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The Chronicles of
Srevermore
Part Four
Written By: Shayn Davis
In a time not such long passed, the land of
Hyrule was a land filled with sun, long sweeping fields, and
beautiful mountains. But now, the Princess Zelda gazed from her
palace window to see a desolate wasteland o f charred earth and
barren wind. The smell of death lingered in every corner of the
world, and hunger was with her everywhere she went. She could have
eaten in moderate abundance but, if her country was wasting away,
she felt that as a good ruler, she should as well. The farms in
hyrule had all dried up with the rivers, and all that was left
were hulking mounds of black earth.
“Zelda, come away from the
window.” Impa, her guardian said, sneaking into the room.
“Where is he?” She said,
tears in her eyes.
“Of whom do you speak?”
“You know very well who I
mean.” Zelda said sharply turning to glare at her questioner.
“Yes I know. But you are a
fool and a child for clinging so desperately to a love long since
dead.”
“You know not what you
say! I feel him, his presence surrounds me everywhere See you not
the mark that binds us glows still!?” She moved the cloth from her
left hand, two thirds of it glowered brightly, and a third was
dim.
“You create for yourself a
false night to wrap your thoughts in, you drink from a drought of
ignorance. Of all the people of Hyrule!” Impa took a step and
raised he fist. “You should know the spirits of the dead still
whisper to us in our dreams!” Zelda cowered back. “And are with us
until we join them in the next life!”
“HOLD YOUR TONGUE
NURSEMAID! DOST THOU BELIEVE IT NEVER CROSSED MY MIND TO SEEK HIM
OUT IN THE GOLDEN LANDS!?”
“I.....I...” Impa began,
but Zelda cut her off.
“Be still wench. I seek
respite from this new hell. And all its demons.” With that she
spat at her and allowed her body to slip from her world into the
other.
“Fool....” Impa said and
left the room.
When the
flashes of color and sound subsided, Zelda opened her eyes to find
that she was in the Golden Lands once more. She looked about the
sky was so bright with the suns rays that all the blue in it
became a shining radiant burst that defined color, and the fields
all around her were covered with beautiful flowers. This was the
real Hyrule, the well from which the magic in the other sprang.
Zelda walked northwardly for sometime, she was going to find the
physical embodiment of the triforce. A few hours later she reached
the resting place of the greatest power in her world. The air was
thick with power, and she could taste the crackling brilliance of
the golden Triforce. She wondered, for a moment, how this world
could stay so beautiful while her own decayed away. Zelda looked
at the Triforce and choked. One of the pieces was gone.
“How can this be?” she
said aloud to herself.
“Courage is gone for the
one who wields it is...” a beautiful voice rang out.
“So...he has
perished.....” Zelda said, falling to her knees.
“Nay, know ye not your own
rules? Had his body been slain his specter would come to join me,
he still lives, but in a wholly different realm ”
“I don’t understand...”
“There are many worlds,
the one in which you dwell and it’s life source. But beyond the
magical barrier that separates these two from all others, there
are many. And now they are all in peril.”
“Gannon...”
“Be ye wrong again. The
swine has no sway strong enough for the tasks that are currently
unfolding” The voice replied.
“Then...then what....”
“What lies in wait, in all
worlds, is known as Srevermore to the ancients. Forit is a beast
more fowl than anything that dwells in this realm.”
“Is it why Hyrule is in
such peril?”
“For now, no, Gannondorf
has invited Srevermore into what is left of his heart. It has
twisted and perverted his essence, and in doing so made him
vulnerable.”
“Where is Link, he has
saved this world before, he must do it again.” Zelda’s words were
torn between sobs, and filled with desperation.
“He is saving another
world, but do not worry, he will be with you very soon. For the
time being, there will be another. He has traversed many a land to
find you, and you will help him, as he helped you.”
“Thank you...” Zelda said.
“Now begone....” With that
Zelda could feel herself being pushed through the fabric of the
world. As the brilliance of Gold left her eyes, and her mind came
back into focus, she realized that she was back in the tower
sitting room, surrounded by famine once again. She looked about,
and saw Impa had left, so she went to her quarters, and went to
sleep.
As she dreamed
her blessed and prophetic dreams, they were pockmarked by
violence, and horror. Lighting flashed, tinted red with anger.
Rain fell from burning clouds, bringing with it flood. And the
face of evil, made its self known by imprinting its being on all
the stars.” As if by a hand of fate, the crashing booming noise in
her room, echoed into her thoughts. This real noise woke her, and
she was surrounded by dazzling lights once more. As the flashing
faded, and the noise subsided, a figure could be seen in front of
a large wheel. Impa charged into the room, breaking the door, and
instantly going into a Sheika fighting stance.
“SHOW YOURSELF OR BE
STRUCK DOWN!!” She screamed at this new intruder.
“Ma’am, calm yourself, I
bring no harm to you or yours.” A courteous man, or maybe a boy
stepped down from a machine. He had drawn from a holster a strange
looking weapon.
“Sheath your...wand....”
Impa said, she had never seen such a device before.
“I assure you,” The boy
said with a chuckle, “This is much more than a ‘wand’.”
“Be it sorcery or sword,
sheath it now...” Impa said firmly, drawing from her ankle strap a
menacing dirk.
“Yes, yes, ahh....but
where are my manners?” The fellow said, putting his gun back into
it’s holster. “My name is Jeff Adonauts, and I am here to save
this land.”
“What is
that.....contraption....behind you?” Zelda asked
“This is The Phase
Distorter VI, it allows me to travel time, space, distance, and
world with the press of a button.”
“It must be powerful magic
to travel through Hyrule’s barriers.”
“Magic! Ha! I don’t use
such barbaric things. This is science.”
“Here they are one in the
same...” said Zelda
“Yes...well....what
exactly is the problem here...” Jeff said, more than a little
bewildered.
“Gannondorf, an evil
wizard has thrown the land into a dark age like it has never
known.”
“Has...Srevermore...been
to this land?”
“The Triforce spoke of
it....but, I don’t believe it is quite here in whole yet.”
“Then we are not to
late....” Jeff said solemnly.
“What shall we do?”
“We must find Gannon, and
defeat him, and there is no time to lose. We shall go tonight,
under the cover of darkness.”
“Yes. Tonight is good.”
Impa said, heavy clouds block a full moon. Let us go to the
stables.”
The three of
them moved swiftly and silently, down to the horses. Though she
herself was hungry, Zelda made sure that her prized steeds
remained nourished. The two women quickly mounted their horses,
but Jeff seemed to be having trouble.
“I’m afraid, I might have
to walk...” he said, his head hung low.
“Do they not have animals
such as these on your world.”
“Well, they do, but I’ve
never ridden one...”
“How do your people move
about quickly..”
“Well....most of my
friends can teleport...”
“Enough of this nonsense.”
Impa said, she lifted Jeff up by the arm and sat him down behind
her. The rest of the night was shared in relative silence, for
they had to be quiet while traveling the cursed Hylian
countryside.
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