ACTION?!?!?! I suck at writing action so just pretend it's good.

Moving the rating up because of graphic violence Keh...keh...keh

(The "Guards" aren't like mall security guards or anything, they are soldiers)

WOAH! THIS IS WAY LONG! GEEZ!


(you might want to read the last sentence or two of chapter 15 before reading this, unless you just now finished the previous chapter in which case simply read and you should have no prob. ^_^)

            There wasn't time to get an answer, a warning bell sounded in the watchtower. "Don't panic! Zelda, you get all the maids together in a back room and stay there," Link said, then picked up his shield and the Master Sword (A/N it was lying next to him?) He sprinted out to the main entry hall and found a guard. "What's happened?" he asked anxiously. "We've received word that a band of stalfos, lead by the Gerudo King, are nearing the castle. We are calling all troops to the castle gates." He said in a formal tone. This was it, it was time.

            Link pulled open the heavy wooden door and stepped into the night. Guards were gathering around the watchtowers and in front of the drawbridge. The steady mist falling was turning the ground to mud. Link saw silent lightning on the horizon. They all knew this would happen, Rauru couldn't hold Ganon back forever. Link would protect the castle, he wasn't afraid. But his courage wasn't shared by all. A young guard was huddled behind a tree, petrified at the thought of facing Ganon. Link walked over to the man and offered him his hand. The guard grabbed Links hand and was pulled up. Link slapped him on the shoulder and gave him a word of encouragement. The guard ran to join ranks and Link yelled, "Good luck!"

            For a few hours, all was quiet and still. Link was beginning to get anxious. Just then, another young man appeared. He walked out of the shadows and over to Link. "Marth?" Link said. Marth waived when he reached Link. "So, you're going to fight?" Link asked with hostility in his tone. "So you're going to be a jerk?" Marth retorted. Link rolled his eyes and busied himself with the task of checking his bow.

            About this time, Saria realized something was wrong. She had been in her room all day, reading. When she wasn't called to dinner though, she became curious. Saria walked out onto her balcony, saw the guards, and became alarmed. Frantically, she scanned the ground below for Link. She finally spotted him and called out his name. The hero waived up at her and smiled. "What's happening?" She thought. "What did I miss?" She slipped on her shoes and ran out of the castle. Her silken dress became splattered with mud as she ran towards her Link. (A/N her Link! possessive are we?) "Saria, go back to the castle, you aren't safe here!" Link said. "What's going on?!" Saria asked. He exchanged a look with Marth, who was polishing his sword. Marth put the weapon away. "Tell me!" She pleaded. "Ok," Link began, "Ganon is going on. We received word that he is planning an attack, he escaped the Sacred Realm." Saria felt faint. She threw herself in his arms. "Don't fight, please!" she begged. Link held her out at arms length and whispered, "I have to, it's my responsibility." She pushed herself back into his arms. "I don't want to loose you....." She cried. "Aw Saria, I'm not going anywhere," He put his hands on her cheeks and looked into her eyes. They kissed again, (A/N I like kissing *giggle*) and Saria buried her face in his chest. "Saria, you have to leave, I don't want you to be hurt. Go find the other girls in the castle, go now!" He said as a guard yelled a warning from the watchtower. She turned slowly, her eyes still locked in his. "I love you Saria," Link called. "I love you Link," She replied, then ran and gave him a quick hug before retreating to the castle interior. She passed the King in the main hall; he looked scared and weak as he walked out of the castle.

            The warning bell tolled again, Guards picked up their weapons. The king withdrew his sword but stayed on the steps of the castle. Men were yelling and they could hear noises from outside the wall. The first shot was fired from the enemy. A flaming arrow soared over the wall and stuck in the moist ground, a red flag unfurled from it then burned up. Following it, about a hundred more arrows rained down upon them. Link deflected one with his shield and sent two back over with his own bow. Marth knocked a few away with his sword. "Damnit!" Link swore as a man fell off the wall, an arrow imbedded in his face. Another deluge of arrows, more guards fell to their death. But for every enemy arrow shot, the Hylean Guards sent back two.

            Ganon's soldiers began to pound on the drawbridge, the tiny moat was no obstacle to the monsters. A few more blows and the drawbridge fell. "Charge!" Yelled an enemy general. Guards from the wall fired arrows onto the stalfos, regiments on the ground lay waste to them as well. Stalfos are no good in hand to hand combat. The Hyrule army quickly eliminated all the attackers and lay in wait for the next movement. Unfortunately, Ganon had recruited Moblins as well, this was more serious. The pig-like creatures infiltrated the castle. They were head and soldiers above all the men and were knocking guards dead like flies. Link and Marth charged in. Clumsy Moblins were no match for the master swordsmen. "Behind you!" Link yelled. Marth turned and drove his sword into a Moblins heart.

            The screams of dying men didn't dampen Link's fighting spirit, more like fighting insanity. After about ten minutes that seemed like ten seconds, the Moblins thinned out. Link had the honor of decapitating the last enemy. Both covered in blood and panting, Link and Marth stood along with the few remaining guards. "What now?" Marth breathed, rubbing his shoulder. But there was no need for an answer. The rainy night sky turned somehow darker, a spiral of red formed above them and lightning flashed. An evil laugh started, it seamed to come from Links very skull.

            "Heh...heh...heh..." The dreaded Evil descended from the center of the red clouds. "So this is Ganon?" Marth asked. "Yes! I am Ganon, your ruler, bow before me!" King Harnikan, who had been dormant through the fighting, now stepped forth. "I am the ruler of this kingdom!" He yelled. "Hah! You are not fit to rule," Ganon sneered. He lifted his right hand and formed a ball of what seemed to be black electricity which he then threw at the King. Link tried to block the attack with his shield but was too late. The dark ball kit the King. He cried out as the darkness drained the life out of him. King Harnikan fell to a heap on the stairs of his castle, dead. Ganon began to laugh again. "Now I will take my place on the throne and come to the power I deserve!" Ganon boomed. "You deserve nothing you snake!" Link spat. Ganon touched down to the earth, the ground underneath him turned to stone. "You dare defy me again boy? Have no doubt, this time I will win. You will bow to me." "I will do no such thing," Link said slowly, his voice full of hate. "Your...choice!" Ganon said and he threw a dark energy ball at Link. He reflected it with his shield and circled Ganon. The Gerudo King withdrew a dagger from his belt and lunged at Link. He received a nasty gash on his forearm.

            Marth stepped in front of Link, "I'm faster, let me do it," he said quickly. Link backed up and went to nurse his wound. "What's wrong boy? Do you need your girlfriend to fight for you? Ha, killing you will mean nothing," Ganon sneered. "Hah! I'm plenty good enough to face you, you must be scared!" Marth retorted. The only guard that stayed when Ganon appeared ran over to Link. "Are you all right?" He asked. "It's noting, I just need a cloth or something," he replied, his free hand wrapped tightly around the dripping wound. The guard ripped a strip from his own shirt and wrapped the arm in it. "Goddesses be with you boy," He said as Link picked up his sword.

            Marth was a superb swordsman and seemed to predict Ganon's every move. It was like a dance, the way Marth was one with his sword. But unfortunately, he couldn't defend against Ganon's energy attack. The Gerudo King shot one at the Altean Prince. Luckily, Link rolled between them and deflected the attack. "Thanks," Marth panted. "Don't.....mention it!" Link grunted as he shoved Ganon with his shield.  Link's foe lost his balance and faltered a few steps. Seeing his opportunity, Link slashed. With one swift movement, he rid Ganon of his left hand.

            A stomach turning howl, then maniacal laughter. Ganon looked at his severed hand and laughed at the steady blood flow. To their horror, another hand began to materialize on the stump Ganon had left. Marth ducked down as he became sick. Ganon picked up his dagger and continued the duel. Link was tiring out, the fear of loosing flitted across his mind. The fate of Hyrule was resting on his bloody shoulders. "I won't loose!" He cried as a surge of energy came upon him. He threw Ganon off and kicked him in the gut. Ganon stumbled and fell to the ground.  Link raised it high then drove the Master Sword through the Gerudo's evil heart. A terrible scream filled the air as Link leaned on the hilt of his sword. Ganon was defeated, but not before another energy ball was thrown. It made contact square in Links chest. Marth watched as Link was thrown twenty feet away from the fallen Gerudo King.

            Darkness, Marth ran over to Link and asked him something. Link was unable to hear him, everything was so dark, and he just wanted to sleep. "Link! You can't sleep! Stay awake!" Marth yelled and slapped Links face. He was being carried by his old enemy towards the castle, helped by the remaining guard. Link saw Ganon lying motionless, darkness. The King dead on the castle steps, cold, sick, darkness. He could hear his heartbeat in his head, it was making him nauseous.

(A/N the darkness=Link blacks out then becomes conscious again....Did I really need to explain that?)


Gah! That took forever to write! And was really long. (So if you don't review, it means I got carpal tunnel for nothing ^_~)

I can't remember if I said I was going to have two endings or not, I think I said I wasn't.....I'm not. But I have to warn you, it's a tear jerker.

*Sets up a tissue stand* "Get ya' tissues here! Tissues! Cheap!"

But, for all you ~*sissies*~ who like the fairy tale endings, I'll post the happy ending as another story ^_~.......I shouldn't say sissies, I like happy endings too -_-'  

I KNOW I'M BEING CONCEITED, BUT THE NEXT CHAP DOESN'T GO UP 'TILL I GET TEN REVIEWS!!! I love these power trips....^_^