Disclaimer: I do not own any characters from the Legend of Zelda. I do own Hairai Caldon.
A/N: Sorry of the wait. In this chapter is nothing but pure action that happens as Link and Aryll storm the castle to rescue Princess Zelda, meeting her for the first time. Please read and review. Many thanks for those who have reviewed my fanfic so far, especially Paul Sheldon. A HUGE hug to him for reviewing my fanfics, besides this one. You're one of my fave authors. :) Anyways, on with the chaos.
Note: The clip that I'm hearing is the OC Remix: Triforce Majure. I'll send a clip to anyone who asks for it.
Ratings: PG-13(action sequences and just in case)
Pairings: You'll have to wait for it!
Future Meets the Past
By
Marih Dimitri
Chapter Six: Princess Zelda's Rescue
(Music starts)
Link and Aryll were inside the castle, checking out their surrounding as they saw a multitude of castle soldiers patrolling their areas. All the castle soldiers that were on the ground level of the castle turned their attention to Link and Aryll, noticing them at the main entrance.
"W-What are they doing here? How did they get past all the guards?" one solider stammered.
"I don't know, but we have orders to take down any threat that comes to the castle. Let's get them," another castle solider replied.
Soon, a group of soldiers started to run up towards Link and Aryll, with swords in their hands. Link quickly glanced at his right side towards the western entrance inside the castle. He turned his attention to Aryll.
"Let's take our leave. We shall not quarrel with these fools. Our priority is the Princess," Link said.
"Yes, let's continue onwards, Brother," Aryll replied. Link and Aryll ran to the door that lead to the western side of the castle and entered inside, shutting the door behind them, causing the castle soldiers to collide into the door. Link and Aryll walked hastily through the western corridor, noticing a door that lead back to the garden area. They ignored the door and simply turned to the right side of the corridor, walking northward. Link and Aryll walked through another door and entered into the inner corridor of the western side, seeing two soldiers patrolling the area. Immediately, Link and Aryll unsheathed their swords, ready for battle. One of the soldiers noticed Link approaching them and ran towards him, unsheathing his sword. The solider thrusted his sword at Link, trying to strike him at the adobmen, but failed as Link blocked the attack with his shield. Link countered by thrusting his sword directly into the soldiers stomach, causing him to collapse in the floor. Another solider was about to attack Link from behind, but was thwarted as Aryll quickly jabbed him in the back with her sword, causing him to collapse alongside his friend. Aryll quickly grabbed some rupee cards that were left behind and continued walking towards the top of the corridor, with Link right beside her.
Link and Aryll reached the top of the corridor, breaking a few pots in the process and picking up some magic bottles that were left behind. Link and Aryll turned to right side and walked through a door. Soon, they were in another corridor, but in the middle of the room was a door with the royal symbol etched in it.
"Aryll, there is our destination. That door leads to the castle dungeon. I am certain that is where Princess Zelda is being held," Link explained, "We must hurry. Time is not in our favor."
Aryll nodded in reply. Link and Aryll proceeded to go through the door and entering into the room that was guarded by a high ranking knight (A/N: If you are confused, I'm talking about the blue knights that are in Hyrule Castle sometimes). The knight spotted Link and Aryll and soon, rushed towards them with his sword already in hand. The knight started to thrust his sword at Link, in which Link blocked the attack. Both Link and the Knight were clashing their swords together, twisting and turning, never wavering from the fierce battle. Aryll, in the meantime, looked around, searching for an item to help Link out. Soon, she spotted an old chest lying in the middle of the floor. She kicked the chest opened, which revealed to have hold an old map of the castle. Aryll quickly grabbed the map. Aryll turned her attention back to the fierce battle between Link and the Knight. Link blocked an attack to his ribs with his shield as he thrusted his sword against the knights thighs, which were dodged. The Knight swung his sword at Link, in which he hastily dodged, but managed to get a gash to his left arm.
Link hissed at the slight pain that came from the gash and continue to block the attack of the Knights with his sword. The Knight pushed Link back against the wall, causing him to stumble a bit. Aryll, seeing the fierce battle, unsheathed her sword and ran towards the Knight in order to aid her brother. The Knight was about to strike Link straight across his chest when Aryll thrusted her sword directly at the knights arms, causing him to stumble backwards. Link immediately ran towards the Knight, building up energy in his blade. Soon, he unleashed a spin attack on the Knight, causing him to collapse on the floor. Aryll kneeled down and took a key card from the Knight. She focused her attention at Link, looking at his wound.
"Brother..."Aryll said, but was interrupted by Link. "Do not worry, sister. I shall live. We must continue for the Princess awaits us," Link responded. Link and Aryll proceeded to go through the door, entering deeper into the narrow corridors. Link and Aryll walked down a few steps, seeing many castle soldiers. Immediately, Link and Aryll unsheathed their swords and shields, preparing for battle. The two castle soldiers instantly spotted them and rushed towards Link and Aryll, thrusting their swords towards them. Link dodged the attack while Aryll blocked her assailant with her shield. Both Link and Aryll pushed their opponents back further into the narrow walkway. Link eyed Aryll and nodded to her, while Aryll did the same. Instantly, Link and Aryll rushed the two soldiers towards the cliff of the narrow pathway. Both soldiers lost their footing, thus falling into the pitch black darkness surrounding the area.
Link and Aryll continued to run down the narrow pathway, facing more castle soldiers along the way. Aryll managed to hit one of the soldiers with a pot, while Link continued dodging the soldiers assaults, swiftly striking them with ease.
Soon, Link and Aryll ran up to another corridor, in which the castle soldiers were scouting away from them. Instantly, Link and Aryll ran up to the soldiers and pushed them alongside the edge, invariantly, throwing them into the darkness. Aryll broke two pots with her sword and grabbed the card rupees that were inside of them. Link and Aryll dashed left towards the narrow pathway. Aryll was about to dash to the steel door that was visible when Link abruptly stopped her, pulling her behind a wall and covering her mouth. Link gestured to her, looking at two soldiers that was patrolling the area. Link and Aryll eyed the two soldiers, watching their every move, until the soldiers moved away from them. Their backs behind Aryll and Link.
Immediately, Link and Aryll dashed across the open threshold and towards the steel door. Aryll reached into her pocket and pulled out key card. Aryll swiped the key card through the key slot, in which the door automatically opened up. Link and Aryll instantly went inside the new room. Inside the room was a short stair case leading to a locked door. Also there was another door to the right side of the small hallway. The was also a castle solider patrolling the area. The castle solider noticed Link and Aryll standing in front of him. The castle solider suddenly rushed towards Aryll, unsheathing his sword from his belt. Aryll immediately blocked the attack and thrusted her sword towards the castle solider, instantly slaying him.
"Come, sister. We must make haste of our efforts," Link stated.
"Of course, Brother!" Aryll replied.
Link and Aryll dashed towards the door at the right hand side of the wall. After entering through the door, Link saw that there was another castle solider, a higher ranking one. The castle solider immediately pierced his eyes at Link, glaring at him. Link ran towards the castle solider, unsheathing his sword. The high ranking solider and Link clashed, clanging their swords against one another. Aryll hastily walked up to the small chest sitting in the middle of the room. She opened up the chest with her feet, revealing a small boomerang inside the chest. Aryll instantly grabbed the boomerang and put it inside her pocket. Link was clashing with the castle solider, avoiding his every attack. The castle solider did a mid-air assault at Link, in which Link dodged, with his sword, blocking the solider. The castle solider managed to slash Link's arm quickly, in which he winced in pain. Aryll soon ran up to the castle solider and slashed him on the back.
The castle solider yelled out in pain, turning around and glaring at Aryll. Aryll readied herself for battle. Instantly, the castle solider ran up to her, thrusting his sword near her stomach. Aryll immediately blocked that attack, and countered it by thrusting her sword straight at the castle solider's chest, hitting her mark. The castle solider instantly fell down, flat on his face. Link and Aryll nodded to each other and immediately left the room. Aryll picked up a key card that was left behind by the other castle solider that was in the room.
The two of them ran up the stair and into the steel door. Aryll handed Link the key card, in which he instantly swiped the card through the slot. The door instantly opened up. Link and Aryll dashed through the door way, running up the stairs. They both ran into a short hallway, running downstairs into another room. In the other room was a few tables and chairs with three cells inside. Princess Zelda heard some footsteps coming. She instantly peered through her cell door, looking to her right.
Link and Aryll instantly walked towards the third cell door, only to be stopped by a castle guard. Aryll looked at Link and instantly started to run towards the castle solider.
"GO BROTHER..I SHALL TAKE CARE OF HIM..YOU GET THE PRINCESS," Aryll yelled, clashing with the castle solider.
Link nodded and instantly ran past the castle solider, in which Aryll was battling with. Immediately, Princess Zelda looked at Link with relief.
"Please..get me out of here. I'm so scared," Zelda cried out.
"Don't worry, Princess. We shall give you your freedom," Link said, looking at the armored knight.
The armored knight leered at Link, glaring at him dangerously. Link prepared himself for battle, taking a fighting stance. The armored knight swished his spiked ball around, twirling it around faster and faster, throwing it towards Link. Link instantly dodged the attack, rolling out of the way. The armored knight again, swished his spike ball towards Link, aiming to hit his head. Link continually dodged the spike ball, moving backward quickly and swiftly. Aryll did a massive upper air assault against the castle solider, slaying him instantly, landing beautifully on her feet. She instantly looked up, seeing Link battling the armored solider.
"Brother...take this. It shall help you," Aryll shouted, throwing Link the boomerang she had in her pocket.
"Thanks, Aryll," Link said, catching the boomerang and eyeing the armored solider. The armored solider glared at Link, twirling his spiked ball around and throwing it towards Link.
Link dodged again, rolling away from the ball. Link instantly threw the boomerang towards the armored knight, causing him to stall for a bit. Link instantly ran and slashed the armored knight a couple of times. The armored knight pushed Link away roughly, angered at him. Link caught his boomerang and proceeded to eye the armored knight cautiously. The armored knight twirled his spiked ball around again, swishing towards Link's head. Link dodged instantly, countering the attack by throwing the boomerang towards the armored knight, hitting him instantly. The armored knight was again stunned by the boomerang.
Link rushed up towards the armored knight, slashing his sword towards him. He then gathered up energy into his sword and did a twirling sword attack towards the armored knight, sending him flying against the wall. The armored knight immediately fell down, unconscious. Link puts his hands on his knees, panting slightly over the intense battle. Aryll ran up to Link, rubbing his back slowly.
"You're alright, Brother?" Aryll inquired.
"Yes..huff...I am well..Aryll..pant," Link huffed, in exhaustion. Link looked down on the ground and saw a Main Key Card on the floor. Link instantly grabbed the Main Key card from the ground and walked towards Princess Zelda's cell, with Aryll following closely behind him. Princess Zelda stepped back slightly, watching Link and Aryll. Link quickly slide the Main Key Card through the Key slot, which opened up the door. Link and Aryll entered through the cell door, immediately bowing down in one knee in front of Princess Zelda.
"Princess, we have arrived here for your rescue," Link started to say, bowing to Zelda.
"We are knights of Hyrule, Princess, and we have heard your replies for help," Aryll stated, bowing to Zelda.
Link glanced quickly at Aryll, who glanced back at Link, smiling to him. Link smiled back to Aryll, turning his focus back at Princess Zelda.
"P-Please..stand up..."Zelda stammered nervously.
Link and Aryll immediately stood up, looking at Princess Zelda. Zelda immediately ran towards Link, hugging him tightly.
"Oh...thank the goddesses you both have arrived," Zelda cried out, "I was so scared. My father was killed...right in front of me."
"It's alright, Princess," Link soothly said, stroking her hair gently, "But now, we must make our escape."
"Yes, Princess. The evil wizard, Agahnim, will surely know that we are here. We must hurry!" Aryll exclaimed.
Link firmly grabbed Princess Zelda's wrist, looking at her oceanic eyes deeply. "Don't fret, Princess. We shall not let any harm come to you," Link firmly said.
Aryll and Link, holding firmly to Princess Zelda, walked out her cell and hastily running back towards the stairs. Aryll, Link, and Zelda quickly ran up the stairs, back to the other room, running through the hallways and down the second set of stairs. They went through the steel door, hastily running down the stairs towards the other main door. The three walked out of the door and into the corridors, where the two castle soldiers were still patrolling.
"Up there, Brother. It's a faster route," Aryll stated, pointed to a small set of stairs, into a upper corridor.
Link nodded at Aryll. Soon, the three ran towards the small set of stairs, avoiding the castle guards. Link ran up the small stairs with Zelda in tow, Aryll following him. All three started to run carefully through the narrow pathway, walking all the way to the front main door, in the beginning of the corridors. Link, Zelda, and Aryll jumped out of the narrow pathway and ran up the stairs, entering the previous door. Link, with Zelda and Aryll dashed inside the room, running towards the door way.
The three were back inside the main hallway of the castle. Link immediately went to the opposite direction to the left side of the dungeon entrance, going to the other room. Inside the east side of the castle, Link, Aryll, and Zelda immediately went up the stairs, running towards the south-eastern door of the hallway. The three went into the new room, where a high ranking castle solider was guarding the area. Link immediately slashed the solider on his left side, pushing him off from the pathway. Link and Aryll, with Zelda in tow, quickly leapt off the second floor and into the door that lead to the main opening. Link, Aryll, and Zelda, quickly ran up towards the door that lead to the throne room, hastily avoiding the castle guards that were pursuing them.
Inside the throne room, both Link and Aryll quickly slayed two castle soldiers that were blocking their way. Link instantly grabbed Zelda and with Aryll, quickly walked up towards the wall covering behind the King's throne.
"W-What...this is a dead end," Zelda said, frightened.
"Princess, behind this chest leads to the sanctuary. It's the only way you'll be able to escape from the castle undetected," Link said.
"Brother, You don't think time has alluded this secret passage, do you?" Aryll questioned.
"No, sister. I pray that it still exists," Link remarked, "Help me push the left side of the chest, sister."
"Yes, Brother!" Aryll responded.
Both Link and Aryll walked over to the left side of the chest, pushing the chest slowly with their strength. Slowly, the chest started to reveal a small door behind it. Zelda looked at the door with wide eyes.
"I-I didn't know..that door was there," Zelda stammered.
Both Link and Aryll pushed the chest all the way out, revealing the small, steel door fully. Link turned his attention towards Princess Zelda.
"This door has existed for many ages. It was used during the imprisoning war, Princess," Link started to explain, gently taking Princess Zelda's wrist, "Princess, we must make haste. The wizard is bound to find us if we delay any longer."
Zelda nodded in agreement, looking at Aryll and Link. Aryll opened the door, holding it for Link and Zelda. Link and Zelda entered through the door, in which Aryll entered after them, pulling the chest back into it's place. Aryll shut the door behind them, in which the three were in pitch darkness.
(Music Ends)
Well...that's the end of this chappie. Sorry it took so long...whew! Next chappie...Zelda is taken to safety and then..it's off to Kakariko Village. Until next time. Please read and review.