Author’s Note: I
hope this counts as a change – I always felt there were a few bits of a LttP that needed a bit more elaboration, I think if the
game was made now that there should be a scene explains Link, Zelda and Ganondorf’s connection to each other. This is written as if
it were a real story/film, obviously for the game it would be pared down a fair
bit. I hope people understand where I’m coming from with this. .
The Princess of Hyrule watched the young boy leave the sanctuary, her heart
somewhat heavy and full of foreboding. Although she trusted her instincts about
him implicitly something deep down inside her said that the whole saga was far
from over. There was something else, something waiting, deep in the shadows
that no-one in this
world could see. She knew it would be the last time she saw Link for a very
long time to come. Tears streamed down her porcelain-like face, her azure blue
eyes glittering with sorrow.
Oh Link…
Even as a young
child, Zelda had always known that she was different. Her father had told her
that the goddesses had bestowed her with a gift. She felt and saw things in her
dreams, things that often came true. But not long ago, something else began to
happen in her slumber. She reached out into a mind, a mind that was dark and
malevolent. The mind encroached her own, promising it would find her. It told
her she had let it find a way to escape and return from the void it had been
sealed in for many, many moons. Zelda had awoken, screaming and no-one had been
able to take the darkness away. The next day, Agahnim
arrived at the castle.
She had begged and
pleaded with her father about the strange man, but the King did not listen.
Everyone in the court whispered in hushed voices that the heir of Hyrule was slowly going mad. She did not sleep most nights,
because when she did, the darkness intruded her dreams, laughing and taunting
her.
But that fateful
night that Agahnim had dragged her down into Hyrule
Castle’s dungeon, Zelda
came upon a new psyche in her sleep. This one was untainted and courageous,
filled with light so pure it almost blinded her. In her desperation to be free,
Zelda had used her power to connect to someone who could help her. Someone else who also shared the power of the goddesses.
That someone had been Link.
Like the malevolent
being she had somehow roused, Zelda’s mind awoke that of a boy who had never
known he was different. They were connected, all three, by the very power of
the goddesses themselves. Their destinies were now entwined.
She let out a sob
because it was her fault for what had happened. She had released something on Hyrule that should have been resigned to the shadows
forever. This was only the beginning of the destiny that lay ahead for the
young boy, the future that had been pre-ordained for them all. The
Princess, the Hero and the Evil. A shiver passed through her because she
knew that the darkness was waiting for her, that soon it would strike. She had
wanted Link to stay with her through the night because being beside him, those
shadows seemed to recoil. His virtuousness shone so bright in his brown eyes
and the darkness was afraid of him.
As slumber began to
overtake her later that evening, she reached out to the hero, feeling comforted
by his presence. That was when he told her.
However hard it seems Zelda, I will always be with you in our dreams…
It was the only way
they would ever be together. Though he was miles away, Zelda always knew she
just had to close her eyes and she would see him every day. And that filled her
heart with something no evil could ever blot out.
***
Even the sacred
forest glade didn’t seem as bright as usual. Link knew something ominous was
about to happen because the air was heavy with foreboding and dread. So much
had changed in such a short time and he still didn’t understand how such a
thing could happen to him.
He was doing it for
her. The Princess. His uncle had often spoke of her, describing her as the brightest thing within
the walls of the palace. Pretty and intelligent, she was also kind to all that
bowed before her. The King had of Hyrule had done a
good job to bring her up without a mother.
Link would never
have imagined getting the chance to talk to the Princess, never mind become
close to her. He’d only known her a short while but already he felt like there
was something between them. He wasn’t sure what the connection was but it was there,
tangible, incredible. She had come to him in his dreams and now it was the only
way they could remain close. He only hoped that she was safe within the
Sanctuary’s walls where he’d reluctantly left her to proceed with his quest.
Zelda had told him
that a darkness had come into Hyrule
and was waiting to taker a stronger hold.
Link didn’t understand it, but he could feel it too. It was in the
shadows but with the Master Sword by his side, Link felt a courage that he’d
never realised before. He knew it couldn’t get to him like it had to the castle
guards. His uncle may have died trying to protect Zelda but he hadn’t had an
artefact of the goddesses on his side. He hadn’t had evil’s bane. Link held the
blade aloft, fascinated, as he studied the ancient blade with its intricate
etchings and elaborate helm. The three pendants he had procured had allowed him
to lift the sword from its ancient pedestal and the air was charged with
static.
Suddenly, within his
mind there came a familiar voice. Sahasrahla!
Link, it is extraordinary that you won the
Master Sword that makes evil retreat... With this shining sword, I believe you
can deflect the wizard's evil powers. The destiny of this land is in your
hands. Please, Link...
Link sheathed the Master Sword close to his
side and hurried out of the secret glade. There was no time to be wasted. He
had to help the Princess and Sahasrahla and defeat Agahnim once and for all. No-more would the evil wizard
keep a hold over Hyrule Castle.
He would avenge his uncle’s death and take back what was rightfully Hyrule’s.
I’m ready Zelda…It is time…
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