Disclaimer: I know I haven't updated in a LONG time, but I was on vacation
for six days. Sorry! I hope you enjoy this chapter of Ganondorf.
A Ride to Fate
The seven Sages - Zelda, Impa, Nabooru, Rauru, Ruto, Saria, and Darunia- each ride across Hyrule on their own horses, looking solemn and angry. Link rides on his own horse, Epona, with Euvaela's arms tied around his waist. Euvaela struggles, but to no avail - the chains around her hands do not give, and she is forced to ride with Link. I haven't been given a horse, so I am forced to run behind the nine riders, barely keeping up. They have chained my hands to Impa's horse, which is the one farthest away from Euvaela. This way, I cannot rescue her and I cannot escape.
I look up at Impa, her eyes fixated on the field ahead of us. "Where are you taking us?" I whisper softly to her, so that the others cannot hear and chastise me.
"Silence, vile wretch!" Impa shouts loudly. She glares at me, and then says," We will be there soon enough."
I know that wherever they are taking me, it can't be good. As I walk in quiet, I try to put my mind on something else, so as to distract myself from the inevitable doom that lies ahead.
I suddenly remember my young teenage years. I was fourteen.
~ ~ ~
"Come catch me!" I call out to Nabooru, who runs after me playfully as we play our game of knight and dragon. I turn and imitate a dragon blowing fire, and Nabooru holds her throat as if she cannot breathe. I chuckle as she falls over and feigns death, and I run over to tackle her. To my surprise, she jumps to her feet again and has me pinned to the ground in moments. We both laugh heartily, and she lies on the sand beside me.
"Look at that one!" she says softly to me as she points to a cloud in the sky. "It looks like a flagpole!"
"Look at that one," I respond as I point to a large cloud. "It looks like a skull!"
Nabooru shivers in disgust. "Gano," she says, calling me by my nickname. "That doesn't sound very pleasant."
"Well, maybe I don't wanna be very pleasant," I say firmly. Then, I go into a dream state. "I won't be another dumb old hero. I'm tired of them. Then I'd have to go around saving everyone. I'd rather be a bad guy! You know, like a villain! Heroes are always so nice and cheerful.......no one is like that in real life! People are more like the bad guys; sometimes happy, sometimes angry, but always, always sinning."
"Hey!" Nabooru says angrily. "People don't always sin."
"I'll make my own world." I say, ignoring her statement. "By taking over ours. You'll see. Someday, I'll help the people of Gerudo Desert realize that they're not the only ones in the world. In fact, I may even make all of Hyrule see that the way they're being now is wrong," I say, changing my tone into a vengeful voice. "All nice to all of the perfect good guys and nasty to all of the horrible bad guys.I'll make them realize how unfair they're being."
Nabooru looked at me warily. "Gano," she said suspiciously, calling me by my nickname. "You shouldn't say that. The Gerudo aren't that stuck up."
"Yeah, well," I begin reluctantly, looking for an excuse and finding none. I change the subject. "You'll see. Someday, I'll be a super-strong warlock, and I'll have a horse and everything!"
Nabooru got up. "Well, it's time to go eat lunch for me anyway. You think about what you said, all right, Gano?" She walks away after looking at me worriedly.
"Yeah, I'll think about, all right," I whisper to myself mischievously.
~ ~ ~
I smile and shake my head, realizing now how foolish I had been. I had had good intentions - to make the Hylians lose all of their horrible prejudices against people who didn't have socially acceptable faces - but I simply went about them all too hastily.
I suddenly realize we are not moving anymore. We are at a staircase that spins around a corner, so I cannot see where it leads. I have never been to this part of Hyrule before, and I wonder what this place is.
"Here we are," Zelda says to us all. "The Empty Gateway."
A Ride to Fate
The seven Sages - Zelda, Impa, Nabooru, Rauru, Ruto, Saria, and Darunia- each ride across Hyrule on their own horses, looking solemn and angry. Link rides on his own horse, Epona, with Euvaela's arms tied around his waist. Euvaela struggles, but to no avail - the chains around her hands do not give, and she is forced to ride with Link. I haven't been given a horse, so I am forced to run behind the nine riders, barely keeping up. They have chained my hands to Impa's horse, which is the one farthest away from Euvaela. This way, I cannot rescue her and I cannot escape.
I look up at Impa, her eyes fixated on the field ahead of us. "Where are you taking us?" I whisper softly to her, so that the others cannot hear and chastise me.
"Silence, vile wretch!" Impa shouts loudly. She glares at me, and then says," We will be there soon enough."
I know that wherever they are taking me, it can't be good. As I walk in quiet, I try to put my mind on something else, so as to distract myself from the inevitable doom that lies ahead.
I suddenly remember my young teenage years. I was fourteen.
~ ~ ~
"Come catch me!" I call out to Nabooru, who runs after me playfully as we play our game of knight and dragon. I turn and imitate a dragon blowing fire, and Nabooru holds her throat as if she cannot breathe. I chuckle as she falls over and feigns death, and I run over to tackle her. To my surprise, she jumps to her feet again and has me pinned to the ground in moments. We both laugh heartily, and she lies on the sand beside me.
"Look at that one!" she says softly to me as she points to a cloud in the sky. "It looks like a flagpole!"
"Look at that one," I respond as I point to a large cloud. "It looks like a skull!"
Nabooru shivers in disgust. "Gano," she says, calling me by my nickname. "That doesn't sound very pleasant."
"Well, maybe I don't wanna be very pleasant," I say firmly. Then, I go into a dream state. "I won't be another dumb old hero. I'm tired of them. Then I'd have to go around saving everyone. I'd rather be a bad guy! You know, like a villain! Heroes are always so nice and cheerful.......no one is like that in real life! People are more like the bad guys; sometimes happy, sometimes angry, but always, always sinning."
"Hey!" Nabooru says angrily. "People don't always sin."
"I'll make my own world." I say, ignoring her statement. "By taking over ours. You'll see. Someday, I'll help the people of Gerudo Desert realize that they're not the only ones in the world. In fact, I may even make all of Hyrule see that the way they're being now is wrong," I say, changing my tone into a vengeful voice. "All nice to all of the perfect good guys and nasty to all of the horrible bad guys.I'll make them realize how unfair they're being."
Nabooru looked at me warily. "Gano," she said suspiciously, calling me by my nickname. "You shouldn't say that. The Gerudo aren't that stuck up."
"Yeah, well," I begin reluctantly, looking for an excuse and finding none. I change the subject. "You'll see. Someday, I'll be a super-strong warlock, and I'll have a horse and everything!"
Nabooru got up. "Well, it's time to go eat lunch for me anyway. You think about what you said, all right, Gano?" She walks away after looking at me worriedly.
"Yeah, I'll think about, all right," I whisper to myself mischievously.
~ ~ ~
I smile and shake my head, realizing now how foolish I had been. I had had good intentions - to make the Hylians lose all of their horrible prejudices against people who didn't have socially acceptable faces - but I simply went about them all too hastily.
I suddenly realize we are not moving anymore. We are at a staircase that spins around a corner, so I cannot see where it leads. I have never been to this part of Hyrule before, and I wonder what this place is.
"Here we are," Zelda says to us all. "The Empty Gateway."