Miyuki: *Sleeping* .

Everyone else: *sweatdrop*

Athylia: What a stupid announcer.

Link was busy. He had been fighting strange monsters that were never before seen by anyone in Hyrule; for 5 hours straight. If it were just a few monsters that had attacked him, he could deal. But when the hero was mobbed by 1000 monsters that just kept multiplying, it was very tiring. Panting, he swiped his sword at a few beasts, only to get attacked by double the amount. 'Where are these things coming from?' he thought. He cringed from the pain for only the slightest amount of time, but the momentary freeze up gave an opening for even more 4-legged creatures to attack. Our green hero is running out of strength, with only a half a heart left. Even if he didn't know it, because he can't really see his heart metre. Using a spin attack, he swung the things off his back and legs, also slaughtering anything within the reach of his sword. The critters began to once again crawl closer to him. Link stumbled in his fast-shrinking diameter of space. He grimaced and was about to bound into more action, when a very familiar voice stared to fill his ears. 'Link…..Link…' the voice pleaded 'Please listen…'

"Zelda?" He asked out loud, completely unaware of the things beginning to crawl up his legs.

'Yes… come to Hyrule castle… it's urgent…' The voice faded away, the last word echoing in his mind. It was the last thing he heard before the mass of things completely consumed him.

Link opened his eyes to a strange place with a decorative ceiling. 'Is this death?' he wondered. 'Probably not…it's comforting here, though.' He thought soon afterward.

"HIYA!" a small girl suddenly popped into his view, scary the jeepers out of him. He jumped up, hitting his head on a shelf, knocking a precariously perched vase of it, and skillfully catching it before it hit the ground. She wiggled her elfin ears in amusement. "Here! Eat this." She chirped again, handing him a porcelain bowl. Link hesitantly sipped the soup it contained. [*BLIP, BLIP, BLIP, BLIP, BLIP* ALL HEARTS RESTORED!] "Anyways, I have to go check on the horse. Stay here unless you have a death wish!" The weird girl vanished out the door. Link took this opportunity to explore his surroundings. He stood up and looked at the simple and practical household. He swiveled his view around the top floor of the building. To the left of him, there was a second bed, probably the girls' parents. Behind that was a chest of drawers. He walked over to that area of the house. He looked at the single picture sitting on top the glossy piece of wood. It featured a very pretty human woman holding a green eyed baby with elfin ears, a tall elfin man, and a little boy with ears matching his fathers. 'So this is her family…this picture must be like a decade old.' He noted. He put the picture down and turned to look at the painted ceiling. It featured the map of Hyrule, with chiefs of different tribes marching all over their domains. He inhaled deeply in amazement. This wasn't just painted, it was hand painted.

"Ah-ah-ah-CHOOOO!" He sneezed. Link was thoroughly shocked, for he never sneezed. Ever. Now what could have caused such an out of character outburst? Link looked around and soon found the source. The second bed, which he was standing beside, was covered with an inch of dust. So where was the person who slept in that bed? Maybe the other beds were on the main floor. But that still didn't explain the unused bed. Link quickly climbed down that ladder, eager to solve this mystery. The bottom floor was also basic. Under the balcony/top floor, there was a small kitchenette. On the other side of the house, there were two chairs beside a fireplace. In the middle of the house there was a table with two chairs. By now Link knew:

The house was obviously built for two, even though there were four people in the picture.

The second person who should be taking care of the girl is not home; and has not been home for a very long time.

Someone had painted the roof.

Well, isn't that nice to know.

Link picked up a pot. He was about to throw it when he heard much banging from outside. BAM! BOOM! BANG!

"Hey! Come back! I just want to groom you!" The horse whinnied. Link put down the pottery and kicked open the door. He was greeted with the sight of the kid trying to catch Epona. Yes, Epona. He was very shocked to see his runaway horse out here. Immediately, he picked some horse grass which was conveniently located right next to the door and began to blow. [YOU HAVE PLAYED… EPONA'S SONG!] His horse slowed to the soothing melody, and trotted toward him.

"There, there. It's okay Epona."He comforted the startled pony.

"Ooh, it's your horse?" Link nodded. "You should probably keep her closer to you. I found her in Hyrule field, and the blue goblin things were trying to hurt her. So I attacked the blue goblins and brought her here." Links face: face of 'I'm not surprised.' face of 'Did you say Hyrule?' face of 'Oh shit, Zelda!' "Wait! Where are you going?" She called out to Links' back as he rode away at full speed. Link didn't reply because it wasn't as important as Zelda. He focused on the road ahead, dodging anything that could make the horse trip. He did feel kind of guilty for just leaving that girl in the dust. 'Maybe just one look back won't hurt.' He looked back and his eyes nearly popped out of his head. The girl was sprinting behind him, despite her long dress. "YOU WON'T LOOSE ME THAT EASILY!" She shouted after him. She then jumped onto Epona's back, and in the process scared the hell out of Epona. As Link struggled to control the rampaging pony, the girl made herself comfortable. "So, where are we going?" she asked nonchalantly.

"We?" Link answered. "I don't even know your name."

"My name is Athylia."

"Okay then Athylia, 'we' are going to Hyrule castle, to meet up with the princess."

"The princess as in Princess Zelda?"

"Is there another princess?"

"I've always wanted to meet the Princess! I'm so happy!" Within minutes, they were riding into the great city of Hyrule.

Miyuki: *still sleeping* .

Zelda: She must be very tired.

Athylia: Or just plain lazy.

Link: Wow… what a failed announcer.