AN: Ok, attempt three at writing a story, the first one is no longer available, as it sucked. I am only starting another, due to my problem trying to write chapter 6 for "The Return." So to try and take my mind of that I am writing this.
Hyrule Field
Link wiped the sweat of his forehead, the war was finally going to end after many long and hard years of fighting.
Upon returning to Hyrule from his trips in Termina, he had learned that Ganondorf had broken out of prison and had begun an all out attack on Hyrule. During their many encounters throughout the years, Link had learned that both Zelda and Ganondorf had kept their memories of seven years into the future.
Because of this Ganondorf was even more ruthless in obtaining the head of the Hero than ever before. All of his attempts had failed however, and the many long years of conflict had made Link more efficient in every way.
He had mastered hand to hand combat with the Gorons, mastered archery with the Gerudos, increased his overall speed with the Zoras, but that was not all. Over the period of war, Ganondorf had created several Dark Links to try and kill Link, allowing him to conquer Hyrule without a hitch.
These Dark Links became more deadly and skilled with every iteration, yet none could defeat the Hero of Time. Due to these encounters, Link had perfected the way of the sword, and had come up with his own seven techniques to give him the edge in duels.
Yet it was not a shoe in victory for the Hylians. Despite all of his improvement, Link could not surpass Ganondorf, it was to be expected after all, he was only around 13. And Ganondorf was not slouching either, he too was improving himself so he could beat the Hero.
Despite this he still had greater value in battle than an entire army, easily being able to dispatch hordes of Darknuts singlehandedly. In this case however, he had to withstand Ganondorf's last stand, an all out attack on Hyrule Castle!
Every monster, every soldier under Ganondorf's command was being dispatched and sent to bring Hyrule to its knees. There was no way around it, the war was ending one way or another. As the first monsters came into view, Link drew the Master Sword from the sheathe on his back, and prepared to go to battle.
He was all alone, no one else had the will to fight right now, they saw it all as a lost cause. In their minds, Hero or not, there was no way they could withstand the power coming at them.
Link however was not going to give up without a fight, he had fought, bled, and suffered for as long as he could remember. If he had to lay down his life for the peace he so desperately tried to bring then so be it. Hyrule was his home, no one would destroy it as long as he lived.
The monsters drew closer, closer, and closer still, turning around Link took one last long look at the castle behind him, and prayed that the Goddesses would favor him that day.
One monster who was quicker than the others had reached Link while he was still looking at the castle. In an attempted sneak attack it drew its sword back and swung at Link's head.
The sword never made contact, as the arm holding it fell to the ground, along with the whole relight half of the monster, as it had been cleaved clean in half in a diagonal cut. Link once more sheathed his sword, and began to walk toward the approaching monsters, which now began to show a sign of fear on their faces.
With no other option the monster's charged and Link sprung into action, slicing, shooting, throwing, blasting, and bashing any monster in sight. The Darknuts' armor did them no good as the Master Sword cut right through, thanks the the force coming from behind Link's swings. Even for a thirteen year old, Link was physically the second strongest in Hyrule.
Monster upon monster fell, creating a ring around the Hero, almost as if he were a tornado of death, and anything that wandered to close would die in a moment. In only a few minutes the horde was halved and had stopped their attack.
Link was feeling confident as he looked at the now still mass of monsters, thinking they were too afraid to attack him. The smile on his face slowly disappeared when the monsters parted, creating a path through them.
Walking down this path was none other than the king of evil himself, Ganondorf. "So it has come to this, has it," Ganondorf sneered, "The lone Hero against the King of Evil."
Link simply replied, "That is how it began, and that is how it must end." "So the freak CAN speak," Ganondorf laughed, "how must it feel, knowing that you don't stand a chance, and that you are about to fail Hyrule, for the last time?"
"I defeated you in the future, I can defeat you now," Link shouted back. With a small grunt, Ganondorf retorted, "We shall see." With that, he dismissed the remnants of his army and the final showdown began.
Ganondorf drew his sword, a black long sword around 45 inches long and 5 inches thick, and charged right at Link while beginning his swing. Using the Mortal Draw, Link countered the strike with his own and proceeded to try and bash Ganondorf with his Hylian shield.
Backing off Ganondorf shifted his weapon to one hand, and begun to fire magic blasts at the Hero of Time from the other. Running up to get close, Link avoided some of the blasts, while hitting the others with his sword, sending them back to the Evil King.
As Link drew closer, Ganondorf jumped up in the air, and began to descend, attempting to bring his sword down on Link. Halting his advance, Link blocked the strike with his shield, creating a shockwave of force that shuddered throughout the field.
There was a loud cracking sound, a second later, the shield couldn't take anymore, and shattered into many pieces. The destruction of his shield had knocked Link of balance, giving Ganondorf an opening.
As Ganondorf swung right at his midsection, Link brought the Master Sword down quickly, managing to block the attack. Doing a backflip Link put some distance between him and the male Gerudo.
Despite the composed look on his face, internally Link was slightly shaken. The Hylian shield was supposed to have been indestructible, so while his mirror shields were the same way, he did not draw them lest the break as well.
The two continued their deadly dance, with neither one getting the advantage, until a well placed elbow from Ganondorf knocked the wind out of Link. One sword swing later and the Hero was now on the ground with a huge gash across the chest.
"I could kill you now, but that would have been too easy," Ganondorf contemplated, "No, I have a fate worse than death in mind for you." Closing his fist, two symbols of the Triforce appeared on the back of his hand.
Link looked at the symbol wide eyed, "When did he get the Triforce of Wisdom," he thought. He would be cut out of his thoughts by the extreme pain he felt, as the Triforce of Courage was withdrawn from him by the Evil King.
Now having all 3 pieces, Ganondorf began to laugh very loudly as a portal opened behind Link. Grabbing onto the ground as best he could, Link struggled against the pull coming from it.
"I figured the best way to get my revenge on you was to send you to an alternate dimension, then once I had taken over Hyrule, bring you back and make you look upon what I had done to it," Ganondorf yelled, with an evil laugh.
Feeling his hands slip, Link looked up and noticed the Triforce shining above Ganondorf's head. "It must have formed above him once he completed it," realized Link.
Looking back at the portal, Link got and idea. Moving one of his hands back, he quickly withdrew his longshot, and fired it directly at the Triforce of Courage.
Ganondorf was too busy laughing to notice until the hook had passed over his head. As soon as Link felt the hook embed itself in the Golden Triangle and begin to reel itself back, he let go of the ground and let the portal take him in.
Just in time as Ganondorf fired a magic blast right were he was. As soon as he was through, the portal closed leaving Ganondorf alone in Hyrule field.
"NO," Ganondorf yelled, "THAT WASN'T SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN! CURSE YOU LINK!"
Through the portal
Link slowly stirred as he heard commotion around him, standing up he got a good look at his surroundings. He was in a very busy town, and at each of its edges was a giant wall.
AN: Before anyone points out the contradiction of Link only being 13, yet the story saying he has fought for many long and hard years, just wait that will be explained later.