Hello, everyone. This is the first chapter of the fanfic I am making about the war against the demons mentioned in The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword. The introduction isn't that long, but the coming chapters will be longer. Enjoy.
Disclaimer: I don't own anything except for my OCs. The awesomeness that is Zelda belongs to Nintendo.
Prelude to war
Long ago in the land of Hyrule, so long ago that it wasn't even called by that name yet, there was a race of demons who lived beneath the surface of the Earth. For many ages, they never once tried to bother the humans who dwelled in Hylia's realm though their hatred for them and the gods was strong, but that all changed when the demon king died and was replaced by his son, Demise. The demon who would one day create the greatest evil Hyrule would ever know.
On one day many years after becoming the demon king, Demise was listening to many stories told by the surface dwellers and one in particular caught his attention, the Triforce. The legendary relic created by the gods that could grant the first wish of the person who touches it.
"The Triforce is just what I need." Demise smirked. "For too long, we demons have dwelled beneath the Earth, shunned by the humans and the gods! With the Triforce in my grasp, the whole world could be mine forever!" he laughed as he thought about the idea of ruling the whole world.
"My lord!" came a voice from behind Demise. He turned around only to be greeted by a man with whitish hair and skin with a slight hint of blue, and two children were right behind him. One looked just like Demise, except his hair was blue instead of red. The other had Demise's appearance, except his skin was blue.
"Lord Ghirahim. How goes the training of the new monsters?" Demise asked.
"Very well, my lord." Ghirahim said as he kneeled before the demon king. "The latest batch of demons you created are doing very well. At the rate we're going, we should be ready to attack the surface in about a decade."
"Nice. Very nice." Demise grinned as he looked at the two children almost as if he just realized they were there. "What are you two doing there?"
"We just finished our training for the day, father." The blue skinned demon said.
"Yeah. Those humans won't stand a chance against us!" said the other one.
"I'll just leave the young princes with you, your highness." Ghirahim said as he bowed and left the room.
"You two weren't with my armies today for your exercises." Demise said coldly as he turned his back to his sons.
"We didn't want to be around your other…creations." The blue skinned demon responded.
"Malladus, you are the oldest. You should know by now that you are above the rest of my children as you are my heir. You and your brother are my only natural children." Demise said as he moved his hand over a bowl of water, allowing it to show him some of the inhabitants of the world above. "Look at those humans. They are such simple creatures depending on their goddess, unaware of what is soon approaching."
"When are we going to the surface, father?" the younger demon asked.
"Soon, Mallagus. Our armies will reach a great number within a decade." Demise explained to his youngest son.
"But that's ten years from now!" Mallagus shouted. "That'll give the humans a chance to grow an army of their own!"
"Mallagus, you will learn that a decade is a very short amount of time, especially when you've lived as long as I have." Demise began. "Those humans won't grow any stronger in just a decade. I've been watching them from here for centuries, and they haven't changed a bit. They still depend on and cling to their goddess. They'll never be a true threat to us."
"Their goddess, father?" Mallagus asked.
"Yes!" Demise clenched his fist with rage as his hate boiled within him. "That detestable goddess, Hylia who watches over the humans! The humans have grown dependent on her over the centuries. It will be glorious to watch them perish before us!"
"Yes!" Malladus shouted with excitement. "The humans will fall to us!"
"You seem anxious for battle, boys. I'm interested in seeing how far you've come along." Demise said as he drew a sword (a/n not the same sword he used in the game). "Follow me!" with that, the two demon princes followed their father into a dimension he had prepared for this.
"Will you teach us how to do this?" Mallagus asked.
"No, my sons. This is not something that can be taught. Only a demon king can create sud-dimensions like this." Demise said as he engaged in battle against the young demons, not pulling any punches. It wasn't long before the two princes were on the ground with their father's sword at their necks. "Go train, and don't come back here till you're done!" the demon roared.
For ten long years, Demise readied his sons and his demon armies for their invasion of the surface world. At that time, his two sons, now only a little shorter than him, were sparing against their father yet again, this time disarming him. "You've come a long way in such a short time." Demise smirked. "The time has finally come. Ghirahim!"
"Yes, your majesty?" Ghirahim asked as he hurried into the sub-dimension.
"Ready the armies and summon my generals!" the demon king bellowed. "The time for our attack has come."
"Excellent, my lord. I'll summon them right away." Ghirahim said as he teleported out of the sub-dimension. The three members of the demonic royal family soon left and closed it off.
Demise overflowed with excitement as he and his sons walked to a huge ramp just outside their castle. "If my magic is accurate, there should be an earthquake in this area right about NOW!" as if on cue, they heard massive shaking underground as a huge crack in the earth came into existance above them.
"Everyone's assembled, my lord." Ghirahim said as he appeared next to his king with an army of demons behind them. A creature with a single eye and tentacles with eyes on them appeared next to Demise along with a shadow creature holding a strange relic with eyes on it.
"Excellent, , CHARGE FORTH!" Demise shouted. With that, the entire army stormed through the crack and to the surface above, appearing in an area filled with lush, green pastures and all forms of technology around them. "Do whatever you please, just remember that your goal is the Triforce, which only I will use!"
"Yes We're !" a section of the army shouted as they ran through a nearby forest, burning it to the ground.
In a nearby village, the humans saw the burning forest and prepared for taking out a forest fire, unaware that they were witnessing the beginning of the greatest and bloodiest war they would ever know.