Chapter 8: Through the Mirror
"I can finally kill you and end the endless reincarnation of great heroes," Shadow Link said drawing his sword, "My quest will end here."
"Shut up and fight," Link said raising his shield.
"Not so fast Link," Shadow Link said holding up his sword, "You probably don't recognize it in its dark form, but this is the Master Sword. Only now it's the "blade of good's bane" and obeys me. The goddesses created this sword to repel darkness, but they never expected your double from Eluryh (dark mirror version of Hyrule) to come to this world. I was granted the power to turn even this blade to darkness. Only this sword can hurt me. If I fight someone without it, he doesn't have a chance. In that sense, I'm more powerful than Ganon or Ganondolf. Not only that, but the last time your ancestor bested me, he had this sword and was 4 years older than you are now."
"So what if all the odds are stacked against me? There was no way I was going to beat Puppet Ganon or Ganondolf, but I fought anyway didn't I. I won. Nobody would have picked me from a crowd to beat Ganondolf, but I smote him," Link said, "I can't ever remember being in a battle with the odds in my favor. If I always retreated, The Great Sea would've been done in years ago. So what if you're bigger, stronger, faster, and have the ultimate weapon? I'll still beat the living crap out of you." Link pointed his sword at Shadow Link and charged. Their swords knocked a few times, and Link came around and stabbed him in gut.
"Take that scum," Link yelled. Then, he looked and realized it went through him.
"Hehehe…I told you that you can't harm me with that weak little sword," Shadow Link snickered, "I'll kill you soon enough, but 1st, I want you to suffer a little." Shadow Link revealed the dark mirror. He opened it, and it sucked Link in.
Link hit the ground hard. He got up rubbing his head. As he looked around, he noticed that this place looked very much like Hyrule Field at night. Except, the sun was up and it was black. It seemed to give darkness. The moon and stars were nowhere to be seen. There was a man riding a cart that passed by. He and the horse were transparent and shadow-like. He looked much like Shadow Link except like Sturgen.
"Hey there," Link yelled. He turned and looked.
"Monster," he yelled, and rode off.
"Crud," Link said, "I'd better change." He raised his sword in the air and a cloud of light enclosed him. It faded, and he to became shadow-like. He's sword's blade was white and see-through, and the mirror shield glimmered dark instead of light. He scanned over the horizon to see if there was anything he could use to get home. He saw a large, shadowy, familiar looking castle in the in the distance. "That looks like Hyrule castle," Link though. He entered it and saw a young boy with 2 shadowy katanas, a long robe on, and a black jewel and headdress sitting on a thrown.
"You look just like the evil man who tried to cover this land in light," he said picking up his katanas, "I thought I sent him to the light world over 7 centuries ago. Your look much younger than him though. Are you really Link?"
"Well…yes, but a different one," Link answered. Link explained what happened.
"I see…I'm Shadow Ganondolf, high king of Eluryh," he said, "I take it that there's an evil Ganondolf in your world."
"There was, until I killed him," Link replied, "Do you know how I can get back home and kick Shadow Link's butt? Is there a show version of the Master Sword here?"
"The dark mirror isn't really a weapon for making copies," Shadow Ganondolf answered, "It's actually a portal from this world to yours. However, there is only 1 Master Sword. The only sword that even compares is the Picori Sword. It's locked deep within the dungeon of this castle. We'll go down to BF2 and enter it." They got down there and found a huge locked door. "This is the gate to the Elemental Shrine, Link," Ganondolf said, "It opens only once every 100 years. It won't reopen for another 23 years, but there is an emergency path to get to it. The problem is that it's guarded with traps and guards made by the Picori. Stand back. Agrithy, rentrime, wehrimen, zekanaba." Then a small door opened beside the larger one. They both crawled in. They found themselves on a very narrow road with deep crevasses on both sides.
"So this is the secret way to the shrine," Link said.
"Yes, actually I've never been here before," Shadow Ganondolf said, "Be on your toes."
"Look out," Link shouted as several arrows shot out of the walls. They ran as fast as they could without falling and made it to the other side. "You ok," Link asked pulling arrows out of his leg and shoulder.
"I think," Shadow Ganondolf answered pulling out 3 arrows of his own. There's supposed to be 2 more trials left. They came to a large obstacle course in the next room. It was filled with spiked logs, swinging pendulums, axes, falling pits, and a huge wall climb at the end with spikes that come out of the wall as you climb.
"You 1st," Link said.
"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh, no," Shadow Ganondolf replied, "Let's race, 1…2…3…Go!" They both took off as fast as they could. They easily dodged the spiked logs, but they both came to a very narrow rope bridge with several pendulums swinging over it. Link slowly rolled across the bridge with extreme caution. Shadow Ganondolf hopped on top of them and beat Link across. "Can't keep up," Shadow Ganondolf snickered. Link just looked away as they came up on a row of axes. Link skillfully rolled under each one until he was at the end. Shadow Ganondolf struggled to the end which made them dead even. Then they came to the pits. Link and Shadow Ganondolf both jumped over them on the platforms. Then one fell, Shadow Ganondolf jumped to the end and Link used the hookshot. Shadow Ganondolf had gained a slight lead. They finally reached the spiked wall, and they began to climb with great speed. Shadow Ganondolf had gained a greater lead when a spike jutted out and stabbed his upper arm, the spike he had a hold on went back in, and he had to dodge another onslaught of spikes. He made it to the top with Link nowhere in sight.
"Oh no, he must have fallen," Shadow Ganondolf said, "Link, Link, can you here me."
"Of course I can hear you," Link yelled back. His voice came from behind Shadow Ganondolf. He turned around to see Link waving at him from the bottom of the other side.
"Dang it," Shadow Ganondolf said as he jumped down.
"Ha ha," Link said, "Can't you keep up?"
"Real funny wise guy," Shadow Ganondolf said, "How'd you do that?"
"I wall jumped while you weren't paying attention to me," Link answered.
"Alright, enough with the jokes," Shadow Ganondolf said, "This next room contains a test that nobody ever passed. They all died. Once we enter this door, we'll either emerge as heroes or die."
