Gannondorf turned his attention from Zelda to watching Link battle the caterpie. Well, actually, it was more like watching Link run around screaming while caterpie shot web at him. He snickered at how each piece of his plan fell so perfectly into its place. It was only a matter of moments before Link joined his girlfriend in the afterlife. "Ah," he sighed, "my life is perfect."

"Oh really?" a voice asked. Gannondorf turned; frightened by the voice he knew to well.

"Zelda…?" he breathed. There was no one. He glanced at the spot where Zelda's corpse lay. The body was still there. Then who had spoken? Zelda was dead and that was that. She was powerful, but even strength in magic did not preserve the soul when the body passed away. There was no way…

Gannondorf heard the voice again, but this time it was sudden and full of rage, instead of the calm and collected tone before. Before he had time to react, a whip was coiled around his neck. He struggled frantically resembling a mouse trapped in the grip of large snake. The whip pulled him down against the ground as he heard Zelda's voice cry out in fury.

Gannondorf's eyes followed the whip up to its wielder. He took in a sharp breath. It was not Zelda. "The blood within me is hot with death." The figure spoke slowly and fiercely, as though hell itself had rejected her. "Why do you bother to struggle when my spirit is hungry to see your corpse?" The figure spoke in Zelda's voice, but she wore a tight body suit partially wrapped in cloth with a Hyrulian symbol painted across her chest. It was obvious she was not one to be trifled with.

"Z-zelda?"

"No, Gannondorf." She took another step towards him and using the whip pulled his face close to hers. "Sheik." And with that she kicked him in the chest as she released him from the whip sending him hurdling backwards. (You go girl!)

Gannondorf slowly got to his feet. "Fool," he shouted as Sheik jumped around very ninja like. "I took the pill. You can be killed easily. But me? No, my death shall come another day."

"You're right, Gannondorf. I'm not going to kill you," she replied smugly. Then, in the blink of an eye she hurled five surikens (ninja stars) that snagged onto the edges of his clothing then pinned him to a pillar. She had a split second to smile at her handiwork, before she had to jump away to avoid being crushed under the large the tail of caterpie. Sheik saw how lucky she was to be alive as the ground where she had been just seconds ago began to crack from the impact of caterpie's tail. The ground split apart with a great groan and a red glow peeked out which Sheik could only assume was lava. Why there was lava underneath Hyrule castle she had no idea, but she did know that lave equals hot and one should generally try to keep a good distance from it.

The caterpie hadn't yet noticed Sheik and was still trying to catch Link in one of its arms. Link yelped as he narrowly dodged another pile of grayish web. "Leave my boyfriend alone!" she shouted at the pokemon. The creature twisted his head towards Zelda with a noise like eggshells breaking and something burrowing through wet soil. The insect hissed and brought down its upper torso in attempts to crush Zelda. But Caterpie was sluggish because of its awkward size and she was already behind it again by the time the monster regained its balance.

Sheik hurled her remaining surikens at caterpie. The creature flinched slightly, then, to Sheik's dismay, charged toward her with no sign of weakness. She ran, her eyes wide in panic, and the adrenaline moving her legs uncontrollably, but the arena wasn't quite large enough and she found herself against the glass dome that covered the arena with Caterpie at full speed and no where left to run.

The catrpie lowered its head so that when it made contact, Sheik was swept up in its feelers and flung up and over the large insect. She landed with a grunt and the sound of meat being tenderized. She clenched her stomach and winced at what felt like her insides being slammed out of place.

When the pain had resided a bit, and caterpie had managed to turn himself around, Sheik called out to him, "All right bring it—"

Sheik didn't have time to finish telling Caterpie to 'bring it on' because he was already a step ahead. "All right," Sheik began after spitting web out of her mouth, "you brought it." Sheik was trapped against the wall, now a prisoner to a layer of silken web.

"Link!" she shouted. Link poked his head out timidly from behind a large column.

"Uh…yes, Zelda?" He stepped out completely.

"Link," she began calmly, "SAVE ME!"

"Uh, right," Link replied. He pulled out a bomb, lit it hurriedly then threw it into the air. He closed his eyes and covered his ears waiting for the explosion. The explosion came and went. The only thing that had changed was that the bomb had caused Gannondorf's pillar to fall down, knocking the suriken that held one of his arms to fall out. With a malicious grin he pulled out the remaining surikens and leapt to his feet. Link's eyes widened and Zelda just let out a defeated sigh and to herself an 'oh great'.

"Hurry up and save me for god's sake!" Zelda was getting very nervous as Gannondorf eyed her as he cracked his knuckles. "I'm coming," Link assured her. He ran towards Zelda, but before he reached her, Caterpie shot another string of web which landed in his hair. He shrieked. He reached for his comb. It was in his hands, light reflecting of the pink plastic, then…

He tripped. The comb flew from his hand, landed several yards away, and skidded towards the crack with the lava in it. The lava was now rising and was rapidly working its way towards Link's comb. Pretty dramatic, eh?

Link cried out for his lost love as he sank to his knees and reached out a hand longingly. His fingers slowly closed to a fist which he held to his face.

Zelda was getting impatient. "Forget the stupid comb! Get over here and help me!" She glanced over nervously at Gannondorf who was now preparing a new charm, which she knew was intended for her, and would hurt very very much.

Link looked back at his girlfriend. Then at the comb. Oh, why must fate be so cruel, he wondered aloud. Definitely save Zelda. But my hair; it needs that comb. No. Zelda. No, the comb. Zelda. His mind felt like a game of ping pong, his conscience a small ball whizzing back and forth between each side. He heard Zelda give a small shriek. Yes, he would save Zelda. Yes! Unquestionably; he would save her! Yes, yes, YES!

THE COMB!

"LINK YOU #$! BABOON" Zelda couldn't believe her eyes. In a situation of life and death, Link chose the comb. Not her. Her heart was now filled with rejection and shock. What happened to the Link last night, the one with the tender touch, the reassuring voice, and the need for commitment? She had thought he had changed. As her eyes swelled with tears, Zelda realized she had forgotten one of the most important rules of A Smart Girl's Guide to Life. Rule number 139: Men don't change.

"But I don't want to die" Zelda moaned to no one in particular, perhaps a final plead to God. She concentrated very hard for a moment, to see if she could contact the Deku tree through her mind. Her heart leaped. She sensed his presence.

"Zelda? Is that you?" she heard a voice in her head say.

"Yes, Deku Tree, it's me."

"What do you want?"

"Well, I'm kind of in need of assistance." She focused on the area around herself and sent the image to the mind of the Deku tree somehow. (Hey, this IS a fantasy story, right?)

"Oh. I see."

"So…will you help me?"

"Sorry, I can't do anything for you."

"But"-

"Zelda, I help those who help themselves."

"You're no use at all!" Zelda pouted.

"Goodbye…" She heard his voice fading away.

Zelda let out a frustrated snort. She was going to die. After Link had saved his comb, caterpie managed to give him a good whack to the head and he was now out cold, so she could forget about him releasing her. Gannondorf had completed the charm and the power began to flow out of him in one large purple stream.

"Use my inheritance to build a public pool for the natives," Zelda said as she closed her eyes and waited for pain.

A light. Blinding and pure it exploded with a piercing metallic sound and Zelda screamed.

So, how many people thought Zelda was dead? I don't know if I fooled anyone, but oh well; I like to think I did, lol. Anyways, hope you enjoyed this chapter, which you may have noticed started serious but didn't end that way! I wanted this to be dramatic, but as you probably know by now, I often have trouble with that. Later y'all.