Link looked down at himself,
at what all he's done. Tatl was beside
him right
now, but he still didn't
understand why Tatl wanted to come with
him at the last second. Navi was his fairy, Tatl was just filling in
while in
Termina. He didn't care. He was the luckiest Hylian in Hyrule.
The thing was that Link had
the chance to save his entire land two months
earlier, or wait, wouldn't
it be seven years later?
Princess Zelda had sent him
back in time, to where he's supposed to be, but he
still would always be bored
because of what he had been
through. Link had gotten tired of resting, so he
looked at Tatl and said,
"Come on, let's
go." They were currently looking
for Navi, because she
was left in Hyrule while he
went off to stop Majora. He hoisted
himself up on
Epona, his horse, and she
trotted off through the Lost Woods.
Navi had been looking for
Link for three days. . . . . where was he? She was
scared. . . . What to do,
what to do? Why would that Skull Kid
try
to hurt Link and Epona? She wondered where he was now. . . .
She rounded another tree,
and looked down that path. Nothing. She was used
to this pattern by now. So she flew all the way down the road,
bored, and scared. But wait!--
--She saw a glint in the
corner of her eye . . . . what was it? Link? She
turned to her right and sped
through some trees, and came upon--
What? She had found
him! But what was that with him? A fairy? Imposter!
Link was in trouble! "Link, that's not me!" She
screamed as she
dove head-first into the
imposter's wing.
Link looked over and said,
"What's going on here?" He
hopped down from Epona
and saw the fairy
fight. Tatl was fighting back, but Navi
had
had far more
experience. "Navi?" he said.
"Navi!"
Navi flew into the air with
Tatl following, and she said, "Link, you've had an
imposter me for the past
three days! I'm here! This is a trick of
someone's!" Then she was hit to the ground by Tatl.
"Navi, stop hitting
Tatl! Tatl, leave Navi alone!" Link
yelled, but they
wouldn't. "TIME OUT!" he screamed, and it
echoed loudly. Navi and Tatl
looked up, then
stopped. "Navi, this is Tatl. Tatl, Navi."
"What's going on here,
Link? I though we were friends!"
Navi said.
I really don't want to have
to go through this, Link thought. "Can I explain
it later? Now shake hands, er - wings." he
said. They shook their
bodies. "Tatl, you know the situation. Do it for Tael!"
Tatl looked down, then
grunted. "You're going to use that
excuse on me every
time. Nuts!" Tatl held out his wing.
"I will not shake hands
with you!" Navi objected. "Link, who is this gal?
And who's Tael? What did that Skull Kid do to you?"
Link, sighed, then said
quickly, "Epona and I were warped to an alternate
dimension so Tatl became my
fairy and she and I had to stop a mask
from destroying the city
parallel to Hyrule called Termina!" He panted.
"There. Happy? Tatl wanted to come, so she did. So, are you happy or
not?"
"Yes. I'm perfectly fine." She held out her
wing, and they shook on it.
Back at the castle, things
were in havoc. With the missing
princess and the
King's failure, Ganondorf,
the evil Gerudo Thief, had taken over.
Link, Navi, and Tatl knew the outcome, as Tatl had been filled in
of his
adventures as the Hero of
Time. So, Link just sat around, knowing
he
couldn't open the Door of
Time, and he knew that seven years from now,
Ganondorf, then Ganon, would
be defeated.
Link was currently just in
his old home in Kokiri Forest, resting. He
deserved a rest. According to this dimension, anyway, Link
had defeat a
Bio-Electric Anemone two
months before. Strange, though, it
seemed like ages
to Link. He had awakened Six Different Sages,
defeated five
temples, not including a
palace, and defeated the greatest Lord of Darkness to
ever set foot in
Hyrule. Then, he un-masked four giants
and
saved Clock Town from a
drastic moon-falling fate. And now,
here he stood,
not even eleven years of
age. Navi and Tatl were out in the
forest,
telling the other fairies of
Link and Tatl's adventures in Termina. He knew
not to mention anything
about the Sages; they shouldn't know about
their future. He was just about to fall asleep, when--
"Hey, Link,"
someone said through the doorway. Link
looked over to see Saria,
his best friend. Seven years from now she would awaken as the
Sage of Forest.
"Saria? What are you doing here?"
"You seem more tired
than you usually are. What's
wrong?" she asked. "I
mean, is it about Navi? 'Cause you only got her, like, two and a
half
months ago. Is that it?"
Link sat up. "No, I've just got a lot on my
mind."
Saria walked completely in,
and sat down in Link's Deku-Bark Chair while Link
sat on his bed. He glanced outside to see Tatl moving her
wings
in a boxing motion, saying,
"Take this, Majora! HHEEAA!" She slammed forward
into a tree. "Owww. . ." she said.
Saria was watching it also,
so she said, "Like, why is that other fairy with
you? What have you been doing while you were out
in Hyrule Field?
And why didn't you die, like every other Kokiri would? Huh? Tell me, Link!
I know you're hiding
something!"
There are a lot of things
I'm hiding, Link thought. "JUST
LEAVE ME ALONE!" he
suddenly screamed. He stormed out of the treehouse.
Outside, he could see two
twins, Fado and Tido, giggling wildly. Link jumped
down the ladder, and then
walked off to Saria and him's place.
Link sat along, hanging off
his favorite tree branch. He had never
thought
about it, but him and Zelda
would be standing at this exact same spot
seven years later. In fact . . . Why couldn't he just walk in
the Forest
Temple right now and defeat
the Poe Sisters and destroy the whole place,
so he wouldn't have to fight
it later? He knew it was
pointless. But still .
. . he had always been too
scared to go through to the Temple, but he
controlled the Triforce of
Courage. There was nothing he was
afraid of.
Standing nobly, he walked
forward to the large door, then . . . what?
A Kokiri Girl was standing
in front of him. One second, none. This second,
(even weirder), Saria was
standing there! But Link knew this
wasn't
the Saria from this
time. This is Saria the Forest
Sage. "Saria?" he asked.
The Sage smiled, did not
talk, but Saria's voice came out. "Link?"
Link choked, as he turned around to see the real, actual
Saria standing on
her normal tree stump. "Oh, Saria--"
"What just happened
back there, Link? You're hiding
something, I mean, why
don't you just get it out of
your system?"
"You wouldn't
understand!" Link said, jumping onto his tree. "Nobody would!"
Saria looked concerned. "Why wouldn't I, Link? Why wouldn't I?"
Link knew this was not the
moment to cry, but he couldn't hold it back. He
buried his face in his
hands, and just started bawling. He
mumbled,
"Why can't I just live
a normal life?"
Saria, stood, gawked-eyed,
before climbing up beside Link. "What's wrong?"
"I can't tell
you!" Link griped, then he just fell down from the branch and
started pounding the grass
profusely. "I can't tell
anyone!!!!!"
"But why not?!"
Saria kneeled beside him.
"I can't tell you that
either!" Link screamed.
"Now, just get up you
big baby," Saria said. She knew
this was one of the
things Link would have to
get over himself. She ran off.
Link then continued to pound
the ground for hours, until he finally stopped,
and looked around. Standing in front of him was Zelda, Princess
of
Hyrule. What? And on her right was Nabooru, the Gerudo Thief, and Sage of
Spirit. And next to her, Darunia, Fire Sage. All the Sages, lined
up in front of him. But why should they be here? Zelda stepped forward, and
held out both her
hands. In one, a small triangle with
four
embedded in it. The bottom right one glowed. The Triforce of Wisdom! And in
the other hand, was the
legendary Ocarina of Time. It was
impossible! Zelda had this in the future. And all the Sages spoke in unison:
"Go to the House of
Light. This world is in grave
danger. Return to
the haunted time and set it
straight. Use the Ocarina of
Time." And they
disappeared.
And Link lay there,
shivering, with the left triangle of the Triforce glowing,
and the other hand holding
the Ocarina of Time.
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What new adventure will
unfold, now that Link has the Ocarina of Time back in
his hands? Find out in the next installment of, The
Legend of Zelda: Hail the Demon King!