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Moon of Darkness: Chapter 2

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Zelda

The entire party woke early the next morning and after eating a breakfast consisting partly of the supplies they brought with them and partly of the rabbits Hunter and Sheik caught in the first morning light, they moved onwards across the planes towards a castle that was getting larger in the horizon.

Around the afternoon they reach a small forest outside the castle. Sheik beaconed them to come with him into the forest. After a short walk among the trees, Sheik stopped and turned around towards them.

"I will be going ahead to warn the queen and the guards that you are coming and that you are friends. After all we wouldn't want you to be shot down by our archers before I could tell them you are friends, right? I will signal you from the upper balcony once it is done, using a mirror. Just fly up there"

"Ok, we will wait here" said Spyro.

After Sheik had left, Spyro turned to the others. "What do you guys think about Sheik. Can we trust him?"

Cynder was the first to answer "I don't know, he is hiding something , I can tell, but he did not do anything to us while we slept, so I think we should trust him at least for now."

"Not to mention he is our only link to any kind of help in this world and he is a fantastic hunter" said Hunter.

"Well I don't trust him" Said Sparx "Why is all covered in those bandages anyway, its creepy."

"Let us be on our guard, just in case, when we go meet Zelda" said Spyro.

A short while later the agreed upon signal could be seen on the upper balcony. Hunter immediately got up on the back of Spyro and they flew up towards the balcony.

A few moments later they landed on the balcony. Shortly after they landed, a lady dressed in an incredibly beautiful dress of white, gold and pink and with long flowing hair walked out towards them. Behind her stood 2 guards. Spyro and the others noticed that she had an elegant sword hanging at her side.

"I greet you Spyro, Cynder, Hunter and Sparx.  I am queen Zelda of Hyrule. I have been expecting you" said Zelda.

"You have been expecting us? How is that possible when we have only been here for just over a day?" asked Sparx.

"The triforce of wisdom allows me to see many things before they actually happen. This allowed me to guide Sheik towards you ahead of time."

"Speaking of Sheik, where is he?" asked Spyro.

"He had other duties to attend to, but you will see him again. Come inside and we will talk there" said Zelda and turned around and walked into the castle.

Spyro and the other followed.

The room they came into was huge with a large table dominating the middle. On the table was a map of what Spyro and the other assumed had to be the land they were in. Zelda sat herself in one of the chairs and Hunter did the same. Spyro and Cynder stood next to the table, while Sparx landed on the table.  

"To get down to business, I know why you are here, but first I want you to listen to what I have to tell." Said Zelda.

"Two days ago, late in the night a might tremor shook the castle, it only lasted a few minutes, but before it ended I had a vision. In the vision I saw black clouds flying out of the desert, the lake, an unknown volcano and even the temple of time, here in the castle. All of these shadows flew east across the great dessert towards an even greater darkness.  After this my vision shifted and I instead watched you fours arrival as it would happen in a few hours. When I woke up I immediately dispatched Sheik towards you. However as yesterday went on I had more visions, some of them good some of them bad. I saw everything you have been through in great detail and there is therefore no reason to tell it to me, but I also identified the greater shadow from my dream. His name Is Ganondorf, the holder of the Triforce of power. He has returned."

"What do you mean returned?" Interrupted Cynder "Has he been here before?"

"Yes, according to our legends he has appeared many times throughout history, but he have always been beaten back by the Hero of time" answered Zelda.

"Hero of time, who is he then?" This time it was Hunter who asked.

"The Hero of time is the holder of the Triforce of courage and it is said that he has appeared each time evil has threatened these lands" said Zelda

"Then where is he now?" asked Sparx.

"He has yet to appear, but hopefully he does so soon, because only he can draw the Master sword from its pedestal and use it to vanquish Ganondorf" said Zelda. "However enough of these questions and please allow me to continue. In my visions I also saw the shape of the other four shadows. Three of them I did not recognize, the last however was a massive purple dragon that I believe you know very well, am I right?"

"Malefor" Hissed Spyro and Cynder at the same time.

"Yes that is his name, but how he and the other three shadows freed themselves, I do not know, but I believe it to be the work of Ganondorf" said Zelda.

"Freed? You mean the others were captured as well?" asked Spyro.

"Yes that is my guess. The places they appeared from all contained strong evil auras long before this happened" said Zelda "But let us eat dinner now, it is getting late and there is still much to discuss."

Pondering what had been said Spyro and the others waited for the dinner, which was soon served.  There were massive amounts of meat, fruit and bread of any kind.

"The four guardians could have been here and we would still not be able to get through it all" thought Spyro.

"You must excuse me if it's a bit too much, but we did not know what you eat or how much, so we made sure there was plenty of everything" Said Zelda as she saw Spyros astonished face.

So after some of the dinner had been eaten and most of it carried out again, Zelda took the word again. "You must be wondering, why I brought you here. I did it because I would like your help against the threat that is growing in the east. Many of our border villages have been attacked by moblins and a type of stone enemy I do not know, but I know that you do. I would like your help with of anything that might increase our chances in the coming war and logically thinking, if you help us you will probably also find Malefor sooner or later."

As Spyro opened his mouth to speak, but he was interrupted as the door flew open and a woman with long red hair and wearing a full suite of chainmail came running in.

"Valnima, what is happening" asked Zelda immediately.

"My queen, a man is slaughtering civilians in the square. The soldiers have tried to stop him, but they were defeated effortlessly" said Valnima as she kneeled before Zelda.

"What!" exclaimed Zelda as her face turned pale.

"Spyro and Cynder this is not your business but i ask for your assistance. If Valnima couldn't defeat this man, then he is powerful. Fly out from the balcony, circle around half the tower and land on the wall overlooking the square. I will be there soon."

"We will be there in a moment" yelled Spyro already halfway out on the balcony. Cynder was right behind him. Hunter and Sparx followed Zelda and Valnima as they stormed out the door.

A few moments later they were all standing on the wall looking down at the square. The sight that meet them was horrifying. Dozens of villagers lay dead or dying on the stones and quite a few guards was were also dead.

In the middle of the square, surrounded by a ring of soldiers, stood a young man. In his hand he held a large two handed sword of simple design and his clothing was that of a simple farmers.  His hair was golden and when he turned around and looked towards the people staring at him from the wall, a wicked grin crossed his face.

He then proceeded to run towards the ring of soldiers. They wavered, but did not break rank. It did not matter however as the man simply swung his sword with such a force that he splintered the shields of the three soldiers in front of, sending them hurling to the ground. He then proceeded through the opening and jumped on the nearest horse and rode at full speed towards the gate.

Zelda, Spyro and the others on the wall stood paralyzed, but not for long…
My third submition, hope people like my story. Will apreciate any comments on my work, good or bad, as long as they are constructive.

Most Character belong to Nintendo and Sierra Entertainment, but Valnima is my own chararter.

Links to other chapters
Epilog: [link]
Chapter 19: [link]
Chapter 18: [link]
Chapter 17: [link]
Chapter 16: [link]
Chapter 15: [link]
Chapter 14: [link]
Chapter 13: [link]
Chapter 12: [link]
Chapter 11: [link]
Chapter 10: [link]
Chapter 9: [link]
Chapter 8: [link]
Chapter 7: [link]
Chapter 6: [link]
Chapter 5: [link]
Chapter 4: [link]
Chapter 3: [link]
Chapter 1:[link]
Prologue: [link]
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