A/N: Hello again, Zelda fans!
This story is about what happened before and after (or, depending on how you look at it, during) Ocarina of Time.
I hope you enjoy it!
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Chapter 1:
The War
The war happened all of a sudden, for the Hylians, as they had thought they were in alliance with the Gerudo.
However, this was obviously not the case, as hoards of Gerudo and turned-evil Hylians had come to challenge the King on the battlefield.
Their leader pushed his way through the guards and burst through the door leading to the throne room.
"What business have you here, Mandrag?" The King said in a welcoming, although wary voice.
"We want your kingdom." Mandrag Ganon, or Ganondorf, as he was well known, said in a nonchalant voice.
"I am afraid this is a proposition I cannot accept."
"This is no proposition. This is war."
"Cannot we come to a more mutually beneficial agreement?"
"No."
"You leave me no choice, Mandrag."
"I never meant to leave you one, your Highness." Ganondorf said in a dryly sarcastic tone.
"You dare mock the Hylian kingdom?"
"I'm not mocking the Hylian kingdom."
"Then why did you make the statement you did?"
"I'm mocking you."
"This is an outrage!"
"I'm glad you're finally seeing it my way. I was beginning to think you were chickening out." Ganondorf said as he walked slowly out of the throne room.
"I had such high hopes for the Gerudo..." The King said sadly.
"I do, too." Ganondorf said, while still facing away from The King. A sly grin stretched across his face.
In another part of Hyrule (Kakariko to be exact), news began spreading about the defiance of the Gerudo against the Hylian-Gerudo treaty.
As news began spreading, so did many Hyrulians. Many Hyrulians fled from Hyrule, including the majority of the Sheikah.
Most of them left for far off lands, so that they would not become part of the war. The few who remained, however, stood steadfast in defending their kingdom.
In a small house in Kakariko, there was a family. It was a small family, for there were just three people-a father, a mother, and a boy.
The boy, being only a newborn, had recently been crying incessantly, and the couple had no idea why.
They had fed him and let him rest, yet still he would wake up crying.
"Dear, I'm worried about our boy..." the mother said sadly.
"I know, but I just don't know what to do...The doctor is out of town, and all of the town elders have fled..."
"We must not give up hope!"
"But there is nothing we can do!"
"There must be some--" the mother began to say, but was interrupted by a loud warcry.
"What was that?" the father said running out the door.
He saw what it was. Hundreds of Gerudo and thousands of Hylian Soldiers had met in the battlefield.
"Save our boy!" the father shouted over the clashing of metal and the yells of the soldiers.
"Take him to the forest!" the father said as he kissed his wife, knowing full well that this might be the last time he would see her.
He pulled out his sword and shield, and ran into battle.
"I will always love you..." she said, tears welling up in her eyes.
"Good...bye..."
"I must save my baby..."
"He must live..."
She kept repeating these words in her head. All she could think about was saving her son.
He is the One...these were the words she would always remember.
He is the only savior for Hyrule...
He is the link...
She did'nt make it far, however, before she was stopped abrubtly.
"It looks like one of the little Hylians tried to get away!" a Gerudo warrior said, her words cold.
"Well what are we gonna' do about you?" a second one chimed in.
A third said, "Kill her. And her kid."
"NO! You can kill me, but please, don't take my baby!" the mother said, still held firmly by the first one.
Maybe it was her maternal instincts, or maybe it was just her common decency. Either way, the Gerudo let go of the mother.
"What do you think you're doing, Trega?" the second Gerudo said to the first.
"What do you think they're gonna' do, overthrow our kingdom?" Trega said.
"Well, alright, but you better watch it lady." the third said.
"Oh, one more thing..." the second one said, walking back to the woman. The Gerudo warrior gave a hard blow to the mother's
stomach with what appeared to be the blunt end of her spear.
"Let's go." Trega said, without any compassion in her voice.
The mother, intent on saving her child, immediately began running toward the forest.
She didn't care about the agonizing pain. All she cared about was getting her boy to the forest.
Again she was stopped short of her goal, however this time it wasn't because of Gerudo. It was because she
could barely breathe, and she began bleeding.
"Guess that wasn't the blunt end." she said. She tried to chuckle, but that only brought more pain.
It was at that moment that she realized a small girl looking down on her. She had green hair (and, incidentally, green clothes),
and she couldn't have been more than ten years old.
"Save my boy..." the mother barely gasped out.
"He...is.....link..." were the mother's last words, and after she said them, she fell limp on the ground.
The girl slowly picked up the boy. She smiled at the way he looked at her.
"So, your name's Link, huh? My name is Saria..."
The war waged on and on, until finally the Gerudo surrendered. The war, which lasted little more than a week, was a futile one.
The only thing won was defeat, and both sides had lost thousands of men, only to be forgotten by other wars some much greater than this...
Peace reigned Hyrule once again. For ten years, at least.
For, you see, Evil cannot be destroyed by defeat. Neither can Good. So until one or the other is destroyed, the other cannot rule in peace.
These were the thoughts Ganondorf had those ten, long, years.
"I will succeed."
Ganondorf walked through the castle. It was different than he had last remembered it. Maybe it was because the last time
he was here, he had broken the door down and caught The King off guard. Or maybe it was because it had been ten years.
"I come to you in peace, your Highness." Ganondorf said. He found it hard not to laugh at what he had said the last time he was
in this situation.
"We wish to re-form the treaty between the Hylian and the Gerudo." Ganondorf said as he knelt before The King and bowed.
Suddenly, he looked up and towards the window.
"What is the matter, Mandrag?"
"I thought I saw your daughter..."
---TO BE CONTINUED---
A/N: So, how'd you like the first chapter? Review this chapter and tell me!
This story is about what happened before and after (or, depending on how you look at it, during) Ocarina of Time.
I hope you enjoy it!
___________________________________
Chapter 1:
The War
The war happened all of a sudden, for the Hylians, as they had thought they were in alliance with the Gerudo.
However, this was obviously not the case, as hoards of Gerudo and turned-evil Hylians had come to challenge the King on the battlefield.
Their leader pushed his way through the guards and burst through the door leading to the throne room.
"What business have you here, Mandrag?" The King said in a welcoming, although wary voice.
"We want your kingdom." Mandrag Ganon, or Ganondorf, as he was well known, said in a nonchalant voice.
"I am afraid this is a proposition I cannot accept."
"This is no proposition. This is war."
"Cannot we come to a more mutually beneficial agreement?"
"No."
"You leave me no choice, Mandrag."
"I never meant to leave you one, your Highness." Ganondorf said in a dryly sarcastic tone.
"You dare mock the Hylian kingdom?"
"I'm not mocking the Hylian kingdom."
"Then why did you make the statement you did?"
"I'm mocking you."
"This is an outrage!"
"I'm glad you're finally seeing it my way. I was beginning to think you were chickening out." Ganondorf said as he walked slowly out of the throne room.
"I had such high hopes for the Gerudo..." The King said sadly.
"I do, too." Ganondorf said, while still facing away from The King. A sly grin stretched across his face.
In another part of Hyrule (Kakariko to be exact), news began spreading about the defiance of the Gerudo against the Hylian-Gerudo treaty.
As news began spreading, so did many Hyrulians. Many Hyrulians fled from Hyrule, including the majority of the Sheikah.
Most of them left for far off lands, so that they would not become part of the war. The few who remained, however, stood steadfast in defending their kingdom.
In a small house in Kakariko, there was a family. It was a small family, for there were just three people-a father, a mother, and a boy.
The boy, being only a newborn, had recently been crying incessantly, and the couple had no idea why.
They had fed him and let him rest, yet still he would wake up crying.
"Dear, I'm worried about our boy..." the mother said sadly.
"I know, but I just don't know what to do...The doctor is out of town, and all of the town elders have fled..."
"We must not give up hope!"
"But there is nothing we can do!"
"There must be some--" the mother began to say, but was interrupted by a loud warcry.
"What was that?" the father said running out the door.
He saw what it was. Hundreds of Gerudo and thousands of Hylian Soldiers had met in the battlefield.
"Save our boy!" the father shouted over the clashing of metal and the yells of the soldiers.
"Take him to the forest!" the father said as he kissed his wife, knowing full well that this might be the last time he would see her.
He pulled out his sword and shield, and ran into battle.
"I will always love you..." she said, tears welling up in her eyes.
"Good...bye..."
"I must save my baby..."
"He must live..."
She kept repeating these words in her head. All she could think about was saving her son.
He is the One...these were the words she would always remember.
He is the only savior for Hyrule...
He is the link...
She did'nt make it far, however, before she was stopped abrubtly.
"It looks like one of the little Hylians tried to get away!" a Gerudo warrior said, her words cold.
"Well what are we gonna' do about you?" a second one chimed in.
A third said, "Kill her. And her kid."
"NO! You can kill me, but please, don't take my baby!" the mother said, still held firmly by the first one.
Maybe it was her maternal instincts, or maybe it was just her common decency. Either way, the Gerudo let go of the mother.
"What do you think you're doing, Trega?" the second Gerudo said to the first.
"What do you think they're gonna' do, overthrow our kingdom?" Trega said.
"Well, alright, but you better watch it lady." the third said.
"Oh, one more thing..." the second one said, walking back to the woman. The Gerudo warrior gave a hard blow to the mother's
stomach with what appeared to be the blunt end of her spear.
"Let's go." Trega said, without any compassion in her voice.
The mother, intent on saving her child, immediately began running toward the forest.
She didn't care about the agonizing pain. All she cared about was getting her boy to the forest.
Again she was stopped short of her goal, however this time it wasn't because of Gerudo. It was because she
could barely breathe, and she began bleeding.
"Guess that wasn't the blunt end." she said. She tried to chuckle, but that only brought more pain.
It was at that moment that she realized a small girl looking down on her. She had green hair (and, incidentally, green clothes),
and she couldn't have been more than ten years old.
"Save my boy..." the mother barely gasped out.
"He...is.....link..." were the mother's last words, and after she said them, she fell limp on the ground.
The girl slowly picked up the boy. She smiled at the way he looked at her.
"So, your name's Link, huh? My name is Saria..."
The war waged on and on, until finally the Gerudo surrendered. The war, which lasted little more than a week, was a futile one.
The only thing won was defeat, and both sides had lost thousands of men, only to be forgotten by other wars some much greater than this...
Peace reigned Hyrule once again. For ten years, at least.
For, you see, Evil cannot be destroyed by defeat. Neither can Good. So until one or the other is destroyed, the other cannot rule in peace.
These were the thoughts Ganondorf had those ten, long, years.
"I will succeed."
Ganondorf walked through the castle. It was different than he had last remembered it. Maybe it was because the last time
he was here, he had broken the door down and caught The King off guard. Or maybe it was because it had been ten years.
"I come to you in peace, your Highness." Ganondorf said. He found it hard not to laugh at what he had said the last time he was
in this situation.
"We wish to re-form the treaty between the Hylian and the Gerudo." Ganondorf said as he knelt before The King and bowed.
Suddenly, he looked up and towards the window.
"What is the matter, Mandrag?"
"I thought I saw your daughter..."
---TO BE CONTINUED---
A/N: So, how'd you like the first chapter? Review this chapter and tell me!