Maemi's look alike glared at the blood that stained the fallen king, disgust filled her as she knew he was no longer in the land of the living.
"I warned you" she muttered before sensing a Gerudo nearby, narrowing her eyes she vanished and appeared beside Impa and Zelda as they stood in Zelda's bedroom.
"We have to leave now" Maemi said sharply at a confused Zelda, Impa was baffled until she noticed anger.
"But why?" Zelda asked as she stood up, it was just past bed time and Zelda was about to go to sleep.
"The king is dead, Ganondorf killed him a few minutes ago. We can't stay here now or we will be next" Maemi said sharply as her red eyes now appeared glowing in anger scaring Zelda. "I warned him and he just turned a blind eye, now he's dead because of his inability to listen" Maemi growled before noticing the pair who were stunned by the sudden change of behaviour.
"Grab your stuff and we will meet at my room, make sure to pack enough so we can travel lightly" Maemi said coldly, she immediately ran out the room before Zelda could speak. Looking at her caretaker Zelda trembled as tears ran down her face.
"The prophecy... it's coming true" Zelda choked as tears ran down her face.
"Zelda, we can't stay for long or else Ganondorf will be after your power" Impa said in a soft but stern tone as she packed some essentials for the trip.
"Why did Maemi's eye glow red? She's not evil! I know she's not but..." Zelda looked down feeling hopeless. Why? Why had she not tried hard enough to save her father? It wasn't fair!
Zelda jumped slightly as she felt a hand on her shoulder.
"Maemi will explain everything when we're safe. But for now we can't stay here any longer" Impa said softly to the distraught princess. Looking at Impa for a bit she rubbed her eyes and nodded.
"Right, let us go Impa" Zelda said after releasing a shuddering breath.
Maemi who felt a disturbance from her look alike hid at the church. She felt bad for leaving Link but she had wrote down on the note that she would meet him at the Temple of Time. Taking a deep breath, Maemi steeled herself before opening the doors to feel the aura of the church. It left her feeling nostalgic and sad, but she also felt the people's hope and joy which in turn allowed herself to continue. As she walked through the long building the sound of the carpet as she walked on it hit her ears, in a way it was comforting as it steadied her nerves. That was until she saw the spiritual stones perched on the no longer empty holes, Maemi immediately felt cold as she looked at the door with dread. Her stomach dropped and the hairs on her neck stood on their ends.
"No..." Maemi said in a low tone as tears ran down her face, images of fire, darkness and a corrupt king laughing, the screams and cries of so may people reached her ears almost made it hard for her to breath as she forced open her mouth. A small strangled cry left her lips as she felt her legs moving.
"NOOOO!" Maemi screamed as she entered the room behind the open door. She was immediately greeted with a room the shone in a pure light that was slowly dying, just seeing it crushed her deeply as she wanted nothing more than to help. But how? If the Triforce had been stolen then it would be impossible for her to fix it.
"I am surprised that you would somehow be here" a cold voice snapped her out of her thoughts, turning to her left anger surged through her as she saw the object of her hate standing there with a cruel smirk.
"You... YOU MONSTER HOW COULD YOU?!" Maemi screamed in anger at his semi calm expression "HOW CAN YOU DO THIS?!" Ganondorf slowly laughed at her response.
"I want the power of the Goddesses, so I killed the king as he proved no use to me. It seems thought that your sister is missing but not for long" his smirk grew to her disgust.
"So that's it? Power? You truly are a greedy pig! How can someone like you be king to such a suffering tribe is beyond me, I can't understand it" she said in a furious tone "this is not a game Ganondorf! Once you have this power it will corrupt you, then again you already were given what you're doing now" she spat.
"Such bold words from a naïve child, you have so much to learn about this world and and all it's hardships" he said coldly.
"I already know a bit to know you are wrong about the world! Why though? Why do you seek ruin? Nothing comes out of it? People have done this before and it always ends the same way" Maemi said sharply, raising a brow Ganondorf smirked.
"Oh really? Pray tell" he asked in an arrogant tone.
"You'll lose" his smile dropped "pride comes before a fall and those who seek power to hurt will always lose what they gain. Those who sever ties will always be alone, no one will care once your gone because you didn't care enough to think or want what is best! So don't say it's for your people because it will be a lie and we both know it!" Maemi yelled, her voice grew louder with every word that left her lips to the point that the room echoed, almost as if agreeing with her.
"It's not right! Acting all nice when really you wish for pain and death! You're no better than the ones who started that war years ago-!"
"My people suffered because of your king! They died due to the conditions of the place we lived! Everyday or night it was death! Can you imagine that?" Ganondorf responded angrily "you know nothing about me so who are you to judge?" He yelled. Maemi's cold expression startled him.
"War... witness the destruction of Hyrule's bloodiest history! Filled with hatred and greed!" Maemi shook her head "as I said to my sister, there is more to life than fighting, power it only brings pain! You have power already and instead of being happy with what you have, instead of helping you murdered and created suffering to innocent lives! How is that just? Explain that to me!" Maemi said sharply.
"You are too easily blinded-"
"Look who's talking! Let me ask you- once you gain the Triforce and achieve what you want. Will you be happy?" Maemi asked. Ganondorf stared at her for a while before shaking his head.
"It appears we will not be able to agree, even if I asked you- a child who suffered to join-"
"Drop dead Ganondork!" Maemi screamed in anger. An amused smirk formed on his face.
"You remind me of that boy, the one who thought that he could stop me find your sister" he said before light shone weakly.
"Guess he got to you if you couldn't find her huh?" Maemi spat.
"That shadow guard dog will suffer-" "Shut your mouth and don't talk about Impa like that! You will never get the Triforce!" Maemi yelled before light flashed blinding then for a brief moment. Surprised Maemi looked around to see that she was on one side of the room and in the center was the Triforce. Her eyes went wide as it felt like the fake relic that she had touched, one that made her feel happy and safe. One that had her feeling like her grandmother was actually in the room with her. Her eyes caught Ganondorf's as he stood on the other end of the room.
"Run child!" Cried a voice that sounded worried, without wasting time Maemi ran towards the relic.
"You say that I am greedy! What would you do if you had the power? You would end up just like me!" Ganondorf said but Maemi paid no heed. Her mind was set on one thing- protect the Triforce from Ganondorf's clutches.
She knew that she was smaller and not as bulky as him, that she could lose but Maemi refused to give up. She had to at least try, she wasn't fast or had his mind set. No she was her, if she couldn't save the Triforce. If it had split by her hands, then she could only hope those worthy would protect the pieces and prevent them from falling into the wrong hands.
A scream filled Maemi's ears before she felt something hit her. Looking to her left she saw the smirk Ganondorf had on his face before Maemi blacked out due to the sudden pain that attacked her head and right side.
"Up... get up darling..." said a soft voice, Maemi's eyes forced themselves open to see that the room was shaking. She didn't notice the blood that was dripping over her eye, she didn't notice that she was still on the floor. What she did notice however was that Ganondorf had now touched the Triforce.
Maemi's eyes grew heavy as despair and frustration filled her.
"No..." Maemi watched him as he laughed at the fact he was victorious, he didn't care that she had moved her left hand up almost as if she was reaching for the Triforce. Maemi groaned weakly from the pain as tears ran down her face.
"It can't end like this... please... if there is someway to keep the Triforce from falling into the wrong hands... please do it" Maemi pleaded as she watched the realm turn dark "I don't believe in any of you... but my sister and Impa do. If you truly care about your people... you will help them... from this man" Maemi shook slightly from the pain not knowing that there was a soft glow on her left hand. "Save your people from this madness... don't let him have the Triforce!" She cried mentally before her vision went dark.