The legend of Link

Prologue: The fall of Ganon

"For Hyrule!" He screamed swinging the sword in a wide bow, the golden energy ball exploded around the blade, before it returned with increasing speed towards the thrower.

By then, Link had his bow out, loaded with a light arrow. The ball hit the man straight in his chest, making him shake with pain. Then Link shot his arrow, it pierced the man's chest, exploding with even more light. Then the man sank back on the floor in a ball. Link took advantage of the opportunity and jumped with all his might over to the platform the man was on. He stood before him, enjoying the man's last cry, enjoying the thought that he would now kill the threat against Hyrule. Every threat deserved to die, every threat needed to die. Everyone had the right to remain safe. He lifted his sword, pointing down towards the man's chest. And then he stabbed as hard as he had ever stabbed. With a war-cry he made himself "Bleed". And that's what the man did, blood exploded all over the room, blood, black as the night, evil blood.

"Dead yet?" A voice asked from behind, it was Navi the fairy, his companion since he started on this crazy adventure, seven years ago, back in Kokiri's village.

"Yes, he's all done here; c'mon lets get out of here, fast!"

"What about the princess?" Navi asked.

"I'm on it! Stop nagging." Link said as he walked towards the huge organ. Where Princess Zelda hovered several feet above the ground.

"How should we get her down?" Navi asked, flying around Link's head.

"Why don't you buzz off over there till you come up with a possible answer for that question?" Link asked, pointing on Ganondorf's body.

"I don't think so, it stinks badly." Navi said stopping an inch from Links eyes.

"Well then, get the hell out of my vision! Stop bothering me for five freaking seconds!" He said frustrated.

"Okay, I thought you were glad to have a fairy that time in the woods, when we first met."

"I was, but then things were a bit different, and you, were never hovering around stopping an inch from my eyes. Now I can't see a thing, else than you and your blue light!"

"You like it?" She asked curiously.

"Like what?" Link asked looking for something helpful in his pockets.

"My light?" She asked.

"Sure it's nice. But why don't we try our best to get Princess Zelda down from there."

"From where?" Another voice asked.

"Oh, you see, Princess Zelda is in that red crystal jail some feet above us."

"No, she's not!" The voice said sad.

"Then where the fuck is she!" Link asked and looked up.

"Hey, she's not up there!" Navi Declared.

"I can see that Navi! But where is she then?"

"I'm Right here!" The voice said.

"Where?" Link asked looking back up.

"Damn it Link, I'm right here, on the fucking floor, behind you! Are you completely incompetent or what?"

Link turned around and looked right into Princess Zelda's icy blue eyes. Link blushed. He had probably never been so embarrassed ever.

"I'm Sorry Princess. I'm kind of having a hard time."

"I know link, but you didn't recognise my voice! That's what surprises me."

"Again, I apologise."

"Apologise accepted." Princess Zelda said.

"We really need to get the hell out of here!" Link said.

"Why?" Navi asked, "Aren't Ganondorf dead?"

"Well, he was." Link said, pointing towards the body of Ganondorf, drifting a couple of inches above the ground. The body was still limp, and seemed dead, but the eyes could deceive you.

"And thus it began…" Link said, drawing the Master Sword again.

Before he reached the hovering cadaver, it fell together again on the platform. The whole tower they were in begun shivering, and quaking with a dangerous force. Soon the whole Tower would collapse.

"Navi, Zelda! Get the hell out of here now!" Link shouted, "I'll join you shortly."

"But Link…"

"That's now! Ma'am!" He screamed. They said no more, they just ran out of the room, and down the stairs. Link made sure that Ganondorf was dead. And he was he had no pulse, nor a heartbeat.

Link didn't want to waste any time, he put his sword back in its scabbard. Then he sprinted out from the room and down the stairs as fast as his legs possibly could. He didn't reach Princess Zelda and Navi before he was out of the castle; they stood on safe ground on the sages' bridge. He smiled when he approached them; it was a bitter smile, but a proud and happy smile, glad to be done with the evil King.

"Is he…" The Princess started off

"He's all done! This time I'm sure!" Link interrupted

"That's good." Navi said, closing the subject.

"What now?" Link said looking on the Princess.

"I don't know, what should we do?" Princess Zelda asked.

"Tell the people they're free from the tyrant's harassments!" Navi said with a proud voice.

"And rebuild the castle!" Link said, looking on the ruins of Ganondorf's castle, on the floating island. Under it, magma bubbled angry, ready to swallow anything.¨

"Yeah, that's goanna be a problem." The Princess said looking on the same sad sight as Link.

"But, I meant what now, as in, where do we go? I'm eager to get some rest and recover from all this!"

"We all are!" Navi said, "Let's go to Kakoriko village!"

"Good Idea!" Link said.

As Link finished the last word, a loud crash yelled through the dead silent place. Zelda took a step forwards, but Link stopped her. He started walking towards the ruins.

"Link!" The Princess shouted.

"We both know I have to go!" Link said sadly, tightening his grip around the hilt.

"This time, nothing's holding me back! I'm coming with you Link!"

"Thanks Navi, but you don't have to…"

"Maybe you didn't hear me? I said: I'll join you!" She said flying over his right shoulder as always.

"I appreciate it!" Link said with a smile to Navi.

"I know you do!" She replied.

The air was tick with dust from when the castle came down, and the ruins were indeed a depressive sight. As they slowly made their way forwards, Link drew his sword. They came to a place where all the ruins were cleared off; it was completely flat, except some ruins that stood like meaningless black pillars up from the ground. In the middle, there was a small pile of huge rocks. Link stopped in front of them waiting, he could feel dark energy spread from the place.

The ground started vibrating fierce, and all in a sudden, the rocks flew like pebbles through the air, being destroyed on a ring of fire who had appeared while Link stood there, looking on the rocks. Ganondorf was again hovering in the air, quite alive it seemed. He lifted his left arm, the Triforce emblem was shining like a golden sun on the back of his arm.

"I still have some power left!" He screamed, and then he wrapped himself into a ball, and started spinning like a wheel in the thin air.

Link took a step back as the man started growing, he grew fur too. A sharp light blinded Link for a brief moment. When he opened his eyes, he faced a beast like none he had ever faced before. In its hand it held a pair of golden fork-swords. Suddenly the beast let out a wild roar and started swinging its swords furiously around, Link held the Master Sword up, defending himself. The beast hit his sword and made the legendary blade fly through the air, burying itself into the ground a couple of inches away from the princess. Link jumped backwards dodging another one of the furious attacks. He ran behind one of the ruins and peeked on the beast searching for its victim.

"Son of a…" Link said whipping a drop of sweat from his brow.

"Damn! It got through the firewall! Over or through! Anyway it's on the other side, what now?"

"I'll stall Ganon, you fire light arrows! Okay?" Navi hovered under his chin. She didn't bother saying whole sentences, she just said the keywords in them, and as the situation was now, Link was glad she did.

"Yes, let's enlighten the bests! We're not to mess with!" Ling said, refilled with hope and courage.

When Navi flew around the corner, ling moved after, in the blink of an eye, he had his bow out and ready. He wanted the beast to look him in the eye before he shot, and it did. He fired the arrow right for its heart. A surprised grunt escaped its throat when it saw the bright lightening arrow. And then a painful scream cut through the night like a knife. The firewall extinguished and the path to the sword was open.

Link ran as fast as he could back to the sword, and drew it up from the ground. He gave Princess Zelda a reassuring nod before he went back to his fight.

As he took his last step, crossing the invisible boundary, the firewall was up. Link started jogging forwards, preparing his sword to cut. That's all he needed, to cut, his life depended on it, a single cut, and a thrust. All he needed was to wound the beast deadly. He did it for Hyrule, for Princess Zelda, and for himself. He needed to take this life and this life only, after that he was done. As he shortened the distance between himself and the beast, the beast got his eyes on him. It completely ignored Navi and ran straight for him. Link dodged its furious attacks and rolled between its legs, striking its many-coloured tail. Another painfully scream rose in the night, sending shivers down Links spine. Ganon fell down on his knees, leaning on his three-bladed sword. A bright beam of light shot through the night, slamming into Ganon, It looked if Ganon was in serious pain, shaking and screaming. Link felt no pity. Did Ganon feel any pity when he slayed, butchered and burnt the people of Hyrule. No! Ganon never showed anyone mercy, so he shouldn't grant any.

"Hurry Link, I'm holding Ganon down, use the Master Sword to strike the final blow!" Zelda's desperate voice shouted through the night.

Link stood before the beast that killed so many of Hyrules people, who kidnapped Princess Zelda, and threatened them all!
No threat deserves to survive! Every threat needs to die; any threat will fall by my blade! Link said with an angry voice. A blue fire surrounded his blade when he prepared to strike the final blow.

"I can't hold him forever Link! Do it now!" She screamed.

And he did, he cut three times, horizontally, making blood hang silent in the thin air for a while, before it fell down with wet splashes. And then he trusted the blade towards Ganon's head, and watched it as it was buried inside its head. The beast shivered like a dry leaf as it died. And then went limb. A pool of black blood was formed under the hero and the beast.

"For Hyrule." He whispered before he fell exhausted to the ground.