Chapter 1

-Scotland, 1376 A.D.
In a small fishing village on the shore Loch Etive in the shadow of Cruachan in the western highlands of Scotland, a man is coming ashore from his raft with the days paltry haul, his bare feet sinking slightly into the soft sand. "Ach, 'tis getten worse everyday" he said as he looked dejectedly at his nets.
As a horse rides by he looks up from the ground, Sage heard his brother's voice. "Sage, the MacInnes are comin'!!"

As Sage arrived at the battlefield, he saw the rest of his clan and the MacInnes on the hill across the field.
"This donna look good, Sage..." stammered Sage's brother Angus.
"Heh heh, what's the matter little brother, startin' tae get abit scared?" Taunted Sage as he looked at his brother, the dirt and tangled hair gave Sage a haggard look.
"Hm!, If I was sae scared, then why would I be doin' this?" Angus said as a ran down the hill shouting "Per Ardua!"
As Angus charged down the hill the rest of the clan followed. The next thing he knew, Sage was surrounded on all sides by clan and foe, fighting for their dear lives. As Sage blocked and returned a blow from a bearded MacInnes, he noticed something twisting over his shoulder.
As he continued to watch it, the object started to come closer and closer and before Sage could move, everything went black.

*****
An arrow flew threw the air and sucnk into the bullseye of the target.
"Nice shot, Perrin" Link said to his shoulder lengthed hair student, holding his longbow. Even though the boy had yet to shave, Perrin's skills were nearly that of Link's himself.
"Anymore practice Perrin, and you'll be even better than Link." Both Link and Perrin turned around to see Zelda smiling as she walked toward the two of them.
With a smirk on his face and a grunt of humor Link answered "Of course," He put his hand on the young Perrin's shoulder "he has the best teacher in Hyrule."
"Ha, ha." Zelda said as she wrapped her arms around Link's waist and smiled mishteviously. Just as Zelda was about to plant a kiss on her husband Link's lips, a soldier came running into the courtyard.
"Excuse me your Highness," his face blushing upon seeing the couple in their embrace, he continued. "Um, yes well a man was just brought into the castle. He's beat up pretty bad. And he has rounded ears. But he is not Gerudo!"
"Not a Gerudo?" Zelda wondered aloud.
"Well, just don't stand there, take us to him!" Perrin demanded.
"Perrin," Link began, "Patience is a virtue of heroes as well, you know. Matrim, take him to us, please"
"Yes, Sire right away."
As the four walked down the castle corridors to where the injured man was, a graying man with close cropped hair and a silver beard stopped them.
"Your Majesty, I must speak to you about Ganon now, the movements of his forces shows that they have gathered in masse and-"
"Gaul'ramm, even though your are the commanding officer of Hyrule's army, you can't just demand that Zelda listen to your insane babbling!" Link said as he sneered at the knight.
"Link, please let me handle this." Zelda reassured Link by placing her hand on his arm. "Gaul'ramm. I am busy right now, I'll speak with you later," then adding with a hint of ice in her voice, "when I see fit."
As Gaul'ramm was receiving the brow beating from Zelda, a flash of anger showed in his eyes, but he quickly regained his composure. "As my majesty wishes." Gaul'ramm said making an over done bow and making a wave with his cape as he skulked down the hall.
Watching the general storm off silently, Link caught "....like a bagged cat in a river." Shaking his head, Link commented to Zelda.
"Zel, what is his problem, anyway?"
With a sigh Zelda answered. "He's so full of himself and the position my father gave him before the Imprisoning War, I don't even know why I keep him on in my council. Its gone to his head."
Giving Zelda a toothy grin, Link added. " It wouldn't be because you shot down his advances either, would it?"
Giving Link a jab in his side with her elbow she said. "That's not even funny, you know. Its like he only has two things on his mind; me, and Gannon."

****
"Ung..."
"Zel, he's coming to!"
As Sage opened his eyes he did not see what he expected. Instead of being on the field of battle with his clan, he found himself on a bed in a small, stone room. Sitting up startled and confused he sputtered out something that the three couldn't understand until Zelda cast a language spell to make his speach Hylian.
"Wh-where am I, why am I nae on the field? Where is me clan, me brother?"
"Whoa, whoa, whoa, slow down there, what are you talking about?" The man who filled Sage's eyes was about twenty five, his age. He had on a green hat that matched his tunic, light blue eyes, blonde hair that fell around his forehead and pointy ears. Turning his head to the left, Sage noticed another person. She had the same pointy ears as the man did, her long beautiful blonde hair reaching down to the middle of her back, with a jeweled tiara on her forehead. She had on a very fitting powder pink dress on that made her baby blue eyes even more hypnotizing. On her dress was a very strange symbol of three triangles. The same symbol that appeared in her tiara and her ear rings. Turning back to the man he answered.
"I-I was fightin'-th-there was a bright, swirling purple light, it just kept gettin' closer an' closer. I blacked out an'," he took another look around the room he finished "noo I'm here, but I donna hae a clue where 'here' is."
Just as the man in the hat was about to answer the Scotsman's question, Matrim rushed through the door. "Queen Zelda, King Link" He took a few gasps of air. "Ganon's forces are about to attack!"
The couple looked at each other, turning his head to where Sage lied, Link asked. "Can you handle that thing?" He asked pointing to Sage's claymore that was laying on the floor beside him. "Um, just what is your name anyway?"
"Sage McIntire, and yeah, I'm pretty handy with me blade" Sage said cockily picking up his claymore. He fought off a wave of nautia as he stood.
"Okay then, Sage, I am Queen Zelda and this is my husmband, Link And the boy in the corner over there is named Perrin." Zelda said with a nervous smile "Consider yourself the newest soldier in Hyrule's army.
As Link, Zelda, and Perrin left the room hurriedly Sage thought to himself 'Hyrule?, Gannon,? ach wha' hae I gotten meself intae?'
"Come on, Sage let's go!" Link said as he popped his head back through the door way.
"Huh, oh aye." 'Wha' hae I gotten meself intae?' He asked himself once again as he left the room for the oncoming conflict.