Chapter 5: Out of the Water and Into the Fire

Revali

Mipha held onto my back tightly as Link and I flew next to the currently being barraged divine beast with Sidon swimming in the water below us.

"It's not attacking us, that's probably a good sign." Link said.

"So where exactly are we headed?" I asked.

"In order to free the Divine Beasts in the past, as you remember, I had to access all the terminals then slay the blight at the main terminal before I took control of it."

"But guessing by the fact that it's not attacking us, I would guess Mipha's still in control, so the terminals don't need to be reactivated!"

"If that's the case, we just need to flush out whatever remnants of Ganon's Malice are trying to corrupt the beast!"

"Ready when you are!"

"Ok then, let's go!"

With that, we both banked sharply, preparing ourselves for the battle that would surely follow…

Link let out a battle cry as he drove his Sword into Waterblight. The thing screamed in pain for what seemed like hours before finally falling limp. Wait a minute, fall limp? That's not normal, what was going on here? And looking at Link's and Mipha's reactions, I wasn't the only one who felt unsettled by this anomaly.

"We are victorious!" Sidon lifted his tridents in a cross above his head.

Mipha stood as straight as she could swaying on her feet like she could faint at any moment. She had regained a bit of her strength after arriving on Vah Ruta, but the Zora was still so close to losing consciousness, and to be honest, it made me worry for her, especially if Link was right to be suspicious of Waterblight's defeat.

"With all due respect Sidon, I don't think the battle's over yet." I said.

"It should have exploded," Link said.

"What?" Sidon asked.

Sidon looked around, confused why everyone else was on edge, surely that monstrosity of Sheikah Tech and Malice was defeated, right? Our worst fears were unfortunately confirmed when we heard someone clapping and laughing mockingly. We all turned to see Ghirahim walking towards us.

"Well, well, well, look who it is." He said.

"I would say the same thing to you," I spat back, crossing my wings.

He ignored me, focusing his intention entirely on Link, "I must say, I knew you would come, you couldn't resist not letting your pathetic excuses for Champions Perish."

Link shifted his stance slightly as the Demon continued to speak.

"I would say you've done a fine job disabling my little pet. But yet even after your marvelous battle, I am still so unsatisfied. So…"

He snapped his fingers and Waterblight slowly came back to life.

"Let's try this again shall we."

Link let out a war cry as he launched himself at the Demon Lord, just as he teleported away and I would presume off of the Divine Beast. But there was no time for a pursuit, as the four of us had a bigger problem, much bigger.

Gah! And I thought this thing was tough to fight the first time! Link, Sidon, and Mipha (Despite me trying to stop her multiple times), charged to try to take the monstrosity down once more. However, I could tell we were all starting to tire as I fired arrow after Arrow, hoping and praying I wouldn't reach into my quiver and feel nothing. The Battle came to the pinnacle for me when Mipha got knocked off her feet by that monster's spear. Batting Link and Sidon aside, the thing charged in like a Lynel hungry for the kill. To be honest, I don't know what came over me as I saw Mipha lying there prone, a sense of duty maybe, maybe something else, but it caused me to do something I could easily see Link doing, but never myself, until now/ I shielded Mipha from Waterblight's spear with the best shield I could find at the time, my own body.

Link

"REVALI!"

I was shocked, did he really just do that!? I was snapped back to reality by Sidon's voice.

"You'll pay for that you Monster!"

So our conflict resumed, but I could feel myself tiring as tried to keep Mipha and now Revali safe as I drove the beast back. I was hoping that we could beat it again, but at this point would it be enough? I had already beaten this thing alone once and yet here I was facing it a third time! I had tried again and again, but it wasn't enough, it seemed like no matter what, the Champions were doomed to die to these abominations of corruption and ancient technology. I suddenly felt the Ocarina grow warm in my pocket, I pulled it out to look at it.

"…had the Champions true powers awakened Ganon would not had been able to take over the divine beasts…"

A voice from my ancestors, in my memory, we had all the tools to awaken the Champion's full powers. But could it really be that simple? Nevertheless, I had to try.

Without a second thought, I ran to Mipha, sheathing my sword as I did. I helped her to her feet and put her arm over my shoulder in a walking assist before running back to the terminal surrounding us both with Daruk's protection and still carrying my Hylian shield.

"Link! What are you doing!?" Sidon said.

Ignoring Sidon, I helped her stand and motioned for her to put her hand on the terminal. Realizing exactly what I was doing, Waterblight turned around and charged at us with renewed rage. But Mipha's hand was already firmly planted on the pulsing symbol and the Ocarina was already to my beak.

The Monster shrieked in pain as each note played and the water around us stirred. As the song continued, Mipha stood straighter as her very body began to glow with an aqua light as the water swirled around her eventually boosting the Zora Champion in the air with a large swirling fountain of water. Waterblight Ganon shrieked as it… well it didn't explode, but rather dissolved, fading away almost as if had never existed in the first place. Sidon watched in awe as his sister descended the fountain like a spirit of water, smiling gently.

After she landed, she looked at her hand as if it had changed shape, "That was remarkable, what was that?"

"That Mipha, was your song. The champion of Water is awakened and 3 more remain." I said.

I turned to the unconscious Revali with a frown. Mipha understood.

"Don't worry, I will heal him, with this new power I am certain he will survive."

I was glad she would heal him, but his survival wasn't a certainty to me, she didn't know Ganon like I did, and his current position reminded me of the time when… My sadness quickly turned to anger, which boiled into rage in an instant. Without a word, I turned and took off using Revali's gale almost losing control of the updraft in my fury as I flew toward Death mountain and yet another confrontation.

Daruk though weakened was doing better in his second confrontation with Fireblight with Zelda's and Teba's backup. Zelda's eyes widened as soon as she saw me land, attacking the monster as I did.

"Link is everything ok?" She said.

Daruk looked like he wanted to say something, but any good-natured greetings quickly dissolved when my eyes met his. It made sense, as of that moment, I don't think he had ever seen me so mad, in a rage that they all took notice of… but only eventually one dared challenge. Without a word, I gestured for Daruk to get to the main terminal. As with Mipha, I took out the Ocarina and began to play Daruk's song, only to get several notes wrong. What? I tried again, same result. I cried out in frustrated anger.

"Link calm down!" Teba said.

Calm, how could I be calm!? That pig-faced demon was winning again! Suddenly, Fireblight Ganon was right in front of me, as I prepared to attack, I felt my shoulders be grabbed by firm yet gentle talons, quickly flying me away from the conflict. I struggled like a child having a tantrum before the figure finally dropped me, he landed to block me from re-entering the fight. I was surprised to see it was Teba who had done this. I quickly tried to charge past him, only to find him able to stop me with ease.

"Link…"

I tried again, only to get the same result a bit more aggressively,

"Link!"

Enraged, I prepared to strike. Wait a minute, was I about to use The Master Sword against an ally!? What was I thinking!? Teba caught me by the wings.

"Link, look at me!"

Trying to get my emotions under control, I looked him in the eyes.

"I don't know what's going on right now, but you need to calm down before all of us get killed. And, if it's really that important, after we're finished with Fireblight here, we'll talk ok?"

I spoke as calmly as I possibly could.

"Ok."