Chapter 7- All's Fair Game (There will be cursing in this chapter-LOTS OF IT.)

A fair warning to all of you- this chapter WILL have lots of "stuff" in it. If you do not like animals being harmed or violence, You have been forewarned. Turn back or go to the next chapter if you can't handle it. Thank you. (The violent chapters' titles will be in bold.) (Locations and scene changes will also be in bold.-Thanks Bluepaw for suggesting this.) Now, ENJOY!

Ganon's Camp

The Prisoner Cave

Praetor stepped into the cave, where the prisoners were kept. He had heard something horrifying-that the she-wolf had been-Dare he even thought of it, as evil as he was, which surprised him-Taken. By none other than the Dragon. Supposably, his beastal nature had gotten the best of him. Praetor was strong, but if the Dragon had claimed the Wolf as his mate...which shouldn't work at all, right?-then he was going to have to careful about how he did this…

Meanwhile...in the Throne Room…

"HE DID WHHHHHAATTTTT?!" Ganon's unbeastly (Get it? No? ….I'll leave now…) shriek of outrage rang through the camp. Even Praetor could hear it. The Demon King was standing before about five unfortunate beasts who had literally ran to him, screaming at him to get the the Prisoner Cave as soon as possible. Two Mantis, one of his own, and two Dogs. (They won't be named yet.) "...Um…" "SPEAK!" Ganon thrust his Trident of Power into the ground and leaned on it. The beasts before looked as if they were going to faint. "...Can you at least tell me who did this?" "...It...it was the Dragon, sire….as you can see, we did try to stop him...but he killed some of us and we almost didn't live...he's dangerous." Ganon nodded his furry head. "...Damn right he's dangerous…." He sighed and started out over his camp. Below him was the training grounds, where all of the beasts fought and trained for battle. About ten feet away from that was the sleeping quarters. Across the sleeping quarters, about twenty feet back in the trees, was an area that he had picked out himself. It was where he went to meditate. (Shocked that he meditates? Great.) He was thinking of doing it now. Or was, until the group before him showed up. Ganon began to think to himself. ...Now, why would he, of all beasts, do that? ...What would his father think? That thought stopped him cold. "...Sir?" Wordlessly, he turned to his own beast. "...Does his father know about this?" He spoke in a choked whisper. To his dismay, the beast nodded. Frantically. "...Um...He said that he wanted to speak with you...Oh, he's not mad, he's quite happy, sire...because the wolf that he Took...Lucius loathes her, sire…" Overwhelmed for the first time in centuries, Ganon hung his head and closed his eyes, massaging his forehead. "...Sir?" He gazed bleakly at Pinzer. "...Take me to the cave...the least I can do is heal her...if she'll let me…" The beasts looked shocked. "...Right away, sir."

The Prisoner Cave

Praetor, to say the least, was trying very hard not to die at the moment.

The Dragon had gone mad. When, he had no idea. But he did know one thing-one of them was going to kill the other, or the wolf by accident. From what the Mantis could see, she was lying in a dark corner, watching the two of them fight. She was surrounded by blood and...No. He would not think about it. It had already happened. There was nothing he could do about it….

"Back! Get BACK!" The General of the Mantis Army swung his claws at the beast, who only roared at him. The Dragon then side-swiped him, causing him to fly through the air and land near the wolf. They merely looked at each other. "...Accept my apology for what happened to you...madam. It will not happen again." Praetor slowly got up, having noticed a very interesting sword nearby. "...Is this yours?" The wolf nodded. The Mantis checked to make sure the Dragon hadn't noticed him-he hadn't- bent down, and picked up the sword. To his surprise, he saw...something… Then something roared at him. "You DARE HURT MY RIDER?" "...You are a sword spirit?" "...Yes…" Praetor grinned. "...Ah, so you must be the Red Dragon! ...Are you Dragonus?" Something like a growl came from the sword. "...Yes…" His grin grew wider. "Could you perhaps help me take care of this younger Dragon?" Dragonus, in answer, appeared before him, in the flesh. Cobalt-blue eyes glared at him. The red dragon then bent his head towards the wolf. He then turned his head to look at Praetor. "...What happened to her?"

Praetor was forced to tell Dragonus the unfortunate incident. As he gave the message, the Dragon's fury began to grow. "...He did what?" To say the least, he was (Once again, reference time. Enjoy! Feel free to repeat this in the reviews.) furious, outraged, and, even, sick with anger. (There you go guys!) Dragonus whipped his head back and forth between the now trembling Mantis standing before him and the wolf that lay at his feet. Now, his eyes on fire, he turned to the younger Dragon, and began to stalk him. "You DARE hurt my Rider?!" He roared at the golden one. As Dragonus reared up to his full height, the younger Dragon roared back at him. And then charged.

In the middle of Ganon's camp….

He could hear the Dragons. ...Now I understand… He could somehow understand them. Their roars spoke of loss and confusion and anger. A group of beasts were with him, and as he stopped just before the cave entrance, they looked at him. "...Sir? Should we go in?" Ganon closed his eyes and took a deep breath. As he let it out, he opened his eyes. He then hefted his golden trident in his right paw, which was glowing. "...Let us go into the darkness…." He took a step forwards. "And banish it."

More roars were added to the confusion. A few flashes of golden light half-blinded Praetor, and when he could see again...both Dragons were on the ground, a few feet from each other. Ganon had his trident raised above the red one...but then something stopped him.

"No!" A yelp rang through the cave. It was the she-wolf. She was standing upright, holding a paw to the wall of the cave to support herself. Praetor set down the sword and rushed to her. To his shock, she threw him against a wall about five inches from the floor. All he could do is hang there, gazing over to Ganon with a silent plea. Please put down your damn trident, don't kill anyone and GET OVER HERE AND HELP ME!

Ganon hadn't anticipated the wolf getting up. ...Of course...they all know each other… Going against his better judgement, he thrust his still glowing trident into the dirt next to him and crossed the cave to the wolf. He then did the one thing he could do, noting that Praetor was pinned to the wall.

Praetor could only watch as Ganon suddenly pulled the wolf backwards, causing him to be released from her grip. He slid down the cavern wall, and could only look on in mute fascination as a golden light began to surround the wolf and Ganon...

Meanwhile...in Fiend's camp….

"No! Not like that! Watch me." Fiend backflipped over Link and held his sword out in front of him. "Think you can do that?" Against his better judgement, he had decided to give him sword lessons. Link grinned. "Sure. I can't do what you showed me, but someone else that I know can…" Fiend lowered his sword, suddenly wary. "...What do you mean…" Then Link stiffened. "...Link?" The Lion shook his head. "...Fiend...when I said that my previous lives could...live again...I wasn't lying to you…" "...It could happen again?" Link nodded, at the same time taking a few steps backwards and dropping his sword. "...Now?" Another nod. As a golden light began to surround the Lion, Fiend began to back away from him very slowly…..

(Guess who else is in here? I'll give you a hint: Fiend has another life….multiple lives, in fact.)

Another Lion was standing before him. He looked like Link. But Fiend knew otherwise-this was one of his previous lives now. Not him. "...Hello." The Lion stopped looking around his surroundings and looked at him. Then, to his shock, he roared at him. "YOU!" Fiend simply stood there, wondering what he was so pissed off about. "...Did I do something?" The Lion looked like he was going to kill him. Then he stopped advancing towards him. "...What?" The two of them looked at each other. "...If...if you're not Link, then who are you?" To his shock, the golden-maned Lion before him shook his head. "...Did you really forget? I am Link." "...But….you...you're...not...him…"

"...So, what you're telling me is that I've been reincarnated multiple times? And that these...other selves...are me?" Fiend nodded slowly. "...Yes. You're not the Link I was fighting…are you?" "No. But I have fought you before. Multiple times, in fact." The Lion before him reached behind him and unsheathed his sword, and just looked at it. "...I haven't held this sword in a long time…" He raised his gaze to Fiend's. "Call me Sam." Fiend just stared at him. "...Sam….as in the Hero of Time?" Sam nodded. "Yep. The very one." Sam then took a step backwards. "...I may or not have overheard that you and Derek-that's the one you were fighting earlier- swordfighting. Could you show me what you were showing him? Perhaps I can pull it off…" Fiend unsheathed his sword and grinned at Sam. "Sure. Just don't go away if I beat you." And the two Lions ran at each other and they met in sparks of steel.

Fiend's head was pounding. He didn't know why. Then, flashes began to come to him-Here we go everyone!-He was fighting the hero for the Triforce and Zelda, the one who had slept in a temple for over a thousand years.-He was fighting Sam in the water temple-Ganon stood over him, raised his Trident-he fought four Heroes at once-another set of four- He was staring at a wolf-and then another thought came to him-He had done it. Smashed the mirror. But he was dieing. Four younger boys, clothed in four different colored tunics, were gathered around him "...Shadow! Don't die!" he somehow focused on the red tuniced one. "...Red….It's okay…..I helped you guys…" Red looked to his friends. "...Vio?" Vio stood and walked over to the mirror. "...It appears as if the dark matter coming from the mirror has been vanquished…" Vio walked back over to him and took his hand in his, his lavender eyes sparkling. "...You did it, Shadow...you did it.." His time was growing short, but there was one thing that he had to ask before the darkness took him. He somehow lifted his head to gaze at Green, Blue, Red and Vio. "...Can we be friends?" "..Y-yes. Of course." As his sight faded away and so did everything else, he managed to tell them. "...Thanks...for….everything…" Then the darkness took him away….

He realized he was sobbing. He didn't care. He remembered. Everything. And then, to his amazement, someone he knew was hugging him. "Oh, Shadow! I never thought I'd see you again!" He lifted his head to find himself looking at a green haired Lion this time. "...Green….." And, for the first time in ...how many years?- he stood, and the two of them hugged each other. (See? I managed to get an happy ending this time!)