See Chapter 1 for disclaimer

A/N 1: Saying that Link stayed an adult and MM happened (both of which I've implied) is NOT a mistake (like several other plot holes I've had to cover). How and when MM happened will be explained later.

A/N 2: And yes I know its been over a year.

Chapter 9: Fire and Acid

The next day after breakfast everyone was back in the room of requirement. Hermione and Ginny were showcasing some spells for Zelda and Link was showing the boys some of his techniques. Link had decided to wait before actual putting a weapon in any one's hands other than his own. Ron, still feeling the whole thing was pointless, didn't mind. Harry, however, really wanted to get started.

"How come your more willing to get into this then your friend is?" LInk quipped.

"Because Voldemort's wand is connected to mine. Their spells react badly to each other. That is probably one of the reasons Dumbledore asked the two of you for assistance." He glares at Ron with that last point. Ron goes red, he'd kinda forgotten about that detail.

"Got it" Link said.

By this point the girls had finished with the demonstration and were going through some books. Link did some basic maneuvers along with the boys. He was surprised that they seemed to had some natural talent. He was more surprised that Ron hadn't taken advantage of the situation and gotten rough with him.

"Can you tells us now?" asked Ron

"What on earth are talking about Ron." Hermione groaned.

"Zelda, she said how she fights is a secret. can we know yet" he questioned.

"Well… there's this." Zelda fires a bolt of magic.

"Wand less magic incredible." breathed Hermione

"Wow." Ron said. Harry shook his head in agreement.

"There's more isn't there" Ginny stated.

"Smart girl" Zelda said. "Yes, when I was talking about my 'secret' I was referring to this!" Zelda disappears in a flash. In her place is a young man wearing what seemed to be a body suit of some kind. "Call me Sheik." the mysterious man said in what was clearly Zelda's voice.

"And don't bother asking how complete the change is, he won't even tell me." Link mutter.

"Thanks for volunteering." Sheik said. Then he preceded to beat Link up. After he was done he added " And part of the problem is you never ask me to tell you, and some times you try to check without asking. Pervert."

Ron was going to say something during all this but lost his nerve once the beating began. Hermione and Ginny clapped loudly. Harry watched the one sided 'fight' seeing what he could take from it.

With another flash Zelda is back. "So Hermione ready to share what we've found with the boys." she says.

"Ok lets get started" Hermione agrees. "The elemental artifacts are weapons that draw powers from fire, earth, wind and water. We couldn't find mention of what they were, and only hints as to were they are.

"Lovely, but there chaos outside the school. We'd only have a change if they were inside Hogwarts." Ron joked.

"Actually one of them might be." Ginny stated smugly. "The hint for the fire artifact implies that its in this very room."

"That great" Link said "But there are tons of weapons in here and we don't even know what kind to look for."

"Idiot" Zelda says "Remember what they said about this room. It can change based on what you need."

With that they all left the Room of Requirement. Link walked past the door three times while thinking about fire.

They opened the door and the room was filled with flame.

"Bloody hell!" Ron cried.

"I wish I had my fire proof clothes." LInk complained.

"If you had your stuff then we wouldn't be looking for new weapons to begin with." Link glared at Zelda who continued. "Try the triforce, maybe your courage can pull you through. " Zelda realized how corny that sounded the second it came out of her mouth. No one said anything on account of them being in a room engulfed in flames.

LInk nodded. He dug deep down until the triangle began to shine. It showed him a path through the flames and he went in. He emerged with a sword minutes later. The blade was silver while the rest of the sword was bright red. Flames were still surrounding it.

"You know we can't leave this room till you stop it from doing that." Zelda said. Link nodded and focused. The flames all died down. They returned to the training room.

"So Potter, how do we get you a sword, I doubt any of the artifacts are the same type." Link said.

"Your correct there all different types of weapons." Hermione explain. "But I have an idea. We could see if McGonagall would let you use Gryffindor's sword."

Link stared, the previous dinner had included an explanation of things at Hogwarts in including how houses worked. "You mean the guy who founded your house, that Gryffindor."

"Yup" Harry said with grin. They headed to the Headmistresses office where she listened to their explanation and gave them the sword.

Back in the Room of Requirement (were going to be spending a lot of time here if you can already tell) Link and Harry resumed practice with their actual weapons.

Ginny was watching the fight focused on Harry's weapon. She knew she owed both him and the blade her life. That's when she remembered something else from that day. "Harry the Basilisk fang. It destroyed the diary it stopped it's magic."

"Basilisk?" asked LInk

"Giant venomous snake that can kill you with its glare alone." Harry explained.

"So we need basilisk fangs to destroy the horcuxes then." Link said. "Why do think you guys actually know were to get this."

"Actually we do." Hermione said "But we may not need to. That sword was mad by Goblins. That means it absorbs magical substances it goes through and since Harry used it to kill the basilisk.."

"I can the sword to destroy the horcuxes." Harry finished. He ran up to the dorms and grabbed the locket. He turned the Room of Requirement into an empty dungeon. Then he opened the locket. Darkness seeped out of it. Voices rang on telling Harry he was weak. He ignored them and plunged the sword into the locket. The illusions and shadows sputtered and vanished. The locket fell broken and useless to the ground. Everyone looked down and smiled. They went to bed knowing the next step would be harder. They would had no idea were the next horcrux was and knew at the very least for both it and the next weapon they'd have to leave the safety of the school.

Next Time: Our heroes run into some Death Eater while searching for the next artifact.