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Legend of Zelda: The Scroll of Sand
It had been many years since Ganon had been trapped in the Sacred Realm, well what had been formerly known as the Sacred Realm, once Ganon had entered the realm it quickly grew twisted and dark filled with beings as evil as Ganon himself, and those years he had spent within this realm had not been kind. While his body did not age in this realm, his mind deteriorated as any normal being's would. His mind had lived longer than nature should allow and consequently had gathered more information than it could hold, seen more things than it could ever remember, thought more than should be thought.
It was a condition of his imprisonment that Ganon had discovered only when it became too late for him to do anything, even though there was not much he could have done anyway. Rather than do the merciful thing, however, and simply end his life and thus his misery, the evil king began searching for some cure to his malady. He searched far and wide through the once Sacred Realm, there were many miraculous items and beings contained within the realm. He came across an orchard that bore fruits that could heal any physical illness, he met beings who could bestow tremendous power, at a steep price of course. None could heal his fragile mind, however.
Save for one. A being that had once been more beautiful, kind, and powerful than Princess Zelda herself but who had grown ugly and cruel once Ganon entered the realm knew of a way to save his sanity. She hated him for what his presence had done to her and wished nothing more than to make him pay, and this was the perfect opportunity for her to do so.
She sent a minion of hers to make sure the evil king arrived upon her doorstep as soon as possible. Ganon was of course overjoyed, not in a happy way of course but in an evil, scary way, at the thought that he could be saved from his fate.
When he met the now aging crone he nearly leapt back in disgust, she was the most repulsive thing he had ever met, and he had seen, even created, some repulsive things in his life. Her skin seemed to be melting off of her bones, one of her eyes were bloated, her black, scaly tongue licked along her orange tooth as she spoke and she had the most evil smile when she greeted the door. When she spoke it sounded like a cat being strangled in the middle of the desert with a strong, dry wind blowing by.
"Please, enter my sire." She stepped aside and bowed to Ganon as he entered her abode. His cloak stirred the dust on the floor while he walked by not giving the hag a second look, both to avoid vomiting as well as to assert dominance. The witch walked up behind him and quietly took his arm, leading him into a tunnel that delve deep into the ground. They walked for a long time until the tunnel finally opened into a small cavern with a standard witches cauldron bubbling over a witch dropped Ganon's arm and hobbled around to the opposite side of the cauldron. She stared at him with her one good eye and stood waiting for him to talk.
It took the evil king a full minute to understand what the witch was waiting on. He cleared his throat and fixed the witch with one of his most evil glares.
"You say you can cure me of my...my...um..."
"You're mental illness, your majesty?"
"I know full well what is wrong with me, hag, can you cure me?" The witch chuckled, it was dry and humorless.
"Oh, I can do more than cure you, sire. Not only can I save your mind, but I can also help you to escape from this land. But it all depends on what price you are willing to pay."
"I have more gold and jewels than you could ever hope to count." She waved away his offer and scoffed.
"Bah! I have no use for trinkets such as that. What else have you got?"
"You can have power over any part of my...my.."
"Kingdom, sire?" Her terms of respect grew more and more sarcastic with each utterance.
"I do not need to be corrected, you wretch, do you accept my offer?" She shrugged her hunched shoulders.
"I already have great power, I do not believe I need any more." Ganon was quickly running out of options of payment, especially with his frail state of mind.
"Dammit, you witch! Give me what I need or I will obtain it by force!" Her manner quickly turned sour and angry.
"I offer my services, invite you into my home, and this is how you repay me? Obviously you do not require this remedy as greatly as I was led to believe. In fact, you may leave now, sire." Ganon's attitude suddenly took a turn for the more subservient.
"No! You must help me! I can not go on...on...dammit!"
"I believe you mean to say 'living.'"
"Yes! I need you." The witch observed him shrewdly, rubbing her chin as she pondered.
"Very well, I will help you, but here's my price. I will take from you the years you have spent in this existence, your strength, and most importantly your memories. The only way you could possibly regain any of these would be to find the Scroll of Sand."
"Where could I find that?"
"I'm afraid that's confidential, your majesty."Her demands seemed extremely steep and vague, he was not entirely certain what some of her demands could entail, but he was out of options.
"I accept." The witch clapped her hands together in utter joy and began giggling like a schoolgirl.
"Perfect, let's begin, shall we?" The cavern became a whirlwind of activity as she witch scurried around looking for ingredients, throwing them into the cauldron, and occasionally stirring with a large wooden spoon. After throwing in many ingredients and vehemently stirring for several minutes the witch took the spoon out of the mixture in the cauldron and brought it to her lips. She daintily blew to cool and took a cautious sip and smacked her lips.
"Almost, but it needs one more thing." Ganon approached the witches side and looked into the cauldron.
"What?" Cackling madly the witch grabbed the demon lord with a strength that exceeded his own and threw the large man into the cauldron. His screams echoed around the small cavern and could even be heard from the entrance of the tunnel. The witch continued to cackle as the cauldron began to bubble more violently, even to the point where the cauldron rocked back and forth on the fire. Smoke and steam rose and circled around the cavern killing whatever small creatures had been able to hide inside the area.
Without any warning all sounds ceased, the smoke and steam dissipated, and the witch stopped cackling and hunched over to catch her breath. When she looked into the cauldron not a drop of the mixture she had prepared remained. Gone too was the evil man who had caused the distortion of this realm.
A bright light burst forth from the cauldron and quickly grew pushing out to envelop the entire realm. All of the things that had been turned ugly and twisted by Ganon's evil heart returned to their normal state of being. The realm became sacred once more and a soft golden light filled the world. The Sacred Realm was a beautiful place again, and any trace of Ganon's existence were erased forever.
Hyrule- Gerudo Desert
Several Centuries after the events of Ocarina of Time
"I bet I can get back to Hyrule Field before you!" Said the cocky teenage boy. His long blonde hair bounced slightly with each step his reddish-brown steed, Epona, took. The girl with similar hair who rode on a majestic gray haired stallion named Arion simply rolled her eyes.
"We've done this before, Link, I always win, and we both know it's not Epona's fault." The boy who had been almost lounging in his saddle sat up and sported a cocky grin.
"Oh, come on Zelda, I bet I can beat you this time, I've been practicing and I am, after all, a descendent of the great Hero of Time." Zelda leaned over just enough to punch the boy in the arm.
"So am I, brainiac. That's what being siblings means." Link held his arm where Zelda had hit him and feigned being hurt.
"Ouch, a little violent today are we?"
"I'm about to get a lot more violent if you don't straighten up and start acting like a diplomat for the Kingdom of Hyrule and a member of the royal family." Link was the one to roll his eyes this time.
"Ugh, way to make this trip sound a lot more boring, Zelda. This is one of our few chances to get out of the town and you have to make it sound all stuffy and dull. I didn't even get to draw my sword once during our meeting with the Gerudo."
"That's a good thing, Link. It means we're finally getting somewhere. After all these years true peace is just beyond the horizon. The thing our family has worked so hard for for so long, ever since King Daphnes the First sent lowly villagers to..." Zelda was interrupted by the rude snoring of Link who was pretending to be asleep in his saddle.
Instead of coming up with something witty to wake him up, Zelda got a sneaky grin on her face and leaned close to Arion's ear. She then grabbed his reins tight and kicked his sides. Arion immediately went off on a gallop leaving Link choking in his dust. Link grabbed Epona's reins and kicked her sides as well sending her into a gallop as well. Rubbing dust from his eyes Link managed to yell out to Zelda.
"No fair! You got a head start!" All he got in response was the tinkling laughter of Princess Zelda. Link's face turned into one of determination and he leaned down close to Epona's head. "We can win this one girl, you know what they say 'Cheaters never get to dinner first!'" Epona rolled her head much like Zelda had just rolled her eyes, but nevertheless she dug down and started to gain speed.
Soon Link and Zelda were neck to neck, Link took the opportunity to look over at Zelda and stick out his tongue. Up ahead the entrance to the Gerudo Valley gaped, there was only room enough on that bridge for one horse and Link knew that that would have to be his chance to get ahead. He was going to out-chicken Zelda, she was way to big a wimp to try crossing that bridge at the same time as Link, and he knew it. Link kept yelling reassurances at Epona that they were going to win this time.
Link kept all of his focus on just getting into the valley and getting across the bridge. They burst into the valley carrying sand behind them looking like, as Link imagined, some gods of the desert. Soon the bridge appeared and Link willed Epona to keep going to get just beyond the bridge. Epona's hooves clacked heavily on the wood of the bridge, and Link didn't have Epona slow down until he heard her hooves clacking against stone.
Link reared Epona up and turned her back towards the desert side of the valley. He raised both of his arms in the air and was prepared to yell and sing about how he had finally beaten Zelda, the great Zelda, the smart Zelda, the oh-so more experienced horse rider Zelda. That was, until he noticed that Zelda was not even across the valley. He saw Zelda climbing down from her horse just inside the desert, then he heard her yelling for him.
Link brought Epona next to Arion as fast as he could and leapt down to join Zelda on the ground. She was kneeling on the ground, getting her diplomatic dress dirty, next to a boy who couldn't have been much older than themselves. The boy was distinctly Gerudo from his brown skin to his flaming red hair, possibly even a descendant of nobility judging from the amber gem set within his forehead.
That didn't make any sense though, the Gerudo were an all-female tribe that only gave birth to a male once every hundred years. Link and Zelda had just finished talking to that male too, King Nabon, who maintained a very royal air about him, despite his being ten, an air that was more royal than anything Link had ever been able to put on at least.
Zelda was confused as well and looked up at Link to see what he was thinking. Seeing that he was just as confused Zelda proceeded to check the boy's pulse and leaned down to check his breathing. His breath was shallow and his pulse was slow. Otherwise the boy was completely unharmed, this worried Zelda and led her to suspect magic may have been used against this poor boy. She knew what she could do to help, but unfortunately lacked the necessary tools, leaving behind her usual medical supplies at the castle assuming she wouldn't require them on this peace mission. Link kneeled down next to her to check the boy as well.
"What do you think, Z?" Zelda responded by grabbing him underneath his arms and lifting up his upper body.
"Help me get him onto Epona."
"Why Epona?"
"Because, I need to get back to the castle as fast as possible to prepare any medicines he might require. Plus, if he wakes up and is hostile, you have the sword."
"Then why are we even taking him?"
"We can't just leave him here! He might die on his own, or if the Gerudo find him they'll probably kill him out of confusion. Plus, it's our sworn duty to help and protect all of the subjects of Hyrule, no matter what race or breed, the Hero of Time himself made that decree."
Link rolled his eyes and grabbed the boys feet, the robe he wore made the boy seem much larger than he actually was, in actuality he was very light much like other Gerudo. Link and Zelda managed to lay the boy across Epona with very little difficulty. Zelda hopped back onto Arion and grabbed Link's hand before she left. Squeezing his hand she leaned over to him.
"Be careful, big brother." He squeezed back.
"You too, sis." She let go and Arion took off at a fast canter. She was across the valley and in Hyrule Field headed towards Hyrule Castle Town and eventually to Hyrule Castle itself. Link looked back at his new passenger studying him carefully for a minute. Link took a deep breath and let it out, he patted Epona's neck and swung himself up into the saddle.
Link placed a hand on the back of the boy to steady him and had Epona take off at a fast trot. As they crossed the bridge Link looked up at the thin slice of sky above and said a quick prayer to the goddesses.
"Nayru give us the wisdom to know this boy, Farore give us the courage to help him, and Din give us the power to defend ourselves if we need to."
Ahhhhh, finally, you do not know how long that has been percolating in my brain! A full day at least!
Anyway please tell my how I did, what you would like to see later on, and what you liked or, Nayru forbid, disliked.
