Chapter Four: The Fight

Sitting down at a table, Link stared lazily at a bowl of fruit with his head propped up on one fist. The room was round-shaped and was the perfect size. A balcony was to his right, his full-sized bed behind him, and to his left was a kitchen right next to a door that led to the bathroom. This room reminded him of his home in the Kokiri forest. He takes a fruit from the basket, one red and round fruit that tasted like orange and plum together(3). He took a bite of the fruit then sighed.

"She isn't all that bad…and she has her reasons."

Link sighed again and took another bite of the fruit. He slowly stood to his feet and walked over to the balcony.

The view was magnificent; on one side you could see the resting marketplace below and in another direction, the castle whispered in the wind. Link stretched his arms out then took a seat on the chair outside. After a moment or two he stood up and walked over to pick up his sword and shield then walked out the door. Link scattered down the stairs of the apartments and jumped on Epona, who was saddled up downstairs.

At the entrance of the Lost Woods, Link pulled out the map that Phae made for him and followed the directions to her cabin.

It was dark and full of mist and Link felt a dark presence flowing through the woods. After several minutes of trotting through the forest, Link found himself approaching the cabin. He rode along the side of the cabin and stepped off of Epona at the front door. He knocked on the door to see that Phae had anticipated the duel as well; she had a long, fairly thin sword on her back that looked like it could produce lethal damage in seconds.

"I've come for your blood, thief."

Phae's head was tilted down and her eyes could not be seen through her blood red hair. "Ready when you are." A grin could be seen on her beautiful face, a face Link felt regrettable to fight.

Link performed a careful back flip and unsheathed his sword. He slashed the air in a beautiful stance that Phae hadn't noticed; she was unsheathing her sword as well then unexpectedly she flashed to behind Link, then appeared to Link's left, then right, then behind him once more. With the bunt side of her blade, she knocked Link on the head, causing him to fall to the ground. He quickly recovered with a roll and before Phae could see, he pulled out an arrow and his bow. He shot the arrow with brilliant speed directly at Phae, who jumped to the side and almost evaded the arrow; it hit her in the shoulder, just skimming across the top. She fell to the ground and with a moan, she pulled out the arrow and broke it in half.

This action left Link in almost as much awe as her next move; she jumped into the air and remained there, floating 4 feet above the damp ground. A dark purple aura surrounded her as she tossed a glowing sphere of the same color as the aura at Link. Link swung his sword to deflect it away into the woods. Phae floated in a semi circle around Link to throw another sphere of energy. This one reflected to Link, and then to Phae, then to Link, who knocked it farther into the woods than the last time.

The battle had reached a climax as Phae returned to the earth and howled a loud laugh.

"You are skillful. Such an amazing talent must be fit with an equally worthy name. Is it as amazing as I've been lead to believe?"

Link was breathing heavily. "Yeah, the name's Link. What's it to ya?"

Phae's face turned to an expression of shock. Her sword fell to the ground and she dropped to her knees.

"…Link?"

Author's Notes: The chapter may seem to end abruptly, but what you are actually reading is scene 4 (Nurse) and most of scene 5 (The fight). What's going to happen is, in my opinion, very interesting, so I wanted to keep readers reading.
Things in the chapter:

(3) Since the world of Hyrule doesn't co-exist with our earth, to make the world seem deeper and farther away from reality, I used this bizarre fruit. Somebody email me with a good idea on what I should call the fruit!

I hope you enjoyed this chapter! (Note: Link took multiple days to recover from the accident, but he still hasn't fully recovered. He is in good enough shape to fight Phae.)