Chapter 10: The Battle of Hyrule

Link woke up to hear people yelling outside. It was completely dark outside. He got out of his bed and walked out the front door of his house and saw many people running in the same direction. He kept hearing the word "battle" from everyone. Navi hovered above Link's shoulder.

"What is going on," Navi asked.

"I don't know," Link answered.

Link saw Impa running towards them. She stopped at the bottom of the stairs leading to the doorway Link and Navi were standing in.

"Come on you two," she said.

Link grabbed his sword and shield and followed Impa towards the front end of the village. She didn't head for the entrance to Kakariko Village though. She ran up to some stairs which was where everybody was going.

"Impa, what is going on," Link asked.

"Just come on," she said to him.

She began climbing the stairs with Link close behind her. There were many people talking at the top from what Link could hear. Link's little legs could barely keep up with Impa. The stairs zigzagged all the way to the top of a ledge.

Link got up there and saw all the people of Kakariko standing around looking the other way. Impa pushed her way through the crowd with Link following behind her. Link all of a sudden saw a rail. He realized they were all on a cliff looking out onto Hyrule field. Link grabbed onto the rail and saw how high up they were. They were almost as high up as the mountains surrounding the village. There was a huge drop to the ground.

Link looked out to Hyrule field. He saw the castle and the gates to the right, and to the left he saw a huge army. The moon was the only light. The torches on the outside of the wall helped light the field as well.

"Impa what is going on," Link asked her.

"That is Ganondorf's army. They have come to attack Hyrule," she said to him.

Link was astonished as he slowly looked over the army.

"There is so many of them," he said.

"Many of the people of Kakariko Village have come up to this ledge to see all the battles the castle has been through," Impa said, "It has a great view of the battle field. I'm afraid we have never faced anybody this big before though."

"So this is where the people go to watch the battles Hyrule castle gets into," Link confirmed.

"Yes, it is," Impa answered, "Look over there. They are taking the bridge out leading to this village."

Link saw a few Kakariko villagers destroy the only bridge that lead across the river to keep the monsters from getting over here.

"Does the army know we are up here watching them," Link asked Impa.

"They probably do," she said, "but they have come to take the castle not our village. There is no need to do that. We don't have any weapons, gold, or anything that will help them out."

Link heard the crowd stop talking as loud. He looked to see the gate across the moat rise up and close so the army couldn't get in. He then saw many soldiers run across the top of the thick wall surrounding the castle. They stopped, took out thier bows and arrows and aimed them at the army. They stayed like that.

Link then saw a man in armor walk behind all the archers looking out into the field. It was Sir Ravin.

Sir Ravin looked up to the left towards Kakariko Village and saw all the villagers gathered in the usual spot to view the battles.

"They are in for a show," he said to his second in command, Sir Trud. He was a good soldier. He had stood by Sir Ravin through many battles.

"Yes they are. It's the outcome of the show that worries me," he said.

"Regardless of the outcome," Sir Ravin said to Sir Trud, "it was a pleasure serving with you."

"Same to you brother," he responded.

"I'll leave you in charge of the east wing of the gate wall," Sir Ravin said, "I will take the west side."

"Very well," Sir Trud said. He then started walking to the east side of the gate.

Sir Ravin turned back to the army. They were making a lot of noise. There was roaring, snarling, and growling.

"These are just a bunch of animals, not soldiers," he said to himself.

He spotted something in the middle of the army making its way towards the front. It was a man on a horse in dark armor, Ganondorf.

He stopped when he got to the front of his army. Sir Ravin felt Ganondorf's eyes upon him. He stared back at him. The entire field got quiet. Ganondorf got off his horse and pulled out a sword. Sir Ravin forgot how big Ganondorf was. He was a very strong man physically, an outstanding fighter, and now he knows a few things in magic and sorcery. Ganondorf had a light green skin and bright red hair. He was a scary looking man.

Sir Ravin ordered his archers to fire. The arrows flew like a thick fog killing the first couple of monsters in the army. Ganondorf continued to stare at Ravin. Ravin ordered his archers to fire at Ganondorf. Every archer obeyed and shot an arrow at him.

The arrows all came in on Ganondorf. Nobody could see what was happening. The arrows cleared and Ganondorf was still standing. He had a shield around himself. He then snapped his fingers and the shield was gone.

"Damn his sorcery," Sir Ravin shouted.

Ganondorf still stared at Ravin as her pointed his finger at the wooden gate to that was raised. A light appeared at the end of his finger. It gradually got bigger until it shot away from Ganondorf and went clean through the gate. The gate was completely destroyed. The monsters then charged by Ganondorf towards the gate. Ganondorf still stared at Sir Ravin, then a smirk came on his face, as the monsters ran passed him.

"Don't let them get inside," Sir Ravin yelled.

The archers lowered thier arrows and fired on the charging beasts. Sir Ravin ordered his soldiers to go to the gate. He ran down with them.

He got to the court yard and saw Sir Trud.

"How many men do we have," he asked Sir Ravin.

"About 20, 000," Sir Ravin responded.

"They have close to 300, 000 I counted," Sir Trud said.

"We have to fight no matter the numbers," he told him as he drew his sword.

The rest of the soldiers drew their weapons and waited on either side of the now destroyed gate. There was a hole in the rubble that the monsters would come through. They were waiting for anything to enter.

The soldiers all had their weapons ready to attack anything that came through. The rubble all of a sudden was flying towards the town center. The soldiers looked to see what had done that. There were two iron knuckles standing there with axes. The soldiers were terrified.

The monsters ran through the gate and started chopping away at the soldiers. They couldn't do much against the giant axes the iron knuckles were swinging. The axes cut clean through thier armor. The lizalfos ran around the iron knuckles and started fighting the soldiers. It was a full on brawl inside the castle.

Sir Ravin knew this wouldn't go well if the gate was destroyed this early in the battle. He looked around and saw his soldiers getting stabbed by the lizalfos or being chopped in half by the iron knuckles. He screamed at the top of his lungs, "COME ON SOLDIERS, FOR HYRULE!"

The soldiers heard him and they found new strength. They started pushing back the wave of lizalfos. The iron knuckles swung their axes but missed all the soldiers. The soldiers kept hitting them with all they had. It didn't do anything but push them out of the gate and into the moat. They cleared everything out of the gates and began to scream at the monsters on the other side of the moat to intimidate them.

The archers on the top of the wall poured hot magma onto the iron knuckles while they were getting out of the moat. It had a big effect on them. Two of them took off thier armor because it was too hot. The archers took advantage and filled them up with arrows. The last one left was the one Sir Ravin had fought earlier, and he ran back into the crowd.

The Hyrule soldiers started to cheer. Ganondorf's forces were stunned to say the least. Ganondorf took out his sword and started walking towards the gate by himself. The soldiers looked on in horror.

He stopped right in front of the moat and just stared into the gate. He twitched his wrist and his sword lit up in electricity. He started to float across the moat. Some of the soldiers fled when they saw him coming. Sir Ravin stood his ground as Ganondorf grabbed him and threw him out into the field.

He hit the ground hard and rolled a few times before he got up. Ganondorf was coming back to him. Ravin got up and tried to charge him but Ganondorf used a telekinetic power and threw him over the moat and against the Hyrulian wall. Sir Ravin was crushed and he fell down to his knees. He had the wind knocked out of him. He took off his helmet to show his bloody teeth. He spit blood onto the grass in front of him. He then picked up his sword and shield and looked at Ganondorf who was on the other side of the moat. Ganondorf grinned as he used his powers once more. He picked up a boulder that was in the field and held it above his head. Sir Ravin gave him a hateful look.

He reached down and grabbed his helmet. He placed it on his head and raised his shield and sword. He was ready for anything.

Ganondorf smirked and then flipped his wrist. This sent the boulder screaming towards Sir Ravin's head.

Link looked on as the boulder hit Sir Ravin and then was lodged into the wall. The boulder had crushed Sir Ravin, killing him. All the people looking on could do was look at the boulder still lodged in the wall with Sir Ravin's body crushed on the other side. The entire crowd looking onward was silent.

Ganondorf looked at the boulder for a second and then started walking towards the gate again. He raised his sword when he got into the gate and with one swipe killed everybody in that part of the gate.

The soldiers on the wall stopped shooting their arrows in disbelief of what just happened to Sir Ravin. Everything stopped, except Ganondorf and his forces.

The beasts stormed the gates after Ganondorf made his way to the castle. Sir Trud commanded everyone to wake up. The soldiers started fighting again. But they never fought with the passion they had before. Many soldiers were killed.

Link felt something start to hurt. He looked on the back of his hand. The Triforce symbol that helped him defeat the giant spider for the Deku Tree was back. Link looked up to Impa, but she wasn't there. She probably went to get Princess Zelda before Ganondorf did.

"Navi, I think now is the time," Link said to Navi showing her his hand.

"Yes," she said, still in shock.