Chapter 16

Long Live the King

Suddenly the whole castle began to shake and from the spot where Ganondorf laid began to turn gold. The blackness on the whole castle began to dissolve revealing the brightest gold Link had ever seen. Then over the horizon Link saw the sky become almost gold. The ground turned green with grass and the rivers looked like crystals.

Back in the real world the tower that was emitting the black cloud began to emit a light brighter than lightning. The light dissolved every spec of the dark and lit up the entire sky. All the Archfiends began to change too, they turned back into human soldiers, both in the real and Gold world.

"Hero! You have defeated Ganondorf and broken his spell. Thank you!" said the commander of the whole army. As he bowed all the soldiers and even the creatures seemed to bow.

"I have one request, release Zelda to me!" Link demanded.

"Yes my lord. Guard! Bring the maiden!" the commander ordered. In a couple of minutes the guard came back with Zelda.

"Link, I knew you could…" Link interrupted her with a long kiss. "Let's get out of here." Zelda said with relief. Suddenly the sky opened up and the three entities that created the Triforce came to Link.

"Thank you Link you have rid the world of this evil forever. Now I will let you make one last wish before we take the Triforce back." one of the entities said.

"I wish that Hyrule would be rebuilt and repopulated." Link said after some thought.

"Very well it shall be granted, but as a token of our gratitude we will make you very wealthy, just a little gift from us." Din said as she winked at him. Then they took the Triforce with them back to their realm.

So Link and Zelda returned to the Temple of Time and played the song and all that remained of Link or Zelda in the Golden World was a faint echo of his ocarina.

When they appeared back in the real world the temple was repaired and when they got outside the town was back to its normal busy self.

"Link I'm so proud of you." Nimoin said.

When Link went to his uncle's house he told him that they were going to have a ceremony for him at the castle. When he and Zelda got there they brought him to the front.

"Because of what you've done all this treasure is yours." Nimion said as two people brought out a huge chest of gold. Also because the king was murdered by Archfiends the council has agreed that you're uncle should be king and you will be the prince.

"What! ME!" Link's uncle questioned in a shocked voice.

"Yes, who else would be better than one of the best generals ever?" Nimion asked.

"Go on, accept!" Link encouraged. So he did and was crowned king of Hyrule.

"LONG LIVES THE KING! LONG LIVE THE KING!" the crows shouted. Then Link noticed that Zelda was walking out.

"I would like to add something. I never would have made it through this journey if it hadn't been for Zelda." he said pointing at her. " At first she became my best friend, but later on I began to feel that it was much more than mere friendship. I realized that I had fallen in love. Now I want Zelda to be my wife and therefore the princess also!" he exclaimed. "Will you accept?" he asked her.

"Yes I will." she said with tears streaming down her cheeks, she had never heard Link speak like that before. So after the ceremony/wedding Link went to the Temple of Time and built a pedestal for the Master Sword in a special chamber. Zelda placed a seal on it. No one but a descendent of Link could remove the sword.

Even though things were going great and Hyrule was back to normal Link was not. It seemed Link only he remembered what happened before Link entered the Temple of Time. He was haunted by the memories of what happened to his village for the rest of his life and slowly they ate at his dreams an soul. Still Link managed to hide his thoughts whenever he was around Zelda. She was the only one that could make him happy.

And so Link and Zelda after ruled Hyrule with justice and honor when his uncle passed on. For an age there was peace in both the Hyrule and Golden World. And so ends the forgotten adventure of Link. You're the first one to hear it in over 4,000 years.

The End