Chapter Twelve
While Link and Zelda were riding, the queen was being taken up to the tower.
Zelda's mother and 2 guards walked to the sky-scraping tower. It was made of cold, stone bricks and was almost as tall as the castle.
One of the guards opened the wooden door of the tower. "Get in," said the other guard shoving the queen inside.
"I may be prisoner but you shall treat me like the queen that I am. Do you hear?" the queen said.
The guards ignored her. They stepped up the winding staircase until they got to another door. Taking the key that the king gave him to open the door with from his belt, the guard unlocked the door. She stepped in.
"Don't move," said the guard. "The king will come up to talk to you."
With that, the guards locked the door and left. "As if I have any other place to go," the queen mumbled under her breath.
The queen looked around. On the wall in front of her, was the only window in the room that looked over across the kingdom. To the left hand side of that was a simple bed with worn pillows and blankets. Across from the bed was a washbasin and mirror that looked old and rusted. A simple, worn rug lay in front of the basin on the cold, stone floor.
There was a knock at the door. The queen spun around to see her husband standing at the doorway. "Oh," she said, "it's only you". The king grinned.
"I hope you like it here because you're going to be here for a long time."
"Suits me."
"You better show some respect to your king and husband," he said. "Because if you don't, I will kill you."
"You are not the man I fell in love with," the queen said. "My husband would never treat my daughter like scum, make her marry someone she does not love, or lock me in the tower and threaten to kill me!"
Suddenly, the king began to change. The queen stood wide-eyed at the person who now stood in her husband's place—Ozorne. "Prince Ozorne?" she stammered.
"You guessed it," Ozorne said.
"Where is my husband?"
"Oh—I kidnapped him, tied him up and threw him in the dungeon. And he's been there ever since—wait, let me think—ever since after the ball."
Zelda's mother tried to hold back tears at the thought of what she was about to say. "Then—he's dead?" Even though she thought her husband betrayed her, she still loved him.
He stroked his chin, thinking carefully. "Probably—unless he's been living off of scraps" Ozorne said.
"How? Why?" she managed to say, choking on her tears.
"Well, here's the how," he said. "After you and the king went to sleep, I put a sleeping-gas blanket on him so he wouldn't wake up. You see, I am a sorcerer and I can do these things. Anyways, I tied him up with a spell binding rope that only I or anyone with powers can undo, and I threw him in the dungeon. Then, I took his form and became him until now. Do you want to hear the why?" he asked.
"But I saw you and him at the same time in the same room. How could you be him and yourself at the same time?" the queen asked. "I took his body from the dungeon and put him under a mind control. He said what I thought to him. When he left the room, he lost contact with the spell and he went back to the dungeon," Ozorne replied. The queen was still wide-eyed and her mouth was open. "Well here's the why," he said. "I did this so I could get the Triforce that's hanging around Zelda's neck. I figured she would trust her father almost as much as she trusts you. I would've turned into you but I can only change into male shapes. As I was saying, if I could get it from her, I would be almighty powerful. I had tried many times before but the necklace stuck to her like it was a part of her. So now I have a plan, it's— ." He stopped when he heard the queen begin to chuckle. "Why do you laugh at me?" he asked with fiery eyes.
"Well first of all," she began, "only a person with a heart as pure as gold can remove the necklace from Zelda. And second, there's a person she trusts more than me, it's--." The queen clamped her hands over her mouth. She had almost revealed that her daughter trusted Link more than anyone in the world.
Ozorne's smile grew broader. "I will find this person she trusts after I kill you," he said. Laying his hands out, palms up, he chanted "Magical sword appear to me so I can slaughter the person I see". A sword made of pure magic appeared in his hands. The queen's eyes grew even wider as Ozorne started moving toward her. As she stepped away from him, he stepped toward her. She tripped on the rug and lay on her back in front of the wall. Raising the sword above his head so the blade was aimed at the queen's heart, he said, "I have told you too much information that you mustn't live to blab my plan to anyone". With that, he flung the sword toward the queen and struck.
While Link and Zelda were riding, the queen was being taken up to the tower.
Zelda's mother and 2 guards walked to the sky-scraping tower. It was made of cold, stone bricks and was almost as tall as the castle.
One of the guards opened the wooden door of the tower. "Get in," said the other guard shoving the queen inside.
"I may be prisoner but you shall treat me like the queen that I am. Do you hear?" the queen said.
The guards ignored her. They stepped up the winding staircase until they got to another door. Taking the key that the king gave him to open the door with from his belt, the guard unlocked the door. She stepped in.
"Don't move," said the guard. "The king will come up to talk to you."
With that, the guards locked the door and left. "As if I have any other place to go," the queen mumbled under her breath.
The queen looked around. On the wall in front of her, was the only window in the room that looked over across the kingdom. To the left hand side of that was a simple bed with worn pillows and blankets. Across from the bed was a washbasin and mirror that looked old and rusted. A simple, worn rug lay in front of the basin on the cold, stone floor.
There was a knock at the door. The queen spun around to see her husband standing at the doorway. "Oh," she said, "it's only you". The king grinned.
"I hope you like it here because you're going to be here for a long time."
"Suits me."
"You better show some respect to your king and husband," he said. "Because if you don't, I will kill you."
"You are not the man I fell in love with," the queen said. "My husband would never treat my daughter like scum, make her marry someone she does not love, or lock me in the tower and threaten to kill me!"
Suddenly, the king began to change. The queen stood wide-eyed at the person who now stood in her husband's place—Ozorne. "Prince Ozorne?" she stammered.
"You guessed it," Ozorne said.
"Where is my husband?"
"Oh—I kidnapped him, tied him up and threw him in the dungeon. And he's been there ever since—wait, let me think—ever since after the ball."
Zelda's mother tried to hold back tears at the thought of what she was about to say. "Then—he's dead?" Even though she thought her husband betrayed her, she still loved him.
He stroked his chin, thinking carefully. "Probably—unless he's been living off of scraps" Ozorne said.
"How? Why?" she managed to say, choking on her tears.
"Well, here's the how," he said. "After you and the king went to sleep, I put a sleeping-gas blanket on him so he wouldn't wake up. You see, I am a sorcerer and I can do these things. Anyways, I tied him up with a spell binding rope that only I or anyone with powers can undo, and I threw him in the dungeon. Then, I took his form and became him until now. Do you want to hear the why?" he asked.
"But I saw you and him at the same time in the same room. How could you be him and yourself at the same time?" the queen asked. "I took his body from the dungeon and put him under a mind control. He said what I thought to him. When he left the room, he lost contact with the spell and he went back to the dungeon," Ozorne replied. The queen was still wide-eyed and her mouth was open. "Well here's the why," he said. "I did this so I could get the Triforce that's hanging around Zelda's neck. I figured she would trust her father almost as much as she trusts you. I would've turned into you but I can only change into male shapes. As I was saying, if I could get it from her, I would be almighty powerful. I had tried many times before but the necklace stuck to her like it was a part of her. So now I have a plan, it's— ." He stopped when he heard the queen begin to chuckle. "Why do you laugh at me?" he asked with fiery eyes.
"Well first of all," she began, "only a person with a heart as pure as gold can remove the necklace from Zelda. And second, there's a person she trusts more than me, it's--." The queen clamped her hands over her mouth. She had almost revealed that her daughter trusted Link more than anyone in the world.
Ozorne's smile grew broader. "I will find this person she trusts after I kill you," he said. Laying his hands out, palms up, he chanted "Magical sword appear to me so I can slaughter the person I see". A sword made of pure magic appeared in his hands. The queen's eyes grew even wider as Ozorne started moving toward her. As she stepped away from him, he stepped toward her. She tripped on the rug and lay on her back in front of the wall. Raising the sword above his head so the blade was aimed at the queen's heart, he said, "I have told you too much information that you mustn't live to blab my plan to anyone". With that, he flung the sword toward the queen and struck.