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Ocarina of Time: The Three Goddesses Reincarnated
Chapter Forty-Three: Ganondorf
Dark music filled Link's ears as he entered the room, with Navi resting on his shoulder. Almost immediately she flew up, ready to help Link with whatever situation that might present itself. Link slowly drew his sword, but was almost immediately distracted by the giant pink crystal above Ganondorf's piano. Zelda looked at him with a desperate look, but he wasn't sure if that look told him to flee or to fight. His instinct told him to fight, no matter what. In any case, Tessa probably would have shouted to get the evil king's attention. That thought only made Link's grip on his sword tighten.
Then, Ganondorf's laugh made it to Link's ears, and he finally slammed on the piano to end the song. The horrible noise of the clang almost made Link wince, his sensitive ears seemed like they were screaming for the noise to stop. For a moment, Ganondorf's hands stayed there, so the sound continued to vibrate throughout the room. Then, he lifted his hands and turned to Link, and the sound faded off slowly. Ganondorf couldn't see that the noise had affected Link in any way other than the annoyance written all over the boy's face.
"You finally came, I was beginning to think that some of my minions had disposed of you already, which would be a shame." Ganondorf's mockery was apparent from his first spoken word. "How boring would it be if I couldn't fight you myself, and take your piece of the triforce by force?"
"That is not going to happen." Link growled at Ganondorf, who only blinked, and began to laugh maniacally.
"Oh, really now?" Ganondorf asked. Link's eyes only darkened, and Ganondorf raised his hand towards Link. "Maybe I should simply confirm it for you." Then, Link was almost completely surrounded by a dark purple vortex. The dark magic seemed to try and suck him into the center, but almost immediately it was apparent that that was not the real purpose of the magic. Navi seemed to slow down a lot, and then flew into his hat.
"Link…this dark power…it's…too much…" Navi coughed, just loudly enough so that Link could hear her. "I'm sorry…" Then, Link felt a slight pressure at the bottom of his hat, and realized that Navi had passed out. With a growl, Link looked down at his hand and noticed that the triforce of courage was glowing to the point where he was blinded by the sight of it.
Then, the dark power wore off, and Link looked up to see Ganondorf's enraged face. "It seems that I can't just take it from you like that…so I suppose I'll have to kill you instead."
With that, Ganondorf dove towards Link, who rolled out of the way, towards a corner of the room. At first, Link was alarmed that he had put himself in such a place that it was disadvantageous, but then the floor in front of him fell many feet to the ground. Then, he noticed the battle situation. Ganondorf was placed in the center of the room, where he was floating somewhat above the ground. A square was his platform. Around his square was where the floor had fallen down, and around that the floor was still there, which was Link's maneuverability range.
Then, Ganondorf raised his arms into the air and formed a circle of electric light. He shot it towards Link, who batted the power ball back. Ganondorf simply swatted it away with his hand. This motion continued as the ball got faster, and faster. Then, Ganondorf couldn't take it anymore and his timing slipped. The shockwave of the blast him Ganondorf square in the chest, but he didn't falter from where he was in the sky.
For a moment, Link contemplated on jumping over, but even with the jump he would never be able to touch Ganondorf, and opted to stay where he was. He supposed that his strategy would just have to be to either wear Ganondorf out, or to try and figure out a different strategy.
The former was obviously a bit easier.
Link ran to see if he could find a better spot to fight, and ended up in the center of one of the sides of the room. He was off the wall just a bit, and realized almost too late that he wouldn't be able to swing his sword quite as effectively where he was currently.
Then, Ganondorf launched another attack; only this one was bigger. It was easy to see that Ganondorf was a bit pissed off that his own attack had been used against him. Once again, Link deflected the attack with a bat from his sword, and Ganondorf did the same. Then, Link swung and hit the wall behind him, which made him falter slightly.
The energy ball hit him with full force. He couldn't suppress the scream that rose itself from his throat. Link dropped to his knees and began to pant when the actual affect of the blast wore off. It had especially affected him where wounds from enemies on the way up to the castle had attacked him. Link looked up to see the grinning Ganondorf prepare another attack. He dove out of the way just in time, and realized that the area where he had been kneeling went tumbling to the ground. That's probably what happened when an energy blast hit area.
Link got to another corner when he looked up to see Ganondorf preparing for something that was much bigger, and much deadlier than the blasts of energy he had been sending before. This was pretty much dark energy in its purist form. Link moved from the corner almost too late. He felt the tip of his foot burn from the impact of the dark blast, and he ran to the nearest corner.
What was he going to do now? It was obvious that even the Master Sword couldn't handle a blast as powerful as that, and Ganondorf was preparing for another one. Link prepared to dodge towards one of the other corners, when a beam of light hit Ganondorf squarely in the back. Ganondorf screamed, and dropped to the ground. Without even checking to see where the light blast had come from, Link jumped on Ganondorf, and stabbed his sword through where Ganondorf's heart was supposed to be, but he highly doubted that there was anything remotely like it there.
Then Link heard something in the room shatter, and the sharp clatter of glass shards hit the floor roughly. In the other room, Zelda was falling towards the ground, as she had been unprepared for her encasing to do what it did. Link ran to catch the princess, but knew that he wouldn't catch her before she hit the sharp glass and crystal edges on the ground.
Then, as he reached the doorway he saw Tessa catch hold of the princess. Rhea was running over to Tessa, followed by Korinu. Rhea made sure that Tessa was stable on her feet before Zelda was put down to the floor, and Korinu greeted the princess with a slight wave of indifference. One princess to another princess Link supposed.
Then, Link took a double take when he realized who it was he saw catch Zelda. He felt his heart lurch up to his throat as he stared at the girl, who was in the process of making sure that Zelda was perfectly all right, which Zelda assured her of many times over.
"Tessa?" Link asked, as he took a tentative step towards the girl. Tessa whirled around to see Link, and she blushed.
"Oh…you must be Link." Tessa stuck her hand out quickly, and looked down as she tried to hide the tomato-red color that had completely encompassed her face. Link felt like he had been stabbed through the heart, and his shoulders slumped almost immediately. He missed the looks that Rhea and Korinu exchanged, and the look that Zelda was giving him and Tessa. They all showed expressions of worry and sadness.
"Yeah…you don't remember me at all I guess." Link didn't even try to mask the fact that he was now depressed. He didn't look up when Tessa didn't answer.
In fact, she was staring at his figure hard, as something was surging through her body. Her eyes flickered on and off, and she realized that there was something very familiar about the man in front of her. She also determined that the butterflies in her stomach, and the feeling of warmth that encompassed her was from him. Maybe Korinu wasn't joking around with the "lover" comment, and instead was telling a fact.
It certainly did make things more complicated.
"Well…" Tessa hesitated, and Link looked up, and she didn't miss the hope that was evident in his eyes. "I have this feeling that you are a person I was close to before my memory was erased…and I feel as if you are very familiar otherwise." Tessa cocked her head to the side. "Forgive me if I am wrong."
"No." Link sighed. "You are not wrong."
Tessa smiled at him apologetically. "I'm sorry for not remembering."
Rhea began to shift around uncomfortably, and Zelda was looking as if she was becoming more and more frightened. Korinu simply watched the couple in amazement. It was like watching an actual romance, which did not happen often in the Gerudo tribe, if at all.
"Well, she's sorry for not remembering, and I'm not at all sorry to interrupt." Rhea growled. "I think we might have a little problem on our hands." Link looked confused, until Rhea pointed towards the area where Ganondorf was. He was struggling to stand up, and finally he slumped down and looked at the group with eyes that burned with the intensity of hatred.
"You…" Ganondorf growled out. "Hero…"
"He's still alive? Even after a light arrow and a sword through the heart?" Zelda murmured with alarm.
"Yeah…he's stubborn." Rhea consented, but readied her arrow for another blast.
"You may have defeated me, but don't expect to get out of here alive!" He then collapsed completely, as he began to suck in a large amount of air.
"Oh my god!" Rhea screamed. "Everybody, follow me!" Without waiting to make sure that the others had heard her, she ran out of the door, and down the steps. Korinu and Zelda were the next to follow her. Link pushed Tessa ahead, and he brought up the rear. Up ahead, he heard Rhea explain what was going on as the castle began to shake. "He's planning on taking the castle down around us! It's his last attempt to kill us!"
They made it to the first room, and rocks began to cave in around them. Lanterns fell over and smashed open, the oil from them spread, as did the fire, and quickly it was realized everything that could happen before they reached the bottom of the castle. Rhea dashed towards the entryway that lead everyone down the quickest way possible. However, Link grabbed Tessa's shoulder before she entered the hallway. A millisecond later the entryway completely caved in, and there would be no way through.
"Tessa! Link!" Zelda screamed from the other side of the caved in wall. Tessa stared on in shock as Link tried to communicate with the other three.
"We'll go around, it might take longer but don't worry and get yourselves out of danger!" Link ordered, and jumped down to Tessa. They both had to assume that the others would make it out of the castle with Rhea's guidance. "Tessa, are you okay?" Link asked as he kneeled down to Tessa's eye level. She had fallen on the ground when Link had pulled her away from the accident. Tessa nodded and stood up.
"Thank you, but where is the next quickest way down?" Tessa asked with alarm. Link grabbed her hand instinctively, and pulled her down another hallway. He never let go of her hand, just in case, and she ran as hard as she could to make sure that she wouldn't trip and have to be dragged the whole way down.
In many cases they had to dodge around a chunk of ceiling that would have collapsed ahead of them, and in many cases enemies were all around them, but they didn't seem to take heed to the Hero of Time and the Goddess of Fire. Instead, they seemed to be frantically trying to get out of the confines of the castle. Link was relieved by this, and went for another hallway, when Tessa tripped and cracked her head on a fallen chunk of ceiling.
Link stopped, mortified at the wound that had appeared dangerously close to Tessa's temple. For a moment, she was motionless, and Link dove down to make sure she was okay. Nothing happened.
"Tessa!" Link cried out, and pulled her out of the danger of another piece of rock. Tessa was unconscious where she lay. Link cursed and hoisted Tessa onto his back. He made sure she was secure before he began to continue on towards the entrance.
Then, he heard the horrible sound of something large crack off the castle, and found out a few seconds later when behind him a tower caved in the stairway behind him. Link's heart was pounding at a rate that was definitely not natural for any being.
A few feet down, Tessa stirred again, and he felt her heart begin to pound against his back. "Link! Put me down I'm perfectly fine!" Tessa's voice demanded. Link was confused for a moment, and Tessa hopped off. "Geez…treat me like an invalid." Tessa grumbled, and brushed off her arms, and screeched when a few meters away a stone pounded a hole into the stairs. "Oh…fuck…let's go!" Tessa said, and ran ahead of Link. He bolted after her, and passed her within a second. He grabbed her hand, but she just ripped it from his. "You are not going to pull my arm off, let's just get out of here!"
Link nodded, and didn't try to grab Tessa's hand again. Finally, they could see the exit's white light loom ahead of them, and they picked up their speed even faster. They ran to the edge of the floating land, where Rhea, Korinu, and Zelda were waiting for them.
"It's about time!" Rhea shouted, her expression gave away how irritated and worried she was. "I thought the castle was going to crush the both of you into bread dough!"
"What, were you worried, Rhea?" Tessa cocked her eyebrow at the taller girl. Rhea growled.
"HELL YEAH I WAS WORRIED!" Rhea shouted, as the castle collapsed completely in the background. "DO YOU KNOW WHAT DIN WOULD DO TO US IF SHE FOUND OUT THAT WE LET HER REINCARNATION DIE?!"
"Well…judging by her temper, she wouldn't be too pleased." Tessa admitted. "I guess I'm sorry…kind of…sort of…not really…"
"Tessa?" Korinu asked, confusion in her eyes. Tessa looked down to the little girl.
"What is it, ya twerp?" Tessa asked playfully. Without a word after that, Korinu jumped on the girl with a gigantic hug. Rhea's eyes suddenly widened, and she smiled. Zelda and Link looked at each other and shrugged, until they felt something shake the ground more violently than the castle had. Link and everybody else tensed.
"There's something big there…" Link growled, and drew his sword.
"That something…is Ganon." Rhea gulped. "Ganondorf's true form."
End of Chappie
YAY! I'M PROUD OF MYSELF! I'm almost done! If anybody has figured out ANYTHING with this fic, then voice your opinions to me! If anybody is right…then they are right! I'm too lazy to dole out prizes or anything. Haha. Well, I'm going to write the next chapter, I'm actually VERY VERY eager to get this over with now.