Okay, thanks first of all to MagischeEngel, Sepik and Rune Lockhart fopr
the constructive criticism. Your type of reviews are much better than the
usual "tHats was carp. Gamoin and Link didNT EvEN fight!!!!!!!!!! Youu
suckw ." Much appreciated. Okay, I'm going to try and make more sense and
stay in each situation for longer, but stick with me, I got big plans for
this bad boy. Anyway, here is the third chapter. Enjoy.
ONE LIFE'S POWER - CHAPTER FOUR
Link and Ganon were on the boat, in the island waters when Link saw the Wind fish. Memories came flowing back to him. Link was lost in a dream it seemed. But then, they arrived at the island. Link and Ganon finally made it. Ganon seemed to fade away. Link saw an encirclement of men in robes waiting for him. "Link," they said in unison, "You have come a long way, now, the truth is only a test away....."
"What is the test?" asked Link.
"You must bear the pain of sight, sound, then touch."
Suddenly Link's perspective changed. He was behind a glass screen and could not pass it. He suddenly saw Zelda on the other side, and a moblin. Link tried to scream and warn Zelda, but he found she could not see or hear him. He hurled his body into the glass, but it stood firm. Link was not able to move, not able to help. The moblin drew a sword and stab Zelda through the back. Link felt sick. He punched the barrier until his hand bled. All he could see was the moblin slowly gutting Zelda. Link sat down, and watched her die. Then sound was added to the picture. Zelda began screaming. Link still couldn't move, the barrier was there, blocking his entrance. Link threw up. Zelda's stomach was lying around her. She turned to Link, and Link knelt, his face pressed to the glass. Zelda's face rested on the other side, it was covered in blood. Link wailed. No sound came out. Zelda mouthed the word help. Link closed his eyes, and felt tears begin to well in his eyes. There was nothing he could do.
Then the barrier disappeared.
He rushed to the moblin, and smashed is face in with his shield, stabbing it through the forehead with venom. Zelda's body crumpled onto him. Link began to sweat and breathe heavily. She pleaded with him to kill her, put her out of her pain. He couldn't save her. He would have to tell the King he let her die. She asked him to kill himself, and join her in the afterlife. Link nodded, now crying like a baby. He couldn't let her die alone. He was going to kill himself. Link brought his sword to his throat. The life went out of Zelda's eyes, and her body went limp. Link decided to go with her. He raised his sword, and pressed slowly, and felt a trickle of cold fall down his neck. He gasped. He threw his sword to the side with great effort. He curled into a ball and wept. Then suddenly, he stood for no reason. He saw the encirclement of robed men again.
They spoke. "LINK, YOU HAVE LIVED MANY LIVES, YOU WERE BORN TO PEOPLE THAT WERE PAWNS OF THE GODS. THEY DIED AFTER YOUR BIRTH AND THEIR SPIRITS WOULD WAIT TO BIRTH YOU AGAIN. THE FIRST LINK CAME FROM THE FOREST. THE FOREST IS WHERE SPIRITS ARE BORN. THEY SURVIVE TO BECOME HEROES. THEIR DESTINY IS TO FIGHT FOR HYRULE. DESTINY, HOWEVER, IS NOT EASILY FILLED. ALL OF THE LINKS, INCLUDING YOU, FILLED THEIRS. WE HOPE THE NEXT LINK WILL TOO. BUT FOR NOW, LINK, YOU ARE HYRULE'S SAVIOR OF GOOD. GANON IS THE DEFENDER OF EVIL.
Link arrived back at Hyrule, Ganon to his Palace. Zelda was missing.
"Link!" Paul yelled. "Zelda was following you! Where is she?" Link said nothing.
"Damn you, Link! She..." Zelda entered the room, she looked at Link, and asked with her eyes: 'Did it happen to you?' Link nodded.
ONE MONTH LATER
Zelda had rejected Paul's proposal. She decided to wait and see what happened to Hyrule before she settled down. She didn't believe in destiny, she knew Link didn't either.
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"They don't know it's coming."
"Of course not, how could they?"
"I thought their mental ability would tip them off."
"Well, it didn't."
"I see that."
"Link is approaching the barge, with Paul."
"Shh, watch."
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Link and Paul loaded the barge. "I'm glad to leave Hyrule for a while," Paul said.
"I'm not to fond of leaving just to tour a Gnomish country," Link retorted.
"Not a tour," Paul said, "We're talking treaty with Chintilon! That's a good ally, the Gnomes are as skilled with swords and magic as us," Paul looked back at the bay as the barge began its slow way to Chintilon.
"I still shouldn't have to come," Link said.
"Well, the King wasn't able to leave, Zelda refused, so who better than the captain of the palace security and Hyrule's famous hero?" Paul asked smiling.
"Yeah, whatever, I don't like leaving the Triforce unprotected." Link said as the two began touring the deck. "You got big, separate rooms, right?" Link asked in a menacing tone.
"Yes, yours is...3. Mine is 8." Paul stopped and noticed a bar cabin. Link saw him watching.
"Later," he said, "You can shoot the breeze and flirt later, it's still daylight." Paul lingered a second longer then began walking with Link again. Paul had been quite the drinker since Zelda rejected his marriage proposal. Link didn't really mind, except Paul would often find a way to bring 'Zelda the bitch' into his conversations. They continued around the barge. Eventually, they came to their rooms.
"We meet at the bar at sunset," Paul said as Link was unlocking his door. Link nodded and Paul walked off. Link found his key was upside down. He turned it right-side up. He continued to jam the key into the door, when it finally made it, Link turned it, the door didn't open. 'Maybe it's a push door,' Link thought. He started to press as he turned the lock when an old lady arrived at the room across from him. She turned around, saw Link, and hit him with her bag.
"What're ye doin' sunny?" Link found this was room 4, his was 3. He apologized and skipped to 3, he quickly went in. Link felt stupid about that, but it was just a simple mistake, he told himself. He didn't really care to change just to go on an expedition with Paul, so he just lay on his bed in his usual green tunic. He grabbed his cap and threw it away from him, onto the nearby chair.
Paul had been searching for someone to impress all night. Link was finding himself quite bored and didn't try to strike up a conversation with anybody. Then, Link heard glass break, wood collapse, and the sound of bone slammed against bone. Link turned around from his spot at the bar and felt for his sword or shield. He realized he didn't have them with him. He stared forward at Paul and someone else beating the shit out of each other. People were screaming, Link noticed one woman laughing. It was all to obvious, she wanted to see them fight, so she got them, somehow, to fight over her. Link ran in to this brawl just to be slammed in the face by someone cheering on the man Paul was fighting.
"Hey, what the hell did-Agh!" He slammed Link again. Link was now quite mad. He grabbed the man by the right shoulder and spun him around. The man raised his hand to hit Link again. Link punched him in the stomach and kicked him out of the way. He then ran into Paul and the other man. But, when he got there, Paul, somewhat drunk, had beaten the other man down.
"What happened?" Link asked.
"I was just, um," Paul began, "I w's talkin' to the girl, when, then boom, and I hit him back, and-"
"Okay, sure, now let's take you back to your room, and you'll sleep there, okay?" Link asked.
"Alright," Paul said a bit loudly.
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Zelda sat under a tree behind North Castle between the wall and the moat, it was night, she was now wishing she'd went with Link instead of sending Paul. It was so boring to be here without Link to whine at or talk to. But, he wasn't here, wouldn't be for a few weeks. The King had decided to let Link go since Ganon was still trying to gain control of his moblins, they had revolted recently. 'It would be good if Hyrule and Chintilon to become allies, That way they could help us with moblins, and we could help them with ogres' Zelda told herself. She got up and wiped off her dress. Then she made her way around to the way into North Castle.
"Hello, Zelda," said the King. "Hello, father," Zelda said as she began walking to her room. Zelda opened the door to her room and lay down on her huge bed. She knew she wouldn't sleep, but she closed her eyes. 'I wonder what Link is doing now,' she thought. "And Paul," She said aloud, as an afterthought.
Ganon was standing in the forest near North Castle. He had most of his moblins back, but about one third had revolted permanently. With his moblins, and his Triforce, he could attack. He knew Link and Paul had left. It was a stupid move, very stupid. He could attack now, he certainly could. 'Those fools, I could summon my troops, and raid them now, I'd probably destroy half the castle, and I might get either the Triforce or Princess, but not both, no, and I need both, Zelda must show me how to use the Triforce, but, I may not have this chance again,' Ganon continued contemplating what to do. 'Yes, now,' he decided.
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Zelda just fell to sleep, she was awoke very suddenly by a loud clash and screams that followed. She didn't bother to get up. It all made perfect sense. Ganon was ready to attack when Link was gone, it was almost funny.
"Princess, get up!" a guard had made his way to Zelda's room. "You and the King are being put in the tight room," he said. 'The tight room, great,' Zelda thought. The tight room was an almost completely sealed and secure.
"The Triforce! Where's the Triforce?" Zelda screamed.
"We're trying to get to it, come on!" The guard was in a hurry. Zelda grabbed a robe and followed the guard out.
"Dear!" The King exclaimed as Zelda entered the tight room.
"Daddy, the Triforce, where is the damn Triforce?!" Zelda was getting very hyperactive.
"I don't know, we'll get it, we'll get it," the King assured.
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Link and Paul arrived on Chintilon and were immediately greeted by cheesy actors and such. Soon enough, they arrived at the oddly built castle that King Ne~Chin resided in. "Ready?" Paul asked.
"No, but, we're going in anyway," Link said.
"That's right, we are," Paul said as they began to walk into the throne room. Ne~Chin sat on a throne in the center of the room instead of the end. Link tried very hard to smile. Paul succeeded with flying colors.
"Hello, sir," Link said.
"I'm Paul, and we represent the fine country of Hyrule, and that fine country would like to have the friendship of another powerful country, and that is why, I, the Head Knight, and Link, our hero I'm sure you've heard of, are here," Paul said with a confidence only a missionary could have. Link beamed.
"Very nice, very nice," Ne~Chin said, "That was not even rehearsed, I can tell," he said. Paul smiled. "So, let's get to the point, Hyrule's peace is invaded by creatures run by a, um, Cannon?"
"Ganon, sir," Link spoke up.
"Ah, yes, Ganon, and my country is corrupted by ogres, we used to know the leader, but he and my son were found dead, so, now who runs them is a mystery," Ne~Chin finished.
"Yes, sir," Link suddenly had a new strategy, Ne~Chin, of course, didn't know about the Triforce, now he was going to find out the Gnome power problem. He took a deep breath, and began to talk.
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"It is on its way, you know, they are very unprepared."
"Yes, but we won't help them, not unless Link comes back, but I don't think he'll have time."
"The others are coming, get in position."
"Do we have a visitor?"
"Yes."
"Alright, get in the circle, a moblin and an ogre are coming."
"Okay, everyone, in unison, now, speak...."
ONE LIFE'S POWER - CHAPTER FOUR
Link and Ganon were on the boat, in the island waters when Link saw the Wind fish. Memories came flowing back to him. Link was lost in a dream it seemed. But then, they arrived at the island. Link and Ganon finally made it. Ganon seemed to fade away. Link saw an encirclement of men in robes waiting for him. "Link," they said in unison, "You have come a long way, now, the truth is only a test away....."
"What is the test?" asked Link.
"You must bear the pain of sight, sound, then touch."
Suddenly Link's perspective changed. He was behind a glass screen and could not pass it. He suddenly saw Zelda on the other side, and a moblin. Link tried to scream and warn Zelda, but he found she could not see or hear him. He hurled his body into the glass, but it stood firm. Link was not able to move, not able to help. The moblin drew a sword and stab Zelda through the back. Link felt sick. He punched the barrier until his hand bled. All he could see was the moblin slowly gutting Zelda. Link sat down, and watched her die. Then sound was added to the picture. Zelda began screaming. Link still couldn't move, the barrier was there, blocking his entrance. Link threw up. Zelda's stomach was lying around her. She turned to Link, and Link knelt, his face pressed to the glass. Zelda's face rested on the other side, it was covered in blood. Link wailed. No sound came out. Zelda mouthed the word help. Link closed his eyes, and felt tears begin to well in his eyes. There was nothing he could do.
Then the barrier disappeared.
He rushed to the moblin, and smashed is face in with his shield, stabbing it through the forehead with venom. Zelda's body crumpled onto him. Link began to sweat and breathe heavily. She pleaded with him to kill her, put her out of her pain. He couldn't save her. He would have to tell the King he let her die. She asked him to kill himself, and join her in the afterlife. Link nodded, now crying like a baby. He couldn't let her die alone. He was going to kill himself. Link brought his sword to his throat. The life went out of Zelda's eyes, and her body went limp. Link decided to go with her. He raised his sword, and pressed slowly, and felt a trickle of cold fall down his neck. He gasped. He threw his sword to the side with great effort. He curled into a ball and wept. Then suddenly, he stood for no reason. He saw the encirclement of robed men again.
They spoke. "LINK, YOU HAVE LIVED MANY LIVES, YOU WERE BORN TO PEOPLE THAT WERE PAWNS OF THE GODS. THEY DIED AFTER YOUR BIRTH AND THEIR SPIRITS WOULD WAIT TO BIRTH YOU AGAIN. THE FIRST LINK CAME FROM THE FOREST. THE FOREST IS WHERE SPIRITS ARE BORN. THEY SURVIVE TO BECOME HEROES. THEIR DESTINY IS TO FIGHT FOR HYRULE. DESTINY, HOWEVER, IS NOT EASILY FILLED. ALL OF THE LINKS, INCLUDING YOU, FILLED THEIRS. WE HOPE THE NEXT LINK WILL TOO. BUT FOR NOW, LINK, YOU ARE HYRULE'S SAVIOR OF GOOD. GANON IS THE DEFENDER OF EVIL.
Link arrived back at Hyrule, Ganon to his Palace. Zelda was missing.
"Link!" Paul yelled. "Zelda was following you! Where is she?" Link said nothing.
"Damn you, Link! She..." Zelda entered the room, she looked at Link, and asked with her eyes: 'Did it happen to you?' Link nodded.
ONE MONTH LATER
Zelda had rejected Paul's proposal. She decided to wait and see what happened to Hyrule before she settled down. She didn't believe in destiny, she knew Link didn't either.
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"They don't know it's coming."
"Of course not, how could they?"
"I thought their mental ability would tip them off."
"Well, it didn't."
"I see that."
"Link is approaching the barge, with Paul."
"Shh, watch."
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Link and Paul loaded the barge. "I'm glad to leave Hyrule for a while," Paul said.
"I'm not to fond of leaving just to tour a Gnomish country," Link retorted.
"Not a tour," Paul said, "We're talking treaty with Chintilon! That's a good ally, the Gnomes are as skilled with swords and magic as us," Paul looked back at the bay as the barge began its slow way to Chintilon.
"I still shouldn't have to come," Link said.
"Well, the King wasn't able to leave, Zelda refused, so who better than the captain of the palace security and Hyrule's famous hero?" Paul asked smiling.
"Yeah, whatever, I don't like leaving the Triforce unprotected." Link said as the two began touring the deck. "You got big, separate rooms, right?" Link asked in a menacing tone.
"Yes, yours is...3. Mine is 8." Paul stopped and noticed a bar cabin. Link saw him watching.
"Later," he said, "You can shoot the breeze and flirt later, it's still daylight." Paul lingered a second longer then began walking with Link again. Paul had been quite the drinker since Zelda rejected his marriage proposal. Link didn't really mind, except Paul would often find a way to bring 'Zelda the bitch' into his conversations. They continued around the barge. Eventually, they came to their rooms.
"We meet at the bar at sunset," Paul said as Link was unlocking his door. Link nodded and Paul walked off. Link found his key was upside down. He turned it right-side up. He continued to jam the key into the door, when it finally made it, Link turned it, the door didn't open. 'Maybe it's a push door,' Link thought. He started to press as he turned the lock when an old lady arrived at the room across from him. She turned around, saw Link, and hit him with her bag.
"What're ye doin' sunny?" Link found this was room 4, his was 3. He apologized and skipped to 3, he quickly went in. Link felt stupid about that, but it was just a simple mistake, he told himself. He didn't really care to change just to go on an expedition with Paul, so he just lay on his bed in his usual green tunic. He grabbed his cap and threw it away from him, onto the nearby chair.
Paul had been searching for someone to impress all night. Link was finding himself quite bored and didn't try to strike up a conversation with anybody. Then, Link heard glass break, wood collapse, and the sound of bone slammed against bone. Link turned around from his spot at the bar and felt for his sword or shield. He realized he didn't have them with him. He stared forward at Paul and someone else beating the shit out of each other. People were screaming, Link noticed one woman laughing. It was all to obvious, she wanted to see them fight, so she got them, somehow, to fight over her. Link ran in to this brawl just to be slammed in the face by someone cheering on the man Paul was fighting.
"Hey, what the hell did-Agh!" He slammed Link again. Link was now quite mad. He grabbed the man by the right shoulder and spun him around. The man raised his hand to hit Link again. Link punched him in the stomach and kicked him out of the way. He then ran into Paul and the other man. But, when he got there, Paul, somewhat drunk, had beaten the other man down.
"What happened?" Link asked.
"I was just, um," Paul began, "I w's talkin' to the girl, when, then boom, and I hit him back, and-"
"Okay, sure, now let's take you back to your room, and you'll sleep there, okay?" Link asked.
"Alright," Paul said a bit loudly.
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Zelda sat under a tree behind North Castle between the wall and the moat, it was night, she was now wishing she'd went with Link instead of sending Paul. It was so boring to be here without Link to whine at or talk to. But, he wasn't here, wouldn't be for a few weeks. The King had decided to let Link go since Ganon was still trying to gain control of his moblins, they had revolted recently. 'It would be good if Hyrule and Chintilon to become allies, That way they could help us with moblins, and we could help them with ogres' Zelda told herself. She got up and wiped off her dress. Then she made her way around to the way into North Castle.
"Hello, Zelda," said the King. "Hello, father," Zelda said as she began walking to her room. Zelda opened the door to her room and lay down on her huge bed. She knew she wouldn't sleep, but she closed her eyes. 'I wonder what Link is doing now,' she thought. "And Paul," She said aloud, as an afterthought.
Ganon was standing in the forest near North Castle. He had most of his moblins back, but about one third had revolted permanently. With his moblins, and his Triforce, he could attack. He knew Link and Paul had left. It was a stupid move, very stupid. He could attack now, he certainly could. 'Those fools, I could summon my troops, and raid them now, I'd probably destroy half the castle, and I might get either the Triforce or Princess, but not both, no, and I need both, Zelda must show me how to use the Triforce, but, I may not have this chance again,' Ganon continued contemplating what to do. 'Yes, now,' he decided.
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Zelda just fell to sleep, she was awoke very suddenly by a loud clash and screams that followed. She didn't bother to get up. It all made perfect sense. Ganon was ready to attack when Link was gone, it was almost funny.
"Princess, get up!" a guard had made his way to Zelda's room. "You and the King are being put in the tight room," he said. 'The tight room, great,' Zelda thought. The tight room was an almost completely sealed and secure.
"The Triforce! Where's the Triforce?" Zelda screamed.
"We're trying to get to it, come on!" The guard was in a hurry. Zelda grabbed a robe and followed the guard out.
"Dear!" The King exclaimed as Zelda entered the tight room.
"Daddy, the Triforce, where is the damn Triforce?!" Zelda was getting very hyperactive.
"I don't know, we'll get it, we'll get it," the King assured.
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Link and Paul arrived on Chintilon and were immediately greeted by cheesy actors and such. Soon enough, they arrived at the oddly built castle that King Ne~Chin resided in. "Ready?" Paul asked.
"No, but, we're going in anyway," Link said.
"That's right, we are," Paul said as they began to walk into the throne room. Ne~Chin sat on a throne in the center of the room instead of the end. Link tried very hard to smile. Paul succeeded with flying colors.
"Hello, sir," Link said.
"I'm Paul, and we represent the fine country of Hyrule, and that fine country would like to have the friendship of another powerful country, and that is why, I, the Head Knight, and Link, our hero I'm sure you've heard of, are here," Paul said with a confidence only a missionary could have. Link beamed.
"Very nice, very nice," Ne~Chin said, "That was not even rehearsed, I can tell," he said. Paul smiled. "So, let's get to the point, Hyrule's peace is invaded by creatures run by a, um, Cannon?"
"Ganon, sir," Link spoke up.
"Ah, yes, Ganon, and my country is corrupted by ogres, we used to know the leader, but he and my son were found dead, so, now who runs them is a mystery," Ne~Chin finished.
"Yes, sir," Link suddenly had a new strategy, Ne~Chin, of course, didn't know about the Triforce, now he was going to find out the Gnome power problem. He took a deep breath, and began to talk.
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"It is on its way, you know, they are very unprepared."
"Yes, but we won't help them, not unless Link comes back, but I don't think he'll have time."
"The others are coming, get in position."
"Do we have a visitor?"
"Yes."
"Alright, get in the circle, a moblin and an ogre are coming."
"Okay, everyone, in unison, now, speak...."