Family

Chapter 249 True Ruler

By: Major144

Disclaimer: I do not own anything, expect the OCs. This is just a story for fun.

Midna and Link lead their friends and the crowd of Twili up towards the palace a large group of shadow beast and large spiders swarmed out of the gates to deal with the coming threat followed by Veran.

"Well here comes the big heroes and it looks like they got the dumb sheep to form a mob." Said Veran.

"The people of the Twilight Realm are braver and smarter then you think." Said Midna.

"You?! Your still alive?! How is this possible?!" Yelled Veran with surprise as she saw Midna.

"Oh I'm harder to get rid of then you think, plus I have a bunch of good friends to back me up." Said Midna with a grin.

"Well I'll make sure you die this time. You won't stop the invasion of Hyrule." Said Veran.

"Will stop you, Zant, Ghirahim, and anyone else involved with your invasion!" Declared Link.

"Will just see about that." Said Veran as she waved her forces forward.

The two forces were fixing to charge forward and collide, when a mighty blast of wind slammed down from the sky above and forced the two groups back. Everyone turned to the sky to see Vaati hovering in the air.

"Vaati!" Cried Veran with a startled look on her face.

"I thought he was dead!" Said Link recalling the last time he saw the mage.

"Greetings everyone. Vaati is back to finish some personal business with some lucky few." Said Vaati with a cruel smile.

"That's fantastic! Now destroy these heroes." Said Veran with a confident smile.

"Oh I will, but your in the same boat as them." Said Vaati.

"What?" Asked Veran.

"You used me for your scheme to see if Link was truly in love with Midna. I was buried alive and nearly died because of you! Now I will destroy you all!" Declared Vaati as he pulled out the small bit of Dethl from his pocket.

Everyone watched as Vaati tossed the little piece of Dethl into his mouth and swallowed it. At first nothing happened, but then Vaati began to laugh as he to glow with a dark aura. Darkness spread and covered Vaati and it began to grow and take on a new shape. The darkness took on the shape of a massive purple armored sphere, with a massive red eye, golden horns, and two long massive clawed arms. Vaati had transformed into a monster! The evil creature let out a bellowing laugh as it floated down to the ground to fight.

"Behold my power!" Boomed Vaati as he swung one arm at the heroes and Twili and unleashed a gust of wind that knocked them all down.

"Man I thought this guy was a real windbag before." Grumbled Phoebe.

"Will just have to burst his bubble then." Said Link.

"No Link. Leave this guy to us. You and Midna go into the palace and deal with Zant." Said Finn.

Link looked at the other hero and nodded.

"We're going to need speed to get in." Said Midna as she held up the shadow crystal.

Link let Midna insert the crystal, turning him into Wolf Link. The Twili people stared at the transformed hero in shock and awe as they whispered sacred beast. Midna hopped onto Wolf Link's back and the two of them raced towards Vaati and the castle. Vaati saw them coming and swung a massive arm down towards them in an attempt to smash them. Wolf Link dodged the blow, hopped up on the arm, and began running up it. A bunch of small black spheres with red eyes popped up around Wolf Link and Midna and attempted to blast them, but Phoebe charged in and took them out with a fire blast. Wolf Link jumped off of Vaati's head and raced towards the palace. A bunch of shadow beast and spiders rushed to stop Wolf Link and Midna. Vaati swirled his body around and swiped a claw at the heroes. Wolf Link heard the blow coming and jumped over it. The attack did however knock all the shadow beast and spiders away and Wolf Link and Midna continued on their way to the palace. Only Veran stood in their way. Veran had a panicked look on her face as she saw the heroes racing towards her. She tried casting a spell at the oncoming enemies, but Midna wasn't going to have any of that.

"Here's a little payback!" Shouted Midna as she summoned her Twilight Arm and slammed it into Veran.

The blow struck Veran in the face sending her flying and crashing into the wall by the castle door. Veran just laid on the ground as Wolf Link and Midna ran past her and into the castle. The other heroes saw their comrades enter the castle and relaxed a little as they focused their attention on Vaati and the remaining shadow beast and spiders.

Inside the palace, Zant was sitting on his threat still fuming about what the ancestors had said about him not being worthy of the power of the Fused Shadow pieces. Zant faintly heard the sound of paws on tile and the booming sound of the throne room doors being thrown open. The king watched as Midna came riding in on Wolf Link's back.

"ZANT!" Yelled Midna as she rode Wolf Link into the throne room and stopped a few yards away from the throne.

Zant felt his blood boil as he glared at Midna and Wolf Link. Midna got off of Wolf Link and removed the shadow crystal returned the hero to his original form. Zant was a little baffled and enraged by this. How could Midna do this? Was this yet another reason why the ancestors considered her worthy of the power of the Fused Shadow? Zant gritted his teeth together for a few seconds before he calmed down and regained his composure. He stood up to confront Midna and Wolf Link.

"Hello Midna it's been awhile. I heard you were dead, but I guess that news were exaggerated. I'm glad to see your still alive and I see you brought the mutt with you. Now tell me why your here?"

"We're here to stop you Zant and remove you from the throne. Your following the same destruction path of our ancestors and your actions are endangered our people and the people of Hyrule. Our people and the people of Hyrule can live in peace with each other, there's absolutely no need for us to fight. I've heard and seen what you have done to our people, turning a bunch of them into monsters to serve you. It proves how vain you are and your a monster! Our people deserve better and we're going to free them from your twisted and cruel rule." Said Midna with a glare.

"You dare threaten and insult me. I am the King of Twilight! I am the one who is going to bring glory to our people! We will have revenge on the people of Hyrule for banishing us here! Our ancestors only mistake was losing to the people of Hyrule! I will not make that same mistake and if I have to turn a few Twili into monsters then so be it! The citizens should be honored to serve me and fight for the greater good! It is a sacrifice I'm willing to make to ensure the prosperity of the future!" Said Zant as he tilted his head back and raised his arms up in the air.

"I thought you were crazy and an unfit ruler Zant, but what you just said proves it. You care nothing for our people. The only thing you care about is yourself, Zant. The elders were right to choose me as the next ruler instead of you." Said Midna.

Zant let out a wild crazy scream of outrage as he teleported in front of Midna and pointed an accusing hand at her.

"YOU think you would be a better ruler then me?! If you were the ruler, our people would still be stuck here like bugs in a cage! I was chosen by a god to lead our people to lead our people to greatness! I was blessed with great power to create a utopia, the likes none have ever seen! I am the king and I'm far superior to you, Midna or anyone else! You and all who dare defy me, shall fall by my hands!" Declared Zant.

"Who gave you the power you have?" Demanded Link.

"My god is named Ganadorf! He did not tell me his name, but I was able to sense it." Said Zant with an insane grin as he helmet appeared on his head.

"No. It all makes sense." Thought Link as everything that had happened lately began to fall into place and add up.

Zant prepared to fired some energy blast at Link and Midna, but Midna struck first with her Twilight Arm and sent the evil king flying back and crashing into the throne. Zant quickly teleported from the throne and appeared on Link and Midna's right firing energy blast at them. The heroes dodged out of the way and Link charged at Zant and delivered a few sword strikes to him. Zant howled in pain and teleported a few yards away.

"Don't make me use the Fused Shadow pieces against you!" Yelled Zant.

"Oh please if you actually had that power at your command, you would have used it by now. My guess is you have the pieces, but you can't get the power to work for you." Said Midna.

"The power will come to me eventually, once I have the final piece you have. Even so I don't need the Fused Shadow to beat you. My power is more then enough. Now time for a little change of scenery." Said Zant as he flew into the air and out of the throne room.

Midna changed Link into Wolf Link and the two heroes took off after the king.

Outside the palace all the other heroes were dealing with Vaati. Ling let Greed takeover his body and he covered it with armor as he leaped at Vaati. Vaati just simply swatted Greed out of the air and sent a bunch of Twili flying with a gust of wind. Lapis called upon a bunch of water from a bunch of water barrels and formed it into a large water fist to punch Vaati. The blow struck Vaati and knocked him back a little, but he recovered and slashed the fist to bits. Zelda fired light arrows, Mimi fired eye beams, and Peridot threw metal arrows at Vaati. The attacks only seemed to annoy Vaati and he knocked the three attackers away with a blast of wind.

"Your all nothing compared to me!" Laughed Vaati.

"Then it's time to heat things up." Said Phoebe as her flames turned white.

"Let's kick things up a notch." Said Finn as his body began to glow blue.

Phoebe flew at Vaati with a flaming sword and sliced through his left claw with it! Vaati screamed as his arm fell off and melted into shadows. The villain then roared in rage and surrounded himself with a tornado that blew everyone back. Finn raced into the tornado, his super strength against the evil wind. Vaati saw him and swung his right claw at him, but Finn sliced it off! Vaati let out another scream of pain as Finn flew at him and delivered a powerful punch to his body that cracked his armor and sent him flying into the air.

"Man my mom's power is really something." Thought Finn as he admired his power.

Vaati flew into the air and Phoebe came in from above and slammed down on him like a ball of fire racing towards the ground. Finn saw it coming and did a super leap into the air and stabbed Vaati in the eye!

"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!" Screamed Vaati.

There was a blinding light and Finn and Phoebe landed on the ground and Vaati in the form he originally had before gaining power from the Fused Shadow pieces crashed to the ground behind them.

"Everything...is...going...dark." Said Vaati weakly before he melted into shadows and vanished.

Inside the castle, Zant was flying down the hallway, with Midna and Wolf Link chasing him. Zant would occasionally fire energy blast at his pursuers, but they would quickly dodge them. Wolf Link finally managed to close the distance between Zant and Midna punched him with her Twilight Arm. Zant was sent flying and crashing out a window and into the grounds in front of the castle. Wolf Link hopped out of the window and Midna turned him back into Link. Zant stumbled to his feet and took notice of all the Twili outside.

"People of the Twilight Realm! Your king is under attack, by some assassins! Do your duty and destroy those who would dare attack me!" Yelled Zant.

The Twili looked at Zant and then Midna. Then some Twili picked up some rocks and began to throw them at Zant and yell at him.

"False king!"

"Monster!"

"Tyrant!"

"Midna is the true ruler of Twilight!"

Zant raised his hands to shield himself from the rocks as he felt his anger grow. Finally Zant let out a roar of rage as he grew to giant size and toward over his people.

"You worthless insects! I am the king! You are beneath me and it's time you learn your place!" Boomed Zant as he stomped around and sent his people running and screaming for their lives.

Midna felt her own blood boil as she saw this. She raced over to Zant summoning her Twilight Arm and brought it down on Zant's right foot. Zant screamed in pain and clutched his foot in a comical matter and jumped around. As he jumped around Zant shrank in size, until he was the size of Midna. Midna punched the tiny Zant with her Twilight Arm and sent him flying and crashing to the ground. Zant returned to his normal size and scrambled to his feet.

"I'm not done yet!" Yelled Zant as he pulled out two curved swords and raced at Midna.

"I don't think so." Said Link as he stepped in front of Midna and blocked Zant's attacks.

Zant let out a wild howl as he swung his swords like crazy. Link easily blocked all of Zant's attacks and then he struck back shattering Zant's swords to bits. The hero then struck Zant and he screamed in pain as he fell to the ground and his helmet fell off. Midna floated over and the Fused Shadow pieces flew from Zant to her. Midna placed the pieces in her mask and faced Zant, who was getting up.

"It's over Zant. Now undo the curse on me and return the Twili you turned into monsters back to normal." Said Midna.

"That curse and that magic were done by the power of Ganondorf. The curse and the magic cannot be undone. You will never return to your original form Midna!" Said Zant with a laugh.

"Then will just beat Ganondorf." Said Link.

Zant frowned at this and pulled out a knife. He charged at Link. Midna saw this and three sharp tendrils of her hair shot out from her head and stabbed Zant through the chest! Zant's eyes went wide as he dropped the knife and he began to spam and scream. Then he exploded into dark bits of energy and vanished. Midna retracted her spikes back to her hair with a freaked out look on her face. The Twili looked at her a bit stunned and then they began to cheer for her.

"The evil king is dead!"

"Midna beat Zant!"

"Princess Midna is back!"

"Midna is the true ruler!"

Midna smiled from the cheering and Link gave her a thumbs up along with Finn and the others. The Twilight Realm had been liberated.

In Hyrule, a strange eclipse was happening and this was the signal for the shadow beast to invade.

To be continued.