DONT OWN ZELDA

Chapter 11: Remberance

Lief woke up the next day feeling more sore than the time he carried twenty-five baby goats up a hill. (That my friends, was a great feat) He pulled his boots over, tugging one of them on. Epona watched him, noticing, (even though she's a horse) that he put the wrong shoe on his foot.

She whinnied stomping her hoof and letting out a noise that almost sounded like laughter. Lief looekd up at her, his eyes had dark rings under them from the short amount of sleep he had gotten.

"What are you laughing at?" He asked, standing up. The shoes pinched his feet as he leaned to the side slightly. He looked down, red embaressment sweeping across his face. "Don't you say a word," He warned the horse, who was rolling on the ground in a hay pile letting out multiple snorts.

He let out an irritated sigh as he sat back on the hard bed. This time he made sure he put the left on the left and the right on the right. Epona flicked her tail and seemed to be smiling at him, he stepped over to her and stroked her nose, she happily leaned her nose onto his chest wanting more attention.

"You're the only familiar face I know..." He smile as he ruffled her mane, "We should find Malon and Rani soon...I'm very worried about them, I haven't a clue what happened before I woke up here though." A frown washed over his face. Now that he thought about it, he couldn't remember alot that had happened on his island...it seemed to have disappeared for some reason...

"Lief, It's time for supper!" A little girl came climbing up the ladder of the tall lookout tower.

Lief went over that memory over and over...and yet...he could not remember the little girl's name.

"How did you sleep?" Darius said walking in and breaking Lief from his thoughts.

"Not very well, I'm really sore from yesterday."

"That's normal..." He looked behind him, and scratched his stomach, "Our Patriarch would like to speak to you Lief. " His expression was very serious as he led Lief through the tunnels. As they past openings they could see gorons huddling closer to dimly lit flames; today was more cold than any other day and food was running out.

They entered a large cavern and through darker halls. Finally came to a large room, an arched doorway leading out into a cold snow storm. The patriarch Darbus was talking an older looking goron, his skin was darker and wore ancient trinkets and charms.

So this is the way out, he thought eyeing the white misty doorway. He looked back to Darbus who looked up and smiled, Darius quickly left lief alone in the room, walking back the way they had come with the old goron.

"Lief, I want to ask you something very important." Darbus asked, placing his hands on his hips.

"Anything, your tribe has been very good to me, I'll do anythng to repay you."

Darbus stared at lief for what seemed like ages. "My dear friend. No, that's the wrong term." He put a hand on Lief's shoulder, "My brother, I ask you with every ounce in my being. Please, help us destroy what curses our mountain."

Lief's heart skipped a beat. How could he defeat the three beasts that terrorized the caverns and mines? Without thinking he nodded smiling. "Of course. Like I said, I'll do anything to help after you saved my life."

The tall goron smiled, "Thank You."

Rani flew out of the cabin early that morning, surprisingly the snow had stopped falling, she could now fly around easier.

Tahiri, came flying up into the air, searching desperately for help. She spotted Rani and almost flew into her.

"Please, you must help me! My friend is trapped and I can't get to her!" Her wings beat the air quickly trying to stay in the air from the frantic emotion. Rani poked her forehead making her calm a little more.

"Stop blabbering and show me!" Her anklets jingled as she followed the little snow fairy. Rani had to beat her wings faster to keep warmth in her body, since the air was so bitter cold. When they arrived, Rani stepped onto a shard of ice looking up at a broken fairy shrine, an older looking fairy was stuck between the statue and a strange looking box.

Rani quickly flew over, trying to push the box away, but it was stuck.

"What happened anyway?" She asked the little fairy.

"I'm not sure, all I know is that she was in here last night giving her respects to the queen...Her name is Natalia, I'm Tahiri by the way."

Rani rolled her eyes, she didnt need their names at that moment. The only thing she needed was something or someone to help lift the object out of the way.

"Did you try two fairies pushing at once?" She asked Tahiri curiously. She shook her head looking rather embarressed, "Then help me push it" Both of the fairies got on either side of Natalia and shoved with all their strength, after a few moments of nothing the music box finally inched forward. Natalia coughed and began drinking in air, apparently she hadn't been breathing.

"Can you move?" Rani asked through clenched teeth.

Natalia slowly, but surely stumbled out of the way falling to the icey floor.

"Th-thank you, I don't know what I w-would have happened if you hadn't have come along." Natalia said. Tahiri quickly helped her friend to her feet.

"What is this thing anyway?" Rani touched the surface of the music box, studying the inscriptions.

"We think it's a music box, the strange thing is we have no idea where it came from. It just appeared in front of the fairy shrine." Tahiri babbled on none stop about all that had happened before meeting their new friend, Rani listened carefully while circling the shiny treasure.

"Some of our village believe it's a gift from the goddess." Natalia stated.

"Yet you were almost killed by it? I don't think so, I have seen our goddess with my own eyes, listened to her speak, and knew she would never let any one of us be harmed by something she gave us."

Tahiri brimmed with astonishment, "You really saw her? Is she beautiful?"

"More beautiful than you could ever imagine," Rani seemed to go into a dream state, thinking about her old home with the queen. Helping her give talents to young children. "Her form changes over time though, last time I saw her was when she spoke to my friend. He came to give an offering to the shrine and she warned him of a dreadful time to come. She looked like a young child, carrying the doll that looked like our shrine keepers."

The two fairies listened in awe to all the stories Rani started talking about, she couldn't help but remember the happy days when nothing bad ever happened unless it was a little sprite tripping and scraping it's knee.

Hours past, the three of them had gotten comfortable on a mound of snow, it was cold yes, but they didn't notice. It was as if Natalia hadn't gotten stuck at all, that they had been friends forever. More and more stories were passed around, and the day grew old.

Lief walked through the thick snow, the wind had stopped, and no snowflakes appeared around him. The gorons had given him a special tunic, that kept him warm and was also said to stand the heat of a volcano.

They also gave him a bow and a quiver of arrows, they said they would come in hand with the large, steel scaled lizards in the mines. The task given to him would be difficult, he wished he had a friend with him, someone to give him confidence. He was on his own though, and that would have to be enough.

Memories flashed through his head and he climbed down a slick icey hill. He kept trying to remember names, but none came to mind. Faces of a little blonde child, a woman with lavender hair, the face of a man that he knew he had never seen before. He could also remember the touch of a friend hugging him, a silver tear, and a doll. Still. No names came to mind.

Why can't I remember? I know these people, but I don't know their names, or what they meant to me...

Over time, he became frustrated and decided to drop the idea. Nothing good came from anger. As he stepped over a log he heard a yell, he looked down seeing three balls of light. The next thing he knew was he was getting the most angry scolding anyone could get.

"You idiot! you sleepy tree stump! I had to drag Malon onto this freezing cold rock of ice to find you! were you even trying to find us! wait until I get my revenge on you! and where is that annoying wing jerking horse! I'll tie her tail in a knot for coming this way!"

Rani's aura had turned dark red, she was mad, that was a fact. Lief, however, couldn't stop smiling every bit of her rambling. He swept her into his hand and kissed her head.

"I've missed you so much, Rani, you have no idea." He said cutting her off. She went back to normal color except for her face, it showed signs of pink and red from embarressment, but quickly shook it off.

"What happened?" She asked, now ignoring the two snow fairies watching them.

"Very long story, right now i'm headed to the mines to help the gorons."

Natalia and Tahiri both spoke at once, "NO!" It was a big commotion; Rani was trying to shout over them, while both of the friends tried warning him about the dangers. Lief just sat there watching them, slightly worried at this sudden outburst.

Shadow sat on a large stone in the kokiri forest, he had stayed far away from hyrule castle for a long while now, ganondorf was on the move. Many motives were going through his thick head and he wasn't going to be the one who got in his way.

Ever since two days ago, when he tried switching with Lief he seemed to have gained memories that he didn't even know about. He felt the love of a mother and the joy of a sister. Aryll. That name kept popping up, but he couldn't understand why. The thought of taking away part of Lief's being into himself was a bit awkward. He turned to a dark misty essence and reformed on the ground in a completely different position. His legs were now raised up on the rock and his hands were behind his head as he lay on the ground.

His eyes closed, the wind rustling his hair, when he opened his red eyes again a figure stood above him. He jumped backing up and unsheathing a dark blade, the figure wore a mask over his face and was dressed in a black and green cloak. The mask looked like a camillian with it's tounge hanging from it's mouth.

"Ganondorf, requests your company." His voice was a hiss, but full of power. Shadow didn't move, he only took in the strange being before him. He was made of the same darkness somewhat like him, but...different.

"State your name." Shadow commanded knowing his authority to the new king of hyrule.

"Zant, Ganondorf summoned me from the Twilight Realm."

Shadow smerked at his answer, "Ganondorf doesn't need another pawn in his game."

"Game?" Shadow heard the idiotic fool chuckle under the mask, "I promised me power,"

"Ganondorf doesn't keep promises," Grins his fangs seem to sharpen, "I could kill you now and he wouldn't care." Shadow felt the familiar blood lust rise into his chest.

The tounge on the mask slides up and zant's wicked grin is showing, his mouth contained sharp hideous teeth as he spoke.

"Just try, he's given me a large amount of power already,"

Shadow thrust his blade through Zant, he saw the stream of blood run down his chin from his mouth, but he didn't die. "I know what you attempted, I could easily tell Ganon of your treachery."

shadow went cold, the invisible chain yanked once again, and he got a big slap in the face, no one knew about that, it was behind his own magic, not even Ganon could've seen threw to what he had done.

"Ganon's waiting for you." Zant gave Shadow a mocking grin before he disappeared from sight.

Ganondorf sat on his stallion at the top of a large hill looking down over a large amount of land. When Shadow appeared next to him, clearly in a grumpy mood, he simply said nothing until Shadow had to speak first.

"You needed me pin head?" Shadow asked, a large evil aura encasing him.

"I know you know where he is. Now find him." Ganondorf ignored the insult, Shadow looked up at him even more irritated that he had to run a fool's errand.

"Why should I, give me one good reason."

Ganon turned around to look at him, his eyes gleamed with anger and frustration.

"Because Your life depends on it." *holds up his hand and specks of dust flys into the air showing an image. A mirror sat in a room guarded by two large, ugly, reptiles. Shadow's eyes widen. His fist shot up punching Ganon in the jaw once the magic faded. Ganon didn't do anything, there wasn't even a bruise on his face when he pushed his jaw back into place.

Shadow snapped and disappeared in a cloud of smoke.

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