Chapter 11
The Council of the Twilight Princess
While the five travelers were in the temple, their enemies were busy at work. In the far away galaxy of the Jedi and Sith, Darth Sidious, Grand Admiral Thrawn, and Joruus C'baouth are fleeing from a lost battle at Coruscant. In Middle Earth, however, the Dark Lord Sauron is overseeing his new war. He has spotted the traitor Saruman in his palintir. It seems the old wizard has returned as well.
"I could use this to my advantage." He thinks to himself.
The Evil king, Ganondorf Dragmire, however, is pacing the halls of Hyrule Castle in a fury with his loyal minion, Agahnim at his side.
"He escaped? Not again!" the king yelled in outrage.
Agahnim backed up in fear. All of a sudden the doors were flung open and the young traitor, Zelda, strode in with a smile. She bowed her head to the two.
"Lord Ganondorf, I have a plan that just might work." She began.
"Are you implying that my plans never work?" he growled enraged at the girl.
Zelda stood her ground.
"No, I would never imply such a horrid thing, my lord!" she said with a look of horror on her face.
"We need to forge an alliance." She began.
"With whom?" Ganondorf asked in confusion.
"With the other Dark Lords beyond the portal." Zelda explained.
"What portal?" Ganondorf asked in even more confusion.
"The portal that links our world to the worlds of the Jedi, and the realm of Middle Earth!" she said.
Ganondorf's eyes widened in shock.
"So that's how the brat's been able to elude me!" he howled.
Zelda nodded.
"Princess, arrange a meeting with these 'Dark Lords' post haste!" Ganondorf ordered.
"Yes, my lord." Zelda replied as she abruptly disappeared.
The Dark Lord Sauron was sitting in his tower, Barud-Dur, gazing at his seeing stone when the princess appeared. He got up to yell for his guards, but the princess silenced him with her hand.
"Peace, my lord, I am an ally from Hyrule. King Ganondorf Dragmire sent me to ask for your help." She explained.
Sauron raised an eyebrow.
"He wishes to forge an alliance with you and your loyal minions." Zelda clarified.
Sauron smiled.
"It would be my pleasure, princess." He said.
Zelda did not look in the least shocked that he knew who she was. She raised her hands and clapped them and they were once again in Hyrule Castle. Ganondorf looked up from his throne as he spotted them. He smiled as he walked over to Sauron.
"Lord Sauron, welcome to my castle! We will hold council shortly." He said as he led Sauron to his chambers.
Zelda once again disappeared. This time she reappeared in Saruman's chambers in Orthanc. The wizard looked startled to see her.
"Well, if it isn't Zelda!" he said with a sneer.
Zelda paid no attention to his rude remark.
"I have joined the lord Ganondorf. He would like to forge an alliance with you." She explained as she took his hand.
They were instantly transported to the castle. Zelda released the wizard's hand and vanished once more. She reappeared in Imperial Remnant space. She was in Palpatine's quarters actually. She was pleasantly surprised to find that he was holding a council with C'baouth and Grand Admiral Thrawn. She strode over to them with a smile.
"Emperor Palpatine, Master C'baouth, and Grand Admiral Thrawn, I am Princess Zelda. I have been sent by Lord Ganondorf to bid you to forge an alliance with us." She said as she transported them to Hyrule Castle.
Ganondorf was immensely glad to see that Zelda had gathered the rest of the company in only a few seconds.
"Well done Zelda, well done!" he said with a smile as he introduced himself to the newcomers.
He led them to the council room, high up in one of the many towers of the castle. Once they were all seated, the council began.
"I am honored to welcome you all to my castle." Ganondorf began with a smile at each of the guests.
The guests all nodded their respects. Ganondorf briefly told them of his troubles with the young rascal, Link, and his friends. When Sauron heard Aragorn's name mentioned he led out a loud growl.
"We must capture them before they attempt to destroy my ring again!" he roared in fury.
"All our present troubles tie in with that ring." Zelda whispered.
Sauron glared at the Princess with gleaming red eyes.
"What do you know of my One Ring of Power?" he demanded loudly.
"That Link knows the location of it. We only need to torture him long enough until he talks." She said with a smile.
Ganondorf was rubbing his hands together laughing with glee.
"I would gladly torture him!" he cackled.
Zelda rolled her eyes.
"Yeah, and he would knock you out and escape! We need to try a more subtle way of torture." Zelda replied.
Ganondorf reluctantly agreed. All of a sudden the wizard, Saruman bolted upright in his chair with a look of dread on his face.
"What ever is the matter, Master Curinir?" She asked in concern.
"He's here." The wizard whispered ominously.
"Who's here?" she asked.
"Gandalf the fool!" the wizard snapped a little too rudely.
Zelda giggled mischievously.
"Of course he's here! Link would never go anywhere without the old wizard! I captured them not too long ago and released them. They think they will be able to collect all the spiritual stones!" Zelda laughed.
Agahnim looked shocked at this revelation.
"So it was Old Greybeard in the bushes! I knew I sensed him!" he cackled.
"What on earth are you talking about, Agahnim?" Zelda asked in utter confusion.
"Well, when I went to Kokiri Forest to destroy the Deku Tree, I kind of ran into Link and his pals." Agahnim said as he chuckled nervously.
Ganondorf moaned and ran a hand down his face in complete mortification.
"Not again." Zelda said to herself growing pink in the face.
Emperor Palpatine was in hysterical laughter now.
"Bless my stars! He chased you out of the Forest, didn't he? That's priceless!" he roared in laughter.
Zelda laughed even louder.
"Yeah, like the time Vader got the first Death Star blown up!" she giggled.
Palpatine grew instantly serious.
"Not funny! Don't you dare make fun of a Sith Lord!" he roared.
Zelda rolled her eyes.
"What're you going to do, choke me to death? Or, better yet, shoot me with lightning? You'll never get the chance!" she said as she stood up and cast off her cloak.
Ganondorf held up his hands for silence.
"Silence, all of you! Enough of your shenanigans!" he roared.
Zelda sat back down and Palpatine chuckled to himself.
"She couldn't even kill a Padawan." He mumbled to Thrawn.
The two shared a laugh. Zelda gave them the evil eye. Thrawn stuck out his tongue at her. She snarled like a beast. Ganondorf cleared his throat. Everyone quieted.
"That's better." Ganondorf grunted in contempt.
"We need more technology." Ganondorf stated.
Palpatine grinned in pleasure.
"We can help with that. We can supply your armies with guns, lasers, tanks, missiles, Star Destroyers, and much, much more!" he said with glee.
Ganondorf, Saruman, and Sauron nodded with smiles.
"I'll send my biggest supply ships within the week, and your Star Destroyers will be arriving shortly after that." Palpatine informed them.
"I will gladly instruct you in creating Rings of Power as well. These fools will never know what hit them!" Sauron said with a wicked smile.
All of a sudden Zelda sat up with a smile on her lips.
"They're escaping." She said ominously.
"Who's escaping?" the Dark Lords screamed in unison.
"The hero and his companions." Zelda whispered.
All three lords got up at once.
"We have to stop them! Once we have them all locked up, we will have the advantage!" Palpatine was saying.
Zelda smiled and rubbed her hands together in anticipation. This was it!
"Let's ride!" she said eagerly.
She hustled down the stairs with glee with the evil alliance bounding down behind her. As she walked into the hallway, she gave a shrill whistle. Within seconds, the whole castle was swarming with Ganondorf's army of monsters. Zelda clapped her hands and out of thin air appeared Sauron and Saruman's armies and hundreds of thousands of stormtroopers.
"We are the Alliance of Dark Lords. War is upon us all! We must capture the Hero of Hyrule today or we shall be doomed!" Zelda bellowed for all to hear as she led the march to the fields of Hyrule.