Tales from the Script

The Legend of Zelda Millenium: Chapter 1

CHAPTER 1: RAZE OF HYRULE

It has been a decade since Link had fought Ganondorf. Link, our hero that everybody has grown to know and love was married to Princess Zelda, and together they had three children. Both of them were very happy and very royal.

One fateful night, a night that would change Link's family forever, a mysterious man clad in dark crimson trotted up to the gates of Hyrule on a horse made of steel. The gatekeeper refused the man entrance, but red stranger demanded conference with the King of Hyrule (being Link). He was still denied entrance.

Two guards came out to ask him to leave. The crimson rider reached into a satchel on his side and pulled out a long whip, drenched in flames. The guards were ready to defend themselves, but the rider's weapon was to strong for their pikes and their armor.

As they lay there dead, the gatekeeper hurried to get back over the drawbridge. The Rider had other plans. With a loud shout, he galloped over the open bridge with amazing speed. The sharp, metal hooves of his horse smashed holes in the wood as he crossed. They also smashed holes in the gatekeeper.

The streets were cleared of civilians as the Rider made his way to the castle. He swiped his whip back and forth, setting houses on fire and destroying everything in his path. Guards patrolling the path to Hyrule Castle were no match for him, and they soon were disposed of.

He pulled his horse to a stop at the doors of the castle. "Come out Link!" His demand was answered. Out of the doors strode Link, dressed in his favorite fighting uniform. The Master Sword was in his left hand, and the Mirror Shield in his right.

"You called?" Link was ready now. He studied the rider and his horse. 'My sword might not be good u against that horse. I'll freeze it with an arrow first, and then get him off.' Link thought to himself.

"I'm here for the Tri." The Rider stated, holding his hand out. Link could see glowing, sharp teeth underneath the cloak that shrouded his face.

Link would never give the Tri-force up that easily. "Tri? Forgetting the Force?" 'Dang, this guy doesn't even know the proper name for what he's after.' Link felt like laughing.

"Force? I AM the Force!" This caught Link off guard. "There are not three parts to the Tri-Force, young fool. There is Wisdom, Courage, Power, and Force." His voice echoed out from his hood.

"There are three parts to it, idiot! Three triangles, three parts, three FORCES!" Link argued back, he slowly pulled out his bow and an arrow. He glanced to his left and saw Zelda with his children, gazing at him through a window.

The Rider stiffened up. "There are four triangles. One on top, the others on the bottom left and right, and the other is not there anymore."

Link thought this over. 'If it isn't there. then. HE must have the fourth part!' This man had to be destroyed quickly.

"So give me yours, the one you got from Ganondorf, and your wife's before I am forced to."

A burning flash of blue soared through the sky and crashed into the Crimson Rider. A layer of ice shrouded his chest and arms. The horse reared up and threw him off of its back. Another flash, this one red, slammed into his horse's back left leg and caused it to trip. Link had another bow ready, just in case the Crimson Rider or his steel horse got too hostile.

"Come and get them then." Link taunted. His arrow started to glow red, and he aimed it at the Crimson Rider's head. if he had one. The Rider was lying on the ground with a layer of ice encasing his chest.

"You think you've won, don't you?" A red aura surrounded the Rider, and the ice melted away. Link fired his arrow at the Rider, but as it passed through the aura, the arrow exploded in a shatter of splinters. "I'm not as easy as you think."