"So, there they finally are..." Veran snickered. The Sorceress of Shadows came floating out of the shadow, looking at the backsides of the two green-clothed heroes that were just vanishing inside the temple.
"Phantom Ganon's plan to trap them inside the temple might just work... but if I take care of them right now, my master will be pleased as well... and he'll maybe reward me."
She lifted her hands to hurl a destructive spell at the unsuspecting forms of Link and Ukyo, just before they were entering the temple.
But in the last instant, a shape came dropping down from above. "Attacking someone from behind? I don't think so!"
Vean narrowed her eyes. "Who are you? How dare you interfere with the Sorceress of Shadows?"
"I am merely a wanderer... but I strike down evil where it stands."
Veran smirked. "How interesting! Very well then... amuse me!" Her eyes wandered to the crest visible on Sheik's clothes. "A Sheikah? Huh, and here I thought they all were extinct, after my master's assault on Hyrule Castle..."
"It is not easy to spot a Sheikah that doesn't want to be seen," Sheik quoted a sentence she had heard often from a certain, middle-aged Sheikah warrior.
Veran shrugged. "Well, what else can be expected from filth like you? You are a race of servants and bootlickers, always hiding cowardly in under the protective eye of your king... I truly despise the likes of you!"
These words made Sheik angry. Veran might not know who she was underneath her disguise, but as her best friends were members from the very same race, she got furious.
"Be still and fight!" she grumbled, pulling out a thin chain that almost looked like a whip.
Hopefully Impa's fighting lessons haven't been in vain...
"Die, you scum!" Veran screamed as she gathered her power in her hands...
----
As they were walking through the temple's entrance hall, marveling at the vine-covered walls and impressive architecture, Ukyo turned around her head.
"Did you guys hear something?" she asked.
Tatl shook her head. "Nope, only your voices!"
Ukyo furrowed her brow. "That's strange, I could have sworn..."
A sudden growl made her turn around in surprise. When she realized what was approaching them, she pulled out her spatula.
"You better focus on the problems at hand," Link grimaced as he drew his blade. He glared at the two feral Wolfos that were slowly approaching them. "Come on, you beasts!"
"Hey, listen!" Navi shouted. "Don't attack them at once! Wait until the right time and then strike..."
"We got it!" Link and Ukyo yelled in unison.
----
Sheik stumbled back, her hand clasping the flesh wound on her left shoulder. Damn, this evil witch was more powerful than she thought.
But Veran was breathing hardly as well. 'Curses!' she thought. 'This pesky Sheikah is trained well... Maybe I have to use a different tactic...'
She wished she would already be able to use her possessing powers, but from what her master has told her, those would take some time to manifest themselves...
"I seriously don't understand why you are helping those fools," she huffed. "Ganondorf will be the ruler of the world, and all who resist him will be destroyed! If you surrender now, he might just spare your life. Think about it, it would be a waste to execute someone with your talent... We could always use an assassin with your skills!"
Sheik frowned underneath her cowl. Are you suggesting that I should become a tool of evil? Never, you witch!"
'If she only knew who I really am...' she thought to herself.
"Fool..." Veran snarled. "You just sealed your own fate... BEGONE!"
And she jutted out her fingers, shooting dark lightning out of their tips.
But Sheik quickly jumped aside, whipped out her chain and wrapped it around a thick tree branch, using her momentum to swing around, and hit the surprised Veran with her outstretched foot... right in the middle of her stomach.
The dark sorceress had to concentrate hardly so the force of the Sheikah's attack wouldn't knock her floating form down to the ground. She coughed and wheezed as she clutched her midsection.
"You... just you wait, this isn't the last you have seen of me! One of these days, I'm gonna have my revenge, little Sheikah... and besides, your little act of courtesy didn't do anything: Your friends have doomed themselves as soon as they entered that temple. Nothing is going to save them now! OHOHOHOHOHOHOH..."
And with mad laughter, the Sorceress of Shadows vanished in a plume of darkness.
Sheik groaned as she slumped down on the ground. That battle had been tiresome...
But after she heard the evil woman's laughter, she couldn't help but wonder.
"I know that voice..." she murmured. "And that laugh... where have I heard it before...?"
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