The Prologue...

This is a little something that I have been working on during my down time from the internet. I was explaining my idea for a Zelda game to my friend, Jacqui and she encouraged me to go ahead and write it up. This is not going to be the whole story, I will explain my idea for my Zelda game in a later blog post, but this is the prologue that sets up the main story. I know it's not professionally written and is probably not that great of an idea, but this little story that I have been working on has helped me relieve some stress that has built up over the past few weeks and that in itself makes it worth doing. I don't quite have a title for the "game" worked out yet and even though I have read this over a LOT, there are probably quite a few grammar errors. Regardless I hope you find it mildly entertaining.

Defender of Hyrule out

Prologue- Past Sacrafices

The people of the Castle Town have long abandoned their homes, Hyrule is his now, Hyrule belongs to Ganondorf. The city burns with fire and with his hatred, all that is left is the Castle and soon that too will be his.
She knows he will be here soon, that is why she has sent her guards away…no more blood will be shed on her royal behalf. Her holy powers can only hold them off for so long, but it is long enough for her to set her plan into motion. The Princess of Light has entered her inner sanctum of the Castle just as the King of Evil has breached it. Zelda kneels before the Goddesses’ alter and begins to pray. She prays to Din for the strength to match up against her opponent, to Nayru for the wisdom to guide her steps, Farore to give her the courage to see her task through and above all, she prays that her people will be spared. Ganondorf is near, she can feel it, but she continues to pray as he walks into the sanctum. Their pieces of the Triforce resonate in reaction to each other and Zelda lifts her head from her prayers…
“Are you prepared to surrender what is rightfully mine?” Ganondorf spits out defiantly.
“Yours?” the Princess replies in a disgusted tone, “The Triforce belongs to the people of Hyrule…not to an undeserving wretch, like you.”
A smirk spreads across his face, “Wretch you say? If I am so undeserving, then why have the Goddesses allowed me to be the bearer of the Triforce of Power for all these years? Why have they not allowed me to die?”, questions Ganondorf
Zelda is angered by this question and turns to face her opponent “You stole the Triforce of Power all those years ago! It allows you to live because it has been tainted by your malice…” She answers defiantly.
Ganondorf chuckles at the fact that he is able anger the level headed ruler, “It shines so beautifully in its tainted light” he replies as he lifts up his right hand to show his piece of the Triforce glowing with an eerie darkness.
But his boasting is stopped short at the sight of the smirk on the Princess’ face
“A dark heart such as yours cannot utilize the Triforce’s true power…” says Zelda in an antagonizing tone. Ganondorf is angered at the challenge to his power and punches a pillar in the room to be testament to his true strength.
“I am the Triforce of Power’s master!” he shouts angrily, “Enough of this! Forfeit your life to me and I shall let your people live…” as he turns away with a smirk and coldly says, “for now.”
Her plan has worked; enraging Ganondorf as a distraction has given her enough time to summon her Bow and Light Arrows. As her enemy’s back is turned, Zelda takes aim at Ganondorf and readies her bow.
“I will not allow you to harm my people!” Zelda says to the evil King. As Ganondorf turns around to respond he is greeted by the sight of Zelda letting loose her Holy Arrow. Unable to avoid the arrow entirely, Ganondorf is struck in the shoulder, he screams in pain as the Holy Arrow pierces through his armor and then his flesh, he slumps to the ground, feeling the full effect of the arrows magic as he is unable to move.
Writhing in pain he looks up at the Princess who is noticeably weakened by the attack and smirks, “You may have the power to weaken me, Princess, but only the Hero chosen by the Master Sword can defeat me…” Ganondorf says mockingly as he chuckles through the pain.
Zelda looks at her enemy slumped on the floor and clutches a single, clear crystal hanging from a necklace she is wearing. The Light Arrows magic is wearing off, she is too weak to summon her weapon again, she must hurry…
“I do not know why the Hero has not shown himself” Zelda says to Ganondorf as she stumbles toward him, “and I know that I cannot defeat you…but there is something that I can do to protect my people from you until the Chosen Hero arises…”
Ganondorf is able to move slightly and shoots a dark energy ball at the Princess, but he is too late. Zelda manages to summon enough magic to teleport herself out of the room and she disappears in a shining light just as the energy ball is about to strike her.
The Light Arrows magic has worn off enough that Ganondorf is able to stand, he exits the Sanctum and grabs his nearest minion, “ The Princess has escaped, find her and bring her back!!” he orders as he throws the minion to the ground
Meanwhile Zelda has teleported to the Temple of Time, just a short distance outside of Hyrule Castle Town. As she stumbles toward the back of the Temple, a figure dressed in Sheikah garb appears from the shadows. “I thought I told you to keep away from here until I am done in case my plan backfires?” Zelda says to the shadowy figure.
Zelda stumbles a little and her guardian Shae runs to her side to help her walk. Zelda accepts the help of her friend and smiles warmly at her as they continue to walk towards the back of the Temple, towards the Door of Time.
As they walk up the small stairs that lead to the Door, Shae looks at the Princess with a pained look on her face, “ Are you sure about this?” she says.
Zelda holds the hand that is helping keep her steady a little tighter and looks at Shae with a determined look in her eyes and says “It is the only way to protect my people until the Hero is found…”
Zelda’s Triforce of Wisdom softly glows as they grow closer to the Door. Zelda stops and looks to Shae, “Do you have the crystals I asked you to find?” Shae reaches into her satchel and retrieves three crystals, one emerald green, another ruby red and the other sapphire blue. Zelda smiles, “and they have been blessed by your elders, right?” Shae nods in response to the Princess’ question. Zelda smiles with approval as she places her hand on the Door of Time. The Hylian Family Crest on the Door begins to glow in response to Zelda’s Triforce piece and the Door slowly begins to open. There before them stands the blade of legend, the Master Sword. As they walk into the chamber, Shae helps Zelda up the steps of the Pedestal of Time.
“You’ll need to be outside of this chamber before I am done with the prayer….or you will be trapped in here too”, Zelda says to her friend with a look of concern on her face.
Shae averts her gaze, as she is already holding back tears, “I know….” is all she replies.
Shae let’s go of Zelda once she is kneeled before the Master Sword and slowly walks toward the entrance of the Chamber. Once outside the Chamber, Shae turns around to see Zelda with her head bowed and her hands folded around the crystal as she begins pray, “ Oh great Goddesses of Hyrule, I offer myself as a sacrifice to contain this great evil. Use my powers, my body…” she pauses as a single tear begins to form in her eye “ and my soul to protect my people until the Chosen Hero arises to help me vanquish it!”
With the prayer complete, the crystal in Zelda’s hands starts to glow. Zelda releases the crystal from her grasp as it floats above her head and surrounds her with an ethereal light.
Suddenly Zelda screams out in pain, the crystal has begun to absorb her holy powers and her soul from her body. As the faint light is being ripped from Zelda’s body, her body starts to turn to stone. Zelda looks up with the tear falling from her eye at Shae and sees her friend crumpled on the floor with tears streaming from her eyes as their gazes meet. Zelda smiles faintly through her pain to easy Shae’s sorrow “Protect this place until he is found…” she grimaces from the pain “… until he can retrieve this sword…”
Just as the crystal has absorbed the last of her soul and she finishes her last words, Zelda’s body is turned into statue. The sole tear on Zelda’s cheek has crystallized and sparkles as it falls from her face and then shatters on the cold, marble floor. The shattered tear releases a very faint light from its remains; the light floats softly up towards the heavens and disappears. Suddenly a ray of light shoots upwards from the crystal containing Zelda’s soul and the Door of Time slams shut!
Shae gathers herself up off the floor and wipes away her tears; she must make sure Zelda’s sacrifice was not in vain. She runs outside of the Temple and looks off in the distance, towards the castle town. A brilliant light barrier has begun to form around the town. As it reaches the highest point of Hyrule Castle, the light dims and a crystalline barrier is formed. A slight smile forms across Shae’s face, Zelda’s prayer has worked! Ganondorf and his minions are contained to the Castle Town and the rest of the land of Hyrule is safe… for now.
Shae walks back into the Temple and walks back towards the Door of Time. She retrieves the three crystals from her satchel once again and places them on the Alter before the Door. Dropping to one knee, Shae chants in an incantation in an ancient tongue. As she is speaking the incantation the crystals begin to glow and hover above the Alter casting off a light that begins to disguise the Temple as a clearing in the woods. The crystals dim and Shae removes them from the Alter and places them in her satchel once again.
Shae walks down a path to a white horse that is grazing peacefully nearby; she rubs its head as it neighs with approval. As she mounts her horse, Shae looks back at the Alter in the middle of the clearing and makes a promise to herself… and to Zelda, “I will find him, Princess….and then we will restore Hyrule to its true glory. I swear this…”
The mounted steed rears up and gallops off with its rider into the night.