A fire blazed in Link's eyes as he glared up at the mammoth that Gannondorf had transformed into. Gannon let out a worldshattering bellow that jarred the teeth in Link's mouth and almost shattered his spirit as well. But Link held fast, braced himself for what was coming next, and charged head on toward Gannon. His feet kicked up dirt as he ran through the soft ground, and he ignored Malon's cry of anguish behind him. Gannon let out a deep chuckle, and raised his massive blade. Link leapt to the side as Gannon's dagger slammed into the ground right next to him, gravel and dirt flying around him. Link got up in a flash, and began his charge once more. Gannon growled loudly, and let his other dagger fall. Link hopped to the side once again, and let out a cry as a rock slammed into his knee as it flew out from a boulder Gannon had smashed. He limped a couple of steps, and collapsed on the ground. A distant roar of thunder rolled across the plains, and a single droplet of water fell on Link's face. The Hero of Time opened his eyes, almost as if that raindrop had revived him, and awkwardly got to his feet. He looked up at his foe, and the flame blazed once more in his eye. He reached across his back for his Hero Bow, pulled out a Light Arrow, and aimed right at Gannon's horrible face. He let fly with the holy weapon, and it flew straight and true right at the King of Darkness. But the arrow merely bounced off his face armor, making hardly a dent. Gannon roared with sinistar laughter at his tiny opponent's face, his mouth dropped open in confusion and horror.

"So, young Link, you wonder how I survived your Arrow of Light?" Gannon rumbled, his voice so low it could cause whole mountains to collapse. "Well this time, Fool of Time, I have a bit if protection with me." And he opened a gnarled hand, and imbedded in one dagger was a crystal. And inside that crystal was Princess Zelda, her face frozen with angst and dispair.

"What did you do to her?!" Link shrieked, his voice cracking through mid-sentance.

"Don't worry about her, she's merely in suspended animation!" Gannon sneered, his vile palm closing around the hilt of his blade. "Of course, there may not be any way to get her out of it, but that's not my problem, is it?" A growing hatred welled up in Link, and he was nerves were streatched to the breaking point. But Gannon wasn't through with his taunting.

"Of course, I only have one crystal for two daggers." Gannon said, a grin widening across his face. "So I'll have to add another doll to my collection... a redhead will do nicely!" One long finger pointed straight at Malon, and Gannon muttered something below his breath. In a flash of light, Malon was imprisioned in a crystal, her hands beating against it, her mouth obviously showing that she was screaming Link's name over and over again. Link cried out, and ran all the way back to her, but Gannon chuckled once more, and with a flick of his wrist, the crystal with Malon in it was floating up toward Gannon's blade.

"NEVER!" Link screamed, whipping out his Longshot. It shot out toward the crystal, but the blade of it merely bounced off as magic in it reflected the Longshot. Gannon laughed a long laugh as the crystal settled on his other knife, and Malon fell silent as she closed her eyes and uttered her last breath. Link looked up at her, tears already welling up in his eyes. He took a long deep breath, and as he closed his eyes,s he seemed to remember every moment he ever spent with her. As soon as he opened them again, all he saw was red as the unmistakable fury that had built up in him exploded. Link ignored his already injured leg and ran at Gannon as fast as he could, Master Sword upraised, screaming with pure rage. Gannon was taken aback by his enemy's sudden attack, but quickly regained himself. He opened his hand, and a beam of purple energy shot from the palm of his hand. It flew straight at Link, and the Hero of Time rose his shield. The Mirror Shield reflected it straight back at Gannon, but it was as much use to Link as the Arrow of Light was. The Mirror Shield shattered from the full force of the blow, and Link let it crumble to the ground, not letting that slow him down one bit.

Gannon chuckled to himself at the young hero's foolish courage, and wielded both daggers straight at him. Gannon let both daggers fall straight at Link, and they both crashed just millameter's behind him. Link continud sprinting, finally reaching Gannon's massive foot, and mad a magnifacent leap into the air. He came back down with his sword stabbing-style, and slammed it directly in the middle of his disgusting foot. Gannon bellowed so loud in pain it almost destroyed Link's eardrums, but Link used his foe's pain to his advantage. He whipped out his Hookshot, and fired it at one of Gannon's daggers, It connected with it, and tugged him up to the huge weapon. Link ran over to the crystal, but at that very moment, Gannon recovered from the pain in his foot. He bared his teeth into a grimace, and his hot breath blasted over Link, almost tearing his hat right off of his head. The other dagger loomed right over Link, and came swinging down right at him. Link leaped onto the crystal, and gritted his teeth as the dagger was cut into too. Suddenly he was falling, the ground reaching up at him, beckoning him to death.

It was a very long drop, and Link had to hold on as tight as he could to what was left of the dagger with all of his might, but his stregnth finally failed him, and he flew through the air. A great pain struck right through him as he landed straight on the ground, and he nearly bounced up again from the sheer force of impact. He groaned in pain, and looked up at Gannon, who had a mask of anger upon his face.

"I do not enjoy plaing games, boy. I want to end this right now!" he roared, gripping his remaining dagger with both hands, holding it high above his head. Link got up to his feet, a bit dazed still, and stumbled over to the half of the dagger that he had destroyed. He turned it over, and gasped when he realized that the crystal was cracked, and Malon inside, unharmed. He rose his sword, and smashed what remained of the crystal. Malon's eyes fluttered open as fresh air got to her, and gazed into Link's eyes, love in her own. Then she looked past Link, and screamed as a look of terror crossed her face. Link whirled around, and dove to the side with Malon a few mere millaseconds before Gannon's blade slammed into the ground, literally bouncing them right off their butts. Gannon roared, and slid the dagger across the ground, hoping to crush them. The couple ran as fast as they could, running all the way back to Gannon's feet, giving him no choice but to pull his blade back up.

"Now what do we do?" she asked him, fright in her eyes. "How on earth are we going to defeat him?"

"I think I might have a way." Link said, panting heavily. "But this plan requires a little bit of speed."

"Way ahead of ya." Malon said, a grin across her face. She took a great breath, and burst into song. She let loose Epona's Song And Link pulled into his satchel and accompied her on the Ocarina of Time. A few seconds passed before they could hear the thundering of hooves across the plains. A few more seconds passed, and Epona was in front of them, neighing loudly. Link mounted Epona, and reached out to Malon for her hand, whom was obviously taken aback.

"You don't think I'd take out Gannon without your help?" Link said, a smile upon his face. Malon smiled back, and let him take her upon the horse. Link kicked Epona gently in the stomach, and she took off at a trot at first, then at full gallop. Gannon looked down and spotted the horse kicking up dirt, and let out a bellow of rage. He swung his sword, hoping to slice Epona's feet right from under her. But the skilled steed jumped right over the blade. Link pulled out his Biggoron Sword, and held it like a javelin as Epona turned and ran straight at the beamoth. Link gritted his teeth as he hurled the huge sword straight at Gannon's face as hard as he could. The sword flew straight into one of Gannon's eyes, and this time Link did feel like he was deafened as Gannon let loose a shriek of agony. The beast stumbled a bit, let out another weak shout, and collapsed right onto the ground, nearly jarring their brains right out of their skull. Link grinned grimly at Malon, and ran straight for Gannon's exposed head. His ultimate rival look up one final time before he saw the utmost fury on Link's face as he flashed out the Master Sword, and plunged it straight through Gannon's skull, and into it's brain. This time there was no cry of pain, no deafening scream, just one muttered curse.

"Damn... you....... Link . .. . . ."

And the terror of Hyrule breathed his last horrible breath.

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Link pulled out his Master Sword with one wet tug, and looked at the end of it. The blood of Gannon had left it's mark on the sacred blade, literally melting the end clear off. Link sighed deeply, and plunged what was left of his trusty sword into the ground. Then he turned around to face Malon, who had her mouth wide open, staring at the massive carcass laid out in front of her. Link walked back to her, took her hand, and the two of them walked to the crystal that still imprisioned Zelda. With a smile to Malon, Link pulled out his Megaton Hammer and smashed Zelda's prision. Zelda lay still for a moment, then her eyes flew open. She looked around to Link, and then to Malon. Then she got up, looked at Gannon, and took a great shuddering breath.

"Oh, God..." she whispered.

"That's what I've been thinking since this whole thing started." Link murmured, shaking his head.

"That's it? Gannon's gone? Game over?" Malon asked, a smile returning to her face.

"Not quite." Zelda said, her eyes darkening. "Somebody's has to make sure this whole mess is fixed. Though in this time period Gannon is done with, in our past, he is alive and kicking."

"So... how do we do that?" Malon asked her nervously. "Do we have to keep going in the past and stopping him?"

"No.. only if one of the Sages sends him to the Sacred Realm. And since I'm the only Sage here..." Zelda said with a heavy heart. She slowly walked to Link and gave him a great hug. She did the same with Malon, and walked over to Gannon's body. She took out the Ocarina of Time, and began to play.

"Wait! What the... how the...?!" Link gasped, reaching into his satchel for the Ocarina. But it wasnt there, of course. Zelda opened her eyes, winked at him, and both shee and what remained of Gannon disappeared in a flash of light.

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1 year later...

A great reconstruction of Hyrule begun as soon as Gannondorf and Zelda had been transformed to the Sacred Realm. Hyrulians, Gorons, Zoras, Gerudo's and Kukuris all pitched in to repair their world that they had loved so much. And a year after, all was in perfect harmony again... especially with a certain couple.

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Malon swung lazily in the hammock just outside the horse pen in Lon Lon Ranch, preoccuping herself with pointing out the shaps of clouds that were drifting slowly across the sky. Her concentration was broken on the 32nd cloud when she heard a galloping across the field. She sighed to herself as she smiled, and continued counting. A few minutes later, a horse and rider trotted right next to her, ready to go into the horse pen.

"Back so soon?" Malon asked, opening one eye and glancing up at the green clad Hyrulian.

"Couldn't just leave you here along on such a beautiful day, could I?" Link asked, putting Epona back into her pen and sitting next to Malon on the hammock. Malon sighed and put herself up on Link's lap. They both swung a while on the hammock, Link stroking Malon's hair as she sighed happily.

"You do remember what today is, right?" Malon asked him, her head up against his chest.

"Course." Link replied. "Today's the anniversary of when I met Epona!"

"Umm... that might be true," Malon laughed. "But you do know what today REALLY is, right?"

"Of course. Today's the day that Gannon was expelled from this world, and peace returned."

"And that's the day when you proved that you really loved me." Malon whispered, hugging him tightly.

"Of course I love you Malon..." Link said, stroking her hair once more. "I'll never let you go Malon... I'll never leave you alone."

The two of them let the hours slip by on that sunny summer afternoon, and high above the two, the goddesses smiled upon them. And, of course, so did the Princess of Time. Ages passed, and the two of them continued seeing each other, and as you miht have guessed, got married. Which is awesome truth that love is eternal.