Notice of Annoyance (from the author):

The following story occurs after the events of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. Keep in mind that very little of this is canonical or even remotely related to actual events in the series. Also, for all of you timeline fans, I did NOT overlook Majora's Mask, despite the fact that I find that game creepy and slightly disturbing. It will occur sometime between arc 1 and arc 2. As for other games that supposedly occur between Ocarina of Time and Twilight Princess, I am only including Majora's Mask.

I will be working on a ton of other stories while I am working on this one, so if I don't update this, I'll update another story. Also life, the universe, and pretty much everything will prevent me from working on these stories often.

The legend of Zelda: End of Time

Arc 1

An original story in a not-so-original world.

Chapter 1: The Time's End Festival

Link opened his eyes, squinting in the sudden light that flowed over him. He shuddered slightly as the cool air flowed over his burnt and battered skin. 'Where am I' He thought, slowly observing his surroundings. He was inside the circular grey sword chamber of the Temple of Time, back in his original form, the form of a typical 9 year old boy, but a few of his future injuries had dragged over. Attributing this to the fact that he had not been returned by putting the sword back, he groaned as he sat up on the cold concrete floor. He looked behind him at the pedestal currently holding the Master Sword. Lying on the ground next to the sword was a small blue ocarina.

That's when he remembered what Zelda had done for him. She had sent him back through time to have the childhood he had missed out on. Link got to his feet and picked up the Ocarina of Time. The second he touched it, he knew that he could never again return to the future timeline. He was both slightly disappointed, and thankful for future Zelda's final gift.

Link began to walk around and stretched, getting used to his young body again. While he did this, he thought about the many events of his adventure. His defeat of Ganondorf appeared in his head suddenly. 'OK, I've sealed away future Ganon…So I should focus on past Ganon and prevent him from re-triggering this conflict.'

As link began to leave, his progress was stopped by the sealed door of time, which wouldn't open from his side of the door. Link immediately began searching for a way out. The window by which Navi had left was to high up, and as he considered redrawing the sword, the door began to open.

Link hid himself behind one of the rooms many pillars, and watched with some shock as Link walked through the door. realizing that Zelda had returned him to this point, he waited for himself to draw the sword. Once old Link had vanished, Link left the Temple of Time.

As link entered the town, he was shocked to see that a festival was being set up. As a result, the streets were incredibly crowded.

Link paused, trying to analyze a pathway through the crowd and figure out what they were celebrating.

"Excuse me," Link addressed a young girl who was standing nearby, "What is the town celebrating?"

The girl blinked her blue eyes in startled confusion, "You mean you don't know? It's the festival of Time's End!"

Link frowned at the name, "And what exactly is Time's End?"

The girl looked thoughtful for a moment. "I dunno, but I'll bet that there'll be candy and stuff!" She said happily as she walked off to join some other kids.

Link moved towards a shop vendor, having noticed he was giving out some pamphlets.

"Excuse me sir, but what is Time's End?"

The shop owner laughed heartily. "Finally, a kid that doesn't ask for candy! Well kid, the Time's End is an event in which the entirety of Hyrule is magically altered."

"Altered in what way?" Link asked.

"It's different every time kid, but usually the land itself shifts around. For example, Lake Hylia is south of here, but after the event it could be north of here, or even directly above us. We never know until afterwards." The shop owner paused, "Come to think of it, I'm not rightly sure where it got it's name." Link thanked the shop owner and resumed his trek towards Hyrule castle, but he now wondered how much Hyrule would change in this event. 'I may not be able to find Navi after this event…'

With that thought on his mind, Link continued to the front gate of Hyrule castle. He climbed the vines, and raced towards the castle, carefully avoiding the guards. He snuck through the fountain and crept quietly through the castle towards the garden where Zelda was. He entered the garden and saw Zelda.

'Wait a minute,' Link thought, 'didn't she flee before I opened the door of time?' He filed that info away to investigate later as he focused on his current task.

She seemed happy to see him, but her happiness grew into grim silence when he delivered the unfortunate news. Ganon was indeed after the Triforce, and Link had sealed him away in the future. Hearing his tale, Zelda sat thoughtfully for a moment. "Perhaps it is time that we told the king of this."

"Tell the king what, exactly?" A voice rang out across the garden. It was the king, Daphnes Nohansen Hyrule. "Zelda, who is this common dressed boy, and what is he doing in the castle?"

"Perhaps I can shed some light on this matter your highness," a mysterious voice stated calmly. Out of the shadows stepped none other than Impa, Zelda's Sheikah guardian and Sage of Shadows. "This boy may have saved your life." The king, intrigued and worried for himself and his daughters well-being, listened to the young boy's tale. With input and confirmation from Impa, Link told him everything. About how he was the hero of time, and he had gone on a journey for her to retrieve the spiritual stones, and eventually protect the future from Ganon's evil grasp. Link then proved the story by showing him his left hand, as well as handing over the three spiritual stones. He still possessed the Triforce of Courage, which he could not remove from his body.

The King had to sit down, as he was feeling a little overwhelmed, but he had no choice but to believe the story, crazy as it sounded. "So why are you here now?" He asked. "Ganondorf has not committed a crime worthy of prison time yet."

"My purpose for coming here was to warn you about Ganon, and stop his rise to power." Link said grimly, "I also wish to assist you in finding enough evidence to convict him, if it is possible to do so."

Authors Note:

While this chapter covers all of the information necessary to continue, it's current form is by no means finalized. I will continue editing it until i am happy with how it looks. Please read and review. any helpful tips or criticisms are welcome.