Prologue- ( what happened last time.)



When they got there Kid ran up to them. " Thank the Gods your back" he said. " What's the matter" Link asked. Kid pointed the Horizon and Link saw hundreds of soldiers marching across the field. " It's been like that for hours now" Kid said. Link looked at them. They were no army he had ever seen before. Who were they. He looked at Ganondorf who looked back at him. " Do you know who they are" he asked Ganondorf. Ganondorf nodded, "They are the Lizarians. A race thought long extinct. No one has seen them for thousands of years. I guess that creature brought them back." " How tough are they" Link asked. Ganondorf looked down, " as far as I know they are unstoppable." Link was taken aback. How could a race be unstoppable? He shook his head, this was getting worse and worse. Link had planned on heading to Termaina next, but decided he had better let Zelda know of this massive army. That meant he had to go to the palace next, to Zelda next. He got on his horse and helped Mason up. " So now what" Ganondorf asked. " First we go to Lon-Lon ranch to get a horse for Mason, then we go to Hyrule Palace and warn the Queen." Link said, and with that they were off once more.

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Miko the Zora had just barely gotten out of Zoras domain unnoticed. He had almost been sen a few times, but fortunately for him he was never seen. Once out of the Kingdom of the Zoras, he found a slightly secluded spot and began to preform the ritual that would allow him to speak with "Him". Miko raised his arms in the air and began to sing the words. After a few moments he heard a voice in his head, low and dark and meaningful. " Did you do as you were told" the voice asked. " Yes my master. The hero Link and the Warlock Ganondorf will be killed and should already be dead." There was silence for a moment and then the Voice came back this time booming so loud in Mikos head it made his ears bleed. " FOOL. THEY STILL LIVE, YOU HAVE FAILED ME. NOW YOU MUST DIE FOR YOUR FAILURE." " No, please, please I will do anything. Don't kill me" Miko blubbered. The voice remained silent for a moment and then spoke once again. " I will not kill you now. Go to the leader of the army that has just moved into this land. Tell him that they were brought back by me and they are now my servants. You will be my acolyte to this army. NO go and do not fail this time". " No master, thank you master" Miko stammered. Miko came out of the spot he was hiding in and surveyed the horizon. He could see the army stretched across the field. Miko smiled to himself and headed that way."



Chapter 9



Link, Kid, Ganondorf and the Zora named Mason traveled in silence for hours. The massive army that was amazing on the horizon showed no signs of ending. IT was not until the sun had set that the army seemed to have stopped. Link asked Ganondorf if he could guess how many were in that army. " If I had to guess, I would say all of them" was his reply. Mason consistency looked like he was going to faint at any time. Once, when they had stopped, Mason was startled by a grasshopper that jumped out of the ground at him. If it had not been for Ganondorf slapping him across the face, he would have fainted. Link was seriously beginning to doubt Rutos decision to have Mason come with them. Ganondorf was ready to kill this Zora before he got them all killed. Only Kid seemed to have no feelings towards Mason whatsoever. In fact Kid seemed to have no emotions at all lately. Link thought it was the shock of the situation Kid had found himself in. As they neared Lon-Lon Ranch Ganondorf called a stop. Link sat on Epona and stared out at the Horizon. " What is it" Link whispered. Ganondorf did not speak he just motioned towards the horizon. Link looked as hard as he could but with it getting darker, he could not se much. The moon was still blackened out and made seeing at night, nearly impossible. Link was about to give up when he saw it. It was not so much a ting that he saw, but the light that was being generated by it. It was the camp of the Lizarians. The glow from their fires was making the distant horizon glow as if it were day time. Link was about to head off again when Ganondorf stopped him. " Stop looking with your eyes" he hissed. Link looked at him puzzled, what did he mean by that. How else could you see something, except with your eyes. Ganondorf noticed Links perplexion and sighed. " Don't look with your eyes, look with your feelings" he said. Link didn't know what he mean but decided to try.

Link closed his eyes and tried to feel something. He could feel the presence of the people in his party. Kid was there, emotionless except with a heightened sense of anxiety. Mason was there, a emotional mess. Ganondorf was there, as evil as ever, but it seemed a bit less to Link this time. Link tried to feel farther and farther, until he reached the Lizarians camp. At first he felt nothing, he thought he was not reaching enough. He tried to feel farther, when it hit him, he was not failing to sense their emotions, they had no emotions. None whatsoever. They were as cold and emotionless as the rocks that were beneath Links feet. Then he felt something else. It stated as a slight cold feeling. Link reached into that feeling harder and harder until he came face to face with it. It surrounded his body and permeated a icy cold chilled to the bone feeling he tried to fight the feeling and then everything went black.. Link started to violently shake. He could not get rid of this feeling; he was cold, so very cold. Link fell off his horse and hit the ground. Mason stood back in disbelief and even Kid looked concerned and confused. Ganondorf swore and got on the ground with Link. " Fight it Link. I know it's cold, and I know you are having a hard time getting away from it. Listen to my voice, move towords my voice." Link was in a place that he was not familiar with. It was as black as the blackest night. He could feel a cold surrounding him that made him frozen to his core. He had never felt this kind of cold. He tried to fight it, he tried to break free of the icy chill. He could hear voices in the distance, they sounded like his companions. He tried to call out to them, but no words came out of his mouth. He tried to move towards them, but he could not move. He felt helpless and alone. Link was finding it harder and harder to struggle. He knew however that if he fail to do so, he would surely be consumed by the blackness. He heard the voices of his companions again, they sounded close this time. Then he head another voice. This one was cold and harsh. " Give up, you are no match for me. You will fail. I WILL destroy you and your pitiful world. So many have fought me and failed. I have destroyed countless worlds with warriors braver then you. ALL have failed and so shall you. It is useless to resist. Give up and I will kill you quickly right now and it can be all over." Link was starting to waver, to believe that the voice was right, when he heard another voice as loud as the other one. " Link listen to me, you might fight this. Do not listen to it. It is wrong, you can fight this and we will stop it. Link listen to me and follow my voice."

Ganondorf was trying to get to Link. He was on the ground trying to communicate telepathically with him. Kid and Mason stood wide eyed at Link who had stopped thrashing and now was disturbingly calm. Ganondorf swore and put his hands on Link. Mason was about to say something and step in when Kid put out his hand to stop him. " He knows what he is doing" Kid said to Mason. Both of them watched as Ganondorf spoke quietly to himself and apparently to Link.

Link heard the voice of the creature again. " Do you really think that Ganondorf your sworn enemy has your best interest in mind. He is just using you for his own purposes. As soon as he is done with you he will destroy you, he has said so himself. Let me end it right now." Link knew that the creature was right, Ganondorf had said on numerous occasions that as soon as he was done with Link he would destroy him. HE heard Ganondorf speak once again " Link listen to me, you MUST not listen to him. The fact that we are enemies is irrelevant. If you give up now no one will be able to stop this thing. The worlds will parish if that happens. Regardless of what happens to you or me, if we stop this thing then at least everyone we know will live. Think of your friends, think of the people that have helped you in the past...think of Zelda." That was it for Link, the mere mention of Zelda made him snap awake. He screamed a loud. " NOOOOOO...I WILL FIGHT YOU.....I WILL STOP YOU....I WILL DESTROY YOU!". The voice cried out in protest as Link broke free of it's grasp and woke up.

Link sat up panting. On the ground with him was Ganondorf. Kid and Mason stood nearby looking on with stark interest. Link looked over at Ganondorf who was laying prone on the ground. Link wanted to thank him, but knew that Ganondorf would just dismiss him. Link fought to get up and got some water from Kid. Link looked over at Ganondorf who was now sitting up. Link walked over to Ganondorf and offered him sone water. Ganondorf looked up at Link as he handed him some water. Ganondorf reluctantly took the water and drank it down.

When he was done he sat there for a long while not really looking at anything. He motioned for Link to sit down next to him. " Listen Link, I know how hard that was for you. I faced the same type of battle a long time ago when I was experimenting with magic as a boy. I was not strong enough to resist it's pull however. It consumed me and turned me into this being that you have come to know as Ganondorf. I know that it was hard for you to ignore what the creature said." Ganondorf sighed and shook his head. " When you banished me to that realm and defeated me, I could not believe that a boy like you could have defeated the Great Ganondorf. I could not fathom that a mere child beat me....... What I am trying to say is....I now know that you beat me because you are stronger willed. You were not consumed by the darkness as I was." Link looked at Ganondorf for a long time. HE could not believe that Ganondorf was telling him this stuff. Link now had a better understanding of him. Link now knew that he was more then just a evil creature that had no heart or soul. He was a man who tried to go to far and got burned. Link thought of something, was there hope for Ganondorf. Was he telling this stuff to Link in the hopes of breaking free of the Darkness as Link had? " You know you could change if you wanted to" Link said. Ganondorf looked at him and Link saw something that he never thought he would see in that mans eyes, it was a tear. One single tear rolled down Ganondorfs cheek and hit the ground. He looked down on the ground and then spoke in a soft whisper. " No Link, it is too late for me. I cannot change my past. I am who I am and I can never change that." Link was speechless, he didn't know what to say. He started to say something when Ganondorf spoke again. " Leave me". Link was hesitant but he decided that it would better if he left. Link walked over to his blanket and watched Ganondorf until he fell asleep.



The next morning Link awoke to find Kid awake, Mason still asleep and Ganondorf was gone. Link looked around but could not find him anywhere. " Did you see where Ganondorf went" Link asked Kid. " No, he was gone when I got up" Kid said eating his breakfast of rocks. Link wondered where Ganondorf had gone. Link ate a breakfast of stale bread and cheese. A little later Mason awoke and ate. When they were all done Kid asked, " are we going to wait for Ganondorf before going on?" Link shook his head. " No, Ganondorf knows where we are going, he can catch up with us later." The three of them packed up their gear and rode towards Lon-Lon ranch. It would be a few hours until they got there. Link hoped Ganondorf would catch up with them before long. He scanned the horizon one more time in the hopes of seeing Ganondorf, there still was no sign of him. Link didn't know where Ganondorf was, but he found himself hoping Ganondorf was alright.

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As everyone was sleeping Ganondorf found himself preoccupied with what the creature said to Link. It was right of course, Ganondorf would destroy Link as soon as this quest was over. Ganondorf knew this to be so and yet, why did he have a hard time hearing the creature say that? It wounded him to hear those things said to Link and yet, he had on many occasions said that to Link himself. He was puzzled by these feelings, he didn't now what to make of them. It was driving him mad. Did he still have a chance to change, or was he doomed to be this evil thing for all eternity? He remembered a time in his life before he was this evil creature, a time when his parents still lived. It was before the wars and he was just a child. He was so happy then and he felt so loved. Then the wars came and they took his parents. He was found and taken in by the Gerudos. On his tenth birthday he vowed to gain enough power to kill those people responsible for his parents death. He studied the magics and he learned how to sue them. He found that the dark arts were more powerful and he started down on a path that led him to be consumed by the blackness and make him crave power and world domination.

Ganondorf was wrestling with these emotions when something dawned on him. The thing that made him stop in the first place, the thing that took hold of Link. It was coming from the Lizarians camp. Ganondorf needed to know who or what it was that was emanating that power. Ganondorf being careful not to wake anyone started to make his way to the Lizarians camp. By dawn Ganondorf had hit the fringe of the camp. He could sense the evil thing in the middle of the camp. Ganondorf transformed himself to look like one of the Lizarians and made his way unnoticed into the camp. When he reached the spot that was emanating the evil power Ganondorf stop short. There standing with his arms in the air was a Zora. Ganondorf assumed it was the same Zora that told Ruto that they had attacked the Gorons. He fumed with anger, he started to power up his magic. Ganondorf was going to fry this fish and stop the evil things influence on this Zora. Ganondorf was about to release the magic when he felt someone grab him on the shoulder. " Hey what are you doing" The Lizarian spun Ganondorf around and a look a shock came across his eyes. It was at this time that Ganondorf noticed that in his anger he had dropped his disguise. The Lizarian was about to shout when Ganondorf hit him with a energy blast. What was left of the Lizarian crumpled to the ground. Ganondorf saw thousands of Lizarian eyes look at him all at once. For a moment no one moved, and then all at once they charged at Ganondorf.