Been awhile sine I've posted a story or even a chapter and for that I am sorry. I've been almost done with my chapter for TKP for months now but I'm at the boring part and I keep getting distracted, and then I got inspired to write this so... yeah. I've decided to abandon MB for now but I might pick it up again one day. Anywho, I've already written 4 chapters to this fic but I've decided to post one per week (though 2 today), most for feedback reasons, also cause it takes me awhile to write a chapter and hgopeeflly in 3 weeks I'll be done with the 5th chapter

"Princess, as one who will someday rule over all of Hyrule, it is important that you learn to be more patient

"Princess, as one who will someday rule over all of Hyrule, it is important that you learn to be more patient. There will be many times when you will be required to…" Impa began, but she could clearly see that the girl was not paying attention and was lost in the world beyond her bedroom window.

It had been six months since the Hero of Time had returned from his two year journey to find the fairy that had left for parts unknown. In the months before his leave however, the hero spent regaling the princess with tales of a time that could no longer be. Of a history where the man from the desert had claimed the triforce and the boy of the forest was forced to gather together the seven sages and together they sealed him away throughout time and space.

Had anyone else came to them with such tales, Impa would be inclined to believe them a liar, but this boy in particular had already proven himself capable of great things. She had seen with her own two red eyes the three spiritual stones he had gathered from across Hyrule despite his age and was also quite aware of the Princess's strange connection to time. And so when she instantly believed in him, her mind was set in stone that his words must be the truth, and that she herself would be awakened as the Shadow Sage if ever the seal to the sacred realm were to be broken.

With the boy's return, so came new tales of what he had seen, one in particular of a different world where the moon threatened to swallow the planet. Every few days, the boy would venture from the ranch where he now lived and spend the day entertaining the girl who had become one of his closest friends. This day was one of those days.

It was a full twenty minutes before at last there was a knock at her door. "Come in," Zelda beckoned hoping that good news would soon follow.

Carefully, a young woman, only a few years older then Zelda herself, opened the door to the royal chambers, "Your Highness, there is a boy here to see you, shall I send him up?"

"No, do not worry, I shall go fetch him myself," the blond haired girl smiled. Before Impa even had a chance to react, the girl had already taken off, an action that her caretaker could not help but think unbecoming of a future ruler, but then again, she still had time, the princess did not need to grow up to quickly.

Though only a few seconds behind, it would seem that Impa's age was beginning to catch up to her, being in her early fifties, finding herself struggling to keep up with her ward. As she turned the corner, almost immediately she collided with a young, blond haired servant boy, causing the objects he had been carrying to fly into the air. With her Sheikah reflexes, Impa manage to catch three of the scrolls, but another two seemed destined to fall to the floor. However, an instant later, two hands seem to fly out ant reach the remaining two. The nurse looked down at the boy, whom appeared to be around the same age as her charge, and handed over her scrolls. His blond bangs seemed to reach his nose blocking off half of his face. Yet still something seemed familiar about him, as though she knew him from somewhere, but at the moment Impa had no time to dwell on such things, she had a princess to protect, "You should consider getting a haircut kid, you might not have as many accidents."

"I will consider that," the boy responded politely as he rearranged the scrolls in his hands. Before the words even had time to leave his mouth however, the white haired woman was already off. He stared down the corridor at her for a moment with a far off look on his face, but quickly snapped out of it. There was still work to be done.

By the time the sheikah woman reached the front entrance hall, the princess was already embracing a boy clad in green, "Link, we were beginning to wonder if you had forgotten."

The boy's ears perked up at the mention of his name, "Of course not Impa, I just had some chores I need to finish up first. Besides, it's not yet even noon, we still have the whole day." It always amazed Impa that even after all the things he had seen and done, and how much he had grown, the boy still radiated the same warm smile he had as a child.

"Yes, of course. Let us retire to the royal garden so that you may entertain us with more of your stories," Impa suggested, despite the fact that it was their normal routine. The two children stared at one another for a moment then nodded simultaneously in agreement.

An hour later, Impa watched as Link Swung his sword, once again telling them the story of how he braved the Spirit Temple, "Hm, it's nice to hear you telling your old stories again. When you first came back, the princess begged me for a month to find her a deku mask," the woman smirked as Link's long ears perked in bewilderment.

"That is so odd, 'cause my Deku mask disappeared about a month after I got back," Link informed them, not noticing the princess beside him meeting the eyes of her caretaker.

"So anyway back to the story. What happened next?" the Princess asked, trying her best to keep her composture.

"Oh right, well anyway so there I was fighting against the Iron Knuckle. Bam, slash whamm!!" With each sound he made, so went another slash of his sword, something he realized early on seemed to bring his stories to life. "But then, when the last piece of armor fell, instead of a beast, inside was the very woman who sent me after the silver gauntlets seven years before. It turned out she had been brainwashed, and now that I had rescued her, the memories started to come back to her. But then out of no where, Twinrova arrived and…"

"Wait a moment, if you rescued her in the future and she was taken in your childhood, wouldn't that mean that she is still inside the temple in this reality?" Zelda asked, making the boy's blue eyes widen.

"Zelda, I am sure that a brave boy like Link probably went back to that temple years ago. One doesn't forget affaires such as these, isn't that right Link?"

"Um… yes, of course I did. It's not even a possibility that I forgot," the boy laughed nervously, scratching the back of his head, "Now if you'll excuse me, I have to um… go to the bathroom!"

Link seemed to rush out of the garden as Zelda stared off at him, 'I don't remember Link ever having to go to the bathroom before,' she thought for a moment as a strange melody seemed to float in from the next room.


Two Hours Later

"Where is he, I just can't understand what a teenage boy could possibly be doing in a bathroom for two hours," Zelda sighed in exasperation, her hylian ears falling slightly from boredom.

"Princess, perhaps now it is finally time that we had 'The talk.' You see boys, when they get to a certain age will…"

"Sorry I took so long, I got… lost, yes that's it, lost," Link proclaimed as he entered the clearing. Zelda expected for him to return immediately to her side, but instead, he approached her nurse, "Ms. Impa, I was wondering, do you know anything about the original sages? I mena, if there are already temples devoted to the sages of Hyrule, doesn't that mean there must have been others before?"

"Yes, I suppose it would mean that, however, I have very little knowledge of such things? Why the sudden curiosity?"

Link's mind seemed to wonder back to twenty minutes earlier, 'Where.. where am I?" the gerudo woman seemed to ask, now freed from her armor prison.

"You are inside of the Spirit Temple, the same place you have been for three years."

"Three years… that damn Gannondorf, if he thinks he is going to get away with this, he has another thing coming, the woman fumed upon hearing the news. The truth was, all her action of those years seemed to be blurred. The last thing she remembered for sure was being taken by those two witches, and… and… that boy, the one she sent into the temple. She was sure it, this must be the same boy in front of her now.

"You are a few years to late for that, Gannondorf is gone, and he won't be returning anytime soon," Link smiled, offering a hand to the woman laying on the floor.

"Hm, I'm sure you gave him hell, kid," the woman smirked, it was obvious to her now that there was a lot more to him then she originally suspected, "But tell me, do you know why he kept me in this place?"

"He did it, in order to keep you from rising against him. I think he somehow knew that if he ever did break through the seal of the sacred realm, you would be one of the few who had the power to stand up against him." From there, the young boy continued to tell the story of his great battle in the alternate timeline.

"So what you're trying to tell me is that I, Nabooru, Leader of the Gerudos, am the Spirit Sage destined to save Hyrule, give me a break," the woman mocked as the boy finished his tale.

"Do you have a better reason why he brought you here?" Link smirked, confident that she would see the right.

"Hmm, you got me there kid. But tell me, what exactly is a Sage supposed to do?"

"I'm not sure I know what you mean," the blond replied a puzzled look plastered on his face.

"Come on, there must have been other sages before me, what did they do?"

"Well, I guess I never really thought about it before." Link admitted, and since then the question seemed to stick in his mind.

"Link, Link are you alright," Link shook his head clear of the memories and turned back to the grey haired woman.

"Yes, I'm fine, I was just thinking. I guess there's not really any reason, I was just wondering," he lied, wishing to spare himself the embarrassment of admitting his mistake.

"Well, if you truly wish to know, I suppose we could always check the royal archives. Many a lost legend is contained in those tomes, perhaps the knowledge you seek is hidden somewhere deep within as well," Impa suggested and immediately both of the adolescents seemed to beam, "I suppose I should take that as a yes."

Together, the three journeyed through the mazelike halls of the castle until at last arriving at a large library in the north-west corner of the castle. Link looked on in awe at the thousands upon thousands of books lining the walls, stacked upon shelves that would seem to almost touch the sky, "How in the name of the three goddesses are we ever supposed to find anything in a place this big?"

"We're not, the library you see before you is simply for show, filled with books of common knowledge, though vast it may be," Impa replied, fingering a key she held in her pocket, "The true library we seek is hidden below."

Almost immediately, Zelda headed over to another door, angled behind a shelf casually blending in with its surroundings to avoid wandering eyes, and waited. Soon, Impa walked over to join her, key in hand as Link followed after. "The one below is nowhere near as large as this one, I'm sure it won't take too long," Zelda reassured here friend as the warrior woman unlocked the door.

Once open, the three descended the stairs into the darkness. Link prepared himself to ask how they were suppose to find anything without light, but before he had a chance, his question was answered. "Inceta," Impa whispered, and suddenly, candles around the room seemed to light on their own.

The next hour was spent searching through tomes for even the slightest mention of the sages, but so far their attempts were fruitless. Link dove into an unchecked aisle, the last in the library, and immediately one book stuck out at him. On the binding in golden cursive were the words, "The Legend of Zelda" On instinct, the boy removed the book from its resting place and began to read:

'Inside is this book lies the story of seven wise men,

They were gathered from around the world for their power,

In order to save the people of Hyrule from the golden power that had claim over their hearts.

It is also the story of the seven brave knights who died for their goals,

And the Princess of destiny who made this all possible.'


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