Author's note: (Walks in bruised, sweaty, tired, sunburned, and soar) FINALLY back from band camp! I can write on a regular basis now! So, here's the next chapter! Oh, and by the way... I'm finally getting a new computer!!! Yes!!! (Points at junky computer, "HAH! I don't have to deal with you, you... THING...) Getting faster internet too! (HOORAY!) Well, enjoy!

Chapter 8: Destruction

Link and Ralph had followed the word of several townsfolk of the nearby towns, but Zelda was still no where to be found. Link began to have the horrible feeling tugging at his heart, pulling it into worry. His eyebrows were arched upward and he had his teeth gritted and once in a while would bite his lip. It was then when all hope was lost, when Ralph had seen a glittering figure fall from the gray sky and down onto the ground. Suddenly, the feeling of hope jolted through Link, but he began to worry, knowing Zelda was out alone without any protection.

They had eventually reached her lying on the dull grass and Link had leapt off Epona and rushed to Zelda. She no longer had wings on her back, but only remained unconscious and blank. Link began to shake her in many attempts to wake her. He held Zelda in his arms and caressed her as he spoke to her trying to wake her up.

"Zelda! Wake up!"

Link eventually felt Zelda squirm in his arms and he immediately stopped moving to look at her more clearly. She slowly opened her eyes and found that her vision was still slightly blurry. All Zelda could see was the endless gray sky and miserable clouds. The light of the sun had dimmed and she wished she could soar the skies again. It was then when she once again heard Link's voice and Zelda had turned to him, and found his was smiling and had let out a sigh of deep relief. When reality flushed back in she quickly sat up, gasping in shock and turned toward Link and clenched onto his tunic.

"We have to go to the mountains!" She said hurriedly and in deep concern.

Link cocked his head in confusion as Zelda lifted her head from him, "The Golden Power... the Triforce... it's there..."

"The Triforce?" Link repeated. Recalling the container, he drew it from his tunic and gazed upon the design engraved upon its surface. He looked upon the towering mountains that nearly touched the clouds.

"Why must we go there?" Ralph asked.

"Ganondorf... is going to claim it."

Both Link and Ralph exchanged worried glances and Link had stood up before assisting Zelda and mounted Epona. Once Zelda had mounted her white mare, they took off toward the mountains. The terrible feeling of change was deepening, and suspense grew. The sky began to fall to the blood red color and the wind grew more fell with each passing minute. The sun was dying as the red moon began to rise into the air, conquering the sky. The first stars began to appear, but they were ailed, for doom was nigh.

To the mountains they went, with great haste and little word of conversation, and when there was, it was usually of the main concern. Time was thinning, and the change was growing deeper. The mountains went high, and as they climbed them it seemed they would never end. Zelda could sense that there was great and terrible power they were approaching and evil lured about in the air. The birds had stopped chirping and singing, in fact she could see flocks of them flying away as far as possible. The animals had all gone and the air became so close and so thin.

At long last, they had reached the top and had dismounted their horses. Zelda rushed in front as she climbed but a little more obstacles and her heart pounding with tire and worry. Once she had reached the top, all hopes were lost, for there was Ganondorf and Agahnim standing a little ways in front of the three statues. Link and Ralph had come up from behind her and immediately drew their swords, as if it were a reaction. If one was to look out over the ledge, they would see the nearly dead plains running all along the land with thin and low streams of water running through it. The sky had grown darker and thunder began to sound in the air as lightning flashed in the sky. Rain threatened to pour down, but at that time, Zelda looked at them as tears for her failure for not reaching the Golden Power's resting-place in time.

"Oh, Zelda, Link, Ralph... I have been waiting for you... so you could witness the dawn of a new age."

"Ganondorf! No! If you disturb the Triforce, disaster will befall this world!" Link shouted to him.

"Precisely..." Ganondorf said eyeing each of the statues of the three goddesses, "That shall be the new age."

Surprisingly, however, Agahnim began to say opposing words of his own, "Destruction?" He yelled, "You never told me of that!"

Ganondorf turned his red gaze over to Agahnim and spoke in his deep and fowl voice, "That is because you are ignorant, fool..." He started, "But since you have shown me where the Golden Power rests... I have no use for you any longer."

Agahnim went into a stance prepared to fight, "I have been nothing but loyal to you! How can you just throw me aside, such as you are doing now!?"

"You have had plenty of flaws, Agahnim." Ganondorf said approaching him, "You wanted to kill Zelda instead of merely just bringing her to me, how foolish of you."

Agahnim had projected a strong force of magic, ready to launch at Ganondorf, however, Ganondorf had merely held out his hand and when it had collided with him, it faded into nothingness. The tall, evil man approached Agahnim slowly as he still held out his hand. He clenched his palm around his neck and lifted him into the air and sneered at him.

"Good-bye... Agahnim."

It was then when electric surges shot through Ganondorf's arm and traveled through it to Agahnim and shocked him gravely. Pain shot through Agahnim's body and it felt he could just die the next second but he did not. He experienced the pain longer, so it resulted in the worst, most terrible thing he had felt in his life. When Ganondorf had seized the attack, Agahnim remained in his grip, eyes wide until he let out his last exhales and dissolved in Ganondorf's hands.

When he had finished his business, he turned toward the statues and began to go toward them until Ralph had charged forward with his sword above his head, "No you don't, Ganondorf!"

It was then when he had turned around and struck Ralph to the ground unconscious. Before he could resume, Zelda stood up and began to speak with all her strength.

"Ganondorf! How can you be so blind?! Do you realize exactly what you're doing? Why can' t you just settle with the power you already have?"

"I have wanted the Golden Power as long as I can remember... now I've found its resting-place, and I'm only a touch away from achieving my dream! How dare you oppose me!" Ganondorf raised his hand in an attempt to control her, but he had failed. Looking around her neck, he found no necklace and he sneered, "Ah, I see... you have awakened as a sage now, so I can't control your powers any longer... You're useless too!"

Ganondorf had also tossed Zelda aside and she remained unconscious after her head struck the ground. This only left Link, who had rushed to Zelda to see if she was all right. He had lifted her head and observed her closely, and to his relief she was still alive and well. He had stood up and pointed his sword at Ganondorf, ready to strike, but he had backed away in the middle of the formation of the statues. As he stepped closer, the lightning became more frequent and the thunder louder.

"I won't waste my time anymore with you pests..." Ganondorf said placing his hands on one of the statues.

Link charged forward, but was stopped by an invisible barrier. He fallen to the ground and was left only to watch Ganondorf push each of the statues closer to each other. Link's eyelids began to get heavy and his vision more blurry, as his head felt light. Once Ganondorf had pushed all the statues, the earth began to shake and a beam of light shot down on him. Before Link had fallen unconscious, he heard Ganondorf scream.

"Oh... THE POWER!!!"

Three golden and glorious triangles shot into the air from each statue as Ganondorf was laughing with triumph and there was a blinding flash of light before Link had fallen completely unconscious. Blackness was all that could be seen...

Author's note: CLIFFY... EVIL... MWA, HA, HA, HA, HA!!! ... ... ... ... Sorry, I'll try to update soon after I finish the next chapter of "Funny-Looking." Well, I hope that had you on the edge of your seats. REVIEW!

Special thanks:

kat-SageOfWisdom-princessZel: FLUFF... is coming soon. Hope you really enjoyed this chapter! Thanks for the review!

Brownblade: It's just going to keep getting better and better! Wait until the end, then it gets really good! Good for you! You played Ocarina of Time? You know, I've been playing that since I was eight, (about six years ago for me) and I still play it now, and I still find it fun! (waves flag) Yay for Ocarina of Time! Anyway, thanks for the review!

pen-gurl: Well, knowing that I haven't been doing anything for the past week... I was in the same boat as you. But fourtunately, I can write again on a summer regular basis! (Dang it... IT... is coming... NO! Not August 9th!!!) Thanks for the review!

Crescent-Wish-Forever: Well, Link and Ralph found her pretty quick, but now all of them have a HUGE problem... the next chapter more conflicts arise. Sepheroth is so COOL! (not as cool as Link or Sesshe) But he's still a REALLY cool villain! No unfortunately, I haven't seen pictures of him from the film, but I'm aware it's being translated. (Do you know when it's coming out?) Thanks for the review!

LadyofDemons45: In fact, I'm not really sure when I'll reach the halfway point, or even if I already reached it. I just keep going along until I finish the fan fiction. Yes, Zelda has wings, they're just not visible most of the time. (Cool, huh? That just popped out of the blue in my head. My friend, Inu-chan, says I have an overly active imagination.) Have you tried playing any of the SNES FF games on your computer? We have an emulator that plays them, that's how I know about FF VI. Thanks for the review!

P.S. Wow... I'm on your favorite author's list?!? YAY! (Jumps out window.) Sorry, I've been doing that a lot... not literally though.