Chapter 1

Dear Link, I hope this letter has gotten to you safely and I have missed you dearly my old friend. I send this letter as a request for you to come to Hyrule. I shall have an escort waiting for you in Castle Town if you accept my request then I will be seeing you soon. But for now my dear friend I hope time has been good to you. -Sincerely Zelda

As Link was finishing reading the letter he set it down on the table thinking about what the request was. He could hear Ilia calling out his name from the front of his house. "Link" Ilia said hoping Link was home and not out in Hyrule somewhere. Link looked out the window and spotted Ilia "oh hey Ilia hold on".

As Link disappeared back into his home Ilia was waiting patiently, when Link came out of his house he climbed down the ladder and hugged Ilia. Ilia pulled back looking into his eyes grinning "my father wanted me to tell you that Fado is having trouble with the goats again and he was wondering if you could help?" she said.

Link shook head and ran toward Ordon Village passing everyone's houses and running into the goat field. Fado having trouble keeping the goats under control so Link hoped the fence and tried to get to Fado but a goat came charging right at him trying to ram the fence open. Right as Link concentrated on the goat his hands out preparing to grab hold of the goat.

As the goat slammed into Link's hands making his sandals skid across the dirt but Link still managed to stop the goat and threw it down onto its side. Fado ran over to Link with little beads of sweat rolling down off his forehead. "Hey Link thanks for stopping that goat, there are only a few goats out here I managed to get most of them back into the barn but if you want to help it's up to you" Fado said as his tried to catch his breath.

Link had thought about his offer to go back home but he chose to help Fado instead. As they rounded up the rest of the roaming goats they tried to think of a better way on how to keep them in the stable. The sun was falling slowly from the sky as Link and Fado finished up cleaning some of the stables. When they were done Fado thanked Link for taking time in helping him get the goats back into the stables.

Link said farewell to Fado and returned back home. By the time Link was near his house he noticed that Epona was gone. The only answer that ran through his mind was Ilia took Epona to the spring. Not even caring Link climbed up and entered his house mumbling "not my problem" and closed the door. As Link shut the door to his house he look at the kitchen table and saw the letter lying opened.

Remembering what it said Link sat down on a chair next to the table thinking on what to do. The sun had already gone down and the only light from the room was from the oven with the tea kettle hanging in it. As Link thought about it more he just figured he would leave in the morning. So he got up from the chair and went around his house to pack things up.

Like fresh cloths, food and exc. When he was all done he set the pack on the kitchen table. Then went over to his bed and took off his shirt and his sandals. While Link got under the covers he layed down on his bed and looked up at the ceiling thinking about Zelda and Hyrule Castle. He couldn't wait to get out of Ordon Village for a change.

As the sun rose shinning in light through the window Link slowly opened his eyes waking up. Link sat up and looked around his house and saw the letter on the Kitchen table with the pack. He read the letter not fully waken and decided to get dressed in his hero cloths. When He checked the house he grabbed his pack and headed outside his house.

As Link stepped out of his house he closed the door he climbed down the ladder saying good morning to Epona. While strapping the pack to Epona Link mounted and headed into Faron woods. Link had paced Epona to a nice and slow walk while getting across the woods Link scanned the area breathing in the fresh forest air. He truly was going to miss it but Hyrule would be better he hadn't seen Zelda for a few months not since Midna broke the mirror and all hell broke loose.

Epona got closer to the exit way to Hyrule Fields and Link had noticed when they were about a few yards away. Link tugged on Epona's rein making Epona start to gallop but then Link noticed that the pathway was blocked. So he whipped the reins making Epona gallop even faster getting near the blocked pathway.

When Epona was close enough Link gripped the reins tightly and prepared for Epona's jump. As Epona Jumped over the blockade Link lightly bit his lip hoping Epona would make it over ok. Epona and Link burst out of Faron woods we traveled all across Hyrule. Crossing the stone bridge Link could see the Castle towers poking out from behind the hill.

The sky was blue and the sun was shining making the fields green and healthy. Right as Link came close to Castle Town he slowed Epona down he could see someone approaching off from the gate. By the time Link came close to the gate to Castle Town a familiar face came into mind. When Link dismounted, the person smiled "Well the Hero of Time returns".

Link smiled "Hello Impa, how have you been?" Link asked while remembering all the times Impa helped Link and especially Zelda. "Good, someone has been waiting for you for quite a while. I'll take Epona and we can walk through Castle Town". As they walked into Castle Town the square was crowded as always with stands everywhere and noises from all directions filled the air.

"C'mon will go around to the gate entrance to the Castle" Impa said with a small grin on her face. They walked through the crowds of people as they got through the square. A man stepped in front of Link with a smile on his face. "Hello young lad would thy like to buy some water?" the kind man asked trying to get some business. Link couldn't help but smile back "no thank you kind sir, it seems I don't have many rupees on me" Link replied with a grin.

The salesman frowned for a second and then forced a smile back onto his face "well then here take it for free" handing Link a canteen full of drinking water. "Oh thank you kind sir" Link said smiling the salesman laughed a bit "no problem young lad have a nice day". "Thanks you too" Link said waving his hand as he walked down the street he had never really met someone that nice at least not a sales person.

As Impa and Epona reached past the gate to the back part of Hyrule field Link was jogging to catch up. Impa turned to Link "ok we are almost there, we just have to go around the Castle a bit" as they started walking again. Link was slowly catching his breath pacing himself they walked around the Castle. Ending up near the gate were the soldiers and messengers would go Link looked at Impa with a big grin on his face.

"Impa where is Zelda?" Link asked Impa looked at Link suspicious "Link what are you thinking of doing?" Impa asked. "I'm going to go take my own way I want to see Zelda" Link said with a devious look on his face. Impa sighed "she is in the Court yard probably waiting for your reply, and please be careful". Link started climbing the Castle wall "don't worry I'll be fine" he said climbing to the top of the wall. "Just don't get caught by any guards" Impa implied while walking Epona in through the gate.

When Link made it he peeked over seeing no guards on the wall standing guard. Link looked over and saw the garden "this isn't the Castle garden this is the outside garden; I need to find a way through without being caught". So Link looked around and devised a plan "ok if I dive into the garden pond the current will take me and get me through over to the Castle garden."

Link remembered before he left the Castle after Ganondorf was defeated Zelda told him that the outer garden pond ran through the castle and into the main Castle garden. So Link looked around to see any guards and the place was empty so that was good. He walked over to the edge of the wall and dove straight into the pond creating a small slash.

The current was stronger than Link had thought getting pulled he held his breath for as long as he could until he went through a small tunnel. Link couldn't see a thing hoping the tunnel wasn't that long he swam with the current when he saw light shimmering through the water and slowly swam to the surface.

Swimming to the bank of the stream Link hid behind a rock catching his breath. As he hid behind the rock he looked around the garden that was filled with a few maids walking around with chores and things to do. But couldn't find Zelda anywhere as Link crept back into the water he hid under the bank getting some dirt on him not even paying attention.

As he moved along with the stream he looked up to see if he could spot Zelda but he accidently knocked over a rock sending it into the water making a small but loud splash. Link quickly ducked into the bank covering his left cheek with dirt hoping none of the maids got frightened or noticed him. He waited for a minute or two and then went with the stream when he finally saw the cable stone benches he climbed out of the stream.

Link stood up out of the water looking at the big wooden double doors. As he walked over to them he opened one of them and looked down the hallway. Nobody again either have really bad security or they

have the day off. Quietly walking down the hallway Link entered into the Throne room. Windows on every both walls separated by banners that had the Hyrulian symbol on them. Link saw Zelda a few feet away from him she looked beautiful. The sunlight shined on her goldish brown hair and her skin was lightly tan.

Zelda's back was facing towards Link as he took a quiet step he could smell her perfume. He could see his reflection in the window next to Zelda he hadn't noticed he was covered in mud from getting out of the garden. I can't let her see me like this I'm a mess Link thought to himself. Zelda looked in the window and then turned too looked behind her at Link.

"Link is that you, I thought you wouldn't have come?" Zelda said walking up to Link giving him a hug. She didn't bother with the mud staining her dress Link returned the hug by wrapping his arms around her. Zelda pulled away a moment later "why you all are dirty" she giggled smiling happy that her friend was with her.

Link moved some of his dirty hair out of his face "I wanted to see you so I went through the garden" Link said with a smile. Zelda put her gloved hand on her forehead smiling "come on let's get you cleaned up".