Chapter XIII: A "Link" to the Keyhole Part II
Sora's group ran through the rest of town fighting heartless as they go. Sora slashed, Luigi sucked, Yoshi ate, and Link bombed using his bombs. On the way Sora picked up a summon gem but he noticed that it wasn't glowing like the other ones. So, he shrugged and pocketed it. About a few minutes later, they arrived outside of Ganondorf's castle. Link gasped in horror upon seeing it. The castle was very dark, it had spike edges all around it and was floating on a little island. Sora looked down and noticed lava with a spinning vortex. The middle looked like it lead into a dark abyss.
"So, I'm guessing Zelda used to live here." Sora said turning to Link.
"Yeah, I remember. It was beautiful but now that fiend has turned it into his own place." Link said angrily. Link took out his sword and waved it in the air. "Come on! Let's do it!"
"Hold on kid!" Luigi said stopping Link. "If you took the minute to notice, there's no bridge leading to the castle."
"What do we do then?" Sora asked. "I'm figuring Ganondorf must have flown into the castle with Zelda and Navi. And we can't fly."
"And Yoshi didn't bring magic P-wing." Yoshi added snapping his fingers.
Everyone sighed knowing they couldn't get in. Just then Link heard a voice.
"Hero of Time!" Called the voice. "Can you hear me?"
Link looked up. "Yes, Rauru! I'm here!"
Luigi raised his eyebrow at Link. "Kid, have you been drinking too much eggnog?"
"Quite!" Sora snapped at Luigi. "Maybe someone is trying to communicate with him."
"A ghost?" Yoshi whimpered
Sora shrugged and turned back to Link.
"We the six sages are here to help you." Rauru said to Link. "We shall summon a magical bridge to help you and your friends make it to Ganondorf's castle."
A light shined in the sky and everyone looked up. Rays of light hit the path between our heros and the entrance to the lair. A bridge formed between the two points. It then flashed making a colorful bridge appear.
"Well, a bridge just appeared out of nowhere." Sora said sarcastically. "What are the odds of that?"
"Is it solid?" Luigi asked Link.
"I can trust the sages." Link responded. "I'm pretty sure it's solid."
"But maybe someone should check it out first." Luigi said. "Just to be safe."
"Okay, glad you could volunteer Luigi." Sora smiled patting Luigi on the back.
"What?" Luigi cried. "Why do I have to be the dummy? Don't I get a say in this? Or at least a poll?"
"Fine! All in favor of Luigi being the dummy..er..I mean checking out the bridge say aye!" Sora announced to everyone.
"Aye!" Sora and Link said together.
"Yoshi give five ayes!" Yoshi giggled.
"And all against?"
Luigi raised his hand slowly and talked in a little high pitched voice. "Um, I...see dead people?"
Sora lowered his eyes at Luigi. "Very funny, Luigi. But here's something to laugh at; 3 to 1, you lose!"
"Thanks for pointing that out kid." Luigi grumbled. "All of you will regret this!"
"Hurry Luigi!" Link said angrily. "We can't waste time!"
Luigi slowly walked over to the bridge. He looked back at everyone and noticed them giving a gesture to walk on. Luigi gently put one foot on and then the other. He then walked around the bridge laughing He then started to dance on it but then slipped and almost fell. He pulled himself back up and quickly ran to the other side to where the entrance was.
"Come, on!" Luigi called to his friend. "Last one in is a rotten Yoshi egg."
"Yoshi not going to be rotten egg!" Yoshi said running across the bridge and into the castle. Link and Sora shrugged and followed the others in. The inside of the entrance was very dark, a path way of stairs led down.
Sora and his friends made their way down the stairs. On the way of course heartless attacked. Sora and Link used their sword skills to clash with the Gerudo thieves while Yoshi and Luigi outsmarted the Fat Bandits. After the four finished them off, they headed into the next room. It was a giant round room with a pillar that had a hole at the bottom. Sora looked up and noticed six different colored energy lines that hit the pillar and came all the way from a diamond shaped thing. Below it was a circle with a different color and even more below it was a door.
"Okay, this is creepy." Luigi said observing the area.
"They must be at the top of the tower!" Link told everyone. "Come on!"
Link ran at the pillar as fast as he could.
"Don't you ever think kid?" Luigi said annoyed at Link.
But it was too late, a barrier surrounding the field knocked Link back. Sora's group ran up to him.
"Hey man, are you alright?" Sora asked concerned.
"I've been better." Link groaned standing up. He looked around the room. "I sense a strange power coming from each room."
"Hero of time!" Called Rauru. "The five doors you see contain a power source that is keeping the entrance to the top of the tower sealed off."
"But I see six energy streams." Link said to Rauru.
"The sixth one is covered by ruble and only strength can open it. Each seal in each room can be broken off with a light arrow." Rauru responded. "I suggest splitting up to cover more ground."
"Thanks, Rauru." Link nodded. He then turned to everyone. "We can cut the power off of each energy line by hitting it with a light arrow." He then handed everyone a light arrow. "There should be an energy source that can cut it off."
"Are you crazy or what?" Luigi shouted at Link. "How are you sure this is going to work?"
"I trust him." Sora said smiling at Link.
"Yoshi trust too." Yoshi nodded.
Link smiled to his friends. "Thanks guys!"
"Okay, okay I'll give it a try." Luigi chuckled. "I guess it's worth a shot."
"There's no time to lose!" Link cried. "We'll meet back here and then worry about the last two doors."
Sora's team nodded and headed off. Sora entered a room with hundreds of chest. He noticed a door with a keyhole on it.
"One of these chests has to have the key." Sora though. He tapped one chest with his keyblade and got zapped. "Okay, that feeling wasn't sensational." Sora tried most of the chests but he mostly got zapped. One of the chests he found contained Pikmin and a torn page from Wiseman's book. He then got ticked off after trying so many chests. "I'm just going to open the door with my keyblade!" Sora unlocked the door and entered a room full of heartless. Sora jumped on the Giant Bandit and rode it. The bandit was confused and shoot fire at the other heartless. Afterwards, Sora took care of the bandit and walked into another room and noticed a flying circular energy wave. "This must be the thing Link told me to hit!"
Sora threw the light arrow at the energy ball and it obliterated. A young girl with green hair and green clothing appeared before Sora.
"Hurry keyblade master!" She said. "The darkness grows and your friends need you."
Before Sora could respond a light flashed before his eyes and he could feel his body being pulled back to the beginning of the room. Seconds later, he opened his eyes and could see in fact he was back in the first room.
"Okay, that was weird." Sora said slowly.
The energy wave for Sora's room disappeared. Luigi was in an ice room and he was shivering.
"Freezing, fettuccini!" Luigi shivered. "If I knew it was going to be winter time, I would have brought a sweater." Luigi walked around the ice room and began slipping around on the ice. He almost fell off a cliff but managed to slide away from it. "Nothing can stop me now!" He then crashed into a wall. "Maybe I spoke a little too soon." He stood up and walked around the room. Luigi noticed ice bats flying at him and he used fire to destroy them. Luigi noticed a few different blocks around and a path way with a red icicle. Since he could jump really high, he jumped onto the platform to where the path was and shot fire at it, but nothing happens. "Huh?"
"Luigi, may I make a suggestion?" Called FLUDD. Luigi pressed the button on the P3000 and FLUDD appeared. "My sensor indicate that only blue fire can melt that ice. There is fire over there, so we can use it to melt the ice."
Luigi ran over to another ledge with blue fire and used the P3000 to suck some of it up. He quickly ran back to the other side and melted the ice. He entered the next room to see the same energy ball as Sora did, but it was a different color.
"This must be that thing I'm suppose hit with that arrow." Luigi assumed taking out his arrow.
He threw it at the ball and the energy disappeared. A young woman who had light white skin and fins appeared in front of Luigi.
"Hurry mister Luigi." The young woman said. "The darkness grows and your friends need your help."
Before Luigi could speak he got warped back to the beginning of the room the same way Sora did. He looked around with a confused look.
"How did I...forget it." He groaned.
The energy wave for Luigi's room disappeared. Yoshi was in another room with a maze. He noticed a door with metal bars on it. He walked around a corner and noticed a button. He pressed it and a pathway opened. He walked up the path and saw a switch.
"Yoshi wonder what switch do." He kicked the switch and the door with bars open. "Door open!" Yoshi heard a timer go off and gasped realizing that the bars might reappear. Using his speed he ran as fast as he could to the door. The ticking got so fast that the bars were ready to fall. Yoshi dived for it and slid through the door just in time as the bars fell down. Yoshi sat up and made a relieved sigh. He was in the same room where the energy balls were but this time, there were none around. Yoshi was stumped and wondered where the energy source was. "Yoshi tired." He leaned against a wall but then he fell through it arriving in a dark hallway. "Hm, Yoshi find secret path and it dark and scary." Yoshi ran down the path and was sniffing out anything. He arrived in the same exact room but this time it had the energy ball. "This must be energy source Mr. Link wanted Yoshi to find." Yoshi went through his saddle and pulled out his light arrow and threw it at the ball of energy. A female Gerudo appeared before Yoshi.
"Hurry little guy." She said. "The darkness grows and your friends need your help."
The same thing happened again and Yoshi arrived at the beginning of the room.
"How that happened?" Yoshi asked himself. "Maybe, it best if Yoshi don't know."
The energy wave for Yoshi's room disappeared. Link was in a room that has platforms floating on lava. Link was wearing a red version of his tunic.
"The heat in this room could have caused me to pass out, but luckily I packed a fire tunic which protects me." Link said to himself. Link jumped onto a platform and a fireball tried to him but he took out an ice arrow and shot it at the fireball. He took out a hookshot and fired it at another far away platform and flew towards it. He quicky pulled himself up from the platform only to get knocked back by fire bats. The fire didn't effect him but he got knocked back. He stood up and shot more ice arrows at them. Link could see a black and white target in the distance and below it was an eye in a diamond and even further below was another bared door. Link shot a normal arrow at the eye and it closed. The bars open and Link used his hookshot to launch across by hitting the target. He arrived in the next room which was the same as all the others were at the end. Link took out his bow and light arrow and loaded it. "With the power of the light arrow, I set you free!" Link fired the light arrow and the next energy ball disappeared. A brown tubby creature with white hair appears.
"Hurry brother!" He said. "The darkness grows and your friends need your help."
"I will!" Link nodded. He got transported back to the beginning of the room. "Never underestimate the power of a sage."
The energy wave for Link's room disappeared. Everyone headed out each door and reunited.
"That should do it." Sora said smacking his hands together.
"We've got them all, right?" Luigi asked Link.
Link shook his head. "Almost, there are only two more rooms. The room of Time and the room of Shadows. Sora and I will take the room of shadows and you two take the room of time."
"But Yoshi only see one free door." Yoshi pointed out.
Link noticed an energy wave coming out and under it was a giant rock.
"That door leads to the room of time." Link said. "We just need to move that rock out of the way."
Luigi rolled up his sleeves. "Okay, out of the way! Here comes Mr. Muscles!"
"Oh, I cannot wait to see this." Sora chuckled.
Luigi tried to push the rock but it didn't work. He tried lifting it but it didn't work. He tried biting it, shooting fire, ice, lightning, punches, kicking, and even tried a bomb but it blew him up instead. Sora and Yoshi both giggled to themselves and Link chuckles.
"Hey, let's see if you can do any better!" Luigi said angrily at them.
"Stand back!" Link shouted. Link walked over to it and put his hands under it and lifted it up and threw it aside revealing a door. Everyone else dropped their mouths wide open.
"How did you..." Sora began in shock.
"These gloves I'm wearing gives me super human strength." Link explained. "I can lift a lot of heavy things with it."
Luigi looked at his gloves and made a disappointed look. "How come my gloves can't do that?"
"Because Luigi, you don't have pointy ears." Sora responded.
Link ignored the comment and ran up the stairs. Sora followed Link upstairs and they both entered the next room. Luigi and Yoshi entered the room of time only to encounter heartless. They quickly destroyed the heartless and headed into a room with spikes moving around the room. Luigi and Yoshi evaded them. (with the exception of Luigi falling on one of them with his behind) They arrived in yet another room with an energy ball. Luigi threw another arrow at it and Rauru appeared before them. A chubby man with white hair and an orange robe.
"Hurry you two." Rauru said. "The darkness..."
"...grows and our friends need us. We've gone through the crash course already and I don't need any more advise from a fat guy wearing a night gown." Luigi moaned.
"Um, Luigi maybe you should..."
"Quite kid! I'm on a roll!" Luigi interrupted Yoshi.
An orange lightning bolt hit Luigi and they got sent back to the beginning of the room. Yoshi looked down to see Luigi smoking and passed out.
"No time for nap!" Yoshi shouted at Luigi. "Luigi and Yoshi need to move!"
The energy wave for Luigi and Yoshi's room disappeared. Sora and Link reached the energy ball after going through the shadow room. There were no platforms in the room but Link used a device called the Eye of truth which showed him the platforms. Sora slowly followed Link across until they reached the next room. In the next room the could hear noises but couldn't see anything. Link uses the Eye of Truth revealing heartless. Link charged up his sword and spun his body destroying them in one shot. In the room with the ball, Link shot the ball with his light arrow and a woman with white hair who almost wore similar clothes to Sheik appeared
"Impa." Link said sadly to her. "I'm sorry about..."
"Don't worry about it Link." Impa interrupted him. "I know that Zelda is captured but that doesn't mean I'll still be watching over her. Ever since she was a little girl I sworn to protect her and you Link are her shield now. When I first met you I knew you would one day become the handsome young man to protect Zelda from the darkness. And only you can bring piece back to Hyrule. Please be careful."
Link nodded to her and turned to Sora. "Hopefully, your friends destroyed the other energy ball, so we should now have access to the tower."
"Then, let's get going." Sora said giving a thumbs up.
They returned back to the start of the room and met up with Luigi and Yoshi.
"Good job everyone." Link said with a smile. "We are now one step closer to stopping Ganondorf!"
"Good thing because some of those sages can't take a joke." Luigi sighed remembering what happened in the room of time.
"Let's do it!" Sora cried.
The four headed into the pillar and made their way to Ganondorf. Meanwhile, at the top of the lair, Ganondorf was standing in the middle of a giant room with giant yellow windows all around. In the middle of the room was a giant organ and above it was Zelda locked in a crystal seal. Navi was in chains.
"Let me out of here you monster!" Navi cried. "You'll never get away with this!"
"She's right! And you'll never gain the power you deserve you vile traitor." Zelda added. "You swore your allegiance to my father and in the end you betrayed him and took over this kingdom."
"Your old man was a weak leader." Ganondorf laughed. "I would never pledge my allegiance to such a fool. So, using the sacred realm of time I was able to call upon the triforce of power. Now, all I need is the three triforces to be gathered and then part one of your nightmare will be complete."
"Part one?" Zelda asked suspiciously.
The witch sisters entered the room.
"Sir, sir!" They both cried.
"What is it now you old hags?" Ganondorf sighed.
"The hero of time and his friends are on their way to the top of the tower." Kotake said.
"Excellent." Ganondorf chuckled sinisterly. "Now to begin phase two of my evil plans!" He then put his hand out to Navi. "Now fairy, using your power to detect things, reveal to me the keyhole!"
"Never!" Navi shouted. "I'll never do it!"
"How are the children of Kokiri forest?" Ganondorf asked Navi with an evil grin. "Happy? Healthy?"
"Why do you ask?"
"Oh, well because I'm sure the children will enjoy it when I have turned them all into skull kids and turn the whole forest into a lost world." Ganondorf responded with a sinister chuckle.
"You wouldn't dare?" Navi snarled.
"I would!"
Navi sighed sadly. "Fine, as you wish!"
"I knew you would see things my way." Ganondorf smirked. "Kotake! Koume! Release the fairy at once!"
The witch sisters took the chains off of Navi and she floated over to a corner. She then spun around vertically and went really fast. Seconds later she stopped spinning and the keyhole appeared in front of her. Ganondorf started laughing manically.
Our heros had to climb a flight of stairs battling heartless as they go. Our heros arrived at small rooms where they encountered skeleton guards. (Skeletons with a sword and a shield) Link and Sora clashed blades with skeletons and easily crushed them but one appeared from behind. Yoshi fired an egg at one, knocking it into pieces. Everyone crushed the bones to make sure it couldn't pull itself together again. In the next room, the armor man that Sora's group first fought with Link was back. They were guarding a giant yellow treasure chest. But now there were two armor men. Sora and Luigi took on one while Link and Yoshi dealt with the other one. Sora slashed at the armor but he dodged the attack and counters with his ax. Luigi jumped on top of Sora to help him get down as the ax attacked. Luigi squirt water out from fludd which started rusting. Sora stabbed the armor and it fell down to pieces.
"Who da man?" Luigi said proudly.
"You da man!" Sora said giving Luigi a high five.
Link clashed with the armor and the armor pushed Link back. Yoshi puts his tail out and tripped the armor. Link jumped onto the armor and took out a hammer.
"Chew on this!" Link shouted.
He brung the hammer down on the armor making a hole in it. The armor pieces fell off and they all disappeared.
"We did it!" Sora cheered.
"Yoshi!" Yoshi cried.
Link walked up to the chest and opened it. Inside it was a giant key with a red ruby in the middle.
"This is they key that will get us into the balcony." Link told everyone.
"How come the bad guys are always at the top of the tower?" Luigi groaned.
"Must be a tradition." Sora assumed with a shrug.
The four heros headed up the next set of stairs and arrived in a dark room. To the left they noticed another door and using the key they opened it. They saw yet another flight of stairs. Everyone groaned as they walked up. As they walked up they could hear organ music. Link said "We must be close." So, everyone kept going. They finally reached the top when Luigi tripped on a step and fell back knocking into everyone and they all rolled down the stairs.
"NICE GOING STUPID!" Sora shouted as they rolled down the stairs.
They ran up the stairs again and reached the top panting.
"This time we made it!" Link sighed.
"Yeah, this time danger prone Luigi got us into his little act." Sora added.
"Hey, I'm not clumsy all the time." Luigi said angrily at Sora. Luigi turned around and ran right into a door and fell down. "Okay, maybe I was wrong."
"Come on! We're running out of time!"
The heros made their way towards the last door. Back inside Ganondorf's room, Bowser and Jr arrived to see Zelda.
"Good, you've got her." Bowser said with a gleeful laugh. "Everything goes according to plan."
"Papa, why is mama Peach asleep?" Jr asked his father.
"Because son she's taking a nap." Bowser said putting his hand on his son's back.
"For two days?"
"Well...you see..." The two Koopas could then hear the organ music. Ganondorf was playing the organ and was enjoying it. However, Bowser was not. "You're going to go deaf from those things and it's been driving me nuts!"
Ganondorf turned to Bowser and talked with sarcasm. "I'm sorry, it's just I like to do other things besides tormenting people."
"Well, I'm pleased Ganondorf." Bowser said with a wicked smile. "We have the princes and the keyhole. Nothing bad can go wrong now."
"The only problem is that Link is on his way here." Ganondorf said sadly. "But the really problem is that Sora kid and his friend who are with that stupid boy."
"That brat is giving you problems?" Bowser exclaimed.
"I told you papa, their persistence is so annoying!" Jr told Bowser.
"Don't worry Jr, they won't bother mama Peach." Bowser said patting his son's head.
"Why not explain the situation to that boy Riku then." Ganondorf suggested.
"Why?" Bowser snorted.
"Because if we do it could prove useful..."
Just then the bad guys could here the sounds of footsteps and they turned to see Sora and his friends.
"Great!" Bowser groaned rolling his eyes. "Just what I needed."
"You must be Bowser!" Sora shouted pointing at Bowser.
"It's not nice to point kid but yes I am him." Bowser said with a smirk. He then noticed Luigi. "Well, well, look what the cat dragged in. If it isn't baby brother."
Luigi waved a fist at Bowser. "Bowser, you've gone too far this time! First kidnaping Peach and now using the heartless for your own evil.
"I'm flattered." Bowser said blushing to Luigi. "But there's nothing you can do without that fat plum dumb brother of your. You're the second banana, you could never beat me. Especially with this!" Bowser took out the Star Rod and Luigi and Yoshi gasped in horror.
"You did steal the Star Rod again!" Luigi cried. "And I guess you had help from the heartless this time!"
"Correct Luigi!" Bowser laughed. "And now I'm invincible once again. So not even the keyblade can slow me down."
"That's right and I won't allow you to harm mama Peach anymore." Jr added.
"For the last time kid, that's not your mom!" Luigi said frustrated at Jr. "Your dear old dad tricked you!"
"Papa would never do a thing like that to me." Jr snarled at Luigi. He then turned to Bowser. "Right Papa?"
"Um, sure son." Bowser lied. "Let's go! Ganondorf will take care of you four!"
Bowser and Jr disappeared leaving a baffled Link.
"Um, who was that?" Link asked Luigi.
"You don't want to know." Luigi responded.
Link looked up to see Zelda trapped in her crystal seal.
"Link!" She cried.
"Zelda!" Link cried back. He then took out his sword. "Let her go Ganondorf!"
"What do you expect me to say? Sure why not?" Ganondorf said rolling his eyes. "You can have the fairy back but even after I take what's mine, Zelda is still needed. You see she's a princess."
"Thanks for letting us know about that Captain Obvious." Luigi said sarcastically.
"Silence!" Ganondorf snapped. "She's more then just a princess, she is one of seven who hold the key to opening the door."
Sora and Luigi gasped upon hearing that, remembering what Leon told them.
"What door?" Yoshi asked.
"There's no point in telling you because you won't live to see what lies beyond it." Ganondorf smirked.
Navi flew up to Link and landed in his hand.
"Navi!" Link cried. "You're okay!"
"Now, give me the power of courage!" Ganondorf shouted.
He fired a dark wave out of his hand and Sora, Luigi, and Yoshi rolled out of the way while the wave hit Link and Navi moved.
"Link!" Sora, Yoshi, and Luigi cried.
Link screamed in pain from the darkness and Navi floated near the waves and called to him. "I'm sorry Link but I can't get too close because of the wave of darkness."
Link got on his hands and knees and Sora's group helped him up.
"You okay?" Sora asked concerned.
Link nodded. "I'm fine."
Kotake and Koume floated around our heros and they laughed wickedly.
"Look at those poor fools!" Kotake laughed. "They came all this way just to die!"
"With my flames I will burn them to the bone." Koume said.
"With my ice I will freeze them to their souls." Kotake said.
"Let the fun begin!" Ganondorf laughed. He floated into the air and the organ disappeared. He pounded the ground with his fist sending everyone flying and pieces of the floor came off.
"What we do?" Yoshi asked Sora panicking.
"Luigi, Yoshi, take care of those hags and we'll deal with Ganondorf!" Sora instructed.
Luigi and Yoshi charged at the witch sisters while Sora and Link ran at Ganondorf. Ganondorf floated down and took out a giant sword and clashed with both Link and Sora. He tried swiping at them but Sora ducked underneath. Sora tried to counterattack but Ganondorf put his hand out sending Sora flying. Link punched Ganondorf in the face sending him crashing into a wall. He rubbed his cheek and stood up.
"Not bad, kid." Ganondorf said rubbing his cheek. "You actually struck me. But I'm only warming up!"
Ganondorf flew at Link and pushed him into a wall. Ganondorf was about to bring his sword down when Sora clashed the attack and kicked him in the stomach. Ganondorf fell down but got up and fired the energy ball Phantom Ganon shot earlier. Link blocked it with his shield and tries to attack again but Ganondorf kicked him aside. Sora spun in and kicked Ganondorf again sending him sliding across the floor. Ganondorf stood up with an angry look.
"Now, you're dead!" Ganondorf said in frustration.
Luigi and Yoshi dodged the witch sister's attacks but an ice attack hit Yoshi.
"Yoshi!" Luigi cried. Luigi shot an ice attack at Koume but Kotake blocked the attack. "Shoot, I attack one with the spell that can beat her and the other that can't be affected blocks it." Luigi snapped his finger. "I have a plan. Hey, fire head!" Koume looked down at Luigi. "You know how to spell ugly? U..." He then pointed at her. "You...you...you...you!"
"What? How dare you call me ugly!" Koume said angrily at him.
"Isn't it obvious dear sister?" Kotake laughed proudly. "He's saying I'm more prettier then you."
"We're twins! How can you be prettier?" Koume growled at her sister. "You've gone senile!"
"Who are you calling senile?" Kotake asked offended. "Is that no way to treat your older sister?"
"We're twins! How can you be older?" Koume argued. "You old hag!"
"Fatso!"
"Big butt!"
"Ugly nose!"
"Smelly!"
Luigi shot a Blizzard spell at Koume and she screeched in pain and fell off the cliff.
"Koume!" Kotake exclaimed. She then turned to Luigi "You'll pay for that!"
She flew at Luigi who smirked and shot a fire spell causing her to cry in pain and fall off the cliff screaming. "I'm melting! What a world! What a world!"
"That was easy." Luigi chuckled. He then ran over to Yoshi and bent down to him. "Kid! Kid! Wake up!" Luigi took a cookie out and held it over Yoshi. Yoshi sniffed it and moved his head up and then ate it right out of Luigi's hand. Yoshi rested his head again.
"Yoshi still out cold." Yoshi said. "Maybe if Luigi give Yoshi another cookie, Yoshi get up."
Luigi rolled his eyes with a smile and gave Yoshi another cookie and he got up.
"Yoshi ready and willing!" Yoshi shouted standing up.
"Well come on kid!" Luigi told Yoshi in a rush tone. "Sora and Link need our help!"
"Yoshi to the rescue!" Yoshi cried.
Yoshi ran to the battle and Luigi followed. Ganondorf brought his sword down on Sora and Link and they clashed with him again. Ganondorf pushed down on both them and they were about to fall down when Luigi and Yoshi kicked him aside. Yoshi and Luigi then got ready to fight. Sora and Link joined them.
"Thanks guys!" Sora nodded to them.
"No problem!" Luigi responded.
Ganondorf stood up and laughed. "Is that all you fools got? It's time to show you what real power is!"
Ganondorf charged at our heros. Link took out his light arrow and put it on his bow.
"Zelda said the light arrow can conquer the darkness, so if Ganondorf is that darkness then he should fall." Link said.
Link fired the light arrow at Ganondorf and but Ganondorf grabbed it. Everyone made shocked looks.
"No way!" Luigi exclaimed.
"Fools! What do you take me for? Your pathetic arrow may have worked on my weaker self but it won't work on the real deal." Ganondorf laughed.
"Well, scrap that plan." Sora sighed. Ganondorf fired an energy ball at Link but Sora knocked the attack back at Ganondorf but then he countered sending it back at Sora and then he sent it back. It went on and on. "Not again!"
Link and the others moved their heads back forth watching the fight. Sora began to get tired again.
"Foolish boy, you think that strategy you used before will help you?" Ganondorf smirked.
"You guys can jump in at anytime you know." Sora said singy-songy to his friends.
Sora sent the ball back again and Ganondorf deflected the attack but before it even got half way, Link jumped up and knocked the attack back and it hit Ganondorf, blinding him.
"Try again kid!" Luigi called to Link.
Link fired the light arrow and this time it hit Ganondorf and he floated down to the pillar. He then bent down and was tired.
"Now's our chance!" Link cried. The four jumped onto the pillar and began beating Ganondorf up. Link and Sora slashed, while Luigi fired magic spells, and Yoshi kicked him. Ganondorf bittered his lip and got angry. He screamed which knocked everyone back into the four corners of the room.
Ganondorf breathed very hard and then stood up making a ticked off face. Ganondorf then floated up into the air.
"I will not be beaten by a bunch of children and a plumber who can't tell a joke for his life!" Ganondorf screamed.
"Harsh." Luigi sighed.
Ganondorf stuck his hands up into the and began forming a giant dark energy ball. He then laughed hysterically. "Say farewell!"
"What do we do?" Sora asked nervously. "That's a powerful energy ball!"
"We're doomed!"
Link closed his eyes and he could hear Zelda's voice.
"Link! Believe in yourself! You have all the power to beat him." Zelda said. "Because you're not just the hero of time, or a hero, but you're my hero and I love you."
A tear streamed down Link's face and it fell on his sword. The sword began glowing and Link bent down charging up his sword.
"Link?" Sora asked in surprise. "What are you..."
"Stand back!" Link cried. "Only the Hero of Time can bring the evil king down and I was destined to defeat Ganondorf!"
"But..."
Luigi put his hand on Sora's shoulder.
"Sora, we're already meddling and this is really Link's fight. So, I think we should step back and let Link handle this don't you think?" Luigi asked warmly.
Sora nodded and the trio stood back. The two fighters charged up their attacks causing the whole world to shake from their incredible power. Ruble began to fall through the ceiling.
"Now, boy!" Ganondorf called to Link. "You DIE!" Ganondorf fired 5 yellow balls at Link who spun his body creating a giant energy wave from his sword knocking them all back at Ganondorf. They all hit Ganondorf causing him to scream in pain. Link fired the light arrows again and Ganondorf landed on the pillar. Link jumped into the air and brought his sword down on Ganondorf striking him hard. He screamed again and Sora's group cheers. Ganondorf walked back weakly while holding his chest and breathed very heavy. "H-how c-could I the dark king be beaten by children? I can't believe it!"
Sora jumped onto the pillar and ran at Ganondorf. Sora jumped into the air and kicked Ganondorf in the chest and he fell off the pillar screaming and crashed into the ground. The pillar Sora and Link were standing on began tilting and then began to fall down. Link took out his hookshot.
"Sora! Grab my hand!" Link cried.
Sora grabbed Link's hand and he fired his hookshot at the wall and they flew across just in time as the pillar fell and landed on the Ganondorf fell. Sora and Link looked down from above and made looks like "Ooh that's gotta hurt."
Yoshi and Luigi ran up to Sora and Link. Yoshi jumped into Sora's arms and licked his face while Luigi jumped onto Link's back and rubbed his head.
"Kid, you were amazing." Luigi cheered.
"Sora and Link won!" Yoshi cheered.
Just then, a paper and two crystal came down from the sky. Sora noticed them and grabbed them. Not knowing what the crystals were, he pocketed them for later. But his eyes widened upon reading the paper.
"Guys!" He cried. "You're not going to believe this! It's one of the Ansem Reports!"
Before anyone could respond, Link looked up to see Zelda floating down in her crystal seal. Link ran up to the crystal and broke the crystal with his sword. Zelda was out cold, so Link had to grab her and then set her down.
"Zelda, please wake up." Link said. "It's over! It's finally over!"
Zelda opened her eyes and sat up.
"Link?" She asked weakly. "Is Ganondorf..." Link nodded and Zelda stood up. She then cheered "It's finally over!" She hugged Link who blushes. Sora and his friends smirked at Link while Navi floated around them. She pulled away from Link. "Link, we really did it. Ganondorf was a pitiful man who wanted to control the power of the gods but he didn't count on a boy with a fairy."
"Oh, Link, I'm sorry about not helping you before." Navi apologized.
"Us to." Sora nodded. "We tried to get you away from the darkness but..."
"It's alright." Link chuckled. "I want to thank you three for all your help. Because of you piece is finally restored to Hyrule."
"Yes, you four shall be honored for your brave deeds." Zelda said. "I'm sorry about disguising myself but I needed to avoid contact so Ganondorf couldn't find me. It sort of backfired but in the end it all worked out."
"Yeah, and now let's take care of that keyhole Sora." Luigi said turning to Sora.
"Oh, yeah!" Sora gasped.
Before our heros could move they heard a loud bang from below and Zelda gasped.
"What was that?"
Link looked down and took out his sword. "We're not done yet." Everyone looked at Link saying huh. "He's alive!"
"But how?" Sora exclaimed. "How could he have survived that attack?"
"It's quite possible that the triforce thingy Ganondorf had may have caused something." Luigi predicted. "In theory it could have revived him."
"Of course!" Link cried. "Why didn't I think of it before? He still has the triforce!"
"Then, we have to stop him before he gets his ugly butt back up!" Sora said. "Link, this time I'm coming with you. Luigi, Yoshi, stay here with Zelda. The heartless are still after her."
"Okay." Yoshi nodded.
"Please be careful." Zelda pleaded. "The only way to stop him is to seal him into the Temple of Time. One strike from the Master Sword, play the Song of Time from the Ocarina of Time, and the six sages including myself should seal him."
"It's a mouthful, but it's worth a shot." Sora nodded.
"I'll help you this time Link." Navi said floating around him.
Link smiled and nodded. "Thanks Navi."
Sora and Link jump down into the pit below leaving everyone else worried and hoping for the best. Sora and Link arrived in the same dark room they were in before. They looked around cautiously and left no stone unturned. It finally seemed to be clear when a fire wall appears around Sora and Link. The fire wall was so big that it also rose above Luigi, Yoshi, and Zelda. Luigi got his foot in the fire and used FLUDD to put it out.
"Link!" Zelda called to him. "It's a trap!"
Sora could hear panting and then turned around. The piled ruble that fell on Ganondorf got knocked out of the way and Ganondorf floated up panting really hard. Sora and Link drew their weapons ready to fight. Ganondorf used the triforce of power and screamed. He was in gulfed in light and our heros shielded their eyes. Ganondorf grew bigger, gaining giant claws, sharp teeth, horns on his head, and a beast type look. He flipped to the ground with two giant swords. Ganondorf now just Ganon roared at our heros and swiped his swords around.
"One word for you: unexpected." Sora gulped.
"Yeah." Link nodded in agreement.
Ganon attacked Link but Link put up his sword. The impact was so strong from the attack that the sword went flying out of his hands and landed next to Zelda.
"Only the Master Sword can damage him." Zelda shrieked as the sword landed next to her.
"Now she tell us." Sora sighed rolling his eyes.
Link went through his pockets. "We need the ocarina!" Link searched through his pockets some more but couldn't find it. "Where'd it go? I just had it!"
"Looking for this my pretty?" Called a wicked voice.
Link turned to see Kotake and Koume who both held the ocarina.
"How did you get it from me?" Link asked them in surprise. He then paused. "Never mind, I don't want to know!" He then turned to Sora. "We need to get it back! I need you to deal with Ganondorf while I go after the witch sisters. I can't use any other weapon on him, and the keyblade might be the next best thing."
"Right!"
Link went after the witch sisters while Sora stood ready to fight. Navi flew around him.
"Sora! I'll help too!" Navi said.
"Thanks!"
Ganon swiped at Sora but he jumped up avoiding the attack. He kicked Ganon but it had no effect. Ganon threw Sora aside and he crashed into the ruble. Link chased after the witch sisters trying to get the ocarina back. They shot magic at him but he took out a mirror shield and sent it back at both of them.
"Should we fuse?" Kotake asked her sister.
"No, Kotake." Koume responded. "You know what they say, two heads are better then one."
They both cackled and flew around again. Sora did his best to dodge Ganon's attacks but he knocked Sora aside again. Sora bent down and leaned on his keyblade panting.
"Sora no give up!" Yoshi cried cheering his friend on.
Navi flew around Sora.
"Sora! We can attack his tail." Navi said. "It should weaken him!"
"But he looks like he's on guard." Sora pointed out.
"True, but although Ganondorf may have more power I can tell his intelligence level has went way down." Navi said.
"Then we can distract him long enough to strike him down." Sora said with confidence. "Excellent thinking!"
Sora ran at Ganon ready to strike. Ganon swiped his sword at Sora but he smacked on his dodge roll badge and rolled under his legs. Sora quickly struck the tail and Ganon screamed in pain and fell down. The fire wall disappeared and Zelda turned to Luigi and Yoshi.
"Quickly, bring the Master Sword to Link and then help your friend." Zelda instructed.
"But what about princess?"
"I'll be fine little one." Zelda said petting Yoshi's head. "Just go!"
Luigi grabbed the Master Sword and jumped on Yoshi's back. Yoshi jumped off the cliff and landed on the ground. The firewall returned and Zelda gasped. Luigi ran over to Link.
"Link heads up!" Luigi called to Link.
The witch sisters were ready to attack Link when he turned to see Luigi with the sword. Luigi threw it to him and Link grabbed it and slashed both of them back. Link grabbed the ocarina and smirked at them.
"It's been nice doing business with you ladies." Link chuckled taking the ocarina.
The witch sisters groaned and began arguing with each other weakly.
Sora smiled seeing that Link was alright but Ganon appeared behind him and then grabbed him by the shirt collar and held him up. "Help! Help!"
Yoshi and Luigi attacked Ganon but non of their attacks work. Finally, Link jumped into the air and slashed at Ganon with the master sword. Sora fell off of Ganon and landed on Luigi and Yoshi. Sora got back up and all four charged at Ganon. Ganon attacked Luigi sending him flying but then Sora slashed Ganon's tail again. Ganon tried to attack Sora but Link jumped on top of his head and fired the light arrow straight in his eyes. He screamed in pain and his head jerked sending Link flying. Ganon fell down again but when he tried to get up a strong light was holding him down. Everyone turned to see Zelda using a light beam to hold him down.
"I'm using my last bit of power to hold him back." Zelda explained while straining. "Sora, Link, attack him!"
Sora and Link both nodded and rapidly attacked Ganon with their weapons. They both then stabbed Ganon and he stood up, screaming.
"Link! The song!" Navi called.
Link played the Song of Time and Zelda put her hand up.
"I call on the power of the six sages!" Zelda shouted.
A blue energy ball appeared before Link and seven energy balls appeared above. The balls went into the blue one and a giant white light was created.
"Get down!" Link cried.
Everyone ducked down as the light sucked in Ganon and the witch sisters who screamed. Inside the light, the witch sisters were floating around arguing with each other. Ganondorf has returned to his present form and was floating around as well.
"Curse you!" He said weakly. "Curse you sages! Curse you Zelda! Curse you Link!" He then shouted. "CURSE YOU SORA! The time will come when I am released from thy prison and I shall once again release my reign of terror upon thee. As long as I have the triforce of power, anything is possible." He then heard the witches arguing. "Give it a rest already!"
The two witches shut up and Ganondorf flew off.
"Wait for us!" They cried. "You can't leave us here!"
"Keep away from me!"
The witches chased Ganondorf around the endless white area. Sora's group stood up and looked around.
"Now did we win?" Luigi asked Link.
"Yeah, the sages locked him away in the Temple of Time." Link answered.
"Cool!" Sora cheered. "We did it!" He then turned to where the light was. "Hope you fellas enjoy your new home!" Sora ran up to Link. "Thanks again for your help!"
"No, thank you Sora." Link disagreed. "We make a great team. You proved today that you have what it takes to fight the darkness. I'm glad to have put my trust in you. You're a true friend. You have the heart of a hero and that's something to be proud of."
"Thanks." Sora blushed. Sora put up his hand ready to give a high five to Link but Link looked confused. "It's called a high five. We smack our hands together fast when ever we do something awesome."
"Um, sure." Link said confused.
The two gave each other a high five and everyone cheered. Zelda who was tired looked down and smiled. Unknown to her, a shadow crept up behind her and grabbed her. Zelda screamed and everyone looked up.
"Oh, no!" Sora cried. "We left Zelda unprotected!"
"Hurry!"
Everyone ran over to the door they first took and ran up the stairs. They opened the next door to see nobody there.
"Zelda?" Zelda, where are you?" Link called. Link began searching the room calling her name.
Before Sora could help, he knew what had to be done. Sora, Luigi, and Yoshi headed over to the side of the room to where the keyhole.
"Time for keyhole to go bye-bye." Yoshi said.
Sora pointed his keyblade at the keyhole. The tip of his keyblade began glowing and it then fired a little beam at the keyhole. Upon contact, the keyhole disappears and makes a locking sound.
"It's going to take the heartless a pretty long time to find that keyhole now." Sora smirked.
Link got on his hands and knees, slamming his fists into the ground. "NOOOO!"
Sora's group approached Link, but before they could try to make him feel better the castle began to collapse.
"This place going to blow!" Yoshi panicked.
"Link, use the ocarina to get us out of here!" Sora told Link.
"I'm not leaving without her!" Link shouted standing up. 'I can't leave her!"
"She's not in this world anymore." Sora said. "I'll explain everything if you get us out of here!"
Link sighed sadly and began to play a song on the ocarina. However, as he finished nothing happened.
"I don't get it." Luigi said. "How come we're not teleporting?"
"The darkness of this castle is cutting off the ocarina's power." Link responded. "Even if we tried to escape on foot, we wouldn't make it!"
"Now what we do?" Yoshi whimpered. "Yoshi too young to get squashed." Just then the six magic energy balls surrounded our heros and began closing in on them. "What happening?"
Link could here Impa's voice. "Link! It's us! We're going to use our last bit of power to teleport you three out!"
Link nodded and called to Sora's group
"Everyone hang on!" Link instructed. "The sages are helping us out!"
The magic balls got faster until they formed a giant energy stream and closed in on Sora's group. There was a flash and they disappeared just in time as the castle collapsed into the ground. It is now night time and in a giant forest town a white energy ball could be seen. The town had houses made out of wood, a short bridge in the sky, and a small garden in the distance. The ball flashed and Sora's group fell out of it. Sora, Link, and Yoshi landed safely on the ground while Luigi landed in the water. He sat up and took hit hat off and squeezed the water out of it.
"I never get any rest." Luigi complained.
The others stood up and looked around.
"Where are we now?" Sora asked Link.
"We're at my childhood home..." Link responded.
"Kokiri forest." Navi finished. "I suggest we head into Link's house. The children don't like grown-ups here."
"What did we ever do to them?" Luigi asked angrily.
The gang headed to one wooden house which was a tree house. They climbed the ladder and reached the top. They then entered the doorway to his house. His room wasn't very big, but it had pottery, a small bed, a log in the middle, and in the corner was a cow.
"Where'd you get the cow?"
"It was a gift from Lon Lon ranch." Link sighed sadly. Everyone sat down in some chairs and Link sat on his bed. Sora explained to Link that the heartless took Zelda. "So, she's no longer in this world?" Sora nodded sadly. Link then stood up. "Then let's get going!" The trio made confused looks at him. "I mean take me with you. I'll travel to other worlds with you. We'll find Zelda together and..."
"Wait a minute!" Sora interrupted. "Link, you can't come with us."
"W-why not?" Link asked a little hurt. "Is it my ears?"
"No, no it's nothing like that." Luigi said with a chuckle.
"But if Link do, Yoshi, Sora, and Luigi be muddling." Yoshi said.
"It's meddling!" Luigi said correcting Yoshi.
"Meddling, muddling, same difference." Yoshi said back to Luigi.
Luigi rolled his eyes.
"We're really sorry Link." Sora said sadly. "I wish we could but..."
"It's alright." Link smiled warmly. "I know she's out there and I miss her terribly. But I faith in you Sora. I know you'll find her. And once we reunite, I can return what belongs to hers."
"The ocarina right?"'
Link nodded and Navi flew around him.
"What about me?" Navi complained. "What am I chopped liver?"
"No Navi." Link laughed. "We had a deal. Ganondorf is beaten and you can go wherever you want now. It's your dream to be free. But before you do, there's a favor I want to ask you."
"Go ahead." Navi said landing on Link's shoulder. "Shoot."
"It would be great if you could go along with Sora to help him find Zelda." Link said. "Could you please go with him?"
"Hm, I don't know, I'm done taking orders from you...but a favor now that's a different story." Navi giggled. "Of course I will. At first we were together only to stop Ganondorf but in time we became friends and you're the closest friend I've ever had. Thank you for showing me friendship, Link."
"You're a great friend too Navi and I'll always be with you." Link smiled.
He gently hugged Navi and Luigi sniffled at watching the touching moment. He then noticed Sora and Yoshi looking at him.
"What?" He sniffled. "I have something in my eye."
"Yeah, tears." Yoshi giggled imitating Luigi.
Just then Luigi could here a moo and noticed the cow nudging him.
"Hey, keep away from me you big fat hunk of roast beef." Luigi threatened. The cow sprayed milk at poor Luigi and everyone else started laughing. "That's not funny!" Seconds later Luigi started laughing too and everyone was laughing away.
Meanwhile, back at the lair; Team Rocket, Bowser, and Riku were present in the room. They were looking down at the monitor. Giovanni sat back in his seat and sighed.
"And I though you had to be smart to get the job done." Giovanni sighed. "Ganondorf almost had em, if it wasn't for that forest boy wearing tights." He then turned to Riku. "Someone I know should have stuck around and helped out."
"Hey, I did my part!" Riku snapped at Giovanni. "I brought you the princess didn't I? Besides, even if you were there what would you have done? Have the Three Stooges parade in with their dumb motto?"
"Hey, don't make fun of us!" James cried at Riku in his girly tone. "Team Rocket is..."
Jesse hit James over the head shutting him up.
"That's enough!" Bowser growled. "Ganondorf was far beyond our help. I warned him his own hatred would backfire and it did. We can't let that get to us. The things we desire are always blinded by hatred and one blinded by hatred can never find what he or she is looking for."
"Since when did you become such an Eienstein?" Jesse asked Bowser angrily. Bowser got angry and breathed fire on Jesse, James, and Meowth. They all turned to ashes on them. They coughed out smoke and fell down.
Giovanni started laughing. "It's about time someone shut those three up."
"Anyways, before I was rudely interrupted, we all have failed our tasks because of this." Bowser continued. "K.Rool losing the crystal coconut, myself always losing Peach to Mario, Ridly using the power of Mother Brain, Ganondorf gaining all three triforces, and of course our dear Giovanni who can't even capture a little rodent."
"Oh, come on, those dumbbells keep screwing up!" Giovanni said angrily. "I am very intelligent, I come up with business plans and I once funded to clone a Pokemon so I've only begun to capture that Pikachu." He then turned to Riku. "By the way boy, have we got a surprise for you."
"Wh-what you do you mean?" Riku asked suspiciously.
"We had a deal." Bowser said. "It's the tricks of trade my friend, you give us something and we give you something in return. A young girl you have been searching for by name of Kairi."
Riku's eyes widened upon hearing the name. "Kairi?"
"We know where she is. Behold!" The monitor showed an image of Kairi floating around out cold. Riku tried to grab it.
"Kairi!" Riku cried. But his hands went though her.
"Listen, you can get cozy with her when you actually find her." Bowser said rolling his eyes. "Go to her. We have a special vessel prepared for you." Dr. Eggman entered the room on his egg mobile. "Man, don't you get any exercise?"
"Why exercise when you can float around being an evil genius?" He laughed.
"Forget I asked." Bowser groaned.
"Now, listen up, I just finished polishing the Egg Carrier so nothing too wild and this isn't a pleasure cruse so don't expect royal treatment." Eggman told Riku.
"Why are you doing this for me Bowser?" Riku asked. "Is there a catch involved here or something?"
Bowser gasped. "I'm appalled! Silly boy, there is no catch!" He then bent down to Riku and put his hands on his shoulders. "You're like a Koopa kid to me. I just want the best for you. I can't be bad all the time you know."
Riku jumped away from Bowser with force.
"I seriously doubt that." Riku scoffed.
"After all the nice thing I said and done for you this is how you thank me?" Bowser growled. "Don't coming crying to me when the heartless take your heart next! Just remember buddy I kept my end of the bargain!" Riku walked of silently and Eggman followed. Bowser sat down and sighed. "Teenagers. That was the problem with my last seven kids. So self-centered, always me, me, me. I had to lock them up in dungeons." Bowser then paused. "Actually, that's what happened to me when I was his age."
"I'm surrounded by idiots." Giovanni muttered.
"I heard that!" Bowser shouted at Giovanni. "Now you're dead!"
Giovanni screamed and ran away with Bowser chasing him all around the castle.