Prologue
Many years ago, the land of Hyrule was threatened with destruction by an evil sorcerer of the desert named Ganondorf. After placing a curse on the guardian of the forest, the Great Deku Tree summoned a young boy, Link, to break the curse. Accomplishing his mission, the Great Deku Tree gave Link one of three Spiritual Stones. Before perishing, the Deku Tree sends Link to Hyrule Castle to meet the princess, Zelda, and find the other Spiritual Stones.
Link, after meeting the princess and learning a song on his ocarina to prove his connection to the Royal Family, travels to Death Mountain and Zora's River to recover the Spiritual Stones hidden there. Upon returning to the Castle, Link witnesses Princess Zelda and her attendant fleeing the castle. Seeing Link, Zelda throws the Ocarina of Time to him, though it falls in the moat. After they disappear, Link is confronted by Ganondorf. Ganondorf is pursuing Zelda to be able to open the sacred Door of Time and enter the Sacred Realm of legend.
After Ganondorf rides off after Zelda, Link recovers the Ocarina of Time and receives a telepathic message from Zelda. She teaches him the Song of Time, which he uses to open the Door of Time inside the Temple of Time, which leads to a chamber holding the blade of the Hero of Time, the Master Sword. Much to his surprise, Link manages to pull the sword from its stone and open the way to the Sacred Realm. However, Ganondorf has doubled back and followed Link into the Realm.
Link, being too young to wield the Master Sword, was sealed in the Sacred Realm. Seven years later, he awakens in the Chamber of Sages, deep within the Sacred Realm. After learning of his destiny to become the Hero of Time from the ancient Sage of Light, Rauru, Link returns to Hyrule. After meeting the mysterious Sheik of the Sheikah people. Sheik sets Link in the right direction, and he heads out to awaken the five dormant Sages who reside in the five temples scattered across Hyrule.
After successfully navigating the Forest, Fire, Water, Shadow, and Spirit Temples, meeting new and old friends, gaining an arsenal of weapons, and awakening the five Sages, Link heads back to the Temple of Time. He runs into Sheik, who reveals himself as the missing Princess Zelda. After giving Link the legendary Light Arrows, Zelda tells Link that Ganondorf has become the King of Evil with the help of the Triforce of Power. The other two pieces of the Triforce, Wisdom and Courage, were held by them. Zelda held the Wisdom piece, and Link held Courage. After learning this, Link witnesses Zelda get captured by Ganondorf.
Link rushes to Ganondorf's castle, which now stands in the place of Hyrule Castle. With the Sages help, Link enters the evil fortress, battles through six rooms to break the seal on the inner staircase, and charges up to the topmost chamber for a showdown with the King.
Using the Master Sword, Link manages to reflect the evil king's spells back at him to stun him, then uses Light Arrows and the Master Sword to subdue him. In a final attempt to destroy Link and Zelda, Ganondorf causes the castle to start collapsing.
In a mad dash, the two make it to safety just as the castle is leveled. Ganondorf seems defeated, until he rises up, using the Triforce of Power to become the monstrous Ganon. Wielding two large blades, Ganon manages to knock the Master Sword out of Link's hands, causing it to land next to Zelda, who gets left out of the battle by a wall of fire.
Using his Light Arrows and some of his other weapons, Link manages to weaken Ganon enough to lower the fire, retrieve the Master Sword, and allow Zelda to pin Ganon. With the help of the Sages, Link administers the final blow, sealing Ganon in the Evil Realm forever; or so they hope.