Chapter VIII: The Hero of Time Fights Back
Link entered Kakariko Village and looked around. No one seemed to really care that he was here, and that made his passage to Death Mountain easier. He walked past the guards, and pulled out his sword and shield. As usual, two spiders sat on the trail. Link ran up and jump slashed the first, slicing it neatly in two. Then Link saw a boulder rolling ever so nicely down the mountain at him. He ran behind a rock and moved out of the way. When it passed by, he continued the trek up the trail. Another spider fell victim to Link's sword, and then Link was hit by a boulder. It rolled on as Link was left lying on the ground painfully.
He got to his feet, and finished a long walk to Goron City. The sun was setting, and Link became aware of how late it had grown. Goron City was oblivious to the fact that Zelda was missing; they had no idea she was hidden somewhere in the mountain. So Link was forced to don his Goron Tunic, and went to Darunia's former room. He grabbed the statue, and pulled it back out of the way to reveal a passage into Death Mountain's crater. Link walked inside. It became obvious very quick that the wizard was here.
Skeletons and lizard men were everywhere. Link pulled out his bow and shot a light arrow into a bunch of them. Ten fell to the holy magic, and every monster reared its ugly head at Link. He was ready. All that could reach him charged. Link put away his bow and took out the Master Sword and mirror shield. He charged the blade, and when some of them got close, Link unleashed. Spinning in a circle of death, the frontline fell to the ground, struck with death. Link stopped spinning and deflected a knife with his shield, then swiped underneath his shield with his sword to cut the lizard man's legs off. The lizard collapsed in pain, and Link moved his shield out of the way to make an upward diagonal swing at a skeleton. The skeleton blocked the blow, and swung vertically at Link. Link back-flipped out of the way, and thrust his sword up into the skeleton's ribs and broke them, leaving the skeleton to be trampled by others.
Link ducked a blow from a lizard, grabbed his arm, rolled around it to break it, landed behind the lizard, and kicked it in the back, shoving it into another lizard's knife. Link raised his shield to block more blows, and sheathed his sword. He jumped to the side to avoid being hit, and put his shield away in favor of the Biggoron sword. Holding it with both hands, Link brought it over his head in an arc, and then finished his sweep in front of him, taking the lives of enemies. Link brought the sword back the way it came, and shattered the shield of a skeleton. He raised the sword over him and behind his back, and then brought it crashing down on the skeleton.
Link put the Biggoron sword away and somersaulted backward. In mid-somersault, Link took out the Megaton hammer. When he landed on his feet, Link was the holding the hammer in one hand, patting his other hand with the end. The monsters moved in on him. Awkwardly but powerfully, Link swung the hammer with one hand. He knocked monsters flying back. Link grabbed the hammer with both hands and swung it back before monsters took advantage of his wide swing. More monsters went flying backward into the pits of lava. He swung again and again, sending foes flying like Sauron. Soon he had thinned out the ranks by hundreds, who had fallen to the mighty stone-crushing hammer.
Link swung the hammer yet again, and it hit a shield at an angle. The impact shattered the shield, but ripped the hammer from Link's grasp, sending it clattering to the ground. Link grunted, and felt a slashing sting of pain in his left shoulder. Link pulled away from the attacking lizard, and threw a hand to the ground, making his hands meet by his side. Then he took his other hand and used Din's Fire. The flame sphere came to life, and it lunged forward, fire licking at everything. Lizards squealed in pain as the magic consumed them. The fire faded away, and only twelve skeletons were left. Link took out his sword and shield.
One of the skeletons jumped at him. Link took a backward step with his left foot, and raised his shield to block the attack. Link slashed diagonally downward at the skeleton's left leg. He hit and cut it off, causing the skeleton to fall. Another skeleton made a sweep horizontally with its sword. Link raised his weapon to parry the attack with his sword pointing down. Then he used his shield to deliver a solid punch to the skeleton's face. Link glided the enemy's sword to the outside, and he threw his sword back up to the face and cut across the skeleton's skull, shattering the bone. While his sword was upward, a skeleton struck at Link with a downward thrust to his leg. The sword stabbed Link right below the knee.
Link gave a sharp yell of pain, and stepped back with the injured leg. The skeleton lunged again, but this time Link brought the hilt of the Master Sword slamming down on the skeleton's arm. The skeleton flinched and tried to draw the back. Link took a step towards him with his right foot and thrust his blade in the skeleton's head. The skeleton fell down to the earth, taking Link's sword with him. Before Link had time to retrieve his sword, the other two skeletons attacked. Link stepped away with his right foot and raised his shield to deflect the first attack. He used the shield to bang the blade away, and then threw a punch at the skeleton, knocking him back.
Link back-flipped away from the second attack and turned his back to the skeleton to grab his sword. The skeleton took the opportunity to make a downward vertical cut. Link made a triangle to the right of his head with his sword and arm, so that his blade pointed diagonally to the ground behind him. The two swords clanged, and Link turned to face the skeleton, their swords still locked. Link moved his sword away, then back again to bang the skeleton's sword out of the way. Then he made a downward diagonal cut to the right, and sliced the skeleton in half. The other skeleton was behind Link, and lunged forward. Before he finished, Link moved to the left and spun to face his opponent. He threw the Master Sword, and it pinned the skull to the wall.
Link walked over and freed his sword. He sheathed it and put his shield away. Link used the hook shot to get across the broken bridge. He was walking down it when the wizard, wearing a red robe with no part but his hands visible, appeared in a blaze of smoke on the Triforce crest. Link drew his sword. The wizard took out a staff with a spear point. Link ran forward and sliced down at the wizard's head. The staff met the Master Sword and locked. Both nudged their weapons, but they were engaged. Neither could move them without the other getting an advantage. Link glided his sword to the left with all his might, sending the staff flinging to the left. With his opponent open, Link made a thrust.
The wizard used his free hand to shoot a magic blast at Link. It impacted and exploded, sending Link flying back. He got to his feet and dodged another magic blast. Link took out his shield and slid into a guard. The wizard shot another magic blast, and Link swung at it, sending it back at the wizard. Caught by surprise, the wizard was hit by his own attack. The wizard was knocked back onto his back, and he jumped to his feet. He shot two blasts. Link knocked the first one away and was hit by the second one. His temper rising, Link used Din's Fire. The flaming dome erupted forth, and set the wizard alight. Putting out the fire, the wizard looked ahead to see Link charging sideways at him, the shield facing him and Link's sword pointing away diagonally behind him to the right and upwards slightly. Link reached the wizard and swung his sword in circle over his head at the wizard.
The wizard teleported behind Link. He shot Link with a magic blast, and Link crashed into the dirt. Link's anger was rising, and turned and got to his feet. He swung at the wizard again. The wizard teleported a second time behind Link. Link had thought ahead and twirled his blade so that its path swung Link around with his sword coming to cut the wizard in the stomach. The wizard teleported and shot Link again, throwing Link to the ground. Link got to his knees and put his sword and shield away. He instead took out Din's fire and Farore's wind.
The wizard shot at Link. Link turned and used Farore's wind. He appeared behind the wizard and used Din's fire. The flaming eruption threw the wizard forward, onto his back. He was in so much surprise that he was hit by the second strike as well. The wizard stumbled, and then teleported just before Link's third attack hit him. He appeared behind Link and shot a fireball. Link teleported out of the way. The wizard teleported behind Link's new position. Link teleported out away from the wizard. They chased each other all throughout the cavern, teleporting here and there, there and here.
Then Link went to teleport, and Farore's wind didn't work. He tried again, but with no success. Horrified, Link realized that he didn't have enough magic to use Farore's wind. He turned around to see a fireball coming at him. It struck Link in the chest, and he fell to his back. The wizard seemed to have realized Link's inability to strike, because he started to walk forward and shoot fireballs triumphantly at Link. Link rolled on his stomach to his right and dodged one, then was hit by another. He grunted pain as his flesh burned. Link lay silently on his stomach, as the wizard approached to finish him off. Link stuck his hands under his stomach.
The wizard was within a foot of Link, and prepared to shoot. Link rolled onto his back and pointed his bow at the wizard, a light arrow set. The wizard become conscious of the fact that he had been tricked, and before he could scream, Link let go of the bowstring. The light arrow shot forth, and struck the wizard in the right shoulder. The wizard yelled. Then the pulsing light aura came forth. It exploded in an array of light, shooting out beams of light which returned to strike the wizard again. The wizard's screams pierced the cavern. The light faded away, and the wizard collapsed to his knees, one hand out to support him. Link took out his sword.
The wizard looked up at Link and said, "The escape has been completed." Then a dagger appeared in his hand, and he lunged at Link. Link brought his foot down on the extending arm, and made a horizontal slash with his weapon. The wizard's head rolled on the ground, before it and the body vanished into blue flames. Link put his sword away, and looked around the cavern. Zelda was nowhere nearby. He pulled out his hook shot and used it to get to the top of one of the miniature volcanoes in the cavern. When he got to the top, Link waved his hands to blow smoke away, and he looked throughout the cavern for her. After a while, his feet started to get hot, and Link continued to look while doing a dance with his feet. Eventually, he altogether jumped off the mountain onto solid ground.
Then Link heard a noise. It wasn't coming from inside the cavern, though. So he continued to look. Then he heard the noise again. Link ignored it. The noise entered his ears again. This time, Link recognized it as a girl's voice. For a fourth time, the voice sounded, and Link was finally able to grasp what the girl was saying. It sounded like 'Link! I'm this way!' Link's brain processed that Zelda was outside the cavern, waiting for him to come. She probably thought he was an idiot.
Link ran outside. Zelda was waiting for him, chained to the mountain. Her face showed gratefulness, yet it also said, 'Link, you are an idiot.'
