Legend of Zelda: Sages of Evil
Part 2

By Susanne - SheikahWarrior@hotmail.com

Chapter one

Saria helped Ruto on her feet. The princess was dirty and tired, but
she managed to walk around to recover her strenght. Link made a wry
face. He didn't feel well.
"A Sage of Evil?" Sheik answered.
 "She has the same powers as me and Ruto, but she uses them to destroy
and attack, not to build and protect," Saria said. "And there are five
more Sages like her, but they aren't here. They have their own places."
"You mean there are five other places around Hyrule that we didn't knew
exist?" Link asked. "How come they've never visited us before?"
"They live in the dark side of the world. We live in the light side,
and we're not meant to know eachother. But now, they're planning to
destroy Hyrule so the dark world will rule - forever."
"We have to get rid of the evil Sages," Saria said. "We Sages must face
eachother. Otherwise, Hyrule will be destroyed."
"But I can't let you and Ruto meet this Sage alone!" Link shouted.
"Maybe she's too strong for you! What if she kills you?"
"Link," Saria said, "I'll die for Hyrule if it's necessary."
"But..."
The Kokiri girl put her hand over his mouth. "Don't talk, Link. I know
what I have to do, and you can't stop me."
He looked at her and tried to smile, but instead, a tear fell from his
eye. "But I don't want to lose you, Saria. You're my best
friend...and...and..."
"What, Link?" she asked.
He walked away from her and faced the wall. He didn't want Saria to
fight the Sage of Evil. He didn't want to lose her in the battle. He
didn't want to return to the Kokiri Forest without her. If she died,
he'd have nothing to live for.
"Saria..."he whispered. "If you're going to fight that Sage, I'm going
with you."
"I can't let you do that, Link."
Link didn't say anything. Instead, he took Saria's chains in one hand
and struck them with his sword. The chains fell apart and Saria was
free. Link did the same thing to Ruto's chains.
"Let's go face the magician," Sheik said. "You girls know the way,
don't you?"

They went out of the room and stood in the corridor. Saria looked
around. After a while, she pointed at something.
"Link, do you see that crack in the wall? Blow it open."
Link went up to the crack and equipped a bomb. He put it down in front
of the wall and took a few steps back. After a short while, the bomb
blew up a big hole in the wall. Saria walked towards it.
"No, wait!" Link said. "Let me go first."
He stepped in front of Saria. They entered the enormous room, which was
lit up with purple fire.
Link took a step forward. "This room is evil. " He turned to the
others. "I bet we can find that magician in here."
"You don't know how right you are, young man," a voice said behind
them.
Quickly, they all turned around. A beautiful young woman, dressed in
black, stood there. She smiled, and looked at Link and Sheik.
"You saved them from the prison, but..." An evil grin took form in her
face. "You'll never escape from here. I've already gathered the Sages,
and together, we'll destroy you all."

Chapter two

"You're lying," Ruto said. "The other Sages aren't here. You're all
alone in this slimy hole of a dungeon! You can't beat us, Agariah!"
"Really?"
The magician raised her fingers and sent a flash of lightning at the
princess. Ruto held up her hand, and it vanished into thin air. Agariah
laughed.
"You're brave, princess," she said. "But you can't beat me. I'm far
more experienced than you can imagine."
She threw another flash of lightning at Ruto, but this time with more
power. Ruto was still weak, and didn't have the strenght to reflect it.
It hit her, and she fell on her knees.
"No!" Saria said. "Leave her alone. This is between you and me,
Agariah!"
"You're just a little girl," the magician snorted. "What can you do?"
"Anything, if it'll save my friends."
"Saria, no!" Link cried.
The forest girl turned to him. She smiled, but Link saw she was crying.
"Link, I won't let you get hurt. Escape from here and gather the other
Sages. That's our only hope."
"I won't leave you." He turned to the magician. "Agariah, fight me
instead."
The young woman laughed. "You certainly have courage, young man." Her
eyes turned black, and a black cloud formed above her. "But your
courage will die. You'll beg for mercy."
She sent a black flash of lighting Link's way. He reflected it with his
Mirror Shield and returned it to her. Agariah waved her hand, and the
black light faded away. Link took a few steps forward. "I won't let you
touch Saria," he said.
"You'll see. She's mine - after you've sworn me loyalty."
"Over my dead body," Link said.
"As you wish."
The magician gathered strength from the black cloud and attacked him
with an energy ball. He held up his shield, but it went right through
it and hit him in the chest. He got another ball of energy in the
stomach, and then one hit him in the head. He fell and hit the floor.
"Prepare to die," Agariah smiled. She grabbed a bow and some arrows out
of thin air and aimed at Link. He managed to rise, and one of the
arrows hit his shield. The other arrow missed him. She aimed again, and
this time, the arrow hit its goal.
Link fell down on the floor, unconscious.

"No!" Saria cried. "Link!"
"Your friend is beyond all help, dear," Agariah said. "I hit him with
an Arrow of Darkness. The darkness will find his heart - and he'll
die."
Saria fell on her knees and took Link's hand. "No," she said. "He won't
die. I'll give him my powers."
"Saria, you can't!" Sheik said. "If you give him your powers, you'll
die yourself!"
"But if I don't, there's noone alive to protect the Triforce."
"I forbid you, Saria." Sheik walked towards her. "I won't let you do
it."
"But I love him!" Saria cried.
Suddenly, the purple light faded away, and a golden light started to
fill the room. They all gasped and took one step back. A voice began to
say something.
"Listen!" Ruto said.
"IN A REALM BEYOND SIGHT, THE SKY SHINES GOLD, NOT BLUE. THERE, THE
TRIFORCE MIGHT, MAKES MORTAL DREAMS COME TRUE."
The voice became silent for a moment.
"It's the Triforce!" Ruto whispered.
"SARIA, THE CHOICE IS YOURS. YOU CAN SAVE LINK, OR FIGHT THE EVIL
AGARIAH. YOU HAVE ONLY ONE CHOICE."
"I can't do this," Saria said, with tears falling from her eyes.
"JUST FOLLOW YOUR HEART, SARIA."
"But if I choose to save Link, will Hyrule be destroyed?"
"YOU DON'T NEED TO KNOW ABOUT HYRULE'S FATE, SARIA," the voice said.
"JUST MAKE YOUR DECISION ABOUT LINK. WILL HE LIVE - OR WILL HE DIE?"
"Let him live," Saria whispered, crying. "I don't know what will
happen, but let him live."
"STAND UP, LINK," the voice said. "YOU MUST FIGHT FOR HYRULE'S FREEDOM.
YOU ARE THE ONLY ONE WHO CAN SAVE THE LAND."
Link sat up, very slowly. He looked around and saw the golden cloud.
"Triforce," he whispered, "what am I going to do?"
The cloud disappeared.

Chapter three

Agariah looked at the four people standing in front of her. The one she
thought was dead stood just a few steps away, and he was holding the
legendary Master Sword.
"This time I will be armed, Agariah," he said, holding the sword with
one hand and the Mirror Shield in the other. "And this time, I won't
fail."
"You know the secret of the Triforce!" Agariah hissed. "Give it to me!"
Link smiled. "Come and get it."
He made a jump attack with his sword, but Agariah jumped out of his
way. He turned quickly and raised his shield. She fired a bolt at him,
but he destroyed it with the shield. Another bolt came from her
fingertip, but he sliced it with his sword.
"I think you shoot your bolts, Agariah," Link laughed.
The magician screamed with anger and created a purple firecreature. It
attacked Link, but he used his sword to defend himself. Then the
creature attacked Saria and Ruto. Sheik took out the Megaton Hammer and
smashed it to dust.
A dark cloud formed around Agariah, and she used it as a shield when
Link attacked her. "You can't kill me, Link!" she grinned. "I'm too
strong for you, pitiful elf!"
"But you still don't have the Triforce of Courage, have you?" Link
answered. He took out the Biggoron's Sword. "Now let's see how you like
this!"
He slashed the cloud with his sword, and it faded away.
"No!" Agariah cried. "How dare you!"
"Now, you'll die!" Link said. He concentrated and prepared to use Din's
Fire to burn the evil magician. He released the Fairy spell and it
reached Agariah.
"You can't use magic...in...my...castle..." she groaned with pain.
"Only I...can use magic...here..." She fell to the floor.
Link runned forward and used the Biggoron's Sword to make a jump
attack. He hit Agariah and she screamed.
"I won't forget this...Link..." she whispered. "The next time we
meet...you will die."
Then she disappeared.
Link, Sheik, Saria and Ruto watched her fade away.
"Is she dead?" Link asked.
Saria answered him. "Yes, Link. But the other Sages will find a new
Sage of Evil, and then they'll come back again."
"Well, it won't happen now, right?"
"No - maybe in three hundred years or something like that," Saria
smiled. "But I don't think we'll have to worry about them for a while."
" I can use some vacation," Link sighed. "Do you know how hard it is to
be hero?"

Epilogue

They were all back in Hyrule again. Saria returned to the Kokiri
Forest, Sheik went to visit Kakariko Village and Ruto got back to
Zora's Domain to see her father.
Suddenly, Link was left alone. Since he didn't know what to do, he
decided to take some vacation.

The End