Chapter 5

As time went by, Ganon continued to call upon his minions for conferences three times a week. The first few days seemed to drag but Zelgius found that he had already been there for four whole months. He soon got accustomed to the schedule and pretty much forgot what he was there for. Or at least buried those thoughts into the back of his mind. Today was another conference, but what Zelgius didn't realize was that today wasn't going to be any ordinary day. The auditorium was once again filled with everyone from before. Zelgius moved through the crowd without paying attention to where he was going. He accidentally crashed into someone causing them to stumble forward. The person regained their balance and glared in his direction As Zelgius looked over the individual he noticed that they looked a lot like Link, the triforce or courage. However their skin and clothing were much darker. He could also see that their eyes were a fierce glowing red. Zelgius stepped back, apologizing to them before stepping around them to continue looking for a seat. He found one at the far end of the first ten rows from the stage. He looked slightly at the nearby clock to see that it was ten.

"Where is he? This meeting was supposed to start at nine forty five."

Zelgius then noticed that Bowser and Ashnard were approaching him. They both took seats next to him and stared towards the stage.

"He's not here yet?"

"No."

"Have met anyone new?"

"No."

"Have you seen Petrina recently?"

"No."

Bowser stared at Zelgius before nudging him on the shoulder and pouting.

"Oh come on! I'm trying to start a conversation here! You can at least hold your end of it!"

Zelgius ignored the comment and turned to his right as Petrina came down the steps and sat next to him.

"Hey look it's your girlfriend!"

Zelgius groaned at Ashnard's comment. He was hoping that after all this time he would have forgotten about it. Petrina simply rolled her eyes at Ashnard's childish comment and looked at Zelgius.

"It seems that your hici is finally gone. I told you it would heal fast."

Zelgius sighed as he heard Bowser and Ashnard trying not to laugh but failing miserably. Petrina joined in as she playfully messed up Zelgius' hair. Zelgius heard someone behind him mumble something to themselves and turned around to see those glaring red eyes looking towards him again. Somehow Zelgius felt intimidated. He quickly fixed his hair and turned around just as Ganondorf appeared on the stage.

"Forgive me for being late. I'm sorry."

The crowd broke into cheers as Ganon waved towards them.

"Yes. Thank you. But please quiet down because today is a VERY special day."

Zelgius swallowed hard. He did NOT like the way he said that.

"We will finally get this plan under way!"

The crowd began cheering even more wildly than before however, Zelgius grew stiff.

"We are plotting the demise of the one and only…SMASH KINGDOM!"

There was a long silence in the crowd after his statement. Zelgius watched as Bowser jumped out of his seat and walked down towards the stage.

"My good lord Ganon, you do realize how dangerous that would be. The Smash Kingdom holds the Smash Palace. Their security is fierce there. Not only that but, you know Master and Crazy hand have stepped up that security after Tabuu attacked. And their army…. oh their army. They are a force to be wrecking with. That's because the army consists of almost every hero we can think of! You and I would know that better than anyone since we were members at the Smash Palace!"

The crowd consisted of multiple gasps and screams from what was said. Zelgius found himself at a lost of words as well.

"Yes Bowser I know how illogical it may seem, but that is the very reason that I'm attacking there."

"What? Are you insane? My lord they would-"

"Allow me to finish Bowser."

Bowser stepped down and bowed his head at Ganondorf.

"Please forgive me my lord."

"Now where was I? To start off, I decided to attack the Smash Palace because of the recent events that are happening there. They have recently opened up another tournament. This means that all of the smashers will be there. That means we won't have to go from land to land to exterminate them all and that helps because we won't have to worry about attacking one land and having word get out to all the others of our plans. Yes...I know it may seem risky, but I have already created a plan for that. I have found Tabuu again."

"You mean he wasn't really gone?"

"Yes Bowser someone like Tabuu couldn't be defeated by those weakling.

He is not as lifeless as you think. In fact he has quite the personality. But anyway, I made a deal with him. If he worked with me to create more difficulties for the smashers without making it obvious that it was him behind it all, I would give him a piece of the share. This helps because the smashers will be so focused on his problems that it will become much easier to sneak past them. Also Master Hand has stepped up with the security, however he foolishly left the underground maze unsecured. I guess he felt that if no one knew about it, he wouldn't have to secure it. Not the brightest bulb on the planet but I guess it works in our favor. We will use the maze but do not fear getting lost. Being a former smasher myself, I know the maze like the back of my hand. Also, a group of my minions will sneak into the palace before us and secretly destroy the weaponry of our enemy. Without weapons or numbers like ours they will have no prayers of defeating us."

The crowd began mumbling among themselves and asking questions.

"Do you think this is really going to work?"

"Will we be able to take hostages?"

Ganondorf grinned evilly as he heard the curiosity forming within the group.

"Yes I know you all have questions to ask me but I can't answer them at the moment. However, I will say that hostages are out of the question. Yes I would love to watch them withering in pain as well but, due to the strength we're dealing with, it would prove to be too risky. If they were left alive they could rebel. If they rebelled, other would do the same and they could possibly over power us. Not to give them too much credit but we must consider how many times these people defeated us. I shall also share that the attack we plan will happen in about a month. We need a long while to get there so it must be this time. I will tell you all now to be prepared. I want everyone to be well fed, well rested, and well aware of his or her surroundings. The crowd cheered wildly as Ganon walked of the stage with confidence. Bowser stared into space as if trying to comprehend the information. Ashnard and Petrina were both speaking about the speech, with excitement in their voices however, Zelgius was completely horrified.

"One month, that's it. A mere month left. Then we attack the Smash Kingdom, with every smasher living there."

Zelgius began to bring the thoughts that he had hidden deep within his mind back to the surface again. As he began to truly comprehend his situation, he realized how much trouble he was in for.

"Oh no…"