Chapter 11: The Sacred Realm
Link and Navi made their way down the steps to Hyrule field. The Castle was not far away. They both ran up to the river.
"We can't cross this," Link said aloud in a panic.
"Try to jump it. It's the only way right now," Navi said.
Link backed up to get a running start. He ran as fast as he could and leaped with all his might to make it across the river. He felt his feet get wet but he grabbed onto enough grass to stop the river from dragging him downstream. He pulled himself up and out.
"Okay, let's go," he said.
Link and Navi started to run towards the gate. Most of the battle had moved inside the gates fortunately for them. Link and Navi ran right up to the gate with a few arrows whizzing by their heads. Link was about to crawl across on the broken drawbridge when he saw a horse jump clean across the moat from the castle's side.
He stumbled back and saw Impa riding the horse with Zelda on the back. Zelda looked scared. He saw her reach in her pocket and get something blue out of it. She then tossed the blue object too far and it landed in the bottom of the moat. As Link turned around to catch it he saw Ganondorf on his horse standing directly behind him. Even Ganondorf's horse looked evil.
"Which way did they go," he asked Link.
Link stood still to afraid to do anything.
Ganondorf laughed for a second.
"You are Link aren't you," Ganondorf said.
Link just stared in horror. This was just like his dream.
"Do I remind you of your nightmares," he asked, then started laughing.
Link drew his sword and gripped his shield.
"The legendary hero," he said to himself, "you don't know who you are dealing with."
Link continued to stare at him in hatred.
"Tell me where she went, I need her ocarina," he said to him.
Link continued to stare in hatred.
"Very well," he said as he raised his hand and a ball of light formed in his hand.
Ganondorf swung the ball at Link sending him flying backwards several feet. Ganondorf then rode off looking for the princess.
Link felt really dizzy. He crawled his way to the moat and saw the blue object at the bottom. It was an ocarina!? Link dived in and grabbed it. It took all the energy out of him to do that. He fell on the ground once he got the ocarina.
"Come on, Link," Navi said, "We have to get to the Temple of Time."
Link forced himself to stand up. He had never felt so weak in his life. He crawled across the wreckage of the gate still lying in the moat and onto the stone ground of the Hyrulian fortress. He knew where the Temple of Time was, it wasn't far from where they were.
Link struggled to keep himself upright. He made it to the steps of the temple and began crawling up them. There was a banging noise coming from the gate. Navi went around the corner to see what it was. There were two monstrous moblins coming through the gate.
"Oh, great just what we need," she said to herself.
She flew back to Link who was still struggling to do anything.
"Come on Link," she said to him, "there are two really big monsters coming our way."
Link looked back over his shoulder to see the two big monsters with shields and spears looking around. One of them saw Link and roared a vicious roar. The other one looked at Link also and let out another roar.
That gave Link enough motivation to get up. He stumbled like a drunk up to the steps of the temple, with the monsters in pursuit. Link finally made it into the temple.
"Link we have to hold off those monsters for a while," Navi shouted.
Link pushed against the stone door as hard as he could until he shut it. He felt like a noodle, and he still had to close the other door. He walked around to the other door and leaned against it with his eyes half closed. The door was not closing fast enough.
"LINK, PUSH," Navi yelled.
Link shook his head and started pushing. He used every ounce of strength he had to close it. He then reached for the lock and locked the door. Then he laid there leaning against the door. His eyes were red, he was sweating, and he couldn't keep his eyes open.
"Come on, you are almost there," Navi yelled.
Link looked down at the Temple. There was an altar couple feet away from him. There was also the Triforce symbol on the wall in front of the altar. He made himself stand up. He stumbled his way over to the altar.
The beasts had reached the door and started banging on it.
Link got out the stone the Deku Tree gave him and placed it on the altar. He then got out the ocarina Zelda gave him. He brought it to his lips. The ocarina was shaking in his hands he was so weak.
The door was being banged more.
Link saw an inscription written on the stone altar. It was a song. Link started playing the song on the ocarina of time.
The door was banging and they could hear the door frame start to splinter.
Link played a little bit of the song before he closed his eyes. He felt as if he knew the song. He played it perfectly without even looking at the inscription. He finished the song.
The door was hit again and the splintering sound got worse.
Link waited around for something to happen. Nothing did. He looked at Navi.
"Have faith, Link," she said.
The door was banged again the splintering sound made it sound like the door was about to collapse.
Link and Navi heard the wall with the Triforce symbol on it move. Link looked at it as the wall started to move up. The wall was really a door.
Link started walking towards the door and kneeled down in front of it in exhaustion.
The door finally gave in on the other end. The two moblins saw Link and Navi and let out another ferocious roar. Link saw them and immediately stood up and walked into the new room the door formed.
Inside the room was a sword jabbed into a stone. The moonlight was the only light showing through. Link walked up to the sword slowly and unbalanced.
"The Master Sword," Navi exclaimed!
Link stood up next to the sword and looked at it. It was a very nice sword. It was the one that he was supposed to wield according to the legend. There was a Triforce mark on the very start of the blade.
The monsters were at the altar now.
Link grabbed the sword's handle and removed it from the stone, and held it up towards the ceiling. Link felt a warm light beat down on him all of a sudden.
Sir Trud and the men that were left to fight looked up at the sky. There was a beam of light shining from the heavens into the Temple of Time. Even the beasts stopped fighting to look at it. Everything was at a standstill.
Ganondorf who had lost Zelda saw the light coming from the sky. He kicked his horse's sides and sprinted back to the castle wall.
Sir Trud called a retreat to his remaining men. While the beasts were too busy looking at the light the Hyrulian soldiers that were under the command of Sir Trud escaped and ran away to the north. The 300 men got away safely. The rest of the soldiers were dumbfounded by the light.
The two moblins could do nothing but stare as the beam of light came over Link. The light started to spark a little. Then two electrical currents shot out and killed the two monsters. The current kept going all the way outside. It struck through every beast and evil monster in the area. The moblins, lizalfos and stalfos were all killed.
Ganondorf arrived at the gates and saw the beam of electrical current killing all of his soldiers. The electricity came towards him. He held his hand out and stopped the electricity. He absorbed the energy the lightning gave him, and then he turned to the remaining soldiers of Hyrule and sent the power through them, killing them all.
Ganondorf stood alone in the field. He had won the battle, but he had lost his army. Hyrule Castle was all his though; Hyrule was as well.
Ganondorf arrived at the Temple of Time to find the doors broken in. There were two dead moblins lying in front of the altar. He saw the stone which held the Master Sword. He walked to where the Master Sword was and stood there. The moonlight hit him.
He was then surrounded by light. He felt weightless and he began to sleep. Hyrule's worst fear had come true. Ganondorf had entered the Sacred Realm, he would be granted the power of a god. He would reign supreme for seven years.
But there is still hope for Hyrule in the fairy boy from the forest...