The Legend of Zelda: The Desert Heroes

XLVII + Author's Note

Hello, Mr. Author Guy here. I am not going to include the fight between Link and Valoria because I don't like writing fighting scenes. I like to keep it open to imagination and let the reader imagine the fight rather than force a certain scene and direction and instead have to fix parts to make it more in theme or include this detail or remove that detail because it's too analytical.

So instead, I'm going to waste some space in this chapter explaining what was happening around Hyrule so this chapter could easily reach my minimum 1,000 words before it actually starts.

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Tanagar Palace (Demise):
Demise, Hylia, and the Hyrule Warrior were all waiting in the main hall for the hero and his two companions to return. Demise was worried to his stomach about the hero in particular, Hylia was seemingly bored and tired of waiting, and the Hyrule Warrior was slouched against the frame of the palace entrance, waiting to announce the return of Link.

Demise's first crush was on the Hero of the Skies. But the hero was in love with Hylia's mortal incarnation, so Demise grew jealous and even hateful of the hero and the girl. So he laid the curse that tied him and the hero together forever. He was obsessive at the time. But now he is looking to make amends while also taking a different route to get what he so badly wants.

His next crush was the Hyrule Warrior over 20,000 years later and 2,000 years ago. Demise just wanted to be with the hero so badly. But Ganondorf had already caught the eye of him. So the Demon Lord had to wait until the next hero to try his luck.

So here he was now. He was trying to get alone time with the Hero of the Desert so he could tell him. He was making progress. He had noticed that he and Ganon have changed ever since their missions started. Suspicious as it is, Demise wasn't intending for that to happen. Link was now more independent and Ganon still wanted to take care of Link as if he were a son rather than a friend.

I want to do more than that for Link. I want to take care of him but also... nevermind, let's not go too far. Demise stopped himself before his thoughts went too far.

The Demon Lord looked up as soon as the Hyrule Warrior gasped. "What, what's going on?" he asked.

"Nothing bad. Link succeeded. Valoria has been eradicated." the ancient hero said distractedly.

Demise and Hylia ran forward and saw a blue and black beam of malice shooting into the sky, seemingly from the castle. The Demon Lord snapped his fingers to teleport them up to higher ground.

Sure enough, the beam was coming from the castle. Then, blue, red, and green trails of light shot in spirals around the beam. A golden light began to beam from every opening in the castle before being enveloped by the golden light. The evil beam slowly dimmed before completely disappearing into the light.

Then, the light faded.

Hyrule Castle (Link):
Link, Zelda, and Ganon all looked at the cloud of malice gathered in the sanctum. Three pedestals suddenly rose from the Triforce emblem in the floor. Ganon stood at the Triforce of Power, Link at the Triforce of Courage, and Zelda at the Triforce of Wisdom. They readied their swords and stabbed them into the pedestals.

"NO!" Valoria shrieked.

Suddenly, a blast of blue and black malice erupted from the demon. It enveloped all three of them. Agonized screaming from Ganon and Zelda. But somehow, Link wasn't affected. The malice flew right past him, despite it bursting out in every direction possible.

Quickly, the hero's hand flew forward and the Triforce of Courage glowed.

"Use the Triforce!" Link screamed to Ganondorf and Zelda.