Chapter 29: He's BACK!

Ganon was breathing so heavily, Link and Fox could feel it as well and they were well over twenty feet away in the bushes. Fox had never seen Ganon before and now he wished he hadn't seen him just now.

The monster looked at them and said, in a low growling voice, "All of Hyrule will kneel before its new king!"

Ganon raised his mighty hand and lightning seemed to strike him. As electricity flowed through his body, the great beast began to change and grow. The cloven hooves turned into pads and got an extra toe until they looked like the feet of a rhinoceros. His goat-like horns moved to the sides until they looked like a ox's. His arms lengthened and the muscle mass increased until they were so bulky, Link could have spread his arms out and not be able to wrap around them. His muscles in the upper body increased and grew pitch black fur like a gorilla. The long, red hair spread around his neck and grew so long, it went past his chest and went all the way up to the horns. It was something like the mane of a lion. The tail began to move as part of it extended into a pair of jaws equipped with teeth. A new pair of eyeballs formed on the tail and even a distinct head. The tail had become a living serpent attached to Ganon's body. Then, to Link's dismay, the head changed. The jaws widened and lengthened and the teeth sharpened as the piggish snout faded away to make room for a large, reptilian head something like Tyrannosaurus rex's. During this whole transformation, Ganon was growing until he was twice the size of the monster Link faced in a forgotten event: fifty feet tall. Then, the mighty monster took a huge step forward and was going to try and stomp on both of heroes.

"MOVE!" Fox shouted, virtually tackling Link to dive away from the foot.

Link ran to the left, took out his bow and shot an arrow at Ganon's chest. The arrow stuck in the skin, but the big beast didn't seem to notice the arrow lodged in its chest. Link saw the snake maneuver around Ganon's body to try and strike him, but met it with an upward strike of his sword. The serpent flinched, flicking out its forked tongue, in apparent surprise. Ganon opened his mouth, let out a roar, and out shot a great ball of energy the size of an asteroid at them. They dodged and the ball exploded with the force of a C-bomb, leaving a patch of burned ground right where they were standing just seconds ago.

"Link! You get Zelda and try to awaken her as the sage. I'll see if I can keep this guy busy." Fox said as he drew his staff.

Link nodded and sprinted off to get Zelda. Ganon saw Link going for Zelda and tried going after him, his massive footsteps sounding like thunder. Fox took his staff and pointed it at Ganon like a spear. Water shot from it and hit Ganon in the face with such force, Ganon fell to the side, almost flattening Link. Link dodged and actually jumped over Ganon's ox-like horns to get Zelda. Ganon got up, roared a great dinosaur roar and raised a fist to swing at Fox. Fox planted the staff into the ground and a root as thick as an anaconda shot from the ground. Many more shot out and wrapped themselves around Ganon's arms before pulling him to the ground. Some even seized the snake tail and held it down as well. Ganon growled as he tried to get free, but then his eyes caught sight of Link, who was almost at Zelda's side. Ganon let loose a furious roar and actually snapped the vines like you would snap a piece of string. He reached onto his snake tail and ripped the vines off it as well. The snake inhaled greatly, seeing as one of the vines was around its mouth, and shook the dizziness out of its head. It caught sight of the hylian below and opened its mouth to strike Link.

Link was halfway there when an eerie hiss seemed to travel down his spine. He turned around and saw the massive serpent coming for him and swung his sword to use his Fire Sword attack. A wave of flame struck the serpent in the nose and left a shiny burn on it. The snake hissed in agony and tried to attack again, but it suddenly turned blue and stopped. Fox had used his Permafrost control and used it on the snake. Snakes were cold-blooded, and if the air was cold, they would slow down. Fox obviously knew this and the snake seemed to attack in slow motion. Ganon turned and advanced on Fox, his tail as stiff as an icicle behind him.

"Get down!" Link shouted as he popped the tip of his sword into the ground.

A shockwave that measured a five on the Richter scale went through the ground and Ganon tripped. Fox started running as fast as his legs would carry him and was just out of range when Ganon landed on the ground with a CRASH you could probably hear two miles away and his jaws snapped shut, barely trimming a few hairs on Fox's tail. Ganon was on his feet in a matter of seconds and Link knew that Fox was in trouble again. He pointed his sword at the gates of Hyrule Castle and the iron bars flew off their hinges and at the beast's mouth. The gates flew through the air, wrapped themselves around Ganon's jaws, and snapped them shut. Ganon was clearly surprised and struggled with his new muzzle in an attempt to get it off. However, this new muzzle was on tight and would take a bit of struggling before it got off. Fox was safe…for now.

By now, Link had reached Zelda and began to shake her wildly as though she was asleep.

"COME ON, ZELDA! Oh, please don't be dead. Don't be dead." Link said desperately.

Ganon took the bars in his ape-like hands and finally peeled them off with impressive strength. He shook the pain out of his head and saw Link and Zelda. The great beast emitted a low snarl as he put his right hand forward and the Triforce began to glow bright on it. A massive axe, easily as long as he was tall, appeared in his hand and the massive beast prepared to swing it at the triforce wielders.

Fox searched wildly and saw a rock that had been tossed up from Link's Earthquake attack. He then got behind the boulder, whipped out his staff, and spun his staff like a propeller. A tornado blew from the staff, picked the rock off the ground, and catapulted it right at Ganon. The boulder struck the beast across the face, causing him to roar in pain and spit out a few teeth. By now, Ganon's tail had thawed and began to recollect itself from the sluggishness of the cold.

Fox quickly went to Link and said, "I'll get her to safety. You can have a turn with big boy, here."

Fox heaved Zelda onto his shoulder and ran off as fast as his legs would carry him. If Hyrule was to survive, Zelda would have to be in the best shape Fox could offer.

Ganon's snake tail took notice of Link and hissed madly, alerting Ganon to the threat, and the massive monster turned around to let loose an earthshaking roar. Link simply took out the giants' mask and put it on his face. It was another game with the Scales they met on Sauria, only with a much uglier opponent. Link took out his sword and charged at the same time Ganon did. Another battle for the triforce was about to begin now.

Ganon swung his battleaxe hard at Link, who simply flipped backwards and caught a good swipe into Ganon's chest. It left a kind of gash, but the King of Evil's wound seemed to heal almost instantly. It was like watching a zipper close as blood coagulated and made new skin without even leaving a scar. Ganon, though he had a healing ability, was raging mad that he had been hurt that easily and struck again. This time, Link parried it and knocked the blade from his hand, but had to roll forward to avoid the black-furred fist of Ganon. But by the time he was on his feet, the snake was there to meet him and clamped its fangs into Link's blade before yanking it out of his hand and wrapping around him.

"You lose, boy." The new Ganon snarled as the snake tightened its grip.

Link struggled against the strength of Ganon's snakelike coils. It couldn't end here. It just couldn't.