Legend of Zelda: Eternal Blue
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Disclaimer: I do not own Legend of Zelda or any of its affiliated characters...I do however own any Original Characters I bring into the story-line. Suffice to say I am not gaining any profit from this story and it is purely for the enjoyment of others.
The rating is PG-13 and it is set after Majora's Mask.
It will also have a sequel that will follow Link's Story in Twilight Princess (not the same Link as the one in this story).
I do hope you enjoy...
Much as the previous two chapters, there will be more chapters with past and present in flashback format. After re-reading my previous chapters, I found I really liked the way it flowed.
It is a trial method and I hope you are enjoying it as much as I am enjoying writing the chapters. The story is focused heavily on the four girls already introduced, however this chapter will introduce some new ones into the present time line (one of whom is Selenis from the past, and Luna as well).
As a side note, I'd like to apologize to my faithful readers for the severe delay in my story writing, I've been caught up in a lot of job searching and trying to get my life outside of the stories caught up. I am pleased to announce I finally have a job, which will enable me to focus my spare time on chapter writing. Expect much more frequent updates of this and the rest of my stories.
After this chapter, my next target is a new first chapter, then getting a new chapter up for each of my stories (One Piece is going to be three chapters in a row, two to fix up the blunders of the current last chapter uploaded and a third to actually continue the story).
Now that the updates are out of the way, let's get started.
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Chapter Three: Sealed Powers
Timeline: Present
Character Ages
Zelda: Eighteen
Ruto: Seventeen
Malon: Sixteen
Saria: Eighteen
Darunia: Forty-Three
Rauru: Infinite
Nabooru: Twenty-Two
Selenis: Nineteen
Luna: Sixteen
Serenity: Twenty-Four
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Midna stared down her enemy. She began to slowly circle it, her eyes blazing with one desire, to destroy the Iron Knuckle as soon as possible. Her eyes flickered upwards and she saw the spiked ceiling was lowering again. She prayed that Malon wouldn't run out of arrows anytime soon. A clang of metal hitting stone snapped her attention back to the matter at hand. The Iron Knuckle was closing in and she still hadn't figured out a way to destroy it. To make matters worse, she was still only a child in body and fighting an Iron Knuckle at that physical age was very hard to pull off.
Malon in the Light World waited until the Spikes had nearly reached the eye before firing another arrow at it, causing it to close again. She sighed in relief as the spiked ceiling began to rise higher again. She reached into her quiver and felt the arrows left, "Only twenty left, come on Midna, I know you're in trouble, I wish I were there to help you!"
Midna rolled to the right as the Iron Knuckle slashed with its huge sword then it spun with its hammer, trying to knock her senseless so it could deliver the final blow. She started to dodge the swings, but she had to figure out its weakness sometime very soon, she knew that Malon wouldn't have unlimited arrows, and she was getting tired herself.
The Iron Knuckle glared through its helmet at the girl who was causing it so much trouble. It began slashing through the pillars, trying to bring down the entire room.
Midna began to guage its attacks then noticed the cracks in the armor from behind and grinned, "Time for you to die at last!" She dashed forward and fainted an attack. When it moved to block the attack, she quickly rolled behind it and slashed with a powerful upper slash. She saw with satisfaction that the armor straps had been cut, then watched as the armor fell to the ground.
The Iron Knuckle roared and tossed down its hammer and held the sword with both hands and began slashing at Midna, but she had the advantage now. She was faster and it had no armor left.
She held her blade up to the sky and a light began to shine on the blade, "From the Goddesses themselves, I summon the powers of the ancient world, smite this evil with your impenetrable light, Heaven's Fury!" She lowered the blade then dashed forward and appeared behind the Iron Knuckle. She began to sheath her blade and the moment it clicked into place, the Iron Knuckle fell over dead. She quickly grabbed the Champion's Belt from its corpse then used the mirror to warp back to the Light World.
In the Light World, Malon had just fired her final arrow at the eye switch when Midna appeared next to her. She held onto Midna as the two of them warped back into the Twilight Realm. They raced through the door and the spikes began falling. Malon turned and saw as the spikes hit the ground in a blaze of sparks and crashing metal. She dusted herself off, "Well we aren't going back that way." She faced Midna and saw that the girl was still weary and injured. She tore a strip of cloth from her dress and made a makeshift bandage to stop her injury from bleeding out. She said, "What was it you got from your side anyways?"
Midna held up the Magic Wand that was lost to Hyrule ages in the past. She smiled, "This little beauty is the gem of Hyrule. It is the magical equivalent of the Master Sword itself. It will be a gift to you Malon once we complete this trial. I, of course will be claiming the Mirror Shield from this dungeon."
Malon gave her a gentle hug then said, "We should rest here for a bit, recover our strength before continuing. The Silver Gauntlets are waiting for us, then eventually the Mirror Shield." She sat down next to Midna and put an arm around her to let the younger girl rest against her.
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Back at the Oasis...
Zelda panted slightly and held her blade in a defensive position. She had been fighting off the Sand Golems for the past hour, and she was starting to get exhausted.
Ruto appeared next to her, "Zelda, get in the water and recover some of your energy, I now have enough power to decimate these two."
Zelda shook her head, "No Ruto, they are too strong, there is something that is making them regenerate everytime we defeat them."
Ruto thought for a moment then snapped her fingers, "I got it...these Golems are just protecting the Oasis right? Which means they are the guardians. If we can defeat one completely, the other one will regenerate the other right? Well what if...we each take one out then while they are regenerating, use some of the water from the Oasis to prevent them from rising."
Zelda blinked, "Wait a moment, I heard a legend about these things, their core is what needs to be destroyed, which means if you attack to weaken one and I destroy the core with a Light Arrow, we should win."
Ruto looked at them and saw the two cores, they were different colors, "Not so fast, prepare to use Light and then Darkness. See the yellow cored one? That one is weak to Darkness, the other is weak to Light." She drew her blade and it shone in the desert sunlight. She still had to get her Aquarian Saber completed, right now she was just using a makeshift blade from the Zoran Treasury. She dashed forward and began to slash the Golem that was weak to Light first.
The Darkness Golem roared and grabbed a boulder. It then tossed it straight at Ruto.
Ruto sheathed her blade and focused, her hand on the blade. At the last second she unsheathed the blade and resheathed it. The boulder split into two halves. She then faced the Golems, "Prepare for your ultimate fate Golems...it is a shame. In other circumstances, we could have been friends..." She raised her blade and lightning began to flash hitting the blade.
Zelda charged two arrows, one with Light, one with Darkness, she knew she'd only have one shot for each and if she messed up, they'd be in serious danger.
Ruto's brown eyes flashed dangerously, mimicking the lightning coursing through her blade. She shouted, "Time for the end! Aura Cannon!" She slashed her blade diagonally. When she was a child, this attack decimated a pathway through the forest back in the war to protect the forest where she lost Aquaria. Her attack now was far more powerful.
The Aura Cannon launched from her blade, it was big enough that it engulfed the two Golems with relative ease. When the dust settled, a large trench had been created in the sand, the two Golems' cores were on the sand. Due to the Aura Cannon's effect, the sand was also mildly wet, so the Golems were having a hard time gathering the sand to recover.
Zelda fired the Light Arrow, then the Darkness Arrow in rapid succession. The two cores shattered and a howl was heard around them. She then remembered the other part of the legend. She dashed forward and grabbed Ruto from around the waist and threw them both into the Oasis Pool and kept both of them underwater.
Ruto blinked then looked to the surface and saw that a huge sandstorm had kicked up. The legend was that if anyone ever defeated a Sand Golem, the sands would blow until someone played the Ocarina of Sages. Only one person had that at that very moment, Saria. She faced Zelda and held her close, knowing that she'd have to keep the Hyrulean Princess breathing, just like they had done earlier for fun, but this time it was a matter of life and death.
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Meanwhile in the Temple of Time...
Saria's eyes adjusted to the difference of light between the Light World and the Sacred Realm. She sighed in relief. It may have been beautiful inside the Sacred Realm, but nothing beat being back home again. She looked to Darunia who was carrying Impa. She held her old friend's cold hand, "I'm sorry...if I had just been stronger, you wouldn't have had to sacrifice yourself for me. I know you went out the way you would have wanted, protecting others, but it still doesn't make this any easier." She closed her eyes and began to sense for where the other Sages were. She knew where the Fire Sage was as he was right near her, the Light Sage was inside the Sacred Realm and the Shadow Sage had just been killed, but she was worried for the Water and Time Sages.
A flash went into her mind of Zelda and Ruto in the Oasis, trapped by the Sandstorm. She also saw the remnants of two cores that were being covered by sand. Her eyes snapped open, "Darunia, I need you to care for Impa's funeral arrangments. I have to go help Zelda and Ruto immediately."
Darunia nodded and then held her shoulder, "Saria...before you go there, head to Death Mountain. My daughter needs to go with you. You are of the Forest originally, and without a being of Fire, you could have trouble alone. She's a fast warrior and she has been interested for the past two years to meet Zelda and the rest of you. Go find her, she should be in my chambers."
Saria blinked, "But Darunia, Zelda and Ruto are trapped. I have to go to them now!"
Darunia stared sternly at her, "And if you go now, without help, you will die in that sandstorm. Of this, I am certain. If you die out there, then they are as good as dead. Heed reason rather than just action. It is something I learned from a certain fairy accompanying Link."
Saria gasped, "You mean Navi? She returned to Hyrule?"
Darunia shook his head, "Not in the slightest, no this one is a yellow fairy much like yours. She called herself Tatl and she was with a dark fairy named Tael."
Sonya fluttered down and landed on Saria's shoulder, "Darunia is right. We have to approach this with caution, besides isn't Selenis up there with her?"
Darunia nodded, "That's right, Selenis and Sonya should be training together. Ironically when we entered that realm, it was a year ago. For us, only a few days passed, but to this world, a year has passed. The thing is, we also aged one year while in there. At any rate, hurry to the top of Death Mountain and you will find her in the Goron Village."
Saria turned and fled the Temple of Time, she had to get there as soon as she could, she had a very bad feeling about all of the situation.
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Back at the Oasis...
Ruto began to focus her magical energies and soon created a bubble around Zelda. She saw the blonde's eyes snap open. Ruto sighed in relief, "You can breathe normally now, however we can't get out of this Oasis for now. I just hope Saria gets here soon, I wonder if she is back out?"
Zelda closed her eyes then she smiled, "Yes she just got back not too long ago. She will help us, have no fear of that Ruto. Thanks for making sure I was okay Ruto."
The Zoran girl waved her fin and said, "If you hadn't pulled me in here, I'd have been killed by that sandstorm. My people don't do well with that much sand."
Zelda sat down on a rock underwater and looked at the surface, "The world definitely looks different from down here, doesn't it."
Ruto nodded slowly, "I am used to it, so I never really think of it much, but the world underwater is vastly different from the rest of Hyrule, it is why I feel I am blessed to have been born a Zora."
Zelda smiled then rested her head on Ruto's shoulder, "So long as we hold out, we should be just fine."
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Returning to Malon and Midna in the Spirit Temple...
Malon stirred and looked to her right. Midna was sleeping against her and she stretched, "Midna, come on, we have to get moving again, how are you feeling?"
Midna yawned then stood up, "I am fine now, we should finish this temple off once and for all." She then quickly checked the bag she was carrying, "Good, we still have some bombs left, how are your arrows?"
Malon sighed, "I am out, which means we will have to get some more from the temple itself, but for now, let us return to the door that caused us so much trouble earlier."
Midna twirled her mirror and said, "Absolutely, let's get to it!" She made both of them reappear in the Light World.
Malon glanced around her and then used the longshot she had borrowed from Ruto to pull herself up to the switch. She tugged on the switch until it gave way. The door below her slowly opened. She climbed down the vines in the tample to reach the door. She waved to Midna and watched her run through the door. Malon followed suit and found that there was a glowing purple circle on the ground in front of them. She knelt next to it, "What is this thing Midna?"
Midna's eyes widened and she cried out in warning, "Don't touch it!"
It was too late, Malon had touched it and vanished from sight. Midna cursed and touched the circle appearing next to Malon. She sighed, "Well we are in for it now, we are in the Sacred Realm. That circle is a warp that will take anyone who touches it to the Sacred Realm."
Malon gasped, "B-but we need to get back! How can we do that?"
Midna groaned, "Well there are two ways...one is to modify this mirror to warp us back to the Light World. The problem is that we won't have access to the Twilight Realm until we get the Mirror Shield and put the spell onto it instead."
Malon blinked, "And...the other way?"
Midna looked straight into her hazel eyes, "The only other way is to go all the way back to the Temple of Time and go back the old fashioned way."
Malon sighed, "Alright, use the Mirror, we have to return, then find our way to the Silver Gauntlets. Luckily, we shouldn't need the Twilight Realm to get to the Mirror Shield."
Midna began to chant and the mirror changed from its green back, to a blue backed Mirror, "Alright hold on." The two of them vanished from the Sacred Realm and warped back to the Light World.
Malon reached into her bag and pulled out a similar mirror to Midna's, "Could you enchant this one to go to the Twilight Realm?"
Midna took the mirror from her and said, "It will take some time as I have to turn this mirror into a magical one first. However it should be doable. Let's continue through this temple for now while I try to complete this mirror. If we can get those Gauntlets and the Mirror Shield, we should be able to finally get out of here with the Spirit Medallion."
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Meanwhile somewhere on Death Mountain...
Saria coughed out some smoke as she climbed Death Mountain. Her normal shiny green hair was now covered in soot. She stumbled on the rocks and grabbed onto a ledge. She growled, "Whoever said climbing Death Mountain was easy, certainly did not take into account what happens when the road closes."
She looked backwards to where the road which was simple to travel up was closed due to landslide warnings. She was getting close to the Goron village, but she knew she had to hurry. She reached up and grabbed the next ledge, when suddenly her foothold gave way. She screamed as she slid down the mountain again and dug her fingers into the side of the mountain. She winced in pain as she saw red on her fingers, "Just what I need...now my fingers are bleeding. How in the world am I to climb this mountain now?"
A feminine voice called, "Is someone down there?"
Saria glanced upwards and saw a creature she had never seen before. The creature looked like a Goron, but a lot softer than the normal Gorons she had met before. She called up, "Yes I could definitely use some help, I'm trying to meet the daughter of Darunia!"
The voice called back, "Well you found her then. Hang on, I'll get you up without delay!" The girl up top tossed down a rope, "Tie yourself to that, and I'll pull you up!"
Another girl appeared at the edge of the cliff, "Saria? Is that you? Jeez, if you had just used the Ocarina, I could have come down and gotten you. You're always so stubborn!"
Saria glared, "Now isn't the time!" She tied the rope tight around her waist and said, "Ready now!"
Selenis and the Goron girl grabbed the rope and began to pull her up. After about ten minutes of pulling, Saria was up on the cliffside with them. The goron girl checked her fingers, "Yeah, I thought as much. Hang on." She pulled out some herbs from her bag and began turning them into a powder. After that she began to boil them into a small bowl. Finally she brought the bowl over, "This will sting, but put your fingers in this water, it will heal your injuries. What confuses me is why you are here?"
Saria winced as her wounds started to heal, "I used all my magic in the Sacred Realm earlier so I couldn't just use my abilities, but I'm not the one in trouble really, Zelda and Ruto are the ones truly in danger. They are trapped at the Desert Oasis under a never-ending sandstorm. I need to get there with my Ocarina of Sages. Only then will that sandstorm fade."
Selenis stood up, "Then we leave for the Gerudo Valley immediately. I know that Desert like the back of my hand, and I have the perfect way to arrive near it in a short period of time. We will go with Luna to make certain we are successful. Oh I should probably introduce Ruby, Darunia's daughter."
Ruby smiled, "I was named after the Goron's Sacred treasure, the Goron's Ruby. It is a pleasure to meet you."
Saria couldn't stop looking at Ruby, "I have never...seen a Goron like you before."
It was a truth, as most Gorons were male. Ruby was slim, much like a Hyrulean, however she had tanned brown skin and red eyes. Her hands, however, had sharp claws on them, and she actually had hair, which was unlike the Goron males. She, much like Ruto, was also not wearing a thing. It was part of their tradition and Saria was beginning to wonder if maybe the Hyruleans had the general idea wrong as every race she met wore nothing save the Kokiri and the Hyruleans.
Ruby blushed slightly at the intense stare from Saria and then picked her up easily, much like Darunia could. "Just because we Goron females aren't as commonly seen as the females of the other races, doesn't mean we don't exist. It is just that the females are kept hidden from most visitors, to protect the race more so than anything else. We still possess similar strength to the males, we are just faster and have claws which enable us to climb the mountain with ease."
Saria felt herself starting to heat up, "You know Link is going to LOVE meeting you. I doubt he has seen a Goron female before."
Ruby grinned then said, "Selenis, we move at once. We must rescue the others as soon as possible. I will send a message to Luna as soon as I can via a Cuckoo in Kakariko Village. I am certain that she will meet us at the entrance to the Valley!"
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Back in the Spirit Temple
Midna and Malon had arrived at the room with the Silver Gauntlets at last, and Midna was nearly finished with the second mirror. Malon saw the chest in the center of the room and looked up at the holed ceiling again, "Oh here we go again!"
Midna groaned and then held up the mirror, "Well at least this is ready, I will go into the Twilight Realm and see what I can see, back in a flash Malon!" She vanished and about a minute later she returned, "Well the chest isn't there in the Twilight Realm, which means we have to solve this solely in the Light World."
Malon sighed, "I was afraid of that...let us explore this room a bit." She took one step forward and the spikes extended from the ceiling. When she stepped back, they retracted and she knew that they would cause a lot of trouble for both of them.
Midna thought for a moment, "Wait a minute, maybe the Twilight Realm can help us after all, there were no spikes in the room. I think I have an idea...Malon, I am taking you to the Twilight Realm." She held Malon's hand and the two of them used the Twili Mirror to warp into the other realm. She went to the exact spot where the chest was, "Alright when I warp us back, open that chest and grab the Gauntlets, then we will warp back here, if all goes according the plan, we can go to where the door is with no spikes coming down."
Malon gulped, "Are you sure about this Midna?"
The twilight girl shook her head, "No, but I don't hear you coming up with any other suggestions."
Malon held her forehead, "I have a bad feeling about this."
Midna warped them both and they looked up, the spikes extended and began to come down as they stood there. Malon deftly opened the chest and picked up the Silver Gauntlets. She handed them to Midna who put them on, then they warped back to the Twilight Realm.
Malon looked to the right and left and saw that the room had started getting smaller. She gasped, "The walls! They are closing in on us!"
Midna took her hand and ran to where the door was in the Light World and warped back once more. The spikes started to come down again, but Malon opened the door and the two ran through.
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Battle of the Dual Worlds...begin...
Malon panted, "Well that was certainly scary...uh oh." She looked forward, "Um, Midna...we have company!"
Midna drew her blade while Malon drew the Twilight Sword. The two stood next to each other both their blades pointed forward. A huge skeleton was standing in front of them, flanked by four Lizalfos. The Skeleton slashed its blade and the four Lizalfos charged at the same time.
Malon quickly charged forward and began blocking their slashes as fast as she could, but she was not as good as Ruto and she knew it. She was at best on par with Zelda and she had to hold them off.
Midna meanwhile had been cornered by two of them, "Trust me...you don't want to do this Lizalfos...it won't end well for you!" Her eyes flickered as she stared right at them, then she held her blade diagonally, "Don't say I didn't warn you...magic from the Twilight Realm fill my blade!" She dashed forward but instead of slashing, she warped both the Lizalfos and herself into the Twilight Realm, where she was much stronger than in the Light World.
Malon saw the three of them vanish then her attention was brought back to the cries of the Lizalfos who were circling here. She then remembered something that she had been given as a protective item from Zelda. She held the jewel, "Din's Fire...charge me with your power!" She raised her blade as fire surrounded her and she began to glow red, "Time for your deaths, I won't go easy on you!" She ducked a slash then blocked the second slash and jumped back as the first one slashed again. With the grace she had learned from years of practice, her bow was out before they could blink. She grinned, "Big mistake giving me this range!" She pointed her bow towards the ceiling, "Arrow Rain!" She fired an arrow and chanted as it flew upwards. It exploded and tons of arrows began flooding the room.
In the Twilight Realm, Midna was having an interesting fight on her hands, the two Lizalfos were working in perfect harmony and she was already starting to wear down. The problem wasn't that she wasn't skilled, it was the age of her physical form. She had to think fast as she dodged and used the Twilight Realm's magical properties to her advantage. She vanished and began to teleport around the room. She then held her blade and used the Twilight to cause illusionary copies of herself. The Lizalfos began to watch all the copies carefully then one pointed its blade forward and its partner shot fire out of its mouth taking out her copies. It was all the time Midna needed, however as she ran the one who took out her copies through with her blade. She flicked the blade and turned to face the remaining Lizalfo, "You're next!"
In the Light Realm, Malon was already having a hard time, she had to keep her distance, but the Lizalfos who had been shot by a few arrows each were not going to make it easy for her. One kept its distance shooting fire, while the other kept her at close so she couldn't use her arrows. Malon ducked a slash then instead of using the blade she punched the Lizalfos hard in the gut, causing it to be winded. She grabbed it from behind and spun them around just as its partner shot another fire blast towards it. She jumped away at the last second letting the one she was holding get roasted. She pulled out her bow, "Gale Arrow!" She fired the arrow, it was charged with wind elemental power. It shot straight through the remaining Lizalfos killing it.
The skeleton roared and picked up its blade and began to approach Malon who was already a tired from fighting the Lizalfos team.
Back in the Twilight Realm, Midna was circling the final Lizalfos warrior. She had to finish this fast, she had a feeling that Malon would need her back in the Light Realm and soon. The Lizalfos charged her, but she deftly sidestepped the slash and ran it through with her blade. She held the blade steady, "You are one hundred years too early to defeat one such as I!" She withdrew her blade from the monster's chest and flicked the blood off the blade. She used the mirror to warp back to the Light World.
In the Light World, Malon saw Midna appear on the other side of the Skeleton and called out to her, "Quickly, use the Ex Slash technique. We can cut its legs off so it can't move around as easily!"
Midna nodded and timed her attack perfectly with Malon's dashing slash technique. They appeared each on the other side of the Skeleton, and watched with satisfaction on their faces while the monster fell to the ground. It began to float into the air and started to fire out fireballs at rapid speed.
Malon began to dodge the fireballs and saw Midna was trying her best to do the same thing on the other side. Malon let out a scream of shock as Midna was hit in the chest by a fireball about the size of her own body. She drew her blade and her red hair began to blow backwards. She was charging the wind powers into her body. She glowed a cyan color as the wind began to fill her. The color began to flow through her body until it reached the sword. She held her blade diagonal across her body, then she charged forward. She appeared next to Midna and spun. She pointed her blade at the Skeleton who seemed frozen in place, "Tornado Saber!" She appeared on the other side of the Skeleton again. She then began to flash through the Skeleton multiple times in rapid succession, each time appearing on the other side. Finally she appeared next to Midna and sheathed her blade. The wind element she had been sending throughout the room converged on the Skeleton who finally seemed able to move. The element turned into a tornado that made the Skelton spin, hitting the walls over and over again.
Midna coughed up black smoke and saw the Skeleton hitting the walls in the middle of a huge tornado and had an idea all of a sudden. She held her blade up and charged what looked like a black element into it. She then raced into the heart of the Tornado and felt herself lifted into the air. When she opened her eyes again, she was circling on the opposite side of the Skeleton. She pointed her hand behind her and fired a ball of energy behind her. It was glowing black and she slashed it with her blade splitting it in two. She then punched both of the halves of the ball of energy. They went around in opposite directions and struck the Skeleton from both sides. When the dust settled and the wind had died down the Skeleton was on the ground. She nodded to Malon and the two of them both rushed forward, Darkness and Wind combining in a Black Cyclone that engulfed the Skeleton.
The two reunited near the exit to the door and saw with grim satisfaction that the Skeleton was finished. Malon wiped her brow, "Well...that was definitely a workout, shall we be going Midna?"
Midna nodded and opened the door, their next target was the Mirror Shield and the Spirit Medallion afterwards.
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Battle of Dual Worlds, complete...
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Back at the Oasis...
Zelda and Ruto were in trouble yet again, Ruto's magic was starting to fade, and soon, she'd have to go back to the only way she could keep Zelda alive, keeping her breathing by keeping their lips together. Ruto thanked the goddesses she had the ability to breathe underwater or they would have been dead a long time ago.
Zelda noticed that Ruto was starting to weaken and said, "Ruto take a break from the spell and keep me going by breathing air into me. After you've rested a bit while doing that, we can replace that bubble."
Ruto slowly nodded and moved close to Zelda and pressed her lips to the blonde's lips and began to keep air in Zelda's lungs for her to breathe.
Zelda kept her eyes open while staying close to Ruto and thought, "I really hope Saria shows up soon."
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At the Entrance to Gerudo Desert...
Luna came racing up on a pretty grey horse and jumped off the horse next to Ruby, Saria and Selenis, "I heard you three could use my help! Good thing I explored that ancient ruin at the bottom of the ocean three years ago, or I wouldn't have this." She held up what appeared to be the hookshot, but it had claws at the end, "It has the same range as the Longshot, but it is called the Claw Shot. I have two of them, so I'll get us there!"
Selenis beamed, "We will get there soon, don't worry!" The four girls entered the desert, hoping it'd go better than what had happened in the past.
One of the first things that they saw when they entered was that the sandstorm had kicked in, and it was so powerful, it was almost impossible to see. They couldn't play the Ocarina until they arrived at the Oasis. As such, Saria knew that they would have a hard time of getting there.
Selenis, however, pulled a small thing out of her pocket, "This is something we Gerudo have developed to deal with Sandstorms. It cannot stop them, however it can allow us to see straight through this sand. Just try to breathe in through your nose, not your mouth." She turned on the device and a beam of green light came out. Wherever it touched, the sand appeared to be gone, so they could see a pathway.
Ruby grinned, "Good job, now we have a good shot of arriving at our destination." She led the way with Selenis at her side, while Saria and Luna took up the rear.
As they traveled, mainly following Selenis' directions, they soon found that the pathway to the Oasis was blocked off by the sandstorm and only some far away buildings enabled for them to get there. Luna stepped forward, "My turn. Keep this box from getting covered by the sand while I get the Clawshots in place!" She fired, launching herself forward at an extreme speed. She came in too fast, however, and hit the side of the building. She shook her head, trying to get rid of the pain, "Well that didn't go quite as expected."
Saria and Ruby were working hard to keep the box free of sand, while Selenis watched for the Clawshot to tell them to get out of the way.
Luna pointed the Clawshot at the box and followed the green light with her eyes. She focused then fired.
Selenis called out, "Out of the way now!"
Saria and Ruby jumped to one side each as the Clawshot came and grabbed onto the box. The two of them grabbed in and Saria took Selenis' hand.
Luna pressed the botton causing the clawshot to let go so that she could pull them in. She realized though that it would take both of them to pull the three of them in, so she fired the second clawshot.
Ruby saw the second clawshot coming and grabbed it so that Selenis could hold onto it. They saw Selenis fly forward as the second Clawshot retracted, bringing her in.
It was then that Ruby really caught onto what Luna was doing and grabbed the clawshot as it came back again and held onto it. She flew across the desert with Saria by her side. She reached out and held Saria's hand. The two smiled to each other as they came up towards the building hard. Luna grabbed Saria as she landed and Selenis grabbed Ruby.
Ruby grinned, "What a wild ride, where are we now?"
Selenis said, "We are nearly there now, however we need a bit more than the claw shots, and I think I know just the thing." She pulled out a whistle and began to play a strange tune. The sandstorm around them subsided for a moment as a sand tornado picked up. She shouted, "Jump in! It is under control of the whistle. She then began to play again.
Ruby jumped inside along with Saria and Luna. Selenis jumped in last and kept playing the whistle which made the sand tornado lift into the air. They watched around in surprise as they flew through the desert towards the Oasis.
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Back in the Spirit Temple...
Midna ran her hand along a stone platform and saw that it was too far to jump across the pits, "What are we going to do Malon?"
The redhead grinned and picked her up, "Now it is my turn to shine!" She swapped her boots for the Hover Boots she had borrowed from Zelda and activated the Lens of Truth so she could see where the true platforms were. She quickly ran off the edge and the hover boots switched on, allowing her to run in midair. She utilized her wind magic to increase her speed as well as the hover boots' power. She began to float from platform to platform, running the entire way as the boots enabled people to run in midair, as though they were floating. She hoped this room wasn't too big as she was already feeling drained. Maintaining the Hover Boots and the Lens of Truth at the same time was not easy!
She didn't have too much to worry about until she arrived on a platform that was solid and saw Skulltula's hanging from the ceiling about three feet ahead of her. She saw that the door on the other side was starting to close. If it closed, they would be trapped forever, so she had to act fast. She handed her bow and her set of arrows, "I hope you're a good shot Midna. I need you to fire these at the Skulltulas in this room while I make a break for the door with you on my back. If either of us mess up, we are as good as dead!"
Midna nodded and held the bow and notched an arrow, "Ready!"
Malon took off as fast as she could, she was using the last burst of her magic to reach that door.
The Skulltulas lowered with a shocking amount of speed. Midna, however, was on top of it. She began to fire arrow after arrow into the Skulltulas as they got close. She felt so grateful that Malon had refilled her arrows in the main room before the fight with the Lizalfos and again before they reached this room, or they wouldn't have made it this far.
Before they knew it, they had made it through the door and Malon saw ahead of them a large chest. The chest would contain the Mirror Shield, Midna's Shield in otherwords. She nodded to Midna who got off Saria's back and while Saria changed back to her normal boots, she approached the chest. Malon used the Eye of Truth on the room and said, "For some weird reason, this room isn't booby trapped. Take the Shield Midna!"
Midna nodded and opened the chest and took the Mirror Shield. The moment she did, the area around the chest became encased in fire and two monsters came forward. One had ice on its back, the other had lightning. Midna quickly held the Mirror shield, she had a bad feeling that she'd have to fight these two. She knew that Malon would not be able to help her this time.
The lightning monster, who looked akin to the Lizalfos from earlier, fired lightning at her, but she caught the spell on the Mirror Shield. Midna quickly dodged an ice blast and faced the Lightning Lizalfos. It began to fire Lightning like crazy. She caught two more blasts then fired a powerful lightning laser at the Ice Lizalfos. The moment it was stunned she dashed in and stabbed it three times. She knew she would have to play this carefully. The Ice Lizalfos fired ice beams at her, but she caught them and fired the reflection at the Lightning Lizalfos. As the beam hit, three bolts of lightning shot towards her. She quickly caught them on the shield and fired at the Ice Lizalfos. With both them stunned, she swiftly cut both of the monsters heads clean off. She spun and as the flames died down, she sheathed her blade, "It is finished!"
Malon grinned, "Now all we have to do is defeat Twinrova and get the Spirit Medallion! We should move out as soon as possible!"
The two entered the nearby door that led back towards the main chamber of the Temple, only one more pathway was open to them now, and they were prepared that it would be one complicated set of puzzles as well as combat to the Twinrova Boss Room. They also had to find the side pathway to get the Boss Key.
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Back near the Oasis...
Saria saw that the Oasis was coming up soon, "Just a little further...hang on what is that?" She saw something green sticking out of the Desert. She dashed over to it and began to dig. She froze in shock, "Link? Is that really...you Link?"
She dug out the warrior from the sand dune and brought him back to Ruby.
The goron girl looked him over, "No wonder all of you want him so much...he is cute! I will carry him, let us get going!"
Luna stared at the unconscious Link, "Brother...at last we meet...I can't wait until you are conscious!"
The four of them strode off to the Oasis, but found there was one final obstacle to overcome...
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Battle: Saria VS Shadow (Round Two)
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Saria instantly drew her blade, she knew that that Shadow meant, "Shadow Saria...it has been what, three years now?"
The Shadowy figure stared at her blankly then pointed a darkened blade that looked very similar to Saria's own blade towards her and waited for her first move.
Saria handed the Ocarina of Sages to Luna, "Take this Ocarina to the Oasis and start playing, it will lessen the Sandstorm, this will be one fun battle." She pointed her blade to Shadow Saria and charged. At the same time, Shadow Saria charged towards her, mimicking her actions perfectly.
Luna quickly went to the water's edge and began to play the Ocarina of Sages, while Ruby watched over the battle between Shadow Saria and Saria. The two of them were tearing up the desert surface with quick motions and even faster swordplay.
Selenis notched an arrow to a bow, but Ruby held up her hand, "No, this is a battle between two warriors, it would be dishonorable to interfere!" Ruby stared into Selenis' eyes until the Gerudo girl lowered her bow.
Saria held her blade diagonally, "If you truly think, I will just let you do whatever you please my Shadow, you are seriously mistaken." She dashed forward and caught her blade on Shadow Saria's sword. The two began to push back and forth towards each other.
She watched her opponent carefully, she had combined arrows with her swordplay before to beat him, but that was three years ago, she was far better now. She broke the hold between the two blades and jumped back and held her blade vertical in front of her. She called out, "Tanglevine!" She pointed her blade and vines began ensaring her opponent.
Shadow Saria struggled for a moment then broke the vines and pulled out a bow and arrow. A green light hit the arrow and she fired straight at Saria's chest. It was the same attack she had beaten her with three years ago.
Saria slid to the right and fired the same green arrow right back. She smiled, "Interesting, so you learn others techniques as you go. That will make this all the more fun Shadow Saria. I'd have been disappointed had you not improved. That said, you are not in my league anymore. It is time for me to end this and quickly, Ruto and Zelda need me!"
Shadow Saria charged forward and head-butted her into the sand and placed her blade at her throat. She then raised the blade to behead her.
Saria saw her chance and shot a green energy shot from her fist which knocked Shadow Saria off of her body. She then held her blade up high and charged a powerful amount of the Forest Sage's power and ran Shadow Saria through. She watched as it screamed in agony and vanished in a blaze of blue fire. She knew that it wouldn't be the end of Shadow Saria, however she would have to face her again someday, but not this day.
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Battle: Saria VS Shadow Saria (Round 2) Complete
She turned and ran over to where Luna was and took the Ocarina of Sages. She began to play the Ocarina and the sandstorm died down.
Ruto saw the Sandstorm die down and swam up with Zelda in her arms. When they both surfaced, Zelda gasped for air and got out of the water. She was still naked from the swim they had taken previously before the battle with the Golems.
Zelda beamed to Ruto and hugged her, then Saria close to her. She then froze when she saw Ruby and said, "This must be Ruby, Darunia's daughter. I have heard so much about you!"
Ruby kissed the back of Zelda's hand, "It is an honor to meet you." She handed Zelda a silk robe to tie around her body, "We also found someone interesting in the previous Sand Dune!"
Luna walked forward and laid Link on the sand. She said, "My brother will be alright, correct?"
Saria nodded, "Don't you worry about that, he is a fighter. Besides, we can now tell Nabooru to meet us in Hyrule and Link will finally be with all of us again!"
Zelda held up her hand, "First though, we wait for Malon. She went into the Spirit Temple with Midna, the Princess of Twilight. Until they return, we are stuck here."
Luna's jaw dropped, "You don't mean THE Twilight Princess do you? She is a legend throughout Hyrule...they say she can fade into the darkness and strike when someone least expects it!"
Saria ran her fingers through her green hair, "That is the apparent idea of the kind of person she can be. They say there hasn't been an equal to her skill, save maybe Ruto herself."
Ruto placed her hands on her waist and said, "Maybe Ruto? I could defeat her if I had to!"
Selenis smiled, "Then maybe Lady Ruto would be alright with a duel at some point."
Ruby grinned, "That'd be a match to see, that is for certain. The only better match would be Link versus Ruto or Midna. They say he has never been bested in sword combat." She turned to look at the fallen hero, "Although he seems out of it for now."
Zelda knelt next to Link, "We will have to get him to the Doctor at Lake Hylia. He may be a bit of a quack, but he is the best physician in the land. If anyone can figure out why he is unconscious, he will have the skill."
The girls sat down near the oasis to wait for Malon and Midna to finish up in the Spirit Temple.
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Back at the Spirit Temple...Battle of the Phantoms
Malon opened the door to the north of the entrance of the temple. She gasped when her eyes spied what awaited the duo. The whole room was filled with mirrors as far as the eye could see.
Midna held her new Shield at the ready, "Be on your guard, there are enemies about!" She saw the sunlight shining onto a platform ahead of them, "I think I get it. I will start using the shield to reflect the light, you see that light switch at the end of the room? We need to get direct light onto that, but we need to use the mirrors like reflectors to transfer the light beam to it. It means you will have to turn the mirrors until they are in the correct location."
Malon held up her hand which was holding Midna's Magic Wand, "I hope I can make good use of this...let's get going! I'll keep any monsters off you!" With that she went to the end of the room and began to work backwards on the mirrors. She knew that Midna was watching the situation with great interest. This was mostly Malon's trial after all, not Midna's.
After what felt like an eternity of turning mirrors, in reality it was only ten minutes, they finally were prepared to shine the light. Midna jumped onto the platform and said, "Once I shine this mirror, it will take about five minutes for the light to activate the switch. I cannot be attacked while it is traveling, so I need you to guard this position."
Malon drew a blade, she wasn't as confident as the others when it came to her swordplay, but she had learned from Impa and Ruto, the latter even more so. As such she was confident she could handle monsters that came their way, but neither of them could expect what was coming...
Malon's eyes drank in the sight of her new opponents...they looked like Ruto, Zelda, Saria and herself, but they were all their kid forms. Malon blinked then saw the four of them surround her.
Midna growled, "Be careful Malon! They aren't normal, your blade will only do so much, try to lure them into the light beams!"
Malon backed up until she was near Midna then saw that the child Ruto from seven years ago was approaching her first. She glanced at young Zelda who had an arrow notched to a shadow bow, as did the other two shadow children. Malon nodded then used her trained reflexes from the barnyard to flip over Ruto and held her blade out, causing the beam to reflect hitting her square in the face. She saw that Ruto had materialized and charged forward.
The Child Ruto, stunned, shook her head to clear the bright light from her eyes then shot a burst of ice towards Malon.
The redhead merely sidestepped the ice blast and grabbed her by the legs and spun her in a circle until she could throw her out of the area for now. She had to deal with the other three before Ruto. That one was the most dangerous of the four. Zelda was the second most dangerous, the only concern she had about her own child self was the great archery and the ability to heal the others. So she knew what she had to do first. Malon quickly dodged the three arrows that were shot and shone the light on her child self and saw as the younger version cringed from the light.
Malon wasted no time, she charged forward and slashed then sheathed her blade. The Child Malon vanished in a puff of smoke. She spun to face Zelda and Saria, both of them were tough, but they weren't unbeatable. Saria was definitely more versatile, much like Link was, but Zelda had healing abilities as well. She had to take out Zelda. She made to shine the light on Zelda, but Saria darted in front of her and held up a blade which reflected the light back at Malon.
Malon blinked in surprise, "Well that's new...any thoughts Midna?"
Midna held the shield in place still but said, "Best to get Saria into the light beam itself, not just a reflection, you'll have to outsmart her."
Malon groaned, "Oh boy, that is not going to be easy, Saria was always quite clever." She began to dodge arrows from Zelda while parrying Saria's attacks. She noticed one of the pillars nearby and quickly attached a bomb to her arrow and dodged another shot before diving to the right and firing at the same time. The pillar began to collapse and a light beam from a mirror shone directly on Saria. Malon knew it'd be her one chance, so she took it. She charged light energy into her arrow and fired. The arrow pierced the shadowy Saria through the chest, causing her to vanish without a trace.
Shadow Child Zelda dropped her bow and drew her darkened Royal Saber. It was then that Malon knew she was in trouble. Zelda was an expert Swordsman, second only to Ruto in the land. She was instantly on the defensive, being slowly moved backwards towards the wall behind Midna. She also saw Ruto jumping from pillar to pillar to join Zelda in combat, "Not good, not good!" She had to think fast, if Ruto got here, she'd be dead before she could shine light on either of them. She then saw the hanging tarp across the room and knew if she could hit it with a fire arrow, the light would shine, blocking off Ruto's path. She feinted firing a light arrow at Zelda.
The younger phantom slid to the right to dodge what she thought was a killing arrow (at least for her kind), but then was stunned when she saw that the arrow on Malon's bow was not light...but fire.
Malon aimed slightly up and fired, "Ruto won't be able to save you Phantom Zelda!" The tarp burned into dust and light shone, blocking off Ruto's path. It would buy her a few minutes, just enough time to finish off Zelda. She had to work quickly though, the other phantom would be back and soon and there weren't enough tarps with sunlight behind them to block off their battlefield completely. She spanned the room with her eyes while dodging Zelda's attacks. She grabbed a handful of dust and chanted a soft spell rapidly while continuing to dodge Zelda's attacks. The dust began to glow and she tossed it into the Phantom's face.
The Phantom Zelda staggered and held her face, as though she had been burned. She stepped backwards, right into a direct beam of sunlight. Phantom Zelda shrieked as she faded from the temple.
Malon stepped into the light and began to sense the area around her, such as was taught to her by Ruto. From the left she felt the Phantom coming and flicked her blade, causing a ray to shine over where Ruto was coming from. She watched as the Zoran Princess had staggered backwards. She shone a bit more light onto her until she was fully materialized, "No more hiding Phantom...we have at it, right here, right now!" She held the blade in her left hand and clashed her blade on her opponent's blade.
Midna had been watching the entire battle with great interest. Malon was the weakest sword wielder of the entire group, and yet she was handling the others. They may have been the child forms, but all of them save herself were gifted sword wielders even at that age. The greatest challenge would be the Child Ruto at the very least.
Malon and Ruto began to circle each other. Malon watched the child phantom carefully as they circled one another. She saw Ruto's hands move and she quickly charged fire into her blade. As a huge ice spear came at her at a frightening velocity, Malon deftly sliced the spear into two halves. She charged forward through the steam and impaled her opponent before it could react. She slowly stepped backward, her blade coming out of the Phantom's body. She watched as the Phantom vanished.
She knelt to the ground as she heard the door gate slide open on the other end of the room.
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Midna raced over to Malon. She began to check the redhead over for injuries but found that apart from some scrapes and bruises, she was in fairly good shape. She sighed in relief, "Well I truly am impressed Malon. You took on those phantoms in a similar way to the Hero of Time would have. Not bad for a farm girl huh?"
Malon groaned, "Yeah but I'm also out of energy, good thing I brought a bottle of Blue Potion just in case." She pulled it out of her bag and drank the contents. She grimaced as she finished it, "I always...hate the flavor of that, but it does the job!" She stood up and sheathed her blade, "Hey...that Phantom Ruto dropped something." She knelt and picked up a scale from the ground, "Isn't this one of those legendary Zora Scales I have heard so much about? It can apparently be turned into Zoran Armor, enabling the wearer to swim and breathe like a Zora."
Midna grinned, "Yeah, in fact there's a second one, so we can make one for females and one for males."
Malon looked around, "Hang on...there are a lot of them, Midna let's gather them up, maybe we can make a ton more of those suits. I've always wanted to see what Ruto sees underwater, now we finally can!"
Midna said, "I will gather them up and catch up to you...oh and take the west door first. It will lead you to a side pathway, or so says this map. If it leads where I think it does, it will take you to the Big Key which will let you get into the Boss' Chambers."
Malon strode over to the gate and saw there was a pathway north and a pathway west. She took the west pathway first and saw that there were three Lizalfos guarding a gate at the end, she also saw a giant eyeball surrounded by little eyes on the ceiling, "Good grief...they don't make it easy do they?" She fired an arrow at one of the Lizalfos. It looked at her then charged, the other two following in close pursuit.
Malon strode into the room meeting the three in combat. She charged Din's Fire into her blade and began to cut right through their blades and armor. She made short work out of the three Lizalfos, but then the Giant Eyeball landed and the little eyeballs all turned their little eyes to stare right at her. She felt frigid and disturbed, like they were scanning her, she hoped those things couldn't see through things, as that'd be even more embarassing. She pulled out the Long Shot she had borrowed from Ruto and held onto it tightly and began to fire it at the eyeballs. As they came off, she slashed them in half. After she got rid of all of them, the Giant Eyeball angrily rammed her into the wall, causing her to drop the Longshot. It slid the Longshot into its body.
She winced and noted that the Longshot wasn't there, she'd have to take out this eye up close and personal. First she tried to fire a Fire Arrow at it, but it merely shut its eye, blocking the attack and vibrated, causing the walls to start shaking.
Upon inspecting the room, she found a fatal flaw in the mini boss' room that would work to her advantage, but she had to get that Longshot back! She charged forward and sunk herself into the eyeball's gross shell. She grabbed that Longshot and forced her way out, but it wasn't a Longshot anymore. It had a claw on the end. She grinned, "Well now, looks like you did me a favor." She fired her new Clawshot at the target on the ceiling and hung from it. She began to swing back and forth and the eyeball began to watch her furiously until she forced the Clawshot to let go. When she got close enough she pointed her blade straight towards the eyeball. The monster didn't even have a moment to react as she shot straight through it. She spun the blade then sheathed it as the eyeball fell to pieces.
She sighed in relief then opened the chest from the room that had unsealed. She had gotten the big key, even if she had gotten a bit slimy in the process. She exited to find Midna waiting.
Midna blinked, "What in the world happened to you? Did you fall into a pit of slime?"
Malon groaned, "Just let it go, I have the key, that is all that matters. I can shower after we get that Spirit Medallion!"
The two entered the final door that led to the Boss' chamber. They had one more hallway to go through first though.
After all they had been through, the final hallway was a breeze, of course Midna was helping Malon along due to her being so slimy from the eye fight. When they finally opened the door to the boss, Midna handed her the Mirror Shield, "This isn't my fight, I can't help you in this battle, you must take on Twinrova...alone."
Malon moved close and kissed Midna's forehead, "At least come in to watch, besides as you said, you need to be present for when the Spirit Medallion is received so you can gain your proper age."
Midna nodded and the two stepped through the doorway together. It sealed behind them, and Malon knew that she was in for the toughest battle of her life.
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Boss: Twinrova
Fighter to Challenge: Malon The Farmgirl
Spectator: Midna (Twilight Princess)
When the two entered, Midna climbed up a rock surface and sat on a platform. As was the law with the temples, no one was allowed to interfere with the battle between the soon to be Sage and the temple guardian. Of course this guardian was one of the toughest to guard the Medallions.
Two witches flew down and floated in front of her, "Is she ready Kaede?"
Kaede shook her head, "Ready, she is not Kaoume! Finish this quickly, we should!"
Kaoume held up a withered hand, "Hold, she holds the Mirror Shield and the Twilight Sword...we should not underestimate her resolve! We won't even bother fighting her in our first form, we fuse immediately." The two of them merged together and formed Twinrova immediately.
The two voices spoke in unison, "Your death shall come swiftly young one. Run away now, you should!"
Malon held the Twilight Sword closer to her chest, "Never...I shall never run from the likes of you! I have fought long and hard with my friends to get as far as I have! I would never have made it here if it hadn't been for Ruto's training, Zelda's guidance, Saria's kindness and Midna's determination! I will not yield to you, so if you have the guts to face me, then face me here and now!" She held the Mirror shield in her right hand, the Twilight Sword in her left hand.
She faced the Twinrova as the boss began to fire out elemental blasts in rapid succession. Malon began to run in a circle along the platform. She caught one ice blast as ice was always more detrimental to her. After she had caught one, she was hit and blasted into the wall by a massive fire shot. She coughed out black smoke as she climbed back up to the platform. She felt that she couldn't handle too many more hits like that, the last one had hit like a truck. Apparently what Link had told Zelda back in the past had been true.
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In the Past: Link's Departure
Link held his forehead with one hand as he held the Ocarina of Time with the other, "I'm not so sure about this Zelda, I shouldn't be going off on a journey right now. As much as I want to find Navi, what if something happens while I am gone?"
Zelda moved close to Link and kissed his forehead once softly, "You've already saved us once Link...besides if the worst should happen and I get defeated before Ganondorf does, I don't want your triforce of Courage to be at risk. If you are far away from here, at least the Triforce cannot be reformed until you return. When you do, should Ganondorf have won, you can defeat him and save this land once more."
Link sighed then said, "I should probably give you a warning about the five temples I challenged. The forest temple has something very dangerous, but seeing as Ganondorf won't have gotten into the Sacred Realm, I doubt it will be his phantom like it was for me. The fire temple had an enraged fire dragon, the water temple had a water tentacle monster. I don't envy who faces that thing. The shadow temple had a guardian of shadow which needed a lot of patience to defeat."
He paused then said, "However the Spirit Temple had the worst guardian of them all. Fire and Ice everywhere you went, if you weren't slipping around, you were getting blasted into walls by the fire attacks. Whoever faces that monster should be very aware of their surroundings. Too many strikes from the Fire blasts can kill you. If possible, it's best to use the Mirror Shield to block the Fire attacks and risk sliding with the ice. At least with that, you won't take as much injury, even being frozen temporarily is better than the fire."
Zelda took his left hand in her right hand. The two triforce shards glowed in harmony, "I will make sure whoever challenges it knows...now safe journey, and never forget the Song of Time...it will aid you in times of great peril!"
Link smiled then said, "Do me a favor...keep an eye on the forest and Saria for me. The Great Deku tree died recently and I want to see of the Deku Sprout is born soon."
Zelda hugged him close to her then said, "You have my word Link...now get going! I don't want Ganondorf to see you go!"
Link looked into her sapphire eyes then said, "Also...about Ruto...if you see her at some point, tell her that I will one day return. I will be in touch if it is at all possible." He shouldered the Kokiri Sword and left on Epona towards the Woods, seeking Navi and his newest adventure.
Zelda watched him leave, "We will all be waiting...Link." She said softly as she turned to head towards the Forest to go and check on the Deku Tree.
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Back at the boss fight (Present)
Malon shook her head from the story she had been told and faced the Twinrova. She decided to follow Link's suggestion that he had told Zelda. She blocked a fire attack next and dodged the ice blast. She found that the Ice was easier to dodge anyways. She kept blocking the fire attacks as they were more dangerous. She found herself struck by an ice blast and broke free just in time to block the third Fire attack in a row. She held onto the Mirror shield with both hands as a huge wave of fire shot out like a laser from the shield. It struck Twinrova causing her to collapse to the ground.
Malon snatched up her blade and raced over to the fallen boss and began to slash with a determined fury. After about ten hits, the boss pushed her back with wind and fired both elements at the same time. Malon rolled to the right and caught the fire attack on the shield, but was hit from behind with the ice blast.
Twinrova smirked, "With that ice power she is frozen until the end of time. Get out, she will never!"
Malon shook in the freezing cold ice. She had to break free and soon. She found she could only move her left hand and only a few inches, but it was enough to get Din's Crystal out of her bag. She touched it and prayed for the Goddess of Fire, Din, to melt the ice and help her win this battle. She felt that she was starting to warm up then a blaze of flames surrounded the ice and herself. The ice melted quickly and she felt herself lowered until she was on one knee, the crystal in one hand and her sword in the other. Her eyes slowly snapped open, a blazing flame was burned into them.
She spoke...with a voice like thunder, "This girl has prayed for my help, you two are a disgrace to the good temple guardian name. Therefore it is the Goddess' judgement that you be smited where you stand...your ice attacks will have no more effect on this girl." A powerful wave of fire knocked out the ice power from Twinrova as Malon slowly stood to her feet. She rode the wave of fire that was striking Twinrova and vaulted into the air. She came crashing down, her blade straight down, cleaving the duo in two.
Kaede coughed painfully, "Painful that was, Kaoume?"
Kaoume groaned in pain and shook her head, "Indeed it was...but I'd say she has bested us." The two began to circle Malon and then they floated one on either side of her.
Kaede handed Malon a crystal, "Give this crystal and the one from my sister to Saria, Sage of the Forest. We shall come to all of your aid when you need it."
Kaoume handed over her own crystal then a medallion landed on the ground in front of Malon, "You have earned it...however before you hold it, have your friend touch it."
Midna...who had been silent and watching the battle carefully finally jumped down onto the platform and touched the Spirit Medallion. A brilliant glow shone over her and she transformed into a young woman of about seventeen years of age. She had long red hair and her dark skin which had glowing symbols had grown with her. She turned to face Malon who was stunned by the change.
Malon's eyes began to sweep over Midna, "Wow...you could give Ruto a run for her money with beauty!"
Midna waved her hand, "Nevermind that...just get the Spirit Medallion, the others are waiting for us!"
Malon picked up the Medallion and smiled, "We shall see the two of you again!" She took Midna's hand and the two faded into the light.
Zelda stood to her feet as a blue light hit the oasis and a powerful wind began to pick up. She shielded her eyes as Saria put up a wind barrier around the rest of the girls waiting there.
Two figures slowly came down in the light then splashed into the Oasis.
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Ruto dove into the water instantly to swim over to the two figures and found it was Malon and another girl she did not recognize. She thought, "Must be the Twilight Princess...but I didn't expect her to be this pretty." She brought the two of them to shore.
Malon slowly opened her eyes, "I did it, I have the final Medallion...finally all the temples are conquered."
Ruby and Selenis grinned, but Ruby spoke, "Well done, however that isn't fully accurate Miss Malon. There is one more temple that must be cleared...the Fire Temple. My father completed it five years ago, however I need to clear it myself to become the proper Fire Sage.
Saria grinned, "We have to head back to Lake Hylia shortly...I have a surprise for you!" She stepped aside to allow the two to view their friend that had been found earlier.
Malon's eyes went wide, as did Midna's. They both called out, "Link?" Malon blinked looking at Midna, "How do you know him?"
Midna smiled, "Long story, but let's just say that a few years ago, he entered the Twilight Realm to help Lorule with a problem. He utilized the Twilight Mirror, the same one I have now, to warp to and from Lorule and his resting place, to save my entire Kingdom. Unfortunately the evil that he defeated has returned again. It is also why I am here. Once I have gotten stronger, I intend to return to my home kingdom and save them, just as Link once did."
Luna beamed, "Well first...we should head to Lake Hylia and find out what is wrong with Link."
The girls nodded and utilized Link's Ocarina of Time to call forth the Tornado to warp them to Lake Hylia with all due haste.
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Phew well after months of job searching and getting a few more things on track, I finally was able to continue my chapters. I thank all my loyal readers, I do promise I will get the other stories updated as soon as I can, and I'm sorry that it has taken so long. Sometimes the real life has to take precedence.
As a side note, you will notice that in this chapter, there was no flashback to the past storyline. That was on purpose. There was far too much going on in the present to branch off. Next chapter will be a lot more about the Past Storyline to counter this chapter. Of course we will find out about Link's Condition at the end of next chapter. Look forward to chapter four: Tri-Elemental Temple Mayhem