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Chapter 8: The evil blade and the forest green rock.
The next morning, Link woke up earlier than any one, not even the sun had showed up yet. After putting on his forest green tunic and leaving a good
bye letter to princess Zelda, he grabbed his swords and jumped down the window. He stole one of the horses from the stables and began his journey
in search for the sacred stones that opened the door of time. The gates
that led to Hyrule castle were guarded by two soldiers. Link's horse
stopped galloping once it got in front of the gates.
Link – Open the gate!
Soldier – I'm afraid that I cannot do that, Sir Link.
Link – What?
Soldier – A girl told me that I should not let you go because you are
heading to your own death.
Link – [humph] (Must've been Jill). Who said that?
Soldier – A woman with black armor, the one you were talking with at the
castle garden.
Link – (damn it!). Let me out!
Soldier – I won't!
Link – Fine!
Link lifted up his left hand, with his fingers pointing straight up. The Triforce mark on his hand glowed in a pale green light. A sudden light came
out from Link's hand and engulfed his body. By the time the light disappeared, Link was no longer on the horse; he was already on the other
side of the gate, running towards the exit.
Link – Didn't expect me to use Farore's Wind, eh?
As Link ran through the market, memories of the last seven years passed
through his eyes.
Link – I can't stay any longer! I must go!
With a tear in his eye and pain in his heart he left the castle for good. Since he did not sleep enough, Link was really tired, so he made his way to
Lon Lon Ranch and slept at the stables.
By that morning, back at Hyrule castle, Zelda woke up all alone, as she was expecting. She took one of her dresses out of her closet and just when she was about to put it on, she saw a letter. The princess grabbed it with her
gentle hands and began to read it.
The letter goes like this:
Dear Zelda: I'm terribly sorry for not telling you this personally, but you would have not let me get out of the castle. With this letter, I just want to tell you
that once I come out of the evil realm I might go back and stay for a couple of days at the castle. If we're lucky, there won't be no one will
miss me because maybe someone new's going in your direction (some day you'll understand). I don't have much time left so I'll finish this letter
here.
Love, Sir Link.
P.D.: You should take a bit more care than you're used to.
Zelda smiled, knowing that her hero would keep his promise, but how much
time will it take until then?
Short while after that, Link woke up at a fluffy bed. He sat on the bed and
placed his feet on the floor, when suddenly someone opened the door and
came in. It was Malon, the one in charge of the ranch.
Malon – Oh! Sorry.
Link – Nah, don't worry. You can come in.
Malon – Thanks. So, how the princess' knight has been doing?
Link – Better than yesterday.
Malon – Yeah right. Anyway, why did you sleep in our stables? Didn't you
live in the castle?
Link – For certain reasons I had to go, and with no place to spend the
night.
Malon – Okay. You know, someone wants to see you.
Link – Who is it?
Malon – Just go outside...and get ready for quite a ruckus.
What did she mean by that? Link did not have any idea, not until he stepped
outside.
? – Look guys! Link's back!
Link - ...?
The boys once know as "the bombers" were there in a way Link would have never5 though of, they were teens. They all came as fast as they could and
still wore their bandanas.
Link – Are you...the bombers?
#1 – Of course we are!
#4 – Yo, dude! How you been doin' all this time?
Link – Not so bad.
Boy with yellow bandana – 'Sup Link!
Link – I've been doing great, how 'bout you? Do you have a name already?
Boy with yellow bandana – Well of course, since everyone's name resembles a
number, they've called me Zero.
Link – Zero?
#0 – Sure!
At that moment, Link remembered that he was not visiting nor wandering
around.
Link – Damn! Almost forgot!
#0 – What?
Link – Gotta go to Kokiri Forest, and fast.
#0 – You can use one of our horses.
Link – No thanks.
#0 – I insist!
Link – Fine. If you insist.
#0 – Follow me.
They entered the building at the right side of the entrance which was used
as the stables.
#0 – Wait here.
Link stayed at the exit, wondering why he didn't let him go inside.
Link – (Maybe they are making some kind of joke...)
At that moment, Link's thoughts had vanished, once he saw the horse the bombers had especially for him. It was a golden brown stallion, it's hair had a pale yellow color, almost white which seemed to reflect the light of
the sun.
#0 – Here it is! Do you wanna take a ride?
Link - ...Huh? What?
#0 – You're stunned, aren't you?
Link – Speechless, I'd say.
#0 – Then hop on!
Link got on the horse as fast as lightning, still shocked because he had
never seen such beauty in an animal like that one.
#0 – You'd better watch out. This guy's a bit faster than it looks.
Link – What's his name?
#0 – Son of Sun, but he also likes people to call him Sol.
Link – Sol?
#0 – Yeah!
Link – Sorry to leave you like this, but I've got to hurry.
#0 – Don't worry, just go.
Link – Excellent!
With a light kick, the horse started galloping gracefully until it got Link to the Hyrule Field, and with a harder kick, ran like the wind towards the
forest where the Hero of Time was raised. At the very entrance of the forest, Link made Sol stop and went into the forest all alone, but only to
learn that they were already waiting for him. Once he entered, an arrow flew past his head, almost hitting him. Link looked to his right side and
there was another one coming.
Link – What the heck are you guys doing?
Red haired kokiri – We know what yer gonna do!
Link – What're you talking about?
Blonde haired kokiri – Ye want tae desfroy everyfin and claim the emerald!
Link – I don't want to destroy anything.
Both kokiris – Yes you do!
Leader of kokiris – Shut up! Both of you!
Link – Who are you?
Leader of kokiris – I am Teeple, leader of kokiris.
Link – [laughing loudly]
Teeple – What so funny?
Link – Nothing. What happened to Mido?
Teeple – He was attacked by a group of wolfos and didn't survive.
Link – Damn. What's going on anyways?
Teeple – We have been told that a man with four swords would come and
destroy everything, unless we gave him our precious Kokiri Emerald.
Link – What does that have to do with me?
Teeple – Your swords.
Link – They're not four...damn!
Teeple – I must ask you to leave.
Link – But I want to ask you something.
Teeple – If it is about the stone, forget it!
Link – But I need it! My life depends on it!
Teeple – We don't care about you're problems! Just leave or we'll have to
take you out of here!
A lot of kids surrounded Link with bows in hand and aiming at his head.
Link – Are you sure you can force me to go out?
He took out slowly the Evil Excalibur with his left hand and the Triforce mark behind it began to glow with a green light. Link kneeled on the floor and closed his eyes while facing down and breathing heavily. He seemed to
be suffering because of some kind of pain.
Teeple – You okay?
The Evil Excalibur's powers had brought out Link's dark side, transforming him in a killing machine, full of anger. He looked up and stared straight at Teeple's eyes. At that same time, Link's sapphire blue eyes turned out
to be completely black, and he had the look of a beast.
Dark Link - ...
Teeple – You okay?
Dark Link – Hand over the sacred stone. Now!
Teeple – What?
Link performed a large jump and landed at Teeple's side. He lifted his
sword and held it pointing at the kokiri's throat.
Dark Link – Give it to me. NOW!
Teeple – Shoot him!
Arrows came flying from everywhere. Link leaped back and ran on the wall, just like he did when fighting Majora, and with a large jump he landed in front of the Lost Woods entrance. In a matter of seconds, the kokiri had reached his place a kept on shooting him continuously. He slashed away most of the arrows but they just kept coming, so he jumped up high and fired his
hookshot, which he occasionally used, against the item shop. Since the
building is mainly made of wood the hook got stuck in its rooftop and pulled Link onto it. Once he got over there, he held his sword straight up and used Farore's Wind. Instead of the teleporting effect it always had, the swords dark powers transformed it into a black magic, mainly used for
attacking multiple foes. Dark clouds covered the sky and a thunderstorm
took place at the kokiri forest. Suddenly, the sword was engulfed by a green light and a strong gust blew over the forest, destroying everything within sight, along with the kokiris. He stood right there, watching all
over the disaster he had just caused, when he heard a voice.
? – You shouldn't be so pushy.
He noticed that the voice came from behind him, but didn't turn around.
Dark Link – What do you want?
? – I want you to let go the sword.
Dark Link – What for?
? – Just do it!
Link hesitated, but eventually, he opened his hand and let the sword fall
on the floor, returning him to normal.
? – You okay now?
Link – That voice. Jill?
He turned back as soon as he regained consciousness and there she was,
sitting down at the edge of the rooftop of the item shop.
Jill – So you have discovered the hidden power of the sword.
Link – What has just happened? I could see everything I did, but couldn't
stop myself.
Jill – Remember what I told you 'bout the sword?
Link – Uh-huh.
Jill- The sword released all the anger you had inside of your soul and
thus, your dark side took possession of your body.
Link – What about that spell, I can't use black magic.
Jill – Thanks to the Triforce of courage, you possess the power of Farore,
the goddess of life, which you can use either for good or evil.
A short pause came in. In frustration, Link sat by Jill's side and stared at the ruins of kokiri forest. A tear escaped from his eyelid's grasp and
pushed him into breaking that moment of silence.
Link – I used to call this place home, ya know.
Jill – I know.
Link – Now look! I destroyed it, betrayed my own roots!
Jill – What are you talking about? You're not a kokiri.
Link – But even so, I was raised here. [Sniff]
Jill - ...
Link – First the Deku Tree, now this, who's next?
Jill – (Better do something before I lose him) What are you talking about?
They're not dead. They're just frightened and hid.
Link – Are you trying to help? 'Cause you're not succeeding.
Jill – Listen, get the stone and buzz of.
Link – What? Why?
Jill – If Sephiroth finds out that you've been talking with me you'll be in
big trouble.
Link – Why are you helping me? I'm going to kill your brother.
Jill – Believe me, you won't. Now go!
Link went to where Teeple was and took the spiritual stone away from him.
After that, he walked outside, hoped on Sol and left, leaving the Evil Excalibur behind. But he did not know that the sword would seek its wielder
wherever he or she went. Jill stood on the forest's shop, when a demon
came, but this one looked like a human-bat named Diablos.
Jill – Finally, you came.
Diablos – I had to help the "reaper" escape from hell, remember?
Jill – Was it that hard?
Diablos – Thanks to some Crit we managed to come out in one piece,
otherwise, I would be down there as well.
Jill – So our spy did something interesting at last, eh?
Diablos – Yeah, how 'bout you? You doing fine with "Prince Charming"?
Jill – He's no "Prince Charming"! But things are going as I foretold.
Diablos – Good, now let's get going.