Yami Tulip-Jin: Okay, apparently our standards have sunken _really_ low by this point...
Tulip-Jin: Hey, at least they DID review. I can't help it if it was a flame.
Chibi Red Eyes Black Dragon: Rawwwwwr rawr rawr. Rawwwwwr rawwwr rawr. (Well, we've fixed the spacing thing. So hopefully, the next review won't be about how bad our fic looks.)
Tulip-Jin: -_-;;
Sign: If someone here owned Zelda, don't you think we'd be able to do a better job then this? Well? Don't you?
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Fire began raining from the sky. It set houses ablaze, and people were running and screaming.
"It's him! Hurry!"
The town fire brigade was just able to cope with this twist in the weather, so Lace and Link rode to the castle. They ran in, only to be confronted by Stalfos, Moblins, and other monsters.
"We have to get to Zelda!"
Lace yelled over the sounds of battle.
"You go this way and we'll go this way!"
They fought their ways through the corridors. Lace was just about to get hit from behind when the Moblin was taken out by a wave of magic. Turning, Lace saw Sheik.
"We need to leave!"
"We can't! Ganondorf is in the North Wing!"
"Oh goddesses, Link went that way!"
They ran after him.
Link was getting in over his head.
'I need to distract them but - wait!'
Link interrupted his own thought. He still had his rings, didn't he? Ducking around a corner, he slipped on one and turned into a Moblin. His pursuit dashed around behind him and paused.
"He went that way!" Link pointed.
"Get little guy! Go now!" Yelled the lead Moblin, and they all ran down the hallway.
Link was smirking to himself as he ran in the opposite direction. Pausing to take off the ring, he slipped into a side room as more enemies ran by.
So Ganondorf was looking for him, was he? Link laughed to himself. He was actually having fun! He knew the feeling was FD's influence, but still…
Link readied his Longshot and arrows before running to the Banquet Hall. He used his equipment to cling to a rafter where no one could see him, and started shooting.
Ho hum, just another day's work…then HE showed up.
Ganondorf strode into the Hall, looking like the King of the World. Which was probably how he saw himself.
Link decided he'd rather watch than attract any attention, so he put away his bow and arrows. As he watched from his hiding place, he saw all sort of monsters coming to attention.
"Have you found them?" Ganondorf addressed a Dinofols.
The monster said, "Not yet, Sssssssirrrrrre. They rrrrrrun frrrrrrrom usssssss."
"I do not want excuses!"
Ganondorf blasted the Dinofols, who screamed as his flesh was roasted away.
"I came here for the other pieces of the Triforce, and I will not tolerate failure!"
A Moblin ran up.
"Master, we control Castle. No one leave we don't see. No one escape alive."
"Good news for once? Excellent. Search the buildings and grounds. Bring the Princess and boy to me. If they die, bring their bodies!"
The monsters bowed and ran off, except the Redead. Ganondorf walked into the North Tower while they surrounded the door.
"Oh goody. I always wanted to be on a hit list," Link said softly as he headed for the ceiling doors.
Any smart ruler will have a series of secret passageways and exits in a castle for such emergencies. Link, of course, knew them all. He knew them better than the King did, but he never said that to his face.
Through a concealed door, down a ladder, and here was a peephole. Looking through the eyes of the stone carving that concealed it, Link saw a party of Lizafols chasing two people.
Specifically, his sister and Sheik. Link raced through the maze of tunnels to the room where they had barricaded themselves in.
"This door won't last long," Lace said worriedly.
"Long enough," whispered a voice in her ear.
"AHHHH! LINK, THAT WAS NOT FUNNY!"
Link was holding his sides and laughing at his sister's face.
"Link, I think this isn't the time for that," Sheik said.
"Yes, but it was worth it. Come on. Or did you forget about the back way out?"
Link indicated the hidden floor panel he'd come in through. As Sheik and Lace climbed in, Link broke the window to make it seem like they'd escaped that way, and dived in the hole as the door buckled.
Mere minutes later, all three of them were in the dungeons. Link told them what he had overheard as they caught their breath.
"Great. He still wants the Triforce? Beautiful." Sheik sounded disgusted.
"Can't we escape?" Lace asked.
"He's still looking for us. If he finds out that we've managed to get away, what do you think his next move would be?"
"Oh boy, thanks for cheering me up, Link."
"At least the Royal Family was already safe before he got here."
"We need to find out what he's going to do now. Finding the Stone would be helpful."
Link suggested they all use the tunnels to search the Castle for clues, or at least harass some of Ganondorf's troops. Sheik and Lace went to the Southern and Eastern Parts of the castle.
Link quickly came up dry in the Western part before the obvious hit him.
He slipped on another ring, and turned into a Surbrosian. Cane had mentioned that the Stone was very obvious to Surbrosians, and Link was going to prove it.
As a midget Surbrosian, Link easily scurried through tunnels until he entered the North Tower. Ganondorf had made his quarters in big room on the top floor.
Right now Link couldn't believe his eyes. The mighty evil king was asleep. And he was snoring?
Link was very stealthy as he crept into the room.
Yes, Ganondorf was flat on his back, snoring and mumbling in his dreams. But what no one else would have noticed was the glow.
A patch on his chest was glowing like a fresh lava vein. It turned out to be a big glowing rock tied to a string. Link considered taking it before remembering that, evil king or not, Ganondorf was a Gerudo first. Surbrosians just weren't designed for theft.
Link paused as Ganondorf mumbled something in his sleep.
"…no father…I'll wait here…"
Link stared, incredulous. A Gerudo male was only born once every hundred years. Ganondorf couldn't have had a father, no Gerudo did.
"…stop it, don't make me anymore…I don't want to hurt people, Master no!…"
Link came back to reality and left.
'Who is '_Master_'?'
Link's brain hurt as he went back through the tunnels. Something Nabooru had once said struck him.
//"He was a fine boy as a child. Loved exploring, gentle as a fly."
She had sighed.
"But, when he came of Naming Age…something happened to him. The nice boy I knew was gone. Instead, we had a man with nothing but evil in his heart. Even the way he looked changed That isn't something that happens overnight…"//
She had then asked him not to mention this to anyone. He never had. He'd practically forgotten it.
Link stopped. He was at the library exit. No one was there, so Link took off the ring and went in. Most of the books had been ripped up.
But Link found the one on languages he'd seen before. He flipped to the Gerudo translations.
"Gainon: old tongue. Meaning darkness mastery, of one who is in complete control parasitically. Modern translation pronounced as 'Ga-non'."
Puzzled, Link went to meet with the others.
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Tulip-Jin: Ooh, suspensy, ain't it? I'd like a real review and not a flame for the next chapter, you know. R&Ring won't kill you - but my Yami might...
Tulip-Jin: Hey, at least they DID review. I can't help it if it was a flame.
Chibi Red Eyes Black Dragon: Rawwwwwr rawr rawr. Rawwwwwr rawwwr rawr. (Well, we've fixed the spacing thing. So hopefully, the next review won't be about how bad our fic looks.)
Tulip-Jin: -_-;;
Sign: If someone here owned Zelda, don't you think we'd be able to do a better job then this? Well? Don't you?
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Fire began raining from the sky. It set houses ablaze, and people were running and screaming.
"It's him! Hurry!"
The town fire brigade was just able to cope with this twist in the weather, so Lace and Link rode to the castle. They ran in, only to be confronted by Stalfos, Moblins, and other monsters.
"We have to get to Zelda!"
Lace yelled over the sounds of battle.
"You go this way and we'll go this way!"
They fought their ways through the corridors. Lace was just about to get hit from behind when the Moblin was taken out by a wave of magic. Turning, Lace saw Sheik.
"We need to leave!"
"We can't! Ganondorf is in the North Wing!"
"Oh goddesses, Link went that way!"
They ran after him.
Link was getting in over his head.
'I need to distract them but - wait!'
Link interrupted his own thought. He still had his rings, didn't he? Ducking around a corner, he slipped on one and turned into a Moblin. His pursuit dashed around behind him and paused.
"He went that way!" Link pointed.
"Get little guy! Go now!" Yelled the lead Moblin, and they all ran down the hallway.
Link was smirking to himself as he ran in the opposite direction. Pausing to take off the ring, he slipped into a side room as more enemies ran by.
So Ganondorf was looking for him, was he? Link laughed to himself. He was actually having fun! He knew the feeling was FD's influence, but still…
Link readied his Longshot and arrows before running to the Banquet Hall. He used his equipment to cling to a rafter where no one could see him, and started shooting.
Ho hum, just another day's work…then HE showed up.
Ganondorf strode into the Hall, looking like the King of the World. Which was probably how he saw himself.
Link decided he'd rather watch than attract any attention, so he put away his bow and arrows. As he watched from his hiding place, he saw all sort of monsters coming to attention.
"Have you found them?" Ganondorf addressed a Dinofols.
The monster said, "Not yet, Sssssssirrrrrre. They rrrrrrun frrrrrrrom usssssss."
"I do not want excuses!"
Ganondorf blasted the Dinofols, who screamed as his flesh was roasted away.
"I came here for the other pieces of the Triforce, and I will not tolerate failure!"
A Moblin ran up.
"Master, we control Castle. No one leave we don't see. No one escape alive."
"Good news for once? Excellent. Search the buildings and grounds. Bring the Princess and boy to me. If they die, bring their bodies!"
The monsters bowed and ran off, except the Redead. Ganondorf walked into the North Tower while they surrounded the door.
"Oh goody. I always wanted to be on a hit list," Link said softly as he headed for the ceiling doors.
Any smart ruler will have a series of secret passageways and exits in a castle for such emergencies. Link, of course, knew them all. He knew them better than the King did, but he never said that to his face.
Through a concealed door, down a ladder, and here was a peephole. Looking through the eyes of the stone carving that concealed it, Link saw a party of Lizafols chasing two people.
Specifically, his sister and Sheik. Link raced through the maze of tunnels to the room where they had barricaded themselves in.
"This door won't last long," Lace said worriedly.
"Long enough," whispered a voice in her ear.
"AHHHH! LINK, THAT WAS NOT FUNNY!"
Link was holding his sides and laughing at his sister's face.
"Link, I think this isn't the time for that," Sheik said.
"Yes, but it was worth it. Come on. Or did you forget about the back way out?"
Link indicated the hidden floor panel he'd come in through. As Sheik and Lace climbed in, Link broke the window to make it seem like they'd escaped that way, and dived in the hole as the door buckled.
Mere minutes later, all three of them were in the dungeons. Link told them what he had overheard as they caught their breath.
"Great. He still wants the Triforce? Beautiful." Sheik sounded disgusted.
"Can't we escape?" Lace asked.
"He's still looking for us. If he finds out that we've managed to get away, what do you think his next move would be?"
"Oh boy, thanks for cheering me up, Link."
"At least the Royal Family was already safe before he got here."
"We need to find out what he's going to do now. Finding the Stone would be helpful."
Link suggested they all use the tunnels to search the Castle for clues, or at least harass some of Ganondorf's troops. Sheik and Lace went to the Southern and Eastern Parts of the castle.
Link quickly came up dry in the Western part before the obvious hit him.
He slipped on another ring, and turned into a Surbrosian. Cane had mentioned that the Stone was very obvious to Surbrosians, and Link was going to prove it.
As a midget Surbrosian, Link easily scurried through tunnels until he entered the North Tower. Ganondorf had made his quarters in big room on the top floor.
Right now Link couldn't believe his eyes. The mighty evil king was asleep. And he was snoring?
Link was very stealthy as he crept into the room.
Yes, Ganondorf was flat on his back, snoring and mumbling in his dreams. But what no one else would have noticed was the glow.
A patch on his chest was glowing like a fresh lava vein. It turned out to be a big glowing rock tied to a string. Link considered taking it before remembering that, evil king or not, Ganondorf was a Gerudo first. Surbrosians just weren't designed for theft.
Link paused as Ganondorf mumbled something in his sleep.
"…no father…I'll wait here…"
Link stared, incredulous. A Gerudo male was only born once every hundred years. Ganondorf couldn't have had a father, no Gerudo did.
"…stop it, don't make me anymore…I don't want to hurt people, Master no!…"
Link came back to reality and left.
'Who is '_Master_'?'
Link's brain hurt as he went back through the tunnels. Something Nabooru had once said struck him.
//"He was a fine boy as a child. Loved exploring, gentle as a fly."
She had sighed.
"But, when he came of Naming Age…something happened to him. The nice boy I knew was gone. Instead, we had a man with nothing but evil in his heart. Even the way he looked changed That isn't something that happens overnight…"//
She had then asked him not to mention this to anyone. He never had. He'd practically forgotten it.
Link stopped. He was at the library exit. No one was there, so Link took off the ring and went in. Most of the books had been ripped up.
But Link found the one on languages he'd seen before. He flipped to the Gerudo translations.
"Gainon: old tongue. Meaning darkness mastery, of one who is in complete control parasitically. Modern translation pronounced as 'Ga-non'."
Puzzled, Link went to meet with the others.
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Tulip-Jin: Ooh, suspensy, ain't it? I'd like a real review and not a flame for the next chapter, you know. R&Ring won't kill you - but my Yami might...