Dont own Zelda but oh wouldnt that be fun if we did?

Chapter 13: Trouble

Lief's sword pierced the heart of the fire serpent Volvagia. She whithered then burst into small black shards of nothingness. He sat down watching the room lighten, two bosses down and still two bosses to go. Exhaustion had caught up to him, but he didn't know how to regain his strength.

Ignoring the need for more rest, he stood up watching as a small red stone lay on a similar pillar like the one in Fyrus's chamber. He exited the room and looked at the last two doors. A bulls face and the one that was unfamiliar to him.

He leaned against a nearby wall connecting up into an archway. Now what?... As he looked back up to the door, he saw something different that hadn't caught his eye before, a familiar old cloth wrapped around something was on the ground right in front of him on a stone. Strange visions from the past flashed through his head, and his hand drew closer to it.

The cloth felt warm, but not as hot as the air in the atmosphere around him. He unwrapped it revealing a mask of a goron. It looked alot like a goron in a carving he had seen on one of the walls in the tribe's caves. Darmani, I think that's his name... He look back at the last two doors, one on each side of the first two he had defeated.

Maybe this can help me, perhaps it has some kind of strength to defeat these creatuers. He took the mask placing it over his face. Instantly pins and needles shot through his face, he clung to it trying to pull it off, but it wouldnt come. He screamed in pain, then it was over. He found himself laying on his back staring at the ceiling. It didn't seem as hot as it had been before, and he felt really heavy.

He sat up looking down at his feet, he shouted in shock, his feet were big goron feet. He looked at his hands and they too were goron related. I'm a goron... He blinked then found himself standing in a graveyard.

Soft music sang through the air, a young boy and the ghost of a goron stood in front of a stone with the name Darmani, The Great Patriarch carved on it. The young boy was holding an ocarina letting his fingers glide across the smooth surface.

The goron with him stood there with his eyes closed, his face was calm and relaxed. A small smile formed on his lips as the song ended, his image wavered then faded disappearing.

"Thank You, kind hero. In return let me give you this as a token of my gratitude." The ghost's voice said, the young boy looked up and took hold of a strong looking object, a goron mask that looked like the partriarch Darmani.

Lief was wisked back to reality and was leaning against a large boulder, he was still lounging around as a goron. This was incredible, but also mysterious. Twice now, Lief had found two objects that had belonged to heroes of the past.

He remembered something, the ocarina, he had completely forgot about the ocarina that Sariah had given to him, it was with him when they left Ordon, and he was sure it had been with him at the goron's caves. He desperately searched himself, but there was no ocarina.

Sadness fell over him, he stood up toppling forward slightly, then regaining his balance quickly. Excitement flooded through his mind and he tried experimenting, first he jumped up landing with a large THUD! next he wanted to see how gorons rolled like they did, so he scrunched up and his entire head, his hands, and his feet were all curled up against his stomach.

The hard shell blended in with the boulder he had been leaning on only moments ago, he laughed regaining some positive thoughts. He tilted forward and made himself role around in a circle. He laughed again and jumped while he was in a ball landing with an even bigger THUD!

He uncurled, "This is amazing!" He yelled excitedly. A hot breeze blew by him, he turned and faced the door to the unknown beast. I can't dawdle any longer. Smiles, feeling alot more confident.

The door open and a cold wind rushed past him, He stepped forward his rocky body feeling the ice cold chill traveling up his spine and into his neck. This should be interesting, fighting a monster in this cold. He looked up and noticed that he was standing in a bedroom, a large bed stood under tapestries and a nearby window showed a white misty frozen reflection of himself.

"I see you finally came, Lief"

Lief jumped, looking at the dark corner on his left side, a figure was hidden, but couldn't be seen clearly.

"I'm not mistaken anymore, you are the reincarnation if you can wear that mask."

Lief glared and took a defensive stance, this creature was different than the other two he had faced, it could actually speak and think normally like any other person.

Two red eyes appeared in the darkness, Shadow lifted his head opening his eyes and staring down Lief. "Afraid?"

Lief gave no answer, twice now, this other half of himself had tried to kill him, and he would definately not take him lightly for a second.

"Dear brother, If you are scared of me, you prove that you are frightened of yourself" Shadow grins.

"You're different somehow..." Lief says, the deep rumble of his voice echoing through the chilled room, "You can't possible be the creature that slumbers in this cold place."

"No, i'm not. My doman is under water, I took care of your foe. I sent her deep into the wintry snows on the mountain top with her lover. You should be thanking me for saving you the trouble."

"You did something to me didn't you?"

"More accusations? That isn't very nice-"

"I can't remember certain things, and I know you understand what I mean."

They stared eachother down for minutes. Shadow did know what had happened, he just hoped he would be able to fix this situation.

"Some of your memories are missing, and I have them, and because of that I haven't felt myself lately." His eyes narrow, "Very rarely has that happened. It wouldn't have turned out this way if you hadn't been on the verge of death." His voice was colder than the air around them.

"Sorry to burst your bubble." Lief said, misty air escaped as he spoke.

Shadow chuckle an his entire figure turned to black shiny dust, it gather together in front of lief to where shadow's face was inches away.

"Before anything, I think we should uncover your face and make this fair shall we?" A large sharp smile spreads across his face, before Lief can move out of the way shadow's hand grabs his face.

Lief felt a tearing sensation on his skin, the mask had become fused with him and having it ripped away was no happy feat. Shadow had used dark magic to remove the goron mask and tossing it across the room sending Lief skidding across the floor his face stinging like sharp needles.

He pulled out his sword just in time as Shadow brought his shadow blade down towards his throat. The two blades clashed together making small sparks the sound echoing to the ceiling and ringing in both their ears.

The ice was very cold against his back, he felt his entire back go numb then his legs, then arms from the chill air. He took a fast breath and put all his strength into the blade shoving Shadow away quickly, then pulling the bow string of his bow sending an arrow at him.

Shadow disappeared into small particles of dust again, Lief felt his icey breath on the back of his neck and the deathly shadow blade against his neck as Shadow stands behind him with his sword trapping Lief in an uncomfortable position.

"Not many have lived this long when facing him in a sword duel, I like a challenge."

Lief's body shook from the cold around himm, the red tunic didn't work in freezing temperatures. Suddenly something came to him.

"How is it possible for there to be this cold a place inside a molten lava heated cavern?" He asked hoping to distract Shadow.

"How would you explain the snow on the mountain tops?" Shadow smiled, "A curse. Ganondorf left a curse on the forsaken greenery of this place. The gorons became weak leaving him with more control, does that explain your question?"

Lief fingered a small object at his side, one hand held the sword while his instincts grew. Shadow's hand touched at his right temple, a second later he felt as though an arrow had been shot through his head. He would have fallen forward onto the sharp dark edge of shadow's sword if the dark hand hadn't have clutched him around the waist.

"Sorry about the pain, but this is the only way I can give back those foolish memories of yours. Your sister was an inocent little thing wasn't she?"

The floor spun making Lief queezy, his teeth clenched together. I can't do anything...I couldn't save my family, I couldn't help Malon and Epona. I can barely keep myself alive.

His head throbbed as Shadow mumbled in some weird language, his sister's face came into his mind. Aryll... everything he had forgotten came back to him in a flood of chaos.

Shadow let a deep laugh come from his throat and his aura completely changed, before he had been playing around and had the sense of a small child trying to play a prank, but now Lief could sense bloodlust.

"It worked, I feel great now that those posioned faces our out of my head." He's eyes darkened slightly.

Lief ripped Shadow's hand away from him ducking under the sword and rolling a few feet away making distance between them both. Shadow's face held a look of enjoyment and chaos.

"What's wrong twin? We aren't finished. Now that my power is back I may be able to follow through with my master's request...Lord Ganondorf has been longing to find you, somehow you keep eluding him."

The chill air suddenly grew colder almost freezing the very air in his lungs. He kept moving his fingers hoping they were still able to move. He clutched the music box attached to his belt feeling warmth from it.

Shadow spotted the small item, What is that? Shadow stepped forward letting his gaze focus on Lief, "I'm starting to think you aren't the hero of time... you would have gotten rid of me by now."

"Why would you think I'm the hero of time? He's dead, in fact he's been dead for hundreds of years."

Shadow shook his head, "let me fill you in," He stopped and held up his hand, palm faced upward, a small round orb formed and images flashed across, "There is always a hero of time, he has never left the world. A child is born minutes before the old child is dead, however, they all die after three days. When you were born your father knew who you were, he expected you to die, but when you survived for those three days he understood your fate. The last child who lived was hundreds of years ago, he died at an old age and kept the seal on ganondorf strong. Before he died he knew that he would be reincarnated so that the evil wouldn't be unsealed, and that someday he would be born and live to fix the broken mistake that someone made.

Fifty years after he died, the temple that housed the seal was cracked from an unexpected earthquake causing the seal to weaken and release Ganon whose memory was lost. Fourty years later, you came along. He began to grow in power, but he didn't understand why. When you lost your family on that pathetic island I was born in the darkness of your heart, and thence forth I released his mind from the shadows and he's been on a rampage searching for you."

Lief was somewhat confused, but understood most of it, but who knows, Shadow shouldn't be trusted anyways so why listen to his explanation. His headache was only faintly there now, if he wasn't so cold he could probably take on Shadow easily. He glanced behind him spotting the goron mask, he didn't feel as cold with that, but he remembered the feeling of taking it off.

"It's all true Lief. Don't deny it," He smiled and continued walking forward, he's hand turned over the sphere disappearing and the images of small children disappearing. the goron mask flew into his hand, "You won't need this..." He looks at it as if thinking of it thoughtfully then clenches his fist breaking it and letting it crumble to the ground.

The familiar sound of steel ring rang through the air as Lief picked his sword from the ground, however, when Shadow looked closer he didn't see Lief's bright blue electric eyes, they were a different blue and a small gold triangle glinted on his left eye.

Lief's mind is in the past, the hero of time's instincts have taken over... Shadow pointed his shadow blade forward, "Not another step 'Link'" Lief's body stopped and stared at Shadow. He did not speak, he only stared Shadow straight in the eye.

Link undid the small button on his belt pouch and took out a velvet bag, the ocarina tumbled into his hand.

"Put that away, Link." Shadow threatened, "I'll make sure you die right here and now if you use it."

His hand stopped the ocarina a breath away from his cold lips, His eyes narrowed, but the determination didn't leave from his look. He placed it to his lips and closed his eyes, Shadow's sword shifted and became a dark bow with a red arrow, He lifted it to his eye level pointing it at Link's heart.

"Your choice." He let the arrow fly.

Link's eyes opened as the beautiful sound filled the room, Shadow knew the tune as the Song of Soaring, white feathers surrounded Lief's body protectively, the arrow exploded in to tiny shards scattering across the ground.

"Coward!" Shadow ran forward, his hand just barely touched Lief's tunic before he was standing alone in the icey prison. His eyes became flames of rage and his aura shattered the thin windows.

Lief was in nothingness. There was nothing to see, nothing to touch or hear, he didn't feel pain, and he couldn't feel his heartbeat.

"You're safe now," A soothing girl's voice echoed in his head, as he had thought, he couldn't hear anything, but this voice seemed to speak straight to his soul, a figure illuminated the space in front of him and his feet seemed to have touched a glassy surface, he looked down viewing his reflection.

When he looked up again a young girl just alittle older than him was watching him, her hair was a greenish blue color and flowed down past her waist, large, bright shimmering wings were spread out behind her like a spring blossom.

"I know you." Lief's mouth moved, but his voice traveled through his mind.

She smiled and held up a fairy doll, "I am the great fairy, my former self was created many years ago and we met only 5 years earlier. I wanted to apoligize about my failure in protecting your island. If my shrine hadn't been covered than you probably wouldn't be here..."

"You don't need to apologize. If you had protected my family and my home, I wouldn't have been able to help Darbus and the other gorons, it was.." He hesitated.

"Fate."

"Yeah."

The great fairy shifted a lock of hair behind her ear, "Lief, it's very important you listen to me right now, I don't have much time. You were lucky that your past self protected you by sending you away from Shadow's presence. Link used the ocarina Saria gave you and played the Song of Soaring, he sent you to the Zora's and your wounds are being attended to right now. Shadow can find you though, that's why I must tell you that you need to leave that world for a small time."

"That isn't possible though." He said.

"It is, why do you think they called 'him' the Hero of Time? The only thing is, is that you cannot use the ocarina to time travel, it's magic of time won't work for you, it can be used for the other blessed tunes, only Princess Zelda's ocarina may work, and that has long since been sealed with the master sword."

Lief listened carefully to the great fairy, "I can't read it though."

"Yes you can, you've been in my presence."

"I couldn't read it before,"

"That is because you had forgotten the fairy language, you had recently been through a life changing trajedy and so your heart changed. Shadow took that knowledge when your hate and sorrow created him. Now since your heart has changed and you have opened up again, you can read the inscriptions."

She smiled and walked forward, her long white gown shifted like water as her feet swept across the floor, she touched his cheek, then leaned forward kissing his forehead, "You are a blessed child, Lief."

Lief woke up in a small room, water surrounded it outside large windows, but didn't enter, his head and chest was bandaged and his head throbbed faintly.

What is this place?...

"Welcome Lief, to Zora's Domain."

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