Part X – The End of Everything

Link could now feel the triforces power burning inside of him. He felt like he was someone much greater than he was, he felt like he had power... The power to do anything. He felt important; he felt he had strength unmatchable. He felt like he was a god. Then soft voices creeping through his head; encouraging him to not turn back. He was better than them all. He didn't know whose voice was inside of his head. Was it his? Was it Ganondorf's? Was it the triforce voice? Even though he didn't know whose they were he trusted them and kept walking amongst the town folks. The people looked at him in the kind of look that he hated. It was the, "Look what he turned out to be", stare that annoyed Link and made him what to tell them to watch their own business. Link walked past them, giving them vile looks as he quickly scampered forward.

He reached into his pocket. Still mounds of junk that had been put through them through his years of wearing that old and dusty tonic. Making his way through the endless useless crap that he should get rid of, he found what was not garbage, but was an item that was more precious as gold. The small triangle stayed on top of his hands, it was the exact same as the one that was in his hand. It was another triforce. As he tried to grab grip off it, the blade cut through his hand leaving a small river of blood dripping down falling down his hand. Normally he would cry in pain, wishing the pain would diminish. But he didn't feel like his hand was hurting. The triforce's power got rid of the pain and left him feeling the same as he did two seconds ago.

Link was reaching the outer parts of Hyrule. It was fall so the leaves were covering the clouds and the wind was making Link's hat a problem to stay on. He knew where he was going – he wasn't lost. As he entered the forest he took a good look at his map before putting it back it his pocket. He took his walk at his leisure. It was a nice day and for Link he always made things turn from great to the most terrible thing in less than a second, always without meaning to. A small wooden house was now in sight, Link could only look in surprise and be a little snobby about the person's wealth. It was covered in cobwebs and had trees lying on the ground that were lucky to have missed the house. He began to mid sprint towards it. He began bolting towards the house, getting ready to deliver the important present. The grass was a lot thicker as Link came closer; snakes were slithering through the tall brown grass, leaving Link having to watch his step very carefully.

He knocked on the door and waited patiently for him to open it. It was getting cold so Link was hoping that despite the man having a small and dirty house it was pleasant inside with a nice warm fire and a good kitchen where he could make some warm tea. Whilst he waited he took a longer look of the surroundings of the house. There was a square of several pumpkins and a pile of rusted swords leaned against the houses wall. The man could be heard running towards the door. He seemed to be in a pleasant mood. The man opened the door and warmly welcomed him in. They both took seats on tree stomps.

Inside it was cool and calm. There was a fire there with a black pot on top slowly boiling the water. They both were motionless but both were looking around. The atmosphere was dead and after moments of awkward silence a voice crawled towards him. He looked over at Ganondorf and saw him giving him a devious smile before the words came to his ears...

"Hello," he said before he moved the pot closer to the middle of the fire. "I didn't expect you to visit me so soon."

"I got it earlier than I expected. Well better early than late."

Link was planning to give Ganondorf the triforce as a way of saying thank you making up the plan for him to get the triforce. Ganondorf was eagerly waiting to get a hold of his golden triangle...

"So do you have it here?" He asked in an impatient tone.

Link showed him his hand, which had his triforce on it. "I've got mine and I've got yours." He said before he smiled gleefully. "It's in my pocket." Ganondorf was smiling uncontrollably. He had wanted this for the past few months. Link pulled it out from his pocket and shined the triforce in his eyes.

"Wows, it is so shiny," he said, looking at it in amazement. "Can I hold it?"

Link's face paused. The smile on his face slowly fell down into a deep frown. Link's thoughts began to beat fast. Ideas roaming through his head. Those questions from those voices crawled and jumped through his head. Did he really want to give the triforce to Ganondorf? After all if it wasn't for him he would be living his life with the glamorous Queen Zelda. She would be still alive if he hadn't got his desires into Link's head. He would still be a normal person. A genuine one. One with real emotions with feelings. Link was now just there. He was breathing but he showed no signs of being a human. And Link knew he was better than this, and he could only blame Ganondorf for this.

However other voices crepped through his mind. Maybe the triforces were the real source of evil. If Link thought about it clearly, it really was the triforce that had done this. If it wasn't for them Ganondorf would how never had such iniquity inside of his veins that would spread to Link's veins. Ganondorf only stubbled into Link for his hunt for the triforce. So, what was really made by the gods to help the civilians defeat evil, turned into the true evil. Link's train of thoughts were very interesting and he wanted to continue them but he knew Ganondorf doesn't like it when time is wasted.

"Ahem! I will ask again: Can I Hold It?"

"Of course you can," he gave him the triforce and Ganondorf held it tightly. There wasn't enough time for Link to study his thoughts enough so he just went with what was at the top of his brain. He then turned towards Ganondorf to see his eyes in total lust at the triforce.

"It's warm," he said explaining how he thought it felt like it had just been pulled out of a fire. "I thank you so much for this."

"Don't bother thanking me," Link said before he got off his chair. "I will hopefully see you sometime again, but for now I have to go. The guards want to catch me like mad."

Ganondorf waved goodbye and Link called his horse. It quickly came, and then he rode off into the forest to never be seen again.

***

Ganondorf was killed a few days later by a troll, and his triforce went to his father. The triforce's went to whoever the holder's favourite person in the world was. So the triforce's slowly went to many different people. Going through many centuries. That is the legend of the triforce and the legendary of Link.

"And Link was never seen again. It is believed the man still lurks around, and is now believed to be a hero and the saviour of time. But those are just legends… Lost Legends!"

The father said before his children looked at him with a saddened look. It wasn't the sad look the father had got before about his story being boring. It was a much deeper look. It was one that showed the children cared about the characters. The father had told the story in such a way that the children had really felt for them. They looked at the father who they also had the same look as they had. The man had said it with a lot of emotion, and it had gone all around the room, even back to him.

"Daddy," his daughter said to him, "Are you Link?" The daughter asked him, she was still confused by who he was. "No." He said sharp and firmly.

"But, you have the triforce." His youngest child said, pointing towards the glowing orb in his skin.

"The triforces has been passed down and down. Whenever the holder dies it'll go to whoever they cherish the most in the world, and it can only be passed on to someone of the same gender as them. It has been thousands of years since this was made. The original Link would be two-thousand years old if he still was alive now."

"Well did you get the triforce from Link?" The daughter asked.

"No. I am in no way related to Link."

"Well, if you aren't a girl..." the daughter paused... "Then you couldn't have gotten the triforce from Zelda."

"That means you go it from the mean dude!" His oldest child said.

"Daddy, are you telling us you're relating to that mean guy?"

He sighed, "Yes I am. But he's like my great, great, great, great grandfather or something. I do in no way share the same desires as he did." He said jokingly but still with a serious look.

"Well that's good to know daddy." The daughter said before smiling.

"Daddy, when you die, who you going to give yours triforce to?" The little child said before smiling widely. The father didn't want to answer so he sent them all to bed.

He didn't want greed to turn them against each other. He feared that they could kill each other for the power of the triforce. It was what his great, great, great father had done. And he didn't want his son's to turn into somebody like him. That was why he told them this legend, to warn them about the consequences that will happen if they do that stuff. The legend was hopefully forever finished.

Authors Notes: So after six months or so, a story that I wrote in two weeks is finally complete. The Lost Legend is the first story of mine that I have ever completed that isn't a one-shot. The story had lots of errors, and wasn't my best, but it was fun to write and definitely taught me a lot about writing in third person. I like to thank all the readers that read and reviewed my story it helped a lot. My next story will be one in the Mario world which I hope I will show more dedication to. Well C'ya everyone.