Ch 17
Ganondorf walks into his dormitory and flings Ashley onto the bed. "Stay here," he says to her in a low voice. He walks out of the room and slams the door shut. Ashley looks around and sees windows. She gets out of the bed and runs up to one. She looks out of it and sees Roy starting to get up. She gasps and she sees blood pouring down his forehead. She sees him put his hand on his forehead and keep it there for a little while. Then he lifts it off and there is no blood. Ashley smiles, "I knew it." She hears the door open and Ganondorf comes in. He takes her out by taking her hand and flinging her in front of him. She flinches as the cold hand holds onto hers. She tries to yank her hand out of his, but Ganondorf looks down at her and smiles, "You want to get out? Try as you might. You won't I promise. So stop trying to. I want to show you some one before he dies." Ashley, terrified, stops in her steps, thinking about Derek, but Ganondorf yanks her back to her place. They finally reach a long hallway and Ashley sees a door the same as hers when she was last in the castle. Derek walks in with the Master sword in both of his hands. Ganondorf takes it out of his hands and puts it towards Ashley's throat, "Open the door." Ashley opens the door slowly thinking about if Ganondorf is going to kill her brother in here. She thinks about all of the knives and other weapons that would kill him. She looks through and gasps as she sees Link hand- cuffed to the wall with chains. His head is down and he is sweating. "LINK!" Ashley screams and runs into the dungeon and Link lifts his head. "Sh-Shana? I can't believe it! You're here!" He tries to pull himself to her but is stopped by the chains on the wall. Ashley runs up to him and hugs him. He's covered in sweat. She doesn't care. She found him and that is all she cares about now. Link kisses her on her head. She looks up and smiles, "I'm so glad you're alive. I lo-" "Alright! Enough talk in here! Shana, answer my question," Ganondorf walks in with the Master sword in his right hand. "Will you give up your Triforce and get Link? Or would you like to keep it and watch him die?" Ashley gasps as he says his last sentence. Link lowers his head. "I will give you five minutes," and Ganondorf walks out and slams the door shut. Ashley stands there in the dark dungeon as Link's deep breathing gets heavier. "...Link? Uhh..." "Shana, do whatever you want. It's a 50/50 chance he will actually listen to you." "I know but-" "And he'll kill me anyway. So just let it go. Don't let him take your Triforce and take over."
"NO! I will not! LINK! WAKE UP! God! I don't want to leave you! I'd rather let Ganondorf take my Triforce than to loose you!" She whispers, "I love you." Link looks up, "How?" "From the day I saw you, you looked at me like we've been together, forever and-" "We have...been." "What?" "Never mind. Look, Shana, I have a plan. I-" The door opens and Ganondorf walks in, "Time's up! So, what is it, sweet?" Ashley hugs Link, tears stream down her face. "That's a good sign. Shana, give me your Triforce." "But-" "NOW!" She looks at Link and winks at him. He looks at her in shock. She walks up to Ganondorf and puts one of her hands behind her back and makes a ball of light so Link can see. He smiles. Bad guys NEVER win. He thinks. Ganondorf takes Ashley's left hand and yells, "COOROPERATE WITH ME!" She smiles. She snaps her fingers on her right hand and the ball of light gets bigger in a flash. It fills her entire back. Ganondorf lifts her left hand in the air and her Triforce glows as so does his and Link's too. Another Triforce comes down from the ceiling, Zelda's. All of them are about to combine, but Ashley smacks Ganondorf's face with the huge ball of light and the Triforce pieces disappear into their beholders. Ganondorf falls to the ground from the unexpected impact from Ashley's power. Ashley turns around and melts the handcuffs that were around Link's wrists. They fall off and Ashley pulls Link to the entrance. She hears metal scrape on the floor and Ganondorf moan. She turns around as the Master sword flies through the air and hits Link in the back. She screams. Link gets heavy as Ashley catches him in her arms. She starts to cry hysterically because of losing Link. She lays him on the floor after taking the Master sword out of his back and throwing it on the ground. Link breathes deeply, "I told you it was a 50/50 chance." She laughs while she cries, "Link. You can't, die. You just can't." "You won't lose me, because, I will always be in...your heart. Shana, I love you too." Ashley hugs him and cries into his muddy, torn up tunic. She soon hears a voice in her head. She looks up. Sing my song, Shana. Lugia. "Sing what song!?" She screams to the atmosphere. Ganondorf gets up as Ashley says her sentence. Ashley hears him and looks behind herself. She sees him having trouble walking, as he gets closer to her and the dying Link. She whispers to Link, "I love you. I will NEVER let you die." Link manages out his last words, "I know you won't. I trust you." Ashley sniffles and gets up as Link lets his last breath go. She runs to the Master sword, powers it up in a second, and runs to Ganondorf. "Have fun! IN HELL!" She cries to Ganondorf as she slams the Master sword into his chest and he yells with all of his power. The room gets as bright as the sun as Ashley's Triforce of Light lights up. She hears a voice. The song. It was Lugia again. "Lugia's song! I know that! My favorite song!" She squeals with excitement. She sings so beautifully. As the notes flow out of her mouth, Link comes back to life. She feels the song flowing through her like a rush of warm water falling down her back in a shower. She feels Link alive and breathing in the room. She finishes the song and runs to him as the bright light dies down. He has already stood up, "Want to know what heaven looks like?" "I will know when I die," she says to Link and hugs him so tightly that Link can't breathe. He takes her hands off of his waist and smiles at her. She smiles back. Link takes the Master sword out of Ganondorf and puts it back in its scabbard. He picks Ashley up and carries her out of the room, leaving a dead Ganondorf on the floor. They both see Derek running through the halls screaming. Ashley laughs and looks up at Link. He looks down at her and smiles. They both say, "Derek! Over here!" They both laugh. Derek runs into the hallway Ashley and Link are in and stops dead in his footsteps, "Ohhh... sorry to bother you two. Lovebirds," he mumbles and walks out of the hallway as Ashley and Link look at each other and laugh loudly. Link puts Ashley down onto the ground, "Uhhh, Shana? Can-" Ashley kisses him on the lips. They stand there for a long time, kissing. Out of nowhere, a flash of lightning strikes Link and he is sent flying across the hallway. Ashley shrieks. Link is stopped right before he hits the wall and starts to glow a gold-ish color. Ashley starts to scream but Link falls to the ground. The gold-ish color disappears from him. "OWWW!! My a-" "LINK? You're...you're okay!" Ashley screams. "Yeah. Damnit. I feel, like a huge boulder just hit me in the a-" "Link!" Ashley runs to him and hugs him. "What was that? "I don't know," Link looks back to where he almost hit the wall. He rubs his butt. Ashley pulls him out of the hallway, "Come on! Let's get out of this castle!" Link, rubbing his butt, says, "Why? Why don't we just stay in here and-" "No, come on!" "What about your brother?" "Oh yeah. Take him home." "Fine," he snaps his fingers and Derek screams. Ashley laughs, "You did take him back to my house didn't you?" "Of course!" Link laughs. "Trust me," he winks at her. Ashley smiles and they walk out of the castle.
They get out of the castle and Ashley breaks the silence, "So, what's this planet's name anyway?" "Zemon," Link answers. "Really? Sounds like something from Fox McCloud's stuff." Link laughs, "I guess." Roy runs up to them, "There you-", he sees Link. He gives him a high-five and hugs him, "Link! You made it!" "Thanks go to Shana," Link says to Roy. Roy looks at Ashley with wide eyes, "You 'killed'-" "YEP!" Ashley squeals. Roy jumps up and down screaming in delight, "GO SHANA!" Link settles Roy down from his hyper-activity and takes Ashley's hand. "Ohhh... hooked up? Damnit," Roy says. "Oh Roy," Link pats Roy's back "you'll get your girl. Don't worry." Roy smiles, "I will?" "Yup," he laughs. Ashley asks Link, "Well, we should be leaving anyway. So, Link?" "Yes?" "Do your stuff." "Sure," Link snaps his fingers and disappears. Ashley stands there in silence, shocked about what just happened. Link just left her standing in Zemon. Roy's gone too. She thinks to herself, Link snapped his fingers and disappeared...maybe I can do the same to get out of here. She snaps her fingers and disappears.
Ganondorf walks into his dormitory and flings Ashley onto the bed. "Stay here," he says to her in a low voice. He walks out of the room and slams the door shut. Ashley looks around and sees windows. She gets out of the bed and runs up to one. She looks out of it and sees Roy starting to get up. She gasps and she sees blood pouring down his forehead. She sees him put his hand on his forehead and keep it there for a little while. Then he lifts it off and there is no blood. Ashley smiles, "I knew it." She hears the door open and Ganondorf comes in. He takes her out by taking her hand and flinging her in front of him. She flinches as the cold hand holds onto hers. She tries to yank her hand out of his, but Ganondorf looks down at her and smiles, "You want to get out? Try as you might. You won't I promise. So stop trying to. I want to show you some one before he dies." Ashley, terrified, stops in her steps, thinking about Derek, but Ganondorf yanks her back to her place. They finally reach a long hallway and Ashley sees a door the same as hers when she was last in the castle. Derek walks in with the Master sword in both of his hands. Ganondorf takes it out of his hands and puts it towards Ashley's throat, "Open the door." Ashley opens the door slowly thinking about if Ganondorf is going to kill her brother in here. She thinks about all of the knives and other weapons that would kill him. She looks through and gasps as she sees Link hand- cuffed to the wall with chains. His head is down and he is sweating. "LINK!" Ashley screams and runs into the dungeon and Link lifts his head. "Sh-Shana? I can't believe it! You're here!" He tries to pull himself to her but is stopped by the chains on the wall. Ashley runs up to him and hugs him. He's covered in sweat. She doesn't care. She found him and that is all she cares about now. Link kisses her on her head. She looks up and smiles, "I'm so glad you're alive. I lo-" "Alright! Enough talk in here! Shana, answer my question," Ganondorf walks in with the Master sword in his right hand. "Will you give up your Triforce and get Link? Or would you like to keep it and watch him die?" Ashley gasps as he says his last sentence. Link lowers his head. "I will give you five minutes," and Ganondorf walks out and slams the door shut. Ashley stands there in the dark dungeon as Link's deep breathing gets heavier. "...Link? Uhh..." "Shana, do whatever you want. It's a 50/50 chance he will actually listen to you." "I know but-" "And he'll kill me anyway. So just let it go. Don't let him take your Triforce and take over."
"NO! I will not! LINK! WAKE UP! God! I don't want to leave you! I'd rather let Ganondorf take my Triforce than to loose you!" She whispers, "I love you." Link looks up, "How?" "From the day I saw you, you looked at me like we've been together, forever and-" "We have...been." "What?" "Never mind. Look, Shana, I have a plan. I-" The door opens and Ganondorf walks in, "Time's up! So, what is it, sweet?" Ashley hugs Link, tears stream down her face. "That's a good sign. Shana, give me your Triforce." "But-" "NOW!" She looks at Link and winks at him. He looks at her in shock. She walks up to Ganondorf and puts one of her hands behind her back and makes a ball of light so Link can see. He smiles. Bad guys NEVER win. He thinks. Ganondorf takes Ashley's left hand and yells, "COOROPERATE WITH ME!" She smiles. She snaps her fingers on her right hand and the ball of light gets bigger in a flash. It fills her entire back. Ganondorf lifts her left hand in the air and her Triforce glows as so does his and Link's too. Another Triforce comes down from the ceiling, Zelda's. All of them are about to combine, but Ashley smacks Ganondorf's face with the huge ball of light and the Triforce pieces disappear into their beholders. Ganondorf falls to the ground from the unexpected impact from Ashley's power. Ashley turns around and melts the handcuffs that were around Link's wrists. They fall off and Ashley pulls Link to the entrance. She hears metal scrape on the floor and Ganondorf moan. She turns around as the Master sword flies through the air and hits Link in the back. She screams. Link gets heavy as Ashley catches him in her arms. She starts to cry hysterically because of losing Link. She lays him on the floor after taking the Master sword out of his back and throwing it on the ground. Link breathes deeply, "I told you it was a 50/50 chance." She laughs while she cries, "Link. You can't, die. You just can't." "You won't lose me, because, I will always be in...your heart. Shana, I love you too." Ashley hugs him and cries into his muddy, torn up tunic. She soon hears a voice in her head. She looks up. Sing my song, Shana. Lugia. "Sing what song!?" She screams to the atmosphere. Ganondorf gets up as Ashley says her sentence. Ashley hears him and looks behind herself. She sees him having trouble walking, as he gets closer to her and the dying Link. She whispers to Link, "I love you. I will NEVER let you die." Link manages out his last words, "I know you won't. I trust you." Ashley sniffles and gets up as Link lets his last breath go. She runs to the Master sword, powers it up in a second, and runs to Ganondorf. "Have fun! IN HELL!" She cries to Ganondorf as she slams the Master sword into his chest and he yells with all of his power. The room gets as bright as the sun as Ashley's Triforce of Light lights up. She hears a voice. The song. It was Lugia again. "Lugia's song! I know that! My favorite song!" She squeals with excitement. She sings so beautifully. As the notes flow out of her mouth, Link comes back to life. She feels the song flowing through her like a rush of warm water falling down her back in a shower. She feels Link alive and breathing in the room. She finishes the song and runs to him as the bright light dies down. He has already stood up, "Want to know what heaven looks like?" "I will know when I die," she says to Link and hugs him so tightly that Link can't breathe. He takes her hands off of his waist and smiles at her. She smiles back. Link takes the Master sword out of Ganondorf and puts it back in its scabbard. He picks Ashley up and carries her out of the room, leaving a dead Ganondorf on the floor. They both see Derek running through the halls screaming. Ashley laughs and looks up at Link. He looks down at her and smiles. They both say, "Derek! Over here!" They both laugh. Derek runs into the hallway Ashley and Link are in and stops dead in his footsteps, "Ohhh... sorry to bother you two. Lovebirds," he mumbles and walks out of the hallway as Ashley and Link look at each other and laugh loudly. Link puts Ashley down onto the ground, "Uhhh, Shana? Can-" Ashley kisses him on the lips. They stand there for a long time, kissing. Out of nowhere, a flash of lightning strikes Link and he is sent flying across the hallway. Ashley shrieks. Link is stopped right before he hits the wall and starts to glow a gold-ish color. Ashley starts to scream but Link falls to the ground. The gold-ish color disappears from him. "OWWW!! My a-" "LINK? You're...you're okay!" Ashley screams. "Yeah. Damnit. I feel, like a huge boulder just hit me in the a-" "Link!" Ashley runs to him and hugs him. "What was that? "I don't know," Link looks back to where he almost hit the wall. He rubs his butt. Ashley pulls him out of the hallway, "Come on! Let's get out of this castle!" Link, rubbing his butt, says, "Why? Why don't we just stay in here and-" "No, come on!" "What about your brother?" "Oh yeah. Take him home." "Fine," he snaps his fingers and Derek screams. Ashley laughs, "You did take him back to my house didn't you?" "Of course!" Link laughs. "Trust me," he winks at her. Ashley smiles and they walk out of the castle.
They get out of the castle and Ashley breaks the silence, "So, what's this planet's name anyway?" "Zemon," Link answers. "Really? Sounds like something from Fox McCloud's stuff." Link laughs, "I guess." Roy runs up to them, "There you-", he sees Link. He gives him a high-five and hugs him, "Link! You made it!" "Thanks go to Shana," Link says to Roy. Roy looks at Ashley with wide eyes, "You 'killed'-" "YEP!" Ashley squeals. Roy jumps up and down screaming in delight, "GO SHANA!" Link settles Roy down from his hyper-activity and takes Ashley's hand. "Ohhh... hooked up? Damnit," Roy says. "Oh Roy," Link pats Roy's back "you'll get your girl. Don't worry." Roy smiles, "I will?" "Yup," he laughs. Ashley asks Link, "Well, we should be leaving anyway. So, Link?" "Yes?" "Do your stuff." "Sure," Link snaps his fingers and disappears. Ashley stands there in silence, shocked about what just happened. Link just left her standing in Zemon. Roy's gone too. She thinks to herself, Link snapped his fingers and disappeared...maybe I can do the same to get out of here. She snaps her fingers and disappears.