I searched top to bottom in the forest, looking for the location where Falco was being held. When half an hour passed, I couldn't find the "secret area" where those captors were holding him.
In frustration, I stomped my foot on the ground, and suddenly, a trap door on the forest floor opened underneath my feet, and I fell in. After tumbling down, I looked at my surroundings. The walls were rocky, and the ground was hard as stone. That's when I recognized the area as what I saw in the video.
"Falco should be in here somewhere…" I muttered. Remembering that Marth and Fox told me of the trap, I unsheathed my sword and cautiously searched around the area.
Minutes have passed, and I just sat there, crying. So far, Link hadn't come, but I knew that he will despite that this was all a trap. Yet…at the same time…I wanted him to rescue me…rescue me from this hellhole, the torture, the pain...I just wanted this nightmare to end. I couldn't take it anymore.
When a few more minutes have passed, I heard the cell door open, and I froze. Ganondorf and Ghirahim were back.
"While we wait…" Ganondorf said, "We'll just have some fun with the bird, right Ghirahim?"
Ghirahim just giggled. "Of course, my lovely."
Suddenly, I was grabbed by the feathers on my head and I was thrown to a wall. I heard my bones crack when I made contact with the wall. I had the urge to cough up blood, but I couldn't due to my muzzled beak. I began to choke on the blood in my throat. My captors noticed this and they laughed.
"Do you want us to get that rope off your beak?" Ganondorf asked. I nodded vehemently.
He quickly undid the rope, and I coughed up the blood. "You're done?" He asked. I nodded, and he retied the rope around my beak again. The blindfold was undone, and I was then thrown on the ground and I was pounded down with punches. One punch hit my eye, causing a black eye. I couldn't help but scream through my muzzled beak as they continue to beat me, blood flowing down my face.
"Look at you…" Ganondorf said, grabbing my face and then forcing me to look at his, "You think you're the best fighter who is not scared of anything, and here you are crying and screaming like a baby! Imagine if your friends saw you like this; no wonder Link beaten you in the last tournament; you're just a weakling with an ego!" Those words hurt like a thousand knives stabbing me at the same time. I let out a muffled sob.
"LEAVE HIM ALONE! HE'S NOT WEAK!" Those words were not spoken by Ghirahim or Ganondorf. They turned to see a familiar figure…Link! He had his sword in his hand, and he looked pissed off from seeing me in a horrible condition.
"Let him go. NOW." He growled, preparing to fight. I stared at him with one eye wide. Ganondorf threw me to the ground and he pulled out his sword. "So...you have finally come. You should've seen your little friend screaming and crying like the wuss he is."
"He's NOT a wuss!" Link cried at he lunged toward him, and him, Ganondorf, and Ghirahim began to fight. I watched, struggling to get myself free. Link dodged Ganondorf and Ghirahim's attacks easily, but I knew that something wasn't right; they would be trying their hardest to beat him.
That's when I saw something. Ghirahim seemed to have a knife hidden in his cloak, and when both of my captors were down, they stayed down, making me suspicious. There was no way that they are beaten easily.
Link sheathed his sword and he ran to me, looking over my injuries. "My God…" He muttered. He then began to untie the rope binding my wrists, which were soaked with blood. "I can't believe they did this to you…" He said, and I could tell by his voice that he was angry.
I looked behind him, and I saw Ghirahim and Ganondorf getting up, with Ghirahim getting out the knife that was hidden and approached Link. My good eye was wide, and I tried to warn Link to look behind him.
"LRRMK! LMMK MMMT!" I cried, but it was too late; Ghirahim stabbed him in the back, and Link fell. My two captors laughed.
"That was too easy of a kill…good job, Ghirahim." Ganondorf said. The two then turned their attention to me.
"Too bad that he won't see you get beaten to death, birdy…" Ghirahim giggled and he grabbed my head feathers. However, before they even began beating me, Link suddenly got up and stabbed them from behind. When they fell to the ground, Link stabbed them multiple times in the back, killing them.
I looked down at the bloody bodies, making sure that they were dead. They weren't moving; that was a good sign.
I then turned my attention to Falco, and I ran toward him and cut his wrists free. His condition was awful; one of his eyes was swollen shut, most of his feathers were plucked out, and there was blood all over his body. I growled in anger, but at the same time, my heart was heavy with guilt.
Falco tried to untie the rope keeping his beak shut, but he was shaking. "Here, I'll help you." I said with a soft voice. I quickly undid the rope, and Falco began to cough up blood. My anger and guilt grew more upon seeing this.
"Falco…I'm so sorry that I let this happen…" I said. Falco just stared at me, and, to my shock, he hugged me and cried in my chest. This was unusual of him…whenever I helped him, he usually "thanked" me in a sarcastic tone or just brushed it off, saying something like "I guess I should be thankful." This time, however, he's crying in my arms, thanking me countless times and holding me tight like I was going to leave him.
Those bastards must've tortured him for so long… I thought. I held him back, whispering comforting words to him. "Shh...It's OK. You're safe now. It's OK…"
He then began to cough up more blood. I knew that Falco should be given medical attention immediately.
"We should get you back in the castle…"
Falco just stared at me with his teary eyes and nodded. When he got up, he was wobbly and nearly fell to the ground. I quickly caught him when this happened.
"Here, I'll carry you back." I picked him up and held him bridal style, and surprisingly, he didn't complain.
Climbing out of the trap door, I ran back to the castle with Falco in my arms.