The Legend of Zelda: The Ganondorf chronicles...
Note: This story takes place just before the events in Ocarina of Time, which chronologically was the first game in the series.
Another note: I have rated this story PG, because of the use of blood at many intervals, and the presense of hellish circumstances in chapter 3.
Chapter 5: War
It was a time of war. The flying wraiths riding the dragons of the great mountains across the northern sea had come to Hyrule to conquer it and obtain the Triforce, which contained the essence of the three goddesses!
That was the first time Ganondorf heard of the Triforce.
Just shortly after he had heard of the existence of the Triforce, Ganondorf used his royal gerudo influence to access the ancient mystic scrolls that told him all about it. The mystic scrolls had been given to the gerudo as a peace offering long ago, and they told Ganondorf a most interesting thing. Apparently, the Triforce made whoever touched it a living God!
It happened that at that time, the queen of Hyrule was to have her first child, and the flying wraith attack had come at a most inopportune time. Coincidentally, Yorges wife was also to have her first (and as it happened, only) child.
Things looked bad.
The warriors of Hyrule had been able to hold off the flying wraiths with their bows, and arrows, and their telekinetic powers, but the defenses were falling fast, and the ranks of the enemy showed no visible signs of decreasing!
Even the interference of both the goron and zora peoples seemed to do no good. The hylians, shiekah, gorons and zoras fought valiantly, but to no avail! Then one day, Yorges made an important decision.
He activated a powerful incantation, and was immediately transported to his house, where he grabbed his horse by the reigns, and pulled it to the door, leaving it tied there.
His wife immediately stood up, showing great concern and wondering why he was home so early.
"It is hopeless," he said, as he stopped to catch his breath, "the wraiths are simply too powerful, we cannot defeat them without help, and that is something we most likely will not get. But even if Hyrule fails, the wraiths can never reach the Triforce! It is locked up and sealed in unbreakable walls."
"Oh, dear." said his wife, rushing up to him, and half-hugging him, "What will we do?"
"We won't do anything. I will stay to fight, and you must escape on my horse!"
"Where must I go?"
"There are only four places in Hyrule where you and the child will be safe. The first is the Zora's Domain, guarded by Jabu-Jabu the magic whale, but it is extremely hard to enter, and all things considered, I don't think you had better. The second is Goron City, which is guarded by the magical clouds of Death Mountain, but the path is hard and full of tektites, and you would have to pass too near to the castle. The third is the Gerudo Fortress, which is guarded by the spirit of the Desert Colossus, but it is run by Ganondorf, and he likely still has a grudge with me for the spills I gave him when last we met. The last is Kokiri Forest, which is guarded by the great Deku Tree, but the kokiri would distrust you, and you cannot bring a horse into the forest itself, so now answer your own question. Where must you go?"
"Kokiri Forest."
"Then let's hurry, but remember, there is no turning back."
So it was that Yorges wife set out for Kokiri Forest. She rode as hard and fast as she was able, despite the child to which she could give birth any day now!
Yorges was puzzled. He was generally considered an expert fortuneteller, but he had been unable to read his fortune, or that of his wife or their child.
Perhaps it was a sign, but...
Suddenly, one of the wraiths squealed, and spun around to rocket off in the direction of, "Oh, no," Kokiri Forest!
Yorges wife stumbled clumsily off the horse. She had made it to the log tunnel of Kokiri Forest with only seconds to spare. Suddenly, the black shape of a wraith swooped down from above to seize her, and she screamed!
She ran as fast as she could into the log tunnel and the wraith made ready to pursue! It incinerated the poor horse, and headed for the log tunnel.
3 seconds later, the wraith came within half an inch of the log tunnel, and upon touching it's side, there came a blinding flash of green light, and where the wraith had once stood, there now rested a small Lillie.
Yorges' wife breathed a sigh of relief. The enchantment of Kokiri Forest had taken effect, and none who were not of the seven free peoples could enter an area which was under the protection of one of the four guardians.
She was, however, badly burned from the flames which had incinerated her horse, and she felt as if she might not have long to live. She stumbled into Kokiri Forest, and was met by a young kokiri girl, who gazed at her burns, and assessed the situation. The girl then said, "come with me. I'll take you to the Deku Tree."
As Yorges' wife lay on a wooden table before the Deku Tree, she could feel that she was going to die. She could only hope that the Deku Tree could save her baby!
The Deku Tree smiled as best a tree can, and used its telepathy to speak to her and her to it, without her having to move her lips. It was slow and methodical as it spoke, "Dear lady, there is nothing I can do. The wraiths fire has been cursed by a powerful evil force that is far greater, even, than my power, and you are not immortal."
"I am to die," spoke out Yorges' wife telepathically, "but can my child be saved?"
"Indeed, but I sense he is a child of destiny. I will safeguard him until his tenth year, in return, you must, for now, entrust his care to me."
"I can think of no better being to entrust his care to than one of the four legendary guardians."
Thus it began. That very night, the child was born, and the Deku Tree asked Yorges' wife to name him (yes, it was a boy).
Seconds before her death, she named him. "Link."
The hylians had made some headway in the battle with the wraiths, and they could see the end of the ranks of the enemy, but their end seemed far more visible. If only they had reinforcements!
Suddenly, a figure dressed in black armor stood on the horizon, his black gloves glowing with electrical power, his feet floating a full foot above the surface, and his face exposed.
Ganondorf had come at last.
And with him came the gerudo, and Koume and Kotake, warriors at his side.
But lastly, and most unexpectedly, Nabooru appeared, and ran in front of Ganondorf, begging and pleading, saying, "Don't! You Can't! It's wrong! I.. I.. I."
And suddenly she had an idea. She stood up to her full height, and announced, "Ganondorf, I'm cashing in again. Now. Twenty Years ago you said you owed me two. I'm cashing in on the second one."
Ganondorf spun around, red in the face, and he took Nabooru aside, saying, "That sort of thing worked as a child, but this is different. I can't jeopardize the advancement of our culture for something that I supposedly owe you."
And with that, he was in the air again, firing bolt after bolt of electrical power from his gloved hands, as though it meant his life!
It was done. The wraiths were destroyed, but at what cost? Ganondorf had stayed his hand until the last moment, and Yorges knew why. Casualties. Ganondorf wanted there to be as many casualties as possible so that Yorges would feel guilty for angering him earlier on!
But it wasn't working.
Ganondorf was sitting on a rock after the battle, speaking with Koume and Kotake, when suddenly, Yorges approached him, grabbed him by the collar, and screamed in his face, "YOU MANIAC!!!! How could you wait so long?! Do you know how many people's blood is on your hands?! To say nothing of the inconvenience that I now must endure to retrieve my wife and child from Kokiri Forest!"
"Or at least your child." mumbled Ganondorf under his breath.
"What's that?!" asked Yorges nearly in tears.
Ganondorf wrested Yorges' hands from his collar, saying in a sorrowful tone, "I can see the past few minutes in my mind. Your wife is dead. Killed by a wraith, I'm afraid. I'm sorry I wasn't here sooner, but I hadn't sufficient time to muster my forces, and join the battle. Had I known that you personally were involved, I..."
Yorges burst into tears, and grabbed one of the nearby rocks, squeezing it so tight that a crack appeared, and his hand began to bleed slightly.
"Nabooru was right!" confessed Yorges in sorrow; "You have no soul. If you did, you would have joined the battle simply because it endangered men's lives, and not for personal reasons! You've forgotten everything I've taught you! And Nabooru is a far better person than you!"
Ganondorf spun around, and said in an angry voice, "All you taught me, old man, was how to be weak! I am strong now, thanks to my advisors, and my genius, but you had better stay away from Nabooru from now on if you know what's good for you!"
"You are such a fool, but I won't allow you to decide Nabooru's future! Nabooru will come to me of her will, if I do not go to her!"
"What you allow is unimportant to me, and no gerudo can simply will the dead to be resurrected!"
Too late did Yorges realize the meaning of this riddle, and when he looked up, it was to see Ganondorf grasping his arm! As lethal electrical power coursed through Yorges body from Ganondorf's gauntlet, Yorges could think of only one thing. One thing left unaccounted for. "My son. If you are alive. Act justly. Act with courage. Act with wisdom. Act with power."
No one knew of Ganondorf's evil deed because he committed it in a secluded area, with only two old witches watching. Two old witches and Yorges. And dead men tell no tales.
That week in court, Ganondorf swore allegiances to the hylian crown, and although many gerudo were alarmed, none had it in them to do anything about it! So it went.
Three weeks passed.
Ganondorf was now an advisor to the crown, and everything seemed happy. The king had gotten over his injuries, the queen was due any day, the kingdom was experiencing an abundance of crops, and as a result, better horses were being turned out at Lon Lon Ranch.
Ganondorf purchased one of these horses for himself. It was young and fierce! It had a fire in its eyes, and its hair was jet black! He named it Necrolyte!
Three days passed.
The queen had given birth in the morning to a young girl who was simply the apple of almost everyone's eye at court. The young princess was named Zelda, and she was as cute as a button.
At that same time in Kokiri Forest, the Deku Tree had run into a small problem.
He had enough faeries to supply to the kokiri, but he didn't have one for Link. He had one faerie, which was his, but that he couldn't sacrifice to an outsider, no matter how noble its mother had been.
Nevertheless, the Deku Tree decided to dress the child as a Kokiri, and raise it among the children of the forest. Someday, he could manufacture a faerie for young Link. Someday... in time.
Ending note: This may seem a sad ending to the story, but if you wish to hear the rest of it, just play "the Legend of Zelda, the Ocarina of Time," for the N64. You'll learn the later fate of Ganondorf, Nabooru, Zelda, Link, Koume, Kotake, and the land of Hyrule.
Other ending note: I love to be critisized, so please let me know what you thought of my rendition of the tragic tale of Ganondorf. I'd be grateful for any critisism and support.
-the collector of data-
-bra1n1ac-
Note: This story takes place just before the events in Ocarina of Time, which chronologically was the first game in the series.
Another note: I have rated this story PG, because of the use of blood at many intervals, and the presense of hellish circumstances in chapter 3.
Chapter 5: War
It was a time of war. The flying wraiths riding the dragons of the great mountains across the northern sea had come to Hyrule to conquer it and obtain the Triforce, which contained the essence of the three goddesses!
That was the first time Ganondorf heard of the Triforce.
Just shortly after he had heard of the existence of the Triforce, Ganondorf used his royal gerudo influence to access the ancient mystic scrolls that told him all about it. The mystic scrolls had been given to the gerudo as a peace offering long ago, and they told Ganondorf a most interesting thing. Apparently, the Triforce made whoever touched it a living God!
It happened that at that time, the queen of Hyrule was to have her first child, and the flying wraith attack had come at a most inopportune time. Coincidentally, Yorges wife was also to have her first (and as it happened, only) child.
Things looked bad.
The warriors of Hyrule had been able to hold off the flying wraiths with their bows, and arrows, and their telekinetic powers, but the defenses were falling fast, and the ranks of the enemy showed no visible signs of decreasing!
Even the interference of both the goron and zora peoples seemed to do no good. The hylians, shiekah, gorons and zoras fought valiantly, but to no avail! Then one day, Yorges made an important decision.
He activated a powerful incantation, and was immediately transported to his house, where he grabbed his horse by the reigns, and pulled it to the door, leaving it tied there.
His wife immediately stood up, showing great concern and wondering why he was home so early.
"It is hopeless," he said, as he stopped to catch his breath, "the wraiths are simply too powerful, we cannot defeat them without help, and that is something we most likely will not get. But even if Hyrule fails, the wraiths can never reach the Triforce! It is locked up and sealed in unbreakable walls."
"Oh, dear." said his wife, rushing up to him, and half-hugging him, "What will we do?"
"We won't do anything. I will stay to fight, and you must escape on my horse!"
"Where must I go?"
"There are only four places in Hyrule where you and the child will be safe. The first is the Zora's Domain, guarded by Jabu-Jabu the magic whale, but it is extremely hard to enter, and all things considered, I don't think you had better. The second is Goron City, which is guarded by the magical clouds of Death Mountain, but the path is hard and full of tektites, and you would have to pass too near to the castle. The third is the Gerudo Fortress, which is guarded by the spirit of the Desert Colossus, but it is run by Ganondorf, and he likely still has a grudge with me for the spills I gave him when last we met. The last is Kokiri Forest, which is guarded by the great Deku Tree, but the kokiri would distrust you, and you cannot bring a horse into the forest itself, so now answer your own question. Where must you go?"
"Kokiri Forest."
"Then let's hurry, but remember, there is no turning back."
So it was that Yorges wife set out for Kokiri Forest. She rode as hard and fast as she was able, despite the child to which she could give birth any day now!
Yorges was puzzled. He was generally considered an expert fortuneteller, but he had been unable to read his fortune, or that of his wife or their child.
Perhaps it was a sign, but...
Suddenly, one of the wraiths squealed, and spun around to rocket off in the direction of, "Oh, no," Kokiri Forest!
Yorges wife stumbled clumsily off the horse. She had made it to the log tunnel of Kokiri Forest with only seconds to spare. Suddenly, the black shape of a wraith swooped down from above to seize her, and she screamed!
She ran as fast as she could into the log tunnel and the wraith made ready to pursue! It incinerated the poor horse, and headed for the log tunnel.
3 seconds later, the wraith came within half an inch of the log tunnel, and upon touching it's side, there came a blinding flash of green light, and where the wraith had once stood, there now rested a small Lillie.
Yorges' wife breathed a sigh of relief. The enchantment of Kokiri Forest had taken effect, and none who were not of the seven free peoples could enter an area which was under the protection of one of the four guardians.
She was, however, badly burned from the flames which had incinerated her horse, and she felt as if she might not have long to live. She stumbled into Kokiri Forest, and was met by a young kokiri girl, who gazed at her burns, and assessed the situation. The girl then said, "come with me. I'll take you to the Deku Tree."
As Yorges' wife lay on a wooden table before the Deku Tree, she could feel that she was going to die. She could only hope that the Deku Tree could save her baby!
The Deku Tree smiled as best a tree can, and used its telepathy to speak to her and her to it, without her having to move her lips. It was slow and methodical as it spoke, "Dear lady, there is nothing I can do. The wraiths fire has been cursed by a powerful evil force that is far greater, even, than my power, and you are not immortal."
"I am to die," spoke out Yorges' wife telepathically, "but can my child be saved?"
"Indeed, but I sense he is a child of destiny. I will safeguard him until his tenth year, in return, you must, for now, entrust his care to me."
"I can think of no better being to entrust his care to than one of the four legendary guardians."
Thus it began. That very night, the child was born, and the Deku Tree asked Yorges' wife to name him (yes, it was a boy).
Seconds before her death, she named him. "Link."
The hylians had made some headway in the battle with the wraiths, and they could see the end of the ranks of the enemy, but their end seemed far more visible. If only they had reinforcements!
Suddenly, a figure dressed in black armor stood on the horizon, his black gloves glowing with electrical power, his feet floating a full foot above the surface, and his face exposed.
Ganondorf had come at last.
And with him came the gerudo, and Koume and Kotake, warriors at his side.
But lastly, and most unexpectedly, Nabooru appeared, and ran in front of Ganondorf, begging and pleading, saying, "Don't! You Can't! It's wrong! I.. I.. I."
And suddenly she had an idea. She stood up to her full height, and announced, "Ganondorf, I'm cashing in again. Now. Twenty Years ago you said you owed me two. I'm cashing in on the second one."
Ganondorf spun around, red in the face, and he took Nabooru aside, saying, "That sort of thing worked as a child, but this is different. I can't jeopardize the advancement of our culture for something that I supposedly owe you."
And with that, he was in the air again, firing bolt after bolt of electrical power from his gloved hands, as though it meant his life!
It was done. The wraiths were destroyed, but at what cost? Ganondorf had stayed his hand until the last moment, and Yorges knew why. Casualties. Ganondorf wanted there to be as many casualties as possible so that Yorges would feel guilty for angering him earlier on!
But it wasn't working.
Ganondorf was sitting on a rock after the battle, speaking with Koume and Kotake, when suddenly, Yorges approached him, grabbed him by the collar, and screamed in his face, "YOU MANIAC!!!! How could you wait so long?! Do you know how many people's blood is on your hands?! To say nothing of the inconvenience that I now must endure to retrieve my wife and child from Kokiri Forest!"
"Or at least your child." mumbled Ganondorf under his breath.
"What's that?!" asked Yorges nearly in tears.
Ganondorf wrested Yorges' hands from his collar, saying in a sorrowful tone, "I can see the past few minutes in my mind. Your wife is dead. Killed by a wraith, I'm afraid. I'm sorry I wasn't here sooner, but I hadn't sufficient time to muster my forces, and join the battle. Had I known that you personally were involved, I..."
Yorges burst into tears, and grabbed one of the nearby rocks, squeezing it so tight that a crack appeared, and his hand began to bleed slightly.
"Nabooru was right!" confessed Yorges in sorrow; "You have no soul. If you did, you would have joined the battle simply because it endangered men's lives, and not for personal reasons! You've forgotten everything I've taught you! And Nabooru is a far better person than you!"
Ganondorf spun around, and said in an angry voice, "All you taught me, old man, was how to be weak! I am strong now, thanks to my advisors, and my genius, but you had better stay away from Nabooru from now on if you know what's good for you!"
"You are such a fool, but I won't allow you to decide Nabooru's future! Nabooru will come to me of her will, if I do not go to her!"
"What you allow is unimportant to me, and no gerudo can simply will the dead to be resurrected!"
Too late did Yorges realize the meaning of this riddle, and when he looked up, it was to see Ganondorf grasping his arm! As lethal electrical power coursed through Yorges body from Ganondorf's gauntlet, Yorges could think of only one thing. One thing left unaccounted for. "My son. If you are alive. Act justly. Act with courage. Act with wisdom. Act with power."
No one knew of Ganondorf's evil deed because he committed it in a secluded area, with only two old witches watching. Two old witches and Yorges. And dead men tell no tales.
That week in court, Ganondorf swore allegiances to the hylian crown, and although many gerudo were alarmed, none had it in them to do anything about it! So it went.
Three weeks passed.
Ganondorf was now an advisor to the crown, and everything seemed happy. The king had gotten over his injuries, the queen was due any day, the kingdom was experiencing an abundance of crops, and as a result, better horses were being turned out at Lon Lon Ranch.
Ganondorf purchased one of these horses for himself. It was young and fierce! It had a fire in its eyes, and its hair was jet black! He named it Necrolyte!
Three days passed.
The queen had given birth in the morning to a young girl who was simply the apple of almost everyone's eye at court. The young princess was named Zelda, and she was as cute as a button.
At that same time in Kokiri Forest, the Deku Tree had run into a small problem.
He had enough faeries to supply to the kokiri, but he didn't have one for Link. He had one faerie, which was his, but that he couldn't sacrifice to an outsider, no matter how noble its mother had been.
Nevertheless, the Deku Tree decided to dress the child as a Kokiri, and raise it among the children of the forest. Someday, he could manufacture a faerie for young Link. Someday... in time.
Ending note: This may seem a sad ending to the story, but if you wish to hear the rest of it, just play "the Legend of Zelda, the Ocarina of Time," for the N64. You'll learn the later fate of Ganondorf, Nabooru, Zelda, Link, Koume, Kotake, and the land of Hyrule.
Other ending note: I love to be critisized, so please let me know what you thought of my rendition of the tragic tale of Ganondorf. I'd be grateful for any critisism and support.
-the collector of data-
-bra1n1ac-
