Family
Chapter 247 Shadow
By: Major144
Disclaimer: I do not own anything, expect the OCs. This is just a story for fun.
Link and Finn's group moved through the temple with their weapons drawn and ready for trouble. So far they had encountered no form of traps or resistance, which made the group weary of what lied ahead. They soon came across a massive chamber with a swirling dark portal at one end of the room. It was a portal to the Twilight Realm. The heroes began to move towards it, when Veran stepped out of the shadows near the portal and stood before the group.
"Veran!" Yelled Link as he recognized the villain and ran ahead of the group.
"Link wait!" Cried Zelda trying to slow Link down.
Link reached the part of the chamber Veran and the portal were a energy shield sprung up behind him cutting the rest of the group off. Finn and the others banged on the shield, but it would not falter under their hands.
"Your friends won't be able to help you." Said Veran.
"I don't need them to deal with a coward like you." Said Link as he cast a look at his friend, before he turned to glare at Veran.
"Oh I'm afraid things are not going to go the way you think. Dethl, deal with those fools." Said Veran.
A shadowy blob with two white eyes suddenly appeared and began to fly around the heroes. Finn and the others strikes out at the blob, but it was too fast. Link watched his friends strike at the creature called Dethl, before he turned to face Veran.
"I have a special treat for you. Just look behind you." Said Veran.
Link spun around and watched in shock as his shadow rose up and become three dimensional. It was Shadow Link. Shadow Link pulled out his sword and faced Link.
"My ancestors have seen this trick and beaten it. Its nothing new. I can beat it." Link with confidence.
"That's true, but this time theres a little something special in this shadow. Someone special to be more exact." Said Veran with a evil grin.
Link blinked his eyes in confusion as something began to bulge and take shape on Shadow Link's chest. The bulge seemed to split open to reveal Midna's frightened face and some of her chest embedded in Shadow Link's chest.
"Link!" Cried Midna.
"Midna!" Cried Link.
"Yes your beloved princess was in your shadow, when I brought it to life. She was weakened by the Fused Shadow, so she was unable to escape your shadow in time. Now I have a warrior you cannot beat. Any blow you strike on this shadow will risk the life of Midna and I know how much you love her." Said Veran with a cruel smile.
"You monster!" Yelled Link.
"I prefer the term cunning predator." Said Veran.
Shadow Link charged at Link swinging his sword. Link could block and retreat from the dark being. Veran just smiled as she watched the battle.
On the other side of the energy shield, the heroes faced Dethl. The shadowy blob flew away from the heroes and began to change and take on a new shape. It became big and muscular, with long hair and a crash helmet. Finn, Lapis, Peridot, and Mimi blinked their eyes in confusion as they recognized the being before them.
"Jasper!" Said Finn in shock.
Dethl in Jasper's form charged at the group with it's helmet down. Everyone quickly jumped out of the way and Phoebe blasted the evil being in the back. Dethl tumbled to floor, but quickly shot to it's feet and swung a fist at Ling, who dodged the blow and delivered a punch of his own with an armored up fist. The shadow being stumbled and began to change shape again, until a shadowy man wearing a lab coat and glasses appeared before the group. Ling blinked his eyes as he, Lapis, and Peridot recognized the being before them.
"Dr. AGE!" Yelled Ling.
Dethl in Dr. AGE's form clapped his hands to the ground and a bunch of stone spikes shot out of ground at the heroes forcing them to jump away.
"How is he doing this?!" Yelled Finn.
"His using an ancient art called alchemy to create those spikes." Said Finn.
"Interesting, but I wasn't talking about that. How does this creep keep changing into beings we know?" Said Finn.
"It must be a creature of nightmares. Dethl must have somehow read our minds and learned about some of the people we fear, so it could take their shape." Said Zelda.
"Well it doesn't matter. Will just have to beat them down." Said Ling.
The others nodded and they faced the enemy.
Back on the other side of the shield Link was still on the defensive from his shadowy double. Shadow Link trusted his blade at Link, who managed to sidestep it and get behind the villain. Link saw his opening. If he struck his enemy's back he could strike and take him down without hurting Midna. Link swung his sword, but before his blade met shadowy flesh, a bulge appeared on Shadow Link's back and Midna's face appeared right in the spot Link was about to strike! Link let out a gasp of shock as he stopped his sword a mere inch from Midna's frightened face. Shadow Link took this opportunity to whirl around and slam his shield into Link's face. Link stumbled back with a bloody nose, as Minda reappeared on Shadow Link's chest. Shadow Link swung his sword at Link, who just barely dodged the blow, but got a cut on his right cheek making him bleed a little.
"It seems first blood goes to me." Said Veran with a nasty chuckle.
"Link forget about me! Take this fake down!" Yelled Midna.
"Midna...I.." Said Link.
"I'm afraid he can't little princess. You see he loves and he would never risk harming you. He would rather die then risk loosing you. Now then there's something I need from you." Said Veran as she pointed her hand at Shadow Link and clutched it into a fist.
Midna let out a scream of pain as the shadows around her began to squeeze her tightly. After a few seconds the pieces of the Fused Shadow flew out of Midna's mask and floated over to Veran. Veran summoned three large spiders and gave them the pieces.
"Deliver these to Zant." Said Veran.
The spiders and the pieces went through the portal and vanished.
"Now for some real fun." Said Veran.
Link watched in horror as Midna was pulled into Shadow Link's body and swallowed up by darkness. Then Shadow Link split into four identical copies of himself. The copies started to circle Link in a crazy pattern and soon Link had no clue which was the original Shadow Link that had Midna inside it. The copies attack Link and he was forced to fight for his life.
Back on the other side of the energy shield, Dethl was still shooting spikes out of the ground in Dr. AGE's form. Phoebe managed to fly through the spikes and blast the shadowy being with flames. Dethl squirmed in pain and took on the shadowy form of Pyro and shot flames at Phoebe. The flaming princess countered the flames with her own. The two flame attacks seemed evenly matched, until Phoebe summoned her elemental power and her flames became blue. The blue flames broke through Dethl's attack and slammed into him. Dethl slammed into the ground and began to take on a new shape. Now the shadowy form of Crimson stood before the group with a sword. Finn charged at the evil being calling upon his Olympian powers as he swung his sword at Dethl. Dethl blocked the blow, but was sent flying back into a wall and began to change forms again. Now it was the shadowy form of Him.
"You!" Snarled Mimi as she fired two beams of energy from her eye at the shadowy being.
The beams struck Dethl making it roar in pain before taking on the shadowy form of the Lich. Finn was a bit startled to see the shadowy being, but he quickly came to his senses and charged at the necromancer along with Ling. The shadow Lich tried to blast the charging heroes with flames, but a light arrow from Zelda, a fire blast from Phoebe, and a eye beam blast from Mimi slammed into him and prevented the attack from happening. Finn and Ling plunged their swords into the Lich's chest making it scream in pain as it began to change form again. Now a massive green eye with two tentacle like arms floated before the heroes. Everyone stared at it having no idea what it was.
"This must be Dethl's true form." Said Zelda.
"Let's finish him off!" Yelled Ling.
Everyone attacked at once. Phoebe, Zelda, Mimi, Lapis, and Peridot attacked with long range attacks, while Finn and Ling charged forward and stabbed their swords into Dethl's eye! Dethl spasmed before he exploded into a dark cloud! The battle was won, but the shield was still up.
On the other side of the shield the battle wasn't going well for Link. The Shadow Links were overwhelming him and he couldn't fight back due to fear of harming Midna. Cuts and slashes covered Link's body. One of the Shadow Links knocked Link's sword away, while another knocked his shield away. Link fell to his knees and the Shadow Links merged into one. Midna appeared on Shadow Link's chest.
"And so ends the tale of Link!" Laughed Veran.
Midna looked at Link and cast a look at the shield. Finn and the others were banging on it making some cracks, but they wouldn't reach Link in time. It seemed like a hopeless situation. Then Midna saw a thin beam of sunlight coming through a tiny crack in a wall nearby. This gave an idea and turned her eyes back to Link as Shadow Link raised his sword to strike Link.
"I'm...sorry Midna." Groaned Link.
"I'm sorry too Link. Please...forgive me for what I'm about to do." Said Midna.
Link looked at Midna confused. Midna gathered up all her willpower and shot her Twilight Hand from out of her hair towards the wall nearby. Shadows wrapped around the hand trying to stop it, but it was no use. The hand slammed into the wall smashing a huge hole into and allowing sunlight to pour in! Shadow Link screamed in agony as he was bathed in light that started to disintegrate his body. Midna cried out in pain as the light burned her body. Veran let out a curse as she dove through the portal to the Twilight Realm and vanished. The shield came down allowing the others to rush in. Shadow Link's body faded to nothing leaving nothing, but Midna behind. Midna's entire body was nearly bleached white and she was barely breathing. Link picked her up and stumbled out of the sunlight. All he could do was cry.
"MIDNA!"
To be continued.
