Note: I've used some of the creatures from Windwaker in this chapter.
Chapter 5: Path to the Dungeons
The only thing Link could think of as he and Sarah ran towards Hyrule Castle was that this was sure to not be very easy. It was one thing to fight other students when he was becoming a knight, but fighting five of the greatest evils of all time? He didn't think it would be possible, but he had to try.
Sarah was thinking pretty much along the same lines. Even with half the Triforce of Courage each, she didn't think it would be possible for both of them to even survive this. But the sages, and all of Hyrule, were counting on them. They couldn't screw this up.
They ran down the stairs as fast as they could. When they reached the drawbridge, Link noticed someone walking from Hyrule Castle. He grabbed his sister and pulled her into the river, hiding them from the person's view. There was no way to know if that person was one of the great evils.
When the unknown person had passed, Link and Sarah climbed back out of the river and continued on toward the castle. When they got there, an unpleasant sight caught their eyes. It was a sight no one would like to see. Death, destruction, blood, gore. It was enough to make someone sick.
As soon as they entered the castle, a deku nut flew right at them. They dodged it, but then three more hit them. The worst thing was, they couldn't even tell where the nuts were coming from. The hallways were unlit, causing darkness to reign supreme.
But they could still bounce the nuts back where they had come from. They both raised their shields as another wave of deku nuts flew towards them. They hit, and bounced, and a little while later, a four squeaks were heard in the dark hallway.
By this time, Link and Sarah's eyes had adjusted enough to the darkness so that they could see the movement of the deku scrubs in the hallway. They ran into the darkness and attacked the scrubs, killing them in one slash of the sword.
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"Master, we've got an intruder," an iron knuckle said to the Black Knight.
"Get rid of them," the Black Knight responded. And bring their severed heads to me."
"Yes sir!"
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Link and Sarah had been walking around for about three minutes before they realized they were being followed. They didn't see the person; it was more like they sensed them. But when they looked around, there was no one there. The darkness may have consumed the form of anything in the hallways, but their eyes had adjusted so that they could have seen anyone.
"Do we even know where we are going?" Link asked, so as not to alert the presence that they knew they were being followed.
"Not at all," Sarah said. She had caught on to Link's bluff almost instantly.
"Do you think you can find the dungeon?"
"Well, the sages said the princess had the Triforce of Wisdom, so maybe we could use our pieces of the Triforce of Courage to find it."
"Maybe, but how would we do that?"
"I guess, just focus on finding the Triforce of Wisdom."
And that they did. The Triforce half in both their hands lit up as they focused it. In no time, they had found the stairs to the dungeons. There was just one problem. There was something in front of it. Several somethings. As Link and Sarah moved closer to them, they began to move.
Torches in the room lit themselves, one by one, brightening the room enough to be able to see what they were up against. Coming towards them were five red darknuts, all brandishing a large sword.
Link and Sarah drew their swords and shields. This was going to be one heck of a fight. Link had been trained to fight darknuts when he was training to become a knight, but he had forgotten to teach his sister about them. He wasn't sure she was ready for a fight of this enormity, but against five mighty darknuts, he was going to need help.
"Try to cut their armor away from them," Link told his sister.
"And just how am I supposed to do that?" Sarah responded.
"Just follow my lead."
Link ran toward the closest darknut. It poised itself to swing its blade, but Link never gave it a chance. He immediately jumped in the air, turning in midair to land on the darknut's shoulders, and flicked the helmet off with his sword, all in what seemed like one motion. He then drove his sword straight down into the darknut's skull, killing it instantly, and yanked it out. Then he back flipped over a blade that had been swung at him and landed on the ground without a scratch on him.
"You can also cut the straps on their backs that hold the armor in place" he yelled to Sarah before attacking the next one.
Sarah, who had never been in a fight before, was more than a little bit nervous about this. But she ran into the midst of the battle and cut the straps of a darknut that was about to attack Link. She drove her sword into its back, straight through its heart. The darknut fell, and she pulled her sword out, and then just stood, staring at the darknut's motionless body.
This had been her first kill, and now she felt a feeling she had never felt before. It was a mix between fear that she would become a murderer and excitement that she was able to beat something like that.
Link drove his sword into the stomach of the darknut he was fighting. It keeled over, unable to move for the pain. Link took that chance to slice its head off.
He then turned to check on Sarah, and saw her standing over her dead darknut. She didn't move as the remaining two darknuts came up behind her and raised their swords. Link yelled at her to move before she got hit. She looked back and saw the two darknuts, and just as they brought their swords down, she back flipped out of the way. One of the swords hit the other darknut, slicing right through its armor and its stomach.
Sarah and Link reacted at the same time, charging in towards the darknut. They went to both sides, Sarah in the back to cut off the armor. Then they both drove their swords into it. The darknut fell to the floor, dead.
Link surveyed the room, making sure there was nothing else in there that they had to kill, and then went to his sister.
"Not bad for your first fight," he said.
"Am I supposed to feel this way after killing something?" She asked as she stared at the blood on her sword. "I feel like I just did something wrong, like it didn't deserve to die."
"It's normal to feel like that the first time. But you'll get used to it. Just remember, it is part of the enemy's team. We have an obligation to get rid of the enemy."
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"Master," said the iron knuckle, "the intruders have defeated all of the darknuts I sent after them."
"They're stronger than I thought," the Black Knight said. "I'll send Karis to deal with them. I don't have time."
Chapter 5: Path to the Dungeons
The only thing Link could think of as he and Sarah ran towards Hyrule Castle was that this was sure to not be very easy. It was one thing to fight other students when he was becoming a knight, but fighting five of the greatest evils of all time? He didn't think it would be possible, but he had to try.
Sarah was thinking pretty much along the same lines. Even with half the Triforce of Courage each, she didn't think it would be possible for both of them to even survive this. But the sages, and all of Hyrule, were counting on them. They couldn't screw this up.
They ran down the stairs as fast as they could. When they reached the drawbridge, Link noticed someone walking from Hyrule Castle. He grabbed his sister and pulled her into the river, hiding them from the person's view. There was no way to know if that person was one of the great evils.
When the unknown person had passed, Link and Sarah climbed back out of the river and continued on toward the castle. When they got there, an unpleasant sight caught their eyes. It was a sight no one would like to see. Death, destruction, blood, gore. It was enough to make someone sick.
As soon as they entered the castle, a deku nut flew right at them. They dodged it, but then three more hit them. The worst thing was, they couldn't even tell where the nuts were coming from. The hallways were unlit, causing darkness to reign supreme.
But they could still bounce the nuts back where they had come from. They both raised their shields as another wave of deku nuts flew towards them. They hit, and bounced, and a little while later, a four squeaks were heard in the dark hallway.
By this time, Link and Sarah's eyes had adjusted enough to the darkness so that they could see the movement of the deku scrubs in the hallway. They ran into the darkness and attacked the scrubs, killing them in one slash of the sword.
---
"Master, we've got an intruder," an iron knuckle said to the Black Knight.
"Get rid of them," the Black Knight responded. And bring their severed heads to me."
"Yes sir!"
---
Link and Sarah had been walking around for about three minutes before they realized they were being followed. They didn't see the person; it was more like they sensed them. But when they looked around, there was no one there. The darkness may have consumed the form of anything in the hallways, but their eyes had adjusted so that they could have seen anyone.
"Do we even know where we are going?" Link asked, so as not to alert the presence that they knew they were being followed.
"Not at all," Sarah said. She had caught on to Link's bluff almost instantly.
"Do you think you can find the dungeon?"
"Well, the sages said the princess had the Triforce of Wisdom, so maybe we could use our pieces of the Triforce of Courage to find it."
"Maybe, but how would we do that?"
"I guess, just focus on finding the Triforce of Wisdom."
And that they did. The Triforce half in both their hands lit up as they focused it. In no time, they had found the stairs to the dungeons. There was just one problem. There was something in front of it. Several somethings. As Link and Sarah moved closer to them, they began to move.
Torches in the room lit themselves, one by one, brightening the room enough to be able to see what they were up against. Coming towards them were five red darknuts, all brandishing a large sword.
Link and Sarah drew their swords and shields. This was going to be one heck of a fight. Link had been trained to fight darknuts when he was training to become a knight, but he had forgotten to teach his sister about them. He wasn't sure she was ready for a fight of this enormity, but against five mighty darknuts, he was going to need help.
"Try to cut their armor away from them," Link told his sister.
"And just how am I supposed to do that?" Sarah responded.
"Just follow my lead."
Link ran toward the closest darknut. It poised itself to swing its blade, but Link never gave it a chance. He immediately jumped in the air, turning in midair to land on the darknut's shoulders, and flicked the helmet off with his sword, all in what seemed like one motion. He then drove his sword straight down into the darknut's skull, killing it instantly, and yanked it out. Then he back flipped over a blade that had been swung at him and landed on the ground without a scratch on him.
"You can also cut the straps on their backs that hold the armor in place" he yelled to Sarah before attacking the next one.
Sarah, who had never been in a fight before, was more than a little bit nervous about this. But she ran into the midst of the battle and cut the straps of a darknut that was about to attack Link. She drove her sword into its back, straight through its heart. The darknut fell, and she pulled her sword out, and then just stood, staring at the darknut's motionless body.
This had been her first kill, and now she felt a feeling she had never felt before. It was a mix between fear that she would become a murderer and excitement that she was able to beat something like that.
Link drove his sword into the stomach of the darknut he was fighting. It keeled over, unable to move for the pain. Link took that chance to slice its head off.
He then turned to check on Sarah, and saw her standing over her dead darknut. She didn't move as the remaining two darknuts came up behind her and raised their swords. Link yelled at her to move before she got hit. She looked back and saw the two darknuts, and just as they brought their swords down, she back flipped out of the way. One of the swords hit the other darknut, slicing right through its armor and its stomach.
Sarah and Link reacted at the same time, charging in towards the darknut. They went to both sides, Sarah in the back to cut off the armor. Then they both drove their swords into it. The darknut fell to the floor, dead.
Link surveyed the room, making sure there was nothing else in there that they had to kill, and then went to his sister.
"Not bad for your first fight," he said.
"Am I supposed to feel this way after killing something?" She asked as she stared at the blood on her sword. "I feel like I just did something wrong, like it didn't deserve to die."
"It's normal to feel like that the first time. But you'll get used to it. Just remember, it is part of the enemy's team. We have an obligation to get rid of the enemy."
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"Master," said the iron knuckle, "the intruders have defeated all of the darknuts I sent after them."
"They're stronger than I thought," the Black Knight said. "I'll send Karis to deal with them. I don't have time."