Sorry for the wait guys. I went to visit my college friends this weekend. They are graduating the first week of May so I decided to see them one more time and hang before then. I will now be back to my regular updating schedule now. I Hope you enjoy this chapter and please leave a favorite, review, or follow if you don't mind.
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Ash and Princess May headed into Drewnon's tower. When they looked in they saw a spacious room but immediately saw by their sides three statues each of Drewnon with that malicious grin holding the Triforce at chest level. Ash ready to take down the fiend once and for all, channeled his quake spell into the Master Sword and struck it into the ground. However, to his surprise. Six pillars of solid earth rose up under the statues into large pillars catapulting the statues into the air before smashing them into millions of tiny shards afterwards when they all hit the ground.
Princess May gasped in awe at Ash's new technique. "Ash, when did you learn to do that?"
"I honestly don't know May" Ash grinned sheepishly rubbing his arm.
"If you can find more ways to use quake like that Ash, then it can become a very handy spell to use!"
"How so?"
Princess May sighed, she though Ash was an expert at combat, she decided to help him connect the dots. "Come on Ash, surely a Knight such as yourself can figure out ways Quake can be handy... Or are you just getting rusty huh?" Princess May started elbowing his sides playfully while having a teasing smirk on her face.
"Hey! I was just as shocked as you are when I did that!" Ash objected but then made a fist and rested his chin on it in thought.
Hmmm, I wonder how Quake could be more useful? Ah Hah I got it!
"Princess May, if I can figure out how to do more manipulations with Quake, then I can use it as a defensive and offensive technique at the same time!"
Princess May was proud Ash figured that out. "Exactly Ash! If you can figure out how to make a wall of Earth to block an attack you can then send the wall at an enemy straight at them!"
While they noticed that the door in front of them was locked they realized they would have to go downstairs since that was the only path available. As they were traversing down the dungeon dispatching enemies. Ash was impressed with Princess May's sword skills.
"Princess May, if you don't mind me asking, when did you learn to sword fight like that?"
Princess May giggled at Ash's formality, "I thought you would ask that Ash. Hee hee. Remember when the maids or castle servants would come to me after classes at Instructor Elm's and said it was time for my tutoring sessions?"
"Yeah, of course I do! I tried to come with you and even though they were okay with it, you told me that it be best if I wait until you were finished".
May smiled at him and nodded. "Yes well during those times that was when Flannery and the Soldier instructor would tutor me in sword play and archery"
"That's great May but why did you not want my help though?" Ash had a frown on his face asking her that question.
May noticed this and tried to cheer Ash up. "Ash believe me, I would have loved to have had swordfights with you and train with you. You had Uncle Silver to train you. However, even my father did not know I had those sword training lessons. I wanted to learn on my own because if you knew about it, my father would have figured it out and would forbid me to continue with the training."
Ash cheered up a little at hearing that. "Ah that makes more sense May but why would King Norman not want you to learn swordplay?"
May shrugged and sighed, "That I do not know Ash, I am guessing he wanted me to be a proper lady and enjoy that more instead of having to learn how to fight with weapons. I think he believes Knights and soldiers should be on the frontlines fighting while mages and archers remain in the back to be protected. He knows women can be excellent sword fighters but he must have wanted me to avoid frontline combat at all costs."
Ash smiled at May he put his hand on her shoulder and looked at her. "If that is true that is noble of the King to do that. I would have still let you train, but at least he is looking out for you even though that is a bit overprotective. After what happened to the Queen I guess he was concerned for your safety because you are the only family he had left."
May smiled and hugged Ash in return. "Oh Ash, you always know how to comfort me when I need it most!"
Ash smiled and chuckled lightly, "Anything for you Princess!"
Thanks to Ash and May's unlimited magic, most difficult enemies were brought down with their spells like Din's Fire, Farore's Wind, Bombos, Ether, Quake, Lightning, Silver Arrows, Ash's Golden Master Sword, and Princess May's Great Fairy Sword. They retrieved the final key on the bottom level of Drewnon's Tower. In order to save time not having to traverse three levels of the basement dungeon, Princess May had Ash hold on to her as she used Farore's wind to teleport them to the dungeon entrance.
They appeared by the entrance inside in a green flash of wind.
"Well it's time to ascend the tower now huh Princess? Are you ready?" Ash asked her.
"Heh, I was born ready Ash! I bet you can't catch me though!"
"Great! Huh what are y- Hey! Princess no fair wait for me!" Ash suddenly saw Princess May run with the help of Farore's Wind and used the small key going up the stairs to the next floor. Ash ran with his Pegasus Boots trying to catch up with Princess May. After catching up with her shortly(by using the hookshot to latch onto her) Ash and Princess May ascended the tower easily dispatching any enemies that got in their way. On the fourth story of the tower Ash was getting annoyed at the ice floors that would appear in some of the rooms that had Stalfos and Masked Gibles in them.
"Not again!" Ash wailed at entering another room with Icy Floors. Princess May giggled at Ash's predicament. Unlike him, she could walk fine on Ice Floors and could even slide on them going wherever she wanted.
"It's not funny May!" Ash pouted at her. Enemies were advancing on them and Ash did not want to deal with them so he unleashed Bombos. They exploded into harmless smoke after being scorched and blasted with fire.
May playfully rolled her eyes and put on a fake annoyed expression on her face, "Well, I can't help it that you are not coordinated. Tee hee. Maybe you should have taken more dance lessons. They would have been of good use to you now." May then stuck her tongue out at Ash.
Ash's face was getting red and smoke was coming out of it like a tea pot. He then calmed down enough and smirked, "Well you know what Princess, I bet you I can make it over to that door without falling once!"
"Ooooh, our Hero is finally putting on his big boy pants, this ought to get interesting. What happens if you do fall down though?"
"You and Dawn can dress me up and treat me like a girl for a week!"
May yawned waving her hand over her mouth "Let's raise the stakes a little bit more." May had a bored look on her face due to Ash's proposal.
"Why's that not exciting?"
Princess May huffed and then said, "Because Ash, in two weeks is the Hylian Beauty Pageant!" May had stars in her eyes while she said that. "So how about not only if you lose do you do your original proposal but also you have to be a maid in the castle for the week and you have to enter the Hylian Beauty Pageant! Do we have a deal or no?" Princess May had a devious smirk on her face when she finished.
Ash was silent for a moment "Umm, I am not sure May?"
"Aww is our brave heroic Knight in reality a Cuccoo" Princes May then started to make clucking noises. Ash was not happy with that.
"Fine I accept your challenge!" Ash offered his hand out to shake to show he meant it. Princess May shook his hand.
"You made one mistake Ash."
"Huh, what do you mean Princess May?"
"You said you accepted my challenge"
"Yeah, so what's the big deal about it?"
"Not only does it mean you accept the terms of conditions if you lose but it also means I get to set what is permitted and not permitted to reach the other side of the room! " Ash facepalmed when he realized what she said. "And you did not set any conditions about what I would have to do if you won." May had a smirk on her face.
Darn it! Princess May and her blasted Wisdom.
"Oh come on Princess May, I forgot! Please let me set a condition please!" Ash was pleading with her.
"Hmm I don't know…" May put her finger on her chin thinking.
"Please, it won't be anything humiliating! I promise!"
"Oh okay, I guess it would okay if this deal became more interesting. What is the condition Ash?"
"If I win, you have to go on a date with me to Hyrule Castle Town's finest restaurant!"
May squealed instantly and her eyes were sparkling thinking of how well their date would go at La Restaurante de Skyloftia. It had the finest chefs out of all of Hyrule and the most extravagant meals offered. It was the tallest building in Hyrule Castle Town and the rotating tower was powered by magic allowing it to spin giving its customers a beautiful view of Hyrule's skyline.
Not only that but it was beautifully decorated on the interior with the finest sculptures made of crystal and everything was decorated in Gold and Silver metal with others being dyed in brilliant hues of purples, orange, pinks, greens, and blues. There were many paintings of Togekisses which were the flying animal companions Hylians used when they used to dwell in the sky. It also had many beautiful artist depictions hanging on the wall of the restaurant of what Skyloft was supposed to look like according to the legends passed down.
May knew Ash had better saved up a lot of money. She was going to eat until she was full of all that fine food there and Ash had just as much as a large appetite as she did. You had to have a reservation just to dine there. You could not just walk in and be seated. Getting that enough was expensive.
"Ash you do know that place is costly right?"
Ash chuckled at her question. "Of course I do May, just because I may occasionally make some errors in judgment does not mean I am a complete idiot" Ash laughed.
"So you must have been saving up huh?" May had a knowing look on her face asking Ash that.
"Of course Princess. Not only that but if I traverse the ice successfully you also have to join me at the theater to watch the play Fire Emblem: Path of Resplendence."
May was impressed at first but typical Ash, he always liked seeing plays that mostly focused on action, she hoped this one would have some romance in it. May was silent in thought for a moment.
"So Princess, do we have a deal?" Ash offered May his hand waiting for her to shake it.
"Of course I do Ash." She shook it and then told him, "However another thing is since it is my challenge you have to traverse without falling on all the ice floors from here on!"
"What!?" Ash was aghast at the new development.
"It's too late you agreed to it earlier!" Ash sighed at her response. She was right he did shake on it.
"Okay, but Princess May you are not allowed to interfere with me and you cannot directly or indirectly cause me to fall"
"Ash!", May huffed in annoyance, "that is too broad. You could fall looking at me and you could blame it on me saying it was because you were stunned at my good looks". Princess May made a pose for him and put her hand on her lips kissing them before waving her hand forward from her face making a wink.
Ash sighed, "Fine, you are not allowed to use magic on me, throw an object or item at me, make an enemy come at me and you dodge it allowing it to hit me. Is that better now Princess?"
May smiled and nodded. "Why yes it is Ash. That is much more specific and I agree to that, also you are not allowed to use items to traverse the ice, including the hookshot!"
Ash's eyes bulged in shock at hearing this. "What? That's crazy! Come on May."
"I guess you are a cuccoo huh?"
"Fine! I accept! Are you ready to go or not?"
May nodded and they proceeded to the next room.
May looked in amusement as Ash was walking swiftly but taking small steps on the ice making sure not to fall. Though some of the rooms Ash came really close to falling down. Later Ash came up with an ingenious idea.
Wait! Princess May never said I could not use magic. Now if I can come up with a way to use it without her knowing or suspecting me then I can easily win this bet. Now what Magic can I use? Since Bombos is fiery explosive magic, I wonder if I can just tap into the fire nature of that spell only? If I could do that at a very minimum level I wonder if I can unleash it through my boots? Then with my boots being warmer, they shouldn't be able to slide as much and I will have better traction!
Ash tried out the idea and to his surprise it was working. He thought there would be smoke appearing due to the heat and it would give him away, but thankfully no smoke ever did appear. Princess May was pleasantly shocked when she noticed Ash no longer having trouble navigating the ice. She started getting suspicious when she noticed Ash would not use magical items or any magic spells. Due to the fact that was the quickest way to dispel enemies. Instead Ash relied on his sword beams and his bow and arrow from time to time to dispatch them.
They arrived in one of the larger rooms and the door fell behind them. Looking forward Ash and Princess May saw six Reigigas Knights in the room. Ash was dumbfounded at how they were even here!
"What gives! I already fought these guys at Eastern Palace! They were destroyed! Ugh not only this but why does it have to be on an icy floor!"
"Ash, Drewnon must have revived them, however we are much stronger now so they should be easier to defeat, and just because you are facing a greater enemy does not mean our bet is still off."
Ash silently cursed at that last fact, he glanced at May and gave her a look that said "You really had to bring that last part up now didn't you?"
She returned with a determined expression back that said "You know it!"
Princess May then asked Ash, "Hey Ash, can I borrow you bow for a moment I have an idea!" Ash handed her the bow and was wondering what she was up to. She notched a silver Arrow at the charging Regigas Knights and fired it. It instantly destroyed the Regigas in a silvery explosive light. She launched 2 more arrows destroying two more Regigigas Knights while Ash destroyed three of his own using two sword beams a piece defeat them.
The doors became unlocked and right before Ash was about to traverse the freshly opened staircase to his salvation, Princess May grabbed his shoulder and pulled his leg up and was shocked to see red energy flashing from the soles of his boots. May had an irritated look on her face as she then faced Ash with her hands on her hips giving him a glare.
"What's the deal May?"
"You know very well Ash, why I am irritated so don't play dumb with me!"
"Okay I used the fire energy from Bombos to emit it the heat to the soles of my boots to traverse the ice".
"And to think Ash, I thought you were able to do it on your own with no help! I had my suspicions when I noticed you were not using any Magical Spells or items when we came up here!" May then had a devious smirk on her face. "I guess that means you get to be a maid for a week and you get to enter the Hylian Beauty Pageant! So thank you Ash for losing the bet!"
Ash puts his hands in front of him and started waving them, "Whoa Whoa whoa there Princess. Hold it! You said I could use no items when traversing the ice. You never said I could not use magic!"
"Well yeah, but I said that because we have unlimited mag- grrr! Me and my wisdom! I did that so we could get the most out of the situation. Dang it Ash, I can't believe you were actually clever for once."
Ash had a sad playful expression on his face when he asked May, "But May," he cooed, "I thought you wanted to eat at La Restaurante de Skyloftia and go to the theater. Do those things bore you?"
Princess May's eyes lighted up when she heard that, "Oh Ash of course not! I would love to go there! Although I wish you picked a more romantic play."
"We can go see one like that next time May! Now come on, we are almost to the top of the tower!" He gave her a quick peck on the lips and grabbed her hand and they ran up the stairs together. May had a slight blush on her cheeks as they were going up the stairs.
Most of the rest of rooms of the tower did not have many enemies. In fact they were more trap based. They included conveyor belts, spike floors, falling floors with cannon balls shooting from the walls, one room looked like it had no floor as nothing but pitch black darkness was beneath it. They were able to traverse it when Ash tried his Ether spell to show a clear crystal path to the next room. The two major boss fights were a breeze thanks to their new abilities and equipment. Ash used his ice rod and May used Din's Fire along with her Great Fairy Sword on the Three Scoliopede. When they faced off against Seviper Ash and Princess May only had to perform three sword swipes each on its tail and it went down. Ash and Princess May showed no battle damage or signs of fatigue the entire time they were in the tower.
They finally reached the last floor of the tower after going up six stories. In front of Ash and Princess May was a winding navy blue carpet beneath them with lit torch pillars on both sides of the carpet. They knew there was no turning back now. They followed the winding path until they reached the towering door. Ash put the Big Key in and turned it, the huge lock fell off and the door opened revealing a stairway behind it. Ash and Princess May nodded at each other and traveled up the staircase.
They opened the door and traveled through. It closed behind them and locked. They were on top of Drewnon's Tower overlooking the Dark World on Death Mountain. Ash unsheathed the Golden Master Sword and his massive wall Mirror Shield. Harghanim materialized 5 yards in front of them cackling mightily.
"Well well well, we meet again Ash! Today I will finish you off once and for all. You have been a pesky thorn in Drewnon and my side for far too long!" Hargahnim then abruptly teleported, Ash ran forward a few feet looking frantically, then Hargahnim appeared behind Princess May.
"It's a pleasure to see you honeykins!" Hargahnim then licked his lips in anticipation and breathed down on Princess May's ear. It sent shivers down her spine. She was so shocked he teleported behind her that she was frozen in fear momentarily. Ash turned around recognizing where he was.
"Stay away from her you bastard!" Ash released a quick sword beam from the Master Sword aimed at Hargahnim. Ash released it diagonally straight at him so it would not hit May.
Hargahnim was going to take the attack until he realized it was a full powered sword beam from the Golden Master Sword. He teleported away just in the nick of time. Ash ran back and stood in front of Princess May with his shield raised.
"Why must you always ruin my fun Ashy Boy? Were you too afraid to take me on by yourself that you had to bring your girlfriend with you to fight me sweetie?
Princess May then answered him back, "No, we both are taking you down after all the wickedness you have done to Hyrule! You and Drewnon are going to be utterly destroyed today especially after what you did in killing King Father and Sir Silver!"
"Yeah for those and for almost killing my parents as they were about to escape back to Hyrule you monster!"
"Ohohoho, my my, you speak strong words my darlings! As much as I enjoy meeting you two again I do not plan on meeting you a third time. You remembered what I told you about brainwashing don't you fairy boy?"
"Yeah you seemed very annoyed that me, Uncle Silver, and my parents could not be brainwashed so?" Ash was annoyed at the question and did not seem to know or care where it was going.
"Good job, you are not the hot aired muscle-head I thought you were!"
Ash just groaned at realizing that Hargahnim called him an idiotic swordsman.
"Ehee hee hee, relax muffin, the thing is, there are only so many monsters and beasts me and my master can summon at one time. Yes, they are powerful in combinations and waves, but they are mindless drones that take orders. Most of them are not capable of thinking for themselves on what to do on their own. However with brainwashing, we can override a person's freewill and make them our slaves. They listen to orders we give them, but due to us controlling them they can think on their own and strategize how to carry out our orders."
"What's the big deal, that sounds no different than monsters." May stated annoyed.
"If you brats would let me finish I would get to that! The thing is this, with us brainwashing humans, we can use their natural abilities to their fullest, such as soldiers, we can make them use their strongest abilities even if they have not perfected them. We can make them attack at full force. Even with regular monsters only so many can become elite of their kind. With brainwashed humans it is much easier to make them the best they can be."
Ash was growing bored of this talk and it showed. "It doesn't matter because we are taking you down! Are you ready May?"
"Yes Ash, let's do this!" They both charged at Hargahnim however he summoned some barriers to stop them. To his shock, Ash swung his sword at them and each barrier it came into contact with shattered as they were getting closer to him. He was no fool, he realized the Queen Fairy restored the Master Sword to its full power, which aggravated him because he reduced it to its base form so that he couldn't be hurt from its direct attacks. Princess May prepared an electrical attack and unleashed it.
To Ash and May's consternation, he dissolved into a shadow as they approached him. Princess May's electrical strike barely missed him.
Hargahnimg then summoned barriers again but he added some electrical energy into them. Princess May could sense something different with the barriers but couldn't put her finger on what was different about them. "Ash be caref-"
Ash yelped in pain as he was getting electrocuted after swiping at one of the barriers.
"AHAHAHAAH, just because your sword can break my barriers now sweetie doesn't mean you should."
Princess May then healed Ash, while she was doing this she told him, "Look Ash, he isn't going to be a fool, we are going to have to work together to beat him!"
"I know that May and trust me I will be more alert and cautious next time."
Princess May smiled, Ash wasn't as rash as she thought he would be. It seems like he is finally becoming a more mature Knight.
Princess May then began to absorb all the electricity from the barriers. She nodded at Ash as she finished and Ash charged up a sword beam, to his surprise when he unleashed it, a golden shockwave of energy came out of it as he swung his sword vertically. It crashed through all the barriers and hit Hargahnim dealing a good amount of damage.
"Grr, that's the last lucky shot you get fairy boy. Let's see what you do about this!"
Before Ash and May had time to react, three golden spheres of magical energy appeared that had a shadowy purple aura coming from them. Hargahnim sent them off towards May, Ash jumped in the way blocking them with his Mirror Shield. However they did not realize that those were a diversion for Ash to block, for Hargahnim summoned one behind Ash and May and it went straight towards May and blasted her.
"Ahhhhh!" Princess May screamed after she was hit by the attack. Ash turned around and ran towards Princess May.
"Princess May are you okay?" Ash asked with concern. He looked at her but kept his peripheral vision set on Hargahnim to watch out if he was to pull more out any more tricks.
"I think so, but I feel funny…" Princess May then started screaming as she started shuddering violently.
"Oh no! May!" Ash turned around and glared at Hargahnim, "You fiend, what did you do to Princess May!"
"Ohohoho, nothing short of marvelous my boy! Maybe you won't go bored of brainwashing anymore. I just thought I would make this battle more interesting is all!"
When Ash looked back at Princess May, she was slowly twitching as she got back up on her feet. She had a dark purple smoky aura emanating from her. She growled in a low tone. Ash ran up to her, "Princess May what's wrong?" As he approached her he couldn't see her eyes as they were covered by her hair. Right before he reached her, in one sudden motion, she violently punched Ash in the gut and sent him flying. He coughed out blood because the hit was so forceful. When he hit the ground in a thud he heard Hargahnim maniacally laughing.
Ash slowly rose and stood up as he recovered from the punch May just gave him.
"May, what the heck was that for!"
Hargahnim just cackled more at the boy's slowness at realizing what happened.
"Honey, you still don't know?" Hargahnim smiled deviously.
Suddenly it hit Ash like a ton of bricks as he realized in horror what was happening.
"You monster!" Ash charged at Hargahnim he stopped however once Hargahnim placed a barrier blocking Ash from that half of the room.
"Smart move boy, as you realized I just brainwashed your precious Mayflower. However, this is the best brainwashing spell I just used. It amplifies her reflexes, strength, and magical attacks fivefold! Consider it an honor to be facing against that. I only use this to take out my biggest threats!"
"Face me like a man you coward!"
"Me?" Hargahnim pointed at himself, "A coward? I don't think so. If anyone is a coward it is you. After all you wouldn't even face me by yourself."
Ash just grunted since he did not have time to be dealing with him.
Princess May looked downward and slowly approached Ash.
Ash began to prepare a bombos attack.
"Tsk tsk tsk. Go ahead and do that if you want sweetie. However you will just be hurting her."
Ash undid the spell he was preparing.
Crap, any attack I use will hurt Princess May! Any attack I perform on her while she is brainwashed she will feel and deal with afterwords when the brainwashing is over with. What do I do?
To Ash's shock Princess May was preparing very powerful lightning spell. He looked up and saw her face and to his horror she was snarling at him. Gone were her beautiful, tranquil, sapphire pools that were her eyes, now replacing them were cold, soulless, hate-filled crimson eyes that were glaring at him considering him prey that must be destroyed ruthlessly.
Princess May screamed angrily and unleashed a devastating lightning attack headed straight for Ash!
Oooh cliffhanger.I am so evil for doing this! Make sure to leave a review. Also vote for where Princess May and Ash go for the sequel. I only have 1 vote so far on my profile poll. There should be two chapters left.
Edit- 4/17/15 I cleaned up some dialogue, fixed grammar errors and corrected punctuation.