Okay here we go the final arc of the Legend of Serena Flute of time I also fixed an error the last chapter had ^^; wrong number
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Capulitus Decementocto: There's a Seventh Sage?!
Using the Nocturne of Shadow Ash returned to Kakariko where he used all of his money to buy supplies. "This is big one I've gotta be ready." Ash stated as he came into the restaurant sat down and scarfed his food and drink and headed out. "Thanks you guys!" he called as he raced out.
"Where's Ash going?" Bonnie asked.
"Get ready," Paul suddenly said. "We're moving out."
"Huh?" everyone asked.
"But the restaurant," Cilan protested.
"CLOSE IT!" Paul barked.
LOS LOS LOS
Ash raced down the path into the castle with his feet carrying them as much as they could, when he took a breath on the platform with both a Triforce and the seal of light on it he suddenly heard something jump down behind him. "I've been waiting for you Ash."
"Calem!" Ash said turning to the Sheikah boy.
"Ash the Hero of Time, you have overcome many hardships, and awakened the six sages, and now you have one final challenge; A Showdown with Giovanni the King of Evil."
"Don't I know it," Ash sighed.
"Before that…" Calem started.
"Huh?" Ash asked.
"I have things I want to tell you and only you…but there are others here so…." Calem replied looking around. One by one Paul, Clemont, Bonnie, Trip and the Triplets came out of their hiding places some a little sheepish.
"What are you guys doing here?" Ash asked.
"You really think we'd have passed up the chance to fight that tyrant?" Paul asked in a tone that suggested Ash should feel stupid for asking.
"We're not the resistance for nothing!" Chili cheerfully chirped.
"Anyway…" Calem sighed. "There is an unknown legend of the Triforce passed down by the Shadow folk the Sheikah."
Instantly they saw a familiar scene to Ash pillars of light, blue, green and red with rain of light and the Triforce. Everyone oooed and awed, "If you would seek the golden triangle listen well, the resting place of the Triforce, the sacred realm is a mirror that reflects what's in the heart. The Heart of the one who enters it, if an evil heart, the realm will become full of evil; if pure the realm will become a paradise."
"Whoa…" Ash muttered as hands raced for the Triangle "Uh oh!"
"The Triforce the sacred triangle weighs three forces: Power Wisdom and Courage. If the heart of the one who holds it is in balance, that one will gain the true force to govern over all. But…if that one's heart is not in balance." Ash watched as a hand gripped the triangle and it suddenly broke apart. "The Triforce will separate into three parts, Power, Wisdom and Courage." The two remaining pieces flew off into the sky sparkling out of site one stayed with the hand. "Only one piece will remain the piece representing the force that person most believes in. If that person seeks the true force that one must acquire the lost parts. Those parts will be held in others chosen by destiny, who bare, the Triforce mark on the back of their hands."
The Room returned to normal. "So he doesn't have the whole Triforce?" Ash sighed in relief. "That's a load off my mind."
"Even so this means Giovanni will be after the other two pieces he may have them already." Clemont noted worriedly.
"Very true," Ash gulped.
"Seven years ago, Giovanni the King of thieves used the door Ash opened to enter the Sacred Realm but when he laid his hands on the Triforce the Legend came true." Calem replied. "Only the Triforce of power, remained and enabled him to become a mighty evil King…but…his Dark Ambitions were not satisfied. To gain complete mastery of the world he started looking for those chosen by Destiny, to hold the other two Triforce pieces."
"Do you know where they are?" Ash asked. "Cause you make it sound like he still only has the Triforce of power."
"Yes," Calem replied. "The one who holds the Triforce of Courage…is you Ash!"
"HUH?!" Ash asked quickly ripping off his glove to see there in its glory was the mark of the Triforce. "Ya know." He muttered putting it back on. "There were times, that, I felt like I was drawing power from somewhere but I didn't know where."
"Yes without knowing you've been tapping into it's power and it has aided you on your journey." Calem stated.
"What about the Triforce of Wisdom?" Cress asked, immediately everyone turned to Clemont.
"I don't have it!" he yelped showing off his hands back and front. "See!?"
"It's not Clemont," Calem stated. "Wisdom isn't necessarily the same as intelligence good guess though. The Holder of the Triforce of Wisdom….is the Seventh sage destined to be the leader of them all."
"SEVEN!?" Hilda and Ash yelped as Pikachu gasped.
"I thought there were only six!" Ash stated.
Calem said nothing but instead showed off the back of his own hand and coming from it was the Triforce mark one part of it glowing brighter than the rest the left side to be exact. Instantly the group was blinded by a bright light when it faded they saw the last thing they ever expected.
"WHHHAAAAAAAAATTTT?!" everyone screamed.
Standing there was a familiar maiden with a red dress with the Triforce and Hyrule insignia on an apron on the front she also wore a red Tiara incrusted with a pink jewel her hair was also much shorter than it was back when Ash first met her she also had a Braxien at her side. "It is I Serena Princess of Hyrule."
"IT…was you all….along!?" Ash gaped. "I was worried about you!" he snapped.
"I apologize for meeting you in disguise it was necessary to hide from the King of evil please forgive me." Serena replied apologetically.
"Well, I guess I can't blame you for that." Ash sighed softening letting his anger drain out.
"On that day seven years ago Giovanni attacked Hyrule castle." Serena muttered going into the memory. "I saw you as I was escaping the castle with my attendant Cynthia." She replied remembering the day.
"Cynthia stop Rapidash!"
"I cannot!" Cynthia called.
"ASH CATCH!" she shouted throwing the Flute.
"I thought I should entrust the Time Flute to you, I thought that were our best chance." Serena replied.
Ash sunk a little, "yeah….Me too."
"I thought that as long as you had the time flute in your possession Giovanni would never reach the Sacred Realm but something I could never expect happened! After you opened the Door of Time, the Master sword sealed you away in the Sacred Realm. And the Triforce fell into Giovanni's hands….he went on to invade the Sacred Realm." Serena sighed.
"Braai." Braixen sighed comforting her.
"Why though why did it seal Ash away?" Cilan asked.
"For no other reason….than because I was only eight at the time and not old enough to be the Hero of Time…..yeah….ticks me off too," Ash muttered.
"Giovanni became an Evil King," Serena explained. "And the Sacred Realm became a world of evil…." Serena stated the group listened unaware that outside Dark black clouds were gathering. "All of this is an unfortunate coincidence. I passed myself off as a Sheikah boy and awaited your return for seven years."
"Serena, I'm sorry." Ash muttered.
"It doesn't matter now." Serena smiled. "You're back! The Dark ruled by Giovanni can finally come to an end."
"Braixen!" she added.
"So what's the plan?" Ash asked eagerly.
"The Six sages will open the sealed door and lure Giovanni into the Sacred Realm. Then I will seal the door to the Sacred Realm from this world thus he will disappear from Hyrule!" Serena stated firmly. "Ash in order to do this, I need your courage again…please protect me while I do my part."
"You can count on me your highness!" Ash stated.
"PIka!" Pikachu added.
"Me too!" Hilda stated.
"And you've got our help!" Cilan added everyone nodding in agreement.
"Basically," Trip added.
"Thank you, all of you." Serena said quietly touched. "Ash here is a weapon that can penetrate the Evil King's defenses it's a power given to chosen ones…the Sacred light arrow." She replied holding out her hands instantly a bright light appeared and made its way towards Ash he was now holding beautiful gold colored arrows with Crystal tips and Silver wings on the tips.
"Awesome." Ash muttered.
"And beautiful," Hilda rang excitedly.
The temple started to shake. "What was that?!" Trip cried.
"It….can't be!" Serena cried she screamed as she was suddenly trapped in a crystal.
"Braix!" Braxien shouted lunging at it and hitting it with Hidden power only to be shot back with it's own attack.
"Braixen!" Serena cried from within as she hit the floor.
Giovanni's laugh echoed through the halls. "Serena you foolish girl, I commend you for avoiding my pursuit for seven long years. But you let your guard down I know you would eventually appear if I let these rats wander about, my only mistake was to slightly underestimate the power of this boy."
"Serena, Serena, Serena!" Ash shouted pounding on the crystal but it didn't break Serena screamed as some magic knocked her unconscious. "SERENA!" he screamed as the Crystal rose.
"No, it wasn't the boy I underestimated….it was the Triforce of Courage! If you want to save Serena come to my castle!" And with that the Crystal disappeared.
"Why would he tell me that?" Ash muttered confused.
"Don't you get it it's a trap!" Paul stated.
"He wants your Triforce of courage and he using Serena to bait us and now that you're all here he's hoping he can get two birds with one stone." Hilda stated.
"Guys…it might be best if you turn back." Ash warned.
"No, it's Hilda said he knows who we are leaving now won't change that." Trip argued.
"That being said we should go for broke, we wanna help you!" Clemont added.
Ash stared at them for a minute and nodded. "Alright let's go." After playing a few songs he summoned his Pokémon allies and they were off.
LOS LOS LOS
"I think Hyrule castle is the one place I haven't been to yet in the future." Ash noted. "How is iiiiiitt WAAAAHHHH!" he yelped at the sight he saw.
"Yeah it ain't pretty." Paul deadpanned behind him.
"Ain't pretty an Understatement!" Hilda shrieked. The old castle had been leveled bits and pieces of it along with the bones of soldiers littered the area a large stone block covered the way into the Fairy fountain. In place of the castle was a tall spiky dark goth evil looking tower.
{Gio's Castle}
Ash made his way over to some stairs. "There's no bridge how do we get there."
"Ash can you hear me? It's Rowan the sage!"
"Rowan can you help us?!" Ash called.
"We six will gather our power, to create a bridge to the castle, where Giovanni dwells the Castle's keep which is known as Gio's tower is protected by six evil barriers bring them down and save Princess Serena!"
"You've got it!" Ash called.
"Pikaa!" Pikachu added firmly. They suddenly watched as colored lights surrounded them moving around in a fluid but strange manner eventually they combined to form a beautiful bridge.
"Whooaaaa." Ash muttered in awe.
"Amazing." Clemont muttered.
"Pretty." Bonnie stated.
"Wait, Bonnie you can't come!" Clemont stated alarmed.
"But…I wanna help." Bonnie stated.
"No way it's too dangerous!" Clemont argued.
"Actually she's probably safer with us, from what Giovanni said it's implied that he knows where your base is, so she goes back…" Hilda muttered trailing off.
"Oh alright but stay close." Clemont whimpered.
"Don't worry, Clemont I'll handle the dangerous stuff now let's go!" Ash stated as he raced in the others trailing behind him.
LOS LOS LOS
{Inside Gio's Castle}
Ash made his way down the stairs the other's following the group suddenly saw two beamos. Clemont adjusted his glasses and a glare flashed across them "This looks like a job for my Bombchus." He stated simply. He got a couple out and after correctly guessing the distance and blowing them up the group entered.
As Ash entered he took in the sights dark and gloomy only the wall torches and lights from the barriers illuminated the room. "Six rooms six barriers." Ash stated looking around seeing the one closest too him. "Let's start with the Spirit barrier." He muttered opening the door the others followed.
In this room they had to blow up beamos once more Ash used a regular bomb this time as it had its back turned. He then got his barrings. "What is it with everyone and Silver Rupees!?" Ash groaned.
"What do you mean?" Clemont asked as Ash hook shot up to one above this head. "Every Temple we've been too has had a silver rupee puzzle."
"I see." Clemont replied.
Ash jumped back seeing an Armos statue right where he needed to go he pulled an Armos statue allowing the Blade trap to move he then quickly grabbed the rupee. He then realized that the main blade trap going the fastest was gone as were the others.
"Uhhh where'd oh…" Ash stated seeing Gabite eat the lot. "Never mind." He then proceeded to gather the rest of the rupees opening the door.
The next room had then barred in. "Now what?" Paul asked with a click of his tongue.
"We need another bombchu." Ash replied noticing the hole in the top. Once he worked out the timing he let the bomb loose and it hit his target opening the door. "What I tell you, just stick with me I've done this a bunch of times."
"I swear you get a swelled head and I'll hit you." Paul warned.
"No need to threat." Ash muttered deflated. "Looks like we need a light switch." He said when he saw the next room using a fire arrow he burned away the Spider web and allowed light in. "Okay which one." Ash muttered he did enie, meenie, miney, moe in his head and shone a light on the one on the left a buzz was heard and the group freaked when a Wallmaster came down.
"AAHHHHH!" Everyone screamed as Ash quickly dodged it being the one it was after and began to stab it till it stopped moving he suddenly felt the mirror shield pulled from his back.
"Give me that!" Paul snarled and immediately shone the light on the middle Sun Switch which also made a small buzz. "No one speak." He growled deadpanned as Ash screamed dodging the wall master and killing this one as well.
Ash tore the item from Paul's arm's "My shield!" he snapped shining the light on the only remaining sun switch opening the door. The group entered and saw a strange orange looking ball with the spirit symbol colored energy swirling around it.
"This must it, but I wonder what we're supposed to do." Clemont muttered as they stared at it.
"Hmmmm" Ash thought taking out his sword he slashed at it only to be zapped and thrown back with a scream.
"Ash!" Hilda called.
"Pikapi!" Pikachu called worriedly for Ash getting to his side.
"I wouldn't try that again if I were you." Cress told him.
"I thought since the Master Sword is the sword of evil's bane it would get rid of the barrier." Ash muttered standing up.
"Good approach but obviously not correct." Clemont muttered thinking.
"Hey what about the Light arrows," Bonnie asked. "The Princess said they'd dispel Giovanni's defenses."
"Hey yeah," Ash replied pulling one with his boy out and aiming it at the orange orb and letting it go instantly the orb vanished and the energy dispersed.
"It worked!" Cilan cheered.
Immediately Iris's image appeared where the orb once was. "The Spirit barrier has been dispelled now hurry and get the rest!" in a flash of light the group was teleported outside where they witnessed the spirit energy fade along with the light from the door.
"Looks like that did it." Ash stated staring at the spike that once channeled it, "okay Forest barrier next!"
"Pika!" Pikachu stated as he followed Ash towards the door that was on the opposite side of the Spirit barrier.
Upon entering this room and killing a Wolfos, Ash immediately saw what he had to do, "Fire pledge!" he shouted lighting up all the torches in a circle he suddenly saw one above the door. "Darn." Ash replied pulling out his fire arrows.
"Hey hold on conserve your magic!" Paul said.
"He's right Ash just shoot a normal arrow through fire." Hilda stated.
Ash nodded and after finding a perfect spot shot and lit the other torch opening the door. When they entered the room they were greeted with yet another silver rupee puzzle in a room full of fans. "Weird I don't remember this part being in the forest temple." Ash muttered quizzically.
"Yeah, in fact we didn't see fans till the spirit temples, what's up?" Hilda asked.
"There is a legend that the original sages were conflicted with two elements for two of the temples. The legend states that originally the forest temple was supposed to be the wind temple and the water temple was supposed to be an ice temple." Clemont told them.
"Really?!" everyone even Paul asked in shock.
In the chamber of sages….
"Is that true?!" Dawn and Daisy asked but Rowan merely stood there sipping his tea.
Back with our heroes…
"Regardless if we want that door to open Ash has to get those Rupees." Chili noted.
"Yup," Ash replied. Using the hover boots Ash managed to get one behind a beamos then he had to get to a switch that activated a hook shot tower which he used to get the rupee up there. He hook shot over to the door got the silver rupees near that one then stared at the fan getting an idea and gulping. "Please let Hyrule's law of physics say I'm too valuable to die." He stated standing right in front of the fan where the last silver rupee was and got blown over Hilda and Pikachu screaming with him.
"I got ya!" Cilan shouted grabbing Ash and pulling him to safety.
"Whew thanks Cilan!" Ash muttered. They crossed the room with the help of Ash's hook shot and Charizard, they entered the next room. "Okay this is more like it." Ash muttered as he saw a large forest like room with a locked door and a bunch of eye switches.
"Which one's the real one?" Trip asked.
Ash pulled out the lens of truth and saw the eye switch was high above them. "There!" he stated hook shooting up the trees. "Spider-Ash, Spider-Ash"
Paul's eye twitched as they listen to Ash sing. "Tell me he's seriously not singing."
Everyone sweat dropped but the door opened and Ash appeared in front of them. "I got a warp point once I hit the switch."
"Good thing too if you were stupid enough to jump you'd go splat." Paul sadistically retorted.
Ash pouted as they entered the room. "Here it is!" Hilda stated as Ash instantly shot the barrier with a Light arrow making Dawn appear.
"The Forest barrier has been dispelled hurry up Ash!" she said warping them all back out where the power of the forest barrier diminished.
Right beside the forest barrier was the door for the water barrier Ash entered the room and the first thing he saw was a large pool of water.
"Looks like a dead end." he pouted.
"The door's up there!" Bonnie stated pointing to an alcove that Charizard was only able to get too.
"Now what?" Clemont asked.
Ash looked down and saw a door under the water. "I know!" using the golden scale and his Zora tunic and Pikachu's zora armor and a bottle for Hilda, Ash dove down and entered a room where he had to raise the water level he then returned to the first room where the water was now high enough to get to the door.
"Looks like everyone crossed without us." Hilda noted from the bottle.
"Seems like it." Ash muttered as he climbed up as well. The next room made, Ash instantly regret being wet. It was an ice room with a large blue fire in the middle that dried him off as he got some he melted the Red ice and that allowed the group to enter the next room.
"What's with this room?" Paul asked.
"It's an ice block puzzle." Ash stated and suddenly saw a timer over his head. "huh?"
"With a death timer Ash get moving!" Hilda muttered as he screamed and immediately looked around the room using one block (As the other one no matter what he did fell into the hole) to get to the rusted switch to open the door then rush in when they saw just solving the puzzle didn't dispel the barrier.
"Hurry!" Ash called as everyone ran into the room instantly the death timer was gone.
"That was close." Cilan panted as Clemont fell beside him exhausted.
Ash saw the water barrier and instantly shot it with a light arrow making Daisy appear.
"The water barrier has been dispelled now hurry Sweetums!" Daisy stated.
"Sweetums?" everyone asked.
"It's a long story." Ash sighed.
"Man to think I could've been an Ice sage, I wonder how pretty the ice-"
"Daisy you need to warp us out of here!" Ash called.
"Oh right sorry!" She called sending Ash and co back to the main room where the power of the water barrier instantly faded.
"Okay if I'm right we've removed the barriers of Spirit, Forest and Water that leaves Shadow, Light and Fire." Ash told them.
"The Shadow barrier's over there." Paul pointed Ash gulped as they walked towards it.
"I hope the shadow barrier isn't as morbid and creepy as it's temple counterpart." He thought.
And there you have it I was thinking I'd have to split this into two because the beginning part of the final dungeon where Sheik reveals him/herself to be Zelda is very exposition heavy so here you go the final part should be soon!
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