Prologue
The Final Battle
Link ran up the carpeted stairs, adrenaline rushing through his veins, sweat dripping from his hair. He arrived in front of a huge brass door blocked by gold chains and a lock. Link stopped for a second, recovering his breath. He searched in his pocket and extracted the huge gold key that would open the door. The time had come.
He gripped his sword tightly and turned the key. The lock shrank into nothingness and disappeared, the door opened revealing a room lit by the red light that entered through the stained glass windows. The organ music that had haunted Link since he entered the tower boomed in his ears, and he could see the monstruos instrument sitting in the middle of the room.
A diamond-shape case floated on top of the organ. Link gasped when he recognized Zelda beating her hands against her magical jail. Tears cascaded down her reddened cheeks, but she stopped struggling when she saw Link.
"The Triforce parts are resonating," Ganon said. His fingers fell limply to his sides, making the organ music stop. "I'd never thought they would dwell in you two." He stood up, and the organ shrank behind him. Looking into Ganon's piercing red eyes, Link felt his courage shrink and disappear with the organ.
"These toys are too much for you," Ganon told Link. A black swirl surrounded Link, making him feel as if something tried to suck his soul out. Link got into a fighting stance, trying to resist being pulled into Ganon's darkness. The Trifoce of Courage he held in his palm burned white as it resisted being pulled along by the dark waves protruding from Ganon's own Triforce of Power.
Ganon frowned and lowered his hand. The waves of darkness stopped pulling Link in, and he had to gather all his strenght not to fall on his knees. He stood there, glaring defiantly at Ganon.
"You will not poison this beautiful land anymore," Link said, pointing his sword at Ganon. He laughed, and with a flick of his hand Zelda disappeared with a shrill scream. Link's limbs made an involuntary move forward, but he forced himself to stay put. He couldn't help Zelda.
Ganon's eyes shone amber, and he shot a ball of energy at Link. Link dodged it, rolling on the ground. The ball exploded, sending debris on top of Link. He brushed the dust of his shoulders and faced Ganon, who shot another ball of energy at him. Link dodged again, unable to find the time to conjure Nayru's protecting spell.
A third ball of light collided somewhere near Link's head. Link looked up, desperate for a way to counter Ganon's spells. He dodged another ball, and saw the light of the explosion reflected in the blade of the Master Sword. An idea occured to him, and he stood up, ready to face Ganon's next attack.
As the next ball of light was about to hit Link, he swung his sword with all his strenght. The ball collided against the blade and bounced, straight into Ganon's surprised face. The ball of light hit him, throwing him to the ground. Link ran over to him and buried his sword in Ganon's shoulder. Ganon yelled in pain and pushed Link out of his way.
Gasping for breath, Ganon conjured up a huge ball of darkness over his head. Link tried to approach him, but the huge waves of energy coming from the ball kept him away. He reached to his back and grabbed his bow and an arrow. He whispered a few words and the arrow's head shone with a very bright light.
He shot the arrow, aiming it straight at Ganon's chest. He screamed with pain, and the mass of darkness over him disappeared. Ganon fell to the ground, writhing in pain. Link took his opportunity to bury the Master Sword deep into Ganon's chest. The scream that came out of his mouth made the whole walls shake. The windows shattered into bits, and chunks started falling out of the ceiling.
Link took a step away from Ganon, looking wildly around. Ganon used up the last of his energy to send a huge wave of power around him, and Link was blinded for a second. When he recovered sight, the whole ceiling had been blown off and nothing remained of the walls. Most of the floor had fallen off.
A light shone over Link, and he saw Zelda descend from the heavens. Relief took over his heart upon seeing her unharmed. Zelda landed on the floor directly in front of Ganon's body.
"Pitiful man," she said. She turned and smiled as she saw Link. "Thank you." Link smiled at her, and nodded. She walked towards him, but the ground started shaking. Zelda gasped, holding on to Link's arm to keep from falling.
"What is happening?" Link asked.
"With his last breath, Ganondorf is trying to destroy the tower and crush us in its remains," Zelda said. "Link, we must escape!" Link nodded, and made a dash to what remained of the stairs.
As soon as they had reached the lower floor, stones started raining upon them. Link raised his shield and pulled Zelda under him to protect her. They had to dodge fallen columns and statues as they ran, surrounded by frentic skeleton soldiers trying to escape. None of them noticed the two Hylians running for their lives, trying to see where they were going through all the dust. They reached the first floor, but found their way blocked by a a barred door. Zelda darted out of Link's protection and cast a spell on the barred door, forcing it to burst open.
As they continued their escape, Link's arms were about to give way under the pressure of the huge chunks of rock falling on his shield. He did his best effort to run until he saw light pouring in from a hole between fallen columns. He and Zelda ran to the hole and scrambled to it. They didn't stop until they reached the edge of the floating platform; the bridge had disappeared.
A huge explosion marked the complete destruction of the tower, and both Link and Zelda watched the last bits of the building crumble down.
"It's over... it's finally over," Zelda whispered. She turned to face Link with a teary smile on her face. Link smiled too, and Zelda rushed to hug him. Link put a hand on her back awkwardly, not knowing what to do as Zelda pressed her head against his chest.
"We should find a way to escape," Link said, trying to pull away from Zelda's embrace. Something about the proximity made him feel uncomfortable.
Something rumbled amidst the debris, and the whole platform started shaking. Zelda clung to Link out of fear, but now he had more important things on his mind. He unsheathed his sword and looked around himself. Something made the remains of the castle quiver. Fallen columns and sections of wall started falling off as something tried to emerge from within. Link pushed Zelda behind him, shielding her with his body.
Ganon burst out of the ruins, breathing heavily as he floated mid-air. His eyes shone with a deep red light, and he yelled again. Zelda and Link took another step back, watching in horror how a yellow light protruded from Ganon's insides. His amrs and legs started elongating and became wider, as his face contracted and contorted into a horrible pig-like snout. A pair of horns burst out of his skull and rolled around his head.
A wall of flames burst out fifteen feet high between Zelda and Link. Zelda cried out in fear, trying to reach Link amidst the flames. Link couldn't tear his eyes away from the huge monster, who reached to his back and extracted two huge swords. Ganon started flailing around his swords, approaching Link with a meanacing growl. Link tried to protect himself with his sword, but the strenght of Ganon's blows made the Master Sword fly out of Link's hand and fall down next to Zelda.
Link cursed, running away from Ganon's sharp blades. He reached to his back and grabbed his bow and an arrow. He aimed directly at Ganon's head, but had to jump to the floor to avoid Ganon's swords. His reaction came too late, one of the blades slashed at his torso, slicing him open. Link barely noticed; the moment he hit the floor he fired the Light Arrow directly at Ganon's head. Ganon shrieked in pain, flailing around. Link took his opportunity to scramble to his feet and stab another arrow at Ganon.
Ganon hit Link with the hilt of his sword, sending him flyin g to the brim of the fire. Link thrust another arrow into the fire, and shot the flaming weapon at Ganon. Ganon fell to the ground, partially stunned. Link felt the scorching sensation in his skin disappear; the magic holding the fire alive had vanished with Ganon's stunning.
Link got to his feet and ran to the Master Sword. He pulled with all his strenght, but couldn't get the sword out of its stone confinement.
"Link! Hurry up!" Zelda yelled. Link gave one final tug and fell to the ground, Master Sword in hand. He turned around and ran to the stunned monster, but as he got ready to administer the final blow, Ganon recovered and swiped at him. Link fell on top of his arm, producing a nasty cracking noise as it broke. Link looked at the villian, trying to control the pain in his arm. He grabbed a handful of Deku Nuts from his pack and closed his eyes as he threw them all at Ganon.
The huge monster stopped dead in his tracks, momentarily stunned. Link took the opportunity and slashed at Ganon with his Master Sword. The fury of Link's attack froze Ganon as his blood flew everywhere, spraying Link and blurring his vision. Ganon tried to escape, but Link buried his sword straight into Ganon's forehead, almost splitting his head in two.
"Link! Stand back!" Zelda ordered. Link did so, and a beam of light shot out from Zelda's outstreched palms, hitting Ganon on the head. "Six Sages, it is time to seal him!"
Link watched in amazement as Saria, Darunia, Ruto, Naaboru, Impa and Raru materialized around Ganon, each of them imprisoning Ganon with their powers. The light grew so bright Link had to cover his eyes. As adrenaline left his body, he felt himself going dizzy with the loss of blood from the wound in his torso. He looked at his broken arm, a piece of bone poked out of his tunic, and it too bled profusely. Link closed his eyes as dizziness took hold of him. He could faintly hear Zelda calling his name in the distance, but he fainted.