Okay, now that I have some free time to write more, I'm gonna. Just so you know, the delay was caused because of the stupid projects my teachers gave me on the first few weeks of school. Stupid school.

My script style fic, Hyrule Was Never Like This, has been deleted due to a new policy at Script style fics are no longer allowed. I, personally, think that this is the stupidest thing they have ever done. Why? Let me list the reasons:

1: You just ruined a lot of hard work from some of the most talented writer's I've ever seen. I myself was TWELVE chapters through, and I had just finished another.

2: Script fics are still considered FANFICTION, no matter what form they are in.

3: YOU JUST DELETED HALF YOUR FREAKIN' DATABASE OF FICS!!!

Of course, I bet they don't even care what I think, I'm only one of the many people who keep this site alive.

Okay, now that I've gotten that off my chest, back to the real fic.

I do not own the Legend of Zelda, but the White Phoenix is mine.

Chapter 8: Spiritualization

All she saw was darkness. Infinite darkness, so black she couldn't even see her nose in front of her face if she tried.

Where was she? She knew that she had not been there a moment ago. She had been trying to escape the castle, then just appeared here. What was going on?

She saw a pinprick of light ahead of her. She reached for it, longing to leave this painful darkness. It seemed to grow in front of her. It shifted, taking a form that she knew quite well. She watched as the eyes appeared, as the nose was shaped. She watched as the shape formed the one person she had wanted to see again.

"Link..." she said.

"I'm sorry, Sarah..." Link replied.

"Sorry for what?"

"I couldn't defeat Karris, and it looks like you'll have to protect the princess on your own. I'm sorry I won't be able to help you."

"What? Wait, what does that mean? Are you..."

"I am not in the living world anymore."

"How... What happened?"

"Karris overpowered me. I'm so sorry for leaving you alone in this. But you must continue to protect the princess, no matter what comes your way."

"I don't think I can-"

"Yes you can. I've been watching how well you fight. I think you'll be able to do this. I have faith in you."

"I'll try, but-"

"And I'm sure you'll do fine. Good-bye, Sarah."

Link began to fade, dimming in the light. Sarah grabbed his hand as tears fell down her cheeks.

"Don't go, Link."

"I can't stay."

"Please..."

"I'm sorry." His hand had faded so that Sarah's hand fell through it. She heard a last "Good-bye" before Link was completely gone. She sat there in the darkness, crying for her brother.

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The sand crunched under Ganondorf's boots as he walked toward the Temple that stood in the center of the Desert Colossus. This was the best place to start looking for his missing power.

The best part about having killed the sage of spirit, he thought to himself, is that I don't have to worry about the defenses the Nabooru would have set up against me. Not that they would matter that much right now.

The inside of the temple was just as he had left it when Twinrova had moved in. Nothing was much different except for a few moved objects. But he guessed that the one who had defeated him all those years ago was the one who had moved them.

Walking through the temple was simple. With Nabooru gone, nothing was left to guard it from his break in. He was able to walk straight to the room where Twinrova had once dwelt so long ago. There, he found something that wasn't there before. In the center of the platform, a bright orange light encircled an object. He could sense that the object held some of the power he was searching for. He went for it, and was thrown across the room, right off of the platform as soon as he touched the light.

Shaking his head, he stood up and jumped back up. The light was definitely there to keep him from whatever it was. Apparently the sages had thought of a way to keep him from getting it, even if they were not there.

He looked closely at the light, being very careful not to touch it. There was some kind of magical property in it. He traced the magic to the ceiling, but it went straight through. There must have been some kind of medium for the light to keep working, somewhere in this temple. And it looked like that medium was straight above this room.

He floated upwards to get to the ceiling, then punched at it with a purple mist covered fist. The ceiling completely shattered, leaving a way to the upper level.

He followed the magical property through the room. Then he found the base of the power. It was a mirror, emitting it's own orange light, but still able to reflect him as he came for it.

In an instant, he had punched the mirror, shattering the glass and the magical barrier.

When he returned to the room that held his power, he found that the light had been extinguished. He picked up the orange, transparent ball, and exited the temple.

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Sarah awoke in a room that seemed vaguely familiar. She sat up, wincing as her sore muscles protested.

When had she been here before? It was so familiar.

Then she remembered. This was Lon Lon Ranch. She and Zelda had come here after escaping the castle. She recognized the room from when Link had brought her to visit a friend of his.

Thinking of Link made her think about the dream. Was it only a dream? It was way too real to be anything else, but she couldn't believe that her brother, the best of the Hylian Knights, could be dead. And to send her a message from the beyond?

She realized that she was crying and wiped away the tears. There was no way Link was dead. It just didn't seem right that he'd be killed so easily. She just wouldn't think about the dream anymore.

The door to the room opened and a girl of about Link's age entered. She paused what she was doing when she saw that Sarah was sitting up, then spoke.

"You're finally awake! You were unconscious for a long time. How do you feel?"

"Like a goron just rolled over me," Sarah answered. "I'm sore everywhere."

"Well, exhausted muscles do that sometimes. You came here with Link the last time he visited. He said you were his younger sister, Sarah, right?"

"Yeah, I am. I'm sorry, what was your name? I'm having trouble thinking right at the moment. Even my brain is sore."

The girl let out a short giggle at that comment. "I'm Malon," she answered. "I won't hold that against you. Working on a ranch, I know how it is to be so exhausted you can't think."

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"This is not good," Darunia said. "The one we assumed would save Hyrule, dead."

"How is this possible?" Saria asked. "He was the very reincarnation of the Hero of Time! This seems impossible!"

"Hyrule has no hope if he's dead," Impa said.

"Quiet, sages!" Rauru interrupted. "Have you all forgotten that there were two with the Hero of Time's soul? Have you forgotten about Link's sister? As long as she is alive, Hyrule still has hope."

"But if Link was not able to survive the fight, how can we expect Sarah to do any better?" Ruto asked.

"We must have hope that this will remedy, because we cannot do this with just our abilities as sages. We will need the abilities that Sarah possesses for this fight." Rauru cleared his throat as he paused to let it sink in, then continued speaking. "Does everyone understand this?"

The sages muttered understanding.

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Okay, don't expect anything new anytime soon. School takes a lot of my time, and I am failing too many classes to focus too much on these fics at the moment. I'll try to get the next one out within the next three before 2005.