Alright everyone. I know this chapter is really late, Monday I had half of this chapter written but I was feeling really sick and held off till Tuesday to finish, but I woke up Tuesday morning sick as a dog and had to go to the E.R. and ended up spending the night there with sever strep throat and 102 temperature. So yeah, I had a pretty crappy week last week. But I apologize for this being late.

Hirasettie - Thanks for your review. I really appreciate it. I hope you like this chapter and I currently have the next one half way written, might not have it up by tomorrow but it will be up by Friday. Please keep reading and reviewing I do appreciate it.


Chapter 5

The man's body was sprawled a large wooden oak chair. The back of the chair stretched all the way to the ceiling and had delicate designed burned into the wood creating a nice dark accents. A thin smile spread across his lips as he started into the bobble in his hands. This time, the figure that was the focus of the man's attention was a young boy clad in green, the same boy that he had seen only days before sailing on the pirate ship.

He knew what the boy was after. But he wasn't going to find it. Soon the girl was going to be his; he wasn't going to lose his chance with her. Things were going to be different this time.

Waving his hand across the image it quickly shifted to the girl. Her face was pale, her breathing labored, her face dripping with sweat. One of her crew members were standing by her side holding her hand tightly in his grasp, while a doctor was pressing a stethoscope to her chest listing to her breathing.

"Soon," his voice came out in a harsh whisper, "Soon you'll be mine." He force the image to disappear and swung his legs off the arm rest and rose his feet making his way across the Audience Chamber and through a ceiling high oak door, it slamming behind him with a loud bang.


By the time that Link reached the forbidden fortress it was already nearing sunset. The steaks of yellow, orange and red streaked in the sky, which would make the fortress look intimidating and something a normal person sailing would avoid, but Link was well aware of this place and the threats that it held. He had breached its walls twice to save his sisters life and here he was again to save Tetra's.

He didn't know what he was looking for here. He had no clue what he was going to find or what possessed him to come here in search of Tetra's cure. But this place, the tall walls of the fortress, held more secrets that met the eye and he knew he was going to find something there that was going to help Tetra. He had to…or else…

Link shook the thought from his head. He wasn't going to give up just yet. Taking one more deep breath he made his way through the blown open entrance of the fortress and into the wading pool. Sailing directly up to the stone path he tied the ship to the cobble stone so it wouldn't drift away and hopped from the ship and onto the path.

Feeling that familiar feeling that always rushed over him whenever he plunged head first into an adventure, Link stared up at the chamber that Gandondorf had made his home when he took control of the fortress. The wood was scorched and looked like it was still smoldering from when it was enveloped by Valoo after Link and Tetra's rescue mission. But Link knew if there was something still up there, it would be the place that Link needed to look.

Grabbing his sword and shield from the King of Red Lions he strapped them into place, adjusting his tunic and taking a deep breath, before making his way across the stone and into the fortress.

Link reached the platform right below Ganondorf's lair and he hesitated as he made his way across it. His thoughts drifted to another time, when rescuing his sister and returning her to their island was all that was on his mind. He went to great lengths to save her. He would do it again in a heartbeat. He thought of the giant pet bird of Ganon's, that monster and its ginormous wings, which felt like a hurricane was hitting him, when he barely flapped them. He fought that bird here. Felt like a lifetime ago.

Hesitating no more, he ran across the platform and made his way up the stone path and to Ganon's lair.

The room looked just as destroyed on the inside as the outside had made it look. Valoo's fire had practically destroyed the interior and what wasn't destroyed was scorched and barely usable. But Link didn't let that deter him. He came here with a mission and wasn't going to leave until he was able to find something that would help her out.

Link sighed.


Sunset was hours ago and the streaked sky was now pitch black and twinkled with hundreds of tiny stars but Link was no better off than he had been hours ago. In the middle of the room there was a large pile of book that hadn't been completely destroyed by fire but most of them were unrelated or written in Ancient Hylian and of no use.

Getting to his feet, his stiff body creaking and complaining in response, he moved to the large bookcases again and began to pick over the books again to see if there was anything among the brittle covers to see if he had missed anything.

That's when Link saw it.

There was a black, leather book; Link mistook it for a bunt book when he first saw it. But as he ran his fingers over the spine and cleaned the soot off of it he saw the thin golden words delicately etched into it. Taking a hold of the leather cover he pulled the book off the shelf and ran his hand over the black cover. There was identical gold lettering on the cover, but like identical books that he found the words were in Ancient Hylian.

But there was something different about this book.

Running his hand over the cover again he suddenly saw a flicker of something glow on the back of his left hand. Not waiting any longer Link stuffed it into the pocket of his tunic. He didn't read Hylian, but he had an idea of where he might find someone that did, or at least understood it enough to give him an idea of where he needed to go.

The hike down from Ganon's tower took half the time it took on the climb up and before Link knew it he was once again standing on the stone platform but as Link made his way across the platform the spot lights began to click on one by one and focusing on Link standing in the middle of the platform.

Link looked around quickly. There were no longer moblins or any monsters here that Ganon once commanded, but somehow all the lights were now on and focused on him. Link reached back and was just about to grab a hold of the hilt of his sword when suddenly an evil laughter rang from now where and Link turned around quickly and saw the phantom Ganon hovering a few feet away from him.

Link felt his breath hitch in this throat. "How…I killed you. We trapped Ganon at the bottom of the sea. You shouldn't exist anymore."

"I was brought back by powers much stronger than Ganon," the phantom sneered as it hovered inches off the ground. "And these powers have given me more powers than ever given to me by Ganon, and I'm going to use these new found powers on revenge on YOU."

Without warning the phantom created a large ball of light and flung it at Link. Link barely had any time to roll out of the way as the large ball of energy shot at him, barely missing him, as it create a long burn mark into the stones. Link felt his breathing become rapid as he unsheathed the master sword and his shield and held it out before him. "I defeated you once, I'll do so again, no matter how strong you are."

"Fool." was all that the phantom snarled before creating a new energy ball and flinging it at him with more force that the first.

But this time Link was prepared. He rolled forward pulling and in his action release the sword from his sheath and swung as the ball of energy came towards him sending it flying back towards the phantom striking his body and sending electric bolts through out his body.

Link felt a smile tug at the corner of his lips as he watched the phantom spark the bolts coursing through his body before swinging his arms outwards the bolt escaping though his finger tips and disappearing into the air. "You want to play?" the phantom growled. "Let's play then."

Reaching behind him he grabbed the hilt of his large black blade and unsheathed it. He turned it in his hand, Link saw the glow from the white Hylian letters on the blade, before raising his free hand and creating another ball of energy. Before Link could react the ball came towards him and Link rolled out of the way letting it skirt across the stone before it disappeared.

Link clenched his teeth hard. His teeth grinding against each other as sweat began to bead on his forehead. This shadow is much stronger than the one that he face here before. If he was going to beat this things he was going to have to do something soon, or he might not make it out of the fortress alive.

The shadow hovered towards him, low towards the ground, and swung the sword at Link. Link quickly rolled under the swing of the blade and turned in time to see the phantom, now facing him, charging another energy ball. Link bit hard on his lip, anticipating the energy ball, and the second it came barreling towards him Link swung at it sending it back in the shadows direction. The phantom returned Link's counter and the two of them battled back and forth for a while until the shadow missed his swing, the energy ball engulfing his body once again.

Link saw the opportunity and reached behind him, removing the bow and arrow from his back and loaded a light arrow. Taking his chance he pulled back on the string and release the arrow into the chest of the phantom. The yell of pain echoed throughout the empty fortress as he crumpled to the ground. Link let the bow fall to the stone as he rushed over sword in hand and slash at him.

The whole fortress began to shake as he rose from the ground, his whole body engulfed in white smoke as he began to fade away. "I know..." the phantom began in a weak voice, his heavy, gasping breaths, could be heard over the destruction of the fortress. "What you are looking for boy...you...you're never going to be a-able to s-save her. Not if he has his w-way."

Link's mind race. "Who!" he cried running closer to the phantom. "If who has his way." But Link never got his answer. The phantom just smile as his whole body disintegrated, completely disappearing from view.

The ground rumbled again causing Link to fall to his knees. A rumbling behind him drew his attention behind him and he glanced upwards at the tower, the chamber that he was in just a short while ago, was beginning to fall apart and the piece of the building began to crash towards the ground. The large stone that once made up the building were crashing towards the ground, straight towards him. Link got to his feet, quickly, and ran towards his boat, a large piece of rubble crashing to the ground only inches from where he stood. Rolling to his left Link stumbled to get back to his feet, snatching his bow and arrow off the ground where he had abandoned it on the stone only moments before, and dove into the King of Red Lions as stone began continued to crash against the stone platform behind him.

Grabbing a hold of the mass Link pulled himself upwards his nimble finger began to work on the ropes to free his sale, as large piece of the building began to crash into the water around him, sending the spray up into Link's face, but he rubbed his tunic across it to clear his vision. Once he had his sail free he set it and steered his ship out of the Forsaken Fortress as the entire tower collapsed into the water behind him.


Link boat rocked against the waves as he sat less than a hundred feet off shore from the now destroyed Forsaken Fortress. His mind racing with the final words from the Phantom Gannon "you're never going to be a-able to s-save her. Not if he has his w-way."

What, or who was he talking about? Was there someone out there behind this, behind what happened on that island, and what was killing Tetra? He didn't know. But, Link reached into this tunic removing the black leather book noticing and holding it in his hands, whatever this thing was he knew it held the power that he needed to save Tetra. He didn't know what it said, but, Link looked at his left hand seeing the glow on his hand, he knew it held some power, and he knew where he could take it to find out what it was.

Tucking the book back into his tunic he pulled out his sea map and located the island his was looking for before turn his ship and making sure the wind was in his favor, before setting out toward Dragon Roost Island.


Well what did everyone think. I know the last couple of chapters have been filler, so I hope this was a little more interesting for everyone. Please don't forget to review and a new chapter will be up by Friday at the latest then we'll be back up the every Wednesday scheduled. Thanks again everyone.