AUTHOR'S NOTE

Harry Potter has made me feel horrible (I mean, such a sad ending…). Plus, I keep writing this, I reread it, and then I delete most of it cuz I hate it. Anyway, I hope that's enough rambling that no one cares bullsht about… I suppose all I need is a new muse… P.S. This chapter is NOT exactly what the Dragon Roost Cavern look/s/ed like in the game. Just thought I'd let you all know. Also, don't expect chapter 7 very soon.

NOTE'S TO REVIEWERS

I'M SO SORRY ABOUT THE SLIGHT DELAY!

CHAPTER 6 'SIBLING SHADOWS'

'How can Link stand this?' went through Lola's mind more than once on the way up the mountain. The heat was steaming, and the jagged rocks pricked her feet through her shoes. "Is there any way to stay a little cooler, Link?" she asked. "No, not unless, of course, you want to take off your clothes…" he replied, smirking while trying not to laugh. He hated to admit it, but he was starting to really like her.

Lola looked away from Link, feeling the redness creep into her cheeks. 'No, no, Lola, don't blush over the cute guy… He's only extremely handsome, just ignore him…'

An hour went by, the mountain becoming no cooler. Lava bubbled far beneath the pair, occasionally streaming upwards in a blast of heat. Link continued walking, a sense of pride in his steps. Lola was behind him, struggling to keep up. "Link, can you slow down?" she yelled. "Nope," Link said, without looking back. Straining herself, Lola ran as fast as her tired body could, and closed the gap in between her and Link by a few yards. A bridge created a path to the right. Link turned, and paused, his thoughts muddled. "Link, why are we stopping?" Lola asked. It was then that Link told her all about his experiences before he met her.

Link started out rather roughly, but gradually smoothed his tale out. When he came to the end of how if Tetra hadn't helped him, he'd be dead, Lola gasped loudly. 'I… never knew… All that time with Tetra, and she never told me… I… can't believe it…'

It was quiet after Link finished, and only when they were walking up the stairs leading to Valoo did Link speak again. "Lola," he said, "did Tetra mention me at all when you were on the ship with her?"

"No, but-"

"I knew it."

"But, Link…"

"Lola," Link sighed, "Tetra and I were once lovers. I can't help but feel bad now, after retelling how she helped me so much."

"It's ok, Link."

The pair slowly continued up the huge, gleaming staircase. When Link saw Valoo, and the leaf next to him, he spoke to Valoo in ancient Hylian. "O, great Valoo, would ye allow thee to take from ye a leaf?"

"O, Great Hero, please, take from thee what you need" Valoo replied. Lola was left staring dumbly at the pair from atop the stairs, confused. Link grabbed his leaf, pocketed it, and started to walk back down. Lola gathered herself, and began to follow, when a strange noise emanated from behind her. She turned around, and saw a black figure attacking Valoo. "Link!" she exclaimed, "Come here- quick!" Link turned around and started to run towards the figure, and unsheathed his sword. Link stabbed the figure in the chest, and distracted it enough so that Valoo had time to fly away.

Lola backed away from Link and his adversary, and gave them room to duke it out. In a swift movement, Link threw his bow at her feet. "Lola, I trust you with this! Just please, help!"

"But Link, I don't know how!"

"Well, just figure it out please!"

Lola tried and tried to shoot the dark figure, but missed every time. Her shots were aimed horribly, and the one that did almost hit its target, the black figure nimbly dodged it with ease. Lola threw the bow down in disgust, and watched in horror as Link was tiring. Swords clashed, shields banged against one another, and feet were always moving. Link attempted to stab his opponent in the middle of the chest, but the figure just raised its shield, sending intense vibrations throughout Link's body. It was then that Link noticed that the figure was using the same battling style as him. Upon closer inspection, Link discovered that they were equal in strength, in mind, in height, and even in agility.

"Link, you cannot defeat me! I was entrusted with the task of killing you, and whomever else stands in my way!" the figure shouted as Link slashed his sword towards the figure's neck. And then, all of a sudden, Lola punched the figure's nose, breaking it. Link then had enough time to stab the man, but, before he could, Valoo swooped down and picked both Lola and Link up with his claws. Before he flew away, however, Valoo used his tail as a monstrous mace, and knocked the figure off of the cliff.

"Noooooooooooo! I cannot be defeated! Link; watch your back, because one day I'll kill you! Ganon created me, and as your shadow I cannot be defeated unless you are deeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaad!"

A splash erupted from the water below.

---MEANWHILE, ELSEWHERE…---

Tetra scanned the horizon in search of ships. Nothing except a single Merchant Ship came close to The Pirate's Fortress: nearly nothing for days. Her crew was becoming restless, anxious for another sea voyage. But Tetra knew she couldn't leave: not yet, at least. She needed to know what had happened to Lola.

Lola was the only woman on the ship besides Tetra. A bond that couldn't be broken, however much stretched, tied the two together. They were friends, and as much as Tetra hated it, they needed one another.

Gunfo, if anything, had felt worse when his buddy, Dalhor, threw Lola off of the ship. Tetra did the same to Gunfo as she did to Dalhor. With all of his skin gone, and Gunfo's hair (if short then) was now finally growing back. Gunfo's good looks had gone down the drain. No more would girls look in awe at his muscles, instead they would turn their heads in disgust at his ugly, exposed, newly repaired skin. Gunfo vowed that night that if he ever met Lola again, he'd make her pay.

A dark, starless night settled around the waves. Tetra and her crew slept (for pirates) pretty quietly. All of a sudden, a patch of water turned even blacker. A head arose, then a female upper body, then finally legs. The figure walked upon water as if it were ground. She moved towards a group of rocks, well out of view. The figure than drew a short rapier, and threw it with astounding strength up to the top window of the fortress. A scream broke through the silence of the night, and the figure then sank down, down into the water, down below the waves.

Everyone in the fortress heard their captain shriek. A short man named Keela arrived at Tetra's cabin first. He found her standing next to her bed, staring down at a short rapier, right where her head would have been. "W-W-What happened, Miss Tetra?" Keela asked. "Keela, be a dear and get back to bed. If you see anyone on the way there, tell them to go back to sleep too unless they want this short- knife-­" Tetra said with disgust, then continued, "to be attached to their body. If anyone comes into this room, they will pay." Tetra replied.

"Yes, Miss Tetra. Goodbye, Miss Tetra."

Keela was a nervous wreck going down the single, spiral staircase leading away from Tetra's room. He met Dalhor on the way down, and said, "Don't go near Tetra's room. Pass the message along."

"Right you are" responded Dalhor, who also was a bit frightened. The pair relayed this message over and over again, until finally the pair reached Keela's cabin. Keela entered his room, and Dalhor, for a mere instant, considered telling Gunfo about a few of his suspicions about Tetra. When Dalhor arrived at his room, he decided against it.

Tetra stood by her bed, thinking about who could've tried to kill her. She was still getting over the shock; she'd always only confronted a life-threatening situation head-on. But now, a mental blow struck her. In her mind's eye, only fools and cowards would do something this stealthily. It came from the ocean, Tetra knew that much, but as seeing she was moving off of the bed (and facing the side opposite that of the window) she had no clue as to where in the ocean the rapier was thrown. She first considered a sailor on a ship, but then she remembered a small gathering of rocks, and although they were a fair distance away, she knew that someone with strength such as Link's could hurl a small object from that position. No one in her crew could have left, taking out the possibility of betrayal. But what about a different betrayal? 'What if either Link or Lola are after me?' Tetra thought. But no, they wouldn't do that. And then, a more sinister thought: 'What if Ganondorf came back?'

FLASHBACK
The waters called for her. Tetra sat upon a tree stump, staring out at the ocean. Even at the age of 7, Tetra loved the waves of the ocean. She sat there on her favorite stump late into the night, every night, watching stars glow and fade away, waves move closer inland then farther out, and occasionally there was black, starless night when the moon would be as bright as the sun, and other nights when the moon was barely a faint, twinkling light far, far away.

Everything happened on Windfall Island. It was the most populated island of the Great Sea, along with the richest, most industrial, and the one with the greatest liking of pearls, rubies, diamonds, and other sorts of gems.

On this particular night, Tetra was staring at a pack of seagulls soaring aimlessly around rocks not too far away, occasionally either pooping over the water or rocks, or fluttering down to rest on a rock for a few minutes. One seagull especially caught Tetra's eye; its one wing looked harmed, and it was looking dreadfully tired. Every time that seagull tried to float down to a rock and take a break, another seagull pushed it out of the way, and every time that seagull tried to fly away, a seagull would fly over to it and shove it back with the group. This angered Tetra so much; she ran home and grabbed her bow. She vowed to protect the hurt seagull, and from that time on, she shot down the bullying bird. Tetra knew that her aim would never be 100, but it was decent nonetheless. It was on the third time Tetra attempted to strike the bullying seagull; the arrow flew from her bow, over the waters, and (now there were only 4 seagulls left) hit two seagulls in the wing, chipping off a bit, harming their flight capabilities, and hit the hurt seagull dead in the chest. The two newly hurt birds tried to stay aloft, but sank through the air to the water and drowned, whereas the already hurt seagull dropped like a stone and instantly lost its life.

Tetra couldn't stand herself. If only, if only, she had paid more attention in her archery class. Tetra fell to the ground, and cried monstrous oceanic waves of tears.

And from then on, Tetra had never taken life for granted.

END FLASHBACK

Tetra knew that she would have to find her would-be killer and kill them.

Two shadows stood on the bottom of the ocean, next to Ganon's stone statue. "From now on," the female said, "We won't work independently. If we want to fulfill our master's wishes, we must be strong together."

"Agreed."

"If we want to resurrect the Keeper of Power, first we must kill the other two Keeper's."

"We don't need to kill them, only steal their powers."

"Fine."

"I need a new sword."

"I thought Ganon said try not to be seen by anyone."

"I couldn't help it. Besides, it was the perfect time."

"Yes, I'm sure it was, but I suppose the Courage Keeper was a better match than you."

"Yes, he was, but you know as well as I that every time we are defeated, we acknowledge our mistakes and thereby become better killers. Even so, I need a new sword. And it wasn't the Courage Keeper that destroyed my sword, I just banged it against a rock when I was falling from the cliff he pushed me from."

"Fine, I'll have the Ghost make another."

"Good."

Link stood at the top of the cliff, panting heavily. Lola stood by his side, holding out his bow. She was worried. So worried, in fact, that she tried examining Link for wounds. Distracted, Link pushed her hand aside. He pulled a small telescope out of his pocket, and scanned the seas. "Nothing" he muttered to himself. He put the telescope back, and began to walk back down the stairs. Lola followed, ashamed at herself for not helping Link in any way at all during the fight. Link's arms hang tiredly over at his side, dragging his feet more and more with every step he took. Lola took upon the task of keeping her love satisfied. She set her hands under his arms, and helped him walk down the long staircase. "Thanks" he mumbled, and Lola opened the door leading back into the Dragon Roost Cavern.

Link vowed to kill the man of darkness.

AUTHOR'S NOTE

I hope you all liked it! It took me FOREVER to write out! Ok, so, I need to know what my reviewers (I really don't know how good this is…) want. I'm still deciding about whether to have a fairy-tale ending, happy ending, a slightly sad ending, or a very sad ending. Just include what ending you think this should have with your review. And please, if you read anything, just review. I noticed that someone (not mentioning names) has me as one of their favorite authors or something like that, but I don't have a single review from them.

So, to be continued...