Link's heart was threatening to beat out of his chest. Prince Aeron had agreed to the duel and had promised to agree to their terms only if his were met if he won. If he won, the kingdom would be his, Midna would marry him, and Midna would have to slay Link. Midna had screamed at him, furious with the last term, but Link interrupted her and tried reassuring her. He looked up in the stands of the arena where Midna was sitting. She wrung her hands over and over looking horrified.
Link tried to give her a smile, but it seemed to have no affect on her. "Don't worry," he said under his breath. "I will win and we will be together." He gripped his sword and shield closer as the trumpets sounded the arrival of the Prince to the arena grounds. Prince Aeron rode in on a beast that looked like a large eel with legs. Its tongue slithered in and out like a snake and glared with pupil-less eyes at Link.
Prince Aeron waved as the crowd cheered for him and blew a kiss at Midna. "My fellow Twili, today you shall witness the destruction of a measly being of light," he announced. "Your poor Princess has dwelled for too long in that land of light and has fallen into this fool's trap." Some of the crowd began booing at Link and one of the Twili even threw a strange Twilight fruit at the back of his head. "But not to worry, my dearest subjects," Prince Aeron said, cutting through their booing. "I shall rid us of this fool's existence so he may never again cause chaos to our lives."
With that the Prince unsheathed an ungodly sword that just emanated a dark shadowy aura. In response, Link's sword lit up and the Prince lunged at him. Link blocked a blow to the neck with his sword and knocked Aeron off balance with a quick thrust of his shield. The Prince grunted at the force but quickly regained his footing to attempt another strike at Link's head.
The swords kept clashing and numerous times Link had to roll away to miss Prince Aeron's swift blade. Since the battle with Ganondorf, Link felt he had met his match and that he could possibly lose. He wanted so desperately to look up once more at Midna but feared if he did the distraction would cost him the duel. Link kept his focus on his opponent and dodged this way and that to narrowly miss rapid blows.
Aeron swung his sword in an upward motion knocking Link's shield across the arena. Link rolled away and blocked yet another swift blow with his sword. The air filled with the sound of metal against metal and the two froze; from the hilt of their swords they could feel an electric pulse coursing through their veins. The auras of the light and shadow intertwined and the force of their power knocked the men away.
When they got up, both auras had disappeared from their swords. The power that had been used within the swords was gone. Aeron, despite the loss of the power, charged full speed at Link. All at once the world seemed to spin around Link and he could feel the sticky wetness of blood against his cheek. He had been too distracted by what had happened with the swords that he missed Aeron's battle cry. As he looked down, he could see the prince's blade piercing through his abdomen. What surprised him, though, was the fact his sword by some miracle was lodged in Aeron's chest. The two glared incredulously at each other for a moment and then the world went black.