Legend of Zelda
Return of the Twelve
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Link was in the south Hyrule field, thinking about what he said to Linya. 'It's the honest truth. Hope it got through that fat skull of her's.' he thought bitterly.
"WWWWWAAAAAAIIIIIIIITTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!!"
Link turned around to see the Postman running at him. He groaned. The Postman stopped in front of him, panting.
"Letter… for… mister… Link…" he said between breaths. He searched through his bag and found it. He handed it to Link with the little humming noise he made. Link took it.
"How in the name of the Goddesses did you find me?"
"Ol' six sense that we Postmen have. Always knows wheres someone is."
Link rolled his eyes, but under the hood you couldn't see it.
"Well, I's best be off!" He turned around but stopped. "The person how told me to deliver thee letter handed me something else. Told me to give it to ya after ya finished reading its."
Link opened the letter and read;
If you want her back, come to the fountain in the middle of castle town.
There was no name for how gave it. He looked up.
"They wanted me to hand you this." The Postman handed him something and ran off. Link looked down at the object in his hand. It was long and thin ad seemed to be made up of numerous small threads. It was the color of wheat. Link thought about this. A picture of Linya's smiling face appeared in his mind. She laughed and turned her head away, tendrils swing in the-
Link let out a gasp. This was Linya's hair. They had her. He pocketed the lock and ran with sheer terror to castle town. He sent a silent plea to the Goddesses that she was all right. Link ran into the square and stopped.
Linya was tied to the statue in the center, unconscious. One of her tendrils had been cut off. But what startled him was the fact that there were twenty Twilit Messengers around the fountain. They looked at him, tendrils wiggling.
"Well well. I thought you would never show." Rumbled a deep voice. A cloud of darkness appeared next to the fountain and a figure immerged.
"ZANT!!" cried Link. Zant looked down at him. Link threw off the cloak and drew his sword and shield. "I thought I had killed you!!"
"I cannot be killed that easily." Rumbled Zant. Linya moaned slightly and opened her eyes. She saw that she was bound and struggled to get free. Zant took no notice. "You almost did succeed in killing me but there was still a part of me alive. That part grew in strength and I was whole again. So I plotted my revenge against you two. Or should I say YOU, Link. I would never hurt Linya." He said.
"Why not!? She's the one that delivered the fatal blow to you!" snarled Link.
"Why?" Said Zant, almost mockingly. "Why, you ask me." Zant flew down and got in Link's face. The tongue in the mask pulled back. "Because she's my betrothed." He said. He let his words sink in. Link's eyes widened when the words were fully understood. His mouth opened and closed but nothing came out.
"No…" He whispered. Link dropped his sword and shield and fell on his hands and knees. Zant floated back to hovering near the statue.
"Yessss." He hissed. "She's half twili."
Linya looked away, tears spilling down her cheeks. Link was silent. He looked up, tears down his own cheeks.
"Why, Linya?"
She said nothing for a while. "Before I met you, I did love him." She said quietly. Link's tears flowed faster. "But," He looked at her. She looked back and smiled. "When I met you, you were so kind to me that I made a vow that no one else mattered to me but you." She said. Link smiled slightly.
"How touching." Said Zant. They both looked at him angrily. Link was back on his feet, sword and shield in hand, ready to strike. "You didn't bother to mention why he was still living when you went up against Ganondorf." He said. "I'm surprised that you even told him that you were from Malitom."
"What the hell are you talking about!?" Yelled Link.
"She was there to kill you!!!"
Link took a step back. He shook his head. "No, impossible." He looked up at Zant, face contorted into rage. "How dare you say that!! Linya loves me!! She would never do something like that!! Would you!?" He looked at Linya. Her face was hidden. "Would you!?" She looked up and burst into tears. "Linya?" Asked Link, shocked.
She broke down and told him all the secrets she kept from him.
"Zant's telling the truth. I was sent here to kill you by my father."
"TELL HIM WHO'S YOUR FATHER!!!" Roared Zant.
"Ganondorf!!" Screamed Linya.
The world stopped. Time stopped. Link stood there in utter shock, mouth open.
'How can the woman I love be the daughter of my archenemy?' he thought. Linya was on her knees, sobbing.
"When he was exiled into the Twilight Realm, he fell in love with my mother, a twili. She gave birth to me and left, horrified at what she gave birth to. I looked like an inhabitant of the Light Realm but I had the markings of a twili. As I grew older, Ganondorf watched me be harassed by other kids due to my skin color. One day, I snapped. I got so angry that I glared at them and screamed that I wished that they would all drop down dead. They were laughing but then clutched their throats and fell, choking. They all died at my feet. Because of murder, I was banned from the land and forced to the land of Malitom, where all banished people went. It was in chaos and so to rid my mind of what I had done, I set my mind to creating order. I succeeded. The others declared me queen and I took the position. I used my ideas I had stored in my head and propelled the land into a revolution. We were so advanced that the others of the realm looked like animals. Ganondorf had seen what I had done I told me that I would be a great queen one I day. I told him that I would be Empress of both realms so no one would mock me again. He told me how to control my powers so that I was so powerful, that I could create life." She took a breath.
"He said that he found someone who could help me complete my goal, Zant. We courted and fell in love. Zant took over as king and took orders from my father and myself. One day, Father told me that some one from the Light Realm was going to stop my plans. He showed me who it was. It was you, Link. I swore that I would kill this Light creature myself and Ganondorf told me how. He prepared me in the art of the swordplay, the lands of Hyrule; it's history, races, towns, and everything I needed to know. I created an outfit similar to yours and created a portal. I stepped through and landed above the Goron that guarded the path to Death Mountain. I dropped and threw him over the edge and you know the rest." She said. She looked away.
"What you didn't know was that every night, I would watch you and almost kill you, but I would stop and say that it was too early, not yet. But the more time I spent with you, I started growing feelings for you. In the Lakebed Temple, I realized that I loved you and I couldn't kill you. When you collapsed after defeating my father, I ran to him and healed him. I didn't want lose him. He said that he had been watching me and saw how happy I was with you. He didn't approve of you but said that I loved you with all my heart, that was all that mattered. I told him I did. His last words were; I give you two my blessing. He died in my arms." She said quietly.
"Linya, I didn't know." Whispered Link. She looked up.
"Now you do."
"Now do see?" Said Zant. "She fell in love with me first. So that means that your marriage means nothing." He held Linya's chin and pulled her into a rough kiss. He body stiffened, her eyes went wide and she was still.
"NNNNOOOOO!!!!!" Screamed Link.
Zant pulled away. "Now do you see, Goddess? Your love belongs to me." He hissed. Link charged, filled with fury. A Twilit Messenger got in front of him. It shot out its arm and wrapped its fingers around Link's neck and hoisted him into the air. Link dropped his weapons and gripped it's wrist, struggling. The Messenger squeezed his neck and he gasped. He fought against its steely grip. His eyes fluttered closed, his grip loosened, his body fell limp. The Messenger let him go and he hit the ground and did not move, not even his chest was rising. Linya let out a scream and ripped the steel chains that bound her like they were dried spaghetti. She leapt off the statue and landed next to Link. She held his body.
"Link! Link, Answer me! Dammit Link! Don't do this to me! Say something! Anything!" She cried, tears flowing. They hit his face yet he did not stir. She held his body close and screamed at the heavens.
"In ainm an cúig Triforces, a thabhairt ar ais a Soul ó ifreann agus sé i bhfeidhm an soitheach a rinne sé! Damnaigh é! Tabhair ar ais dó! Goddesses, a thabhairt ar ais dó!" (In the name of the five Triforces, bring back his soul from hell and place it in the vessel that carried it! Damn it! Give him back! Goddesses, give him back!)
She wailed and sobbed, rocking. Zant nodded to one of the Messengers and they dragged away Link. Another two dragged away Linya, who was kicking and screaming, cussing the air blue. Zant watched in silence.
"NOW THIS REALM IS MINE!!!!!!!" He roared. His voice was heard all around the Realm of Light. Twilight fell and Zant stormed the castle…
Zant took over the Realm of Light and Twilight. He turned the realm into perpetual Twilight but cast a spell so the inhabitants remained in their bodies. Zant became the Emperor of both realms, Twilit Messengers doing his bidding. The inhabitants lived in constant fear, for he was merciless. The realms became poor, only the people of Zant's choosing had any money. The realms were in shambles. Poverty, crowed conditions, plagues, famine, poor quality of water and what little food the inhabitants got was daily. Those that complained were killed. Rumors that the two princesses were captured and imprisoned were whispered. The Hero and Heroine of Time had not been seen for years. They were talked about in both realms, guesses on what happened. Another rumor came up twelve years after Zant's reign of terror began. People whispered it among themselves. It spread through out the realms like wild fire:
The Twelve were returning…