The Legend of Zelda

Clashing Swords

By Rezu-chan

Author's Notes:

Rezu: OK! This chapter's gonna rock! Be ready for a great chapter, Readers!

Rown: .::is tied to a chair, seriously trying to get out::. Let Me Out of Here!!

Rezu: Later, Rown! Now, how about that Disclaimer?

Rown: .::growls, blushing furious::.

Disclaimer: Rezu-chan does not own LoZ: WW or any of the characters in the game. The only things she just happens to own are the fic, the setting of Trirule, and the a few characters that go by the names of Gornon, Zeltra, Rezu, and Rown.

Chapter Eleven

Icy Depths of the Dragons' Deep Forest

The Dragon of Ice

Link looked in every direction he knew existed, cautiously entering the forest in hopes of leaving alive. It was a tad spooky, but that wouldn't stop him. He was going to find that traitor and destroy them for the Fairy Queen. It was the only way to truly fulfill his Destiny.

Tetra held her Lightning Spear at her side, watching closely so she didn't even slightly poke Link. Even if that little tiny poke occurred, the so-called 'attack' would still electrocute him. This happened earlier on the way through the mountains, but she'd learned her lesson. You have to watch your weapon before you kill somebody.

Laughing at this thought, she didn't even notice that Link had stopped. Turning around, she walked up to him.

"What's wrong?"

"Didn't you hear that?" Link asked, eyes narrowed.

There was a crack of a twig, and Link's head immediately turned to face forward. They were near the center of the forest, where for sure the evil would be. Villains seem to have a liking to the middle of areas for some unknown reason.

With his sword held out in front of him with both hands, he slowly walked forward. If he needed protecting, he'd quickly turn around and use the shield on his back without having to grab it.

By hacking at a few tree limbs, they came upon an old and tall tree. It looked oddly familiar to the two. It seemed to have a face, too; was it just them, or was it smiling at them?

"Link... Zelda..." it murmured lazily, its huge mouth moving slightly.

The two's memories flickered once they heard the tree talk. In Link's mind, he remembered an old tree he had helped save at one point in time... But this point in time was a long time ago... in his last life.

"Th-The Great Deku Tree?" he whispered uncertainly.

The tree smiled, but then its face seemed to fade away. Link and Tetra blinked, looking at each other with confused looks.

"You saw that, right? You heard him, didn't you?" they asked each other in unison.

The two nodded at each other, but then a huge gust of wind began to occur. Struggling to stay on their feet, they could hear the faint sound of flapping wings.

With tightly shut eyes, Link slowly opened one and looked up at the sky. What he saw was almost impossible! He opened both of his eyes wide in surprise at the sight.

It was an ice-colored Dragon!

'Th-That's impossible... Dragons died out a long time ago!' he thought.

The dragon roared loudly, flapping its large wings before landing its huge self slowly on top of the tree that the two Hylians had seen the Great Deku Tree in.

Tetra's eyes widened at this sight, taking a step forward.

"No! The Great Deku Tree!!" she shouted, taking her Lightning Spear and pointing it at the ice-colored dragon.

Electricity was being built up in the blade, and then it was all released in a blast of light. The attack was sent straight at the dragon before it could even touch the poor tree.

With a roar of surprise and shock, the dragon landed on the tree exactly behind the Deku Tree. It took loud steps forward as it neared the tree.

"No! You stay away from the Great Deku Tree!!" Tetra shouted, running around to the back of the tree so she could see the dragon. "Back OFF!!"

Another wave of lightning was sent at the winged beast, making it roar again. This time, it wasn't sent back. Apparently, the blast wasn't as powerful when it was standing on the ground than when it was flying in the air.

The Dragon took another step forward, opening its mouth and letting an icy beam out of its mouth. Tetra spun around, and in a burst of green energy, she disappeared. She then reappeared beside Link on the other side of the tree. She had used Farore's Wind, just as Link had back at the Black Haven to get the two back to the Dragons' Mountains.

Unfortunately, the Tree had gotten hit by the beam, the result getting it frozen in a huge block of ice.

Tetra glared at the dragon, running back around and trying another Lightning Blast. It did no better than the last time she'd done it.

Link ran to her side, Steel Sword ready and in hand. He ran forward, jumping from tree to tree and doing a final flip in the air from the highest one he jumped from. He brought his Steel Sword high over his head as he stabbed it into the dragon's scaly side.

As he fell down toward the ground, he held onto the sword, making a huge gash in the dragon's wingpit.

Once he was close enough to the ground, he pulled out the sword and did a forward roll in mid-air and landing on his feet. Link then looked up at the monster, seeing it roaring in pain as its red blood spilt out of it.

He was about to start laughing, but then the dragon let out an Ice Blast at him. Yelling, he ran out of the way, just barely making it out of the way of the attack by mere inches. A huge cocoon on ice was all that was left in the spot where he once stood.

'Glad that wasn't me...' he gulped, turning around and getting ready to attack again.

It was then that he noticed something, it was a mark on the dragon's forehead. The mark looked very familiar to him, like a glass ball with a blue flame on the inside. It then hit him.

'Wait a minute... Rezu uses those kinds of attacks!'

The dragon roared again, a ball of energy appeared in its open mouth. It looked crystallized and glassy with a fire inside of it. Link panicked, running around from where he stood again, forward rolling to go faster. Once he reached Tetra behind the tree, he shouted.

"Tetra! It's Rezu!"

"What?! What are you talking about?!"

"That Dragon is Rezu!" Link repeated more clearly. "I don't know how, but I know it's her!"

"But... that just can't be... Rezu-chan's a Fairy..."

"Correction... Half Fairy..."

Tetra's eyes went wide. "What?"

"Rezu-chan was just a mere half fairy, her other half was human. It was unfortunate, but true."

"Then she would be human right now... But how'd she turn into a Dragon?"

"We'll find out soon enough..."