Disclaimer: I do not own Zelda. Get over it, or I'll help you. (Holds Megaton Hammer).

Warning: This is a sequel to Legend of Zelda: Time to Return. I'm done now.

The Legend of Zelda: The Shattering

Chapter I: Assault

Link sat on his bed, being content with the fact that Hyrule was safe for the moment. However, he wasn't content with being very, very bored. The most interesting thing that had happened to him in the past two weeks was that Zelda and he had snuck away to a small garden and shared a kiss. Okay, so maybe Zelda had grabbed him from behind, pulled him away, and then Link followed her. Okay, so he was at first kicking and flailing to the best of his abilities, since he didn't know who it was. Link stood up and looked out the window.

There was a flaming arrow shooting right at him.

Link ducked. The arrow shot through the window, and sped into the bed post. Link ran over to it and waved his hat at it. Instead of doing what he wanted it to do, the fire grew larger. In desperation, Link covered the fire with his hat. Luckily for Link, the fire went out and his hat remained in fabric and not ashes. Link took his hat off the bed post and set it on his head. Then he pulled the arrow out of the post and looked at it. He didn't recognize it. Link walked back over to the window.

Hundreds of flaming arrows were shooting at the castle.

Today must not be my day, Link thought as he threw himself down a second time to avoid another arrow. This one clattered harmlessly against the wall, and Link stomped on it to put it out. He looked around, and grabbed his bow, Master Sword, Hylian shield, and his Megaton hammer. He ran out the door to his room and up onto the castle wall, bounding at full speed. When he reached it, Link looked out over the wall at the assailers. He did not like what he saw.

A horde stood at the town gates of Hyrule. The horde was innumerable and full of bokoblins. They were shooting volleys of flaming arrows at the castle, passing over Hyrule Castle town. Soldiers were dashing to the gate and desperately throwing spears down at the horde, only to be pierced by arrows. Link ran down to the bridge and sprinted down to the gate. He pulled out his bow as he ran up the stairs. Link stopped momentarily to catch his breath, then stood up on the gate wall and started launching arrows into the horde.

Bokoblin after bokoblin fell to Link's arrows, but whenever one was killed, fifty more seemed to appear out of nowhere. In frustration, Link started to shoot flaming arrows. He shot one. It hit a bokoblin in the neck. The fire erupted forth from the arrow, and tens of bokoblins caught fire. They shrieked in pain as Link shot off a couple more. Then the bokoblins started to bring a battering ram. Link saw it, along with every other soldier. Frantically, they started to shot arrows at it. The ram was in a triangular cart of metal on wheels, being pushed on the inside by bokoblins. The ram collided with the gate. It shuddered. Link jumped down off the wall into the street with four scores of soldiers. The gate wouldn't survive another hit. The ram smashed into the gate again.

The gate shattered open, and bokoblins poured into the town. Link yelled at the top of his voice, raising the Master Sword in the air. The soldiers shouted with him, and they charged the incoming enemy. The two forces met, and combat ensued. Link charged forward and thrust his blade into the heart of a bokoblin. He took it back out, and Link made a parry to his left to block an attack. He blocked another attack with his shield and made a sideways cut. He struck the bokoblin across the chest and killed it. He spun around and brought his sword in an arc to cut a bokoblin in half, then swung his sword horizontally to cut another a bokoblin's head off. Link blocked an attack with his shield, and then stabbed his attacker in the stomach.

A thundering came from the gates. Link fought towards it. He parried an attack on his left, and then banged the bokoblin the face with his shield. Link cut it in two, and ducked under an attacking bokoblin. Link spun to the right and kicked the bokoblin in the face, knocking it into a soldier's spear. Link turned back towards the gate. He ran forward and somersaulted, leaping out of the somersault to kick a bokoblin out of the way. Link lowered his blade into the bokoblin's heart. Then he spun and used the pommel to smash a bokoblin's face in. He finished the spin and stabbed the bokoblin through the head. But his powerful efforts seemed to be in vain. There were too many bokoblin. Link dodged an attack, and put away his sword and shield.

He took out the megaton hammer.

Link swung at a group of bokoblins one-handed. The swing was strong enough to knock them all flying. Link brought the hammer back the way it came. It knocked more bokoblins away. Link made a few more swings to clear the way, and then put away the hammer and took the Master sword and Hylian shield out again. He ran forward, charging. A bokoblin stood in the way. Link grabbed its left arm, and spund around it, and breaking it. Link landed on his feet behind the bokoblin, and kicked it away. The thundering happened again, and Link turned to see what it was.

A man in black armor stood before Link with a broadsword, having red hair and eyes full of hatred and revenge. The man in black armor was Ganondorf.

Link stood speechless. The seal had been broken. The sages had failed. He had failed. The Master Sword had failed. The Triforce had failed. Link cleared his throat and pointed his weapon at Ganondorf.

"You're supposed to be sealed away," Link threatened.