A/N: I'm back I know this is a really quick update [well, for me I mean] but that last chapter was intense and I've just noticed that Winter Break is almost over which is REALLY sad and scary.
So here you are…
Disclaimer- I don't own shit. If you want a good written-out disclaimer look at the other chapters and read it there. My characters are too busy to give you one right now.
Chapter 20- The End of the End [Part One]
~Nayru~
Anyone could see the sadness expressed on Freesia's face.
Anyone could hear her screams from miles away.
Anyone could hear the heart of Tristan stop that very moment.
My sisters knew it, as well as I did. Now, we could destroy anything that upset us and we could resurrect anything we wanted, but we were actually shocked.
Too shocked to do anything…
"Well, well, well," hissed the delighted voice of Ganondorf, "so stands the Hero of Time and three girls I see!"
"We're not girls, Ganondorf. You know exactly who we are."
"Sadly, I do. But there is nothing you can do. I have the triforce within my grasp, now," smirked Ganon contentedly. He looked down at the princess beneath him.
"I have wisdom, power," he raised his fist, revealing the triforce symbol, "and courage." His hand twitched and Link flew a whole twenty feet forward, his body slamming hard onto the ground next to Zelda.
Link moaned in pain and Freesia stood her face covered in hatred and sadness.
Ganon picked up Link and looked at the girl.
"I thought Tristan had the triforce shard because of his now gentle nature towards others- it was my own mistake for killing him. He did not contain it, but I know that this brat does."
Ganon put a hand over Link's heart and began to chant in a low voice.
"Where the hell did he learn all of this!?" gasped Din angrily.
Oh Din… Always know for having the anger management problem…
"He didn't learn it, it just comes naturally. If you think logically, Din, maybe you'll be able to figure things out before going bezerk over a small question!" Nayru scolded in an irritated tone.
(A/N: That's right. Nayru's our own girly Spock in this…)
"You guys!" I whined, only stopping at hearing the Hero's voice scream in pain.
"STOP, PLEASE!" screamed Freesia.
Ganon's eyes suddenly flew open and he dropped Link.
"HE DOES NOT HAVE THE TRIFORCE OF COURAGE!?!?" the fat man bellowed in rage.
All of my sisters including me grinned. We all knew who had the triforce of Courage, and we weren't planning on telling.
Ganon looked at us, his eyes burning rage and Din sat on a large boulder, arms behind her head in a relaxing way and she smirked.
"Din, do you remember who had the courage to yell at a goddess? The one person who had the courage to stand up against Dark Link and help him when it was needed? Or the person who had the courage to fight on when all was lost?" asked Nayru in a high, girly tone.
Din laughed and shook her head. "I can't say I do lil' sis."
We all laughed and I looked to Freesia's teary face.
Link began to stir slowly at Ganon's feet and he looked ahead to see a sword [probably Tristan's] and his hand slowly outstretched towards it.
However, Ganon saw this and slammed a boot on Link's back. Link cried out in pain and Ganon gave us a triumphant look.
"Give me the triforce of Courage or I swear to you all I will kill him!" he announced.
Our laughs grew louder from the insanity of that, but we then slowly quieted down. We always knew Ganon was serious so we all pointed at three different people.
Nayru pointed to Zelda, I pointed to Link, and Din pointed to Tristan.
Little did they know that we were giving them the gift of life and strength once more.
Tristan began to stir, Link pushed Ganon's boot off of his back and he rolled to an abandoned shield nearby and Zelda's eyes flew open.
Freesia screamed in sheer delight when Tristan's eyes opened and stared into her own.
Only one problem- his eyes were red.
"Aw, crap!" Din said in an angry tone.
I rolled my eyes and scoffed. "Count on you to fix things, Din."
"Shut up!"
Ganon soon began to laugh as he kicked a boulder to the side. He began to walk towards Freesia and Din stood from her spot.
We were all serious and Tristan sat up quickly, protecting her from the approaching enemy.
"You think I was really that blind, my little creation?" cooed Ganon. "I knew the little brat you were in love with had the shard the whole time!"
"Not from where I was standing," scoffed Freesia. "And I don't have your stupid triforce! I'm not capable-"
"Really, Freesia?" laughed Ganon, throwing Dark aside with his magic. "If you weren't capable, you wouldn't be here."
"But that's impossible!" screamed Freesia.
The doors opened and everyone turned to see Impa.
"Right on time, Impa!" squeaked Din in happiness.
Impa stared, but bowed- she was used to us.
"You can explain how Freesia has the triforce, right?" I asked her.
Impa nodded and looked to Freesia with a smile. "Nice to see you all again…"
Everyone continued to stare and Ganon was interested in finding out as well.
Impa looked to Freesia once more. "Do you remember when you noticed that the necklace was gone?"
The girl nodded.
"Freesia," chuckled Impa, "the triforce chose you when you decided to take up the quest after I had left. It vanished right into your soul!"
Freesia's mouth opened to argue, but the statement was way too complex to argue about.
"Why didn't you tell me!?" she screamed in rage.
Impa shrugged. "I didn't have time too. Plus I wanted it to be a surprise. If you knew you had it, then Ganon would've found out earlier and none of this would've happened."
"Good thinking!" scolded Freesia sarcastically.
"Indeed," purred Ganon. "And you were right about that. I would've expected Link to have the triforce, not this scrawny and helpless little girl."
Freesia turned in rage and gave Ganon an even punch in the gut. He cringed at the forceful punch and she stood.
"I'm not scrawny! Or helpless! I wouldn't be here if I didn't have a purpose!" Freesia screamed, kicking Ganon's ribs as he fell to the ground.
Link snatched the sword on the ground and Dark Link stood, his eyes blazing a furious red.
"If you guys were smart enough," I announced to the Sages, "you'll go to the Sacred Realm and seal Ganon in again."
"He has the triforce of power, though! He could get out again!" Ruto cried out in fear.
~Freesia~
So I had the Triforce of Courage, huh?
That was okay, but my rush of emotions wasn't. I continued kicking Ganon with the inhumane strength I had as Ruto cried out the repeating truth.
I paused at my work to see the goddesses grinning at each other, and then look to Tri- I mean Dark.
"No!" suddenly gasped Ganon in… fear?
"Get ready, ladies!" cried out Farore in happiness.
They all joined hands and Farore placed a hand on Dark, who had a hand on Ganon's shoulder to brace the punch he was going to deliver.
Both Link and I backed away as the whole chain of people began to glow.
The Sages were gone- including Zelda, and I stared in amazement and fear.
The lights became blinding and suddenly, a white door opened from where the throne sat.
Ganon screamed in rage and the lights were too blinding for us.
Two to three minutes later, the lights faded and I lowered my arms and looked to Link who did the same.
The goddesses were gone, as well as Ganon, Sebastian, Dark, and the Sages.
I looked to Link, whose face was sad and depressed.
"They're all gone again…" he whispered.
I touched his shoulder and surveyed the wreckage.
"We should probably…" I muttered.
"Yeah…" Link answered in a whisper.
Together we left the castle and walked out to the town, which was now populated with thousands of people.
"What happened?" asked a fat lady, her dog in her arms.
"Is the Queen safe?" asked a man, with his arms crossed.
Link jumped up on the water fountain in the center of town and calmed down the people who were shouting questions at us.
"People, please! Everything is fine! The Queen just needs a little rest and… uhh…" he looked to me.
I sighed and rolled my eyes, joining him on the water fountain.
"Listen, ladies and gentlemen!" I called out- but the noises continued. "HARKEN TO ME!"
Silence.
I shook my head and hissed a curse beneath my breath. Truth to be told, I sucked at speeches, but then again- you had to do it when needed, huh?
"Listen people," I began, licking my lips, "there was a major accident in the castle. I don't suggest you ask any questions about it because it was pretty bad. Other than that, just chill out, it's not really any of your business-"
"Not our business!?" argued a voice in the back. "You call earthquakes and dead children NOT our business!?"
My posture sagged and I looked to Link. "He killed the kids too?"
Link shrugged.
I closed my eyes in frustration, and turned back to the crowd. "Listen guys, the whole situation is fixed and within a few days everything will be back to normal!"
"No, it won't! The Queen is to choose her husband today!"
There was a suddenly loud bang and people looked to the Temple of Time to see the Sages come from there.
They all stood in a single line, as if they were posing for a picture. Except by the fact that they were dirty…
Ruto had black smudges on her body and Nabooru had only one smudge on her greatly complexioned face. Darunia held Saria on his head like before and Impa leaned against the great rock.
Zelda came out of the middle of them and Dark had followed his black hair flying in the breeze.
The whole town began to bow at the sight of the Queen-though she herself was a mess. Her face shone in the light, but the rest of her was torn and bleeding. Her eyes landed on us, and together, Link and I jumped off the fountain.
I raced over to Dark and gave him a massive hug and he pulled away.
"I'm not Tristan anymore…" he said, his eyes full of sadness.
"That's perfectly fine with me. As long as you are you," I gasped out in happiness, hugging him once more.
"Are you sure? I also have the triforce of power…" he wandered.
I looked up at him in confusion. "Just because you have it, doesn't mean you will end up as Ganon."
Dark smiled and pulled me into a tighter hug.
"Ganondorf was a pitiful man... I don't even know how he even managed to live that long," muttered Zelda, "but he's dead and his soul is sealed away so that way he won't hurt anyone or try to anymore."
"Well that's a relief," muttered Link.
Link and Zelda looked at each other while Dark and I parted from our hug.
"Oh yes… You need your triforce back," mumbled Zelda in a disappointed tone.
"How though?" I asked.
Zelda's eyes closed. "I wish it was simple as a hug… but no. It has to be a kiss…"
"WHAT!?" screamed Dark and Link.
"Aw, come on!" I shrieked. "Can't I just give him a handshake or something? Something that's not overrated?"
Zelda tilted her head to the side, her eyes closed. "Sadly, no."
My terrified face went to Links, the same time he looked at me.
"That is so not fair…"
"Take no offense to it, Freesia; I just need that triforce back."
Dark suddenly stepped forward. "No. I won't have it."
"Come on… It's just one kiss."
There was a dead silence and everyone held their breath.
Link stepped forward and I averted my eyes away from his own gaze. "Sorry…"
He gripped my arms and pulled me into a kiss.
I was motionless, refusing to kiss back- knowing that this wasn't Dark Link- but the actual Hero of Time.
My lips began to tingle and a bright light erupted from nowhere.
Link braced his hands on my arms to keep us together as we were thrown briefly into a white abyss.
My eyes flew open at the sight of a blue and aquatic room. I sat up; my head dizzy to see Link not far away from me, sprawled out on the floor.
I rushed over to him and helped him sit up.
"Where are we?" I asked him.
"I think we're in the Sacred Realm," responded Link.
I felt taken aback. "How the crap is that possible!? We weren't even in the Temple of Time!"
Link shook his head. "Maybe the Triforce of Courage brought us here to make the exchange?"
I looked around to see Rauru standing in the center of the room, his hands inside of his drooping sleeves.
"Welcome, Freesia Strike, to the Sacred Realm," he greeted with a smile.
"Hello, Rauru," greeted Link in a weary voice.
Rauru tilted his head, a smile still pressed on his face. "Long day, Link?"
Link rolled his eyes and ripped his green hat off of his head. "Har har…"
Rauru smiled. "Don't worry, little heroes, it will all be over in no time."
I rolled my eyes and scoffed. "That's what I thought…"
Rauru raised his hands and a glow came from it. The light shot towards me and I felt it enter straight into my chest.
I winced from the slight pain, but the pain melted into a warmth that spread throughout my body. Link approached me and pulled me into a slight embrace as I fell to the floor, my whole body turning numb.
What was happening…?
To be continued in the second part of this chapter…
