Chapter 13 - Last Battle/At the Final End
‘ZELDAAA!!!’ Another cry shook the
frozen landscape of Hyrule. In a remote place, far away from the fallen Hyrule Castle
Town, a beaten Link sat.
In his arms lay Zelda, her appearance beautiful although she was no more. He
had killed her. His princess, his eternal love which he had sworn to protect…
His eyes felt clouded, blurred by the tears he cried, realizing that he had
done something so awful in his anger, in his rage. Holding her close, he
proceeded to pull out the sword from her abdomen; he took a hard grip around
the hilt and fast brought it out. The blood covered blade emerged slowly until
it was fully visible. Looking at it, he could see his own eyes in its
reflection among the red stains that flowed down it. His eyes of dark blue but
with a hint of light blue amongst it, shone with regret. They looked sad, and
so he felt as he gazed into the thin blade. ‘…Should I join her? She is waiting
for me…I have nothing left in this world. I am alone. A lone
Wolf.’ He turned the blade in direction towards his chest, right where
his heart was, holding it still in the cold air. He was not afraid of death,
never had been, since he had witnessed it early on a long time ago in another
age. He couldn’t live without her! Raising the sword into the air without
hesitation, he made himself ready to strike. He closed his eyes tightly. Was this the end?
‘…Link…Link…put it down, you don’t have to do this to
yourself…’ He heard Zelda’s fading beautiful voice in his mind. In the darkness
of his closed eyes, her voice brought him hope. ‘Why?’ Link asked to her. ‘You
still have something to complete, and fulfill your
destiny as the chosen hero. You know what I mean, the final battle. You can’t
let Ganondorf win and get the Triforce!
The world, our world, will be destroyed if he ever comes across it. It is your
destiny…’ ‘Zelda, wait!!!’ He screamed out and awakened, his eyes opened once
more, and he dropped Zelda’s sword from his hand. It landed softly, not making
as much but a mark in the snow. Zelda’s body was gone… left was only the blood
that had been spilled. In seeing the blood, Link suddenly became aware of his
own wounds. He felt the pain all over him. Gritting his teeth together he
slowly got up on his feet, taking the Master Sword in his hand, using it to
steady him as he began following Ganondorf’s tracks.
A dark ominous silhouette made itself seen at the horizon, the Evil King.
Link’s eyes filled with rage as soon as he recognized him.
‘About time you came, hero. Too bad you didn’t kill yourself
back there with the dead princess!’
‘YOU BASTARD!!!’ Link leapt
forward, transforming into his wolf self, as he landed right in front of Ganondorf, a large ring of roaring flame spread around
them. At the sight of the large wolf, growling amidst the red fire reflected on
it, sparks flying into the air, Ganondorf saw the
scars and the many bleeding cuts Link had. ‘Pathetic fool, how do you think you
will defeat me when you are so weak?!’ He moved forwards in a flash becoming
what Link least had expected. He became a wolf, just like him. Why had he
decided to be a wolf and not a giant boar this time around? ‘The only way this
battle can be decided is if a beast of light fights a beast of darkness. I have
changed myself from the one I was you met last time. To defeat you in this new
form given to me by the Triforce of Power will show
once and for all, that Power outshines Courage and Wisdom!! He grinned, showing
off the long large fangs and teeth in a menacing way. Hyrule IS mine!’ Link,
growling at him in a very deep tone, his eyes full of pride and anger, rushed
forward, his hackles fully out and his tail up. Ganon
did the same, unleashing a terrible roar as he cut open a wound on Link’s
shoulder, Link closing his eyes in pain as he felt the sting of it. But Ganon didn’t wait for him to recover; he charged, and
pushed Link away violently making him tumble over the ground, his blood flowing
over the ice. Link landed hard on a large frozen rock, and felt how he bleeded more. He struggled to get up on his paws, but
almost lost his balance from the blood loss. Link dashed again, this time
running in a wide circle as his nemesis did, before they came closer and closer
to at last meet in a fury of claws and fangs. Slashing, biting and snarling
they got more and more wounded. With blood on his face, Link lashed out right
at Ganon, tired of fighting. He bit him as hard as he
could in his throat, his fangs sinking in deep.
The battle was soon ended; Ganon fell to the
ice, laying still. Link towered over him, feeling his heart beating in a rapid
motion. Ganon wasn’t dead; he caught Link off guard,
and very quickly morphed into his human form as he slashed his sword at him.
Link fell into the snow on his back with the sword tip at his throat. ‘You’re
defeated. Like all wolves die with a fight, so will wolf warriors. You, an Úlfhéðinn, will also face this fate. You fight as a wolf
and you go berserk, hero. You don’t even care that you could lose your own life
in the process! He smiled grimly at Link. Now, die!’ He raised his sword and
was just about to finish him off with a single powerful slash, when his
laughing was abruptly ended. Link looked up surprised, seeing the large metal
piece of an arrow head reveal itself out of Ganondorf’s
chest. A light arrow that beamed with yellow flares in the
darkness. Ganondorf turned around, his eyes in
thin slits: ‘YOU?!’ In the shadow of the flames, Link could see the shape of a
human revealing itself, a sword in one hand, a golden bow in the other. A Hylian woman. His eyes widened
at the sight of her: It was none other than Princess Zelda, fully alive!
‘This…is …IMPOSSIBLE!!! You shouldn’t be alive!’ Ganondorf shouted out in anger.
‘Ganondorf, you pitiful man
without a righteous heart, should know, that the Triforce
of Wisdom protected me from dying just as your Triforce
of Power saved you from certain death when the Ancient Sages used the Spirit
Sword to impale you at the Arbiter’s Grounds!’
‘Well then…seems the Princess has her ways…how amusing!
Let’s see how well you can fight me when your lover is dead!’ He smiled as he
raised the blade once more, holding it high and upon of hearing Zelda’s cry of
‘Don’t!’ stroke it down hard into the defenseless
Link’s throat, the blood flying up into
the air, Zelda hearing Link’s scream of pain. His head fell to the side, the
sword piercing his throat in a dark red mess of blood. The life of his eyes
darkened and faded away as he took a last glance at Zelda before everything
went dark. Ganondorf
rushed towards Zelda, unsheathing the second sword he had at her. She recoiled
and fought back with her own thin rapier, locking her blade together with his. Ganondorf smiled at her distressed face. She tensed up even
more, feeling how her anger towards him increased the more she thought about
how Link lay lifeless in the snow. At last, their blades slid over each other,
ending the clash with an array of sparks. They both flew back from the middle
of the battleground, snow flying up in storms around their feet. Zelda held her
sword down by her side, lifting up her left hand and unleashed a magic spell
upon Ganondorf. The light that she cast out,
resembled the form of a giant noble phoenix flying towards him, its light so
strong that it blinded Ganondorf’s eyes and lit up
the ground. Zelda advanced, thrusting her blade at him, the Phoenix spell smashed into a thousand pieces
of light as she came through with her sword. Ganondorf
grunted, feeling how her blade ran through his armor,
piercing him. A stream of pure light made its way to his wound, the light of
the Master Sword which lay on the ground beside Link’s body. Zelda let go off
the hilt, stepping back as she saw how Ganondorf
struggled to get up from where he was on his knees. His hand stretched out to
grab her, but he never got the chance to subdue her with his dark magic. His Triforce left him, abandoning him to be on his own. It
faded away from him and his eyes grew evil, filled with hatred at his failure.
With a yellow glint in his gaze, he smiled a wicked smile, blood flowing down
his mouth and teeth. ‘…I told you…the history of Light and Shadow would be
written in blood! I will return, just you wait!! This battle between the Triforce’s powers will never end!!!!’ He laughed a hoarse
loud laugh until it quieted down. His eyes rolled back, and he fell down into
the snow, turning to dark ashes that scattered by the wind. With his
disappearance, the heavy snowfall stopped, and everything became clear. It was
calm, the only thing noticed being snow on the ground stretching for miles
beyond. Zelda walked towards the wolf, which lay motionless ahead of her. His
eyes were closed among the blood. She reached out, holding her hand at his
head, carefully stroking the soft fur. She had small tears running down her
face, as she closed her eyes. ‘…Link…I love you Link…’ she whispered to him, as
she faded away, this time for good her triforce
shining and giving its light to him. He was on his own in the night. Ganondorf’s sword was gone from him, as his dark powers had
fallen by the light of the Master Sword.
The crest on his left paw rekindled, filled with light. As
it cooled down, the Triforce was complete. His eyes
opened, reflecting the rays of light. He got up, his form changing to his true
self. Glancing at the back of his left hand, he saw how the pieces of Triforce came out from it, all three floating in the air as
they spun around above him. He looked up from where he stood, his hair blowing
over his face with power, the blood still running down his forehead and his
scars looking like thin slashes on his face. His torn tunic blew for the wind,
showing his strong chest. A light embraced the heavens, making all as bright
over and under. There it was, the almighty Triforce,
relic of the Gods, together in one piece. He straddled forward, as he knew he
didn’t have much time before he would meet his end. Was it not true that the Triforce made mortal wishes come true? He knew.
His destiny had reached its end. This was it. Smiling in his pain, Link
stretched out his blood covered hand towards the direction of the Triforce in the Sky. As he did so, he could see his own
hand in front of him, and above it, the glowing Triangle. He closed his eyes,
as the Triforce came down to his hand, and at the
slightest touch by his fingertips, resonated and shone over all areas of
Hyrule, from Death Mountain to Zora’s Domain,
from Ordon to Gerudo Desert, its mark could be seen in the
darkness like wildfire. And, in the middle of Hylia,
in the middle of the light orb that it created, a warrior could be seen holding
the very power in his hands. The power of the Gods.