Power
After four days of travel, Peach and her army had made their way to a large open field.
"My queen, welcome to Hyrule field," Kammy said to Peach, who was just looking around in awe.
"This is a kingdom?" she asked, it was more like a nation.
"The kingdom itself is actually in the center, but Hyrule does own all of this land," Kamek replied.
Peach was amazed. She had never been so far as the Waffle Kingdom, so seeing such a beautiful field on the other side of the world came as a bit of a shock. She looked around until she spotted the kingdom in the distance, "So all I have to do is take over that area in the center and I rule over all of this?" she asked. She had really taken a shine to Kammy and Kamek for their knowledge, and it made things a lot easier since she actually didn't know too much about the world.
"Ah, this place won't be as easy as the other nations," Kammy said looking up at Peach, "Have you ever heard of the Tri-Force?"
"No, what's that?"
"It's said that hidden in this region is the power of the gods, three golden triangles that represent the three virtues that the people live by: Courage, Wisdom, and Power," Kamek explained.
"If one were to gather all three triangles they would have the power to grant any wish they desired," Kammy continued.
"Making taking over all of this land child's play," she replied with a smile, How do I get the triangles?" she asked anxiously.
"Each triangle was given to someone here in Hyrule who is the full embodiment of what that triangle represents," Kammy explained, "Kamek and I only know of the whereabouts of the Tri-Force of Power, I'm afraid."
"I see," she said a little annoyed, "But you're sure that the people who have the other two triangles live here?"
"We're sure," Kammy said confidently as Kamek nodded in agreement.
"Where is the Tri-Force of Power?" Peach asked.
"It's wielded by a man in the Gerudo Tribe. They are an amazon tribe that live in the Desert and he's the sole man there, and apparently their king." Kamek replied pointing west, where the desert was.
"That makes things simple, doesn't it?" she said, then turned to her army, "I want half of you to go to the residential areas here and gather information about who has the other two triangles, the rest of you are to accompany Kammy, Kamek, and myself to the Gerudo Desert so I can claim the Tri-Force of Power from their King," she commanded to her army.
"Yes, Empress!" they shouted, and they all broke up into two organized teams, half going to Kakariko Village in the east, and the other half going west to the desert with Peach, Kammy, and Kamek.
It didn't take long for Peach's army to find the Gerudo Valley. They practically owned the entire desert. The village itself wasn't anything impressive, it was mostly a few small houses and huts. The people, like Kamek had said, were all women. They all had dark skin and red hair, and almost everyone had a spear. Any normal person would have been scared walking through this village, since the villagers didn't take kindle to outsiders. Peach however wasn't scared, since she knew they weren't going to do anything. Yes, they were amazons, but Peach had her magic, two powerful sages, and over four thousand heavily armed soldiers right behind her. She had nothing to worry about.
Their king, Ganondorf, lived in a large black castle at the end of the village. Peach was intrigued by the fact that while his people obviously had little to none resources, he had the audacity to live in such a large structure. There were two Gerudo women standing guard at the entrance. Peach just smiled, thinking about how easy it would be to get in.
The guards held their spears at Peach when she approached, "Who are you?" one of them asked harshly.
Peach raised her hands and smiled, "I'm Empress Peach of the Mushroom Kingdom. I mean you no harm, I merely want to speak to your king," she explained with a smile.
"The king speaks to no one, especially outsider like yourself," the other guard said just as harshly.
"You see, now we have a problem. As the Empress and future ruler of the world, I always get what I want," she explained as she walked up to them. The guards were backing away a bit now, they sensed that whoever this woman was, she might have been dangerous. "Now we're going to try this again. I want to see your king and I will see him," she said as her eyes began to glow hypnotizing the guards.
"Certainly Empress," one of the guards said as they moved their spears away from her, "Please, follow us."
"Thank you," she said turning to her men, "Finish up here," she said as her soldiers ran back to the village. She, Kammy, and Kamek went inside to see the king.
Ganondorf was resting in his throne when one of his guards ran up to him, "What is it?" he asked her in a harsh tone.
"Your Majesty, someone is here to see you," she said in a sort of possessed tone. Before Ganondorf could protest, Peach, Kamek, and Kammy walked into his throne room.
"King Ganondorf, I presume?" Peach asked.
Ganondorf was annoyed, but he didn't let it show. "If you had any sense you would not have walked through those doors," he said calmly.
"Well, aren't you friendly," Peach replied arrogantly, "But let's get down to business. You possess the Tri-Force of Power, right?"
"And what if I do?" he asked getting a little intrigued by Peach.
"You see, that means you have something I need," she said with a confident smile.
"Oh really?" he asked with a smile, "And why would you need the Tri-Force of Power?" he laughed. Sure she talked big, but compared to him, Peach didn't look that threatening at all.
"Well, ultimately I'm going to need the other two triangles, I just decided to get this one first since it looked like the hardest." she said sarcastically
Ganondorf laughed at that. Was this broad for real? "You think that you can take this away from me?" he asked showing the back of his right hand, which had a tattoo of three triangles in a triangle formation, the top triangle was golden. He then got up and was walking to Peach "The only way to take this from me is to either show that you are more deserving of the Tri-Force of Power, or to kill me," he continued standing over Peach, "And I don't think you can do either."
"Correction, I'll do both. You see, true power doesn't come from how much raw power you possess. It comes from how well you use the area around you. A child can have more power than a body builder if the child can control the arena. That is true power," she said to Ganondorf.
"Then show me how much power you possess," he said pulling out a large sword.
"I intend to," she said creating her sword. Kammy and Kamek looked at each other and stepped back. They wanted to help her, but in order for Peach to retrieve the Tri-Force piece she needed to win this fight on her own.
Ganondorf and Peach wasted no time clashing swords. They were going really fast just clashing weapons for a good few minutes. Eventually they met in a weapon clash and stood there for a minute.
"You're good, almost as good as Link," Ganondorf said smiling.
"I'm glad I'm not disappointing you," Peach said smiling as well.
"Oh, you most certainly are not. I haven't had fun like this in a long time!" he said jumping away from Peach. They then began using magic, dashing past each other at high speed slashing each other. At this point they were actually air born, both engulfed in a black flame. Once they landed Ganondorf began firing black fireballs at Peach, who just kept dodging his attacks, but not firing anything of her own. Ganondorf then decided to over power her by by letting loose everything, firing large black flames at Peach. Peach somersaulted, flipped, jumped, ducked, dodged, everything to stay out of the way of his attacks. Kamek, who really cared for the Empress, was getting worried seeing her struggle like this.
"Are we just to stand here and watch as Her Majesty struggles in this fight?" he asked Kammy, who just chuckled to herself.
"Patience, my son. The Empress won't loose, you'll see," she said to Kamek, who just nodded and turned to look at the fight.
By the end of the fight the entire room was pretty much destroyed. There was a large smoke cloud where Peach stood. Ganondorf was exhausted from doing all of those attacks, but was confident that he had defeated Peach.
"Ha, true power?" he said through his exhaustion, "she was all talk! I am the true wielder of the Tri-Force of Power, and no one shall take it from me!" he proclaimed.
"Oh really?" Peach said calmly, walking out of the smoke cloud, "Then why did I even bother to come here?"
"What?! But how?!" Ganondorf was incredulous by this. After firing all of those attacks, here she was, still standing as if she wasn't even affected.
"Why do you think I didn't use any of my larger magic attacks against you? You see, I waited for you to waste your energy since I knew you were the type to overpower his opponents. After that, you're too exhausted to stand, but me, I'm perfectly fine. I took control of the fight, therefore controlling the arena, therefore proving that I have more power than you," she explained.
Ganondorf was horrified, because she was right. Just now, while he tried to bombard her with everything he had, she remained calm controlling the battle. She didn't just have more power than him, currently Peach had all of the power in this fight.
Just then his right hand was glowing, and he saw a bright, golden triangle fly out of his hand and latch onto Peach's right hand, which now had the same tattoo on the top of it.
The Tri-Force of Power had just been passed on to Peach.
"Wh, what?!" Ganondorf asked in horror.
"Well, isn't this a surprise? I guess I didn't have to kill you after all," Peach said looking at the top of her hand, "If this is all I have to do, then getting the other two triangles should be no problem."
Ganondorf was having the worst nightmare of his life. What would his people think of him now that he lost the Tri-Force of Power? "Please Empress, have mercy on me!" he said actually begging for his life. This wasn't something he normally does, but the truth was the Tri-Force of Power was the source of his magic, and without it he was no match for Peach, and he knew it.
"Well isn't this cute, the great Ganondorf, begging for his life," Peach taunted, "Only a coward begs for his life after defeat. That means you weren't strong at all, you were simply hiding behind your power. Now that it's gone you're scared, just like you always were," she said walking over to him. She was right, and Ganondorf hated it. Before he took the Tri-Force of Power, he was a cowardly man that no one respected. Once he took it though, he was able to take control of the Gerudo Tribe and become their king. "I have no mercy for cowards," she said standing over him, "Kamek, Kammy, you know what to do," she order as she walked away from him. Kammy and Kamek walked past her over to Ganondorf.
"No, don't! NOO!!!!!" was all that was heard before Kammy and Kamek cast their spell doing what they did to their former master to him. Peach walked back outside to the village to see it in ruins, Gerudo women dead everywhere, and all the buildings in flames.
One of Peach's men was talking on his cell phone when Peach came out. When he saw her he turned off his phone and ran up to her. "Your Majesty, I just got word from Toadsworth in Kakariko Village," he said.
"What did he say?" Peach asked?
"They found information about the other two triangles. Apparently they are being held by the Princess of Hyrule, Zelda, and her twin brother, Link."
"Are their any distinguishing features about them?" she asked her soldier.
"All we know is that they both have blond hair and blue eyes, and that Link usually wears a green tunic."
"A green tunic? I wonder..." Peach remembered the swordsman who helped Mario back in Sarassa Kingdom, and then tried to kill her in Waffle Kingdom. He had that spell, Fafore's Wind, which she remembered Toadsworth telling her that in Hyrule they worship three gods, one of them being Fafore. And then Kammy and Kamek described the Tri-Force as the power of the gods. Not to mention he did wear a green tunic, had blond hair, and blue eyes. "Call Toadsworth back and tell him to do away with the village. Since I'm not there we can't turn them into soldiers for the army. Once they're done he is to meet us in the Capital City so we can finish this," she ordered.
"Yes, Your Majesty," the soldier bowed, and walked off pulling his phone back out.
Kammy and Kamek walked out of the castle, "Is he dead?" Peach asked them.
"Yes Empress, he is," Kamek replied.
"Good. Gather the troops. We're done here," Peach said as she walked off.
Both Kammy and Kamek bowed and went to gather the troops, ready to leave another city of flames behind them.