A link to the twilight part 5

Upon entering the temple, Link saw a long path in front of him with a chest on a pillar at the end. He advanced towards it and was soon stopped by an invisible energy. He also noticed a hole floating in the air that looked like a triangle. Link examined it for a minute and concluded that it was probably some sort of key hole. He sighed. "Why does it always have to be the same kind of temple…" he complained.  "Where is the compass when you really need it," he said. Link looked left and right.  There was one door on the left and two on the right. Only the left door wasn't blocked by a metal gate. He rolled his eyes and went to it. On the other side, there were a bunch of tracks for the spinner to ride on. It warmed his heart to see that. He quickly got his spinner out and started to ride on the walls. At the start, it was reasonably easy. It was always jump left to right. Then it got more interesting. The path for the spinner got trickier. It was going up and down, circling, zigzagging. Link had to focus on to when he had to jump to not lose track, because the only thing that was under him was a deadly silence accentuated by the clacking of the spinner. By chance, there were no spiked spinners. It went on like this for a while and as Link advanced in the room, his guard went down. He paid less attention around him, since there were no monsters, and just enjoyed the ride. Unfortunately, everything comes to an end and Link arrived in front of a giant door. It looked like the "boss door" from the other temples but there were no chains on it to lock it. And Link didn't find any key anywhere anyways. He opened it, expecting to see another room where he could ride again. But instead, he saw a circular room, very dark, with a heavily armoured knight in the middle. "Ah! Finally, some exercise," he exclaimed. He advanced to it, expecting it to move when he would be close. Unlike everything else that Link had to face before, the knight didn't do anything. Link was a bit disappointed. He was used to getting into the action right away. Link was now in front of the knight. He drew his sword and tried to hit him on the right. The armoured warrior drew his sword also and hit the same way. Link jumped backward and so did the knight. Link got his shield away to prepare one of his hidden skills, the jump strike, to surprise his opponent. He targeted the knight and prepared his sword. After a few seconds of concentration, Link jumped, swinging his sword left and right to finally hit strongly in the middle. The knight went flying into the air and landed on his back. He got up, apparently not wounded at all from the strike. Link got distracted for a minute, wondering why his opponent seemed to be immune to any hits. He stared at his foe, not realizing that it had also stopped moving. He snapped out of his reverie and finally noticed that the knight wasn't making a move. "That's the weirdest enemy I've ever faced. Hmm… better play it safe" he thought. Link put his sword back into its sheath and so did the knight. The Hero slowly walked backward and the warrior returned to its original spot. Link circled around his foe, watching carefully for any sign of deceit or weakness. It still wasn't moving. Link took advantage of it and did the back slice. The knight took the hit without, of course, taking any damage. He got up and turned to face the Hero. Link quickly did a shield attack to make him go away then performed the helm splitter as the final blow. The helmet fell to each side of the knight as he collapsed. He landed face down against the floor. Link noticed that the knight was very different from the others he used to beat. This one had hair and looked human. Curiosity got over Link and he turned the dead warrior to have a face to face. Link stared in shock as he looked into his reflection. He swallowed his incoming bile and moved away from himself.  The knight raised his face, a bloody mess from the helm splitter, yet there was no denying that this was at least his twin.

"What… what are you?" asked Link, finally finding his words.

"I am you," answered the knight.

"How…" wondered Link but not getting any answer. "Well, I won't fight myself!" he said, throwing his sword and shield on the floor.

"So be it. Now come, brother, so we can be one again," said the knight as he returned to its original spot.

Link hesitated for a minute. Could this be a trick? How could it be? His other self was unarmed and had his back to him. Besides, would he lie to himself? Link decided to trust himself and went to the center of the room. He felt a strange power surge through him and embraced it. Link heard a hollow sound behind him. It was the gate, where the chest was, that was going up. "How predictable…" he said, rolling his eyes. He went to it and opened it. Link found a blue prism in the chest. As was his tradition, he held it up into the air. Tanananah! Link wondered why his old music box always played when he picked up a new item. "I should really leave it at home," he sighed in annoyance. Link went back to the entrance. A door on the other side had lost its gate. He understood quickly that he had to find other prisms to unlock the invisible barrier. He entered the next room. It was a totally new area. Everything was covered in ice. There were ice spikes coming out from the floor and the ceiling. Though everything was frozen, Link didn't feel cold. He looked around to explore the area. Link became suspicious when his eyes crossed an iced peak bigger than the others, with good reason, because there was something frozen inside. He couldn't tell what is was but it was probably something helpful. It was too high for the Hero to use the ball and chain. So instead, he took out his bow and combined a bomb with it. The arrow went flying into the air and impacted on the exterior of the ice. Unfortunately, the ice was far too strong for such a brief explosion. Link had an exasperated look on his face. Usually, it was always this or that same technique to get pass through the next area. He continued to analyse the room with more caution. This time, he noticed the spots for his double clawshots. Link took them out and shot at one of them. Then he shot again until he reached the highest point in the room. There he could have a better view of what was inside the ice. It looked like a torch hanging down from the ceiling. "How am I supposed to light that," he wondered in frustration. Carefully, Link took out his lantern and hung it at one of the claw of his weapon. Then he fired at the ice and held it into to air so the ice could melt. When it did, Link's arm was almost dead. The torch holder fell down and landed perfectly straight. Link went back down and lit the torch. This had the effect of making a chest appear. He opened it and found a key. "Why am I not surprised…" he thought. Link opened the locked door and entered the next area. It was the same portrait, ice covering everything. Once again, Link looked around to analyse what he had to do. "Ok, just a bunch of ice blocks that I have to break. Then what?" he asked to himself. The green clothed boy started to launch his ball and chain at everything he thought was worth breaking. He soon understood that he was going to have to solve a puzzle by moving blocks on the ice to reach switches. It was nothing he never did before. Just a couple more blocks. Link moved them logically in order to reach the switches. It took him quite some time though. There was 8 blocks total and five switches. Link sighed in annoyance when he found out that, in order to unlock the gate on the door, he had to put the blocks in order. So he had to start over each time the order turn out to be wrong. He still made it… after an hour of thinking. The gate went up and Link passed the door. "Why are there no fiends in this temple?" he wondered. "I'm getting bored!" he complained. Link was mumbling in his head and didn't look where he was going. He finally looked in front of him when he hit something soft. It felt like velour. And it was velour, dark velour. It looked like a cape. Link slowly looked up and retained a gasp.

"You!" screamed Link.

"It's been a while boy," said the man in the cape.

"How is it even possible?" I killed you!" yelled Link.

"Yes you have. Don't you feel to do it again?" smiled Ganon, turning in place to face Link.

"But… I need the master sword to do so," he stated.

"Then you must be blind," said Ganon, still smiling.

Link raised an eyebrow and looked down at his sword. It was the master sword! But how? After Midna's departure, he had put it back where it belonged. Ganon was starting to be impatient. He tapped the floor with his foot, making Link look back at him. He got in defensive position in case Ganon decided to strike first which he didn't. "Are you gonna stare are me all day?" asked the dark lord, tauntingly. Link understood that he was waiting for him to make the first move. He smiled and performed the back slice as his first strike. Ganon blocked it easily as he remembered well this one. Link tried every single one of his hidden skills but Ganon was always blocking them with agility. Link stopped for a minute to catch his breath. Ganon didn't wait for Link to get back up. He lifted his sword and hit the hero on the arm. Link screamed in pain and looked at the tunic now holey. Blood began to run down his arm. That was the first time Link had really been hit to this point. He screamed from the strike and held his arm with hard pressure. "So this is how a real fight is eh?" he said, his teeth clench. He looked at Ganon and smiled demoniacally. Ganon responded to Link with the same evil grin. The Hero got up and charged to his foe while screaming in rage. Link attacked Ganon like he never attacked any opponent before. Their swords were making clashing sounds as they touched each other and sparks flew from their joined blades. Link received an unpleasant liquid on his face. The shock from their swords had made his blood fly from Ganon's sword. Link wiped the blood from his face with his hand and glared at it. He realized that Ganon was a whole lot harder to fight. After a good hour of fighting, Link had not even touched him with the tip of his sword. He was exhausted. Ganon smiled at the heavy breathing Link was making. Link saw his rival lift his sword to deliver what might be the final blow. As an act of despair, Link took out one of his clawshots and shot at the wall. The weapon flew in the air and gripped at what seemed to be vines. Once out of danger, Link noticed that the walls were covered with it. How did he not see it before? Were they even there before? He emptied his mind of his useless questions and looked back at the evil God. He was also looking at him, waiting patiently for him to go back down. "He doesn't even seem fatigued," thought Link. He stayed there for the time he needed to take a bottle of blue potion. The effects were instant. Only his wounds didn't recover. Link went back down and got back into the action. Once again, the only thing he did was protect himself as Ganon was to strong and fast for him to do anything. "I'll have to be inventive," he thought. "Or I might never make it to the next room…" Link thought about all of his weapons that could help him. He tried the ball and chain. He thought that Ganon was surprised when he launched it because he didn't make a single move to avoid it. But at the very last second, Ganon jumped into the air and dodged it. What Ganon didn't think about though was that the weapon was coming back as Link pulled it. That, he didn't see it coming and soon found himself laying on the floor. Link shot again as he saw the chance to hit him one more time. But Ganon was smart and he rolled on the side to avoid a second hit. Link decided to change strategy. The spinner wasn't much of a use in here. The gale boomerang either. Maybe bomb arrows would do something. Link got his bow out and made a bomb arrow as fast as he could. The arrow flew towards Ganon but this one had already understood the plan. He used his magic powers to reverse the arrow's course. Link had only the time to widen his eyes. He felt a warm heat at the start and then his skin started to burn. Link felt himself lifted from the ground and hit the wall that made him bounce a decent way away from it. Link quickly turned on his back and soon felt a hard pressure on his chest. Ganon's foot was now on it and he wasn't being soft on him. The dark lord put Link's sword away with a strong gust of wind since he couldn't touch it.  The master sword went flying behind him. Ganon raised his sword. "Good bye Hero," he said menacingly. Link didn't let himself become discouraged. He wanted to win this fight, wanted to exterminate Ganon once and for all. He took his double clawshots out and shot at the wall. Not to high though so he could touch the floor right away. Then he shot at his sword, now accessible, and pulled it. While it did, the master sword severed through Ganon's left leg. Once sword in hand, Link shot at the opposite side of the room and decapitated the one legged God while being launched by the clawshot. The dark lord didn't have time to make a single scream that he was already hitting the floor, headless. Link got back down and walked to the dead God. "That will take care of you!" said Link while spitting on the dead body. Once again, Link heard that the gate on the door was going up. He went to the next room and found a chest in the middle of it. He opened it and found a red prism. "Just one left!" exclaimed Link, happy. He went back into the main room and passed the last door. This time, the area was more welcoming. There was grass and trees here and there. Between Link and the other side, there was a pond infested with dead fish. Link didn't want to swim in that after the wounds that Ganon made to him. But there was no spot for the clawshot or any other thing to avoid the swim. Link looked up and noticed five crystals. He targeted them all with the gale boomerang. As soon as the weapon returned into Link's hand, the crystals turned back to transparency and nothing happened. Link sighed in annoyance because he understood that he had to find the right order to light the crystals. He sat on the edge of the pond and looked at the dead fish. He counted them. "1, 2, 3, 4, 5… same as the crystal… oh really? Hmm," Link looked at them swimming. They were circling and jumping. They didn't seem to have anything to do with the crystals when you looked at them. He decided to take out his fishing rod for fun. He launched it and waited patiently for the bobber to go down. Link pulled the fishing rod when it did. He got the fish, looked at it for a minute and threw it back in the water. To Link's surprise, the fish went in the middle of the pond and stopped moving. The other fish were still swimming though. "Ok let's try to catch another one and see what happens," he thought. Link cough every one else and they all went in the middle, forming a circle. Link waited for something to happen like the gate on the door to move up but no, absolutely nothing. Since the fishes were not moving, Link decided to jump into the water and got through the other side without any harm. The door was still looked and Link started to run out of ideas. There was nothing in this room to help him. He sat again on the edge of the pond. He looked back at the crystals. No, nothing more there. He returned his attention to the fish, still standstill. It's at this moment that Link noticed the shadows, at the bottom of the pond, under the fish. It seemed that their shadows were showing a number. "Ah! Finally!" he said. Link remembered the numbers and targeted the crystals again. The door unlocked and Link passed it with happiness. On the other side, the room was dark. Link took out his lantern but the light that emanated from it didn't reveal much. Link walked straight, a little expecting what was the final boss. Suddenly, the room became clear as the torches lit up and, sat on a throne, there was princess… "Midna???" said Link, shocked. She got up and walked divinely to him. She put her hand on his face like she once did. Link closed his eyes and enjoyed the moment. He felt lips on his and grabbed Midna's body as he gave back a passionate kiss. Link felt suddenly dizzy. His vision blurred and he felt the need to sit on the floor for a minute. Midna stayed up, watching him with a little smile. She sat on her knees and put back her hand on Link's face.

"Are my kiss so tasty that you have no words left?" she murmured with a smile.

"What are you doing to me?" asked Link, confused and dizzy.

"Nothing to be afraid of my love," she said, gently.

Link fell on the floor. The room was zigzagging, Midna's face deforming. His thoughts became foggy. Link managed to sit back up. He put his head in his hands and applied a little pressure, hoping to make his dizziness go away. But no, nothing seemed to be the antidote. He looked back at Midna. She was still kneeling in front of him, smiling.
  
"What are you doing to me!" he yelled again at her.

"I told you, my love,"

"What am I suppose to do!" he asked to himself. "I don't know what she's doing to me even if she claims that it's nothing to be afraid of. I can't even think clearly!" he complained in his head. Seeing that Link wasn't able to get rid of his dizziness, Midna returned to the throne and sat on it. She watched him with a certain pleasure. Link's mind was now out of his control. Images were scrolling in his head and Link was trapped by them. There were even voices that were beginning to haunt him. Voices that were telling him to give up and leave this place. Others were hitting him with his own personal past emotions. "You're worth nothing! Look at what you're doing! She never loved you and never will! You're the Hero of shame!" they were saying. Link fell back down on his back. He closed his eyes and tried to ignore the voices and images which was very hard to do. He tried to focus on his own and unique desire. Finally able to ignore his haunted mind, Link got back on his feet and walked to Midna. He took her hand to make her get up and pressed her against him. He kissed her again. The voices increased in number and volume. Link kissed Midna even more passionately. It was finally her who ended their unique moment of fervour.

"You are quite the Hero I remember Link! See, I told you to not be afraid," she smirked.

"You were right, as always, my dear princess," said Link, letting himself fall into his temptations.

Midna held him tightly. A strange sensation went through Link. It was a warm and comforting heat. If this wasn't real, Link definitely didn't want to wake up… again. "On the other hand, I will spend the rest of my life here.  No, this isn't right. I have to continue!" he resolved. He got free of Midna's grasp and faced her.

"I don't care if you're real of not but I want you to set me free!" he demanded.

"What is this? You say I'm not real! Me that had always been there for you! Always treated you with respect!" she proclaimed.

"That is a lie! Midna would have never admitted something like this easily! Plus, I am not the Hero you remember so well since we never kissed!" exclaimed Link.

The princess smiled and lowered her head. A gold light surrounded her and she changed form to become princess Zelda. "Congratulation Hero. You have passed all three tests. You are worth taking what lies within the first chest you saw. Now, take the last prism and go on about your quest. May you use the artefact wisely," she said as she disappeared. "That's it?" said Link. "This part wasn't that difficult. Maybe I am worthier than I thought!" he exclaimed. Link went to the last chest and took its contents. With all three prisms in hand, he returned to the entrance to put them in the floating hole. One by one, he inserted them were they belonged. Link waited for something to happen. The three prisms started to glow and, in the middle, where there was still a little hole, a white light appeared. It glowed brighter then the others and began to spread left and right, revealing the barrier. After a short time, the energy slowly vanished, making the path clear for Link. He walked to the chest with a significant look of triumph. He opened the chest that contained what he was searching for since he spent five years in the library: The Mystical Lantern of Absorption! An artefact that permitted someone to suck in any energy he wanted. And not only that! It also permitted to use that energy for pretty much any deeds! Link felt powerful when he took the lantern. He held it up into the air and let himself become consumed with the power. Link got out of the temple and mounted Epona. He thought how long it was going to take to return to Hyrule field. Suddenly, a white light started to turn around him and in one instant; Link was back in Kakariko gorge. "What?" he wondered. Link looked at the lantern. "Is it possible?" He dismounted his horse and thought about his cave. The same shinny light appeared and warped him where he thought of. Link began to laugh of relief and perhaps a bit of craziness. "Oh I have missed warping so much! This is gonna speed up my plans a bunch!" he smiled. He looked at his bed and felt very sleepy. Fortunately, it wasn't going to be a magic sleep. He jumped on it and made himself comfortable. Soon, the cave trembled slightly from Link's snoring.

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Three days wasn't long enough to give confidence to someone to stand before his parents. But Midna didn't have a choice. At least, Foralin seemed to be on her side. Within the days that she passed with him, he revealed himself to be a caring person. He wanted the Twilight realm to be a peaceful place for everybody. That is why he was going to try to stand up to his mother. Both Midna and Foralin were in their room, being prepared for the wedding. Midna didn't want to get married but she had no choice left. Foralin was a nice guy but she didn't love him. She hoped that he would not fall in love with her either. One broken heart was enough! She still hoped that they would become good friends. She could really use one. At least her loneliness would feel less harsh on her heart.

Marlo entered her room, knocking first this time. She looked at him with a significant look of superiority. He ignored it since he was only there to let her know that Foralin was ready and everything else by the same occasion. Midna nodded and looked away. Once preparations were completed, Midna walked slowly but surely to the throne room. Every person that needed to be there for the ceremony had arrived. Midna was the last one. Foralin's mother was beside Marlo and they were talking. The princess didn't like that at all. What crazy plans were they going to invent next? She hoped that her future husband had enough strength to confront his mother; otherwise she was going to have a hard time dealing with those two by herself. Marlo stopped talking to Foralin's mother as the priest raised his hand to require silence. The wedding began and Midna couldn't go back now. Foralin seemed confident and happy. "What is he up to?" she asked herself. Midna was asking herself other questions when she realized that the priest was looking at her, apparently waiting for her to say something.

"Your majesty, your answer please. Do you accept to take Foralin as your legitimate husband?" he asked, again.

"I… do," she answered, lowering her head.

"And you Foralin, do you accept Midna as your legitimate wife?" he continued.

"I do!" he answered, happy.

"You may kiss the bride," finished the priest.

The new queen and king turned to face each other. Foralin noticed well that Midna didn't want to kiss so he just kissed her on the forehead. She smiled as a thank you. On the other hand, Foralin's mother wasn't that happy about that little cheap kiss. Neither was Marlo.

"You call that a kiss? I call it a shame! Come one son, make a man of yourself! You're the king!" she shot.

"Oh just shut up mother!" ordered Foralin.

"How dare you!" replied his mother.

"I'll dare quite a few things from now on mother. You've been quite adept in making decisions in my name. Decisions that I find extremely distasteful," he proclaimed.

"I forbid you to say another word," she murmured between her teeth.

"You forbid nothing! As the new king of the Twilight realm, mother, you are no longer in charge of my final decisions. From now on, I declare you banish from the palace!" concluded Foralin.

So that's why Foralin was so happy! He had planned on his own to banish his own mother! Midna smiled to Marlo with triumph. She knew that Foralin would stand up before his mother but never thought that he would have the guts to banish her! And how could you be more banished than being here? Midna laughed at this thought. As the guards were taking Foralin's mother away, Midna raised her hand to stop them "I also have something to declare," she stated. Silence reigned as the new queen prepared her proclamation.

"In light of your recent transgressions against the throne and my personal distaste of your idiocies, I am relieving you of your title and order you to leave immediately! You will no longer have permission to walk freely between those walls," she proclaimed, looking at her, now, ex high advisor.

"Wh-attt? But mi-milady I th-thought…," stuttered Marlo, perplexed.

"No! Don't say another word. Just leave!" ordered Midna.

"As you wish your majesty," he obeyed.

"All what belonged to you will be send to your home within the next few days," added Foralin.

The guards left with the two banished. Midna turned to Foralin and thanked him for reminding her that he had goods that needed to be given back to Marlo. She had only thought about sending him away as soon as possible and forgot about the rest. Then she left the throne room and Foralin alone. He didn't stayed there long though since he was still new to the palace and wanted to have Midna's guidance for a little longer. He ran after her but she seemed to be walking with haste. He had already lost her and had to find his way back outside. The king asked some twili about the direction and finally managed to get out. This place had grown since the mirror had been broken.  There were a lot more sections in the palace and a lot more edifices outside.

Foralin found Midna, sitting on a ledge, looking at the shadowy sky. As he walked towards her, the other twili lowered their head as a sign of respect. Midna turned her head when she sensed another presence behind her.

"Oh, hi Foralin. What brings you here?" she asked.

"Well, to be honest, I was hoping to stay with you until I'm a little more use to the palace," he answered.

"I see," laughed Midna. "You may stay. I was just looking at the sky," she said. "Isn't the black cloud of twilight looking beautiful today?" she sneered at the sky, her voice dripping with sarcasm.

"It's about him, isn't it? That man from the light realm?" he questioned.

Midna sighed. She remembered that she had told him about Link. She had told him because she felt that he was someone of trust. Also because she really needed to talk about it. She couldn't bare the silence that she was forced to. She had wanted to share her burden with someone. And Foralin had been very understanding. "I can see that I'm not the only one suffering from silence," he had said that day.

"Yes, him," she answered. "I'm just trying to say goodbye. Everyday before the wedding had not been very happy for me so I wasn't able to grieve. Now that the realm is going to go fine and that I have a friend with me, I can finally go on," she revealed.

"Then, might I ask if there's a place for me in the future… with you?" he asked, hesitating.

Midna smiled gently and got up. She turned to him and answered what he was afraid of.

"As light and shadow shall never unite, you shall never be husband. In time they may be love, but that is more than he will have," she answered, knowing that it might hurt Foralin.

"Politics… Yes I remember the arrangement," he nodded, sadly.

"Don't be sad my king. The days that await us are promised to be peaceful. Do not let anything get over you form now on. Live like you always dreamed of. Live free," finished Midna.