This was just a quick one-shot I came up with in class.
Disclaimer: I don't own The Legend of Zelda.
Internal Conflict
He is the enemy. He captured Zelda so he could sacrifice her for his plans. He is a demon, sadistic and uncaring towards those around him. A cold, calculating smirk almost always adorned his pale face. There is no way that someone like him, Demon Lord Ghirahim, could feel an ounce of care for anyone but himself.
When we met at the Fire Sanctuary, he told me we were "Bound by a thread of fate." I thought he meant that we were eternal enemies, but now I'm not so sure. We've fought countless times, with him always retreating in the end. Ghirahim never used his full strength though. It seems like he wants to keep me alive, but for what? I'm the Chosen Hero of the Goddess, and I am fated to kill him.
"Sky child," is what he's called me since we've met. He did it to mock me. Each time he said it, it made me think of my home, far above the surface. I needed to defeat him and get Zelda back before returning to Skyloft to stay, but he had to complicate things.
Ghirahim would teleport behind me and whisper in my ear, before drawing his sword to fight. He would rant about me foiling his plans, but then he would spare me and disappear. He would call me Sky child, before slipping up and saying my name softly, even though he claims he can't remember it.
Each time he did this, it would break my resolve. I know I have to protect Zelda, a Chosen Maiden of the Goddess. And yet, I can't see myself slicing through Ghirahim, ending his existence. I don't understand my feelings towards him, much less the demon himself. I might struggle with this forever, but there is one thing I know, even though I can barely admit it to myself. The Demon Lord Ghirahim, the one I'm supposed to kill, may not think of me with hatred.
And I, Link, the Chosen Hero, might feel the same way.
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