Sorry this chapter took a while. . .
it was the end of school and we had got all of this crappy stuff to do and it really took up my time…
Oh and don't forget that it's the holidays now… so I might be a little busy but I'll try my best!! ^.^;;
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Didn't Know Till Then
Chapter 6
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Malon looked at the other sages. ~ Geez I hate not knowing what's going to happen next. Everyone else knows except for me… Why don't I know? Why can't I be as strong everybody else? Well at least I know one thing; some one is going to die.
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Malon awoke to the sound of someone humming a familiar song.
She sat up, she was nowhere… The space around her was black, just black, there was nothing there except for the other person who was humming. It wasn't dark because she could see her hand and body but she couldn't see into the distance because everywhere else was black.
Malon turned to the person humming. As she expected it was her mother.
"Ma? Why are you here? What happened? I thought you didn't want to see me after you gave me your necklace."
Tamako turned to look at her daughter; her azure blue eyes were unusually bright due to the presence of tears. She smiled and took a few steps forward, her arms out, asking for a hug.
Malon closed the space in between them by rushing forward, wanting nothing more than to hug the person she had missed for so long.
As she hugged her mother she was reminded of the day she died.
She felt tears form in her eyes and hugged her mother tighter.
Tamako pushed her daughter away and smiled, but unlike the other smiles Malon had seen her mother wear this one was unhappy.
"Malon, I think I should tell you something. I know about the battle that is going on, all of us do, the spirits in the Land of the Gone (where the dead spirits go) and the spirits in the Land of the Are (where the alive spirits are) know what is going on and they are all hoping that the good will overcome the evil.
I gave you my necklace; it has been passed down for many generations and has never been used before. You see skystone is a stone that grants the greatest desire of the person who bears it, but if the person's greatest desire is achievable by normal means of trying harder the stone will not grant it.
If the desire is not achievable by normal means the skystone will grant the wish, but in order for the wish to be granted the skystone requires a sacrifice, a living sacrifice, the sacrifice can be anyone who does not mind giving up their life for the wish, it can be the bearer or another. Skystone is powerful and it can be dangerous so I want you to make sure that you are VERY careful."
"But why are you telling me this?" Malon looked at her mother, what was she trying to say? Who was going to die? Link? Zelda? The other Sages…?
"I have seen what will happen but I will not tell you what the outcome is, it could change. From what I see you will use the skystone and a very important life will be lost. I just want you to be careful with the life that will be sacrificed, it will be very important to you."
"Ma! Don't tell me you're going now! Please don't go!"
"I am very sorry Malon, I hope you'll understand what I said."
"MA!"
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~ Then just like she was gone. And I woke up and I was told that I had fainted. I wonder what she meant? And I really want to know whose going to die! Why didn't she just tell me? ~
Malon sighed and sat down on her special platform. She was confused and she needed time to think, but with Link being so risky with his life she didn't have time to think, just time to worry.
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Link had been sitting down on the remains of the castle until there was a deep rumbling noise.
Zelda looked around for what had created the noise. "What was that? Link go check what it is please!"
As much as Link hated to be ordered around he knew he had no choice but to listen to her.
He unsheathed his sword, what if Ganondorf was alive? ~Why can't he just give up and die already?~
Link grumbled as he walked towards a fallen column. But just as he was about to move it out the way to see what had caused the noise it exploded and Link was thrown backwards.
Link watched in horror as Ganondorf burst out of the ground, he was breathing heavily and his eyes were glowing with some strange light. He screamed in anger when he saw Link standing in front of him.
Link tried to get away but fear gripped him and made his stay still. Zelda shouted for him to move but he couldn't. Just as he was about to start running, a ring of fire isolated him and Ganondorf from Zelda. He swore under his breath, Ganondorf wasn't dead, he was still pretty strong.
Ganondorf began to change, his body grew bigger and his head changed shaped. Two curled horns protruded from his temples. Two weapons appeared in his hands and he began to wave them about (A/N Okay so I suck at describing things but just work with me here! ^.^;;) Link watched as one of them headed towards his head. He pulled out his sword in order to stop it but Ganon's strength was too much. The next thing he knew was that the Master Sword had been flung out of his grip and it landed in the ground in front of Zelda.
Navi who had been hovering above Link's shoulder flew directly in front of Link's face and turned towards him… "There's no way he's going to hold me back again…. This time we fight together!"
Despite Navi's encouraging words Link couldn't believe what had just happened. ~What am I going to do now?~
Swiftly he rolled to the side as Ganon struck the place where he had been standing a few seconds before. He winced as he saw that there was a small crater that had been created by the force of the blow.
~Ok…I'm in trouble now…~
Link kept on dodging attacks while trying to think of a strategy to defeat Ganon. He pulled out his hookshot and fired it towards Ganon's chest. Unfortunately it bounced off not even scratching his armour. Link swore under his breath while thoughts were racing through his mind.
~What is his weak spot? I've noticed that the behind of most enemies is their unguarded side, and since he's not turning around I'll bet that his rear is his weakness!~ Link grabbed out his hookshot, he waited for Ganon to lunge forward for an attack. Just when he was about to strike Link rolled forward through his legs; he jumped back a few paces and then used his hookshot to strike the first part of Ganon's body he could see; the tail.
When Ganon roared in agony and whirled around, Link smiled grimly, he now knew the weakness of the new and improved King of Evil. Now all he had to do was to repeat what he had done before.
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Malon wiped the sweat from her face, hoping that no one had noticed. ~Oh thank the goddesses he didn't get hurt. I was so scared when he flew at Ganon like that, I thought he was going to get hurt for sure. Just like that time when…~
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It had been a very boring day, there were black storm clouds in the sky; warning them of a possible thunderstorm although it was already raining. The animals had all been tended to and Malon was alone at home. Her father and Mr. Ingo had gone off to deliver some milk to a neighbouring country.
Malon sighed as she lay on her bed, she rolled over onto her back and looked out of the skylight, watching the rain gently fall on the window. She yawned and was put to sleep by the gentle beating sound of rain on glass.
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Malon woke up abruptly, something was not right. She had no idea what time it was but for some reason she had a feeling that someone was outside. She got up and scampered down the stairs, ~Why am I in such a hurry? I mean it's not like there's going to be anyone outside at this time of the night~
She checked the clock that was next to the door. It was 10 pm. She shrugged and opened the door and gasped in surprise.
There stood Epona, she was pawing and neighing nervously as though something was wrong.
Malon noticed that she was shivering and was covered in rain. Hurriedly Malon stepped outside not worried about getting wet, she grabbed Epona's reins and pulled her towards the stable, trying to get her to shelter.
But the moment Epona took a step towards the stable the unnoticed unconscious form on her back slipped off and fell in the mud. Malon turned and around and almost fainted.
The unconscious person was Link; he was lying on the ground covered with various wounds. There was a huge bruise on his cheek Malon winced at the sight of it, slowly she half dragged half carried the unconscious man into the house and onto the sofa.
Turning around she once again stepped into the rain and she ushered Epona into the stables; when the horse had settled down she returned to the house to find Link semi conscious.
"Where am I?…Epona must've brought me …smart horse…" his sentences didn't make sense and after saying a few more similar things he once again fell unconscious. Malon sighed and got out her father's medical supplies, he had kept the supplies for various accidents he had had with the animals (especially the Cuccos ^.^).
Malon noticed that his body tensed when she touched his chest, he must've been injured there as well. She pulled of his tunic only to see more cuts and bruises on his side there was a large gash running from his shoulder to his hip. She poured alcohol over the cut and was glad that Link was unconscious; if he were awake he probably would have screamed until he had no voice left. Slowly she poured a healing potion over it and watched as it healed, but unfortunately a scar remained.
Hurriedly but carefully she put a cleansing potion on all of his cuts so they wouldn't get infected. She then poured a healing potion over them and they cuts shrank until nothing but healthy skin was left.
For the bruises she placed ice on them until the swelling had gone down and when the swelling had disappeared she grabbed another potion; this one was for bruises, she used a cloth and dabbed the potion over the bruises and rubbed it in. She then got out a blanket and placed it over him, the bruises took a bit longer than cuts to heal.
She pulled up a chair and watched him as he "slept".
~What has he done now? He's always getting hurt, I told him that he should see a proper healer after each battle, he told me about some Great Fairy who healed him, why didn't he got to her? I'm not a proper healer, I don't even have any magic! So why does he come to me?~
"That's because he trusts you so much," spoke an unnoticed person.
Malon turned around to see Navi hovering a few feet above Link.
"What? Do fairies read thoughts?"
"Not really, but it's something similar."
"So Link trusts me?"
"Yeah, you're like one of the only people he trusts, he trusts other's but you're the only person who hasn't changed since we came to the future, you still act the same, everyone else has either grown up or become a Sage or something similar. You are still Malon, still the same."
"Are you calling me immature?"
"Yeah….I guess she is." Malon jumped up and rushed to Link's side.
"Are you feeling better?" She pulled off the blanket, he still had some bruises but all of the more painful ones were gone.
"Much better, thanks to you Malon," He smiled at her and she began to blush furiously.
Navi who had been hovering over Link's nose worriedly began to glow extra brightly.
"Do you feel better now?" asked the fairy.
"Yeah, I do, I feel much better. . . Do you heal as well? Do all fairies heal people?"
"Not all fairies do, but the Great Deku Tree taught me how…that's how I know."
Navi looked at both Link and Malon, she noticed how they were both looking at the ground and occasionally they'd look at each other, then they'd look at Navi. Navi smiled and spoke to them both. "I think that I'll go upstairs so that I can save my energy for the guerudos. (A/N I think I spelt that wrong…^.^;;)
"Why did you get hurt so bad? Was it the guerudos?" she asked hesitantly in case he didn't want to talk about it.
"Yeah. . . I was trying to save these stupid carpenters who got themselves captured by the thieves. I was about to save the last one when of the gang leaders attacked me I thought I could hold her off but she called for help and then all of the guards came and they attacked me.
Navi teleported me to where Epona was, she was nearby, I had tied her up at the carpenters tent and I asked one of the guys there to lift me onto Epona. Then I told Epona to go to a place where I could get fixed up, I think I might've lost consciousness on the way."
"Now what are you going to do?"
"Well I have to go back and save that guy. Then I'll have to deal with the guerudos again. I'll leave tomorrow morning." He tried to get up but his legs disappointed him,
Malon stood up and glared at Link. "You are NOT leaving in the morning, you need more rest than this and you'll leave the day AFTER tomorrow."
Link couldn't argue with an angry Malon. "Ok," was his meek reply.
Malon smiled and sat back down, "That's good, now that that's settled, are you feeling hungry? Do you want anything to eat?"
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Malon watched as Link struck Ganon again for the umpteenth time. But this time as Ganon reared up he fell forward flat on his face.
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The wall of fire disappeared ~He's been weakened badly~
Link heard Zelda call out his name. "Link! Hurry! The master sword is here. . . Hurry and destroy Ganon with the sacred sword."
Link ran as fast as he could, ignoring all of the pain and stress he was causing the already hurt muscles in his legs and arms. He pulled out the sword and felt a red hot flame burn into his back. He saw the ring of fire reappear and pull him in. Ganon had regained his strength and was already heading towards him, a look of vengeance shining his glowing eyes.
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I tried to make this chapter long to make up for the lack of updates.
*Bursts into tears* This story is almost finished, just a couple more chapters to go. . .
But then I have to write a sequel. . . *cackles evilly* I've already worked out a storyline. . .
Oh yeah please review. . .
