Veran frowned when she saw how the young girl was trying to escape the magical bubble she was trapped in.
"Try as much as you want, you won't be able to teleport out of this one! It's warded against all kinds of magic, even the power of a sage!"
Behind her, the dark copy of her master just finished the last preparations for the ritual. "It is done!" he simply said.
"Good!" Veran smiled as she turned around. "So when do we kill the brat?"
"Right after we killed the hero," the phantom grumbled. "She will be our bait one last time."
"And what about that irritating Deku? Did you manage to capture him?"
"He knew he couldn't keep the evading game up for all eternity, so he hid in the shadows to regain his strength."
"WHAT?" the Sorceress of Shadows snapped. "And you let him escape?"
"He is irrelevant for our plans," the phantom stated. "As soon as the sage and the Hero of Time are dead, the other pesky little forest dwellers will be of no importance to us any more."
"Well, as long as that trap of yours is working..." Veran muttered. She turned around and opened a dark portal.
"Where are you going?" Phantom Ganon shouted. "They can be here any time!"
"I just want to make sure that the entrance is secure," Veran replied coolly. "Earlier, I met a spy of the Sheikah out there, so we can't be too careful. By the way, I am sure a big, strong guy like you will be able to handle a couple of kids, right? And if you're having trouble, you can always call me back."
Phantom Ganon growled. "I warned you once, witch: Do not overstep your bounds, or you'll be sorry!"
Veran just gave him a sly grin and stepped through the portal, which closed behind her.
Phantom Ganon grunted in annoyance, then he focussed back on the Kokiri trapped inside the magical bubble.
"Before this day is over, you will die, little girl!" he grinned. "And your beloved Hero of Time along with you!"
"Man, I hate such puzzles..." Ukyo grimaced. "They're always wasting our time. Who constructed those temples in the first place? A loony?"
"No time to think about it, Ukyo!" Link said as he looked at the map. "We're almost there..."
At the end of the corridor they were following, a huge door was blocking their way. A door with a very big keyhole.
Ukyo raised an eyebrow and took the Big Key they found out of her pocket. "You don't suppose this goes there, do you?"
"Ukyo-sama!" a voice cried out, followed by a dark shape that came dropping down from the ceiling.
Link quickly raised his blade, but the little figure in front of him waved around its hands. "Wait, it's me!"
Ukyo gasped when she recognized the Deku. "K-konatsu..."
Link lowered the Master Sword and grinned. "Well, if it isn't the little ninja! Looks like the gang's complete now..."
"Not quite..." Konatsu sighed. "Saria... I couldn't save her a second time... I'm sorry I failed you..."
Ukyo knelt down next to her friend. "Hey, it's not your fault! We wanted to rescue her, too, but we couldn't stop that sorceress when she abducted her again."
"So you saw that witch? Be careful, Ukyo-sama, she can use dark powers..."
Ukyo frowned. "I thought I told you not to call me that anymore!"
"S-sorry, Ukyo..." Konatsu murmured. He then looked at his old friend more closely. "Wow, you two really have grown in the past few years. I'm curious, though... where have you been all the time?"
Navi sighed and nodded. "Yeah, we get that question all the time."
"Oh, I almost didn't see you up there! Hello, Navi!"
Navi smiled and waved. "Good to see you again, Konatsu!"
"Excuse me," Link said impatiently. "But don't we have anything better to do than to stand around here and talk? They are planning to kill Saria!"
Konatsu gasped. "Oh no, we have to save her! I would have tried it by myself, but that huge door wasn't closed earlier..."
"Leave that to us, sugar," Ukyo told him. "You go back upstairs and make sure that Tatl and Tael are safe, they are waiting for us up there!"
"Okay... if that is your wish..."
"Yes, please do so! And Konatsu..."
The Deku Ninja looked back just as he was going to leave. "Yes?"
Ukyo gave him a quick hug around his round, wooden head. "I've missed you!" she murmured.
Konatsu blushed as much as a wood creature could, coughed nervously and walked backwards to the elevator room. "Um, I'll see you guys later then... good luck!"
Link chuckled. "Do you have to confuse that poor little guy every time you see him?"
Ukyo sighed. "I know, but it's just that... I really missed him sooo much!"
Then the two green-clad warriors turned around to face the door.
"All right!" Ukyo said. "Another friend of ours needs our help..."
She turned around the Big Key and the door opened. Carefully, they stepped into the huge, circular room that was waiting behind the door...
They found nothing here but a couple of stairs that lead up to a big, round podium, which was surrounded by a fence of metal spikes. All around them on the walls, they could see various paintings, which all showed the same gloomy landscape.
But besides that, the room was empty.
"I don't get it..." Link murmured as they stepped into the middle of the platform. He took out the map. "The compass clearly tells us that this is the room where the most powerful enemy is waiting for us... but there's nobody here!"
"Are you sure you know how that compass works?" Ukyo asked.
"Of course," Link insisted. "It points at the biggest amount of hostility towards the user it can find... but do you see anything in here?"
Ukyo looked around. "Not many places here where he could hide..." she murmured. "And Saria isn't here either... maybe we should go and look if they have escaped into one of the other rooms?"
"The compass never lies!"
"You know what you can tell that compass?" Ukyo snapped and turned around in irritation. "I'm telling you, I don't trust those magical gadgets and I..."
She stopped in mid-sentence when suddenly, a couple of spears came jutting out of the ground behind them, effectively blocking their only escape towards the door.
Ukyo gulped. "Well, now we're trapped..."
"That you are!" a deep voice came from behind them. "Trapped like rats, yes..."
Theys turned around in surprise. Floating behind them, in the air, was a stallion as black as the night, with eyes that were burning like fire. It was standing in the air as if it was standing on solid ground. And on its back, they could see an imposing, armored figure, with a face that they have seen before...
"Link..." Ukyo said nervously. "If I ever doubt the compass again... you can smack me, okay?"
"It... it's him..." Link murmured. Then he snarled and grabbed his blade and shield. "Ganondorf!"
The rider smirked down at them. "Not quite, boy! I am afraid my master is a very busy man and can't take care of little pests like yourselves while he has other things to do... but don't worry, you'll see that even I, a mere copy of his dark being, will be a befitting challenge for 'noble heroes' such as you are."
The phantom laughed loudly, then it reached up for its face...
Ukyo, Link and Navi watched in horror as the dark creature tore the skin off his face just like it was a mask... and behind it, a diabolic skull with demonic horns and eyes that were burning like embers became visible.
"AND NOW..." the phantom's voice boomed as his evil stallion reared up on its hind legs and whinnied. "YOU WILL DIE!"
"Oh, a great day I'm having..." Ukyo grimaced and grabbed her spatula.
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