The Legend of Zelda: The Ocarina of Time

The Legend of Zelda: The Ocarina of Time

Part III: The Legend of Hyrule

Chapter 1: Ganondorf

It was a gloomy day for Hyrule. The sky was covered in clouds and not a gust of wind in any direction. Word had spread around the castle about the tragic events of the night before. It was a heartbreaking day for Hyrule.

Sir Ravin rode through the gate of Hyrule and saluted the soldiers on guard.

"Where is he being held," he asked the closest guard.

"In the dungeons, sir," answered the guard with authority.

"Very good," he said to the guard before he galloped away.

There were surprisingly many people outside in the marketplace for such a gloomy day. Sir Ravin whistled before he came to the busy people in the market. They all looked at him and made a path for him to get to the castle road. He rushed up the road and made it to the castle.

He jumped off his horse and handed the reins to the stable boy waiting for him.

Ravin made his way to the Royal Chamber. He opened the magnificent doors and closed them behind him. In front of him were the King and Queen of Hyrule.

"Tell me I've been hearing lies," he said to the King.

"I'm sorry to tell you that what you have heard is true," King Marten responded.

Sir Ravin let out a fast breath and looked around the chamber with a lot on his mind. He was clearly troubled.

"Has he told you why he did it at least," asked Ravin.

"He hasn't said a word to anyone," King Marten responded, "Which is why I'm glad you are here. He may talk to you if anyone at all."

Sir Ravin stopped and thought for a long while. What would he possibly say to him. Ganondorf has been like a brother to him.

"It is a dark day for the Kingdom of Hyrule," Queen Belle said, "We are all shocked and in disbelief. But Ganondorf must be but to trial for what he has done."

"Is there absolute proof that he is the culprit?"

"Yes," said the Queen.

Sir Ravin waited for a response from one of them. Nothing came.

"Who," Sir Ravin finally asked.

Queen Belle and King Marten gave each other a worried look.

"He-," started King Marten still looking at his wife, then to Ravin, "He admitted it himself...with pride."

"...with pride," asked Sir Ravin confused?

"He doesn't seem ashamed of what he did," the Queen said.

Sir Ravin was quiet in thought. How could Ganondorf do such a thing?

"Is everyone in the family dead?"

"Yes," answered the King with a saddened tone, "It was a man, his wife and their child. Ganondorf claims to have used dark magic on them. Did you know anything of him meddling in dark magic, Ravin?"

Sir Ravin knew the answer.

"No, I had no idea," lied Ravin.

"I've made it clear that there will be no dark magic in my kingdom," said the King, "You know the consequence of his actions, don't you."

"Your Highness, I beg you to reconsider-", begged Sir Ravin.

The King stood up from his throne.

"Sir Ravin," the King yelled, "The law is the law and I will not change it for anyone; even someone as highly respected as Ganondorf."

The two men stared at each other for a while.

"Marten try not to raise your voice," said the Queen as she touched King Marten's wrist, "Zelda is sleeping."

The king looked his wife in the eyes and nodded his head. He slowly sat back down. He looked back at Sir Ravin from his throne.

"I'm sorry, Ravin," he apologized, "It's just with all this going on I'm a little on the edge of the table with everyone."

"You don't have to apologize, sir," Sir Ravin said to him, "I was out of line. The laws are meant to be obeyed so our young ones have a kingdom to grow up in."

There was a silence.

"Sir Ravin, go see if Ganondorf will talk to you. Maybe he will have a reason for you."

"Yes, your majesty," said Sir Ravin as he bowed and walked out of the Royal Chamber.

The air was much damper and old in the dungeons. This was the place to find all of the scum of Hyrule. Sir Ravin made his way through the dungeon. There were cells on either side of him full of hate and greed. This place just had an evil in it like no other place. Sir Ravin sensed it. He had been down here many times before, but this time he could somehow sense the evil. Everything seemed darker and scarier even though everything was the same.

He eyed each of the prisoners in the cells. He recognized many of the men. He had been to all of their trials. He had learned to pity them in the time he had been of his rank. He pittied them but he still saw no excuse for what they did to get in here in the first place.

Some of the prisoners didn't even resemble men anymore. They had been reduced to animals by torture and captivity. Each one had rags covering their bodies. Their bodies looked as it they had not had a bath in years, which was probably the case. The lack of fresh air seemed to have an effect on them as well. The prisoners didn't seem to have any strength left in them to even stand most of the time. They were not any form of eye candy to say the least.

Sir Ravin finally reached the very last cell. He slowly walked in front of the bars to see Ganondorf hunched over on a stool looking the other way. His dark armor blended in to the dark cell that he was in. Ravin had never seen this armor before.

"Ganondorf," said Ravin hoping for some kind of response.

He saw Ganondorf's head look to the side but not far enough to see Ravin. There was no response. Ravin waited a while for some sort of reply.

"Tell my why, Ganondorf," asked Ravin.

He saw Ganondorf lift his tall frame from the stool and stand up. He then walked to the bars of his cell and looked Sir Ravin in the eyes. Ravin jumped a little when he saw Ganondorf's eyes. They didn't look the same. They had intense amounts of anger in them. They had eachother's gaze for a long time.

"Because," he started, "I wanted to."

Ganondorf had a smirk now. His eyes started to glow.

Ravin was startled by the sudden loud noises in the room. All of the inmates around him started throwing themselves against the bars of their cells. Sir Ravin took his eyes off Ganondorf and looked at the inmates slam themselves into the metal bars. The guards at the other end of the dungeon didn't know what to do. Some of the inmates started to bleed from the impacts they were taking. They showed no sign of slowing down either; they didn't seem to feel anything at all. Ravin looked into one of the inmate's eyes, they were lit up in the same way Ganondorf's eyes were. He started to notice all of the inmates eyes were like that. Their faces were expressionless, but they continued to run full speed into the bars of their cells. Most of the inmates were starting to bleed prefusely.

Sir Ravin turned to Ganondorf who was still staring at him with the same smirk.

"Stop this Ganondorf," he ordered.

The slamming stopped for a second. Ravin looked down the hallway of cells again and saw the inmates all backed up to the opposite end of their cells. The guards looked at each other.

"No," yelled Ravin.

The inmates then rushed headfirst in the bars killing themselves instantly.

Ravin looked back at Ganondorf, who was still in the same position with that smirk. The light in his eyes were gone.

"Did you enjoy that, General," said Ganondorf a deep whisper.

Sir Ravin stared back at him in horror for a long time. He then walked away. He could hear Ganondorf snickering behind him. The blood from the inmates had now flooded the entire dungeon floor. The Ganondorf that Sir Ravin knew is completely gone. This new Ganondorf was definition of evil.

The day of Ganondorf's trial came. The final decision was that he was to be executed. But every time someone would try to kill him he ended up killing them instead. Someone would swing an axe at him and the axe would break. Every time he would be hung he would just levitate. Every single method used for executions was used on Ganondorf but each one failed. Ganondorf was labeled unkillable.

The King had enough of Ganondorf and just wanted him out. He then banished Ganondorf from Hyrule. Ganondorf seemed to have no objection to this. He went by himself to the west. He ended up in the desert, which was not a part of Hyrule.

Ganondorf felt that his King, to which he had served for so long, had betrayed him. He seeked revenge on King Marten. He summoned a storm to pass over the castle. The storm destroyed the Royal Chamber and killed King Marten and the lovely Queen Belle, leaving the young Princess Zelda to lead Hyrule. This made Hyrule weaker in his opinion, giving him the perfect time to strike.