Bubbles knelt in front of Links memorial grave and placed a small stuffed bunny to the side and Dark Link knelt beside her and put a blue cap with a red emerald behind it.
"Bring her your gift and may you both sort well." He said and bowed his head in reverence.
"Do you think she's in a better place?" Bubbles asked quietly
"She is innocent as she did not understand her actions so I know that she will sort well." Link responded and got up.
"What about him?" she said looking at the Blue cap
"I think part of hell is having loved someone in life and never being able to reconcile in death." Dark Link started, "But I guess if he truly changed his heart at the time of his death then the Goddesses might allow him to sort well."
"I hope so." Bubbles said, "If not for his sake, then for hers."
She rose and they started to walk down the way. The sun was setting and a golden red array filled the sky and the clouds danced the magic dance of twilight. A cool wind rushed down the street and Bubbles shivered. Dark Link put his arm around her shoulder and the both of them walked home.
They passed the darkened alley, the one that seems to be teaming with evil. Dark Link could feel the shadows surround an entity along the wall. A lantern flickered on in the darkness and a ghostly figure slowly exited the alley.
"It's a Poe RUN!" Dark Link yelled and they both started running but as they turned a street corner another lantern flickered on and a ghostly form took shape. They tried to turn around but soon they were surrounded by Poe of every shape and color.
"Drake you need to stop them." Bubbles said cowering behind his shoulder
"I wish I could but I can't use any weapons that would be effective, my sword goes right through them." He said, "Don't look into the flames of the Lanterns they immerse you in the things that you fear the most." Dark Link commanded but it was too late as the dancing colors of the fire had already drawn the gaze of the weary Powerpuff.
Bubbles found herself in a dark room, behind her was a door with a small glass window and before her were several tables that had strange shapes covered with a white sheet. She walked up through the middle of the tables and as she did lights flickered on to each side. She walked to the front of the room and there were two tables with a red cloth on one and a green cloth on the other. Bubbles felt like she knew what was under the cloths and put her hands up to her mouth.
Suddenly all of the cloths were ripped off to reveal the very nightmare that Dark Link had warned her about. They were all dead, everyone of them Buttercup, Blossom, Link, Gran-gran, The Professor all of them on these slabs. She turned and saw a window which looked out over New Townsville and could see nothing but fire and devastation. She turned around and the room had disappeared all but one lonely table. She didn't know who could be under the sheet and started to walk towards it. There was no sound no light except for a small hanging lamp above the table as she approached.
She reached over and lifted up the edge of the sheet and let out a scream. In the real world Dark Link found himself face first in the ground as Bubbles let out a wail so loud that it shattered glass and turned the streets into rubble. The poes were blasted away by the sheer power of her scream and Dark Link held his ears in his hands while close to the ground.
When she finally stopped her titanic scream she fell to the ground sobbing.
"Darn it! I told you not to look into the fire stupid girl!" Dark Link said and almost immediately regretted it as he saw that she was in a complete state of disrepair, "Look, I'm… sorry. I didn't mean to…" But before he could finish Bubbles reached up around his neck and held him close in a warm embrace. Dark Link had never been hugged before and he didn't really know what to do.
He reached around her and held her tight, "What did you see?" He said softly to himself.
Suddenly the communicator on Bubbles' belt started to flash and she quickly released Dark Link and opened the small palm communicator.
"Bubbles did you hear that?" Buttercup was on the other side soon to be joined by Blossom and the Professor. "What's going on it sounded like someone cranked up the volume on the emergency warning system for the city." Blossom added in.
"Sorry guys that was me." Bubbles said wiping away her tears
"WHAT HAPPENED?! DID DRAKE DO SOMETHING TO YOU? I SWEAR IF I EVER GET MY HANDS ON HIM…" Buttercup started but was cut off by Bubbles
"No it's not anything like that and if it wasn't for Drake I would've been in some serious trouble." Bubbles explained
"Boy you sure seem to have a lot of things happening to you lately!" Buttercup said folding her arms and looking away from the communicator.
"Wait Bubbles did you say that was you?" The Professor interjected
"Yeah I didn't even know I could do that till now." She said in a much happier tone of voice
The Professor stopped for a moment and put his chin between his thumb and index finger, "Girls meet me at the Lab right away."
The Powerpuffs were up and ready at the Professor's lab within the minute. As they entered the Professor, Ken and Poochie led them to that same glowing room with the red crystal lodged in the lighting mechanism.
"Oh I get it!" Blossom said putting her finger to the side of her face, "since the sound waves activate the sound part of this crystal Bubbles might help us hear what is being said."
"Exactly!" The Professor stated excitedly.
"Where did you get that!?" Dark Link said drawing close to the crystal
"Some scientists found it in the remains of an old building in the arctic." Bubbles explained, "Why? Do you know anything about it?" she asked
"Only that it's the rarest essence in the universe, the Essence of Lost Memories." He said looking at it closely, "Back when Link was a guard for the Royal Court he was sent on a journey to two different land's by the Triforce, one was Holodrum and the other was Labrynna. While there he had to defeat two generals of the Grand Army of Shadows named Onox and Veran respectively. In order to do so he had to collect the essences of Time and Nature he succeeded but in the end there was one essence he never did get his hands on the Essence of Lost Memories said to be able to bring up the final memories of whoever held it last."
"Well it looks like we might finally be able to see what is contained on this crystal thanks to Buttercup and Bubbles." The Professor said
"Right I'm ready!" Buttercup said with confidence, "I've been practicing and I can now use my lasers for long periods of time without losing power."
"I'm ready to do what it takes." Bubbles said.
"Alright now Bubbles since your wail is more wide ranged we need to send it through this resonance director, it will channel all the power of your wail into a focused beam of pure sound." Ken said wheeling over a large cone-shaped device.
"Are you ready girls?"
"Ready!" They both said in unison and Buttercup charged up her lasers while Bubbles took in a deep breath. Both let loose their respective powers and the room lit up with the sounds and images from deep within the red crystal.
The wind blew hard as the waters of the nearby lake rushed up to meet the rocky shore. Two men one dressed in black and the other in green facing each other. The man in green pulled himself closer to the one dressed in black whom everyone now recognized as Gannondorf. He laughed with a voice that was deep and menacing as Link pulled himself along the ground and grabbed him by the hand. After the Triforce was taken Gannondorf threw the man in green down and started to walk away the man in Green took out his bow and fired an arrow of pure light that made Dark Link fidget a little uncomfortably. Gannondorf turned around and unleashed his dark barrage and said, "Link! With the Triforce even your holy arrows of light do little." Then Link turned to him and said, "You know how this ends." Gannondorf grunted and stretched out his hand towards Link and a dark cloud encircled him. Link shouted in pain but soon disappeared. Gannondorf turned his back and walked away but as he was leaving he whispered, now Princess witness the demise of this wretched planet and disappeared out of sight. There was a loud boom and a red stream of light rose to the sky and the world turned black. Soon the woman appeared, "Zelda!" Dark Link said softly.
"Link I can't believe you died you were supposed to come back to save Hyrule, you were the chosen guardian of the world. I will be waiting for you at the Temple of Time for when you return, I can't wait to see you again. I am releasing the essence of Forgotten Memories as I now head to the darkness hopefully you will find it someday and return to me warrior of the goddesses."
Then the room turned white and four men came into the large cavern, "I thought I heard something." And then the projection faded out.
"Well that was an interesting trip to Hyrule." Dark Link stated with his arms behind his head.
Buttercup faltered but didn't faint and Bubbles was gasping for breath as Ken helped her up.
"What does she mean waiting at the Temple of Time?" Buttercup asked kind of jealous
"The Temple of Time is a large holy structure in Castletown on Hyrule it houses the sages of Hyrule and the Triforce as well as the master sword. I guess when Link dies he goes there to await his next assignment from the goddesses."
"Assignment?" Buttercup and Blossom said in unison, all Bubbles could do was grunt in unison.
"It's complicated for outsiders but Hylians never really die we just spin through a cycle of reincarnation appearing sometimes decades apart but always the same person. Each of us has our destiny one's that can't be avoided no matter how hard we try." Dark Link said looking over at Bubbles who was still leaning on a table catching her breath.
"Girls I need to leave." Dark Link said quickly heading out the door.
"But why?" the whole room asked in unison.
"Destiny calls." He said sadly and left in the shadows.
Thanks for reading again, interesting story. There is a storytelling website that contacted me about writing for their page. I looked it up and it seems pretty interesting I suggest that if anyone wants to see it they go to and check it out, Ultima S. next Holodrum!