Hylian War
Chapter 3: Sorrow
Link was finally heading back to Ordon Village after a year of helping Princess Zelda restore order to the land of Hyrule after Zant had engulfed it in Twilight. After Link had defeated Zant and Ganondorf, Princess Zelda had asked him to help her soldiers defeat the remaining monsters that roamed Hyrule. Link had finally finished this task and after reporting to the princess he was finally heading back towards his hometown.
He was now riding his horse Epona and was feeling joyful for the first time in a year. Link entered Faron forest, which bordered Ordon Village. He rode past Coro and waved towards the man, who waved back. Back when Hyrule was engulfed in Twilight Coro had given him a lantern which had helped him reach the Forest Temple. However his thoughts were on how he would be greeted when he returned to his village. He had not seen the villagers for over a year and wondered if they would act like he was Link a simple villager, or Link the hero who had saved Hyrule. When he saw the bridge that led to his village he grew excited and spurred Epona on to a greater speed. When he had crossed the bridge he could smell smoke in the air. As he approached the village he could see that the village had been burned down. He slowed Epona and looked at what used to be his hometown. Everything had been burnt to the ground, and he could see the bodies of dead villagers on the ground. As far as Link could tell no one had been left alive. Link walked around his ruined village and was shocked as he saw that whoever had attacked the village had piled up most of the bodies and burned them.
He heard a low groaning noise, so he drew the Master Sword and slowly walked towards the sound. He past what used to be Colin's house and saw a body sticking out of the rubble. Link relaxed and started to walk away, but then he realized the body was making the groaning noise. He hurried to the body and pulled it out of the rubble. He flipped it over and saw that it was Colin. "Colin, are you still alive?" asked Link. "Link is that you?" murmured Colin. "Yes it's me, what happened to the village?" asked Link. "Fierce woman warriors came, killed everyone, and burnt the village. Also there was a green skinned man with them. It looked like he was in charge of them." answered Colin.
Link had no idea who the women were, but the green skinned man sounded like he was Ganondorf. But Link had no idea how Ganondorf had come back after he had been defeated by Link. As Link was thinking about that Colin gave one last groan then fell silent. Link tried to wake him but he would wake. So Link picked Colin's body and carried to a patch if soil and buried Colin. After that Link went to his old house, which was the only part of the village still standing, entered it and fell asleep.
The next day Link had decided that he would go talk to the Sages in the Gerudo Desert to see if they knew how Ganondorf could be back so soon after being defeated. He would also see if they knew who the women, that destroyed his village, where. So Link got back on Epona and headed towards Lake Hylia.