"Whoa."
The spiked ball passed right over Link's head dropping the boy to the floor. If there was ever a time that Link needed to know how to use a sword, it was now. "LINK!" Zelda cried. He turned his head to look at her and caught a fleeting image of the beautiful princess pressed up against the bars of the door. A novice mistake on his part. The spiked ball of iron smashed directly into the floor by his head cracking the stones, and then returned to the wielder of the huge morningstar.
Link rolled to his feet and fumbled to get the sword out of its scabbard. Where would be the best place to strike the guard? His body was covered in gilded armor and the only place where the armor was absent was the cut in the helmet that allowed vision. The man was at the least six feet five inches and was about as wide as he was tall. The walking mass of muscle held the handle of the morningstar in one hand and the spiked ball in the other.
Suprisingly the man could speak and when he did the bass of his voice seemed to shake the dungeon. "So, Zelda, you've brought a hero here to help you. I wonder if he's related to the fried dog at the garden entrance. No doubt, I can see that same look of determination in your eyes that were in his eyes. Unfortunately for you, you don't have Agahnim to kill you. You get me and I won't fry you like Agahnim did to your-father probably, I'm more subtle. I'm going to smash every bone in your body and then string you're carcass from the battlements to let the crows and keese eat you. That should be a fun way to die."
Link held his ground and charged the dungeon guard. The morningstar left its position in the guard's hand and spun over the man's head before launching at Link. Link continued his charge and jumped into the air, using the spiked ball to step off on, raising his sword in two hands ready to chop the man in the golden suit of armor to bits. The guard threw up his gauntleted arm and let the sword smash into the steel. Link's jaw dropped in astonishment as blade glanced off the hard metal of the gauntlet. The spiked ball came at him again as he fell back to the ground and smashed him directly in the chest knocking him back into the far wall causing sharp splinters of pain to enter him at many different places in his body.
He hit the floor and struggled to get to his feet again. "The little hero wants more does he. Not even your father was this stupid. Once Agahnim started to zap him he just laid crumpled against that wall crying. That's right crying! Like a baby. Like a whimpering puppy!"
"AHHHH!" Link ran at the mass of muscle again his sword trailing behind him. The oh-so-familiar spiked ball launched at the charging teenager just to be batted away with the blade of Link's sword. The guard cursed as the ball smashed through the wall and passed into the next room, getting lodged in a crack.
"YOU HELPED KILL MY UNCLE!" Link screamed as he slashed at the unarmed guard. The guard raised both his arms to protect his face but as he did so the sheets of metal rose up and Link found a place to strike. His blade cut repeatedly into the guard. "I will kill you like you did to my uncle!"
One last slash sent the guard reeling back into the now closed door that allowed entrance into the room. Link ran to finish him off, when stopped by Zelda's voice. "Link! He's finished."
The guard looked up through hazy eyes and saw the boy in the green tunic who had just defeated him. "Kid. Like I said before, Agahnim killed your uncle. I-just-," the guard died and slowly his armor began to disintegrate.
Link re-sheathed his sword and looked at where the body of the guard had lain. In its place sat a golden key with the face of a skull on the front. He picked up the key and walked over to Zelda's cell.
"I know of a secret passage that we can travel through," Zelda said as they rushed up the stairs, "if I remember correctly it will take us to the Sanctuary, I should be safe there. Head to the throne room. It's on the main floor."
They continued up and finally reached the main floor. Guards were still patrolling the floors, and guarding the doorways. Two stood at the door to the throne room. "Princess, how exactly do you suppose we get through this one?"
"Head up stairs, I have an idea."
They both ran up the stairway across from the throne room and made sure that none would hear them. A blue armored soldier was walking through the hall they had reached, and before he saw the two, Zelda pulled Link into a room.
The room was beautifully built and had in the center a baby cradle. Link looked around. "What is this place," he asked her.
"My brothers room. He died in infancy.
"I'm sorry."
"Its all right. There's something here that might be helpful in getting us to the Sanctuary." She moved, her blue dress swishing around her legs, and opened a cabinet up. "This was to be my brothers when he came of age but now I'm giving it to you Link."
In her hand was a flat curved piece of wood. On either end was a red stripe and taped on it was a piece of parchment that said, "happy birthday." Link walked up to her and took the boomerang in his hand feeling the weight of it. Yes, this would help them get into the throne room.
Back downstairs Zelda and he sat crouched behind a railing. "I want you to wait here Zelda," Link commanded as he brought the boomerang to bear.
"Okay. Link, be careful." She leaned over and kissed him on the cheek. "I wouldn't want anything to happen to you."
With that Link peered his head over the railing and took and with his weapon. He pulled his arm back and threw the boomerang, watching it fly and smash a pot, about a yard away from the guards at the throne room door. "What the hell was that?" one of the two asked the other.
"I don't know go check it out."
"Okay."
The boomerang came back and Link caught it with his right hand. "Here goes nothing," he said to himself, jumping the railing and running at the lone guard.
The guard was caught totally by surprise as Link finished him off with two quick slashes. Like the guard in the dungeon this one too deteriorated into nothing. The second guard who had so recently been checking the smashed pot charged at the boy in green. Link hurled the boomerang and watched as the guard ducked the piece of wood and was destroyed as his sword jabbed through his gut. The guard's armor again disappeared as he fell to the ground.
Zelda ran from behind the railing. Her dress caught the railing and she fell to her knees and screamed. "Great," Link muttered as he heard guards from all around yell to the main chamber.
"Zelda! Hurry we need to get to the throne room!"
It was too late for escaping without being seen. Zelda caught up to Link, and together they burst into the throne room. "That ornamental shelf, move it and we can proceed into the sewers," Zelda said.
"Sewers!"
They both ran to the shelf, as archers at the door began to fire on them. Arrows broke as they smashed into the cobbled (I don't know why I like cobblestone so much but I do. It just looks cool) floor. "Help me push this!" Link said to Zelda as he tried to move the shelf. Zelda got beside them and the shelf slowly slid across the floor.
Two more pointed shafts pounded into the shelf as they entered the pathway and moved the shelf back. The stench almost caused Link to open up the pathway again and leave. "So this is the sewer?" Link asked as he lit his lamp.
"Yes."
The spiked ball passed right over Link's head dropping the boy to the floor. If there was ever a time that Link needed to know how to use a sword, it was now. "LINK!" Zelda cried. He turned his head to look at her and caught a fleeting image of the beautiful princess pressed up against the bars of the door. A novice mistake on his part. The spiked ball of iron smashed directly into the floor by his head cracking the stones, and then returned to the wielder of the huge morningstar.
Link rolled to his feet and fumbled to get the sword out of its scabbard. Where would be the best place to strike the guard? His body was covered in gilded armor and the only place where the armor was absent was the cut in the helmet that allowed vision. The man was at the least six feet five inches and was about as wide as he was tall. The walking mass of muscle held the handle of the morningstar in one hand and the spiked ball in the other.
Suprisingly the man could speak and when he did the bass of his voice seemed to shake the dungeon. "So, Zelda, you've brought a hero here to help you. I wonder if he's related to the fried dog at the garden entrance. No doubt, I can see that same look of determination in your eyes that were in his eyes. Unfortunately for you, you don't have Agahnim to kill you. You get me and I won't fry you like Agahnim did to your-father probably, I'm more subtle. I'm going to smash every bone in your body and then string you're carcass from the battlements to let the crows and keese eat you. That should be a fun way to die."
Link held his ground and charged the dungeon guard. The morningstar left its position in the guard's hand and spun over the man's head before launching at Link. Link continued his charge and jumped into the air, using the spiked ball to step off on, raising his sword in two hands ready to chop the man in the golden suit of armor to bits. The guard threw up his gauntleted arm and let the sword smash into the steel. Link's jaw dropped in astonishment as blade glanced off the hard metal of the gauntlet. The spiked ball came at him again as he fell back to the ground and smashed him directly in the chest knocking him back into the far wall causing sharp splinters of pain to enter him at many different places in his body.
He hit the floor and struggled to get to his feet again. "The little hero wants more does he. Not even your father was this stupid. Once Agahnim started to zap him he just laid crumpled against that wall crying. That's right crying! Like a baby. Like a whimpering puppy!"
"AHHHH!" Link ran at the mass of muscle again his sword trailing behind him. The oh-so-familiar spiked ball launched at the charging teenager just to be batted away with the blade of Link's sword. The guard cursed as the ball smashed through the wall and passed into the next room, getting lodged in a crack.
"YOU HELPED KILL MY UNCLE!" Link screamed as he slashed at the unarmed guard. The guard raised both his arms to protect his face but as he did so the sheets of metal rose up and Link found a place to strike. His blade cut repeatedly into the guard. "I will kill you like you did to my uncle!"
One last slash sent the guard reeling back into the now closed door that allowed entrance into the room. Link ran to finish him off, when stopped by Zelda's voice. "Link! He's finished."
The guard looked up through hazy eyes and saw the boy in the green tunic who had just defeated him. "Kid. Like I said before, Agahnim killed your uncle. I-just-," the guard died and slowly his armor began to disintegrate.
Link re-sheathed his sword and looked at where the body of the guard had lain. In its place sat a golden key with the face of a skull on the front. He picked up the key and walked over to Zelda's cell.
"I know of a secret passage that we can travel through," Zelda said as they rushed up the stairs, "if I remember correctly it will take us to the Sanctuary, I should be safe there. Head to the throne room. It's on the main floor."
They continued up and finally reached the main floor. Guards were still patrolling the floors, and guarding the doorways. Two stood at the door to the throne room. "Princess, how exactly do you suppose we get through this one?"
"Head up stairs, I have an idea."
They both ran up the stairway across from the throne room and made sure that none would hear them. A blue armored soldier was walking through the hall they had reached, and before he saw the two, Zelda pulled Link into a room.
The room was beautifully built and had in the center a baby cradle. Link looked around. "What is this place," he asked her.
"My brothers room. He died in infancy.
"I'm sorry."
"Its all right. There's something here that might be helpful in getting us to the Sanctuary." She moved, her blue dress swishing around her legs, and opened a cabinet up. "This was to be my brothers when he came of age but now I'm giving it to you Link."
In her hand was a flat curved piece of wood. On either end was a red stripe and taped on it was a piece of parchment that said, "happy birthday." Link walked up to her and took the boomerang in his hand feeling the weight of it. Yes, this would help them get into the throne room.
Back downstairs Zelda and he sat crouched behind a railing. "I want you to wait here Zelda," Link commanded as he brought the boomerang to bear.
"Okay. Link, be careful." She leaned over and kissed him on the cheek. "I wouldn't want anything to happen to you."
With that Link peered his head over the railing and took and with his weapon. He pulled his arm back and threw the boomerang, watching it fly and smash a pot, about a yard away from the guards at the throne room door. "What the hell was that?" one of the two asked the other.
"I don't know go check it out."
"Okay."
The boomerang came back and Link caught it with his right hand. "Here goes nothing," he said to himself, jumping the railing and running at the lone guard.
The guard was caught totally by surprise as Link finished him off with two quick slashes. Like the guard in the dungeon this one too deteriorated into nothing. The second guard who had so recently been checking the smashed pot charged at the boy in green. Link hurled the boomerang and watched as the guard ducked the piece of wood and was destroyed as his sword jabbed through his gut. The guard's armor again disappeared as he fell to the ground.
Zelda ran from behind the railing. Her dress caught the railing and she fell to her knees and screamed. "Great," Link muttered as he heard guards from all around yell to the main chamber.
"Zelda! Hurry we need to get to the throne room!"
It was too late for escaping without being seen. Zelda caught up to Link, and together they burst into the throne room. "That ornamental shelf, move it and we can proceed into the sewers," Zelda said.
"Sewers!"
They both ran to the shelf, as archers at the door began to fire on them. Arrows broke as they smashed into the cobbled (I don't know why I like cobblestone so much but I do. It just looks cool) floor. "Help me push this!" Link said to Zelda as he tried to move the shelf. Zelda got beside them and the shelf slowly slid across the floor.
Two more pointed shafts pounded into the shelf as they entered the pathway and moved the shelf back. The stench almost caused Link to open up the pathway again and leave. "So this is the sewer?" Link asked as he lit his lamp.
"Yes."