Author's Notes: Warning- uber long chapter (smiles)
Chapter 7: Win back Gerudo Fortress
As the night went on within Hyrule, everyone was in the feast hall at Hyrule Castle relaxing, snacking, and just spending time together. The new Malon and Teerlis (who looked exactly as the ancestors, except in the attires, where the new Malon now wore a maroon short-sleeve shirt and long, baggy cerulean jeans. Teerlis was Malon's boyfriend, a young man with short indigo hair like a bowl shape almost, and then a deep red tunic like Link's and black jeans) had stopped by again, and stayed for dinner with everyone. At the moment, they were all sitting at the big table where they had eaten dinner, and now chatted and ate a little dessert or tea. The great Minotaur Tarrsus sat with everyone. He was monstrous, standing at a bit over seven feet tall. His fur was like a sepia color, and his horns that stuck out of his head horizontally straight were like gold. A large, jagged yellow piece of cloth covered up his hindquarters and front, private side, for this was the only clothing he needed. Also at the table was Alsay, the descendant and incarnation-like form of Nepsana. Her chestnut brown hair went down to just about her shoulders, and her darker sky blue eyes were absolutely dazzling. Around her neck and sternum was a dark orange bandana, and a white sleeveless shirt covered up the rest of her chest. A crimson elbow pad though the way it stuck out in two pointy parts made them seem like bandanas was on both elbows, and a pair of blue shorts with large separations to the sides went down a couple inches above her knees. Tarrsus yawned as he stretched his arms and leaned back on his chair.
"Woo, that was some gooood hearty food we had there, when the heck didja make that all Zelda?" he asked. Zelda giggled a bit after taking a big sip of her mint tea.
"Well, I didn't make it all, Impa helped me with most of it, I just made the bread and brewed up the soup" she answered. Link smirked at that moment, and looked over at Alsay.
"Where were you while the other girls were making the food huh?" he questioned. Alsay finished her bottle of the desert fruit drink she was drinking, and put it down after wiping her lips dry from it.
"I couldn't give ya the definition of "cooking" if I tried, much less try and cook breaded shrimp that'd turn out to be breaded ashes" she stated. Everyone burst out into laughter as Alsay grinned from her joke.
"Heh, well I'll tell ya one thing, that shrimp was great Zelda, much better than anything Malon's made at the ranch..." said Teerlis. Malon's face hardened as everyone giggled quietly. She slapped him on the arm.
"Hey! Ya know I'm sitting right next to you!" she shouted. Teerlis laughed, and everyone else joined in.
"Hey Malon calm down I was just joking" he replied. Link grinned.
"Yeah how many times have we heard that..." he spoke. Once again the group began to laugh at the wisecrack, and Mirren covered up his mouth as he tried to laugh but held it in as he still had some of the glazed tea cake he was eating. As everyone else laughed, he tried his best to swallow the bit of the cake, and soon did. He gulped it down, and pounded his fist on the table as he humorously glared at Link.
"Dangit bro don't say something so funny while I'm eating!" he exclaimed, Link burst out into laughter, and threw his head back as he held his sides. Everyone else chuckled too, and Zelda giggled. Once everyone began to stop, Zelda looked at him.
"I see you like that tea cake Mirren, I guess I'll have to make it more often for you" she said. Mirren swallowed another piece of the yellow tea cake with the brown and glazed breading, and smiled as he nodded rapidly.
"Oh-Please do!" he replied. Zelda giggled again, and the others smiled as a few others chuckled quietly. But as everyone was guffawing from Mirren's funny response, suddenly, a small portal appeared in front of them all, and inside was a distressed Nabooru.
"What the heck?" Link inquired as he got out of his seat and ran over to the portal. Everyone was surprised by what was transpiring.
Mirren's eyes bugged out, and began to choke slightly from pure shock as he tried to eat some more of his tea cake. Tarrsus noticed him, and opened up his hand as he pulled his arm back. He slammed it on Mirren's upper back, and was able to help the boy spit out the rest of his food, though nearly flooring him from the force. Mirren smashed onto the table, and groaned as he looked to his side, where the cake that had just been in his mouth lay about two centimeters from his face. He shook his head vigorously to get rid of the stars. He propped himself up with his arms, and was ready to lunge at Tarrsus for the smack, but the sudden appearance of this portal was more on his mind.
"Nabooru!" he exclaimed. Link couldn't believe it either.
"Holy cow! What the heck are you doing here in a portal such a random night!?" he slightly yelled.
"Guys! I need your help!" she yelled. Instantly everyone got out of their seats and ran over to Nabooru.
"Nabooru what's wrong?' Impa inquired.
"Gerudo Fortress has been attacked and annexed by a large amount of Iron Knuckles, Dinolfos and these huge cobras. The leader of the legion has imprisoned all of the Gerudos inside here. You guys are the only hope for our survival and for the fort, please help us!" she pleaded. The entire feast hall had fell silent now, and everyone looked just as distraught as the Sage of Spirit though of course everyone didn't know she was the Sage of Spirit did. Alsay's eyes flared.
"Those dang monsters will pay!!" she roared, "don't worry Nabooru I'm definitely coming! There's no way I'm lettin' those pieces of filth imprison you guys and rule over the fort!!" Mirren nodded.
"I'm helpin' out too!" Link then also seemed to get hyped up.
"I'll come and fight also!'" Impa and Tarrsus then looked at each and nodded. Impa looked at Nabooru.
"We too will aid all of you, don't worry, we're coming..."
After a few hours, Link, Mirren, Alsay, Tarrsus, and Impa all gathered up whatever they would need for the trip. They all had a good deal of food for times where they needed a meal of couldn't find anything, along with other items to ease the adventure into the woods. They all got their weapons ready, knowing they'd end up fighting some huge army. The air was somewhat cool, and most of the wetness in the ground had dried up. It was a very overcast day out, and the sky was covered in almost every spot by very light grey clouds. A gentle wind blew, adding a little more chill to the air in Hyrule. As it came to a couple hours before noon, Malon arrived at the castle, and everyone was just about ready to leave. They all gathered outside of the castle and in front of the main gate and drawbridge, ready to say goodbye to Zelda and Malon and take their leave. They had all got their weaponry ready, as well as any other provisions including healing potions, food, or water. They all seemed pretty intensified about this, and were ready to go and fight to win back Gerudo Fortress. Alsay was more determined than all of them. Fierceness flooded her eyes, and nothing else but that showed for her expression as they all prepared to leave. Alsay was easily one of Nabooru's best friends, and had been a constant visitor to the fortress. She had a connection with all the Gerudos- as if she was one herself. It hurt her inside, but it produced so much strength within her that she was primed to kill all the monsters there and save the Gerudos.
The horses were ready, though only four stood there. Mirren had decided to leave Monatra back at the castle, knowing the situation would be incredibly precarious and perilous. As everyone began getting ready to leave, Zelda said goodbye to them.
"Bye guys, I hope you can save the fort, and please come back safe" she said. Impa smirked.
"Don't worry Zelda, we'll be fine. We managed to come back in one piece from all the other adventures we've had right?" the Sage of Shadow replied. Zelda smiled.
"I guess so..." she answered. Impa smiled back.
"You have nothing worry over, and as I always took care of you as a child, I won't fail, and neither will the rest of us" she stated, and then grabbed Mirren by the shoulder and pulled him over, actually then up into the air "though ya might need to fret over this lil bundle of energy..." Mirren's eyes hardened as he gritted his teeth and glared up at Impa.
"What are you implying!?" he roared. Impa and Zelda chuckled, and Zelda smiled as she messed up Mirren's hair affectionately.
"Leaving me huh Mirren? Well just come back safely, okay?" she said to him softly. Instantly it seemed as if Mirren's ire just diminished, and he looked up at Zelda and smiled as he nodded. The princess of Hyrule smiled back down at him, and didn't even notice Link right next to her. Once it seemed she was about to turn her attention to him, Link spoke.
"Well, I think we're all ready now...sorry to be going away..." the descendant of the Hero of Time began before Zelda interrupted him.
"Don't worry Link, you guys gotta go, it's what you all do as the greatest warriors in Hyrule" she explained. Link realized she was right, and smiled.
"Okay then...well, goodbye Zelda..." Zelda smiled still at Link as Impa stepped over to her.
"Goodbye Zelda, I'm sorry that I'm leaving you, but I feel it is more important than ever that I help them this time" Impa explained. Zelda was a bit saddened by all of this, and it worried her knowing her best friends and loved ones would be leaving for a very perilous quest. But throughout the entire time, she seemed fine and smiled. She nodded to Impa.
"Don't worry, it really is fine" she began, "I know they need your help, and Malon will be staying here to keep me company the entire time while you're all gone. Seriously Impa, it's all okay" Tarrsus looked a bit surprised and inquisitive at the same time.
"You're staying here at the castle Malon? I didn't know that" The ranch girl nodded.
"Yeah, with Impa going also I knew that Zelda would be all alone here at the castle. So I asked my father if I could stay with her for the time until you guys return, and he said it's all right" she stated.
"Are there still enough workers at the ranch to get all the jobs done?" Alsay asked. Malon smiled.
"Of course!" she exclaimed, "Mr. Ingo and Teerlis will still be working there, and they can take over my jobs, not to mention if for once my dad gets off his lazy butt and actually works around the place everything will be fine!" Alsay smiled.
"Then I guess everything'll be all right. Well, bye Malon, bye Zelda" she said. Both of them smiled back.
"Bye Alsay" they both spoke. Everyone leaving then began to say goodbye and Malon went over to them as they got on their horses and chatted with her, waiting then to gallop off. Link and Mirren still were by Zelda, and Link stood in front of Zelda and stared into her gorgeous blue eyes. They both seemed a little worried and saddened know by the departure from each other.
"This ain't too easy just leaving like this Zelda, I mean I have no clue when I'll be back, and for all I know I might not even come back alive..." he began before pausing as he kind of looked away in worry. Zelda had the same expression on her face, and it was like they both seemed nervous and a little shy around each other.
"I won't worry though Link, I know you'll come back, you've never failed at anything, and this won't be an exception, you'll defeat that army and save Gerudo Fortress to come back to me...I know it" she explained. Link looked back at her, and smiled as Zelda also smiled.
"Thanks..." he whispered. Link then took a pause before continuing. "I'll miss ya Zelda...bye..." Zelda nodded.
"Bye Link" With that she threw her arms around him and embraced him, and Link smiled at her and hugged his best friend back. Mirren stood smiling as the two hugged each other, and Mirren felt happy inside to see the two showing their affection for one another. Soon, they both let go of the other, and shared one last smile before Link took a couple steps back and turned his body slightly.
"Well, gotta go now, bye Zelda" She both smiled at him, and he looked down at Mirren. "Ready to go lil bro?" Mirren nodded. Link nodded back, and then began walking over to Lapola.
"Yep" he answered, and then looked at Zelda, "bye Zelda" She smiled down at him.
"Bye Mirren, make sure to stay safe" She replied, and then leaned over and placed her lips next to his ear. "Oh yeah, I forgot to tell you. Make sure you come back lovable as you are right now" she whispered. Mirren's eyes slightly widened from the comment, and his face red went red as he blushed. Out of the corner of his eye Link saw this all, and his eyes hardened a little.
"What'd she just say to him...?" he asked very sharply to himself in his head. Once Mirren had gotten his composure back and was able to break from his trance, he looked up at Zelda as she smiled, and soon also smiled half happily and half embarrassed.
"Bye..." he said, and then walked over to Monatra. He mounted his pony, and got ready to ride off. Link looked at everyone, and once everyone was ready, he looked back at Malon and Zelda.
"All right, we better leave now, bye guys" he stated, and then looked down at Mirren, "I think you better call him now Mirren" he said as he looked down at his little brother. The boy nodded, and pulled out a gorgeous ocarina. It was a wooden one, though painted with a great crimson color. And then around the holes were shining golden circlets. He played a tender, soft, serene melody, and once he finished a roar echoed throughout the skies and down onto the earth of Hyrule. A large blue beast could be seen slowly floating down to the ground, one that seemed at least fifty feet tall. His skin was a cobalt blue color, and from his head to the end of his tail was a line of white, pointy spines. The monster's head was like that of a monitor's, though its face was a lot meaner looking and his claws were gigantic. This was Gorida, a smaller creature that was of the same species to the myth Gorida that was two-hundred some feet tall. Mirren had once found him in smaller state years ago in Terlon Forest, and had befriended the gargantuan. As he grew, it seemed Gorida became a bit magical, considering that one day then the new Rauru taught Mirren a melody on his ocarina that could summon Gorida to him. Even if they were of such species and size difference- they were like best friends
Gorida landed next to Mirren. The earth shook as his huge feet smashed onto the ground, and his roar echoed throughout all of Hyrule. Mirren managed climbed up to the top of the behemoth's back as he knelt down, and smiled as he patted his giant companion. Link also smiled, and then clasped the reins of Lapola tightly.
"Okay guys, let's go!" he shouted, and then took off on Lapola. The others followed, waving at Zelda and yelling goodbyes as they rode off. Gorida then began to follow, walking a bit slowly, but with such huge strides quickly caught up to the others as Zelda smiled at the great monstrosity and the boy who rode atop him; Mirren.
The five all traveled as fast as they could through the fields of Hyrule. Mirren could feel the winds against his face as Gorida ran at full speed. The boy held on tight, and managed to stay onto the huge dragon. His dirty- blonde hair swayed from the large breeze, and the flabbier, looser parts to his new white robe also waved in the air. It was very baggy, and has many loose parts that are flabby and flail in the wind when it blows. The robe wasn't very thick either, not made from very heavy material, but lighter kind, like a very soft tarp almost. Link and the others were dashing on their steeds as fast as the horse's hooves could carry them. They burned down the dirt pathways as clouds of dust and dirt flew as they continued to Gerudo Fortress. They had been riding over the fields for more than an hour now, and would soon reach a glade until they'd get to the rocky terrain which lead to Gerudo Valley. For the entire journey they all had been silent, none of them could think of anything to say as they prepared for what might be the biggest brawl-for-all they had ever taken part in.
Finally they reached the glade of trees, and as Link and the others entered it and went over the dirt path, Mirren made Gorida go around it to save the place was getting trampled right over it. They all stuck together inside the dell, and Mirren managed to have Gorida run right around the edges of the glade. After another ten of fifteen minutes, the warriors emerged out of the glade on their horses, and made a sharp turn as they stared at the rocky terrain ahead of them. They all reached it once about five minutes had passed, and still at a great speed rode over it, and turned down the one path surrounded by walls of sandstone-like rock. Across the rectangular pool was a large plank of wood; they entrance to Gerudo Valley. On one side was a bunch of large boulders, on the other mainly the same, except with a big pillar of rock that was jagged and linked into another wall of rock. Merging the two sides was a light wooden bridge, which hung God knows how many feet above the strong river created of currents with such velocity none could imagine it completely with but a mere mind. The gigantic waterfall poured out water enough to flood Hyrule in only a couple short days, all coming from the wonderful, cosmic, vast Hyrulian Ocean. Link stopped Monatra, and so did the others with their horses. Mirren also managed to stop Gorida's dashing.
"Alright guys, I think we should get off the horses here. Up ahead will most definitely be one heck of a melee, we can't take the risk of either having them stolen or attack" he explained. Everyone nodded, and got off their steeds. Link looked up at Mirren. "Stay on Gorida Mirren, but make sure you ride low so you're not spotted, and make sure to go slower so we can keep up with you." The child nodded. He gave Gorida a little slap on the neck, and the great lizard-like monster began to take quite steps over to the canyon. Once there, he jumped over to the other side creating a loud rumble yes but not too loud and then walking over to the large hill of rock which stood right before Gerudo Fortress. Link and the others all jobbed over the bride and then climbed up the hill. Gorida crouched below it on the ground so he wouldn't be seen, and lifted Mirren up with one hand to get to the top. Once all five warriors were on top of it, they lay down and carefully glanced about the fortress. Outside were numerous of these gigantic cobras, with dark yellow skin and deep red underbellies. They were very bulky and muscular, and had fangs the size of short-swords. Out and about were also Dinolfos, all with emerald green breast-plates and spiked, ruby-red shoulder pads. Their eyes were black with a vertical sliver slit for a pupil, and all filled with malice. Alsay sneered.
"Those stupid lizards, I'm going to slice them up into..." the young girl began before Link interrupted her.
"Shhhh! Keep your voice down Alsay, we mustn't let them know we're here yet" he whispered, "now listen, I know you wanna kill them all for taking over Gerudo Fortress, but we gotta work together and devise a strategy to make sure this works."
"Got any ideas?" Alsay snapped.
"As a matter of fact I actually do" Link replied casually.
"What are they Link?" Impa questioned.
"Well, I think that you, Tarrsus and Gorida should stay outside and take out all the monsters around the fort. You three should definitely be enough to stop them. While you guys are doing that, me, Mirren and Alsay will run inside-and that's all I've got for now..." he said a bit embarrassed and humiliated. Alsay smirked.
"Don't worry Link, I couldn't have said it any better myself" she added, "but I've got a plan on what us three should do. Once we get inside, I'll immediately make my way to the main hall, where Nabooru should be. While I'm going there, you and Mirren can go around the fort killing whatever troops you see and free all the Gerudos. Let them outside, and they can help Tarrsus and Impa with the cobras and Dinolfos. Once you guys are finished with that, come to the main hall, I might just need a little help" Mirren lay wide-eyed.
"Did you just think of that right now?" he asked. Alsay turned to him and grinned.
"Most of it" she answered with a wink. Tarrsus then lifted himself up a bit.
"Alright, I'm ready to get this under way, you ready Impa? The Minotaur inquired. The Sage of Shadow smiled and nodded. With that, the two slid down the rocky slope, and onto the fortress grounds. Once they got on the ground, they began taking a few steps forward, before soon they Dinolfos and cobras noticed them.
"Oh I'm sorry, are we trespassing on your property?" Impa asked aloud with a jeering tone in her voice. The Dinolfos narrowed their eyes at her, and tightened their grips around their swords. One pointed his blade at them, and unleashed a loud sound that was like a mix of a hiss and a roar. The lizard-warriors and giant cobras began charging at them, and Impa and Tarrsus pulled out their weapons. They began rushing at them also, and within a few seconds Gorida surfaced from behind the rocky hill, and unleashed a roar as loud as thunder. The beasts all stopped dead in their tracks, and were onslaught by the two fighters. Gorida smashed through the top of the hill of rock, sending raining boulders and stone down upon the ground. He then roared again, and came at the army of little beats. The monster breathed a beam of whitish blue lightning upon a bunch of Dinolfos and cobras, burning them to a crisp, and then turned to the side as he sent two cobras flying with swipes of his mammoth claws. He knocked away about four more Dinolfos with his massive tail, and roared as he continued battling. Tarrsus flew at a frozen Dinolfos and took it out with a single slash of his axe. In a flash then he swung his war-hammer at a cobra, smashing its skull in an instant. Impa was right by him, using full force against the creatures. When she had rushed into the fray, she sent a Dinolfos flying with a single kick, and then gored another threw wither her curved short-sword. Now she was hacking away at a trio of the lizard- warriors, and after dicing up two did a spin kick and knocked the third flat. Link and the others watched on, and knew this was their chance to get into the fort.
"Lets make a break for it guys!" he shouted, and then slid down the hill as Alsay and Mirren followed. Once they got to the ground they began sprinting over to nearest doorway, but as they got about halfway there four Iron Knuckles poured out from it and blockaded the entrance. Link stopped in his tracks. "Oh crud!" he exclaimed. Mirren ran right by him, waving his greatsword in the air.
"No worries Link they're all mine!!" the boy yelled, and then screamed in fury as he leapt at the four metal warriors. He continued shouting out in vehemence, and began slashing away at the Iron Knuckles. Alsay and Link watched on, wide-eyed and with their mouths dropped as Mirren single- handedly annihilated the four Iron Knuckles with pure ease. After about a minute he destroyed the last one with a great vertical slash, and then literally roared in dominance like a savage animal. His bellowed echoed over the fortress, and was louder than all of the fighting that was transpiring. Alsay smirked, and began running to the entrance once again.
"God that kid's somethin' else" she murmured. Link eventually broke out of his trance, and followed her and his little brother as they went into the fortress.
Gorida was obliterating every enemy he saw, either knocking them flat with a flash of his claw, sending them flying with a smack of his tail, or incinerating them with beam of lightning. As he fended off a pair of giant cobras, the earth behind him began to shake a little. The ground cracked, and slowly split open. Out of the corner of his eye he noticed this, and quickly defeated the cobras and spun around just in time. A huge monster suddenly bounded out from the ground lashing out at Gorida. It was rather big, nearly as large as Gorida even when it was on all fours. It had dark smoke colored skin that looked like armor instead of scales. Its eyes were a bronze color with black pupils, full of ferocity. It was a very unique monster, just as the monster Berogan was at Sephia's castle, in fact it actually was a Berogan. It had very large flabbier ears, and a face that looked like either an iguana or some other kid of sauron. Finally, a dark yellow horn jabbed towards the top protruded from his forehead. Gorida managed to jump back just in time as the monster missed his target and landed on the ground. It stood on all fours right now, and roared at Gorida. The dragon glared back at the new monster, and snarled as the two beasts studied each other. They stared at one another's body, trying to figure out the other's possible weaknesses and what they might've been. Neither knew what the other was capable of, or what kind of abilities or powers it possessed. Soon though, the other monster grew anxious to fight, and roared once again as it leapt at Gorida. The dragon saw him coming though, and caught him by the neck. He took off to the canyon, carrying the new monster with him. Tarrsus stomped on cobra's head, finishing it off, but then noticed Gorida bolting away with the monster.
"Oh isn't that great!? He ditched us!"
Gorida was nearing the valley, where he planned to throw the monster down and watch him splatter against the river and ground beneath it. The new monster knew this though, and knew he had to escape. Luckily he had a plan, and as he was carried away quickly jabbed his horn up. It dug straight into Gorida's flesh, and the dragon roared in pain as it let go of the beast. Both of the creatures crashed hard on the ground, shaking the land. The earth cracked and split beneath them from the impact of their massive weights. The new monster growled as it picked itself up on its four legs, while Gorida lay groaning in pain a bit. One claw was over his wound, while the other slowly began to pick himself up. Once he did he stood breathing hard, and let got of his wound. It wasn't too terrible, but deep, and crimson blood flowed from it. The Berogan roared at Gorida, and leapt at him once again. The dragon knew he couldn't fight in close combat just yet, and side stepped as he pushed the monster flat into the ground. With another great rumble of his massive girth, the Berogan seemed to groan, but quickly got up and roared as Gorida glared at him. After a few seconds, Gorida flung his arms out to the side, and in perhaps the most amazing sight ever, two blue wings sprouted from his shoulders. The Berogan's eyes seemed to widen from the enhanced version now of his opponent, and Gorida beat his wings as he took off in the sky and flew all about the Berogan. The golden dragon's mouth open, and a beam of lightning rocketed from it. It struck the other monster in the back, and created an explosion of bolts and electricity. The Berogan roared, but barely ever winced from the attack. His scales were so tough and powerful; that obviously lightning could not even faze them. He looked up at Gorida, and unleashed a spray of fire from his own mouth. It engulfed the dragon, and he hollowed again as the blaze seared his skin. He crashed into the one pillar of rock, shattering it as he smashed onto the ground smoking from the fire. Berogan seemed to slightly smirk or grin, and now oddly crawled over to a spot where a bunch of boulders were. Gorida groaned, and began to get up somehow. The other behemoth knew of this, and began to rapidly dig into the earth. Large clumps of dirt, mud, stone and boulders flew over to the golden dragon and pummeled his body. He began to grow a bit ire, and beat his wings as he took flight once again. The Berogan stopped, and glanced up at the flying dragon. He stared at Gorida as he soared around in the air, taking a few steps forward. He was waiting for Gorida to get in the right spot, and waited, and waited. Soon enough, Gorida was in the right part of the air, and in an amazingly display the Berogan jumped into the air and struck the golden dragon like a lance.
The two monsters soared over the valley like falcons, and finally landed on the ground on the other side. Gorida struck first, as the Berogan still clung to him from his mid-air ram. He growled, and got off Gorida. The dragon lay seemingly half-conscious, and gave off low moans. He had taken quite a beating now; his wound was still bleeding from the Berogan's horn, his skin was charred from the fire blast, and his body throbbed from the massive ram. Still though, he stirred, and once again slowly began to get up. The Berogan backed off, and snarled still. The dragon got up in an odd form, he was actually turning his body around, with his back facing the Berogan. This gave of a great deal of vulnerability, and the creature noticed this. Still, he took advantage and made his way over to the dragon. Just as he got to his tail, Gorida suddenly lifted it up, and brought it down on the Berogan. It smashed right onto his head, and knocked him flat as he smashed onto the ground. Gorida spun around, and roared louder than ever as his eyes filled with intensity. He bent down, and clasped his claws on the Berogan's body. He stood up then, and turned a bit as he slammed the Berogan down onto the ground. The rocky terrain cracked a bit, and grew weaker from the impact. The monster roared in pain from the hard crash, and lay on his back growling in pain. Gorida turned around, and brought his tail down once again. Once, twice did it strike the Berogan's face, but on the third time, the Berogan caught it in his mouth, and got on his feet as he locked his jaws on Gorida tail. The dragon roared in anguish, and thrashed his tail around to try and free it from the beast's mouth. After a few more seconds he did, and turned around facing the Berogan as the monster backed off a bit. Gorida roared, and lashed out with his foot as he sent two boulders flying into the Berogan. The creature roared, and the dragon sent another pair of large rocks soaring into him with a kick. Berogan began to crawl away to side now, closer to the valley as he growled. His mouth suddenly gapped, and another spray of fire emitted from it and right into Gorida. It struck him in the sternum, burning at his flesh and charring it. Gorida roared in pain and ferocity after staggering a bit, and breathed a beam of lightning at the Berogan. It hit him in the face, and made him bellow in frustration as he became blinded for a second. He clutched his eyes a she snarled and growled from the burning pain, and began to move closer and closer to the edge. Gorida saw this, and flew at him. He grabbed him by the neck, and began soaring downwards. The Berogan roared and thrashed around to try and escape, but no amount of struggling could save him now. The great cobalt behemoth came down to river, and at full force slammed the Berogan's head into the ground beneath it. A huge explosion of water erupted from the fray, as well as numerous rocks and stones and large pieces of the earth. The river floor split and opened up in numerous places, and began to fill up with water and change the flow of the current. The lowers sides of the valley began to split, and a few clumps of rock fell down into the ravaged river. Once all the mist and rock disappeared, Gorida stood beside the Berogan; who lay limp. The golden dragon looked down at him, and grabbed him by the neck again. He tossed him into the one open spot in the side of the valley wall, and then shot a beam of lightning at the wall above it. The blast shattered the wall, and created avalanche. Piles and pile of rock came tumbling down, caving the dead Berogan in. The inundation and deluge of sandstone rock quickly was covering up the open space as Gorida stood watching on. Once all the stone, mud and dirt had stopped, the opening was completely covered up, and the Berogan had been buried. Gorida threw his head back, and unleashed a roar of dominance louder than ever before. The water rippled from the massive bellow, and the walls began to crack as Gorida's roar echoed throughout Gerudo Valley.
Link, Alsay and Mirren had entered Gerudo Fortress, and quickly turned left as they made their way down the ramp way and into one of the prison rooms. Alsay pulled out her twin curved swords, and yelled:
"Here's the first cell guys! Let's take 'em out!" With that the two Iron Knuckles safeguarding the room noticed the three, and turned their attention to them as they got their battle axes ready.
"Mirren, me and Alsay will take out the Iron Knuckles, you free the Gerudos okay?" Link explained. Mirren nodded.
"Gotcha bro!" he answered. The boy then ran over to the cell, and began to hack away at the lock to free the captives. Alsay flew at the one Iron Knuckle and kicked it straight in the head. The force was so formidable that it knocked the soldier right onto his back. The young woman then quickly took advantage, and stabbed it in the chest with both swords to kill it. Link had sent a jumping slash at his Iron Knuckle, but had it blocked when the thing lifted up its battle axe. A grapple ensured, but soon Link broke away from it and with one spin cut sliced the Iron Knuckle in two. At that moment Mirren finally destroyed the lock. "Got it!" he yelled, and then opened it up as seven Gerudos in the normal attire (dark purple ankle length pants, zebra stripe ankle and wrist pads, a dark purple breast strap, and a deep red sleeveless shirt that covered up the sternum) poured out from the cell.
"Alsay! It's you!" one cried.
"And look its Link!" another shouted, "what are you guys doing here!?" Alsay picked herself off the Iron Knuckle and went over to her Gerudo friends.
"Hey girls, Nabooru had contacted us through some magical portal at Hyrule Castle, and told us that the fort had been taken over. Princess Zelda's nursemaid Impa and a great minotaur named Tarrsus are battling outside, alongside this monster named Gorida, who's Mirren's companion" she explained, "right now I'm gonna go to the main hall and help out Nabooru, while Link and Mirren are gonna travel through the fort destroying all the Iron Knuckles and freeing all the other captives. I need you all to go outside now and help take out those giant cobras and Dinolfos, okay?" The Gerudos nodded.
"You got it!' they replied, and quickly ran over to the wall, grabbed a curved spear each, and ran outside. Alsay smirked at them, and then looked at Link and Mirren.
"Alright guys, let's get going" she said. The two brothers nodded, and followed her as they ran up another ramp way. They came onto the ledge of the lower left side of the fort, and then climbed up the vines to another larger ledge. "Okay you two, I'm gonna go through this doorway to the left and then make my way to the main hall, you guys go straight other way and start finding the rest of the prison cells. Make sure to free everyone okay?" Alsay asked. Link and Mirren both nodded.
"No problem Alsay, we got it all" Link replied. Alsay smiled and nodded back.
"Thanks guys, I'll see ya once you're finished then..." and with that the Gerudo took off through the left doorway. Link looked down at Mirren.
"Ready lil bro?" The boy nodded.
"Heck yeah! Let's go!" he exclaimed, and then took out the Goddesses' Sword from its sheath and bolted over to the other entrance-way.
Alsay dashed down the hallway, and leapt across the dining hall over to a small ledge. She jump to the top of another ramp way, and went up another completely unnoticed by the Iron Knuckles below. She came to the middle ledge on the right side of the fort, and then astoundingly jumped to the one wall, and jumped from that to the very top of the right side of the fort. She hopped down through a hole, and landed gracefully on the floor of the main hall. Nabooru lay on the chained up by her arms and wrists, and looked a bit happier to see Alsay.
"Good to see you Alsay" she greeted. The warrioress smiled, and placed her twin curved swords down as she began to help free her Gerudo leader.
"Same here Nabooru, same here..." she replied. After about a minute the Sage of Spirit was freed, and got to her feet. Alsay did the same, and grabbed her swords. "Ready to go take out everything?" Suddenly, myriad loud clangs of metal reverberated through the hallways and into the main hall. Both warrioresses glanced around a bit surprised, and soon a pair of Iron Knuckles stood before each of the four hallways that lead to the main hall- and in one hallway two dragon warriors also. Both stood at over seven feet tall, with huge muscular bodies, dragon-like heads and horns, and skin a rich, dark color. One had scales like a dark sapphire, while the other one with dark emerald scales. Alsay glared at them, and Nabooru grabbed her scimitar off the wall.
"Let's kill these fools first though..." she stated with a grin as she spun her blade around with one hand.
Sephia was sitting on her chair of the balcony in the throne room. She was now wearing her normal attire, only the cape was now cerulean, and the shirt she always wore was light-lavender now. She held her staff in one hand, and rested her arm on the one arm-chair as she watched Link, Mirren and the others all battled within Gerudo Fortress. She smirked now.
"Too bad Ganondorf won't allow them to be killed..." she whispered to herself. The very moment she finished the sentence, the one of them wooden doors to the throne room slowly opened up, and from the balcony Sephia could see an older man with a dark orange robe and a blue cane step in. It was her father, the king of Herlassia. Sephia smiled, and stood up from her chair. She began to walk down the stairs of the balcony, and her father also began walking over to her. Eventually they came together, and while Sephia smiled, her father looked very stern and serious, even more than he usually did. "Hi daddy" she said. The king didn't even give a nod or any bit of a sign of happiness to see his one and only daughter.
"Hello Sephia, I need to talk to you....." he explained. She nodded.
"Sure, what is it?" she asked. The king's eyes hardened.
"I want to know a couple things daughter..." he began, "I'm feeling very untrustworthy of you, and my anger is growing..." Sephia looked a little perplexed.
"Why is that father?" she inquired. The king's olive green eyes intensified.
"Tell me now Sephia, what in God's name was that man Dranon doing here the other day, and where have all the Zerdocks and Nogatras gone from the dungeons?" he asked back very sharply. Sephia's heart began to pound, and she felt a little nervous deep down at that moment. But luckily she was able to stay calm, and try to look innocent.
"Oh, well I had Dranon come for tea, we wanted to meet each other, so I invited him here just for a little get-together, and I had decided to let the monsters free, for goodness sake they've been locked up down in the dungeons for years now, they deserve to be free..." she answered. Her father didn't seem to enjoy her response.
"I do not believe you daughter, I have a feeling that you're lying to me..." he replied. Sephia was bit shocked inside to see that he knew she wasn't telling the truth, but on the outside she smiled and acted innocent as always.
"Please believe me, I'm not lying I swear, please daddy, I would never be untruthful to you..." She said, and then leaned forward, and gave her father a soft, gentle kiss on the cheek. Once Sephia had done that, she began to walk away, and soon left the throne room. The king of Herlassia stood silently, with his head turned as he looked at the doors. His face was the same as when he had walked in, and for the first time in his life, he felt disgusted by a kiss from his own daughter.
Link and Mirren had both turned right down the ramp way and came into a larger room like the one before. This one though had two prison cells, and four Iron Knuckles acting as sentinels to guard it. The two brothers stopped, and the Iron Knuckles saw them and began advancing towards them.
"Well, got any ideas instead of head-to-head combat?" Mirren asked. Link grinned, and pointed the Master Sword at them. Mirren looked up at it, and smirked. He too pointed his greatsword at them, and both of the sacred blades began to glow with a light blue color. The four iron warriors ignored it, and continue to gradually march at them. This proved to be a gaffe though, as soon Link and Mirren fired off a beam of energy from their blades. The twin attacks struck all four warriors head on, and in an explosion of light blew them all away. When the illumination died, nothing was there. Mirren grinned.
"God that was easy squeezy lemon peezy!" he exclaimed. Link rolled his eyes and began going over to the one cell.
"Just go free the other Gerudos..." he said sounding a bit aggravated in his tone. Mirren did, and within seconds the two brothers had freed a total of fifteen Gerudo amazons.
"Good to see you two, but why are you guys here? Did you know that the fort had been attacked?" one of the Gerudos asked. Mirren nodded.
"As a matter of fact yes. Nabooru had talked to us through a lil portal and told us everything, so me Link Alsay and our other friends came to help out" the child answered. The faces on the females all lit up.
"That's great! Wow thank you guys so much it'll be so nice now to see Alsay now!"
"Yeah, but first we'll need to destroy all the troops around here. That's why we need you guys to go outside and assist in killing all the monsters out there, my two friends are there, as well as a bunch of other Gerudos." Link explicated.
"Say no more Link! We're on it!" one of the Gerudos stated, and then all of them ran over to the wall. They all clasped their hands on a weapon- that being a scimitar or a spear with a curved blade at the top like the Gerudos had taken before. Once they had exited the room, Link and Mirren began to follow them outside, and jumped onto the ledge below. The two went through the open doorway, and turned right as they began making their way down the halls.
"Man, those Gerudos are the toughest chicks I've seen in my entire life!" Mirren said. Link got a chuckle out of his little brother's remark.
"They sure are; they all have a fervent, ardent sense of duty to stay together and one another through any predicament they might have, they're all really loyal to each other..." The two then turned down the hallway, but instantly stopped. A pair of Iron Knuckles with grey and white armor stood there, and quickly noticed the brothers. Link's expression turned to irritation. "Oh great..." The two metal warriors tightened their clutches around the rods of their battle axes, and slowly began moving to them. Mirren looked a bit fearful.
"Oh God this can't be good bro my sword doesn't have the energy right now for a powerful energy blast and I doubt we'll do too well against them in such close...hey what the heck are you doing!?" Mirren glared up at his brother as Link rummaged through his knapsack ignoring Mirren and held some anomalous, blue and gold mechanical mice heads.
"Just be quiet for a sec and let me take care of this" he said rather monotonously and annoyed. He then knelt down on the ground, and placed one the mice on the floor. It flew zoomed over to the Iron Knuckles, and struck one. It detonated, and created an explosion with destroyed the one metal warrior. Link placed the other on the ground, and soon it too took out the other Iron Knuckle as it exploded on contact. Link stood up then and grinned. Mirren stood with his eyes bugged out.
"Wha...wha...what were those?" he asked.
"Bombchus, now let's go" Link answered, and began running down the hallway. Soon he came into the dining room, which consisted of a couple wooden tables, some wooden stools that were just round stumps with no legs, and still the old eminent grill with the pot of the boiling liquid that seemed like magma. In there were two more Iron Knuckles, which had noticed Link and Mirren after the explosions of the Bombchus, and stood their ground as they scrutinized the oncoming Hero of Time. "These guys are all..." Link began before suddenly Mirren leapt out of no one where intensified as ever.
"MINE!" he screamed. The boy snarled, and did a jumping slash onto the one Iron Knuckle that seemed frozen in shock or fear of his fury. The platinum- like blade of his greatsword cut straight through him and made short work of him. Mirren sneered at the dead Iron Knuckle, and promptly saw the other charging at him. He turned to it, and jumped at its legs. He sent his greatsword straight through its leg, making it stumble straight into the pot of scorching, blistering red liquid. It trembled and flinched rapidly as his iron body began to melt, and slowly burned away to nothing. Mirren stood up, and roared like a savage beast once again. Link stood on, wide- eyed at his little brother's great vehemence and fervor.
"Why couldn't you be like that for the entire attack so far? And since when are you a beast?" the Hero of Time questioned. Mirren's expression suddenly just changed to his normal boyish-self.
"Meh, I don't know" he answered with a shrug. Link laughed now, and ran over to the one ramp way.
"Come on, let's just get goin'" he said. Mirren followed, and the two ran up another series of ramp ways until they were outside, where numerous Gerudos were aiding Gorida, Tarrsus and Impa annihilate the giant cobras and Dinolfos. They quickly jumped down onto the ground where the middle of the fortress was at the bottom. They dashed to the doorway on the left side of the fort, and ran down the hallway until they came to their third prison room, where this time only two Iron Knuckles were. Link and Mirren rushed at them with a yell of fury each, and both sent a thrust of their swords at the iron soldiers. They blocked the shots though, and the warriors grappled. The Iron Knuckle that fought against Mirren overpowered the boy with ease, and sent an uppercut with the butt of his battle axe right to the child's chin. Mirren cried out in pain, and flew up into the air. He crashed down hard onto the ground, and groaned in pain. The other Iron Knuckle managed to overcome Link also, and sent him crashing into a wall with a mighty kick. Link sat against the wall wincing and gritting his teeth in agony as his body throbbed. The two Iron Knuckles then turned to each other, and soon both looked at Mirren. The two began slowly moving upon the wounded boy, ready to butcher his small body. Within a flash though, Mirren bounded at them, and as he flew through the air his sword flashed twice. He landed on the ground kneeling, and soon stood up as he proffered a hand to his brother. The Iron Knuckles still stood stationary, and soon broke into two. Link got up with a little help from Mirren, and smiled at him. "Nice job" he complimented. Mirren smiled and nodded. The two then went over to the prison cell, and Link cut the lock off and set free ten more Gerudos.
"Thanks so much for freeing us guys! How the heck are you..." one of them started to say before Link interposed her.
"No time for chit-chat right, I'll explain later, just right now I need all of you to grab a weapon and help out with the fight outside" They all nodded, and then ran to the wall and seized a scimitar. The Gerudos loped out of the fortress, and charged outside into battle. Link and Mirren had followed them, and stopped at the middle entrance.
"Just one more prison cell, you know here it is Link?" Mirren queried. The Hero of Time nodded.
"Yep, just hold on tight and we'll get going!" he replied, and took out the Longshot. Mirren wrapped his arms around his big brother, as if he were hugging him in way. Link then fired out the chain, and it stuck directly onto the vines that wilted over the one way. It pulled them up to it, and then the chain went back into the Longshot as they clenched their hands onto the lighter green vies. They quickly shimmied up them, and then dashed through the left doorway and across the dining hall. After going up another ramp way, they came outside on another ledge, and dropped down to a lower ledge beneath them. The two ran through the doorway, made a right down the hallway, but instantly stopped to behold one of the giant cobras before them. It hissed at them rancorously and maliciously, and bared its glimmering, acute, horrendous fangs.
"How 'bout this bro, I'll take care of this big ol' snake while you go to the other room and free the rest of the Gerudos" Mirren insinuated. Link nodded.
"Sounds good, get 'em Mirren!" he shouted. Mirren in a flash then dived at the giant cobra, and sent a slice at its dark red belly. The tip of his greatsword severed its skin, and it bellowed a shrill roar of pain. Link made a break for it, and made his way down the other hallway to the last prison cell. Mirren endeavored a thrust, but the cobra cocked its body to evade it, and lashed out with its fangs. They sliced right through Mirren's hand, and he grunted in pain as he dropped his word and backed off clutching his bleeding hand. The cobra leapt at him, and at a great speed wrapped its body around Mirren's. It began to compress the boy within its bulky body, crushing his bones as it applied more pressure. Mirren winced from the agony, and began to squirm around a bit. His body throbbed, but soon he managed to free his arms, and he grabbed his longbow from his back. In a flash he loaded up an arrow, and at point blank range fired it off into that soft part underneath the cobra's jaw. It hissed it anguish, and let got of Mirren as it thrashed around from the pain.
Link had made it into the room with the cell, but the second he ran in he knew he was in a bit of trouble. A battled-hardened Iron Knuckle stood at each corner, battle-axe ready to dice up Link. They had begun advancing upon him, and the Hero of Time knew he was in a dilemma. Luckily though, he had already began charging up the Master Sword, and got in a certain battle position. It had started to glow blue a few seconds ago, but finally illuminated with a vivid, vibrant orangey-red color. Link screamed in fury, and did a massive spin attack that created an orange circle of energy as he passed by. Every Iron Knuckle was killed once it got hit, and when Link stopped, he went over to the cell and destroyed the lock. He opened up the door, and thirteen Gerudos came out, all different looking than the normal ones from before. Eight of them had red hair that barely reached their shoulders, ankle length pants with a maroon flanking the top, white sleeveless vests, and a maroon breast strap. Five were the Gerudos the original Link had fought before to free the carpenters. They were known as the Gerudo Thieves, but now turned into more of the elite battalion of the Gerudo. Their pants were red, and like most Gerudos had fiery red pony- tailed hair. Their ankle length pants were also red, and over their mouths were brick red vales. Their breast straps were a deep red, as well as their sternum shirts. A golden ball was embedded in a bordering of dark silver, which one was on their head as a brooch, another on their sternums as a brooch, and one was used to hold their ponytails together. The one's face lit up the second she saw Link.
"Link! Oh man its so great see you!" she exclaimed.
"Same here" he replied with a smile, "you alright Sabarru?" She nodded.
"Now that you're here! We're finally free because of you! Thanks a lot!"
"I'm glad for you too, but right now we gotta go get you get you guys some weaponry to help out with the battle outside, and seeing as how there's nothing in here you'll need to find something..."
"No problem Link, I know where the stuff is, just follow us in case we need some help around the way!" Sabarru interrupted, and took off down the hall as the Gerudos and Link followed her. Soon they caught up with Mirren, who had finally killed the giant cobra, and began running with them.
Soon they all came outside, and Sabarru knew where they needed to go get some weaponry. She grabbed Mirren by the wrist, and jumped up into the air up to another ledge.
"Come on!" she shouted as she leapt up. Mirren's eyes bugged out from the velocity of the ride, and still seemed a bit traumatized once she landed. Sabarru continued running though, and jumped down to another ledge. "Don't worry kid just jump!" she yelled to him. Mirren gulped, and seemed averse to do so, but eventually took a running start and bounded off to the ledge to the one below. He screamed as he came plummeting down from a bit of intensity, and managed to land perfectly on his feet. The two began running down the hallway straight through the doorway, and the other Gerudos and Link followed. Up ahead was a giant cobra, and it hissed at them spitefully. Within another second though, Mirren silenced it with an arrow shot from his longbow. They all turned down the hallway, and in a smaller room ahead with a table, a few wooden stump-stools and some bookcases were two more giant cobra. Sabarru smirked. "These guys are mine..." The fierce Gerudo then reached at her sides and in a flash grabbed two somewhat large, golden rings with a curved, short blade on each. She came at the snakes like a lance, stabbing one in forehead, thrusting her second ring-blade in the other cobra's chest, and then finishing that one off with a slash to the throat. They both dropped dead, and Sabarru removed her ring-blades from them- both covered in crimson blood. She slipped them away, and then grabbed a twin-spiked spear on the table which blades were curved as all others. "I don't think we'll need you guys with us anymore, go help somewhere else!" she called out to Link and Mirren as the other Gerudos raced up the ramp way. Link nodded.
"Gotcha!"he said back. Sabarru nodded, and began running alongside her amazon brethren. The Hero of Time looked down at his little brother. "Ready?"
"You bet" Mirren answered. Link nodded.
"Alright, now to the main hall..."
Sabarru had dashed passed all the other Gerudos now, and jumped up into the air and over the wall of stone that blockaded the ramp. The others jumped over too, and trailed behind her. She kept running and running, and soon came to the lookout nest that also served as a diminutive armory, the place to drop prisoners in the pit, and as a sniper post. Up there were three Iron Knuckles which were firing off crossbow bolts at the Gerudos, but instantaneously stopped the second Sabarru leapt at them. With one flying kick she sent an Iron Knuckle plummeting over the railing and down onto the battlefield. Then she did an uppercut to another, which cut it in two. The final metal warrior tried to shoot her with his crossbow, but to no avail once she beheaded him with one clean cut of her twin bladed spear.
Alsay and Nabooru were doing an exceptional job battling against the Iron Knuckles. Throughout the time that Link and Mirren had been on their excursion emancipating all the incarcerated Gerudos, they managed to take out all of the Iron Knuckles, and were now battling against the dragon warriors, who were bigger than the others, and much tougher. The one Alsay was fighting was the emerald one, while Nabooru on the other hand dueled with the sapphire colored one. Though both of these monsters had the same characteristic- frightening black eyes.
Alsay slashed inexorably against her dragon warrior. Every single second another slash of one her twin scimitars was sent at the metal warrior, though every time it was able to block it with his huge sword that was almost in the shape of an arch at the top. Sparks were flying everywhere from the fray, and Alsay's eyes hardened as she began to grow a bit goaded. After a few minutes though, one swift thrust flew at the dragon warrior's left shoulder, and one of Alsay's scimitars dug straight in. With a low grunt the beast staggered backgrounds, though quickly gaining his feet back. Alsay leapt at him, though as she came down upon the dragon warrior, the hilt of his sword met with her forehead. Crying out in pain she flew background, her head throbbing. The girl landed hard on the ground, and lay wincing in pain as she grinded her teeth and clasped one hand about her forehead. The monster pressed on, slowly advancing over to her. Out of the corner of one eye, she noticed him, and quickly getting up rushed at him once again. Once again she began an assault of slashes, though every time the dragon warrior blocked them. Soon though, her attacked slowed down, and the soldier took advantage. He sent a powerful swipe at her, and she just managed to raise up both scimitars and block the shot. Unfortunately, the blow was so mighty that even when she prevented it from striking her body; she was sent flying and crashed hard on the ground. As she lay wincing and gritting her teeth in pain, the dragon warrior began charging at her with his sword raised behind his head. Once he was a mere five feet from her, suddenly Alsay slammed her scimitar tips into the ground, and swung up with her legs; kicking the beast warrior hard on the head. It staggered and groaned in pain a bit from the force, and Alsay got up. She then thrust one scimitar into its lower body, and then the other. Unleashing a loud roar of agony, the dragon warrior's eyes widened, and quickly freed itself from the blades, writhing in pain as blood flowed from his ravaged stomach. For such a beautiful young woman- Alsay was one tough warrior!
Nabooru fought against her dragon warrior using only one scimitar, though showed that she had no tribulations with it. So far the two had been in a standoff. Nabooru was incessantly showering the beast warrior with slashes of her mighty curved sword which actually had a rather large blade though, all of them were blocked. The same went for the dragon warrior. It had already sent a multitude of blows with his huge blade which was only a one-edged sword, but painted dark blue in the middle of the flat sides of the blade at the Sage of Spirit, though every time Nabooru either parried it with her scimitar or evaded it with a gracefully leap or bound. As the fight continued though, the green dragon warrior sent a vicious swipe at her legs, and with ease the tip of the sword cut clear through her legs. Crying out in agony she fell to her knees, and blood flowed freely from her wounds, staining her pants. Kneeling down wincing and grunting in pain, she held her gashes as the dragon warrior came at her again. This time though, even in a weakened position, she managed to do a vertical slash at his thigh with her scimitar- and it connected perfectly. It cut clear through the beast's hide, and growling in pain and it staggered backwards as his wound too bled. Nabooru now got up, and took the opportunity to continue attacking. Clasping her hand harder about her hilt, she ran at the dragon warrior- prepared to dice him up.
But instead, it suddenly lashed out at her with his sword, slamming the flat of it against her body. Yelling out in pain, she was sent flying form the massive blow, and slid across the floor. Once she stopped, she lay groaning her pain, her entire side throbbing form the force of the blow. Taking advantage of the situation, the dragon warrior charged at her, his sword ready to cleave her in two. The Sage of Spirit watched his oncoming rush, and as he got closer and closer, thought up of a plan. Luckily, one came to mind in time, and the dragon warrior did too powerful of a vertical slash as she rolled away, and got his blade stuck in the floor. Nabooru rushed at him, and as she came by him her scimitar sliced straight through the dragon warrior's side. Blood sprayed from the gruesome wound, and the beast trembled for a few seconds before crying out in agony. Nabooru stood up, and smirked.
"Nice job! We know how to kick some major butt!" Alsay shouted to her. The Sage of Spirit turned to her and smiled.
"Ya got that right, we're cleanin' house!!" she replied.
"It feels good to be fightin' alongside you again..." Alsay stated. Nabooru's smile widened a tiny bit.
"Same here my old fiend..." Suddenly then they both noticed that the dragon warriors were somehow getting up- even with the terrible wounds. They staggered as blood still poured from their cuts, but intensified and ready to fight. Alsay and Nabooru also got their weapons ready, and glared at their battered adversaries. Suddenly though both dragon warriors made a gasping like sound, and as their mouths dropped and their eyes bugged out they made several choking-like sounds. They began to shake a bit, and soon fell limp to the ground- with arrows in their backs. Alsay and Nabooru both looked a bit taken aback and perplexed by what just occurred, but once they caught a glimpse of who stood down the hallway holding a bow apiece their eyes and faces lit up.
"Don't tell me ya thought we'd forget about you two!?" Link called out to them as he smirked.
"I mean God we may be men but you guys know you can trust us and love us!" Mirren added as he smiled and held the crystal. Alsay's and Nabooru's face but beamed to behold the two brotherly warriors, and with pure joy in their expressions ran over to them.
"Hey guys! Great to see ya!" Nabooru stated. Link smiled and nodded.
"Same here you two. I must say, you guys seem to know how to handle dragon warriors rather well..." he replied smirking a bit. Alsay rolled her eyes.
"Well perhaps if you two hadn't busted into our fight we could've shown you two that we would've won anyways..." she added. Everyone chuckled. "So, you guys finish your job I take it?" Mirren nodded.
"You bet!" the child exclaimed, "we freed every single Gerudo, and took out all the troops and monsters here inside the fort. Everyone's outside kicking all those cobras and Dinolfos' butts!" Alsay smiled at the boy, and patted him on the head.
"Then let's go see how they're doing..." the girl said, and with that all four of them took off down the hallways at full speed. With the wind blowing in their faces and sending their hair flying back, they all prepared to see what the war was like outside. Would it be total annihilation of the Gerudos? Would it be total annihilation of the enemy troops? Or would there be so much bloodshed one could not tell who was the current victor...?
Finally they dashed through one door, and were outside on one of the lower roofs of the fortress. Looking out, they saw the Gerudos, Tarrsus, Impa and Gorida shattering the enemy lines as soon all of them retreated into the desert. Nabooru's face lit up again, and Alsay felt her heart soar. The wave of Gerudos then turned around to the fort, and saw the two warrior brothers, their great Hylian friend Alsay, and their incredible leader. The Sage of Spirit smiled.
"Congratulations all! We have driven out the enemy and claimed victory over them! We've won! The fort is ours again!!!" she cried out. And with that, everyone raised their arms and weapons into the air and cheered in celebration for the win back for Gerudo Fortress.