Zelda slowly opened her eyes. She was lying in a dungeon cell, somewhere.
The princess tried desperately to remember the events of the previous
night. All she could recall was a very handsome prince who had whirled her
away...and Gannondorf.
She smelled blood. Zelda put a hand to her head, and clutched it with both, moaning. She was suddenly hit by a surge of pain. As the Hylian princess tried to stand, she only fell back to her feet.
"Princess," someone cackled, in a rough voice. She slowly turned to face the source of it.
"It's me again--Gruretta," said the voice. As Zelda's eyes adapted to the dark, she saw the faint outline of a moblin. "And here's our dear, dear friend, Cliggot." Another moblin appeared.
"What do you mean again?" Zelda moaned, still clasping her head. "I don't remember you, or those names."
The two moblins howled with laughter. "Oh yes, I forgot," Cliggot chuckled. "You were unconcious when we brought you here."
Zelda shook her head, as if trying to shake the horrid creatures away from existence.
Cliggot and Gruretta exchanged excited glances. "We've come to take you to the Master's torture chamber," Cliggot finally said. "And torture you until you die." Suddenly, they both reached out and grabbed one of her arms. They started dragging her down the hallway.
Zelda gasped. A torture chamber of Ganon's would have to be a mighty powerful one. Then she noticed the Moblins were grinning--like they had a dirty secret. She was hit by realization. "You can't," she grumbled.
"What do you mean we can't?" Gruretta barked, coming to a stop. "Gannondorf told us we could do what we want with you!"
"No he didn't," Zelda insisted weakly. "You're lying. If you torture me to death, Ganon will never be able to discover where I hid the Triforce."
Once more, Gruretta and Cliggot exchanged looks. They turned around, deciding not to answer. Then they stopped. A figure had appeared out of nowhere, right in front of them.
"What do you think you're doing, you imbeciles?!" Ganon screeched, picking them both up by the scruffs of their shirts.
"Uh, uh," Cliggot stammered, trying to quickly think of an excuse. "Sh-she was trying to escape!"
Gannondorf glared at them. "Oh, I'm sure it would have been simply easy for her to just walk out of the cell like that, AS SHE HAD GOTTEN THE KEYS!!" Roaring with rage, Ganon threw the moblins easily over his shoulders, with all his might. They crashed into the wall, and sunk to the floor unconcious.
Grinning, Gannondorf looked down at the princess. "Sorry if my moblins disturbed you, princess," he said.
"Not as much as your face is right now!" Zelda spat, still on the floor.
The Gerudo king laughed. "That's a good one, Princess! But I think that all this dungeon air is getting to your head. Why don't you come to my throne room for a while?"
Zelda raised her eyebrows. "It's not like I have a choice!"
Ganon stood there for a moment, then grabbed her wrist. "Good point." He dragged her up two flights of stairs, and into a room. The evil king thrust her against a stone pillar, and bound her there with a strong rope. Zelda sighed, knowing that there was no chance for her now.
"Do you know what I do for entertainement, Princess?" Gannondorf asked. Zelda shook her head, not having the energy to speak. And frankly, she didn't really want to know the answer. "You don't? Well, then why don't I show you? Perhaps you'll find it to your liking as well."
Zelda bit back on her lip, not wanting to see at all. But she knew he'd force her. Gannondorf snapped his fingers. Gruretta and Cliggot both appeared. He tossed a whip at them.
"Gruretta, get going," he sneered.
Cliggot turned white. "No!" he begged. "Please your majesty, don't!"
"You'll do as I say, swine!" Ganon roared. "And if I say I want you to entertain me, you will do so!"
With his teeth chattering, Cliggot took off his shirt, and turned over. Grinning, Gruretta picked up the whip and and started hitting his colleague repeatedly. Zelda shut her eyes, trying to rid her brain of the sounds--the sounds of Cliggot's screams, the whip across his back, and Gannondorf's cruel laughter.
"Open your eyes, Princess!" Ganon laughed. Zelda did so, and saw the powerful magacian hold up a hand. Gruretta stopped whipping. "Now, give the whip to Cliggot."
Gruretta's jaw dropped. "Oh, no, highness, please!" he wailed, dropping to his feet. Gannondorf leered at him, and with fear, Gruretta copied Cliggot's earlier actions.
Cliggot picked up the whip, and flogged Gruretta. Again came the screams of agony, the whiplash, and the laugh. Zelda clamped her eyes shut, and turned her head away.
To her relief, Gannondorf ordered the moblins to leave, and told Zelda to open her eyes. "Tell me...where are the Triforces?"
Zelda glared at him. "I'm not just going to spit it out right in your face, Gannondorf!" she yelled. "Did you honestly expect me to?!"
Ganon hesitated. "Well, not exactly. But tell me princess, what would you think if I was forced to go to...desperate measures?" He walked over to the whip that had been left by Cliggot, and picked it up. Zelda stared at it.
"I don't care what you do to me," she growled through gritted teeth. "I am not about to hand you the information that will allow you to take over my country!!" She spat in his face.
His eyes widened slightly, and he arched an eyebrow, wiping away the saliva. "I never thought you'd be easy to handle, after your mother."
"My mother?!" Zelda asked. "What do you mean?"
Gannondorf smiled. "Yes, I supposed you'd never know about that, would you? Allow me to fill you in on a little secret. You know about those secret tunnels your mother and that nursemaid of yours built?" She did not respond. "Of course you do, you always avoided me by using them. Well one day, I found your dear 'mommy' as she was adding on to one of the passageways." He chuckled callously. "She was never heard from again."
Zelda felt her mouth open. "You...you...you monster!"
Ganon laughed. "Yes, well now you know what your father never will. I killed your mother. Oh, if you only you could have heard it, princess! Your dear mother--screaming that she had to live. If she didn't, she knew that I would someday get hold of you. And she was right! And do you want to know what else she said?" Zelda ground her teeth, leering at him with pure hate. "She told me that if she wasn't there to aid your father, he'd marry you off to an arrogant prince! Even if you didn't care to be wed to them, is that so? She said she'd rather see you as the wife of a poor man, happy as you could be, than a Queen on a throne of misery!" Gannondorf burst into hysterical laughter, doubling over at the memory of her mother's dying words.
Zelda squirmed fiercely, trying to escape from the ropes. It was no use, and she knew it too.
The Gerudo king laughed again. "You should see yourself, princess! You're such a sight! It's adorable, you trying to escape! Ha ha! But now that you are in my custody, you shall remain here until you tell me where the Triforce is...or until you die. I am a patient man, and I can wait for an eternity. You can not. So why not simply give me the Triforce?"
The princess worriedly tried to think, but she couldn't concentrate with Ganon staring at her like that. "Respond!" he barked. She did not. With a burst of anger, Gannondorf walked over to her. He un-coiled the whip, and struck her across the face with it.
"Ack!" she exclaimed, trying to cover her face. But of course, she could not, because of the ropes. She clenched her teeth, trying to contain the scream she longed to throw out.
Ganon picked up his whip, and prepared to strike again. "You have a scar on one cheek," he said. "I like to be symmetrical. Please allow me to finish you off.
"GANNONDORF!"
The evil King stopped immediately at the sound of his name. He whipped around, and saw Link standing in front of him. Raising a fist, Link smashed Ganon to the ground. "Don't you dare ever do that again!" he roared, unsheathing his sword.
"Why, you little peasant!" Gannondorf yelled, getting back to his feet. But his powers weren't quick enough for Link's sword. The Kokiri boy brought his weapon bearing down on Ganon's back. He screeched with pain and agony.
Zelda's jaw dropped. She had never seen this man before, but she instantly knew he was the one to be saving her.
"If I ever meet with you again, you'll not escape so lucky!" Link yelled as he wiped his brow. In one swift move, he unceremoniously chopped off Ganon's right arm. The king stared at it in horror. "Don't worry too much," Link smirked. "It should grow back. You being the Gerudo King and all."
"Curse you, boy!" Ganon shrieked. He opened a blue portal, and disappeared from the room.
Not wasting a second, Link rushed over to Zelda and cut her free.
"Who are you?" Zelda breathed. "You've saved my life!"
"No time to explain that now," Link explained quickly. He grabbed her hand. "C'mon, we've got to get out of here now, before some of his moblins reach us!"
No sooner had the words left his mouth, Cliggot and Gruretta emerged out of nowhere. But this time, they weren't alone. Link and Zelda were completely surrounded by moblins.
"Not so fast, Kokiri scum!" Cliggot snorted.
"Oh great," Link muttered. "We're trapped!"
Zelda looked up. "No we're not! We could go through that open window!" she whispered, pointing to a window above them. Link looked up.
"That's way too high!" he cried.
Zelda smiled. "Not for me. Hold on!"
The princess silently prayed, grasping Link's forearm. Suddenly, with a burst of Nayru's love (...ha...ha...), the two of them vanished. The quite confused moblins looked around. Then, Link and the princess suddenly reappeared on the window pane.
"Bye!" Link laughed. He slammed the window shut. Of course now, the triumpant pair still had to climb down the castle to the ground. Link tossed a rope down. "Get on," he instructed.
"Climb, you mean?" Zelda asked. He nodded. Knowing that she had no alternative but to trust him, she took a deep breath and grasped the rope. Zelda started to shimmy down the castle wall, and watched Link above her.
She smelled blood. Zelda put a hand to her head, and clutched it with both, moaning. She was suddenly hit by a surge of pain. As the Hylian princess tried to stand, she only fell back to her feet.
"Princess," someone cackled, in a rough voice. She slowly turned to face the source of it.
"It's me again--Gruretta," said the voice. As Zelda's eyes adapted to the dark, she saw the faint outline of a moblin. "And here's our dear, dear friend, Cliggot." Another moblin appeared.
"What do you mean again?" Zelda moaned, still clasping her head. "I don't remember you, or those names."
The two moblins howled with laughter. "Oh yes, I forgot," Cliggot chuckled. "You were unconcious when we brought you here."
Zelda shook her head, as if trying to shake the horrid creatures away from existence.
Cliggot and Gruretta exchanged excited glances. "We've come to take you to the Master's torture chamber," Cliggot finally said. "And torture you until you die." Suddenly, they both reached out and grabbed one of her arms. They started dragging her down the hallway.
Zelda gasped. A torture chamber of Ganon's would have to be a mighty powerful one. Then she noticed the Moblins were grinning--like they had a dirty secret. She was hit by realization. "You can't," she grumbled.
"What do you mean we can't?" Gruretta barked, coming to a stop. "Gannondorf told us we could do what we want with you!"
"No he didn't," Zelda insisted weakly. "You're lying. If you torture me to death, Ganon will never be able to discover where I hid the Triforce."
Once more, Gruretta and Cliggot exchanged looks. They turned around, deciding not to answer. Then they stopped. A figure had appeared out of nowhere, right in front of them.
"What do you think you're doing, you imbeciles?!" Ganon screeched, picking them both up by the scruffs of their shirts.
"Uh, uh," Cliggot stammered, trying to quickly think of an excuse. "Sh-she was trying to escape!"
Gannondorf glared at them. "Oh, I'm sure it would have been simply easy for her to just walk out of the cell like that, AS SHE HAD GOTTEN THE KEYS!!" Roaring with rage, Ganon threw the moblins easily over his shoulders, with all his might. They crashed into the wall, and sunk to the floor unconcious.
Grinning, Gannondorf looked down at the princess. "Sorry if my moblins disturbed you, princess," he said.
"Not as much as your face is right now!" Zelda spat, still on the floor.
The Gerudo king laughed. "That's a good one, Princess! But I think that all this dungeon air is getting to your head. Why don't you come to my throne room for a while?"
Zelda raised her eyebrows. "It's not like I have a choice!"
Ganon stood there for a moment, then grabbed her wrist. "Good point." He dragged her up two flights of stairs, and into a room. The evil king thrust her against a stone pillar, and bound her there with a strong rope. Zelda sighed, knowing that there was no chance for her now.
"Do you know what I do for entertainement, Princess?" Gannondorf asked. Zelda shook her head, not having the energy to speak. And frankly, she didn't really want to know the answer. "You don't? Well, then why don't I show you? Perhaps you'll find it to your liking as well."
Zelda bit back on her lip, not wanting to see at all. But she knew he'd force her. Gannondorf snapped his fingers. Gruretta and Cliggot both appeared. He tossed a whip at them.
"Gruretta, get going," he sneered.
Cliggot turned white. "No!" he begged. "Please your majesty, don't!"
"You'll do as I say, swine!" Ganon roared. "And if I say I want you to entertain me, you will do so!"
With his teeth chattering, Cliggot took off his shirt, and turned over. Grinning, Gruretta picked up the whip and and started hitting his colleague repeatedly. Zelda shut her eyes, trying to rid her brain of the sounds--the sounds of Cliggot's screams, the whip across his back, and Gannondorf's cruel laughter.
"Open your eyes, Princess!" Ganon laughed. Zelda did so, and saw the powerful magacian hold up a hand. Gruretta stopped whipping. "Now, give the whip to Cliggot."
Gruretta's jaw dropped. "Oh, no, highness, please!" he wailed, dropping to his feet. Gannondorf leered at him, and with fear, Gruretta copied Cliggot's earlier actions.
Cliggot picked up the whip, and flogged Gruretta. Again came the screams of agony, the whiplash, and the laugh. Zelda clamped her eyes shut, and turned her head away.
To her relief, Gannondorf ordered the moblins to leave, and told Zelda to open her eyes. "Tell me...where are the Triforces?"
Zelda glared at him. "I'm not just going to spit it out right in your face, Gannondorf!" she yelled. "Did you honestly expect me to?!"
Ganon hesitated. "Well, not exactly. But tell me princess, what would you think if I was forced to go to...desperate measures?" He walked over to the whip that had been left by Cliggot, and picked it up. Zelda stared at it.
"I don't care what you do to me," she growled through gritted teeth. "I am not about to hand you the information that will allow you to take over my country!!" She spat in his face.
His eyes widened slightly, and he arched an eyebrow, wiping away the saliva. "I never thought you'd be easy to handle, after your mother."
"My mother?!" Zelda asked. "What do you mean?"
Gannondorf smiled. "Yes, I supposed you'd never know about that, would you? Allow me to fill you in on a little secret. You know about those secret tunnels your mother and that nursemaid of yours built?" She did not respond. "Of course you do, you always avoided me by using them. Well one day, I found your dear 'mommy' as she was adding on to one of the passageways." He chuckled callously. "She was never heard from again."
Zelda felt her mouth open. "You...you...you monster!"
Ganon laughed. "Yes, well now you know what your father never will. I killed your mother. Oh, if you only you could have heard it, princess! Your dear mother--screaming that she had to live. If she didn't, she knew that I would someday get hold of you. And she was right! And do you want to know what else she said?" Zelda ground her teeth, leering at him with pure hate. "She told me that if she wasn't there to aid your father, he'd marry you off to an arrogant prince! Even if you didn't care to be wed to them, is that so? She said she'd rather see you as the wife of a poor man, happy as you could be, than a Queen on a throne of misery!" Gannondorf burst into hysterical laughter, doubling over at the memory of her mother's dying words.
Zelda squirmed fiercely, trying to escape from the ropes. It was no use, and she knew it too.
The Gerudo king laughed again. "You should see yourself, princess! You're such a sight! It's adorable, you trying to escape! Ha ha! But now that you are in my custody, you shall remain here until you tell me where the Triforce is...or until you die. I am a patient man, and I can wait for an eternity. You can not. So why not simply give me the Triforce?"
The princess worriedly tried to think, but she couldn't concentrate with Ganon staring at her like that. "Respond!" he barked. She did not. With a burst of anger, Gannondorf walked over to her. He un-coiled the whip, and struck her across the face with it.
"Ack!" she exclaimed, trying to cover her face. But of course, she could not, because of the ropes. She clenched her teeth, trying to contain the scream she longed to throw out.
Ganon picked up his whip, and prepared to strike again. "You have a scar on one cheek," he said. "I like to be symmetrical. Please allow me to finish you off.
"GANNONDORF!"
The evil King stopped immediately at the sound of his name. He whipped around, and saw Link standing in front of him. Raising a fist, Link smashed Ganon to the ground. "Don't you dare ever do that again!" he roared, unsheathing his sword.
"Why, you little peasant!" Gannondorf yelled, getting back to his feet. But his powers weren't quick enough for Link's sword. The Kokiri boy brought his weapon bearing down on Ganon's back. He screeched with pain and agony.
Zelda's jaw dropped. She had never seen this man before, but she instantly knew he was the one to be saving her.
"If I ever meet with you again, you'll not escape so lucky!" Link yelled as he wiped his brow. In one swift move, he unceremoniously chopped off Ganon's right arm. The king stared at it in horror. "Don't worry too much," Link smirked. "It should grow back. You being the Gerudo King and all."
"Curse you, boy!" Ganon shrieked. He opened a blue portal, and disappeared from the room.
Not wasting a second, Link rushed over to Zelda and cut her free.
"Who are you?" Zelda breathed. "You've saved my life!"
"No time to explain that now," Link explained quickly. He grabbed her hand. "C'mon, we've got to get out of here now, before some of his moblins reach us!"
No sooner had the words left his mouth, Cliggot and Gruretta emerged out of nowhere. But this time, they weren't alone. Link and Zelda were completely surrounded by moblins.
"Not so fast, Kokiri scum!" Cliggot snorted.
"Oh great," Link muttered. "We're trapped!"
Zelda looked up. "No we're not! We could go through that open window!" she whispered, pointing to a window above them. Link looked up.
"That's way too high!" he cried.
Zelda smiled. "Not for me. Hold on!"
The princess silently prayed, grasping Link's forearm. Suddenly, with a burst of Nayru's love (...ha...ha...), the two of them vanished. The quite confused moblins looked around. Then, Link and the princess suddenly reappeared on the window pane.
"Bye!" Link laughed. He slammed the window shut. Of course now, the triumpant pair still had to climb down the castle to the ground. Link tossed a rope down. "Get on," he instructed.
"Climb, you mean?" Zelda asked. He nodded. Knowing that she had no alternative but to trust him, she took a deep breath and grasped the rope. Zelda started to shimmy down the castle wall, and watched Link above her.