Fan Fiction ❯ Professional Hero ❯ Return and departure ( Chapter 23 )

Chapter 23 - Return and departure

Link blinked as the light disappeared and revealed Hyrule field. Lon Lon ranch looked undamaged and there were nowhere signs of battle. Apparently he was returned to his own time, unfortunately for Madakar before he could deliver the letter. He sighed and was about to decide to go to the castle and still give it to him as he suddenly noticed smoke coming up from near his home. No, it was his home. Link started to run faster than he had ever done before.

Link sank down to his knees as he watched his home burn and cried. There were sign of battle and it was possible that Romani had survived, in fact he had known for certain that she had survived but that was before he had spotted the power bracelet on one of the corpses in the fire. The corpses were too heavily burned to see who they were, but Link knew they were Madakar's men, sent out to destroy him, and his family. He didn't know why, but he didn't care anymore. He wouldn't kill Madakar, no, he was not to touch the precious Hero of Time, but he was gonna give him the letter, tell him all that had happened during the final day of the war and leave Hyrule. He was sure Madakar would go mad with guilt because he had destroyed the life of the man who had saved his and his country. Then again, if not, Link would return in a couple of years and kill him. No way Link would be staying in Hyrule now, with his wife and his children dead. There were no signs of them running away, and knowing them, they would rather stay and fight than run, so those cowards of soldiers must have killed them as well. No matter what, he thought, I am reminded I'm a killing machine, a device of death, then that will be what I will become.

"Mark my words!" he shouted towards the sky, "Where ever I will walk, Death will accompany me! My sword will take all life of those that oppose me! If the Goddesses have chosen me to become their hero, then I will spoil the blood of all those who I deem unworthy! My heart will become as black as the tunic I am wearing now! You hear me, you bitches? Now it will be on my terms, and I will use low standards!"

"My queen, there is-"

Zelda looked up as the door was bashed open and drove the guard against the wall. Link strode inside with a grim face.

"Where is your Hero of Time?" he boomed.

"Link, I don't…"

"Where? Is? He?"

"I am here," Madakar appeared from the shadows, "and I'm ready to defend my queen from the… likes… of… you?"

His voice halted as he noticed Link's black tunic.

"Isn't that…" he started but was cut off as Link stepped towards him.

Before Madakar could react Link grabbed him and threw him across the room, in front of Zelda's throne. Her sheikah unsheathed their swords except Impa who had also recognised Link's tunic, but a motion of Zelda stopped them from attacking.

"This is for you." Link exclaimed as he took the letter out of his pocket and threw it in Madakar's face.

"How come you're wearing the colors of…" Impa started.

"Of the Sacred Order of the Owl, I know, it was a gift to me, and Kaepora made me one of his shortly after."

"But Kaepora has been dead for ages." Impa shook her head.

"Who's Kaepora?" Zelda asked puzzled.

"For a sage of wisdom, you don't know much, do you, Zelda?" Link laughed, "Kaepora was the Seventh Sage, the Sage that helped fight Kaligan. And to answer the question you once asked me, Impa," Link looked around to the sheikah, "we'll see who's stronger if those guys don't put their weapons back."

"You…" Impa whispered and then turned towards the sheikah, "put your weapons down. PUT THEM DOWN! I am still the head of the sheikah, so do as I tell you!"

A small nod of Zelda made the sheikah put their swords down. Impa glared at Link.

"How…"

Link didn't take notice of her and kneeled before Madakar who still sat on the ground, holding the letter, staring at Link.

"Poor boy, still don't get it?" Link grinned and slapped him, "I'm the one that saved your life in the Spirit Temple," he spat "I killed Kaligan and I tried to deliver that letter to you from your wife and as a return, you kill my family and burn my home. I hope you fucking burn in hell."

Link stood up, turned around and walked out the door, slamming the guard with his head in the wall. As the guard slid down, leaving a red wet trail, Zelda turned to Impa.

"What the fuck was that all about?"

"In the war…" she stammered, "we ended up in the Spirit Temple. I was with Madakar because I had promised my sister I would protect him. We got separated inside and I almost got killed by a Lizalfos, but one of the Sacred Order of the Owl killed it and he saved me. We made our way to the inner chamber and witnessed the fight between Kaligan and Madakar. He predicted the final attack of the sorcerer but I thought it was a gift from Kaepora, the knowledge of the enemy or the future or something, I never would have thought he knew it because he had fought a similar enemy. Just as Madakar fell, I was hit. I don't know what happened later."

"He had killed Kaligan," Madakar continued, staring at the letter in disbelief, "I thought he was gonna kill me right before he disappeared. He had said something about my wife, but I didn't know it was a letter."

"He had mentioned Ellione, but he didn't say anything about a message. And when we heard she had disappeared, we just thought… Oh Goddess."

Impa started crying and turned away.

"He was a messenger," Madakar muttered, "but I never harmed his family, the house was already in flames, I never…"

He looked down at the letter and it was like he just realised he had it. He opened it and read it. He jumped up and ran out.

Madakar rode without stopping to Kokiri forest and dismounted just before the entrance. He ran inside and made his way to the village to fall to his knees before the playing children.

"Please help me," he pleaded, "a long time ago, some people came here, my wife…"

"I remember that," a green haired girl stepped forward, "they were chased by the bad women."

"Where… where are they now?"

"They're all dead, but the leader of the people who ran away made it to the village. She was pretty with blonde hair in purple with white and a red eye, and she…"

"Where is she?"

The girl seem to pout a bit because the rude man had cut her off but then her smile reappeared.

"She's dead. She was hurt too bad."

Madakar dropped to the ground.

"And my son?" he whispered.

"Oh, he lived. She gave him to the Deku Tree and he gave it to me and I raised him, his name is Link and he is the Hero of Time and the bestestestet friend of the whoooole world, and especially the forest, right Mido? Mido doesn't really like him, but that's not really true, we all like Link, cause he's really nice and he saved me once, said I was the Sage of the Forest and he even saved the world, and not only the forest, and mister, why are you crying?" Saria asked.

Madakar stood up, tried to dry his tears, failed, turned around and walked into the Lost Woods, looking for his resting place.

AN: I'm sure you all saw that coming, but still, he didn't (heh heh). With Madakar gone Link is now completely without a family (please ignore the fact that his kids are somewhere in the Lost Woods) and pretty much losing it. What will happen? And why am I asking you? I'm the one who's writing it. I can tell you this, if you thought the war in Termina and Hyrule was bad, that was just me warming up. Definitely earning the R rating next chapters.