Chapter 15: Confrontation
Link forced Zelda against a tree, holding her hands by their wrists. "Okay, I caught you. And what about my reward?" he said panting and grinning at the same time. "I was rather thinking of a mutual reward... I did the running, you know," Zelda said, trying to regain her breath. "Okay, if that's the way you want it," Link said, slowly bending forward. Zelda eagerly accepted the kiss. During their kiss, Link let Zelda's wrists go and wrapped his arms around her tiny waist. Zelda carefully moved her hands up his back and she quickly snatched his cap from his head. Link moved back in surprise as Zelda held the cap behind her back. "Give it back, little princess," Link said at a childish tone. "Or else?" Zelda asked innocently. Link slowly moved his hands over her arms, down to her hands behind her back. "Or else... you're going to be very sorry that you ever met me." He held her hands in his and pulled himself really close to her. He put his forehead against hers and said, "And, my naughty princess? Are you giving it up?" "Naughty? YOU are the one pulling yourself close to me," Zelda said as serious as possible, yet with a slight smile. Link realised that his move had been a bit provoking, so he immediatly let her go and did a step backwards. "I'm sorry, Zelda. I didn't mean to..." Zelda interrupted Link's excuse by putting a gentle finger on his lips. "Hey, no need to apologise. You're my boyfriend. You're allowed to be close to me." She chuckled a bit as she said it. "I guess you're right, but I've never really been close to a girl before, so I'm kinda new to this stuff," Link said, a bit shyly. "So am I, but I think I can help you with that... little problem," Zelda said as she moved her free hand over his chest. The two remained in the forest for a while, playing childish games and enjoying their time together. It was early in the evening when they returned to the town. During their walk they talked about everything. "I heard that the Princess of Hyrule is a very strong mage. Is that true?" Link asked. Zelda chuckled. "I know a few spells, yes," she said calmly. "I think it's pretty cool. Shooting lighting at people with your bare hands..." Link said dreamy. Zelda clutched his hand. "You've got to learn a lot to become a mage, Link. I've spent most of my time learning when I was a child. I so much wanted to be a mage." "Are you still learning?" Link asked, looking at his princess. "Not much. I've learned how to cast spells. But I always want to learn new spells." Link doubted for a second wether he'd bring the Ganondorf subject in again. "Can't you just kill Ganondorf with a fireball or something?" Zelda looked at Link. The cheerfull sparkle in her eyes disapeared. "No, Link. He's far too strong for me. You saw what he did to that narrator. He doesn't even have to concentrate to cast a spell. I do. I'll be dead before I..." Link stopped and grabbed her shoulders. "No, Zelda. Not as long as I'm around to defend you." "How touching. We've got ourselves a true hero here," Ganondorf said, standing on a little hill not far from the two Hylians, his arms crossed in front of his chest as he smiled mean. Zelda startled and put her hands in front of her mouth as Link did a step forward and moved the arm closest to Zelda backwards in front of her to shove her back a little in order to protect her. "How did you find us?" Link said as he drew his sword and shield. Ganondorf grinned in an unpleasant way. "The princess and I share a... special bond." he chuckled. "Perhaps you can't count, but there's two of us against you alone. And I'm not planning on letting you live for what you've done," Link said, threatening. Ganondorf sighed. "I'm giving you one last chance, hero. Hand over the princess and no one will be hurt!" "Come and get her, you swine!" Link yelled. "But you have to go through me first!" "Oh, well. Another hero to kill. It's starting to bore me," Ganondorf said as he made a gesture with his hand towards the ground. Immediatly, the earth started to shake and split open at some places. Zelda screamed in terror as five rotten skeletons, armed with swords and shields, raised from their graves. First, bony arms shot from the ground, followed by skulls wearing helmets, then the arms pulled out the entire living corpse with slight effort. The skeletons looked hideous. Parts of their bodies were gone, but some of them still had eyeballs from with strange worm-like creatures emerged. Zelda was terribly affraid as the jaws of the skeletons started moving and an unearthy laughter filled the air. "Oh, just five of them? I've had worse odds..." Link said as he readied himself for an impossible battle. "Kill him. You can have his flesh, but don't touch the girl!" Ganondorf ordered. The skeletons screamed as they ran towards Link, their swords in the air. Link swung his blade towards the first and struck him full on his chest as the young Hylian used his shield to block a sword which came from the right. The skeleton which was hit lost a piece of his chest and stumbled backwards. Though Link had struck the creature with considerable power, it was merely hindered by it. Link had expected the thing to be 'dead', but it just kept going! Link startled from it, but had to concentrate on evading and blocking the rusty swords from the other skeletons. "This is going to be a short trip..." he murmered right before he got an idea. The skeletons attacked unorganised and didn't think about surrounding him, so he caught a few blows with his shield before he decided to make his move. He hacked down with his sword at the skeleton which was closest to him and he cut off his swordarm. It fell on the ground lifelessly. Link didn't have time to check the results, since he had to block two swords with his shield, and one with his own weapon. He bought himself some time by flipping backwards. And, much to his dismay, he saw the mutilated skeleton picking up his severed arm and simply attaching it back to his torso. After seeing it, Link knew he wouldn't survive it. He was a far better fighter then those old skeletons, but in the end, he would get exhausted and then it would be an easy kill for the monsters. "Zelda, I'll hold them off, you've got to make a run for it." Link ordered as he saw the skeletons advancing on his position. He ducked to evade the slash of a sword when he realised Zelda wasn't answering him. He quickly looked in her direction and saw her standing with her eyes closed and her hands with their fingertips against each other and against her chest. Link didn't know what she was doing, but he had to concentrate on the fight. The skeletons continued to mindlessly slash towards Link, while crying their dark howls. Link blocked them as best as he could, trying to keep the skeletons from reaching Zelda. He didn't see that Zelda was opening her eyes and pointing her arms towards the sky with the fingers of her hand spread as they glowed strangely. Suddenly, some clouds in the sky parted and a golden beam of light shone on the skeletons. The creatures started to scream as they seized their attack. Link was surprised by it, but as soon as he saw Zelda, he knew what was going on. The skeletons started to shake heavy and their bodies started to disintegrate. The unholy, living corpses caught some sort of golden fire and slowly, one by one, their limbs fell off. They kept on screaming and shaking in torment untill the last part of them dissolved into ashes, back to where they came from. Link looked at the place where the skeletons were destroyed. "Hah! Beaten by a girl!" he said. Ganondorf sighed. "I see I have to do it myself. Oh, well. If you want something done, do it yourself." He pointed a finger towards Link and a flaming fireball shot towards the Hylian. Link quickly rolled forward to avoid it. The ball of fire struck the ground and vanished, leaving only a blackened spot in the green grass. Link ran towards Ganondorf as fast as he could, trying to get to the evil wizard before he could cast another spell. Ganondorf again pointed his hand towards the young man, but this time, Link was faster. He rammed Ganondorf with his shield and the man fell backwards, unable to complete the spell. Ganondorf wanted to stand up again, but Link put the tip of his sword against the man's chest. Ganondorf looked up at him with anger in his eyes. "You do know this is going to be your death, don't you?" Link said sadistic. He truly hated the man in dark armor. Ganondorf was quicker than he looked and before Link could do a thing, Ganondorf grabbed his swordarm. He pulled Link's face closer to his. "Crossing me was your worst and last mistake, boy!" he said right before he punched Link in the face with his free hand. Link stumbled backwards as he put the hand of his shieldarm against his face. He felt a warm liquid dripping out of his nose and it tasted salt when it reached his lips and his mouth. He heard Zelda scream, but everything around him was foggy. "I'm going to give you the most unpleasant death you could ever imagine," Ganondorf said as he started to float in the air. The whole time, Zelda had been too affraid to do anything. She couldn't concentrate to cast a spell. The tall, red haired man scared her unlike anything in the world. But she had a very good reason to fear him. He was utterly evil and the way he had abused her and her trust had left great marks on her young mind. Ganondorf spread his arms and legs as he hovered several meters above the ground. Suddenly, light started to encircle his entire body. Link shook his head to clear it and saw Ganondorf changing into... something. His face changed into that of a boar and his hair grew immensly long in a few seconds.. His arms and legs grew bigger and out of his hands, two massive swords simply grew. A tail shot out of his back and grew to considerable length. The tip of it held a glowing ball. When he was fully changed, he landed back on earth with a loud thumb. "Oh, crap. That's one big pig..." Link murmered as he automatically did a step back. Ganondorf growled as he swung his blades through the air. He slowly walked towards Link. Apparantly, the wizard's new form didn't really enhance his speed. "First, I kill you, boy. Then I'll get the Princess... for a second time." Ganondorf spoke with a creepy, low voice. "Why do you want Zelda so badly?" Link asked at a tone which demanded an answer as he walked around a bit, trying to keep away from Ganondorf's blades, while the young man looked for any opportunity to attack. "And why do you want to know that? You're going to die anyway," Ganondorf said. "At least you're not getting Zelda. Fox and Donkey will protect her!" Link yelled. Right after he had said it, Ganondorf hacked down at him. Link could even hear the blade approaching him, but he didn't have time to listen to the sound. He quickly rolled to the left and he heard Ganondorf's weapon crashing into the earth. "Your furry, little friends have already been disposed of. No one shall stand between me and the throne of Hyrule!" Ganondorf yelled with a victorious voice. Link startled when Ganondorf had spoken about Fox and Donkey, but he didn't want to believe him. "And that's why you need Zelda? She can only marry a prince and that's most certainly not you!" "You don't know anything about laws, do you? I'm not going to explain it to you. You die here and now!" Having said these words, Ganondorf charged towards Link, his arms moving through the air. Link knew that this time, there was no escape possible. There was no space to roll and above that, there was no time. He put his shield and sword defensively in front of himself and hoped for the best. The first blow struck his shield and split the defensive plate in half like it was a slice of cheese. The second blow struck Link on his chest. The Hylian had tried to hold it off with his sword, but it was no good. An immense, burning pain shot through his chest as he fell on his knees, his legs being unable to carry him anymore. He heard Zelda scream, almost cry. He put his hands on his chest to stop whatever was coming out of his body. As he sat on his knees, he saw a pool of blood being created by the hole in his chest. "Darn, to die like this..." he murmered, but what was bothering him most, was that he had broken a promise and that he had failed to protect Zelda. Zelda watched in horror as the only person she truly loved was dying, right in front of her. Suddenly, the fear she held for Ganondorf made way for a far greater fear: Her fear to lose Link, which had been formed in her subconscious over the days she had spent with him. But there was another feeling that had been locked away in her subconscious for a long time and which suddenly reappeared: Her hatred for Ganondorf. The two strong emotions mingled together in her mind and Zelda's mind was stronger than most minds. After all, she was a mage. She looked vulnerable and she was, in a certain way, but she was capable of far more than most mortals could comprehend. "NOOO!!" she screamed. "Leave him alone!" Ganondorf turned around to her and saw her pointing her arms towards the sky as her eyes lit up strangely. "Hmph. Using your pathetic magic again, Zelda?" he said, unaware of the incredible danger he was in. Zelda remained standing with her hands pointed at the sky. Suddenly, the wind raised and the skies darkened. Ganondorf started to get nervous, but he needed Zelda for his plan, so he didn't want to kill her and above that, what would a powerfull wizard like Ganondorf have to fear from a harmless, seventeen year old girl who had, at most, ten years of experience with magic? In the first few years, a mage would learn simple things like moving things telephatically and stuff like that. Mages started learning at an early age to know as much spells as possible. Learning to cast spells was already hard enough and took a few years to master. The wind became stronger and right in front of Ganondorf, a black ball emerged which slowly grew in size. The evil wizard knew what spell it was, but he couldn't believe it. It was just impossible for a young mage as Zelda to be able to cast it. And even IF she would succesfully cast it, the evilness of the spell would poison her pure soul and destroy her. Against all expectations, the black ball grew further untill it was the size of Ganondorf's new form. Ganondorf did a few steps back as Zelda's body started to shake heavy and the pain that shot through her body made tears form in her eyes. But she remained standing as required to keep the ball in existence. Suddenly, strange shadows started to crawl out of the ball and Ganondorf heard voices. "Why don't you come with us?" "Yes, join us." "You will like it very much. It's dark and eternal." The voices sounded full of pain and suffer. The shadowy creatures grabbed Ganondorf at any place they could get. "No!! This can't be! Leave me alone!"Ganondorf screamed as he tried to get away from the creatures. But more shadows emerged from the ball and grabbed him with their long, thin arms and pulled him closer to the ball. Ganondorf kept screaming as dark tentacles shot out of the ball and wrapped themselves around him. "Come, Ganondorf. Don't deny us. For we are many." Despite his efforts, Ganondorf got pulled into the ball, screaming like a madman. The shadows slipped back into the ball and the last thing Ganondorf said before he vanished into eternal darkness, was: "You can't do this to me! I'm the mighty Ganondorf..." Then silence ast the black ball shrunk and disapeared. Link had witnessed the entire scene. He saw Zelda's body shake as she fell on her knees, her arms wrapped around her chest as if she was cold. Suddenly, she opened her mouth and started to scream as if she was possessed, her eyes wide open and pointed at the sky. Then, Link's eyelids got very tired and he decided to close them for a few seconds. Just a few seconds, nothing more... But the seconds bacame a lot more, though Link wasn't aware of that anymore.
Link forced Zelda against a tree, holding her hands by their wrists. "Okay, I caught you. And what about my reward?" he said panting and grinning at the same time. "I was rather thinking of a mutual reward... I did the running, you know," Zelda said, trying to regain her breath. "Okay, if that's the way you want it," Link said, slowly bending forward. Zelda eagerly accepted the kiss. During their kiss, Link let Zelda's wrists go and wrapped his arms around her tiny waist. Zelda carefully moved her hands up his back and she quickly snatched his cap from his head. Link moved back in surprise as Zelda held the cap behind her back. "Give it back, little princess," Link said at a childish tone. "Or else?" Zelda asked innocently. Link slowly moved his hands over her arms, down to her hands behind her back. "Or else... you're going to be very sorry that you ever met me." He held her hands in his and pulled himself really close to her. He put his forehead against hers and said, "And, my naughty princess? Are you giving it up?" "Naughty? YOU are the one pulling yourself close to me," Zelda said as serious as possible, yet with a slight smile. Link realised that his move had been a bit provoking, so he immediatly let her go and did a step backwards. "I'm sorry, Zelda. I didn't mean to..." Zelda interrupted Link's excuse by putting a gentle finger on his lips. "Hey, no need to apologise. You're my boyfriend. You're allowed to be close to me." She chuckled a bit as she said it. "I guess you're right, but I've never really been close to a girl before, so I'm kinda new to this stuff," Link said, a bit shyly. "So am I, but I think I can help you with that... little problem," Zelda said as she moved her free hand over his chest. The two remained in the forest for a while, playing childish games and enjoying their time together. It was early in the evening when they returned to the town. During their walk they talked about everything. "I heard that the Princess of Hyrule is a very strong mage. Is that true?" Link asked. Zelda chuckled. "I know a few spells, yes," she said calmly. "I think it's pretty cool. Shooting lighting at people with your bare hands..." Link said dreamy. Zelda clutched his hand. "You've got to learn a lot to become a mage, Link. I've spent most of my time learning when I was a child. I so much wanted to be a mage." "Are you still learning?" Link asked, looking at his princess. "Not much. I've learned how to cast spells. But I always want to learn new spells." Link doubted for a second wether he'd bring the Ganondorf subject in again. "Can't you just kill Ganondorf with a fireball or something?" Zelda looked at Link. The cheerfull sparkle in her eyes disapeared. "No, Link. He's far too strong for me. You saw what he did to that narrator. He doesn't even have to concentrate to cast a spell. I do. I'll be dead before I..." Link stopped and grabbed her shoulders. "No, Zelda. Not as long as I'm around to defend you." "How touching. We've got ourselves a true hero here," Ganondorf said, standing on a little hill not far from the two Hylians, his arms crossed in front of his chest as he smiled mean. Zelda startled and put her hands in front of her mouth as Link did a step forward and moved the arm closest to Zelda backwards in front of her to shove her back a little in order to protect her. "How did you find us?" Link said as he drew his sword and shield. Ganondorf grinned in an unpleasant way. "The princess and I share a... special bond." he chuckled. "Perhaps you can't count, but there's two of us against you alone. And I'm not planning on letting you live for what you've done," Link said, threatening. Ganondorf sighed. "I'm giving you one last chance, hero. Hand over the princess and no one will be hurt!" "Come and get her, you swine!" Link yelled. "But you have to go through me first!" "Oh, well. Another hero to kill. It's starting to bore me," Ganondorf said as he made a gesture with his hand towards the ground. Immediatly, the earth started to shake and split open at some places. Zelda screamed in terror as five rotten skeletons, armed with swords and shields, raised from their graves. First, bony arms shot from the ground, followed by skulls wearing helmets, then the arms pulled out the entire living corpse with slight effort. The skeletons looked hideous. Parts of their bodies were gone, but some of them still had eyeballs from with strange worm-like creatures emerged. Zelda was terribly affraid as the jaws of the skeletons started moving and an unearthy laughter filled the air. "Oh, just five of them? I've had worse odds..." Link said as he readied himself for an impossible battle. "Kill him. You can have his flesh, but don't touch the girl!" Ganondorf ordered. The skeletons screamed as they ran towards Link, their swords in the air. Link swung his blade towards the first and struck him full on his chest as the young Hylian used his shield to block a sword which came from the right. The skeleton which was hit lost a piece of his chest and stumbled backwards. Though Link had struck the creature with considerable power, it was merely hindered by it. Link had expected the thing to be 'dead', but it just kept going! Link startled from it, but had to concentrate on evading and blocking the rusty swords from the other skeletons. "This is going to be a short trip..." he murmered right before he got an idea. The skeletons attacked unorganised and didn't think about surrounding him, so he caught a few blows with his shield before he decided to make his move. He hacked down with his sword at the skeleton which was closest to him and he cut off his swordarm. It fell on the ground lifelessly. Link didn't have time to check the results, since he had to block two swords with his shield, and one with his own weapon. He bought himself some time by flipping backwards. And, much to his dismay, he saw the mutilated skeleton picking up his severed arm and simply attaching it back to his torso. After seeing it, Link knew he wouldn't survive it. He was a far better fighter then those old skeletons, but in the end, he would get exhausted and then it would be an easy kill for the monsters. "Zelda, I'll hold them off, you've got to make a run for it." Link ordered as he saw the skeletons advancing on his position. He ducked to evade the slash of a sword when he realised Zelda wasn't answering him. He quickly looked in her direction and saw her standing with her eyes closed and her hands with their fingertips against each other and against her chest. Link didn't know what she was doing, but he had to concentrate on the fight. The skeletons continued to mindlessly slash towards Link, while crying their dark howls. Link blocked them as best as he could, trying to keep the skeletons from reaching Zelda. He didn't see that Zelda was opening her eyes and pointing her arms towards the sky with the fingers of her hand spread as they glowed strangely. Suddenly, some clouds in the sky parted and a golden beam of light shone on the skeletons. The creatures started to scream as they seized their attack. Link was surprised by it, but as soon as he saw Zelda, he knew what was going on. The skeletons started to shake heavy and their bodies started to disintegrate. The unholy, living corpses caught some sort of golden fire and slowly, one by one, their limbs fell off. They kept on screaming and shaking in torment untill the last part of them dissolved into ashes, back to where they came from. Link looked at the place where the skeletons were destroyed. "Hah! Beaten by a girl!" he said. Ganondorf sighed. "I see I have to do it myself. Oh, well. If you want something done, do it yourself." He pointed a finger towards Link and a flaming fireball shot towards the Hylian. Link quickly rolled forward to avoid it. The ball of fire struck the ground and vanished, leaving only a blackened spot in the green grass. Link ran towards Ganondorf as fast as he could, trying to get to the evil wizard before he could cast another spell. Ganondorf again pointed his hand towards the young man, but this time, Link was faster. He rammed Ganondorf with his shield and the man fell backwards, unable to complete the spell. Ganondorf wanted to stand up again, but Link put the tip of his sword against the man's chest. Ganondorf looked up at him with anger in his eyes. "You do know this is going to be your death, don't you?" Link said sadistic. He truly hated the man in dark armor. Ganondorf was quicker than he looked and before Link could do a thing, Ganondorf grabbed his swordarm. He pulled Link's face closer to his. "Crossing me was your worst and last mistake, boy!" he said right before he punched Link in the face with his free hand. Link stumbled backwards as he put the hand of his shieldarm against his face. He felt a warm liquid dripping out of his nose and it tasted salt when it reached his lips and his mouth. He heard Zelda scream, but everything around him was foggy. "I'm going to give you the most unpleasant death you could ever imagine," Ganondorf said as he started to float in the air. The whole time, Zelda had been too affraid to do anything. She couldn't concentrate to cast a spell. The tall, red haired man scared her unlike anything in the world. But she had a very good reason to fear him. He was utterly evil and the way he had abused her and her trust had left great marks on her young mind. Ganondorf spread his arms and legs as he hovered several meters above the ground. Suddenly, light started to encircle his entire body. Link shook his head to clear it and saw Ganondorf changing into... something. His face changed into that of a boar and his hair grew immensly long in a few seconds.. His arms and legs grew bigger and out of his hands, two massive swords simply grew. A tail shot out of his back and grew to considerable length. The tip of it held a glowing ball. When he was fully changed, he landed back on earth with a loud thumb. "Oh, crap. That's one big pig..." Link murmered as he automatically did a step back. Ganondorf growled as he swung his blades through the air. He slowly walked towards Link. Apparantly, the wizard's new form didn't really enhance his speed. "First, I kill you, boy. Then I'll get the Princess... for a second time." Ganondorf spoke with a creepy, low voice. "Why do you want Zelda so badly?" Link asked at a tone which demanded an answer as he walked around a bit, trying to keep away from Ganondorf's blades, while the young man looked for any opportunity to attack. "And why do you want to know that? You're going to die anyway," Ganondorf said. "At least you're not getting Zelda. Fox and Donkey will protect her!" Link yelled. Right after he had said it, Ganondorf hacked down at him. Link could even hear the blade approaching him, but he didn't have time to listen to the sound. He quickly rolled to the left and he heard Ganondorf's weapon crashing into the earth. "Your furry, little friends have already been disposed of. No one shall stand between me and the throne of Hyrule!" Ganondorf yelled with a victorious voice. Link startled when Ganondorf had spoken about Fox and Donkey, but he didn't want to believe him. "And that's why you need Zelda? She can only marry a prince and that's most certainly not you!" "You don't know anything about laws, do you? I'm not going to explain it to you. You die here and now!" Having said these words, Ganondorf charged towards Link, his arms moving through the air. Link knew that this time, there was no escape possible. There was no space to roll and above that, there was no time. He put his shield and sword defensively in front of himself and hoped for the best. The first blow struck his shield and split the defensive plate in half like it was a slice of cheese. The second blow struck Link on his chest. The Hylian had tried to hold it off with his sword, but it was no good. An immense, burning pain shot through his chest as he fell on his knees, his legs being unable to carry him anymore. He heard Zelda scream, almost cry. He put his hands on his chest to stop whatever was coming out of his body. As he sat on his knees, he saw a pool of blood being created by the hole in his chest. "Darn, to die like this..." he murmered, but what was bothering him most, was that he had broken a promise and that he had failed to protect Zelda. Zelda watched in horror as the only person she truly loved was dying, right in front of her. Suddenly, the fear she held for Ganondorf made way for a far greater fear: Her fear to lose Link, which had been formed in her subconscious over the days she had spent with him. But there was another feeling that had been locked away in her subconscious for a long time and which suddenly reappeared: Her hatred for Ganondorf. The two strong emotions mingled together in her mind and Zelda's mind was stronger than most minds. After all, she was a mage. She looked vulnerable and she was, in a certain way, but she was capable of far more than most mortals could comprehend. "NOOO!!" she screamed. "Leave him alone!" Ganondorf turned around to her and saw her pointing her arms towards the sky as her eyes lit up strangely. "Hmph. Using your pathetic magic again, Zelda?" he said, unaware of the incredible danger he was in. Zelda remained standing with her hands pointed at the sky. Suddenly, the wind raised and the skies darkened. Ganondorf started to get nervous, but he needed Zelda for his plan, so he didn't want to kill her and above that, what would a powerfull wizard like Ganondorf have to fear from a harmless, seventeen year old girl who had, at most, ten years of experience with magic? In the first few years, a mage would learn simple things like moving things telephatically and stuff like that. Mages started learning at an early age to know as much spells as possible. Learning to cast spells was already hard enough and took a few years to master. The wind became stronger and right in front of Ganondorf, a black ball emerged which slowly grew in size. The evil wizard knew what spell it was, but he couldn't believe it. It was just impossible for a young mage as Zelda to be able to cast it. And even IF she would succesfully cast it, the evilness of the spell would poison her pure soul and destroy her. Against all expectations, the black ball grew further untill it was the size of Ganondorf's new form. Ganondorf did a few steps back as Zelda's body started to shake heavy and the pain that shot through her body made tears form in her eyes. But she remained standing as required to keep the ball in existence. Suddenly, strange shadows started to crawl out of the ball and Ganondorf heard voices. "Why don't you come with us?" "Yes, join us." "You will like it very much. It's dark and eternal." The voices sounded full of pain and suffer. The shadowy creatures grabbed Ganondorf at any place they could get. "No!! This can't be! Leave me alone!"Ganondorf screamed as he tried to get away from the creatures. But more shadows emerged from the ball and grabbed him with their long, thin arms and pulled him closer to the ball. Ganondorf kept screaming as dark tentacles shot out of the ball and wrapped themselves around him. "Come, Ganondorf. Don't deny us. For we are many." Despite his efforts, Ganondorf got pulled into the ball, screaming like a madman. The shadows slipped back into the ball and the last thing Ganondorf said before he vanished into eternal darkness, was: "You can't do this to me! I'm the mighty Ganondorf..." Then silence ast the black ball shrunk and disapeared. Link had witnessed the entire scene. He saw Zelda's body shake as she fell on her knees, her arms wrapped around her chest as if she was cold. Suddenly, she opened her mouth and started to scream as if she was possessed, her eyes wide open and pointed at the sky. Then, Link's eyelids got very tired and he decided to close them for a few seconds. Just a few seconds, nothing more... But the seconds bacame a lot more, though Link wasn't aware of that anymore.