Chapter 4
When Link's eyes had adjusted to the dark, he saw an elderly, bearded man standing before him.
"Elder? Is that you?" Link asked.
"Indeed, it is I, Sahasrahla, descendant of the seven sages." The man said.
"Where'd Maple go?" Link asked, looking around in a panic.
"She has been taken elsewhere." Sahasrahla told him. "If you wish to rescue her, you must go through the cave behind me."
"No problem." Link had drawn his sword and was charging towards the door to the cave.
"Whoa, boy…" the elder said, grabbing Link's shoulder in a surprisingly firm grip, "Do you really think you can make it through?"
"I don't know." Link replied. "But I have to try. I love Maple, and I'll do anything for her."
Sahasrahla smiled. "Then Godspeed to you, boy! And good luck!"
The air in the cave was humid, and Link quickly discovered that enemies lurked within every place that air itself was allowed to enter. Gels nipped at his feet, while Stalfos attacked him from ground level, and Keese assaulted him from above. But Link fought gallantly, swinging the Master Sword left and right in defense and offense. But the monsters were relentless. Soon Link felt his strength begin to wane, and it became a struggle to simply defeat a monster.
Finally, the treacherous monsters stopped attacking, and Link emerged in a large, high-ceilinged cavern. And there before him stood his arch-nemesis, Ganon, king of Darkness!
"You!" Link roared, raising his sword.
"Fancy meeting YOU here." Ganon taunted. "I assume you've come to rescue the witch!"
"Yeah! So give her back, you twisted pig!"
Ganon laughed. "Ho ho ho! You don't seem to realize that not everybody acts on their own agenda!" He threw his trident at Link, but Link dodged, and parried with the Master Sword. But Ganon simply cast a barrier and deflected it.
"What are you talking about?" Link asked, preparing to strike again.
"You fool!" Ganon cackled while shooting lightning from his eyes, "Only now, at the end, do you understand!"
The battle intensified and circled around the cavern.
"You have met me well, boy. But now our fun must end." Ganon snorted, knocking Link's sword from his hand. Link, his strength exhausted, fell to his knees and collapsed as the room spun out from under him.