Chapter 8: The Siege on the Castle
Skull Kid had managed to defeat Linkle, Lana, and Cia. Desperate, the three fled through to portal in Clock Town back to Hyrule. There, they took shelter in Hyrule Castle, where they spoke of their previous battle to Link, Zelda, and the others.
The Twinrova and Skull Kid took their forces and followed the three women to the exact location of Hyrule Castle. Link readied their troops and led them outside, only to be greeted by the two witches. The sisters were overjoyed, for they had found the exact person they were looking for.
"They have the remains! Our plan will never succeed if we don't get all four of them!" Koume screamed.
"Troops! Defeat the three clad in green! They are the ones with those masks!" Kotake added.
"No!" shouted Proxi. "We can't let them get those masks! Link, Tingle, and uh, other Link, watch out!"
"I'll hold onto this fish head with my life!" Tingle cheered.
"Good," Impa replied. "We must protect Hyrule Castle. Men, follow me!"
"We will follow you, lady Impa!" a Hylian Captain answered.
Impa then began to lead a faction of their forces towards the Abandoned Fort keep, where the Enemy Forces had already taken over.
"Hey! That's our keep! Go and find your own!" Skull Kid cried, flying over to it and meeting Impa. The two began to fight each other. Impa swung her Giant Blade at Skull Kid, but he blocked it. Tatl and Tael attacked her, knocking her backwards a few steps. Skull Kid flew in again and dealt more damage in her stunned state.
Before he could finish her off, the Hylian Captain that had followed Impa came up behind him and slashed his back with his sword. Skull Kid spun around and spawned multiple Puppets around the captain, all of them swooping inwards and attacking him at once. He then sent his two fairies out to deal many attacks on him until he was defeated.
By the time Skull Kid had finished, Impa had vanished, angering him. He exited the keep and decided to go after Tingle. He thought he would be an easy target, and after all, he was the only one that held to of the remains.
He quickly made it to Tingle's location, which was the West Field Keep, and immediately began attacking.
"What are you doing!?" he shouted. "What did Tingle ever do to you!?"
"Those remains you carry belong to us!" Skull Kid replied.
"Hm! Then come and get them!" Tingle shouted again.
He blew up a red balloon as much as it could go until it popped. Skull Kid was knocked back from the blast, and unfortunately missed his chance to attack Tingle.
"Tingle, Tingle! Kooloo-Limpah!" he cried, tossing multiple bombs at Skull Kid. He and the fairies barely dodged out of the way of the explosions. They flew towards the "fairy" again as Skull Kid allowed Tatl and Tael to attack him.
"Fairies! Why do you hurt Tingle!?" he worried.
"Oh no! Tingle's in trouble! And he has two of the remains!" a Goron Captain realized. "Let's roll out!"
He and another Hylian Captain quickly led a faction of their troops into the keep. They all charged at Skull Kid, knocking him back.
"Hooray! Tingle isn't alone anymore!" he cheered.
"More enemies for me to fight only mean more enemies for me to kill!" Skull Kid threatened them. "Tatl! Tael! At my side!"
The three charged into the midst of all of the soldiers. Skull Kid, Tatl, and Tael attacked all of the soldiers, killing them, until it was Tingle and the two captains left.
Tatl and Tael flew to Skull Kid's sides to get out of his way for his next attack. Gaining enough energy, he conjured up giant ball of magic and hurled it at the ground in front of the three. It killed the two captains, while it left Tingle with an inch of his life left.
"Tingle admits defeat! Tingle admits defeat!" he moaned, fleeing from the battlefield. Skull Kid slowly levitated over to where he once stood, where Odolwa's Remains and Gyorg's Remains floated. He snatched the two of them.
"I have retrieved two of the masks!" he cheered, killing some more soldiers in the keep until the Keep Boss appeared. He killed him as well, claiming that keep for their forces.
"Good work, Skull Kid!" Koume congratulated him.
"Now kill the other two," Kotake demanded.
Without any hesitation, Skull Kid and the fairies began advancing to where Young Link was fighting, which was the North Field Keep. Luckily, that keep belonged to their forces, so he would already have help there.
"Link! Get ready!" Proxi told him (who had gone to his side now) once he got there.
"We meet again, little boy," Skull Kid taunted him, blocking every blow Young Link tried on him. "You should really go him. These games are for people that want to have fun!"
He fired lasers out of his mask at Young Link, injuring him a tiny bit. Young Link blocked the next ones and stabbed Skull Kid. He then pulled out the Fierce Deity's Mask, putting it on and transforming into the warrior.
Skull Kid scrambled to get out of the way of all of the attacks. He was hit by some, but not all. Once Young Link had used enough energy, he was forced to remove the mask and place it back on his belt. Weakened, Skull Kid swooped in to use his strong attacks.
He conjured up another ball of magic and chucked it right at Young Link, blasting him into the wall and then back to the ground. He slowly climbed to his feet again, persistent.
He sent his two fairies to attack the young warrior. They kept on and on, smacking him over and over again. Eventually, it became too much for Young Link, and he fled the battlefield.
He had left behind Twinmold's Remains. Skull Kid levitated over and retrieved them.
"I've got another!" shouted Skull Kid.
"Perfect, Skull Kid!" Koume replied. "Just one more and our plan will succeed!"
"Oh no," Zelda worried from their base, the Castle Keep. "We've lost two allies and three remains. No more sitting on the sidelines for me!"
Zelda then exited their keep, beginning to advance into the heart of the battle. She met up with a Dinolfos, along with some Stalfos and Stalchildren, and began to fight them.
"It looks like their queen is leaving the nest," Koume thought. "Perhaps we should do the same, sister?"
"Indeed," Kotake agreed.
The Twinrova exited the Enemy Base and down the path, only to be met with the final warrior Skull Kid knew he would have to face, and probably to strongest one on the battlefield: Link.
He began to advance to that area, where Link was destroying most of their forces there.
He went to go in for a surprise attack, but somehow, Link knew it. He spun around and blocked Skull Kid's blow. When he went to attack, Skull Kid blocked as well. However, Link then performed a spin attack, which not only caused Skull Kid's magic shield to break, but to do massive damage on him.
"Oh boy. Link, take care of him!" Proxi cheered him on.
Seeing Skull Kid as a distraction, the Twinrova stole this chance and continued to advance towards Zelda.
He fell to the ground, and Link immediately advanced and sliced at him again, tossing him into the air. Skull Kid quickly escaped Link's attacks and did some of his own on him.
He punched and kicked the green clad warrior, with the two fairies throwing in some of their own attacks on him once they saw the chance. Link managed to get his shield up and block the rest of their attacks, forcing them to stop.
He then leapt back, charged up his sword, and flew forwards, stabbing Skull Kid and blasting him a feet away. He quickly got back up and back at Link, attacking him once more.
Link dodged out of the way and slashed at Skull Kid. He spawned Puppets around him and sent them in to attack. They all hit him, but they didn't deal as much damage as they normally would have to someone else.
Tatl and Tael went in to attack again, damaging him even more. Skull Kid blasted him with lasers until he got his shield up. He somersaulted out of the way and performed another spin attack. Luckily, Skull Kid flew out of the way. When Link was distracted, he bolted at him and defeated Link with a big ball of magic.
"No, Link! Get out of here!" Proxi worried.
Link fled the battlefield, leaving Goht's Remains behind. Skull Kid levitated over and gripped the last of the remains. With both hands, he held it as high as he could into the air. Due to excitement, he flew into the air himself.
"I've got it!" he cheered. "I've got it! I've got all the remains!"
The Twinrova blasted the last of the Hylian soldiers away and looked up at him in the sky.
"Yah! Hah! Hah!" Koume cackled. "All four are ours!"
Zelda ran away, meeting up with Impa.
"Impa," she whispered, not knowing what else to say. Impa was at a loss for words as well as they watched Koume and Kotake fly over to the Skull Kid (who had returned to the ground.
The two lifted their hands in front of Skull Kid and removed the four remains from him. They then lifted their hands into the air, allowing the four masks to fly into the air in the shape of a circle.
They began spinning, faster and faster, until a big laser was fired out of them and into the ground. It, along with the masks, vanished, and was quickly replaced with a big cloud of dark smoke. A familiar roar filled the air.
Once the smoke cleared, Ganon stood there.
