Life after Legend

Chapter 18: The Mission Messenger

Bohndi didn't like the look of things. Everyone in camp was sleeping. Bohndi strained his ears as he looked out over the horizon. It was too quiet. This would be the time something dramatic would happen. Bohndi wouldn't be disappointed.

Bohndi turned around to glance upon his snoozing comrades. Much to his surprise there was a stranger in camp. He stood in the middle of all the sleeping Hylians. This man wasn't Hylian. He was garbed in orange, yet cloaked in blue. His green hair contrasted his white complexion. He carried a staff tipped by a tiger claw. His ears were that of a tiger and stuck prominently outwards from his head.

"Long time no see, Bohndi," the stranger said.

"What do you want with me? I've been retired for years," Bohndi replied.

"You may need to draw your blade again for us, but that is not certain. Somehow, he got a ways ahead of us, and we are trying to catch up," replied the stranger.

"Tigris? Is that you?" came a new voice. It was Nansen. He had been awaken by the voices and wished to now join the chat.

"Ah, Nansen! I was actually coming to see you and some of your friends," said Tigris. "Farewell Bohndi," Tigris said as he waved his staff in the sand. In a flash of light Bohndi, Duke and Kiir were sent back home.

"Tigris! What did you-"?

"Nansen, don't worry. I just sent them home," Tigris said reassuringly.

"Well then. What are you doing here?" Nansen inquired.

"I am being used as a messenger. I hate it when I am assigned tedious chores like this," he replied.

"Well, what's your message?"

"Ah, the message must be told to your friends as well, because they have a part in it as well."

"Well then. Let's wake them up!" Nansen said as he began to kick Knil. Knil rolled over onto Link, who awoke with a start. Link quickly stood up and Knil fell onto the ground.

"Five more minutes, Duke," mumbled Knil as he rolled over and tried to sleep. Nansen kept kicking him. He finally got up and looked around groggily. "Hey where did the rest of them go? And who's this dude?" Knil asked.

"I am Tigris. Your friends were sent home and I have come to deliver to you a message. Do you understand?" Tigris stated.

"What's your message and who sent you?" asked Link.

"Nansen already knows this, but I am probably going to have to explain it again," Tigris said. "There are three realms: The Highlands, the Lowlands, and the Land of Men. The Highland is above the Land of Men, and the Lowland below it. There are also three forces: the High, the good guys, the Low, the bad guys, and the Neutral. They each reside in their respective lands. The world of men is where the power of the forces mingles. The Neutrals are judges who preserve balance and reside in a cut off part of the Highland. They serve no one side but try to keep the balance of the two opposing forces at rest."

"Every place has the three lands," Tigris continued, "with a few exceptions. Hyrule has no Lowland. Long ago, there was a mighty warrior who was raised in the Old Hyrule. He was the most powerful being of the High. With time, most powerful being of the High and Low become Neutral; it is a way of evening the scales, you could say. The mighty warrior, Sanctos, realized that the Neutrals just wanted to restrain him, so just before he was to become a Neutral, he turned to the Low. He raised a vast empire and waged a mighty war. He ended up fighting many great warriors of the High, but he really wanted to fight the Neutrals. After his death, the Empire was passed onto his eldest son, Euphrates. The empire shrunk a some after the death of Sanctos, and Euphrates wanted to do more then his father ever did. The Empire's capital was known as the Dark City. Euphrates began to make the Dark City rise from the Lowlands and take over the Land of Men and beyond. The rise of the Dark City caused the Golden City, the area's Highland, to fall. The two clashed and turned the Land of Men into Chaos and Void. The Dark City was sealed away, causing Hyrule to lose its Lowland. The Golden City was destroyed and all of its citizens killed, except for three. Those three sisters inherited the power of the whole city and used it to rebuild the Land of Men and their home. These two places are now known as Hyrule and the Golden Realm."

"Nice History lesson, but what does that Have to do with us?" Knil asked.

"I would have told you, if you had let me. I am here to give you missions assigned by a counsel of High."

"Another mission?" Link asked. "We barely finished our last one!"

"Yes you have another mission. Your last fiasco was merely the byproduct of the diversion. Someone is trying to resurrect Euphrates and unseal his kingdom. Knil and Nansen, you are to remove Ganon's Triforce Piece and kill him. He is currently a nuisance, but if powered by Euphrates, then he could be trouble."

"We understand," said Nansen. "Or at least I do."

"As part of releasing Euphrates, the sages of Hyrule have been corrupted. To quickly unleash the seal, five sages have to be corrupted, and three have been. One had his powers stolen, sot here are four. Each has erected a tower covering their temple. To complete the formation, Zelda is the one who has to be corrupted, but we have her under safe guard. Link, you must destroy the towers and free the sages. Do you understand?"

"Yes, I get it," Link said.

"Good," Tigris said. He waved his staff, and soon all were engulfed in waves of sand.

Sorry for the delay of my updating, but school has eaten more of my time than expected. I also have been writing alot on