It didn't take me over several months to update again. Yay! I hope you enjoy this chapter ^_^ (sorry for the length, I'll try to make it longer next time)

The bloody mess was enough to make the hardiest of men vomit. The victim was covered with blood and dirt, and omitted a foul smell of death. In examining the hands of the poor sod, you could see that pieces of skin and muscles had been ripped out, in some places, you could see the white bone of his knuckles. It was like that all over his body. His chest was the most gruesome... Large portions of flesh had been cut. 'ripped' off, showing the bones of the ribs and some parts of internal organs. And his face was dead white, with eyes wide open with horror.

"Not another one." The guard said mournfully. Finding bodies like this was almost a daily event for them.

"They say the monster rips off the flesh with his teeth rather than a blade. Some. 'Leftovers' are normally found around the body," The second guard said. "The teeth imprints are definitely not those of some creature. They're definitely made by a Gerudo, since Hylians have completely different jaw structures"

"They look the same to me"

"That would be because you're an ignoramus! Culture and skin is not the only thing that separates the Gerudo and us. There are many more biological differences. The reason why their ears don't point and the majority of births are women."

"How do you know all this?"

"I read it in a book once. Forgot the name. Most people of the castle know these things"

"Well, at least bodies like these are showing up less and less. That's a good sign, right?"

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"And that's Death Mountain" Link said. Link and Saria were atop the watchtower in Kakariko. Saria was desperately clutching on to the fence of the platform with fear of falling. She had never been at such a high point from ground.

"D-doesn't sound like such a nice place" Saria said.

"Actually I still have no clue as to why they named it Death Mountain. The mountain is the home of Gorons. They're real fun. if a slight bit clumsy and dangerous to be around"

"Why's that?"

"The Gorons love rolling into balls and going down slopes. I was nearly hit by one once. Something rolling with that kind of speed and weight and in such a dangerous place could kill unsuspecting wayfarers."

"Why would they want to hurt people?"

"They don't. They have barely any idea where they're going when they roll. It would be a complete accident."

Now Saria was really confused. "So how do they know if they're rolling off a cliff or not?"

"I've never seen that happen, but something tells me, that if it did, the Goron would barely feel it."

The only Goron, Saria had ever seen, was Darunia. So she had a vague image in her head of him rolling awkwardly down the slopes of Death Mountain. The thought made her giggle a little. Then looking down again by accident, fear returned. She let go of the fencing and grabbed Link instead.

"Saria, there's nothing to worry about, the tower won't collapse. Here, let go of me for a second so I can prove it to you"

Saria did as Link said and let go. She was feeling a little calmer now, at least until Link started jumping up and down repeatedly. "Ahhh! Stop it!" She grabbed Link by the legs to keep him from jumping. Link was laughing hysterically, enjoying every moment of it. "That wasn't funny!"

"What in the name of the goddesses are you two doing up there!?" Loki's voice came, flying up to them from the ground.

Behind him came Navi flying after Loki saying "Lighten up".

"Bah!" he replied, scowling at Navi. Of course Saria couldn't notice since the fairy was too small.

With her fears leaving again, she started laughing at the quarrels between Loki and Navi. It really was a great view. "Look Link, the sun's setting!"

Link just smiled at Saria. In truth, he's seen the sun set from up here many times before and even once from the top of Death Mountain. However all those times, he watched it alone (well, he did have Navi). At least this time he got to watch it with his best friend. It really was a beautiful sight, but the real beauty of it came with each other's company. Saria, just like Link, wouldn't have enjoyed it half as much if he wasn't here by her side. After the sun went down, it started to rain lightly.

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The bolt of lightning lit up the night sky, while the fierce roaring of thunder was unleashed. The light rain had increased exponentially. It was now a storm. Everyone was indoors. Everyone, but one person. Even though he was walking on grass and mud, his footsteps made much noise, almost echoing in the village. He was searching for something. He had to find where it was. Something was pulling him there. He looked from house to house, not knowing which one it was.

'There you fool!' a voice whispered in his head. The house was newly built and clearly designed to hold two people. There was no sign of light or movement inside. That was the house he was after, he was sure of it. He walked up to it slowly.

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Loki, Navi, Link and Saria were all asleep. It was one big mix of a bedroom, with 2 beds, a living room and kitchen like most other houses with a door leading off to the bathroom. Just like back with the Kokiri, Saria and Link were both sleeping fully clothed. They were all sleeping peacefully. except for Loki. He was having a nightmare, and it was driving him slightly mad. He knew something wasn't right. Leaving Saria's side, he started to float upward until he heard the doorknob being turned slowly.

Panicked with fear of who could be at the door, he whispered loudly in Saria's ear, "Saria." He continued to whisper that. The turning stopped. Whoever was trying to get in realised the door was locked. He continued whispering nervously.

Saria was not enjoying Loki's attempts to get her up. She had an exhausting day and needed sleep badly. "What!?" She whispered, not opening her eyes or moving much.

It was then the turning continued, MUCH more violently this time. This made Saria immediately get up while Link was just waking up, with very little understanding of what was going on. The door was kicked down and they were able to see who was the intruder. A mixture of shock and horror was plastered on everyone's face. At the doorway, was a tall and broad man, with dead-white skin, open wounds without any fresh blood all over his body, his skin, clearly decaying with age. However, they could all recognise the creature as none other than Ganondorf.

Ganondorf, with loud and heavy steps started to walk up to Saria. "Link! Get up! Now!" Loki screamed.

"How is he..?" Navi started to ask.

"Now's a very bad time to ask questions, just kill him!" Loki scolded.

Saria couldn't move. She had never actually met Ganondorf face to face. This abomination left her petrified. Link grabbed his sword. He knew his efforts to attack him would be hopeless. He ran up to the villain, expecting him to use some of his magic. But he had to at least try! He raised his sword which was very unimpressive compared to the master sword.

However, very unexpectedly, the sword made contact, and severed Ganondorf's arm. Completely surprised and shocked, Link just stood over the fallen arm wondering how that happened. Even though one of his arms had just been severed, no blood leaked, and he didn't slow down at all. He just continued towards Saria.

"Link! What are you waiting for!? Finish him off!" Loki commanded.

Snapping out of his trance, Link jumped and aimed another blow but this time to his neck. Ganondorf's head came right off, making a loud sound when hitting the ground, as did the rest of his body. Then his remains started disintegrating like magic, and all that was left was dust.

Both Saria and Link were completely speechless. Only Navi broke the silence when she asked "What was that!? I thought Ganondorf was dead!"

Another pause of silence came, and as if they completely ignored the question, Saria ran towards Link to hug him, as if searching for protection and comfort. Tears came from her eyes. Just a moment ago, she could've died. Link was hugging back. He never wanted her to witness the horrors that he had to with Ganondorf.

"He was" Loki finally replied.

"Then how.?" Navi began to ask.

"Undead. His soul is still trapped in the sacred realm, but apparently, someone has been able to retrieve his body and revive it"

"Who would do such a horrible thing?" Link asked.

"I don't know" Loki lied, in truth, he had a pretty good idea about who did it. "But in case you haven't noticed, that attack was directed at Saria, not Link. He was sent to kill her"

"By who!?" Link asked, getting very angry.

"Whoever revived him" Loki answered simply.

Please read and review! I hope the part about Ganondorf didn't confuse you too much. If it did then I'll put a better explanation of it in the next chapter.