"You have failed, Hero."

Those words from Ganondorf, summed up what happened pretty well.

Link had failed.

Link had failed to stop Cia, The Dark Sorceress of Time.

Link had failed to stop Wizzro, The Twisted Wizard.

Link had failed to stop Zant, The King of Darkness.

Link had failed to stop The Twilight.

Link had failed to stop The Shadows.

Link had failed to stop The Blight.

Link had failed to stop The Divine Beasts.

Link had failed to stop The Calamity.

Link had failed to stop Ganondorf, The Great King of Evil.

Link had failed to save Hyrule.

Hyrule was in ruins, Beasts and Monsters destroyed everything.

Ganondorf had killed Princess Zelda and took the Triforce of Wisdom from her.

Link was a simple baker's child before he took up a sword against the Monsters.

And for two years he fought, for two years he killed Dark Generals, for two years he was a thorn in the side of The Dark Army. Even after he caught Blight, even after his insides burned, even after Dark Magic crushed his Soul.

Link fought, even after the Monsters took the Kingdoms, even after he lost his arm, it didn't matter, he found a way to get it back.

No matter what, Link fought.

He fought with anything he could get his hands on, from magical swords, to slingshots.

And Link still failed.

Link had finally made it to Ganondorf, but he failed to beat him.

Ganondorf was holding his bruised, bloody, burned, sick and dying body up by the neck.

"I have finally succeeded, The Triforce is mine!" With that, Ganondorf sunk his other hand into Link's gut, searching for the Triforce of Courage. "Where is it?!" He shouted after finding nothing but a normal, if terribly damaged, Soul.

Link, with all the strength he could muster, smirked down at the Demon Lord who hand a hand in his gut.

"Where is it?!" Ganondorf growled and slammed Link's body against the stone floor, making blood fall out every open wound.

"He hasn't Awoken it, my dear." The seductive voice of Cia answered as she came up to Ganondorf. "He denied the Mark when he realised you were after it. He figured if he was going to face you, he wouldn't want to give you that last piece should he fail to defeat you."

"What?!" Ganondorf looked down to Link, who was smiling. "You mean my armies couldn't deal with a normal child!?" He finished with a stomp to Link's chest, shattering his already broken ribs.

And with blood filling his lungs, Link still smiled.

Ganondorf couldn't complete the Triforce, he couldn't grant his wish.

Link succeeded in making sure of that.

Ganondorf snarled at the broken body of Link, then he turned to Cia. "What is the status of the Portal?"

"It's done." Cia answered.

Ganondorf let out a bellowing laugh. "Hero!" He shouted at Link. "I'm leaving this pathetic world, and when I leave with the Triforce of Power and Wisdom, Hyrule will fall deeper into ruins! You have failed!"

Link tried getting up, but his body wouldn't listen.

"I was planning on killing you, but I think I'll leave you to suffer with this world, if you can survive those wounds." Ganondorf said with another laugh as he and Cia turned to leave the room.

Link ignored his body and stood. Bones grinding against each other as blood flowed out his wounds and organs failing, he took a step forward.

Then the sound of his chipped metal boots slamming against the stone floor echoed in the chamber.

When the Dark Lord and his Sorceress turned to look at him, he glared at them with his remaining eye, and took another step.

"Deal with him." Ganondorf growled, and Cia laughed.

When Link took another step, Black Magic hit him, it filled his mind with fear and his body with more pain, but he still took another step.

Cia let out another laugh. "I do love that indomitable spirit of yours." She said and fired more magic that tore at Link's mind, body and Soul.

But he still walked forth, he would never stop fighting.

When he reached the two, his body looked more like a rotting corpse and his mind could no longer form thoughts.

Before Link could do anything, Ganondorf grabbed his head with his hand, and squeezed.

And Link's twelve year old body fell to the ground, headless.

{Line Break.}

A disembodied voice said, it felt like a melody.

Link slowly opened his eyes, or he would've, if he had eyes, but nevertheless he felt more aware.

"I am Farore of The Golden Goddesses, I was the Goddess of Courage, it was I who made Life. My sister Din was the Goddess of Power, it was her who made your Land. Our sister Nayru was the Goddess of Wisdom, she made the Laws your world followed. After we finished making Hyrule, we each left a piece of our Essence behind, together it was called The Triforce. If one person held all three pieces they would be able to wish for anything."

Link knew most of this, but for some reason, he couldn't recall where he learned it.

"My sisters and I abandoned Hyrule for good when Ganondorf started his attack and you were but a child, we didn't think you would win. We were right, but we should have known you were going to fight. Every time the Evil threatened Hyrule, you would be the Hero and save the world. You were the The Hero, of Hyrule, of Legend, of Twilight, of Wind, of Time and Nature. You are The Everlasting Hero Of Courage."

The Titles were faintly familiar to Link.

"Every life you lived, you were The Hero, and even now, as a child, without any help from us, you stopped Ganondorf from taking Hyrule, from getting the Full Triforce. I can only imagine what you would have accomplished with our guidance. Sadly, Hyrule has fallen into chaos, but I believe you can save it still."

Link hoped he would be able to.

"Ganondorf and his allies have fled to a neighboring universe, to a planet abandoned by it's Gods, they plan to rule that world, but Fate has other plans. The planet has been infected by a virus from the stars, and would fall into ruins, but someone came with the virus, that someone has a history of saving lives that rivals your own record. Find this person and work together to save that planet, save Hyrule and save the very stars."

Link wouldn't fail this time.

"Good, and for my apology for leaving my Hero of Courage, I have gathered some of the items and skills you've collected over your reincarnations, and stored them within your Triforce of Courage. But I think you won't be able to access them for some time."

Link appreciated that, even if he'll have to wait.

"Farewell, I will have hope in you."

{Line Break.}

Link woke up in a forest.

The forest felt different from a regular forest, it felt more Alive.

Link stood up, and noticed he was taller, he then did a quick examination of his body.

If he had to place his age, it was about sixteen or seventeen, he had a lean build and was naked.

His hair was a lighter blond than he remembered, but then again, he didn't have time to wash the blood and grime from his hair in his previous life.

Overall, he just looked older than he remembered, but the blond rabbit ears on top of his head were new.

{Prologue 2/3 End.}