The Story of a Shadow: chap 8

The Story of a Shadow
Chapter VIII
The Baddle Pan

By sunup Dark and the captain arrived in Hyrule. The ships were docked just outside of  the Gerudo Valley. They followed the river to the waterfalls at the edge of Gerudo Valley and Dark lead them into Hyrule lake so they could think battle strategy. After all, they couldn’t just go barging in on Hyrule castle and expect to win. Dark knew that Hyrule’s soldiers were much more skilled then this group of pirates, really, they didn’t stand a chance.


      “Alright boys.” Said Barg facing the troops with Dark at his right.  “It’s time to conquer Hyrule! And take total control of Hyrule castle.” Loud shouts came from the shaggy pirates. “And we’re going to do it with THIS!” Barg pulled a shiny stone from his vest and held it up. Dark stared in amazement as it began to glow a bright yellow. Barg looked over at Dark, who’s face was revealing his total shock, and chuckled.
     “You didn’t think Hyrule was the only place with magic, did ja?” He held the stone up higher and it flashed brightly then he held it in the direction of the island. He squeezed the stone and a wave of yellow light shot from the stone and it soared across the lake and hit the tree in the middle of the island. The tree went up in fames instantly. The men roared they’re battle cries again and Barg smiled at Dark.
      “How you like that, boy?” He smirked, and Dark smiled devilishly back at him.










With stone in hand, Dark beside him, and an army behind him, Barg lead the way across Hyrule field. When they got over the hill, Dark guessed that someone hand spotted them and Link would have his men ready before they got there. Sure enough, the castle market had been evacuated and soldiers were ready for action at the front gate. Barg let out a battle cry and the battle began. Despite there appearance, Dark noticed that the pirates fought rather well.
      Then he saw Link, of to the side of the castle to the right, taking on three pirates at a time.
    ’Show off’ thought Dark, trying not to be noticed by his other half.
      Suddenly Dark was yanked to the side behind a small bush. Barg was the one who held his arm, Stone in the other hand.
     “We need to get into the castle, Dark. Can you get me in?”
     Dark nodded and waved his hand for the sea pirate to follow him. He walked Barg to the left of the castle , up and over a wall, then Dark jumped to a window that hung above the moat. The window was easy to open and Dark got inside without any trouble. Barg followed shortly after.

     The area of the castle was a very unused section and there were only a few guards that they could either avoid or destroy quickly and silently. Even getting into the throne room was a snap for Dark and Barg. Dark noticed that his captain was using the stones powers sparingly and he guessed it had a limited usage. But it was still a mighty tool. When they got to the throne room Dark finally saw what Barg was up to. Zelda was in the throne and Dark guessed he was going to use her as a hostage.
   





  “You!” She roared when she saw Dark. He smiled devilishly at her and pressed his lips together and smacked twice like he was giving her an invisible kiss.
    “I missed you too, baby.”

      Obviously disgusted  by his gesture the princess put the bottom of her palms together and shot a fire ball from them. It hurled across the room to Dark who used his sword to deflect the attack. The fire ball ricocheted and knocked into Zelda. She fell to the floor with a cry.
    Dark loomed over her, smiling. “Princess, I’m surprised! After living so long with Gannondorf you should know that I know that trick.” He shook his head in mock disappointment.
   Barg walked over to his right hand man and put his hands on his hips. “Get her to her feet.” He ordered, Dark was a little irritated by  his bossiness but obeyed and yanked Zelda to her feet.
   “Princess, meet your new king, captain Barg.”  
    Barg grabbed the young woman’s chin and pulled her close. “Say goodbye to your throne, sweetie. Cause it’s mine now.” Zelda frowned and spat in the mans face, he let go of Zelda and wiped the spit from his face.
     “Grab her. It’s time for me to claim the kingdom.” He ordered. Dark held his sword to Zelda’s throat. And  Barg, using the stone, created a magical rope and tied the princesses hands behind her back.
      “Where did you get that?” She demanded, looking at the brightly tinted stone. Barg tossed the stone up and caught it in his palm.
       “That’s for me to know, and you to never.” He laughed out loud, amused by his “joke”.  Dark suppressed his desire to roll his eyes and tell him to shut up.

      Barg lead the way out of the castle and Dark held his sword to Zelda’s back, forcing her to move forward. The guards did not attack the duo no matter how much the princess shouted orders to take them down. Once outside Dark saw that they were losing, bad. He noticed that Link seemed very disturbed, even though his side was winning.

     When Barg raised his voice to address all those on the battle field, Link’s face grew to horror when he saw his love with a knife to her throat and a arm around her waist. Dark looked at Link from across the battle field and smiled coldly at him. He figured this made Link all the more angry, but he kept his cool as he listened to the sea pirate make his demands.
    “Drop your weapons, soldiers of Hyrule and let me speak to your leader.”


    “I‘m the leader, here.” Said Link. He walked until he was at the beginning of the bridge, across form Barg. Navi was right behind him. Link had a scowl on his face and was glaring daggers into the man who wanted control of the kingdom. But compared to the buff features of the rugged sea dog, Link looked like a little boy with a tantrum. “My name is Link, commander of the Hyrulian army.” He said in a very commanding  voice that Dark had only heard a few times. “I demanded that you let the princess go!”


      Barg laughed. “No, my boy, no until you listen to me! You will surrender your kingdom to me or the girl will die!” Dark pulled his weapon closer to Zelda’s throat and she gasped.
     “No, Link!” She screamed “Don’t do it!”  Link clenched his fists and his jaw was locked.
    “Fine.” he said quietly “Just don’t hurt her.” He jropped his sword to the ground and the rest of the soldiers did the same. Barg laughed in triumph and almost seemed to skip to Link. The young hero put his hands on his head in surrender as the pirate captain ordered to have him bound.
     Barg had the castle, Link and Zelda would be thrown into the dungeon  and Dark would have 5 days to do whatever he wanted before the goddesses would take him to where they thought he belonged.                  
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