It felt like I was floating in the dark when his face appears in front of me... Ganondorf,
"You belong to me!" he said reaching out for me causing me to wake up. My entire body feels numb and I could barely move. I realize that I'm lying down on a bed and I was in a place I've never seen before. I try to sit up but I'm stopped by a horrible pain in my left shoulder, I turn my head and see that my shoulder is bandaged up and my shirt was changed... is this a Gerudo shirt? The mark on my chest was visible. I look around the room to see one door on the far side of the room, the fear starts to sink in...
"Link?" I say but my voice doesn't travel very far, I don't have the strength to call out. My first priority is healing this wound but I can barely move my hands, let alone cast magic. The door opens and my horrors continue, it was like I was living the past as Rena enters the room, she smiles at me.
"Thank the Goddesses! We feared you wouldn't wake." she said walking over carrying bandages. "Has you fever gone down?" she said placing the bandages down next to me then she places her hand on my forehead. I try with all my might to move but my body won't listen.
"D...don't... touch me..." I manage to say as I look at her with distain.
"That's no way to treat someone who has been nursing you back to health." she said unfazed by my words. "But your fever seems to have broken," she said
"What... did you ... do... to me?" I said still trying to gain control of my body,
"The arrow you we're mistakenly shot with was laced with poison, it's meant to parallelize the victim." she said "Ganondorf won't be happy when he hears that one of his own shot you..."
"Like... I care..." I said and she sighs,
"You have kept him waiting for seven years, I think he's waited long enough." she said checking my bandages.
"I don't... belong to him..." I said
"My dear, you've belonged to him the moment you were brought to Hyrule." she said I fight back the tears I refuse for this to be my destiny, "I'll come back later to change out you bandages, try to get some rest." she said
"L...Link... where is he?" I said
"That's none of your concern, once you're strong enough to travel we'll be heading to Ganon's Castle." she said walking away I fight my exhaustion for as long as I could but eventually I slip back into unconsciousness.
I wake up to the sharp pain coming from my shoulder, I try to sit up but it's still hard to move. I manage to move my hand over to my left shoulder and use all my remaining strength healing it. I start to look at the room more closely for another way to escape, if this was like the Hyrule Castle I could of escaped through the large glass window... but there's barely a window in here, it's almost like a fortress. I heal as much of my shoulder as I can then I lie down to rest some more, if I can pick up the pace I just need to figure out a way to escape then I can save Link... I pray he's alright.
An hour passes and I've completely healed my shoulder and I mostly regained control of my body, I'm still getting dizzy spells and it's difficult to stand, I know when I'll make my move so I spend the next half an hour building up my strength waiting for Rena to come back.
"Let's redress that wound," she said entering the room, she sits next to the bed and I pretend that I'm still weak and she sits me up, "Just relax," she said as she removes the bandages to see the wound gone, "What in the?" she said and I quickly strike my fist into her stomach as hard as I can using magic to knock the wind out of her and she falls to the floor unconscious.
"Sorry, Ganondorf won't be seeing me anytime soon." I said quietly walking up to the door, I slightly open it and there are two guards posted at the door. I waste no time and quickly open the door while casting Din's fire and it blows them back knocking them out. I start to feel dizzy, I probably only have enough strength to cast one more spell before I collapse. I use the wall for support and continue down the hallway, all the walls looked the same, I think this is the Gerudo fortress.
"The hero escaped!" I hear from a distance, "Find him!"
"Pura!" Navi fly's up to me, "Oh, thank goodness I found you!" she said
"It's good to see you Navi, where's Link?" asked
"Sheik helped him escape and now he's frantically looking for you, I went around on my own in hopes I'd find you." she said
"Can you take me to him?" I asked
"Yes but we need to hurry! They took Link's gear and I'm afraid he won't last long without a weapon," she said as we continue forward. We get to a balcony overlooking the rest of this large fortress and there was some commotion happening everywhere,
"Link!" I cry out and he runs out a door on the lower floor.
"Pura!" He calls out, I look around but I don't see Sheik with him. He starts running towards my direction, if I had more strength I'd jump down to him but I'm close to my limit.
"Navi, see if you can find some stairs," I said and she flies off, I find a storage room where Link's stuff including his sword and shield, I strap the sword and shield on my back.
"Perfect! Now we can get to Link," I said as Navi comes back
"Pura this way, Hurry! the Gerudo are coming," she said and I follow her as fast as I can and we get to the stairs and I start to head down but I feel the weight of the shield become too much and my legs give out on me and I fall down the stairs to the bottom, "Are you okay?" Navi asked
"Find her!" I hear a voice coming from upstairs,
"Get up!" Navi yells and I struggle to get to my feet, I manage to get outside,
"Link!" I call out again and like are roles reversed he was now on a different ledge cornered by the Gerudo, "I'm coming!" I said pulling out the hookshot and use it to get to the ledge,
"Pura!" Link said as I climb over the railing and hand him his shield and the Master sword, as he takes down the Gerudo blocking his path, he drops the Master sword and shield and hugs me, "Thank the Goddesses." he said "Are you alright?"
"Yes, I took my time and healed my shoulder," I said as I noticed that he's covered in bruises, "They did this?" I said
"This is nothing, besides it looks like you're about to collapse," he said looking at my shoulder then looking like something took him by surprise, I look down and realize that I completely forgot that my mark was visible. "W... why is the crest of the royal family on you?" he said and I cover the mark with my hand out of impulse,
"I...it's not what you think!" I said as more Gerudo show up.
"We'll talk about it later, let's get out of here!" Link said grabbing the master sword and his shield then taking my hand and we run for it,
"Don't let them escape!" I hear Rena's voice from a balcony above us,
"Link up there!" Navi points out an exit above the fortress walls. Ling grabs my waist and he uses the hookshot to get us up the wall. He uses his ocarina to call Epona and he uses the hookshot to get us down the wall and Epona shows up and we quickly make our escape.
After a while we find a cave and decide to rest there for the night, we set up camp and make a small fire. I change back into my white shirt and sit down next to the fire waiting for Link to say something... the silence was suffocating,
"Link..." I decided to break the silence,
"I just don't understand..." he said
"Let me explain." I said as he makes eye contact with me,
"Okay," he said and I take a deep breath,
"Before this mark represented the royal family it represented the three Goddesses, Din the Goddess of power, Nayru the Goddess of wisdom, and Farore the Goddess of courage," I said
"The Great Deku tree told me about them, they created the world." he said
"Yes, they created Hyrule then created the Triforce, which is what this symbol signifies." I explain
"But that doesn't explain why you have that mark..." Link said
"The Goddesses realized that history was beginning to repeat itself. The horrible clash of good versus evil and they wanted to change it... so they created me..." I said
"What?" he said looking confused.
"I'm the daughter of the three Goddesses." I said and his eyes widen,
"H... how? How is that possible?" he asked,
"Technically, they only created my soul, my body is from the world Ganondorf took me from." I explained as Rena's words earlier rang through my head...
"Incredible! That's why you can use magic!" he said,
"I guess, most people can use some kind of magic," I said... "They told me that I'm sort of like a wild card, something to change future events..." I said
"Wait, you talked to them?" he asked
"Yeah, I connected to them through the power of a great fairy." I said, "But they were a little surprised to see me. They said something about it being too early for me to be here..."
"What does that mean?"
"I've been thinking about that for years and my only conclusion is somehow Ganondorf learned about my existence and wanted to use me for his own benefit." I said
"Did they explain how you're supposed to change this clash of good and evil?" he asked
"Unfortunately our call ended before that..." I said
"So you still have no idea why Ganondorf wants you or what he has planned." Link said as I feel uncomfortable just thinking about it,
"Or Zelda... he might just be after her because she's the princess... but something feels off about it all." I said as Link looks at me with a very serious expression. "Is something wrong?" I asked feeling uncomfortable from his gaze,
"You know where Zelda is, don't you?" he asked as I'm thrown back by his question, "I knew it! And Sheik knows as well doesn't he?" I knew at this point there was no reason to hide it since we're so close to finishing this.
"How could you tell?" I asked
"The way he looks at you..." I said as I blush,
"I... I don't..."
"It's fine, I understand why you kept it from me." he said, "The less people know of Zelda's location the safer she is."
"You're very wise for someone who's slept for seven years." I laugh as he blushes
"I'm not a kid anymore!"
"In body? No, in mind? You're still the young boy who save me and took me away with him on his wild adventures." I smile and he smiles back,
"Let's rest for the night, you especially need to get your strength back. So I'll take watch tonight."
"I won't argue with that," I said laying down and it took no time to fall asleep but the same dream haunts me. Ganondorf stood in front of me and grabbed my arm,
"You will be mine!" he said as I jump awake again,
"Another nightmare?" Link said standing up and walking over to me.
"I think this is just my nerves... we're so close to the end, and yet I'm more scared then I've ever been..." I said
"You're safe, remember I promised you I'd never let him take you." Link said,
"Thanks Link." I said laying back down... but my mind stirred at the thought of what could have happened if we didn't escape... I would be on my way too that horrible place... after a while I'm too exhausted to keep thinking about the past and I fall back to sleep.