The Smallest and Most Important Realm There Is

Chapter Thirty

Professor: I am so terrified of this chapter...

I'm scared that I'm gonna mess up this whole thing because it is near the end of the story and I don't want to mess it up...

Ugh, bear with me please. I apologize for the lack of quality.

Oh, and I still don't own anything.

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The sea was calm as the group looked at the Tower of the Gods. The Sages floated next to Red, the Doctor standing with them, none of them wanting to say anything.

The Doctor gulped and glanced at the Sages, praying that they wouldn't say anything. The time was coming closer that he knew he would have to tell Amy about his last visit to Hyrule, but that was something he didn't want to have to do. It put everything at risk and...that was something he couldn't risk. So the Doctor did what he always did. He faked his way through it.

After a small gulp, he quickly smiled at everyone, "So, who's ready to face a giant monster? Great day for it, if I do say so myself."

Amy glared at him, but Saria and Link managed a small smile at his attempt.

"Let's just get it over with," Nabooru said, crouching down so she could look at the water closer, "Stuff like this isn't pleasant. The sooner, the better."

"Don't rush it," Impa warned, "We almost lost to Ganondorf last time because we rushed in headfirst."

"Oh please! You act like everything is life or death!" The Doctor waved her off and turned to Link, "Get that Triforce out then. This'll be fun!"

"Doctor?" Saria said gently, "It IS life or death."

"Is it?" he seemed genuinely confused and Amy wanted to smack him.

Link ignored all of them and pulled the golden triangle out of his pocket, taking a deep breath as he looked at it. The 11 year old didn't know how he felt about this small piece of power. Ever since the Doctor had given it to him...it seemed unexplainable. It was like he both craved and was repelled by what he held in his hand. This feeling...he couldn't explain it. Sighing, he held it up, anxious to be rid of it, although not wanting to give it away at the same time.

Everyone held their breath as the Triforce of Courage floated above the group, glowing and spinning in the air. Above the water, it sent out a pulse of power, making the group stumble back for a moment at the unexpectedness of it. Another pulse went out, which they were ready for this time. The third one though? That was when the Triforce disappeared entirely with the pulse.

"What the..." Nabooru said, looking around in confusion as if she could find it, "What just happened?!"

"I don't know." Rauru murmured, "It should have worked."

"Maybe Ganon protected it against the Triforce?" Amy guessed, but Quill shook his head, saying, "He could only do that with the power of another Triforce, and if he knew we had this one."

"He has the Triforce of Power, but he shouldn't have known we would be coming today. We didn't tell anyone until we started packing yesterday!"

"He couldn't have had the time to put up a spell of that power!"

The group started to talk over each other, each spouting out ideas of what had happened, each more ridiculous than the last.

It was only when the pulse came back and practically knocked them off of their feet again that they fell silent. the magic power zeroed in on Link and the pulse seemed to race towards his sword hand, making him gasp in shock when a faint symbol of the Triforce presented itself there.