A hundred years ago, Hyrule Castle fell to the hands of Calamity Ganon. Possessing the Divine Beasts, slaughtering the Champions, and defeating the Hero Chosen by the Goddess' Blade.
Zelda had hit rock bottom. Her father deceased, her friends gone and the only person who'd willingly give his own life for her, taken to a shrine with the faint hope that he survives his injuries.
Her only shot at salvation was to give herself to the Calamity. To use the powers she now seemingly had, to fight Calamity Ganon head on, fight him for however long she needed. If it meant Link would survive, that the land would not fall, that she could finally defeat Ganon once and for all, to save Hyrule... She was willing to.
It had been a torturous century. While her body had been kept in stasis, kept safe by the powers bestowed by the holy spirits, her mind ran rampant.
She always thought the Calamity was a mere force of evil, as inevitable as the sun rising. That it was but a beast born from the malice that could be purged by the power of the spirits and the Sheikah technology.
How wrong she was…
For a century, she could feel the being that was known only as Calamity Ganon. He was no beast... He was cunning and powerful. He took over the guardians and the Divine Beasts in surprise, no one expecting it nor able to fight against it. It knew what was coming... It remembered that battle ten thousand years ago, and it used the Sheikah tech against them. And ever since she gave herself to it, in trying to hold it at bay... She was forever trapped in this rotting castle, surrounded by a malignant force that spoke to her. It prodded at her mind, whispered in her ears. Promises of riches, power, freedom; the chance to remake the world, to rid it of its impurities, and to make it whole again... And all she'd have to do was stop fighting and give in... Give in to the desire to give up and finally take a long-needed rest.
She did her best to fight back. She often found herself thinking about Link. He was her only hope... Everyone else she ever knew was probably gone. Either slain by Ganon or withered from old age.
But finally... Finally, after all this time, he came for her. He came to slay the beast that has caused chaos and misery for over a century... He came to save her…
The last arrow was shot, landing square on the Beast's weak spot. Letting out an ear-piercing roar, stumbling back as its strength ran out.
From within its body shot out the light as bright as a star. And so, from the heavens, Zelda came down like a feather in the wind, gently floating down. She felt the ground beneath her and stood face to face with the beast that took Everything from her.
It collapsed, weakened yet full of rage. Zelda merely stared at the maleficent Pig and then channeled the power of Hylia through her.
Calamity Ganon was not a match anymore for the Princess. His form dissipated back into a cloud of pure malice, roaring with hatred as it came down upon Zelda, in the last effort destroy her.
She merely watched, before extending a hand. And with the power of the Triforce, she banished the foul beast into nothing in a cataclysmic blast of Holy Power, ending Calamity Ganon's rule once and for all...
Hyrule was saved.
The skies cleared, sun shining through the clouds as her holy glow dissipated. She turned around, to look at the one she's been waiting for all along. Her Hero. Her Savior. Her...
...she froze...
Link stood before her, bow in his hand, in nothing but... His trunks. He was panting, sweating terribly, and seemed short of breath. She could feel her cheeks reddening at the sight.
And before she could muster a word... He collapsed.