Get ready for a chapter full of action and adventure! This is going to be suspenseful, funny at times, and action packed! Where we left off, Ganondorf and Link are just about to have a nice chat in the Entrance Hall of Hyrule Castle, which is fully repaired and even made a little better. There's a lot of unique enemies that are going to have to be vanquished, and a couple dungeons to be conquered. This chapter is basically just leading into what Ganondorf and Link have to deal with. Any questions about previous chapters will be answered on my Tears of Darkness forum.


Ganondorf let out a sigh as Link dragged him into the deserted Entance Hall and tossed him against the wall. Link had a new sword, which was out and ready. It had a white blade, which was crackling with blue energy. His shield was the good old Mirror Shield. There was something wrong with Link, and Ganondorf could not place it.

"What are you doing back here, Ganondorf? Didn't you cause enough pain last time! How did you get out, for that matter?" Link wasn't wearing his trademark hat or his green clothes. He was currently hatless, and was wearing a rather ornate silver tunic, made of chain mail.

"Well for one," Ganondorf muttered, pushing Link's hand away from his throat and standing to his full height. Link raised his sword, but in a warning, not prepared to actually strike. "I didn't ask to come back here exactly. And I don't intend to cause trouble. I had a lot of time to think, and recollect. I was wrong Link. I was going to apologise to you a little more privately, but then the damn cloak..."

Link frowned. He knew he should'nt trust the man, but somehow he knew Ganondorf wasn't lying. "That still doesnt answer my question! How did you escape the Sacred Realm?"

Ganondorf sighed. "I didn't, I was set free by Din, Nayru and Farore. They said the saw how sorry I was. Anyways, Link. There is another reason I'm here."

Link studied Ganondorf, and decided to believe him. "The others aren't going to like this. At all." Link said.

Ganondorf grinned. "I know. I wasn't intending to come here at all, but when I was released it sent me back to the exact location I was when I entered the Sacred Realm."

"On top of the castle." Link laughed, imagining Ganondorf's surprise when he found himself well over six storeys into the air.

Ganondorf nodded. "But again, there is another reason I'm here. Your land is being polluted, you may have only noticed the clouds, but the Sacred Places in Hyrule are being sapped once again. This time by something twice as strong as me."

Link was taken aback. It was one thing for Ganondorf to be concerned about the welfare of Hyrule, it was quite another for him to admit something was stronger than him. "What is it, do you think?" Link asked.

Ganondorf scowled. "I don't know. I just know it's source is in a great Black Cathedral over in the Haunted Wasteland."

Link nodded. The Gerudo's had evacuated because it had begun to perpetually rain there, rain some poisonous liquid. "So what do you intend to do? The area is inaccesible!" Link said.

Ganondorf thought, then grinned. "Nowhere is inaccesible to The Triforce of Power, and when combined with the Triforce of Courage..."

Link was about to rebuke Ganondorf's proposal immediately, when suddenly he thought. "It probably would work, I mean, if the Goddesses let you out, you must be true to your word. When our two Triforce peices work together, we could be quite strong." Link sighed. "How are we going to tell everyone this? I mean we can't just barge in and say, 'Hey everyone! Ganondorf's a good guy now!' Can we?"

Ganondorf thought. "Link we're going to have to leave now, and set out for this place. Pop in and tell them you have to leave, so they wont think I killed you, but we must leave now."

"Alright. Gerudo Valley isnt far from here. About a day's walk. One horseback a day and a half, do you have a horse?" Link asked.

Ganondorf shook his head, the pang of sadness hitting him again. Link sighed. So it would take a little while to actually get there. Oh well. Link was getting used to quests that took time to accomplish. With luck this one would be one day, and he and Ganondorf would slay this evil and cleanse the land.

"Whats in it for you?" Link asked on a hunch. Ganondorf looked at him, and Link registered a look of hurt.

"Why should I do this for myself? Havent I told you I seek redemption? I am doing this to apologise to myself, to prove to all that I am no longer the monster I once was." Ganondorf looked towards the black smog, rising to the sky. "And to show this joker what happens to those who set there little playplaces in my homeland."


The man sat in a large rusted throne, in a vast metal room. Behind him, on the back wall was a massive glass plate, stained with flecks of blood and oil. Through the window was a great engine, working its pistons up and down. The man's steely gray eyes stared forward, not really seeing the room at all. He was seeing Hyrules sacred locations, and his minions slowly leaching life from the country.

Lost Woods, Death Mountain, Lake Hylia, Kakariko Graveyard, Desert Colossus, the ancient caves below Hyrule Field, and of course, creating an alternate realm inside the now closed Temple of Time. His strongest minions had peirced these places and were draining the very life of the earth from it. And also, corrupting the nature. The Great Engine ran on the spirits of the dead, his minions were reaping spirits to run this abomination.

What his engine did, was compress spirits, and turn them into concentrated power, all for him to absorb.

The man looked towards the door, as it slid open. A zombie, shambling and corroded, staggered towards him. The man stood, his gray cloak moving lightly. The zombie stood before him and the man put a palm upon its forehead. Instantly, he was shown a vision of Ganondorf plummeting from the sky, and landing softly, enveloped in blue light upon the top of Hyrule Castle.

"So the fool is back. Good. Of course, he will strike out at me for making my glorious Asylum residence in his pathetic desert. Let him come. I much desire to see the power of this fool. All I have is legends to listen to." The man let go of the corpses head, and turned to go back to his chair. Suddenly, there was a flash of black light and the man stood in front of the zombie, his sword out. There was a small crackle and the sound of a slash a second later, and the zombie exploded.

"None stand in the presence of Legion and resume to move." Legion's bloody mouth lifted in a smile of knowing contempt, and he sat in his chair, the toxic rain falling around his massive building. His sword rests on his lap, and he stares out the massive window before him that overlooks the landscape of Hyrule. "Come find me, Ganon. I can't wait to meet you."


Ganondorf struggled to keep up with Link as the Hero walked swiftly ahead of him. Grumbling, Ganondorf began to powerwalk swiftly behind him. "You could always slow down a notch." The Gerudo king muttered angrily, pulling his robe closer to him. He was getting a little tired of walking around looking like a monk.

Link shook his head. "We have to get there as fast as we can." Ganondorf glared. What does speed matter? The buildings always going to be there tomorrow. Ganondorf thought bitterly. But nonetheless hastened to keep up.

They were walking alongside Zora river, which served as the moat of Hyrule Castle and ran down close to Lon Lon Ranch. It was dark, and when they had discussed getting there in a days walk, they didnt neccasarily mean day, just 12 hours. It was night, at around 1 o'clock. Link was about 10 feet in front of Ganondorf, not slowing, when Ganondorf heard a light splash to his right. Link didn't stop, and kept going. Ganondorf stopped, and peered at the river. He was awareof some dark shape, but the clouds were currently over the moon, and he could'nt see.

There was another light splash, and the hulking shadow drew closer. With shock he noticed that the shape had been moving the whole time, just too slowly for Ganondorf to notice. "Uh, Link?" Ganondorf said, backpedalling swiftly. When he got to at least 14 ft away from the river he bolted after Link's outline, barely there in the dark. He heard a massive splash from the river and heavy footfalls speeding towards him. Ganondorf, howling like a child, was never so happy to see Link unsheathe his sword in his life.

"What the hell?" Link yelled, as the shadow sped towards them. Link removed a Deku Nut from his pack and whipped it at the object. There was a flash of light and Ganondorf caught a glimpse of the beast.

It was at least 8 ft tall, and ran at them on 4 legs. It appeared reptillian, but had hollow empty eye sockets and large horns curling from the back of its head. Link chucked another Deku Nut and Ganondorf's second impression was of a strange, land going zombie shark. Ganondorf waited until the creature was 4 ft from him and launched a powerful Gerudo Dragon, the beasts head went up as Ganondorf caught it with his powerful flying uppercut, and it let out a cry of pain, like the screaming of the dead.

Link's powerful sword illuminated the area somewhat, and Ganondorf noticed what was wrong with Link. His fairy was absent, that little meddling being. A shame, it would've come in handy about now. Ganondorf backpedalled away from the thing as it recovered from his attack, and Link charged, his sword plunging deep into the side of the creature. With another screech the monster fell, breathing shallowly. Ganondorf walked over to it and muttered a small light spell.

The beast was quite ugly, with the head of a shark, and without eyes. Were its oculars should have been were hollow, gaping crevices, revealing sordid tissue beneath. The beast let out a snarl and snapped at Ganondorf's leg.

"Nasty bugger, aint it?" Ganondorf noted. "God damn thing looks like it came right out of a horror story."

Link walked over to it and drew his bow, loaded a Light Arrow and shot the beast in the head. It twitched and lay still. "Whatever the hell it was," Link frowned. "I'm sure its not the only one of it's kind."

Ganondorf walked around the expanse of the creature, studying it. It had four powerful legs and a tail that looked like it could do some damage. Its teeth were long and sharp, and Ganondorf didnt want to imagine what a bite from that would feel like. It's horns were also cruel looking. With shock he noticed the saddle tied to its back. Ganondorf pointed and stared. Link looked to, and then looked around.

"I think this one was riderless." Link said. "Otherwise we would've been attacked by now."

"Must be one hell of a being to tame something like that." Ganondorf muttered. The two set back towards Gerudo Valley, considerably more alert. The two began to fatigue as they neared the ridge that marked the beginning of the desert region, where Icarah had leapt from all those years ago.

"This looks a good place to set up camp." Link smiled. Ganondorf sat down, staring up at the stars.

"So, me being absent and all, I take it I missed a lot?" Ganondorf grinned at his ex-nemisis.

Link laughed, and pulled out his quiver of arrows. He began to sharpen the heads on a piece of metal. "Yeah. Those extra people from Termina? I had to go there and stop the moon from falling on them all. On top of that all sorts of weird stuff."

Ganondorf whistled. "And all I was doing was wallowing in regrets and self pity." Link looked up at him, curiousity in the Hylian heroes eyes.

"You know, I never earned anything about your past. It never really occured to me to ask you while you were trying to kill me."

Ganondorf raised an eyebrow at Link. "Do you really want to know?" Link nodded, and Ganondorf sighed. "Its a fuck of a long story."

Link laughed. "Heres a deal, you tell me, I'll tell you some long stories about my adventures."

Ganondorf thought. "What the hell, you ready kid?" And Ganondorf told Link about Icarah, Alexa and Drake, all the friends he had made and lost. About promises broken, lives crushed, and powerful vengeance. Link listened, shocked and saddened at the dark past of the man he had assumed knew only pointless evil.

As Ganondorf finished, Link shook is head. "I guess that explains a lot. You really loved that girl, didnt you?"

Ganondorf nodded, and turned away, feeling a horrible surge of sadness and guilt came over him. Here he was, years later, living a broken promise to a girl who died so wrongfully all those years ago. Ganondorf didnt feel very tired anymore. He felt he had to push on. To strike down the evil that purged the land, for her. Ganondorf stood.

"Whoa, what are you doing?" Link asked, confused, standing also.

"I'm heading out. We shouldnt waste time here. The sooner we end this, the better." Ganondorf began marching towards where the clouds were darkest, the place Ganondorf called the Cathedral of Darkness. The Gerudo King marched forward, a determined glint in his eyes, and it was Link now who had trouble keeping up. With a gleam in his eye Ganondorf entered the area that was Gerudo Valley.

"Slow down, Ganon!" Link yelled, breathing heavily. Ganondorf looked around at the deserted buildings. The rain wasnt falling here, it seemed to start immediatley at the gate to the Haunted Wasteland. The powerful sandstorm spell Ganondorf had slammed upon that desert had been overpowered by the toxic rain spell.

"Does this guy want me to kill him?" Ganondorf mused aloud. Link looked over, after hearing his story Link understood Ganondorf's anger a tad better. Link had a feeling sparks were going to fly when they entered the that building.


Dotour sat in his seat, quite nervous and fidgety. He had been having friendly conversation with the man who's defeat they were celebrating? The idea frightened the mayor of Clock Town. That wizard could have smitten him on the spot if he'd wished. Yet he didnt, why was that? Zelda had demanded they stay longer, as she wished to address the guests.

"Dude. Pass the potatoes." A voice from beside Dotour stated. Dotour turned to see Japas, the guitarist of the Indigo-go's looking intently on the bowl of steaming spuds. Dotour slid the bowl over and resumed fidgeting.

Zelda stood, and raised and arm. The room's bustling conversation quieted. The queen cleared her throat, and began to speak.

"As you all know, we are here to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the day Link released the death grip the Evil King Ganondorf had on this land. But, tonight we witnessed a terirble event. Ganondorf has apparently returned. Link has probably begun combatting him right now. Do not worry. Link is more than a match for him. For now..." She was cut off, as Dotour stood and cleared his throat.

"Excuse me, Queen Zelda, your highness... But, he seemed to have, changed a little. He seemed like quite a nice fellow." Dotour was aware he was probably making a complete idiot of himself in front of all in Hyrule, but nonetheless he stuck to his first impression. "I mean, if he wanted revenge, he could have killed us all right there."

Zelda stared at the small purple haired man. "Never have I heard such thing said about that man. It would seem follishness if you didnt make such a solid point. However, being so quick to assume the man has changed is foolishness. Sit down, Dotour." Zelda's statement was curt and somewhat rude. Dotour felt a pang of annoyance at being addressed so. Nonetheless, he sat.

Unbenounced, Dotours statement had had a great effect on those present, including the Sages. Why had Ganondorf not destroyed them all? Had he changed? It was very confusing. Nabooru, especially was a little puzzled. She had seen the very dat Ganondorf trod his dark path, and the look of his eyes. The look of a man with nothing left but his hatred. When she had seen his face today, she had seen confusion, embarassment, but not a shred of the hatred or darkness she remembered. Could he have changed? If so, would Link realise this before it was too late? Time would tell.


Link cursed. They stood before the gate to Desert Colossus, the black rain falling in front of them. Ganondorf was staring at the droplets with a thougtful expression. Through the haze the hulking mass was visible. There was a clattering noise from Gerudo Fortress. Link and Ganon turned, and saw the form of three beings emerge from the doorway. They were perhaps 6 ft each, with mottled green skin and butcher smocks. They wore black masks that covered their faces.

In their hands were cruel curved hooks, stained in dried blood. With hideous grunts and a burst of hideous speed the creatures rushed them, hooks flailing at intense speeds. Ganondorf did a back flip and his foot caught the jaw of the one that reached him first, sending it upwards. He caught it as it fell, and slammed it upon his knee, breaking its spine. He crushed its head as it slid to the ground with a heavily booted foot.

Link was almost caught in a pincer attack by one as it slammed both hooks towards him from different directions. At the same time Ganondorf's foot connected with the firsts face, Links sword was stuck between the hooks. The creature grunted, unable to move his weapons, and Link's free hand extracted a bomb from his pack. Link ripped his sword free, and made a large hole in the creatures gut, with a grin he stuck the bomb inside, and pushed the beast into its last remaining ally.

There was an explosion and both of the humanoid creatures were incinerated. Ganondorf smiled. "Is that what we're up against? Dear me. It appears this venture isnt going to be of any fun at all. Ganondorf raised his right arm, and the triforce of Power glowed, creating a small force field. He attempted to step into the rain, but the barrier wavered and began to deteriorate.

Ganondorf cursed and leapt back. Link walked over, and stood beside him, raising his left arm, which held the Triforce of Courage. Link summoned the largest barrier he could muster, and Ganondorf did the same, then, they joined hands, and the barrier became massive. They bothed stepped into the rain, and the barrier stayed strong. Ganondorf let out a laugh.

"My my, this fellow did not work hard on making this Triforce proof." Ganondorf chuckled. He was angry to see the entire structure of the desert had changed. The river of sand was gone, only barren plains and soggy dunes were there to greet them. This made the trek much easier. As they walked, he noticed that Hezradah's house was still there. The old man had perished in the war, and Ganondorf knew only regret for that.

Link, however, was also glad to see it, Ganondorf had no idea why. "Ganondorf! He could lead us there easier!" Link excalimed. Ganondorf was confused. Was he referring to Hezradah? Ganondorf pretended to know what Link was talking about.

As they neared the building, a single Poe appeared, a lantern in its hands. Ganondorf noticed the stone house was corroded, the stone eaten at by the acidic rain. The Poe stared in disbelief at Ganondorf.

"Ganon!" Hezradah's voice shouted. "Why, it's been years! What brings you back to this place, especially now that so much evil is here!"

Ganondorf smiled, his old friend still in the place he loved so. "We're here to bring that eyesore down, Hez." Ganondorf said, pointing to the building. Hezradah sighed. "Alas, I cannot lead you there. The beings inside, they collect the souls of the dead, I do not know why. Luckily, they havent discovered they are sitting upon the biggest graveyard Hyrule has ever known, from that Dinalfo attack. You see, I do not want to alert them that there are ghosts here."

Ganondorf nodded, understanding. "Hang on, my friend. We'll stop this." Link stared in hatred at the cathedral, and started walking towards it. Ganondorf followed, keeping a brisk pace.They realised it was a lot closer than it appeared, the rain made it seem farther. Within seconds they were in front of the massive doors.

"Ready to raise hell?" Ganondorf said, the irony of the statement wasted on the two, as they knew nothing of what they were about to face. Link nodded.

"Kicking ass and taking names is what I'm all about." The Hylian drew his sword and kicked in the door. With a crash, it fell in, and a waft of stench flew from the door.

Ganondorf coughed, recognizing the smell of blood anywhere, just, never so much of it. As he stepped in, he gasped in horror. They were inside a massive hall. Barren of all save for piles of limbs and bodies hanging from meathooks. The walls were caked in slippery crimson blood, as was the floor. They dispelled the barriers, as they were inside. "What is this place?" Link coughed.

"This, fools, is Asylum." A voice echoed throughout the entire building. "My home, now your home." The door at the far end of the large room opened, and a tall man, about 6'2, entered. He stood, his legs slightly parted, his hands rested upon the hilt of his sword, which was balanced blade down into the ground. His eyes were steely gray, and he wore a gray over coat, open at the front, revealing a white shirt caked in blood. The mans mouth was bleeding heavily as well.

Ganondorf felt waves of pure, noxious evil reeking from this man, and he knew that he was as nothing compared to this. Link felt it too, and realised that Ganondorf, Majora, anything he had ever fought could not come near the intense evil of this man. It felt wrong to call him a man, as nothing could be so purely dark.

"Who the fuck are you?" Ganondorf asked, and the man alughed, as if he had been anticipating this question.

"My name is Legion, For We Are Many. And, you must be Ganondorf, and the hero of time Link. I do say, you took no time coming here." The man extracted a cup of wine from thin air. He took both hands off the sword, which stood, as if still being held in place. Legion smiled. "I'm sorry, did you want any?" He snapped his fingers and two cups floated down in front of the two. Ganondorf eyed it, grabbed it, and splashed it into the mans face, and smashing the cup at his feet.

The sagely smile never leaving the mans face, the wine suddenly lifted off in a concentrated bubble, and disapeared. "Not very grateful of your host's hospitality, are we?" Legion said, still smiling, but a twang of rage in his voice.

Ganondorf smirked. "Hospitality this." And launched a powerful Gerudo Dragon, purple flames raging around his being. Legion raised his arm, and smacked Ganondorf's oncoming fist aside, forcing him into a spin. Legion leapt, and smashed his foot into Ganondorf's face as he regained his balance. Ganondorf sailed through the air and smashed into a bloodstained wall.

"How utmostly boring. You honestly believe I couldnt have stopped you from coming if I didnt want to? My armies of the damned are infinite. I could have crushed your entire world by now. I have only ever been defeated once, as I made quite a grave mistake in my, rather illustrious opponent, but such will not happen again."

Legion snapped his fingers and an orb of spinning black fire shrouded his left hand. He flicked his wrist and threw his hand forwards, and the orb slammed towards Ganondorf, catching him in the chest as he stood. With a scream of pain, Ganondorf fell to his knees. At this time Link darted forward. his sword slamming towards Legion's temple. Legion pivoted lightly, and tripped Link. He grabbed Link by the sword arm, twisting it painfully behind his back, forcing him to drop the blade.

"How pretty." Legion smiled, and with a crack a wave of enmergy sent Link slamming into a wall as well. Legion picked up the sword, twirled it, and pocketed it into thin air. Link yelled, and Legion stalked forward. "Is this it? Is this really it? I expected so much more from you two. It appears the destruction of Hyrule will be no chore at all."

Ganondorf got to his feet lightning fast and tackled Legion, knocking them both to the ground. Caught totally off guard, Legion screamed in rage. Ganondorf enveloped himself in purple fire and delivered a powerful strike to Legion's smug face. Link leapt forward as well, and stabbed Legion through the gut with the Kokiri Sword. Legion sighed.

"Oh my. It appears I have adagger in my gut. Whatever shall I do?" Legion's hands were suddenly filled with his sword, which was covered in white fire. As he swung it, human screams emittied from the air, and it struck Link in the shoulder. Pain hit Link like a steam train, and he was sent flying, unconcious. Ganondorf sent a wave of elemental lightning at Legion, who deflected it with his left hand.

"I was going to make this painless, but know you've pissed me off." Legion slammed them both against the wall, not even touching them. "When you wake up, you'll wish you never entered the dark glory of Asylum." Legion's voice ripped through their minds as they were hit with pain so explosive, that with a flash of light everything faded.

They slid to the ground, and Legion laughed, the sound filling the desert with its cruel mockery. It was time for the world to know his name, and cringe in fear.


Holy shit that was fun to write. Hope you like this one! I tried extra extra hard to get the detail good. Who is this Legion! What exactly is he going to do to Hyrule. And what will become of Link and Ganondorf? Review it, I want to know your thoughts!