Yeah, so I don't remember what I was ranting about before, and I'm really too lazy to look, so I'm just going to jump right into this one. This chapter is going to be a little too serious for me, so a couple of jokes concerning the N64 game have been inserted. If I get more than one review that thinks it ruins the rest of the chapter, I'll take them out.
The Switch
Chapter 26
Day Ten: Afternoon
"You're sure you're ready? Boss fights aren't easy, you know."
"Don't worry, I got it. Besides, you've got a sword and shield just as good as mine, and that's all were supposed to need." Link and Tael were standing just outside the boss room in the Spirit Temple. After arguing a bit, they walked in to face another set of twins.
"Oh, look Koume, more twins for us to play with!" The ice witch gave a loud, disturbing cackle.
"Goodie! We'll fix them good, won't we, Kotake?" The fire witch gave an evil glare, and both got on their brooms. Link and Tael moved to the center and split up. Whenever one of the witches focused on one of them, he would just focus on the other witch until the first witch fired at him. Once the twin witches had taken as much as they could, they fused and became Twinrova.
"Tael, absorb her fire magic with your shield. I'll take the ice magic!" Twinrova was fast, but the brothers moved faster. Soon, Twinrova was no more, and Koume and Kotake were floating away, as angels, bickering as usual. Link and Tael stepped into the blue light and received the Spirit Medallion from Nabooru.
Desert Colossus
"All right, we go to Ganon's Castle now, I guess." Link was more than ready to get back to normal, aside from ending the terror that was upon Hyrule and all that.
"Link! You and Tael meet me at the Temple of Time! I have something I need to give you!" Zelda's voice echoed in Link's head.
"Follow me." Link played the Prelude of Light so Tael could learn it, and both were swept away in golden light.
Temple of Time
Link and Tael walked in the front of the Temple of Time (a game glitch some gamers will never understand) and came face to face with Sheik. "I thought you said that Zelda would be here!" Tael wasn't exactly happy.
"I guess that since I already knew about this, Sheik had to explain the whole thing to somebody, or the storyline wouldn't be right." Sheik proceeded to explain the situation to Tael. The only difference was that Tael didn't have the Triforce. It had resisted the masks' power and stayed with Link. Sheik became Zelda and gave them the Light Arrow spell, when Ganondorf captured her.
"Zelda! Give her back! You'll pay for this, Ganondorf!" Tael was enraged.
"Tael, what's wrong with you?" Link was seriously worried about him. Tael was an identical copy of him, and if Malon was (still?) in Zelda's place, he would have been just as angry, but he'd have been more collected.
"Why don't you see if you can catch me, and I might tell you!" The power of the masks cracked slightly, or maybe it was just the circumstances, but Link and Tael's clothes switched colors. The eyes of Tael, who was dressed in black again, started go glow red, and a shadow fell over his skin. He ran out of the temple and straight towards the ranch.
Lon Lon Ranch
Link chased his brother all the way across Hyrule Field, finally catching him in the center of the ranch, where Malon was riding Epona, trying to put her father out of her mind. "What's going on here?" Malon came over quickly, a look of worry on her face. "Why isn't Zelda with you?"
"Ganondorf captured Zelda, and then mine and Tael's clothes switched. Tael started acting strange, and look at his eyes!" Suddenly, Tael sprung. Link fought him with all of his might, but he couldn't get in a hit. It reminded him of another fight, but he couldn't quite place it. Tael knocked Link backwards into a puddle, and it came back to him. "Dark Link, you leave Tael alone!" Malon could only watch as her husband fought her father's killer and his own brother. Finally, when Link was about to give up, he remembered something. The one thing that could only harm evil. He pulled out his bow and muttered a spell as he drew an arrow back. When he released the arrow, it glowed with a gold light, but as it drew nearer to Dark Link, it became yellow, then purple, then black. The Dark Arrow struck Tael, but not Dark Link. There was a place where you could see Tael wounded, and a shadow over it, looking exactly like the spot was just before the arrow hit.
"You fiend!" Malon was so angry that she could just... hold Dark Link down with golden magic? For that was just what she was doing. "Link! Somehow, I must have kept some of Zelda's powers! Quickly, use a Light Arrow while he can't move!" Link drew back his arrow again, and he let the golden energy go forward. Dark Link gave a cry of pain and disappeared, leaving Tael. His breathing was ragged, and he had a look of pain in his eyes.
"Go on... Defeat Ganondorf... You can do it... Don't worry about me... I'm going... to join Talon..." Tael's ragged breathing stopped, and so did Link's heart. He may have only existed for two days, but Link still loved his brother dearly.
"Tael! No!!!"
I know, it's the closest I've ever come to a cliffhanger. Let me put it this way. Has everyone here read Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix? Well, the prophecy between Voldemort and Harry applies to Ganondorf and the Hero of Time. The part about 'Neither can live while the other survives'. I don't think her wording was quite right on that part, but Dumbledore explains her. Back to my point, that's going to be very important. You'll see later.
The Switch
Chapter 26
Day Ten: Afternoon
"You're sure you're ready? Boss fights aren't easy, you know."
"Don't worry, I got it. Besides, you've got a sword and shield just as good as mine, and that's all were supposed to need." Link and Tael were standing just outside the boss room in the Spirit Temple. After arguing a bit, they walked in to face another set of twins.
"Oh, look Koume, more twins for us to play with!" The ice witch gave a loud, disturbing cackle.
"Goodie! We'll fix them good, won't we, Kotake?" The fire witch gave an evil glare, and both got on their brooms. Link and Tael moved to the center and split up. Whenever one of the witches focused on one of them, he would just focus on the other witch until the first witch fired at him. Once the twin witches had taken as much as they could, they fused and became Twinrova.
"Tael, absorb her fire magic with your shield. I'll take the ice magic!" Twinrova was fast, but the brothers moved faster. Soon, Twinrova was no more, and Koume and Kotake were floating away, as angels, bickering as usual. Link and Tael stepped into the blue light and received the Spirit Medallion from Nabooru.
Desert Colossus
"All right, we go to Ganon's Castle now, I guess." Link was more than ready to get back to normal, aside from ending the terror that was upon Hyrule and all that.
"Link! You and Tael meet me at the Temple of Time! I have something I need to give you!" Zelda's voice echoed in Link's head.
"Follow me." Link played the Prelude of Light so Tael could learn it, and both were swept away in golden light.
Temple of Time
Link and Tael walked in the front of the Temple of Time (a game glitch some gamers will never understand) and came face to face with Sheik. "I thought you said that Zelda would be here!" Tael wasn't exactly happy.
"I guess that since I already knew about this, Sheik had to explain the whole thing to somebody, or the storyline wouldn't be right." Sheik proceeded to explain the situation to Tael. The only difference was that Tael didn't have the Triforce. It had resisted the masks' power and stayed with Link. Sheik became Zelda and gave them the Light Arrow spell, when Ganondorf captured her.
"Zelda! Give her back! You'll pay for this, Ganondorf!" Tael was enraged.
"Tael, what's wrong with you?" Link was seriously worried about him. Tael was an identical copy of him, and if Malon was (still?) in Zelda's place, he would have been just as angry, but he'd have been more collected.
"Why don't you see if you can catch me, and I might tell you!" The power of the masks cracked slightly, or maybe it was just the circumstances, but Link and Tael's clothes switched colors. The eyes of Tael, who was dressed in black again, started go glow red, and a shadow fell over his skin. He ran out of the temple and straight towards the ranch.
Lon Lon Ranch
Link chased his brother all the way across Hyrule Field, finally catching him in the center of the ranch, where Malon was riding Epona, trying to put her father out of her mind. "What's going on here?" Malon came over quickly, a look of worry on her face. "Why isn't Zelda with you?"
"Ganondorf captured Zelda, and then mine and Tael's clothes switched. Tael started acting strange, and look at his eyes!" Suddenly, Tael sprung. Link fought him with all of his might, but he couldn't get in a hit. It reminded him of another fight, but he couldn't quite place it. Tael knocked Link backwards into a puddle, and it came back to him. "Dark Link, you leave Tael alone!" Malon could only watch as her husband fought her father's killer and his own brother. Finally, when Link was about to give up, he remembered something. The one thing that could only harm evil. He pulled out his bow and muttered a spell as he drew an arrow back. When he released the arrow, it glowed with a gold light, but as it drew nearer to Dark Link, it became yellow, then purple, then black. The Dark Arrow struck Tael, but not Dark Link. There was a place where you could see Tael wounded, and a shadow over it, looking exactly like the spot was just before the arrow hit.
"You fiend!" Malon was so angry that she could just... hold Dark Link down with golden magic? For that was just what she was doing. "Link! Somehow, I must have kept some of Zelda's powers! Quickly, use a Light Arrow while he can't move!" Link drew back his arrow again, and he let the golden energy go forward. Dark Link gave a cry of pain and disappeared, leaving Tael. His breathing was ragged, and he had a look of pain in his eyes.
"Go on... Defeat Ganondorf... You can do it... Don't worry about me... I'm going... to join Talon..." Tael's ragged breathing stopped, and so did Link's heart. He may have only existed for two days, but Link still loved his brother dearly.
"Tael! No!!!"
I know, it's the closest I've ever come to a cliffhanger. Let me put it this way. Has everyone here read Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix? Well, the prophecy between Voldemort and Harry applies to Ganondorf and the Hero of Time. The part about 'Neither can live while the other survives'. I don't think her wording was quite right on that part, but Dumbledore explains her. Back to my point, that's going to be very important. You'll see later.