Chapter 7: Fire and Ice

Link looked only ahead of himself as he continued to ride west. He wouldn't dare go north to Lon Lon.

He rode out to a small puddle, his horse running through it, mud splashed all over Link's legs, yet he didn't mind. His attempts to save Hyrule were failing, if he wouldn't have left Lon Lon when he did, Ordon would have been wiped out. All those innocents no one knew about would have died.

Now, he could never go back there without being arrested. He stopped his horse a moment looking through the evening."P...Perhaps... Dark Link is too fast for me... he just... how does he do it...?"

He shook his head slowly, riding onward. With no place to stop for the night, he continued. Even through the next day he rode, and finally, what he was looking for, came to him. The desert.

He rode through a large bridge, and into a village. The houses were carved from the Cliffside, and tanned women walked around.

Well armed.

Luckily, no one noticed him as he got off his horse. His horse seemed to stay right there,” Stay right there, girl, I've gotta get passed these women."

He snuck into one of the houses. Going through a series of stairs and ladders, he found himself on the roof of another house. To get to the other side, he'd have to jump. He ran back a few steps, caught his breath, and then ran. He closed his eyes as his feet left the ground, all until he felt them hit the roof.

He had made it. He walked over the cliff, which protected the village from a wasteland. A wasteland where a sand storm always brewed. He crossed a bridge over some quicksand, continuing through the storm.

Sand stung wherever he had bare skin, it especially hurt when it touched his scars. He wandered to an old building. It had no door, but stairs to its roof. A hole sat at the top, with a ladder nailed down. He began to climb down the ladder, finding it surprisingly long.

He crawled down into a one roomed area. Nothing but a few torches kept light in. A few of the gerudo exiles sat at a long table, talking. The leader looked up, seeing him, she told her friends, then, drawing her weapon, she approached him,” Sorry, no men here, I'm going to ask you to leave. We have a rebellion on our hands."

Link nodded," Um, I'm simply trying to find a large boulder."

"Well," one of the women at the table began,” I’ve seen one before, continue heading west, and you'll see a gate, go in, and the cliff will protect you from the storm, I'm pretty sure a rock was there.

"Um, thanks..." he said, then adding under his breath," I guess ..."

He went up the ladder, climbing to the top. He continued to head west, all until night reaching another cliff, which sheltered him from the storm, there sat a large boulder.

It hand an opening, he walked in.

"No, I don't care if it's not like the last temple we destroyed, your staying in here." said Dark Link, talking to two women holding broom sticks.

"But,” began one of the witches, who wore a red gem on her forehead,” Can’t we gather the army and raid the gerudos?"

"NO!" Dark Link exclaimed,” I said stay! My idiotic version of the light is coming here, I can feel it, you're going to stay here, so when he does come, he gets a... 'nice' welcome."

The ladies slowly nodded,"...Yes sir..." With that, Dark Link disappeared.

"Well, koume, this stinks."

"Yes, kotake, my dear sister, I know, that idiot doesn't understand our material. We're still young! Only 708 years old," Link had to old back laughing at that remark”and agile!" continued the witch.

They then floated through a door, which began closing. Link ran up the stairs, and ducked, sliding through the door, which closed right as his feet passed.

He slammed into a set of skeletons and rotting bodies, which he quickly pulled away from,” WHOA!" he said, falling back over. He was scared out of his mind. He slowly stood back up, dusting himself back off, he continued through the hall. Pools of sand were carved into the floor. Link leaned to look at one which he thought moved. He was right.

Many skeletons began crawling out. They were small, but every one of them had a spear. Then, more had begun to crawl from the other pools, and soon, Link was surrounded by nearly a hundred little soldiers together, crowding in on him.

He was scared to the point of letting them kill him, but he felt a strange energy flow through him. He gripped his sword tighter, closing his eyes, he basically let the feeling inside him control his body, and then, he felt himself spin very fast.

When he opened his eyes, he found all the soldiers lying in pieces. Apparently, he had spun his sword around right as he was to be killed, and had killed them all. In one swing.

He ran down the hall, and into a staircase. He began to go up the flights of stairs, all until he reached a large door. He went inside, crawling into an arena.

He felt strange sounds around him, and then voices were heard.

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Ocarina of Time?
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"Look at that stupid kid, coming to make himself a sacrifice to Lord Darkness!"

"Huh...?"Link said to himself quietly, looking up, he found the witches floating above him. One held a shield,"Oh koume, this shield is pretty, I found it in a secret chamber."

"Wonderful! Lets get back to that kid thou-" Kotake was horrified to see her sister being hit by an arrow, which she quickly tore form her body.

The shield fell, which Link grabbed. It was read, and a mirror on the front.

"No!" one of the witches yelled. She threw a ball of fire at him, Link blocked with the shield, which shot it back at the ice sister. The sister screamed falling to the ground. Link stabbed her, only one more.

She threw another fire ball at Link, who quickly blocked it. It shot the blast back at her, who sucked the blast in, firing it as an even larger energy blast. Link knew he couldn't reflect it, he jumped off the arena. The other witch was engulfed in more flame.

Unfortunately for her sister, she was blown to bits. Link climbed back on the arena, seeing the other witch fall off her broom. Crying.

"NO!!!" she screeched, rolling around.

"Ugh, you shouldn't have fought me."

Then she began building a fire ball so big, it nearly was touching Link before she even threw it. She yelled as it took more and more of her energy away to make it larger.

Link put an arrow in his bow, took aim, and let go. The witch was hit. The energy ball just went out in a quick flare. She moaned in pain.

Link knew only to put her out of her misery. He stabbed the witch.

He left through the exit, and walked back through the sand, and back to his horse. He got on, turned around, and rode off. He rode through the fields until night, where he stopped at a shop near the shores by Lake Hylia.

He went to a local inn, where he got a room, and went in. He fell onto the bed. It felt stiff and hard, yet it felt so good to his back. He rolled over, falling asleep quickly.

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