As most can plainly tell, the monster was stomping towards the castle in a rampage. What was stranger, was that no weapon that the Hyrulian army was using seemed to be working. When a monstrous sack dummy is coming towards you, you would expect a flaming arrow to be of some use. In any case, nothing seemed to be working. Soldiers kept attacking and the monster kept coming. When Link awoke from his unconscious state, his warrior spirit really kicked into overdrive. He grabbed his sword and started swinging wildly at the beast. Left and right the blade hit every weak point it could. Amazingly enough, the damage was major within the Mega Primid as is was sliced in half after the final blow. Link looked around as the soldiers headed back to the castle in celebration. He turned around only to see a cowering Marcus atop the castle wall with Zelda herself. Zelda took notice of the young teen's emotion and asked a question "Where is your confidence?" Marcus stared deeply within her eyes only to find a stern look return. "I don't know." He began "I've never had confidence in myself. I was always told that I couldn't be as good as everyone else. I was always cut off from everything everyone else was doing. I was never allowed to do sports, or roller coasters, or even run. Now I have to stop some evil guy or whatever. How am I supposed to do that in this state?"
Zelda stared at the beyond, pondering his words. Then she spoke "Confidence is a pathway to courage. It helps the individual to trust their own abilities enough to face any challenge." She looked at Marcus, praying that Link's plan would work before she continued "I noticed that you were winning those games at the harvest. Does that give you any faith in your own abilities?" Marcus thought carefully about those words. He did win those games, he thought. Perhaps maybe it was time for him to realize that he did have potential. Before more thinking could ensue, Zelda spoke once more "However, remind yourself that one should never have too much confidence. The arrogance always leads to downfall." Once again Marcus absorbed those words. That sack thing did look scary, but maybe it was all the more reason to trust that he can do things. I mean how many people are chosen for this stuff. Strangely his chance in the glory was arising again. Literally. The Primid was starting to piece itself together with Link being the poor soul to feel it's wrath.
All at once Link was crushed by the Mega Primid's giant hand, thus turning into a trophy. Anyone who was observing the event were shocked. Marcus's shaky hand started grabbing his sword. The beast, who stood up eyeing its true target was beginning to inch closer to where the duo were. Marcus could see the monster was staring directly at him. He closed his eyes as the beast started its attack. It swung its arm to the boy until… silence. Marcus, despite his scared reputation dared to see what had happened. His sword was cut into the hand of the Primid. After that, he could barely remember what he did next. Marcus took his sword out and slashed the closest part of the Primid like a maniac. After he did his deed something incredible happened. The entire Primid turned into an ocean of shadow bugs. Or at least one that was aiming right at him! In an instant he put his sword in front of him and to everyone's surprise, the shadow bugs were being absorbed within the weapon. It shook from the amount of power that was being absorbed. Soon enough, it was his hands that were shaking.
He had did it. He slayed the beast. He did what he never thought he could do. It wasn't long before his priorities straightened when he was looking at the trophy of Link and the Zelda beside him. He was starting to feel grief until the statue materialized back into the form he knew. Marcus rushed as soon as he could downstairs to where the Hero of Time was. When he got their he saw a smiling Link looking directly at him. What was stranger though, was he heard a voice from the silent protagonist "Good job Marcus. You managed to believe in yourself." He was staring blankly as Link continued "Hey, listen, I'm sorry for not talking sooner, I just have a lot going on, but that's not important. What is important is that you finally had that bit of confidence." Marcus looked around at the slightly damaged castle before speaking "Well, her majesty was right, I had proven that I could do stuff. I mean, I won all those games-" He was cut off by Link who sighed before speaking "So I may have stretched the truth a little, cause it was me who actually won those games for you. I thought it would speed up the process a bit, but, I you really needed to find it on your own."
Marcus was dumbfounded. Here he thought he had those abilities and now he finds out it wasn't him!? He started to get angry but was stopped when he thought things over. So what if he didn't win those games. He defeated a monster. How many of those schoolmates could ever say that? He was feeling something rare in his case. Pride. He found pride in his work and confidence in abilities. If I had my new watch on me now, I'd say the time was six o' clock with the most beautiful sunset you ever did see. So what was the young hero doing now? Riding on Epona again. Despite how much it made him sick he was glad to be going somewhere. This time though, Link had a few things to say before he reached his final destination. "I don't know if Mario told you where you would be staying, but I'm taking you over to the Smash Hotel. There is a room where you'll be staying for training." Marcus didn't reply. "I understand what your going through, but just so you know, you have the courage to do anything. Don't ever forget that." With that statement, they had arrived.