Author's Note

This story came to fruition because it always questioned me if the time travel of Link at the end of Ocarina of Time had more effects on the Child Timeline, its future and individuals, than the game indicated to the player.

Since it has been over a year that I wrote it, yet people are still reading (and hopefully enjoying) it, I decided to go back and give it a small revision as of May 2014. I still do appreciate any kind of feedback as it always helps to know what works and what doesn't. Therefore, feel free in offering me your opinion because in the end, it makes stories more enjoyable for readers as well if the writer knows about his strengths and weaknesses. :)

Prologue

A land, known as the Kingdom of Hyrule, relived a peaceful era after it was united under one banner again. The scars of the fierce battles fought on the landscapes, gone down in history as the Hyrulean Civil War, slowly faded away and the country was on the edge to regain its former glory.

None of the inhabitants believed that it would be soon shattered by darkness again until a man, able to wield terrific powers, intruded the Royal Household. In the disguise of loyalty, he desired nothing less than the Triforce, a relic which is said to be created by the goddesses themselves and whoever held the full one was permitted to get his wishes fulfilled.

On his quest to rise to power he stopped at nothing, leaving behind a trail of death and destruction which ultimately ended in the invasion of Hyrule. Only the daughter of the royal family was able to escape her deadly fate before his hands reached out for the ancient relic, claiming its godlike powers only for himself.

Even though it only granted him one part of its might, it raised him the invincible and ruthless sovereign over the kingdom, feared by a whole nation and surpassed by none.
Now, the man was only known as the Great King of Evil, the one who annihilated every last light.

Seven years passed by and when it seemed that the last glimmer of hope was to extinguish, a young man clad in green appeared. Filled with courage, he, the Hero of Time, stepped up against the dark to bring light again to the kingdom.
After a long road where he faced many obstacles and challenges, always scratching death, the time of the ultimate clash of good against evil had come.

In a final battle, determining the fate and future of Hyrule, the Hero of Time Link defeated the Great King of Evil Ganondorf. And in order to avoid that the dark one would ever maraud the lands again, he was sealed away in the abyss of the Evil Realm by six sages and Zelda, the former Princess of Hyrule.

After Link's victory, peace returned to the kingdom and Zelda reclaimed her royal responsibilities. Under her rule, the shattered country should be united once again and regain its glory.

Yet, the time had come that Link and Zelda should apart because his appearance was at no given time a coincidence, besides the belief of most of the tribes in Hyrule. It was his destiny as Link was sealed for the past seven years in the Sacred Realm to age and become a young adult. Only then he was able to wield a holy relic called the Master Sword, known as evil's bane and a key element on his quest to overthrow Ganondorf.

Yet to fulfill his destiny he had to give up, unwittingly, his childhood, only to find himself in a savior's role for a country he barely knew. Even though regaining his childhood was one of the reasons Zelda intended to send him back in time before received the Master Sword, another was his knowledge of the future. With it, he could pretend right from the beginning the plan of Ganondorf's treachery and spare Hyrule its dark era. Albeit the farewell hurt, they both assumed it was the best for them and their kingdom.

However, even though the intention itself seemed noble, they did not consider one might. The Triforce itself. Because of his unbalanced nature, Ganondorf caused the three triangles to split when he touched it with his bloody hands, leaving him only with the Triforce of Power. The other two, Courage and Wisdom, chose their own bearers, Link and Zelda.

Yet, when Zelda sealed the Master Sword again and send Link back in time, who still wielded the Triforce of Courage, it caused a time paradox that alternated the history, the past to which Link was sent back.

Maybe one cannot fool time and maybe it is not wise to try to change the past in order to give it a brighter future.