This is my second fic, but my first about Zelda. I don't own any of the characters or story lines but I am making new characters and creating my own story line.

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A Hero's First Downfall

Link panted because of the heavy exertion. He raised himself to his feet, breathed deeply and raised his blade. He found himself unconsciously walking towards some stairs that had risen from the floor as they usually did when a dungeon's keeper was vanquished. He looked at the bodies of Twinrova on the floor. He looked around not knowing where he had ended up. He saw a portal in the center of the large room.

He stepped towards it with great caution ready to whip his sword out at any sign of danger. Seeing none he stepped into the portal. It shone brightly as he saw two faces appear out of the light.

"N-Nayru? D-Din?"

"Yes Link, it's us."

"I thought you two had died."

"No."

"Well, why are you two here?"

"We were told to guide you to your final fate."

"You must go Link."

Link heard them both start to chant and he felt himself lifting. A bright light shone once more but it was quickly drowned out by the utter darkness of the chamber. He heard a familiar voice as the Gerudo stepped from his hiding place.

"Ganon!"

"No, not yet. I am still Ganandorf Dragmire's resurrected form. I shall become the true Ganon when your Princess Zelda is sacrificed. Then the flames or Destruction, Sorrow, and Despair shall be lit, and in their glow, I shall become the great Ganon!"

"I won't allow you to use Zelda as your Sacrificial Lamb!"

"I can take care of lighting the final beacon after you are finally torn from this world into the one of darkness you banished me into."

"You can't win, for I am the keeper of the triforce of courage whose power guides my strength!"

"Look again, Young one. It was torn from your hand when you entered this chamber of darkness. You only had power with it and now you shall die!"

Ganandorf took a large trident from his cloak and held it as Link had his sword in their previous battles. His trident began to glow eerily as a large orb of energy materialized there. He turned it towards Link.

Link, with his eyes wide could sense the amazing energy of the orb as it began to sail towards him. He remembered his shield and tore it out quickly. The orb was absorbed into its mirrored face, and Link looked on in horror. Ganondorf laughed when he saw Link deflect the shot.

"Your shield is useless in here now. I call upon my powers to summon the gravitational field!"

"A- a what?!"

The room suddenly lit and the walls shone blue. Ganondorf raised his trident again and it shone a hazy red as twelve balls or flame dropped from the ceiling igniting the floor.

"AAAAAAHHHH!!!!" cried Link and he fell to the ground in sheer, burning, agonizing pain. The great Gerudo Pig walked to his corpse and kicked it to the side as he walked forward, his back turned to Link. He took a few steps, then looked back. He lashed out with his trident in an attempt to vanquish the man who had interfered with his plans so many times.

A light brighter than any he had seen before, even brighter than the one the great light arrows gave of suddenly encased Link.

"You may have delayed your death but when this light stops your grave is this very spot!"

Link disappeared in a flash of flames directly as the Gerudo's foot.

"I have finally defeated him, Hero of Time, Keeper of the Essences, Holder of the Instruments, Receiver of the Triforce of Courage. He has been vanquished and now the flame of despair shall be lit."

He walked into a chamber where three torch stones stood on a raised platform. In the center, there was a stone sacrificial slab. Restrained on it was the unconscious body of Hyrule's own Princess Zelda. He raised his trident into the air as he thought of what he could do as his true form of Ganon. The trident soared downward and pierced the heart of the young woman.

A blaze suddenly started at the opposite end of the chamber's raised platform. It signified the end of the holder of the Triforce of Wisdom, and the flame of despair which was in the heart of everyone in the world.

"Lords of Destruction, Sorrow, and Despair, hear this! Your servant has performed all of your tasks! Destruction of the Hero of Time! Sorrow in the hearts of all! And finally, Despair as the holder of the Triforce of Wisdom is sacrificed!"

A great rumbling voice was heard in the chamber as the flames became near enough to reach the King of Darkness.

"YOU HAVE DONE WELL! YOUR POWERS SHALL BE RETURNED AS LONG AS YOU STILL OBEY US! CAPTURE THE ORACLES AND CHANGE THE PAST TO CREATE THE AGE OF DARKNESS VERAN DREAMED OF, AND HAVE NATURE ROT TO CREATE THE WORLD OF DARKNESS ONOX HOPED FOR!"

"Yes, my Lords."