| Ganon stepped into the cool, clean air of the new dawn, stretching and sighing to himself. He looked to the pathetic Moby perched atop his broad shoulder, and snapped; "Fool, fly to North Castle, and see what that wench of a Princess and her "Hero" are up to!!!! I want to see how vulnerable they are.....heh heh heh...." He was anxious to see how poor defenses were at the newly established castle, so he could possibly attack. With a grunt, he heaved the poor bird into flight with the swing of a bulky arm. The Moby squawked fearfully, and flew due north with all it's might. Ganon shaded his eyes to watch it, and as soon as the black speck faded into the rising sun, he turned back into the blistering heat to oversee his minions working studiously to build their master a domain. "Wenches! Obey me, and take heed! Travel now to the Lost Woods, and bring back the strongest of Moblins to aid me here!" "Bossssssssss....." An Undead called Staal hissed through serrated incisors. "Whhhhaat abouttttt tttheeeeeeee Gggorrronssssssssss? Thhheeeyyy ownnnn ttttttttttthhhhheeeeeeeeee shoooooooorrrtcut ttheerrrrrrreeee!" "I free you to do with the parasites as you please...." Ganon sniggered. The Undead heathens grunted eagerly, longing to consume soft juicy flesh. "Begone!" Ganon waved a gnarled hand in dismissal, and the Undeads let out a scream of excitement in unison, making haste to the cool darkened caverns of Goron City. After the passing of several minutes, their snarling echoed, almost being drowned out by the guttural tortured cries of the endangered Goron race. The pleas for help echoed through the crater, rising on the steam. *** Darunia ran with all his strength to the mouth of the cool clammy cavern upon hearing the death cries of his people.....He drew back at the horrible sight though as he gazed downward from Level Blue. The carnage was immense, undead creatures ripping shreds of flesh off the Goron people alive, ripping through their bodies with their knife-esque claws. Darunia summoned his strength, and conjured his Sage powers to his aid. s he concentrated, an orb of glowing light formed above his head, and Darunia focused it to the nearest denizen, watching the decaying parts being blown away. It was too late for the undead's victim. All that was left were ghastly snapped bones. Darunia tried in vain, again and again to destroy these horrors killing his whole race before his onyx eyes, and he vanquished quite a few, but his people were dying. A childish scream drew the Goron King's attention, as he saw his own son, Link of the Gorons, frozen in fear as an undead creature slowly creeping towards him, drool beading around the drawn back lips. "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!" Darunia mustered all his strength, and leapt straight down the sheer rock cliffs to Level Yellow, onto the back of the creature. It hurt as he plopped down, a dull ache spreading through his ribs, but he had to look to his enemy. It was flattened against the ground, but flipped over, taking out it's hungry rage on the Goron King. The last thing Darunia knew was fear and pain as he faded away, his life being sucked from his body. *** And Father, we would be very strong if we ever needed to go back to war with Tanol...." Zelda sat in a plush easy chair, the afternoon sun illuminating her fair face. The King looked to her, then to Link, stroking his snowy beard thoughtfully with a smooth pale hand. "You have also told of the dangers, and Zel, I don't know if you two would have the strength to do the spell.....Study up on it more....." Harkinian decided. "Then I'll give my verdict." "Yes, your Majesty.." Link stood, and bowed. "Zel, do you want to go to Mido Library tomorrow?" "Sounds like a good idea to me...." Harkinian nodded. "Alright!" Zelda's face lit up, and she smiled to Link. "I will meet again with you, Father to discuss this in two days time....Wait, Link, get that guay off the windowsill please before it leaves a mess!" She giggled. Link gave her an amused look, and opened the wide paned windows, shooing the small black coloured bird from the stone ledge that protruded from it. Unbeknownst to them, the Moby flapped off towards a distant mountain shrouded with a greyish cloud muttering under it's breath: "Triforce triforce triforce triforce...." *** "If only we could somehow get the Triforce of Power, but it's in the Sacred Realm..." Link said, looking to Zelda. "Yeah, that would be a good thing....We'd rule all Demiari!" Zelda exclaimed. Link couldn't help seeing how beautiful she was, her blonde ringlets framing her face, blue eyes looking like cool deep ponds... "That...er, dress becomes you, Princess..." He shyly muttered. "Thank you, Link!" She rewarded him with a bright smile, looking to him. For a second, their eyes meshed, and Link hoped he knew what he meant, too shy to tell her. Zelda at the same time looked into his azure eyes, and for a split second placed a hand on his shoulder, but footsteps coming down the corridor broke the spell. "Thank you." Zelda skipped a ways down the halls happily, humming a little ditty to herself and leapt up the steps to her chamber. *** The salt air could be smelled from the plains near Mido, as Link and Zelda crested the ridge into the largest city of Hyrule. The silver cupola of the Mido Library glinted in the sunlight, the purple flag wearing the Hylian crest waving in the ocean breeze. Off at the very edge of the neat rows of white plastered buildings, displayed before them, was the ocean. A small ship bobbed in the breaking waves and foam. "C'mon." Zelda motioned for Link to lead the horse into the crowded marketplace. Small children danced among the stalls of fresh fruits and smelly fish, and the musty smell of horses and livestock mixed with the scent of fresh clean ocean water and incense wafting from the small temple in the centre. A stable stood in the market, and Link led Epona into it, ducking under the low thatched roof. "Mind if we keep our horse here?" Zelda asked the stable boy. "Gonna cost ya, sugar baby." The man grinned with yellow teeth. Zelda considered yelling at him for speaking to her disrespectfully, but instead she just sighed, and plunked a red rupee into the man's filthy palm. She then looked to Link, who was scratching the horse's head affectionately. "Let's get outta here." She was disgusted with the flea riddled man who had no manners. She huffed, and lifted up her long skirts, Link following her into the blazing sunlight. "Zel, what's wrong?" Link asked, curious. "Argh, did you hear how that...dog..spoke to me???" Zelda seethed. "Nope, sure didn't!" Link grinned. "Ne'er mind then. Let's just go to the library." *** Link pulled the heavy volume onto his lap, as he sat up against the window in the window seat. He had come across a long neglected thick book completely about things the Triforce could do. Flipping through the worn pages, he took mental notes, of this power and that power and such. "Haha, shape change..." He imagined himself as a Goron or something, the thought bringing smiles to his lips, "illumination, repelling enemies, telepathy....Hey, telepathy!" He muttered under his breath, definitely taking note of that. Hehe, they'd convince the King in no time. "You find anything yet?" Zelda walked up to him, smiling. She sat next to him, pulling part of the book into her lap. "Hrmm...this is pretty interesting....Link?" "Mmm?" Link looked up. "Why were you so eager to try this in the first place? Just wondering though." "Oh....it sounded unique, and if we somehow tricked Ganon into escaping, of course under our supervision, and trying it, we could re-gain the Triforce of Power!!!" Link grinned, excited. "Yeah!!!" Zelda answered, giving Link another of her fantastic smiles. "You know, I just love it when you smile like that...." Link murmured, his demeanor suddenly going serious. Princess Zelda just blushed, and said; "And I love when you look at me like that....." "How?" Link was puzzled. "Well, your eyes....they're just so deep and blue, and they look so big when you're serious. And your head just sort of tilts to the side, with a little grin on your face..." She blushed again, and leaned up against Link. He gently stroked her cheek, and put his arm around her. Zelda smiled again, and looked down towards the book, flipping the page. "Oh my....." She gasped. "Link, listen to this! There is one thing that is stronger than the three Triforces, it is the fourth Triforce, the Tetraforce of Hope, that fills in the centre of the shape. It is the only thing that can defeat the one who has the three. It has been hidden for ages though, by the Divine in the claws of the Phoenix in the dwelling of the young...." "What the heck?" Link asked. "It's probably just a legend..." Zelda shook her head, doubtful of the passage. "What would it mean anyway? The dwelling of the young? The young what? Moblins? It doesn't make any since anyhow.." "Yeah, I suppose your right...." Link murmured. "You hungry? It's about 12:30." Zelda stood. "Yeah...." Link got up, and replaced the old book to the shelves, and together they walked out into the bright sunlight and crowds. A small cafe stood looking out on the glassy sea, it's doors wide open to the salt air. "Wanna eat here?" Link asked. "Yeah, here they have some good food." Princess Zelda led Link inside the cool stone building, and once inside they sat at a wicker table covered with a simple yet cheery checkered linen. A shriveled old woman approached; "I am truly honoured to be in your presence, My Lady...Link." She nodded in acknowledgment to each of them. "What would you like?" "Uhh....how about some flounder?" Zelda asked. "Yup, OK....You, Link?" "The same please." Link grinned at Zelda, who blushed. "Alright, two plates of flounder, that'll be 10 rupees please." Zelda took out her silk purse, and pulled out two blue rupees. "Thank you very much, you food will come shortly." The woman shuffled over to a small jar, and plunked the money in it, and disapeared into the kitchen. "Isn't the view pretty, Link?" Zelda sked, looking out over the sea. "Yeah....." Link wasn't looking at the sea, but was smiling at Zelda. "You're sweet, you know?" Zelda took Link's large leathery hand in her small white one, blushing. A commotion rose outside at that moment, and Link and she hopped up, looking outside. "What the....???" Link asked puzzled. A young man had ridden into the square, asking around for Link and Zelda. "It's Sir Adam!" Zelda exclaimed. "Adam, we're over here!" She cried. Adam looked up, and cantered his horse to the cafe' doorway. "M'lady, Link, you're needed at the castle immediately!" "Why?" Link asked. "I don't know, but it sounds important!!!" |
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