The Legend of Zelda: The Evil Within

By: Flashgunner

Ch. 3: Believe In Me

The morning wind blew lightly over Hyrule Castle as Zelda suddenly awoke from her slumber. What's going on? I felt an evil power, but it vanished as soon as it came. Link…I wonder what this means. Have you found anything? Is there anything to find?

Link and Saria rode across Hyrule atop Link's noble steed Epona. Saria was quickly glancing back and forth in awe of the beautiful plain. "I never knew such a land existed outside of the forest." Remarked Saria "We've only just begun." replied Link. They rode swiftly past Lon Lon Ranch and came upon another open plain, Saria continuously asking Link anything she could. Link soon decided to stop by a river and let Epona rest. (They had been riding for 45 minutes). Link helped Saria down from Epona and she sat down on the grass. He led Epona over to the water and then returned to Saria. "I never knew the rest of Hyrule was so big. How much further until we reach Lake Hylia?" She looked up at Link who was now leaning against a tree next to her. "We should be able to reach the Lake a little before noon, so not much longer" "I don't mind how long we take; Hyrule is so much more of a sight than I ever dreamed."

Back with Zelda……

Zelda walked up the steps of the Temple of Time at a slightly quick pace. I must find out what is going on. She made her way through the temple and up to the altar. She clasped her hands together and a shallow glow emitted from the Triforce charm on her forehead.

"Oh spirits of the six sages! Appear to me to aid me in my dilemma!" Instantly she was surrounded by six lights. Each light shone a different color, green, red, blue, purple, orange, and yellow. The yellow ball of light spoke. "Princess Zelda whom has summoned us, tell us of your troubles"

"Six sages, evil lurks around Hyrule but I cannot deduce what it might be. Lend me the knowledge of what you watch over! Tell me of what you sense!" Instantly the six lights began to glow brighter. This continued for a few minutes then the blue one stopped.

"The spirits of the water and the water over Hyrule sense nothing." The light said. Zelda nodded and waited again. The green light lost its glow soon after.

"The forest and all of its spirits can see no evil within their land." Zelda nodded once again and awaited the next spirit. The yellow spirit lost its glow.

"The pathways through time show no signs of evil." Zelda began to worry that nothing would be found. The purple light faded.

"The spirits of the dead rest peacefully." Zelda gulped. If the six sages couldn't find anything then they were lost with no leads. Then the red one faded. It was silent for a second before it spoke.

"Some evil monsters are riding down Death Mountain atop wild bores." Moblins? Zelda thought to herself with confusion. "Great sage of fire do tell me! Where did they appear from?" "I do not know they were riding down the mountain before I began my search. The source of evil you are looking for must be near the top of death mountain." The red light replied. Zelda thanked the sage and turned to leave, but remembered that the sage of spirit had yet to reply. She turned around to find that the orange light was still very bright. She sat for a few minutes until it finally stopped.

"What have you found sage of spirit?" The light took a while to answer as if it was confused. "What is this? Something is odd." "Please tell me!" asked the eager princess. "Confusing, most confusing. I sense something odd within the spirit the Hero of Time"

Link…! "What is it?"

"I do not know. I cannot sense if it is evil or if it's anything for that matter. It seems to be masking its identity quite well. You must watch over him Zelda, we cannot tell if this entity that resides within him is a threat or not."

"I understand great sage of spirit. I shall watch over Link. Thank you for your time, O great sages of Hyrule." With that said the six lights disappeared and Zelda was left alone. Link…what is going on? Is there something that we're missing? She suddenly snapped out of her deep though because she remembered the Moblins that the spirit of fire had warned her about. They're probably in Hyrule Field right now. I must send soldiers right away. Now I have two things to worry about, where these Moblins came from, and whatever this strange entity within Link is. She turned and hastily walked back thought the Temple of Time.

Back with Link and Saria…

"…and that was how I was able to reverse time whenever I needed to in order to prepare for attacking skull kid." Saria listened to Link's story with much interest. "Wow you've been through a lot since you left the forest huh." "Yeah, but these past few years have been peaceful. I usually just fight bandits nowadays." Saria was silent for a moment after Link finished. "I was very lonely in the forest after you l…" She looked up, but Link was looking away with a very serious look in his eyes. "Something's coming…I can't tell what, but I've got the feeling it's not friendly." Saria stood up and looked around. "I can't see anything…" suddenly the ground felt like it was lightly vibrating.

Saria looked from side to side and then ran to Link who now had a battle expression on his face. She hid behind him and started to shiver slightly. "Link what it is?" She said in a frightened tone of voice. Link suddenly saw something on the horizon. It looked like a dust cloud. What the hell is it? Wait…it couldn't be…it is! And their heading right for us! The Moblins atop their boars came into view and Saria let out a small shriek. "MOBLINS!" Link yelled as he grabbed Saria's arm and pulled her over to Epona and mounted her quickly.

Link reared on Epona and turned her around. "Go Epona! As fast as you can!" Epona neighed in response and started picking up tremendous speed. Link and Saria sped across Hyrule field as fast as Epona could carry them. But no matter how fast she went the powerful boars of the Moblins slowly gained on them. After a while of running Epona began to lose speed. Dang! We couldn't outrun them! I can't put Epona in too much danger. Link quickly veered Epona to the right and headed for the entrance of Gerudo valley. Maybe the Gerudos will help me! He came to the entrance of the valley and quickly dismounted helping Saria off too. "Go meet us at Lake Hylia Epona." Epona neighed and ran off in the direction of Lake Hylia.

"Saria! Go through this valley and up to the Gerudo fortress. Tell them Link needs assistance fighting moblins. You probably won't have any problems getting in because you're a girl." Saria raised an eyebrow at this comment. "What?" "You'll understand when you get there! Hurry!" Saria nodded and ran off into the valley.

Link saw the moblins approach. Three Moblins Jumped off the backs of their boars and charged at Link with their spears in front. The fastest one got to him first and thrust his spear at Link. Link bent backwards and let the spear pass right over him. He grabbed the moblin's arm, turned himself around so that he was on one knee, and flung the moblin's huge body over his back, into the cliff wall. He drew his sword and shield as the other two moblins approached. The first one swung its spear downward at Link. Link cut the spear in half and rammed the moblin with his shield, sending the beast to the ground. The third one tried to thrust his spear at his opponent. Link in return thrust his sword forward too. The blade of the sword and the blade of the spear met on the tips, but Links sword broke straight through the spear tip and broke through the rest of the spear as well. The moblin's spear lay in little pieces on the ground, but its owner didn't hesitate. The moblin started throwing punches, but to no avail. Link dodged every punch swiftly.

As the moblin hopelessly attacked Link, the other seven moblins dismounted from their boars. Three carried large longbows, one carried a spear, two carried clubs, and one carried a bundle of throwing axes.

Great! More of them! Link thought to himself as he dodged the moblin's fists. Suddenly Link heard a scream. Saria!

An arrow came flying at Link. He caught it and thrust it into the shoulder of the moblin that was punching at him. The moblin roared in pain. Link took the end of his sword handle and thrust it right between the moblin's eyes. The moblin fell to the ground and didn't move.

Link quickly turned and ran into the valley where he found Saria standing over the large canyon that separated the valley from the fortress. Only the bridge was out.

What? I thought the carpenters had rebuilt the bridge! "Link what we are going to do!" Saria exclaimed in horror. "Stay behind me!" "O…okay…" Saria ducked behind a large rock and peeked her head over the side to watch the battle. Damn it! They may be monsters, but I don't want to kill them in front of Saria!

Link had no more time to think. The moblin with the spear charged at Link. Link reached both his hands outward and a green glow began to emit from them. "Farore's Wind!" Suddenly a huge blast of wind emitted from Links hands and the moblin flew headfirst into a rock wall. Link looked to the side just in time to see a throwing axe right in front of him. He ducked right before the axe hit him and a couple strands of his hair fell to the ground.

Link spun around and tossed a deku nut to the feet of the moblin. It roared in pain and clutched its eyes. Link ran forward and rammed the moblin into a pile of rocks. Link looked over to the other five moblins and his eyes widened. One of them had seen Saria and sent a shockwave across the ground with his club towards the terrified Saria. She screamed as the rock in front of her shattered when the shockwave hit it. The moblin smirked and raised his club to strike the ground again.

Damn! Link thought as he ran towards Saria, dodging arrows. The moblin slammed his club to the ground, producing another shockwave that sped towards Saria. At the last moment Link pushed Saria out of the way and the shockwave made contact with him.

"ARRRRGH!" "LINK!" Link was sent flying over the edge of the massive canyon. "Damn!" Link cursed as he turned himself around in mid air and landed on a piece of land sticking out of the canyon wall along the river. "Link are you alright!" "I'm fine! Saria listen to me! You have to jump!" "Link are you crazy this canyon is huge!" "Don't worry I'll catch you! Don't let the moblins take you!" "I…I…I can't Link!" "Saria you must believe in me! You have to jump!" Saria looked back at the moblins who were trudging towards her. She looked back down the canyon, then back at the moblins again.

She closed her eyes hopped over the edge and began to fall at a tremendous speed. "AAIIIEEEEEEE!" she screamed as she fell. I'm falling! I'm falling! I'm going to die! She felt a sudden jerk and thought for sure that she had hit the ground. But when she finally opened her eyes she was nestled in Links arms and was staring right into his blue eyes.

"Phew! Sorry I made you go through all that…" Link said soothingly. Tears began to form up in Saria's eyes and she threw her arms around him. "Sniff…Thank you Link! I thought I was going to die……" "It's ok now we're safe." He gently set Saria back on her feet, but she fell on her hands and knees. "M…My legs are still shaking…" "Here, let me help you." Link took Saria's hand and helped her up. She wrapped her arms around his right arm and they walked down the canyon river path that led to Lake Hylia.

Elsewhere……

The five moblins that remained from the battle walked into a cave. One of the moblins spoke. "Sir we failed to kill Link." The shadow of a figure in the light of a torch flame responded. "I'm surprised that you returned then." "It couldn't be helped sir! He fell into the canyon and…ARRRRRGGGGHHHHH!" There was a gust of wind, blood flew everywhere and the moblins fell to pieces on the ground. The sound of a sword being resheathed was heard in the echo of the cave. "Well Link, you're making this quite interesting aren't you?"

To Be Continued--