Chapter 9 Brightened Soul

Hey everybody. Sorry, this chapter isn't very long, and it isn't very dark, but I got to the end of it, and decided that I had arrived at a great place ot end the chapter. So here it is! Ri2, the Gatekeeper used the powers of the Lord of Light to bring her back to life. He used that power to reattach the bonds between the body and the soul. I remember you saying that the power of light isn't about giving life back to the dead, don't be so sure of that. The question I would ask is why isn't it? Remember, I am a Christian, and Jesus brought the dead back to life, and even rose from the dead when he was killed. Several of the prophets in the Bible also brought the dead back to life again. Yes, and Malon had the light (which actually was the spirit of the lord of light) in her because she was a believer. Yes, and Navi didn't warn him, because she knew as little as he did about what was behind the door. In fact, it was that incident that made her so edgy in the future about the grave of the Sheikah. As for Ganon losing the fight, Ganon has no hope of ever triumphing over the Lord of Light, it just is not possible. But the Lord of Light allows him to remain on the earth because of the prophesy. Remember, the Lord of Light allowed him to take over the world because mankind had turned its back on the Lord of Light. You know how the Bible says that Satan is the ruler of the world? Same thing here. And the gate was barred, it just was opened and closed with a rope that you pull which was on the other side. Okay, enough author's note, enjoy!

"What are they going to do to him?" Malon asked Link, as he carried her through the crowd of angry people.

"I don't know," Link whispered.

He looked down at the robe which he wore to conceal himself, and the Hergon blade which was in his stomach. He had pulled his hood up to cover his face, and had hidden his sword within the folds of his cloak. Malon was dressed in similar clothing. The crowd dragged the Gatekeeper to the town center, and threw him to the ground. He lay there in the cold brown earth as the people hurled insults at him, mocking his very existence.

"Those who harm the mighty will receive their penalty in full!" a strange black haired spirit said as it rose up into the air.

It was, in truth, Nargasa, but Link and Malon did not know this.

"Now he will die!"

The Gatekeeper was pulled roughly to his feet, and then knocked back down by a long wooden pole. Six men walked in from the crowd, and began beating him with staffs. The Gatekeeper cried out each time one of the painful weapons slammed against his hard flesh, but did not stop the men from harming him.

"He shall regret the day he was born!" Nargasa shouted above the shouts and jeers from the crowd.

The six men stopped, and backed away. The Gatekeeper tried to stand back up, but failed miserably. The blows from the staffs had left two of his ribs broken.

"He will not stand and face us!" Nargasa shouted. "Then we will make him!"

Another man walked through the crowd with a long leather whip held in his hands. He swung it back, and cracked it down against the Gatekeeper's back. The whip cracked painfully across him, breaking through his shirt, and cutting into his flesh. The Gatekeeper cried out in pain, but the blows from the whip kept coming.

"Stay here for a little while," Link said to Malon, "I'm going to see if I can get up closer."

"Okay," Malon said.

Link then carried her over to a building, and leaned her against it. Malon wrapped her arm around a tree branch which jutted out right by her, and held herself in position. Link then turned, and walked through the crowd towards the front. As he walked, he looked up into the sky and noticed that it was getting lighter, but the sun wasn't up. Morning was coming. Link slowly edged his way through the crowd, to the front. As he passed through the crowd, suddenly an old woman turned and looked him in the eyes.

"Hey, you were one of the people who was with that man," she said.

Link's heart stopped beating inside of him. He did not want anyone to know that he was a friend of the Gatekeepers. He did not want to risk receiving the same fate as the Gatekeeper.

"Ma'am," he whispered softly. "I don't know what you're talking about."

"But I saw you with him," she said.

Link turned, and walked away from the lady.

"Hey you," a man suddenly said. "Weren't you with the Gatekeeper?"

"No," Link said horrified. "I do not even know that man."

"You were one of his friends that ran off back into the graveyard," another man said. "I saw you."

"No!" Link said rather sharply. "I don't know that man!"

Suddenly Link looked over, and saw the thin rim of the sun rising up above the horizon. Dawn had come.

"I tell you truthfully Link, you will deny me to save yourself. Before tomorrow's sun rises, you will betray me."

Link remembered the Gatekeeper's words, he remembered what the Gatekeeper had said. And Link had denied it to be true. He had said he would never deny the Gatekeeper and he just had, three times. Tears came to his eyes, and he looked back over towards the Gatekeeper. The Gatekeeper was looking at him with a sad look in his eyes. That was too much for Link. He let out a garbled sob, before running off through the crowd as tears fell from his eyes.

"Link," Malon said, as he ran past her. "I'm over here."

But Link ignored her. He dashed into an Ally, and threw himself to the ground and cried. How could all this be happening? How could he have betrayed the Gatekeeper that way. If he was ashamed of being friends with the Gatekeeper, then why should the Gatekeeper not be ashamed of being friends with him? Link stopped crying, and raised his face from the ground. His red eyes were filled with wonder. Why would the Gatekeeper allow them to do all that to him? To allow his followers to escape of course. Link was touched that the Gatekeeper would give his life like that to save all of them. But that didn't provide much comfort for him. He had spent his time attacking the Gatekeeper's beliefs in the Lord of Light, and had never ever thought for once that maybe the Gatekeeper was right. He had never considered the beliefs of others. And now that he thought back on things, Link didn't want who he had been. He didn't want that "skeptical insultingly always right and everyone else is wrong" attitude. He didn't want the person he had been. But how could he change now?

In the past, he had seen the world as some unimportant place in which creatures fought against one another for survival. But when he met Malon again, and felt true love, he began to wonder. How could something so wonderful as love exist if the world had no purpose, no point. Perhaps there truly was a Lord of Light. But how could Link speak to him after all the time he had spent cursing him. The world was wonderful, and Link was now sure that there was more to life than just who was stronger than the others. Life was more than just an accident. Heck, Link could also accept the idea that Life was created on purpose for a purpose. Suddenly a revelation hit him greater than any other. It was almost as if he saw the Lord of Light standing before him.

He realized that for the world to be as great as it was, it would have had to be fashioned by intelligent design, and the design of one, not many. For each skeletal structure of every creature were all closely related, so there must have been one mind which fashioned them all. How could many minds have all worked together to from something so great? Their would always be division among them, and the world would not be as wonderful as it was. Most everything spawned from one source. The egg and the sperm came together, creating one single cell. And this single cell then began to split apart into multiple cells, a growing child. And what a wonderful creature this one embryo was. How glorious it was! A child, not yet fully formed, but preparing itself to face the world around it. Even individual bacteria formed from one source. The mother bacteria split apart to form two babies. In fact, all cells worked in this manner. So if everything on earth came from one source, then couldn't it be said that the world itself generated from one source.

How the creatures had adapted to the conditions of the world, changing to meet every obstacle, their must have been intelligence steering this as well. For an animal can not decide for itself to develop certain adaptations. Man had risen above all animals, for man thought creatively, and was not bound to instinct. Man was so different, that Link could only conclude that man was created because the creator wanted a species which would follow him because it decided to, not because it had too. That was what it must have been like for animals. They probably all believed in the Lord of Light in their own little way, and couldn't stop believing in him, for it was in their nature. But man had cursed the Lord of Light, and turned away from him, and then Ganon had taken the throne. Now Link understood!

The Lord of Light was not a magical old man in the sky as Link had thought. No. He was a being, greater than any, a higher state of creature. Some would ask when was the beginning of him, but he was the beginning. Some may ask at what time was he created, but he created time. He was above the people of the world, at a higher state of being. But the belief that people could achieve the same level of being as the Lord of Light was false. The Lord of Light had been the first of his kind, and he would be the last. None would come to cast him out of his throne, and he would reign forever and ever. Not even Ganon had the strength to fight him. Ganon's fate had been sealed long ago. In the end, he would fall, and he knew it. Ganon had no hope of ever succeeding. The Lord of Light was truly the one and the only. The Lord of Light had no peers. The Lord of Light was a God, the one and only God. Never again would there be a God, and never before had there been a God. The Lord of Light had been the beginning, the source. Where everything had been born was from him. He was mighty, wrathful, and loving. And he would triumph!

"Lord of Light," he said. "I have ran from you all of my life, denying your existence. I have... I have cursed you, and insulted you. I have done many bad things that are against what you stand for. I tried... I tried to destroy one of your greatest gifts. I tried to destroy a girl's virginity, and almost cast mine away as if it were unimportant. I insulted the Gatekeeper, and spoke badly of him. But now I see that you are indeed real. And how great you are! I am not worthy to stand before you and ask this, but please lord, father, forgive me. I do not want to be who I was anymore. Please take that part of me and cast it away forever. And in the end, keep me safe. I accept you as my King!"

Suddenly a big weight had been lifted off of Link's chest. For the first time in his life, he truly felt that he had been forgiven. Suddenly he felt a warm sensation in his stomach. Link looked down, and saw the Hergon blade which extended out from it. A beam of bright white light had surrounded it. The dim yellow blade began to tremble under the stream of light. Suddenly, the Hergon blade split into a million pieces, which all shot off in different directions before disappearing into thin air. The Lord of Light had removed the blade! Link bowed his head back to the ground, and tears of joy began to stream down his face. Then he felt a soft hand touch his shoulder. He looked up, and saw Malon kneeling beside him.

"How did you... how did you..." he said, surprised.

Malon smiled.

"I walked, okay? It wasn't easy, but I walked."

"Great!" Link said. "Now your strength is returning."

"I heard what you were saying Link," Malon said. "And let me tell you, I've never ever felt so proud of you."

Link smiled as more tears rolled down his cheeks.

"I've never felt better than I do now," Link said. "I have been saved."

"So I see," Malon said. "Come on, lets get out of here."

She tried to stand, but faltered, and began staggering backwards. Link caught her in his strong arm, and swept her off her feet into his arms.

"I think I'll do the transporting for now," he said with a smile.

Malon smiled back.

The Lord of Light has now saved Link from the Hergon blade, and his unwanted past. Now a future may be made. A glorious, and righteous future. Link and Malon will rise high, and accomplish much. But the Gatekeeper is still being beaten in the square. Whips still crack against his broken skin, tearing him apart. When will the torture end? When will he be able to fight back? This is not the end! The end is not here yet. The book continues. Hold onto your hats righteous readers, the Great Hammermaster will be back.