MWA HA!!! After how many months, I finally have a new chappie! MWA HA HA HA
HA HA HA!!! ::cough:: well, most of the stuffs gets explained in this
chappie. If I left anything out, besides Ganondorf being Link's uncle,
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Chapter 25 The new Kaegah stretched out his arms, looking at his hands and feet in amazement. Rauru gave a strangled sob, squirming underneath the big Goron. Zelda glared at him, and he immediately froze. I was impressed, despite myself-if she'd glared at me like that, I would have run. "Sages, positions," She said sharply, and the five sages stood in a circle around Rauru, who was on the floor quivering like a sack of jelly. Zelda instructed Kaegah to stand next to Rauru, and she stood in front of the two of them. One chant and a flash of light later and the ceremony was done. Rauru started wailing, which disgusted me even more then I already was. "Oh, be quiet! At least try to maintain the few shreds of dignity you have left!" Malon snapped. Link and I stared at her. "What? Oh, come on, this isn't the first time!" She said in response to our faces. "Yeah, but it's still surprising," Link replied. "Anyway, that's done," Zelda said, unnecessarily loud. Link rolled his eyes, and Malon and I had to stop giggles from escaping. "What do we do with him?" Saria asked, gesturing towards Ganondorf's unconscious form. Zelda sighed and crossed her arms. "Sacred Realm, I guess. We still don't know a way to officially kill him." She said in an irritated tone. "If only we could find out how he got out last time." "You don't know?" I asked in disbelief, then clapped my hand over my mouth-I hadn't meant to say that. Zelda gave me a long, hard look. "You DO know?" She said in disbelief. "Well, Rauru is Ganondorf's brother, so I thought it was obvious it was him-" "What?!" Everyone asked at the same time. My mouth dropped open. "You mean I'm the only one who thought of that?" I demanded. "No-I think we all mean, Rauru and Ganondorf are brothers?" Link asked. I stared at him blankly, then started giggling uncontrollably. It wasn't really that funny, and I got some strange looks-but a lot of stress and tension had been building up, and I was burning it off. Since there was a lot, I wasn't able to stop laughing for about five minutes. When I had finally gotten control of myself, everyone looked a little nervous. "Sorry.I know that wasn't funny, but-well anyway.I was the only one who knew that?" Everyone nodded. "That's so weird! I thought it was like an urban legend or something, you know, the Sage of Light and the Evil King.related." I trailed off, pretty much because of the strange looks everyone was giving me. After a moment, Zelda turned to glare at Rauru. "It makes sense, in a strange way. But I think it's time we heard all the stories." She said. About an hour later, Ganondorf was locked up in the Sacred Realm, after an interesting spell-casting. The six sages, Malon, Link, Zelda, Rauru and I were all in some sort of library. Rauru was bound tightly to a chair, soon to either be executed or join his brother in the Sacred Realm. Nabooru was told to help with the "information gathering", and the power seemed to have gone to her head-she carried a big, curving knife, and had a wicked gleam in her eyes. "Now, we can do this the hard way, or-well, actually, I just want it to be the hard way, it's more fun that way!" She giggled maniacally, and Rauru had the look of a cow who had just found out what the slaughterhouse really was. "No, please, I'll tell you anything you want! Just-just don't let her near me!" He squealed. "Nope, torture first, talk later-it's better that way," Nabooru said, licking the edge of her dagger. "Nabooru!" Link said in the same tone Zelda used, and it worked just as well. The Sage glared at him, but backed off. "Must run in the family," Malon whispered to me, and I laughed out loud. Link grinned at us, then turned back to Rauru. "I think the first question on all of our minds is-if you and Ganondorf are brothers, why are you the Sage of Light and him the Evil King?" He asked. Rauru sagged against the ropes binding him to the chair. Zelda sighed. "I had hoped it wouldn't come to this," She said sadly, pulling a small vile out of a small pouch hanging from her belt. I stared. "That isn't poison, is it?" I blurted out, blushing when she turned to look at me. Rauru whimpered. "No, it's not poison, it's a potion-so that we can get the real story," She said simply. Rauru whimpered again, but Nabooru was only too willing to oblige helping to "dose" the "patient". For a few moments after the liquid had been poured down his throat, Rauru lay still, his head against his chest, and I was worried it really was poison, then he lifted his head and began to speak in a clear, calm voice, his eyes out of focus. "We were born back when Hyrule was still fairly new. My parents were simple folk, content to only worry about where the next cow would come from. My brother-Ganon-was born five winters after I was, only that wasn't what he was called back then. Ganondorf's original name was Dalewen." At hearing the name, Link gasped. Everyone turned to look at him. "That's the name of-of the man who took care of me-he called himself my Uncle-but he died a few years ago-" He stammered. Zelda raised an eyebrow. "That's something that we shall have to pursue, but after the story. Continue, Rauru." The former Sage continued with his tale as if there was no interruption. "When I was twelve, I arranged to have lessons with the current King's magician. The spells and magic I learned from him were incredible to my young mind, and it seemed to me that there could be no man more powerful then my teacher-although now, I know he was relatively weak. I chose to share a few spells with my younger brother, one of which that would slow down the process of time. It was such that we both looked to be in our teens when our parents died of old age." He paused a moment. "By then, I knew I wanted more power. I was as close to immortal as Hylians were ever going to get, and I wanted to spend my long lifetime in power. It was then that I heard that the Goddesses were going to choose seven souls. They would never permanently die-they would be given the gift of reincarnation. Whenever their old body died, their soul would travel to a new body, and so forth. Right then, I knew what I wanted-I wanted to be a Sage! Dalewen had long ago left to join the Gerudos, working some sort of illusion to make them believe he was the true son born among them. As for what happened to the real son, I do not know, but he was soon their King." "Wait-this was, how many years ago? Wouldn't the Gerudos notice that their King wasn't aging?" Zelda interrupted. "Dalewen had found he had a gift for illusions, and learned more magic, enough that he made himself 'die' after they started getting suspicious, and returning to replace the rightfully born male every century. He changed his name each time, of course-that was how he became Ganondorf." All of the others absorbed this information in silence, but since I had no idea what any of that meant, I filed it away to ask Link later. Rauru continued to speak, oblivious to his lack of audience. "When the promising youngsters were taken to be tested for the Sagely powers, I was put second-behind a young man named Kaegah." The newly transformed owl shifted uncomfortably, a glower coming across his face. "I had come so close, I refused to give up my goal. I used my powers to turn him into an owl-to everyone else, it seemed as if he simply could not handle the responsibility, and I got the position of the Sage of Light. Given the potion I had taken earlier, I saw my fellows die several times, while I simply continued my current life. However, there was one thing I did not count on. Kaegah, or by then Kaepora Gaebora, had for some reason lived the same number of years I was. Whether it was the form, the Goddesses, or some magical effect, I do not know." He fell silent, his tale finished.
Disclaimer: We are GOOOOOOOOODS!! (Buffy the Vampire Slayer reference.if you tell me what season and what episode that was from, I'll give you a cookie! It's the new-and only-contest! MWA HA!)
Chapter 25 The new Kaegah stretched out his arms, looking at his hands and feet in amazement. Rauru gave a strangled sob, squirming underneath the big Goron. Zelda glared at him, and he immediately froze. I was impressed, despite myself-if she'd glared at me like that, I would have run. "Sages, positions," She said sharply, and the five sages stood in a circle around Rauru, who was on the floor quivering like a sack of jelly. Zelda instructed Kaegah to stand next to Rauru, and she stood in front of the two of them. One chant and a flash of light later and the ceremony was done. Rauru started wailing, which disgusted me even more then I already was. "Oh, be quiet! At least try to maintain the few shreds of dignity you have left!" Malon snapped. Link and I stared at her. "What? Oh, come on, this isn't the first time!" She said in response to our faces. "Yeah, but it's still surprising," Link replied. "Anyway, that's done," Zelda said, unnecessarily loud. Link rolled his eyes, and Malon and I had to stop giggles from escaping. "What do we do with him?" Saria asked, gesturing towards Ganondorf's unconscious form. Zelda sighed and crossed her arms. "Sacred Realm, I guess. We still don't know a way to officially kill him." She said in an irritated tone. "If only we could find out how he got out last time." "You don't know?" I asked in disbelief, then clapped my hand over my mouth-I hadn't meant to say that. Zelda gave me a long, hard look. "You DO know?" She said in disbelief. "Well, Rauru is Ganondorf's brother, so I thought it was obvious it was him-" "What?!" Everyone asked at the same time. My mouth dropped open. "You mean I'm the only one who thought of that?" I demanded. "No-I think we all mean, Rauru and Ganondorf are brothers?" Link asked. I stared at him blankly, then started giggling uncontrollably. It wasn't really that funny, and I got some strange looks-but a lot of stress and tension had been building up, and I was burning it off. Since there was a lot, I wasn't able to stop laughing for about five minutes. When I had finally gotten control of myself, everyone looked a little nervous. "Sorry.I know that wasn't funny, but-well anyway.I was the only one who knew that?" Everyone nodded. "That's so weird! I thought it was like an urban legend or something, you know, the Sage of Light and the Evil King.related." I trailed off, pretty much because of the strange looks everyone was giving me. After a moment, Zelda turned to glare at Rauru. "It makes sense, in a strange way. But I think it's time we heard all the stories." She said. About an hour later, Ganondorf was locked up in the Sacred Realm, after an interesting spell-casting. The six sages, Malon, Link, Zelda, Rauru and I were all in some sort of library. Rauru was bound tightly to a chair, soon to either be executed or join his brother in the Sacred Realm. Nabooru was told to help with the "information gathering", and the power seemed to have gone to her head-she carried a big, curving knife, and had a wicked gleam in her eyes. "Now, we can do this the hard way, or-well, actually, I just want it to be the hard way, it's more fun that way!" She giggled maniacally, and Rauru had the look of a cow who had just found out what the slaughterhouse really was. "No, please, I'll tell you anything you want! Just-just don't let her near me!" He squealed. "Nope, torture first, talk later-it's better that way," Nabooru said, licking the edge of her dagger. "Nabooru!" Link said in the same tone Zelda used, and it worked just as well. The Sage glared at him, but backed off. "Must run in the family," Malon whispered to me, and I laughed out loud. Link grinned at us, then turned back to Rauru. "I think the first question on all of our minds is-if you and Ganondorf are brothers, why are you the Sage of Light and him the Evil King?" He asked. Rauru sagged against the ropes binding him to the chair. Zelda sighed. "I had hoped it wouldn't come to this," She said sadly, pulling a small vile out of a small pouch hanging from her belt. I stared. "That isn't poison, is it?" I blurted out, blushing when she turned to look at me. Rauru whimpered. "No, it's not poison, it's a potion-so that we can get the real story," She said simply. Rauru whimpered again, but Nabooru was only too willing to oblige helping to "dose" the "patient". For a few moments after the liquid had been poured down his throat, Rauru lay still, his head against his chest, and I was worried it really was poison, then he lifted his head and began to speak in a clear, calm voice, his eyes out of focus. "We were born back when Hyrule was still fairly new. My parents were simple folk, content to only worry about where the next cow would come from. My brother-Ganon-was born five winters after I was, only that wasn't what he was called back then. Ganondorf's original name was Dalewen." At hearing the name, Link gasped. Everyone turned to look at him. "That's the name of-of the man who took care of me-he called himself my Uncle-but he died a few years ago-" He stammered. Zelda raised an eyebrow. "That's something that we shall have to pursue, but after the story. Continue, Rauru." The former Sage continued with his tale as if there was no interruption. "When I was twelve, I arranged to have lessons with the current King's magician. The spells and magic I learned from him were incredible to my young mind, and it seemed to me that there could be no man more powerful then my teacher-although now, I know he was relatively weak. I chose to share a few spells with my younger brother, one of which that would slow down the process of time. It was such that we both looked to be in our teens when our parents died of old age." He paused a moment. "By then, I knew I wanted more power. I was as close to immortal as Hylians were ever going to get, and I wanted to spend my long lifetime in power. It was then that I heard that the Goddesses were going to choose seven souls. They would never permanently die-they would be given the gift of reincarnation. Whenever their old body died, their soul would travel to a new body, and so forth. Right then, I knew what I wanted-I wanted to be a Sage! Dalewen had long ago left to join the Gerudos, working some sort of illusion to make them believe he was the true son born among them. As for what happened to the real son, I do not know, but he was soon their King." "Wait-this was, how many years ago? Wouldn't the Gerudos notice that their King wasn't aging?" Zelda interrupted. "Dalewen had found he had a gift for illusions, and learned more magic, enough that he made himself 'die' after they started getting suspicious, and returning to replace the rightfully born male every century. He changed his name each time, of course-that was how he became Ganondorf." All of the others absorbed this information in silence, but since I had no idea what any of that meant, I filed it away to ask Link later. Rauru continued to speak, oblivious to his lack of audience. "When the promising youngsters were taken to be tested for the Sagely powers, I was put second-behind a young man named Kaegah." The newly transformed owl shifted uncomfortably, a glower coming across his face. "I had come so close, I refused to give up my goal. I used my powers to turn him into an owl-to everyone else, it seemed as if he simply could not handle the responsibility, and I got the position of the Sage of Light. Given the potion I had taken earlier, I saw my fellows die several times, while I simply continued my current life. However, there was one thing I did not count on. Kaegah, or by then Kaepora Gaebora, had for some reason lived the same number of years I was. Whether it was the form, the Goddesses, or some magical effect, I do not know." He fell silent, his tale finished.
