Chapter 1

Link held onto Zeldas thin arm, running. He had his sword drawn, ready to attack the ReDead surrounding him.

Ganondorf was back. Nobody had expected it. But Link knew, he had to protect the princess at all costs.

He was 13. After Zelda had returned him to his normal life, he had gone back with the Kokiri, but now the King of Evil had returned, somehow escaping from the Sacred Realm.

He and Zelda ran into an opening in the Lost Woods. Link had been there before, but never had it seemed so deserted. The usual Deku Scrubs that would try to sell things were gone. "Zelda, go down there," Link ordered when they reached a small hole behind the tree stump. It was the safest place he knew, because of the heavy grass around it.

"Link, what will you do?" Zelda asked. It had only been 3 years before that Gannondorf began his attack, and they had barely gotten out of that.

"I'm gonna find him and stop him," Link replied casualy. "But you have to go down there, it's safe. The only things that live there are Deku Scrubs, but they won't bother you."

Link rushed over to the entrance that led into the openness of the woods. "You've got to hurry, they're coming."

Zelda did as she was told and dropped down the hole to the Deku Stage.

Link looked back to make sure that Zelda had gone down the hole before running out and into the lost woods, prepared to chase Gannondorfs men away from the area.

His plan worked extremely well, except for when he got to the Sacred Forest Meadow, which was once again guarded by the Moblins that marched through the small passages during his journey to the Forest Temple.

Nobody knew when Gannondorf had returned, or how it happened, but because of how organized he had been, everyone assumed it had been a few weeks, but about two days earlier someone had entered the Temple of Time and found the door broken open. Link didn't even get the chance to grab the Master Sword from its pedestal before Ganon attacked.

Turning, Link found a group of Hylian Knights, who pledged themselves to Gannondorf in order to save the lives of their families. The knights were on horseback, which made out running them near impossible.

"In the name of Lord Gannondorf, you are to turn yourself in," one of the knights who wore heavy black armor said in a strong voice.

"And why would I do that?" Link asked, trying to buy time so he could make a plan. He suspected the Kokiri had all been taken prisoner or killed, which meant he had no hope of finding one of them to help him. He didn't know what was going on with the Gorons or Zoras, but he didn't think he'd want to. "As soon as Gannondork has me and Princess Zelda, your families are as good as gone."

"Lies, this boy is no Hero," the knight in the black armor said. The other knights wore the plain, Hylian soldier armor, so Link guessed that this soldier was one of Gannondorfs right hand men.

"I tell no lies," Link said. "I have seen with my own eyes what Gannondorf does."

"Knights, seize him," the dark knight ordered, his strong voice growing in anger.

Several knights dismounted their horses and walked to Link. He had no sword, so they didn't think he would be a threat to them. They grabbed Link, one knight holding onto each arm, while another checked to make sure he had no weapons.

Two more guards held spears out in front of the Hylian boy, to ensure that he wouldn't try to run.

"Bind him," the leader said. "Make sure he does not escape on the journey back to the castle."

They tied his hands behind his back and bond the roped to two of the horses' reigns. He didn't fight back because he knew it would be foolish to take on all of the knights without any kind of weapon.

The Moblin marching back and forth in the passage did not stop to see what was happening, nor did he stop his march when the knights rode off slowly, with the Hero of Time tied to their horses.

The journey to Hyrul Castle Town seemed to take much longer than normal. Link figured it was because he was stuck walking slowly the whole way. He sighed when they passed Lon Lon Ranch, and was relieved that it didn't look harmed in any way.

The market place was empty, with not even a Redead anymore. The buildings that people obviously refused to leave were burned to the ground, and the other buildings had broken windows, and the only movement inside of them was mice looking for food.

Hyrule castle still stood, though, instead of Gannon Castle, which made Link a little less worried about getting inside. The guard at the main gate stopped and examined the group for a minute before opening the gate and allowing them to pass through.

Links feet were tired, and screamed in protest as they continued to walk through the castle grounds. They finally entered the thrown room, and the guard shoved Link onto the ground before Gannondorf, who was looking more ugly than ever.

Gannondorf laughed with glee, "This is the Hero of Time who defeated me?" he chuckled. "Pathetic."

"You're calling yourself pathetic you know," Link said, a slight smile spreading across his face.

Gannondorf looked confused.

"Because if you're saying that it's pathetic that you lost to me, than you're calling yourself pathetic," Link explained looking more amused.

"Ugh, I mean it's pathetic that you are the Hero of Time who defeated me, because now you are my prisoner!" Gannon snapped.

Links smiled faded, "so what exactly do you plan on doing with me, now that I'm your prisoner?"

"Well, first I plan on taking your piece of the triforce, and then I will sue you as bait to lower out the Princess, but wait I've already done that!" Gannon laughed.

"What?" Link asked, fear taking over his expression. He couldn't have found Zelda!

Gannon clapped his hands, and two knights stepped into the room, holding the Princess by the arms.

"Link, I'm sorry," she said, tears streaming down her face. "I heard the horses walking by slowly, and I thought I could help you."

"Don't worry," Link assured her. "I'll think of something."

"It's to late for that know," the King of Evil laughed, standing from his thrown and walking over to them. "I'm about to get your pieces of the triforce, and there's nothing you can do about it!"

Gannondorf raised his right hand and the triforce started glowing, while the same happened the Link and Zelda.

"It's finally mine!" Gannondorf cried and the triforces started to form one, but then, something happened…

The Triforce of Courage pulled away, and retreated back to Link, but when the Triforce of Wisdom and Power collided, without Courage, they crashed, and disappeared.

"What happened?" Gannondorf asked, anger filling the air. He turned to Link, "You!"

"Me?" Link asked.

"You did this!" the King of Evil yelled. "Guards, take them away. I'll deal with them later."

Five Hylian solders walked in, two grabbing Zelda, and three grabbing Link, and pulling them both onto their feet, they took them off to different cells on different sides of the palace dungeon.


"Where are you taking me?" Link asked. It had been several hours since Link had seen anyone, but a guard had gone into his cell and ordered him to get up, and told him they were going somewhere.

They stopped walking when they got to the doors of the castle. The guard pulled out a key and unlocked the gate, and untied Link wrists. "What you said about Gannondorf killing out families," the guard said. "Was it true?"

Link nodded.

"Then go," the guard said. "Go free Hyrule. I will make sure it is at least nightfall before the guards realize you are gone."

"Thank you," Link said. "Please, make sure that no harm comes to Princess Zelda," he said before running off.

He snuck past the guards patrolling the outside of the castle, and made his way through the quiet, empty market place.

Well, what am I supposed to do now? He wondered. The master sword! He made his way back through the market place and into the Temple of Time. The Door of Time wasn't even open, but torn into. It looked as if something (or someone) had blown it up. He made his way to the pedestal that the Master Sword was in, and pulled the sword out, hoping that he wouldn't end up back in the future.

After he pulled out the sword, the time was still the same. He was 13, and still in Hyrule.

Well then, where do I start? he wondered. It wasn't like he had to defeat any monsters in temples or anything.

He decided to check on the Gorons, just to make sure that they were still there, so he made his way to Death Mountain, and was terrified at what he saw…

To be Continued...


So, what do you think? It's my first LoZ fanfic, so I'm not sure if I like it or not. I haven't been able to find very many Oot, so I decided to do one of those (also because the only other ones I've played are Majoras Mask and the Wind Waker) so let me know what you think.