After a short rest, Link and the Eds were ready to face whatever monster was inside the Forest Temple's Boss room.
"You guys ready?" Link asked.
"Ready!" the Eds answered.
"Then let's go." Link said as the four of them hopped onto the elevator. Almost immediately, the elevator descended into a circular room. The floor had red, white and blue stripes, mostly white, a few doorways that looked like they were either blocked with a stone wall or an iron gate and two stone slabs sticking out of the wall.
"SHOW YOURSELF, EVIL MONSTER OF THE FOREST TEMPLE!" Ed yelled.
"Hold your horses, Ed. We're not there yet." Eddy said before looking at Edd. "So, where's the boss, Double D?"
"Let me check the map." he said as he started to get the map before the elevator suddenly rose up, taking them with it. A few moments later, they all came back down and hopped off the elevator, all of them looking a little embarrassed. "Well, that happened." Edd mumbled as he looked at the map. "Hmm. According to the map, the Boss should be in that direction." he finished while looking in the direction the map said to go.
"There's nothing but a stone wall that way." Link said as he walked over and knocked on the wall with his knuckles.
"Maybe you have to bomb it?" Eddy suggested.
"Maybe. Stand clear!" he yelled before pulling a bomb out, placing it and running away. The bomb went off, the smoke cleared and the wall still stood. "Well, that didn't work."
"Hmm. Perhaps there's a switch somewhere in the room. Or perhaps a secret, like with the corridors that would twist and manipulate gravity?" Edd thought out loud. "Let's try to find it. And Ed?" he suddenly spoke up, getting Ed's attention. "No breaking anything!"
"Okay!" Ed answered with a grin. And so, the group spread out and investigated the room...for about two minutes.
"Nothing!" Eddy yelled while throwing his hands up. "No switch! No buttons! No idea how to get through! It's my stupid brother's treasure map all over again!"
"As much as I hate to say this, but maybe having Ed run through the wall is the best course. He's done it before and the Temple will repair itself." Navi said as she rested on Link's shoulder.
"I'd rather not. Even if the Forest Temple will fix itself, there's no way to tell if the other Temples will do the same if Ed breaks something in them later on." Link countered.
"Aw, come on, Link. I don't break things all the time." Ed whined as he leaned against one of the stone protrustions, only for him and the others to suddenly feel the floor move.
"What was that?!" Eddy yelled while looking around.
"I think the floor moved." Edd answered as they all got back on their feet.
"The floor?" Link asked in confusion.
"I think Double D's right." Navi answered as she flew high above them. "The stripes on the floor look like they moved a little."
"Now that you mention it, the red and white of this particular part of the floor does appear to have shifted under this stone protrusion." Edd stated as he examined the area. He tapped his chin before an idea came to him. "Ed, try to push against this stone."
"Okay." Ed said as he put his hands against the stone and pushed a little, making the floor move.
"I saw it! The floor moved!" Navi yelled.
"So we have to spin the floor to move on?" Link asked.
"ED WILL SPIN!" Ed yelled as he readied himself.
"ED, NO! WAIT!" Edd yelped before Ed pushed with all his strength, causing the floor to spin at an alarmingly fast rate and sending the four men all over the place.
"ED, YOU IDIOT!" Link yelled before he was flung into the wall. Edd was running his legs off to try and stay up before Ed slammed into him and Eddy was spinning so much he started to hallucinate and see two people on computers sharing ideas and writing this story.
"AUTHOR! MAKE IT STOP!" he yelled, making the figures flinch.
["Wait what the?! How can he see us?"] Dark said while appalled.
[It's Ed, Edd 'n Eddy. They break the forth wall all the time.] System answered as they began to write.
The floor began to slow down and eventually stopped leaving, the four men dizzy as they wobbled around on shaky legs.
"Ed...you..." Link began before his cheeks puffed, then swallowed the rising bile before his tongue hung out.
"I'm dizzy just from watching all that." Navi said as she flew down to Link, her flight pattern a little off. "Hey, Link? Where's your hat?"
"Huh?" Link asked before patting his head. "Must've fallen off."
"Eddy has it." Ed answered from where he lay on the ground, his body bent in a funny angle.
"Give me my hat!" Link demanded as he took his hat from Eddy, placed it on his head and shuddered as he felt something ooze out of it and onto his face.
"Sorry." a queasy Eddy apologized.
"After we kill the boss, I'm going to kill you." Link promised in a dark tone while Edd finally got to his feet.
"Before any of us can defeat anything, I would like to say something." Edd slurred as he placed his hand on the wall to steady himself. "While we were spinning, I noticed that some of the pathways were moving as well. If my *urp* my hypothesis is correct, we might be able to clear a path by moving the floor again."
"I'll do it." Ed volunteered as he walked towards the stone protrusion, only to be jumped by the others.
"OH NO YOU DON'T!" Eddy yelled as they held him down.
"Link, we'll hold Ed down, you push the stone!" said Edd.
"Got it." Link said before he got off of Ed and pushed the stone. After a few turns and pressed switches, which the author is too lazy to write all out, the group finally made it to the door to the boss's lair.
"Big door!" Ed stated as they stared at the large door chained shut, a larger and more extravagant lock keeping it shut.
"This is it, gentlemen. Beyond this door is the root of all evil infesting the Forest Temple." Edd stated.
"We need to be ready for anything." Link said with a determined glare.
"Yeah, like how much pain you'll be in before you die."
The group quickly turned to see the spirits of the Poe Sisters floating towards them.
"Didn't we already beat all of you?" Eddy asked. "What are you doing here?"
"Fool. Our forms will eventually manifest new physical forms." Meg scoffed.
"We merely wanted to watch the show of all of your deaths." Joelle answered.
"It's gonna be great! No way you guys can cheat your way out of this! Right, Beth?" Amy giggled before seeing Beth had fallen asleep again. "Beth! Wake up! The big fight's about to happen!"
"Five more minutes, mommy." Beth said in a groggy voice, which made Joelle knock into her with her spirit form to wake her up. "WHAT?! Oh, right. Big fight." Beth said before yawning.
"Enough!" Link snapped as Eddy took out the Boss Key.
"Open says me!" Eddy said as he put the key in the lock and turned. A loud 'CLICK' rang out before the lock, chains and key all faded into dust. "AW COME ON! THAT KEY WAS MADE OF GOLD! AND IT HAD THAT BIG JEWEL IN IT!"
"Better luck next time, Eddy." Edd said as he gently pat Eddy's shoulder while Ed opened the door.
"HELLO! ANYONE HOME?!" Ed called out before he and the others walked in. They walked up the ramp and into the center of the room that was surrounded by paintings, all looking like a creepy castle up a moonlit pathway.
"Where's the boss?" Eddy asked.
Maybe they left for lunch?" Ed asked.
"No. They're here. I can feel it." Link answered before the entrance was blocked by a mass of spikes.
"That's not good." Eddy stated before they all tensed when they heard a horse snort. They all spun around and saw...
"GANONDORF?!" they all yelled in either shock or anger.
Floating above them all was Ganondorf, his horse whinnying as he glared down at them all.
"I wish." Ganondorf said before he raised a hand to his face, a mask appearing over as his eyes glowed. With a yell, he charged away through a painting, his horse galloping up the path.
"Why is Ganondorf here?!" Edd yelled.
"No! That wasn't him!" Navi answered. "It felt the same, but it's different from what I felt when we last encountered Ganondorf! It's more like a...like a phantom of sorts!"
"You mean a Phantom Ganon?!" Eddy asked.
"Fake or not, he's the reason my home is full of monsters!" Link snapped as he drew his sword. "COME OUT AND FIGHT US!"
"If you insist!" Phantom Ganon yelled as he charged towards them from another painting.
"How'd he get there?!" Eddy asked as Phantom Ganon's horse leapt from one painting to another, with Phantom Ganon launching a ball of magic at the heroes. They all jumped out of the way as Phantom Ganon laughed, his horse galloping up to another castle.
"Hmm. Paintings have been a recurring theme since we got here." Edd mused as Phantom Ganon approached again.
"Here he comes again!" Link yelled as he readied an arrow. Both of them shot at each other, with both missing by a hair as PG went into another painting. "Missed!"
"And I can't hit him even when he's in the stupid painting!" Eddy said as he launched a fireball at the painting that PG was still in.
"Try for when he's about to come out of the painting!" Edd suggested. Link nodded and drew another arrow as he waited for Phantom Ganon to appear. He looked around before whipping his head in the direction of the boss as he galloped towards them.
"Wait for it...wait for it..." Link whispered before his eyes widened. "Now!"
He released the arrow just as PG jumped out of the painting, landing a hit on his shoulder and making him grunt in pain.
"GOT HIM!" Ed cheered.
"Keep it up, Link!" Navi shouted.
"Got it!" Link nodded before readying another arrow. He drew the bow, waited for PG to come out and-
"BLBLBLBLBLBLBL!"
"AAH!" Link yelped when Amy suddenly appeared in his face, making him jump and miss his shot. It also, unforntunately, allowed Phantom Ganon the blast Link into the wall with his magic.
"LINK!" the others cried out in shock while Amy laughed as she floated up towards her sisters.
"Oh...that's gonna hurt in the morning." Link groaned as his friends surrounded him. "I'm fine! Just need to get a better shot!"
"Good luck with that!" Joelle laughed before she and her sisters flew around the men. They couldn't hit each other, but the Poe Sisters did their job at keeping Link from getting a clean hit as Phantom Ganon continued his portrait hopping assault.
"Oh dear oh dear! Curse my lack of forethought to pack Red Potion!" Edd said as they helped Link to his feet.
"We gotta remember that for next time." said Eddy.
"There won't be a next time." Meg spoke up, gaining their attention. "We told you before, didn't we? This Temple shall be your grave. Just as it was for all who oppose us."
"Indeed. Such as that little friend of yours that came earlier." Joelle said with a grin.
"...what?" Link said, his face neutral. "What happened to Saria?"
"The girl with the green hair? She's with all the other lost souls that came here for one reason or another!" Amy boasted.
"You mean...she's...?" Edd trailed off, unable to speak the next word.
"She's sleeping." Beth answered. "Forever."
The four men and Navi stare in horror at the sudden news of Saria. None of them moved before Link slowly began to shake his head.
"No...No. Y...You're lying!" he said. "I contacted Saria earlier! If she was dead, she wouldn't have answered!"
"Ah yes. That song she played all the time." Meg said in remembrance before grinning. "That she used to play."
"Guess playing the song let you speak to her wandering soul." Beth guessed as she fought to keep her eyes open.
"Maybe if you play it again in here, we could all hear her." Amy suggested before speaking in a mock Saria voice. "Link! Link! Oh Link! I'm so sorry! I went into the Forest Temple and wound up dead! If only I hadn't of been so stupid to challenge the might of Ganondorf, I'd still be alive!"
The Poe Sisters all laughed at Amy's little act, all while the Eds and Link grew furious. Even Navi's usual blue glow was turning red.
"Now I'm stuck here, my soul trapped forever in the Forest Temple!" Beth added.
"Trapped forever under the great Ganondorf's evil thumb!" Joelle joined in.
"Trapped because I was a fool to oppose Ganondorf's unstoppable might!" Meg chimed in.
"Trapped-"
"TRAP THIS!"
The four sisters yelped as they suddenly felt themselves being smashed together inside a confined space.
"That'll shut them up!" Eddy huffed as he held up a the glass jar the sisters were now in. A jar that was violently shaking as muffled screams of mercy could be heard.
"Aw, Eddy! Couldn't you have used a different jar?" Ed whined.
"Why do you care, Ed? Besides, they deserve to be locked up after all those insult they just spouted!" said Navi.
"Because this is Sheldon's jar." Eddy answered with a grin as he looked at the jar, a green fog filling the space. Suddenly, Meg's ghostly face was pressed against the side fo the jar.
"...Release...me...!" she hissed before sinking into the fog.
"My cheese is going to be so cramped with them in there." Ed complained.
"It's for a good cause, Ed." Edd said while patting his shoulder before looking up in thought. "Why do I have a sinking feeling that we've forgotten something important?" he asked before he and the others were violently scattered by a magical blast. "Oh...yes...we were fighting Phantom Ganon!" Edd wheezed in pain. The Eds made it to their feet just as Phantom Ganon's horse jumped again, but was shot by an arrow from Link.
"With those four locked away, this is much easier." Link said as he kept another arrow drawn before shooting it at PG again, making him yell in pain and frustration.
"Keep shooting him, Link!" Eddy cheered.
"Uh, guys? How come there's more of them?" Ed asked when he noticed Phantom Ganon riding down all the paths at once.
"It must be a tactic to hide himself, just like Meg used when we fought her." Edd theorized before all but one Phantom Ganon suddenly turned around and galloped back up the path, leaving one to jump out and blast at them. They all jumped away before Link shot an arrow, only to hit the painting the real Phantom Ganon jumped into.
"Great! It's another guessing game!" Link huffed.
"Here they come again!" Navi shouted as more Phantom Ganons appeared, and like last time, all but one retreated. Link's arrow and PG's magic blast collided, cancelling both attacks as PG retreated into a painting.
"This isn't working! I'm just gonna blast all the paintings!" Eddy decided before launching fireballs at them. Sadly, the paintings were just fine. "Well, I'm out of ideas."
"WAIT! MY BRAIN IS WORKING!" Ed declared. He then saw the real Phantom Ganon jump out and head towards another painting. With the power of wind, Ed soared through the air and grabbed the painting before Phantom Ganon could jump into it. Phantom Ganon grunted as he had his horse head for another painting, only for Ed to swoop in and scoop it up. This continued until all of the paintings were now in Ed's hands. "NO MORE HIDE AND SEEK!" he roared. Phantom Ganon growled as he charged up an attack before his horse bucked, an arrow in it's head causing it to flail before falling to the ground and splattering into shadowy goop. Phantom Ganon glared at Link as he reached for another arrow, only to find that his quiver was empty.
"Looks like you're empty." Phantom Ganon chuckled as he spun his lance around, his magic coursing through it with each swing. "Too bad for you, I'm not!" he declared before sending another magic attack towards Link. In a panic, Link unsheated his blade and slashed at it, hoping to either dispel or cut the magic. Instead, the attack was deflected right back at Phantom Ganon, surprising him and knocking him to the ground. He was twitching on the ground as he forced himself to look up at Link, who quickly slashed him across his chest. He went for another strike before Phantom Ganon's body stopped twitching and raised his lance to block, allowing him to float back into the air.
"How'd you do that, Link?!" Eddy asked.
"It's the Master Sword!" Navi yelled. "Evil cannot touch it! That includes magic from those that are evil!"
"So anything that fake sends at Link, Link can send back!" Eddy said in understanding.
"Maybe that sword can deflect my magic, but there's only one!" Phantom Ganon hissed before sending an attack at Edd, making him yelp and bring his shield up to take the hit. The spell hit the shield, knocking Edd backwards and off his feet.
"DOUBLE D!" Ed and Eddy yelled as Phantom Ganon threw another spell at Edd, making him yell before Link stepped in and launched it back, who launched it back at Link, who launched it back at Phantom Ganon. The Eds and Navi watched both sides smack the magic back and forth like it was a ping pong ball, getting faster with each strike, until it finally nailed Phantom Ganon with enough force to send him into the wall. With him stunned, the heroes had a chance to attack after he fell to the floor. Eddy threw a fireball that nailed him in the torso before Ed smashed his fist into Phantom Ganon's face. Edd slashed with his own sword, but only barely scratched Phantom Ganon's mask while Link slashed away at PG's chest armor until the stun effect wore off, allowing him to fly up out of their reach.
"I'm tired of playing with you insects." Phantom Ganon growled before he spun his lance around, magic swirling about before lunging at them. "TIME TO DIE!" he roared as he aimed to pierce through them. He jerked in place when he felt himself hitting something, a look of shock under his helmet when he saw that Ed had somehow caught the tip of his lance. "HEY! LET GO!"
"Better idea! Ed! Shake him like a rattle!" Eddy ordered. Ed grinned before he started to violently shake Phantom Ganon, the boss being flung about and smacked into the ground a few times. Eddy and Ed laughed while Edd and Link merely shook their heads and rolled their eyes.
"As long as it works." Navi sighed before Ed was blasted away, a disoriented PG holding a lance surging with power.
"ENOUGH OF THIS!" Phantom Ganon hollered, his lance crackling with power. "AFTER I KILL YOU, I'LL PRESENT YOUR HEADS TO MASTER GANONDORF AS TROPHIES!"
"Bring it on!" Eddy yelled while Edd helped Ed to his feet.
"No!" Link stopped him before glaring at PG. "He's mine!"
"In a hurry to die?! Very well!" Phantom Ganon growled as he swung his lance around before charging forward. "THEN YOU DIE FIRST!"
Link waited until Phantom Ganon was a few feet away before he dropped his shield and swung the Master Sword with all his stength, knocking the lance off course and leaving him open-
SHLRK!
-for Link to run his sword though the crack in Phantom Ganon's armor, the blade sticking out of his back.
"...For Saria." Link whispered before pulling his sword out of Phantom Ganon, the monster's jaw slack as it stumbled backwards. He gaped down at the hole in his chest, his eyes wide with disbelief. Suddenly, purple flames erupted out of the wound, along with his mouth and nose, before his whole body started to burn. As soon as the flames started, they dimmed to show nothing but a barely alive monster before them.
"Did...Did we win?" Eddy asked.
"I think so. I can feel his magic slowly disappearing." Navi informed them.
"N...No!" Phantom Ganon said in barely a whisper, his body twitching as he glared up at them. "I...refuse...to die!"
Link readied his sword to strike again but was stopped as a sound filled the room.
CLAP...CLAP...CLAP...CLAP
The sound of someone clapping their hands.
Each clap echoed in the room, sending a horrible chill down the heroes spines.
"Uh, where's that coming from?" Ed asked.
"...up there." Navi whimpered from inside Link's hat. The men looked up to see a new portrait was now hanging on the wall. One of a throne that was occupied by a man clapping. A man that had caused so much pain and suffering in his quest to rule the world.
Ganondorf.
And they could all feel it. Deep down. This was the real deal.
"Bravo. Excellent. You four have grown since I last saw you seven years ago." Ganondorf said with a smile.
"Ganondorf!" Link growled, his grip on the Master Sword tightening.
"You remember my name. I'm flattered." Ganondorf said with a chuckle.
"I could never forget the name of a monster like you!" Link snapped, his blade pointed at the evil man. "Come out of there and fight me!"
"That wouldn't be much of a fight." Ganondorf stated. "You may have gotten stronger, but you're still no match for me."
"Good thing he's not alone!" Eddy stated as he and the other Eds stood beside Link.
"Ah, yes. Your friends from another world." Ganondorf said as he eyed the three Eds, who glared back up at him.
"You...You killed them!" Ed said, his eyes starting to leak with tears. "You killed Mommy and Daddy!"
"You killed them all!" Eddy seethed, never before having felt such rage for anything in his life.
"Now, I can't take credit for that. That was my army who committed the deed. After all, why should I expend my energy to squash a few bugs when my underlings were more than happy to do so?" Ganondorf asked, his grin widening at seeing the Eds reactions.
"You...vile piece of filth!" Edd hissed. Ganondorf merely smirked before raising his hand, causing the jar with the Poe Sisters inside to float in the air.
"Is that why you came here? To save your lackeys?" Navi asked. Ganondorf did not respond as he snapped his fingers, causing the lid to come off and the Poe Sisters to fly out.
"AIR! FRESH AIR!"
"I CAN BREATHE AGAIN!"
"I CAN'T! OH, GODDESSES! IT'S IN MY MOUTH!"
"I'LL GET THOSE *URP* HEROES FOR THIS!"
The four sisters spun around when they heard the Eds and Link shouting as they grabbed the jar as it fell and quickly put the lid back on, keeping the smell inside the jar.
"Oh man! It stinks worse than before!" Eddy gagged.
"YOU!" Meg yelled before gagging again. "YOU HORRIBLE, HORRIBLE...I can't stop smelling it." she wheezed, her eyes becoming watery.
"How can we smell it anyway?! We don't have noses anymore!" Beth asked.
"Ahem."
The four of them stopped coughing and looked over to see a mildly displeased Ganondorf eyeing them.
"MASTER GANONDORF?!" Joelle yelped.
"Ooooh we're in trouble!" Amy whimpered.
"M...Master!" Phantom Ganon groaned as he reached a hand out to him. "P...Please...I need...more power...to finish them!."
"More?" Ganondorf asked, his eyes narrowing at the five of them. "I created you and gave you fraction of my power, and bestowed upon you four free reign to terrorize everything in the Forest Temple and Kokiri Forest. Yet, despite all the power and freedom I've given, you have the gall to ask for more?!"
"Master, please give us another chance!" Joelle begged. "We can win if we all fight together!"
"Y-Yeah! We were separated and hunted down!" Beth added.
"And one of them cheated!" Amy yelled while pointing at Ed.
"Please, Master! Just one more chance! We'll reform and destroy them without fail!" Meg stated. The five spirits flinched at the scowl Ganondorf gave them before they looked around in panic, multiple purple vortexes appearing all over the walls, floors and ceilings. The only area unaffected was the small area that Link and the Eds stood, though they too were looking around in panic. They all looked back up when they heard the Poe Sisters and Phantom Ganon begin to scream in pain, little wisps of their beings being pulled away through multiple.
"NO! NOAAAAAHHHHHH!
"MAKE IT STOOOOP!"
"IT HURTS! IT HUUUURTS!"
"SPARE US, MASTER!"
"I warned you all of the price of failure." Ganondorf said while raising his hand.
"M-Master! Please!" Phantom Ganon begged. "Have mercy!"
"Out of my sight."
With a snap of his fingers, the five ghosts all unleashed unearthly screams as their very souls were slowly ripped apart and sucked through the multiple vortexes until nothing was left. When it was over, the vortexes all vanished, leaving Ganondorf to slowly smile as he looked down at the utterly shocked and horrified expressions on the heroes faces.
"Not cool...Not cool!" Ed got out.
"That was...very disturbing." Edd stated.
"I'm gonna have nightmares about this." Eddy whimpered.
Link and Navi looked disturbed as well before Link shook it off and readied his sword.
"Now now, I didn't come here to fight. I came to punish the weak for their incompetence." Ganondorf reminded them as his portrait began to fizzle out of existence. "You managed to defeat my minions here, so I shall reward you all and let the Temple go. But even if you were to free all the Temples, you still cannot defeat me. I shall be victorious in the end, and neither the Master Sword nor the power of the Goddesses will save any of you!" he declared, his laughter echoing inside the room, even after his painting vanished. Link trembled with rage before he suddenly fell to his knees, the fight having taken it's toll on him both physically and mentally.
"You okay, Link?" Edd asked.
"No...I...I failed...I couldn't...I couldn't save..." Link got out, tears falling from his eyes as he lamented the loss of his friend.
"We couldn't save her...but we did avenge her." Navi told him as she gently patted his cheek with her hand.
"I...just can't stop thinking that...I'll never see her again." Link said as the Eds sat down next to their grieving friend. "I'll never talk to her again...Never laugh with her...Never hear that song she loved to play."
"You mean the one I'm hearing now?" Ed asked as he held his hand up to his ear. Link and the other two Eds looked at him funny before a familiar tune hit their ears as well.
"Isn't that the song that Saria taught us?" Eddy asked.
"It is! But...where is it coming from?" Edd pondered. The group didn't have time to think on it before they suddenly found themselves surrounded by thousands of green leaves swirling around them.
"What's happening?!" Eddy asked as he and his friends covered their faces. When the wind died down and leaves stopped, they opened their eyes to see that they were back in the Chamber of the Sages, with Saria's Song playing loudly throughout the area.
"We are back to where once we were before!" Ed stated as one of the symbols began to shine, a green glowing coming from it as an ocarina playing Saria rose up from it.
"...Saria?" Link whispered. Saria stopped playing and smiled at Link.
"I knew you could do it, Link." she said to Link before hugging him when he ran over dropped to his knees to embrace her.
"We helped." Eddy grumped.
"Shh." Edd shushed him as Link and Saria separated.
"Because of you, I was able to awaken as the Sage of the Forest Temple." she told Link.
"Saria...I'm so sorry." Link apologized, his eyes becoming misty again. "They said that you...and that I was too late, and..."
"No, Link. You only recently awoke to the world as it is now, while I've been...gone for a few years. I chose to check on the Forest Temple, so my fate is my doing." Saria told him, making him cry again.
"I'm not gonna cry. I'm not gonna cry." Eddy said.
"I am." Edd said as he wiped his tears away while Ed began to bawl.
"Thank you all for aiding Link." Saria told the Eds before turning back to Link. "I'll stay here and guard the Forest Temple, so that Ganondorf's evil will never return."
"Okay." Link sniffed before hugging her again. A tear slipped from her eyes as she slowly changed into a cluster of leaves before flying away, the Forest Medallion now in Link's hands. He gazed at it as Saria's reflection showed on the surface.
"I'll always be with you, Link."