"What do you want?" said Link menacingly. "I thought I took care of you a long time ago." He stared at Ganondorf, his anger towards the man welling up inside of him.
"I thought I'd drop by for a little visit." Ganondorf replied in a mocking tone.
"You can leave willingly or by force. It's your choice Ganondorf."
"I don't respond well to threats as you well know." Ganondorf gestured towards a curtain, which pulled back to reveal the king and Zelda tied up with swords pushing up against their throats. "You wouldn't want anything to happen to them would you?" A smile crossed the warlock's face. "Lower your sword."
Link complied. He had to think fast. If he wanted any chance of saving his kings and his princesses life, he would have to obey for now. What to do!
"Good. Now place it on the floor." Link obeyed.
"You won't get away with this," said Link. "Even if you manage to destroy me, someone will stop you eventually."
"Says you." The evil king nodded towards Link and two lizards stepped forward, removed his shield from his hand, and, each grabbing an arm, force him to his knees. "Now you bow to me legendary hero." Ganondorf snapped and Link was hauled down below to the dungeon.
They forced him into a cell and clamped his arms and legs into some chains attached to the wall. The lizards walked out and repeated the process with the king and the princess. Then they closed the door, and all was left in total darkness.
"Well what now?" said the frail voice of the aging king. "Is this how I am to die, locked in a dungeon?" Link could hear him shaking his head.
"We will make it out alive," said the princess, unsure if what she said was true. Link could feel their eyes on him. He was asking that same question. But he wasn't about to give up. They would get out of there. It was just a matter of when and how. He was about to speak when he heard footsteps outside in the hallway. A light appeared through the crack at the bottom of the door. A key was inserted in the door and turned. Click. They could see the knob turn and then the door swung open. Light flooded the room and a figure stepped in. A Shiekah!
"Time to go," said the stranger. "The sleep potion I used on the guards won't last forever." He moved from chain to chain unlocking each one and setting it down quietly so as not to alarm anyone down the hall. The foreboding shape held a finger to his lips as a warning. They silently filed out of the room. Stepping lightly between the two guards they began to ascend the staircase to the main hall. As they climbed they met a lizard going down. A look of surprise came across the creatures face, but before he could draw his weapon the Shiekah had thrown a dart into its throat. It made a gurgling noise and blood oozed out of its mouth as it slid down the wall, dead.
The company moved quickly ahead and made it to the main hall. They encountered no more resistance as they fled out into the night. Epona was still standing tied to the tree. But now there were three other horses standing next to it. They each mounted a horse and quietly made their way out of the courtyard. After exiting the town they stopped and dismounted.
"My name is Hamuro," said the sheikah, turning to face the company. "I was sent by the council to rescue you."
"The council?" said the king. "I thought I banned that a long time ago."
"You did my king," replied the rescuer. "We have been meeting secretly ever since because we knew something like this would happen. We just didn't know when."
The king nodded, a troubled look appearing on his face, and didn't say another word.
"I must go back and face him," said Link. "He must be stopped once and for all."
"Not without these you won't" The shiekah pulled light arrows out of his saddlebag. "You will need these to weaken him sufficiently to kill him."
"But what about your sword?" asked the frightened princess. "He took that from you remember."
"I don't suppose you were able to get that too were you?" said Link turning to Hamuro.
"Unfortunately no. There are only so many things one man can do."
"I'll just have to find that too then," sighed Link.
"It's probably still in right where you left it. Ganon can't touch it and he wouldn't dare trust it to his minions. But in all likelihood it is well guarded. I can help you dispatch the guards but I will only get in the way in your conflict with the Evil One."
Link thought a moment and replied "Your help would be most welcome Hamuro."
The warrior nodded. "I must speak with you privately before we go on." They walked a few paces away out of earshot. "You had a dream." Started the Sheikah, not as a question, but a point-of-fact. Link looked surprisingly and the man.
"How did you know?"
"Your dream is what channeled our response. You and the council are, or you and the head of our council I should say, are connected. Do you remember a fairy? A fairy who once helped you on your quest to destroy Ganon named Navi?"
"Yes," Link replied. "How could I forget?"
"She is the head of our council. She wanted to help but Ganondorf would have surely destroyed her had she come out of hiding. That is why I'm here."
"Why are you telling me this?" said Link a little slowly. He was growing suspicious of the man. Is this man really who he says he is? thought Link.
"Because if you don't kill the Evil One your dream," at this point he lowered to a whisper, "will become a reality. You will die." His last statement brought a change over the sheikah's face. His brow furrowed. Then he laughed. Link recognized the laugh. It was the laugh of an old foe.
"You!" Link cried. He drew his sword to attack.
"Time to die my young friend," said Links enemy. Ganondorf threw a dark dart into Link.
Link awoke with a start. He had fallen asleep. "Just another dream," he told himself. His head was throbbing. Then he looked at his surroundings. He was in a cell. So it wasn't all a dream. There was no princess and no king. He was alone. "How am I going to get out of here?" Link lowered his head in defeat.