Hidden Nightmares

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Chapter Five: The Gerudo's Plot

"Hello? Who's there!" Link asked, alarmed. "Zelda? Is that you?"

He spun around, looking for the source of the noise he heard. Darunia continued to search for Zelda, but with no luck. Link shivered, then looked up. A flash of red caught his eye.

"Nabooru? Alyssa? G-Ganondorf?" Link whispered, staring at the spot he'd seen it.

A gerudo stepped out of the shadows, looking worried. She looked very poorly disguised, with her red hair out of a ponytail and wearing a yellow dress.

"Link? It's me Alyssa. Nabooru's been taken by Ganondorf into his castle. We think we have a spy in our hideout. We've been suspecting Mariyana for a long time and we think she's been in touch with Ganondorf. We think it has to do with the fact that Zelda disappeared. Would you like to see Mariyana?" She said with wide, fearful eyes.

Link gritted his teeth and nodded,a spy, eh? I'll teach this Mariyana not to spy on others!

Darunia made to follow, but Link pushed hm back, telling him to stay. Darunia shrugged and went back to eating some Goron rocks. Apparently Alyssa brought horses for them to ride when they got off Death Mountain. When Link asked how they would get down from Death Mountain Crater, Alyssa merely smiled.

"How do we get down from here?" Link wondered.

Alyssa giggled, and told Link to close his eyes. He obeyed, waiting to see whatever transportation Alyssa was about to show him. Instead he felt someone shove their hands into his back. He felt air whipping his hat off, blowing his hair around as he fell, down from the summit of Death Mountain. He tried to scream, but no sound came out. Beside him he heard the flapping of longish hair and a dress. Somebody must have pushed Alyssa off after they pushed him!

I can't die, he thought frantically, I just can't! Oh come one, I must have something to...the Longshot!

Link took out his Longshot and aimed for Death Mountain, which was pretty hard considering his eyes were closed. Finally he felt his Hookshot latch onto something and he stopped falling. Looking down he saw Alyssa some feet above, still falling. He was pretty close to the bottom by now, so he merely jumped, using his Zora tunic as a parachute (he's wearing the Goron one right now).

"I'm alive!" He said shakily when his feet touched the ground, "Alive."

He looked down beside him, tears welling in his eyes. It was too late to save Alyssa, who was now laying, eaglespread, on the earth beside him. Her eyes were closed, and her hair fell in a heap around her.

The least I can do is bury her, he thought sadly, Oh, who am I kidding? I have to save Zelda before midnight tonight. I just hope the fair people of Kakikiro Village find her and give her a decent burying.

He spotted two black stallions grazing three feet away. Taking one, he set out for Gerudo Valley. He was going to kill Mariyana if it meant killing himself in the process.

"Link! Nice to see you again. How are things?" A gerudo asked him happily when he got there.

"I need to see Mariyana!" He said gruffly.

"Oh, I'm sorry! Mariyana can't have visitors right now," the gerudo admitted.

"Tell me where she is or I'll skin you alive!" Link threatened, drawing the master sword.

The gerudo nodded, wide eyed. She took him to the room where he'd rescued the last carpenter. A gerudo with heavily lidded eyes sat, looking haughty.

"Kill me if you will, but Lord Ganondorf will rise again. He will reward those who are faithful. Those who defy him will be slaughtered," she spat.

Link glared at her, hating her with every fibre of his being. He clicked open the lock, allowing her to step into the room.

"Draw your dagger and fight me like a gerudo!" He sneered.

She laughed and drew out a curved dagger,pointing it at his heart, "When he rises, it will be I who lives on forever. You scum will be murdered before you can beg forgiveness.!"

Link lept at her, but she sidestepped, cutting open his back while he was left undefended. She feinted striking, then when he went to slash her, she plunged her dagger into his throat. He dropped to the ground, silent. One gerudo approached, holding a squealing red fairy in her hand. When she crouched down beside Link and opened the bottle. As Link felt his life returning, he also felt more powerful than ever before.

"You have just met your match, Mariyana!" Link challanged.

Then, without warning, we lunged for Mariyana, getting her right through the heart. She coughed once, twice, three times before falling onto the floor, her lifeless eyes staring blankly ahead. Many of the gerudos clapped, some even whistled. Until one of them stepped in front of Link, glowering.

"You killed her!" She snapped, "Killed her. She was our best fighter. Sure she was a spy, sure she helped capture Nabooru and Zelda, but-"

"How do you know Zelda's missing?" Link interupted quietly.

The girl flushed, her eyes wide, "I didn't, I don't, I-"

"Alyssa, what are you stammering about?" Another gerudo asked.

"Alyssa? Alyssa's dead. She fell off of Death Mountain Crater!" Link glared.

"No. She didn't. That was Alana, my twin," the girl in front of him sneered, "I convinced her to go up there and tell you to kill Mariyana. Then she was to push you off. Then jump off to make it look like someone else in case you survived. I was finishing you and my sister off at once. Pity you're still alive though."

"So, you're the spy. You, Alyssa, who helped us out of jail? You were a lie! You spied on Nabooru and helped catch Zelda! You! Mariyana was nothing but an innocent follower!" Link screamed.

"That's right," Alyssa laughed, "but you miss your itty bitty wittow pwincess, wight?"

Link, who was shaking all over, grabbed Alyssa by the throat and threw her at the wall. Before she hit it, though, she snapped and was instantly gone.

"I'm going to Ganon's Tower!" Link cried, "But I'll need the sages! I want all of you to send a messege to the sages. Tell them to come here."

In about ten minutes, Darunia, Ruto, and Impa had gathered around inside, looking confused. Link quickly told them about his plan and together, they dashed off to Ganon's Tower.

"Where do you think you're going?" Malon asked them suspicously once they got to Hyrule Field.

"We're going to Ganon's Tower, so if you don't get out of our way I'll be forced to kill you!" Link spat.

Malon glared at them with her unicorn eyes, but did not object. They continued on to the tower, Link walking very quickly.

We'll find Princess Zelda, he thought, and we'll kill Ganondorf in the process.

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Ok well, read, review, wait for the next chapter. Uhh, yeah, in case you couldn't guess, Mariyana's personality is based off Bellatrix Lestrange, from the Harry Potter series. I might base Alyssa off her too, depends. Bye now.