Chapter 19

Sacrifice

Zelda and Link were in the lead as they entered the Twilight with lightsabers ignited. As soon as the group had all entered, they heard a terrific roar! Zelda and Link both rushed forward with a yell and as one made a giant leap into the air and landed mere inches from the most evil looking Goron they had ever laid eyes on.

"We can't kill it, Link, it's still a peace loving Hyrulian at heart." Zelda whispered. Link nodded with a grim smile.

"Jacen Solo, we know this is your doing! Stop this madness or I will have to use force!" Link roared as he made a sweep of his hand and knocked the beast unconscious for the time being.

Link leapt over the beast with his friends right behind him and charged into the twilight. Jacen was there on a throne of some dark materiel and Lumiya was right beside him!

"Greetings, Jedi!" Jacen said with an evil smile.

Link just smirked as he stepped closer to the throne with Zelda, Aragorn, and Gandalf right behind him.

"What a surprise, following in Grandfather Vader's footsteps?" Link said with a smirk.

Jacen just smiled. "No, I am afraid not. I am more powerful than he and his Emperor could ever dream to be!" he cackled as his eyes turned crimson.

"Only a Sith deals in absolutes." Zelda whispered with a tear rolling down her cheek.

"Die, Jedi!" Jacen roared as he ignited his deep red lightsaber and removed his cloak.

The fight was on. Zelda ignited her sabers, along with her fellow Jedi Masters. It was an epic fight. Jacen drew on his anger and seemed invincible. Link and Zelda deepened their bond as twins and wielders of the Triforce of Wisdom and Courage and fought valiantly. Soon the masters were growing weary of the fight and Jacen was close to victory. Link could barely catch his breath.

All of a sudden Link heard Anakin Skywalker's voice through the Force.

"Link, embrace your destiny. Remember, the Force will be with you, always." Anakin instructed as Link saw Obi-Wan's last fight against Vader in his mind.

He knew what he had to do.

"Zelda, take the others and go!" he ordered.

"But, he'll kill you! We can't leave you." She argued.

"It is the will of the Force. I must become one with the Force." He said in a strong voice.

Zelda nodded as she and the others fled back up the passage. As the others fled, Zelda remained in the doorway watching her brother's last stand.

It was legendary. Link faced Jacen with grim resolve and shut off his lightsabers and tossed them to the ground.

"If you strike me down, I will become more powerful than your wildest dreams." He challenged Jacen.

Jacen snickered at the comment.

"Fine, have it your way, Jedi!" he said with a laugh as he stuck the Hylian down.

"No!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Zelda screamed as she was grabbed by Aragorn and led out of the dungeon. What she did not see, however, was a brilliant flash of light envelop the whole mountainside destroying every last remnant of the twilight!

As Aragorn and Zelda ran out of the mountain with the others, the princess gave a gasp of delight. The Triforce of Courage was surrounding the whole mountain! Link truly was one with the Force.

"The Force shall be with you, always, Zelda." He said through the Force as the last remnants of the Triforce of Courage enveloped young Colin. Zelda gasped in revelation. Colin was to be the new Hero of Hyrule!

Jacen looked down at the pile of robes at his feet. The Hylian Jedi Master had become one with the Force as he predicted. What did that matter? Link couldn't fight him, only advise the Jedi. Jacen smiled in victory.

"Well done, Lord Caedus. The Jedi will now know that the Sith have returned." Lumiya whispered in his ear as she appeared next to his side.

The Sith had returned with a minor setback, but they would have their revenge