This were looking pretty grim for Link. Hundreds and hundreds of monster. Gannondorf looking down at him, grinning wickedly down at him, waiting for his foe to finally meet his doom. Link glared at the impossible odds against him as he continued to charge. Suddenly a Deku Scrub burst from the ground right in front of him. The vile plant snapped its evil jaws right in front of Link's face, but the Hero of Time sliced it off right at the stem. But the Scrub had cut off his attack. The wall of monsters slammed into him with full force, and before Link knew it, he was bruised, bloodied, cut, and skewed in the blink of an eye. Yet through all of his pain, he could only hear one thing: the laughter of Gannondorf above him.

"You." Link growled through gritted teeth. "If I'm going to take anyone down, its gonna be you you little mother..." Link didnt even get to finish his sentance, for he had already leaped onto the back of a Moblin and hurled himself at his ultimate rival. Gannondorf was completely taken aback from Link's assault, and both men fell to the hard ground. Link slashed violently at Gannondorf's face, scarring it forever. With a roar of fury, Gannondorf blasted Link off of him with a shadow attack, and Link rolled a few feet before coming to a grim stop against the wall. And that stop wasn't pretty. The Hero of Time could feel his mind shutting down. He could feel himself breathing his last breaths. And he could feel his own dispair.

"Well, well, well." The Evil King sneered as he got back to his feet, ignoring the blood gushing from his own facial wounds. "This is the end of you, boy. I'll tell your precious Malon and Zelda how this ended, and laugh when they scream. So long, Hero of Time."

Link shut his eyes, seeing only black now. All of a sudden, he could hear Gannondorf gasp. Then he heard an explosion, and a massive rush of heat washed over him. A silence passed, and Link didnt know if he had blacked out or not. But now all he could feel was someone's hands shaking him, and a girl's voice.

"Link. Link! Oh God, Link, wake up! WAKE UP!!!"

And he knew no more.

---

....

...wha? The hell happened? Where am I? Is this heaven or something...? Oh, it has to be, because I'm dead... and there's an angel above me. Oh wait. Thats not an angel. Thats...

"... Malon."

Link opened his eyes all the way, and stared back at the girl that was looking at him with watery eyes. Link grinned at her, and she smiled a sad smile back. Link got back to his feet, looked around, and realized that they were still in Gannon's Castle. Then his memory came back.

"Where'd all the monsters go?" he yelled, his hand straying to his sword hilt. "Where's Gannondorf?"

"Shh." Malon said, putting a finger over his mouth. "You gotta rest. You've been through one heck of a lot." Link slunk back down and leaned up against the wall.

"If you really wanna know what happened," she said, starting to pace back and forth. "Then it was like this. Me and Zelda were allowed to watch your... execution..." (her voice broke right there.) "But Gannondorf thought that we were under his control. And we weren't. So Zelda played a song on the Ocarina of Time and destroyed every monster in here. I mean, every monster."

"Then why the hell didn't she teach it to me? That could have came in handy!" Link said, frowning. Malon's smile faded.

"Umm... well, there's one little side effect." She said, starting to look worried again. "After she played the song, both her and Gannondorf disappeared in a flash. So I have no clue where they are. But... we have this." And with that, she pulled the Ocarina of Time from inside her cloak.

"That reminds me... remember when Gannondorf dragged you off into that portal?" Link asked her, a thought popping into his head.

"Yeah... that was about a month ago. Why?" Malon asked, tilting her head, looking curious.

"N,nothing." Link said, waving his hand dismissively. "We've just gotta find Zelda and kick Gannondorf's evil ass." He started walking toward one of the hundred doors that had opened to reveal a monster. All of them had a blank wall behind them. Link scratched his head, confused, as Malon searched them for a secret passage.

"Dammit, nothing!" Link yelled, slamming his hand into one. "Not a frigging clue!"

"Maybe we could use the Ocarina..." Malon suggested.

"Right. Hold my hand." Link said. Malon took his, and turned red for a second. Link played the Song of Time and a portal appeared in front of them. Link gestured for Malon to walk in.

"Ladies first." he grinned, trying to be cheerful. Malon pretended to be flattered, and stepped straight into the void...

---

... and came out a couple of years older!

"Jeez, how many times am I going to grow up?!" she muttered. Then she took a look around and gasped. They were in Lon Lon Ranch... but it wasnt completely destroyed and in ruins anymore! They were completely restored, and possibly even better than ever. Link walked through after her, and gaped his mouth even wider then Malon had.

"What the... I thought everything was destroyed?" he murmered in awe.

"Maybe... this is after what just happened?" Malon asked him.

"Probably... where we just were must have been when Gannondorf had taken over Hyrule. And this must be the aftermath, when everything had been destroyed."

"But, then where's Gannondorf?" Malon asked. At the wrong time, unfortunately. The ground suddenly began vibrating violently. The ground in front of the couple split open, and a flume of lava rushed out. A geyser of the liquid fire lit up the sky, and smoke billowed out and immediately covered the sky. A massive hand crawled its way from the abyss, followed by a monstrous head. Link was looking up at the head, his mouth wide open. Malon was making the sign of the cross, praying to whatever god she could that this was not real. But of course it was. For this was the King of Shadows, Gannon.

Link drew his Master Sword, but the valiant weapon would merely be a pinprick against this beamoth. Link gritted his teeth... This isn't going to be a battle. This is definetly the end. Malon clutched at Link, and the Hero of Time held her close. Gannon glared with one gigantic yellow eye straight at the two huddled together near the Lon Lon farmhouse, and let loose an earthshaking growl. Then with a massive leap, it hopped out of the fissure in the ground, and drew its double-edged sword. In one last attempt to show the beast he wasn't scared, Link drew his Master Sword. Here we go... the final battle. Link thought grimly. Time to raise some hell.