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Chapter 1

All is quiet in the small village of Kakariko. The peacefulness of night has settled over the village, and all is still. Yet, an odd uneasiness seems to hang in the air. Suddenly, there is movement in the stillness. A door opens, and out steps a man. For the first time in years, the music man has left the Windmill.
Nervously, he steps forward from he familiar domain. Although scared of what awaits him in the outside world, he is more scared of what was inside the windmill. He felt something was coming, but he didn't know what. He only knew he had to leave the village.
As he headed down the steps, he noticed the well in the middle of the village. "I remember there was something people were saying about that well," he thought. "About how something came out of it. Somethingbad. I never thought of before. Why am I thinking of it now?"
Then he noticed a weird light coming from the well. And how the Windmill was moving so fast. And that shadow slowly moving towards him.
He looked up to see the source of the shadow. He screamed, and

"Wake up, Link!" The loud voice came so suddenly, Link jumped straight into the air. He immediately grabbed his sword and prepared for battle.
"Who was that!" he shouted.
"Calm down, Link," said the voice. There was a flash of purple light, and Impa materialized before him. "Link, something has happened in Kakariko," she said.
"It isn't about the Tri-Force, is it? We just got it back!" grumbled Link.
"No, it is not the Tri-Force," said Impa. "This situation may be worse.
Right now, I am using all my power just to relay this message to you."
"What is it?" asked Link.
"As you well know, there is still much evil flowing through Hyrule."
Began Impa. "As you have been have been battling, another evil has been feeding on the dark forces, and has now broken free. It is the evil shadow beast, Bongo Bongo. It has slowly been gathering all the power it
can, and is now ten times stronger. It has broken into Kakariko, and is now changing it into an extension of the Shadow Temple. It will soon do this to all of Hyrule. I have been fighting back as much as possible,
but soon, it will even devour me. Link, you have to destroy the Shadow Beast once and for all before it controls the entire world! My power will soon fade. It's up to" Impas image began to fade, then
disappeared.
Startled, Link simply stared at where Impa had once been. Then he came to his senses, and immediately went to awaken the others.

by: Maxiboom
<kevins@mondenet.com>

Chapter 2

Link quickly tryed got Zelda out of bed but she just grumbled "Link, it's 2:00 in the morning. Go back to bed."
"Zelda," Link said "I wish I could do that, but Impa just woke me up and..."
"Impa!?" Zelda said as she jumped out of bed. "You mean she's here?" Link looked at her. "Well, no she isn't. She could only talk to me for a little bit."
Zelda suddenly grew in fear. "What's happend?" Link stood there, almost afraid to answer. "Well?" Zelda insisted.
Link scratched the back of his neck "Well...um...remember when you pretended
you were a man named Shiek a few years back?"
Zelda was getting impatient. "Yes. Get to the point."
"Um...well...it seams that Bongo Bongo has returned." Link told her.
Zelda looked at him, first in shock, then in frustration. "Link, you woke me up in the middle of the night to tell me that Bongo Bongo has returned?"
Zelda couldn't believe it. "Link, when you first fought Bongo Bongo, you had almost no trouble beaten him, and now your waking me up to tell me he has
return?" Zelda flopped into bed "Come on Link, your better then that."
"You don't understand." Link said to her. "Bongo Bongo is now ten times stronger then he was back then."
Zelda got up "What!?"
"Yes." Link said. "Bongo Bongo destroyed Kakariko Village within seconds,
and now he is plan world domination. Not even Impa, the sage of shadow, can
contain him."
Zelda was speechless. She had no idea what to say. Just then Helen, a little
girl who was a close friend, came in the room. "What's going on?" She said
rubbing her eye and yawning.
Zelda looked at her. "Get dressed dear, and i'll explain everything.

Within the hour the whole castle was up and ready for action. The king had high hopes for his army. Link, however had a different opinon. "Your
magesty, I am not sure this is the best idea."
The king looked at him "Link, you, one person, was able to beat that thing a
few years back and now you think that a entire army can't?" The king smiled at him "I think you our just trying to get me to call off my men so you can get credit."
Link didn't like what he was hearing. "Listen, now he is ten times stronger then back then. I couldn't beat him if I had all the Light Arrows in the world."
The kings smile got bigger. "Sure, Link. I believe you." He chuckled as he said this.
Link couldn't believe it. Here was the world, at the brink of destruction, and the "best king ever" was sitting here laughing at it.
Just then there was a loud knock at the front door. The king tenced for action. "Open the drawbridge."
Link didn't like it, but he knew he could not stop the king. He just hoped that what was behind the door wasn't what he thought it was. As the drawbridge opened, Link readyed his sword for action. The drawbridge opened and Link stared in disbelief at what had knocked on the drawbridge.

by: Piccolo
Piccolo326@aol.com

Chapter 3

Before him stood a wrecked and crumpled group, torn and beaten. They were limping, being supported by a person in better condition than they were, and most were being carried in on cots. They were definately soldiers, and a few were missing the red firebird on their chests. That meant they were only trainees. Not even full soldiers.
Everyone was so taken aback by the condition of the troops that they hadn't moved. "What are you STANDING there for?! Get these men out of the rain!" Link shouted, and ran out to assist the broken troop.
Others followed him, and soon every single soldier was inside.
"What happened? Why the training group?" the King hollered.
"Training group? You mean, these soldiers were just out in the field doing DRILLS?" Zelda said, aghast.
"Exactly! The trainers would NEVER lead unqualified soldiers into battle! And from the looks of it, that is what these people were just in! They were directly attacked!"
"But.. why would Bongo-Bongo do THAT? Trainees are not a threat to him!" Zelda cried.
"I don't know. But these guys need serious help. Take them to the infermary, and fast." the king said.
Link was scanning the crowd as they left for anyone who was in good enough condition to talk. It wasn't easy. But then, he saw a soldier's back that was helping, rather than being helped. He had a badly burned arm and no helmet, meaning he might have taken
a hard blow to the head, but he paid no heed to his injury. A burn? Link thought, frowning. Odd, I don't remember Bongo-Bongo using fire to fight.
"Hey you... you there! Can you tell me what happened here?" Link yelled in the direction of the kneeling soldier. The soldier seemed to jerk in recognition of Link's voice, got up, and faced him. Link saw a young man about his size with no firebird, with dirty blond hair the same length as his own. His eyes were a dark
and piercing brown, and his face was hard and serious.
That face was probably why Link didn't recognize him immediately, but when the soldier saw him, the face lit up to the face Link knew, alive and full of energy.
"We were attacked, straight arrow. Geez, talk about asking the obvious."
Zelda heard this, and was about to take away all the trainee's chances of becoming a full soldier, when she heard Link laughing. She turned to him, disgusted.
"Link! There's absolutely NOTHING funny about tha.."
Zelda said, cut off by Link's suddenly non-miserable voice.
"Relax, Zelda. THIS idiot can say stuff like that and get away with his future," Link said. He definately recognized him now. Only ONE guy would say that at a time like this. He ran over to him and they shook arms. Zelda was absolutely dumbfounded... she had never seen Link so... well, giddy. The two were smiling from ear to ear at the sight of each other, laughing and happy, acting as if the massacre hadn't happened.
"Shane! Great to see you! Look at you, what, did you stick your arm in a furnace?"
"You're not exactly easy on the eyes either! You looked better in green."
"Ha! Hey, what's this? No firebird YET? Hmm.. they must be blind, not letting a klutz like you into the army."
"Yeah, guess they got more brains than you."
"Not likely. You're the only guy i know who's a worthy opponent for me in the archery drill."
"What do you mean, Archery drill! ALL of the drills!"
But this rambling on only lasted a few moments. Zelda cut in, ready to bite both the boys' heads off.
"WHAT is going ON?? Have you totally forgotten what has just happened?!?" Zelda shrieked. At this, the two snapped out of it almost instantaneously, dead serious again. Link was the first to speak.
"Shane... what happened? Why was the trainee group attacked?"
Shane sighed, and shook his head. "I don't know, straight arrow. It was as if they were look.."
"They?" Link said, startled. "THEY? Who attacked you?"
"A... a sort of purply slime. It shimmered as it moved, and.." He was cut off again, this time by Zelda.
"That's Bongo Bongo! When he liquifies, he looks like that! But why did he attack you?"
"I'm not done. The slime... Bongo-Bongo or whatever it was, was coating about fifty stalfos. They were acting as if they were... i don't know, searching us.
Scanning our faces. And if they didn't find what they were looking for..." he paused and gestured to the soldiers being carried off on cots. "The slime slid off of the stalfos and onto the soldier. As if... draining his energy until he couldn't stand. Then it would slide back onto the Stalfos and attack the next person." He closed his eyes and shook his head in disgust. "Kind of like... a way to help them remember who they have checked. A system of narrowing down."
"But why? How come not all the soldiers were checked?"
Link shouted.
He sighed, and then rubbed his head. "I was attacked by one. It saw I had no firebird, and grabbed me by the neck, and shook my helmet off. It seemed to stare into my eyes... and then it shouted something in his language. His slime slid off and onto me... but instead of draining me..." He trailed off, and then shuddered, and gestured to his burned arm. "It tried to kill me. It seemed to make me burst into flame from the inside out. But someone had figured out that if you slam down your sword onto the slime, it falls off.
So it just got my arm. It slid back onto the stalfos and they all retreated." he shrugged. "Probably because we found out how to stop them."
Or because they found what they were looking for, Zelda thaught. She couldn't remember at first, but Shane and Link's conversation and the explanation Shane gave of the attack triggered her memory. She had a dream that night, before Link woke her up... something about a diamond in the rough, who's shine could only be seen in the eyes of a friend.
"Come on," Zelda said to Link, "If Father will just ignore you, then you'll just have to ignore him. We've got to get to Kakariko to investigate."
Shane frowned. "Princess, if that thing can do this to a whole troop, i don't think it would hesitate to do it to you."
Link smiled. "Shane, Zelda can take care of herself. I don't even have to look out for her. Unlike you."
Shane grinned. "I believe Mr. Straight Arrow has forgotten about the time Shane shot him with the paint ball arrow directly on his butt from 70 yards away during drills."
Zelda cut in before Link had time to get embarassed.
"All right then, you're such a hot shot, come with us to Kakariko. We'll need someone who knows the guard patterns to get out of here." She had to find out whether Shane was that diamond. I'm sure this diamond's vital to something, Zelda thaught. Otherwise i wouldn't have dreamt it.
Shane sighed. He could get in serious trouble with the King personally if he aided Link and Zelda in one of their ignore-the-king cases. But this was an order from the Princess.
"All right, let's go. We'll need to wait until five.
That's when everyone is complaining about how they need sleep and not paying attention to their duties."

By: GerudoGirl
ironroze@yahoo.com

Chapter 4:

The Windmill guy opened his eyes. He was delirous, and his head throbbed.
Looking up, he was startled by a hideous face.

"Are you ok?" the face asked.

The Windmill Guy rubbed his eyes and looked closer. It was merely a mask. A small hand reached up removed the mask. Underneath was the face of a teenager. He recognized him as the young boy who had idolized Dampe during his youth. It seems that he still idolized the deceased gravedigger for he carried a shovel at his side.

"Are you ok?" the boy asked, repeating the question.

"Yeah, I think. What happened?" The Windmill guy asked in response as he searched around for his instrument.

"I believe this is what you are looking for," said the boy while handing him the oddly shaped instrument.

"Thanks. May I ask what happened?" the Windmill guy asked once again.

"I'm not sure. I was on my daily patrol of the graveyard when I was startled by a bright flash of light. I looked up and saw you falling from the sky.
Luckily, you fell into an open grave, softening your fall," the boy said.

"Thats a relief," the windmill guy said in reply, sarcastically. Standing up, he rubbed his side. Carefully, he picked up his instrument and placed it on his shoulders, being careful not to disturb any of his many bruises.

"On your way out, be sure not to touch any of the graves," the boy said, rather unapathetically.

"Gee, thanks for your concern," said the Windmill guy. "I guess I'll be off now." Securing the straps on his instrument, the windmill guy walked down the narrow passage, returning to Kakariko Village. Slowly climbing the steps to the windmill, he noticed the old woman in charge of the potion shop watching him. While disturbed, he brushed it off as another one of her abnormalities and approached the door, and pulled on the handle. It was locked. Turning
around, he noticed the old woman retreating into her shop. Trying to open the door once more, the windmill guy gave up. Eyeing the potion shop, he descended the steps and began his approach.

***

Riding Epona, Link turned around to see Zelda and Shane on another horse, trailing him as he crossed the bridge over Zora's River. Seeing that the two were falling behind, Link stopped Epona, waiting for the other party.

"We're coming. Hold your horses," Zelda shouted ahead, attempting to make a joke. The Epona and the other horse remained rather unamused.

Link rolled his eyes and continued on ahead, climbing up the steps leading to Kakariko Village. Rounding the corner, Link discovered that things were quiet. Too quiet. The villagers were all hiding within their houses. Even the local cucco population was nowhere to be seen. Link turned around once more too see Zelda and Shane right behind him.

"Whats going on here?" Zelda asked.

"I don't know, but I certainly intend to find out," Link said in reply.

***

The Windmill guy peered through the darkness of the Potion Shop, straining to see the olden woman within.

"Come closer," a crackly voice said. The windmill guy moved forward in response.

"Why were you watching me?" he asked. There was a silence. "Why were you watching me?"

"...Find Richard the dog and there you will find your answers," the old woman said in reply.

"Richard the dog?"

"Richard the dog."

Looking at her curiously, the windmill guy turned around and slowly left the Potion shop. What does Richard the dog have to do with the Windmill being locked? Why was the old woman being so secretive?

by: John Rogos
GRogos@aol.com

Chapter 5:

The Windmill Guy had began his descent of the potion shop's stairs. Many things ran through his mind, as if he was trying to piece it together; "Why was I attacked?" "WHO attacked me?" "Why is my windmill locked?" "And what does Richard the Dog have to do with any of this?" He couldn't think of anything. He continued to think about this as he prepared his travel preparations out of Kakariko to begin his search for Richard the Dog.

After an hour of making arrangements and creating a plan, he was off on a horse heading for Hyrule. "Perhaps if I begin my search for Richard here, I might pick up some information." He arrived at Hyrule Castle a couple minutes later. He decided to ask the nearest person. He stopped at the gate and asked the guard there if he knew of or saw a dog named Richard. The guard replied; "Richard, huh? I don't really recall...... Wait! You mean Little Richard the Dog?? Yeah, Yeah, I know of him. He lives with his female master in a house in the alley. Try looking there." The windmill guy continued on foot after he heard the information.

As he entered the alley, it got suddenly darker in the sky. "Ah, just a little rain, nothing to fear," he continued to think. He knocked on the door of the first house. A muffled voice came from inside; "Come in". He opened the door and entered the house. The owner was a young female. She apparantly appeared to be waiting for something. "Yes?" The windmill guy was taken aback for a second, for he thought he knew her from somewhere. He shrugged it off a second later. Uh..... He began. I'm looking for a 'Richard the Dog' here, would you know where to find him? Now it was the girl's turn to be taken aback. "Oh, you mean our Richard. Yeah, my mom went to take him for a walk in Hyrule Field." "Been gone an awful long time to be walking the dog," She continued. "Might I inquire just WHY you are looking for him?" "It's just that nobody seemed to care about Richard anymore after the rumors began going about...."

The windmill guy was startled. "Rumors?" "What rumors?" The girl continued; "Rumors have been going about that Kakariko Village was destroyed last night by an unknown force, and that Hyrule is next...." "It's a bunch of nonsense, I think.... And it's got the townsfolk scared half-to-death." "The windmill guy thanked the girl for her kindness and information and left the house, once again continuing his quest for Richard the Dog..... As he exited the house, it was darker than usual when it came to rain. He started to get a bit scared, but realized that nothing was going to happen, because he was in the midst of Hyrule. The entire Hyrulian army was at his side for protection, or at least he hoped.....

***

Meanwhile, at Kakariko Village, Link, Zelda, and Shane were just beginning to unravel the mystery as to what was going on..... As they continued through the village, they noticed that some of the houses were in ruins. Bongo-Bongo had sure done it this time.... Link turned around and said to Zelda and Shane; "Maybe we should ask around and see what information surfaces about this incident." "Good idea," Zelda continued in reply. Link split up from Zelda and Shane so they could cover more 'ground' faster. Hyrule could be attacked at anytime, if Bongo-Bongo had that in mind.... And the Hyrulian Army could not take them on by themselves.

Link stopped at the graveyard to see if anything changed there. The young child that he sold the spooky mask to had grown up and was now in his teenage years. He still wore that mask and continued to idolize Dampe', because he was carrying around a shovel now. He stopped the boy from his patrol and asked him about the incident that occured last night. The young boy replied; "I haven't got a clue. I was on a patrol when I was blinded by a white flash of light coming from town and then witnessed the windmill guy falling from the sky. Luckily he landed in an open grave, cause that broke his fall." "I helped him up, filled him in on what happened to him, and he was off again." "I must admit, this was the first time I've seen him out of the windmill in a LONG time." Then the boy finally recognized Link.

"Hey!" "Aren't you that kid from many years back?" "The one that sold me this mask that I still carry around?" Link nodded in reply. "Wow! You've really grown up like me! I heard about you from local rumors and stories." "You really beat Ganondorf?" "Wow! I always knew I would meet Ganondorf's killer face to face, I had a feeling." "In fact, I had a dream last night, I envisioned me talking to you here, but couldn't make out what we were saying, OR why you even were talking to me." "Well, listen, I gotta get back to my patrol, maybe you should come back in awhile. Something new might happen and I could help you out." Link thanked the boy and headed for the center of town, where he was going to meet Zelda and Shane.

Link met up with Zelda and Shane and they exchanged information. Link started; "I talked to the young boy who idolizes Dampe' the Gravekeeper, he saw bits and pieces of what happened." "He told me that he was patrolling and was blinded by a white flash of light. Then saw the guy who operates the windmill falling through the sky. He landed in an open grave, and the boy told him what he told me." "Then the guy was off." Your turn, he said. Shane continued; "I discovered that the townsfolk were just going about their activites before the town 'closed' for the night, when a large beam of light surfaced from the well, and continued to materialize into a substance sort of like liquid." The rest matches up with your story. "Hmm....." Zelda pondered out loud, "What could it mean? It makes no sense!"

"Well, Shane interrupted, we have no need to stay here any longer." "We tried to interpret what happened here, and we just barely scratched the surface, I think." "We should head back to Hyrule now...." "Wait, Link said." "There's still one last person I want to 'interrogate' about this incident......" "Wait here," he half commanded, half asked. He ran to the windmill and tried to open the door. "Argh! Locked!" "But why would the windmill operator lock the door?" "Maybe he's scared of what's happening outside." Link ran back to Shane and Zelda. "Well?" Zelda asked impatiently. "The windmill door is locked," Link replied. "I think it's time to go." Shane nodded and then they were off, Link riding Epona and Zelda and Shane trying to catch up on another horse.

***

The windmill guy walked back to the gate and began to mount his horse to leave, when the gatekeeper stopped him. "Sir, we have to shut the gate and suspend any travel in or out of Hyrule for safety reasons." "With all that's been going on the last couple days, we can't take a chance on anything." "Until this 'storm' settles, I'm afraid that we can't allow you to leave the town." It would be a good idea to find shelter for the night," the guard continued. Outside, The windmill guy appeared calm and nonchalent..... But on the inside, it showed nothing but frustration and anger. "Oh, well, I guess I will have to accept your judgement." "Thanks for the kind concern."

The windmill guy walked back to the girl's house and knocked. Once again, the muffled voice of "Come in" filled his ears. He walked in and the girl gave him a warm welcome. "Hello again, what brings you back?" "The windmill guy explained his situation, AND why he began his journey....

*** Hours later....***

The girl just seemed to nod and absorb the information the windmill guy just revealed. She said "So you probably need shelter for the night, and then you can continue your journey, huh?" "Well, alright, BUT on one condition..." "That you take me with you when you start up again, because I'm worried about my mother being out there all alone with no shelter or anything, especially during this sudden change of 'weather'. The windmill man agreed to take the young girl along with him on his journey. Inside the windmill man's thoughts, he had a bad feeling about what was happening..... He was sure something was going to happen overnight, but, it was JUST a feeling..... Wasn't it?

By: Jordan "Monty" Montgomery
<Monty2004@hotmail.com>

Chapter 6:

Link, Zelda, and Shane finally made it to Hyrule Castle Town gates... only to find them locked.
Shane looked up at the sky. "Fine time to be locked out. It's going to storm soon." Link and Zelda nodded, and Link took a deep breath and yelled up to the bridgekeeper on the lookout tower:
"LO THERE! LET US IN!"
The figure far up on the lookout post looked down, and then shouted back. "NO PASSAGE IN OR OUT HYRULE! THESE ARE DANGEROUS TIMES!"
This made Zelda mad. "I'M PRINCESS ZELDA OF HYRULE! I COMMAND YOU OPEN THE GATES!"
"YEAH, AND I'M A GERUDO!"
"Why, you..."
"Zelda... don't waste your breath. He's not letting us in, and you're too far away to be recognized." Shane said. Zelda sighed.
"I guess we'll have to find shelter somewhere else." Zelda turned to Link.
"Link, you stayed virtually everywhere in Hyrule when you were looking for those medallions. Do you know anywhere we can stay that has a roof over it?" She asked.
Shane smiled. "I don't think people would have let a guy who looked like he had just killed something into their home, Zelda."
"Well, you do have a point. But there's one place that stuff like that doesn't matter, Shane. And you're going to be mad at me for not telling you about this
place." He smiled.
Shane and Zelda looked at him.
"Gerudo Valley."
"You've been hanging out with a whole race of gorgeous women and you didn't TELL me?!?" Shane shouted, causing Link to laugh so hard he almost fell off
Epona.
Zelda rolled her eyes, and then said "Link, i thaught you just snuck by them to get to the desert. Not JOINED them. If they found out you were destined to
destroy their leader, they would've killed you. And they certainly would kill you now..."
"No, they wouldn't. They were under the foot of Ganondorf... remember, they used to be chilvarous, led by Nabooru. Then Ganondorf came along. He screwed them up, but now he's gone. They're ruled by Atika now, and she was good friends with Nabooru. The Gerudo are noble again. Well, for thieves." Link smiled. "As for joining them, i suppose they just liked the idea of having a GOOD looking guy around, instead of that pig Ganon."
"Well, they won't kill us, so let's GO. The sky is getting worse." Shane said. They all nodded, and headed towards Gerudo Valley. Link was leading the way, with Zelda and Shane behind him. He glanced at the sky... and he noticed something. Those weren't ordinary stormclouds. Others couldn't see it, but he
could... all sensative to evil could. It was the same sky as when Ganondorf chased Zelda out of the castle, seven years ago, showing the climate of evil had begun. And now the sky had returned, the swirls of black, red and grey clouds that seemed to swallow all of Hyrule. It was as if...
"LINK! LOOK OUT!"
Link looked back down in front of him and veered left sharply, avoiding smashing into the tree. Epona screamed and reared up. Link calmed her down while the other two came up to him. Shane was laughing.
"Are you blind or something? Or were you suddenly extremely attracted to that tree's bark?"
Zelda sighed. "Link, what's wrong?"
"The sky..."
Zelda and Shane looked up. And to Link's surprise, Shane felt the evil, too. He could tell by his suddenly solemn and worried face. Well, that's strange, Link thaught. Why is he sensative to it? That would mean he has some sort of destiny... He almost yelled. Shane? My best friend? A destined hero? But for what? What is he supposed to do... Link looked at Shane. I won't tell him until i'm sure... no use freaking him out... he almost smiled. or getting him conceited, which is more likely than that...
"Uh... Link? What?" Shane said.
Link hadn't realized his facial expression of bewilderness. "Uh... I'll tell you later. There's no storm coming. It's worse. We've got to warn everyone."
They hadn't gone far, so they trotted back to the castle gate.
"LET US IN! WE HAVE AN URGENT MESSAGE FOR THE KING!"
"YOU AGAIN! I TOLD YOU, I GOT ORDERS!" the figure dissapeared. Shane spoke up, recognizing the voice.
"Hey, I know him! It's Dobbs!"
"So?" Zelda said.
"So, he'll let us in, if we pretend we have some sort of evil prisoner. He hates Ganondorf because his wife's dog Richard got injured by his troops, and it really caused her to freak out. So, he wants every evil creature to be thrown in the dungeon as soon as possible," Shane said. "So much so that he would... go
against orders... to hasten a goon's punishment."
"Well, we've got the perfect goon." Link said. Zelda sighed and switched to Epona, so Shane could be on his own horse. Shane smiled, and started grunting and howling, ranting and raving, howling "LET ME LOOSE! LET ME LOOSE!" and pretending he had rope tying his arms together. Dobbs came back into their view.
"WHAT'S THAT? WHO DO YOU GOT THERE?"
"CALM DOWN, YOU BRUTE!" Link shouted loudly enough to be heard, and he pretended to tug his end of the rope, and Shane in turn lunged foreward, screaming. "OH, LOOKOUT MAN! WE'VE GOT ONE OF THOSE STALFOS WARRIORS!
HE'S SCHEDULED TO BE TAKEN TO THE DUNGEON, BUT SINCE
YOU CAN'T LET US IN, WE'LL JUST WAIT." Link yelled to Dobbs casually. And to help the effect:
"I'LL ESCAPE BY THEN, YOU GOODIE-GOODIES! WA HA HA HA
HAAAA! YOU'LL NEVER CONTAIN ME!" Shane howled, and started struggling with his invisible rope again.
Zelda almost laughed, Shane was hamming it up so much.
There seemed to be a pause, and suddenly, "ALL RIGHT, I'LL LET YOU IN, BUT DON'T TELL ANYONE!" Dobbs yelled to them. And the drawbridge lowered, and the two horses trotted in, but picked up speed to get out of Dobb's sight. then Shane stopped grunting and they all dismounted. "Very lively perfomrance" Zelda said, and she and Link burst into laughter. Shane smiled and took a bow. Now that they were close enough to be recognized by the guards, they almost immediately got a "Princess Zelda! Link! You're wanted in the castle immediately!" from a guard. "Uh oh, did the kiddies stay out too late?" Shane said to them, and almost laughed, when he remembered that he could get in big trouble too. Actually, Link reminded him. He sighed and the three headed for the castle.

By: GerudoGirl
ironroze@yahoo.com

Chapter 7:

The trio arrived to the castle gate.

"Now this is odd! No gaurds?" Zelda cried.

"Maybe...Maybe the got scared and....went inside" Shane suggested

"Zelda! HELEN! We left her here! remember???" Link exclaimed. "if something happend to her I will hate my self!"

Link unsheathed his sword and ran in. Zelda and Shane followed in persuit.
they ran around in the courtyard and no gards were to be found.

"HELEN!" the all yelled

"Father!" Zelda cried, but she got no response. How could a whole castle full of people just vanish she wondered. The dark halls of the castle left a lot of room for exploration. Link motioned to a door and they went in.
He grabbed a torch on the way in.

"Zelda, I am just courious about this, but, Do you think Impa might be here still? I mean...not in the castle, but in here home behind the castle?" Link questioned.

"It is possible, no one really knows about her being behind the castle." Zelda replied.

"Then we will go....."Link was cut off by the flapping of wings. "Helen!"
He ran to the nearest exit to meet Helen and left the other 2 in the dark.
Link got outside and looked in amazement. Helen say him and landed Quazar close by. The little 3 foot sprite dissmounted her dragon and ran to Link.

"I though you 2 were dead!!" Helen exclaimed

"What? Me? Die?" Link questioned

Zelda and Shane came out of the castle.

"helen I am so glad to see you! Wre arent going to leave you again!" Zelda
said with tears in her eyes. Her and Helen hugged for a few seconds, the released. Helen looked over at Shane and said "Who is this ugly little
twerp?"

Shane looked angry. "Who are you calling little? I am a great worrior! Believe me!"

"Well, Helen, this is Shane. He is a tag a long, but he is a little useful!" Link said playfully then his tone changed to serious.

"Oh! " Helen exclaimed, "I got some stuff to tell you! After you 3 left castle, I snuck out trying to find you. I got on quazar and left. We flew a little bit over Kakariko villiage but couldnt find you 3 so we turned back and as we turned back we say this blue light over the castle and every one was sorta sucked up into it. We flew around for a little bit until we could land at a safe disstance and landed out by Lon-Lon Ranch. I dont know what that thing was but it was bad."

"Thats it" Zelda motioned "we are going to find Impa"

The 4 (and one dragon) left the castle.

By: El Hermano del Perro
<no email>

Chapter 8:

As they set out to look for Impa, Zelda stopped dead in her tracks."What is it?" Link asked her with a face of concern. Zelda's eyes rolled back into her head and some force started pulling her into the air. Shane was very frightened."What's going on?"he asked."You tell me!" Without warning, Zelda started floating away to the throne room of the castle.
Spechless, Shane,Helen and Link followed. Zelda went through the doors and right up to the thrones. The stupified trio watched as she started to come back down. As Link went to check on her, the walls behind the thrones parted.A great white light flashed in front of them.Then it abruptly stopped.Link, Shane, and Helen looked in wonder for when the light faded, standing in front of them were the goddesses of Hyrule.
When one spoke, they all spoke but said the same thing. In front of them was Zelda
on her knees. Except she was glowing."To defeat Bongo Bongo, you will need assistance. He is not just a foe, he is more dangerous than Impa of the Sheikas thinks." they spoke.

----meanwhile-----

The next morning, the mn from the windmill and the young girl set out to find her mother and Richard the dog.The young girl asked the windmill man what is name was."Uhhh..Tem." The girl said "My name is Skye." They continued on until it began to get dark. Then they came upon the Lon Lon Ranch. Tem and Skye went inside to ask if they could lodge for the night, but no one was there! Then out of the corner of her eye, Skye saw something. Then she screamed.

By: Krystal-Angel13
Krystal-Angel13@webtv.net

Chapter 9

"Wh... what do you mean, assistance?" Link managed.
"And... what's this about being worse than what.. uh, Impa... thinks..?" Shane added.
"Y.. yeah," Helen nodded.
The three goddesses each held out their left arm. Din reached out to Helen, Nayru reached out to Zelda (still kneeling on the ground), and Farore reached to Link. Zelda rose and floated towards the blue goddess, until Nayru's shimmering hand was pressed against her forehead. Zelda's entire body then emitted a brilliant burst of blue light, causing Link and the others to shield their eyes. When they looked back, Zelda was coated in a shimmering blue aura. They couldn't remain stunned for long, because after about three seconds Link and Helen rose into the air as well. "H.. hey! What the..." Link began, but then both he and Helen stopped flailing and became perfectly still, now in the same trance as Zelda. Shane looked up at them both, dumbstruck, then shifted his eyes back down to see the red and green godesses rising off the ground and hovering towards the two figures. They also placed their hands against each hero's forehead, and the same thing happened, blinding Shane with the burst of light. Once he could see again, Helen was coated in a red aura, Link a green aura.

Zelda, Link, and Helen then floated back to the ground, behind Shane, who spun to face the trio. The goddesses returned to the platform where the thrones used to be. The three snapped out of their trances, and gasped.
"What... what is this?" Zelda managed, looking at the blue light surrounding her hands and arms. "What did you give us?"
"We have bestowed unto thee our power," they replied.
"It... it's incredible! I can... feel it!" Helen said.
"I.. I know, but... I thought I had your power before... this is... way bigger, though..." Link said, bewildered. This time, only Farore spoke. "You possessed my power only through my triforce before. The power I have bestowed upon thee now is all of my essence, directly from me."
Link couldn't reply. He only stared at the brilliant goddess.
"Thou is wondering if thine enemy is truly so powerful as to compell us to give you our power directly?" They nodded.
This time, Din spoke. "To be entirely truthful, even you three are not enough to defeat this evil alone." The goddesses then turned their attention to Shane, who had remained silent. He sensed the goddesses' eyes on him, so he turned to face them. They were indeed looking at him, telling him.
"Wha... you've... gottabe.. kidding! I'm no... I mean..."
"You have a power that not even you know of," Nayru said.
"...but..."
"Shane, I think... you should trust the goddess," Link said. Zelda nodded.
Shane spun to face them. "C'mon, guys... I may have measured up before, but I'd just get in the way now... you three have unbelievable power,
I..."
All three goddesses spoke now. "After we departed to our world, leaving the triforce as a relic, Farore's creatures began to grow on Din's world under Nayru's laws. However, one key element was missing, and so Lavatina, the Goddess of Will, descended upon Hyrule and spirited the mind and emotion for the creatures of the world. Leaving no relic, wishing not to be remembered, being a rather stealthy and shy goddess, she returned to our world." The four stared, dumbstruck.
"You mean... a fourth...?" Helen stammered.
"Lavatina..." Link whispered.
"And Shane... Shane shall receive her power?" Zelda said. Shane could do nothing but blink.
"More than that. That man, because he is connected with Lavatina, is the only one who can destroy the enemy's main defense, enabling the final movement."
"Huh? Main defense?" Helen said.
"Final movement?" Link asked.
"Since Lavatina created mind and emotion, she also indirectly created the enemy you must face."
"What?!" all four yelled.
"There is no time."
At this, Shane's head went limp, and he floated into the air. A fourth goddess emerged from the light. She floated to the young man and placed her hand on his forehead, and the brilliant light caused the trio below him to shield their eyes. When they looked back up, the beautiful goddess was already gone, and Shane was shrouded in a violet aura. He settled on the ground and snapped out of the trance. Before anyone could react, the three goddesses began fading, leaving only one final comment:
"Hurry, heroes! Hurry towards Lon Lon Ranch. The first wave of the hurricane awaits you there!"
And then they were gone. Their auras faded, and they were left alone in the throne room. They all stood, silent, eyes wide.
"We... just saw... the three goddesses... were told... one of the biggest secrets of the heavens... and just received... their power." Link said.
"Uh huh," the others responded.
It was quiet again, until Link shouted, "Well, you heard them! Let's go to Lon Lon ranch! We're ready!"
"Right!" they yelled, and they ran out of the castle as fast as they could, mounted their horses and dragon, and sped towards the ranch.

by: GerudoGirl
ironroze@yahoo.com

Chapter 10

There was a black hole right in the middle in the middle of LonLon Ranch. And walking closer was "MOTHER!!!" Skye's mother, and Richard the dog were walking right into the black hole. Link, Zelda, and Shane pulled up in LonLon Ranch. Skye and Tem were about to be sucked into it, but Link had time to save Skye.
Hellen arrived seconds later on her dragon in time to see a blue light, and everyone from the castle went in the black hole. Just as they were about to also get sucked in, Malon appeared out of nowhere and played Epona's song! It had so much effect on the 2 horses that they could fight the power of the black hole. She lead them outside, and Link played the "Requiem of Spirits" on his Ocarina. When they all got safely in the spirit temple, "What's with that black hole?" Zelda inquired. "I don't know, but whatever it's for, it took my father," Malon said.

"Hey!" said a little voice. It was Navi the fairy. On that day seven years ago, Navi became Link's fairy. "If the Great Deku Tree ever found out about this, it would be my pink tiny butt back in Fairy's Fountain!!
Not yours, mine, so-"
"Good idea. See ya!" Link joked.
"I couldn't help over hearing about the black hole. You do know Bongo Bongo is a carnivorous  monster?" Zelda, Skye, and Malon stood stunned.

Link and Shane went outside to find the 6 sages injured. Saria broke most of her bones, Darunia was bruised like crazy, Ruto had most of her skin burned off, Nabooru was covered in scars and cuts, Impa was weak and covered in blood, and Rauru was bruised too.

"WHAT HAPPENED???" the 2 boys yelled together.
"we were looking for you and Zelda, and there it was. 10 times bigger than last time, and talking Ganon tattoos  on his hands! They seemed to be talking in a different language." Saria said.

"It seems it has new attacks," informed them.
There was a blinding flash of light

by: Augie Chiausa
a.chiausa@worldnet.att.net

Chapter 11

"Ha Ha Ha!," the evil laughter came from the sudden flash, and before the Sages, Link, and friends stood none other than Ganondorf himself!
"You may have trapped me here in the Sacred Realm, but I still have the Triforce of .  Link, Zelda, and Sages, you are viewing my holographic self.  I come bearing a message to you all."

"I would be careful if I were you, Ganondorf!  I defeated you before, and I can do it again!"  Link was trying to sound courageous, but his voice was slightly cracking.

"Be quiet, fool!," Ganon snapped.  "Let me finish talking or I shall release all of my hidden power upon you and your pitiful friends. First, I will give you three days to let me free from this prison, or I shall let Bongo Bongo destroy all of you.  Second, let me clue you in on Bongo Bongo...he's not the only temple monster that wants revenge for what you did, but he is the first!"

"How do we know that you won't destroy us anyway when we release you?," Zelda said.

Ganondorf's hologram looked evilly at her.  "Do you have a choice? Three days...heroes!"  With that he laughed one more time, then disappeared with another flash of light.

Impa was the first to speak.  "After all these years, Hyrule is finally reaching the point of destruction.  What shall we do?"

"Let's go to the Temple of Time," Link replied.  "We'll decide there."

by: Little Link
Stingjc1@aol.com

Chapter 12

As Link entered the Temple of Time, he heard a piercingly loud clap of thunder. Before Shane or Zelda could enter, the door slammed shut. Link looked back, alarmed.  He looked around to see a holographic figure, but couldn't make out the face. It spoke, but some of its words were muffled and interfered with.

"Link... a monster is loose in the water temple. ----------- and it's headed ----  already destroyed --- We the Zora need your help! It' s too powerful - --- --- -- --- -- ---- -- -"

Link could see the figure, as he figured, Princess Ruto, disappear by the second.
"Where is it?  How can I help?"
"-- at the ---- --- -- ------------ -- -- ------------ arrows...."
"I'm losing you!"
"It's ------ just --- --- -- ------------------ AHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

Link stood there, almost paralyzed, watching a waterfall swarm down on Ruto.  He felt her powers as a Sage weaken.  As he took out his Ocarina to warp out, it shattered.  The pieces of fine tempered glass cut his hands.

"Guess who?" cackled Ganondorf as all of Link's weapons shatered, one by one, into dust.  Bombs, boomerang, his sword, shield, everything. Link stood, fear and anger growing inside him, as Ganondorf cackled into the darkness...

And he heard Shane cry out "Watch out ---- No!  Come back and put the Princess down NOW!  Hey you! STOP!!!!"

by: Link215
xjadex@home.com

Chapter 13

"She's mine!," Ganondorf's hologram yelled. 

"Let her go, Ganondorf!," yelled Shane from outside.  But how could that be?  Ganondorf was in front of Link, and anyway, he was just a hologram.

"Link, I see your princess have been reaquainted with Phantom Ganon. Looks like I have the upper hand, 'Hero of Time!'  Ha!  Ha!  You will release me from here or you shall never see Zelda again, and my monsters will destroy you!  Ha!  Ha!  Time is wearing away, and soon I shall again reign supreme over Hyrule!"  With that, the voice and the hologram faded ending with evil laughter.

The door to the Temple of Time opened suddenly, and Link stared at the entire crew standing outside in astonishment of what just happened.

"I have an idea, guys,"  Link said.  We must wait, though.  And we will need one very important person.  I have no weapons...so we must use the monsters' powers against each other!"

The team huddled into a group to discuss the plan of action.

by: Little Link
Stingjc1@aol.com

Chapter 14

"I can't believe my never ending stream of bad luck!" Link screamed out of helplessness. He was in a position to do nothing and only Shane remained out of the original foursome. "It's a good thing Ruto's a survivor. After getting most of her skin burned off and being attacked by a giant water beast, I'd think most people wouldn't have survived!"

"Link! Can you hear me?" Shane's voice came from the other side of the door, "They've got Zelda and they were heading to ward the graveyard back in Kakariko!"
"I'm beat Shane, you're the only one who can save them now," Link stated.
"But what about the powers you gained from Farore?"
"There's a magical barrier in this room! I can't escape. Go find Helen! Head to Kakariko, and if I can find a way out I'll meet you there. Don't wait around for me! Besides, Impa said only you could defeat Bongo Bongo."
"Good point. But what about the rest of Hyrule? All the evil temple bosses are returning!" Shane yelled in an exasperated tone.

"Don't worry about that, Shane. In my long experience of fighting evil monsters, I've come to the realization that chopping off the head of the snake always stop the rest of the body from slithering."
"Guess I can't argue with you on that. Fine, I'm going," and Shane set off for the graveyard, hoping to meet up with Helen on the way.

"Ganondorf! I can't believe you're still trying to dominate Hyrule, even from another dimension!" Zelda cursed at Phantom Ganon, who was acting as a telephone between the two dimensions.
"Really, princess, after all the trouble you've caused me, you didn't think I wouldn't actually return the favor, did you?" Ganon's evil laughter was in no way terrifying, even though it was being broadcast through an interdimensional rift.
"Well, I expect Link and Shane to come along and spoil your little romp in Hyrule soon enough."

"Oh really?" Ganon questioned, "Well. I'm sorry to inform you that the 'Great Hero of Time' ahs been detained. Don't expect your boyfriend to save you any time soon!"
"He's not my boyfriend! Zelda retorted meekly, "Wellumm YOU OVERGROWN PIG!"
"HAHAHAH!!!! You can be quite amusing some times, princess," Ganon laughed, as he continued to wait for the sages to give in to his demands and break the barrier that prevented him from reigning supreme over the kingdom.

by: Theborg981@aol.com

Chapter 15

After some planning Link, Shane, and a quite shaken Helen set off for a very unusual place, Dampe's Grave. Few people ever knew that when Dampe was young, he met a ghost which gave him a very special power. What it is cannot be explained, but for many years it kept Bongo-Bongo dormant. On arrival, our hero's found Dampe's grave empty! "Where's a dead person at a time like this! Shane sarcastically mumbled.

Finally, Skye and Tem had found Richard the Dog and Skye's mother. It seemed there was nothing special about Richard the dog, but the Potion Lady must have found it funny to put the key to the Windmill on Richard's collar. Quite puzzled, Link and Shane talked as Helen wandered around."Mm-Mm." "What was that!" Helen asked. "Your just hearing things, Helen," replied Link. But she heard the mumble again and again.

She neared the Windmill and went to open the door, when a bony hand touched her shoulder! "It's locked" came the voice of Tem. "Let me unlock it." He did so and as soon as he opened the door they saw the body of Dampe shuddering in the corner. "Link! Shane! Dampe is in the Windmill!" bellowed a startled Helen. Link and Shane came running. Dampe seeing Link floated up and began to speak: "Link, I am so glad to see you! I must tell you something! Bongo-Bongo has escaped!" "What gave it away" said Shane. "I hid in here; but now that you are here I shall help you defeat it!" Dampe said. "Thanks for the help; but first we have to save Princess Zelda!" replied Link. " What happened to her?" Dampe questioned. "Phantom Ganon took her away!" replied link. "Phantom Ganon? Hah! We spirits can find each other 1, 2, 3. Thankfully I'm much stronger then he is so be back in a flash!" Dampe disappeared and in about 10 minutes reappeared, with a badly beaten Phantom Ganon, and Princess Zelda. Zelda, seeming like nothing happened, immediately set off to find Bongo-Bongo with the group not far behind.

They soon met up with Bongo-Bongo, being such a large monster. Zelda immediately began trying to constrain him, Link started to shoot Light arrows, Helen used her dragon's flamey breath, and Dampe shot Bongo-Bongo with beams of light. 1 by 1 our hero's dropped until only Shane was standing. Bongo-Bongo shot a ball of fire toward Shane which engulfed his entire body. But he was not hurt. His previously burnt arm was now healed and he started to glow. A ray of light shot out of him and went and healed the others. His hands moved in front of him and sphere of light began to form between his hands. The same thing was happening to the others.

All at once, the spheres of light shot toward Bongo-Bongo and he was killed. Everyone rejoiced. The next day a huge party was held in the Lon Lon Ranch, but Link only wondered was this Ganon's last attack or just the first.                                                      

by: Waterwake

There is so much talent in Hyrule, and it shows. Every day my mail box is full of stories, and this is what I need to stress to you. Don't give up hope if your story is not accepted. Try again. Eventually, your story will be accepted. Try to keep these things in mind when righting a story and you might have a good chace of being in the new chapter:


- Follow the thread of the Story. Try to continue with what the author of the last chapter was trying to do, but in your own way.
- Maintain the same characters that were in previous chapter. Don't try to
introduce too many new chracters to the interactive story, becuase it will be hard to follow.
- Add a little "suprise" to the story, or keep excitement in the chapter.

Keep these things in mind and your story has a good chance of being accepted.