Disclaimer: I do not own The Legend of Zelda or any of its characters. They are owned by Nintendo. This is my first piece of fanfiction I have written, so please bear with me for spelling errors and just bad writing. I'm trying to improve my lacking writing skills, so any criticism or comments letting me know that I am doing well is greatly appreciated. Please leave reviews whether good or bad, the advice and encouragement are greatly appreciated.

Moonlight shone into the dirty cell, illuminating a small figure in the corner. A young maiden, no more than sixteen, was sitting there, grasping her knees to chest. Her white gown was slightly torn and smudged with dirt. A small chain snaked its way across the floor shackling her leg to a metal ring fastened to the ground in the middle of the small cell. A great downpour could be seen outside through a small barred window. Occasionally, a huge bolt of lightning completely illuminated the room. The wind prevented the majority of the rain from coming through the window, but there was enough to cause a constant drip drop in the opposite back corner of the cell. How could everything have gone so wrong? The young maiden wondered. She had been locked up for three days. From the guard's conversations, she knew she was to be executed within a week. She screamed in frustration and punched the ground, causing blood to drip from her hand. Thoughts of her execution and the unceasing rain prevented her from falling asleep for a while, but eventually she fell into slumber, her blonde hair covering her face as her head drooped.

A large clang caused the girl to leap up, wondering what was going on. A guard stood laughing in a deep voice, having just hit the bars with his sword. "Have a nice nap princess?" the guard questioned. The maiden sleepily gathered her thoughts. She stood, just looking at the guard for a second, wondering why he was serving whatever dark being had taken over the castle.

"Why are you doing this?" the maiden asked, "why are you helping that monster?" She couldn't fathom how any sane human could serve a force of darkness willingly.

The guard left out a deep chuckle and said, "because he made me." The guard removed the metal gauntlet from his hand and there was nothing inside. The woman gasped, who could have the power to make a soldier? And to make enough of them to take the castle? "Anyways, here's your breakfast, enjoy." The guard through a moldy loaf of bread into the cell which promptly landed in a large puddle of water that had accumulated last night. The maiden picked up the loaf of bread and saw it was green with mold. She dropped it with a distinct sound of disgust. "Food isn't good enough for you eh? The I guess you won't want this then." The guard took a small bucket of water and threw the water at the girl, soaking her from the chest down. She gasped from the chill of the water. Her throat was parched, the water she had had for the past three days was minimal. The guard dropped the bucket on the ground. The guard left the room, leaving the girl with only her thoughts for company, her wet dress clinging to her body.

She sat in the corner throughout the day thinking. No one knew who had taken over the castle, or at least no one who had escaped. She fiddled with her hair, knowing how lucky she had been that the water hadn't touched it. It was hard to tell the time, but as far as she could tell it was about noon. She had tried to sleep but the sun illuminated the room too brightly for her to fall into slumber. Then she heard a noise she hadn't expected; someone was walking towards her room, and they weren't wearing armor. She heard the click click of the persons shoes. Then they entered and everything made sense at once. Agahnim walked into the room as if he were the most powerful being in the world, and without Ganondorf, he might be. "Hello, Princess Zelda. I hope the accommodations are living up to your standards," Agahnim spoke. So, this is who took over the castle. This is the one who has kept me here, Zelda thought.

She gave him a cold blank stare, "Some water would be nice."

"Done," Agahnim responded. He snapped his fingers and a jug of water appeared in her cell. She looked upon it in surprise.

"Why would you do that? Aren't you here to kill me? Unseal Ganon and all that?" she asked.

"Well, my dear Zelda, it's a few more weeks before I have use for you as a sacrifice. I need to make sure you don't die before then. And unseal Ganon? I think you've gone mad. Why would I want to bring him back?"

"Isn't he your master?" Zelda asked. He laughed.

"My master? He is gone! Sealed away! He couldn't beat the fated hero. Now I am the most powerful being in Hyrule, and I will succeed where he failed. Sacrificing the sages will grant me enough power to destroy that silly Master Sword that was Ganon's weakness. Say, didn't Link put it back in its pedestal?" His statement was true. Link had put the Master Sword back once Ganon was defeated. But she couldn't let him know that.

"You are sorely mistaken. Link still has the Master Sword, and you'll see it soon enough." She tried sounding confident, but it was hard with such a dry throat. She took a drink from the water.

"Silly girl, you cannot lie to me. It was a rhetorical question. I know Link doesn't have that sword anymore. He even gave up the three spiritual stones back to their respective races, sealing the door of time. It was the greatest mistake he ever made, maybe if he had it now he could defeat me before it is too late. But now he can do nothing for you Princess Zelda. You are all alone." Before Zelda could make a retort, Agahnim spoke again, "I have other important matters to attend to, including the sacrifice of the fourth sage: your friend, Nabooru." He laughed as he started walking for the door.

"No!" Zelda yelled, "keep your filthy hands off her you fiend!" But there was nothing she could do as Agahnim walked out of the door, still laughing loudly. She slumped against the wall, his last words and his laugh ringing in her head. She knew she wouldn't get much sleep that night, no matter how hard she tried. She drank some more of the water and waited till morning, finally falling asleep late in the morning. As the sun came up the guard came back and drenched her with another bucket of water. "Wake up!" he bellowed. Zelda yelled in surprise as she realized the water had gotten her hair wet.

The guard went to turn around to grab a disgusting looking tray of food, but before he could a sword flashed through the air, cutting him in half. An empty suit of armor clattered to the ground and disappeared into a cloud of dark smoke. Zelda gasped as a familiar face showed itself through the bar. "Miss me?"

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