Chapter Two: Time to Go
This couldn't have been right. What could possibly be threatening Hyrule? Ganondorf is permanently sealed away! Maybe my 'future self' was wrong, and I won't get a premonition. This was too much information, especially when it's about one's death. Zelda shook me. I snapped out of my trance and gasped loudly.
"Link, is something wrong?" Should I tell her? If I was going to die in a few days, she probably had the right to know. Yes, I should tell her
" ... No, of course not, Zelda. Everything's fine." Liar. Sure everything was fine. Except the fact that I'm going to die tomorrow.
"Are you sure? You know you can tell me anything." I wanted to tell her. She could probably help me.
"No, seriously, everything's fine. Let's just go to bed." I put my arm around her and walked up to the room.
The next morning, I was very jumpy. When I woke up, I almost punched Zelda. At breakfast, I had no patience. No one could say a word to me without being yelled at. When I made it to my office, I locked the door so no one would bother me, and buried myself in work. But just as luck may have it, Angelous thundered in. "Can't I get one minute to myself, please?!" Angelous didn't change his expression.
"Link, I suggest you choose your words more thoroughly, especially to people who can hurt you." I sighed and rubbed my face.
"Sorry, Angelous, it's just ... forget it." Angelous moved closer to my desk.
"Link, usually, when you have something on your mind, it usually turns out to be important. What is it?" I looked at Angelous' eyes. Even though I knew that he'd never do anything to hurt me, just looking in his eyes struck an uneasy feeling in me. Possibly because his psychic feeling was a little bit heavy, but not a lot.
"Well, it's just, last night, this ... vision, I guess you can call it, stood in front of me." Angelous stared at me. He knew I got premonitions, but never before has one 'stood in front of me'.
"It stood in front of you?"
"Well, it was ... Angelous, a war is coming."
"I know."
"How do you know?" Angelous sighed and pointed to himself.
"God of War." I rolled my eyes and shrugged. "So, what do you want to do about it?" I looked at him. This was a question that I needed time to think about. But, what was there to think about? If I died in that war, then I'd save Zelda and Cody. If I survive the war, Zelda and Cody die. I didn't know what to do. The person I saw last night could have been a dream. After all, I didn't get the premonition yet.
"... I want to enter it." Angelous just stared
"You realize the risk involved, right?" I nodded.
"Yes. And I wanna –"Just then, I received the premonition that I was warned about. I died. I didn't see how, all I knew is, is that I died. "I want to take that chance ..." Angelous nodded. He knew that once my mind is made up, there was no changing it. I started gathering my things.
"I'm going to go visit Mother and Pipes for a little while."
"Link, you act as if it were your last day on earth." He chuckled. I stopped in the doorway and looked at him.
"It's ironic that you said that."
"It was a joke, Link."
"Right ... "Then I left.
It didn't take me long to reach the mansion. Pipes was the Mayer of Market City, so my family is rich. Not as rich as the royal family, or even my father, but pretty rich. And it spoiled my half – sister, Aryll all the more. I got up all the way to the front door. I remember being in this front yard, hanging out with Shawn and Zelda. The three of us were inseparable. Shawn lived next door. He wasn't rich like my step – dad, but his dad did own a store in Market City. I rang the doorbell, and my old friend answered the door. Believe it or not, it was Navi. Navi was a servant for my family she was a staff member at the mansion. She joined the staff as soon as I moved in. She used to take care of me all the time. Now, I guess you could say that she's Aryll's problem.
"Link! It's so good to see you! How have you been?"
"I'm doing good, Navi. Where's Mother?"
"Oh, she's around. Come in and sit in one of the living rooms. I'll go find her!" Then she flew off. I walked inside the mansion. It had three floors to it. If it had two more floors, and about a few more stare cases, and extra rooms, it could be another castle. I looked all over the place. Everything was exactly how I remembered it. The spiral stair case right next to the door went all the way to the balcony of the second floor, which after the balcony, you couldn't see much of because of the wall. The main living room was filled with the same furniture in the same position it was in when I moved out. I had a lot of memories in that house. I looked over to the parlor and noticed that the stain where Shawn slid after attempting to give one of my 'pets' a bath, and bumped his head right into the solid, oak wooden book case. The dent was still there. I giggled at that sight. Just then, I felt a light presence. I knew this presence all too well. I argued with this presence every chance I got when I was a teenager. I heard her tiny, sweet voice call my name.
"Link!" I turned around. It was Aryll. I smiled and we hugged for about five minutes. Aryll was twelve years old, just like Kaya, and still had her hair up in pig tails. She calls it her trademark. She had the same golden blonde color hair that Mother and I had, but she had Pipes' light blue eyes. "I missed you!"
"I missed you too!"
"So, life in the castle got boring, and you came crawling back to mom and dad, or Zelda kicked you out, and you came crawling back to mom and dad?" Aryll joked. I gave her a noogie.
"First of all, Air – head, no one likes a mock multiple choice. And there for, there will be no second of all." I countered. Aryll and I hugged again. Just thinking that I may never have the chance to do this with my baby sister ever again was eating me inside. But I didn't show it. Just then, my mother entered the room.
"Link! Baby, you're home!" Mother wrapped her arms around me and hugged me like I left Hyrule for a year ... again. Mother had the same sapphire blue eyes I did, and the same golden blonde hair that Aryll and I both had, that came down a few inches past her shoulder length. "I'm so glad to see you!"
"You have no idea how happy I am to see you." Since I moved out of Kokiri Village and into the mansion, Mother and I have had a special relationship. She spent four years in a coma, and after thinking she'd never see either me or Angelous again, she decided to start her life over. That's when she met Pipes. A few years after they were married, they had Aryll. While I was going around and freeing those sages, with some special friends of mine, we stumbled across my family in Kakoriko. First, I met Pipes. He told me that his wife had a son long ago, and if he were still alive, he'd be my age. When my mother came home, she found me. It was maternal instinct. She knew I was her son. And Pipes was delighted to adopt me as a step – son. I have to admit, I have a better relationship with Pipes then I do with Angelous. Mother, Aryll and I talked for almost four hours. I liked it. I'm not much for talking, especially to my in – laws. About the only two people that can make me express myself are Zelda and my mother.
Later, that night, I knew I had to tell Zelda that I had to go to war. I just wondered how she'd take it. When I got home, she was snuggling with Cody. Cody and Zelda are very close, just like I am with my mother. I'll never be able to see them again. Thinking about this made me want to just go and get it over with, but I knew that in order to save them, I had to die honorably, and not suicide. I shimmered myself into my room before Zelda had the chance to see me.
About an hour later, Zelda had put Cody in his bed and came to our room. "Link! You startled me." I didn't say anything. I stood there waiting for her to say something else. "Why are you so sad, Darling?" I looked at her. I could tell that she wanted an answer. If I didn't answer her, she'd just dig it out of me. I took her hand and led her to our bed. I sighed a deep long sigh.
"Zelda, I have to go into a war that is coming." Zelda just stared at me. I think she thought there was nothing to fear because as a general, I enter battles all the time and nothing happens. But this was different. This had fate written all over it.
"Okay, and then what?"
"No, you don't understand, Zellie ... I ... I might not be coming back ... "
"What do you mean?"
"... Nothing. Just ... I have to go, and ... you may never see me again."
"Link, that's crazy talk."
"Believe what you want, Zelda." I told her. She was getting nothing out of this conversation, so we decided to go to bed instead.
The next morning, everyone was there to see me off. They didn't understand why after all the times I've gone into battle, that I wanted them to be there now. First my mother hugged me, then Aryll, then I said good – bye to Pipes, and Harold, and I hugged Hilda and Kaya. I looked over at Cody and swept him in my arms. I think if I hugged him any tighter, he would have sprung a leak! Cody looked like he didn't want to let go. "I love you, Dad." Those words made me want to just say 'screw destiny! I'm stayin' home!' But then I remembered what would happen if I did stay home.
"I love you too, Cody." I looked over at Zelda. She had more tears in her eyes then my mother did. I walked over to her and drew her into a deep kiss. She didn't fight it. Looking back, I think that had not our families been standing there, we would have gone to a different base.
"Link ... "Angelous said. But I didn't hear him. I was too wrapped up in the kiss. "Link ... "He said again. Zelda and I felt our kiss grow deeper. We didn't want to be taken away from each other. Just those few moments of kissing was enough to spark our passion all over again. LINK!" He finally yelled. I removed my mouth from Zelda's and looked at him. "It's time to go, Romeo." I looked at Zelda again and rubbed away her tears with my hand.
"You're too beautiful to be crying."
"I don't want to lose you ... "I honestly couldn't promise her that I'd come back.
"Just remember one thing. I love you and Cody so much, that I would fight in order to save your lives."
"I love you, Link ... "
"I love you too ..." With that, Angelous and I were gone.
The battle was fierce. It was a cold, rainy battle. The monsters we fought were mostly moblins and stalfos. I wondered how they could still be around when Ganondorf was gone. Most of the soldiers were badly injured. None of them were dead, but they were too weak to fight. I was about to collaps myself. I killed one stalfos, and the god only knows where or what Angelous was doing. I was close to passing out when I saw a tall figure. This figure had a very heavy feeling. This feeling was Ganondorf! But ... it wasn't possible! How could he escape from under the surface?!
"Surprised to see me, Kid?" It was like he was reading my mind. But he doesn't have psychic powers, except for taking control of people.
"What ... are you ... doing here?!"
"When you and your father, and his sister trapped me, you forgot to strip me of my powers. I used them to crack open the viod, and return to the Dark World surface. Now that I'm back, I can finally get revenge on you. Say good – night, Link!" This was it! I knew it was coming! Ganondorf gathered up all the energy he could and sent the energy flying to me. To make sure that I wouldn't survive, he stuck his sword right through me. Then, everything went black ...
To Be Continued ...
This couldn't have been right. What could possibly be threatening Hyrule? Ganondorf is permanently sealed away! Maybe my 'future self' was wrong, and I won't get a premonition. This was too much information, especially when it's about one's death. Zelda shook me. I snapped out of my trance and gasped loudly.
"Link, is something wrong?" Should I tell her? If I was going to die in a few days, she probably had the right to know. Yes, I should tell her
" ... No, of course not, Zelda. Everything's fine." Liar. Sure everything was fine. Except the fact that I'm going to die tomorrow.
"Are you sure? You know you can tell me anything." I wanted to tell her. She could probably help me.
"No, seriously, everything's fine. Let's just go to bed." I put my arm around her and walked up to the room.
The next morning, I was very jumpy. When I woke up, I almost punched Zelda. At breakfast, I had no patience. No one could say a word to me without being yelled at. When I made it to my office, I locked the door so no one would bother me, and buried myself in work. But just as luck may have it, Angelous thundered in. "Can't I get one minute to myself, please?!" Angelous didn't change his expression.
"Link, I suggest you choose your words more thoroughly, especially to people who can hurt you." I sighed and rubbed my face.
"Sorry, Angelous, it's just ... forget it." Angelous moved closer to my desk.
"Link, usually, when you have something on your mind, it usually turns out to be important. What is it?" I looked at Angelous' eyes. Even though I knew that he'd never do anything to hurt me, just looking in his eyes struck an uneasy feeling in me. Possibly because his psychic feeling was a little bit heavy, but not a lot.
"Well, it's just, last night, this ... vision, I guess you can call it, stood in front of me." Angelous stared at me. He knew I got premonitions, but never before has one 'stood in front of me'.
"It stood in front of you?"
"Well, it was ... Angelous, a war is coming."
"I know."
"How do you know?" Angelous sighed and pointed to himself.
"God of War." I rolled my eyes and shrugged. "So, what do you want to do about it?" I looked at him. This was a question that I needed time to think about. But, what was there to think about? If I died in that war, then I'd save Zelda and Cody. If I survive the war, Zelda and Cody die. I didn't know what to do. The person I saw last night could have been a dream. After all, I didn't get the premonition yet.
"... I want to enter it." Angelous just stared
"You realize the risk involved, right?" I nodded.
"Yes. And I wanna –"Just then, I received the premonition that I was warned about. I died. I didn't see how, all I knew is, is that I died. "I want to take that chance ..." Angelous nodded. He knew that once my mind is made up, there was no changing it. I started gathering my things.
"I'm going to go visit Mother and Pipes for a little while."
"Link, you act as if it were your last day on earth." He chuckled. I stopped in the doorway and looked at him.
"It's ironic that you said that."
"It was a joke, Link."
"Right ... "Then I left.
It didn't take me long to reach the mansion. Pipes was the Mayer of Market City, so my family is rich. Not as rich as the royal family, or even my father, but pretty rich. And it spoiled my half – sister, Aryll all the more. I got up all the way to the front door. I remember being in this front yard, hanging out with Shawn and Zelda. The three of us were inseparable. Shawn lived next door. He wasn't rich like my step – dad, but his dad did own a store in Market City. I rang the doorbell, and my old friend answered the door. Believe it or not, it was Navi. Navi was a servant for my family she was a staff member at the mansion. She joined the staff as soon as I moved in. She used to take care of me all the time. Now, I guess you could say that she's Aryll's problem.
"Link! It's so good to see you! How have you been?"
"I'm doing good, Navi. Where's Mother?"
"Oh, she's around. Come in and sit in one of the living rooms. I'll go find her!" Then she flew off. I walked inside the mansion. It had three floors to it. If it had two more floors, and about a few more stare cases, and extra rooms, it could be another castle. I looked all over the place. Everything was exactly how I remembered it. The spiral stair case right next to the door went all the way to the balcony of the second floor, which after the balcony, you couldn't see much of because of the wall. The main living room was filled with the same furniture in the same position it was in when I moved out. I had a lot of memories in that house. I looked over to the parlor and noticed that the stain where Shawn slid after attempting to give one of my 'pets' a bath, and bumped his head right into the solid, oak wooden book case. The dent was still there. I giggled at that sight. Just then, I felt a light presence. I knew this presence all too well. I argued with this presence every chance I got when I was a teenager. I heard her tiny, sweet voice call my name.
"Link!" I turned around. It was Aryll. I smiled and we hugged for about five minutes. Aryll was twelve years old, just like Kaya, and still had her hair up in pig tails. She calls it her trademark. She had the same golden blonde color hair that Mother and I had, but she had Pipes' light blue eyes. "I missed you!"
"I missed you too!"
"So, life in the castle got boring, and you came crawling back to mom and dad, or Zelda kicked you out, and you came crawling back to mom and dad?" Aryll joked. I gave her a noogie.
"First of all, Air – head, no one likes a mock multiple choice. And there for, there will be no second of all." I countered. Aryll and I hugged again. Just thinking that I may never have the chance to do this with my baby sister ever again was eating me inside. But I didn't show it. Just then, my mother entered the room.
"Link! Baby, you're home!" Mother wrapped her arms around me and hugged me like I left Hyrule for a year ... again. Mother had the same sapphire blue eyes I did, and the same golden blonde hair that Aryll and I both had, that came down a few inches past her shoulder length. "I'm so glad to see you!"
"You have no idea how happy I am to see you." Since I moved out of Kokiri Village and into the mansion, Mother and I have had a special relationship. She spent four years in a coma, and after thinking she'd never see either me or Angelous again, she decided to start her life over. That's when she met Pipes. A few years after they were married, they had Aryll. While I was going around and freeing those sages, with some special friends of mine, we stumbled across my family in Kakoriko. First, I met Pipes. He told me that his wife had a son long ago, and if he were still alive, he'd be my age. When my mother came home, she found me. It was maternal instinct. She knew I was her son. And Pipes was delighted to adopt me as a step – son. I have to admit, I have a better relationship with Pipes then I do with Angelous. Mother, Aryll and I talked for almost four hours. I liked it. I'm not much for talking, especially to my in – laws. About the only two people that can make me express myself are Zelda and my mother.
Later, that night, I knew I had to tell Zelda that I had to go to war. I just wondered how she'd take it. When I got home, she was snuggling with Cody. Cody and Zelda are very close, just like I am with my mother. I'll never be able to see them again. Thinking about this made me want to just go and get it over with, but I knew that in order to save them, I had to die honorably, and not suicide. I shimmered myself into my room before Zelda had the chance to see me.
About an hour later, Zelda had put Cody in his bed and came to our room. "Link! You startled me." I didn't say anything. I stood there waiting for her to say something else. "Why are you so sad, Darling?" I looked at her. I could tell that she wanted an answer. If I didn't answer her, she'd just dig it out of me. I took her hand and led her to our bed. I sighed a deep long sigh.
"Zelda, I have to go into a war that is coming." Zelda just stared at me. I think she thought there was nothing to fear because as a general, I enter battles all the time and nothing happens. But this was different. This had fate written all over it.
"Okay, and then what?"
"No, you don't understand, Zellie ... I ... I might not be coming back ... "
"What do you mean?"
"... Nothing. Just ... I have to go, and ... you may never see me again."
"Link, that's crazy talk."
"Believe what you want, Zelda." I told her. She was getting nothing out of this conversation, so we decided to go to bed instead.
The next morning, everyone was there to see me off. They didn't understand why after all the times I've gone into battle, that I wanted them to be there now. First my mother hugged me, then Aryll, then I said good – bye to Pipes, and Harold, and I hugged Hilda and Kaya. I looked over at Cody and swept him in my arms. I think if I hugged him any tighter, he would have sprung a leak! Cody looked like he didn't want to let go. "I love you, Dad." Those words made me want to just say 'screw destiny! I'm stayin' home!' But then I remembered what would happen if I did stay home.
"I love you too, Cody." I looked over at Zelda. She had more tears in her eyes then my mother did. I walked over to her and drew her into a deep kiss. She didn't fight it. Looking back, I think that had not our families been standing there, we would have gone to a different base.
"Link ... "Angelous said. But I didn't hear him. I was too wrapped up in the kiss. "Link ... "He said again. Zelda and I felt our kiss grow deeper. We didn't want to be taken away from each other. Just those few moments of kissing was enough to spark our passion all over again. LINK!" He finally yelled. I removed my mouth from Zelda's and looked at him. "It's time to go, Romeo." I looked at Zelda again and rubbed away her tears with my hand.
"You're too beautiful to be crying."
"I don't want to lose you ... "I honestly couldn't promise her that I'd come back.
"Just remember one thing. I love you and Cody so much, that I would fight in order to save your lives."
"I love you, Link ... "
"I love you too ..." With that, Angelous and I were gone.
The battle was fierce. It was a cold, rainy battle. The monsters we fought were mostly moblins and stalfos. I wondered how they could still be around when Ganondorf was gone. Most of the soldiers were badly injured. None of them were dead, but they were too weak to fight. I was about to collaps myself. I killed one stalfos, and the god only knows where or what Angelous was doing. I was close to passing out when I saw a tall figure. This figure had a very heavy feeling. This feeling was Ganondorf! But ... it wasn't possible! How could he escape from under the surface?!
"Surprised to see me, Kid?" It was like he was reading my mind. But he doesn't have psychic powers, except for taking control of people.
"What ... are you ... doing here?!"
"When you and your father, and his sister trapped me, you forgot to strip me of my powers. I used them to crack open the viod, and return to the Dark World surface. Now that I'm back, I can finally get revenge on you. Say good – night, Link!" This was it! I knew it was coming! Ganondorf gathered up all the energy he could and sent the energy flying to me. To make sure that I wouldn't survive, he stuck his sword right through me. Then, everything went black ...
To Be Continued ...