(Prologue-what happened last time)







As he walked twords the house he noticed something was no quite right. The front door, had he left the front door open? He could have sworn he had shut it. Link unsheathed his sword and slowly approached the front door. He tried to calm himself. As he peaked around the door frame into the house he saw somebody move inside. Link pulled back quickly and tried to control his breathing. He had not felt this level of anxiety for a long time. He calmed himself down and prepared to rush into the house. ' Ok, on the count of three' he told himself." "One...two...three.." Link rushed into the house preparing to do battle with whomever was in there. As he ran in and caught sight of who it was, he dropped his sword. " It...it..it can't be...you..you..your...but your dead."



Chapter 2



Link stood in disbelief at the figure sitting in a chair in his living room. The man looked at him for a long moment and then a thin sadistic smile. " So good to see you again Link" he said smirking. "Your looking well". "What...how..when.." stammered Link. The man laughed a long evil laugh. " I guess you want the whole story. Ok here it goes. After our last encounter I was banished to a realm that has no concept of time. It was a void. A land that was everything and nothing at the same time. I won't lie to you, I hated you with unparalleled hatred. I was consumed by it. It permeated my thoughts and consumed my soul. All I could do was think of my revenge. I was going to decimated you, and lay waste to this land. I was just waiting for the right moment to escape the void when I sense something. It was something I had never felt before. It was fear. I felt fear. It was not a emotion I was familiar with. I had never had any reason to fear anyone or anything. I was supreme in everything I did and was. I was invincible...well almost. So how could I the great Ganondorf feel fear. Then I sense something else, it was a evil presence that chilled me to the bone. I had never felt such blackness and evil before. I could never sense it around other people, because I was always more evil then anyone. This, this however was something that was far more evil then even I. " How could something be even worse then me" I asked myself. It was then that a voice called to me. It told me a way to get out and that when I did to seek out the boy who was now a man, who banished me to my realm and defeated me 15 years ago. I wondered why this thing would help me, then I realized that as long as this thing lived I would never be able to take control of the known world. It was in my best interest to stop this thing, and of course the boy who defeated me would be the one to go on a quest to destroy it. So I escaped that void and sought you out. So here I am, ready to work with you as a partner for now. I am warning you..as soon as this thing is destroyed I WILL crush you once and for all."

Link looked at Ganondorf for a long while with a look of distrust. Ganondorf's look never wavered and he just stared at Link emotionless. " Look" Ganondorf started, " I know you don't believe me and don't trust me. The truth is you shouldn't, I will destroy you the first chance I get. The fact of the matter is that you need me to help you. As much as I hate to admit it, you defeated me and you are a brave and courageous man. However I am a skilled wizard and I can help you. I will go find this thing wither you want me to or not. Now if we are separate one of may defeat this thing. If we work togther however, we WILL defeat this thing. So what do you say?" Link didn't move for minutes. He just looked down at the ground and said nothing. Finally he raised his head and spoke. " I do not trust you. When I am given the chance I will end your existence. If you misstep one time I will drop you like a bad habit. Now that I have said my piece I will say this, you are right; I need you and you need me. I will allow you to come with me on this quest. Just remember, I will be watching you." Link got up and walked into the kitchen. " We leave in the morning. Get some rest. If you need shelter, you may stay in the barn. Good Night" Link walked into his bedroom and climbed into bed. He heard Ganondorf leave the house and he assumed went to the barn. Link knew that this trip would be even more treacherous with Ganondorf there, but he had no choice. Ganondorf was after all a great power on his side, at least for now. As he drifted off to sleep Link wondered what this thing was that made even the great Ganondorf afraid.

Link was already up when the sun rose. He was polishing his sword and checking and rechecking his bow and quiver of arrows. He had not had a good nights sleep last night. He spent most of the night going over the spells he had forgotten. The fire, ice and light arrow spells. He tried to remember most of the Ocarina songs that would help him. He could not remember some of them and he hoped as he went he would remember most of them. He grabbed some food and milk and a few bottles of magic potions he had left and headed out to the barn.

He didn't know what to expect of Ganondorf, he might try to attack him right now; or he might keep his word. When Link got to the barn he yelled for Ganondorf. Here was no answer. He tired again, still no answer. Link looked high and low for Ganondorf, but he still could not find him. Just then Link heard a explosion and he groaned. " Oh no" he thought to himself. Just as he was about to leave the barn he heard a voice say. "I would not do that if I were you." Link stopped for a moment and he heard another explosion. Just then he heard a voice in his head say, " draw your sword and stand ready." " Ready for what" Link replied. " You will know". Link didn't know why but he knew to do what that voice said. He pulled his sword and stood ready. He slowed his breathing and calmed his mind. He did not know what to expect, but he was going to be ready. Link stood there as moments past. Link was just begging to wonder if something was going to happen when it did. There was another large explosion and then a few second later something came flying into the barn at Link. Link reacted in instinct jumping in the air and slashing at the thing that was flying at him. When he made contact his sword just fell though it and hit the ground with a large thump. Link was stunned, by both the force of the impact is sword made on the ground, and that he had missed. Link had pulled his sword out of the wood in the floor and turned around. He saw nothing, it had disappeared. Link was looking all around to see where it could have gone when he noticed the tiny spirit floating near the ground. It was a Poe. Link had not seen one of these things sense the time of...of Ganondorf. Had his return brought the Poes back as well? Link decided to put it into a bottle. Who knew when it might come in handy. Link was putting the jar into his backpack when Ganondorf emerged in the barn door. He looked haggard and angry. " Did you get it" he demanded. " Yes" Link said. " Good. It was a spy. A convoy from that thing that we are going to destroy. He has made them stronger too. It took three of my biggest magic blast to weaken him. This is going to be difficult. I have a feeling that this is the least of the creatures we will encounter. Link agreed. If this thing had in fact made the Poes stronger, who knew what else it might have made stronger also. Link didn't even want to think about it's own creations. " Your welcome by the way" Ganondorf said as he walked out of the barn. Link mumbled a less then half hearted thank you and got Epona ready for travel. Link wondered if Ganondorf would need a horse also, but when Link arrived outside, he saw Ganondorf hovering in mid air. " So where are we going" Ganondorf asked. Link sat upon Epona for a moment and stared into the horizon, he thought about it for a minute and then rearing Epona twords Death Mountain he said " To Death Mountain..to visit an old friend."