The Elemental Balde: Chapter 10
Chapter 10
Meanwhile...
In the Mt. of Malefor or the Well of Souls, a dragon was walking down a tunnel towards the main chamber. A big dragon at that. Its color was distinguished by the torches that lit the tunnel. They gave light needed to see, but barely. Its' face could frighten the bravest creature. The power that it wields could devastate cities. But nothing was as powerful as the one the dragon was about to meet. It opened the chamber doors to a wide room full of light. There were neither torches nor lamps of any kind. The dragon walked closer to the throne at the end of the room. When it was close enough to see the one sitting on the throne, a voice more fearsome then the dragon rang out.
"Come closer, dragon." The dragon growled at the last word, hating it. The man on the throne grinned. "How is my servant doing with his tasks?"
"Going as planed, Master." The mans grin vanished.
"What's upsetting you?" although he already knows the answer, he wanted to toy with the dragon.
The dragon knew the man was toying with him, for he use to do the same. "The scouts I sent haven't come back. May have gotten cocky and gotten them killed. Or someone prevented them from returning."
The man rubbed his chin. "It's a great possibility that the dragons have something to do with this." The man thought for a few minutes making the dragon nervous. "Take 15 Lizalfos and send them to the dragon city. Let them have a small taste of my power."
"It will be done, Master." The dragon turned to walk out, hating to be in the presence of the man.
"Don't forget, dragon!" The man said making the dragon turn its' head, "don't forget who brought you back to life, Malefor."
Malefor growled and turned and walked out the door, all the while the man was grinning.
Back at Warfang...
Silence. Silence was all that was heard. Link had placed his hands on the table staring at it. All were looking at him or Zelda. Terrador broke the silence, "Who is this Ganondorf?"
Link took a deep breath, "In our world, there is a Sacred Realm where the Triforce is held. Once created by the three goddesses that made the world. If one should touch the Triforce, they will be given on wish. One day, a man with an evil desire came into the Sacred Realm and touched the Triforce. But instead of getting his wish, the Triforce broke off into three pieces. One of Wisdom to the Princess, one of Courage to the Hero, and the last, the one of Power to the man. Ganondorf.
Zelda took it from there, "Ganondorf used his power to take over Hyrule, our home. But there was one who stood up to him, Link." Everyone looked at him. "No, a different Link overcame Ganondorfs' power and with the help of the Master Sword and Princess Zelda, sealed him in the sacred realm."
"Pardon for the interruption, but what is the Master Sword?" Crysteena asked.
"The Master Sword," Link answered, "is a blade of evil's bane. No evil may touch the Sword." Cynder flinched when the word 'evil' was spoken. But no one noticed.
Zelda continued, "Many centuries past and all was at peace. But somehow he was released from the Sacred Realm and began to continue what he started. He was caught and was sentenced to death. But he still had the Triforce of Power. Their last resort was to put him into the Twilight Realm."
"Pardon me Princess," Volteer said in a hyper tone, who was very interested in the story. "What is the Twilight Realm, if I may ask?"
Link answered his question, "The Twilight Realm is the opposite of the light Realm or the original world. It's not a nice place. Evil creatures roam around looking for prey. The Realm itself is a vale place that covers the land turning animals and people into creatures and spirits."
"Are you saying you've been there before?" asked Hunter.
Link nodded, "I had to go into the Twilight Realm a couple of times in order to defeat Ganondorfs' minions." He didn't mention Midna or being transformed into a wolf for fear of confusion. Zelda kept quiet as well. "I was protected by the Twilight by the Triforce of Courage so the Twilight didn't affect me." He lifted the back of his right hand to show everyone the Triforce symbol. Everyone eyed it as it glowed.
"So what happened next?" Sparx said. He was interested in the story as well.
"Ganondorf," Zelda continued, "came out of the Twilight Realm and took over Hyrule Castle and made it his own. The Twilight Realm that was his prison, he used it to regain his strength."
Link stepped in, "And there I slew Ganondorf. He was taken away to be dealt with while I took a break from my adventure. It was only a few weeks before I was brought here."
"So, the same Ganondorf that terrorized your world is now in ours. Is that what you're saying?" asked Cyril.
Zelda nodded her head, "Yes, I'm afraid that's the case. I can't use my powers to help you for I'm not in direct contact with this world. But I may be able to aid you. I believe I can use my powers to transfer the Master Sword to the Dragon Realms and you'll have to find it in the most sacred place.
Suddenly the doors were thrown open and a mole came running in. "What is the meaning of this, interrupting this meeting?" Terrador boomed. The mole just stood there in shock for he was staring at the face in the crystal. "Moléar!"
"Oh, my apologies, but there's been a sighting of 15 of those lizards at the Eastern Gate." Moléar said.
"Spyro, Cynder, Link. Go to the Eastern Gate and stop those Lizalfos before they get through," Cyril told them. He turned to Hunter, "Hunter, go find more of your warriors. We might need them." Hunter nodded and ran out.
Link turned to Zelda, "Go and do what you can. I'll take care of things here."
Zelda nodded, "Good luck."
Link nodded back and ran with Spyro and Cynder to one of the platforms jetting out of the tower. Both dragons jumped in the air. Spyro looked at Link, "Ready?"
"Ready." And Link grabbed Spyro's arms and the three took off toward the Eastern Gate.
Once at the wall of the Gate, the three looked out and saw the Lizalfos fighting with the cheetah warriors Hunter gathered up. And were desperately trying to defend the city.
Cynder looked at Spyro, but noticed the link wasn't there. "Spyro? Where's..." thud, thud, thud, thud, thud. Link jumps off the wall. "Link!" they both yell. The two jump after him, not knowing if he could survive the fall.
As link falls, he unsheathes his sword and yells at the top of him lungs. One of the Lizalfos looks up to see Link coming right at him. Tries to defend itself but is unsuccessful as Links' sword pierces its' chest and heart, killing it instantly. Once Link landed, he rolled of the corpse, pulling out his sword and continued to slash at the next Lizalfos.
Spyro and Cynder witnessed Link's act as they landed. Taking their mind off of Link and to the battle, they helped Hunter and his warriors. Many had fallen do to the Lizalfos' skill and force. They both used combat attacks while used their breaths for extra damage.
Link was using all the skills he learned on his adventure. Using the Helm Splitter and the Back Slice as they were the most powerful. Those who had a second to look at Link were amazed at his skill and agility.
After an hour of battling, all the Lizalfos were dead. Corpses littered the East Gate, both defenders and attackers. Link was panting as he never had to take down that many at once before. He walked over to where the two dragons and Hunter were. Hunter spotted Link walking toward them. He called out, "Link, those were impressive skills you showed today."
Link thanked the cheetah, "I'm sorry we couldn't come sooner. We might have saved some of your warriors."
Hunter rose up a paw, "You are not to blame. It's those accursed lizards."
"How many Lizalfos were killed?" Spyro asked, not to anyone specific.
Cynder counted, "14 I think."
"Wait. There should be 15. That's what we've been told." Link said confused.
"Maybe it ran away?" Cynder said shrugging her shoulders.
"Yeah, and it's going to us a surprise party for the victory." Sparx said sarcastically. Cynder gave him the death stare.
"No, we would have seen it." Spyro said, ignoring Sparx.
Maybe they miss counted?" wondered Hunter.
"Well anyway, let's go back-" suddenly there was a loud screech. Everyone covered their ears. They looked back to see a Dynalfos fully equipped with armor coming out of the ground along with six gremlins. Link turned to the others, "Hunter, you and your warriors take the gremlins while Spyro, Cynder and I take on the Lizalfos." Everyone nodded and went to work.
The three took their stance in front of the Dynalfos as it began screeching. 'This isn't normal. Something's not right,' thought Link. Spyro went on and fired a fire ball at it while dodging the ax tail. Then Link saw the black crystal on its' back. He had a flash back to when he was told by Spyro what the black crystals were and did. Cynder looked at Link and Link did the same. "You and Spyro distract it while I go for the crystal." She nodded and went to help Spyro. Link tried circling around the Dynalfos, but to no avail. The lizard turned around to face Link as the tail swept across Spyro and Cynder's head. Link decided to be the distraction to give the two the time they needed to take this lizard down. It was working well dodging, attacking, dodging, and so on. The two dragons were having a hard time striking the crystal. The lizards' tail kept swaying back and forth forcing the two to withdraw their attacks. Cynder saw an opening and went for it but was brought down as the ax-like-tail hit her shoulder and was sent to the ground a few feet away, not moving.
"Cynder!" Spyro went to help, but was also struck but with the flat part, knocking him out cold.
Now Link was alone. The cheetah warriors had defeated all the gremlins and were going to help Link when he held up him hand saying to stay away. He tried his best using a Back Slice, but the ax struck his shield, flinging him backwards. Rolling away from his opponent, he got up and ran towards the lizard. Jumping as high as he could, he performed a Helm Splitter on the crystal, cracking it. The Dynalfos screeched in pain. Full of rage, the lizard began swinging his sword at Link at high speed. Link parrying as the best he can began to feel the Triforce on his right hand burn. Wincing at the pain, he felt the strength of the Triforce of Courage coursing through his veins. Finding an opening in the lizard's offence, Link struck the lizard in the shoulder, making it drop its' sword. Link jumped to the left, rolled to the back of the lizard and did a spinning upper cut to the crystal, shattering it. The Dynalfos made a final screech before falling to the ground, turning to dust. Link did his signature move and put away his sword and shield. Hunter told the warriors to go back into the city while he walked up to Link, "You did a good job."
Link nodded his thanks and turned to Cynder. Sparx came flying toward Link, "Is she okay?" Worried not only for her, but for Spyro. He hated seeing his brother sad.
Link looked at her shoulder, "She has a gash on the shoulder. It's pretty deep." He turned to Hunter, "Go grab Spyro, I'll take Cynder. We'll tell the Elders what happened."
Hunter nodded and went over to Spyro. Still unconscious, he picked him up and walks with Link through the gates and into the city.
As Link walks, his mind returns to the Lizalfos. 'If a black crystal can do that to a Dynalfos,' he thought, 'this may not look good for us.'