This story is based on the animated cartoon series (The Triforce of Courage hasn't been retrieved from the Great Palace), though some scenery and time changes will be made, so don't expect Hyrule to be a constant. But factors from other Zelda games and stories will be used throughout the plot, and to keep the story more true to the gaming titles, Link isn't absolutely obsessed with getting a kiss from Zelda, though he still has a talkative personality. (I also acknowledge that I'm no pro at writing, and any corrective criticism is appreciated, thought not required.) In addition, I don't claim ownership of anything related to this story save for the actual story itself. (Basically, I own the idea, but the characaters, objects,and scenes involved are not mine)

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Prologue

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It was the night of the festival and a great celebration was being held in the courtyards of North Castle. There was singing, dancing, drinking, games, demonstrations, a wide variety of entertainment. But while most everyone was enjoying themselves and having a good time, there was one who was not. Looking over the festival from her balcony, her face occasionally lit up from below by a fire show, or from above by fireworks, Princess Zelda sighed as she watched the lower castes celebrate the festival. The festival commemorated a year of peace, a year without so much as a hint of Ganon. Zelda's saddened mood was a mystery to all but her. Link was nowhere to be found. She knew he hadn't left permanently because all of his belongings save a set of his clothes, his belt and his sword, were still in the Triforce chamber. But still, no one had seen Link, nor Spryte for that matter, for the better part of two days. Her face grew dim slightly as the multiple colors of fireworks played across her face. Another sigh, and Zelda went back into her chambers.

In a forest just south of North Castle, a burst of shimmering green light grew forth from the ground. The ground began to shake as it rose, forming an opening from underneath the dirt and from it many thousands of streams of dark green energy flew and struck the ground. From the energy streams grew the familiar minions of Ganon. But it didn't appear as if Ganon was sending the usual moblins, in their stead a large group of armos knights appears. The armos knights were huge, and instead of standing as statues until touched, these were as huge as ever and were already on the move. Behind this massive group of armos appears a league of Wizrobes, and behind them appeared countless other minions ranging from moblins and stalfos to gleeocks and mantras. Finally, five final streams appeared from the underground entrance and placed themselves in front of the battalion. Four of the streams forming a rectangle, the fifth in the center. As the light shimmered away, four stalfos were carrying a throne, and upon it the evil wizard Ganon himself. Wasting no time, Ganon pointed a green, clawed finger at North Castle.

"This time, I cannot fail! Forward!" he cried in his raspy voice, cackling as his minions moved forward, carrying him at the front.

Back at the castle, a group of merry hylians were talking amongst each other on the castle's south battlements when one of them noticed something odd about the forest to the south. Another had just finished what appeared to be a good joke when the concerned hylian spoke up.

"Hey hey, look!" And as he pointed, the others could clearly see the branches of the Southern Forest were shaking out of sync with the wind. Seconds later they could see the first of the Armos Knights emerge from the trees, standing almost as tall as the large trees themselves.

It took the group of hylians no time at all to start running down through to the courtyards, yelling that Ganon's forces were coming. It took awhile before the hylians actually believed that their time of peace had ended, and all but the Royal Guard were running for shelter inside the walls.

"Princess Zelda!" a guard said urgently through the door to Zelda's chambers, "Princess Zelda, King Harkinian wishes you to join him in the throne room, Ganon is attacking the castle!" No answer came through the door, "Princess?" the guard waited a moment, and then he kicked open the door... Zelda wasn't here. The guard shook his head, "The King isn't going to like this..."