Mirror of Nightmare
Chapter 05: Hyrule Castle
"Here you are." Says the Lucario and hands over a map of Irtha to Link.
Link and Navi look at the map of Irtha. They can see a large Hyrule Field in the middle of Irtha. North of Hyrule Field is Hyrule Castle Town and Hyrule Castle. South of Hyrule Field is an Amanda Village, there is also a Lon Lon Ranch in the middle of Hyrule Field too. But other area…
Many areas had changed. Now Kokiri Forest, Death Mountain and Zora's River area are located at the western area of Hyrule, while Gerudo Valley and Desert area are located in the southeastern area of Hyrule, and Kakariko Village and Lake Hylia are located in the same area. There are also two new areas; one is a part of Hyrule Field that is covered with lightning, and there is a snowfield and glacier in the northeastern area of Hyrule.
Rucas looks at the map before he starts explaining the land of Irtha.
"I bet that this land isn't the same as your Hyrule. Here, let me explain…"
Rucas points his paw to a forest area at the western area of Irtha.
"This forest… Isn't it the Kokiri Forest and Lost Wood?" Navi asks.
"Hm… I think that is its old name. Now we call that area Meraldia Forest." Rucas says.
"Meraldia?" Says the fairy.
"Yes. The next area is that volcano…" Rucas says and points his paw to the northwestern area of Irtha. "… Its old name is Death Mountain, now it is Bisnus Volcano."
"How about this?" Navi says and looks at the southwestern area of Irtha.
"That is Phyrine River and Lake Phyrine. If I recall, people in Hyrule used to call it Zora's River and Lake Hylia." Rucas says, and then he moves to the deserted area in the southeastern area of Irtha.
"That used to be Gerudo Desert." Navi says.
"Now it is Gianet Desert." Rucas says.
"How about this Kakariko Village?" Navi asks and looks at the Kakariko Village at the eastern area of Irtha.
"That's Thystic Village." Rucas says.
"I notice that there are some new areas in Hyrule too." Navi says.
"That's the newly discover area. First is this part of Hyrule Field…" Rucas says and points his paw to the field north of Hyrule Castle Town. "… This field used to be the Hyrule Field, but recently, there are many lightning occurred in that area, so we call that area Zaston Plain. And the last one…" Rucas says and points his paw to the snowy region in the northeastern area of Irtha. "… This is Lapice Glacier. Link, keep this map. It will come in handy." Rucas explains.
Link nods thank you without saying anything.
Link, Rucas and Navi leave Hyrule Castle Town to the Hyrule Castle, but they find that Hyrule Castle is well-guarded by many soldiers, but that isn't the problem for Link, Navi (Who had sneaked into Hyrule Castle since they were children.) and Rucas. (Who has a great potential in detecting soldiers.) Finally, they are able to sneak into Hyrule Castle.
Dungeon I: Hyrule Castle
Hyrule Castle, unlike other dungeon that Link had passed, Link, Navi and Rucas can't kill any soldier in the castle, instead of that, they have to sneak in order to pass them. If any soldier spots them, they will throw Link, Rucas and Navi out of the castle.
Other than that, they can kill any enemy that isn't soldier such as wild Rattata or Pidgey.
Because everyone agrees that it is the worst idea to go to the throne room and meet the king, so they decide to sneak into the secret garden that Link and Navi went to meet Zelda…
Because of Link's memory of Hyrule Castle area and Rucas's ability to detect soldier, they can pass the soldiers without any problem, as well as killing enemy because both of them are great fighter.
While travelling in Hyrule Castle, they get into the weapon room.
"Maybe we could find something useful in this room…" Rucas says.
"Hey! Look!" Navi says.
"Look what?" Rucas asks.
"Hey! Look! Listen! There!" Navi says. Link notices that Navi is looking at something on the floor. He decides to pick it up.
"Isn't that a boomerang, a weapon that you can use to throw at something and it will always come back to you?" Rucas says.
"Of course!" Navi says.
After acquiring the Boomerang from weapon room, they continue their adventure to the Hyrule Castle.
Finally, they reach the secret garden, at that place, someone is standing there, holding bloody swords in both of his hands! In front of him is the unconscious body of a princess of Hyrule, Princess Zelda!
"Hey!" Navi shouts. Her voice makes the swords-wielding man turns back and faces them. He seems surprised when he sees Link and his friends.
"… Finally, you come." Swords-wielding man says.
"Who are you! And what have you done to Princess Zelda?!" Rucas shouts. (There are no soldier in the range around here.)
"Who am I is not your business." Swords-wielding man says.
Link looks at that man. Link notices that he is quite strange. First, he is very tall, second, his skin is quite pale and last, he has no pupil in his yellow eyes.
"Hey! Demon! What have you done to Zelda! Answer me!" Navi shouts.
"Shut up, scumbag fairy." Sword-wielding man says.
"You are big meanie!" Navi says.
"… Now you have seen me, so I think that I can't let you go…" Sword-wielding man says and points his swords at Link. "… Fight me."
Link picks his sword from the scabbard and prepares his shield. Rucas also prepares his knuckle too.
Mysterious Demon
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The first part of that battle, he does not attack Link directly. Instead of that, he uses his swords to block Link's attack and then retaliates back. Link can't fight very well with this battle style. But for Rucas, he can fight very well because he knows how to fight with an enemy who defend themselves.
After doing some damage, he roars and then he starts attacking Link and Rucas with his sword. Now it's time for Link to shine. He can fight very well.
Finally, Link and Rucas have a triumph over the mysterious demon.
"… I underestimate you…" Mysterious Demon says and looks at Link and Rucas.
"So, tell us what you have done with Princess Zelda!" Rucas roars.
"What have I done? Ask her, don't ask me." Mysterious Demon says and looks at Zelda, who is still stays unconscious.
"Who are you?!" Navi asks.
"… I am the servant of the god! Remember this! I am sure that we will meet each other again, and our blades shall cross again!" Mysterious Demon roars before he disappears.
"Servant of the god?! What is that thing?!" Navi says. Link ignores her word and runs up to Zelda, who starts regaining her unconscious.
"… What… What happen? Where is that demon?!" Zelda asks.
"We fought him and he ran away after he lost to us." Rucas says.
"W… Who are you guy?!" Zelda asks and looks at Link, Rucas and Navi. Then she remembers something.
"Ah! You three!" Zelda says.
"What?" Navi asks.
"You…" Zelda says and looks at Link. "… You have the sacred Ocarina of Time, right?" Zelda asks.
Link says nothing and picks the Ocarina of Time, which now is the Ocarina of Legend, and shows it to Zelda, making Zelda becomes very happy.
"I know it! You are the Hero of Time who saves Hyrule 3000 years ago, right?" Zelda says.
"Yes!" Navi says.
'… So, Rucas is right. I saved Hyrule 3000 years ago, not 17 years ago…' Link thinks.
"But, how do you know?" Navi asks.
"Because last night, I have a dream. In the dream, I saw the Hero of Time with Ocarina of Time comes and meets me here, in this garden, which a fairy and his Pokemon friend." Zelda says.
"That explains…" Rucas says.
"Before I get too rude, let me introduce myself. My name is Zelda. I am the descendant of Princess Zelda, whom helped you in your quest." Zelda says. Then Navi introduces herself and her friends.
"I am Navi, Hero of Time's partner. The Hero of Time's name is Link. Our Pokemon's friend is Rucas the Lucario." Navi says.
"At first, I thought that my dream is just a dream. I had never thought that it will come true, because I thought that the Hero of Time do not exist at this current point of time." Zelda says.
'So, while we are traveling in other lands, we had travelled across the time' Link thinks.
"Your appearance is the proof that that old legend is true…" Zelda says.
"Legend?" Rucas says.
"Yes, the legend about New World." Zelda says.
To Be Continue…
LD: Pokedragon, why the last chapter is so short and this chapter is so long?
Pokedragon: (Ignore LD) Now the first dungeon is complete. Link and his friends finally meet Princess Zelda. Also, in this dungeon, we have a mysterious demon who claims that he is the servant of the god…
LD: I think that I know who is he…
Pokedragon: You really know him, LD.
LD: Then let me tell you, he is…
Pokedragon: Hey! LD! Stop spoiling my story!