Episode 49

Traitor from the Shadows

Last week, on Legends of Chima...Zelda, the Princess of Hyrule Kingdom, was found by Razar nearby Forever Rock. After greeting Link again, the two were greeted by Hylia, who told them of the Twin Shrines locations and of the elusive Bow of Light, which was hidden in the Eagle Spire. Meanwhile, Ganon still intends to make sure that Link cannot stop him... These are, the Legends of Chima...

(? POV)

He appears from the shadows, waiting for a certain movement from the one he was ordered to kill. He merely waits. And waits...and waits...and waits...and waits...and waits...(you get it.)

(Link's POV)

It's been about two days since Razar found Zelda and brought her to Forever Rock. But I feel like something will happen to us...

Later that evening...

(Razar's POV)

I've been thinking a lot of things, lately, mostly about my friends. I wonder how everyone is faring. Last time I saw them was when Ganon attacked the Fire Temple...and they didn't look good then. I hope they're okay...

I'm off hunting nearby Forever Rock when I see two flashes of golden light. ...Hmm...That seems interesting... I then think of something else. If I can see those lights, then whoever else is in the area can see them, too. I pick up my tools and run back towards the campsite.

(Link's POV)

When I wake up, I notice something. I can't see as well in the darkness. ...That's...weird...My sense of smell is dimmed, too. ...I'm kind of grateful for that... I then realize that I'm shivering and I sit up, draw my knees up to my chest, wrap my arms around them, and try to stay warm. ...Why am I so cold? Then I notice something else. ...What... I can see eyes, and they appear to be right in front of me. ...That's a little too close... Then the thing lunges forwards.

(Razar's POV)

Fortunately for me, I can see very well in the darkness. So when I enter the campsite, the first thing I see is that some...thing is standing over Link. Being as quiet as possible, I move over to where a sword is lying and grab it, then move to stand behind the figure. Just as it lunges at Link, I move as well.

(Link's POV)

Razar's standing over me, holding my sword in his hand, and the figure is lying nearby me, clutching at their shoulder. "...Stupid bird..." To my surprise, I think I recognize the voice. It doesn't sound mad, but relieved. "...Who...?" The figure gets up and then I see a flash of silver. Whoever it is has unsheathed their sword. "...You're kidding me, right? You don't know who I am?" Then Razar slowly lowers his sword, and then lets it fall to the ground. "...It can't be..." Then, there's another flash of light, and when I can see again, a wolf is standing before Razar. A wolf that I know personally. And she's holding a ball of magic in her left paw, creating light. "Yeah, when I came back, I thought the same thing." Then I hear Zelda. "You! Where have you been?!" The wolf turns to greet her, and grins. "...You turned too? I think a Lioness suits you." Zelda stands and walks over to the wolf. Then they hug each other. I get up then, confused out of my mind. Razar and I look at each other and shake our heads in disbelief.

Once everyone is calmed down, we began to talk about what's happened since we last saw each other. Turns out a lot has happened. For instance, Fudge came back a fourth time, and completely destroyed Hogwarts. All of it. From what Lauren tells me, she was the last one out of the castle. I ask her how she came here and the wolf doesn't speak at first, but when she does, she tells me everything.

A week ago- Hogwarts

(Lauren's POV)

Everything is burning. I can hardly breathe from how much smoke is in the air. I've got to get outside. I race through the corridors, even running past students flocking from the classrooms in stampedes. "Fire!" "Move it!" They must say more than this but I'm too far away to hear them.

At one point, I have to leap over a hole in the floor, revealing more than I want to see. I won't tell you what I saw. I'll let you think what it was.

I get to the center of the castle and I immediately notice that whatever hit the castle, it hit here. ...What... As I stand there, looking at the ruins, several people come up from behind me. "...What could have done this..?" Numerous people are running around us, panicking. I turn to the group and we look at each other. "I think he came back." "...Fudge?" "Yeah. Only he could do this," Draco gestures at the sight in front of us. "It's him. He's around here somewhere..." Then, I notice that the other people in the room are looking upwards. They then scatter. Noting this, my friends and I look up, and the last thing I see for a while is a white Dragon diving towards us.

Sometime later

"...You will be safe there. For now." "What will you do, Dragonus? You can't fight Fudge by yourself..." A low growl. "I know this. But I must try. When I was alive, the castle was newly built. And to see it like this..." Dragonus is looking away from me, his massive red-scaled head tilted downwards. "...What better reason can you have to fight him?" The red Dragon then happens to look down. "In case you are wondering, it was indeed Fudge who attacked you. Your friends guarded you long enough for me to get there. I attacked Fudge, then your friends dragged you onto my back and I flew all of you across the lake. You have been asleep for many hours. Sit up, and see how much has fallen in just mere hours." I follow Dragonus's advice and all I can see are flames that are at least 50 feet tall. And blackened stone. And I think Fox Lake has turned red. Wait, yes, it has turned red. "...This hasn't happened before, has it?" "No. The other schools, all of them, are like this now. And there's even worse news: the Muggles have learned of us. Everything. And now that the schools are ruined...we must go into hiding again. Let the White Dragon think you are dead. It would be better that way." The Dragon looks down at me. "Where will we go?" He actually grins at me. "Why, to Chima, of course. Where else could you go?"

Turns out that there is a set of Time-Stones on this side of Fox Lake. Why I didn't know they were over here, I have no idea. These are slightly older than the set near the Forest. And it seems like they've been used less, but they've been used enough. "How old is this set?" "...I don't think you can date these things..." "We're getting sidetracked. Let's find a way to get back to Chima and go there." The others agree to this and let me test the stones.

A few seconds later, I'm standing in a forest. Almost instantly, I go down, beginning to transform into what I became the last time I was here-a Wolf.

When I wake up, the others are here, but they've changed as well. "...It hurt less the first time. Is that normal?" "...No...then again...nothing of what's happened to us is what you'd call normal..." We eventually get to our feet (paws?) and set off in a random direction.

We end up near the Gorilla Village. "...Think your family can help us, Draco?" "..." "Don't look at me like that." "What?" I step out of the trees and notice how quiet it is. "...Where is everyone?" From behind me, I can just faintly hear what sounds to be beasts running for their lives. So I turn around. Only to see Fangar just before he runs into me, sending me flying into the bushes. Just before my world goes dark (again) from hitting the ground, I notice a herd of Frozen beasts charging past the bushes. And then they're gone. So are my friends. But then another group runs past the bushes...and I can swear the biggest beast looks familiar somehow...

Now

(Link's POV)

"...So...when you woke up, then what happened?" "...I guess I just wandered around until I found you three." I get up from where I was sitting and walk over to the edge of the small cliff that overlooks the water. After a while, Lauren comes over and stands next to me. "How long have you been here for?" "More than a month." I'm about to say more when I hear something. A sword being unsheathed. Then a voice. "...I've been waiting a long time for this..." I half turn, only to be knocked into the water.

When I come up again, Lauren's fighting what appears to be a Lion. "What are you?" "Dark Link. Ganon sent me to kill him, but I can kill you as well." Even from here in the water, I can hear steel striking steel. "You're pretty good with that sword Wolf. Does it have a name?" "Yeah. It's called Dragon's Fire." The Lion seems impressed. "...Dragon's Fire? What can it do?" "This." While Lauren's beating up Dark Link, I manage to get out of the lake and run over to Razar. "Give me my sword." "Why? From what I can tell, Lauren seems to be winning." "I know that. But that Lion could tip the scales any second." The Raven looks away towards me, over towards Zelda, who is watching the fight with half fear, half interest. "But wouldn't teaming on him be unfair?" I'm about to respond when I hear metal hitting metal again. I turn away from Razar and see Lauren standing over the other Lion, her sword stuck in his arm. "...Ow..." "Whoever sent you to fight us didn't teach you how to fight properly." Lauren removes her sword from Dark's arm and walks away from him. Dark then stands up and looks in my direction. "...I...I can help you..." I cross my arms and glare at him. "How?" Dark takes a deep breath and nods his head in the direction of the Fire Temple above us. "I can help you get back up there."

After a few minutes, Dark seems to be on our side, for reasons unknown. "So, now what?" I glance down to the sword at my side. "I want to fix my sword. Hylia said that there were two temples nearby here..." Dark looks down at me. "Do you mean shrines? There's one in the Croc Swamp and one in the Lion City. The Croc Swamp one is closer, so I suggest that we go to that one first." After a few more minutes of talking, we decide to leave first thing tomorrow morning.