Chapter 14

Demon Lord

~Five Years Later~

In these five years, Raven and Mayra had two kids. One who was now three and the other was one. The three year old was a male named Noburu and the one year old was a girl named Yuki. Link and Natylee would of course help their parents take care of the young children. Link's voice finally broke as well. He looked and sounded more as he did before.

It was the middle of the night when Link woke up with a scream from a nightmare. He sat up in his bed. He was breathing heavily. He looked around and found he was in his house. The dream he had seemed so vivid. He looked at his sister who was sleeping in the bed next to him. Raven had woken up and walked up to the bed.

"You doing alright? What happened?"

"Nothing, just a bad dream, Dad. I'm fine."

"If you say so. What was it about?"

"I'd rather not talk about it." Raven sat down next to him and wrapped an arm around his son's shoulder.

"Come on. It's best if you share what's on your mind, otherwise you can't sleep too well."

"Ok. I was in a large stone room, it was lit with torches. There was a stone table in the middle. A small sword was sitting on it. It had a diamond pattern on the blade. Two witches appeared in the room and started circling it. They froze and put some kind of magic spell on it, then a figure formed over it. He had grey skin and wore a white full body outfit with diamonds cut out. He had white hair with long bangs covering his left eye, which were red. A blue diamond earring hung from his right ear. I heard the witches voices say,

"Find the Hero of Time. He is descendant of the one who destroyed your master. Seek Vengeance."

Their voices were so creepy and familiar. I don't know where I've heard them before. It was so vivid."

"Hero of Time, huh? I guess Twinrova isn't finished with me yet. The sword I have a feeling is the gilded sword. Who was that man Link described to me though? If he's coming after me, I can't stay here, I'll be putting them in danger. I'm sure everything will be alright. It was just a dream."

"You hesitated. Something's up, I know it. You know it too. Father, what is it? I won't get scared if you tell me. I'm not that same little boy you found 10 years ago."

"No, you're not, are you? Don't worry about anything. That man, I'm not sure who he is, but he won't lay a finger on this family. I swear it. Just go to sleep, alright."

"Fine." Link laid down and Raven got up. He sat on his bed, waiting for Link to fall asleep. It was close to daybreak before he got up, got changed and packed some provisions. He wrote a note and left the house. Not long after, Link woke up. He heard the sound of the door shut and looked around. He got up, noticing his father was nowhere in sight. He spotted the note on the table. It read,

"Dear family,

It's no longer safe for me to be around you, so I've left. I doubt I'll ever come back. Link, I'm counting on you to take care of everyone while I'm gone. It won't be easy, but I'm sure you can do it. I'm proud of you. This is goodbye everyone.

-Raven"

"Father, why are you so stupid!? I gotta catch up to him." Link quickly got dressed, grabbed his sword and left a note too. It read:

"To Natylee,

Natylee, I need you to take my place in caring for this family. I know you'll wake up before mom so I address this note to you. Dad is being stupid and trying to leave because he feel it isn't safe for him to be around us. But I beg to differ. I'm not sure how long it will take, but I will bring dad home. Whatever it is that's bothering him, we'll find out. Until then, take care of everyone for me, little sister. I know you can do it.

-Link."

He ran through the alleyways of Hyrule Market and made it outside just as Raven was setting up Epona to go. "And where do you think you're going?" Raven turned to him.

"Link, go back home."

"No. You can't run off and abandon our family like this. I don't know what your life was like before that day 10 years ago, but it no longer is part of the life you have now. Whatever danger that haunts you, we can take it together, because that's what family does." Raven sighed.

"You have much wisdom, Link. Wisdom that succeeds your years. You're right, but I still can't go back."

"And why not!?"

"Because, those two witches you saw in your dream were real. They know me quite well. They also know you. I don't know who that man was that came out of the gilded sword, but I'm sure he's very dangerous."

"Well, if you're not coming back, then I'm not going back. I'm coming with you."

"No, Link. I told you. Go home! Now!"

"I won't! Oh mister Hero of Time, stop acting like a child and let others help you. You can't do everything by yourself. You may be a chosen hero, but a chosen hero still needs help from friends and family."

"How did you…"

"You just said I have wisdom that succeeds my years. You take a guess."

"Who's going to take care of the family then?"

"Natylee can handle it. She's about as strong and brave as me. You know it. Our family will be fine. If you go, I'm coming with. If you stay, I stay. That's the deal. The moment you get on Epona's back and leave without me, I'll whistle for her back. We both know she listens to whoever plays her song." Raven lowered his head in defeat.

"Fine." Raven rose his head back up. "I guess you can come along with, but if it gets to dangerous, run away."

"We'll see about that." Link walked over and climbed on Epona's back. Raven sighed and climbed on behind him.

"He hasn't changed much. Still a chosen hero by heart and soul, no matter what." Raven grabbed hold of the reins and snapped them. He was still very much taller than Link, so he was able to see over his head easily. They rode off and kept going nonstop.

"So, where we even going?"

"I'm not sure, but away from here."

"Maybe a quiet place where you can tell me the truth about who you are." Raven stopped Epona. "I know you're the Hero of Time, but you need to explain more. The Hero of Time lived over 100 years ago."

"You want the complete and honest truth?"

"Yes." Raven got off Epona and so did Link. "The entire truth."

"Ok. After my life as Hero of Time was done, I set off on a quest to find my fairy companion, Navi, but I died in the process. Then, a new Hero was born, my great grandchild. I pleaded to the goddesses to give me a body so I could help him and teach him what I know. Seems the moves I taught him helped him in his quest. When his quest was over, he tried returning home, but was kidnapped by a group of men who were going to hold him for ransom. I pleaded to the Goddesses once again to give me an actual physical body. The one you see me as now. I managed to get him back, but-" A flash of lighting between the two caused both to fall back, interrupting the story. A man appeared behind Link and lifted him up by the back of his shirt. He turned him around and pinned him against a tree.

"Hmm, are you the hero descendant from the Sky Child?"

"Uh…" He looked at Raven then back at him. "This is the man from my dream. He wants the Hero of Time, meaning Dad. I can't let him get taken away. Yes. I am."

"Oy, diamond freak. I'm the Hero of Time."

"Father, stay out of this."

"Looks like he's still descant of that brat, he'll do."

"No, he's not. I am. He's just a kid I adopted 10 years ago. There's no blood within him that makes him descendant of the Goddess's chosen hero. I do." The man pushed Link to the side and walked over to Raven. He grabbed his chin and looked into his eyes.

"Ah, I see it now. The same fire that burned through the Sky Child's eyes burn through yours." Link got up and pulled out his sword.

"I'd let go of him if I were you." The man pushed Raven back, snapped his fingers and chains popped out of the ground and wrapped around Raven's wrists. He couldn't get up.

"Do you know what happened to the Sky Child when I last saw him? I killed him." A sword appeared in his hands. "I suppose I should tell you my name before I kill you. My name is Lord Ghirahim. Demon Lord who now presides on this land with you no good, filthy humans. Say your last goodbyes." Ghirahim rushed forward with incredible speed. Link couldn't move in time. Raven's eyes widened. The sword went right through Link's stomach. Even he didn't believe it at first, it happened so quickly. "Yep, you're definitely not his descendant. The brat was like a cockroach, no matter how hard I tried, I couldn't kill him. Not until several years later. Then that stupid Spirit Maiden sealed me up inside a blade." He pulled the blade out slowly and let Link drop to the ground. He licked his blade. "However, I will say, your blood tastes just as satisfactory." He made the blade disappear and he walked over to Raven. The chains came together and wrapped tightly around his wrists. Ghirahim lifted him up off the ground. "You don't need a sword." Despite how tall Raven was, Ghirahim was taller.

"I'm not done yet." Ghirahim turned around and saw Link starting to get back up.

"You should have stayed down kid. You could have lived." Link stood back up. He was a little wobbly, but stood up.

"Link, get out of here. You're hurt."

"If you worry about a wound, how do you expect to survive in the battlefield?" Link struggled to speak, but spoke.

"Forget that! Run! Don't worry about me."

"No!"

"I'd like to cut this short. I'm on a schedule."

"If you can live to fight another day, there's still a chance. Run!"

"I-I'm not leaving you…"

"But we're leaving you. It doesn't matter whether you run or attack, you'll still die. Goodbye child." He grabbed the back of Raven's tunic and disappeared in diamonds.

"N-No! Father… I… I failed you…" Link fell down. He lost a lot of blood and it was only getting worse. "I gotta get help… I'll die here if I don't. F-Father please, stay strong until I can-" He fell unconscious.

~Raven~

The two appeared in a dungeon of sorts.

"Where are we?"

"It's none of your concern, just know this is where you'll die. Before I kill you, I got to live up to my promise I made to the Sky Child. I promised him I'd make him go deaf by the shrill sound of his own screams." Ghirahim snapped his fingers and the chains around Raven's wrists disappeared, but more came. They pulled Raven against the wall and then went above his head. More chains wrapped around his ankles. "You're mine now, Kokiri child." He started to laugh. His evil laughter echoed through the entire dungeon.