Chapter 6

Joe left the meeting along with everyone else but he felt alone, as if no-one was the same anymore. All of his friends were either dead, captured or a sage. He sat near the army who were getting ready for battle when something very important dawned on him. He had no sword, armour or anything!

In a panic he jumped to his feet and tried to find a sword or anything he could use, when a familiar fairy flew past.

“Hey err... Navi, I need your help,.”

“What is the matter, human?” asked the fairy who turned to see the human.

“I need to get ready to fight but I haven’t got anything to use,” Joe told the winged ball of light.

“Come with me, I know something that will suit you fine,” said Navi, “Follow me.”

Joe followed the fairy, filled with curiosity as she led him through the army and to a small tent where, for the time being, armour and weapons were being kept. Navi looked for a special object while Joe looked around in wonder. He had never seen so many weapons in his life. It was only bows, swords and shields but the armour was stunning but he was sure that none of it would fit him.

“Here it is,” Navi called out in success. Joe rushed over to see what she had found, a simple sword with a hilt covered in brown leather “This is Link’s first proper sword. The Ordan sword,.”

“Isn’t he going to use it?” asked a puzzled Joe.

“Oh no, the Queen got him his best sword, this one is perfect for you try it out.”

Joe picked the sword up and tried to swing it but he was just clumsy with it. “No, no you are doing it wrong. First off hold it about in the middle of the hilt, not the end. Now listen: swing right, then left, then a bit lower to your right, and then swing it as hard as you can upwards to you left.” Joe followed the fairy’s instructions and with ease did a splendid performance. “That was ok but everyone’s got to start somewhere. Pity for you your starting point is right before a battle,” Joe wasn’t sure if these words were meant to discourage him or were meant to be a joke. “Well then it looks like I got to help you, so for now I will be your partner, what is your name human?”

“It is Joe,”

“Well that’s the formalities out the way, come on then, get the sword’s sheath and the belt for it. And also get one of the shields you will need a triangle shaped one,”

The army was preparing for battle as Navi was instructing Joe on more combat techniques “Just remember that your main strategy is to shield yourself and wait for an opening then strike as fast as you can.”

“Right, ok.”

“Good now the army is ready and I trust you’re ready so here we go,”

Joe saw Link shout out to his now prepared army, “Move out!”

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As the army marched to the battlefield Joe saw what the monsters had turned it into. In the past few hours it was turned from a place that always brought back memories of being a kid playing with his friends to a now scorched wasteland and at the far end an army of dark enemies awaited them.

 Joe felt his heartbeat increase out of fear, his hands were sweating, Navi flew in front of his face close enough for Joe to see her properly. Instead of looking like a light with wings she was a small woman with a strange face, she could have been 6 or 600 years old, her eyes were filled with the innocence of a child and the wisdom of an elder, she also had blue hair and wearing a sky-blue dress.

“Don’t forget you are fighting with the army. If things get tough I’ll get some help,”

“Thanks.”

  The orders came in and both army leaders commanded

The army and Joe rushed to the enemy as they did to them, each army drew their weapons and in the centre they clashed. Hylian warriors battled with all of Ganondorf’s army and Joe found himself in the middle of it all. Everyone was fighting and he was afraid, unable to move.

“Will you move? You are a sitting duck!” the fairy attempting to snap Joe to his senses.

“Right, yes,”

“Look out, bokoblin!” Joe quickly turned to face an imp-like monster welding a mace.

“Block!” Navi called out, Joe was quick to obey. The blow to the shield made Joe’s foe drop its weapon. “Now slash as hard as you can!” Joe stabbed the bokoblin in the stomach causing it to bend over and with a downward thrust killed it. “Not what I told you to do, but I guess it will do. Here’s another one,” and with Navi advice Joe proved to be a good fighter, till a moblin showed up and with one swing of its spear it threw Joe to the ground. With its spear end to Joe’s throat it said “I’ll kill you, you pathetic little human,” but before it could carry out its promise a wall of fire came and scorched the moblin to ashes. Relieved from being saved from death, Joe felt new courage come to him.

“What was that fire thing?”

“Probably the Sage of Fire’s attack. Are you ok?”

“Err yes I am.” Staring death in the face can do funny things to people, it can break them or make them stronger and this is what it did to Joe he took on bigger and stronger monsters, he even saved a Zora warrior from being killed by a wolfos. He continued to fight with Navi by his side, he saw the sages using their awakened powers and he saw countless battlers fall but he battled on with undying strength.

  Then Joe saw the enemy’s greatest battler a darknut, a warrior possessing enormous strength, he saw it slice through a Goron like a knife to tinfoil with its huge sword. Joe felt an urge to fight and kill this warrior, Navi attempted to persuade against this crazy idea, “Joe you can’t win against this guy, he is far too strong,” but Joe still advanced to the darknut. The darknut swung its blade right at him but Joe ducked and it missed, one good thing for Joe, the darknut’s armour caused it to very slow. Joe, using his speed, got behind the warrior and slashed the ropes that were keeping his armour up, the armour fell to the ground but made the warrior faster and with a spinning kick the darknut had Joe on the ground as well. Just as it was about to give Joe the ending blow two Gorons, who Navi had brought, broke in the fight and with their combined strength stunned the darknut but then had to deal with four moblins which had intervened.

“Joe, get up!” Navi called out, but without any time to respond to the situation the darknut had recovered and was on its way to Joe to kill him.

An expanding orb came it shone green, red, blue, black, white, purple, amber and yellow. As it touched the darknut it let a shearing scream that nearly deafened Joe and Navi before disintegrating into dust. The orb past Joe and it advanced doing the same thing it just did to all the dark army, soon only the army and those who had survived the battle were left.

 “What was that?” asked Joe to Navi.

“It was the Sages’ magic,”

“So is it over?”