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The Legend of Zelda - Union of Evil Powers Ch 44

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The Legend of Zelda - Union of Evil Powers

Chapter 44: A Race to the bottom

It was night when the group finally arrived in the next area, outside of the tunnel. At the far side of the platform they were on was a shed that was blocked by a single Mad Scrub, with a path going all the way down and up the mountain. Saria prepared a Silver Arrow to shoot the Mad Scrub with… only for the arrow to be blocked by a barrier, courtesy of a Barrier-Generating Wizrobe!
“These guys again?! I haven’t seen them since Saria, Zelda, Ruto, Nabooru and I ventured through the land between the Woods of Mystery and Ikana!” Link said, just as the Wizrobe vanished.
“How do we beat these guys?!” Impa asked.
“Whenever we fire at who or whatever the Wizrobe is guarding, it will appear to cast the energy barrier around the creature for several seconds before turning invisible again. That is the ONLY time that the Wizrobe on its turn can be harmed.” Nabooru said, demonstrating it with Zelda as Zelda fired a Silver Arrow of her own at the Mad Scrub, making the Wizrobe with the barrier appear, only for Nabooru to slash the Wizrobe with her Golden Scimitar Swords, damaging it.
Saria then fired at the Mad Scrub again, making the Wizrobe appear on a different spot, where Princess Ruto slashed at him with her sword, defeating it. Zelda then fired an arrow at the Mad Scrub, instantly defeating it. Link then saw a cage hanging in the air and fired an arrow at it to break it open, only for the Silver Arrow to strike another barrier, generated by a SECOND Barrier Wizrobe. Seeing as how they had been defeated, Darunia rushed at the Wizrobe and hit it in the face. Link fired at the cage again, forcing the Barrier Wizrobe to remain in place to generate the barrier again, allowing Darunia to finish it off with a second Goron Fire Punch. Firing a Silver Arrow for the third time at the cage, Link smiled as this time, the cage broke open and another Goron came out, this time it was a much younger Goron, although slightly older than the Elder Goron’s son in Snowhead.
“Huh? Wha-?! You… you freed me?!” He asked, looking around.
“That we did, my friend.” Darunia said as the others came towards him.
“Thank you.” The Goron said with a smile, just as chests appeared on the ground around the spot where the cage was hanging before.
Opening the chests, the group smiled at finding another set of bombs and bundles of Arrows to replenish their ammunition with, while the Goron waited for them at the shed.

Once the group had restocked, they went to see the Goron again.
“What are you doing?” Ruto asked, scratching her head, while Saria was shivering in the cold, causing Link to put an arm around her in order to try and keep her warm, making Saria blush.
“I want to make a little race with you. You can use these planks here to stand on and follow me down the mountain.” The Goron said.
“Okay, but where are we going?” Link asked, deciding to humor him.
“It’s a secret, but it’s definitely something that is of great importance to you. In fact, it will allow you to continue your journey towards where you’re planning to go.” The Goron said.
“You have our interest now. Are there any conditions to this?” Zelda asked.
“Just one: all of you have to reach the bottom before me. That’s it.” The Goron replied with a smile.
“Sounds like an interesting challenge.” Link said, sheathing his weapons and adjusting his outfits as he grabbed one of the planks.
“So, how do these work?” Nabooru asked.
“Just stand on it. With how this mountain runs, speed won’t be an issue. Just make sure you maintain balance.” The Goron said as he moved to the far side of the shed, rolling up to charge up a roll himself, while Darunia did the same.
The others did as they were told, making sure their feet would hold on the plank.
“Are you ready, then let’s go!” The Goron said, starting up his roll, before he went on his way.
Link used his left foot to take a few steps to gain speed before moving it on the plank, gaining speed as he went now down the mountain, shifting his body to steer in the direction that the Goron was moving on. Link decided to take it easy on this route, as if wanting to see where the Goron would be going. The remaining Sages followed with a bit of distance, ensuring they wouldn’t bump into each other by accident this way.
“Oh man, talk about a sudden change in travel methods.” Link said to himself as he slid further down, first going to the right, then left as the tail moved in a bit of a snake trail, before hopping on a smaller path further down and hopping from there on lower ground, the speed he was traveling with being enough to knock an Iron Knuckle who stood in the way to the side, causing Link to blink at this.
“Now that’s a heavy crash.” He said as he kept going, moving further down through a narrow passage, knocking a second Iron Knuckle aside at the end of the path, letting Link pass through.
“Well, this is putting a new spin on things.” He said as he continued on his way.

Going over a higher path and taking a curve to the left, Link continued onward while taking a turn to the right, knocking a third Iron Knuckle aside as to give the others free rein to pass.
“What’s the deal? It’s as if I’m going so fast I’m knocking these guys over like bowling pins!” Link said, taking a small turn to the right, moving onward and knocking a Dinolfos aside as well, moving on and knocking even a Stalfos over along the way.
Meanwhile, Zelda gulped as she narrowly missed bumping against the edge of the path, not being used to this. Then she remembered a bit of what had happened within the Tower of Light that she had been in with Link, Saria, Ruto and Nabooru, where they also had to pull off such an act just to get back downstairs from the tower itself after presumably being locked in and dealing with a Bomb Soldier whom was protected by a Barrier Wizrobe, the major difference being that now she was still in her normal sized self, as were the others. This brought some sense of comfort for her as she made her way along, following Link’s trail as much as she could. Similarly, Saria, Ruto and Nabooru adapted well, while being on the lookout for Darunia as he had his Spiked Goron Roll on, not wanting to get impaled by him.

Another boat was making its way over the ocean to the island that the group was on, although this one looked different from what the group had used. Still, it had several passengers present who were also battle-hardened, ready to take on what was coming to them. On the front side of the deck, there stood two Gerudo, one with dual-scimitar swords strapped on her back, while the second one carried a glaive, while a bow and a quiver with arrows was strapped on her back.
“When do you think we’ll arrive here, sis?” The younger Gerudo asked the one next to her.
“Probably over the course of the next day. Let’s hope that we’re not too late as I feel that they need our help more than ever. They have helped us out before, now it’s time for us to return the favor.” The older Gerudo said.
“Lady Reimu, we have land in sight straight ahead.” Another Gerudo then shouted to her from the crow’s nest.
“Understood. Maintain course towards that land!” Reimu replied.
“As you wish, my Lady.” The Gerudo controlling the ship said.
“Leia, have the troops ready for a final check. I want everyone to be ready for this for when we go in.” Reimu said.
“Yes, sister.” Leia said, nodding before she moved off.
Reimu watched her go, before sighing.
‘Rest assured, Lady Nabooru, we will come to help you and your friends out. You are going to need our help soon enough, I know it.’ She thought to herself as she continued looking forward, seeing the mountain range coming into view.
On the deck of the ship, several other Gerudo, the four Pirates whom were with the group at the Stone Tower Temple before among them, presented themselves before Leia. Several soldiers from what remained of the Hyrulean and Terminan armies were also present, battle-hardened and ready to avenge their fallen comrades, having taken up some additional training from the Gerudo, who for once have put their differences aside in regards to their normally reclusive nature and took up arms to help in fighting the greater evil that was rampaging across their lands.

Romani and Cremia still tended to their ranch, assisted by a few Gerudo whom decided to stay behind in order to provide at least some form of a last defense in case things would go awry, while at the same time also ready to treat any wounded that came their way. Having seen the rampaging Cuccos in action, the civilians of Clock Town have taken up arms and drove whoever survived of the Corrupted Soldiers out of town after stripping them of their weapons, effectively creating the Terminan Resistance Group, with one division led by Kafei, the husband of the Stock Pot Inn-keeper Anju. The main commander of the troops was Captain Viscen, whom now had the opportunity to prove his worth. Working together with Mutoh, the boss of the Carpenters, construction was underway to repair and reinforce the town’s walls as well as forming a more formidable defense against any oncoming enemies. Ironically, the enemies that remained swarming around the direct vicinity of Clock Town, the ChuChus, Real Bombchus, Blue Bubbles and Dodongos proved to be of excellent target practice as these creatures kept coming back to replace any of their fallen comrades. A few soldiers also took pleasure in injuring the Takkuri, mainly to keep it away from any travelers that moved around in order to get the supplies needed to feed the townspeople and soldiers alike. As for Clock Town itself, the mess that was left behind during the rampage of the Cucco Revenge Squad was eventually cleaned up, the remains of the soldiers whom were slain by the Cuccos were tossed out, buried in an unmarked grave and forgotten about once it was done, letting nature run its course on the corpses underground.

The Gorman Brothers in the meantime were eventually caught in another, rather careless, attempt of sabotage and were subsequently captured, tried and put into prison, which in turn disappointed the Gorman Brother leading the Gorman Troupe act as he couldn’t believe his hard-working brothers did such acts simply to hinder the competition, in particular Romani Ranch. Whatever animals were stolen from the ranch were eventually returned, much to Cremia’s delight, so she could treat them properly to have their strength recover. Nobody would ever hear from Sakon ever again, much less find his rotting corpse as it was still behind his own self-made hideout with the closed rock wall as main security barrier. Even if they would learn of his fate, their common reaction would be: ‘Good riddance’, considering how much of a bad person Sakon has been. Especially Kafei would be satisfied to learn of his demise, although he would be slightly disappointed in not being able to deliver a punch or two of his own against him for stealing his precious Sun’s Mask, which was now the Couple Mask which Link still had with him.

The Deku Royal Family in their palace in the Southern Swamp also made some additional preparations, with the King being much more rational and letting the monkeys help in forming a defense alongside the Deku Guards. The Gorons in Goron Village also prepared themselves, mostly to defend their Elder and his son, hoping that this time there will be no harsh winter like last time. Each of the Gorons in Snowhead remembered Darmani the Third, one of the bravest Gorons that ever lived, inspiring the Gorons there through his spirit to be determined to defend their lands of any evil that would try to come close at it with the best of their abilities. At the beach areas, the friendly Zora were on patrol a lot more, while others formed an escort force for those who were needed to go on errands or in case other Zora wanted to be visited, one of those Zora groups escorting Lulu to the lab so Lulu had the time to finally see her children again, whom were excited at seeing her. Mainly thanks to the efforts of Link, the Zora babies were growing in a steady, healthy pace, soon old enough to grow from their tadpole forms to the Humanoid forms like Princess Ruto. It brought great relief to Lulu to see that her seven children were healthy so far, hoping they would soon be strong enough to come with her to Zora Hall. This brought a sense of confidence and safety as well to her, knowing what she must do to protect her children…

A whole different story however was, as usual, Ikana Canyon, since that land was already haunted by the dead. It was logical that the cursed land by itself would remain untouched as many travelers would avoid the area like the plague, unless they had the right courage and determination to overcome the dangers of the area, considering the Garo Robe Ninjas still dwelled there to this very day, ready to report to their master about their findings concerning the Ancient Castle of Ikana. It was as if Ikana itself, regardless of whom had tried to ease the lingering souls there, would be cursed for eternity, considering the history full of bloodshed and suffering of the Kingdom as a whole. It would be the kind of curse that was not of Ganondorf or Majora’s doing and could therefore not be lifted so easily; the only achievements that could be made would be to ease and heal the souls lingering with suffering and regrets instead, which in turn would allow such souls to rest in the peace they were seeking.

Having knocked another Iron Knuckle aside along the way, Link sped on his makeshift snowboard on a large slab of ice in a cavern, gritting his teeth at the scraping sound, but not slowing down one bit. Seeing the path split up ahead, he took a slight offset to the left, leading him to a higher area over the snow, maintaining his position to maintain balance. Apparently the experience back in the Tower of Light has done him well as he remembered to shift his position well enough to change course where necessary, ensuring he would stay on the path.
“Talk about getting some excitement in during the night,” he said as he properly hopped over several gaps, making a turn to the right to stay on the higher path, “I hope the others are alright…”
“If anyone told me that I would be snowboarding across this area, I would have laughed them out of the castle for this…” Zelda said as she exited the cavern herself, seeing Saria further ahead.
“Oh wow, if the other Kokiri would hear about this…” Saria said, shuddering a little while trying to maintain focus.
“If I ever said that I wanted some more excitement in my life in the past, I would go back in time to where I said it and make me eat those words.” Ruto said, gulping a little.
“I’ve heard of some rather harsh training courses, the Training Grounds in the Gerudo Fortress being an infamous example, but THIS goes beyond it!” Nabooru said as she attempted to stay on the right path.
“Good thing this isn’t used as a race track in the Goron Races…” Darunia mused as he rolled on, knocking several Lizalfos over like bowling pins along the way.
“I wonder how this will eventually benefit us…” Impa said as she now exited the same cavern, with the silent Rauru not too far behind her.
Link could feel his body bouncing a little as he then moved over a bridge made of logs while knocking another Stalfos to the side, passing underneath a building and going in a circle in a counter-clockwise direction to a higher part of this building, before entering a narrow path that would be more ideal for a sled to ride, considering the steep hills that pretty much acted like guard rails. He had the young Goron in sight, but he would be unable to catch up on him. He did spot a small ice platform that laid in the center of the path he slid on once he was past the steep hills, while he moved on to what appeared to be a cart that would take him back to where he started the race, the young Goron ahead. As the cart took off, he saw that Saria was coming in as well...
“I feel a déjà vu coming on…” Link said as he prepared to get to the course a second time, the others not too far behind.

On their second round, Link decided to get more speed in to catch up on the Goron rapidly and hopefully get past him during the course.
“I wonder where we will eventually end up in once this race is over…” Link said to himself as he went on ahead, memorizing the course this time around as he made his way over the course, taking the same route he had taken before, but now there were no enemies that acted as obstructions.
Saria was now getting closer, intending to catch up with Link to follow his route for a change and see where he was going once the paths would split over different courses overall.
“I have to admit, this is kind of fun. It’s something else for once other than being chased around or fighting for your life.” Link said as he entered the cave a few minutes later.
“I wonder if this place can be explored without the snow… or the snowboard…” Saria wondered herself as they sped onward, the others following not too far behind…

Ganondorf and Majora in the meantime were making their final preparations for in their tower, unaware of the group being on the same island as they were...
“Hopefully the confrontation comes soon; the sooner those fools are dead, the better.” Majora said.
“Getting a bit anxious, are we?” Ganondorf asked.
“That group of eight are an insult to our existence, Ganondorf and you know it. How they manage to revert back to normal from being turned to stone still baffles me.”
“The answer is very simple, Majora; they possess the powers that destiny has blessed them with that offers them a degree of protection against such spells and curses.”
“What? So those very powers you seek are protecting them in a way?”
“Correct. It also grants them powers in their own right, which in turn makes them already formidable opponents.”
“And I suppose you want those powers as well…”
“That is correct, but that is not the main reason. You obviously are not familiar with the holy relic that is native to Hyrule known as the Triforce, which has been said to be able to grant any wish to those who touch the complete Triforce.” Ganondorf said.
“Pah, myths and legends of ancient times. Who cares about that?! It’s likely a bunch of rubbish anyway; just deal with those pricks so we can finally rule the world the way we see fit!” Majora snarled.
This made Ganondorf stop in his act for a moment, turning to Majora, who merely frowned at him.
“I shall remember those words of blasphemy, Majora. You will be eating those words once the proof is shown in your face.” Ganondorf said, narrowing his eyes.
“Whatever.” Majora simply said, moving on to make a few more of their henchmen stronger and curse a few prisoners along the way, leaving Ganondorf by himself.
Ganondorf on his turn kept his eyes narrowed.
“Insolent fool,” he drawled in a low voice, “you have no idea what you’re up against. It’s no wonder why Termina was technically doomed in the first place… I wonder if your existence was also meant to be an insult to the people who blasphemed the Goddesses…”
Ganondorf then stood up, moving on towards the top of the tower himself.

Passing over the logs and going through the building again, Link found himself shifting positions to maintain speed and balance, as if it became a natural skill of his to pick up on new skills rapidly than any seasoned warrior. Then again, the Triforce of Courage allowed him this ability to master most of these new skills and weapons in a shorter time, which was needed to pass specific trials as well as to fight evil. Granted, he too needed the occasional training in order to keep his skills spic and span in the first place, but with the way he has been holding out so far makes him quite the exceptional warrior, with skills in practically almost every weapon; melee, ranged, explosives… something that the soldiers of Hyrule could take lessons off in order to become much more competent as a whole. While the Hyrulean Army did have competent soldiers by itself, there were of course those who has shown acts of cowardice or recklessness, something that didn’t sit well with Impa and Zelda in particular. Which is why they were looking for additional training courses to truly test the soldier’s vigor and determination. Perhaps Link could show them a thing or two himself…

As Link exited the trail with the steep snow hills, he slowed down and came to a stop onto the slab of ice.
“Well, I guess this must be it, the last bit of this track.” He said, just as Saria came to join him.
“Have we gone ahead this far?” She asked as she stopped.
“I guess. Hopefully the others will arrive shortly…” Link said, just as Zelda arrived with Impa in tow, shortly followed by Nabooru and Ruto. Shortly after, Rauru arrived while Darunia stopped in front of the group in a distance, before walking up to them.
“Looks like we made it before the Goron did.” Darunia said.
“Phew, what a ride.” Ruto said.
“You said it. Although I have to admit, I was quite enjoying it.” Link said.
“Are you serious?” Nabooru asked, blinking.
“Yeah, I didn’t feel the pressure of being chased or anything for once, which is quite nice to experience if you ask me.” Link replied.
Zelda chuckled at this.
“To be honest, I liked it too,” she said, “I felt like I was free to simply move where I wanted to go.”
“I found knocking some of the enemies aside like bowling pins quite hilarious.” Saria said, giggling.
“You weren’t the only one who found that funny.” Link said, laughing himself.
“So, where do we have to go now? We have done what the Goron wanted us to do… so now he must keep his end of the bargain…” Impa then asked, just as the Goron himself arrived.
“Easy now, guys and girls, the ice platform isn’t quite stable here…” Link said, feeling the ice underneath him beginning to sport a crack.
“Wow, you managed to reach the platform before I did. Great job.” The Goron said with a smile.
“Okay, we raced with you, so why did you want to take us here for?” Nabooru asked.
“Yeah, we’re looking for the lair of our nemeses, so…” Zelda said.
“Actually I brought you a bit closer to that location. Located underneath this slab of ice you’re standing on is an underground area that will lead you straight to the enemy’s lair.” The Goron said.
“That’s terrific, that saves us a lot on having to find out where to go.” Ruto said, smiling.
“But how do we get there?” Darunia asked.
The Goron responded by rolling up and using a Goron Pound to break the ice slab the group stood on, which in fact was the cover for a hole in the ground that caused them to fall down into it…
And here's Chapter 44 of my Zelda fanfic.

The continuation of the Rayman 3 reference, combined with a reference to Twilight Princess altogether.

Also contains snippets of what the other characters are doing at this moment.
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