(This story takes place after Majora's Mask but before Twilight Princess.)
Years after the returning from Termina, Link has grown into an adult while the Kokiri have stayed young. Ganondorf is still roaming throughout the Twilight Realm when suddenly, he sees a destroyed machine. Engraved on it are Hylian words meaning "This gateway must never be activated, for the sake of Hyrule." This leads Ganondorf to believe that he could use the gateway to escape the Twilight Realm. He rebuilds the gateway using nearly all of his dark power, leaving him extremely weakened. The gateway is activated and he walks toward it, but before he is able to walk through, he is ambushed and killed by demons. The demons had been sealed in the Twilight Realm with the broken gateway long ago, but were unable to activate it. The forces of Hell invade Hyrule, and Link wakes up to find that his friends have all been possessed by demonic souls, causing them to age rapidly and become zombies! It's up to Link to save Hyrule once again.
