Chapter 1: Siege
Link awoke from his strange dream to the sound of chaos. Castle guards raced down the halls as the clangs, explosions and cries of battle raged from below. He grabbed his sword and shield to join them, but before his feet left the room, a castle messenger appeared from the hall to his left.
"Master Link! The Princess requested you immediately in the Grand Hall! The castle is under siege!" And at that, the messenger hurried over to the next room to inform the occupants of the current situation. Link immediately dashed to the Grand Hall of the castle, where the large barricaded doors boomed as the assailants attempted to enter.
"Link! Over here!" Link immediately recognize the Princess's voice and joined her behind the ranks of soldiers prepared to give their lives to save Hyrule castle. "I need you to be on the front lines. You have more experience and skill when it comes to these demons, and you're our best bet at surviving this. I will be accompanying you."
Link couldn't believe what he was hearing. "A-are you sure Princess? You might get hurt, or worse! Hyrule would not have a ruler!"
"I am sure. I would rather die fighting for my country than cowering in a room."
A loud boom emanated from the door reverberating throughout the hall.
BOOM!
Everybody in the room fell silent.
BOOM!
Link threw a worried glance at the Princess, but she nodded encouragingly at him. It failed to ease his worry for the Princess. Another boom echoed through the halls, but it was accompanied by a sharp crack as the barricade began to fail.
BOOM!
The doors shuddered from the impact and the guards, with stoic expressions, drew their weapons. Link gave Zelda another worried look as she drew her sword, before drawing his own. He calmed his nerves, preparing for the battle ahead as he made his way to the front of the group of guards. Link's presence gave the guards renewed hope, and they bravely prepared for the worst.
CRASH!
The doors burst open, and splinters flew as the horde of monsters rushed in, and without the slightest hesitation, the guards charged. Swords swung, arrows flew as people and creatures alike were slain. Link dispatched these invaders with ease, and Zelda pushed her way forward, lopping off a few heads with surprising grace.
Link was smashing his sword into the head of an incoming Moblin, shattering its skull, when a tremor shook the castle. Everyone, monsters and humans alike, froze. Another tremor, this time much bigger, brought small rocks down from the ceiling. Suddenly, with a deafening explosion, the roof disintegrated and spiraled up into a black sky.
All around him, Link saw monsters and guards getting sucked up into the unnatural storm as the world around him crumbled to pieces. Both monsters and humans ran for the doors and crowded outside as a terrifying scene lay before them.
The world outside that room was gone, replaced by an empty void into which some unfortunate monsters tumbled down. And what was worse was that the ground beneath them was steadily shrinking.
Guards began shoving monsters into the void, and the fighting began again, more hectic than ever as screams of the unfortunate souls that fell into the void rang out.
Monsters shoved one another out of the way and off the edge, trying to flee from the gaping pit. It was inevitable that monsters began to grab soldiers, taking them down with them, and soon, only Zelda, Link and a single member of the Royal Guard were huddled together on a small platform hovering over the bottomless pit.
The guard then turned to face Zelda and Link. "Your highness, great hero, I understand I am taking up a lot of space, so I sacrifice myself in the hopes that you may live. Thank you for giving me the privilege to fight alongside you. May we meet again in the afterlife." And with that, the stoic guard stepped off to meet his doom.
Link felt numb as he looked around. The world was gone. The Princess felt the same as her once mighty kingdom was reduced to a small round piece of land. Her heart sank as she prepared for the inevitable.
Zelda then faced Link, tears in her eyes, and said with a quivering voice, "Link, there's something I've needed to tell you for a very long time. I'm… I'm–"
A sudden bolt of lightning struck between them, throwing Link off the edge and into the void. The last thing he heard was Zelda's wail of despair. Then a peaceful sensation filled him as he was whisked away to a better place. Then, he felt nothing.