Chapter 5: Master Hand's castle of Illusions
The sages just watched as Link departed. They were hoping that Link could save them from being controlled by Master Hand, as they at the moment were using just about all of their strength to fight Master Hand's power. And they now were tiring, as they had worked endlessly on the new Master Sword for 3 days straight, and fought off Master Hand's grip. Zelda had ran up to them. She was out of breath and staring at the sages.
"Where is Link?" She asked with a worried tone.
They all just froze, they were too afraid to talk. Eventually Ruto the Zora princess spoke up. "He is going to face Master Hand!" She replied.
Zelda was shocked. "He isn't ready!" She shouted quickly, as though she wanted to protect Link. The sages just nodded.
"We know…" Saria said. "But right now Link feels as though this is the only way to end this battle! And… That new sword he has… could be the key to winning!"
"New sword?" Zelda said a little surprised. "You are talking about the restored Master Sword right?"
"No!" Nabooru replied. "We are talking about the blade that takes the Biggoron Sword's place, is stronger, yet light enough to be wielded in one hand!"
Zelda was silent for a few minutes. It took her a while to speak up. "Well… Good luck Link!" She managed to say.
Link had just entered Hyrule castle town. It had been taken over by stray dogs, which at the moment were fighting over some scraps of food. Link hadn't seen this many dogs in a while. They seemed to notice his presence and began to growl. "Relax, I don't want any food…" Link just continued to walk forwards. There was a sound of someone crying. Link quickly went in the direction of the cries and found a fat woman. She looked up at Link.
"Link please help me!" She said. "I have lost my dog and I need you to find him! I'll pay you handsomely with an: extremely rare, super powerful, mystic item! In fact… so powerful and mystic, it allow you to monkey with the physics of this known world"
"And could I see this item?" Link asked curiously. Slowly the woman brought out a cardboard box and her hands began to tremble in fear. So much that she was having great difficulty holding the item, yet she didn't need to as the item floated majestically in the same spot. "It's a box!" Link glared at the woman.
"It isn't the box, but much more like what is inside the box…" Link looked at the box again, all he saw was strange letters that he couldn't read. In English it read 'Gameshark'.
"It has been a long time since I felt a force like this… The last time was during the great War…" The NES Sword said telepathically to Link. "A war… that nearly destroyed the Universe so long ago… all seemed lost until…"
'Spare me the history lesson!' Link thought. It was clear that the NES sword heard him. 'Just tell me if it is powerful and I can use it to save the sages!'
"It is indeed strong!" The NES Sword replied. "Perhaps even stronger than Master Hand! And it could even rival my power as the full N-Sword!"
"I'll find your dog!" Link said to the woman. Link went back to where all of the stray dogs were. They seemed to have stopped fighting, as there was no longer any scraps of food. Link just walked through the pack of dogs and decided on taking a small gray dog. He lifted it up and walked over to the woman. "Here is your dog." Link placed the dog down on the ground and the woman looked at it.
"THIS ISN'T MY DOG!" She shouted, kicking away the dog. Link stood there shocked. "Now go find my dog!"
"Could you at least give a name that I could call the dog by?" Link asked. The lady looked at Link, sort of like he was crazy.
"Well… I could…" The woman seemed hesitant. "Its just… the name of my dog is the name of every other dog in this town…"
"And that is?" She pointed at Link, almost as if they were engaging in a game of charades. "You named the dog AFTER ME!" Link shouted shocked. Link backed up. "Ok… I can do this… I can do this…"
Link walked to the town. He remembered one time when he was a small child when he didn't get out of the town before sundown. And the drawbridge was raised up. Link was then trapped in a town roaming with dogs. He then decided to try and find a place to sleep. He eventually found one and the only way was to find a dog. He was positive that the owner was the same person. As for the dog… after Ganondorf had moved in to Hyrule castle, it was a bad year for Canines as the dog population was quickly reduced by the redeads. This then sent the feline population up and the Redeads found an instant liking to them.
Link was now searching the ally ways. "Link? Link?" he called for the dog. Link was positive that if someone saw him calling out his own name he might be considered insane. Growing board, and trying to avoid paranoia he decided to call out a different name. "Ganondorf, Ganondorf!"
A small gray dog came out from behind several cartons. It began to growl and bark at Link. Slowly Link backed up, until he realized that he was surrounded by at least 50 dogs. There was a sound coming from up above. Link looked up and saw Ganondorf. "Hey Ganondorf could you help me?" Link shouted a little afraid. With the very mention of the word Ganondorf the dogs seemed to get a bit more aggressive and started walking forwards.
"Am I a dog that I should respond to you like my master?" Ganondorf asked.
"I'd appreciate the irony more if I wasn't about to killed by man's best friend!" Link shouted back.
Ganondorf rolled his eyes. "Grr… its so tempting to let the dogs tear you to shreds, but I want the liberty of doing that myself… ever hear the saying curiosity killed the cat?"
"I DIDN'T SLASH THEM LIKE THE CUCCOS!" Link jumped up onto a crate. And immediately began to search for a deku nut, or something else that could stop the dogs.
Ganondorf closed his eyes. "I'm going to regret this later… I just know it…" he slowly grabbed a his dragon sword and scratched it. A sound that was a lot more painful than fingernails scraping across a chalkboard went into the air. Immediately the dogs began to flee.
One dog was left, yet this one wasn't aggressive any more. Link jumped down from the crate and checked the nametag. "Link" Link read out loud. He picked up the dog and turned around to try and thank Ganondorf, however he was gone. He walked through the town back to the lady. "Is this your dog?" Link asked.
"OH LINK YOU'RE SAFE!" The lady shouted running over and grabbing the dog, and knocking down Link in the process. She looked at Link. "Thank you for finding my dog now here is your reward!" The Gameshark floated over to Link who accepted it, and put it into his inventory.
Link walked away, but to the castle. It was cold, and the wind howled. In front of him was a barrier. Slowly he walked up towards it and placed his hand on it. It gave him a small shock.
Link walked away several meters and faced the barrier. He grabbed an arrow and it transformed into a Light arrow. He pulled it back and fired it. The arrow rocketed through the air and hit the barrier, but it didn't scratch it, as the evil from within the barrier overpowered the light arrow. Link was shocked, as most of the time the barriers that Ganondorf made would shatter by the power of a Light arrow. But Link wasn't fighting Ganondorf. He was fighting a monster that was a lot stronger. The Master Hand!
Link paced back and forth thinking of a way to break the barrier. 'The light arrows were my strongest weapon against evil right now…' Link thought to himself. 'What can I do?'
"LINK!" The NES sword cried. "Fuse me with a light arrow!"
Link grabbed the NES sword off of his back and stared at it. He then placed it on the ground a few paces in front of him. Reaching back he took his bow, and an arrow from his quiver. Taking aim he released the arrow and it hit the blade. The NES Sword let off a light blue glow, and illuminated the area.
After the light died down Link walked over to the NES Sword. Slowly he reached down and picked it up. There was burning feeling in his hands, much like the one that he got when he held onto the Master Sword. Link's eyes focused on the barrier and he lifted his sword, when it suddenly began to glow. "What is this?" he asked.
"Because you empowered me with the Light Arrows, I can now absorb solar energy and transform it into an energy beam, that nearly all foes will crumble at!" The NES Sword said. Link smiled as the sword absorbed more energy. Soon it appeared that the whole blade was forged from Light. "I can not hold any more Light energy at the moment!" This was good for Link as the more Light energy the NES sword absorbed meant that there was more heat that the blade gave off, and it was getting to the point where not even the Goron Tunic could shield him from the heat.
Link extended his arm and he pointed the NES Sword at the barrier. The energy rushed from the sword and to the barrier, yet it couldn't pierce through.
"The attack at the moment only had the strength equivalent to 100 light arrows, yet it still couldn't pierce through!" The NES Sword sighed. "The opponent we face is strong… even though he just stands behind the safety of the barrier, which he has produced! He is hiding something!"
"BWHAHAHAHAHA!" a familiar voice rang out from behind Link. "Link you are pathetic!" Link turned around to see Ganondorf was standing on the cliff behind him. Ganondorf jumped off of the cliff and landed in front of Link. "Watch and learn!"
Ganondorf unsheathed his sword and it radiated with a dark aura, Ganondorf pointed the sword at the barrier. The sword slowly crystallized over with onyx, yet it didn't glitter in the sun. Ganondorf then lifted the sword up into the air above his head. Several lightning blots hit the sword and energized it.
"I tried cutting the barrier!" Link found himself shouting out.
Ganondorf glared at Link. "You tried cutting it with the power of Light, not with the power of darkness!" The sword crackled with electricity and it hit against the barrier. 'I tried it too Link, earlier… yet maybe your attack weakened the barrier!' Ganondorf thought to himself. The electricity continued to hit the barrier but it didn't do any further damage. In fact it only improved the barrier's power. 'But how? Is it because this sword is made from a fang of a beast that Master Hand himself made? Some how I need to reverse the current!'
Ganondorf brought back the sword, and sheathed it. Link looked at Ganondorf. He understood what happened. "Your sword I will eventually have to destroy!" Link walked towards the barrier and held tightly in his hand the hilt of the NES Sword. "Now watch and learn Ganondorf!" Link stabbed the NES sword at the barrier and the barrier tried to repel the sword. "NOW ABSORB THE LIGHT!" Link commanded. The sword began to glow, while it released light energy, the small hole that the NES sword had made was becoming steadily bigger, before it eventually destroyed the barrier.
Ganondorf stood back, staring at Link. He was shaking with rage. 'He surpasses me yet again…' Ganondorf thought. Ganondorf walked up to Link and stood beside him. "Scared Link?" he asked.
"No maybe a little excited but not scared!" Link replied with a smug look on his face.
"Good…" Ganondorf sneered. He walked forwards, he was about to cross where the barrier use to stand. "Just to let you know Link, where the barrier was, is another dimension, one which Master Hand rules over. Your about to enter a world of darkness!"
"I know…" Link said walking forwards and he entered the realm of Master Hand.
Link stood on a strange surface, it didn't feel like rocks, or dirt, it felt much more like metal. "Interesting!" Link said out loud. Link looked down at his feet and saw several green lights go towards a giant tower. Ganondorf appeared beside Link.
"Impressive…" Ganondorf said. "Yet this is the very reason why he is capable of controlling illusion!"
Link walked forwards. "Ok…" he muttered. Link had a strange feeling, like he had been here before, yet he never saw it. 'Had Majora been here before?' Link asked himself. 'Yet recently I haven't been able to feel Majora's presence from within my body! Is the NES sword compressing his power?'
"Link and Ganondorf!" The NES sword spoke. "I am unable to protect you in this world!"
"We don't need protection from some magical pansy sword!" Ganondorf laughed. Link glared at Ganondorf while sheathing the NES sword, to avoid it spiting back some comment.
Link and Ganondorf began to walk towards the tower, eventually they reached it and saw 2 giant metallic doors. In front of the doors were two figures, they were concealed by the shadows, they stepped out of the shadows to reveal them selves as Dark Link and Dark Ganondorf. Evil figures of Link and Ganondorf, they were pure black. And they looked like they were made from the very shadows that they hid in. Both of the Dark warriors drew their swords.
"I think they want to fight!" Link said.
"Well if it is a fight they want it is a fight they will get!" Ganondorf replied.
Link drew his Master Sword and Ganondorf drew his blade. Their eyes interlocked with their dark counterparts. Dark Ganondorf dived forwards and punched Ganondorf in the jaw sending him back. Dark Ganondorf then disappeared into the shadows, and dragged Ganondorf with him.
"Where did they go?" Link asked.
"They went somewhere else to fight!" Dark Link replied. "But you should be more worried about yourself!" Dark Link jumped forwards slashing at Link with his sword, Link however just defended with the Master Sword. Their swords clashed and Link went flying back. "You don't stand a chance against my Chaos Sword, while the Master Sword is in its current state!"
"So you took advantage of my condition!"
"And what if I did?" Dark Link smiled wickedly.
Link gritted his teeth. "Fine then…" Link put away the Master Sword and drew the NES sword out of its sheath. "If that is how things work meet my NES sword!"
"Two can play at that game!" Dark Link laughed. He jumped back a few feet so there was about 20 feet between Link and Dark Link. "I'll bring out my strongest weapon as well!" A crimson circle appeared around Dark Link. And it slowly became the Seal of Smash, placed on his right hand.
Link looked at Dark Link in horror, there was only one thing he could do now, and that was fight. Link grabbed his bow, and light arrow, he then fired it at Dark Link who just grabbed it with his hand. The evil aura of the Seal of Smash had destroyed the holy aura of the Light arrow, and made it into a plain Arrow. A bow seemed to materialize out of no where, and Dark Link took it. He aimed the arrow at Link and fired. The once Light arrow, had now become an arrow of darkness, and Link could only watch as it was rocketing towards him. Fearing his fate, Link closed his eyes.
"WHAT?" Dark Link shouted surprised. Link opened his eyes and there was a holy aura surrounding him. It was creating a barrier that the Dark arrow couldn't penetrate. Some what surprised by this Link began to search his pockets for the source of the holy aura. Eventually he found it. The Game Shark "I've been deceived!" Dark Link shouted extremely angry, when he saw the item.
"And now you die!" Link shouted running towards Dark Link with the sword stretched out. Dark Link ran towards Link and they jumped at each other. Their swords clanged. Each of them tried to force back the others sword, but to no avail. They then landed on the ground. Link and Dark Link continued to push each other's sword back, until Dark Link brought out a small dagger, and tried to stab Link in the stomach. Link jumped back to avoid the sneak attack.
Link glared at Dark Link who began to laugh. "Cheap tactics won't win this!" Link shouted angry.
"We'll see!" Dark Link simply said. "Now then… prepare for 100 of the Seal of Smash's power!" The Seal of Smash began to glow a bright crimson, brighter than it had before, as it now burned with a deep malice. It slowly began to fade into a white color. Dark Link's jet-black hair had now turned into a platinum color. Dark Link also got buffer, and his hair seemed to stick up into the air.
"Fool it will take over, and kill you!" Link found himself shouting.
"I fear nothing, not even death!" Dark Link laughed. "I have seen hell!"
"Is that so?" A voice boomed out from the sky. Dark Link was silent. "Well speak up Dark Link, do you not fear death?" Link realized who the voice was. It was Master Hand.
"Must I repeat that answer!" Dark Link shouted rather agitated. "I fear nothing!"
"But you never truly existed!" Master Hand laughed. "In this fashion I guess we could say we are alike, but with that every last one of us here are alike, we never existed! We are controlled by the same force. And if they don't like what we do they kill us. They are the bane to our existence! But now to you Dark Link…" Dark Link began to tense up. "Now do you know where you came from?"
"Of course I do! The realm of darkness known as the Shadow Realm!"
"WRONG!" Master Hand shouted out. "I'll tell you! You are different from the other darks, you see unlike the other darks you weren't born in the shadow realm, but you are more a part of Link… a dark part. The great Deku tree feared that the evil from within the Hylian heart of Link would grow and pollute the forest, and be his destruction. He then wasted a lot of magical energy, by separating you two! Of course this did have some side affects such as neither of you can fight at your full potential!"
"LIES!" Dark Link shouted.
"Lies? You think that my words are lies? You are only denying yourself! And one more thing… I'll take back what is mine!" Master Hand's voice vanished, and the seal of smash soon vanished from Dark Link. The vanishing of the Seal of Smash seemed to have an effect on Dark Link. With it all of Dark Link's strength seemed to vanish. Dark Link collapsed to the ground. And Dark Link reverted back to normal.
Link stared at Dark Link. "Were you once part of me?" Link asked.
"How should I know?" Dark Link laughed. "I can't remember a thing! Now finish the job, and kill me!"
Link just stood there. "No…" He said. Link just stood up, and looked down. "You can just lay there and suffer! Even if you were part of me, you still are evil!"
"If Zelda told you to kill her you would do it!" Dark Link laughed. Link just glared.
"You are a despicable creature, I wouldn't kill Zelda even if she ordered me to do so! I would never sink so low!" Link shouted insulted, by what Dark Link said. "I will let you live, since I am different than you, and I respect life!" Link walked away. Behind him was a sound of a bow being loaded.
"You're too kind, you know that right?" Dark Link said. "Know that it was your kindness that was your undoing!
"When will you learn?" Link sighed, turning around, and using the NES sword as a shield, reflecting the dark arrow that Dark Link fired at Link, back, and into his eye.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Dark Link screamed in pain. Link just looked down at the monster.
"If you do die, die in peace!" Link said walking away. "Know you are only one more person who has suffered at the hands of the Master! Know that you are only one more reason why I'm fighting against this monster!" Dark Link seemed to be put at ease by these words.
"If Master Hand's words are true… then I can't die, unless you do!" Dark Link said. Link just nodded, and walked towards the Castle of Illusions! "Don't die…"
Ganondorf had woken up after being knocked unconscious by Dark Ganondorf. He looked around to see that Dark Ganondorf was just sitting about, staring at Ganondorf. "Don't worry I won't attack again until you've regained your footing!" Dark Ganondorf said. Ganondorf began to get up impressed. His opponent had honor.
"I won't need the Dragon Sword for this fight…" Ganondorf said throwing his new sword back. "I'll just rely on this old thing!" Ganondorf brought out his sword that could easily of weighed 200 pounds. Ganondorf had used this sword for training so that his attacks with smaller swords that were quicker, and more effective in a battle. Dark Ganondorf then brought out a nearly identical sword, except it was pure black.
"There is only one thing I want to know about that Dragon Sword!" Dark Ganondorf said. "Once it left your body a demonic aura appeared around it. Master Hand said that you wouldn't have the ability to overpower auras with out the Tri-Force of power. Yet you still were able to overpower it!"
"Yes that's right… however, the Mirror shield had the ability to reflect auras such as the one of the Dragon Sword!" Ganondorf replied. "Now then lets begin!"
Dark Ganondorf and Ganondorf then dashed at each other, both holding their swords behind them. They then both went for a horizontal slash at each other, both of the slashes at slight angles, Ganondorf's sword going slightly up and Dark Ganondorf's going slightly down. The two swords clashed, and Ganondorf was struggling to push Dark Ganondorf's sword off of his and slice his head off. Or maybe just stab him. Yeah, see him writhe in pain before he died. More enjoyable. No stinkin dark version of him came out of nowhere and dared wipe him out of existence. Neither of the Ganondorf's were gaining the upper hand, and so they backed off and went for another slash, both swords colliding again. This went on for a few minutes before they decided to take a breather.
"Your not half bad!" Ganondorf said to his Dark counterpart.
"You're not bad either!" Dark Ganondorf laughed. "Ready for round 2?"
"Ya!" Ganondorf replied with a smile.
Ganondorf and Dark Ganondorf ran at each other. Dark Ganondorf threw a punch at Ganondorf who was able to block, and send a kick towards Dark Ganondorf, who was able to block the kick. They then both jumped back and stared at each other.
"heh…" Dark Ganondorf laughed. "It seems that you, still strong, even without the tri-force of power! Just what is your secret?"
Ganondorf just smiled. "I'll tell you, I kill scum like you and absorb their corpse, gaining there power, and abilities!"
Dark Ganondorf was a little shocked. "YOU LIE!" He shouted grabbing his giant sword, he then ran towards Ganondorf, and jumped into the air. He then sliced Ganondorf into two. Dark Ganondorf kicked the two pieces of Ganondorf as far away as he could. Slowly they turned into a goop like substance and flew to the Dragon Sword. Reforming into his former glory. 'He reformed!' Dark Ganondorf backed up in shock. 'Does this mean that he is immortal?'
Ganondorf simply picked up the Dragon Sword. He pointed it at Dark Ganondorf who seemed to tremble in fear, as though he knew what was coming next. "Three seconds!" Ganondorf muttered. Dark Ganondorf was paralyzed and couldn't move. From the Dragon Sword, came a beam of energy that incinerated Dark Ganondorf.
From Master Hand's castle he looked at the battles. "I didn't think that they would be defeated so easily." He muttered to himself. "Though in their failure I was able to complete this!" In his hand he held what looked like the Tri-Force but it was not its normal Golden color. "Yes the Tri-Force of evil is mine!" Unlike the normal Tri-Force, which consisted of Power, Wisdom, and Courage, the Evil Tri-force consisted of Greed, Hurt, and Supreme Ruler. "Now I just need the Tri-force of courage…"
Link stood at the doors of the massive tower. Just looking up made him feel dizzy. Ganondorf walked up beside Link. "Master Hand's strong hold…" Ganondorf laughed. "This is where the real battle begins!" Ganondorf opened the door and went in. Link followed.
The floor was made out of ice and immediately Ganondorf began to slide, Link on the other hand was able to walk across the ice as though it was grass. Ganondorf glared at Link, and began to fly. "Bring it on!" As soon as the words escaped Ganondorf's mouth, he fell flat on his face. "What just happened?"
"Master Hand rules over this domain…" Link said. "It appears that he doesn't allow flying in here!"
"Yes that's right!" Master Hand's voice boomed out. "But there are several other rules to my fortress, such as what is about to happen next! Fear that dwells in the inner self, brought into an external scenario, which in a sense, makes you fight yourself, yourself being your greatest enemy. I like to call this attack Illusionary Death!" A white light filled the room, all that Link and Ganondorf could hear was Master Hand laughing.
Link was in a forest. He could hear voices off in the distance. "When we find Link we're going to have to punish him for this one!" He recognized the voices as several Kokiri. Link looked down at his body and realized that he wasn't in his adult form. But much rather the Young Link form.
'Is this an illusion?' Link asked himself in his head. 'Ya… that's right Master Hand used that attack… Illusionary Death, he said it brought out our greatest fears to an external scenario, so I guess the way to defeat this attack, is to defeat our greatest fear… but I have to find that out first… lets see, we have the Kokiri children looking for me, and I don't have Navi yet. This is most likely something from my early child hood, but why can't I remember?'
"Link couldn't of gone far!" A Kokiri child yelled.
"He could of gone to the forest temple!" Another yelled. They then seemed to run away.
'Forest temple?' Link thought silently, just incase there were still Kokiri out there. 'But the Kokiri don't know about the forest temple! But I do… and the illusion can only know as much as I do… '
Link was cut short by 2 more voices coming closer. "I don't like the looks of this!" one said, walking towards Link. Link recognized the voice as Mido. "It seems that The Great Deku tree is only letting us do his dirty work, punishing Link, for letting the evil Greudo King into the forest!"
"You loath Link as well!" The second voice said. "But Saria should be able to help us in our search! Link will surely go to the forest temple in search for his Saria, I say we use her as bait, and then if he doesn't show we kill her!"
"You will do no such thing!" Mido said.
"Is it because you feel worthless emotions for her?"
"No it is not because of that, we are the Kokiri and we are immortal, and thus there is no reason for foolish emotions such as love… My reasoning however is because of the sages… and the Great Deku tree, he gains his power from the Kokiri, and Saria being the strongest of the Kokiri dieing will also cause a chain reaction, causing the Great Deku Tree to die soon after! And we would perish to… It is Link's fault that we are even here in this predicament! The very power of the Sage Saria is being drained because he led Ganondorf into our sacred forest, and he cursed the Great Deku tree! We have to find Link so that he erases his memory, so that he is pure, and Link can undergo the trials of the forest, the mountain, and the lake!" Mido explained.
'Is this true?' Link said to himself in shock. 'Was I deceived the whole time, was someone else pulling the strings? No this is only the illusions doing! I will not submit to this lie!'
Link got up out of his hiding spot. "MASTER HAND COME OUT OF HIDING AND FIGHT ME! STOP BEING A COWARD WHO NEVER SULLIES HIS OWN HANDS!"
"It's Link" The second Kokiri shouted surprised.
"It is true… Link has gone insane, just like the Great Deku tree said!" Mido shouted surprised. He grabbed the Kokiri sword off of his back.
"So you've come out of hiding Link!" Mido smiled wickedly. "Go find the other Kokiri and tell them That Link has gone insane, and I'm in a battle with him." The second Kokiri ran away, presumably to the forest temple. "To tell you the truth Link, I'll be glad when you are dead! We will no longer have to house an outsider! And the other Kokiri will be happy as well, even Saria!"
Link stared at Mido. Link looked at his hand and there was the Triforce of Courage. "This is only an illusion… yet my mind… it makes it feel so real!" The Triforce of Courage began to glow brightly illuminating the area. A sword like object that glowed with a golden light appeared in front of Link. "Very well Mido if you want to kill me know that I'm not going down with out a fight!" Link grabbed the sword. "NES SWORD!" The NES sword fully materialized from the light. 'The whole purpose of this illusionary death attack must be to find out my greatest fear… Once I find out what it is I can conquer it!'
"Now lets fight!" Mido shouted running towards Link, slashing his sword vetically. Link just blocked with the NES Sword, and pushing back the Kokiri sword. Mido's sword style was that of an amateur, and thus Link had no problem defeating him. Mido was backed up to a tree, he was disarmed, as the Kokiri sword was a few feet away from him. Mido was trapped, and Link's NES sword was right at his nose.
"There is no point in killing you…" Link said walking away. "That will only be wasting energy!"
Mido just stood up and began to laugh. "What doesn't kill us, makes us stronger!" Mido grabbed the Kokiri sword and ran towards Link, who was unable to do anything to defend. Mido was just about to stab Link in the back when suddenly something jumped out of the trees and defended Link, and in the process cutting Mido into 2.
Link turned around to face Ganondorf. They glared at each other. "I didn't need your help!" Link said.
Ganondorf snorted. "What ever!"
"So its true!" A voice said. Link and Ganondorf looked at the origin of the voice to see Saria. "Link… You and Ganondorf are working together…"
"It's the real Saria!" Ganondorf announced. "The Seal of Smash is merely controlling her!"
"Tell me something I don't know!" Link said in a sarcastic tone.
"Your in your child form!" Ganondorf sneered.
"I knew that one!" Link replied.
"The Seal of Smash will shatter if Saria can defeat the darkness from with in her heart!" The NES Sword said.
"I understand!" Link said. "But since this is Master Hand's castle… the darkness will be much stronger here!"
Vines came out of nowhere, and began to ensnare Link and Ganondorf. "These vines will absorb your energy!" Saria laughed. "And give it to the Seal of Smash!" Both Ganondorf and Link struggled to get out of the vines, however several small deku nuts came flying though the air. Stunning them so that only their mouths could move.
"Link!" Ganondorf shouted. "There is only one other way out of this! You have to realize what your greatest fear is!"
"I THOUGHT IT WAS FIGHTING YOU!" Link shouted rather angry. "BUT SINCE WE AREN'T FIGHTING EACH OTHER THAT RULES OUT THAT OPTION!" Link was beginning to feel tired. "THAT'S IT! MY FEAR WAS OF THE KOKIRI'S REJECTING ME!"
Everything began to dissolve, until Link and Ganondorf were back in the stone room. Link was now his normal size. Saria stood in front of them. "You weren't supposed to figure it out!" she spat.
"If I absorb her now I will be turned into an evil blade!" The NES sword spoke up. "You have to cut through the darkness of her heart in order to saver her! Yet… the evil inside might of all ready taken over her whole body!"
"I understand!" Link said. "It might of only been an illusion, but you still drew in some power from the sun! This will give me what I need to destroy the Seal of Smash!"
Master Hand was watching the battle. "NO!" He said. "If he frees even one of the Sages, the whole Seal of Smash will be weakened. SAGES DESTROY LINK!"
The other 5 sages appeared with Saria. Master Hand's voice was now being projected across the room. "Sages destroy Link, and Ganondorf! Remember how Ganondorf conquered Hyrule, and brought suffering to you and your races! Remember how Link left Hyrule to die!" It was evident that these words were making the sages mad, and giving them more power. "Remember all of those who fell! There deaths will be in vain unless both Link and Ganondorf are destroyed!"
Link braced himself for battle, as he knew one big one was coming up. "All right Ganondorf!" Link said. "If we meet our brutal end I want to know one thing!"
"What?" Ganondorf asked.
"What was your fear, that you had to face?" Link asked. Ganondorf tensed up.
"Oh…" Master Hand began to laugh. "You want to know Ganondorf's fear! It's a funny one indeed! Ganondorf's fear is chocolate bunnies!"
Link looked at Ganondorf almost in disbelief. Ganondorf just looked at Link and collapsed onto the ground. "Its true…" He said. "Those devious beady eyes…"
Link glared at Ganondorf. Link didn't even know what a chocolate bunny was. "Well it has to be hideous if it scares you Ganondorf… I'm glad I didn't see it!" He said stupidly.
"I loath you Link!" Ganondorf faced the sages. "Now then which one of you am I going to have to slaughter first?"
"Ganondorf we can't kill them they are still the sages!" Link shouted
"I don't care if they are the sages! The second they work for the scum of the universe, I'll kill them regardless of who they are!" Ganondorf held up the Dragon Sword. It began to cover over with the Onyx crystal. Dark energy began to go towards the crystallized Dragon Sword. 'Damn!' Ganondorf thought. 'The dark aura is too strong, I am hardly able to keep the energy at a safe level! I may only have one shot at this…' Ganondorf released the energy, which went speeding towards the sages. They were just standing there calmly. The energy then went through them. "And that takes care of that!" Ganondrof laughed.
"If that was your attack Ganondorf then be prepared for ours!" A voice came through the smoke. As soon as the smoke had cleared, it was evident that the sages put up a barrier at the last second defending them from Ganondorf's attack. From the ground rose up an Iron Knuckle, on it was the Seal of Smash, and the sages transformed into a sword. The sword glowed with several different auras. The Iron knuckle swung the sword and energy rushed towards Ganondorf.
The energy pierced right though Ganondorf, but he reformed. "Link you go after Master Hand! I'll meet up with you!"
"No!" Link replied grabbing The NES Sword. "We have only one option. And that is fight it together! I'll save the sages and you take care of the iron knuckle!"
Link began to run forwards. He then leaped into the air and brought down the NES sword on to the Sage Sword. Despite that the Sage Sword looked like it was made out of energy it was actually pretty solid, it was only emitting light.
"Absorb the light!" Link said to the NES sword. The NES sword began to absorb the aura, eventually the sword that was in the Iron Knuckle's hand, shattered. Link walked away. "Ganondorf he is all yours!" Ganondorf grabbed the Dragon Sword and sent an energy beam at the Iron Knuckle who was incinerated.
Ganondorf and Link then began to walk up several fleets of stairs. Until they came across two giant oak doors.
"I wait for you beyond the doors!" Master Hand's voice laughed, vilely. "I'll be waiting to fight you!"
Link put out his hand on to the giant oak doors. "Afraid Ganondorf?" Link asked.
Ganondorf simply smiled and responded. "No not one bit… Maybe excited… but not afraid!"
"Good…" Link said as he pushed open the doors into the throne room. They were ready to fight Master Hand, even to the death!
To be Continued…