FINAL CHAPTER! A/N at the end

Link walked into the sun lit room, gazing around at his surroundings. Large pillars with huge gargoyles on top stood around the walls of the room, leading up to a alter where an organ stood. Zelda was trapped at the top still encased in the pink crystal; Ganondorf seated a little further, playing the monstrous instrument. As Link walked in the Triforce on the back of his hand appeared, and when he reached the halfway mark of the room the Triforce piece on Zelda's hand appeared, then Ganondorf finally stopped playing and spoke.

"The Triforce parts are resonating…They are combining into one again. The two Triforce parts that I could not capture on that day seven years ago…I didn't expect they would be hidden within you two!" Sitting up straighter he continued to speak. "And now, finally, all the Triforce parts have gathered here!" With a flourish of his cape he turned around, grinning at Link. "These toys are too much for you! I command you return them to me!"

Raising his hand Ganondorf brought forth the power of his piece of the Triforce, and a wave of darkness rolled over Link, shocking and pulling around him.

"Link!" Navi cried. "I can't help you! Because of the wave of darkness, I can't get close! I'm sorry Link!"

Suddenly Ganon leapt into the air and the room faded around them, becoming very plain. Link looked down at the floor and realized it was made of blocks, only the four corners of the room and the very center looking solid. With everything Link had gone through, he wasted no time in turning around and running for the closest corner of the room.

Just as his feet touched the solid ground Ganon unleashed another wave of power, and the blocks around the center of the room fell. Turning around, Link drew out his sword and faced the King of Evil as he floated in the center of the room.

Ganondorf lifted his hand above his head, electricity crackling around it as power surged in his palm. Ganon drew his hand forward and threw it at Link. Link had never felt so alone before, Misty was gone, and Navi had vanished, it was completely up to him now. As the ball of power neared him Link brought his sword around, sending it back at him. Ganondorf lifted his cape to shield himself and swung it outward, sending the energy back at Link, both repeating their movements until Ganon moved too slow. The energy struck him causing bolts to travel along his body. He remained in the air however, and Link had a moments panic, having no clue how to bring him down to the ground so he could attack him with his sword.

Something bright shot through the air from down below just then, striking Ganon. He cried out as beams of light soared from his body, and he curled up in agony. The beams moved around him before they turned around and struck him again. Ganondorf fell to the floor under him, the light licking at his skin like flames. Wasting no time Link jumped over the gap in the floor, bringing his sword down and slashing at Ganondorf. Ganon raised his voice in a yell as he shook off the flames and jumped back into the air, Link moving to the opposite corner of the room then the one he had started on.

Link turned to face him as the room darkened slightly, but he swung too late and the power Ganon had gathered struck him squarely in the chest. Link was knocked off his feet as electricity and pain flowed out over his body. Gritting his teeth, Link pulled himself back up, brining his sword up in time to catch the next attack. They beat the ball of power back and forth, the speed increasing with each strike. Again Ganon missed, and this time the light came from behind.

Link jumped to make his own attack, not even considering as to where the light was coming from. When Ganondorf rose up after a couple sword strikes Link jumped back to his platform and turned, but Ganon wasn't looking at him.

"You!" He bellowed to the far left of Link.

Link looked over, and there, in the other corner, was a short little brunette, dressed in flowing red pants with a wispy almost transparent wide blue skirt, a tight green top with a high collar that was open across the upper chest by a square cut, with a bow in hand and a defiant look on her face.

Link could only stare at Misty for a moment, but when the room darkened he ran towards her. Only by diving did he manage to take the full hit of the power, which threw him back against her. The two didn't say a word as they looked at each other, Links head resting on her knees from the fall. She brushed her fingers lightly against his forehead to move a couple strands of hair out of his face, and Link knew that she was for real, that she wasn't part of his imagination. Still without words he stood up, and with Misty safely behind him, he took his stance facing Ganondorf.

Once the power struck Ganondorf there was a small brush of wind against Link's face as Misty's light arrow soared past him. Even before the final beams of light hit Ganondorf Link had jumped across and watched out of the corner of his eye as Misty ran around the outer blocks to meet up with him on the other corner of the room.

Jumping back to join her after slashing at Ganondorf with his sword, Link took a moment to smile at her, which only earned him another electrifying shock. Gritting his teeth again, he turned back and met the next attack, his swing so hard that the power flew back so fast it caught Ganondorf by surprise. Misty didn't waste a second sending out another arrow, and she began moving to the other side just as fast. This just seemed to grate on Link nerves all the more, and when he reached Ganondorf his strikes were filled with the annoyance he felt.

Once Ganon moved back into the air, Link jumped to the safe platform, but didn't waste time before turning to face his enemy. This time around Ganondorf lifted both hands above his head, where a giant mass of energy formed. Link could hear Misty take a couple steps back, but Link stepped forward. There was one thing he had never shown her before that he could do. Holding his sword out to the side he crouched down some, and a blue power encompassed the blade. As the dark magic of Ganon gathered, so too did that of Links, which had turned a golden colour. When Ganon released his power, five spheres shot towards Link, but when they neared, Link spun with his sword, releasing his own power. The two sources collided and Ganon's was sent back at him, striking him again.

The battled raged on, both sides taking hits, but eventually Ganondorf cried out after Link slashes his across the throat, and fell to his knees, clutching the wound.

"The Great Evil King Ganondorf…beaten by this kid?!" He bent over slightly and coughed up blood. "Link….."

Ganondorf lifted his arms above his head as he was surrounded by light again and yelled his frustration. The building began to tremble violently as light seeped through the walls. There was a brilliant light that momentarily blinded everyone, but when they could see again, the room had been destroyed.

Ganondorf dropped to his knees and then fell face first to the ground, his body becoming still. There was another small flash and Zelda's crystal appeared. It floated down in front of Link and Misty and then vanished. When she could move again, Zelda turned and looked at Ganondorf over her shoulder as she spoke.

"Ganondorf….pitiful man…without a strong, righteous mind, he could not control the power of the Gods…and…" Before she could continue the whole castle began to shake under their feet, and she turned her attention back to Link. "Link, listen to me! This tower will collapse soon! With his last breath, Ganondorf is trying to crush is in the ruins of the tower! We need to hurry and escape! Please follow me!"

As soon as she was done speaking Zelda turned and began to briskly walk away. Link turned his head and smiled when he saw Misty was still standing by him. She smiled at him and nodded her head, and together they followed after Princess Zelda.

As they ran down a narrow path of brick that ran around the outside of the tower, large flaming debris rained down on them. When they reached the end of the path bars blocked their entrance into the tower, but Zelda raised her arms and used her magic to lift them up. The room they entered into was the one Link had been in before with three other openings, but Zelda knew exactly which one to take and lead them back onto another out door path, which seemed to have replaced all the stairs he had climbed before.

They quickly made their way through the room where Link had fought two Iron Knuckles, down another outside path, and then back inside. They were slowed in the next room though when both Zelda and Misty were surrounded by fire. Link turned to see two Stalfos jump out at him and dodged their attacks. He went at them ignoring his own safety, figuring a couple slashes here and there would be better then the three of them being dead. When the warriors were done the flames died down and Zelda turned to him.

"Thank you, Link. Now, let's hurry!"

They ran down another outer path, through another room, and then down a flight of stairs. Going through what he knew to be the last room of the tower, they excited and ran across the bridge of the barrier room. There was an undead blocking their path, but Link took it out quickly and moved up the stairs to freedom.

As they ran from the castle it began to collapse upon itself, and they stood to watch as what had been the fortress of the Great King of Evil collapsed to nothingness.

"It's over….its finally over." Zelda said as Link turned to her and they smiled at each other.

"Link…" Navi started. "I'm sorry I couldn't help you in the battle before!"

Before anyone could say any more there was a loud bang of shifting debris that came from the ruins of the castle. Zelda gasped as Link stepped in front of both girls, and they tried to see around the area.

"Link, lets check it out." Misty said and moved around him, giving Link no choice but to follow her.

They made their way carefully across the open space where the fortress had been, but they didn't make it too far when a ring of fire sprung up around them, blocking them from Zelda. Turning to look forward again the debris were suddenly knocked out of the way, and Ganondorf rose in the air. His face was dark, his eyes glowing, and his breathing laboured.

"There's no way he's going to hold me back again! This time we fight together!" Navi called to them, but neither Link nor Misty really heard her, they were too busy watching Ganondorf.

Ganondorf yelled out his anger again as he lifted his hand out in front of him, and again the Triforce of power shone brightly on the back of it. He pulled his limbs in close to his body and a bright blue light engulfed him as he began to change. He grew almost five times, horns growing from his head as his face seemed to take on the appearance of a pig. As he fell from the air and hit the ground the whole area shook, and then he unfolded himself. Long twin swords moved outwards with him arms, and a long tail swept out behind him. He let out a loud roar as he began to slash the air with his blades, getting closer to Link. Link raised the Master Sword to block one of the attacks, but Ganon had become so powerful that when the two blades connected, Links sword was pulled from his grasp, and the sword went flying through the air, and buried itself in the dirt not far from Zelda, on the other side of the wall of fire.

"Link!" Misty called to him as both backed off and went their own ways to stay away from Ganon. "Catch!"

She threw a pouch at him and Link caught it, opening it up to find all the weapons she had taken from him, and at the bottom, another sword. He pulled out the sword and had to hold it with two hands, dropping the pouch on the ground, the weapons were useless anyway. He smiled over to Misty, and she smiled back, nodding her head as she took up her bow and moved around Ganon as they tried to find a weakness through all the armour he had gained.

"Hey!" Navi said, and Misty looked to her. "The end of the tail doesn't have anything protecting it!"

Misty looked at the tip of the tail that was waving around high in the air, over to Link, and then looked at Ganon's face, everything falling into place in her mind.

"Link! Stay close to me!" Misty shouted as she ran towards him. "Once I have him distracted, slip around and strike the end of his tail."

"No way." Link said shaking his head as he kept an eye on the slow moving Ganon. "Every time I turn around you're either getting hurt or I think I've lost you."

"Unless you do as I say you will loose me and all of Hyrule." Misty shouted back, leaving out the part that no matter what he did he would loose her.

Link let out a stream of curses that Misty hadn't even realized that he knew, but turned around to fully face Ganon as soon as he had nodded his head. The two moved together, drawing Ganon further away from where Zelda was. Misty lifted her bow as Ganon drew near and loosed a light arrow in his face. It struck him and he lifted his head in a roar, temporarily blinded, dropping his tail low enough for Link to move around and strike it. The three kept up their dance of battle until Ganon went down on one knee and they heard Zelda call out to them.

"Link! The Master Sword is here! Hurry up!!"

With Ganon's fall the flames had died down, and Link ran over to retrieve his sword. With the Master Sword back in his possession, he, Misty, and Navi went back to their routine. Navi would light where Ganon was weakest, Misty blinded him with an arrow, and Link dealt a blow to the weak part of his tail. Again, after not too long, Ganon dropped down to his knee, but this time a beam of light dropped him fully to the ground, and they turned to look at Zelda.

"I'm using my power to hold the Evil King! You use your sword and deliver the final blow!"

The Master Sword glowed with a blue light and Link moved forward and with all his strength struck Ganon. The force of the strikes were enough to send his head back and forth, and when he moved his head forward, Link stabbed him dead center of the forehead. He stood and roared to the heavens, and Zelda called out.

"Six sages! Now!" She raised her hands in the air and called them forth.

Misty closed her eyes as she felt the power of the sages build, and then they were surrounded by a bright white light, and she could hear Ganon's voice fading as she spoke.

"YOU….CURSE YOU ZELDA…CURSE YOU YOU LINK AND MISTY….Someday when this seal is broken….that is when I will exterminate your descendants…As long as the Triforce of Power is in my hands….."

There was another great flash, and when Misty opened her eyes again, she, Link, Navi, and Zelda were floating in the sky above Hyrule.

"Thank you, Link." Zelda started. "Thanks to you, Ganondorf has been sealed inside the Evil Realm! Thus, peace will once again reign in this world….for a time. All the tragedy that has befallen Hyrule was my doing….I was so young…I could not comprehend the consequences of trying to control the Sacred Realm. I dragged both of you into it too. Now it is time for me to make up for my mistakes…You must lay the Master Sword to rest and close the Door of Time…However, by doing this, the road between times will be closed…" She paused a moment and looked to Misty before she held out her hand. "Link, give the Ocarina to me…As a sage, I can return you to your original time with it."

"What about Misty?" Link asked looking back to her as he held out the ocarina.

"Link," Zelda said, taking his hand in between both of hers, "When peace returns to Hyrule….it will be time for all of us to say goodbye."

"I don't understand." Link said turning to face Misty, pulling his hands from Zelda as she took the Ocarina.

"I'm not from this time Link." Misty said, taking his hands with hers. "I have to return to my own home. I can't stay here; I would have already been missed by everyone who knows me." By this time Misty had stated crying, and Link also started when he realized that he would never see her again.

"Now, go home, both of you. Regain your lost time." Zelda said sadly. "Home…where you are supposed to be….the way you are supposed to be…" Zelda lifted the Ocarina to her lips and began playing the Song of Time.

A blue light surrounded Link and Misty as they were lifted into the air, and Misty began to fade away.

"No! Please don't go Misty!" Link said in a broken voice, tears streaming down his face. "I love you."

"I'm sorry, I have to go." Misty said as she was pulled away from Link. They both strained against the magic as Link desperately hung onto her hand. "I love you too Link." Misty said as her fingers slipped from his, the tips just brushing against his for the last time before she was gone, and the blue light engulfed Link.

Link appeared in the Temple of Time in front of the Master Sword. He looked down at himself, and sure enough he was a kid again, back to the day when he had first pulled the sword from the pedestal. He could still feel the pain of Misty leaving, he could still remember everything.

"Link." Navi said, causing him to look up at her. "You know you're not actually a Kokiri. I'm so sorry Link, but I'm also going to have to leave you too, goodbye Link." She said crying and flew up to the tall window that was in the room, and vanished before anything else could be said.

Link stared at the place where she had left, the feeing of being alone out weighing the time before when he had fought Ganondorf. Turning around he walked out of the Chamber of the Master Sword, the Door of Time closing behind him. He made his way through the temple and down the steps outside, tripping on the last one and feeling something move around his neck. Reaching inside his shirt, he pulled out a small silver chain with a little butterfly pendant on it. Smiling he held it in his hand and looked up to the sky, determined to find Misty no matter what it took.

Tiffany was pacing around the place where her friend had vanished, freaking out because the lunch hour was just about up.

"How can you be so damn calm?!" She yelled and stormed over to Michael as he took the last bit of his last cookie, sitting on the picnic table.

Before he could say anything though, there was shimmer through the air, making the hairs on the back of their necks stand up. Both stood and faced the area where Misty had been taken from them. A blue sphere appeared before them, and Misty stepped lightly from it, opening her eyes and smiling at her two best friends.

"Oh my God!" Both of them said and ran to engulf her in a hug as the portal vanished.

"Geez Misty, you look dead." Michael commented, looking at her.

"You may not believe this, but I've been in Hyrule for months, have been through hell, and almost died once, but the Goddess's sent me back to help the Hero of Time defeat Ganondorf."

"Cool….what's this?" Tiff said, pulling up the silver chain with the piece of sapphire on it.

"It was a gift, come on; we don't want to be late for class." Misty said.

As they walked back to school with their arms around each other, Misty closed her eyes and thought to herself.

'Thank you Din, Farore, and Naru, for letting me keep this necklace. I will never forget you Link, I'll love you forever.'

End

A/N: So this story has finally come to a close, I swear I almost cried writing this last chapter. I want to thank all of you who have been such loyal readers, and for those of you who care, my friends won the argument. For those of you interested, check out my new story "The Truth Behind The Masks" Which follows our lovely hero two years after this story to Majora's Mask. For those of you who love Misty, you will not be disapointed.