Okay. horsie890 here. This is my disclaimer: I own nothing related to Legend of Zelda stuff. Or Nintendo. But if I did, I would kick out everything except Zelda characters, Mario pals, things from Pokemon, and Fire Emblem people. But I can't. So sad. However- I do own the starts-out-evil-turns-good person named Aronos. No stealing. I found out that a really cool way to make names is to spell other words backwards. I hope you enjoy my story. If it's good, tell me by clicking the shiny review button. If it is horrible beyond all reasonable doubt, tell me anyway. Read it first, though. And another thing- DarkDragonknight1993: Just shut up and start the story already, stupid! horsie890: Sorry…..Here ya go, then.
Link was dreaming about the Kokiri Forest, when was still young, before all of his adventures. He stared around at the lush greenery and quaint tree houses. There was Mido, ordering some poor Kokiri to pick up rocks. He saw his friends talking to their fairies, and the shopkeeper telling him, "We sell shields, but not swords!" And then he saw Saria, his green-haired best friend. "Come on, Link!" she squealed with delight. "My friends and I are going to the Lost Woods!" Link was about to reply, but the sky darkened with clouds above him. That's strange, he thought. It's never cloudy in the forest. The clouds soon covered the sky and the sun disappeared. "Hey, what's going on?" asked Saria in a frightened voice. The clouds boomed with deafening thunder. Suddenly, a fiery red bolt of lightning (or was it magic? Link thought) shot out of the sky toward Saria. "Saria! Look out!" Just as Link was going to push her out of the way, he woke up abruptly. He was dazed and shook the sleepy fog out of his head. He got up and walked over to his window, realizing how much farther it was when he had taken five steps and he wasn't there yet. His room in the castle was about four times the size of his house in the Kokiri Forest. It was covered in imported rugs, tapestries, the finest Deku Wood inlaid with gold, and tons of stuff made of silk. It had a floor-to-ceiling window overlooking the serene Hyrule Field and LonLon Ranch, and it was well lit with several lanterns. As he stared at the mountains, he couldn't help thinking of Saria and his friends in the forest. And Navi. Navi. He almost cried at the thought of his sweet little fairy. She was gone, and had been ever since he defeated Ganon. Link remembered the castle collapsing, flying down the stairs with Zelda, Navi getting separated from him… Link was sure she was dead; there was no way she could have survived that. He remembered that sad day clearly…
Link was following Zelda, who was racing down the stairs. The castle was falling down around them. I didn't think Zelda could run that fast. This is hard! He thought to himself, skipping every other step. "Link! Wait for me!" came a high pitched voice. He turned back and saw Navi, his fairy, flying in zigzags, avoiding falling bricks and stone. "Navi!" He ran back to her and put a hand out to grab her. Just as he gently closed his fingers around her, a massive chink of stone came crashing down on top of his hand. It crushed his arm, but he ignored the pain as he gingerly held the fairy. Her milky blue-white glow was gone, and she looked like a tiny Hylian, with lacy wings and pointed ears. "Good…bye…my friend…"she choked out as she closed her eyes forever. "Navi? Navi, you have to be okay. You just have to!" Link tried to hold back the tears, but it was no use. "Come, on, Link! Hurry!" Zelda was shouting to him, but her voice was lost in Link's thoughts as he remembered everything he and Navi had been through. He didn't even notice when the castle fell out from underneath him, and he was free falling to the ground… Zelda had found and saved him, but Navi was gone forever. Link stared at the pale pink and purple sky, trying to free his mind. He loved the sunrise. It was the only time he wasn't being hurried off to some meeting or forced to talk to a bunch of empty-headed diplomats from Who-cares-where. It seemed like now that he was the "Hero of Time," everyone just had to meet him. He felt like a puppet, doing whatever King Harkinian's advisors told him to do. He missed his adventurous life: battling monsters, clearing out dungeons, solving puzzles, finding the boss monster (and getting really scared because it was about 20 times his size); it was all fun and exciting. Well, he thought he should probably stop daydreaming and go down to breakfast. The sun had just broken the horizon and was shining brightly across Hyrule, burning off the morning mist and dew. The ground seemed to sparkle from the tiny droplets of water left over from the previous night's rain. Sighing, Link walked over to his bed, once again noting the longer distance. He had slept in his tunic, like he was used to, so he only had to put on his boots, gloves, and hat. He glanced at his sword, wondering for a moment if he should take it with him. It couldn't hurt. He grabbed the Master Sword, strapping the sheath across his back, then his shield, and walked down the winding, stone staircase.
He reached the bottom (finally) and headed down a hallway towards the dining hall. I'd probably better check and see if he's there again. Link peeked around the corner, and saw a servant standing there. Oh, great. Not again. Every single day…Well, I better get this over with. Link tried to wait until the servant wasn't looking so he could sneak past, but the man stared straight ahead like a statue. He strode over to the doorway. "How would you like to be announced, master Link?" Link crossed his arms and thought, here we go again.
"Do you have to? Why? It's not like I'm a stranger here or anything. I can't walk into one room here without this happening. Everyone already recognizes me anyway, because-"
"Because you do this all the time!" Link was cut off by a sweet, slightly annoyed female voice. It was Zelda, the Princess of Hyrule, and Link's wife. She had heard his argument, the same thing that happened every morning. She grabbed his arm and started dragging him toward the table. "I'm terribly sorry," she said to the servant. "He's always like this." She whispered to Link, "Why can't we get through one day without your yelling?"
"It's not my fault," he whispered back. "I don't know all of the rules around here, and-" He stopped when he saw Zelda smiling at him. "Sorry. But really, I still don't have any idea of what I'm supposed to do," he whispered as they sat down. The table was covered in a white silk tablecloth. The plates were fine china and had the Triforce 'painted' on them-
in real gold. The silverware was made of gold and engraved with the Triforce as well. The food smelled delicious. Link thought there was so much food, that if it were made of rocks, it would have fed twice the Gorons on Death Mountain. He preferred to kill his own food like he used to, but he realized that not having ashes in it was just fine with him (he wasn't Hyrule's best cook).
"So, Link, what did you plan on doing today?" asked King Harkinian, interrupting his thoughts. "You have a meeting at 3:00, so make time for whatever it is. You should probably be back here at about 2:00…"
"I was thinking of going over to the Gerudo Valley to practice my horseback archery on Epona." "But we have a perfectly fine archery course here at the castle! Why would you possibly want to go over to that filthy place?" he exclaimed with disgust.
"Because there they have to beat me with a Deku stick to make me leave before I can practice. It's more challenging," he replied with a smile.
"Well, if you're going, I want to come too," said Zelda. "I got a new horse yesterday. Her name is Hyacinth. She's a gift from the Zoras. She can even breathe underwater!"
"But we're going to the desert. She might end up like a fish out of water."
"Oh please. She's just like a normal horse too. It's not like she's limited to certain environments, thank you very much."
"Well, if we are going together, you'd better not act like that, or I might not let you win."
"Let me win? What is that supposed to mean? You know I'm a better archer than you."
"Oh please. I believe I'm the one who took down Phantom Ganon with just my bow and arrows. Forest Temple, remember?"
"Okay, stop arguing, you two. I'm tired of hearing this," said King Harkinian. "You shouldn't act like that. You're adults, not children, like the Kokiri. Sorry, Link. No offense meant," he added, seeing the hurt look on Link's face.
"Yeah, well, I guess you're right, your Highness." Link turned to Zelda. "Let's get going. We don't want to get back after dinner." He stood up and walked away from the table.
"Do you always think about food? Hey, wait for me!" Zelda cried as she scrambled to catch up with him. As they approached the barn, Link thought of something.
"Zel, I don't think you can ride in that dress." She merely grinned.
"Not a problem," she responded, snapping her fingers. She was surrounded with bright blue swirls of magic. When they cleared away, Link couldn't help but stare. He felt like he was looking in a mirror. Zelda was wearing a green tunic, leather gloves and boots, and a pointy green hat. No sword or shield, though.
"Great. Just great, Zelda. Now people will think we are twins. Why didn't you turn into a Sheikah?"
"Why didn't you?" she playfully asked.
"Let's just get going," he said, trying in vain to hide a smile.
Meanwhile, Ganondorf's ghost was floating through the remains of his castle, looking for something he could use. "I can't believe this! One minute I'm the most powerful in all of Hyrule, the next I'm being taken out of the Dark Realm where stupid Zelda sent me! Why does Link get all the good things? He and Zelda have the entire Triforce, he lives in the castle, he's next in line to be king, and he's married to the Princess! I hate those two elves so much. I wonder if I can at least see what he's doing…" he grumbled, opening a magic window in front of himself. "I wish I had my magic back. Thanks to that pointy-eared moron, I can only do simple tricks like this. Hmmm… It looks like they're heading towards Gerudo Valley. Let's see…how can I get my old friends to do something to them?"
"Perhaps there is still one thing to do, great Ganon," came a whispery, shadowed voice from behind him.
"Oh, it's you, Aronos. I thought you were dead." The figure was wearing a long, black robe, a hood shielding his face. Where his feet would have been, there was only smoke. He had two piercing, blood red almonds for eyes. "Thanks for the warm welcome," he said sarcastically. "Listen up, I have an idea to get back at them. You may be just a ghost now, but you should be able to possess things: objects, animals, even people. Of course, you'll have to use some of my powerful magic." Ganondorf thought about a possible choice as his servant continued. "However, it is a very complicated spell. I can only use my power to cast it once, so choose wisely."
"I could take over Link, but then the only way to kill him would be to commit suicide, and then we'd both be ghosts, and he would haunt me for the rest of my afterlife. That's a big no," he said, shaking the thought from his mind.
"Might I suggest Zelda? You could absorb nearly all of her magic. Then you would be restored to your Gerudo self. And Link would never suspect a thing!"
"Excellent idea, Aronos! Prepare the spell immediately!"
Hope you liked it. I've got this whole thing typed and ready, I'm still getting used to the chapter management system. Forgive me, please. Review now, or go on to next chapter and review that. Review sometime soon, I guess. -horsie890