Welcome to chapter twenty-seven! Please note that much of the battle is based on what happened in OoT, but what happens after Zelda loses the arrows is not, as I wanted to do at least a partial battle scene that was what I came up with, and not part of the game storyline. With that said, thanks, as always, to my reviewers- Ygfi; Hououza; adrian-air-fire; Infernal Flame Zero; Futuristic-dudette; Kariah; lilykat14; Gir Crazy; Sakurelle; sasukeuchiha180 (for four reviews); and Ericketiting (for four reviews).
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Ganondorf laughed at me. "Ah, so you thought you could free the Hero of Time and get away without being spotted. Well, little Princess, I guess you were wrong. Now I'm here, and you're without weapons."
"That's what you think!" I insisted, drawing a weapon I'd hidden in my clothes. It looked like an ordinary dagger, but once Impa spoke some magic words, it became a sword.
Ganondorf's eyes widened, but he shook it off and laughed harder. "You fool. Do you really think your stupid sword can defeat me, the most powerful being in the world? Ha!"
In a flash, I found Link pushing me behind him and grabbing the sword from my hand. "Take her away," he commanded Impa. "This is between me and him."
"No, Link!" I screamed, dragging my feet. I continued to shout as he glared at Ganondorf, firmly gripping the hilt of the sword. "It's my job to protect you now."
Ganondorf's grin widened, and, with a swift motion of his arm, he knocked the sword away from Link. It hit a wall and crashed to the ground.
"You know, the two of you are really making this altogether too entertaining," he chuckled. He looked past Link, his eyes locking on me. "But I like you, Princess, so I'll humor you. I'll let you battle me in a fair fight, and even fetch the Master Sword from its hiding place." To my surprise, he pushed Link out of the way and came over to me, extending his hand. "Do we have a deal?"
"Zelda, no, don't do it!" Link urged me. But after he had been hit by the arrow, I'd resolved to eliminate whoever was responsible. And that's what had brought me to this point.
I squeezed my eyes shut, trying to harness all the willpower I could before opening them again. I reached out my hand and shook his. "Deal."
He waved his hands, and the room was filled with a blinding light. I shielded my eyes, and when it finally dissipated, I found myself in the top of one of the turrets, in a massive, but empty room. Just as my eyes adjusted to the darkness, I saw a pair of red eyes before me and watched as Ganondorf materialized.
"Well, well, well, so we're alone. You know, if the circumstances were different, I bet you'd find me quite irresistible," he grinned, moving closer to me. I recoiled from his repulsive breath, but he caught my arm with his cold hand and pulled me to him. "It's really too bad that you agreed to marry Link. But no matter. Because by the time he gets in here to find you dead, I'll have already taken from you what should have been rightfully mine in the first place."
I wanted to tell him that he was wrong, that Link already had that part of me, but I thought better of it and bit my tongue. "Enough of this," I hissed, finally succeeding in yanking my arm away.
"You're right, Princess. Let me delay no longer in defeating you, and breaking the hearts of Link and your father. For once you are gone, I will officially take over Hyrule." With that, he snapped his fingers, and a portion of the floor slid back. I watched as the Master Sword arose. Thrusting out his hand, he caused it to come flying at me. I ducked out of the way just in time, hearing the wood behind me splinter as the sword hit the wall.
I somersaulted back and yanked it out, gripping it firmly and moving towards Ganondorf, who was now floating. I found myself starting to float, too, as several other weapons, which I quickly recognized as the ones Link had been stripped of, arose from the secret compartment in the floor. I looked at him in shock.
"We have a deal, remember? If this is to be a fair fight, we need to be on the same...level," he smiled. He may have convinced others that he was honest and acted honorably, but he would never get me to believe it. I'm too smart for that.
My brain went into overdrive as I tried to recall what Link has told me about how he'd defeated Ganondorf the first time. I looked at the weapons, in hopes of jogging my memory.
At last my gaze fell upon a certain bow and a quiver of arrows. I floated over to it and scooped it up, before turning my attention back to my nemesis.
"I see you are ready," he laughed.
He shot a beam of light at me, which I promptly hit back with the Master Sword. We swatted it back-and-forth, until at last he made a mistake, and it hit him square in the chest. We both fell to the ground, and I ran over to him, stabbing away with the Master Sword until he regrouped.
The battle raged on for what felt like hours. After several rounds of me stunning him with his own light beams and attacking him with the sword, he fell to his knees and began to cough up blood. Enraged, he managed to clamber back to his feet, and I watched in horror as he generated a massive ball of light. Drawing one huge breath, he promptly sent it flying up to the center of the room. The impact caused a loud crash, and the whole fortress began to shake, as if the very foundation of the building had been destroyed.
The doors behind me flew open, and Link and Impa hurried in.
"Are you alright?" I breathed.
"We're fine, but we have to get out of here. The fortress is collapsing," Link answered.
The three of us ran down several flights of stairs. When we would get to a door blocked with debris, I would use magic to open the way, so we could continue on. We made it to the outside just as the fortress completely collapsed inwards.
I turned around to marvel at the destruction, and what I saw made me grab Link and Impa. "Wait! He's not dead!" I screamed, as I saw Ganondorf himself arise from the wreckage.
"Enough of this foolishness!" he growled. "You were supposed to lose to me!"
With that, he began to spin around rapidly, creating a whirlwind around himself. Once it dissipated, a massive, pig-like creature remained. Ganon.
He sank down to the ground to stand directly in front of me. I commanded Impa and Link to run away, my hand gripping the hilt of the Master Sword once again.
"This time, I'll take care of you," Ganon hissed, before looking past me at Link and Impa. "Hero of Time, even you can't save your precious Zelda now. It's too late for that," he called to Link, before looking back at me.
With a snap of his fingers, we were surrounded by a circle of fire. As he now stood before me, with a mocking smile, I couldn't take it anymore. No matter if I had to die to do it, I would get rid of him for good.
Taking out the bow, I notched an arrow and let it fly. It hit Ganon's snout, and he squealed in pain. Somersaulting behind him, I stabbed his tail, then back-flipped to safety just as he whirled around to swing at me.
To my surprise, he waved his hands, and the bow and arrows disappeared. "You may think you're so clever, trying to repeat what Link did to me. But as of now, I'm breaking our deal and switching things up a little."
With that, I took a deep breath and tried to think of what he would do. I knew only the Master Sword could defeat him, but what if there was some obscure weapon I needed to stun him before I could safely strike again?
Well, the only choice I had was to go for it.
I charged at him, and he shifted slightly to my right, thinking he could sidestep my attack. Boy, was he ever wrong. I promptly stabbed the Master Sword into the soft ground and used is as leverage to jump up. Turning slightly sideways, I kicked him in the chest, and he stumbled backwards in surprise.
Back on my feet, I yanked the sword from the dirt and charged at him again. He was trying to stand up, and I promptly stabbed him in the stomach, stunning him yet again. He fell to the ground in pain, and I used the opportunity to stab him as many times as possible, on any vulnerable portion of his body, as he rolled around in an attempt to avoid my strikes.
After the Master Sword hit him several times, he managed to grab it and use it to push me away as he scrambled back to his feet. I held tightly onto the sword, pointing it at his throat.
"Had enough?" I hissed.
"Not until I get you into bed!" he snarled.
"Well, you won't be alive long enough for that to happen!" I yelled, backing away from him. As he glared at me, licking his lips, I got a running start and jumped as high as I possibly could. As I jumped towards him, I discovered that he was looking at me with a mocking grin.
I reached the height of my jump and aimed the Master Sword at his head. As he looked up at me, I did a downward stab. The sword embedded itself in the small amount of flesh right between his eyes.
He let out a scream like I'd never heard. Letting go of the sword, as it had hit its mark, I completely vaulted over him, landing behind his collapsed body. I turned around and watched as he writhed on the ground for several seconds, blood spurting and spilling from his wounds, staining my clothes and the ground below him.
Finally his body lied still. Now was my chance. I sipped a potion I had brought with me in a bottle, and could feel my energy being restored. Once I regrouped, I went over and finally removed the Master Sword from Ganon's head. Holding the sword, I recited the spell carved into the hilt. I concentrated hard, and a ball of light began to form above him. Its energy surrounded him, hardening into a case.
The case contained one small opening-right above his chest. I held the Master Sword high, reciting a prayer to the goddesses. Lightning crashed down and hit the sword, causing it to glow and making me merely stumble a little; as a sage, I could not be injured by it. As I found my footing, a light rain began to fall, extinguishing the circle of fire.
Link and Impa hurried over. With them watching, I turned the sword until it was pointing downward at Ganon's body, and promptly plunged it into his heart. The case surrounding him then hardened even more, turning into stone, securing the Master Sword.
The ground began to rumble, splitting open beneath him. The whole stone structure imprisoning him, Master Sword and all, fell into the ground, which sealed back up right away. The deed was done.
At last, the shock of defeating my nemesis overwhelmed me. My knees buckled, and I started to fall, but Link caught me.
"You did it, Zelda. You did it," he breathed, holding me up and locking eyes with me. All Impa could do was simply nod her head in agreement.
I smiled weakly at Link and pulled him to me, kissing him with more passion than ever before.
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