Chapter 1
The Birth of a Hero?
"Ahhhhhh!" It was in a small ranch in the middle of Hyrule field. Two white wooden buildings and a corner tower where the cows were kept made up the ranch. One was a stable where the horses slept at night. In the middle of the ranch was a coral where they were kept during the day. Around this coral was a dirt track for racing and obstacle courses. This ranch was used to bring up horses for future warriors and to produce milk, which you know holds a lot of therapeutic value.
The only three residents were Talon the owner, his daughter Malon, and the only worker Ingo. Talon was short and stubby, starting to go bald, and a bit lazy. His daughter was only a few months old, though much bigger than any Earthling child. Ingo was the exact opposite of Talon, tall, skinny, very hard working, and with a full head of hair. His inner thoughts were to get rid of Talon and to run the ranch himself.
"Ahhhhhh!" another ear shattering scream came from the corner tower. Sherry Schneider was siting in a pile of hay next to a white and black splotched cow. Her screams were those of labor. She was bearing her second son, in secret of course. She didn't want Ganondorf to know for she thought he would either harm him or try to set a bad example for him. Talon was kind enough to let them use the corner tower due to the soft hay the baby could be born on. He also thought the cows would be of some comfort. But the soft mooing the cows hummed was clearly of no help.
"Ahhhhh!" Sherry screamed again. Her long brown hair enshrouded her pale green eyes. Combined with her screaming, one would think she were an enraged wraith.
"Just a little more, I can see his head," Talon offered. Sherry screamed until the end of the birth, but once it was over she finally calmed down. She was very proud of her new child. But she noticed he wasn't crying as most babies do, in fact, he was laughing. "This is a very special child," Talon observed. "He doesn't cry but he laughs? This is no ordinary hylian. You must take him to the temple to get him praised. Where is Shiga?"
"He's in town looking out for Ganondorf," Sherry said, breathing a little more steadily than before.
"Mother I'm surprised! You really think so little of me that I'd really hurt my little brother? Or is it sister?" A deep voice came from behind them. When they turned around they saw a tall muscular hylian with fiery red hair clad in black armor. She knew him of course. It was her first son Ganandorf.
"How'd you know where I was!?" Sherry yelled in surprise.
"Please." He replied in sarcasm. "Your screams were so loud I could have heard you from the tallest tower in the castle." A wicked smile washed over his face. "Now let me see him." He took a few steps forward, each step making the tower vibrate slightly.
"No! You're trespassing on my ranch! I gave you no permission to come here, get out!" Talon yelled angrily to him. Ganondorf's smile faded into a frown and a look of pure anger swept across him.
"Get out of my way old man!" Ganondorf yelled back as he backhanded Talon. Just the one hit was enough to send him flying across the circular room. The impact made when he hit the white wall was enough to make the whole tower shudder enough to knock down some of the old beams at the top. "Now, let me see the child," he said to his mother. He walked the rest of the way to her as she crouched down on the floor holding her child close. Ganondorf had very little respect for her until now. As she saw him drawing closer she started to sob, but then her husband Shiga ran into the room bearing his sword, and threw himself onto Ganondorf. Ganondorf shoved his father off, threw him across the room, and tore the child from Sherry's grasp.
The strangest thing happened next. All of a sudden the rage inside of him just vanished. He held his brother under his arms and barely squeaked out, "He's laughing. He's laughing?" A small smile grew over his face, and he couldn't help but laugh himself. He set the baby down in his mother's arms and asked, "What will you be naming him?" Sherry looked up at Ganondorf with a mixture of fear and confusion.
"His name?" she looked over at Shiga as he was getting up off of the dust covered floor. He shared the same expression as she did. Once he got up on his knees he gave her a nod as if saying she'd better answer so as not to make Ganondorf angry again. "Reinhardt. We're naming him Reinhardt after your grandfather."
"A well chosen name," Ganondorf said. He reached down to help his mother up off the floor. She shivered for a second, then she hesitantly took he son's hand, hay falling off of he blue dress as she got up.
Suddenly Talon came rushing at Ganondorf with a pitchfork. Before Ganondorf or Talon had a chance to react Shiga sliced the pitchfork in half with his sword. Talon fell backward in surprise. The old man shook his head to get his sense of direction back then looked up puzzled at Shiga for a moment.
"It's alright Talon," he said trying to comfort him, while fixing his dark, wavy hair and his green tunic.
Ganondorf looked at Talon and said with a laugh, "So old man you finally grew some hair." He walked over to Talon and brushed a handful of hay off his bald head. He then helped him off the floor and brushed off the rest of yellow grass that was still clinging to his back. It appeared as if Ganondorf was as he used to be. As Ganondorf lead his parents out of the corner tower he said something he had not said in many years, "Sorry about that Talon."
Talon looked even more confused at Ganondorf than he did before. "Apology.accepted," Talon said, more than a bit confused.
Ganondorf lead his family to Hyrule Castle Town and to the temple. On the way through Hyrule field Ganondorf looked at the lush, green grass and then into the sky. It was late in the afternoon so the sky was painted a deep orange and red. There were very few clouds in the sky that day. He stopped walking to take a look at Hyrule Field. Only a dirt path that led from the ranch to their destination, the castle, broke the grassy plain. Trees dotted it in a few places, especially near stream that filled the moat that circled the Hyrule Castle Town wall.
"What's wrong Ganondorf?" Shiga asked him.
"Nothing," Ganondorf replied. "It's just that this is the first time that I actually took the time to look at this field. Usually I'm trying to destroy it. It's like I'm seeing it for the first time."
"Well we better hurry and get to town before the gates close for the night," Sherry told him.
"Ah, yes, Because of the stalchildren that I created to terrorize travelers correct?" Ganondorf said.
"That's right," his mother replied in a very low voice.
"That's what you call those skeletons?" Shiga asked. Ganondorf let out a small laugh as he started toward the temple once more, each step left a small cloud of dust in it's wake.
Many people stared at them with mixes of fear, confusion, and disgust on their faces once they got to town. Ganondorf couldn't help but chuckle under his breath at the reaction of the people. Some ran ahead to the castle gates, probably to warn the guards of Ganondorf's presence. As the reformed Schneider family walked along the cobblestone ground of the Town Square they were interrupted by another part of their family.
Ganondorf's Aunt Carrie, Uncle Jacob, and little cousin Kevin walked up to them with concerned and angry looks. Carrie, being Shig's sister, looked much like Shiga. The only differences where that her hair was blond and she wasn't as tall as he was. Jacob was almost the exact opposite though. His hair was jet curly and jet-black. He was almost as tall as Ganondorf (who at that time was 6'6") and was much more muscular than his small wife. Kevin was a mixture of the two. At the age of two he was already 2'8". He had light brown hair and was the fastest one of his family at this time.
"Sherry what's going on?" Carrie asked. "What's he doing here?" Ganondorf then looked down at Kevin and let out a small almost wicked smile.
"Is that your little brother Ganondorf?" asked Kevin. Ganondorf looked at his new brother and laughed.
"Yes," Ganondorf replied. "He is, very observant Kevin. We are now taking him to the temple sage to get him praised."
"What happened to him?" asked Kevin's father. (Jacob) "What are you playing at Ganondorf? Why are you acting like.like.like you never." He stopped there to think of the word that he was trying to say.
"Still don't think about what you're going to say before you say it do you Uncle Jacob?" Ganondorf asked.
"Now that's the wise ass Ganondorf I knew," said Jacob, still with a cross voice.
"Why do you still sound like I'm your worst nightmare Uncle Jake?" Ganondorf asked skeptically.
"Because you used to be Ganondorf," Jacob replied. "Your mother and father forgave you quickly but only because you're their son. I'm not saying you haven't changed Ganondorf, just don't expect me to warm up to you as quickly as your parents." Ganondorf was about to say something smart to that but was cut off because at that moment half a dozen castle guards came rushing their way. They came up to them quickly with their armor clanging against the stone walkway, but they kept their distance with their swords and spears at the ready. This was a defensive strategy. Usually when they rush into a fight they attack first but they knew of the rumors that surrounded Ganondorf therefor they kept their guard up.
"As much as I enjoy a battle, I'm afraid I'll have to ask you to step aside and let, at least, my parents through." Ganondorf then made a quick nod in his brother's direction. "They are trying to get my brother praised." The guards thought this was a clever trick to get them to drop their guard. In a sense they were right, but they did not.
"Your parents may go through but you will have to come with us, now through down your sword," the captain of the guard ordered. Ganondorf without a second of hesitation drew his sword and placed it on the ground. The guards and Jacob looked awestruck at the fact that he dropped his sword without a fight. The guards arrested him and lead Sherry, Shiga and Reinhardt toward the castle.
The castle is at the north part of town. It's a giant stone building with several tall towers jutting up into the sky. Here and there along the outside walls of the castle you could see windows and balconies. The king's throne room is a giant room with windows like those you would see in church. There was of course the traditional red carpet, and the king's throne is golden with ember colored fabric on the seat and seatback.
As Ganondorf's sentence was being decided in the castle, Sherry and Shiga brought Reinhardt to the temple where the sage was located.
The temple lies perpendicular to the castle and is very much like a church here on Earth. The only difference is there are no seats for people to sit in. There is just a long, high room with a red carpet and an altar at the opposite end of the doors.
Sherry and Shiga were asked to stay outside as nobody is allowed inside while a child is being blessed. Very few are blessed by the sage and very few have ever seen him. The ones that have were too young to remember. Consequently, I have no idea what happens during the blessing. What I do know is that Reinhardt was said to have hidden talents and that even though he may not look it, he had tremendous power.
This troubled Sherry and Shiga for a couple of reasons. One was that Reinhardt might turn out like Ganondorf. The other was that Ganondorf might feel threatened by Reinhardt and might try to get rid of him. The sage was also worried about this. That particular worry was quickly put to rest as Ganondorf was sentenced to live in prison until Reinhardt was old enough to protect himself. However, that was quicker than anticipated. For the sage was right if not understating about Reinhardt's "hidden talents."
The Birth of a Hero?
"Ahhhhhh!" It was in a small ranch in the middle of Hyrule field. Two white wooden buildings and a corner tower where the cows were kept made up the ranch. One was a stable where the horses slept at night. In the middle of the ranch was a coral where they were kept during the day. Around this coral was a dirt track for racing and obstacle courses. This ranch was used to bring up horses for future warriors and to produce milk, which you know holds a lot of therapeutic value.
The only three residents were Talon the owner, his daughter Malon, and the only worker Ingo. Talon was short and stubby, starting to go bald, and a bit lazy. His daughter was only a few months old, though much bigger than any Earthling child. Ingo was the exact opposite of Talon, tall, skinny, very hard working, and with a full head of hair. His inner thoughts were to get rid of Talon and to run the ranch himself.
"Ahhhhhh!" another ear shattering scream came from the corner tower. Sherry Schneider was siting in a pile of hay next to a white and black splotched cow. Her screams were those of labor. She was bearing her second son, in secret of course. She didn't want Ganondorf to know for she thought he would either harm him or try to set a bad example for him. Talon was kind enough to let them use the corner tower due to the soft hay the baby could be born on. He also thought the cows would be of some comfort. But the soft mooing the cows hummed was clearly of no help.
"Ahhhhh!" Sherry screamed again. Her long brown hair enshrouded her pale green eyes. Combined with her screaming, one would think she were an enraged wraith.
"Just a little more, I can see his head," Talon offered. Sherry screamed until the end of the birth, but once it was over she finally calmed down. She was very proud of her new child. But she noticed he wasn't crying as most babies do, in fact, he was laughing. "This is a very special child," Talon observed. "He doesn't cry but he laughs? This is no ordinary hylian. You must take him to the temple to get him praised. Where is Shiga?"
"He's in town looking out for Ganondorf," Sherry said, breathing a little more steadily than before.
"Mother I'm surprised! You really think so little of me that I'd really hurt my little brother? Or is it sister?" A deep voice came from behind them. When they turned around they saw a tall muscular hylian with fiery red hair clad in black armor. She knew him of course. It was her first son Ganandorf.
"How'd you know where I was!?" Sherry yelled in surprise.
"Please." He replied in sarcasm. "Your screams were so loud I could have heard you from the tallest tower in the castle." A wicked smile washed over his face. "Now let me see him." He took a few steps forward, each step making the tower vibrate slightly.
"No! You're trespassing on my ranch! I gave you no permission to come here, get out!" Talon yelled angrily to him. Ganondorf's smile faded into a frown and a look of pure anger swept across him.
"Get out of my way old man!" Ganondorf yelled back as he backhanded Talon. Just the one hit was enough to send him flying across the circular room. The impact made when he hit the white wall was enough to make the whole tower shudder enough to knock down some of the old beams at the top. "Now, let me see the child," he said to his mother. He walked the rest of the way to her as she crouched down on the floor holding her child close. Ganondorf had very little respect for her until now. As she saw him drawing closer she started to sob, but then her husband Shiga ran into the room bearing his sword, and threw himself onto Ganondorf. Ganondorf shoved his father off, threw him across the room, and tore the child from Sherry's grasp.
The strangest thing happened next. All of a sudden the rage inside of him just vanished. He held his brother under his arms and barely squeaked out, "He's laughing. He's laughing?" A small smile grew over his face, and he couldn't help but laugh himself. He set the baby down in his mother's arms and asked, "What will you be naming him?" Sherry looked up at Ganondorf with a mixture of fear and confusion.
"His name?" she looked over at Shiga as he was getting up off of the dust covered floor. He shared the same expression as she did. Once he got up on his knees he gave her a nod as if saying she'd better answer so as not to make Ganondorf angry again. "Reinhardt. We're naming him Reinhardt after your grandfather."
"A well chosen name," Ganondorf said. He reached down to help his mother up off the floor. She shivered for a second, then she hesitantly took he son's hand, hay falling off of he blue dress as she got up.
Suddenly Talon came rushing at Ganondorf with a pitchfork. Before Ganondorf or Talon had a chance to react Shiga sliced the pitchfork in half with his sword. Talon fell backward in surprise. The old man shook his head to get his sense of direction back then looked up puzzled at Shiga for a moment.
"It's alright Talon," he said trying to comfort him, while fixing his dark, wavy hair and his green tunic.
Ganondorf looked at Talon and said with a laugh, "So old man you finally grew some hair." He walked over to Talon and brushed a handful of hay off his bald head. He then helped him off the floor and brushed off the rest of yellow grass that was still clinging to his back. It appeared as if Ganondorf was as he used to be. As Ganondorf lead his parents out of the corner tower he said something he had not said in many years, "Sorry about that Talon."
Talon looked even more confused at Ganondorf than he did before. "Apology.accepted," Talon said, more than a bit confused.
Ganondorf lead his family to Hyrule Castle Town and to the temple. On the way through Hyrule field Ganondorf looked at the lush, green grass and then into the sky. It was late in the afternoon so the sky was painted a deep orange and red. There were very few clouds in the sky that day. He stopped walking to take a look at Hyrule Field. Only a dirt path that led from the ranch to their destination, the castle, broke the grassy plain. Trees dotted it in a few places, especially near stream that filled the moat that circled the Hyrule Castle Town wall.
"What's wrong Ganondorf?" Shiga asked him.
"Nothing," Ganondorf replied. "It's just that this is the first time that I actually took the time to look at this field. Usually I'm trying to destroy it. It's like I'm seeing it for the first time."
"Well we better hurry and get to town before the gates close for the night," Sherry told him.
"Ah, yes, Because of the stalchildren that I created to terrorize travelers correct?" Ganondorf said.
"That's right," his mother replied in a very low voice.
"That's what you call those skeletons?" Shiga asked. Ganondorf let out a small laugh as he started toward the temple once more, each step left a small cloud of dust in it's wake.
Many people stared at them with mixes of fear, confusion, and disgust on their faces once they got to town. Ganondorf couldn't help but chuckle under his breath at the reaction of the people. Some ran ahead to the castle gates, probably to warn the guards of Ganondorf's presence. As the reformed Schneider family walked along the cobblestone ground of the Town Square they were interrupted by another part of their family.
Ganondorf's Aunt Carrie, Uncle Jacob, and little cousin Kevin walked up to them with concerned and angry looks. Carrie, being Shig's sister, looked much like Shiga. The only differences where that her hair was blond and she wasn't as tall as he was. Jacob was almost the exact opposite though. His hair was jet curly and jet-black. He was almost as tall as Ganondorf (who at that time was 6'6") and was much more muscular than his small wife. Kevin was a mixture of the two. At the age of two he was already 2'8". He had light brown hair and was the fastest one of his family at this time.
"Sherry what's going on?" Carrie asked. "What's he doing here?" Ganondorf then looked down at Kevin and let out a small almost wicked smile.
"Is that your little brother Ganondorf?" asked Kevin. Ganondorf looked at his new brother and laughed.
"Yes," Ganondorf replied. "He is, very observant Kevin. We are now taking him to the temple sage to get him praised."
"What happened to him?" asked Kevin's father. (Jacob) "What are you playing at Ganondorf? Why are you acting like.like.like you never." He stopped there to think of the word that he was trying to say.
"Still don't think about what you're going to say before you say it do you Uncle Jacob?" Ganondorf asked.
"Now that's the wise ass Ganondorf I knew," said Jacob, still with a cross voice.
"Why do you still sound like I'm your worst nightmare Uncle Jake?" Ganondorf asked skeptically.
"Because you used to be Ganondorf," Jacob replied. "Your mother and father forgave you quickly but only because you're their son. I'm not saying you haven't changed Ganondorf, just don't expect me to warm up to you as quickly as your parents." Ganondorf was about to say something smart to that but was cut off because at that moment half a dozen castle guards came rushing their way. They came up to them quickly with their armor clanging against the stone walkway, but they kept their distance with their swords and spears at the ready. This was a defensive strategy. Usually when they rush into a fight they attack first but they knew of the rumors that surrounded Ganondorf therefor they kept their guard up.
"As much as I enjoy a battle, I'm afraid I'll have to ask you to step aside and let, at least, my parents through." Ganondorf then made a quick nod in his brother's direction. "They are trying to get my brother praised." The guards thought this was a clever trick to get them to drop their guard. In a sense they were right, but they did not.
"Your parents may go through but you will have to come with us, now through down your sword," the captain of the guard ordered. Ganondorf without a second of hesitation drew his sword and placed it on the ground. The guards and Jacob looked awestruck at the fact that he dropped his sword without a fight. The guards arrested him and lead Sherry, Shiga and Reinhardt toward the castle.
The castle is at the north part of town. It's a giant stone building with several tall towers jutting up into the sky. Here and there along the outside walls of the castle you could see windows and balconies. The king's throne room is a giant room with windows like those you would see in church. There was of course the traditional red carpet, and the king's throne is golden with ember colored fabric on the seat and seatback.
As Ganondorf's sentence was being decided in the castle, Sherry and Shiga brought Reinhardt to the temple where the sage was located.
The temple lies perpendicular to the castle and is very much like a church here on Earth. The only difference is there are no seats for people to sit in. There is just a long, high room with a red carpet and an altar at the opposite end of the doors.
Sherry and Shiga were asked to stay outside as nobody is allowed inside while a child is being blessed. Very few are blessed by the sage and very few have ever seen him. The ones that have were too young to remember. Consequently, I have no idea what happens during the blessing. What I do know is that Reinhardt was said to have hidden talents and that even though he may not look it, he had tremendous power.
This troubled Sherry and Shiga for a couple of reasons. One was that Reinhardt might turn out like Ganondorf. The other was that Ganondorf might feel threatened by Reinhardt and might try to get rid of him. The sage was also worried about this. That particular worry was quickly put to rest as Ganondorf was sentenced to live in prison until Reinhardt was old enough to protect himself. However, that was quicker than anticipated. For the sage was right if not understating about Reinhardt's "hidden talents."