Link collapsed beside Zelda's body and cried. He cried, and he didn't feel
like he ever stopped. He didn't care whether he was alive or dead; or even
whether he ever stopped crying. Zelda was dead again. And he was dead too.
"You see, Link?" said a harsh voice behind him. He turned around.
The goddesses stood there glaring at him.
"Do you see now, what we were trying to tell you?" Which goddess was that? They looked the same, suddenly; their voices sounded the same, too.
"N-no," Link said warily.
"Link..." said one of the goddesses, "living for people is pointless. Risking life and limb for people...other than yourself...loving...it's all pointless. Nothing means anything here. It is only misery. You...Zelda...the king, queen, everyone you know, everyone you love and hate and consider a friend, are all part of our own amusement. You're just here for us to watch as you struggle and suffer in your own misery and desperation, like ever other mortal on this wretched place."
"No! No, that's not true!"
"It most certainly is...you are nothing but a pawn, put here for our own amusement. We've been watching you this entire time, filled with hope that you could actually help...ha! We wouldn't let anything happen. We made sure of it."
"You're not goddesses! You're demons!"
"Oh, we're goddesses, all right. But those stories you've heard about us creating the earth? We started those. We didn't really create the earth, our father did."
"Your father?" asked Link.
"Yes...well, we'll give ourselves some credit and say we redid it all. See, our father created the earth and its inhabitants, but he didn't govern very well and he didn't oversee things. So he created us to rule the realms of this earth for him. He gave us all of his godly powers, so we redid the earth to our liking and then fought him for supreme reign. Sharing powers, it was a matched fight...but there were three of us and only one of him. Of course, that wasn't enough..."
"We were evenly matched, and the three of us in separation couldn't defeat him. But, together..."
"We could be more powerful than him! And we conquered him. We are the supreme rules of the universe, and he is nothing but a peasant to us."
"So..." Link said, "this was...it's...life is...all a lie?"
"That's about right. Everything you've ever believed in...it was all a lie. And it will end now."
"You three like a good show...so...why not...well, uh..." Link stammered.
"Spit it out, so we can finish you off. You're getting boring."
Link continued, "I'll take you on. You can't do this!" He finally got it out.
The three goddesses laughed. "You think you can take us? Ha, ha, ha. Check this out." The goddesses rose into the air, and then glowed brightly. It was all Link could do to shield his eyes as it got brighter and brighter, then suddenly the brightness stopped, and standing directly in front of his was the most terrible creature he had ever seen. He couldn't imagine how such, as it was thought, loving goddesses could look so terrible; it's hair was a strange, glowing mixture of red, green, and blue; it's skin was a sickening yellowish color; it had a long, wooly black robe on that covered it's entire body from the base of the head to it's feet, which had sharp, curved toes, just like it's hands and fingers. When it spoke, it made Link want to run away and cut off his ears, because the sound was so terrible and so unbearable to hear he didn't want to think it belonged to the goddesses he loved and worshipped all of his life. "How do you like this?" It said, and it laughed a terrible, screechy laugh that sounded like nothing Link had ever heard.
"You're right. We like a good show," it said to Link. "So you may have time to gather as many warriors as you can to fight against us. See what you can do! We dare you! We'd like to see what you've gathered by then...we'll see. Who will believe you? Preach against us; we'd like to see what'll happen to you. Maybe if you get some believers...we'd like to see what we do to you. You may have three days. Go!" And the beast of a goddess disappeared with another blinding flash, leaving Link on the ground, dumbstruck.
"You see, Link?" said a harsh voice behind him. He turned around.
The goddesses stood there glaring at him.
"Do you see now, what we were trying to tell you?" Which goddess was that? They looked the same, suddenly; their voices sounded the same, too.
"N-no," Link said warily.
"Link..." said one of the goddesses, "living for people is pointless. Risking life and limb for people...other than yourself...loving...it's all pointless. Nothing means anything here. It is only misery. You...Zelda...the king, queen, everyone you know, everyone you love and hate and consider a friend, are all part of our own amusement. You're just here for us to watch as you struggle and suffer in your own misery and desperation, like ever other mortal on this wretched place."
"No! No, that's not true!"
"It most certainly is...you are nothing but a pawn, put here for our own amusement. We've been watching you this entire time, filled with hope that you could actually help...ha! We wouldn't let anything happen. We made sure of it."
"You're not goddesses! You're demons!"
"Oh, we're goddesses, all right. But those stories you've heard about us creating the earth? We started those. We didn't really create the earth, our father did."
"Your father?" asked Link.
"Yes...well, we'll give ourselves some credit and say we redid it all. See, our father created the earth and its inhabitants, but he didn't govern very well and he didn't oversee things. So he created us to rule the realms of this earth for him. He gave us all of his godly powers, so we redid the earth to our liking and then fought him for supreme reign. Sharing powers, it was a matched fight...but there were three of us and only one of him. Of course, that wasn't enough..."
"We were evenly matched, and the three of us in separation couldn't defeat him. But, together..."
"We could be more powerful than him! And we conquered him. We are the supreme rules of the universe, and he is nothing but a peasant to us."
"So..." Link said, "this was...it's...life is...all a lie?"
"That's about right. Everything you've ever believed in...it was all a lie. And it will end now."
"You three like a good show...so...why not...well, uh..." Link stammered.
"Spit it out, so we can finish you off. You're getting boring."
Link continued, "I'll take you on. You can't do this!" He finally got it out.
The three goddesses laughed. "You think you can take us? Ha, ha, ha. Check this out." The goddesses rose into the air, and then glowed brightly. It was all Link could do to shield his eyes as it got brighter and brighter, then suddenly the brightness stopped, and standing directly in front of his was the most terrible creature he had ever seen. He couldn't imagine how such, as it was thought, loving goddesses could look so terrible; it's hair was a strange, glowing mixture of red, green, and blue; it's skin was a sickening yellowish color; it had a long, wooly black robe on that covered it's entire body from the base of the head to it's feet, which had sharp, curved toes, just like it's hands and fingers. When it spoke, it made Link want to run away and cut off his ears, because the sound was so terrible and so unbearable to hear he didn't want to think it belonged to the goddesses he loved and worshipped all of his life. "How do you like this?" It said, and it laughed a terrible, screechy laugh that sounded like nothing Link had ever heard.
"You're right. We like a good show," it said to Link. "So you may have time to gather as many warriors as you can to fight against us. See what you can do! We dare you! We'd like to see what you've gathered by then...we'll see. Who will believe you? Preach against us; we'd like to see what'll happen to you. Maybe if you get some believers...we'd like to see what we do to you. You may have three days. Go!" And the beast of a goddess disappeared with another blinding flash, leaving Link on the ground, dumbstruck.