Finally, the castle was finished collapsing in on itself, then everything was still. A young man and a young maiden stood about ten yards away from the wreckage, their ears ringing from the sudden cease of noise. After a few moments of seemingly palpable silence, the young woman said "It's over… It's finally over…" The young man simply turned to her and smiled.
Then the girl wearing the pink dress and golden tiara said "Link, I'm sorry I couldn't help you in the battle before." Just then, there was a loud crash from beneath the rubble. Zelda's beautiful face instantly turned from a look of peace and solitude, to one of terror. She took a sharp intake of breath as they both whirled around to face the noise. Instinctively, the young man clad in green interposed himself between the possible danger and the princess.
He drew his sword and strode calmly forward. The weapon in his hand was one of such beauty that it put all other swords to shame. The hilt was a brilliant hue of royal purple, and the blade itself seemed to give off a certain white light, almost as if the sword was endowed with supernatural properties. On his right arm was a magnificent shield, the surface of which was so perfectly polished that it was as reflective as mirror.
He approached the pile of rubble that was still shaking and as he drew near, a blazing ring of fire enclosed him with the rubble and cut Zelda off from him. He whipped around to see that he was trapped with whatever it was beneath the fallen stones of the castle, and as he was turning back to face it, a gigantic figure burst forth and into the air, breathing in horrible, ragged breaths.
Now hovering in the middle of the acting battleground, the Great King of Evil bellowed: "Hyrule will be mine, and I will revel in destroying you, pathetic Hylian! Then the Triforce will be mine, and I will rule your world with an iron fist!" The Hero of Time said nothing but readied himself for battle. Ganon's glared at the diminutive figure before him with scorn, but instead of seeing fear in those bright blue eyes, he only saw a light of defiance. This stoic young warrior sought an intimidation of his own through silence it seemed. This infuriated the Great King of Evil and he released a blood curdling roar full of his seething rage, and transformed himself into his natural state. He grew taller and bulkier, and then two massive horns grew out of his head. Once his morphing was complete, he summoned his weapons.
Link watched as two great blades seemed to grow out of nothing, one in each of the monsters' hands. Then it began to advance on him, its great tail twitching back and forth like a feline on the prowl. As the Great King of Evil drew near to the green-clad hero, he swung one of his colossal swords at Link's head in a deadly horizontal arc. The Hero of Time easily ducked this attack but then came the follow up of the other blade. As the weapon came through, Link attempted a parry, but the force behind the strike knocked the Master Sword clear out of his hand and twirling away, embed its razor sharp tip in the dirt outside the ring of fire.
Link immediately performed a back flip to dodge another attack from the Great King of Evil and ran to a corner to recover. His left arm was completely numb from the first assault. He returned his shield to its place on his back. Recovering feeling in his arm again, reached back for his Biggoron Sword. He held it with both his hands and charged the immense villain who was threatening his home's very existence.
He reached Ganon and they set about their duel. Each was fighting with his fullest ability, pouring all his respective strength and passion into each stroke of their swords, but neither warrior was able to penetrate the other's defense. Link's Goron Bracelet was granting him the strength to repel the Great King of Darkness' attacks, and finally Ganon again went for a horizontal slice, and Link ducked the stroke and somersaulted between the monster's legs. When he mounted his feet again, he slashed with all his might at Ganon's vulnerable tail. The Great King of Evil howled in pain and whirled around, leading with the pommel of one of his swords. Link only just had time to back flip out of the way.
Zelda looked on in terror as the valiant Hero of Time bravely fought the Great King of Evil who was easily twice his size. At each and every one of Ganon's bone crushing sword strokes, she expected Link to buckle and fall, but the young hero stood firm and fought with unbelievable strength for his considerably smaller size. His resilience was astonishing. Then one of Ganon's blows caught Link's sword more firmly than his other strikes, and it was so powerful that the green-clad hero was lifted off his feet and hurled into the ring of fire. Zelda's heart nearly stopped as she watched Link leap up and run out of the fire ablaze. He crumpled to his knees and flames climbed up his body, spreading faster than Epona could gallop. The Hero of Time finally fell to the ground, and Zelda was about to plead to the goddesses for his life, but then a little pink shining being sprung from one of his pouches, and began to encircle him.
Ganon froze in his tracks, watching in disbelief as his victory crumbled to nothing. One moment he had finally destroyed the pestilence that had hindered him from his inevitable triumph, and now here was that puny Hylian, fully healed and ready to challenge him again. Once again he roared in utter fury and charged Link.
The young man sprinted and slid between the beast's legs and heard a huge blade bite the dust behind him. He rose to his feet and struck at the Great King of Evil's tail again. The beast screamed rage and spluttering curses rounded on Link for a devastating blow. The resounding ting that sounded set Zelda's ears on edge. The ringing of their weapons viciously attacking one another ensued once more, and all the time she was afraid to see the brave hero crushed beneath one of Ganon's strikes.
After easily an hour of battle, rain was beginning to pour on the two combatants and the worried-sick onlooker.
Zelda watched as Link struck at the Ganon's tail, and the Great King of Evil fell to his knees, dropping his two swords. Zelda's heart soared at the sight of the monster falling, and with the Hero of Time's long blade pointing at its thick throat.
"This isn't the end, Chosen One," Ganon grunted. Link only smiled at the Great King of Evil, but there was no humor in the smile. Then he drew his sword back, and plunged it into the depths of Ganon's massive torso, penetrating his black heart and out through his back. The beast roared one last time, then picked up a stray, rusted knife from a crushed Stalfos, and sunk it into the Hero of Time's gut. Then he was dead, and fell to the dirt.
Zelda did not see the Evil Incarnation of Darkness' last ploy to destroy the green-clad hero, and when the ring of fire instantly disappeared, she raced toward him, shouting with joy.
"Link, you did it! You saved all of Hyrule!" she neared him, then watched in horror as he slowly sank to his knees. "Link?" Then as she came and saw the front of his body, she gasped and screamed. He then crumpled to his right, falling onto his back.
"LINK!" Zelda shrieked.
...To be continued...