Chapter 19: The First Encounter

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       We pulled to a slow stop at the Castletown Station. The town was fine. All the buildings were in their places, untouched. It was, though, oddly quiet. Peaceful. Empty. The winds blowing in the silent town brought back memories of when I had a family. In a different place. In a different world. At a different time period. I was instantly filled with a bag-full of determination.

       "Are you okay?" Zelda asked me. She walked to my side, and I looked back at her.

       "It hurts. This town is now like our families. Silent. Motionless. All the memories I have spending with my family, all the times when I needed help and my parents rushed to help me, all the noise and activity of my siblings - especially my baby brother; I'll never forget them. Just like you." With that, I could no longer hold my tears from rolling down my cheeks.

       "Come here." She grasped me gently and gripped her arms around me. She wouldn't let go easily I could tell. I grasped her gently and gripped my arms around her. I wouldn't let go easily. After a moment or two, we finally let go of each other, everyone on the train watching us. Princess Emma Rose and I stood looking at everyone on board the train and vise versa.

       "Anyways," I said after a few more minutes, "Let's go find out if anyone is in town." I walked to the farthest building on the right in town. When I looked inside, I saw the same thing I saw when I was in my world, in my time, and in my house. I saw motionless bodies that lay before me, the inside of their throats quite visible and (for the smallest of them all) the inside of its head visible to all. All over the house was blood, that same color of paint. It was the only thing anyone could see. "Girls!" I shouted, running to the center. Everyone eventually came to the town center. "What did you see when you checked in the houses of the people?"

       "I saw everyone dead," Princess Zelda said.

       "Me too," Impa responded. We hear a sudden cackling by the castle entrance. It was Cole.

       "Did you really think I was a Chancellor? If so, I must be impressed with myself," he sarcastically spoke.

       "Buddy, I'd hate to break it to you, but you have terrible acting skills," I responded. "If Dark Link didn't kill these villagers, then I want to know who did." I heard a strange, soft humming and glanced at the back of my hand. All three triforce pieces were glowing a bright, gold yellow. I looked behind me and saw Zelda's hand had the same thing. I turned back around and saw that same yellow glow at the castle entrance. From there, a big, black figure walked out, a silk cape following him. He walked swiftly along the path to me.

       "Who are you?" he asked, darkness brooding from his voice.

       "I don't know. Who are YOU?"

       "You first."

       "Seriously, I don't know who I am."

       "Very well, then. I am the person you've been looking for."

       "You are?" I asked.

       "Yes, I am."

       "Oh! I just remembered my name, sir."

       "Really?"

       "Yes, I have."

       "Go on. What is it?"

       "A hint to my name is this: Who's that?" I asked, pointing to Zelda.

       "So, you finally made it past my mind trap."

       "Oh, you know who I am now?"

       "Yes, I do."

       "Who am I?" I asked him. He glanced at me in hate for a few seconds before finally saying:

       "Link, the Hero of Time."

       "The game, set, and match goes to you, bad sir. I can't believe it took you that long to figure it out."

       "You haven't had much luck learning my name though, so it's ironic you should say that."

       "No it isn't Addanc." With that, Addanc unsheathed his swords.

       "You have TWO swords? Oh! No way! I don't know if it matters, though," I said as I unsheathed the Master Sword. He gave an evil grin. "You actually like fighting by the sword?" I asked Addanc. The next thing I hear is the hollers of everyone I brought with me during the dungeon completions. They were floating in the air as I turned around, and they floated to the top of the castle walls. Addanc then sealed any entry way for them to hop down.

       "Well, if I can't have any help, the fight is only between us. Cole doesn't need to help you because you clearly have everything you need to kill me once more." I tried to reason with him, and it worked.

       "Cole, thank you for your help, but I can take it from here," Addanc said in his dark, evil voice. Shortly after Cole left, he came charging forward with both his blades in hand. Clank. Kick. Punch. Clank. These sounds filled Castletown for a solid five minutes at least.

       I managed to finally knock Addanc back. I jumped to kill, but he disappeared at the time I would have killed him. The back of my right hand started to glow bright again, so I looked. There were only two triangles shining now, and the girls were finally able to jump down, landing on a foot and a knee.

       "What happened to him?" asked Zelda.

       "I don't know anything of his whereabouts as of now," I replied. With that, I slowly looked to the sky and snapped into the Goddess Room. It had three thrones now, each decorated according to the goddesses' elements.

       "Oh great goddesses Farore and Nayru of Courage and Wisdom, Life and Water." I bowed before the thrones. They faded into their seats.

       "Rise," Nayru said.

       "Addanc has dissapeared, and I know not where," said I, "Do I have the ability to find him?" It took them a few minutes before they came back to me. Once they came back, Farore snapped her fingers, and I felt a sudden explosion of power flowing through me.

       "You do now," Farore said. I was faded back to the world and to the desolate town.

       "Have you any method of locating Addanc?" Abilene asked.

       "I do," I responded.

       "Well, please hurry," Tien said. I used my ability to sense evil from any location and found him...

       "Oh, no!" said I fearfully.

       "Where is he?" Agnimitra asked.

       "Let'sjust say the relic within his location must be protected at all costs." Everyonegasped. "We must deal with this issue, but we must go quickly. Everyone holda hand, and hold on for your life." I quickly snapped my fingers and grabbedthe hands of Zelda and Doria. "Now form a circle! Quickly!" Everyone formeda circle as a column of light surrounded us and shot us like a cannonball out ofa cannon towards the sacred place.

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