Linked Worlds

Chapter Five: Hyrule

It has not been shaping out to be a good day.

First, we get attacked by another group of crazy strong moblins. After that, we arrive at the entrance of the village we need to be in, and we're teleported to a different world. My world. In which we got ambushed multiple times. Hey, at least fairies seem to naturally flock to the old man and I.

At least we found a clearing to camp in. The beds from the castle yesterday were great, don't get me wrong, but they were way too soft. I guess I'm just used to the hard ground of the forest.

"Traveler, what's with the monsters? There are so many!"

"Yeah, is it these specific woods?"

Well, you see, they want to drain me of my blood and perform some weird ritual so they can revive their lord and savior Ganon.

"Uh, they're not just in these woods. They're kind of everywhere. Makes traveling quite hard, you know?" I try to joke. The sailor and veteran gape at me in disbelief, as I fiddle with the bottom of my tunic.

"Why the hell are there so many?"

"U-um, I'm really not sure about their numbers, I guess Ganon just had a lot of followers, heh."

"You've fought Ganon?!" The veteran asks this loud enough that everyone else hears.

"Well, yeah, didn't you?"

"I did, which is why I don't understand why you had to."

"Hold on, by Ganon, do you mean Ganondorf?" the sailor questions.

"Um... n-no, he was just called Ganon in my time..."

"That's because his name is Ganondorf while he's in his Gerudo form, and he's called Ganon in his beast form," the old man says.

The ranch hand is next to speak up.

"So, have we all faced him at one point or another?"

"Looks like it, though, I never saw him as a Gerudo," the cook says with confusion lacing his voice. "I remember a friend of mine told me he once adopted the form of a Gerudo. However, I don't know if she meant in our time, or in ancient Gerudo legend."

"Yeah, I've faced him," the captain says with a far off look in his eyes.

"Faced him, beat him, sealed him away with a magic sword," the smithy confirms.

"Who's Ganon?"

.....Did.......... did he just- what?!

"Y'know, evil person slash magic pig thing. Real pain in the ass. That guy," the veteran explains. He says 'ass' a lot, as well as a few other words that I don't know the definition of. Maybe I should ask him later. Or the sailor. The sailor says them too.

"It's very possible he may not have fought him at all," the blacksmith says. "My first adventure, I only had to worry about Vaati, and before my second adventure, I'd never heard of Ganon before. Not even from the stories told about you."

"Yeah, I've never heard of him. Maybe-" He cuts himself off, and a brief flash of terror crosses his face before he hides it.

"I-I think it's because..... well, I don't want to go into it, but I've never really fought the guy."

"Let me tell you about it then!"

The sailor goes into a tale of his battle with Ganondorf as the champion starts dinner.

"Before I fought him, I had to fight three other versions of him. One was a puppet, one was a spider, and one was a caterpillar. They weren't too bad, except for the damn caterpillar, which I absolutely fucking hated, the timing was stupid hard to get right. Anyways, after I took those down, I climbed the tower to the very top, where I found Tetra, who he was holding captive cause she had the triforce of wisdom, she was also kind of Zelda? It's fucking weird. So then he gives me a little monologue-"