The Heir to the Sword
By Kaden627
A direct sequel to A Pair in Time based on The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Prologue
Every story needs a beginning as well as an end. For generations there has been tales of heroes and monsters in the land of Hyrule. The great cycle repeats itself when Hyrule is in it's greatest times of need. Darkness descends upon the kingdom threatening the balance of the entire world. Yet, in every cycle there is always a hero dressed in green who restores the balance and returns peace to the land. His courage was unmatched by any who stood in his way while traveling a noble path. Like any beginning of a hero, he was humble and kind to those around him. He lived life as a citizen before his time came to take up arms as a soldier for the light. However, the most recent in the cycle was not like this at all. He was born into a war torn world. His parents lost their lives delivering him to safety in the Kokiri Forest. The mother survived long enough to experience a fate worse than death, being consumed by the curse of the forest and forced to live out the rest of eternity as a creature of darkness. The boy grew up in the care of The Great Deku Tree, who shielded him from the curse as long as he could. When the boy was 9 however, a wicked man by the name of Ganondorf placed a curse on the Deku Tree himself. The chosen boy fought hard but in the end he couldn't save the Great Deku Tree. In its dying words, The Great Deku Tree sent the boy off on an adventure to save Hyrule with the assistance of a Fairy, Navi and gave them the spiritual stone of the forest.
The two traveled across the land to meet the Princess of Hyrule, Zelda. Along the way, the boy met a young redhead girl by the name of Malon. Malon was a strong and brave girl who became our hero's greatest friend. The two retrieved the remaining spiritual stones and made their way back to Castle Town to find Zelda and her servant Impa fleeing from the notorious king of Darkness, Ganondorf. As Zelda passed them she bestowed upon them the Ocarina of Time. Ganondorf decided to give chase to the princess rather than waste time with the two children. The boy and Malon entered the Temple of Time where they placed the spiritual stones on a pedestal which opened the Door of Time. Beyond the Door lied a weapon dormant for hundreds of years, The Master Sword.
Upon drawing the Sword from its pedestal, time itself collapsed and the boy, Navi, and Malon stood frozen in time for seven years. Ganondorf, during this time, managed to storm the sacred realm and claim the power of the goddesses, the mythical Triforce. However, the Triforce sensed his corrupted heart and tried to flee. Ganondorf managed to claim one piece, the Triforce of Power. The other two fragments, Courage and Wisdom, escaped and sought out new hosts. Wielding only one shard, Ganondorf managed to single handedly conquer the kingdom of Hyrule. The king was executed in the middle of castle town, and the life force was taken from those who defied to serve Ganondorf as their king.
While our hero was still frozen in time, the Princess received the Triforce of Wisdom while traveling with Impa. Impa saw this as an opportunity to teach Zelda in the ways of the Sheikah. Zelda managed to fool Ganondorf into thinking she was a boy named Sheik, the last of the Sheikah tribe. This disguise worked well enough for her to devise a plan for a counterattack once the forest boy was reawakened.
Once seven years had past the seal to the sacred realm was finally opened to free the boy and Malon from their slumber. Zelda, disguised as Sheik still, was awaiting their return and met them to direct them on how to revive the remaining 5 sages. The boy, or man as he was now, and his friends traveled across the kingdom freeing the sages Rauru, Saria, Darunia, Ruto, Impa, and Nabooru. Once they accomplished this Zelda removed her disguise and gave Malon the power to banish darkness, known as the Light Arrow. Malon and the full grown hero now only had one final quest, to destroy the King of Evil who reigned in what once was Hyrule Castle. The Sages provided our heroes with a path to the final battle that would decide the fate of the entire world. Upon reaching the final encounter the chosen hero was discovered to have received the Triforce of Courage, which he used to best Ganondorf.
In Ganondorf's last breaths, he decided to destroy his tower to kill Malon, Zelda, and the hero. But he didn't have the power to destroy it quick enough and our heroes escaped. To their surprise however, Ganondorf used the Triforce of Power to emerge from the rubble for one final showdown. The King of Evil unleashed the Spirit that gave him his true power. That Spirit's name was Ganon. The hero and Malon fought bravely but Ganon was too much even for them. So they devised one final plan of attack. Malon shot a Light Arrow into Ganon's forehead as the hero took out its legs. Zelda and the Sages used their power to restrain the monster as our hero delivered the final blow.
In the end the creature was too powerful to be completely destroyed at this time. So the Sages used their power to seal Ganon into the Master Sword itself. The Blade of Evil's Bane was returned to its pedestal and time shifted back to when the hero and Malon were children again. The hero is now and will forever be known as Link, The Hero of Time, as Malon will be remembered as The Maiden of Light. The two became lovers and lived at Malon's father's ranch until he passed away. To this day the two have lived peacefully there and raised their own child. The two vowed to tell no one of their story including their daughter at risk of endangering themselves and their child. This story is the adventure of that child, whose name was…
