Author's note: Whew, finally updated! I think i did a bit better lengthwise. Those of you who know your Zelda stuff won't have to worry about getting confused at a few parts. Well, hope you like it!

Chapter 5: The Unexpected

Sora, Goofy, and Link have been traversing the dark tunnel for several minutes now. The dark, narrow passageway has gone from a straight decent, to a spiral stair case that surrounds a giant pillar.

The strange sounds are starting to identify increasingly as moans of despair that echo from the bottom of the staircase. Goofy if having trouble with these uncomforting sounds.

"Sora, I don't think there's a party down there after all," Goofy says while following his two companions.

"Probably not," Sora replies. "It's getting awfully dark though. I wish we had some light."

Link, who has taken the lead, stops momentarily, and taps his green cap with his hand. A fairy, no larger than a rupee, comes flying out of it and hovers in front of the three.

"You need light?," Navi inquires. "Then you've got it!"

Navi brightens the aura surrounding her, causing the area to glow brightly. However, this reveals many red eyed bats with sharp fangs that hang from the ceiling. The bright light has awakened them, and their eyes sharpen into angry looking glares.

Sora yells, "RUN!"

The trio bolt down the passageway, with a cluster of angry looking bats on their tails.

The dizzying passageway finally straightens out once more, and the group come to an old, wooden door. Link grabs the doorknob and pulls…only to find that the handle comes right out of the door.

"Link hurry up! They're getting closer!" Sora and Goofy can hear the screeching bats getting closer every second. Link backs up a few steps and attempts to ram the door with his shoulder, but to no avail. In result, he is left with a very sore limb.

Goofy comes to Link's aid. "Come on Sora, let's help!" The three take a few steps back and ready themselves for a three man/dog shoulder smash.

Sora starts a countdown. "One…Two…

The bats are in sight now and closing.

"THREE!"

Everyone charges the door, including Navi with her small fairy like self, and the door comes tumbling down. The bats go flying right over groups' heads, missing them by merely inches.

Goofy is the first to get up from the tumble. He looks around and sees the room to be something of an underground graveyard. There are tombstones lined up in perfect rows up and down the room, with dark green ivy covering their surfaces.

Sora walks cautiously into the room, and inspects one of the tombstones. "They look like graves from the royal Hylian family."

Link walks directly to the center of the room, and notices that the grave there has a golden tinge to it, with an odd crack rippling down its center. On the tombstone reads a message saying, "When all is dark, the smallest light brings a glimmer of hope."

On the opposite side of the room lies another door. However, it appears to have no lock, or handle. Only the sign of the Triforce rests on its opaque surface.

Sora walks up to the door, and points the key blade at it. However, nothing happens. "I don't think my key can open every door around here," he says. "Any ideas Link?"

Link looks at the door for a good minute, then shakes his head. However, he does see something inscribed near the bottom of the door.

"Only those with a connection to the royal family may pass."

Just then, a voice comes from the behind the trio. They turn around, and see a transparent ghost hovering above the same stone that Link inspected.

Its a form of a small girl in a royal gown. Her hair is long and straight, and her cheeks look to be plump and rosy. Her face remains expressionless, and her eyes remain closed. In her hands lies a blue instrument known as an ocarina.

In a small, whispery tone, she begins to speak. "Hero, chosen by the gods of the Triforce, come hither."

Hesitantly, Link steps toward the girl. After finally reaching her, the girls speaks again. "The forces of darkness attempt to disrupt this land. Only those who are pure of heart can stop its evil intentions." The mysterious girl then holds out the ocarina to Link. "You cannot move on without this sacred instrument. If you hold it to your lips and play its notes, its power will become yours."

Link stretches out his hand, and lets it rest on the ocarina. As he does so, the girl opens her eyelids. Bright, shining light streams from her eyes. Link meets looks directly at her, and for a moment, they hold this gaze as if time itself has frozen.

Finally, the girl closes her eyes, and speaks one last time. "All my knowledge has been bestowed upon you, oh chosen one. Use it wisely." The ghost then sinks toward the ground, and fades out of sight.

Link turns around, and walks toward the door again.

"What are you going to do Mr. Link?" Goofy and Sora alike look as puzzled as ever.

Link holds the ocarina to his lips and begins playing a song known as "Prelude of Light." As he plays, Link himself is surrounded in a golden aura, and the ocarina starts to shine a bright blue.

As the song comes to an end, the room starts to shake. The door in front of the group starts to slide to the right, making dust fall from the ceiling. Finally, the door clears, and complete darkness lies ahead.

Navi flies up to Goofy. "Want some more light again? Tee-hee!"

Goofy blushes. "Aw, garwsh, I think I can be brave this time. A-Hyuck!"

Together, the group walks in to the darkness.

Sora starts to see his own breath in front of his face. "Guys…is it getting cold or is it just me?" A cool mist begins to blanket the ground, like walking through a thick fog. The walls also feel cool to the touch.

After walking through the darkness for some time, they come to another room. The area is perfectly square, with three torches on each side that provide only a very small amount of light. The most outstanding feature of the room though, are the coffins that are aligned along each torch, making six in total.

On the opposite side of the room is another staircase, which seems to lead upwards.

"So," Sora says with a slight quiver in his voice. "Who wants to go first?"

Link walks in between Sora and Goofy, and grabs both of their arms. He looks at them with a somewhat comforting look on his face, and proceeds to pull them forward.

Everything remains still, right up until they reach the opposite door. Metal bars plunge down from the top section of the entry way, and block the trio from going any further. The same happens to the door that they had used to enter the room, sealing the group inside.

The lid to the coffins begin to slide open, and fall to the ground. Beings of dry, leathery brown skin arise from their contents, their faces lacking any features of human emotion. Their eye sockets and mouths have been replaced by dark hollow holes. They are known as…Re-deads.

Sora swallows hard and maintains his focus. "We'll just do this the old fashioned way!" His key blade flashes in his hand, but just before charging his mummy-like foe, Link steps in his path, ocarina in hand.

He puts the instrument to his lips once more, and slowly begins to play "The Sun's Song."

The Re-Deads are walking slowly toward the group. However, the more Link plays, the slower they become.

Suddenly, just as Link finishes the final notes of the song, a bat swoops in from between the bars, and grabs the ocarina out of Link's hand with its sharp claws. It flies to the opposite side of the room, and drops it inside of a coffin.

"Oh no…" Goofy readies him self with his shield while saying a silent prayer.

"Old fashioned way it is then…" Sora readies his key blade once more, and Link unhooks his shield from his back and unsheathes his sword. The trio dashes toward the Re-deads, fully expecting to win without much trouble.

However, trouble begins when Sora looks into the eyes of one of the demented creatures. An overwhelming feeling comes over him, and he quickly finds that he cannot move. The black sockets that once held eyes paralyze him, like some magic spell.

"Can't…move…" Sora is straining against the unseen force, but he remains stock still. He eyes the room, and sees that Link and Goofy are having a similar problem. Link is stuck in a half sword swing while Goofy is caught in a mid-spin while trying to perform a Goofy Tornado.

The Re-Deads are almost upon them now, six pairs of hollowed out eyes glaring into the paralyzed heroes. The insignia of the Triforce is blazing brightly on Link's left hand, but it's no use.

One of the Re-Deads finally get to Sora. It brings it's icy hands up to Sora's face and pulls him closer to its mouth.

"This thing is going to try and eat me! And there's nothing I can do about it!"

Just then, the metal bars on the opposite end of the room explode, sending chunks of metal flying across the vicinity. Sora looks out of the corner of his eyes, and sees a small figure standing in the smoke…

"BLIZZAGA!!!" The voice shouts the command in a familiar duck accent.

The Re-Deads freeze on the spot, incased in a block of ice. Sora unfreezes and finally sees who cast the life-saving spell. It's no other than Donald the Duck.

"DONALD!!!" Goofy and Sora run up to him and dog pile him.

Goofy laughs happily. "Where have ya been buddy?"

"You wouldn't believe me if I told you…" Donald ruffles his feathers and shakes his head at this statement. "But incase you forgot…maybe you should stop talking so much and finish off those flesh eaters!"

Link, who has his mouth slightly open at the strange duck, brings himself back to reality, and begins smashing the ice captive Re-deads. Sora and Goofy follow his example, and quickly finish the job, leaving shattered ice in their wake.

Finally, after the room is cleared, and the ocarina is recovered, Donald tells his story of how he finally managed to reach the castle and the underground graveyard. "I woke up on top of some strange mountain with a bunch of rocky looking people who called themselves Gorons. They needed help getting rid of a great fire dragon, but I didn't think I could do that all by myself. But then I met a giant fairy! She reminded me that I could use magic, and she taught me a new spell too!"

While Donald is talking, Link keeps staring at him. It's not everyday he sees a talking duck. Finally, out of curiosity, Link pokes him.

"What did you do that for?! And who are you anyway? Have you ever heard of manners?! It's NOT polite to POKE!" Donald is jumping up and down in his ducky temper tantrum.

Link stifles a laugh, then holds out his hand for a handshake. Donald eyes him carefully, then takes his hand.

Sora introduces the two. "Donald, this is Link. Link, this is Donald. He's the friend I've been looking for. It looks like he found us though!"

Link smiles and nods at both of them. After doing so, he goes to the opposite door, where there are still metal bars blocking their way.

Donald crosses his arms and taps his foot. "What's with him? Doesn't he ever say anything? Sounds like a rude guy to me…"

Goofy smiles and whispers in Donald's ear, "He a chosen hero by the umm…err…"

"Triforce," Sora corrects.

"Oh that's right, Triforice! We're helping him find his friend too! He doesn't talk much, but he's a nice guy."

Donald's eyes widen. "Ooohh…ok. I thought we were the chosen ones around here."

Sora agrees, "So did I, until we got here. Now, you said you learned a new spell?"

"OH!" Donald waddles up to Link and nudges his thigh. "Don't worry Link, I'll handle the door."

Link steps back behind Donald, and the duck readies his wand. A fiery red aura surrounds it, and Donald shouts, "BOMBARDA!"

Much like the Firaga spell, a fireball races to the metal bars, and once making contact with it, it explodes.

Donald jumps with glee. "Well that oughta do it!"

Link pats Donald on the head (much to his dislike) and motions for the others to follow him up the staircase, where a blue-ish white aura awaits them at the top.