Chapter 1: New Found Power
Zelda and Impa rode for what seemed like hours. Zelda had been watching Link's confrontation with Ganondorf, and that had bought them time.
"Where are we going?" Zelda asked Impa.
Impa was quiet for a moment. A cold look was on her face. "We are going to Labryyna, a country to the north." Silence for a moment. "We will be safe there, for the most part."
Zelda thought for a moment. "What will we do there?"
Impa looked at her. "I don't know child. I don't know."
Ganondorf Dragmire, king of the Gerudo, rode off toward the north, his black steed following the stench of Hylians. As he rode, his expression was one of anger. He had allowed a slip of a girl to escape with the sheikah, Impa. But it was of no consequence. He would catch them.
For a few moments, he allowed his thoughts to wander. He thought about how good it finally felt to kill Harkonian. As he thought about this, a smile, that wicked, demonic smile, crept onto his face.
The thought of Harkonian dead almost made him burst out in laughter. With the king now dead, it would be easier for him to take over Hyrule.and eventually the world.
But suddenly something startled him. He pulled his horse to a dead stop and turned it around. The horse ran at full speed back toward the castle.
Link looked at the blue, round ocarina curiously. His own ocarina wasn't nearly as pretty as this one. Just under the mouthpiece was a symbol. Three triangles, joined at the edges to make a single triangle.
What an odd shape, he thought, putting the ocarina under his tunic. He looked around. "Where was I sup0posed to go again?"
"Go to the Temple of Time, Link!" Navi's high-pitched voice was just as annoying as ever.
"Oh yeah!" Link said, darting over the broken bridge and sprinting through the market place.
The Temple of Time was large, and rather hollow inside. A single pedestal sat towards the back of the room, and a large door covered something up. Slowly, Link walked across the empty, white room, to the edge of the pedestal.
"Hey!" Navi shouted to him, flying around the pedestal. "We can put the spiritual stones here!"
Link was more than a little confused. What good would that do? He wondered. But, as annoying as she may be, Navi was very intelligent, and often gave good advice.
So Link complied, placing the stones in their respective placed on the pedestal. The spiritual stone of the Forest came first, then the stone of Fire, and then the stone of Water.
Navi flew over to the door. A strange design was on it, almost like a star. Link walked over to it. "OK," he said, "Now what?"
There was silence for a moment. But then he heard someone call his name. But it was distant, almost as if someone were yelling from afar.
"Link, listen," the voice said. It was a soft voice, smooth and melodical. It made him believe the goddesses were talking to him.
"Who's that? Was it you Navi?" Link asked.
"Great," Navi whispered, "Now he's talking to himself."
"Shut up," Link said, "someone's talking to me." Then he heard it again.
"It's me, Link. Zelda"
"Where are you?" he asked.
"On the road, fleeing from Ganondorf. You have to stop him Link." Then Link heard a melody that was more beautiful than anything he had ever heard. "That song will get you through the door. Ave us, Link. Save Hyrule." Her voice faded.
Navi flew over to Link. "What was that?" she asked him.
"I think." he started, pulling the blue ocarina from under his tunic. He put it up to his lips and stared to play the tune he had heard. When he finished playing, the door lifted, revealing an empty room with a sword in a pedestal. Light shone on the stone from a window, and glinted magnificently off the metal. Slowly, Link took a step into the room.
Ganondorf's horse sped across the field at break neck speed. He had to get there as quickly as he could. He could already feel the spiritual stones and the Door of Time opened up. In a few short minutes, the Triforce would be his.
The castle was now in sight, looking closer and closer as the black horse's hooves pounded the ground, leaving a long trail of dust behind him. He could still see flames from different parts of the castle, and from the town around. The only thing left untouched was the Temple of Time.
His black steed jumped the broken bridge with ease, and upon landing a single Hylian soldier raised his halberd high, rearing back as if to strike Ganondorf, and pull him t the ground. The horse's hooves rode over him like a blade of grass, crushing bones and spewing blood on the ground.
As the horse neared the Temple, it did not slow down. This was all good and well, for Ganondorf was in a hurry and when he was close enough he jumped off his horse, rolled on the ground, and ran as fast as he could toward the Temple.
"The Master Sword!" Navi shouted excitedly, flying toward the pedestal. "It's the Master Sword, Link!"
Link walked up to it. The sun light from the window was bright, and he felt for a moment that all was right in the world. But deep down he knew that wall was not right. He knew that Hyrule castle had fallen, and he knew the Princess was gone. The thought of those evil Gerudo beasts killing the King, and running Princess out of the castle made him angry. His eyes blazed with a blind rage. His heart was filled with anger, and fear.
"What's going to happen, Navi?" Link's whisper was barely audible.
"What do you mean?" she said.
"Those Gerudo took the castle. Ganondorf chased down the Princess." He let out a long sigh. "Do you think." he gulped, "do you thin he killed her?"
Navi flew over to him. "Princess Zelda is strong. Plus she had Impa with her right? She will endure."
Navi's reassurance left Link in an awkward silence. "There's only one way to know," he said, stepping up to the pedestal.
Navi fluttered around with excitement as Link wrapped his small hands around the hilt of the Master Sword. His muscles, well defined for a boy his age, flexed as he pulled on the sword. He relaxed his muscles, tightened his grip, and then tried again.
The blade slid out from the pedestal with a cold shink, and a circle of light above Link's head opened. His eyes closed and his body fell to the ground.
With the Master Sword still in his hand, his body was lifted into the glowing circle.
The inside of the Temple of Time was brighter than usual, and Ganondorf's black armor and sickly green skin showed like blood in the snow. He slowed his pace now, watching as the boy talked to his little fairy. The empty rooms of the glowing Temple echoed every word as Ganondorf stepped closer and closer.
His blood red eyes watched as the boy placed his hands on the hilt, and pulled the sword out. Then something happened that he hadn't expected. A glowing circle of light appeared above the boy as his body fell limply to the ground.
"The Sacred Realm," Ganondorf whispered, turning his slow walk to a sprint. He knew what was in the Sacred Realm, and his greed for it was overwhelming.
As the boy's body was lifted into the glowing circle with the Master Sword, Ganondorf launched himself with a growl into the glowing circle.
The light inside the Sacred Realm was a blinding white. Ganondorf could hardly open his eyes without pain. But one golden object broke the vast, never ending whiteness. It stood out magnificently and glimmered brightly, and Ganondorf smiled at it.
Slowly he reached for it. But it acted almost as if it had a mind of it's own, and it seemed to move away from him.
But his greed was to great, and he caught it. When he touched it, however, only one part came to him. The other two disappeared with a golden flash of light. Where they went, none could tell. Only one thing was certain.
The Triforce of Power was now in Ganondorf's hands.
Zelda and Impa rode for what seemed like hours. Zelda had been watching Link's confrontation with Ganondorf, and that had bought them time.
"Where are we going?" Zelda asked Impa.
Impa was quiet for a moment. A cold look was on her face. "We are going to Labryyna, a country to the north." Silence for a moment. "We will be safe there, for the most part."
Zelda thought for a moment. "What will we do there?"
Impa looked at her. "I don't know child. I don't know."
Ganondorf Dragmire, king of the Gerudo, rode off toward the north, his black steed following the stench of Hylians. As he rode, his expression was one of anger. He had allowed a slip of a girl to escape with the sheikah, Impa. But it was of no consequence. He would catch them.
For a few moments, he allowed his thoughts to wander. He thought about how good it finally felt to kill Harkonian. As he thought about this, a smile, that wicked, demonic smile, crept onto his face.
The thought of Harkonian dead almost made him burst out in laughter. With the king now dead, it would be easier for him to take over Hyrule.and eventually the world.
But suddenly something startled him. He pulled his horse to a dead stop and turned it around. The horse ran at full speed back toward the castle.
Link looked at the blue, round ocarina curiously. His own ocarina wasn't nearly as pretty as this one. Just under the mouthpiece was a symbol. Three triangles, joined at the edges to make a single triangle.
What an odd shape, he thought, putting the ocarina under his tunic. He looked around. "Where was I sup0posed to go again?"
"Go to the Temple of Time, Link!" Navi's high-pitched voice was just as annoying as ever.
"Oh yeah!" Link said, darting over the broken bridge and sprinting through the market place.
The Temple of Time was large, and rather hollow inside. A single pedestal sat towards the back of the room, and a large door covered something up. Slowly, Link walked across the empty, white room, to the edge of the pedestal.
"Hey!" Navi shouted to him, flying around the pedestal. "We can put the spiritual stones here!"
Link was more than a little confused. What good would that do? He wondered. But, as annoying as she may be, Navi was very intelligent, and often gave good advice.
So Link complied, placing the stones in their respective placed on the pedestal. The spiritual stone of the Forest came first, then the stone of Fire, and then the stone of Water.
Navi flew over to the door. A strange design was on it, almost like a star. Link walked over to it. "OK," he said, "Now what?"
There was silence for a moment. But then he heard someone call his name. But it was distant, almost as if someone were yelling from afar.
"Link, listen," the voice said. It was a soft voice, smooth and melodical. It made him believe the goddesses were talking to him.
"Who's that? Was it you Navi?" Link asked.
"Great," Navi whispered, "Now he's talking to himself."
"Shut up," Link said, "someone's talking to me." Then he heard it again.
"It's me, Link. Zelda"
"Where are you?" he asked.
"On the road, fleeing from Ganondorf. You have to stop him Link." Then Link heard a melody that was more beautiful than anything he had ever heard. "That song will get you through the door. Ave us, Link. Save Hyrule." Her voice faded.
Navi flew over to Link. "What was that?" she asked him.
"I think." he started, pulling the blue ocarina from under his tunic. He put it up to his lips and stared to play the tune he had heard. When he finished playing, the door lifted, revealing an empty room with a sword in a pedestal. Light shone on the stone from a window, and glinted magnificently off the metal. Slowly, Link took a step into the room.
Ganondorf's horse sped across the field at break neck speed. He had to get there as quickly as he could. He could already feel the spiritual stones and the Door of Time opened up. In a few short minutes, the Triforce would be his.
The castle was now in sight, looking closer and closer as the black horse's hooves pounded the ground, leaving a long trail of dust behind him. He could still see flames from different parts of the castle, and from the town around. The only thing left untouched was the Temple of Time.
His black steed jumped the broken bridge with ease, and upon landing a single Hylian soldier raised his halberd high, rearing back as if to strike Ganondorf, and pull him t the ground. The horse's hooves rode over him like a blade of grass, crushing bones and spewing blood on the ground.
As the horse neared the Temple, it did not slow down. This was all good and well, for Ganondorf was in a hurry and when he was close enough he jumped off his horse, rolled on the ground, and ran as fast as he could toward the Temple.
"The Master Sword!" Navi shouted excitedly, flying toward the pedestal. "It's the Master Sword, Link!"
Link walked up to it. The sun light from the window was bright, and he felt for a moment that all was right in the world. But deep down he knew that wall was not right. He knew that Hyrule castle had fallen, and he knew the Princess was gone. The thought of those evil Gerudo beasts killing the King, and running Princess out of the castle made him angry. His eyes blazed with a blind rage. His heart was filled with anger, and fear.
"What's going to happen, Navi?" Link's whisper was barely audible.
"What do you mean?" she said.
"Those Gerudo took the castle. Ganondorf chased down the Princess." He let out a long sigh. "Do you think." he gulped, "do you thin he killed her?"
Navi flew over to him. "Princess Zelda is strong. Plus she had Impa with her right? She will endure."
Navi's reassurance left Link in an awkward silence. "There's only one way to know," he said, stepping up to the pedestal.
Navi fluttered around with excitement as Link wrapped his small hands around the hilt of the Master Sword. His muscles, well defined for a boy his age, flexed as he pulled on the sword. He relaxed his muscles, tightened his grip, and then tried again.
The blade slid out from the pedestal with a cold shink, and a circle of light above Link's head opened. His eyes closed and his body fell to the ground.
With the Master Sword still in his hand, his body was lifted into the glowing circle.
The inside of the Temple of Time was brighter than usual, and Ganondorf's black armor and sickly green skin showed like blood in the snow. He slowed his pace now, watching as the boy talked to his little fairy. The empty rooms of the glowing Temple echoed every word as Ganondorf stepped closer and closer.
His blood red eyes watched as the boy placed his hands on the hilt, and pulled the sword out. Then something happened that he hadn't expected. A glowing circle of light appeared above the boy as his body fell limply to the ground.
"The Sacred Realm," Ganondorf whispered, turning his slow walk to a sprint. He knew what was in the Sacred Realm, and his greed for it was overwhelming.
As the boy's body was lifted into the glowing circle with the Master Sword, Ganondorf launched himself with a growl into the glowing circle.
The light inside the Sacred Realm was a blinding white. Ganondorf could hardly open his eyes without pain. But one golden object broke the vast, never ending whiteness. It stood out magnificently and glimmered brightly, and Ganondorf smiled at it.
Slowly he reached for it. But it acted almost as if it had a mind of it's own, and it seemed to move away from him.
But his greed was to great, and he caught it. When he touched it, however, only one part came to him. The other two disappeared with a golden flash of light. Where they went, none could tell. Only one thing was certain.
The Triforce of Power was now in Ganondorf's hands.