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The Legend of Zelda: Union of Evil Powers

Chapter 9: New enemies and new powers

Link, Saria, Zelda, Ruto and Nabooru walked further down the stone building they just entered, before jumping down a shaft and landing in a short tunnel… in direct sight of another Dinolfos! Instantly the Dinolfos warned its comrades as it fled into an open field, which appeared to be part of a coast line as there was water at one side of the area, although it seemed much calmer than the water in Great Bay. Nevertheless, the group had no time to enjoy the scenery as they were instantly drawn into battle, against the Dinolfos who spotted them, along with three more Dinolfos, a small contingent of Stalfos and Blue Sword Soldiers and finally, accompanied by a Red Spear Soldier, who stood on a higher platform. Their blades drawn, the group proceeded to engage their enemies.

Spinning her dual blades around, Nabooru easily cleaved two of the Dinolfos in half, while Zelda and Ruto kept the Soldiers occupied, leaving Link and Saria fighting together against the Stalfos.
“This upgraded sword has been really of great help so far, Link; I feel like I’m just as strong as you.” Saria said as both double-teamed a Stalfos.
“Heh, I wouldn’t be surprised if you are,” Link said, hacking at the Stalfos’ leg when its guard was down, “besides, we’re a team, so we can work together more efficiently this way.”
“True that.”
“Look, would you two stop talking and get serious?!” The Stalfos then said in its crackling voice.
Both Link and Saria then turned to each other, before nodding… and sliced the Stalfos in three.
“That should shut your bony face up.” Link retorted, before getting ready to engage another Stalfos, with Saria assisting him.

Nabooru effectively used both of her blades to both attack and defend herself with against strikes of a Stalfos she was engaging now, relieving Zelda and Ruto who had an easier time against the two remaining Dinolfos, although Zelda had to shield Ruto from one’s Fire Breath, before the Dinolfos in question was decapitated by the former. Ruto used a successful jump attack against the last one while it was distracted by Zelda, leaving only the Sword and Spear Soldiers as well as the Stalfos, with the Stalfos being now alone as its comrade was taken out by Link and Saria, who then moved to engage the Sword Soldiers. This battle showed both Link’s prowess in sword combat, while Saria on her turn was getting more familiar as well, although she did snag the Spear Soldier in vines to make it stop hurling spears at her and Link. Seeing it was trying to break free, Link managed to strike one of the Sword Soldiers so it fell in the water, not returning to surface, before firing a Fire Arrow at the Spear Soldier, killing it, before focusing on the remaining Sword Soldiers, just as Zelda and Ruto came to their aid. Nabooru joined in a minute later after getting rid of the Stalfos bothering her.

Watching this battle ensuing was a lone Deku Soldier, whom was trapped in a cage on a wooden platform, where it had previously been guarded by the Spear Soldier, initially startled as the Spear Soldier was defeated through Saria’s Vine Trap and Link’s Fire Arrow. It watched as the group engaged the remaining Sword Soldiers and defeated them, right before another Big Poe appeared, this time there were two of them as they got ready to batter the group with their lanterns, although the group went out of their way and engaged them.
‘Wow, they are really good!’ The Deku Soldier said, watching the ensuing battle with awe.
The Big Poes eventually were defeated by the group, but the five had no time to rest as another set of enemies arrived, this time a small group of regular Poes, but arriving from a floating airship that looked like a small boat held in the air by a big balloon, was a Ball and Chain Trooper and another Spear Soldier, the Spear Soldier moving to the high platform close to the cage containing the Deku Soldier while the Poes were being decimated by the group, while the Ball and Chain Trooper went to seek the confrontation on ground level, its mace at the ready as he swung it forward, with Nabooru ducking underneath the strike as she clocked it in time, just as Zelda used a Fire Arrow of her own to defeat the Spear Soldier. It was like another five-on-one battle as the group attacked the Ball and Chain Trooper at once, leaving said Trooper in a tight pitch. The Ball and Chain Trooper managed to strike Link and Saria in the back, sending them flying into the water, but leaving it open for Zelda to strike him with another Fire Arrow and Nabooru charged in with a Double Slash Attack, moving her swords outwards to cut through the Trooper’s Armor. Although Link and Saria recovered, Saria was close to losing consciousness, causing Link to drag her to land with the aid of Ruto, just as Zelda used her own blade to finally defeat the Trooper, just as it managed to smack Nabooru against the wall, leaving her partially dazed as she held her head. While Link tended to Saria, ignoring his own injuries in the process, and with Ruto helping Nabooru up, Zelda took down a final Poe that appeared after the Ball and Chain Trooper had disintegrated into nothingness, leaving the group finally at peace which allowed them to recover. Using part of the Red Medicine he managed to take with him, Link let Saria drink some of it, the potion’s healing magic moving to work right away, as it helped Saria recover, although it would take a few minutes for her wounds to disappear. Link also drank a bit of the medicine himself once he was certain that Saria would be fine, before checking on Nabooru. Zelda also spotted the Deku in the cage and shot an arrow at the cage itself, breaking it easily, freeing the Deku in the process.

“Are you okay?” Zelda then asked.
“We’ll manage, but thanks for your concern.” Link said with a smile, just as the Deku hopped on the ground from the platform he was held on first, moving to them.
“Thank you for releasing me.” The Deku said.
“No problem.” Zelda said, smiling.
“I’ll give you some information for saving me: The patrol you’re looking for has been taken to a tower somewhere in this area, but you won’t be able to access it outright. The ones who can grant access to it have also been captured and are held elsewhere in this land.” The Deku said.
“So you Deku have known about this part of Termina before?” Link asked.
“Yes. Plans were being made to form a settlement here when these vile beings of evil attacked us. The patrol sent by the Deku King to investigate this area was also captured in the process, followed by the corresponding search party of which I have been part of.”
“Hmmm, Hyrule has had Dekus around too, so I assume the ones in Hyrule went here to settle peacefully, only to come under attack from Ganondorf and Majora’s forces. Then the Deku Kingdom sends troops here to investigate the movements made in here…” Link said, thinking.
“So technically we’re dealing with an invasion in Deku territory, but was not claimed by the Deku Kingdom itself then?” Zelda asked.
“That’s possible; the Deku King did say he has sent troops to investigate the increased activity around here. I do find it plausible that the Deku King may have sent troops to assist their Hyrulean counterparts, but that’s a different matter…” Link said.
“Actually, His Highness wanted to see what was going on here, not expecting that there would be fellow Deku around when we got captured.” The Deku said.
Link nodded.
“But why would Ganondorf and Majora settle in this area?” Saria asked.
“Since we’ve never seen this land before, I assume they would think this would be a nice spot to set up an outpost and attack Termina from the South once enough forces have been gathered. At least we’re in the process of preventing such a potential upcoming assault, but that doesn’t mean that we should grow careless; they may have already set up outposts elsewhere that could possibly be of more trouble if we don’t do something about it.” Link said.
“I see your point, Link. Ganondorf has been able to settle his forces in the five Temples over the years he took over Hyrule in the future we managed to prevent, but there’s always a chance that he could still do it at any time he pleases, now that his conquest has come true regarding Hyrule.” Zelda said.
“And couple that with that twisted wizard known as Majora…” Saria said.
“True…” Ruto said.
“Just be sure to look out for secrets in the area; the enemy may have not found them yet.” The Deku said, before leaving.
The group nodded.
“Just be careful on your way back.” Link said.
“I will, thank you.” It said, before it was gone.
Ruto tossed her boomerang to another screw-tilted platform, lowering it.
“The platform’s ready, but we need to go through the water to get to it.” Ruto said.
“At least the water’s fine and refreshing.” Link said.
“Yeah, and so clear too…” Saria added, admitting that the water was very fine.
“Well, let’s go then.” Zelda said, fixing her dress to make movements much easier, while Link and Saria, after making sure their clothes and gear were set up, dove in the water, swimming to the platform.
Princess Ruto joined them right away, while Zelda and Nabooru followed as the last ones.
“Wow, the water is fine indeed.” Zelda said as she swam along, impressed.
Link then climbed on the platform, before helping the others up, although Nabooru climbed on it by herself.

The group jumped on the higher path, moving along the way until they came across two Lizalfos that tried to block their path.
“I have to admit that these goons are relentless.” Link said as he engaged one with Saria and Zelda.
“Indeed. But at least these guys are easier to deal with.” Nabooru said as she and Ruto kept the other occupied, allowing the two fiends to be slain quickly.
The group moved into a darker area, seemingly void of enemy presence, jumping down the entrance and rolling forward after landing on the ground a few meters below.
“This room appears empty.” Nabooru said, looking around.
“It does, although I do see a few chests around.” Zelda said.
Opening the chests, they found a bundle of arrows and a set of Bombchus, 20 in total.
“Hmmm, I believe those may come in use very soon.” Link said, holding the Bombchus before tucking them away for now.
The group eventually discovered a path going further down, figuring it was the only way to continue on in the area. Jumping down onto the path, the five would see an underground stone structure being present, but Link froze as he looked forward.
“Oh for the love of the Goddesses, you have to be kidding me!” He exclaimed.
“What the-?!” Zelda said, before gasping as she looked in the direction of where Link was looking.
Saria and Ruto just gulped, while Nabooru brought her blades to bear, as further up in the room was an Eyegore, accompanied by TWO Iron Knuckles.
Link however regained his courage, but didn’t grab his sword, instead he brought his Hookshot and Bow and Arrow out to prepare himself.
“What are you doing?” Saria asked.
“Making plans; those Iron Knuckles won’t move until something or someone touches or damages them, so this could help us in focusing on the Eyegore for the time being. Then we can take those Iron Knuckles out one by one. Now that we have stronger blades, we could try to circle it and damage it from behind as long as it walks towards any of us. And once it gets its axe stuck, we could use that momentum to inflict as much damage as we can, perhaps defeating it even quicker than last time.” Link said.
“Alright, but how can we take this Eyegore out?” Saria asked.
“While its eye contains its main weapon in the form of a Laser, it’s also its greatest weakness; when it turns yellow, we can stun and damage it, when its eye turns read, it’s about to explode, which means we’ve defeated it.” Link said.
“Alright.” Zelda said, nodding as she got ready.

The group then engaged the Eyegore according to Link’s plan, waiting for the Eye to color yellow as it approached them, using arrows to stun it, before firing more arrows to damage it, wearily keeping their distance. Link also lured it away from the Iron Knuckles, not wanting them to wake up until after the defeat of the Eyegore. It took a total of four arrows to bring the Eyegore down, with Link and Zelda both having fired two each, after which the Eyegore’s eye turned red and it collapse, before disintegrating as it detonated itself like a regular bomb.
“That’s one enemy out of the way, now we need to deal with these tough bastards.” Link said, referring to the Iron Knuckles.
“At least we have more room to move in.” Zelda said.
Circling the Iron Knuckle once more, this time the Group was way more prepared once Link woke it up with a Bombchu, letting the Iron Knuckle come to him while Zelda and Saria jump attacked it from behind, after which Ruto and Nabooru joined in, taking turns to prevent from getting caught in each other’s momentum and to stay clear of the Iron Knuckle’s axe. After several strikes, part of its armor broke off, making it faster, but Link made sure its attention was focused on him by pelting it with arrows and Bombchus when his friends were out of the blast range and, true to Link’s word, they defeated the Iron Knuckle quicker than the previous time in the cavern of Snowhead, after which they repeated this maneuver against the second Iron Knuckle, eventually achieving the same result as with the previous one. This time, the group had survived the battle without taking damage this time around.
“Whew, at least we made it without taking damage this time.” Zelda said, wiping her forehead.
“Now we need to push or pull those blocks at the far side of the room in place to reach the next floor.” Nabooru said.
“Let’s rest up for a bit first, I don’t want us to overexert ourselves.” Link said.
“True, otherwise we’ll be too exhausted to continue to fight…” Zelda said.
Saria, Ruto and Nabooru agreed to it, sitting down against the nearest wall to rest up properly, although Zelda did use one arrow to shoot at another cage, breaking it which freed another Deku in the process. This Deku, upon landing on the ground, squeaked as it ran to the group in gratitude.
“These Deku seem a lot more friendlier than the Mad Scrubs.” Link said.
“Yeah.” Saria said
“Thank you for saving me. I’ll give you a hint in gratitude.” The Deku said.
“What is it?” Zelda said.
“I overheard this; some of the enemies you may have faced before have changed their strategy; chances are they will do more for their comrades instead of joining the attack against you. While this could be bothersome, you could also take advantage of it, provided your items are good enough for it.” The Deku said.
“Thanks, we’ll keep our heads up.” Link said.
“Anytime.” The Deku said, before leaving.
“I wonder what he meant by that.” Nabooru said.
“Not sure, but we should keep a look out anyway.” Link said.

A few minutes later, the group moved up to push/pull the blocks they had seen before on the right place to climb up to the first floor of the area, allowing them to progress. However, before they could go on, Nabooru spotted a curious area to her right and went to investigate, the four children following. Out of reflex, Link had his sword and shield drawn, just to be sure. So imagine the group’s surprise when they came across what appeared to be a pond of water in a small room.
“Well, this is unexpected.” Zelda said.
Link yelped as he tripped over a stone he didn’t see, causing him to fall to the ground. His sword clattered on the ground as well, but his shield was sent flying from his grip, straight into the pond, submerging into the water right away.
“Are you alright?” Saria asked, helping Link up.
“I’m fine, it’s just the dark area that made it hard for me to see the stone.” Link said, grabbing his sword.
“Huh?! Something’s happening to the pond!” Ruto then exclaimed.
As the group looked in the direction of the pond, the pond itself seemed to glow with a beautiful light, that seemed to take the form of a person. While the five at first were defensive, they had a serious jaw-drop as suddenly  a beautiful, Great Fairy appeared, dressed in a green dress, with majestic, green wings flapping softly behind her, sporting the sweetest smile on her face that showed she was friendly.
“Hello there. Did you drop this?” She asked Link, referring to the Hero’s Shield.
“Yes, ma'am.” Link said, admitting he did drop the shield in the pond by accident.
The Great Fairy smiled, satisfied by the answer.
“I like an honest person. I will give you something better in return.” The Great Fairy said, using her magic to retrieve… and change the Hero’s shield, making it slightly larger and giving it an overall red-metallic color, with the markings having now colored gold to orange.
“Wow, thank you.” Link said, genuinely surprised.
“No problem. Your shield will from now on absorb small fireballs and will also provide a greater defense against other enemy attacks.” The Great Fairy said.
“Can you give my friends something too, please? We are in the midst of a serious crisis and we believe that the worst has yet to come.” Link then said to the Great Fairy.
“Oh? How come?” The Great Fairy asked.
Link explained in short the release and resurrection of Ganondorf and Majora, their subsequent conquest of Hyrule and of him and his four friends being sent to Termina because of Majora’s magic, leading the four on up to where they were now. The Great Fairy could see the honesty, courage and determination within the young boy and nodded.
“I have listened to your story, young lad. It is true that the five of you will be pitted against greater dangers to come; the wind of darkness has not escaped my attention either. Henceforth, I shall grant you your request. It is a small gesture of what I can offer, but please, take it.” The Great Fairy said, before she applied her magic to change the shields that Saria and Zelda carried to the same red color of Link’s shield, the difference being while Zelda has a more royal tone to her shield, Saria’s shield had the crest of the Kokiri’s Emerald engraved into it. Coupled with its metallic structure made it also fire resistant.
Ruto on the other hand got something different. Applying her magic to Ruto’s Boomerang, the Great Fairy made it change color in a more blue-scaled tone, as if having inverted the colors of the weapon itself.
“Princess of the Zora people, your Boomerang can from now on reach twice its original striking range and will also for certain defeat the more frail enemies with a single strike.” The Great Fairy said, before applying her magic to enhance Nabooru’s blades.
“Leader of the Gerudo Tribe, if you scrape your blades together while aiming at your enemies, firing a spark of energy at them. This in turn will allow you to strike enemies from a distance.” The Great Fairy said.
“Wow, thank you very much.” Nabooru said, blinking before bowing in gratitude.
“Please come back to see me if you’re feeling weary.” The Great Fairy then said, before vanishing.
The group then left the pond, leaving her alone in peace.
“Wow, this is really unexpected.” Ruto said, blinking.
“At least it gives us a greater chance to strike against our enemies, come on.” Link said, wanting to test his new shield out.

After climbing up a ladder and going through a small gate, the group was instantly greeted by the sight of a Wizrobe, whom instead of attacking the group by himself, turned his attention to a nearby Dinolfos, using his own magic to create a shield around the lizard-like creature.
“So THAT is what the Deku meant…” Zelda said.
“Which leaves us to deal with him and two Dinolfos, let’s go!” Link said.
Adapting their tactics, Link first observed the actions of the two Dinolfos in turns as he and the girls attacked. He noticed that the barrier the Wizrobe generated was impenetrable and deflected projectiles and sword strikes when they hit. He also saw that when either one of the Dinolfos was being attacked first, the Wizrobe’s barrier protected it, but it left the second Dinolfos as well as the Wizrobe itself wide open.
“Zelda, Ruto, concentrate your fire on the Wizrobe; it’s wide open when generating his barrier! Nabooru and Saria, help me in keeping these fire-breathing lizard’s occupied until the Wizrobe has been dealt with!” Link said.
“Right, cover me!” Zelda said as she got out a bow and arrow, while Nabooru attacked the Dinolfos with her newfound skill to make the barrier-generating Wizrobe appear.
Firing an arrow at it, Zelda saw that the Wizrobe was taking damage right away and the barrier was instantly evaporated due to its generation being disrupted by the strike. This in turn allowed the others to pick up on the movement and, following Link’s advice, went to lure the Wizrobe out to defeat it first, before attacking the Dinolfos more seriously. This strategy proved effective as after four hits of her arrows, Zelda defeated the Wizrobes, stripping the Dinolfos of their only source of protection which in turn allowed Link, Saria, Ruto and Nabooru to take the lizard-like beings out swiftly. But their celebrations were cut short as another group of Sword Soldiers arrived, this time accompanied by a Bomb Soldier floating in what appeared to be another primitive airship, as if Ganondorf and Majora were planning to strike their targets also from the air! Moving around to stay clear of the Bombs, the group took out the Sword Soldiers easily, before Ruto tossed her upgraded Boomerang to the Bomb Soldier, scoring a direct hit at it as it defeated the Bomb Soldier and making the airship crash out of sight of the group in turn. A final Lizalfos appeared in the distance, but Nabooru used her new Spark ability to take it out from afar, proving that Nabooru now could use a ranged weapon with her melee ones!
“Wow, the Great Fairy’s upgrades have helped greatly with this; it would have taken us longer to take those goons out.” Link said.
“Yeah, not to mention the fact that I had to go closer to the airship to take that Bomb Soldier out.” Ruto said, as the group moved on to the far side of the area.
“It looks like it’s about to rain a little.” Nabooru then said as she observed the dark clouds in the sky.
“Well, so far so good. Perhaps we can find more information in regards to what has happened here, if we find more Deku around here that is.” Saria said.
Link climbed up a rocky wall that led to a higher pathway ahead, Saria and Zelda following.
“I’m still a bit astonished by the surroundings here, as if it’s actually hard to tell we’re anywhere near Ikana Valley.” Zelda said as the three waited for Ruto and Nabooru to join them up.
“Yeah, while I admit it’s a bit bleak here despite the idyllic landscape, it’s definitely not so bad at all.” Link said.
“I do wonder whom have dwelled here before though, seeing its rather ancient look with the stone monoliths, the sunken or ruined structures and small passages…” Saria said.
“Perhaps a civilization must have lived here in the ancient times. Apparently its remote, isolated location could be the cause of it not being mentioned in any form of Hyrulean or Terminan history.” Link said as the group eventually moved along on the grassy path.
“That sounds plausible, or considering its initial primitive appearance could make it of little importance to mention in the first place.” Zelda said, nodding.
“True.” Link said, as the group turned a corner.
A slight breeze was felt in the area as the group moved along, unaware of their current pursuers coming closer…
Here you go, the 9th chapter of my Legend of Zelda fanfic. :D

Contains a reference to a location in A Link To The Past where Link meets with a Great Fairy... ;)
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