Chapter 8: Middle of the Field

Link awoke early that morning, right before dawn infact.

He slowly equipped himself, gearing Epona; he saddled up, and rode off. For what? He didn't know.

He pulled back on the reins as Epona stopped. He saw a large portion of the Hylian army marching. On further investigation, they were marching right at the soldiers of Darkness, who marched forward as well.

Link flinched as horns blew, knights on both sides began to ride at amazing speeds to each other, and the men began running fast.

The knights in the lead, clashed with other knights. Pikemen following them ran into every enemy they saw. Link flinched a horrible, loud screams pierced the morning air.

The sun was hardly up and the battle was already in full heat. Link finally could no longer wait. He drew his sword, snapping the reins, his horse charged at the army.

When he reached an enemy pikemen, he reared his horse back, who's hooves slammed into the man's face, knocking him out cold. Link drew his bow, placing an arrow in, he took aim. He let go, his arrow flew truly, impacting the knight on the head.

The knight screamed, falling to his doom. An arrow flew past Link's head, and he knew to continue riding. He snapped the rein, and his horse shot off. He rode to an enemy catapult. He hit the leader in the head with his blade. Another ran screaming at him with a battle axe. Link reared his horse back again. The man had a hoof on his nose, so to speak.

The man staggered back, before Link loaded another arrow, letting it fly into his face. Another man began running, so Link once again, put an arrow into his head.

Link nodded to himself, as he got off his horse. He began to tear at the catapult, breaking it apart by hand. After he left it in wreckage, he once more, rode off. He loaded another arrow in letting it go on a random soldier.

An arrow went by his back, and he continued to move, he could not be killed yet. He rode past another unlucky soldier of darkness, who found himself without a head.

Now, multiple arrows and other weapons were all around Link. He had to get back to the hylian soldier lines. He rode back around to the hylian men, still fighting darkness. Dead bodies were everywhere in the middle.

Link rode to a supply wagon, the farmer sat at the front," Ah! You're the one who left illegally!"

"I had to, and because of that, I arrived in time to save a village..." Link retorted.

"Ugh, whatever, you still are too foolish to come back to my farm, that's final."

Link heard a familiar voice in the back of the wagon,"But father!"

He looked back to see Malon attending to a wounded soldier, who had been shot by an arrow twice.” No, Malon, I said give it up!"

She went back to her work,” Well uh-"

"GO NOW!"

"Yes sir..." Link said sheepishly, riding off back to the soldiers.

He rode back into the middle where everyone fought. More bodies lay on the ground. Link saw what he was looking for, Dark Link sat on his war horse commanding his men. Link snapped his reins, running strait through the middle of the battle field.

He drew his bow, putting an arrow in and then firing. He missed Dark Link's head, who quickly veered back, snapping his rein, he rode off.

Link but his bow up, drawing his sword he rode after him. His horse sped up. Dark Link wasn't getting away again! Dark Link let out a strange howl, and now knights were following Link.

"Dangit!" Link muttered to himself.

He turned around, riding strait up to a knight, the man swung his sword. Link ducked, and right before the man escaped, Link slashed his back. The man fell off and was trampled by Epona as Link rode back to Dark Link.

He loaded in another arrow, firing, it missed his shadow again. An arrow went by Link's head. the knights were firing. He turned back around, cutting a knight as he rode, he had to let Dark Link go, he was outnumbered. He arrived back at the battle field; the Hylian army was retreating, so he went with them back to Lon Lon.

He put his horse in his stable. He put some armor on himself from the wall. He looked like a knight. He disguised Epona as a war-horse. The only one who could know Epona would be Malon, who luckily spent less time in the stables. He slept out under the stars that knight, since his old tent had been burnt.

He awoke the next morning and went to the milk storehouse, where several boxes of milk were stored.

Upon entering, he found the mask man asleep. He left as to not draw attention. He walked into the fields, where horses grazed. He looked up, remembering the battle from before. And just how brutal it was.

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