I forgot to do a disclaimer in the other chapters! I hope I didn't get anyone here sued, or whatever. Disclaimer: I do not own the Legend of Zelda, but I do own this storyline.

Chapter 7: Clash

Near the end is a part that may seem a little too dark for one of my fics. Don't stop reading just because of what happens, it will soon be remedied.

Sarah brought her sword around in time to block Karis's attack. It was a strong blow, and Sarah wasn't sure that her blade would hold up to many more like that. But she continued to block. She had no choice.

Karis went on with devastating blows that seemed to cause Sarah to weaken. The strength of her metallic arms made it almost impossible to block.

Sarah realized she had to change tactics to a different kind of defense. She dodged a strike meant for her head, and ran. Karis followed as Sarah ran into the hallways.

Zelda, who had been watching from the shadows of the stairs to the dungeons, waited until they were both gone to run to Link. She turned him over onto his back, and saw a stream of blood running out of his mouth. That punch must have done some real damage to his insides. He was bleeding internally.

She placed her hands over his stomach as a bright yellow light glowed within her palms. The glowing spread to Link, all through him. After a few seconds, the light began to die down, and Link opened his eyes.

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The hallways were brighter than they had been when Sarah and her brother had come in a while ago. Her plan had been to hide until Karis had left the room to follow her, then return and get Zelda and Link out of there, but this was now impossible. She had to run to keep Karis from getting to her.

The fight had taken a lot out of her. She was surprised that she could still stand after the heavy blows Karis had made, but she kept going. She ran, Karis following and yelling for her to fight.

Then she felt it. The limits of her strength. It came quickly, causing her to stumble and then fall. She couldn't move, her strength was completely gone. She watched as Karis walked up slowly, raising her blade. Sarah closed her eyes, awaiting her impending doom.

There was the sound of Metal hitting metal. Sarah felt no pain. She slowly opened her eyes to see what had happened. There, standing over her with his shield raised to stop Karis's blow, was her brother.

He looked down at her, his eyes determined.

"You okay?" He asked. Sarah nodded in response. "I want you to go with the princess and get out of here," He told her. "Make sure you both are safe."

Link pushed at Karis's blade, making her loose her balance and fall. Zelda seemed to come out of nowhere and pulled Sarah to her feet, and helped her walk out of the room.

"Oh no you don't," Karis said, and got up to go after them. Link stepped in her way and smacked her in the head with his shield.

"You will fight me now," he said. Karis smiled an evil smile.

"Fine," she said. "You want to throw your life away, be my guest." She swung her blade arm at him. He back flipped to dodge the blow, then blocked another swing from Karis. Karis kept up the pressure of the blow, trying to crush Link.

Link, however was using this chance to figure out what to do. He noticed in the corner of the room a white war hammer. He jumped back and ran for it. He grabbed it off the wall, and spun in time to block a blow with his shield.

He flipped the hammer so that the spike was facing Karis, then swung. The spike drove itself into her metallic skin, causing her to back away and grab at it in pain. Link took this chance to strike again. But Karis recovered from the strike way too soon. She grabbed the war hammer as it came close to her face.

Then she rammed her shoulder into him, causing him to go flying into a wall. Karis then rammed into him again, the force of the blow causing the wall to break, and Link fell through to the outside.

Link landed in the dirt on the outside of the castle, in a lot of pain. He was sure half the bones in his body were broken. He could barely move.

Karis saw this and took the chance. She stabbed him in the chest with her blade arm, then left him for dead. She went back into the castle through the hole that had just been made.

Link was sure he was dead. He slipped slowly out of consciousness, but still managed to stay awake for what happened next.

What he didn't see was the Gerudo woman appearing from the shadows. She walked over to Link and said something to him. He couldn't make it out, but he was sure she was trying to help him.

If only she could. Link slipped into the darkness of unconsciousness.

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Sarah and Zelda ran until they got out into Hyrule field, then headed to Lon Lon Ranch. They would find out if there was anywhere from Link's friend at the ranch.

As soon as they came into the ranch, they saw a young girl, about Sarah's age, sitting on a crate, playing a bright blue ocarina. She stopped playing as they walked up.

It wasn't a normal site. Two girls, one looking exhausted and being half carried by the other, coming into a ranch, one dressed in ragged versions of the royal families clothes. The young girl jumped down from the crate and ran over to the two, helping Zelda carry Sarah into the house across from the barn. They set her onto the floor and told her to rest.

"What happened?" the young girl asked.

"She was in a really tough fight," Zelda replied.

"She was in a fight? With who?"

"With one of the people who has just taken over Hyrule castle."

"What? Hyrule Castle has been taken over? But there was no army!"

"These people didn't need an army." Zelda turned toward the girl. "The great evil is back, and he's brought friends."