This might be surprising… a warning to you all.
Link rode Epona at a steady pace over the hills of Nocturne. Lightning crackled overhead, but he paid it no heed. He patted his steed's nose. "Well, old girl… I must say that this has been an interesting vacation. I'd be glad to return to Zelda, though…" His ears suddenly perked up as he heard… "Screams?" The young knight sighed, and patted his tunic. Drawing his sword, he spurred Epona to a trot. As he rounded the crest, he saw… "Oh, my Goddesses…"
The village was burning. War whoops could be heard as Gerudos rode through on black horses, slicing down on fleeing villagers. Link stared in shock, but his eyes narrowed when he saw a young woman holding a child get brutally murdered. The woman was the same age as his Zelda. Link reached behind him, his eyes as dark as coal.
The Gerudos realized what was going on when the sky started to fill with glowing arrows. One of them fell to the ground, an arrow directly through her neck. And then they heard it. The sound of a charging horse. And a loud cry, which chilled the bones of all who heard it. "YOU SCUM HAVE STOLEN YOUR LAST RUPEE!"
Like an avenging angel, Link charged into the town. The Gerudo guards were the first to feel his wrath as he emotionlessly parted heads from bodies. Blood spilled onto the ground, and bodies fell soon afterwards. But Link didn't even notice. He didn't even look down as Epona trampled directly over a begging Gerudo. Soon, there was only one Gerudo left, backing into a wall.
Link leapt off of Epona, and started to walk closer to the whimpering woman. With a sudden movement, she was lifted off the ground and held in a gauntleted hand. Link waited until she stopped struggling, and then spoke, in a cold, emotionless voice quite unlike his normal one. "Do you wish to live?"
The woman spat in his face. Link growled, and started to tighten his grasp. The woman choked out, "I… I want to live… please… you're choking me…" Link shook her.
"If you want to live, you will lead me to your fortress." She choked out that she would do as he commanded. With a mighty throw, she was sent flying down the street. "What are you waiting for, thief?" The crying woman led him through the forests, down a hidden path.
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She stopped at the top of a hill. Link followed her, walking slowly. When he reached the top, he nodded as he saw the fortress. The Gerudo looked up at him. "Sir?" She asked, seeing for the first time a trace of common empathy within the knight.
Link opened his mouth, as if to respond, but then he shuddered. With a roar which seemed to come from somewhere visceral, he reached forward and grabbed her neck once more. She kicked, and screamed, but soon she fell limp. With an almost careless movement, he sent her flying back into the trees. "Did you truly think I would let a murderer like you live?" He snorted, angrily, and then he started to walk down the path to the fortress. "I am the sword of the Goddesses. I bring redemption," He whispered, though he didn't truly know who he was speaking to. Somewhere inside of him, a little voice was saying, 'This isn't right… I don't act like this…"
He silenced that voice, and strode onwards.