By: Junpaku Hakuma
Author's Notes:
I had to change accounts because my other email got hacked.
PS: I do not own Zelda or any of the characters in the game. This Fanfiction is practically based off The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of time.
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time is a trademark of Nintendo of America, Inc.,
© 1998. All other trademarks are copyrights of their respective owners.
Goddesses the pain, his whole body ached, likely from the huge fall off the stone platform that was about thirty feet in the air. He was bruised and beaten, lying limp on the floor, blurry vision looking up at the ceiling above. Floating down to him the black armored man gave a dark chuckled before he started to laugh and landed next to the blond Hyrulian.
"Well hero, still think you can win?" he chuckled, ember like eyes glowing with amusement as he stood over the fallen hero.
Link looked away, pain in his eyes… he had failed. He had failed the goddesses, Shiek, Zelda, Saria… everyone. He felt a large fingered hand force him to look back over and closed his eyes, tears falling to the stone floor below him.
"Look at me hero." A stern voice commanded and all he found him self able to do was obey, his will power broken.
The grin on the man's face made him feel sick and he frowned, glaring slightly as he looked strait into his eyes defiantly.
"You have two choices. I can kill you now as well as the princess… or, you can serve me." The Hero's eyes widened.
Sever the king of darkness, him? The man was mad!
"And if I kill you…. It will hurt." He purred as he leaned over him, grabbing the teens wrist and forcing the blade of evil's bane form his weak grip.
"First, I will make sure you watch your princess die." He said in a whisper, a serious look on his face.
"Then." His grip tightened on the hero's wrist as he said this, until he heard a sickening crack.
"I will break every bone in your body." He grinned as he twisted the now broken arm, forcing a pained scream from the hero's lips.
"And after that, I'll tie you up on a pole, where all of Hyrule can scoff at your failure." The hero looked away again, the same pained look as before.
"And finally, when your broken both physically and mentally, and begging me to kill you… then I will burn you alive, as a warning for those to come." He grabbed a near by torch and held it over one of the hero's hands, letting a small amount of oil drip onto his skin and burn at it, another scream left the hero's lips.
Laughing he tossed it aside, ember orange and red eyes watching the hero very closely now.
"So…. Your choice…. Pain, or serve me." Panting slightly Link looked up at him, indecision in his eyes.
If he buckled now, all his years of work for the better, they would be for not… but if he didn't… the same result only HE wouldn't be the one causing the suffering. He looked away and Ganon frowned.
"Fine then… I'll give you time to think about it while I take care of your Princess." He grinned as he felt Link's body tense up under his grip.
The hero didn't have time to protest or even attempt to fight back as Ganon lifted him up and moved down the hall, cape flowing out behind him as he walked. He still couldn't move, despite how desperately he wanted to kill the man, to end all this pain, he still couldn't. He winced as the man bounced him on his shoulder, knocking the wind from his body and laughing as the groan that left the fallen hero's lips. They were heading up now, likely so he would be able to see what ever the King wanted him too see. The carpeted floor quieted Ganon's heavy steps as the stair case twisted around and around until they finally came upon a large wooden door with the Tri-force on it. Link winced as the man shifted him to kick the door open causing the princess, who was sitting in a chair inside to jump up. Her eyes widened as they landed on link and all he could do was look away in shame.
"So then… your little rebellion is finished princess… Perhaps you should have gotten more people, rather than just this boy and that Sheikah." He grinned as she glared at him, and then tossed the blond Hyrulian to the stone floor making him groan in pain once more.
"Link." The comforting touch of the princess on his shoulder relaxed him and he looked up at her, his blue eyes filled with more apologies than he could speak, she just shook her head to reassure him.
"I'm sorry…." His voice was harsh from weakness.
"Don't be, it's not your fault… I asked to much of you." She said and ran a hand over his hair with a soft yet sad smile.
"Well isn't this cute." Ganon interrupted as he slowly began to approach the two.
Zelda tensed up and looked up at him, glaring.
"So you've won…. What are you going to do now you monster."
"Monster?" his ember eyes light up and he began to laugh.
"Yes, I'm the monster. After all… I'm the one that banished my people to the waste lands and deserts. I'm the one that refused to allow them to make a life for them selves where they didn't have to steal and fight every day." A frown fell on his face as he glared at them now.
"No, I'm sorry… I believe that was your father. I tried, for over a year to get your father to agree to let my people move just a little inland. I tired to explain that we were running out of food and that the desert was becoming far harsher every year. But he just waved me off and said that we would do fine, as we always did. I told him, yes, I warned him, that I would not let my people die just so he wouldn't have to give up a small portion of his land… THAT, is why I did this." He growled and grabbed her, throwing her away from the hero and causing her to hit the wall.
Link winced and tried to move, shifting where he lay but the pain that coursed his body made it lock up on him and he fell back to the floor, only able to watch as the princess began to speak now.
"Oh, is that it! You just seem power hungry to me! Your people haven't moved into the Hyrule lands yet! All you do is torture my people and defile the land, covering it in darkness!" She stood back up, glaring.
"Zelda…" Link muttered and looked up at her.
"Is this true?" there was a moment of silence as she looked away and Ganon looked between them.
"You mean she never told you? HA! HA HA HA HA! That's funny. You didn't even know why you were fighting, did you?" he grinned as Link frowned.
"Zelda! Tell me!" he couldn't help the snap in his voice, had he been lied too this whole time?
"It is… My father wouldn't grant him the land… he feared they would mistreat it." She muttered.
"So you've been lying to me this whole time…. About who was doing wrong…" he looked away.
She flinched at those words and the room once more fell silent, Ganon amused by the darkness that was already starting to roll off the so called Chosen one just from having his precious blade taken away. The cracking of the fire in the tower seemed to go on for a long while, before Ganon finally spoke.
"Come princess, it's time to show your kingdom what happens when you stand against the king." He grinned at these words, the princess gritting her teeth and turning to follow him, both leaving the room, she didn't even look back at the hero to say good bye.
As the door shut, Link listened as the two descended the stairs, their foot steps slowly fading away into the distance. It was then that he realized just how comforting the cold stone floor was on his beaten body. His eyes closed, his mind numbing from the pain as he felt tears finally start to fall as the truth of all this began to sink in.
He had been fighting for the people, he tried to tell him self this, but something deep down knew, he had been fighting for his former king's decisions… he had been fooled. His eyes slowly opened once more, head turning to the side to watch the flames in the fire place lick at the wood. The tears wouldn't stop falling and time seemed to be going twice as slow as normal. After a moment, he managed to sit up and move to the window, pulling a chair with him so he could sit and look out at the kingdom. His eyes trailed down to the former rainbow bridge, which was now slowly fading, the power of the sages, his friends, was leaving.
As he watched, a long black bridge came out from the castle, connecting it to the land so that Zelda and Ganon could cross. His eyes trailed up the hill side, where he swore he had seen someone standing. Glancing about, his eyes landed on Sheik, who was sitting along the former stone gate. He watched as the blond hung his head before the Sheikah's eyes trailed up to the castle tower, landing on the hero. His heart sank as he saw a frown graze the man's lips. So he had been using him too… he looked away, he couldn't watch this any more, it just hurt too much.
About an hour passed before he could hear screaming, which seemed to go on forever. He covered his ears to try and drowned it out but that only caused his broken arm to throb and made him wince. He stood slowly and moved to the other side of the room, sitting down on the floor and hiding his face in his legs. All he could do was listen as the screaming got louder and louder before it finally stopped. The real sickening part was the sound of cheering that followed. It made him sick, to think that people would cheer after that. Maybe this world wasn't worth protecting…