, and Mirren pulled out the Ice Diamond and charged it up.
"Let me show you real power..." he said, and fired a beam of ice from the Ice Diamond. It struck her at point blank range, and froze her as she was sent flying across the room. She landed hard on the stone floor, and some of the ice still on her cracked. She lay on the ground trembling from the cold, and Impa looked shocked.
"I don't get it, she should be literally massacring Mirren, but why is he destroyer her so easily?" she asked. Link now realized what she was saying was true, and shook his head.
"I don't know Impa, you're right though, it's odd" he began, "Emralda has all of our powers and the Triforce of Wisdom in her, and yet it seems Mirren somehow is evenly matched with her, or even has the upper hand! It doesn't make sense; do you think he got some power boost or something?" Impa now shook her head.
"I'd doubt it, we would've been able to feel the energy" she answered. Zelda now looked over at her.
"Then what's going on Impa?" she asked. Impa looked a little worried, and very serious. She looked over at Ganondorf, who was stilling smiling so evilly.
"I don't know Zelda, but I don't like the look of what's going on around here...." she answered.
All the ice on Emralda had now either thawed off or broke apart. It was incredibly cold, and she still trembled a little from it as she got up. She lifted her head up, and saw Mirren still glaring at her. He was still bleeding a little from his wounds, and he was holding the Goddesses' Sword. She breathed heavily from the exhaustion and pain, but she suddenly grinned and her eyes lit up with evil glee. Mirren looked a little shocked, and froze in surprised as she shot an energy bolt at him. He watched as the bolt got closer to him, and he grasped the Goddesses' Sword with both hands tightly as he readied to knock it back at Emralda. He was just about to slash at it, but it suddenly flew down and exploded on the ground before him. It didn't hit him, but the illumination blinded him for a second, and he was forced to cover his eyes. It was a big mistake, and a painful one at that. Just then Emralda fired another energy bolt, and it hit Mirren head on. He screamed in pain, and was sent flying. The bolt burnt him and crushed him with its power and energy, and he smacked hard into the ground. He groaned in pain as he lay there on the ground from the attack, and Emralda laughed evilly.
"Well, that certainly must've surprised you boy" she spoke, "I new you'd fall for something like that. You were foolish Mirren, you should've just dodged that attack instead of trying to be all tough and knock it back at me; that was truly your downfall, and you obviously paid for it.........." Everyone looked afraid, and they all watched on in worry as Mirren still lay there riving in pain. Emralda smiled diabolically, and she pointed her staff at Mirren. The emerald began to glow. "Say goodbye boy!!!!" she yelled. Everyone watched gasped.
"Mirren!!! Roll away now!!!" Taursus bellowed.
"Get outta there kid!!!" Mardera shouted.
"Mirren!!!! Don't die!!! Escape please!!!" Zelda yelled.
"Bro!!!! Whatever happens..please don't die!!!! Get away..NOOOOOW!!!!" Link screamed at the top of his lungs. But Mirren didn't do anything, he still just lay there moaning. Emralda laughed evilly.
"You now finally die Mirren!!!" she exclaimed, and laughed again as she prepared to fire the energy bolt out. Tears formed in Zelda's eyes, and Link froze in terror. But suddenly, Mirren opened his eyes and sprang up as if nothing happened to him. He pointed the Goddesses' Sword out at Emralda, and it began glowing a light blue. Emralda froze, and her face began to grow pale as she gasped in fear. Mirren narrowed his eyes, and screamed in rage as he unleashed the beam of energy from the sword. It struck Emralda at point blank range, and blew her away. She screamed in pain as she was sent flying, and Mirren pulled out the Thunder Diamond. It began to glow a dark yellow color, and Mirren charged it up. Emralda hovered in mid air for a second, and Mirren shot a blast of thunder from the Thunder Diamond as he yelled out from the immense power he was using. Emralda saw the thunderbolt coming at her, and couldn't believe what was happening. It hit her, and annihilated her with its awesome power and energy. It blew her body away, and she roared in pain as it engulfed her and pounded against her. She was knocked back a few more feet, and landed on the ground a bloody, charred, and wounded mess.
Everyone couldn't believe what they had just seen. They all stood in their crystal prisons frozen in shock. Their jaws dropped, and their eyes widened in shock. They all just looked down at the half-dead Emralda. Mirren only glared at her, and showed no remorse whatsoever for the great attack he just massacred her with. She moaned from the great pain, and slowly lifted herself up. She could only sit up a little, and she grabbed her staff. She looked at Mirren, and breathed heavily from her pain and fatigue.
"How are you so strong?" she asked. Mirren still glared at her.
"I'm as surprised as you Emralda" he replied, "I have no idea why I'm defeating you so easily, maybe it's just because I'm stronger than you, even when you have the Sages and all of my friends' powers....." Emralda gasped, and looked afraid. Mirren held the Goddesses' Sword with one hand, and pointed it at her. "Now...you will die for the pain and suffering you've caused for me and my friends...." The blade began to glow blue again, and it looked as if Emralda would be killed my Mirren once again. He still lay on the ground looking at Mirren with her fearful face....but it suddenly changed. She grinned, and her eyes lit up with that evil glee as usual. She lifted up her staff, and tapped it once on the floor. Mirren stopped charging up the Goddesses' Sword, and stared at Emralda with a flummoxed expression. She still grinned, and began to laugh evilly. Everyone else watching looked confused also. They had no idea what was going on, but were afraid. Malon finally noticed that the one part of the wall was opening up again.
"Oh no....she's gonna make ~him~ attack..." She whispered. Everyone now knew also, and froze as they saw the wall slowly lift up and reveal a space of darkness. There were two yellow eyes, a shining of armor, and a low growling heard. Link gasped, and his eyes lit up with fear.
"It's Blackfang..." he said quietly. The huge panther finally leapt out of the room he was in, and lunged at Mirren with a great roar.
"Look out Mirren!!!!!!" Zelda screamed. He heard Zelda, and finally saw Blackfang rushing at him in his battle armor. The great panther jumped right at him, and rammed him. Mirren was hit head on, and grunted as he was knocked flat. Blackfang snarled at him, and Mirren groaned in pain. He slowly got up, and Blackfang swiped one of his claws at him. Mirren lifted the Goddesses' Sword up just in time, and blocked the shot. But the force of the hit was so powerful that it made him stagger back a few feet. Blackfang attacked relentlessly, and went for another swipe. This one hit Mirren, and he screamed in pain as he felt the claws go right through the armor and slice him open. He was sent flying, and landed hard on the ground. Everyone gasped from the hit, and watched in horror as Mirren lay on the ground riving in pain. Blackfang seemed happy at his success, but still snarled and kept his eyes on Mirren. The young boy tried to ignore his great pain, and slowly got himself up. Blackfang leapt at him once again, and crushed Mirren with his huge claw. Mirren lay on his stomach and roared in pain as the Blackfang's claws dug into his body.
"MIRREEEEEEEN!!!!!!!" Link screamed.
"No Mirren! Noooooooo!!!!!" Zelda screamed as tears formed in her eyes. Everyone gasped and froze in terror. Blackfang let out another roar, and kept his mouth open. He was then about to bring his jaws down onto Mirren's head, but Emralda suddenly lifted herelf up and threw her hand out. Blackfang instantly stopped moving, and stood with his mouth around Mirren's head.
"No more Blackfang" she said, "I'll finish him now..." Everyone looked terrified as Emralda smiled so diabolically. Blackfang moved away from Mirren, and Emralda threw her staff out. The emerald began to glow, and she began to laugh evilly. "Now boy....you finally die!!!!!!" she yelled. She was then just about to shoot an energy bolt before a huge fireball crashed through one of the stain glass windows and hit her head on. She screamed in pain as it scorched her body, and was sent flying backwards. Everyone gasped and looked over to the broken window as Goldwing soared rough through it and into the room. Blackfang looked up at the great phoenix, and couldn't believe what he was seeing. Goldwing flew at the great panther and rammed into him as he racked him with his talons. Blackfang hollowed in pain as he felt the sharp talons right through his armor and cut his skin wide open. He was sent flying also, and landed hard on the ground underneath all the captives. All of their mouths dropped, and their eyes widened in shock at the sight of the huge golden bird. Ganondorf smirked.
i"So the boy has a new companion huh....interesting..."/i he said to himself in his head. Blackfang groaned in pain, and slowly lifted himself up. Goldwing seemed to narrow his eyes, and flew at him with a screech. He landed in front of him, and smacked the giant panther across the face with one of his wings. Blackfang grunted in pain, and was knocked sideways for a second. Goldwing attacked again with his wing, but Blackfang saw it coming this time and dodged it. He lunged at him, and slashed the golden phoenix across the face. He screeched in pain, and was knocked down. Blackfang snarled at Goldwing, and jumped at him again to attack. Mirren could see Goldwing needed a little help, and quickly got up as he pulled out the Fire Diamond. He charged it up, and shot a blast of fire from it. It soared through the air, and finally hit Blackfang. He roared in pain as it burned his body and charred his great armor. He was stopped from attacking Goldwing, and was sent flying backwards from the fire. Mirren narrowed his eyes.
"Finish him off Goldwing!!!!!" he yelled out. The golden phoenix lifted himself up, and began to hover in the air. He glared at Blackfang, and simply stared at him as he waited for the huge panther to get back up. Blackfang groaned in pain, and slowly lifted himself onto his feet. The panther finally was able to stand up; but only to his demise. Goldwing screeched, and shot a beam of fire from his mouth. It rocketed out and flew right at Blackfang until it finally hit him and burned him. He roared in agony, and his armor began to char even more as his skin was scorched. He was sent flying once again, and landed near Emralda. She finally lifted herself up, and almost fell back down when she saw Blackfang. She gasped, and couldn't believe it. He lay with his now mostly black armor and badly burnt skin. There were a few places on his body where almost all of the hair was burnt off, and it left nothing more but charred flesh. He still smoked, and Emralda was shocked to see her pet and protector dead. He mouth dropped, and she couldn't speak. Only gasps came out. She suddenly heard some energizing-type noise, and looked over at Goldwing. The great golden phoenix had wrapped his wings around Mirren, and they were glowing. Every watched in confusion as the great bird did this, and he soon finally removed his wings, revealing a completely healed Mirren. Emralda gasped again, and slowly backed off. Mirren glared at her.
"You and everyone else are probably still wondering who this great bird is, so I'll tell you.." he began, "this is Goldwing. He is a golden phoenix, and was a companion of the Goddesses at one time. When I had met them once again, they gave me him as my new friend and protector, since you and Ganondorf killed Goldenfire. Now we fight together, as friends..." Emralda looked terrified, and Mirren now grasped the Goddesses' Sword with both hands. He narrowed his eyes. "Now Emralda....you die once and for all......" Emralda at first still looked afraid, but she soon narrowed her own eyes and screamed in rage.
"Never!!!!" she yelled out, "I won't die to you once again boy!!!" The emerald at the top of her staff glowed, and began to continuously fire off energy bolt after bolt. Mirren narrowed his eyes again, and ran at Emralda. The bolts came flying at him, but he'd simply evade every single one. Emralda gritted her teeth, and began to fire more. Mirren realized it'd be incredibly hard now to dodge them, so he tightened his grip on his blade, and began to slash each bolt away. He kept on running, and Emralda kept on shooting energy bolts. But Mirren kept on slashing them away, and he was soon close enough to her, and just lunged at Emralda with a yell of fury. Emralda froze in terror, and stopped shooting the energy bolts; she knew her life was over. Mirren pulled the Goddesses' Sword back, and finally drove it through Emralda's stomach. She gasped from the pain as the sacred blade ran her through, and she felt her life-force slowly slip away. Everyone else watching (besides Ganondorf) gasped at the attack, and some turned away as Mirren stabbed Emralda so powerfully. Blood trickled from her mouth, and she lost her grip on her staff. Mirren finally pulled the blade out, revealing a terrible gash in her stomach, and a now bloody dress. The great amount of blood from this attack now began to turn her dark green robe a crimson red, and she staggered backwards over to the throne. Ganondorf smirked, and walked over to her. He still had his arms crossed as he walked, and he had an evil grin. He finally was right next to her, and she fell right into his arms. He cradled her from her waist up, but she still stood on her feet, Ganondorf only held her up. She looked up at him with her pale face, and an expression of pain and shock. "I'm sorry that I failed brother, I'm sorry that I let that boy disgrace us once again by killing me.....forgive me...." She whispered. Everyone now waited to see Ganondorf mourn again like he did before when she died, but he only smiled wickedly.
"No...forgive me my sister.." he replied. Everyone looked confused, and gave off a flummoxed expression, including Emralda. Ganondorf smirked. "Yes, forgive me what I did" he began, "do you know why you were defeated so easily?" he asked. Mirren now realized he really didn't too much trouble against her in the fight, and also now realized how odd that was since she had so much power. Emralda shook her head even though she didn't understand anything. Ganondorf quietly laughed. "Well, that's because all of the power from the Sages, and Mirren's friends....went only to me..." Everyone gasped, and Emralda looked thunderstruck. Everyone's jaws dropped, and they looked as shocked as ever. Ganondorf smiled evilly. "That's right, the only bit of power you ever got was the Triforce of Wisdom, and that obviously wasn't enough to kill Mirren. Ya see my sister, if we split the powers equally, Mirren would've destroyed us too easily, but if only one of us got the power, and all of it, then he wouldn't stand a chance. And that's how it's going to be with me, because now, I'm taking the Triforce of Wisdom from you to this second." Suddenly Emralda's arm floated up into the air, and her hand glowed. The Triforce of Wisdom appeared, and it slowly lifted itself out of her hand. Ganondorf smiled sinisterly, and he grabbed the Triforce piece. It made its way into his hand, and soon the three regular pieces of the Triforce formed on the back of his hand. He laughed wickedly. "I'm sorry I had to do this my sister...but only the strongest deserve to live, and today that's me..." He laughed again, and Emralda still looked at him shocked. But she finally closed her eyes, and her head fell back as her body went limp. Ganondorf smiled evilly, and placed her down on the floor. He stood up, and still looked down at his dead sister with the same evil grin. Mirren narrowed his eyes and gritted his teeth.
"You sick, evil, disgusting fool Ganondorf...." he whispered, "how could you ever do such a terrible thing to your own sister....?" Ganondorf looked up at him and smirked.
"Do you really think it didn't hurt me to do that?" he asked, "well it did boy; it was hard for me to do that. But I had to, because this is a world where the only the strongest survive, and she was no where near close in that category. Mirren looked enraged.
"You fool!!!" he screamed, "even if you wouldn't be stronger, you should never do anything like that to your own flesh and blood!!!! A sibling relationship should be treasured by both people. It doesn't matter if they're brother and sister, sister and sister, or brother and brother, the point is you're family, close as can be...and you just totally ignored that and killed your own sister you sick freak!!!!" Nepsana looked just as angry as Mirren, and so did all the other captives.
"She would've never had done anything like that ever to you Ganondorf!!" she yelled.
"You have no remorse or sorrow for your dead sister even when you were the main cause of it, you have no heart Ganondorf!!" Saria said.
"She loved you as a brother Ganondorf, and stuck by your side the whole time, and this is how you repay her!!??" Nabooru shouted.
"Mirren's right, a sibling relationship is a special treasure that both people should be happy about and try to keep it together, and all you did was take advantage of it to get more power!!" Zelda exclaimed. Ganondorf took all the cusses and insults without showing barely any emotion or anger. But he soon smiled evilly and let out an evil laugh.
"Ha!! You all may be right, but you must remember that I am the true evil of Hyrule, and when it comes to my glory of killing all of you and being the strongest being in Hyrule, not even family can get in the way!!" he replied.
"You deserve to die Ganondorf!!!" Link screamed.
"Yeah!! And I'll be the one to make sure that happens!!" Mirren added. Ganondorf smirked, and laughed wickedly once again. He laughed for a good few seconds, but finally stopped as he looked at Mirren. He seemed amused by his words.
"Heh, you talk big kid, surprisingly considering how small you are" he countered. Mirren narrowed his eyes and gritted his teeth, but Ganondorf still smiled wickedly. "So, you say you're gonna kill me and save all your friends huh? Well then..let's see you actually do it..." Ganondorf now grinned, and showed the back of his hand to Mirren. The three regular pieces of the Triforce appeared on it, and he screamed with power. Huge gusts of wind were created, and he surrounded by a pillar of black energy. The ground beneath him began to crack a little, and so did a lot of the windows. Soon, he unleashed so much power that the widows shattered, and everyone gasped at Ganondorf's awesome. Mirren watched as he powered up and gathered all of his energy, and he realized now what Ganondorf was doing. The Scourge of Hyrule let out one more yell, and he began to change. His blood red hair turned into fire, and so did his red eyes. His green skin darkened, and his huge muscles bulged even more. His black and blue armor grew darker, and the black of it was like the night dark. On his arms grew out a line of small, short black spikes, from the sides of his wrists all the way to his shoulders. Then up there, a huge curved bone sprouted on each shoulder. Finally a great battle sword appeared in his hand. Unlike before, it wasn't his normal arched one. This time it was different. It was a one -edged sword, with a flat but still sharp left side, and then a full edged right side. He finally stopped screaming, and looked at Mirren with an evil smile. Mirren froze, and couldn't believe he was seeing Ganondorf's ultimate form once again. Everyone else also looked terrified, and were very afraid for Mirren, and themselves. Suddenly, the doors to the throne opened, and the three Goddesses ran in, only to stop and also gasp at Ganondorf.
"No...it's Shadow Ganondorf..." Farore whispered. Ganondorf grinned.
"That's right Goddess of Courage!" he exclaimed, "It's me again in my Shadow Ganondorf form!! Heh, this was actually what practically killed Link and Goldenfire last time. And also what almost killed you Mirren. But this time is gonna be different, I have all of your friends and Sages powers, along with three pieces of the Triforce. I'm right now probably five times the strength of last time, and easily more than triple your power Mirren. Heck, I'm even more powerful than the Goddesses." Din narrowed her eyes.
"You may be Ganondorf!!! But we're still gonna help Mirren fight you!!" she yelled.
"Yes, and Goldwing will be helping also!! We'll fight you together!!" she shouted.
"We'll defeat you as a team Ganondorf, once and for all!!" added Farore. Ganondorf smiled evilly.
"But that wouldn't be a fair fight my friends" he replied, "this is between me and Mirren, and I'll make sure of that...right now.." Ganondorf grinned, and suddenly shot two fireballs from his eyes. They flew through the air, and hit Goldwing. He screeched in burn as they burned him, and he finally fell backwards unconscious. Mirren gasped, and so did everyone else.
"Goldwing! No!" he shouted. Ganondorf smiled and lifted his hand up.
"Now for the Goddesses...." he said, and shot three bolts of dark energy from his hand. They all went flying at the Goddesses, and they all froze. The bolts finally hit them, and they all screamed in pain. It pounded them with power, and they all collapsed also.
"Din! Farore! Nayru!!" Mirren yelled. Ganondorf put his hand down, and smiled at Mirren. The boy finally turned back to him, and looked terrified. Ganondorf grinned.
"Now it's your turn kid..." he stated, and flew at Mirren. The boy froze, and watched in fear as the Scourge of Hyrule came closer to him. He was finally right by him, and Ganondorf punched Mirren straight across the face. Mirren grunted from the hit, and was sent skidding across the floor. He finally stopped, and groaned in pain from the hit. He clutched his throbbing cheek, and tried to pull himself up. Ganondorf smiled, and advanced towards Mirren. He watched Ganondorf out of the corner of his eye, and realized he let his guard down. He looked up in a split second and screamed as he shot a blast of energy from the Goddesses' Sword. It flew straight at Shadow Ganondorf, and he simply smacked it away without even looking at it. It soared across the room, and exploded against one of the walls. Everyone watching gasped, and Mirren's eyes widened in shock and fear. His mouth dropped, and he slowly backed off. Ganondorf smiled evilly, and pointed his sword at Mirren. "Let me show you a true sword blast" he said, and shot a beam of energy from the sword. Mirren had no time to dodge it or block it, and he was hit head on. He yelled out in pain, and smashed into the wall hard. He groaned in pain, and fell forward. Ganondorf flew at him, and gave him a vicious uppercut with his sword. Mirren flew straight up into the air, and hung up there for a second. He finally fell down, and Ganondorf reared his fist back. Right before Mirren was about to hit the ground, Shadow Ganondorf's fist collided with Mirren's stomach. Mirren's eyes widened in shock and pain, and he only gasped from the hit. Everyone watching looked horrified, and most of the girls put their hands over their mouths. Mirren hung over Shadow Ganondorf's fist, and the Scourge of Hyrule smiled. He spun around, and threw Mirren across the room. The small boy literally flew without wings, and soon smashed into the ground. He lay there groaning from the great pain he had already suffered only minutes into the fight, and couldn't believe the power Ganondorf possessed. Even though he was hurting, he somehow picked himself up, and managed to get on his feet. He breathed heavily from the fatigue and pain, and Ganondorf still smiled diabolically.
i"Man, just four attacks and I feel like I got hit by a boulder"/i he said to himself in his head, i"he's so God-darned strong! How the heck am I even gonna get one hit in when he's this much more powerful than me!?"/i Mirren pondered for a moment, and realized what he had said before. i"I said before I was gonna fight until I was dead, and I was going to use every single bit of energy and power in my body to defeat him and save everyone.....and I guess that's what I'm gonna do!! Mirren screamed in fury, and rushed at Shadow Ganondorf as he grasped the Goddesses' Sword with both hands. Ganondorf smirked, and got in a battle position as he also grasped his sword with both hands. Mirren finally came at him, and went for a vertical slash. Ganondorf simply lifted up his blade and blocked the shot. Mirren gritted his teeth, and went for a slash. Again, Ganondorf blocked the attack. Mirren began to grow irritated, and Shadow Ganondorf was only amused by Mirren's anger. The boy reared back, and performed a great slice across Ganondorf. But once again, the great blade was raised up, and Shadow Ganondorf blocked the attack. He smiled, and finally did his own attack. He did a cut right across Mirren's left arm. He screamed in pain, and clutched his arm. It was cut open, and blood began to pour out. Mirren fell to his knees as he rived in pain, and Shadow Ganondorf simply stuck his hand out in front of him. Mirren forgot about his pain for a second, and finally looked up at Ganondorf's hand. It was glowing, and Ganondorf smiled sinisterly. He finally shot a blast of dark energy from it, and Mirren was hit at point blank range. Even through the explosion of the energy, Mirren's scream of pain was heard, and he was finally seen flying out of the great illumination smoking from the energy. He landed on the ground, and groaned in pain. Everyone gasped, and a couple tears formed in Zelda's eyes. They all watched as Mirren just lay on the ground riving in pain, and Ganondorf smirked.
"That's probably it" he stated, "I doubt he'll be getting up from that..." Suddenly Ganondorf looked surprised, and Mirren slowly got up. He pulled himself onto his feet using the Goddesses' Sword, and he glared at Ganondorf.
"Well your doubt was wrong..." he countered sharply. Everyone was shocked to see Mirren get right back up, but were happy he was still fighting. Ganondorf now no longer looked surprised, in fact, he smirked.
"Well, you certainly don't know when to go stay down kid...pretty impressive actually.." he replied. Mirren narrowed his eyes, and flew at Shadow Ganondorf. His arm was still wounded, but the bleeding mostly stopped, and he just ignored it. He did a jumping slash, and Ganondorf did the same. Their swords hit each other, and created a great shine of light that actually lit up the still somewhat dark room for a second. They grappled, and finally pulled their weapons back. They rushed at each other, and began to do attack after attack after attack at each other. Ganondorf easily blocked his shots, and retaliated with incredibly powerful blows. But even though he was still over-powered, and wounded, Mirren kept on blocking his own shots and dishing it right back. Everyone watched as they kept on fighting, and were amazed at what had already happened.
"I'm still so surprised how Mirren is fighting like he never had any of those wounds, a normal kid his age would be dead by now..and he's so small too!" exclaimed Ruto.
"Just because he's small doesn't mean he can't fight Ruto" corrected Rauru, "that boy may be small, but his heart is probably bigger than Hyrule itself!"
"Yeah, but will heart be enough to pull himself back up and defeat Shadow Ganondorf?" Ruto asked. Saria shook her head.
"I have no idea, and probably does no one else" she answered, "it may be, but it may not. Mirren might need more power to defeat Ganondorf still, but maybe his courage and huge heart may be enough to defeat him..." Taursus looked a little skeptical.
"As much as I hoped it'd go that way, I think Mirren is in trouble" he said, "he hasn't gotten a single hit in already, and Shadow Ganondorf has already annihilated him!! I'm not losing confidence in him and saying he's definitely gonna lose, but he's got one heck of a challenge if he had any chance of winning!!" Darunia narrowed his eyes and looked serious.
"He's right everyone" he added, "my sworn little brother is strong and very brave, but he's really got the fight of life right now. His chances of winning aren't that great.." Darunia's grim words really depressed mostly everyone at that moment, except for mainly one person. Zelda stood up in her crystal prison and narrowed her eyes.
"I know he has a great chance of losing...but I'm still putting every bit of confidence in him!" she began, "Mirren has overcome incredible odds to get here, and has fought enemies like no other...and every time he's won. He may be fighting a losing battle at the moment, but I know he'll find some way to win no matter what happens.....he will win!!!" Everyone looked a little surprised by Zelda's words, but Malon also narrowed her eyes.
"Zelda's right, Mirren may be in deep trouble, but we gotta put all of our faith in him!" she exclaimed, "because if we don't it's really like he's fighting to save us for nothing. We're what keep him going, and as his best friends and loved ones, we have to believe in him and hope he wins!!!" Everyone nodded, and looked very serious as they looked back at the battle, which was still going on.
"Come on Mirren! You can do it!" Rauru shouted.
"Keep on fightin' kid don't give up!!" Mardera yelled. As everyone cheered Mirren on and tried to pump him up, Link watched silently. He hadn't said anything for a while, and simply stood in his crystal prison watching the battle and thinking as every conversed around him. Teerlis looked at him.
"Do you think he really can win Link?" he asked. Link didn't turn back to him. He still stood watching the battle for a few seconds, before finally shaking his head.
"I don't know Teerlis...I just don't know.." he answered, "right now Mirren is in the fight of his life, and his chances of winning and saving all of us are extremely low. Shadow Ganondorf is probably triple his power, and has already nearly destroyed him. Mirren seriously might not win this one, his chances of winning are really like a million to one.....but no matter what, there's still a chance, and I'm going to believe in him all the way to still somehow overcome the great odds and win...." Teerlis nodded.
"That's the way to think Link" he replied, "You're probably Mirren's best encourager. You're his only living family member, his closest friend, the one he looks up to, the one he probably loves the most. If there's anyone who he needs the most right now to believe in him..it's you.." Link nodded, and knew Teerlis was right. They then looked back at the battle, and watched.
Mirren seemed to be growing tired, and was now just barely blocking and dodging Shadow Ganondorf's attacks. His blows were getting slower, and less powerful by the second, and Ganondorf realized he now had the edge. He smiled evilly, and kicked Mirren in the stomach. Mirren collapsed to his knees, and groaned as he clutched his hurt stomach. Ganondorf then gasped his great sword with both hands, and slashed Mirren across the face. The boy flew sideways, and finally hit the ground. Everyone gasped from the hit, and were worried now that Mirren wouldn't get up. He lay on the ground motionless, and didn't make a sound. Ganondorf smiled.
"Try and get up from that one boy...." he announced. Everyone watching looked afraid now. Mirren still wasn't moving, and it looked as if he really was dead.
"Mirren...you can't be dead..." Zelda whispered. And he wasn't. Amazingly, Mirren somehow pulled himself up, and managed to get on his own two feet. Everyone looked surprised, but were still relieved that the battle wasn't over just yet. Mirren stood breathing hard from his exhaustion and pain, and he now had a bloody cut on his right cheek. Ganondorf smirked.
"Well, still alive huh, wow, you can certainly get up from almost anything as long as it doesn't kill ya..." He said. Mirren narrowed his eyes. He balled up his fist, and wiped away the blood on his cheek with a slow movement. He then took his sword, and surprisingly put it away in its scabbard. Everyone looked surprised, and confused at that. Even Shadow Ganondorf raised an eyebrow at Mirren's actions. The boy then put one hand into his pocket as he glared at Ganondorf.
"Ganondorf, you may be stronger than me, and you may have gotten a heck of a lot more blows in on me......but now you die!!!!!!" he screamed. He then pulled out the three legendary diamonds and held them together as he charged them up. Everyone watching gasped, and Ganondorf froze. He trembled a little, and lightning ripped through the sky and illuminated the throne room. Mirren screamed as he charged up the Ice, Fire, and Thunder Diamonds, and he finally let out one great yell of fury as he finally unleashed the blasts. Ganondorf watched as they still got closer, and only stood frozen in fear. They finally hit, and there was a great explosion of all three powers. Tons of huge ice crystals went flying everywhere, and the room actually seemed to get colder. There was an eruption of fire, and it illuminated, as well as heated up the room. Finally there was a great explosion from the thunderbolt. It was like no other, and shook everything. Everyone watched from their crystals as they saw the three powers destroy Shadow Ganondorf, and they all lit up with joy once the blasts stopped. There was still a ton of smoke, and Mirren stood breathing heavily. He had used a great deal of power on that attack, and he was already fatigued and tired. The smoke began to clear quickly, and Mirren began to give a sigh of relief....but he suddenly gasped, and his mouth dropped as his eyes widened in shock and fear. Everyone else froe, and looked like they had seen a ghost. The smoke fully cleared, and there stood Shadowm Ganondorf, with not even a scratch on him. He was smiling wickedly, and right at Mirren. The boy was frozen in terror, and he trembled as he dropped the three diamonds.
"Well boy, how do you feel now that you've seen such a powerful attack not even phase me?" he asked mockingly, "does it anger you? Does it surprise you? Or wait, it scares you doesn't it? It frightens you to know now that even an attack of that great power can't hurt me. You're even more afraid now that you'll lose, and die because you were too weak compared to me..." Mirren looked terrified, and trembled even more. Ganondorf grinned diabolically, and flew at Mirren. Mirren was still unarmed, but it didn't matter, he was still too frightened to move. Shadow Ganondorf lunged, and did a vertical slash across Mirren's body. He yelled out in pain, and Ganondorf threw his hand out. It glowed, and he smiled evilly. He finally shot out a dark energy bolt, and Mirren was hit head on. He screamed in pain again, and was sent flying into the wall hard. It actually cracked a little, and Mirren groaned in pain as he slowly fell off the wall. He landed on the hard stone floor face first, and just lay rejuvenating from the massive attack. Ganondorf smiled wickedly. "Ya know, I think this room could use a little more light" he said, and snapped his fingers. Instantly, the torches and lanterns brightened, and illuminated the room a little more. It was no longer all that dark, and Shadow Ganondorf smiled as he looked around. "That's more like it" he stated. As he gazed around, Mirren took advantage of the situation and pulled out the Goddesses' Sword. He sprang up, and lunged at Ganondorf with a yell of fury.
"Take this Ganondorf!!!" he shouted, and held the Goddesses' Sword behind his head. He came down, and did a jumping slash attack. Shadow Ganondorf was taken by surprise at first, but as Mirren came down with his blade, he grinned, and jumped backwards. The Goddesses' Sword came crashing down, but only cut through the air and smashed into the stone floor. It dug right in, and split it open. Mirren gritted his teeth, and pulled it out as he glared at Shadow Ganondorf, who was now smiling.
"My my, a little anxious to fight back I see" he replied in a jeering tone, "that wasn't very noble or warrior-like of you ya know. Attacking a distracted opponent..." Mirren narrowed his eyes.
"I have respect for all of my opponents, but as far as I'm concerned I consider you my worst enemy, and that is no being I could have respect for..." He countered sharply. Ganondorf smirked.
"Heh, you certainly hate me, don't you boy?" he asked.
"You're darn right ya sick devil!!" Mirren yelled back, "you killed three of my best friends, captured every living one, took their energy, and you're using it to try and kill me, and then you're gonna kill them and conquer Hyrule if you succeed. You even betrayed your own sister....I despise you Ganondorf...." The Scourge of Hyrule grinned.
"Well, you're obviously a little angry" he said, "but let's see how angry you stay when you see your friends suffer.....after all, you always break down and cry when that happens...." Mirren still glared at him, but looked a little curious once Shadow Ganondorf lifted his hand up towards Zelda and Link. He smiled sinisterly, and balled his hand up. Suddenly numerous lightning bolts began to zap Zelda and Link in their crystals, and they both screamed in pain. Everyone else in their crystals, gasped, and watched in terror, as they roared in pain from the great power in the bolts. The pain coursed through their body, and Ganondorf began to laugh diabolically. Mirren watched in horror as he two most loved people suffered so greatly, and tears formed in his eyes. The bolts keep on shooting into their bodies, and they kept screaming from the intense pain and power.
"Link!!!!" Malon yelled.
"Zelda!!! Noooooo!!!!" Impa shouted. Everyone watched as Link and Zelda still endured the great punishment of pain, and were horrified by the sight. Mirren still had a few tears in his eyes, and he gazed as his brother and his crush got annihilated with energy. Suddenly he felt something inside of him snap, and all of his tears suddenly dried up. His eyes lit up with rage and he screamed in pure anger.
"Stop iiiiiiiiiit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" he yelled at the top of his lungs, and unleashed a great deal of energy. Ganondorf stopped laughing, and froze as he saw Mirren unleash a great amount of power. Huge gusts of wind blew out from him, and the room shook a little. Mirren pointed the Goddesses' Sword at Shadow Ganondorf, and it blued blue. The Scourge of Hyrule gasped in terror, and trembled. Mirren's eyes were still filled with rage, and he gave Ganondorf a terrible glare. He finally screamed again, and shot a huge beam of energy from his blade. Ganondorf realized he was in trouble, and was able to lift up his cape just in time. But even with that, the beam still struck him, and annihilated him with great power as it sent him flying straight into the wall. He crashed right into it, and he dented it as his body hit it and smashed it. There was an incredible gust of wind from this attack, and the explosion lit up the entire room. The lightning bolts finally stopped hitting Link and Zelda, and they both fell in their prisons as they began to rest from their pain and fatigue. The smoke began to clear, and Mirren watched as he breathed heavily from exhaustion. He was no longer super enraged, and had calmed down to his normal mode. Everyone else also watched as they waited to see if Ganondorf was still alive. The smoke finally cleared, and it revealed Ganondorf still in the wall, covered up by his cape. Mirren narrowed his eyes and gritted his teeth. He grasped the Goddesses' Sword with both hands, and jumped at Shadow Ganondorf as he held his blade behind his head. "Die once and for all you fool!!!" he shouted, and befan to come down. He was about to do a perfect jumping slash, but Ganondorf suddenly uncovered himself and grinned evilly at Mirren. He shot two fireballs from his eyes, and both hit Mirren. He screamed in pain as they burned him, and sent him flying. He landed hard on the ground, and lay riving in pain. Ganondorf got on the floor, and stepped forward.
"That was a nice attack before kid, you had me worried for a second..." He began, "but of course it wasn't enough to kill me. And that last stunt you just pulled was absolutely pathetic. You were a fool attacking me so blindly, you should've thought that move over...." Mirren groaned, and lifted himself up. He first pulled his head up, and slowly got up on his feet. Ganondorf smiled devilishly. He pointed his sword at Mirren. "Now....die boy.." he said, and shot a lighting bolt from the sword. It rocketed out of it, and soared at Mirren through the air. He froze in terror, and it finally went right through him. It hit his stomach, and ended up flying out of the other side. Everyone gasped, and watched on in horror. Mirren's eyes widened in shock and pain, and he kept on gasping. He trembled and staggered, and his face began to grow pale. Tears formed in almost everyone's as they watched this happened, and they were all afraid he would die. Their fear was correct. Mirren finally dropped the Goddesses' Sword, and fell to his knees. He stood on them for a few seconds, and finally fell forward as he closed his eyes. Zelda felt her heart literally be crushed as she saw this.
"Mirreeeeeeeeeennnnnnn!!!!!!!" she screamed as tears poured out of her eyes. She fell to her knees, and began to sob. Everyone was silent. They were all shocked and horrified at what just happened. Saria, Ruto, Nepsana, and Malon also had tears in their eyes, and all the others also looked as if they were on the verge of crying. Amazingly, Mardera and Nabooru also had a tear or two in their eyes. Darunia and Rauru's face looked as sad and sorrowful as ever, and the two big men bowed their heads as they closed their eyes. Teerlis couldn't believe he had just seen Mirren die, and felt terrible, but he felt even worse when he took one look at Link. He was only his knees, his face pale, his mouth open but silent, and tears rolling down his cheeks. Link felt his heart snap in half only a few seconds ago. And for the first time in his life; the Hero of Time began to sob. As Link and Zelda sobbed, and all the others mourned, Ganondorf smiled wickedly. He finally let out a sinister laugh.
"Ha! I've finally done it!!" he yelled, "I knew it!!! I knew I'd eventually kill that boy!!! And I just did it!! Ha ha ha!! I knew that with these awesome powers I would outmatch that foolish boy and finish his life off once and for all!!! Yes, my mission is a success! I've become the most powerful being in Hyrule, the birthday tomorrow is ruined, I will soon conquer Hyrule, I will soon kill all of his friends..but most of all; I've finally killed Mirren and got my revenge!!!!" Ganondorf began laughing again, and everyone sobbed and mourned even more for the dead Mirren.
But suddenly, his hand glowed, and a golden upside triangle appeared on his hand. His whole body then began to glow gold, and Shadow Ganondorf instantly stopped laughing. It kept on glowing, and eventually everyone else stopped crying and mourning. This all looked over at the dead Mirren, and the great hole in his body began to heal. It filled up and up and up and soon it was completely regenerated. His cape was also fixed, and suddenly, Mirren lifted his head up. Everyone gasped, and Ganondorf couldn't believe what he was seeing. Mirren, still glowing, then got on his knees, and grabbed the Goddesses' Sword. He stood up on his own two feet, and glared at Shadow Ganondorf as he held up his hand with the back facing Ganondorf. The Scourge of Hyrule was frozen in terror...Mirren was alive.
"That was a big mistake Ganondorf.." he began, "and it'll be your downfall in this final battle. You see, once that lightning bolt went right through me, I knew I was gonna die right away. And that's what enraged me enough. Because I knew I had failed and that you'd succeed, I became angry enough to use the Triforce of Justice and rejuvenate myself." Everyone watching were completely shocked, and couldn't believe what Mirren had done. He narrowed his eyes at Shadow Ganondorf. "Prepare to be finished off once and for all..." Mirren said, and screamed in fury and rage as he powered up. He glowed even more, and great gusts of wind blew from him as the ground began to crack beneath him. Suddenly three beams of energy were shot at Ganondorf. They all hit him, and enveloped him with their power as they annihilated him with great energy. There was a green one, a blue one, and a red one. Everyone except Mirren looked over to see that it was none other than the Goddesses, and Shadow Ganondorf screamed in pain.
"The Goddesses are back..." Zelda whispered. Din narrowed her eyes and looked up at everyone in their crystal prisons.
"It is time we finally kill Ganondorf!" she shouted, "but first we must free you all!" She concentrated on power for a second, and soon all the crystal chambers shattered into countless pieces, and everyone slowly floated down to the ground. Nayru now narrowed her eyes and looked over at the Sages, Mardera, Taursus, and Nepsana.
"All of you..receive your powers back!!" she yelled, and yelled out as she concentrated on removing their powers from Ganondorf. Her eyes lit up blue, and was finally able to do it. The energies slowly floated out, and Shadow Ganondorf screamed again. They floated over to their owners, and went back inside of them. Everything was almost complete, only a couple more things were need. Farore had been charging up and concentrating her power the whole time, and looked over at Link and Zelda.
"Link! Zelda! Receive you Triforce pieces once again!!" she shouted, and yelled out as she commenced the plan. Ganondorf kept on screaming, and rived in pain as he felt the Triforce powers get pulled out from him. The two Triforce parts floated out of his hand, and went over to their owners. Link and Zelda took their pieces in, and began to charge up. Even though he was in great pain and was still being hurt, Shadow Ganondorf looked at the Goddesses and held up his hand with his back facing them.
"I still have the Triforce of Power you fools!! Take this!!" he yelled out, and was about to power up before suddenly a blue beam of energy came flying at him and went through his upper chest. He gasped in pain as it soared right through him just like with Mirren, and was forced to stop his attack. Everyone looked to where it came from, and saw Link pointing the Master Sword at him. He glared at Ganondorf and sneered.
"That's for what you did to me and Zelda before..." he said scornfully. Farore narrowed her eyes and looked very serious.
"Link! Zelda!" she shouted, "use both of your Triforce pieces and remove the Triforce of Power from Ganondorf!!!" Link and Zelda looked over at Farore, and nodded. They turned back to Shadow Ganondorf, and narrowed their eyes. They powered up, and threw their right hands out. They both glowed with their great energy, and their Triforce pieces appeared in the air. Zelda's Triforce of Wisdom glowed blue, and Link's Triforce of Courage glowed green. They both screamed, a beam of energy shot out from the Triforces. They both struck Shadow Ganondorf's right hand, and he roared in pain. Link and Zelda both concentrated harder, and they powered up even more. Ganondorf kept screaming, and felt the Triforce of Power slowly slip out of him. It finally did, and the third Triforce piece floated out of his, and went over to Link and Zelda, who had stopped their attacks. Din looked over at them.
"Hold on to that for a little while!" she yelled, "we've got one last thing to do!!!" She looked at Nayru and Farore, and they all looked at each other. They all looked very serious, and their eyes were narrow. They nodded, and stopped their attacks. The energy beams stopped, and Shadow Ganondorf staggered from the incredible pain and fatigue. Farore looked over at the still powering up Mirren.
"Finish him off Mirren!" she shouted, "defeat Ganondorf once and for all to bring peace to Hyrule and all of us!!!" Mirren didn't acknowledge her, but Farore knew he was inside. He let out one final scream, and unleashed all of his power. The ground beneath him shattered, and the whole room shook. The gargoyle and demon statues all broke apart, and turned into rubble, along with the torches and lanterns. Finally Mirren's immense pillar of energy around him broke through the ceiling, and destroyed a good part of it. The remaining pieces fell, but were destroyed on the way down from Mirren's power. He grasped the Goddesses' Sword with both hands, and glared at a terrified Ganondorf. He flew at him, and jumped up into the air as he held the Goddesses' Sword be hind his head. Everyone watched as Mirren performed the final blow, and Ganondorf also stared at the boy helplessly. Mirren screamed in rage, and finally brought his blade down on Ganondorf's face. It sliced right through it, and Ganondorf stood frozen in pain as blood began to pour from the great gash. He groaned once, and finally fell backwards dead. Mirren landed, and stayed on his knees as everyone looked on at the dead Ganondorf, and the victorious Mirren. Everything was silent, and Mirren finally got up. The Triforce of Justice still glowed on his hand, but he was no longer enraged. He looked down at Ganondorf, and saw the great amount of blood coming out from the wound on his entire face. He took his red cape off, and knelt down. He placed it on Ganondorf's head, and stood up. Everything was still silent, and everyone watching waited for Mirren to do something else. He just stood looking down at Ganondorf silently also, but finally turned around and looked at his friends and loved ones. He smiled, and everyone lit up with joy and happiness knowing he was finally victorious. Everyone began to celebrate and comfort each other from the whole ordeal. Mardera and Taursus walked over to Mirren.
"Nice job as always kid, coming back at the last second, just like before" Taursus said. Mirren smirked and laughed a little.
"Yeah, I guess I really ijust/i pulled this one off" he replied.
"Feh, that's just an understatement Mirren!" Mardera exclaimed. The three all found the joke pretty funny, and laughed. And it was even funnier for Mirren considering it was practically true! They all laughed for a few moments, and Mirren noticed Teerlis and Nepsana helping out a shaken up Malon. Mirren smiled and walked over to them. Terrlis held her up, and Nepsana stayed by their side. Malon had a couple tears in her eyes, and still seemed to be recovering from everything a bit. She sniffed, and finally saw Mirren standing in front of her smiling as usual.
"You okay Malon?" he asked. Malon sniffed again, and wiped away her remaining tears. She nodded.
"Yes, I'm okay" she answered, "it was just so terrifying being taken away from the ranch and being brought here again. But I can always count you to save me. Thanks Mirren." Teerlis rolled his eyes.
"Her she goes again, flattering up this kid and ignoring me her boyfriend" he said, "hey, does this happen with you Link and Zelda also?" Mirren looked a little embarrassed for a second, and Nepsana looked a little curious.
"Mirren has a crush on Zelda?" she asked. His face went red, and Malon Teerlis and Nepsana all laughed.
"Umm.well I kinda..uhh.it's that..oh shut up" he spat back humorously though. They all laughed once again, but laughed even more. This time Mirren actually joined in. They all laughed together, and Mirren noticed the Sages walking up to him. They all smiled.
"Well, you've done it once again Mirren" began Rauru, "you defeated Ganondorf and Emralda, and saved us all. Those two evil fools are finally destroyed, and will never be able to return to Hyrule. Nice job." Mirren smiled at him
"Yeah, you won once again, even when your odds were a million to one!" Darunia exclaimed, "That's my sworn little brother!" Impa crossed her arms and also smiled down at Mirren.
"Yes, but I think now there's two people you should see right now...." she stated, and all the Sages moved sideways revealing both Link and Zelda, smiling at Mirren. He looked a little surprised at first, but it was a pleasant surprise. His mouth dropped a little, and couldn't believe they were alright. He really hadn't noticed they were still alright after Ganondorf's attack, because he was still powering up, and he thought they were still hurt.
"You don't have to worry Mirren..we're alright" Link said. Mirren still looked shocked, and everybody smiled at the moment. Tears formed in Mirren's eyes, and he fell forward at Link. His older brother caught him, and held him as Mirren cried in his chest. He sobbed from the terrible time when he saw them suffer so greatly, and also in happiness that they were still alright. Link looked down at him, and could only smile. Zelda did the same, and eventually put her arms around Mirren and kind of hugged him also. Everyone was smiling still. Even though Mirren was crying, they knew how happy he was that they were still alive. It was a happy moment all around.
"Ya know Mirren, I think we should be the ones crying" Zelda began, "after all, you did practically die right before ours eyes..." Mirren pulled his head out of Link's chest, and sniffed as he wiped away his tears. He looked up at them both and smiled a little.
"Yeah, but it was just terrible for me to see you guys get hurt so badly" he replied, "I thought you two were gonna die. And I could just never be able to see my two favorite people do that." Link and Zelda smiled at him, and both hugged him and held him close. Everyone smiled again at three, and were happy they were all alright and happy as ever to be together. Farore stepped forward.
"I believe we should all send you back home now" she announced, "We'll deal with the citadel and Ganondorf's body. You all go back and live your lives in peace." Link and Zelda looked at her as they and stopped hugging Mirren.
"Hold on, what should we do with the Triforce of Power Din?" Link asked.
"Yes, you told us to hold onto it until we killed Ganondorf" Zelda added. Din smirked and nodded.
"Yes I know" she replied, "and I know what we're gonna do with it. We're gonna send all of you to the Temple of Time. We'll want you guys to put the Triforce of Power back into the Triforce above the Door of Time. That way no one would ever know that's one of the real pieces, and it'll be safe. Right now I have really no person that I believe is strong enough to possess it. So for now we'll keep it safe." Impa smiled.
"That sounds like a good idea" she said. Din turned to her.
"I know, now everyone get together" she spoke, "we're gonna send you to the Temple of Time." They all nodded, and everyone bunched together.
"Wait! Goldwing!" exclaimed Mirren. At that moment the great phoenix flew over by everyone and settled down next to them. Mirren smiled at his companion, and Nayru did the same.
"Perfect timing" she said, "we'll see you all there. Goodbye my friends." Suddenly a blue ring of light surrounded everyone, and it began to form a pillar around them. The Goddesses smiled at all the friends, and they soon disappeared from the throne room.
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The blue ring of light appeared in the Temple of Time, and everyone finally appeared in it. It glowed a little, and finally went away. Link and Zelda both instantly walked over to the alter as everyone stood back and watched. They stood right before it, and looked up at the Triforce engraving. They held their hands up, and the Triforce of Power appeared above them. It slowly spun around, and glowed as it floated up to its space. It went right in, and caused the whole thing to light up with a golden color. They both slowly took their hands down, and smiled. They turned around, and walked over to everyone else.
"Well, let's go back guys" Link said. Mirren smiled at him.
"Not yet" he replied, "don't you remember? The Goddesses said they'd meet us here." Link pondered Mirren's words for a few seconds and finally remembered they had said that.
"Oh right!" he exclaimed, "I can't believe I forgot!"
"It's alright Link, don't worry" a tough sounding feminine voice said behind him. He and Zelda turned around, and saw the Goddesses hovering before them as they smiled.
"Nice job you two, you put the Triforce of Power right where it should be" Farore began, "now, it is finally time for all of you to go back." She now looked at Mirren. "Because of you Mirren, Ganondorf and Emralda are defeated, they have been rid of this peaceful land forever now. You can all now live your lives happily with them gone; no more evil shall ever threaten Hyrule again. All of you go home, and regain your lost time with this whole ordeal. And Mirren and Zelda, celebrate your birthday together and with all of your friends and loved ones in peace. Make sure it is the best one of your lives." They both smiled back at Farore, and nodded.
"We will Farore, we will" Zelda replied.
"Yes, I'll make sure of that" Mirren added. Farore nodded back at him, and looked at everyone else.
"Now everyone, I think you should all stay at Hyrule Castle tonight. After all you'll all probably be there tomorrow for most of the day with the party, so kinda have a sleepover in a way!" Saria smiled, but had a question.
"That is a very nice idea, but shouldn't the ones of us who have other homes go back and tell everyone there we're alright?" she asked. Din smiled at the Kokiri Sage.
"Don't worry about it, we'll make sure we tell everyone that you guys are alright.." She replied. Link smiled at them, and turned around.
"Well guys..let's go!" he exclaimed. Everyone smiled and nodded, and they began to leave the Temple of Time and go back to Hyrule Castle. Mirren was the last to leave, but Nayru stopped him.
"Oh yes Mirren, I guess you could say Goldwing was like a birthday gift from us, but you still have one more coming, and I'm sure you, Link, and Zelda will all like it" she stated. Mirren turned around with a smile and nodded.
"Okay Nayru, I gotcha" he replied. The Goddess of Wisdom smiled at the boy.
"And make sure you try and bring Zelda and Link together, and don't forget to give her that necklace you spent all your rupees on.." She said. Mirren blushed a little, and still smiled.
"Don't worry, I promise not to..." he said back. Zelda then walked back into the Temple of Time.
"Ya comin' Mirren?" she asked. Mirren turned around, and ran over to her.
"Yeah, I'm coming" he answered, and she smiled at him. They both then left the Temple of Time, but Mirren turned around and got one last look at the three Goddesses before he exited it; truly three of his best friends.
Author's Notes: Wow, this one definitely deserves a WOOO!!! So..WOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!! Well, this was it everybody, the final battle, and the second last chapter. I'm almost finished with the entire story, and I must say I'm as happy as ever to be this close to finally finishing this great Zelda epic. This chapter is 31 pages long on Microsoft Word in 12 font, pretty amazing huh? This was easily the chapter I had most fun typing, and I hope it was the best for you. The next and final chapter will be about the birthday, but that's all I can tell ya. The 4th of July is tomorrow, but I'm still gonna be able to type a little. I might finish the final chapter then, but if not Saturday morning. So look out for the conclusion of the Epilogue of Link's Little Brother: Mirren's Final Battle!!!! And as always pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease review!!!
The three Goddesses and Mirren flew over Hyrule on their way to Herlassia. They passed over the field, Lon Lon Ranch, and had passed Hyrule Castle a little while ago. About a half an hour before, they entered Herlassia and decided to pick up a little speed. It was not a nice day out. The sky was gray, and the clouds were a thick black. Rain began to pour out of them and make its way down to the earth. But even with the bad whether and atmosphere, they kept on flying.
Mirren sat atop Goldwing still thinking of that final battle. His hazel eyes were full of intensity and fierceness, just as before. He had a very slim, narrow chance of defeating them, but even with that, he was determined to win and save all of his friends. There was so much at stake. If he lost, then he would die. Hyrule would be conquered by Ganondorf and Emralda. All of his friends and loved ones would die. And his and Zelda's birthday would be ruined.
Din and Nayru flew to the sides of Goldwing and Mirren, while Farore lead the flight in front of them. Right before they flew off, Mirren put his battle armor on by simply snapping his fingers. It all appeared on him; the red cape, the indigo steel body armor, the golden shoulder pads, the steel elbow and knee pads, and the chain mail pants and gauntlets. The great battle armor given to him by the Sages, light as a feather, hard as iron ore. The wind blew his red cape around, and the rain poured down onto his body armor and other pieces.
They kept on flying for a few more hours, and it looked like it was slowly becoming dusk. Farore finally spotted the great, huge black tower in the distance, and soon saw the rest of the citadel.
"It's right up ahead guys, we should be there soon, so get ready" she said. Din and Nayru nodded, but Mirren stayed silent and motionless. The mention of this now made him even more intensified. He was only a little while away from once again stepping into that citadel to fight. He was only a little while away from running up that tower and fighting all the enemies. He was only a little while away from once again fighting the most powerful duo in Hyrule..and hopefully defeating them.
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About twenty minutes later, they all finally made it to the citadel. They landed in front of the huge black and red door and walked up to it as Mirren hopped off Goldwing. He walked over to the Goddesses and looked up at the door as Goldwing trotted behind him. Din turned around and looked at him.
"Are you ready to fight Mirren?" she asked. Nayru and Farore now turned around and looked at Mirren. The warrior boy stood in his armor as he bowed his head. He was silent for a few moments, before reached to his back, and grabbed the bronze hilt of the Goddesses' Sword. He tightened his grip on it, and slowly pulled it out of his scabbard. It was finally out, and grasped it with both hands as he looked up at the Goddesses. He nodded.
"I'm ready...." he answered. They all nodded back, and the four of them opened up the door. They all walked in, and began running down the carpeted hallway as Goldwing began to fly behind them.
"Remember Mirren, Goldwing's gonna be fighting if there's any troops on the ground floor, so make sure he's ready to fight, okay?" Nayru stated. Mirren nodded and looked back at his great golden phoenix. He nodded back at him. They all soon came to another large door, and they opened it up. They ran inside the ground area, and stopped.
"Ohhhhh boy.." Mirren said. They looked all around, and saw endless black Iron Knuckles and huge, terrible looking Moblins and Monblins. They all were just like the other troops before, all battle ready and not looking happy. They filled up the entire, absolutely huge area of the ground floor, and it seemed like there might've been more than a hundred all together. Mirren looked a little shocked and worried, but Din turned to him and looked fine.
"Send Goldwing on them now" she told him, "tell him to clear a path for us to the entrance of the tower..okay?" Mirren looked up at her now more worried than shocked.
"But will he be able to take them all out without getting seriously hurt?" he asked. Nayru laughed.
"If I weren't a Goddess I would bet my own life on Goldwing to win!" she exclaimed. Mirren still seemed a little skeptical, but nodded. He turned to Goldwing.
"Alright Goldwing, I need you to destroy enough of these guys so we can get to the tower entrance safely, then I'll need you to stay down here and take all the troops out, okay?" he said. Goldwing nodded, and actually seemed to narrow his eyes at the troops. He let out a screech, and flew at them. He outstretched his talons, and raked through the troops as he got closer to the tower entrance. As he flew by he sliced through every Moblin and every Iron Knuckle in front of him to a terrible, and rather painful death. He stopped about halfway there and watched as a bunch of Moblins charged at him with their spears in front of them. Goldwing screeched again, and unleashed a beam of fire from his mouth. It struck the Moblin gang, and burnt them all to death. Mirren's eyes bugged out and his jaw dropped as he watched Goldwing annihilate the troops with such ease. Din turned to him and grinned.
"And you though he wouldn't stand a chance.." she said. Farore was a little more serious unlike Din, and turned to everyone.
"Alright! He's gotten a good path down...let's go!!" she yelled. They all nodded, and began to run to the tower entrance. They ran and ran and soon came to Goldwing as they began entering the tower. The Goddesses were the first in, and Mirren was last. He entered, and looked back at Goldwing.
"Please be okay..got it bud?" he whispered. Goldwing nodded, and turned back to a bunch of oncoming Iron Knuckles. He charged up once again, and shot a beam of fire from his mouth, disintegrating the Iron Knuckles away. Mirren almost seemed to smile at his new companion, and began running up the tower stairs to catch up to the Goddesses. Mirren was pretty fast, and he was faster than the Goddesses so within a few moments he was right to the side of them. "What troops are on this floor again Farore?" Mirren asked.
"Moblins" she answered. They all soon came to the floor after a few minutes, and opened it up. They ran in, and stopped at the sight of sixteen angry, tough looking Moblins. They all glared at Mirren and the Goddesses, and grasped their spears as they all got in battle stances.
"You think that Ganondorf would learn that these weak troops are no longer strong enough to even fatigue us a little.." Din stated. The Moblins gritted their teeth, and charged at the four with a yell of fury. Mirren grasped the Goddesses Sword with both hands, and got in a battle position as the Goddesses did the same. Once the Moblins made it halfway across the room, the four charged at them.
Din outstretched her hand and charged a fireball up. Once it was complete, she rocketed it from her and sent it flying at a Moblin. He froze in terror, and was soon incinerated by it to a burning death. The other three Moblins gasped, and also froze in shock of their dead comrade. Din took advantage of the situation and put both hands out. They glowed with a bright red color, and she soon shot a red beam of energy at them. It struck two of the unsuspecting Moblins, and killed them instantly. The remaining Moblin gasped and froze again, and looked at Din with fear in his eyes. He slowly backed off, and finally began to try and run away. Din narrowed her eyes, and flew at him. He didn't get very for, for once Din grabbed the back of his neck..he was dead. She screamed in fury and from the power coursing through her veins, and sent numerous flames through his body from her hand. This was just like the attack Ganondorf had used on Faria to kill her, only he used dark energy bolts while Din used fire. She soon stopped the attack, and it left a charred, dead Moblin. She dropped him, and glared at his dead body. Farore flew at her four Moblins, as they rushed at her. One went for a stab of his spear, but she easily dodged it and blasted him away with a ball of green energy. Another Moblin ran at her from behind, and tried to skewer her with his spear. She quickly turned around and dodged once again. The Moblin was a little surprised, and stumbled forward. Farore suddenly put her hand out, and the Moblin froze in fright. Her hand glowed green, and she soon shot a blast of energy from it. The Moblin roared in pain, and was disintegrated. The other two Moblins were shocked at her power, but still roared and ran at her spears in hand. Farore turned to them. She glared at them, and held her hand up in the air. It once again glowed green, but the Moblins still charged relentlessly. Her hand was now glowing very bright, and she brought her hand down onto the ground. She screamed from her power rush, and sent a shockwave of energy flying at the Moblins. They stopped in their tracks, and gasped as the shockwave got closer and closer. They watched it helplessly, and knew they were going to die. It finally struck them, and the energy exploded and pounded them with its great power. They roared in pain as they were engulfed with it, and it soon stopped. The Moblins then fell to the floor dead.
The Moblins attacked at Nayru like mad. They all kept stabbing and stabbing at her with their spears trying to turn her into a pincushion. But the Goddess of Wisdom dodged all the attacks with ease as she hovered about in the air. She finally threw her hands, out, and sent two cloths of blue energy flying at the one Moblin. This was just like Zelda's energy cloths attack, only hers were pink and Nayru's were blue. The cloths wrapped around the Moblins neck, and Nayru unleashed the energy. It pounded the Moblin with power, and he roared in pain from the heavy assault of energy. His body finally went limp, and Nayru knew he was dead. Two of the Moblins stood in shock, but the other one screamed in rage and rushed at Nayru. She saw him coming from the corner of her eye, and flung the dead Moblin right at him. It collided into him, and killed him also. The two dead Moblins crashed on the floor, and remaining two were now somewhat afraid, and froze once Nayru looked at them. Her eyes were narrow, and actually glowing a light blue color. The Moblins slowly backed off, but it was too late. Two blue beams of energy shot from her eyes, and soared at the Moblins. They were both struck by one beam, and were sent flying; dead of course.
A Moblin went for a slice at Mirren, but the boy dodged it with ease and pointed the Goddesses' Sword at him. It glowed blue, and the Moblin looked scared. Mirren finally screamed in fury and shot a beam of energy from it. The Moblin was hit directly at point blank range, and was killed. Mirren rested for a second, and heard a Moblin charging behind him. He spun around and blocked the shot the Moblin targeted at Mirren. They both grappled, and Mirren realized he wouldn't be winning this one. The Moblin pushed him away, and Mirren was sent flying. He crashed into the ground, and groaned a little from the pain. The Moblin smirked, and charged at the downed Mirren. He lifted his head up, and saw the Moblin coming. The beast roared and went for a stab at Mirren. But the boy rolled away just in time and got. The Moblin now tried to slash at him, but Mirren used his short size to his advantage and ducked. The spear flew right over him, and Mirren lunged at the Moblin. He stuck the Goddesses' Sword out, and stabbed the Moblin through. It gasped from the pain, and its mouth hung open as blood trickled from it. It dropped its spear, and fell backwards dead. Mirren glared at the Moblin, but soon lost his focus on it as another ran at him. It tried to run him through with its spear, but Mirren jumped up and landed on it as it dug into the ground. The Moblin tried to pull it out of the stone floor, but it was stuck, and Mirren already jumped at him. He pulled the Goddesses' Sword back, and slashed the Moblin right across the face. It let out one grunt of pain, and fell sideways as its wound opened up and bled. Mirren looked at the dead Moblin's great gash for a second, and saw another, and the final Moblin running at him. He turned around, and narrowed his eyes at the creature. It roared in rage, and charged at full speed. Mirren narrowed his eyes, and got in a battle position. The Moblin got closer and closer, and Mirren finally screamed in fury and lunged at the Moblin. He was rather low to the ground, and Moblin instantly realized he was in trouble. Mirren flew past the Moblin, and sliced its leg with a clean cut of his blade. The Moblin yelled out in pain, and fell backwards as he clutched his bleeding leg. He dropped the spear, and lay on the ground riving in pain. Mirren then jumped on his chest, and glared into the Moblin's fearful eyes. Mirren then put the Goddesses' Sword to the Moblin's neck, and grasped in with both hands tightly. He lifted the blade up, and brought it down again. The Goddesses' turned away for a second, and when they looked back Mirren had gotten off the Moblin and quickly cleaned the blood off his sword with a cloth. He finished, and put the cloth away.
"You guys ready?" he asked. Farore nodded, and Din and Nayru did also.
"Yes, now we gotta fight the Iron Knuckles on the next floor" replied Din, "let's go guys." Everyone nodded, and they ran out of the room and up the stairs to the second floor of the tower. They ran and ran up the second flight of stairs, and said nothing the whole way. They were totally silent, thinking only of defeating the remaining enemies, so Mirren would be able to get up to the throne room and finally begin his fight against Ganondorf and Emralda. They ran for quite a while, but after a little bit finally came to the door. Din opened it up, and the three went into the second floor room. Oddly; there was nothing in it.
"What in the world..?" said Mirren. They all walked into the middle of the room, and suddenly, one by one, twenty black Iron Knuckles surrounded them. Din narrowed her eyes, and created a fireball in her hand.
"Alright guys..let's take 'em out!!" she yelled, and shot the fireball at an Iron Knuckles who was instantly killed. Farore and Nayru attacked their own set of Iron Kunckles, and so did Mirren.
He grasped the Goddesses' Sword with both hands, and flew at an Iron Knuckle with a yell of fury. He went for a cut, but the Iron Knuckle blocked that. They grappled for a second, and Mirren jumped over him. He landed on his feet, and was about to attack the Iron Knuckle before another came running at him. He was soon only a few feet away, and when the Iron Knuckle Mirren had been fighting before swung his axe around, Mirren jumped away and the other Iron Knuckle was smacked. Mirren then lunged at the old Iron Knuckle and sliced the head off. It fell off, and Mirren cut the armored warrior in two. As its armor began falling apart, the Iron Knuckle that had been hit by the other ran at Mirren again to attack him. The warrior boy saw him coming, and dodged the Iron Knuckle's attack. The huge battle axe crashed into the ground, and got stuck. Mirren took this opportunity to attack, and rushed at him. The Iron Knuckle froze, and Mirren did a slash across his body. It broke into two, and its armor slowly disappeared. Mirren saw two more Iron Knuckles charging at him, and decided to finish them off quickly. He pointed his blade at them, and it glowed blue. Even though the Iron Knuckles were only seconds from death, they still rushed at Mirren. He finally shot the beam of energy from the Goddesses' Sword, and destroyed both Iron Knuckles with it. The blast disintegrated them both, but Mirren still had one Iron Knuckle to deal with. It went for a vertical slash of its axe, but Mirren lifted the Goddesses' Sword up just in time to block the attack. They both grappled, and Iron Knuckle suddenly brought his axe back and went for another slash at Mirren. He lifted up the Goddesses' Sword to block the shot, but the force of it still sent him flying. He landed hard on the ground, and the Iron Knuckle at him. Mirren rubbed the back of his throbbing head, and looked up to see the oncoming Iron Knuckle, and knew he needed to get up and fight or he was dead. He grabbed the Goddesses' Sword, and the Iron Knuckle brought his battle axe down. Mirren once again blocked the attack, and tried to push it back up to escape as he still lay on the ground. The Iron Knuckle was getting annoyed, and lifted his one foot up. He brought it down, and Mirren froze at the last second when he saw it. The huge black foot of armor smashed into his stomach, and Mirren screamed in pain. It felt like when the possessed Link smashed his onto his chest, except this was five times worse since the Iron Knuckle's foot was nothing but hard armor. The Iron Knuckle finally brought his foot up, and Mirren clutched his stomach as he rived in pain. The Iron Knuckle knew Mirren wouldn't be able to fight back, so he once again lifted his battle axe up, and brought it down. The huge axe came falling down at the defenseless Mirren, and was about to just dig into him. But at the last second, Mirren grabbed the Goddesses' Sword and rolled the away. The Iron Knuckle was shocked at what just happened, and stumbled forward. Mirren narrowed his eyes and ran him. He flew by him, and there was a flash from the Goddesses' Sword. The Iron Knuckle collapsed, and Mirren simply stood glaring down at it. It just lay there for a few moments before it finally broke in pieces. Mirren looked away from it, and watched as the Goddesses finally finished off their final Iron Knuckles. Once they did, he walked over to them.
"You guys alright?" he asked. They all nodded.
"Yes, we're fine, nothing bad happened" answered Nayru. Mirren nodded.
"Okay, then I guess we're one floor away from Ganondorf and Emralda.." he said. Farore smirked.
"Well, we are, but you're only one..." she corrected. Mirren looked a little confused for a second, but remembered that the only they would be fighting on that floor.
"Oh yeah, why exactly are you guys doing that again?" he asked. Farore smiled.
"I'll tell ya on the way up there..." she said, and ran over to the door. Din and Nayru followed her, and three began going up the stairs. Mirren shrugged, and went up after them. Like before when they very first entered the tower, Mirren quickly caught up to them, and they all ran up the long tower stair flight together. Mirren ran up right up to Farore.
"So, why are you guys gonna fight on that floor and not me?" he asked. Farore didn't look at him, but still kept running.
"Because we're not gonna take the chance of you getting hurt at all now" she answered, "I have a feeling that these three mystery foes are greatly powerful, and if something bad happens to you you'll be at a disadvantage when fighting Ganondorf and Emralda. You need your complete power and energy if you have any chance of defeating them..."
"Yeah, I'm kinda worried about these guys" added Din. Nayru looked a little surprised.
"Why is that?" she asked. Din bowed her head a little.
"Because while feeling their energies, they actually felt familiar" she answered, "like we've seen them before, but they're stronger this time. I have no idea what they could be, except that we've probably seen them before, and they're a lot stronger this time..." Mirren was now also a little worried at Din's words. He narrowed his eyes, and looked determined.
"You can defeat them though Din, all of you..." he said, "you guys are the Goddesses of Hyrule, I have more confidence in you to help me defeat some enemy just as much as I do in Link. You guys can do it..." They all finally came to the door to the third floor room, and Din closed her head as bowed her head once again.
"Let's just hope for that Mirren..." She said, and opened up the door. They all went in, and once again found it empty. They all moved into the room a little farther, but still nothing appeared to fight them. They were all a little surprised, and looked around in confusion.
"I don't get it, where is everything?" asked Farore. No one answered; they all just looked around and tried to figure out what was going on. Mirren began getting closer to the other door, and still looked around. He was now only a few feet away from the stair steps that led up to the door, and suddenly a very dark blue, thick and odd looking water began oozing out through the wall. It began to slowly come out, and move around the room. It began making large puddles and began to take some into tentacles. Everyone gasped watched in shock. Finally, one huge tentacle formed, and a strange looking, nucleus type thing appeared in it. Nayru gasped and put her hand over her mouth.
"Morpha.." she whispered. Then a cackling of a witch was heard, and everyone looked around to see where it was coming from. There was a flash of red and blue, and the fused form of Koume and Kotake appeared, Twinrova the Sorceress. Din's eyes widened in shock, and then there was loud drumming being heard. Everyone looked a little afraid, and suddenly a great shadow creature appeared. It had one long red eye, two huge floating hands, and a great black body. Farore narrowed her eyes.
"Bongo Bongo.." she said. The three great past enemies of Link stared at the Goddesses and Mirren, and looked like they were ready to attack. Twinrova did, and shot a blast of fire at Din. The Goddess of Power deflected the attack, and shot her own blast of fire at the witch. She froze, and fireball hit her and burnt her. She yelled out in pain, and crashed into the wall. Din glared at her, and looked back at everyone else.
"I'll take Twinrova!" she said, and flew at her. Farore then looked at Bongo Bongo.
"I'll get him!" she yelled, and also flew at him. Nayru then looked at Morpha.
"Well it looks like I've got Morpha!" she said, and shot two eyes at the nucleus part. It hit directly, and made the huge tentacle thrash around from the pain. She looked over at Mirren. "Go Mirren!!!" she yelled, "go and fight Ganondorf and Emralda once and for all!!!! Save everyone!!! I know you can do it!!!" Mirren nodded, and ran up the steps to the door. He opened it up, and took one last look at the Goddesses as they fought against the great enemies. He bowed his head, and began to make his way up the stairs. As he ran, he thought of everything that had happened to him only within the past few days. How he saved Nepsana from the Moblins and helped her defeat Varnash. The time when Goldenfire was killed right before his eyes. When he watched the Six Sages get captured and when he and Link fought Magna Volvagia. When Link was possessed and almost got killed by protecting Zelda from him. When he saw Ganondorf kill Faria and take Zelda, Nepsana, and Link through the portal. And up to today when he finally reunited with the Goddesses.
Then he thought of all the people he needed to save now. The Six Sages; Rauru, Saria Darunia, Ruto, Impa, and Nabooru. The six friends of his that helped him in his fist fight with Ganondorf and Emralda. He then thought of Taursus, his big buddy in a way. His Minotaur friend that was as big as his own heart. The one who saved him in the battle at Goron City, and who helped him defeat the Evil Phoenix. He thought of Mardera, the Gerudo whom he saved from The Ogre Pirates. The one who helped him defeat them, Captain Gorg, and the Sea Serpent. The one who he had first brought to live with him Hyrule Castle, and befriend her eternally. He then thought of Nepsana, the teenage girl who was one of his best friends. The girl who he and Link saved from Varnash's Moblins, and the girl who he helped defeat Varnash with. The girl who he considered his own friend on the day he met her. He finally thought of his two most loved ones; Link and Zelda. He literally did love Zelda with his crush on her, and was more determined as ever to rescue her. He felt like she was his big sister in a way, and they were really the best of friends. The many things she had done for him; calling him cute, carrying him to his room when he was injured, hugging him, and especially the kiss she gave him on the night he defeated Ganondorf and Emralda for the first time. All these things had led to his crush for her, and he was set on saving her and celebrating the greatest birthday of his life with her. Then Link finally came in. His big brother whom he loved so much. The one who had felt closest to, his last living family member. He still remembered the embrace they both shared on the day they met, and ever since then they were brothers to the end. He would always remember the adventures they had, the battles they fought together, the hard times they went through together, the times they comforted each other, and all the happy times they had. He had only known Link for about two months, but felt like he had known him for years. It was that brotherly love he had for him, and it was something Link had too. This was the thing that made as close as they were, and the thing that would always keep them together.
Mirren finally came to the doors that were the entrance to the throne room. He put his hand on them, and grasped the Goddesses's Sword with the other. He thought of everything and all of his friends in a split second, and finally narrowed his eyes. He looked straight forward, and went through the doors and into the room where his final battle would take place....
Mirren walked into the room, it was pretty much the same as last time. It was pretty dark now, but a few torches and wall lanterns gave enough light. High on the walls were also demon and gargoyle statues. The floor and walls were a dark grey stone color, and very hard. Orange-yellow stain glass widows surrounded the room on the walls also, and at the far end was the throne. It was nicely sized, with red carpeting and golden chairs with all sorts of gems wedged in. Everyone instantly turned their attention to him. They all gasped, but were a little relieved he had finally arrived. They all looked down at the young, soon to be 12 year old boy, carrying the Goddesses' Sword, and wearing the great battle armor given to him by the Sages. He looked up at all the captives, and he could see that everyone was afraid, even Link looked a little worried. He saw the Sages, Taursus, Mardera, Nepsana, Zelda, Link, and gasped when he suddenly saw the terrified Malon and worried Teerlis. He looked shock, and heard a familiar, quiet laugh. He looked over to where the throne was, and finally saw Ganondorf and Emralda standing there, both with evil smiles on their faces.
"A little surprised to see your ranch friends huh Mirren?" Ganondorf asked mockingly. Anger lit up in Mirren's eyes, and he gritted his teeth.
"Why did you bring them here?" he asked scornfully, "they have no great power you can steal from them to get stronger..." Emralda stepped forward and smirked.
"You're right on that Mirren, but you see, we really didn't care that they didn't have great energy" she began, "but they're great friends of yours, and we wanted to let them see your final battle..." Ganondorf smiled.
"Yes, to see the last battle you'll ever fight, the battle in which you shall die..." He added. Mirren narrowed his eyes.
"I'm still gonna fight, no matter what..." He said. Emralda grinned.
"Do you really think you can beat us?" she asked, "even with this incredible amount of energy in us, you still think you can win?" Mirren looked straight into her pale green, Gerudo eyes.
"I know the odds are against me, I know you're both much stronger than me..." he began, "..but I'm still gonna fight you both. I know that my odds of winning are very narrow, but I'm making an oath that I will fight you both with every single ounce of energy and power in my body. I have a very good chance of losing, but I'm going to find a way to kill you both. I'm going to make sure you both are dead once and for all no matter how much stronger you are, because the lives of my friends are on the line, and I won't let a single one die any more...." Ganondorf smirked, and was a little surprised by Mirren's words.
"Well, you're certainly determined" he replied, "You would even save them and defeat us at the cost of your life?" Mirren nodded.
"Yes...." he answered. Ganondorf smirked, and let out a diabolical laugh.
"Ha! You fool boy!! You're that stupid that you'd even give up your own life to save your friends." he began, "you're as dense as before young one. You talk big, and you're so content on defeating us and rescuing your friends, and also making sure birthday goes well tomorrow...but I guess that's just too bad!!! Kid, you don't stand a chance, I'll give you one opportunity to run away and save yourself. If you refuse this one, then you're going to have to fight us until one of us dies.." Everyone looked worried, and waited for Mirren's answer as they all looked at him. He looked up at them, and thought about how important they really were to him. And he'd be a lot happier if he only died, and not all of them. He looked back at Ganondorf and Emralda, and grasped the Goddesses' Sword with both hands now.
"Fine then...I guess I'll fight.." he replied. Every one of the captives gasped, and were shocked by his answer...except one. Link smiled.
"That's my little bro, not afraid of anything.." he said. Impa looked very serious.
"Yes, but will he really be able to defeat them, I mean they must be at least double his power!" she exclaimed. Link now looked a little more serious, and also worried. Zelda narrowed her eyes, and looked determined.
"He can do it..." she began, "Mirren is a boy whose heart is bigger than anyone else in Hyrule. He has a greater chance of losing than ever, but he'll still fight to the very end. And even if the odds are against him...he'll still win!!!!" Ganondorf smiled sinisterly, and looked up at Zelda.
"Well, you certainly think he'll defeat us, you have quite a lot of confidence in your little boy.." he replied in a jeering sort of way. Zelda narrowed her eyes at Ganondorf.
"You're darn right I think he can win, I know he can! And I do have pure confidence in him!!!" she yelled. Mirren blushed a little, and Ganondorf laughed again.
"Heh, you're another fool Zelda.." He said, "He has no chance of surviving, but we'll give him a little break." Ganondorf now looked at Mirren. "We won't have him fight the both of us at the same time, I mean he'll get killed too easily then. So instead we'll fight him one by one. Emralda will fight first, and if he ~somehow~ wins, then I'll fight him." Everyone was a little shocked, and Mirren couldn't believe what they were doing. Emralda tightened her grip on her staff, and walked off the throne and onto the stone floor.
"Thank you brother" she said. She now smiled wickedly at Mirren. "Are you ready to die boy?" she asked. Mirren narrowed his eyes, and grasped the Goddesses' Sword tighter as he got in a battle position.
"Bring it..." He said quietly but scornfully. Emralda smiled evilly, and lunged at Mirren with her staff in hand. Zelda looked at Link a little worried and confused.
"Why are they fighting him one by one, he now has a much greater chance of killing them, why are they practically evening the odds when they could finish him off right now?" she asked. Link didn't turn to her; he only looked down at the grinning Ganondorf. He had his arms crossed, and had an evil glee in his eyes. Link shook his head.
"I don't know Zelda" he answered, "but something's up, and I don't like it one bit...."
Emralda screamed in fury at she targeted a stab of her crystal, diamond- like emerald at the top of her staff. It was a powerful attack, but nothing Mirren would have trouble with. He lifted up the Goddesses' Sword and blocked the attack with ease. Emralda pulled it back, and went to crack it over his skull. As it came down, Mirren jumped backwards, and avoided it. It smashed into the ground, but Emralda pulled it back up and rushed at Mirren once again. She did a diagonal slash right at him, but Mirren blocked it with his blade once again. Emralda seemed frustrated and annoyed, and she screamed as she lunged at Mirre once again. She went for another stab, but Mirren had brought the Goddesses' Sword up once again and blocked it. He glared at her, and she gritted her teeth. But suddenly, Emralda smiled evilly, and the emerald began to glow. Mirren's eyes lit up with fear, and she screamed as she shot a dark yellow energy bolt from the staff. It Mirren at point blank range, and scorched his body with its dark energy. He was sent flying into the wall, and crashed into it hard. He rived in pain from the attack, and his smoked a little from the energy bolt. Emralda smiled wickedly.
"Take this boy!!!" she screamed, and shot another bolt of energy at Mirren. Everyone gasped, and watched as the blast of energy got closer to Mirren. He slowly lifted his head up, and saw the bolt. It looked like he'd suffer another painful hit, but he suddenly sprang up and slashed the bolt with his sword. It was sent flying back at Emralda, and she froze as her own attack came closer and closer to her. It soon hit her, and she yelled out in pain from its energy. It burnt her, and pounded her body with its great energy. Mirren grasped the Goddesses' Sword with both hands, and flew at Emralda. He screamed in fury and rage, and did a jumping slash. It connected with her left arm, and she roared in pain as it sliced right through. She was knocked back a few feet, and landed on the hard stone floor. She groaned in pain, and began to clutch her wounded arm. It stung when she did this, and the dark green material began to turn red around her arm. She removed her hand as she slowly got up, revealing a great slash mark on her arm. Everyone gasped, and was shocked at the great wound, and the great deal of blood that was coming out of it. Mirren had now drawn first blood on Emralda with that attack. She slowly got up, and looked at her wound. She gasped at first, but soon gritted her teeth. She screamed in rage, and flew at Mirren. She attacked with her staff, and Mirren was able to block the shot. She pulled it back, and began to hack away at him. Shot after shot came flying at him from her staff, but Mirren was able to block every one of them with the Goddesses' Sword. She began to grow frustrated, and lashed out like a savage beast. She slashed Mirren across the face with her staff, and he grunted in pain as he was floored. He smashed into the hard ground, and everyone gasped. A small cut appeared on his right cheek, and it opened up and bled. Emralda smirked.
"Ha! Come on boy; let's see what else I can do to you..." She said. Mirren narrowed his eyes, and got up. The second he did, she flew at him and aimed a slash at his stomach. He saw the attack coming, and blocked it with ease. At first Emralda looked angry, but she suddenly grinned. She pulled the staff back in a second and did a vertical slash on his forehead. He yelled out in pain again, and was knocked back a few feet. He landed hard on the ground, and another cut, this time on his forehead, opened up and bled. The blood slowly ran down the middle of his face, and everyone watching looked a little worried. Zelda put her hand over her mouth, and slowly pulled it down as she spoke.
"Mirren.." she whispered. Emralda looked up at her and grinned.
"Afraid now that he's hurt Zelda?" she asked, "Well you should be!! Mirren is a tough kid, but he's nothing compared to me now. I'm much too strong, and after that little attack I doubt if he's got anything left in him. I mean, after all, that was quite a hit!" Emralda let out a wicked laugh, and everyone looked afraid. But suddenly, Mirren just sat up, and got up on his feet. Emralda instantly stopped laughing. She gasped, and her mouth dropped. Mirren simply stood there glaring her with the blood still on his face from both hits.
"Are you proud Emralda?" he asked, "Are you proud that you got two little hits in on me? Are you proud that you knocked me down twice? Are you proud that you made me bleed? If you are...you're pathetic..." Everyone else was shocked too, and Emralda couldn't believe her eyes.
"How did you get up so easily????" she asked. Mirren narrowed his eyes.
"Did you really think that two weak attacks like that would actually keep me down for much longer?" he asked back. Link grinned.
"There ya go Mirren..you really just freaked her out with that..." He whispered. And he did. Emralda looked shocked, and her eyes showed that. But she was soon just angered by the fact that her attacks didn't do much to Mirren, and she lunged at him with a yell of fury. She did a jumping slash, but Mirren lifted up the Goddesses' Sword with one hand and blocked it. Emralda gritted her teeth, and Mirren pulled out the Ice Diamond and charged it up.
"Let me show you real power..." he said, and fired a beam of ice from the Ice Diamond. It struck her at point blank range, and froze her as she was sent flying across the room. She landed hard on the stone floor, and some of the ice still on her cracked. She lay on the ground trembling from the cold, and Impa looked shocked.
"I don't get it, she should be literally massacring Mirren, but why is he destroyer her so easily?" she asked. Link now realized what she was saying was true, and shook his head.
"I don't know Impa, you're right though, it's odd" he began, "Emralda has all of our powers and the Triforce of Wisdom in her, and yet it seems Mirren somehow is evenly matched with her, or even has the upper hand! It doesn't make sense; do you think he got some power boost or something?" Impa now shook her head.
"I'd doubt it, we would've been able to feel the energy" she answered. Zelda now looked over at her.
"Then what's going on Impa?" she asked. Impa looked a little worried, and very serious. She looked over at Ganondorf, who was stilling smiling so evilly.
"I don't know Zelda, but I don't like the look of what's going on around here...." she answered.
All the ice on Emralda had now either thawed off or broke apart. It was incredibly cold, and she still trembled a little from it as she got up. She lifted her head up, and saw Mirren still glaring at her. He was still bleeding a little from his wounds, and he was holding the Goddesses' Sword. She breathed heavily from the exhaustion and pain, but she suddenly grinned and her eyes lit up with evil glee. Mirren looked a little shocked, and froze in surprised as she shot an energy bolt at him. He watched as the bolt got closer to him, and he grasped the Goddesses' Sword with both hands tightly as he readied to knock it back at Emralda. He was just about to slash at it, but it suddenly flew down and exploded on the ground before him. It didn't hit him, but the illumination blinded him for a second, and he was forced to cover his eyes. It was a big mistake, and a painful one at that. Just then Emralda fired another energy bolt, and it hit Mirren head on. He screamed in pain, and was sent flying. The bolt burnt him and crushed him with its power and energy, and he smacked hard into the ground. He groaned in pain as he lay there on the ground from the attack, and Emralda laughed evilly.
"Well, that certainly must've surprised you boy" she spoke, "I new you'd fall for something like that. You were foolish Mirren, you should've just dodged that attack instead of trying to be all tough and knock it back at me; that was truly your downfall, and you obviously paid for it.........." Everyone looked afraid, and they all watched on in worry as Mirren still lay there riving in pain. Emralda smiled diabolically, and she pointed her staff at Mirren. The emerald began to glow. "Say goodbye boy!!!!" she yelled. Everyone watched gasped.
"Mirren!!! Roll away now!!!" Taursus bellowed.
"Get outta there kid!!!" Mardera shouted.
"Mirren!!!! Don't die!!! Escape please!!!" Zelda yelled.
"Bro!!!! Whatever happens..please don't die!!!! Get away..NOOOOOW!!!!" Link screamed at the top of his lungs. But Mirren didn't do anything, he still just lay there moaning. Emralda laughed evilly.
"You now finally die Mirren!!!" she exclaimed, and laughed again as she prepared to fire the energy bolt out. Tears formed in Zelda's eyes, and Link froze in terror. But suddenly, Mirren opened his eyes and sprang up as if nothing happened to him. He pointed the Goddesses' Sword out at Emralda, and it began glowing a light blue. Emralda froze, and her face began to grow pale as she gasped in fear. Mirren narrowed his eyes, and screamed in rage as he unleashed the beam of energy from the sword. It struck Emralda at point blank range, and blew her away. She screamed in pain as she was sent flying, and Mirren pulled out the Thunder Diamond. It began to glow a dark yellow color, and Mirren charged it up. Emralda hovered in mid air for a second, and Mirren shot a blast of thunder from the Thunder Diamond as he yelled out from the immense power he was using. Emralda saw the thunderbolt coming at her, and couldn't believe what was happening. It hit her, and annihilated her with its awesome power and energy. It blew her body away, and she roared in pain as it engulfed her and pounded against her. She was knocked back a few more feet, and landed on the ground a bloody, charred, and wounded mess.
Everyone couldn't believe what they had just seen. They all stood in their crystal prisons frozen in shock. Their jaws dropped, and their eyes widened in shock. They all just looked down at the half-dead Emralda. Mirren only glared at her, and showed no remorse whatsoever for the great attack he just massacred her with. She moaned from the great pain, and slowly lifted herself up. She could only sit up a little, and she grabbed her staff. She looked at Mirren, and breathed heavily from her pain and fatigue.
"How are you so strong?" she asked. Mirren still glared at her.
"I'm as surprised as you Emralda" he replied, "I have no idea why I'm defeating you so easily, maybe it's just because I'm stronger than you, even when you have the Sages and all of my friends' powers....." Emralda gasped, and looked afraid. Mirren held the Goddesses' Sword with one hand, and pointed it at her. "Now...you will die for the pain and suffering you've caused for me and my friends...." The blade began to glow blue again, and it looked as if Emralda would be killed my Mirren once again. He still lay on the ground looking at Mirren with her fearful face....but it suddenly changed. She grinned, and her eyes lit up with that evil glee as usual. She lifted up her staff, and tapped it once on the floor. Mirren stopped charging up the Goddesses' Sword, and stared at Emralda with a flummoxed expression. She still grinned, and began to laugh evilly. Everyone else watching looked confused also. They had no idea what was going on, but were afraid. Malon finally noticed that the one part of the wall was opening up again.
"Oh no....she's gonna make ~him~ attack..." She whispered. Everyone now knew also, and froze as they saw the wall slowly lift up and reveal a space of darkness. There were two yellow eyes, a shining of armor, and a low growling heard. Link gasped, and his eyes lit up with fear.
"It's Blackfang..." he said quietly. The huge panther finally leapt out of the room he was in, and lunged at Mirren with a great roar.
"Look out Mirren!!!!!!" Zelda screamed. He heard Zelda, and finally saw Blackfang rushing at him in his battle armor. The great panther jumped right at him, and rammed him. Mirren was hit head on, and grunted as he was knocked flat. Blackfang snarled at him, and Mirren groaned in pain. He slowly got up, and Blackfang swiped one of his claws at him. Mirren lifted the Goddesses' Sword up just in time, and blocked the shot. But the force of the hit was so powerful that it made him stagger back a few feet. Blackfang attacked relentlessly, and went for another swipe. This one hit Mirren, and he screamed in pain as he felt the claws go right through the armor and slice him open. He was sent flying, and landed hard on the ground. Everyone gasped from the hit, and watched in horror as Mirren lay on the ground riving in pain. Blackfang seemed happy at his success, but still snarled and kept his eyes on Mirren. The young boy tried to ignore his great pain, and slowly got himself up. Blackfang leapt at him once again, and crushed Mirren with his huge claw. Mirren lay on his stomach and roared in pain as the Blackfang's claws dug into his body.
"MIRREEEEEEEN!!!!!!!" Link screamed.
"No Mirren! Noooooooo!!!!!" Zelda screamed as tears formed in her eyes. Everyone gasped and froze in terror. Blackfang let out another roar, and kept his mouth open. He was then about to bring his jaws down onto Mirren's head, but Emralda suddenly lifted herelf up and threw her hand out. Blackfang instantly stopped moving, and stood with his mouth around Mirren's head.
"No more Blackfang" she said, "I'll finish him now..." Everyone looked terrified as Emralda smiled so diabolically. Blackfang moved away from Mirren, and Emralda threw her staff out. The emerald began to glow, and she began to laugh evilly. "Now boy....you finally die!!!!!!" she yelled. She was then just about to shoot an energy bolt before a huge fireball crashed through one of the stain glass windows and hit her head on. She screamed in pain as it scorched her body, and was sent flying backwards. Everyone gasped and looked over to the broken window as Goldwing soared rough through it and into the room. Blackfang looked up at the great phoenix, and couldn't believe what he was seeing. Goldwing flew at the great panther and rammed into him as he racked him with his talons. Blackfang hollowed in pain as he felt the sharp talons right through his armor and cut his skin wide open. He was sent flying also, and landed hard on the ground underneath all the captives. All of their mouths dropped, and their eyes widened in shock at the sight of the huge golden bird. Ganondorf smirked.
i"So the boy has a new companion huh....interesting..."/i he said to himself in his head. Blackfang groaned in pain, and slowly lifted himself up. Goldwing seemed to narrow his eyes, and flew at him with a screech. He landed in front of him, and smacked the giant panther across the face with one of his wings. Blackfang grunted in pain, and was knocked sideways for a second. Goldwing attacked again with his wing, but Blackfang saw it coming this time and dodged it. He lunged at him, and slashed the golden phoenix across the face. He screeched in pain, and was knocked down. Blackfang snarled at Goldwing, and jumped at him again to attack. Mirren could see Goldwing needed a little help, and quickly got up as he pulled out the Fire Diamond. He charged it up, and shot a blast of fire from it. It soared through the air, and finally hit Blackfang. He roared in pain as it burned his body and charred his great armor. He was stopped from attacking Goldwing, and was sent flying backwards from the fire. Mirren narrowed his eyes.
"Finish him off Goldwing!!!!!" he yelled out. The golden phoenix lifted himself up, and began to hover in the air. He glared at Blackfang, and simply stared at him as he waited for the huge panther to get back up. Blackfang groaned in pain, and slowly lifted himself onto his feet. The panther finally was able to stand up; but only to his demise. Goldwing screeched, and shot a beam of fire from his mouth. It rocketed out and flew right at Blackfang until it finally hit him and burned him. He roared in agony, and his armor began to char even more as his skin was scorched. He was sent flying once again, and landed near Emralda. She finally lifted herself up, and almost fell back down when she saw Blackfang. She gasped, and couldn't believe it. He lay with his now mostly black armor and badly burnt skin. There were a few places on his body where almost all of the hair was burnt off, and it left nothing more but charred flesh. He still smoked, and Emralda was shocked to see her pet and protector dead. He mouth dropped, and she couldn't speak. Only gasps came out. She suddenly heard some energizing-type noise, and looked over at Goldwing. The great golden phoenix had wrapped his wings around Mirren, and they were glowing. Every watched in confusion as the great bird did this, and he soon finally removed his wings, revealing a completely healed Mirren. Emralda gasped again, and slowly backed off. Mirren glared at her.
"You and everyone else are probably still wondering who this great bird is, so I'll tell you.." he began, "this is Goldwing. He is a golden phoenix, and was a companion of the Goddesses at one time. When I had met them once again, they gave me him as my new friend and protector, since you and Ganondorf killed Goldenfire. Now we fight together, as friends..." Emralda looked terrified, and Mirren now grasped the Goddesses' Sword with both hands. He narrowed his eyes. "Now Emralda....you die once and for all......" Emralda at first still looked afraid, but she soon narrowed her own eyes and screamed in rage.
"Never!!!!" she yelled out, "I won't die to you once again boy!!!" The emerald at the top of her staff glowed, and began to continuously fire off energy bolt after bolt. Mirren narrowed his eyes again, and ran at Emralda. The bolts came flying at him, but he'd simply evade every single one. Emralda gritted her teeth, and began to fire more. Mirren realized it'd be incredibly hard now to dodge them, so he tightened his grip on his blade, and began to slash each bolt away. He kept on running, and Emralda kept on shooting energy bolts. But Mirren kept on slashing them away, and he was soon close enough to her, and just lunged at Emralda with a yell of fury. Emralda froze in terror, and stopped shooting the energy bolts; she knew her life was over. Mirren pulled the Goddesses' Sword back, and finally drove it through Emralda's stomach. She gasped from the pain as the sacred blade ran her through, and she felt her life-force slowly slip away. Everyone else watching (besides Ganondorf) gasped at the attack, and some turned away as Mirren stabbed Emralda so powerfully. Blood trickled from her mouth, and she lost her grip on her staff. Mirren finally pulled the blade out, revealing a terrible gash in her stomach, and a now bloody dress. The great amount of blood from this attack now began to turn her dark green robe a crimson red, and she staggered backwards over to the throne. Ganondorf smirked, and walked over to her. He still had his arms crossed as he walked, and he had an evil grin. He finally was right next to her, and she fell right into his arms. He cradled her from her waist up, but she still stood on her feet, Ganondorf only held her up. She looked up at him with her pale face, and an expression of pain and shock. "I'm sorry that I failed brother, I'm sorry that I let that boy disgrace us once again by killing me.....forgive me...." She whispered. Everyone now waited to see Ganondorf mourn again like he did before when she died, but he only smiled wickedly.
"No...forgive me my sister.." he replied. Everyone looked confused, and gave off a flummoxed expression, including Emralda. Ganondorf smirked. "Yes, forgive me what I did" he began, "do you know why you were defeated so easily?" he asked. Mirren now realized he really didn't too much trouble against her in the fight, and also now realized how odd that was since she had so much power. Emralda shook her head even though she didn't understand anything. Ganondorf quietly laughed. "Well, that's because all of the power from the Sages, and Mirren's friends....went only to me..." Everyone gasped, and Emralda looked thunderstruck. Everyone's jaws dropped, and they looked as shocked as ever. Ganondorf smiled evilly. "That's right, the only bit of power you ever got was the Triforce of Wisdom, and that obviously wasn't enough to kill Mirren. Ya see my sister, if we split the powers equally, Mirren would've destroyed us too easily, but if only one of us got the power, and all of it, then he wouldn't stand a chance. And that's how it's going to be with me, because now, I'm taking the Triforce of Wisdom from you to this second." Suddenly Emralda's arm floated up into the air, and her hand glowed. The Triforce of Wisdom appeared, and it slowly lifted itself out of her hand. Ganondorf smiled sinisterly, and he grabbed the Triforce piece. It made its way into his hand, and soon the three regular pieces of the Triforce formed on the back of his hand. He laughed wickedly. "I'm sorry I had to do this my sister...but only the strongest deserve to live, and today that's me..." He laughed again, and Emralda still looked at him shocked. But she finally closed her eyes, and her head fell back as her body went limp. Ganondorf smiled evilly, and placed her down on the floor. He stood up, and still looked down at his dead sister with the same evil grin. Mirren narrowed his eyes and gritted his teeth.
"You sick, evil, disgusting fool Ganondorf...." he whispered, "how could you ever do such a terrible thing to your own sister....?" Ganondorf looked up at him and smirked.
"Do you really think it didn't hurt me to do that?" he asked, "well it did boy; it was hard for me to do that. But I had to, because this is a world where the only the strongest survive, and she was no where near close in that category. Mirren looked enraged.
"You fool!!!" he screamed, "even if you wouldn't be stronger, you should never do anything like that to your own flesh and blood!!!! A sibling relationship should be treasured by both people. It doesn't matter if they're brother and sister, sister and sister, or brother and brother, the point is you're family, close as can be...and you just totally ignored that and killed your own sister you sick freak!!!!" Nepsana looked just as angry as Mirren, and so did all the other captives.
"She would've never had done anything like that ever to you Ganondorf!!" she yelled.
"You have no remorse or sorrow for your dead sister even when you were the main cause of it, you have no heart Ganondorf!!" Saria said.
"She loved you as a brother Ganondorf, and stuck by your side the whole time, and this is how you repay her!!??" Nabooru shouted.
"Mirren's right, a sibling relationship is a special treasure that both people should be happy about and try to keep it together, and all you did was take advantage of it to get more power!!" Zelda exclaimed. Ganondorf took all the cusses and insults without showing barely any emotion or anger. But he soon smiled evilly and let out an evil laugh.
"Ha!! You all may be right, but you must remember that I am the true evil of Hyrule, and when it comes to my glory of killing all of you and being the strongest being in Hyrule, not even family can get in the way!!" he replied.
"You deserve to die Ganondorf!!!" Link screamed.
"Yeah!! And I'll be the one to make sure that happens!!" Mirren added. Ganondorf smirked, and laughed wickedly once again. He laughed for a good few seconds, but finally stopped as he looked at Mirren. He seemed amused by his words.
"Heh, you talk big kid, surprisingly considering how small you are" he countered. Mirren narrowed his eyes and gritted his teeth, but Ganondorf still smiled wickedly. "So, you say you're gonna kill me and save all your friends huh? Well then..let's see you actually do it..." Ganondorf now grinned, and showed the back of his hand to Mirren. The three regular pieces of the Triforce appeared on it, and he screamed with power. Huge gusts of wind were created, and he surrounded by a pillar of black energy. The ground beneath him began to crack a little, and so did a lot of the windows. Soon, he unleashed so much power that the widows shattered, and everyone gasped at Ganondorf's awesome. Mirren watched as he powered up and gathered all of his energy, and he realized now what Ganondorf was doing. The Scourge of Hyrule let out one more yell, and he began to change. His blood red hair turned into fire, and so did his red eyes. His green skin darkened, and his huge muscles bulged even more. His black and blue armor grew darker, and the black of it was like the night dark. On his arms grew out a line of small, short black spikes, from the sides of his wrists all the way to his shoulders. Then up there, a huge curved bone sprouted on each shoulder. Finally a great battle sword appeared in his hand. Unlike before, it wasn't his normal arched one. This time it was different. It was a one -edged sword, with a flat but still sharp left side, and then a full edged right side. He finally stopped screaming, and looked at Mirren with an evil smile. Mirren froze, and couldn't believe he was seeing Ganondorf's ultimate form once again. Everyone else also looked terrified, and were very afraid for Mirren, and themselves. Suddenly, the doors to the throne opened, and the three Goddesses ran in, only to stop and also gasp at Ganondorf.
"No...it's Shadow Ganondorf..." Farore whispered. Ganondorf grinned.
"That's right Goddess of Courage!" he exclaimed, "It's me again in my Shadow Ganondorf form!! Heh, this was actually what practically killed Link and Goldenfire last time. And also what almost killed you Mirren. But this time is gonna be different, I have all of your friends and Sages powers, along with three pieces of the Triforce. I'm right now probably five times the strength of last time, and easily more than triple your power Mirren. Heck, I'm even more powerful than the Goddesses." Din narrowed her eyes.
"You may be Ganondorf!!! But we're still gonna help Mirren fight you!!" she yelled.
"Yes, and Goldwing will be helping also!! We'll fight you together!!" she shouted.
"We'll defeat you as a team Ganondorf, once and for all!!" added Farore. Ganondorf smiled evilly.
"But that wouldn't be a fair fight my friends" he replied, "this is between me and Mirren, and I'll make sure of that...right now.." Ganondorf grinned, and suddenly shot two fireballs from his eyes. They flew through the air, and hit Goldwing. He screeched in burn as they burned him, and he finally fell backwards unconscious. Mirren gasped, and so did everyone else.
"Goldwing! No!" he shouted. Ganondorf smiled and lifted his hand up.
"Now for the Goddesses...." he said, and shot three bolts of dark energy from his hand. They all went flying at the Goddesses, and they all froze. The bolts finally hit them, and they all screamed in pain. It pounded them with power, and they all collapsed also.
"Din! Farore! Nayru!!" Mirren yelled. Ganondorf put his hand down, and smiled at Mirren. The boy finally turned back to him, and looked terrified. Ganondorf grinned.
"Now it's your turn kid..." he stated, and flew at Mirren. The boy froze, and watched in fear as the Scourge of Hyrule came closer to him. He was finally right by him, and Ganondorf punched Mirren straight across the face. Mirren grunted from the hit, and was sent skidding across the floor. He finally stopped, and groaned in pain from the hit. He clutched his throbbing cheek, and tried to pull himself up. Ganondorf smiled, and advanced towards Mirren. He watched Ganondorf out of the corner of his eye, and realized he let his guard down. He looked up in a split second and screamed as he shot a blast of energy from the Goddesses' Sword. It flew straight at Shadow Ganondorf, and he simply smacked it away without even looking at it. It soared across the room, and exploded against one of the walls. Everyone watching gasped, and Mirren's eyes widened in shock and fear. His mouth dropped, and he slowly backed off. Ganondorf smiled evilly, and pointed his sword at Mirren. "Let me show you a true sword blast" he said, and shot a beam of energy from the sword. Mirren had no time to dodge it or block it, and he was hit head on. He yelled out in pain, and smashed into the wall hard. He groaned in pain, and fell forward. Ganondorf flew at him, and gave him a vicious uppercut with his sword. Mirren flew straight up into the air, and hung up there for a second. He finally fell down, and Ganondorf reared his fist back. Right before Mirren was about to hit the ground, Shadow Ganondorf's fist collided with Mirren's stomach. Mirren's eyes widened in shock and pain, and he only gasped from the hit. Everyone watching looked horrified, and most of the girls put their hands over their mouths. Mirren hung over Shadow Ganondorf's fist, and the Scourge of Hyrule smiled. He spun around, and threw Mirren across the room. The small boy literally flew without wings, and soon smashed into the ground. He lay there groaning from the great pain he had already suffered only minutes into the fight, and couldn't believe the power Ganondorf possessed. Even though he was hurting, he somehow picked himself up, and managed to get on his feet. He breathed heavily from the fatigue and pain, and Ganondorf still smiled diabolically.
i"Man, just four attacks and I feel like I got hit by a boulder"/i he said to himself in his head, i"he's so God-darned strong! How the heck am I even gonna get one hit in when he's this much more powerful than me!?"/i Mirren pondered for a moment, and realized what he had said before. i"I said before I was gonna fight until I was dead, and I was going to use every single bit of energy and power in my body to defeat him and save everyone.....and I guess that's what I'm gonna do!! Mirren screamed in fury, and rushed at Shadow Ganondorf as he grasped the Goddesses' Sword with both hands. Ganondorf smirked, and got in a battle position as he also grasped his sword with both hands. Mirren finally came at him, and went for a vertical slash. Ganondorf simply lifted up his blade and blocked the shot. Mirren gritted his teeth, and went for a slash. Again, Ganondorf blocked the attack. Mirren began to grow irritated, and Shadow Ganondorf was only amused by Mirren's anger. The boy reared back, and performed a great slice across Ganondorf. But once again, the great blade was raised up, and Shadow Ganondorf blocked the attack. He smiled, and finally did his own attack. He did a cut right across Mirren's left arm. He screamed in pain, and clutched his arm. It was cut open, and blood began to pour out. Mirren fell to his knees as he rived in pain, and Shadow Ganondorf simply stuck his hand out in front of him. Mirren forgot about his pain for a second, and finally looked up at Ganondorf's hand. It was glowing, and Ganondorf smiled sinisterly. He finally shot a blast of dark energy from it, and Mirren was hit at point blank range. Even through the explosion of the energy, Mirren's scream of pain was heard, and he was finally seen flying out of the great illumination smoking from the energy. He landed on the ground, and groaned in pain. Everyone gasped, and a couple tears formed in Zelda's eyes. They all watched as Mirren just lay on the ground riving in pain, and Ganondorf smirked.
"That's probably it" he stated, "I doubt he'll be getting up from that..." Suddenly Ganondorf looked surprised, and Mirren slowly got up. He pulled himself onto his feet using the Goddesses' Sword, and he glared at Ganondorf.
"Well your doubt was wrong..." he countered sharply. Everyone was shocked to see Mirren get right back up, but were happy he was still fighting. Ganondorf now no longer looked surprised, in fact, he smirked.
"Well, you certainly don't know when to go stay down kid...pretty impressive actually.." he replied. Mirren narrowed his eyes, and flew at Shadow Ganondorf. His arm was still wounded, but the bleeding mostly stopped, and he just ignored it. He did a jumping slash, and Ganondorf did the same. Their swords hit each other, and created a great shine of light that actually lit up the still somewhat dark room for a second. They grappled, and finally pulled their weapons back. They rushed at each other, and began to do attack after attack after attack at each other. Ganondorf easily blocked his shots, and retaliated with incredibly powerful blows. But even though he was still over-powered, and wounded, Mirren kept on blocking his own shots and dishing it right back. Everyone watched as they kept on fighting, and were amazed at what had already happened.
"I'm still so surprised how Mirren is fighting like he never had any of those wounds, a normal kid his age would be dead by now..and he's so small too!" exclaimed Ruto.
"Just because he's small doesn't mean he can't fight Ruto" corrected Rauru, "that boy may be small, but his heart is probably bigger than Hyrule itself!"
"Yeah, but will heart be enough to pull himself back up and defeat Shadow Ganondorf?" Ruto asked. Saria shook her head.
"I have no idea, and probably does no one else" she answered, "it may be, but it may not. Mirren might need more power to defeat Ganondorf still, but maybe his courage and huge heart may be enough to defeat him..." Taursus looked a little skeptical.
"As much as I hoped it'd go that way, I think Mirren is in trouble" he said, "he hasn't gotten a single hit in already, and Shadow Ganondorf has already annihilated him!! I'm not losing confidence in him and saying he's definitely gonna lose, but he's got one heck of a challenge if he had any chance of winning!!" Darunia narrowed his eyes and looked serious.
"He's right everyone" he added, "my sworn little brother is strong and very brave, but he's really got the fight of life right now. His chances of winning aren't that great.." Darunia's grim words really depressed mostly everyone at that moment, except for mainly one person. Zelda stood up in her crystal prison and narrowed her eyes.
"I know he has a great chance of losing...but I'm still putting every bit of confidence in him!" she began, "Mirren has overcome incredible odds to get here, and has fought enemies like no other...and every time he's won. He may be fighting a losing battle at the moment, but I know he'll find some way to win no matter what happens.....he will win!!!" Everyone looked a little surprised by Zelda's words, but Malon also narrowed her eyes.
"Zelda's right, Mirren may be in deep trouble, but we gotta put all of our faith in him!" she exclaimed, "because if we don't it's really like he's fighting to save us for nothing. We're what keep him going, and as his best friends and loved ones, we have to believe in him and hope he wins!!!" Everyone nodded, and looked very serious as they looked back at the battle, which was still going on.
"Come on Mirren! You can do it!" Rauru shouted.
"Keep on fightin' kid don't give up!!" Mardera yelled. As everyone cheered Mirren on and tried to pump him up, Link watched silently. He hadn't said anything for a while, and simply stood in his crystal prison watching the battle and thinking as every conversed around him. Teerlis looked at him.
"Do you think he really can win Link?" he asked. Link didn't turn back to him. He still stood watching the battle for a few seconds, before finally shaking his head.
"I don't know Teerlis...I just don't know.." he answered, "right now Mirren is in the fight of his life, and his chances of winning and saving all of us are extremely low. Shadow Ganondorf is probably triple his power, and has already nearly destroyed him. Mirren seriously might not win this one, his chances of winning are really like a million to one.....but no matter what, there's still a chance, and I'm going to believe in him all the way to still somehow overcome the great odds and win...." Teerlis nodded.
"That's the way to think Link" he replied, "You're probably Mirren's best encourager. You're his only living family member, his closest friend, the one he looks up to, the one he probably loves the most. If there's anyone who he needs the most right now to believe in him..it's you.." Link nodded, and knew Teerlis was right. They then looked back at the battle, and watched.
Mirren seemed to be growing tired, and was now just barely blocking and dodging Shadow Ganondorf's attacks. His blows were getting slower, and less powerful by the second, and Ganondorf realized he now had the edge. He smiled evilly, and kicked Mirren in the stomach. Mirren collapsed to his knees, and groaned as he clutched his hurt stomach. Ganondorf then gasped his great sword with both hands, and slashed Mirren across the face. The boy flew sideways, and finally hit the ground. Everyone gasped from the hit, and were worried now that Mirren wouldn't get up. He lay on the ground motionless, and didn't make a sound. Ganondorf smiled.
"Try and get up from that one boy...." he announced. Everyone watching looked afraid now. Mirren still wasn't moving, and it looked as if he really was dead.
"Mirren...you can't be dead..." Zelda whispered. And he wasn't. Amazingly, Mirren somehow pulled himself up, and managed to get on his own two feet. Everyone looked surprised, but were still relieved that the battle wasn't over just yet. Mirren stood breathing hard from his exhaustion and pain, and he now had a bloody cut on his right cheek. Ganondorf smirked.
"Well, still alive huh, wow, you can certainly get up from almost anything as long as it doesn't kill ya..." He said. Mirren narrowed his eyes. He balled up his fist, and wiped away the blood on his cheek with a slow movement. He then took his sword, and surprisingly put it away in its scabbard. Everyone looked surprised, and confused at that. Even Shadow Ganondorf raised an eyebrow at Mirren's actions. The boy then put one hand into his pocket as he glared at Ganondorf.
"Ganondorf, you may be stronger than me, and you may have gotten a heck of a lot more blows in on me......but now you die!!!!!!" he screamed. He then pulled out the three legendary diamonds and held them together as he charged them up. Everyone watching gasped, and Ganondorf froze. He trembled a little, and lightning ripped through the sky and illuminated the throne room. Mirren screamed as he charged up the Ice, Fire, and Thunder Diamonds, and he finally let out one great yell of fury as he finally unleashed the blasts. Ganondorf watched as they still got closer, and only stood frozen in fear. They finally hit, and there was a great explosion of all three powers. Tons of huge ice crystals went flying everywhere, and the room actually seemed to get colder. There was an eruption of fire, and it illuminated, as well as heated up the room. Finally there was a great explosion from the thunderbolt. It was like no other, and shook everything. Everyone watched from their crystals as they saw the three powers destroy Shadow Ganondorf, and they all lit up with joy once the blasts stopped. There was still a ton of smoke, and Mirren stood breathing heavily. He had used a great deal of power on that attack, and he was already fatigued and tired. The smoke began to clear quickly, and Mirren began to give a sigh of relief....but he suddenly gasped, and his mouth dropped as his eyes widened in shock and fear. Everyone else froe, and looked like they had seen a ghost. The smoke fully cleared, and there stood Shadowm Ganondorf, with not even a scratch on him. He was smiling wickedly, and right at Mirren. The boy was frozen in terror, and he trembled as he dropped the three diamonds.
"Well boy, how do you feel now that you've seen such a powerful attack not even phase me?" he asked mockingly, "does it anger you? Does it surprise you? Or wait, it scares you doesn't it? It frightens you to know now that even an attack of that great power can't hurt me. You're even more afraid now that you'll lose, and die because you were too weak compared to me..." Mirren looked terrified, and trembled even more. Ganondorf grinned diabolically, and flew at Mirren. Mirren was still unarmed, but it didn't matter, he was still too frightened to move. Shadow Ganondorf lunged, and did a vertical slash across Mirren's body. He yelled out in pain, and Ganondorf threw his hand out. It glowed, and he smiled evilly. He finally shot out a dark energy bolt, and Mirren was hit head on. He screamed in pain again, and was sent flying into the wall hard. It actually cracked a little, and Mirren groaned in pain as he slowly fell off the wall. He landed on the hard stone floor face first, and just lay rejuvenating from the massive attack. Ganondorf smiled wickedly. "Ya know, I think this room could use a little more light" he said, and snapped his fingers. Instantly, the torches and lanterns brightened, and illuminated the room a little more. It was no longer all that dark, and Shadow Ganondorf smiled as he looked around. "That's more like it" he stated. As he gazed around, Mirren took advantage of the situation and pulled out the Goddesses' Sword. He sprang up, and lunged at Ganondorf with a yell of fury.
"Take this Ganondorf!!!" he shouted, and held the Goddesses' Sword behind his head. He came down, and did a jumping slash attack. Shadow Ganondorf was taken by surprise at first, but as Mirren came down with his blade, he grinned, and jumped backwards. The Goddesses' Sword came crashing down, but only cut through the air and smashed into the stone floor. It dug right in, and split it open. Mirren gritted his teeth, and pulled it out as he glared at Shadow Ganondorf, who was now smiling.
"My my, a little anxious to fight back I see" he replied in a jeering tone, "that wasn't very noble or warrior-like of you ya know. Attacking a distracted opponent..." Mirren narrowed his eyes.
"I have respect for all of my opponents, but as far as I'm concerned I consider you my worst enemy, and that is no being I could have respect for..." He countered sharply. Ganondorf smirked.
"Heh, you certainly hate me, don't you boy?" he asked.
"You're darn right ya sick devil!!" Mirren yelled back, "you killed three of my best friends, captured every living one, took their energy, and you're using it to try and kill me, and then you're gonna kill them and conquer Hyrule if you succeed. You even betrayed your own sister....I despise you Ganondorf...." The Scourge of Hyrule grinned.
"Well, you're obviously a little angry" he said, "but let's see how angry you stay when you see your friends suffer.....after all, you always break down and cry when that happens...." Mirren still glared at him, but looked a little curious once Shadow Ganondorf lifted his hand up towards Zelda and Link. He smiled sinisterly, and balled his hand up. Suddenly numerous lightning bolts began to zap Zelda and Link in their crystals, and they both screamed in pain. Everyone else in their crystals, gasped, and watched in terror, as they roared in pain from the great power in the bolts. The pain coursed through their body, and Ganondorf began to laugh diabolically. Mirren watched in horror as he two most loved people suffered so greatly, and tears formed in his eyes. The bolts keep on shooting into their bodies, and they kept screaming from the intense pain and power.
"Link!!!!" Malon yelled.
"Zelda!!! Noooooo!!!!" Impa shouted. Everyone watched as Link and Zelda still endured the great punishment of pain, and were horrified by the sight. Mirren still had a few tears in his eyes, and he gazed as his brother and his crush got annihilated with energy. Suddenly he felt something inside of him snap, and all of his tears suddenly dried up. His eyes lit up with rage and he screamed in pure anger.
"Stop iiiiiiiiiit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" he yelled at the top of his lungs, and unleashed a great deal of energy. Ganondorf stopped laughing, and froze as he saw Mirren unleash a great amount of power. Huge gusts of wind blew out from him, and the room shook a little. Mirren pointed the Goddesses' Sword at Shadow Ganondorf, and it blued blue. The Scourge of Hyrule gasped in terror, and trembled. Mirren's eyes were still filled with rage, and he gave Ganondorf a terrible glare. He finally screamed again, and shot a huge beam of energy from his blade. Ganondorf realized he was in trouble, and was able to lift up his cape just in time. But even with that, the beam still struck him, and annihilated him with great power as it sent him flying straight into the wall. He crashed right into it, and he dented it as his body hit it and smashed it. There was an incredible gust of wind from this attack, and the explosion lit up the entire room. The lightning bolts finally stopped hitting Link and Zelda, and they both fell in their prisons as they began to rest from their pain and fatigue. The smoke began to clear, and Mirren watched as he breathed heavily from exhaustion. He was no longer super enraged, and had calmed down to his normal mode. Everyone else also watched as they waited to see if Ganondorf was still alive. The smoke finally cleared, and it revealed Ganondorf still in the wall, covered up by his cape. Mirren narrowed his eyes and gritted his teeth. He grasped the Goddesses' Sword with both hands, and jumped at Shadow Ganondorf as he held his blade behind his head. "Die once and for all you fool!!!" he shouted, and befan to come down. He was about to do a perfect jumping slash, but Ganondorf suddenly uncovered himself and grinned evilly at Mirren. He shot two fireballs from his eyes, and both hit Mirren. He screamed in pain as they burned him, and sent him flying. He landed hard on the ground, and lay riving in pain. Ganondorf got on the floor, and stepped forward.
"That was a nice attack before kid, you had me worried for a second..." He began, "but of course it wasn't enough to kill me. And that last stunt you just pulled was absolutely pathetic. You were a fool attacking me so blindly, you should've thought that move over...." Mirren groaned, and lifted himself up. He first pulled his head up, and slowly got up on his feet. Ganondorf smiled devilishly. He pointed his sword at Mirren. "Now....die boy.." he said, and shot a lighting bolt from the sword. It rocketed out of it, and soared at Mirren through the air. He froze in terror, and it finally went right through him. It hit his stomach, and ended up flying out of the other side. Everyone gasped, and watched on in horror. Mirren's eyes widened in shock and pain, and he kept on gasping. He trembled and staggered, and his face began to grow pale. Tears formed in almost everyone's as they watched this happened, and they were all afraid he would die. Their fear was correct. Mirren finally dropped the Goddesses' Sword, and fell to his knees. He stood on them for a few seconds, and finally fell forward as he closed his eyes. Zelda felt her heart literally be crushed as she saw this.
"Mirreeeeeeeeeennnnnnn!!!!!!!" she screamed as tears poured out of her eyes. She fell to her knees, and began to sob. Everyone was silent. They were all shocked and horrified at what just happened. Saria, Ruto, Nepsana, and Malon also had tears in their eyes, and all the others also looked as if they were on the verge of crying. Amazingly, Mardera and Nabooru also had a tear or two in their eyes. Darunia and Rauru's face looked as sad and sorrowful as ever, and the two big men bowed their heads as they closed their eyes. Teerlis couldn't believe he had just seen Mirren die, and felt terrible, but he felt even worse when he took one look at Link. He was only his knees, his face pale, his mouth open but silent, and tears rolling down his cheeks. Link felt his heart snap in half only a few seconds ago. And for the first time in his life; the Hero of Time began to sob. As Link and Zelda sobbed, and all the others mourned, Ganondorf smiled wickedly. He finally let out a sinister laugh.
"Ha! I've finally done it!!" he yelled, "I knew it!!! I knew I'd eventually kill that boy!!! And I just did it!! Ha ha ha!! I knew that with these awesome powers I would outmatch that foolish boy and finish his life off once and for all!!! Yes, my mission is a success! I've become the most powerful being in Hyrule, the birthday tomorrow is ruined, I will soon conquer Hyrule, I will soon kill all of his friends..but most of all; I've finally killed Mirren and got my revenge!!!!" Ganondorf began laughing again, and everyone sobbed and mourned even more for the dead Mirren.
But suddenly, his hand glowed, and a golden upside triangle appeared on his hand. His whole body then began to glow gold, and Shadow Ganondorf instantly stopped laughing. It kept on glowing, and eventually everyone else stopped crying and mourning. This all looked over at the dead Mirren, and the great hole in his body began to heal. It filled up and up and up and soon it was completely regenerated. His cape was also fixed, and suddenly, Mirren lifted his head up. Everyone gasped, and Ganondorf couldn't believe what he was seeing. Mirren, still glowing, then got on his knees, and grabbed the Goddesses' Sword. He stood up on his own two feet, and glared at Shadow Ganondorf as he held up his hand with the back facing Ganondorf. The Scourge of Hyrule was frozen in terror...Mirren was alive.
"That was a big mistake Ganondorf.." he began, "and it'll be your downfall in this final battle. You see, once that lightning bolt went right through me, I knew I was gonna die right away. And that's what enraged me enough. Because I knew I had failed and that you'd succeed, I became angry enough to use the Triforce of Justice and rejuvenate myself." Everyone watching were completely shocked, and couldn't believe what Mirren had done. He narrowed his eyes at Shadow Ganondorf. "Prepare to be finished off once and for all..." Mirren said, and screamed in fury and rage as he powered up. He glowed even more, and great gusts of wind blew from him as the ground began to crack beneath him. Suddenly three beams of energy were shot at Ganondorf. They all hit him, and enveloped him with their power as they annihilated him with great energy. There was a green one, a blue one, and a red one. Everyone except Mirren looked over to see that it was none other than the Goddesses, and Shadow Ganondorf screamed in pain.
"The Goddesses are back..." Zelda whispered. Din narrowed her eyes and looked up at everyone in their crystal prisons.
"It is time we finally kill Ganondorf!" she shouted, "but first we must free you all!" She concentrated on power for a second, and soon all the crystal chambers shattered into countless pieces, and everyone slowly floated down to the ground. Nayru now narrowed her eyes and looked over at the Sages, Mardera, Taursus, and Nepsana.
"All of you..receive your powers back!!" she yelled, and yelled out as she concentrated on removing their powers from Ganondorf. Her eyes lit up blue, and was finally able to do it. The energies slowly floated out, and Shadow Ganondorf screamed again. They floated over to their owners, and went back inside of them. Everything was almost complete, only a couple more things were need. Farore had been charging up and concentrating her power the whole time, and looked over at Link and Zelda.
"Link! Zelda! Receive you Triforce pieces once again!!" she shouted, and yelled out as she commenced the plan. Ganondorf kept on screaming, and rived in pain as he felt the Triforce powers get pulled out from him. The two Triforce parts floated out of his hand, and went over to their owners. Link and Zelda took their pieces in, and began to charge up. Even though he was in great pain and was still being hurt, Shadow Ganondorf looked at the Goddesses and held up his hand with his back facing them.
"I still have the Triforce of Power you fools!! Take this!!" he yelled out, and was about to power up before suddenly a blue beam of energy came flying at him and went through his upper chest. He gasped in pain as it soared right through him just like with Mirren, and was forced to stop his attack. Everyone looked to where it came from, and saw Link pointing the Master Sword at him. He glared at Ganondorf and sneered.
"That's for what you did to me and Zelda before..." he said scornfully. Farore narrowed her eyes and looked very serious.
"Link! Zelda!" she shouted, "use both of your Triforce pieces and remove the Triforce of Power from Ganondorf!!!" Link and Zelda looked over at Farore, and nodded. They turned back to Shadow Ganondorf, and narrowed their eyes. They powered up, and threw their right hands out. They both glowed with their great energy, and their Triforce pieces appeared in the air. Zelda's Triforce of Wisdom glowed blue, and Link's Triforce of Courage glowed green. They both screamed, a beam of energy shot out from the Triforces. They both struck Shadow Ganondorf's right hand, and he roared in pain. Link and Zelda both concentrated harder, and they powered up even more. Ganondorf kept screaming, and felt the Triforce of Power slowly slip out of him. It finally did, and the third Triforce piece floated out of his, and went over to Link and Zelda, who had stopped their attacks. Din looked over at them.
"Hold on to that for a little while!" she yelled, "we've got one last thing to do!!!" She looked at Nayru and Farore, and they all looked at each other. They all looked very serious, and their eyes were narrow. They nodded, and stopped their attacks. The energy beams stopped, and Shadow Ganondorf staggered from the incredible pain and fatigue. Farore looked over at the still powering up Mirren.
"Finish him off Mirren!" she shouted, "defeat Ganondorf once and for all to bring peace to Hyrule and all of us!!!" Mirren didn't acknowledge her, but Farore knew he was inside. He let out one final scream, and unleashed all of his power. The ground beneath him shattered, and the whole room shook. The gargoyle and demon statues all broke apart, and turned into rubble, along with the torches and lanterns. Finally Mirren's immense pillar of energy around him broke through the ceiling, and destroyed a good part of it. The remaining pieces fell, but were destroyed on the way down from Mirren's power. He grasped the Goddesses' Sword with both hands, and glared at a terrified Ganondorf. He flew at him, and jumped up into the air as he held the Goddesses' Sword be hind his head. Everyone watched as Mirren performed the final blow, and Ganondorf also stared at the boy helplessly. Mirren screamed in rage, and finally brought his blade down on Ganondorf's face. It sliced right through it, and Ganondorf stood frozen in pain as blood began to pour from the great gash. He groaned once, and finally fell backwards dead. Mirren landed, and stayed on his knees as everyone looked on at the dead Ganondorf, and the victorious Mirren. Everything was silent, and Mirren finally got up. The Triforce of Justice still glowed on his hand, but he was no longer enraged. He looked down at Ganondorf, and saw the great amount of blood coming out from the wound on his entire face. He took his red cape off, and knelt down. He placed it on Ganondorf's head, and stood up. Everything was still silent, and everyone watching waited for Mirren to do something else. He just stood looking down at Ganondorf silently also, but finally turned around and looked at his friends and loved ones. He smiled, and everyone lit up with joy and happiness knowing he was finally victorious. Everyone began to celebrate and comfort each other from the whole ordeal. Mardera and Taursus walked over to Mirren.
"Nice job as always kid, coming back at the last second, just like before" Taursus said. Mirren smirked and laughed a little.
"Yeah, I guess I really ijust/i pulled this one off" he replied.
"Feh, that's just an understatement Mirren!" Mardera exclaimed. The three all found the joke pretty funny, and laughed. And it was even funnier for Mirren considering it was practically true! They all laughed for a few moments, and Mirren noticed Teerlis and Nepsana helping out a shaken up Malon. Mirren smiled and walked over to them. Terrlis held her up, and Nepsana stayed by their side. Malon had a couple tears in her eyes, and still seemed to be recovering from everything a bit. She sniffed, and finally saw Mirren standing in front of her smiling as usual.
"You okay Malon?" he asked. Malon sniffed again, and wiped away her remaining tears. She nodded.
"Yes, I'm okay" she answered, "it was just so terrifying being taken away from the ranch and being brought here again. But I can always count you to save me. Thanks Mirren." Teerlis rolled his eyes.
"Her she goes again, flattering up this kid and ignoring me her boyfriend" he said, "hey, does this happen with you Link and Zelda also?" Mirren looked a little embarrassed for a second, and Nepsana looked a little curious.
"Mirren has a crush on Zelda?" she asked. His face went red, and Malon Teerlis and Nepsana all laughed.
"Umm.well I kinda..uhh.it's that..oh shut up" he spat back humorously though. They all laughed once again, but laughed even more. This time Mirren actually joined in. They all laughed together, and Mirren noticed the Sages walking up to him. They all smiled.
"Well, you've done it once again Mirren" began Rauru, "you defeated Ganondorf and Emralda, and saved us all. Those two evil fools are finally destroyed, and will never be able to return to Hyrule. Nice job." Mirren smiled at him
"Yeah, you won once again, even when your odds were a million to one!" Darunia exclaimed, "That's my sworn little brother!" Impa crossed her arms and also smiled down at Mirren.
"Yes, but I think now there's two people you should see right now...." she stated, and all the Sages moved sideways revealing both Link and Zelda, smiling at Mirren. He looked a little surprised at first, but it was a pleasant surprise. His mouth dropped a little, and couldn't believe they were alright. He really hadn't noticed they were still alright after Ganondorf's attack, because he was still powering up, and he thought they were still hurt.
"You don't have to worry Mirren..we're alright" Link said. Mirren still looked shocked, and everybody smiled at the moment. Tears formed in Mirren's eyes, and he fell forward at Link. His older brother caught him, and held him as Mirren cried in his chest. He sobbed from the terrible time when he saw them suffer so greatly, and also in happiness that they were still alright. Link looked down at him, and could only smile. Zelda did the same, and eventually put her arms around Mirren and kind of hugged him also. Everyone was smiling still. Even though Mirren was crying, they knew how happy he was that they were still alive. It was a happy moment all around.
"Ya know Mirren, I think we should be the ones crying" Zelda began, "after all, you did practically die right before ours eyes..." Mirren pulled his head out of Link's chest, and sniffed as he wiped away his tears. He looked up at them both and smiled a little.
"Yeah, but it was just terrible for me to see you guys get hurt so badly" he replied, "I thought you two were gonna die. And I could just never be able to see my two favorite people do that." Link and Zelda smiled at him, and both hugged him and held him close. Everyone smiled again at three, and were happy they were all alright and happy as ever to be together. Farore stepped forward.
"I believe we should all send you back home now" she announced, "We'll deal with the citadel and Ganondorf's body. You all go back and live your lives in peace." Link and Zelda looked at her as they and stopped hugging Mirren.
"Hold on, what should we do with the Triforce of Power Din?" Link asked.
"Yes, you told us to hold onto it until we killed Ganondorf" Zelda added. Din smirked and nodded.
"Yes I know" she replied, "and I know what we're gonna do with it. We're gonna send all of you to the Temple of Time. We'll want you guys to put the Triforce of Power back into the Triforce above the Door of Time. That way no one would ever know that's one of the real pieces, and it'll be safe. Right now I have really no person that I believe is strong enough to possess it. So for now we'll keep it safe." Impa smiled.
"That sounds like a good idea" she said. Din turned to her.
"I know, now everyone get together" she spoke, "we're gonna send you to the Temple of Time." They all nodded, and everyone bunched together.
"Wait! Goldwing!" exclaimed Mirren. At that moment the great phoenix flew over by everyone and settled down next to them. Mirren smiled at his companion, and Nayru did the same.
"Perfect timing" she said, "we'll see you all there. Goodbye my friends." Suddenly a blue ring of light surrounded everyone, and it began to form a pillar around them. The Goddesses smiled at all the friends, and they soon disappeared from the throne room.
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The blue ring of light appeared in the Temple of Time, and everyone finally appeared in it. It glowed a little, and finally went away. Link and Zelda both instantly walked over to the alter as everyone stood back and watched. They stood right before it, and looked up at the Triforce engraving. They held their hands up, and the Triforce of Power appeared above them. It slowly spun around, and glowed as it floated up to its space. It went right in, and caused the whole thing to light up with a golden color. They both slowly took their hands down, and smiled. They turned around, and walked over to everyone else.
"Well, let's go back guys" Link said. Mirren smiled at him.
"Not yet" he replied, "don't you remember? The Goddesses said they'd meet us here." Link pondered Mirren's words for a few seconds and finally remembered they had said that.
"Oh right!" he exclaimed, "I can't believe I forgot!"
"It's alright Link, don't worry" a tough sounding feminine voice said behind him. He and Zelda turned around, and saw the Goddesses hovering before them as they smiled.
"Nice job you two, you put the Triforce of Power right where it should be" Farore began, "now, it is finally time for all of you to go back." She now looked at Mirren. "Because of you Mirren, Ganondorf and Emralda are defeated, they have been rid of this peaceful land forever now. You can all now live your lives happily with them gone; no more evil shall ever threaten Hyrule again. All of you go home, and regain your lost time with this whole ordeal. And Mirren and Zelda, celebrate your birthday together and with all of your friends and loved ones in peace. Make sure it is the best one of your lives." They both smiled back at Farore, and nodded.
"We will Farore, we will" Zelda replied.
"Yes, I'll make sure of that" Mirren added. Farore nodded back at him, and looked at everyone else.
"Now everyone, I think you should all stay at Hyrule Castle tonight. After all you'll all probably be there tomorrow for most of the day with the party, so kinda have a sleepover in a way!" Saria smiled, but had a question.
"That is a very nice idea, but shouldn't the ones of us who have other homes go back and tell everyone there we're alright?" she asked. Din smiled at the Kokiri Sage.
"Don't worry about it, we'll make sure we tell everyone that you guys are alright.." She replied. Link smiled at them, and turned around.
"Well guys..let's go!" he exclaimed. Everyone smiled and nodded, and they began to leave the Temple of Time and go back to Hyrule Castle. Mirren was the last to leave, but Nayru stopped him.
"Oh yes Mirren, I guess you could say Goldwing was like a birthday gift from us, but you still have one more coming, and I'm sure you, Link, and Zelda will all like it" she stated. Mirren turned around with a smile and nodded.
"Okay Nayru, I gotcha" he replied. The Goddess of Wisdom smiled at the boy.
"And make sure you try and bring Zelda and Link together, and don't forget to give her that necklace you spent all your rupees on.." She said. Mirren blushed a little, and still smiled.
"Don't worry, I promise not to..." he said back. Zelda then walked back into the Temple of Time.
"Ya comin' Mirren?" she asked. Mirren turned around, and ran over to her.
"Yeah, I'm coming" he answered, and she smiled at him. They both then left the Temple of Time, but Mirren turned around and got one last look at the three Goddesses before he exited it; truly three of his best friends.
Author's Notes: Wow, this one definitely deserves a WOOO!!! So..WOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!! Well, this was it everybody, the final battle, and the second last chapter. I'm almost finished with the entire story, and I must say I'm as happy as ever to be this close to finally finishing this great Zelda epic. This chapter is 31 pages long on Microsoft Word in 12 font, pretty amazing huh? This was easily the chapter I had most fun typing, and I hope it was the best for you. The next and final chapter will be about the birthday, but that's all I can tell ya. The 4th of July is tomorrow, but I'm still gonna be able to type a little. I might finish the final chapter then, but if not Saturday morning. So look out for the conclusion of the Epilogue of Link's Little Brother: Mirren's Final Battle!!!! And as always pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease review!!!
