Suddenly, out of the corner of his eye, Link saw the world
below changing rapidly. The scorched earth was replaced by beautiful plant life
once agian, The ruined buildings began to fade back to thier original forms, as
if they were never destroyed.
"Zelda... look..." Link said stunned.
"What is-" Zelda gasped at the site below wer
before finishing her sentence
A golden light flooded the ReDead infested market square
of castle town, spreading to the corners of Hyrule. The undead remnants of
Ganon's reign turned to stone and crumbled to dust in the wake of the spreading
light. Link and Zelda decended slowly to the outer courtyard. All of a sudden
the great castle of Hyrule faded into reality as if it had never been gone.
"Link... What's happening?" Zelda asked.
Link didn't know much more than she, however he had seen
this happen many times before. Perhaps this was the same thing?
"I think I've seen this before..." Link said
with a little uncertainty. "The monsters disappearing from the forest, the
ring around Death Mountain returning to normal, The water refilling Lake
Hylia... I think as the evil leaves the areas around their source, they return
to normal. In this case Ganondorf himself was the source, so I guess that means
now that he's gone, the rest of Hyrule will return to normal."
"That makes sense..." Zelda said accepting
Link's explaination, even though he himself wasn't to sure of it.
"ZELDA!!!" called a voice coming from the
direction of the castle.
Zelda and Link turned to see a man in a red robe,
decorated with various Hyrulean symbols running towards them. The crown he wore
immediatly gave him away as royalty. It was Zelda's father, the king of Hyrule.
"Daddy?" Zelda said not quite believing what she
saw.
"Is it really you?" she asked when he stopped
before them. "I thought... you were dead."
Zelda reached out and touched her fathers robe, wondering
if it was another sick joke from Ganondorf to get the last laugh. But when she
touched him, he didn't fade away, or transform into a hideous beast. It was
just him... Her father.
Zelda rushed forward and quickly embraced her father,
nearly knocking him to the ground.
"How long... have I been gone for?" He asked
looking at the woman his little girl had become.
"It's been seven years Your Majesty..." Link
spoke up.
"Seven years..." The King repeated more confused
then before. "How is it possible?"
"I believe we can answer Daphnes." Said a
familiar female voice. It unquestionably had to be Impa, for she was the only
one who addressed the king by his first name.
Link turned to see the six sages walking up to meet the
them. Impa, the silver haired Sheikah woman, who was Zelda's nanny and
bodyguard, the Sage of Shadow. Saria, the emerald haired Kokiri girl who had been
Link's best freind for years, the Sage of the Forest. Darunia, the huge goron
who had made Link his sworn brother, the Sage of Fire. Ruto, the danger prone
zora princess, who had a crush on Link, until she discovered her destiny as the
Sage of Water. Nabooru, the firey haired Gerudo thief who Link had saved from
the Twinrova sisters and awakened as the Sage of Spirit. and Rauru, the Sage of
Light who guided Link after he woke up after his seven years in the Sacred
realm.
"Now that Ganondorf is gone, all the damage he caused
with the Triforce of Power is being undone." Impa said simply.
"I don't understand... What happened during these
last seven years?" The king asked
"Long story..." Link and Zelda said in unison.
"Do you want to hear it now?" Link asked?
"If you would..." Daphnes said
Link began to tell the tale of his adventure.
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"...And that's how it happened." Link said
finishing his story.
Daphnes stood there awestruck at a loss for words hearing
this amazing tale. If it had been told by any other the king would have
dismissed it as a silly fairy tale, however, something about this young man
named Link made him believe every word.
"So..." Daphnes said trying to find the right
words. "You are the Hero of Time from the legend... And with my daughter
and these six, you defeated Ganondorf and sealed him away?"
"More or less..." Link said laying his head back
in his arms.
"Never in all my years as King, had I thought the
legend of the Hero of Time to come true..." the king said still a little
stunned
"Daddy?" Zelda said softly to her father.
"Yes my daughter?" asked the king lowering his
eyes to meet Zelda who was now standing beside Link.
"Link and I... Are in love." Zelda said slowly
not quite sure how her father would react to this.
"Is that so..." The king said lowering his eyes.
"Well... you all know that by tradition he must be of noble birth to enter
ther royal family."
"But-" Zelda began, but the King rose his hand
to silence her.
"However..." Daphnes raised his head in a
mischevious grin. "I always hated that tradition..." He finished with
a chuckle before rising to look upon Link.
"So, your in love with my daughter eh Hero?"
King Daphnes said casually.
"I... um... yes?" Link stumbled on his words
causing the king to laugh a bit more.
"My boy... You have done so much for me, my daughter,
my kingdom... How could I be any less than accepting of your love for
Zelda?" The king said proudly "There is no other man in this land
more worthy of my daughter's hand, and no man who I would be more proud to have
as a member of my family."
"Thank you Your Majesty!" Link choked out
falling to his knees to bow before his king.
Link felt himself rise as Daphnes lifted him off the
ground and pplaced a firm hand on his shoulder.
"Come now my boy." said the king "You are
the last person who should have to bow to anyone. The service you've done for
my kingdom is far greater than any in the history of Hyrule."
"Besides... If
your going to join my family there wont be any need for that anyway!" The
king joked, causing Zelda to giggle.
"I only did what I had to do." said Link
"No you didn't. Anyone else in your position would
have fled this land. Your courage surpasses even the greatest of the Hylian
Knights."
"Thank you sire." said Link pleased with the
king's compliment
"Umm excuse me? Your Majesty?" Saria spoke up,
the first of the sages besides Impa to speak.
"Yes my dear?" The king said kneeling to meet
the small Kokiri girl who had spoken.
"Not to sound disrespectful, but I think we should
return to our homes soon. Our people are probibly worried about us."
King Daphnes looked at the sky. It was indeed getting late
and night would fall in a few hours.
"Hmmm... you are probibly right." He admited
With that they all walked out to the now repaired
drawbridge that connected Castle Town to Hyrule Feild, and parted ways. Link
was agianst it at first but Zelda finally convinced him to return to the forest
with Saria, so he could return home for some time, and explain to the Kokiri
what had occured.
Link looked back at Zelda and winked. "You know... I
still havent officially proposed to you yet, my love." He said with a
smile.
"You know I'd never forgive you if you forgot
that." Zelda teased him. Saria giggled.
Link laughed slightly himself at that Zelda's sarcasm 'you
gotta love her...' he thought to himself as he and Saria started off to
return to Kokiri Forest
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