Chapter 7: Link's test

Link stared around the big cavern. He didn't find any monsters, but instead he found several inscriptions along the wall. Strange symbols that Link was hadn't seen before. He stared at them trying to understand what they meant. Occasionally there was a picture laying along the scripture. One of these showed the Triforce. This one seemed to glow strangely. He put his hand up next to it, hesitated and touched it. A burst of light came along and carried Link off.

Link landed in the middle of a field, Hyrule field he thought, but something was wrong, the battle that was supposed to be raging on was not taking place. There was no one except one man. A blonde-head that looked to be around 18 to 19 somewhere around there. This man stood sword drawn. He was watching the gates waiting, For what? What was supposed to happen? Link wondered.

A figure came out of the lowered drawbridge. The man suddenly gasped as a dagger stuck in his gut, then he died. Link couldn't see or recognize the person's face but the feeling that the black robed figure gave him was oddly familiar. The figure raised it's arms holding a long blade red as blood and the cloak fell to the ground. And with a sudden pang Link found he did know the figure. It was one that he had seen many times and was used to seeing after all the battle. And now the expression that was on the person's face made Link want to vomit. It wasn't the treacherous Gerudo woman, it wasn't Gannondorf, it wasn't even the man whom Link couldn't name. It was Xilic, but he didn't look like Link's memory of him. In Link's mind Xilic was a proud man who stood tall brave and righteous. But now... now Xilic eyes glowed with a burning passion for what was taken as death, and he stood hunched over.

Finally he spoke to Link, "You betrayed us, you left us all. You got sucked away from the battle all those years ago and left us to be taken over. You destroyed Hyrule my brother." Link looked around the land and saw that it was all burned down. The battle, they had lost? How did that happen? They were winning when I last checked.

"When you left we put up our best fight. But then the Master showed up and we were helpless you could've saved us. But you left. Then the Master took over. You betrayed us all my bother." Xilic spat the last word, then drew his sword.

"Xilic stop! I don't want to fight you!" Link cried out. Xilic smirked and raised his blade to eye level.

"Pitiful, the Chosen Hero doesn't even want to fight back." Xilic said. Link didn't know why, but he knew that Xilic fully intended to kill him.

"Xilic please, I can help you!" Link called out.

"It's too late for that now, you left you never stayed to defend us before! You aren't looking at the young pitiful, commander of the sad group of the rebels. You are gazing upon the four star general of the Master's personal Hyrule assassins."

"Assassins for who?" Link asked.

"Your kind of filth that threatens the perfect empire that Hyrule has now become!" Xilic answered. With that Xilic ran forward swinging his mighty blade. Link rolled to his left to dodge the blow.

"Xilic don't make me do this!" Link pleaded. Xilic raised his hand and a dark blast of energy flew towards Link. Link used Faeroe's wind to transport him to a spot just behind Xilic. Xilic turned around a little shocked.

"That one's new... Looks like you were always holding out on us. Guess I sightly underestimated you. No matter I can still destroy you." Xilic said. Link looked to his right and saw the Master Sword and it had a odd light around it.

"Yeah that's your old blade," Xilic said bitterly. "The Master could never remove it after Zelda's spell, curse her. But I found her in the end. Gave that girl what she had coming to her." Xilic smirked now. Zelda is gone, and Xilic killed her, I have to get the sword back. Link ran towards the sword. But Xilic jumped in his way.

"Think I'll let you take it back? Think again." Xilic lunged at Link. Link used Faeroe's wind again. He landed right next to his old blade. He grasped the handle and pulled the sword up. He quickly turned to block Xilic's strike. Xilic struck again and again. Link blocked every strike.

"Xilic you need to wake up remember everything you did for justice!" Xilic didn't respond except to kick Link in the face. Link quickly ran backwards away from Xilic's swinging attacks. He used his magic abilities to unleash Din's fire and created a ring of flame around him to block his brother. Xilic chanted a spell and rain started pouring down exterminating Link's fire. Xilic's attacks started to become more aggressive.

"Xilic please, don't do this! Come back, I can help you!" Link called trying to reach his friend with the words.

"That's too late now, you should have helped me before when we were brothers in the war! You failed us all. Your an enemy to Hyrule and must be killed." Xilic yelled back.

"Perhaps I did fail you but I won't abandon you to your Master's side without trying to get back your freedom." Link said.

"That's not your choice to make." Called Xilic.

"Xilic-"

"That name is no longer used brother. My name is Grehadel! And I'm an assassin for the Master. His word is my law." Grehadel yelled in anguish.

"Then you are lost," Link yelled. Link took his fighting stance. "The man who was Xilic is dead!" Grehadel swung at Link horizontally but Link backflipped over the assault.

"Fight you coward!" Grehadel yelled angrily. Link used Faeroe's wind once more. He was a good thirty yards away from his opponent. He prepared himself. If it was necessary that Link kill his own brother to save Hyrule then he would do it. Grehadel turned and snarled.

"This is the end for you my new enemy!"