"It's all just entertainment to you?" Alela shouted, her expression had changed from horror to anger. Din nodded, almost absentmindedly, it seemed that something else had taken her interest. "Yes, the battle between your father and the enemies he faces. He's lived many lives, and saved Hyrule many times." She briefly looked back at Alela. "That is why I want to mix it up a little, to see what would happen to Hyrule if the great Hero of... Whatever he might be the hero of at that time... failed in his mission to save it." After saying this, The Goddess of Power went back to wandering around, not even giving Alela a second glance. The Half-Zora raised her voice. "So you're just going to let him die? Let Hyrule be destroyed by the evil that he should have fought back?" Din nodded, the same cruel smile played on her lips once again. "That's the plan, yeah." Alela was about to say something more, but Din cut her off. "Oh, would you look at that..." She looked at Alela again, the smile somehow getting even more cruel. "Your mother is in the forest as well, fighting some of your father's clones. And that gives me a fun idea."
Din waved her hand, and Alela gasped as she felt a surge of energy throughout her body. She looked down at herself, and saw that she was glowing. "What's happening?" She looked up at Din, who smiled that cruel smile again, Alela briefly wondered if she could even smile in any other way. "Oh I've just sped up your recovery slightly." Her smile grew more sinister. "So we can play a little game." Alela blinked. "What? What's that supposed to mean?" "Both your father and your mother are fighting, one of them have a companion to help them, the other doesn't. The one without might not survive the fight without help." Alela took a step backwards. "Wh-what?" Din's eyes almost seemed to shine. "Choose wisely, you will only have time to reach one of them." "What are you talking about?" Alela yelled. "Entertainment." That was the last word Alela heard, then everything went black.
Alela gasped as she opened her eyes. She didn't immediately recognize where she was, but it slowly dawned upon her. She was in the well that connected Zora's Domain and Kokiri Forest. Although it normally wasn't so well illuminated. She looked down at herself and her eyes widened with amazement. She was still glowing, and she could not only see, but feel her body healing. The nearly countless wounds all over her body quickly closed, leaving no trace, as though they were never even there. Her broken arm slowly twisted back into its usual place, and she could feel the bones mending. It hurt, it was almost unbearable. It was like she was feeling the pain from the Wolfos' mauling all over again, she screamed, but the sound drowned in the water, rising to the surface as bubbles.
Link leapt back, barely avoiding the Stalfos' strike. As the skeletal creature raised its sword to strike again, he rushed forwards, slashing at the opening the Stalfos had made in its defense. Link had almost landed the hit, but was sent flying several feet backwards by the Stalfos' shield hitting him squarely in the chest, knocking the wind out of him. As he struggled to get up, the Stalfos quickly closed in on him, raising its sword once again.
"You foolish little fish!" The two remaining Dark Links glared at Zele. "I suggest you get the Kokiri child to safety, my queen." The young Zora said. "I will be with you shortly, right after I make these half-witted whelps pay for their crimes." Ruto nodded and ran past them, neither of the Dark Links tried to stop her, their eyes were on Zele, as they pointed their swords at him. "I'll make short work of you, Reekfish." They both said this at the same time, as though they were one. Zele shook his head. "And just like that, you've sealed your fate."
Alela could feel the pain slowly subsiding, she tried to move, but the pain she was feeling was too much for her. She would've ignored the pain, and rushed out to find either her mother or her father. But the pain was paralyzing, she couldn't move a muscle no matter how hard she tried. She also had another problem, she didn't know which one of her parents needed her help, and which one already had a companion by their side, she would have to guess, and hope to be right the first time.
Link rolled sideways, dodging the incoming attack in the last second. He felt a sharp pain shoot through his right arm, as the tip of the Stalfos' sword cut into it, just below the elbow. It wasn't a deep cut, he could still use his arm, but it hurt. He got up and raised his shield, doing so only made the pain in his arm worse, but he didn't have time to worry about that now. The Stalfos was over him immediately, faster than it had been before, it swung its mighty sword again, and as Link blocked with his shield, the pain grew even worse. He wouldn't be able to take much more of this.
The two Dark Links charged forwards as one, both raising their black swords, ready to strike. Zele stood in the same place, perfectly calm. As the Dark Links closed in, both swinging their swords down toward the Zora's head, Zele quickly stepped backwards and raised his arms, blocking the swords with the blade-like fins on his elbows. The young Zora smirked "You've no hope of defeating me, not like that." He lunged forwards, forcing the Dark Links back. The two black creatures tripped, falling flat on their backs. The young Zora quickly whirled around, plunging his razor-sharp fins deep in the chest of one of them. The Dark Link roared in pain, and then vanished. Zele turned to face the last Dark Link, as it slowly rose from its prone position.
The pain was finally gone. Alela breathed a sigh of relief, and started swimming back to the surface, still considering who she would go for. Her mother was powerful, very powerful. The magic she had learned throughout the years had made her so formidable, Alela wouldn't doubt that she would be able to fight the Biggoron, while he had the combined power of the three Triforce pieces, and win. Her father on the other hand... He was a great fighter, he defeated the Thief King Ganondorf a few years before she was born. But it seemed that he had gotten old faster than one normally would. Despite only being thirty four, he seemed quite a lot older. He was still a good swordsman, but he had gotten slow. There was no doubt that he would be able to defeat most solders in Queen Zelda's royal guard, but doing so would take a toll on him. He wasn't as much of a fighter as he once was. In fact, he hadn't been in a real fight since he fought Ganondorf, and that was more than eighteen years ago. Alela finally reached the surface of the well, and leapt up. She caught a quick glimpse of Toko and Satu, they had been waiting for her. She landed on the ground between the two, and immediately turned to Satu. "Where is my father?"
Link dropped his shield. Apparently, the wound in his arm was worse than he had anticipated. The weight of the shield caused a sharp pain to shoot through his arm with every movement. He took a step back, and raised his sword, there was no way he was going to attack the Stalfos now. He would have to fight defensively. The skeletal creature lunged forwards, its large sword swinging in a great curve toward Link's head. Link quickly stepped sideways, and charged forwards, swinging his sword at the Stalfos' legs. The large skeleton roared as the sword was lodged in its leg, it swung both sword and shield wildly around, nearly hitting the aging hero. Link pulled his sword out of the Stalfos' leg, and quickly spun around, holding his sword out in his signature Spin Attack, striking the skeletal creature twice in the back. It roared and swung its shield, Link didn't notice it in time to dodge, he was sent flying until his path was blocked by a tree, and then everything went black.
"Well then, you impersonating fraud." Zele looked at the last standing Dark Link. Its blood red eyes shining with hatred. "Are you going to surrender and accept your fate, or are you going to continue this pointless duel?" The young Zora raised his arms, ready to strike with his razor-sharp elbow fins. "Either way, I'm content." The Dark Link smirked and raised its sword, pointing it at the Zora. "You've caused quite a setback in what I am doing, boy. But playtime ends now." It lowered its voice to a sinister growl. "Either you back off now, or I will rip those fins off your arms, and shove them down your throat." The Zora smiled widely. "I'll look forward to watching you try, and I'll look even more forward to watching your head roll along the ground as you fail." Their eyes locked. They both stood perfectly still, waiting for the other to move. Both planning out the fight in their head, looking for a weakness to strike. They both took a deep breath, then charged at each other.
Alela sprinted through the woods, following Satu as he lead her to where he last saw her father. "Not long now, Princess." The Kokiri child looked back at her. "He was just about here." "Are you sure, Satu? I don't remember much of this." Toko was running along behind Alela, he looked around in mild confusion. Satu shook his head. "That's because you were too busy worrying about the Princess to look around you. Look, we're here- oh my." They arrived in the clearing only to see the large skeleton towering over Link, as he was lying by a tree, bleeding heavily from a wound in his arm and another on his forehead. The Stalfos raised its sword, ready to kill the fallen hero. As it thrust its sword down toward its defeated foe, it didn't notice the three people charging at it, nor did it hear the infuriated scream coming from the female, as she drew her own sword.