This is the first chapter of a series that will start at some-point so whenever you read this there may or may not be a chapter 2, that is because I am currently writing a series called Smash On! And this is a project scheduled for when I have finished that. I would like to say here and now that I own none of the characters or The Legend Of Zelda, they all belong to Nintendo Enjoy
Over the countless years there is a simple legend passed on through the land, a tale whispered through the passage of time and as this story is shared from friend to foe there are always parts that remain the same. Many speak of a hero, who travelled through time to battle a demon and rescue a princess. Some speak of hero who sailed the sea with his power of wind, to battle a demon and save a princess. And few speak of a hero who flew in the sky, to battle a demon and save a Goddess. No matter where the legend is told and whatever manner it is told in, there are three elements which always remain. The hero, the demon and the princess. Tales are nothing more than a factual recording that have be thrown about here and there with bits and pieces lost here and there but yet there are certain key facts that can never change; and so to this day there will always be a hero, a demon and a princess.
"Oi! Get 'em there kids!" The man yelled furiously, running through the busy town market.
"He's catching up Link!" A boy with fierce red hair yelled.
"Don't worry, I'm on it! Link yelled back, ducking and weaving through people.
The blonde haired boy ran over to a nearby stand and tipped over a huge barrel of water, it flowed out rapidly and flooded the cobblestone path which they ran along; the man was lost amongst the people's screeches and panic at the sudden spillage.
"Nice one!" The boy yelled, trying to keep hold of the basket he held.
"What can I say? I have a nack for seeing things." Link replied cockily as the two burst out of the market place and into the streets.
The shopkeeper's yells became louder as he had managed to slip through the cracks of people and lost distance on the boys.
"Guards, thieves! Them two boys! Thieves!" He yelled, his eyes were absolutely full of rage.
"Jeez, doesn't that guy know when to quit?" Link moaned.
"Uh, Link." The red-head said as he stopped his friends dash.
Before the two were a row of guards blocking them off from the freedom they wanted, one of the guards reached out and tightly gripped the red-haired boys shirt.
"Come on you lizard brat, we're gonna have to bring you back in." He said angrily.
The boy threw his fist forwards into the guards stomach making him collapse suddenly, he then leapt forwards and kicked one guards side before tackling another to the ground.
"Get 'ere you brat!" One the last guard yelled as he leapt towards and went to grab the boy.
Link threw a stone hitting the guard in the face, then he ran forwards and smacked him across the face knocking the guard to the floor. The other boy got off the now unconscious guard and grabbed his friend before they made a run for the exit of the town, continuing to dodge out of the way of more guards and passer-bys who acted courageously.
They finally came upon the top of a hill, panting and falling upon the soft green grass that led into the large hyrulian field.
"Link, we need to rest, can I have an apple?" The red-haired boy asked.
"Sure thing, here you go Ganon." Link panted, tossing an apple straight into the green hand of his friend.
"Thank you." Ganon said gratefully, taking a bite.
"Thank the Goddesses I had you there by my side, without your strength they would have beaten us without mercy." Link laughed.
"Hey hey c'mon don't sell yourself short, without your quick with there is no way I would have been able to get out the market or even past those guards." Ganon said reassuringly, placing his hands on the boy's shoulder.
They heard a low rumble come their way followed by loud neighs. Horses. And a lot of them too!
"Quick, into the bushes!" Link said, running into the bushes followed by his friend.
The two watched as an empire of white horses marched past, and rather quickly a pale carriage came into sight; it was open-aired and inside were four people: An elderly man and woman both wearing crowns and dressed in exotic cotton, a silver haired knight with skin like chocolate and eyes like fire and a girl with golden hair, one who grabbed Link's eyes immediately. From the shadows of the bushes the two boys watched the carriage go by when suddenly, the girl turned her head towards the bush and saw the two boys hiding; Link felt his cheeks flush as she gave them both a gentle smile. His flushed face quickly became that of fear as the knight's eyes pierced his and glanced extremely quickly at both him and Ganon. They both gulped as the carriage disappeared down the hill and went into the town; they both left the bushes and brushed themselves down.
"She was...beautiful." Link said, a little bewildered.
"Well that's royalty for you, they look good on the outside but on the inside they're rotten." Ganon snickered.
"I don't think the princess is like that, and don't say stuff like that either. Mother will have your tongue for that." Link argued back.
"Ah she won't know, as long as you don't tell her brother. Speaking of we better get home quickly, so we can start thinking of something." Ganon said as he began to walk off, hands behind his head.
Link followed along happily with the image of the princess in his head.
The boys slowly entered the dark house quietly as the door let out a small creak, they looked around frantically before sighing a sigh of relief.
"I think we're safe." Ganon said as they looked at each-other happily.
A knife came flying in-between their faces and stabbed into wooden wall, they let out a loud shriek of fear and fell to the floor.
"And what were you two doing today?" A dominant voice asked.
"N-nothing mother." Link stuttered.
"Link don't lie to me now." The woman said as she walked over and reclaimed the knife, putting it into her pocket.
"We stole some fruit from the store." Ganon said unhappily.
"Stealing? Again? What have I told you two about this? You already have a reputation with the guards and what do you think will happen to me if you actually get arrested? I'll have to lose both of you, I mean I'm only allowed to care for the princess." She said disappointedly and sat down aggressively.
"Sorry mother Impa." They both said sadly.
"Honestly." Impa said as she came over and hugged them both tightly, "I don't want to lose you two and because of your reputation if you ever get caught you'll be taken straight to the throne room. If you go there I can stop them from imprisoning you but you'll become orphans again."
"I'm sorry mother, but we knew that you were out of the kingdom and well...we know the king only pays you so much." Ganon started to explain.
"And you spend most of that on our well-being so we wanted to make your favourite apple pie for when you come back but, we didn't have any money." Link finished off.
"Oh boy." Impa said compassionately, "That doesn't excuse your behaviour I'm afraid, you both know I'm going to have to punish you for this right?"
"Yes mum." They both said in a dull, synchronised tone.
"Up the stairs you go, you have some school work all ready made for you while I make dinner." Impa said, gently pushing them towards the stairs.
As they wandered up the stairs Impa listened to the whisper about how baffled they were to find her back here before they were and she smiled gently as she grabbed some veg.
The night began to roll in as the moon took centre stage in the blue and pink sky, the Hyrule fields were cloaked in a soft purple hue and there was a gentle breeze that blew across their faces as they lay atop of the roof, staring into the mostly empty sky.
"Another day, eh Link?" Ganon said smiling.
"Another day Ganon." Link replied calmly, "You think when we're older we'll do something great?"
"Yeah, with your wit and my strength we can do anything! We'll join the nights and lead the best squadron we can, the two of us...absolutely unstoppable."
"Yeah yeah, and maybe I can be with the princess." Link said hopefully.
"You still like her?"
"Of course, she's so pretty and well, I don't know I just feel something when I look at her." Link explained.
"I know what you mean about feeling something, but whenever I look at her. Attraction isn't something I feel."
"Well I can understand why, you're a Gerudo...you should have been a king yet." Link said sadly.
"Nah, what good would that do? King of the desert people, that's boring. And if I hadn't been tossed aside well I'd never have you." Ganon said with a long yawn.
"Thanks Ganon." Link said sleepily.
The two shut their eyes and began to drift off into sleep, Impa found them upon the roof and carried them back to their room. Link began to dream, there was a large green field, one that was unlike any he'd seen in Hyrule; and there with him was Ganon and the Princess Zelda standing in what appeared to be a triangle formation and as they stood there the world slowly began to turn dark, the grass became red and the sky black. Link had lost sight of both his brother and lover and was swallowed in the darkness and then suddenly a light...a light shaped like a blade. The boy nervously approached the blade and as he touched it he heard a voice.
"Sleepy hero...awaken once more...the time will come one day when once more you are needed...sleepy hero you may slumber some more...sleepy hero protect Hyrule in you the Goddesses are sure." The voice said, calm and comforting in it's tone.
Link slowly began to awoke, he looked around and it was still deep night, he could hear the sound of Ganon snoring like a pig which drove him insane; he limply climbed out of bed and sat on the floor, dazed by his dream which he could not quite remember when Ganon also began to awake.
"L-Link?" He asked weakly.
"Huh? Oh, yeah." Link yawned in return.
"How-come you're up?" Ganon asked as he climbed down from the top bunk.
"A dream. I had a dream but I can't remember it...What about you?"
"Me too." Ganon yawned.
"Weird." Link chuckled.
"Very weird, I think we should try go back to sleep...Impa would flip if she found us awake like this." Ganon said, climbing back up into the bed.
"Y-yeah." Link agreed as he too climbed back into his bed.
On the bottom bunk link raised his left hand into the air and for some reason he could not quite determine he stared at it, he felt something strong from it...something was calling him somehow and though he knew it not something was calling for him. In the upper bunk Ganondorf was looking at the closed fist he had raised into the air, when suddenly a weak but dark aura began to surround his fist; it was so dark and and wavy only he could see it dance like a wisp around his hand. He decided not to say anything to Link, not yet and even more so since he didn't quite know what it was yet. Though in his mind he had a sinking suspicion what it was. Magic.
"I'm off to the palace now boys, please behave today and don't get yourselves into trouble. Please." Impa begged as she left the house.
"Yes mum" The two boys said, watching the door close behind her.
As soon as it did they went about the house doing some small cleaning jobs Impa had left them; Link was polishing the shelves while Ganondorf focused on some dished. Ganon turned to look at Link before retreating and then, he did it again. Finally he turned around to face his brother. Ganon's eyes were heavy and he looked like he had no sleep whatsoever.
"Link." He said seriously.
"Hm?" Link replied.
"There's something I need to show you." Ganon said, Link could hear the hesitation in his voice.
"Sure thing, what is it?" Link said.
"Come with me."
Link followed Ganon outside into the sunlight, the twelve year old Gerudo looked around nervously before grabbing Link's hand.
"This has to be our secret okay Link? Promise me." Ganon begged.
"S-sure, Ganon, what is it?" Link asked worriedly.
"Okay." Ganon said, taking a deep breath.
He held his hand out into the air and Link watched purple flames surround Ganon's hand, the flames were cold and small but yet Link felt an overbearing force from the flames and below him he watched as his shadow began to stretch out and then rise up from the floor slightly, a long hand made of darkness. Ganon was sweating heavily and be was eyes became heavier from before.
"Gargh." He groaned as the purple flames disappeared and the shadow retreated back.
Link looked down at his shadow once more before running over to his brother and helping him stand.
"Wow Ganon, you can use magic!" Link said excitedly.
"Y-yeah, I know...I found out last night...I can make shadows move." Ganon said panting a little, "Though it's a little draining."
"You know what this means right? We're even stronger than before now!" Link said, walking him inside and taking him to the couch.
"Mhmm, we can be the best in all of Hyrule." Ganon said weakly.
"Yeah, and you know what...I have a plan to make us the best!" Link said confidentially.
"Hm? What is it?" Ganon asked, trying hard to stay awake.
The boy wandered around the living room, his eyes scanning the small area before turning back to Ganondorf and smiling; he then slid a pillow underneath his head and stayed quiet as the ginger fell softly to sleep. Link looked at his brother for a while, smiling widely at the sleeping face. Link gently ran upstairs, staying on the right and went into his room, looking for some paper and pencils Impa gave him. Once found the boy began to scribble up a plan, with that there and this over here and he mustn't forget that thing right there! Oh but he should probably change that too, Ganon isn't good with things on the right and so Link changed the arrows labels around so he was on the right, just like on the stairs.
"I promise you Ganon, I'm going to help you out this time...then they'll see!" Link said to himself determinedly.
The sound of the door downstairs opening threw him out of his bubble as he looked around to notice the sky had turned orange, time had completely slipped by him. It felt weirdly familiar to let time fly by without him noticing. He threw the plans he made under the bed, in a way they'd look no different to all the other stuff that lay beneath the bed. He came down the stairs, sticking to the other side of the stairs this time, and watched as Impa softly ran her fingers through Ganon's sleeping head.
"Ah Link, there you are, how-come Ganon is so tired he sleeps right now?" She asked, "The work I set wasn't too rough was it?" She asked, a slight tone of worry.
"Uh, no no." Link said biting his lip a little, then he put on a relaxed face, "We didn't sleep well last night, bad dreams and Ganon had it worse than me."
"I see." Impa said, looking into his eyes sharply.
She curled her lips in suspicion but decided to let it slide, as she walked into the kitchen. Link came down the stairs and sat down on the arm chair as Impa came over and sat on the arm of it, she started to pet his head gently.
"You know I'm sorry." She said unexpectedly.
"Sorry for what mum?" Link asked.
"Leaving you two alone all day while I help the princess Zelda all the time, I only cook while I'm here and I can't even join you for that. I have mine at the castle and whenever I get back here I can only stay awake for a small while; I'll tell you as lovely as the princess is she is oh so very tiring and I never give you two boys the attention you need...I remember when I first found you two, Ganondorf was but six years and you were four, you were next to dead on his back and he looked starved and tired; he was practically death walking and yet both of you managed to thrive this long. You can't go to school because of my job and yet both of you are so smart it amazes me. I love you two so much, you know that right?" Impa asked, her eyes a little watery.
Link wrapped his arms around her waist and knelt up on the seat, burying his face in her shirt.
"Mhmm we know that mum, we love you too." Link said, sniffling a little.
"I'm glad." She said softly, she felt a light tug on her shirt and she turned to see a sleepy Ganon holding her tightly too.
She started to pet their heads gently as she began to sing.
Since the old times there have always been three, three Goddesses with love for you, them and me, no matter where in life you find yourself, you can always find life in those you love, and as you sail through the sea of life let nothing put you into too much strife as after-all, I will always be here for you and you two, there for each-other until the days gone old.
The two children fell asleep and she rested them both on the chair. Impa took their dinner and put it into the oven, she then turned and went back to her boys. She sat back on the arm of the chair and fell asleep peacefully, wanting this to last forever.
A few days passed by and Impa went to and from her workplace and with each disappearance Link and Ganondorf used their time wisely; Link running over his plan and crafting a tool for himself and he stayed with Ganon as the boy practised his magic, Link had set his plan into motion for that day next week. The two boys were in the living room and Ganon was putting on a shadow show for Link, making the shadows dance when Impa burst through the door. The two quickly stood in front of the shadow puppets as Impa came over to them, she knelt down and placed her hands on their shoulders.
"Listen you two need to go to your rooms and leave the house for a couple of hours, the princess is here and she mustn't find out about either of you." Impa said quietly.
The two boys quickly ran up the stairs. Smiling Impa went outside the house.
"Sorry Miss Zelda, I had to cl-" Impa was saying but when she looked around the was no girl in sight, "Zelda! Zelda?" Impa shouted as she ran around the perimeters of the house.
She ran upstairs to the boys room to ask for their help but when she arrived they had gone and their window was wide open.
"Damn it, they're gone too." She said, a little ticked.
She ran outside and started to look through the foliage around the house. Ganondorf and Link were wandering in the forest which surrounded the house, Link on the right and Ganon with his hands behind his head.
"Are you upset you couldn't meet the princess?" Ganon asked.
"W-what? No of course not." Link stuttered.
"You so are, no need to hide it from me bro." Ganon laughed.
There was a large bark and the sound of shouting coming from nearby, curious the two boys wandered over and hid in the bushes to see a medium sized beast tower over a short girl about their age, they could only see her long gold hair and she was yelling at the beast.
"Why won't you listen to me? Don't you know who I am?" She was yelling.
"She's going to get herself killed." Link said.
"We have to help!" Ganon said and he ran out the bushes.
He ran over and punched the beast, scaring the girl and making her scream; The beast turned to Ganon when a small rock hit it in the head, it then turned to Link and roared. Ganon cloaked his fist in the purple flames and punched the beast in the face, as the beast regained its stance its' eyes flickered from the angry yellow eyes to the steely blue eyes before retreating into the words. The two high-fived each-other before turning to girl.
"Are you okay mi-?" Link was saying before the sight shocked him.
"You're..." Ganon was saying, almost speechless.
"Hm? Are you so shocked to see me? That's fine, though I must thank you for saving me." She said smiling, "I am princess Zelda of Hyrule, and who may you two be?"
This project won't start for a while as I said or it may even be updated if I feel like adding to it sooner than expected so please if you wish to read more of this story do the thing! The thing with the follow or favourite or whatever and thank you for reading ^.^ Please tell me what you think of the first chapter.
