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for Euvaela and her parents. The story is nearing its end, so START
REVEWING! PLEASE!
Beautiful
I am standing in the middle of many ruins. The sky is a cloudy gray, and the ground and ruins are all black. The seven Sages, Euvaela, Link, and I all stand on a platform high above the ground. It is a long way down, and I wonder how they plan to send me to the Sacred Realm from this "Empty Gateway." I have finally realized that escape is futile.
Euvaela continues to struggle, still chained, but not to Link. However, Link is still holding her, in a grasp so tight that she has no hope of escaping it. "Let us go!" Euvaela screams angrily. "Ganondorf's changed! He's not evil anymore!"
"I don't know what this man has told you, girl," Darunia says harshly. "But he is the single worst catastrophe ever to befall Hyrule! Not only is he the King of Evil, but he is also a conniving fiend!" The Sage of Fire glares darkly at me as I look into the dirt, wondering how long I have to stay in Hyrule.
"Ganondorf, your time here is up," Zelda says, answering my question for me. "On this, the highest point in Hyrule, we will be able to send you back to the Sacred Realm much more easily than last time. So, before we do, we have decided to give you one last wish before your death."
I perk up slightly at the thought of one last wish. Skimming my mind, I finally come up with one.
"My last wish," I say, looking Euvaela in the eye. "Is to see Euvaela without chains one last time."
Grudgingly, Link opens Euvaela's chains, and the girl- no; young woman- runs to me and looks me back in the eye.
"Euvaela," I whisper to her anxiously, knowing I have no time left. "I want you to know that, whether or not I never see you again, I had a wonderful time being with you. You showed my heart how to open up and let kindness enter. You're the only person who's ever been kind to me knowing of my history, and I-"
Suddenly, Link comes in between us. "All right, break it up! Break it up! You've stayed past your welcome, Ganon!"
He pushes us apart, with enough strength to make me fall on my back. But something unexpected happens.
I glance in Euvaela's direction, to see her tipping over the ledge of the platform because of Link's push. I quickly get to my feet and sprint to her, but just as I reach the girl - young woman- she falls over the ledge, seeming like the gods have done this to her to mock me.
I look over the edge in horror and in shock as the other people gaze in awe at what just occurred. I jump over the ledge before anyone can stop me, and float gracefully to the bottom.
Euvaela's small, now limp body hangs over a pile of wreckage. I leap to her quickly.
"Euvaela!" I cry desperately as I put my arms around her tiny form. "Are you hurt?"
I know the answer to my question before I even ask. Tears mottled with blood fall from her delicate, dark blue eyes. "Ganondorf," she whispers weakly. "You're not evil. And I will......remember you."
She closes her eyes, and I can feel her life drift away. My muscles loosen and I feel like something inside me has left. I look at her small body, and something dies.
I can still hear her voice, laughing gaily as we danced in the woods or holding me close as I give her a flower. An overpowering sense of sadness comes over me. A sense of emptiness, it seems, that I cannot hide. Maybe that is why this place is called Empty Gateway. A strange, wet thing comes into my eye, and I suddenly remember what it is. A tear. It streams down my wretched face, leaving me as soon as it came.
I hear the Sages and Link float down behind me, and I turn to see a crowd of shocked faces. Link's face seems to be apologizing to me.
"You're sorry?" I yell angrily through my tears. "You're SORRY?" I yell even louder, glaring at Link with a combination of sorrow and anger. I no longer fear him.
Link backs away as I advance upon him. "You forgot, Link," I say with rage as I continue walking toward him. "I'm the bad guy! Hylians shouldn't feel sorry for me! And you, the oh-so-perfect hero, should definitely show m no pity! You, with your perfect looks and perfect body and perfect life!" I scream bitterly. "That is not even real!!" I shout, so loudly that the entire world seems to shake.
"Ganondorf- I didn't mean to," Link argues back.
I spit on the ground. "Don't tell me that! You meant to push us apart from the beginning of this mess! I do not know how I escaped from the Sacred Realm, but I know one thing - you didn't want me to do so!"
I draw my blade, an enormous, dark sword that is curved at the end, and bring it behind my back. "How dare you! How dare you argue MY freedom and MY justice, yet you support others' just because they are more beautiful people?"
I slash, releasing my fury and anger into full throttle attack. Link draws his Master Sword just in time to parry my move. The loud ring that erupts seems to echo through Hyrule to the Sacred Realm.
"Rauru says that your escape was a glitch in the Sacred Realm!" Link retorts in a rage nearly equal to mine. "That somehow your magic powers reacted with the Realms after a while! So you weren't meant to be in our world!"
I slash again, only to be stopped by his Hylian Shield. I use my dark magic to destroy it.
"Don't all creatures who repent deserve some forgiveness?" I say with a shriek that is punctuated with anger.
Link looks at me reluctantly as I slash again, and he parries yet again. We remain in this position for some minutes, pushing against each other's sword. But finally he pushes me into the dirt, and slices my face with his horrid sword. I scream in agony at the burning cut.
"Now, Zelda!" Link hollers across the field. Zelda and the Sages look at each other and hold me with their power as they prepare to trap me within the Sacred Realm once again.
I struggle to move as Euvaela struggled to escape her chains. I only exhaust myself. "I suddenly realize," I think out loud as I stare at Link. "I am not the evil. The Sages are not the evil. And you are not the evil, Link." I remember Euvaela one last time, and I look into the sky with a horrible aching and sorrow.
"Society is the evil."
I feel myself disintegrate, and take one last look at Euvaela's lifeless body. I can almost see her dancing again. "Never stop standing up for yourself, little girl," I say as my body completely vanishes.
Beautiful
I am standing in the middle of many ruins. The sky is a cloudy gray, and the ground and ruins are all black. The seven Sages, Euvaela, Link, and I all stand on a platform high above the ground. It is a long way down, and I wonder how they plan to send me to the Sacred Realm from this "Empty Gateway." I have finally realized that escape is futile.
Euvaela continues to struggle, still chained, but not to Link. However, Link is still holding her, in a grasp so tight that she has no hope of escaping it. "Let us go!" Euvaela screams angrily. "Ganondorf's changed! He's not evil anymore!"
"I don't know what this man has told you, girl," Darunia says harshly. "But he is the single worst catastrophe ever to befall Hyrule! Not only is he the King of Evil, but he is also a conniving fiend!" The Sage of Fire glares darkly at me as I look into the dirt, wondering how long I have to stay in Hyrule.
"Ganondorf, your time here is up," Zelda says, answering my question for me. "On this, the highest point in Hyrule, we will be able to send you back to the Sacred Realm much more easily than last time. So, before we do, we have decided to give you one last wish before your death."
I perk up slightly at the thought of one last wish. Skimming my mind, I finally come up with one.
"My last wish," I say, looking Euvaela in the eye. "Is to see Euvaela without chains one last time."
Grudgingly, Link opens Euvaela's chains, and the girl- no; young woman- runs to me and looks me back in the eye.
"Euvaela," I whisper to her anxiously, knowing I have no time left. "I want you to know that, whether or not I never see you again, I had a wonderful time being with you. You showed my heart how to open up and let kindness enter. You're the only person who's ever been kind to me knowing of my history, and I-"
Suddenly, Link comes in between us. "All right, break it up! Break it up! You've stayed past your welcome, Ganon!"
He pushes us apart, with enough strength to make me fall on my back. But something unexpected happens.
I glance in Euvaela's direction, to see her tipping over the ledge of the platform because of Link's push. I quickly get to my feet and sprint to her, but just as I reach the girl - young woman- she falls over the ledge, seeming like the gods have done this to her to mock me.
I look over the edge in horror and in shock as the other people gaze in awe at what just occurred. I jump over the ledge before anyone can stop me, and float gracefully to the bottom.
Euvaela's small, now limp body hangs over a pile of wreckage. I leap to her quickly.
"Euvaela!" I cry desperately as I put my arms around her tiny form. "Are you hurt?"
I know the answer to my question before I even ask. Tears mottled with blood fall from her delicate, dark blue eyes. "Ganondorf," she whispers weakly. "You're not evil. And I will......remember you."
She closes her eyes, and I can feel her life drift away. My muscles loosen and I feel like something inside me has left. I look at her small body, and something dies.
I can still hear her voice, laughing gaily as we danced in the woods or holding me close as I give her a flower. An overpowering sense of sadness comes over me. A sense of emptiness, it seems, that I cannot hide. Maybe that is why this place is called Empty Gateway. A strange, wet thing comes into my eye, and I suddenly remember what it is. A tear. It streams down my wretched face, leaving me as soon as it came.
I hear the Sages and Link float down behind me, and I turn to see a crowd of shocked faces. Link's face seems to be apologizing to me.
"You're sorry?" I yell angrily through my tears. "You're SORRY?" I yell even louder, glaring at Link with a combination of sorrow and anger. I no longer fear him.
Link backs away as I advance upon him. "You forgot, Link," I say with rage as I continue walking toward him. "I'm the bad guy! Hylians shouldn't feel sorry for me! And you, the oh-so-perfect hero, should definitely show m no pity! You, with your perfect looks and perfect body and perfect life!" I scream bitterly. "That is not even real!!" I shout, so loudly that the entire world seems to shake.
"Ganondorf- I didn't mean to," Link argues back.
I spit on the ground. "Don't tell me that! You meant to push us apart from the beginning of this mess! I do not know how I escaped from the Sacred Realm, but I know one thing - you didn't want me to do so!"
I draw my blade, an enormous, dark sword that is curved at the end, and bring it behind my back. "How dare you! How dare you argue MY freedom and MY justice, yet you support others' just because they are more beautiful people?"
I slash, releasing my fury and anger into full throttle attack. Link draws his Master Sword just in time to parry my move. The loud ring that erupts seems to echo through Hyrule to the Sacred Realm.
"Rauru says that your escape was a glitch in the Sacred Realm!" Link retorts in a rage nearly equal to mine. "That somehow your magic powers reacted with the Realms after a while! So you weren't meant to be in our world!"
I slash again, only to be stopped by his Hylian Shield. I use my dark magic to destroy it.
"Don't all creatures who repent deserve some forgiveness?" I say with a shriek that is punctuated with anger.
Link looks at me reluctantly as I slash again, and he parries yet again. We remain in this position for some minutes, pushing against each other's sword. But finally he pushes me into the dirt, and slices my face with his horrid sword. I scream in agony at the burning cut.
"Now, Zelda!" Link hollers across the field. Zelda and the Sages look at each other and hold me with their power as they prepare to trap me within the Sacred Realm once again.
I struggle to move as Euvaela struggled to escape her chains. I only exhaust myself. "I suddenly realize," I think out loud as I stare at Link. "I am not the evil. The Sages are not the evil. And you are not the evil, Link." I remember Euvaela one last time, and I look into the sky with a horrible aching and sorrow.
"Society is the evil."
I feel myself disintegrate, and take one last look at Euvaela's lifeless body. I can almost see her dancing again. "Never stop standing up for yourself, little girl," I say as my body completely vanishes.