I can't remember if the story about Ganondorf was originally my idea or my cousin's, but he did contribute to it in some way. Yay for plot twists!
Chapter 10
A Dark Secret Revealed
Link and Lya run down the stairs into the Ballroom, which is in chaos. Everyone is trying to get out the doors at once. People are screaming and running into things. Link and Lya stand on the stairs until everyone has left. Link's grandmother walks in calmly from another room.
Link – What happened here, Grandmother?
Grandmother – Oh Link, it was terrible! That monster, Zant, came here and took your sister, and your friends. Then he told everyone that he was the new Dark Lord.
Link – I thought that was Ganondorf.
Grandmother – Yes it is, or rather, it was. (hanging her head) Link, there's something you should know about your father's side of the family.
Link – Um, I thought you said I didn't need to know anything about my father's side of the family, ever.
Grandmother – Well, now that you're older, you need to know.
Lya – Well, it can't be serious if you've been waiting all of these years to tell him. I mean, seriously, it's not like it's going to change his view of life.
Grandmother – Actually, it most likely will. You should probably sit down for this, Link.
Lya – Let's go into the front lounge, then.
Grandmother – (sitting on the couch) Now Link, this is a long story, and it starts long before you were born ….. (half an hour later) So, after your father's first wife was killed, he married your mother, and they had you and Aryll.
Link – Okay. This explains a lot, but I still don't see what's so "life changing".
Grandmother – I'm not finished yet, Link. You see, your father had a child with his first wife.
Lya – So Link and Aryll have a half-brother or –sister floating around somewhere. So what?
Grandmother – (scowling at Lya) Their half-brother is not "floating around somewhere" Lya. He is currently non-existent.
Link & Lya – Huh?
Grandmother – He's dead.
Lya – Then why do we need to know about him?
Grandmother – Because, Link, you killed him. A few days before you were changed into a Cucco.
Link – That's ridiculous! The only person I killed for weeks before I was turned into a Cucco was … was … oh great tektites. Please Grandma; please tell me it's not true!
Grandmother – I'm sorry Link, but it is true. Although I doubt that Ganondorf was aware of your relation –
Lya – Hold the phone! GANONDORF? GANONDORF WAS LINK'S HALF-BROTHER? HOW IS THAT EVEN POSSIBLE? HE WAS SO MUCH OLDER THAN US!
Grandmother – Out of the two of you, I had thought your reaction would have been the opposite of what they are. Now, if you had been listening to me you stupid girl –
Link – (jumping up) Don't you dare call her a stupid girl!
Grandmother – Link … Lya, I'm sorry, it's just been a very stressful day. Now sit down and let me explain it to you. (Link sits next to Lya and holds her hand tightly in his) Link, your father was married to his first wife when he was eighteen. He and his wife had Ganondorf ten months after their marriage. Then, twenty-seven years after that, his first wife, Ganondorf's mother, died. He married your mother, my daughter, the year after that, and they had you a little over a year later. So Ganondorf was thirty years older than you. Now, there's more.
Link – I don't think I can handle much more of this.
Grandmother – But you must know! It is imperative that you learn this now, before Dakaraso decides to make a claim for his rightful position as the heir of the Dark Lord!
Link and Lya – Dakaraso?
Grandmother – Yes! Now if you would let me continue, I'll explain.
Lya – Make it short, please! I think I'll lose my sanity if I hear much more of this.
Grandmother – Oh very well. Ganondorf married Nabooru. They had a son.
Lya – But I thought –
Grandmother – There can only be one Gerudo male born every hundred years? Yes, that is what was believed, but something is happening. Something much bigger than Hyrule. I'm not sure what it is, but I feel that it involves many more places other than Hyrule. I had always been able to sense Dakaraso, but lately, I haven't felt him anywhere. It's like he's no longer on this planet.
Lya – He must have found a portal to another world.
Grandmother – Yes. When your young friend, Sora, came through the portal from his world, I felt Dakaraso for a short time.
Lya – You think he's in Sora's system of planets?
Grandmother – Yes, I believe so.
Lya – Whoa, this is some major stuff. (sees Link's expression) Link, are you all right?
Link – I just can't believe that I'm related to Ganondorf, and I have a nephew.
Grandmother – That's not all.
Lya – How can there possibly be more?
Grandmother – Dakaraso is rightfully the Dark Lord, so he may return and attempt to get his title back. This could result in a catastrophic event that could end life on Hyrule as we know it.
Lya – Could you get any more pessimistic?
Grandmother – Yes, actually, I can. I think the Tempests may be involved in this somehow, as well.