Chapter 8

Cured Minds

(Everyone's amnesia is cured in this chapter. Enjoy!)

Fiend's camp

Link, or rather, Derek, was back. But there had been a problem. Either the circumstances were too much for him or his wound had become infected. Currently, the Lion was dealing with...something that Fiend had no desire to come into contact with.

Therefore, Fiend had set up at the other end of the clearing, which was where they were staying. Razar was with him, also having no desire to become ill.

Rika, on the other hand, had accepted that Link needed to be cared for, and was helping him. How, the two did not want to even guess….

On ANOTHER note, they had been staying in the same location for more than two weeks. Fiend had decided that they move on.

One night, Fiend was awakened by what he thought was a cat being boiled alive.

He sprang to his paws, alarmed. Then Rika's voice came to him through the darkness. "Fiend?" "...Rika?" She came out of the trees, looking alarmed also. "...What?" The way she was looking at him filled him with dread. "What's the problem?" Razar was beside him. Rika took a deep breath. "...It's Link...he's okay...but…" Fiend took her by the shoulder and looked down at her. "What?" Just then, another roar rang through the darkness. Very worried by now, Fiend ran over to a tree stump and picked up the Master Sword, which somehow allowed him to hold it. "What do you think you're doing?!" He turned, brandishing the weapon. "I'm going to help him." Without another word, he turned and sprinted towards the woods…..

A voice called to him. …..Awaken….awaken at long last...regain what was lost to you…. A Tigress in green robes was standing in front of him, holding what appeared to be a green orb of light in her paws. ….Link….take this….use it well….and most of all...use it wisely…..Farewell, Chosen Hero…..

He was kneeling in front of a massive tree, staring up at its towering height. ….Who was that? Then he looked down. A green orb of something was resting in his paws, glowing slightly. ...What… He stood, still holding the orb. "Link?" He turned. Fiend and the others were standing there. He only held up the orb. Fiend ventured closer. "...Is that….may I see it?" Link handed him the green orb and Fiend looked at it. "...The Green Chi….yes….I have heard of it…." "...I used it…." Fiend looked up from the orb. "Yes. Last year. But now….I think your Goddess wants you to use it now." Fiend held out the orb. "Take it. Use it. Let's see what it can do." Link took the orb from Fiend, raised the orb to his chestplate, and inserted it.

A green aura surrounded him, and he tilted his maned head back and roared to the sky.

Ganon's Camp

Far to the east of the camp, a faint roar was heard. No one thought much of it, save one Wolf and one Dragon.

At a so-far unknown location…

A group of animals also heard the roar, and they began to wonder if someone had found them….

At the survivor Camp

Laval also heard the roar, and when he heard it, he rushed out of the tent he was staying in, tilted his red maned head back, and roared as well. ...Hear me, brother! For I now remember all! As you should as well!

Fiend's Camp

Link remembered what had been previously locked away in his mind. As he felt the Chi orb's energy flow through his veins, his mind opened up to him…

(Once again, it's backstory time! Enjoy!)

I will be somewhat taking a few ideas from other FF writers. I am sorry if you don't like this. If you want, review and tell me if I should rewrite this or do something else. This part will be my own version of Dimensional Links by ChangelingRin. Names and personalities will be changed. Enjoy! (Novel is called The Legend of Zelda: The Missing Link, and both Bagel and Rin have approved and they LOVE IT.)

He had landed on someone. And then someone had landed on him.

Once they had gotten up, he had turned to confront the person.

It was Lauren. She had come with him, wherever this was. She was currently looking behind him. "...Uh...Derek?" He noticed the sudden name change. "Yeah?" Lauren raised her right hand and pointed behind him. "...Behind you…"

He was staring at about twenty versions of himself. And they were all staring at you. Then, the tallest one looked him up and down. "...Right. You're about….a month late?" "...A month late? For what?" The tall one seemed to begin answering him, but he was interrupted. "Jason. I've got this." To his shock, Nathaniel stepped forwards. "Nice to see you again, Derek. As for the rest of us...well...it's a long story. But we don't have time to sit and chat. To make it short, you know who Demise is, right?" "...Yeah. Of course I know who he is-how could I not know?" Nate looked around to some of the others. "...Well...each hero form each time period has been called together to...fix the universe." "...Great. And what you're telling is that….twenty-something of us have been gathered in one place? Speaking of...where are we?" Nate shook his head. "Sam?" At this, two people stepped forwards. "Do you mean Sam, or Samuel?" The smaller one gestured upwards to the bigger one. "'Cause I'm Sam, and he's Samuel." Derek had to smile at this. "Well, you're obviously the older one, Sam. I take it we're in your time, then?" Sam grinned and nodded. "Yes."

After being introduced to some others, Derek thought it would be a good idea to lay do some rules. Not that some were already in effect, they just...needed more. And for good reason.

One of these reasons was because there were quite a few shape-shifters in the group. Actually, they all could turn into some form of animal.

Hence the reason why Derek didn't want cross contamination to happen. Meaning that those that were in animal form had to do things differently.

Unfortunately, that meant that he had to show them what he meant. So, after transforming into a wolf, he led the group into the woods.

"...So...what you're saying is that we...uh...have to...um...relieve ourselves away from the others when we're animals? To avoid the risk of becoming ill?" Derek nodded. "Yeah. Harsh reality, huh?" "Not really. I mean, it's common sense when you think about it."

More rules were laid down. Such as: cooking and eating your own food. Again, to avoid cross contamination.- If you are ill-seek help from others. If you fear that whatever you have is contagious, seek out Derek.- And the one that everyone learned quickly- DO NOT MESS WITH A SWORD SPIRIT. Or its "friend". Especially if said sword spirit is a gigantic fire breathing Dragon…

He didn't want to press further into the memory. There was so much…

"Link?" Fiend was standing before him, holding something out to him. It was a sword. "It's too dangerous to go alone. Take this." As he took the sword from Fiend, it began to pulse a green color from the power of the Green Chi. With a mighty roar, he thrust the blade upwards and it shot a green light into the sky. "For Chima!" I'm coming back for you, Zelda, and when I do...Blood shall be shed.