/This is set in OoT and I got this idea from watching the Lion King II and I thought: what if Ganondorf sent his daughter after Link to kill him like Zira sent Kovu? I hope you enjoy and this will probably just be enough chapters to cover the temples and Ganon's Castle with a possible alternate ending depending on how I feel and how readers feel about the story./
It was time for her to set out. Ganondorf has spent the last seven years training his daughter, Glacia, to be a merciless killing machine. He had succeeded as well. The castle was dark and the few guards who surrendered to him were standing along the windows. Ganon was seated at his throne, gazing down upon his daughter. She stood at a good height and was well muscled. She had her mother's deep raven hair and bright blue eyes. He hated looking at her because of the resemblance she had to his passed love. Part of the reason he hated the Hylians was because they killed her mother, Helena. It was a normal day and Helena had left for Castle Town to go shopping with their young daughter when she was accused of stealing and hung for her offenses. It was absurd. Helena was a Hylian. Ganon had met her when they were young and fell in love. Ever since that fateful day when his love was killed, he had one thing on his mind—revenge.
That was when he decided to do this to Hyrule. The Gerudo Valley was safe for it was his home. Everything has gone to his plan except for two things: Link and that idiot Princess Zelda. That was where Glacia came into play. Once he followed Link into the Sacred Realm and stole the Triforce of Power, Links spirit was sealed for seven years. Today was the day he would be freed to become the Hero of Time. He knew Zelda would eventually find Link, so he was sending Glacia out there to hunt Link and wait for her cue. Then she would kill him. Zelda's ace in the hole would be dead and nothing could stop him. He laughed at the thought of ruining of them.
He stared down at Glacia and smiled. He stood and walked forward. Standing in front of her he asked, "What is your mission?"
She stared straight ahead at him, not breaking eye contact, "To find Link." She responded.
He smiled, "And once you find him and gain his trust?"
"I must kill him." She growled with blood lust littering her voice. He laughed with a proud voice and sent her out. Glacia ran for the door, bow in hand and her bag on her back, ready to complete her mission. To gain the approval she wanted so desperately from her father. It was all she really wanted.
She could remember the days during her training when she would hit bullseye after bullseye with her bow. She would smile and cheer but Ganon would just shake his head and mumble about how it wasn't good enough. This time she would make him proud. Make her mother proud as she looks down upon her.
When she made her way from the castle to Castle Town, she decided to take a seat on the broken fountain. She wanted to wait for the signal before heading in any direction. Ganon told her the signal would come from the Temple of Time. He didn't know what it was but he said she would know the moment Link was freed from the Sacred Realm. Glacia didn't know how long it would take so she pulled her ocarina from her bag and started playing a song her mother used to sing to her at night. She called it "Glacia's Lullaby" and it was her favorite. She hasn't sung the lyrics in a long time but she liked to play the song a lot.
Glacia never really got out seeing the world much. Her father kept her locked up in the castle training for long periods of time. She barely slept and food was minimal. Even though she was treated like that he still dressed her in gowns that would suit the Gerudo Princess. She even had a crown. Glacia didn't like any of the dresses or fancy things. She didn't like anything about being a princess. But only one man is born every 100 years in the Valley and he is to become king. So as his daughter Glacia was Princess by default. It was a fate she never wanted but had to live with. At least with this mission she could wear nothing but a red tank top, black tights, and boots. Her preferred way of dressing.
Mid-day had arrived and a light came from the Temple of Time. She jumped up from her seat and nocked an arrow. She shook her hip and her blue fairy, Dante, came from his pouch. Ganon had kidnapped this fairy when Glacia was young and ordered him to be her servant. Glacia never thought of Dante as a servant but as a friend. So she treated him as one. "Glacia, what do you need me to do?" Dante asked as he fluttered around her head.
"Dante, I need you to fly ahead and check out the temple. Tell me if Link has emerged and listen to where he is headed." She crept up behind a store just before the temple and hid around the corner.
"Why not go for the kill now?" Dante tingled.
"Because father wants Zelda and Link dead," she sighed. "If I follow Link and eventually earn his trust than he'll lead me right to her."
"Good idea. I'll see what I can hear." Dante flew off for the temple and Glacia waited patiently for his return. She kept her bow loaded and ready just in case a Redead got too close. It seemed like forever until Dante came back. When he did he flew right into her face. "I know where they are going!" He cheered. She smiled at the little blue ball of light. Dante always got so excited when he got something right.
"Where?" She asked as she put the arrow back in her quiver and placed the bow over her shoulder and across her chest.
"Him and his fairy, who I must admit is a cutie, are headed for Lon Lon Ranch to get a horse and then to Kakariko Village. Something about a graveyard?" He fluttered up and down before flying back into his little pouch on her hip. He was lazy and didn't really do much but sit in his pouch until he had something to do. Glacia didn't mind considering she would do it too if she was a fairy.
She headed for the broken draw bridge and crossed it carefully. She felt something in the pit of her stomach that she didn't quite recognize. She shoved it away before walking slowly to the Kakariko Village. She knew she was ahead of him. That'd give her time to find somewhere she could watch him from without being noticed. Sure she wanted to meet him and earn his trust so she could destroy him. But she wanted it happen on her terms. Not getting noticed and attacked.
Once she arrived she looked the town over. There were many people here; mostly survivors from Castle Town. She almost wanted to thank her father for keeping her locked away from the public eye. No one would know who she was except for Gerudos. She found a building she could watch the whole town from and climbed on top of it. After situating herself in a comfortable position, she lit up a smoke and waited.
"There they are." Dante tingled and pointed in the direction of the town entrance. She stood and squinted her eyes over at the man. She couldn't make out his face but she had never seen him before anyway. Dante has and if he said it was Link then it was Link. "Should we follow them to the graveyard?" Dante asked.
"I can't see the graveyard from here so yeah." She whispered as she stood. She motioned for Dante to go back to his pouch. She didn't want Link to see him. It might cause trouble since she wasn't a forest kid.
She watched him close, never actually getting a look at his face, and followed behind him. Her cigarette hanging from the side of her mouth and her bow in her hand. She liked to keep it at the ready considering that she didn't trust anyone and she really didn't like people.
"What's he doing?" She whispered in confusion when she saw him pull back a headstone and climb into the grave.
"Are you gonna follow him?" Dante asked, watching from his pouch.
"Are you insane?!" She whispered at the blue fairy, "I ain't messing with no dead people." She shook her head.
"You're around dead people every time you walk through Castle Town. What's the difference?" Dante flew from his pouch and bounced around her head.
"The difference is I killed those people." She turned to leave the graveyard. She wasn't about to go into a grave. It didn't matter if it was part of her mission to follow Link. She'd just wait for him to finish being a complete weirdo and then follow him. "Dante?" She cupped her hands around her companion.
"Yeah?"
"You said they were going to get some rest here right?" She looked around the town and saw an Inn and a Tavern.
"Yeah, look at the sun. It's almost night time. They'll probably go and stay at the inn till morning." He gestured for the building just the front of the town.
"Then what do you say that we go for a drink? The Tavern is opening soon." She could see the bar just atop a little hill with a set of stairs leading to it.
"That sounds dandy!" He cheered and followed beside her as the made there way to the building.
Once inside Glacia ordered a glass of Sake for herself and some milk for Dante and sat at the bar. There were some big guy's rough housing around in one corner of the bar and some girls chatting in the other. She rolled her eyes and watched Dante flutter around his glass and dip into every now and then. After a few hours and drinking and eating they packed up and walked outside. It was about midnight she figured and she was tired.
The turned and headed for the inn across town. It was dark and she was really uncomfortable being alone. She knew she wasn't really alone because Dante was there, but he was a fairy. A sleeping fairy at that. She was almost at the inn when she heard some laughter behind her.
"Oh, look here boys!" She turned and saw three big and burly men behind her. They were watching her with menacing eyes and daring smiles.
"Hey there sweet thing. What's a lady like you doing walking around at night?" The second guy asked as he walked towards her. She grabbed her bow and took a defensive stance. She had never been in a situation like this and she could feel her heart start to beat faster.
"What are you doing with a weapon like that?" The first one took a step forward and she aim an arrow at him.
"I don't want to hurt you!" She screamed at them. Her voice had a shaky tone to it but that was because this was her first interaction with people face to face. Assassins don't talk to their targets face. They shoot them in the back.
"Now, now. Put that down." The third guy was behind her and he put his hand over her mouth. She dropped her bow and tried to pry his hands off her mouth. Dante was scared and stayed inside his pouch. He knew he couldn't do anything and they would probably harm him too.
"Let's have some fun." The second guy laughed as they shoved her against the stone wall just under a set of stairs.
"Get off me!" She managed to scream before they covered her mouth again.
"Get off her!" They paused and turned to see a silhouette of a boy her age. Her eyes widened when she saw a fairy flying around him.
"Well if it isn't fairy boy." The second man growled at Link.
"What do you want?" the first man turned to him, leaving his hands holding Glacia against wall.
"I want you to get off her." She could see him draw his sword and point it at them. She still couldn't see his face however.
"Whoa," They dropped her and she fell to the ground holding her throat. She was coughing and staring up at them. "We don't want trouble." They held up their hands. "She's all yours!" They ran off and Link returnd his sword to his side.
He walked over to where her bow was laying and picked it up. His face was still in the shadows but the light from his fairy lit some of it up. He knelt down beside her and handed her the bow. "Do you need help getting up?" He asked her in a calm voice.
This wasn't how she intended to meet Link, but it was better than nothing. She looked up at him and groaned, "I had them. I didn't need your help." She growled as she stood and put her bow around her body.
"What?" He asked with a sarcastic tone.
"What do you mean 'what'?" She spat at him. She didn't mean to be harsh but she needed him to know that was strong and could handle herself.
"I save you and you give me attitude?" He threw his hands in the air.
She laughed, "I didn't ask for you to save me, Mister."
"I'd still expect a little gratitude, you know. Maybe a thank you?"
"I'm not a damsel; I don't have to be rescued." She turned to leave.
"You sure don't look like a damsel." He muttered.
She paused in her steps and turned to look at him. "What?"
He shrugged and rubbed the back of his head, "You have a bow so I didn't think you as a damsel. I saw you having trouble so I helped. I'm sorry." He groaned. "You won't see me again." He held up his hands and turned to leave.
Her mouth gapped open and she shook her head. She couldn't let him leave now. She expected to banter a little longer. "Hey wait!' She called as she jogged up behind him. He turned and raised his eyebrows at her. She rubbed her arm and tilted her head to the side. "Um, I know who you are. I was just wondering if you'd need some help?"
"Help?" He fully turned his body to her. "You don't seem to do well with handling things."
She rolled her eyes, "That's because people bug me. I don't like them. But trust me, I'm good with monsters."
He crossed his arms, "Good with monsters, bad with people?"
"It's a long story." She sighed, "Will you accept my help or not? I've got nothing else to do and I think I'll prove useful."
He looked her up and down and then looked at his fairy, "What do you think Navi?" He asked the floating ball of light.
The fairy flew over to Glacia and circled her. She flew back to Link and bounced around him, "She seems okay to me."
"I can pull my own weight and I won't get in your way." She placed her hands on her hips and watched the Hero of Time. She still couldn't see his face clearly but she could see he was thinking.
After several minutes in silence Link nodded. "Fine. You can come and help me." He started for the exit out of town and Glacia followed him.
"We're leaving now?" She questioned him.
"Yeah," he said without looking back at her, "there's no time to rest. The longer I sit around the longer Zelda is in trouble."
"So what? She's lasted seven years without you. Do you really think rushing through this is gonna make a difference?" She rushed up beside him and watched the shadows dance around his face. Damn it, why couldn't she see his face already?
"What about you?" He turned to her. "Do you really wanna stay in this town after those guys attacked you?"
She pondered that thought for a moment before heading ahead of him out of the town. Back in Hyrule field, Link played his ocarina and a horse came running to them. He patted the horses head and smiled at the animal. "Do you have a horse?" He asked Glacia.
She crossed her arms and took a step back. She didn't like horses. She always rode in carriages instead of on horseback. Father said princesses didn't ride on horses. It'd ruin the dresses my nursemaid, Tara, worked so hard to stitch. "I do not." She responded to Link and she frowned when he laughed.
"How do you expect to get anywhere quickly without one? Back before I got Epona here it would take me two days just to get from Kokiri Forest to Castle Town. I'm glad I went to Lon Lon Ranch to get her. Ingo was treating her something awful." He said as he patted the horse's neck.
"I just don't like horses." She shrugged.
"Have you ever ridden one?" He asked as he rounded over to the side of Epona.
"No…" she sighed. Link's eyes widened and he laughed.
"Well, you're about to." He reached out a hand and Glacia stared at him. "Well come on."
She slowly reached out her hand and grabbed his. He jerked her over and she gasped, "What are you doing?" She asked in frustration when he faced her towards the horse.
"Step on my hands and I'll lift you up." He knelt down and locked his hands together.
"I think I'll walk." She said as she tried to step back.
"We don't have time. Come on. It's not that bad." He groaned. She sighed and stepped into his hands. He lifted her up and she shook as she crawled onto the giant animal. "You okay?" He looked up at her and placed a hand on her leg to calm her down.
"I just don't like horse." She breathed shakily.
He climbed on in front of her and turned at his waist to look at her, "I forgot to ask you what your name is."
"Glacia," she answered as she gripped the sides of the saddle with a deadly grip.
"Glacia," he whispered, "just wrapped your arms around my waist and hold on. It's not that bad. I promise." He turned back and kicked his feet into Epona's sides. She took off at a dead run and Glacia buried her face in Link's back. She closed her eyes tightly and whimpered silently about how she wanted to get off. How she wanted it to stop.
When they came to a stop she tightened her grip and didn't look up. "Are we done?" She asked desperately.
Link laughed and pulled her arms from his waist, "Yes, we are." He answered as he climbed off the horse. He grabbed Glacia's hands and helped her down. She fell to her knees and kissed the ground.
"Thank the goddesses." She sighed before standing and wiping her clothes off. It was morning and she could finally see his face now. He had ocean blue eyes and blond hair kept in place by a green beanie. His green tunic and tights matched.
"You ready?" His voice pulled her from her gaze at him. She couldn't believe the things she was thinking. He's perfect, was all that ran through her mind. She shook her head to clear it and reminded herself of her mission.
"Yeah," she nodded, "let's go."
/So I like it. I hope you do to. Since Link doesn't talk in the game I figured I can give him this sarcastic and funny personality without drawing away from his hero spirit. Let me know what you think!/