Link was now in a room that was larger than any Link had previously been in, the entire room was made from black stone, and the room was well lit despite the only light source several torches around the perimeter of the room.
At the far end of the room Link could make out the figure of Ganondorf, he was standing in front of a wall which featured a relief depicting the Triforce.
'GANONDORF!' Link yelled.
Ganondorf turned round; he was dressed in black chain mail, over that armour which covered his shoulders and the top of his chest which also formed a collar around his neck. He wore sliver gauntlets as well as sliver boots which stopped at the knee, above that was more black mail. He also held a large sword, at least twice the size of Links, with a bone handle etched with a basic geometric design by his side. Both walked towards the centre of the room, weapons drawn and ready.
They stopped when they got in ten feet of each other. Link was about to attack, but Ganondorf merely put his hand up, lowered his sword, and began to speak.
'Why? Why must you and your ancestors always stand in my way?' asked Ganondorf.
'As long as you live there will be a hero, a person chosen by destiny to defeat you.' Link replied, also lowering his sword.
'Don't you see your fight is pointless? I cannot be destroyed!' Ganondorf roared.
'Light will always win in the battle against darkness.' Link replied coldly.
'You poor deluded fool, can't you see, as long as there is light there will be darkness. This is a war without end.' Ganondorf retorted.
'There will come a day when there will be a climatic battle, a battle to end all battles, with me and the Hero exchanging blow after, earth shattering blow, to decide the fate of…
Before Ganondorf could continue an arrow flew through the air and lodged in Ganondorfs shoulder.
'Enough talk' said Link.
'Very well, Link.' said Ganondorf. 'That's what all you heroes are called' he sneered.
As he pulled out the arrow from his shoulder and dropped it to the ground, covered with his dark blood.
'It is a mark of respect, so that we don't forget the name of the one who first trapped you in the Dark Realm. The name also carries the hopes and dreams the parents want for the child, to find courage and to fend off evil.' Link replied mournfully, remembering his own parents who had been taken from him.
'Very touching, Link.' Ganondorf said sarcastically. 'But as you so rightly said the time for talk is over.' and tightened his grip on his sword.
There was silence in the room as each prepared to make their opening moves.
It was Ganondorf who attacked first. He charged at Link did a vertical slash down at Link which Link blocked with his shield. Ganondorf put his weight onto his sword, trying to push Link back but Link stood firm holding his shield tightly.
Ganondorf could see he was getting nowhere so he stepped back and delivered a hard kick onto Links shield. Link, not expecting the attack got knocked back off his feet. Managing to regain some control he rolled back and back onto his feet, in a crouched position using his hand for support. He shook his head at himself for failing to see the attack coming.
Ganondorf lunged at Link but he deflected the blow to the side and leapt forward into a mid-air spin attack, Ganondorf jumped back and blocked the still advancing Link. Their blades locked together momentarily then both leapt back.
Ganondorf gestured with his hand for Link to attack him, Link stood still and exhaled then Ganondorf raised his sword above his shoulder and charged at Link. Link threw away his shield, so that he could hold his sword with both hands and advanced to meet Ganondorfs blow both swords collided and a blinding flash emitted from their blades.
As the light from the flash diminished, both warriors stood in the centre of the chamber, their swords screeching against each other with effort. Link stared up into the power hungry, dark, and determined eyes of Ganondorf; as Ganondorf saw the vengeful sorrow, which had given Link strength, and courage which had allowed him to stand up to Ganondorf when no-one else would in the eyes of Link.
Ganondorf leapt back, realising that he was again getting nowhere and decided to use his dark magic to try and get an advantage. Link being released from the constant pressure of Ganondorf ran back to pick up his shield. As he did so a ball of dark energy blazed by, over his shoulder, as he crouched down to pick up his shield. He could feel the heat against his face as it continued on and exploded into the wall.
Link turned round a saw another ball of energy coming straight at him. Then something strange happened; the ball of energy which had been travelling at a blazing speed before had slowed down considerably and Link found it easy to roll out of the way he then stood up and faced Ganondorf who was the opposite side of the room and saw him hurling even more balls at him, but he seemed to be moving in slow motion.
'What's happening' thought Link bemused. Then he decided to make the best of this unusual situation.
Ganondorf could not believe what he was seeing he watched as Link rolled away at the last second from what would have been a fatal blow and then he watched as Link ran at him. He threw dark energy at him with as fast as he could summon it, but watched in horror and awe as Link ducked, dived and dodged out of way of the incoming onslaught. He had to even dodge out the way himself as some of the balls were knocked back at him.
Link made it look like he wasn't even trying as he kept charging at Ganondorf, avoiding all of his attacks with no sign of relenting. He even knocked some of the dark energy balls back at Ganondorf in an attempt to hit or at least distract him. Then as he drew close to Ganondorf one did strike him and as Ganondorf flinched this gave Link opportunity he was hoping for and slashed his sword across Ganondorfs chest and watched as he dropped down onto his knee.
He stayed down for a moment but, by using his sword as support, he pushed himself back up and turned to face Link.