Chapter 2: The River Runs Black

As Link made his way into the central chamber, a loud roar from above caught his attention. He drew his sword and shield and stepped farther in. Behind him, the door slammed shut, covered with iron bars. This did not discourage Link, seeing as how it has happened to him many times before.

Link walked cautiously to the center of the chamber. A drop of saliva from above splattered on his face. He shuddered and wiped it off, looking upwards. Dark red eyes penetrated the everlasting darkness. As Link readied his sword for a strike, the entity spoke.

"WHO ARE YOU?" The beast yelled. Though Link could not see the beast, he knew it was looking at him with curiosity.

"..." Link said nothing.

"THE SILENT TREATMENT EH?" The beast made it's way down from the nest with its six-thousand legs. The head was that of a spider, save for the eight eyes. It only had two, and they were an extremely dark red. The torso was enormus, filling the entire chamber, which was twice the size the central chamber of Hyrule Castle. Saliva dripped from its mouth constantly. To Link, it looked like a giant Thia. Thia' are small spider-like beings that are able to open up their mouth to swallow a human whole.

"SPEAK. AND I MIGHT SPARE YOUR LIFE." The creature shouted.

"..." Link still said nothing, gripping his sword tightly.

"VERY WELL. YOU HAVE TRESPASSED ON FORBIDDEN GROUND. PERISH!" The creature reared its ugly head back, flame bubbling inside the mouth. The head shot down, releasing the flame. It shot toward Link. Link smirked and planted his feet on the ground firmly.

"HIYAHH!!" Link did a jumping slash and cut the flame in half, both halves hitting the wall, shaking the entire room.

"I SEE. QUITE MORE POWERFUL THAN I PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT." The creature then raised up ten of it's legs and thrust them toward Link. Link side-flipped the first leg and landed on the second, dashing upwards. The creature tried to shake Link off, but it failed. Link did another side flip, landing on the creatures head. He raised his sword up and brought it down, cracking it's skull. He pulled the sword out and backflipped off.

The creature roared in pain as it moved back and forth, blood spewing out of it's open cut.

"MIGHTY WARRIOR! WHAT IS YOUR NAME...?" The creature managed to bellow.

Link gave no reply with words. Instead, he held out the back of his left hand, the Triforce of Courage shining.

"THE HERO OF TIME?? IMPOSSIB--" Those were the creatures last.."words". To Link it sounded more like a plea for mercy. The giant Thia collapsed and imploded into darkness. Link smiled and continued through the room like nothing. He opened the door and stepped into the lead bandit's lair.

Passage from the Hyrule Prophecy

A young boy of Hyrulian Descent, though raised by the Kokori, shall one day save Hyrule

That boy will then be dubbed The Hero of Time

He will then find the missing Link between time

This will make two new races appear

These two races will fight each other, creating a paradox between life

The King of Thieves will rise up to fight together with his sworn enemy.

So shall it is written...so shall it be.

-D&F&N

The rest is illegible.

"King Daphnes, behind you!" Rinne shouted. The King swung around, slamming his blade into the throat of the attacking bandit. Kakariko village was once again in flames. Bandits jumped from tops of buildings to hinder the King's progress. All attempts failed.

"I tire of these bandits. Where in the Nine Hells is he?" Daphnes shouted as he stabbed an oncoming bandit.

Rinne shrugged, nimbly dodging an arrow. "Tache?"

Daphnes shot Rinne a look. "Noooo, The Running Man. OF COURSE TACHE YOU IMBECILE!!" He scowled.

Rinne shrunk. "I did not mean to--"

"I DON'T CARE IF YOU MEANT IT OR NOT! IT WAS A STUPID QUES--" His bellow was cut short when he was struck in the back of the head. He slowly turned around and saw a bandit throwing rocks at The King. He narrowed his eyes and gripped his sword tightly, raising it up.

"Mi lord, surely you don't mean to.." Rinne stumbled with words as Daphnes brought the sword down upon the earth, emitting a shockwave which cut the bandit in half. The halves fell to the side. Blood oozed out of the intestines. Some even slipped out. It was a grotesque sight, even for Rinne, who was considered "tough".

"Fucking bandits." The King said under his breath. So quietly, not even The Seven could hear.

Tache stumbled through the rushing waters of the Zora River. It turned black as he did so. A Zora came to halt his progress, but all Tache said...and did was: "The River Runs Black." He grasped the Zora's head and crushed it beaneath the heel of his palm.

"As Heads Turn Red" He laughed maniaclly as he trudged through the River, anhillating all life in his way.