The Legend of Zelda: SL +Up Ch50

The inside of the Palace of Winds was obvious with its signs of age and decay. The walls were covered in dead vines and exposed holes and large cracks allowing many gusts of winds and clouds to move in and out. Many of the floors were too weak to be walked on and formed a prominent hazard for Link. Spiraling gusts of wind also blasted in many areas of the palace caused by giant fans scattered all around.

On top of that, the palace was vast labyrinth.

"It's so windy! And we keep getting lost in this maze. "

With the numerous pitfalls and the wind-themed puzzles scattered around it was incredibly dangerous for Link and Alel to get through and it took a long while. But eventually Link and Alel reach an open room with large circular grate for a floor.

"Link. Look at the walls."Alel called out.

Along the walls were figures carved into the walls that looked like knights in large, hulking suits of armor. Similar to the carvings on the walls back in the Wind Ruins. Suddenly, he heard a sound coming from directly in front of him across the room. It was the sound of rocks grinding against the earth.

Link spots a particular knight carving in the center wall. He squints to try and get a clearer look. At first, it just looked like a regular wall carving...then suddenly...the carving moved!

"That's not a carving..."

As Alel yelled out, the carving moved more and suddenly the entire panel of the wall broke away and a large figure completely in cased in red and black armor. It held a large mace in both hands.

Two black wings sprouted from its back and it immediately ascended into the air.

"That's...a Winged Darknut!!!"

Without a warning, the Darknut flaps its wings backwards giving it enough momentum and thrust to dive towards Link and Alel at break-neck speed. Before it touched the ground, the Darknut raised both of its maces above its and slammed them both down aiming to crush Link with them but Link rolls out of the away just in time. But he was at a disadvantage.

The Winged Darknut had the ability to fly higher than Link was able to with the Roc's Sash and was able to attack Link from all sides and almost every angle at incredible speed. Until Alel spotted something.

"Look there. There's a switch in that wall behind the grate."

Rolling out of the path of another attack from the Darknut, Link immediately uses his Twilight Claw to break through the grate and activate the switch which caused the grated floor to suddenly open up beneath Link's feet revealing a giant fan that turned on, creating a huge updraft of air that Link utilized along with his Roc's Sash to be able to ascend into the air, leveling the playing field between the Winged Darknut and Link.

"Let's take him down."

Link draws both his Elemental White Sword and the Master Sword and both the Winged Darknut and Link fly towards each other clashing their weapons.

The fight continued with Link and the Darknut flying towards each other trading attacks with their weapons but even then Link had a difficult time. Link endeavored to destroy the Darknut but had a hard time breaking through its thick armor. At the same time, not only was the Darknut trying to kill Link outright but it would also at times grab Link and dive towards the spinning fan in the hopes of trying to kill him that way. Everything it did, Link struggled to break-free just in time.

Eventually, Link realized that he couldn't break the Darknut's armor. It was just too tough to break off. But what he could do was disarm the Darknut of its' weapons. And that's what he did. By slashing at the back of both the Darknuts' hands, he made it drop both its maces. The maces fell into the fan, damaging it and causing it to spin faster creating a more powerful updraft.

In response, the Winged Darknut drew a large claymore from the scabbard on its back and attacked Link with even more aggression. But this time, the advantage went to Link. The Darknut's claymore, while it didn't make it slower, it did cut its arm mobility in half and Link had an easier time disarming it a second time. When the claymore fell into the giant fan, it damaged it even more creating an even more powerful updraft. The updraft caused Link, Alel, and the Winged Darknut to ascend higher in the wind tunnel but suddenly...

"L..Link!! Look!!!'

Link looked up and saw the ceiling. But it wasn't an ordinary ceiling....it was a spiked ceiling and Link and Alel were headed right for it!

Thinking quickly, Link glided over to the Darknut and grabbed it by its wings and positioned its body to face the spikes. When the reached the ceiling, the spikes stabbed the Darknut's body, killing it instantly.

Suddenly, the giant fan spun so fast that it spun completely out of control causing it to breakdown. The fan blades fell away into the dark abyss below it. Link was holding on to the spikes on the ceiling but he lost his grip and was falling fast towards the dark abyss when the Symbol of the Forest flashed below him telling Link to play the Minuet of Forest like before.

As he played the Ocarina of Time, green flames suddenly blasted up from the abyss through the symbol and engulfed Link and Alel dragging them up the wind tunnel and blasting through the spiked ceiling. Link and Alel continued to ascend until the emerged onto a platform at the top of the Palace of Winds.

All they could see around them were storm clouds and bolts of lightning and giant spires. The winds were colossal and almost blew Link and Alel away.

"Huh....what's that...?"Alel spotted a strange figured standing on top of the largest spire. Suddenly, the figure disappeared in a large cyclone of air and reappeared in front of Link and Alel. The figure barely towered over Link, was cloaked entirely in dark purple and red and wore a large golden crown.

The figure then opened up it's cloak and revealed a large peculiar eye that somehow looked familiar to Link. Then the figure spoke.

"Welcome to my Palace."

It was then that Alel realized who it was...

"The....The Wind Mage...!

Vaati!!!"