Chapter Four
It took Ganon until the following morning to finish eating. He hadn’t had food in months due to his death, and his hunger always caught up to him. Loki sat and patiently looked on as his Master gorged.
Finally, Ganon’s stomach was full. He sighed and yawned. “Alright now, where was I? Oh yes. I have a plan to get back at Link once again. You are aware of the Triforce Room in the Palace of Racona?”
“Yes, Master. It can only be opened by the Princess Kalunera until she dies.”
“Correct. Now, my past attempt to enter the room and drink the power liquid failed although it was in the prophecies. The room is still there, though, and this time, I think I have a way to get past all that. First, I need you to leave the Evil Realm and find me some new prophecy. Also, find out what happened while I was dead. I also want that girl’s name.”
“Yes, Master. But how can I go out there? I don’t look like a Hylian. They will know me right off.”
“I know that. Here.” Ganon raised his hands above his head and brought them down to point at Loki. Red magic issued from his fingertips and surrounded his minion. As the magic touched Loki, His coloring began to change. His skin turned from black to white, and his eyes turned to a piercing red. His hair, however, stayed black as night.
“Now, you are Hylian enough to fool them. Wear a cloak so they don’t notice your obvious similarity to Link.”
“Yes, Master. Thank you, Master.” The minion dissolved into shadow once more and slowly made his way out of the room. With that on hold for now, Ganon lay on the floor for a much-needed nap. You don’t get much sleep when you’re dead.
Only about two hours later, Loki returned. Ganon was already awake by now, sitting on his throne. He knew that as the King of Evil, he needed something that identified his as king, and crowns were too bothersome. “Well?” he asked impatiently.
“I have managed to find out some useful information, Master.”
“Well, then spill it!”
“Yes, Master. The girl is named Sapphira, and she’s no longer a Mistake. She was just recently bound. Interestingly enough, she can also open the door to the Triforce Room in the Palace.”
“Interesting. Go on.”
“A few days ago, Liam was wed to the Princess Kalunera, and Link was wed to Sapphira.”
“How predictable. I bet they thought it was going to be a storybook ending. We’ll see about that. Any more information?”
“Now, they are all staying in the Palace of Racona.”
“Excellent. Now, here’s the plan. Forget Kalunera. She has done nothing to anger me. Yet. However, Sapphira has caused me my entire plan, the one in the prophecies. If she can also get me into the Triforce Room, then that makes our lives easier.
“You are one of my best minions. The reason for that is because you know all of Link’s strategies. I can only predict his next move while I fight him. You, however, will know it. Unfortunately, he has beaten you anyways. My reasoning is that if he is stronger than you, and you should have been unbeatable, then the best option is to make him join us. That will give me an even stronger minion, and it will get rid of my strongest enemy. So, we will kidnap the bargaining chip: his wife. If he wants her back, he will trade himself in for her freedom. Then, with him under my control, I will retake Sapphira and use her to get into the Triforce Room.”
“What is my purpose in this, Master?”
“You will kidnap Sapphira, and you will be in charge of her here while I take care of the rest.”
“When should I begin?”
“Tonight.”
“How will I know what she looks like?”
Ganon tried to remember, but he didn’t have a clear memory from their single encounter. “Just find Link. He looks like you, but he has different colored hair and eyes. The woman that he is intimate with will be his wife. Go now, and do not fail me!”
“Yes, Master.” Loki once again melted into darkness.
Ganon thought about what he had said for a moment. If Loki were a normal minion, he would have been offended that Ganon felt the Link would be more valuable, no matter how true. But Ganon hadn’t made Loki. In the Water Temple, there had been a shallow pool filling the entire room. The ceiling and walls were misted over, and there was a small island with a tree in the center. This pool was the Lake of Shadows. As a person crossed, it absorbed the person’s dark side, their shadow. Once they crossed over the island, the shadow was given a form, and to leave the room alive, the person had to defeat their evil side. Link was no exception, and Loki was created. However, whereas Link was a living person who had feelings and cared for others, Loki had no feelings or cares. He was not angry at the idea of playing second fiddle to Link because he didn’t know how to be angry. Ganon found this interesting, and sometimes helpful, but sometimes, like now, it gave him chills up his monstrous spine.