The bright sun set behind Hyrule Castle, illuminating it. Within the castle, Zelda sat reading a letter from the exalt of Ylisse, Chrom, declaring war on Hyrule.
"I don't get it," Zelda said.
"Hm?" a voice said. Zelda looked behind her and saw the Champion garbed hero of Hyrule, Link standing in the doorway.
"The exalt of Ylisse thinks we kidnapped his daughter, Lucina," Zelda said.
"Lucina…? The princess who went back in time to save her own time?" Link asked.
"Yes," Zelda said, "But Hyrule and Ylisse have been at peace for centuries. Why would he suddenly assume that we were the ones who abducted Lucina?" Link shrugged.
At the Yiga Clan hideout, several injured Yiga members limped into the hideout.
"Did you capture her?" the new leader of the Yiga clan, Zartron, asked.
"It, ow. It took us a while since she kicks butt with a sword, but yup," one of the members said, "we got her." Another Yiga member limped forward and handed Zartron a sword. Falchion. A third Yiga clan member stepped forward, pushing along a girl who had been tied up and gagged. The girl had blue hair and blue eyes. One of her eyes, however, had the Mark of Naga on it. If looks could kill, Zartron would have been dead right then and there from the girl's glare.
"Yup," Zartron said, "That's Princess Lucina alright. She has the Mark of Naga on her eye." Lucina let out an angry growl through her gag.
"Yeah," Zartron said, "Take her gag off. If she annoys us too much or screams for help, we'll just have it put back on."
"Oh…" Lucina said angrily, "you giant jerkwad! When I get out of these ropes, I'm gonna make you wish you were dead!"
"Sure you are," Zartron said, as he cupped Lucina's chin in his hand. Lucina worked her head free and bit down on Zartron's hand as hard as she could."Ouch! Oh you…!" Zartron said, "Lock that spoiled princess up! And put the gag back on!" He then stormed off.
Chrom was in the Ylissan Castle Stables, mounting a horse.
"Are you sure you'll be alright, my exalt?" a soldier said.
"I'm very well versed in swordplay, Robert. I'll be fine," Chrom said, reassuring his worried guard, "I'm just gonna go to Hyrule Castle and get my daughter back. If her bodyguard tries anything, I'll just simply hand his butt to him."
"Okay," Robert said, "But why can't some guards just come with you?"
"I just declared war on Hyrule," Chrom said, "So if Princess Zelda decides to launch the first attack, I need all my men here. Hyrule has a powerful army and I need every man I got defending the castle." With that, Chrom left for Hyrule.