Ghirahim's Story

Summary: This is my take of what Ghirahim's life could have been like covering the duration of The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword. It starts from a time before the first battle with Hylia and Demise to after the final Battle between Ghirahim and Link. It may be a bit sad (I cried while writing it the first time actually haha) but it gets better. I hope you enjoy it!

Disclaimer: Nintendo owns Legend of Zelda franchise, the timeline, the plot, and any characters mentioned in this poem. I own nothing.

Ghirahim's POV

Long ago, all was well

I was happy and you could tell

However, I'm a being of magic

And that alone made my story tragic

I was happy, I was content

I was taught that to Evil, I should never relent

Yet, one day, the Demon King got angry

Hylia had family, and it was me

He came and plucked me from my mother's arms

And with him came thousands of monsters in swarms

I was taken away from my only home

In my enemy's clutches, I was alone

This is the beginning of a story gone wrong

This is what really happened as I was gone

I was treated cruelly, I was abused

I was to be, against Hylia, a weapon used

They beat the love out of my heart

They took all compassion and ripped it apart

He manipulated me with my mind

He made me leave my humanity behind

But that's not all, it doesn't end there

He convinced me that Hylia had never once for me cared

After years of my body being beaten to the core

It was time Demise started the war

I was a brilliant weapon used against Hylia

I brought destruction from Faron to future Labrynna

I was used for death and chaos

There is no redemption for what I had caused

I forced an innocent race up to the sky

I forced my only family to say goodbye

After the war, I cried many tears

I then trained for one thousand years

I trained to one day cause Hylia fear

I trained to stop the Hero from getting here

However, I failed, like many times before

And as I was beaten, into insanity, I slipped more and more

You could tell too, as in the beginning

When I said I would kill him, I was only kidding

But as the Hero quickly moved along

I was losing more ground to stand on

And as the end grew closer, I snapped

Under the pressure of Evil, I cracked

In the last battle, I completely lost it

Due to all of the things I was trying to forget

Hylia was finally within my grasp

And ten the Hero showed up at last

We battled forever, fighting on and on

Until Hylia's soul, my Master got a grasp on

The Hero, Link, had one last fight

To be honest, I hoped he'd turn out alright

Eventually, Link beat my Master

And I don't know who vanished faster

I ran away as Demise had died

For once in a long time, I cried and cried

I was tired, depressed, and afraid

To pay the price of the mistakes I made

And as I have time in my days to spare

Very slowly, I learn to care

So now I sit, writing a story

About a Demon Lord who deserved no glory

Yet, he is with his family once more

And he is happier than he had ever been before

So yes, the story you heard before was wrong

Because in the end, the Demon's heart wasn't gone.

Author's Note

Thank you for reading! I'm planning to write a poem in Skyward Sword Link's point of view as well, however, after that, I'm having a bit of trouble deciding who to write a poem for next so if you have any suggestions, feel free to pm me or something, mentioning them. Thank you! Have a nice day!