Starlighter: OK!!!HERE IT IS!!! The chapter you have ALL been waiting for! The chapter of…
Sesshy: The chapter of war there! I said it without all of your suspense crap!
Starlighter: KILLERRRR!!!! You evil demon! Fine, he said it, the chapter of WAR!!! (echoes eerily)
Sesshy: There you go again….your suspense….I hate you.
Starlighter: But I love you, that makes us a contradiction by being together!! HAHAHAHAHA!!
Sesshy: I am most certainly not involved with you!
Starlighter: Your right, I have other lovers better than you! Enjoy the chapter everyone!!!
Sesshy: Hey- wait! WHAT!!??-
Starlighter: P.P.S SO SORRY about this long delay, I was left without internet for like the longest time and the only time I got to go online was at a public library, B.S. if you ask me. But here I am!! Now Sesshy ssshhh! The chapter's starting!
WAR
Link made his way quickly to the King of Noreyes, who was assembling all his men. At his fort he stood, in front of a large hand painted cardiograph of Noreyes, with three of his five generals. He looked up when Link entered the room and turned back to his map, "You shouldn't be here Prince; you should be protecting my daughter." Link stood in front of the stone table put his hand were the King was concentrating his sight. This made the King look at him with a look of displeasure but before he could say anything Link held his other hand to allow him to speak. "My King, if I may, I would like to aid you in this time of dire need. I tell you from experience that Hyrule is a fierce Kingdom with an excellent army; it would give me great honor to fight against them." The King eyed Link with mistrust and sighed as he assumed his full height. "I did not want you to take place in this war for the reason that should you die, my-" "Believe me sire, that I would not run that risk unless it was absolutely necessary, you are in need and my army will come to your aid and together we can stop Hyrule. Remember my lord that death is inevitable, however inevitable it is, my death will not take place in this war I have already promised that to my love." The King sighed once more and nodded, "Very well, here is the map of Noreyes, my generals will be positioned at every border, I am sending two of them at the border which is being attacked at the moment, which leaves my castle unprotected, if you can bring your army and protect my castle as well as reinforce my other borders. That will do."
Link nodded and turned to leave the room, "And Link…" He stopped and faced the King, "Do keep your promise, I know that Hyrule as a whole is a fierce warrior, this war will not be easy, and in fact…the end may be the most farthest thing from now." Link nodded and turned again leaving the room in silence. Once outside he mounted a mare and rode to the castle with haste.
WITH KING CHRISTOPHER
The King sneered as he stepped with haste out of the church. He entered his carriage and shut the door roughly. "What are we going to do My liege?" asked Terry from across the King. The King grunted and refused to look at Terry who was inwardly smiling. "Those fools from Hyrule weren't enough to do away with all of the guards at the fort they attacked. Now my stupid son is going to get involved and probably die! My masterful plan has flawed, if my son dies there will be no one to marry the stupid princess and therefore I lose this Kingdom! Alone I cannot win against Noreyes nor Hyrule! Our army is not strong enough that is why I had planned to attack Hyrule with both the Noreyen army and mine, but now that will never happen-"The King stopped in his tracks and his eyes went as wide as a toad's. A sinister smile took over his features and his eyes once again beheld a malicious glare. "I think, my dear knight, it is time that I recognize you…..hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha….as MY SON!!!"
WITH THE OSIRIAN ARMY
"Fiory, how long do we wait for the King?" Fiory turned to Camry and smiled, "I'm not sure Camry. The men are already getting restless, and I cannot contact Alexander and Daniel, they are on the other borders of Noreyes. I do not know if they have any news, we will just have to wait for Terry to come and give us the signal." Camry took a sip from his water flask and then turned to face the horizon, the sun was still high in the sky, the light breeze swayed the high grass bending it slightly. "Fiory, if we are going to fight against Hyrule, why has Wufei not returned? Should he not be standing along side us?" Fiory sighed and faced the same direction as Camry, "Not too long ago the King received word that Wufei had fallen for the Princess of Hyrule, Wufei then joined the King of Hyrule and became one of Hyrule's generals, by order of Princess Zelda, the Royal Army's General. King Christopher seemed unaffected by this and merely spread Wufei's army among Alexander's and Daniel's armies." Camry's eyes went wide and as in reflex took hold of Fiory's arm; Fiory turned his head towards him and nodded confirming this news to his friend. Camry turned and walked away leaving Fiory to his thoughts.
"Malon…be safe. These dire times cause my thoughts to trail back to you…How I wish that we could have stayed in that woman's little house forever…just you and I. But sadly here we are, I waiting to be called into battle and you, waiting for this battle that has not even commenced to end. What will you do…for surely your Prince will aid the King of Noreyes, should he parish? What will you do? Would you fall into my arms? Whose arms would you mourn in? I must shake from these thoughts, the Prince will live, they will wed, and I…I will stay away from you…" Fiory lowered his gaze to the grass and watched it for a moment, that's when he saw it, the signal, but it was not Terry coming towards them, it was another messenger. As he approached Fiory recognized the young man and began walking towards him. The young man stopped and jumped off his mare, exhausted and out of breath he handed Fiory a note.
Generals,
The time has come, you are to arrive at the castle and report to either I or the Prince. There you will receive instructions.
King Christopher
Fiory nodded to the boy and thanked him for the note. "You may stay here and rest while we get everything together to depart towards the castle." The boy nodded and rested against his horse. Fiory walked up to were Camry was sitting and crouched down before his friend. "My friend…now is not the time to wonder over our comrades' actions. He did what he did because he wanted it so. We cannot change his decision. Come…we are summoned!" Camry stood with his friend and took the note. He cast a small smile towards his friend and both began to call forth their soldiers to march toward Noreyes Castle.
WITH MALON AND THE QUEEN
The Queen stood at the window with her hand rested against the window sill. Malon sat at her dresser removing her royal wedding jewels. "I have not been completely honest with you my Queen." The Queen shifted her weight to her left foot demonstrating that she was listening. "The Prince knows…that I am not your real daughter…he discovered it on his own…he-he hasn't told anybody but…between him and I, that is the real me, we settled all of the wrong that was done to us in the past and now we are happy together-" Malon looked up as the Queen sighed loudly and turned in her direction with a tired glaze over her eyes. "Malon I've known all along, do you think that I could not notice? From one day to the next that cold and far away look in your eyes changed, his eyes did too, he no longer held that haze of confusion, mistrust, and falsehood. Both of your eyes became one, filled with light, joy, warmth, and love. It was easy for me to tell." Malon bowed her head low in embarrassment. "You need not feel ashamed, on the contrary, because you love one another so deeply is not something to be ashamed of. I know that you ran a risk of him bursting out with the truth in front of everyone as well as the risk of being whisked away and leaving all of this behind you, just think in that you did not abandon this so called responsibility. That is all you need to know." The Queens warm smile filled Malon with relief and then the Queen approached Malon and held her head up with her soft hand. "I still look upon you as a daughter, and as a mother, I will love you and care about you no matter what it is that you do."
A tear rolled down Malon's cheek and she smiled putting her hands on the Queen's.
It would be two weeks until the army's of Osirian reached Link and the royal castle of Noreyes. In the meantime Hyrule had advanced to the other villages at the borders taking hold of them and using them as forts. The people had been evacuated and had marched to the King's fort were the King of Noreyes, the King of Osirian and Link planned battle once the army's of Osirian reached the Noreyen Fort. Small battalions of the King of Noreyes had been sent to protect the villages from further advancement, but while some claimed victory most did not. After the first night of battle on the following morning more Hyrulian knights would arrive and overthrow the small numbers of Noreyen knights. The King of Noreyes began to get flustered and impatient with the Osirian army, as well as Link, for he waited for them to arrive to take men to protect him long enough for him to reach the King of Hyrule and explain hopefully putting and end to the war.
WITH LINK
He held his hand to his forehead to block the sun's light from blinding him while he looked out onto the horizon awaiting his messenger to return. "Where is he, he should have returned by now with my men." He backed up his mare and began to ride towards the fort when one of the Noreyen knights called out to him. "My lord! I see someone approaching over there!" Link turned Epona around in the direction the knight pointed to and held his hand once more to his forehead. There he came, the boy that had been sent to the generals. He squinted for better viewing and a little far off he spotted the generals and their army's. "Finally they have reached the fort. Squillus! Head on to the fort and tell the King's that the army's are here." The knight turned his horse about and rode on leaving Link to welcome his men. "Now I can take a good handful of them and head towards the King of Hyrule, stop this before it gets out of hand." But before they reached him a blinding blue light enveloped him and took him away leaving only Epona for the army to see.
"The prince has been taken!" Camry shouted towards Fiory as they began to ride harder towards Epona. They stopped before the mare and stared at it alone with only the saddle and the Prince's weapons strapped to its sides. "Camry, take the reins, we must inform the King of this quickly!" But before Camry could touch Epona she rode off towards the castle, the generals stared at one another but did not linger for long, they too rode off but towards the fort, were the King of Osirian and the King of Noreyes waited for their arrival.
THE BLUE LIGHT
Link landed safely on his feet in a familiar place. The sacred Chamber of the Sage's. He looked around and noticed Princess Zelda on a new emblem floating right next to the emblem of Rauru. "Princess-" Zelda held her hand up. "It is I who will explain what is happening before you have anything to say. My father has been brainwashed by a man who claimed to be on our side while you went with your father. A man who you thought was trust worthy, Quintus, and he has filled my father's heart with bitter anger and rage against you and your father for leaving me. While I know that you were forced by your father, a threatened prisoner, I have not been able to even touch my father. He is surrounded by an evil aura. Quintus…is not your ordinary Osirian. I have spoken to the Great Fairies and they seem to have heard of a sorcerer, a powerful one with the ability to shape shift and a server of the Osirian Royal Family, my guess is that this sorcerer is Quintus. Not only that Link, it gets worse, this sorcerer has found Ganondorf! The Great Deku Tree sent Navi to follow Quintus in hopes of finding Ganondorf, Navi has reported that he is being held in the prisoner's dungeon in Osirian, heavily guarded. Link, if this sorcerer was powerful enough to find him, he may be able to open up the sacred realm and reawaken Ganondorf!"
Link bowed his head tightening his fists as he stood there listening to the Princess of Hyrule. He looked up at Zelda, his eyes holding that same determination they once held when he was on his mission to awaken the sages and bring down Ganondorf. "Your father was beyond careful to even mention a sorcerer anywhere, if it were not that I have powers, I would have never been able to see Quintus for what he really is and warn you. Link, it is time to call upon the powers of the triforce of courage…it is time to remind the world of your Quest…of your title. This will alter this plane but only slightly. The consequences…are…the people who died at Ganondorf's hand will once again die…his destructions will be under reconstruction…your father will fear you now more than ever for he too will know of your title. He will be more cautious but still heed that he is still a great threat for he may call upon his sorcerer, in fact, he will call upon his sorcerer for protection. You now have the six sages at your disposal, I will do all I can to protect my father and Hyrule. It is up to you to end this, starting with the sorcerer. He stands at my father's side, his hand always on his shoulder."
Link nodded and began to summon the power of his triforce to return to Noreyes when the Princess called out his name. "And Link." Their eyes met, hers filled with tears, his with anger, and "he has called upon the evil creatures of Hyrule to aid our armies. Stalfos, Lizalfos, Deadhand, Gibdos, Redead, Beamos, Iron Knuckles, Wolfos…warn your armies…be safe Link." He continued his summoning spell and with the blinding of a blue light Zelda watched him disappear to his destination.
"Be safe Link…be…victorious….Hero of Time." She held the Ocarina of Time and played the divine melody that withheld the time after the defeat of Ganondorf. In that moment an array of blue lights shot out of the temple of time, like waves surrounded the earth. With one final note the waves gave one final glow and faded. Zelda opened her eyes and looked upon the sad and worried faces of the sages. "Now the whole world knows…of the Hero of Time and his Quest…"
WITH LINK
He looked about his surroundings and took out his ocarina calling Epona. No sooner had the instrument left his lips had Epona's hoofs been heard galloping towards him. He smiled and patted her nose, looking into her eyes he gave her a weak smile. "Well my friend, looks like we're back. The world will now see us as we were, The Hero of Time and his brave steed, ready for another quest girl?" Epona kicked up her legs and neighed proudly, Link chuckled and took hold of her reins as he mounted. "Let's go then, to the fort!"
AT THE FORT
The King of Noreyes stood in front of the map of Noreyes rubbing his eyes. "The army of Hyrule is too strong for me alone, even my army has not the strength and I am starting to doubt in Christopher. Link however, I can fully trust. Still…will he live up to his legend…is he really the-" The doors slammed open and Link entered sword in hand and hylian shield in the other. "Its about time, we need a new strategy, the hylian soldiers advance while we retract. I will not send our soldiers foolishly to take back the Noreyen borders blindly." Link nodded to his "father" and headed toward the map they all surrounded. He looked up after a short while and seemed to be looking for a face. "Where are the Generals? Where is Alexander?" "I sent Alexander to protect the Noreyen Castle, Fiory, Camry, and Daniel are in the other room-" "Why are they not here planning for their soldiers paths? I demand to know that Father! We cannot plan without their say, after all it is their armies that will march into either death or victory, I need them here so get them now!" His father for the first time felt a twinge of fear from his son's presence and nodded frantically calling forth a servant to get the generals. As Link for the first time did not fear what his father could do, after all what was there left to do. Thanks to his destiny revealed his father could not soil his name, Malon was safe in the castle protected by the best general in his army, and the war with Hyrule had already began…he had nothing left to fear. Or did he? He was forgetting the key ingredient, Quintus, the shape shifting sorcerer with the power to awaken non other than Ganondorf!
The generals arrived with serious and curious expressions bowing courtly to everybody and eyeing Link as though for the first time. "How may we serve you my liege?" They turned to Link and waited. Hesitating a little bit he turned back to the map, "Camry, Daniel we need to position each of you at an eastern and western border, the south is the most overcome by the Hylian army I will go to that border with Fiory. The best strategy we have is this, we use the Osirian soldiers to attract attention, distract the Hylian army if you will, the Noreyen soldiers who best know their surroundings will strike from the forest trees, hidden mountain forts, anything you've got that can serve you as a natural fort." "That will not be enough to defeat the Hylia-" Once again interrupting his father's pessimistic talk he turned his back to the table and walked a little towards a case with antique shields and swords as well as a white and gold bow with a broken tie. "What we want is not to defeat them but to retract them, far enough, and take time enough to get the King's eye away from the south. Then Fiory and I will arrive in peace to the King and have a talk, if it cannot be settled with words, then we will have to make a strategy to defeat them."
The strategy was carried out, Camry and Daniels' armies headed east and west. Fiory and Link were preparing a strategy of their own independent from that announced in front of the counsel for Link did not trust his father fully knowing that he'd inform his spy at the Hylian King's end. Camry and Daniel were to send reports every three days of their progress as well as Link and Fiory. The King of Noreyes was sent to defend his castle as well as was accompanied by King Christopher, to this Link had first objected to for he had wanted him to go with Camry or Daniel but the King of Noreyes decided for him to go with him. Link regretfully agreed, although he had not wanted him to be anywhere near Malon.
AT THE STABLED WITH LINK AND FIORY
Link stood fixing the saddle on Epona and kept glancing at Fiory who was also fixing the saddle on his horse. "What?" Link mumbled out after Fiory chuckled out loud. Fiory stopped fixing the saddle and faced Link, "Nothing…just didn't know that I was competing with The Hero of Time for the woman I loved." This aggravated Link for it was this kind of behavior he wanted to avoid after Zelda had told him he was about to be known again. "You know, my title does not fully define who I am, being a hero does not mean that I am invincible let alone perfect. I have defects like any mortal, I'm not a God, and I could have lost her to you. Had I not come at all to this place at all you just might have done that. But I do believe this, you can't win or loose against destiny. Being The Hero of Time…at first I thought I could avoid being known as that, avoid my destiny and its calls living a normal life but I can't. Now more than ever, the one evil I fear returning now can and I'm not sure….either way let's get going."
They mounted their horses and rode out to meet the soldiers waiting for their sign to move out towards the south.
In two weeks they would arrive out onto the borders of the south, in two weeks Link would have to fight to get through to the King of Hyrule, he would have to face the sorcerer and rid the King of his evil counsel…in two weeks…He might be awoken…