Chapter 9: The Revived Demon King

The Twinrova had led their forces to Hyrule Castle, following Linkle, Lana, and Cia. Once there, Zelda's forces fought bravely against them.

However, their forces were stronger.

They were successful in retrieving all four remains. Combined with their own power, the Twinrova used the four masks to revive the Demon King in his stronger form, Ganon.

He summoned more and more monsters, about twice as many soldiers Zelda had. This forced every single person to come out from the castle to help fight. They bravely did so, until Hyrule Field looked like a wasteland, mimicking Ganon's Tower, when he had taken it over.

With him back, the fate of Hyrule lies in this battle.

With his Knight's Sword gripped tightly in his hand, Link charged into the field and began slaughtering powered up Stalchildren and Bokoblins (the latter created by Ganon).

"All of Hyrule rests in our hands," said Zelda. "Everyone stay strong!"

"I . . . have . . . RETURNED!" Ganon roared.

"There's so many bad guys," Tingle whimpered.

"Tingle is right," Impa started. "There's too much. Your Majesty, what shall we do?"

"We take them out first," the princess replied. "Everyone, we have to start by taking keeps. The only one we have is the Castle Keep, which is our base. Split up!"

Everyone heeded their orders and began advancing towards different keeps.

"I've got the West Field Keep," said Lana, beginning to move forward.

"I'll cover you," Cia added, following.

"I'll take the Central Keep," Linkle shouted.

"Tingle can steal the South Field Keep," he cheered.

"I shall take the West Rockface Keep," Impa declared.

"We've got the North Field Keep," Proxi said alongside Young Link.

"Link, that leaves you with the East Field Keep," Zelda told him.

With Zelda in the Allied Base, everyone split up and began advancing towards their assigned keeps. Link got to his first and immediately began killing monsters. Despite them having increased morale, he didn't stop until the Keep Boss appeared. He did the same thing to him that he did to the others until that keep belonged to them.

"Nice job, Link!" Proxi cheered.

"Grr, they're stealing our land!" Koume growled.

"Do they not fear king Ganon?" asked Kotake. "Skull Kid! Kill them!"

"What fun," he replied, advancing towards Young Link.

Link moved onwards to the North Field Keep, helping his younger self until the keep was theirs.

They turned around to leave, but Skull Kid was blocking the exit.

"Hello, do you want to play a game?" he asked.

He then suddenly dashed at them and used his two fairies to attack Young Link. Link retaliated by slashed at him, giving Young Link a chance to do the same.

The two fought together against Skull Kid, until he was able to block their attacks and dash out of the way for their next ones. He created Puppets around them, but the two somersaulted out of the ring of monsters.

That was when Young Link was forced to take on a Stalmaster, leaving Link to fight Skull Kid amongst the monsters.

The two charged at each other and began battling once more. Skull Kid kicked him, and he sliced back.

Young Link rolled out of the way and fought on. He dodged another stab from the Stalmaster. Once he was distracted, Young Link swooped and landed multiple strong attacks on the creature until he finished with a blow with the Fierce Deity's Mask.

By that point, Link had just defeated Skull Kid as well.

"You cheated!" he whined, forcing himself to flee from the battlefield.

"Wow Link! You made that look easy!" Proxi cheered.

"Skull Kid is gone!? That pathetic boy," Kotake growled. "Minions, take out the two heroes!"

Proxi followed the two out of the keep, where Lana and Cia finished taking theirs as well. The four met up and charged into the huge group of enemies and captains the Twinrova had sent. Some nearby soldiers and gorons, alongside a Goron Captain, joined them.

They fought them off with bravery, allowing them to have the upper hand. They were successful and defeating some of the monsters.

That was when Link split up from the group, followed by Proxi, and made his way to the Central Keep to help Linkle.

She fired her two crossbows at the monsters inside. Link helped out by producing a large spin attack to destroy some more. Eventually, the Keep Boss spawned. Link defeated him after a few minutes and claimed that keep.

"You are a true warrior," Impa complimented him.

Link and Proxi exited the keep, only to be greeted by a group of monsters defeating more of their forces. Link ran over to intervene.

There was two Hylian Captains and a Goron Captains, with many more soldiers and gorons. They were losing to a bigger group of Bokoblins, led by four Stalmasters.

Link took on two of them at once, using another spin attack to knock them away. He turned around to defeat the other two. He waited for the perfect moment to let out his strongest attacks on one of them, killing him for good. He turned to the other one he let out real attack until he was gone also.

The other two Stalmasters made their way back, where Link let out more attacks, this time joined by the Goron Captain. The two were able to defeat the two captains. With all four of them gone, they turned around to defeat the last of the Bokoblins.

The group then followed Link into the West Rockface Keep, where Impa was alone trying to take the keep. The joined her in killing the Stalfos, Stalchildren, and Bokoblins inside. It didn't take long to make the Keep Boss appear, however it did take long to kill him. Nonetheless, Link claimed that keep for their forces at the same time Tingle took his.

"Good job everyone! We have the upper hand!" Zelda congratulated them.

"Grah! They have practically the whole battlefield under their command!" Koume screamed. "What will we do, sister?"

"Perhaps we shall ask the Demon King, Ganon."

"Destroy . . . ALL!"

"Yes, King Ganon!" they both answered.

The gates to the Enemy Base flew open, and they zoomed out and began killing more of the Hyrulian Forces.

That was when Ganon arrived at the same spot Young Link, Lana, and Cia was. They forced themselves to take on the beast.

"Princess," Lana started. "He's so strong."

"Keep fighting," Cia told her.

"Hang on," Zelda assured her. "I'm on my way!"

The princess left the Allied Base and over to their spot.

"Link," Proxi said. "We have to help!"

"I'm coming too," Impa added.

Link covered Impa as they exited their keep and took on any monsters in their way. Eventually, they reached Ganon.

The giant black warthog was just as scary as they all remembered him, but they all knew they had to push on, or else Hyrule would really fall in his hands for good.

He floated into the air with his tail glowing. Link took the chance to whip out his Hookshot and latch it onto his tail, just as he had done last time. He pulled Ganon down to the ground with all of his might and smashed him hard.

Ganon retaliated by holding his hand out. A fireball appeared, starting to grow bigger and bigger. Link hurled a dozen bombs into it, allowing his hand to explode into a fiery fate.

Ganon roared, practically making everyone's ears bleed. Everyone continued to fight him, even Tingle once he got there, despite knowing it wouldn't do much.

A mouth growing on the side of Ganon's head hissed and began spitting out hundreds of seeds. Link threw his boomerang and immediately followed by shielding. The boomerang smashed into it and chopped it clean off.

Link caught his item and put it away and Ganon held out his other hand, blasting lasers out from it. Lana and Young Link were hit by them, but were okay. Once he was finished, Link whipped out his bow and fired an arrow right into his hand.

His second mouth began spitting more seeds, forcing Link to throw his boomerang again and block. Once it hit him, it came back to Link.

Ganon roared once again, and put his hand together. Going on his back two legs for a moment, he lifted his front hands in the air and smashed them as hard as he could into the ground, knocking back everyone nearby.

Link was the first to get up. Once he saw his hands were stuck, he ran over, pulled out his hammer, and smashed it into Ganon. He stepped back and roared in pain.

He charged at them all in all fours, knocking away dozens and dozens of members from both forces alike. His forehead began glowing, which gave Link the idea to shoot an arrow in it. While it did deal damage, it didn't deal enough.

"Link! Your bow!" Zelda shouted over to him. "Allow me to infuse with the power of the Light Arrow!"

She lifted her hands into the air. Link's bow floated out of his hand and above Zelda's. A beam of light came out from underneath her and smothered the bow. Once it was gone, it glowed a gold colour. She floated it back to Link.

"It will require energy from all of us to reach its maximum power," she explained.

"I will lend all of my energy into the Light Arrows," Impa called out.

"It can have my magic too," Lana added, the two of them remembering how this is what happened in the last battle against Ganon.

"It can have my magic as well," Cia chimed in.

"I'll give it all I've got!" Linkle cheered.

"Tingle will use his energy to help fight!" he declared.

"Link will give it all too!" Proxi finished from Young Link's side.

He ran out of the way as Ganon charged again. Once he found the opening, Link fired his bow, this time with a Light Arrow, and pierced it threw Ganon's head. He roared louder than he ever had before, loathing sacred power.

That was when Link was blasted away with fire and ice magic combined.

"Did you think we would stay out of the way?" asked Koume.

"You do not have the right to challenge King Ganon," Kotake added.

That was when they were blasted away with magic too, just like Link.

Except it was from Skull Kid.

"Skull Kid!" Kotake cried. "What are you doing!? Stop it!"

"I will no longer take orders from you!" he replied, except it wasn't Skull Kid's voice speaking. It was a much more sinister one.

Zelda and the others continued to take on Ganon and his army in the background as Skull Kid's body suddenly fell limp. However, he continued to float. He fell to the ground as Majora's Mask continued to float.

"What's happening?" asked Proxi.

"I will control this land," the voice went on.

"Is that . . ." Koume started, not finding the words.

The mask suddenly grew twice as big as it was before, and long red ropes grew out of the back where the face would go.

"I am Majora!" it screamed, swooping toward the Twinrova and knocking them backwards.

Suddenly, all of the Dinolfos, Stalfos, and Stalchildren turned to Majora's side as they started the Rouge Forces. This only left Ganon and the Twinrova with the Stalmasters and Bokoblins.

"How dare you!" Koume cried as she and her sister began doing battle with Majora's Mask. "You were using us the whole time!?"

"Correct," it replied, spinning in a circle and damaging them with its spikes.

Link also joined them in trying to fight Majora, until he quickly developed a strategy. Once it was distracted with the witches, Link would throw his boomerang and knock it to the ground. While stunned, Link would let out a series of strong attacks.

He continued to do this until Majora let out a roar of pain. Suddenly, the ropes were sucked inside as it the mask grew a pair of lanky arms and legs each, along with an eye atop it. It was now Majora's Incarnation.

By this point, the Hyrulian Forces had taken notice to Majora, as well as realizing they had two giant beasts to destroy.

"Link! Your bow!" Zelda shouted. He pulled it out and threw it across the battlefield, with the princess catching it.

Young Link, Tingle, and Linkle joined Link's side to take on Majora. It suddenly began running around the battlefield at lightning speed.

"Just because we all want that blasted mask dead, doesn't mean we want you dead as well!" Koume screamed as the two witches swooped over and began attacking Link. He shielded some more of their attacks as the three started hurting the witches.

As the three distracted the Twinrova, Link waited for the perfect moment until Majora's Incarnation made it's way back to them. Right before it did, he whipped out his Hookshot again and fired it. Luckily, it latched onto Majora's ankle, tripping it and tossing it flat on its face.

Link and his three friends ran over and started dealing damage to it. Link leaped high into the air and stabbed Majora right in the back.

Meanwhile, Zelda, Impa, Lana, and Cia were still fighting Ganon. Once he charged at them again, the dodged, and Zelda took aim with the bow. She shot a Light Arrow and met her target, damaging Ganon even more.

He climbed up to his four feet and did a massive spin attack, attacking all three forces.

He roared, allowing his shock waves to stun most of them. Once finished, he charged at them again, unfortunately hitting Zelda on the way. Nonetheless, she was persistent and fired her bow again, meeting her target the second time as well.

Majora's Incarnation was defeated for good after more fighting. However, Majora wasn't willing to give up. It got back on its feet again. Its spikes were sucked inside as its arms and legs grew bulkier. Its eyes turned into a whole head and red ropes were fired out of its arms. Now, it was only Majora's Wrath.

It swung its arm vertically, attacking Link, his friends, and the Twinrova, alongside any of their forces that were also trying to kill Majora. They got back to their feet and started attacking it in its strongest form.

It kicked and stomped and punched and whipped, dealing massive damage to anyone who got in its way.

It did a spin attack, moving around the battlefield, until it dizzy. Link took the opportunity to do massive damage, including a spin attack.

They dodged another one of Ganon's charges. Zelda fired another Light Arrow, allowing it to sink into the beast's forehead.

He did a spin attack, knocking away lots of forces nearby. Lana, Cia, and Impa continued to attack him alongside the other Hylians and gorons nearby.

He charged once again, and Zelda dashed out of his path. Once he spun around, Zelda fired one final Light Arrow into Ganon's head, and he was destroyed for good.

At the same time, Link leaped into the air and sunk his sword right through Majora's head. The two beasts let out loud roars of pain as the fell to the ground, dead.

Link and Zelda regrouped with all of their friends and the remainder of their forces. Finally, Hyrule was rid of monsters once and for all.

"No!" the Twinrova screamed. "We will not lose!"

Link, Zelda, Lana, and Cia put their hands in the middle, allowing the three pieces of the Triforce to come together. The three golden triangles floated into the air and fired a beam of sacred light upon Koume and Kotake.

"No! I'm too young to die!" Koume cried.

"Too young!?" Kotake shouted. "You're four hundred years old! I'm too young!"

"Stop saying you're three hundred eighty!" Koume snapped. "We're twins!"

"You're just senile!" Kotake insisted.

"Who are you calling senile!?" Koume screamed. "Don't talk to your older sister that way! Wait."

That was when the power of the Triforce destroyed them once and for all, alongside any remaining enemies.

Everyone looked at each other and smiled as each piece was returned to their owners.

"Help! Somebody!" they heard a voice shout.

They turned to see Tatl and Tael dragging Skull Kid's limp body towards them. They hurried over as Lana crouched down next to him. She waved her hands over him, and suddenly, his eyes were thrown open.

He sat up and clutched his head.

"Oh, my head," he moaned. "What happened?"

"You put on Majora's Mask," Tael explained. "And then the Twinrova came and forced you to work for them."

"Tael!" Tatl scolded him.

"What?"

"Oh no," he worried. "Wait, what's Majora's Mask?"

"A mask that contains evil power," a voice answered.

Everyone turned around to see a man dressed in purple with a very large backpack overflowing with masks. He had a constant smile glued on his face.

"Good evening," he began. "I am the Happy Mask Salesman. I buy, sell, and trade masks. When I found that mask, I knew that it would have to be protected."

He looked down at Skull Kid.

"But then you came along and risked destroying the entirety of space and time itself!"

"It wasn't his fault!" Tael blurted out.

Everyone looked at the fairy.

"What my brother meant was that when we first met Skull Kid, he was . . . in a difficult place," Tatl corrected him. "He had lost his friends. So that's how we're friends. That's also why we're here right now."

She and Tael floated down to comfort him as Lana patted him on the back.

The Happy Mask Salesman walked over to where Majora's Wrath was killed and picked up the mask.

"It has lost its power. I can sense it," he said, holding it tightly with both hands.

He turned to face everyone.

"Don't you think you should return them to their rightful time?"

She paused for a moment. "Yes, of course."

Once again, she and the others used their Triforce pieces and shined its light onto Young Link, Tingle, Skull Kid, Tatl, and Tael. The five began to disappear.

"Bye-bye!" Tingle cheered, waving.

"Sorry," said Skull Kid.

Young Link silently nodded at Link, and he did the same.

The pieces of the Triforce returned to their owners again.

"What about y—" Lana began.

The Happy Mask Salesman was gone.

"Did we do that?" asked Zelda.

"I don't know," Lana replied.

After another moment of looking around, Cia broke the silence.

"I guess it's time for us to go back," she said.

"Why?" asked Zelda. "We must celebrate this victory. Don't you two want to stay?"

The two looked at each other. Lana had a big smile on her face, which forced Cia to get one as well.

"Absolutely," Lana answered.

"Hurray!" Linkle cheered. "I love parties!"

"Perfect. Let's go round up the survivors," said Impa.

The six of them split up to gather everyone scattered around the battlefield. Once the wounded were treated to, there was a big celebration at Hyrule Castle to commemorate Link and his friends' victory.

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