A/N: Hey! It's me, Emma! I'm really excited to publish my next story! So, here it is! BTW, the temple that Link is in is the Temple of time. Also, I know this wasn't where Rusl was at the time. Just work with me here.

Link's POV

Here we go again. Just another group of goblins to chop my way through. No biggie. At this point in the game, something as small as this was practice.

Just as my sword sliced through the last goblin, there was a loud echoing bang from behind me. Great. Something big. And then glass shattering.

A little black imp rushed out of my shadow.

"That doesn't sound too good. Do you think that the mirror shard is in there? Or WAS in there?"

"I don't know, Midna, but we should probably go find out. After all, since when are we scared of anything?" Truth is, the fear was sliding in ripples down my spine. It always does when I go into a boss lair.

The large monster was similar to a big spider. It was black and hairy, and had a big orange eye on it's back. Lovely. This was going to be fun. The first thing that I did was pull out my bow. I was going to hit the beast in the eye, then when it was on the ground, I was going to use my dominion rod to make the statue crush it. (A/N: This actually how you do it. But, after he's been crushed by the statue, then he's reduced to an eyeball and you just shoot him with a few arrows or sword strikes. Honestly, the easiest temple boss I've ever fought.) However, I was ambushed by a hoard of spiders from behind.

I couldn't get control of my sword arm. They were crawling all over it. I tried to keep the little devils at bay with my shield, but it was engulfed with tiny spiders.

The next thing I knew, my name was being called by Midna's tiny screeching voice and all went black and silent.

Midna's POV

The spiders were all over him. They were biting and scratching and he finally fell to the ground in a pile of flesh, blood and spiders. I called to him frantically, using my powers to get rid of the little buggers. I knew exactly what needed to be done.

I'd done a little bit of research in the past and had found out that the man, Rusl, I believed his name was, trained with his sword everyday by the spring in Ordona. If I could teleport Link to just outside there, then maybe he would find him.

It was worth a shot.

Rusl's POV

I swung my sword around once again, pretending to hit a foe, then again, and again. My training session would have to end soon, though. It was beginning to get dark, and my pregnant wife would need me at home before long.

I reluctantly sheathed my sword and headed out the gate. It was then that I saw a large, irregular lump. Wondering what it was, I slowly walked up to it. I really didn't know what it was, so I kept my hand on the hilt of my sword, which was still in it's sheath.

My eyes weren't quite adjusted to the dying light, but I didn't have to take too many steps before I realized that the lump was a man. A wounded man.

He was in a pool of blood, curled up and with his back to me. His bloodied sword was on the ground a few inches from is limp hand, his shield still attached to his left arm, and he was lying on it.

At first, I didn't know if the man was still alive. He appeared dead at first, and I was scared to death. Then, in the darkness, I saw his chest heave ever so slightly. I needed to get this man back to the village. He was going to die if I didn't. And even with proper treatment, I wasn't sure if he was going to live anyway.

I couldn't see his face as he was facing away from me. I gingerly picked the man up into my arms like a baby and looked into his face.

I almost dropped him. It was Link. I was a little stressed and panicked in the first place, but now I was about to go into hysterics.

I bolted down the old road as fast as possible and into the village.

"Help!" I hollered. "It's Link! He's hurt!" Jaggle and Uli both appeared by my side. Uli had her hand over her mouth and her other over stomach. She looked flabbergasted.

Jaggle took one look at the bleeding, warped body in my hand before opening the door to my house.

Jaggle's POV

I was just finishing up the shield that I had been working on when I heard running feet out in the street. My first thought was children, but then I realized that they were all gone. I sighed heavily and returned to work. How I missed my sons.

Then I heard Rusl hollering outside. "Help!" he cried. Uh oh. This couldn't be good.

Those evil creatures must have returned!

"It's Link! He's Hurt!"

What in blue blazes? Link!? Hurt!? There was a problem. I was outside before I really knew what I was doing.

Sure enough, there was Rusl carrying Link like a baby. His body was mangled and bleeding. It was one of the most horrendous things I'd ever seen. This young man that I'd known since the day he was born was dying right before my eyes.

I quickly opened Rusl's and Uli's front door to let Rusl and Link in. Uli pushed past me.

I put a hand on her shoulder. "Perhaps a woman doesn't need to see this."

"See what?" She was panicked and frightened. "You don't actually think that he's going to…" She couldn't finish her sentence before bursting into tears and wrapping her arms around my neck. So I stood there and comforted her.

Rusl's POV

Link was lying on my bed, stripped, a white cloth covering his modest region. There were several large, deep gashes on his arms and legs, two large gashes in his mid-section. He also had several small but deep circular wounds all over his body. The blood was flowing freely. Still unconscious, Link's breathing was shallower and shallower with every draw he took. I honestly didn't expect him to survive. Link, who was like my little bother, was dying and there was hardly anything I could do about it.

I'm no doctor, but I knew that it a wound was deep enough, then it will cause almost certain death.

Jaggle and I bound the wounds as I explained how I found him. We came to the conclusion that He must have been somewhere close by, and, when realizing that he was going to die, worked his way back to people that might help him.

We also concluded that if we didn't get him to a doctor fast, then he wouldn't survive. I needed Link to survive.

So, we had him in the back of the only cart in the entire village within five minutes, and the rest of the village watched as Jaggle and I rode off to castle town.

Jaggle's POV

"Hey, How's he holding up?" Rusl called from where he was driving the cart. I almost didn't want to answer him because, actually, Link wasn't holding up to well. The bleeding hadn't stopped and his breath was getting shorter and shorter. It appeared as if he had crushed several of his bones.

To put it simply, Link was dying.

"Not to well."

"I know your no doctor, but, in your opinion, is he going to make it to castle town?"

"No. He's dying." The cart went faster then it had ever gone before. Link was going to die, but Rusl had far to much hope. When he did pass, it was going to hit his friend hard. Very hard. This was like losing a son to him.

I saw the city walls climb over the hill and the cart went even faster. We went soaring right into town, only stopping once inside the gate.

I jumped out of the back of the cart. "We need a doctor! Fast!"

A little blonde girl, maybe nine years old, in a blue dress pointed down a road and said "That way! The doctor lives that way!"

Since the cart wouldn't fit down the little street, Rusl picked up Link's limp body and ran as fast as he could the direction the girl had pointed in.

Little Blonde Girl's POV

I don't know, that carrot seems a little to ripe… wait, that one might work. Okay, now I have the carrots and tomatoes, now all I need is the beets. Oh, there they are, over there.

Suddenly there was a humungous bang behind me and I spun around on my heel. An old-looking cart with two men pulled to a halt and the man in back jumped out, calling for a doctor.

I'm not stupid. I know why people need doctors, especially why they holler for them. Someone was sick or hurt.

Quickly I pointed and told them where to go. Then man that had been driving picked a man up out of the back of the cart.

He looked terrible. There were poorly wrapped bandages on him all over the place, he was unconcious, and there was a large woolen blanket wrapped around him.

And I recognized him.

He was the guy that always hung around Telma's bar, the one that was good friends with her. And I also knewthat no one really trusted that old coot of a doctor. Telma would want to know about this.

Putting my basket down, I rushed through the streets, then I stopped. I was in front of the bar's front door. Normally, nine-year-old girls weren't allowed in places that sold liquer, but this was a matter of life and death. I slowly pushed the door open.

Telma's POV

It was a slow day. It normally is on days with no other big hub bub going on at the castle.

Shad, Ashei and Auru were sitting up at the table in back, speaking loudly enough for me to hear. There was no one else around.

Then the door opened.

My back was turned, so I assumed this was just another customer come for a meal and drink. The room went deathly silent.

Well, what kind of man could this be? Is he big? Tattooed? I can imagine someone scaring Shad out of his wits, but Ashei and Auru had gone silent as well.

I turned to discover that the person in question was not large or scary at all, but a little girl.

"Are you Telma?" She looked frightened, So, I came out from behind the counter so I could squat down to her level. I put on my nicest smile.

"Yes, I am. What can I do for you?"

"Do you know that guy who's always around here?"

"There are lots of guys who are always around here."

"The one with the green tunic and purple sword."

"Link? Yeah, I know him, Honey." I was starting to get concerned.

"I just saw a couple of guys come into town. They took him to the doctor. He was hurt really bad. I just thought you would want to know." I froze, but my three companions made for the door and probably for the doctor's.

"Thank you, dear." And I followed my friends.

It was easy to believe that Link could get himself hurt. He was always around Hyrule, in it's time of greatest need. Ok, so maybe not it's greatest need. It's greatest need was written down in a great legand. The hero of time.

The hero of time always wore a green tunic and the master sword, which had a purple grip. And he always had a triforce symbol on the back of this hand. And he always had a horse named Epona.

And his name was always Link.

Holy shit.

A/N: R&R!!!