SUMMER HOLIDAYS GUYS! And that means I have time to write, in between my EPQ, fundraising, UCAS stuff, volunteering, publishing and piano. In the meantime, enjoy Link in all his oni glory. (or fierce deity, whatever floats your boat).

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Chapter 33

Into five their fate will be taken

Silver limped back, snarling. Majora was at full power now. There was no way she could beat him. Even the light spirits had fallen. Zelda and Dal were far away in Ordon, Epona was even farther away, and Link…he was in a place even she couldn't reach. No-one was going to come and save her, this wasn't some novel where the hero always comes at the last second to save the day.

Majora flicked his whips at her, she dodged back, but it still opened up a wound up in her flank. She yelped, and the army laughed. She was cornered, with no place to run.

Majora attacked her again. Silver stumbled out of the way, straight into the second whip. It hit her leg, sending her to the floor. And now the first whip came down, with enough force to break bone. Silver rolled out of the way, and the whip, shortened by the ice attack missed her by a hair's breadth. Rolling back onto her feet, she stumbled, the cut on her leg gushing blood. The world spun precariously, she'd lost a lot of blood. She needed to get out of the battle now if she wanted to see Link and the others again.

Majora didn't give her a minute to breath, instantly he was back on the offensive. First he attacked with his tentacles, forcing Silver back against the edge of the bridge. Then with one hand, he threw a disc of energy, and attacked again. Silver rolled under the energy, taking a tentacle to the face. There was blood in her eye, and the world fuzzed out on one side as she blinked against the pain.

With his opponent half-blinded, Majora moved in for the kill. He fired two discs of energy, simultaneously attacking with his tentacles. Silver barely dodged the first tentacle, but the second caught her around the middle, throwing her down the bridge.

Barely conscious, Silver could do nothing as the discs spun towards their target, aimed to decapitate.

But they never found their target.

Link's mist flashed blue. Somehow it had taken the form of a wolf and caught the attack. But how, there was no way it had enough strength to reform. Forcing out Majora's magic had put it out of commission.

"Link?"

The wolf turned to look at her, but something was wrong. The mist wolf that Silver had seen when she was unconscious had looked like Link. But this one was larger, rivalling Epona for size. It had a more jagged appearance, and all three colours of magic; red, blue and green glowed on its face.

For the first time, fear flickered across Majora's face.

"You? Then…"

Majora turned around as a deep reverberating howl tore through the sky.

"Retreat!" Majora's voice was thin and high with fear.

Before Silver could fully comprehend what was happening, something large and white was ripping through the enemy forces.

Midna sprinted through the corridors to the entrance hall. Twilis were scattered left right and centre, alive thank the goddesses, but very frightened. They said something very large and very white had barrelled down the hall, knocking aside anything that got in its way with the force of a battering ram.

In the palace courtyard, the orange sol spirit was waiting for her.

"Cheretdah!" Midna called.

"He tore through my barrier, he's probably already in Hyrule." She explained.

"Where do you think he's going?" Midna asked as she vaulted onto a Sklepnil.

"Silver. She has his mist."

"Where is she?"

"The Bridge of Eldin. Be careful, Majora is there, he has already defeated Ordona and Phaira."

Midna nodded as she and her mount dissolved into shadows.

In truth, Midna had never had the heart to fully close the portals in Hyrule. She didn't have the power to teleport herself, but with the aid of the sol spirits she had just enough power to send herself and her mount to the Bridge of Eldin. To get back, she would need Link's help.

The moon looked down impassively as something ripped through Majora's army. Silver couldn't move, her injured legs wouldn't take her weight and she had lost so much blood now she doubted she could event take a step before she collapsed. Besides, the mist wolf had laid down in front of her, snarling, ready to attack anything that got too close.

It needn't have bothered.

Majora was having trouble teleporting out. Before he had the chance to run, something heavy leapt on top of him. It slashed at his midriff and mauled his face. A burst of magic sent it flying, where it collided with the arch. Rocks rained down around it as the creature got to its feet.

It was huge, an exact replica of the mist wolf in front of her. It was white as snow, with purple markings, the same as Link's, on its body. On its face were red markings around its eyes, and a blue marking in the centre of its forehead. Its chest was covered in a metal breast plate emblazoned with the sun and moon. Its canine teeth spilled from its jaw and its tail had split into two separate limbs, one almost pale green, the other pale blue. But worst of all were its eyes, pure block white. Emotionless. Heartless. Shaking the dust from its coat, the wolf snarled, tail twisting and untwisting.

It relaunched its attack almost immediately, grabbing the whips Majora threw at it, and ripping them free. Majora cried out in agony. But the creature wasn't finished, it barrelled straight into Majora and tore the creature limb from limb.

This was a creature designed to destroy the Dark, a petty criminal such as Majora didn't stand a chance. It lasted the same amount of time as it did against it the first time around. 66.6 seconds.

The creature, once having ensured the being was utterly defeated, scattered its pieces across the ground, sending them skittering into the ravine.

It then turned to the army.

The army had stood their stunned as their general was utterly destroyed. Now, under the merciless gaze of the wolf they turned and fled. The creature fell upon them like a lion among lambs.

The teleport was slow and rather painful. By the time, the portal spat out Midna and her mount, it had felt as if an age had passed.

When they landed in the middle of the Bridge of Eldin, the massacre was almost over. Majora's entire army lay in heaps of dust and ash. Silver lay where she had fallen, unable to get up for her injuries, still guarded by the mist wolf.

"Silver!"

She turned her head, and a tired smile lit her face.

Sliding off of her mount's back, she ran up to the wolfos.

The mist wolf growled at her, and Midna slowed to a stop. The real wolf looked up from where it was scrounging for more prey. Within moments, it had closed the distance, facing Midna beside its mist.

"Stop it Link." Midna said. "You know I'm not a threat."

Whether it recognised her or not, Midna couldn't tell.

"Link?" Silver turned to look at the huge wolf. "That's not Link."

"It's the failsafe. Nubia's poison activated it. I couldn't remove the darkness in time." She turned back to Link. "I know you're compelled to fight Nubia. But you need to come with me. We can fix you. You're not a heartless being. You remembered Silver didn't you. You ordered your mist to protect her. I know you remember me to."

As she spoke, Midna was inching forward. The wolf looked at her, snarling, but didn't attack. It looked taken aback, as if confused as to why its prey wasn't running away.

"Remember when we first met, and you were so scared and confused. You may not have a heart anymore, but I know you're still frightened. The Link I know is still in there. He's hurt and afraid, yes, but he's still there. We haven't been defeated, Link hasn't been defeated. Not truly. We can still win without the need for a failsafe."

And still she kept inching forward.

The twin tails lashed back and forth, twisting together then untwisting. The wolf lifted its head, unsure how to react, struggling to remember.

Midna lifted up a hand.

"I'm sorry for smashing the mirror. I thought I could make things better, but I only made things worse for you. But its ok, I'm here now. You don't have to become an oni to protect us. You did fine just as you were."

The creature eyed Midna's outstretched hand, and slowly, tentatively, reached out to sniff it.

It remembered, it remembered the good times, the safe times. It remembered Midna guiding him, even when he was alone and afraid, trapped as a wolf. She had guided him through Hyrule, through the twilight realm itself. She had come to save him when Bulblin captured him, she had protected him from Zant. She had always helped him, and even if she didn't always treat him nicely, she still cared. She was his safety. Just as he was Silver's.

He pressed his muzzle into Midna's outstretched hand, allowing her to stroke his bloody fur.

"You're a good boy."

"How very touching." Came a mocking voice.

Link's head snapped up, growling. Quick as a fox, he leapt over Midna, putting himself between the shadows and his friends.

"Even the failsafe isn't invulnerable to weak human emotion. Heartless indeed."

Nubia stepped from the shadow, only this wasn't Nubia. This was the Dark itself talking. It was difficult to see where person ended and shadows started. Just as Link's eyes were block white, Nubia's had become dark as pitch, two twin black holes sucking the light and warmth from the world.

"Come to spar have we, fierce deity." She said it so mockingly.

"Nubia?" Midna couldn't hide her surprise, she remembered the little kokiri child and she had been nothing like this fragmented shadow before her.

"Ah Midna, the famed twilight princess. I already disposed of your precious guardian. I'll take special pleasure from killing you the same way."

"Ciara! What the hell did you do to her?!"

Her shadow magic rose around her, her hair coming to life.

The mist wolf moved forward, defending Midna and Silver.

"Ah, Link's precious mist. How long I've been waiting to get my hands on it."

The shadows darted forward to seize it, but the real Link leapt on them, tearing them to pieces with his jaws.

"Urgh, you always get in the way. Well that ends here. I'll not have you get in my way anymore!"

Nubia shifted into her lynx form, hissing viciously. The darkness inside her swelled the cat to match Link in size. The shadows clumped around her, but with Link in his oni form there was no way they could copy him.

The two titanic beasts leapt at each other with primal fury. Link's claws slashed across the lynx's flank, the force of the blow sending her skittering away. But the shadows attacked in the wake of Link's attack, morphing into a gargoyle that slashed his face. The wolf didn't even flinch. With a snarl it tore the shadow apart, and using its tail as a weapon, whirled round to slash Nubia as she tried to sneak up behind him.

But even with his size advantage, for the wolf was much stockier and muscular than the lynx, Link was fighting a two on one battle, sacrificing his mist to protect his friends. Every attack he made left a window open, exposing a weak point that the shadows exploited. The ease with which he had decimated Majora and his army meant nothing. He was facing the embodiment of evil itself. No-one had defeated it, not without sacrificing their own life in the process.

The shadows turned into a giant fist, slamming Link's head into the bridge so hard that it shuddered under the impact.

Midna stepped forward, hoping to help but the mist wolf stopped her. It had to protect Link's friends, no matter how much it wanted to help.

The wolf yelped with pain as it skull was crushed. But just as quickly as it was crushed, it reflated, fuelled by the power of the triforce. The wolf got to its feet, slashing at Nubia once more, focussing its attack on her. With every move Nubia made, the wolf learnt. The same attack rarely hit twice.

The two were evenly matched. They would keep on fighting for the rest of eternity.

With a sick realisation, Midna understood. That was what the failsafe was designed to do. Evil could not simply be destroyed, for good with die with it. The two were inextricably linked. No, the only way to get rid of it was to lock it away in an eternal prison where the failsafe would keep it occupied, locked in an endless combat.

The Dark knew that too, and it knew it wouldn't be much longer until the goddesses cast aside their bonds to Link and sent both of them into that prison. It had been reckless, thinking it might be able to defeat the failsafe; even if it was sacrificing its mist to protect its friends. No, the Dark had underestimated the power of the failsafe. So it had to stop the fight. It couldn't convert Link like this. No, it needed Link to be turned back into a weak mortal.

The shadows fought the wolf viciously, just as compelled to destroy it as it was to destroy them. So the lynx used its magic, summoning a ball of shadows. With the strength of a typhoon, Nubia attacked the bridge beneath their feet. The shadows turned into a huge foot, and slammed down on top of the wolf as it stumbled from the resulting tremor. The bridge around it shattered like brittle glass. As the shockwave travelled the length of the bridge, the whole structure collapsed down.

Link howled as it fell with several tonnes rubble, pulled by the inexorable embrace of gravity. Dazed by the double attack, there wasn't much it could do as its body struggled to move. The mist acted, quickly enveloped Silver. The rubble was harmlessly deflected by the powerful winds.

With Link and the mist occupied with falling, Nubia turned to Midna. Before Midna could even use her magic, the shadows plucked her from the air, chaining her wrists and ankles. Nubia beckoned to the shadows and they obediently came, holding Midna in front of the Dark incarnate. Midna growled, hair glowing as she charged an attack.

"It's a shame I couldn't kill you, but don't worry, it's just as entertaining watching you squirm." With a cry, Midna released her attack a ball of energy exploding in front of her face. "Please, like your little parlour tricks could hurt me."

"No…" Midna's face blanched as the Dark flicked its hand, brushing the magic away as if it were no more than a dust mote.

"Enjoy your trip."

The shadows clumped around Midna, and she screamed in agony. Her blood felt as if it were on fire, and her muscles felt stretched to tearing. Her eyesight whited out and she lost consciousness.

Neither Link nor the mist had expected an attack on Midna, and with the mist protecting Silver it couldn't get to Midna. It couldn't save Midna without leaving Silver to fall to her death.

Nubia smiled sardonically and flicked her hands, dissolving into shadows. A small limp form fell from the sky down into the ravine.

"They've been gone too long." Zelda said.

Abandoning her pacing, she grabbed her rapier and left Link's house.

"But princess." Ilia followed after her.

It was easy to see why Link had been chosen as her guardian. The two were exactly the same. Running into danger without a thought. Well, perhaps Zelda had a little more foresight. Ilia wondered if this was how Link had acted when the Bulblin had attacked. Or had he not even waited, just run headlong into the Twilight.

Zoran was waiting for her, just as eager as his rider to leave. He had been groomed, and his tack repaired so that he looked less a refugee animal and more like a royal mount. Zelda climbed up, checking her quiver which hung from the saddle. She had stocked it from the village, but having fallen short she had supplemented it with some of Link's stores. He wouldn't mind.

Zelda pulled Zoran's head around, heading for the woods.

"Wait." Ilia called, head tilted to one side as she listened.

The trees were shivering as if frightened, and their chanting voices were subdued as if afraid they might be overheard.

"Oni. The oni is here." The trees whispered. "Too late. Too late. The oni won the race."

Ilia looked up, confused.

"They say the oni is here."

Zelda's face blanched, and without a word she kicked Zoran into a gallop and disappeared into the forest in a cloud of dust.

"H-hey…?" Ilia called after her, but she was long gone. "What in Din's name is an oni?"

Zoran wasn't nearly as fast as Epona, and neither did he have her endurance. Once out of the forest, he dropped to a canter to conserve his strength.

"Zelda, what's an oni?" He asked.

The princess didn't answer, staring out into space with a frightened expression on her face.

Zelda's laughs echoed through the halls as she threw a ball for Link to catch. The cub chased it down the corridor, tripping over his too-big paws as he tried to grab it. He pounced on it, and the ball ran out from underneath down the corridor once more.

"You can do it!" Zelda called.

The cub jumped to his feet and managed to grab it in his jaws this time.

"I got it! I got it!"

He sprinted back up to Zelda. But as he ran, his eye caught a small window overlooking a garden. The mist swirled up around him, reacting to his surprise.

"Oh that." Zelda ran up to stand next to him. "They say that's where the hero warned the princess of Ganondorf's plot and he was arrested right here in this corridor. At least, that's what daddy told me."

The mist billowed against the window, as if trying to somehow leech the memories from the stone.

For a brief moment, the mist turned into a lion, and looked at Link. The cub yelped and hid behind Zelda as the mist lost its shape and hid behind Zelda too.

"You don't have to be scared, it happened ages and ages and AGES ago." The princess assured him, turning round to pat Link's head.

"I know, is just my mist never done that before. I wasn't really scared, it just surprised me." Link replied, standing taller. "When I grow up, I'm gonna get all the bad guys, just like the hero."

"You're way too puny to fight anything bigger than a mouse." The princess teased, grabbing the ball and running down the corridor.

"Am not!" Link growled, giving chase.

As the cub chased Zelda through the corridors of the castle, no-one saw the dark figure hiding in the shadows of the alcoves. No-one saw him draw his bow.

Link heard it first. His mist flashed blue, becoming a hawk that caught the arrow in mid-air, freezing it solid.

Zelda stopped and turned, watching the blue mist-creature survey the corridor. A second arrow came whistling towards them. Link growled, placing himself between Zelda and the enemy. The mist changed into a little lion, glowing blue with defensive magic. Anything that hit it would shatter as if they'd hit a wall of sheer ice.

Link knew exactly what to do if they ever came under attack. He howled a warning cry, a palace dog howled a reply. Reinforcements were coming. Now he needed to get Zelda as far away as the threat from possible.

The mist-lion snatched an arrow from the air once more, smashing it into the tiled floor.

"Let's go!" He pushed Zelda towards a side corridor.

With the mist covering their tails, they ran for the safety of the side corridor. Link's wolf ears twitched, the distinct sound of two drawstrings being pulled tight.

There was another archer.

The cub leapt in front of Zelda, the arrow grazed his leg, and the cub yowled. Zelda screamed.

The running of footsteps, and suddenly the second archer was on the ground a dagger in each hand.

"Run!" Link cried, pushing Zelda out of harm's way.

She stumbled down the side corridor. But when she turned back for Link, the archer had kicked him hard in the face and sent him flying down the corridor.

"LINK!"

The mist-lion lost its form.

Zelda backed away, tears rolling down her cheeks. Wildly, she threw the ball at the archer.

"LEAVE HIM ALONE!" She screamed.

The ball hit the archer in the chest, and he doubled over, winded. But far from hurt, he looked furious. He took a step towards the princess, but before he complete his mission, Link leapt from the side and attack his head. The cub scrabbled wildly, scratching the archer's head while his mist deflected arrows from the first archer. From where Zelda was standing, he looked almost white.

The archer managed to tear the cub from his face and throw him aside. He turned to attack the cub, but the cub ducked low, running around his legs. The archer kicked him hard, flipping the little cub up into the air. As the cub fell, the archer punched him straight at Zelda.

She stumbled back as she caught him. He was shivering in her arms, whimpering in pain and fear. Zelda hugged him tight to her, backing away from the assassins.

With a howl of rage, the alpha appeared. Behind him came the palace dogs, but their support was hardly needed. In his hylian form, he ran towards them, and drew his sword arcing it straight into the first assassin's shoulder. The second try to draw his bow, but the alpha's mist curled around his sword, charging it up with power. With a cry, he swung the sword, the light crossed the distance with ease, slicing the bow in half first then its owner.

Zelda had crouched down amongst the curtains of a window, hugging the shaking cub and trying to make herself as small a target as possible.

The alpha looked back at the first assassin, who was a little delirious from blood loss and having his shoulder cleaved in two.

"Whose orders are these? Whose?"

The man garbled something indistinct.

"Take him to the king." He ordered to the soldiers that rushed to the scene.

Palace dogs were combing the area for more assassins. Amid the bustle of activity, the alpha sheathed his sword and looked around for Zelda. He saw her hiding behind the curtains and he smiled, relieved.

"It's alright now." He said, approaching slowly.

The princess shrank back, tears flowing freely.

He crouched down a little ways away from her, putting his sword down out of reach. He treated her like a frightened animal, opening his palms to prove he posed no threat.

"No-one's going to hurt you now."

Even though Zelda had known the alpha almost her entire life, what she had seen kept her rooted to the spot.

"You don't have to be scared, the bad men are gone."

As if to prove the point, he sat down more comfortably, crossing his legs. In Zelda's arms, Link whined. He needed his dad.

Putting her fear aside, she slowly got to her feet. Even though she was standing up, she wasn't even as tall as the alpha. She crept forward, tears still splashing down her face. Slowly, she opened her eyes, showing him the injured cub.

"Oh dear" he cooed. "Oh dear, there's no need to cry. Link's ok, he's just scared." He patted Zelda's head reassuringly before turning his attention oh is son. "Shh, Addi's here now."

His mist rose around him, humming the alpha's spirit song. A comfort to Link's mist.

As the alpha inspected his son for wounds, he saw the whites of his eyes, unusually large.

"Is this why you're so scared? You don't have to be frightened."

Shifting into his wolf form, the alpha picked up the cub.

"I'll take him back to his mam. Don't worry, he's just a bit scratched. He'll be right as rain before you can say cuccoos."

And as Zelda's governess came running up, fussing and crying and generally being very loud. The alpha disappeared into the throng.

"…cuccoos…" Zelda whispered, as her governess scooped her up.

When the alpha reappeared, he wasn't with Link. That was when Zelda was given the talk. The talk about the oni living in her guardian. All greys had one to a certain extent, inherited from the first grey, the hero in whom the goddesses installed the failsafe. Link's had been especially powerful, a glimpse of it when he fought the assassins had frightened the daylights out of him. He explained the complications of it, how if it awakened it would carry out her orders without refusal but lose all feeling of empathy or self-control. This he explained with immense seriousness and detail. It was a side of the alpha grey Zelda had never seen, and one she would never see again.

But when Link returned the next day, he was fine. He had a bandage on one arm true but other than that it was as if the assassination had never happened. And in time, Zelda forgot what the alpha had told her.

"Zelda?" Zoran asked.

The princess blinked.

"It's a part of the greys inherited from the first hero. The goddess created a failsafe inside the hero so that darkness wouldn't win. All the greys inherited it, but Link had the hero's spirit, so it's stronger in him. What Nubia did to him…he's not our Link anymore."

They lapsed into silence as they ran. The night wore on, and still they were nowhere near the gorge.

The sound of screams were becoming audible. It was a clear night, and as they rode up over the Eldin mountain range, Zelda could see Eldin Bridge. Even from where she stood, she could see a huge white creature ripping its way through an army.

"Zelda." Came a quiet voice.

Zoran skidded to a stop as a tiny bird flew up to his rider.

"Eldin? What in Nayru's name happened to you?"

The light spirit was no bigger than a starling. He hovered in front of her, glowing faintly. Majora's attack had weakened him, and he barely had enough energy to roam from his spring.

"Majora caught up with Silver as she made her escape. But listen, you must hurry. I can sense Nubia coming, Silver is too injured to move. You must get her out of there."

Then he faded away.

Zoran flicked his ears, frightened.

"Let's go." Zelda tapped his sides with her heels, and the stallion reluctantly ran ahead, cantering down the slope before galloping across the field.

The army was staring stock still as a battle waged on the bridge. Zelda couldn't see what was going on, but she could hear Majora's screams. A minute later and it was all over. The army were fleeing towards her, screaming as something huge tore their ranks. Zoran was too far away to be a target at least, but even from that distance they could see the carnage. So absorbed was she, in watching her former-guardian destroy the enemy she didn't notice the portal until Zoran whinnied in fright, rearing up.

"Midna?"

She saw the portal flash turquoise as it spat out the twilight princess and her strange mount.

"That's it, we're going back. Nothing's worth this." The stallion turned round to flee, dropping his shoulder from Zelda's contact, but the princess yanked hard on the reins.

"Silver needs us. We can't abandon her."

The stallion fought, bucking and kicking in abject terror, but the princess was stronger. She gave him a sharp kick when he tried to put his head down to buck again then turned his head away before he could get the bit between his teeth.

"Zoran! We're going to the bridge!" She said it with such force, the stallion snorted and stopped. "We are going to the bridge and we are saving Silver. Do not make me lose my temper."

Unsurprisingly, Zoran wasn't too willing to find out.

Obediently, he picked up a slow canter. Zelda had been riding almost as long as she had been walking. She knew exactly how to get her way. And Zoran's feigned exhaustion was fooling no-one. Bunching the reins in one hand, she flicked them over his neck. After a quick battle of wills, the princess got her way and Zoran picked up his speed.

They were still too far away. Nonetheless, Zelda grabbed her bow, charging an arrow.

But while they had been distracted, Nubia and Link had begun to fight. Zelda saw what she was planning before Link did.

"LOOK OUT!" She cried.

Midna half turned as Nubia's magic hit the bridge. Then the shadows came down on Link's head. The bridge crumbled to rubble beneath the force of the blow. Zoran reared as the ground in front of him gave way. Zelda screamed, but there was nothing she could do but watch as Link and Silver and Midna dropped in front of her.

The mist ran to protect Silver, Link was momentarily unconscious. Zelda fired her arrow at the shadows that ran for Midna. But they easily dodged the projectile and grabbed the Twili. Zelda grabbed another arrow, pouring her magic into the shaft.

"Let her go!"

She fired with incredible accuracy. Nubia looked up, as if mildly amused. The shadows flicked aside her arrow, hissing at the light's touch. With a smile, Nubia closed her hand into a fist, and the shadows crushed the Twili.

"NO!" Zelda screamed, her voice joining Midna's.

She fired again, three arrows in multiple succession, but the shadows easily deflected the attacks. Abruptly, Midna's scream was cut off. The shadows retreated back to their mistress as Midna fell from their grip, plummeting down into the ravine.

"MIDNA!" Zelda screamed, firing another arrow.

"You lucked out this time princess. But rest assured, next time we meet I will take great pleasure in killing you."

With a wave of her hand, she disappeared and the arrow whistle through thin air.

Zelda sat there for a moment, breathing heavily, bow still drawn. Zoran looked down at the ravine, ears drooping. They couldn't see anyone.

Zelda relaxed and slid off Zoran's back. Her legs gave way and she fell to her knees at the edge of the cliff.

"Link. Midna. Silver." She whispered as the tears fell from her eyes. "I'm sorry."

This chapter is kinda dedicated to anyone who has ever ridden a stubborn horse before. But yeah guys, I really should stop procrastinating. I'm really rusty so please feel free to comment on my writing style. Have our intrepid trio survived? Is Midna ok? What will Zelda do now? All will be revealed next chapter as the journey tired, if I see one more equation my head's gonna implode. In the meantime, enjoy Link in all his oni glory. (or fierce deity, whatever floats your boat).

Also, do review. Feel free to critic my writing, its fine my ego can take it. I know I suck at dialogues so please, criticise away.

Chapter 33

Into five their fate will be taken

Silver limped back, snarling. Majora was at full power now. There was no way she could beat him. Even the light spirits had fallen. Zelda and Dal were far away in Ordon, Epona was even farther away, and Link…he was in a place even she couldn't reach. No-one was going to come and save her, this wasn't some novel where the hero always comes at the last second to save the day.

Majora flicked his whips at her, she dodged back, but it still opened up a wound up in her flank. She yelped, and the army laughed. She was cornered, with no place to run.

Majora attacked her again. Silver stumbled out of the way, straight into the second whip. It hit her leg, sending her to the floor. And now the first whip came down, with enough force to break bone. Silver rolled out of the way, and the whip, shortened by the ice attack missed her by a hair's breadth. Rolling back onto her feet, she stumbled, the cut on her leg gushing blood. The world spun precariously, she'd lost a lot of blood. She needed to get out of the battle now if she wanted to see Link and the others again.

Majora didn't give her a minute to breath, instantly he was back on the offensive. First he attacked with his tentacles, forcing Silver back against the edge of the bridge. Then with one hand, he threw a disc of energy, and attacked again. Silver rolled under the energy, taking a tentacle to the face. There was blood in her eye, and the world fuzzed out on one side as she blinked against the pain.

With his opponent half-blinded, Majora moved in for the kill. He fired two discs of energy, simultaneously attacking with his tentacles. Silver barely dodged the first tentacle, but the second caught her around the middle, throwing her down the bridge.

Barely conscious, Silver could do nothing as the discs spun towards their target, aimed to decapitate.

But they never found their target.

Link's mist flashed blue. Somehow it had taken the form of a wolf and caught the attack. But how, there was no way it had enough strength to reform. Forcing out Majora's magic had put it out of commission.

"Link?"

The wolf turned to look at her, but something was wrong. The mist wolf that Silver had seen when she was unconscious had looked like Link. But this one was larger, rivalling Epona for size. It had a more jagged appearance, and all three colours of magic; red, blue and green glowed on its face.

For the first time, fear flickered across Majora's face.

"You? Then…"

Majora turned around as a deep reverberating howl tore through the sky.

"Retreat!" Majora's voice was thin and high with fear.

Before Silver could fully comprehend what was happening, something large and white was ripping through the enemy forces.

Midna sprinted through the corridors to the entrance hall. Twilis were scattered left right and centre, alive thank the goddesses, but very frightened. They said something very large and very white had barrelled down the hall, knocking aside anything that got in its way with the force of a battering ram.

In the palace courtyard, the orange sol spirit was waiting for her.

"Cheretdah!" Midna called.

"He tore through my barrier, he's probably already in Hyrule." She explained.

"Where do you think he's going?" Midna asked as she vaulted onto a Sklepnil.

"Silver. She has his mist."

"Where is she?"

"The Bridge of Eldin. Be careful, Majora is there, he has already defeated Ordona and Phaira."

Midna nodded as she and her mount dissolved into shadows.

In truth, Midna had never had the heart to fully close the portals in Hyrule. She didn't have the power to teleport herself, but with the aid of the sol spirits she had just enough power to send herself and her mount to the Bridge of Eldin. To get back, she would need Link's help.

The moon looked down impassively as something ripped through Majora's army. Silver couldn't move, her injured legs wouldn't take her weight and she had lost so much blood now she doubted she could event take a step before she collapsed. Besides, the mist wolf had laid down in front of her, snarling, ready to attack anything that got too close.

It needn't have bothered.

Majora was having trouble teleporting out. Before he had the chance to run, something heavy leapt on top of him. It slashed at his midriff and mauled his face. A burst of magic sent it flying, where it collided with the arch. Rocks rained down around it as the creature got to its feet.

It was huge, an exact replica of the mist wolf in front of her. It was white as snow, with purple markings, the same as Link's, on its body. On its face were red markings around its eyes, and a blue marking in the centre of its forehead. Its chest was covered in a metal breast plate emblazoned with the sun and moon. Its canine teeth spilled from its jaw and its tail had split into two separate limbs, one almost pale green, the other pale blue. But worst of all were its eyes, pure block white. Emotionless. Heartless. Shaking the dust from its coat, the wolf snarled, tail twisting and untwisting.

It relaunched its attack almost immediately, grabbing the whips Majora threw at it, and ripping them free. Majora cried out in agony. But the creature wasn't finished, it barrelled straight into Majora and tore the creature limb from limb.

This was a creature designed to destroy the Dark, a petty criminal such as Majora didn't stand a chance. It lasted the same amount of time as it did against it the first time around. 66.6 seconds.

The creature, once having ensured the being was utterly defeated, scattered its pieces across the ground, sending them skittering into the ravine.

It then turned to the army.

The army had stood their stunned as their general was utterly destroyed. Now, under the merciless gaze of the wolf they turned and fled. The creature fell upon them like a lion among lambs.

The teleport was slow and rather painful. By the time, the portal spat out Midna and her mount, it had felt as if an age had passed.

When they landed in the middle of the Bridge of Eldin, the massacre was almost over. Majora's entire army lay in heaps of dust and ash. Silver lay where she had fallen, unable to get up for her injuries, still guarded by the mist wolf.

"Silver!"

She turned her head, and a tired smile lit her face.

Sliding off of her mount's back, she ran up to the wolfos.

The mist wolf growled at her, and Midna slowed to a stop. The real wolf looked up from where it was scrounging for more prey. Within moments, it had closed the distance, facing Midna beside its mist.

"Stop it Link." Midna said. "You know I'm not a threat."

Whether it recognised her or not, Midna couldn't tell.

"Link?" Silver turned to look at the huge wolf. "That's not Link."

"It's the failsafe. Nubia's poison activated it. I couldn't remove the darkness in time." She turned back to Link. "I know you're compelled to fight Nubia. But you need to come with me. We can fix you. You're not a heartless being. You remembered Silver didn't you. You ordered your mist to protect her. I know you remember me to."

As she spoke, Midna was inching forward. The wolf looked at her, snarling, but didn't attack. It looked taken aback, as if confused as to why its prey wasn't running away.

"Remember when we first met, and you were so scared and confused. You may not have a heart anymore, but I know you're still frightened. The Link I know is still in there. He's hurt and afraid, yes, but he's still there. We haven't been defeated, Link hasn't been defeated. Not truly. We can still win without the need for a failsafe."

And still she kept inching forward.

The twin tails lashed back and forth, twisting together then untwisting. The wolf lifted its head, unsure how to react, struggling to remember.

Midna lifted up a hand.

"I'm sorry for smashing the mirror. I thought I could make things better, but I only made things worse for you. But its ok, I'm here now. You don't have to become an oni to protect us. You did fine just as you were."

The creature eyed Midna's outstretched hand, and slowly, tentatively, reached out to sniff it.

It remembered, it remembered the good times, the safe times. It remembered Midna guiding him, even when he was alone and afraid, trapped as a wolf. She had guided him through Hyrule, through the twilight realm itself. She had come to save him when Bulblin captured him, she had protected him from Zant. She had always helped him, and even if she didn't always treat him nicely, she still cared. She was his safety. Just as he was Silver's.

He pressed his muzzle into Midna's outstretched hand, allowing her to stroke his bloody fur.

"You're a good boy."

"How very touching." Came a mocking voice.

Link's head snapped up, growling. Quick as a fox, he leapt over Midna, putting himself between the shadows and his friends.

"Even the failsafe isn't invulnerable to weak human emotion. Heartless indeed."

Nubia stepped from the shadow, only this wasn't Nubia. This was the Dark itself talking. It was difficult to see where person ended and shadows started. Just as Link's eyes were block white, Nubia's had become dark as pitch, two twin black holes sucking the light and warmth from the world.

"Come to spar have we, fierce deity." She said it so mockingly.

"Nubia?" Midna couldn't hide her surprise, she remembered the little kokiri child and she had been nothing like this fragmented shadow before her.

"Ah Midna, the famed twilight princess. I already disposed of your precious guardian. I'll take special pleasure from killing you the same way."

"Ciara! What the hell did you do to her?!"

Her shadow magic rose around her, her hair coming to life.

The mist wolf moved forward, defending Midna and Silver.

"Ah, Link's precious mist. How long I've been waiting to get my hands on it."

The shadows darted forward to seize it, but the real Link leapt on them, tearing them to pieces with his jaws.

"Urgh, you always get in the way. Well that ends here. I'll not have you get in my way anymore!"

Nubia shifted into her lynx form, hissing viciously. The darkness inside her swelled the cat to match Link in size. The shadows clumped around her, but with Link in his oni form there was no way they could copy him.

The two titanic beasts leapt at each other with primal fury. Link's claws slashed across the lynx's flank, the force of the blow sending her skittering away. But the shadows attacked in the wake of Link's attack, morphing into a gargoyle that slashed his face. The wolf didn't even flinch. With a snarl it tore the shadow apart, and using its tail as a weapon, whirled round to slash Nubia as she tried to sneak up behind him.

But even with his size advantage, for the wolf was much stockier and muscular than the lynx, Link was fighting a two on one battle, sacrificing his mist to protect his friends. Every attack he made left a window open, exposing a weak point that the shadows exploited. The ease with which he had decimated Majora and his army meant nothing. He was facing the embodiment of evil itself. No-one had defeated it, not without sacrificing their own life in the process.

The shadows turned into a giant fist, slamming Link's head into the bridge so hard that it shuddered under the impact.

Midna stepped forward, hoping to help but the mist wolf stopped her. It had to protect Link's friends, no matter how much it wanted to help.

The wolf yelped with pain as it skull was crushed. But just as quickly as it was crushed, it reflated, fuelled by the power of the triforce. The wolf got to its feet, slashing at Nubia once more, focussing its attack on her. With every move Nubia made, the wolf learnt. The same attack rarely hit twice.

The two were evenly matched. They would keep on fighting for the rest of eternity.

With a sick realisation, Midna understood. That was what the failsafe was designed to do. Evil could not simply be destroyed, for good with die with it. The two were inextricably linked. No, the only way to get rid of it was to lock it away in an eternal prison where the failsafe would keep it occupied, locked in an endless combat.

The Dark knew that too, and it knew it wouldn't be much longer until the goddesses cast aside their bonds to Link and sent both of them into that prison. It had been reckless, thinking it might be able to defeat the failsafe; even if it was sacrificing its mist to protect its friends. No, the Dark had underestimated the power of the failsafe. So it had to stop the fight. It couldn't convert Link like this. No, it needed Link to be turned back into a weak mortal.

The shadows fought the wolf viciously, just as compelled to destroy it as it was to destroy them. So the lynx used its magic, summoning a ball of shadows. With the strength of a typhoon, Nubia attacked the bridge beneath their feet. The shadows turned into a huge foot, and slammed down on top of the wolf as it stumbled from the resulting tremor. The bridge around it shattered like brittle glass. As the shockwave travelled the length of the bridge, the whole structure collapsed down.

Link howled as it fell with several tonnes rubble, pulled by the inexorable embrace of gravity. Dazed by the double attack, there wasn't much it could do as its body struggled to move. The mist acted, quickly enveloped Silver. The rubble was harmlessly deflected by the powerful winds.

With Link and the mist occupied with falling, Nubia turned to Midna. Before Midna could even use her magic, the shadows plucked her from the air, chaining her wrists and ankles. Nubia beckoned to the shadows and they obediently came, holding Midna in front of the Dark incarnate. Midna growled, hair glowing as she charged an attack.

"It's a shame I couldn't kill you, but don't worry, it's just as entertaining watching you squirm." With a cry, Midna released her attack a ball of energy exploding in front of her face. "Please, like your little parlour tricks could hurt me."

"No…" Midna's face blanched as the Dark flicked its hand, brushing the magic away as if it were no more than a dust mote.

"Enjoy your trip."

The shadows clumped around Midna, and she screamed in agony. Her blood felt as if it were on fire, and her muscles felt stretched to tearing. Her eyesight whited out and she lost consciousness.

Neither Link nor the mist had expected an attack on Midna, and with the mist protecting Silver it couldn't get to Midna. It couldn't save Midna without leaving Silver to fall to her death.

Nubia smiled sardonically and flicked her hands, dissolving into shadows. A small limp form fell from the sky down into the ravine.

"They've been gone too long." Zelda said.

Abandoning her pacing, she grabbed her rapier and left Link's house.

"But princess." Ilia followed after her.

It was easy to see why Link had been chosen as her guardian. The two were exactly the same. Running into danger without a thought. Well, perhaps Zelda had a little more foresight. Ilia wondered if this was how Link had acted when the Bulblin had attacked. Or had he not even waited, just run headlong into the Twilight.

Zoran was waiting for her, just as eager as his rider to leave. He had been groomed, and his tack repaired so that he looked less a refugee animal and more like a royal mount. Zelda climbed up, checking her quiver which hung from the saddle. She had stocked it from the village, but having fallen short she had supplemented it with some of Link's stores. He wouldn't mind.

Zelda pulled Zoran's head around, heading for the woods.

"Wait." Ilia called, head tilted to one side as she listened.

The trees were shivering as if frightened, and their chanting voices were subdued as if afraid they might be overheard.

"Oni. The oni is here." The trees whispered. "Too late. Too late. The oni won the race."

Ilia looked up, confused.

"They say the oni is here."

Zelda's face blanched, and without a word she kicked Zoran into a gallop and disappeared into the forest in a cloud of dust.

"H-hey…?" Ilia called after her, but she was long gone. "What in Din's name is an oni?"

Zoran wasn't nearly as fast as Epona, and neither did he have her endurance. Once out of the forest, he dropped to a canter to conserve his strength.

"Zelda, what's an oni?" He asked.

The princess didn't answer, staring out into space with a frightened expression on her face.

Zelda's laughs echoed through the halls as she threw a ball for Link to catch. The cub chased it down the corridor, tripping over his too-big paws as he tried to grab it. He pounced on it, and the ball ran out from underneath down the corridor once more.

"You can do it!" Zelda called.

The cub jumped to his feet and managed to grab it in his jaws this time.

"I got it! I got it!"

He sprinted back up to Zelda. But as he ran, his eye caught a small window overlooking a garden. The mist swirled up around him, reacting to his surprise.

"Oh that." Zelda ran up to stand next to him. "They say that's where the hero warned the princess of Ganondorf's plot and he was arrested right here in this corridor. At least, that's what daddy told me."

The mist billowed against the window, as if trying to somehow leech the memories from the stone.

For a brief moment, the mist turned into a lion, and looked at Link. The cub yelped and hid behind Zelda as the mist lost its shape and hid behind Zelda too.

"You don't have to be scared, it happened ages and ages and AGES ago." The princess assured him, turning round to pat Link's head.

"I know, is just my mist never done that before. I wasn't really scared, it just surprised me." Link replied, standing taller. "When I grow up, I'm gonna get all the bad guys, just like the hero."

"You're way too puny to fight anything bigger than a mouse." The princess teased, grabbing the ball and running down the corridor.

"Am not!" Link growled, giving chase.

As the cub chased Zelda through the corridors of the castle, no-one saw the dark figure hiding in the shadows of the alcoves. No-one saw him draw his bow.

Link heard it first. His mist flashed blue, becoming a hawk that caught the arrow in mid-air, freezing it solid.

Zelda stopped and turned, watching the blue mist-creature survey the corridor. A second arrow came whistling towards them. Link growled, placing himself between Zelda and the enemy. The mist changed into a little lion, glowing blue with defensive magic. Anything that hit it would shatter as if they'd hit a wall of sheer ice.

Link knew exactly what to do if they ever came under attack. He howled a warning cry, a palace dog howled a reply. Reinforcements were coming. Now he needed to get Zelda as far away as the threat from possible.

The mist-lion snatched an arrow from the air once more, smashing it into the tiled floor.

"Let's go!" He pushed Zelda towards a side corridor.

With the mist covering their tails, they ran for the safety of the side corridor. Link's wolf ears twitched, the distinct sound of two drawstrings being pulled tight.

There was another archer.

The cub leapt in front of Zelda, the arrow grazed his leg, and the cub yowled. Zelda screamed.

The running of footsteps, and suddenly the second archer was on the ground a dagger in each hand.

"Run!" Link cried, pushing Zelda out of harm's way.

She stumbled down the side corridor. But when she turned back for Link, the archer had kicked him hard in the face and sent him flying down the corridor.

"LINK!"

The mist-lion lost its form.

Zelda backed away, tears rolling down her cheeks. Wildly, she threw the ball at the archer.

"LEAVE HIM ALONE!" She screamed.

The ball hit the archer in the chest, and he doubled over, winded. But far from hurt, he looked furious. He took a step towards the princess, but before he complete his mission, Link leapt from the side and attack his head. The cub scrabbled wildly, scratching the archer's head while his mist deflected arrows from the first archer. From where Zelda was standing, he looked almost white.

The archer managed to tear the cub from his face and throw him aside. He turned to attack the cub, but the cub ducked low, running around his legs. The archer kicked him hard, flipping the little cub up into the air. As the cub fell, the archer punched him straight at Zelda.

She stumbled back as she caught him. He was shivering in her arms, whimpering in pain and fear. Zelda hugged him tight to her, backing away from the assassins.

With a howl of rage, the alpha appeared. Behind him came the palace dogs, but their support was hardly needed. In his hylian form, he ran towards them, and drew his sword arcing it straight into the first assassin's shoulder. The second try to draw his bow, but the alpha's mist curled around his sword, charging it up with power. With a cry, he swung the sword, the light crossed the distance with ease, slicing the bow in half first then its owner.

Zelda had crouched down amongst the curtains of a window, hugging the shaking cub and trying to make herself as small a target as possible.

The alpha looked back at the first assassin, who was a little delirious from blood loss and having his shoulder cleaved in two.

"Whose orders are these? Whose?"

The man garbled something indistinct.

"Take him to the king." He ordered to the soldiers that rushed to the scene.

Palace dogs were combing the area for more assassins. Amid the bustle of activity, the alpha sheathed his sword and looked around for Zelda. He saw her hiding behind the curtains and he smiled, relieved.

"It's alright now." He said, approaching slowly.

The princess shrank back, tears flowing freely.

He crouched down a little ways away from her, putting his sword down out of reach. He treated her like a frightened animal, opening his palms to prove he posed no threat.

"No-one's going to hurt you now."

Even though Zelda had known the alpha almost her entire life, what she had seen kept her rooted to the spot.

"You don't have to be scared, the bad men are gone."

As if to prove the point, he sat down more comfortably, crossing his legs. In Zelda's arms, Link whined. He needed his dad.

Putting her fear aside, she slowly got to her feet. Even though she was standing up, she wasn't even as tall as the alpha. She crept forward, tears still splashing down her face. Slowly, she opened her eyes, showing him the injured cub.

"Oh dear" he cooed. "Oh dear, there's no need to cry. Link's ok, he's just scared." He patted Zelda's head reassuringly before turning his attention oh is son. "Shh, Addi's here now."

His mist rose around him, humming the alpha's spirit song. A comfort to Link's mist.

As the alpha inspected his son for wounds, he saw the whites of his eyes, unusually large.

"Is this why you're so scared? You don't have to be frightened."

Shifting into his wolf form, the alpha picked up the cub.

"I'll take him back to his mam. Don't worry, he's just a bit scratched. He'll be right as rain before you can say cuccoos."

And as Zelda's governess came running up, fussing and crying and generally being very loud. The alpha disappeared into the throng.

"…cuccoos…" Zelda whispered, as her governess scooped her up.

When the alpha reappeared, he wasn't with Link. That was when Zelda was given the talk. The talk about the oni living in her guardian. All greys had one to a certain extent, inherited from the first grey, the hero in whom the goddesses installed the failsafe. Link's had been especially powerful, a glimpse of it when he fought the assassins had frightened the daylights out of him. He explained the complications of it, how if it awakened it would carry out her orders without refusal but lose all feeling of empathy or self-control. This he explained with immense seriousness and detail. It was a side of the alpha grey Zelda had never seen, and one she would never see again.

But when Link returned the next day, he was fine. He had a bandage on one arm true but other than that it was as if the assassination had never happened. And in time, Zelda forgot what the alpha had told her.

"Zelda?" Zoran asked.

The princess blinked.

"It's a part of the greys inherited from the first hero. The goddess created a failsafe inside the hero so that darkness wouldn't win. All the greys inherited it, but Link had the hero's spirit, so it's stronger in him. What Nubia did to him…he's not our Link anymore."

They lapsed into silence as they ran. The night wore on, and still they were nowhere near the gorge.

The sound of screams were becoming audible. It was a clear night, and as they rode up over the Eldin mountain range, Zelda could see Eldin Bridge. Even from where she stood, she could see a huge white creature ripping its way through an army.

"Zelda." Came a quiet voice.

Zoran skidded to a stop as a tiny bird flew up to his rider.

"Eldin? What in Nayru's name happened to you?"

The light spirit was no bigger than a starling. He hovered in front of her, glowing faintly. Majora's attack had weakened him, and he barely had enough energy to roam from his spring.

"Majora caught up with Silver as she made her escape. But listen, you must hurry. I can sense Nubia coming, Silver is too injured to move. You must get her out of there."

Then he faded away.

Zoran flicked his ears, frightened.

"Let's go." Zelda tapped his sides with her heels, and the stallion reluctantly ran ahead, cantering down the slope before galloping across the field.

The army was staring stock still as a battle waged on the bridge. Zelda couldn't see what was going on, but she could hear Majora's screams. A minute later and it was all over. The army were fleeing towards her, screaming as something huge tore their ranks. Zoran was too far away to be a target at least, but even from that distance they could see the carnage. So absorbed was she, in watching her former-guardian destroy the enemy she didn't notice the portal until Zoran whinnied in fright, rearing up.

"Midna?"

She saw the portal flash turquoise as it spat out the twilight princess and her strange mount.

"That's it, we're going back. Nothing's worth this." The stallion turned round to flee, dropping his shoulder from Zelda's contact, but the princess yanked hard on the reins.

"Silver needs us. We can't abandon her."

The stallion fought, bucking and kicking in abject terror, but the princess was stronger. She gave him a sharp kick when he tried to put his head down to buck again then turned his head away before he could get the bit between his teeth.

"Zoran! We're going to the bridge!" She said it with such force, the stallion snorted and stopped. "We are going to the bridge and we are saving Silver. Do not make me lose my temper."

Unsurprisingly, Zoran wasn't too willing to find out.

Obediently, he picked up a slow canter. Zelda had been riding almost as long as she had been walking. She knew exactly how to get her way. And Zoran's feigned exhaustion was fooling no-one. Bunching the reins in one hand, she flicked them over his neck. After a quick battle of wills, the princess got her way and Zoran picked up his speed.

They were still too far away. Nonetheless, Zelda grabbed her bow, charging an arrow.

But while they had been distracted, Nubia and Link had begun to fight. Zelda saw what she was planning before Link did.

"LOOK OUT!" She cried.

Midna half turned as Nubia's magic hit the bridge. Then the shadows came down on Link's head. The bridge crumbled to rubble beneath the force of the blow. Zoran reared as the ground in front of him gave way. Zelda screamed, but there was nothing she could do but watch as Link and Silver and Midna dropped in front of her.

The mist ran to protect Silver, Link was momentarily unconscious. Zelda fired her arrow at the shadows that ran for Midna. But they easily dodged the projectile and grabbed the Twili. Zelda grabbed another arrow, pouring her magic into the shaft.

"Let her go!"

She fired with incredible accuracy. Nubia looked up, as if mildly amused. The shadows flicked aside her arrow, hissing at the light's touch. With a smile, Nubia closed her hand into a fist, and the shadows crushed the Twili.

"NO!" Zelda screamed, her voice joining Midna's.

She fired again, three arrows in multiple succession, but the shadows easily deflected the attacks. Abruptly, Midna's scream was cut off. The shadows retreated back to their mistress as Midna fell from their grip, plummeting down into the ravine.

"MIDNA!" Zelda screamed, firing another arrow.

"You lucked out this time princess. But rest assured, next time we meet I will take great pleasure in killing you."

With a wave of her hand, she disappeared and the arrow whistle through thin air.

Zelda sat there for a moment, breathing heavily, bow still drawn. Zoran looked down at the ravine, ears drooping. They couldn't see anyone.

Zelda relaxed and slid off Zoran's back. Her legs gave way and she fell to her knees at the edge of the cliff.

"Link. Midna. Silver." She whispered as the tears fell from her eyes. "I'm sorry."

This chapter is kinda dedicated to anyone who has ever ridden a stubborn horse before. But yeah guys, I really should stop procrastinating. I'm really rusty so please feel free to comment on my writing style. Have our intrepid trio survived? Is Midna ok? What will Zelda do now? All will be revealed next chapter as the journey continues.