Disclaimer: I don't own Nintendo or anything involving Legend of Zelda, but I am attempting to write a story about things that involve them for entertainment purposes only. Not for the money thing. That's bad.
It Won't Stop Running Down My Hand
Running down a long hallway, which was littered with dead bodies of both the red cloth wearing loyalists and the rebel soldiers which had begun to follow Sifrak, Link was moving as fast as he could to reach the man responsible for Kastu's death. Although he seemed exhausted, to a spectator Link seemed perfectly fine, but in his own eyes, he was drenched in blood, Kastu's blood, which didn't have to be spilled.
"I may not have known him well, but Kastu didn't deserve to die like that!" Link shouted at himself in his mind.
"Aside from Zelda, he was the only one who was willing to defend me! He didn't even know me, either!" he shrieked in his thoughts, pushing himself forward down the hall.
"I'm going to make them pay for this!" he yelled out loud, as more blood erupted out of his left hand, which was gripping his Master Sword. Finally reaching a set of double doors, Link gave the doors a swift kick, only to find a group of people standing around, as if they were waiting for him. In the middle of a large group of soldiers, was General Sifrak, wearing an ornate set of armor.
"I guess you did show up, boy." he spoke in a booming voice, as he gripped unto a large sword with both his hands.
"That's my full blade, 'Death,'" Link whispered to himself as he stared at Sifrak, who had the gall to use his own weapon.
"It's my weapon now, boy…" Sifrak trailed off with a smirk. Suddenly, behind Sifrak, the form of a person caught Link's attention. The man seemed ordinary enough, maybe a little older then link with deep black hair, gray eyes, and a slender face, but there was something unsettling about him.
"Tell me boy," Sifrak began with his loud voice, "where is the Princess?" he leered. Link gave no response but tightened the grip on his sword. A few moments later, the slender man behind Sifrak's eyes burst open, as if he just noticed something.
"The Princess is hiding in a grove nearby the castle," he spoke as if he just saw her with his own eyes. Although the voice was very calm, Link almost thought he heard a deep undertone to it, as if the voice was being disguised. Sifrak then instructed the foot soldiers of the room to seek her out and bring her back here.
"She'll have to take care of herself, I've got to get rid of these two before anything else!" Link stated to himself in his thoughts, while he tightened the grip on his sword and slowly began to move into an offensive position.
"Bring it on, boy!" Sifrak yelled as he raised the full blade into the air and swung it down to where Link was. To Link, Sifrak had obviously never trained with such a weapon, because he left himself completely open, giving Link the perfect opportunity to swing the Master Sword around, cleaving off Sifrak's head like it was a flower in a garden. Blood spewed out of the neck of the large man, and the body fell over on top of it's own head. The large body also fell over the full blade, but given enough time the sword would be recovered.
"That was too easy," Link smiled as he looked up to the slender man.
"You may as well give up, since your leader is already dead." Link stated as he glanced at the slender man. To Link's surprise however, rather then surrender, the man was beginning to giggle.
"I would expect no less out of the one who bares the sign of courage!" he shouted in a suddenly powerful voice, as he held up his right hand, which was clenched into a fist. A gasp flew out of Link's mouth as he saw that the back of the man's hand had a series of triangles on it, with the one on top shining a gold color.
"Ganondorf!" Link screamed as he tightened his grip on the master sword and blood began to ooze down the hilt of the blade.
"Although I may not have use of my body, this one will do as I control it with my very will. So yes, you may call me Ganondorf for lack of a better name," he grinned as he ran his tongue along his lips.
"What do you want here!?" Link screamed as he gave a quick glance to his left hand, to see blood pouring out of it still.
"You seem to be having some problems with that left hand of yours, eh Hero?" he laughed as shock registered on Link's face.
"How do you know about my left hand? Nobody can see the blood but me!" Link shrieked.
"Don't underestimate me boy, for I am the one who placed that curse upon one of your," he hesitated with his words with a smile on his face, "former selves."
"You did this to me!?" he screamed as he dove towards Ganondorf, unable to hold back his anger any longer. Although he moved with blinding speed, a smirk appeared on the barer of Power's face as he shoved his right hand towards Link, and in a flash of light, a ball of darkness erupted out of his hand and slammed into Link.
"Placing curses is not all I can do!" he screamed as Link flew backwards, consciousness slipping away.
"How can he be that powerful?" he whispered as he hit the ground and everything went black. Moments later, his vision came back and he was suddenly on a ship in a vast ocean. Before he could stand and wander around, two other ships instantly surrounded the ship, and a large amount of Moblinesque creatures boarded the ship he was on. In a flash of blinding speed, a young man in green jumped into the crowd of dog faced creatures, and defeated them all in a few moments. The sword he wielded was the very same as Link's. Before moving over to the talented swordsman, a young woman wearing cloths of blues and reds came out and hugged the young swordsman who wore a green tunic… much like Link's own.
"That was wonderful! You haven't lost your touch!" she smiled with a wink as the wind pushed her blonde hair away. The boy said no words to her, but scratched the back of his head, as if it was no big deal.
"Wait! These are more ghosts!" Link shouted as he realized this vision was much like the dream he had before. Turning around to look at the large Link, they smiled and the smaller and faster Link nodded his head.
"Remember what you are, and what you bear!" the small Link shouted as the vision disappeared and Link's eyes opened with a start. Standing before him was the form of Ganondorf and he had a smile on his face.
"Destroying this form might break the curse," he nonchalantly muttered as he then began to laugh, teasing Link whose right shoulder was now in deep pain. Just as his shoulder hurt, so too did his left hand, causing him to clench on his sword even tighter, which hadn't left his hands. Quickly forcing his body off the ground, he began to take some wild swings at Ganondorf. As fast as Link moved his sword, Ganondorf was still too fast, dodging all of the swordsmen's moves. No matter what tricks Link used, Ganondorf was a step ahead each time, teasing Link all the while. Finally stopping to catch his breath, Link began to gasp for air and lean on his sword that was in the ground, blade first.
"What's wrong Hero? Don't tell me you want to die that badly?" Ganondorf smirked as he held out his hand and a ball of pure darkness swirled around in his hand. Then, out of what seemed like nothing itself, an arrow, which emitted a golden light, slammed into his forehead and embedded itself there. Link quickly turned around to see Zelda, cuts all over her body and breathing heavily with a bow in her hands.
"Only an arrow of light can defeat the Prince of Darkness…" she trailed off with a smile as she fell to her knees and seemed to lose consciousness.
"The bitch!" Ganondorf's voice boomed out of the body that still stood in place, not moving.
"You and that Princess have been a thorn in my side for too long now! Even if it means having to wait another thousand years to recover my body, I'm going to destroy you both!" Ganondorf's voice boomed out of the body, as the form of a bat made of darkness shot out of the now dead body and into Zelda's sleeping form.
"What are you doing!?" Link screamed as Zelda then stood up, dropped the bow and looked up to Link with dead eyes.
"Come my Courage, and let me crush your very spirit!" Ganondorf's voice exploded out of Zelda's beautiful mouth. Clenching her hands into fists, she began to throw balls of darkness at Link, much like the last form did, only with reckless abandon now. Laughing with a deep voice, 'Zelda' began to stop paying attention to accuracy and seemed to take delight in making Link jump around to save his life.
"I can see in this bodies mind! I can see her strong feelings for you! I can see her anguish in knowing SHE will destroy her love!" Ganondorf laughed hysterically as thoughts began to race through Link's head.
"How can I stop her without hurting her? I don't want to hurt her!" Link's thoughts pounded in his head, causing him to almost get hit by one of the random shadow balls, which were flying towards him.
"I need to remember who I am, and what I bare…" Link trailed off aloud, whispering to himself, remembering anything that might help him.
"I am courage. Sometimes we even need courage to do the right thing…" he thought to himself as he stopped jumping around and turned to face Ganondorf who was borrowing Zelda's body.
"Decided to accept your death?" Zelda's body with Ganondorf's voice laughed maniacally. Tears began to gently run down Link's face as he looked towards Zelda.
"I cannot let Ganondorf be free to rule this world. Forgive me Zelda, I love you…" he trailed off and then jumped as high as he could into the air, bringing his sword into a slashing position.
"DON'T BE A FOOL! DON'T KILL HER!!!" Ganondorf shrieked, but it was too late. Link's sword was already aiming towards her neck. Then, right before Link could stop himself from striking her, a flash of light erupted out of the Triforce on her hand and a shadowy form of a bat erupted out of her with a scream of agony. With a blink of her eyes, she was back in control of her body again.
"NO!" Link screeched as he veered his sword away from her neck, and it plowed right into her legs with a sickening crack of bones and the projecting of blood into Link's face. Stopping before he cleaved her legs in half, he left the blade in her, so that the bleeding wouldn't rush out just yet, before he could find something to bandage her with. Tears exploded out of his eyes as he began to sob and lower his head so that he was facing the ground.
"Why? Why did it have to be this way? Why couldn't I have just waited a few more moments?" he wept as his body shuddered in agony.
"You did the right thing Link," she softly spoke in pain, like a mother would when comforting a child. They stayed like that for a few more moments, before Link bandaged Zelda up and he carried her back to the old man and Arielle. Time flows like a river, and history tends to repeat itself along the way. Sometimes however, time will diverge from the set path, and new occurrences will happen. Whether for the better or worse, time will always change over the years and it will always repeat itself.
Author's Notes: Wow. The end… It took me roughly five months to complete it… There is one last finale for you though, if you all so wish it to be… I have the epilogue planned, and I think you'll like it, since it isn't so angst-y as THIS ending… Although the ending may have seemed to pop out of nowhere, I did that on purpose. Sometimes life doesn't flow like a storybook, and there isn't always some kind of happy ending… Hence why this is an Angst/Romance fan fiction and not a Romance/Angst. Give me some time and the epilogue will come however… Thank you all for reading my first completed fan fiction and let me especially thank those who reviewed. It really does mean a lot to me to have you all enjoy my writing so much. Although I keep saying this is the last chapter (well, it is…) there will be an epilogue, unless my reviewers for some reason refuse to read one… Thanks! Next I think I'll try a Neon Genesis Evangelion fan fiction!
