This ties together Orcarina of Time, Majora's Mask, and Twilight Princess. It does twist the story a bit.

Link left Hyrule after OOT, because he had to disappear for the seven years of darkness... He ran into a bit of bad luck that led to the story of MM and his short/long stay in Termina. Then, wishing only to forget what had been, to start anew, he ran away from being a hero.

This led him to Ordon, where he became a Shepard. No one asked him his past, and he told no one.

However, the events of TP force him to reclaim his old ways, and once again take up the sword and become the hero.

After TP, he returns to the Lost Woods of OOT... And thus does this story begin.

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Chapter One: Silence

It all began when I was very small. My first memories are of her. She and the other Kokiri raised me, thinking I was one of their own, a new Kokiri, despite the fact that I was not given a fairy. She would tuck me in every night, and take out her flute and play her song.

As time passed, she stopped having to do this. I was given my own tree house to live in. But I was happy, because her house was still beside mine, and if I cried out at night, she would hear.

When I would wake in the middle of the night from nightmares, all I had to do was listen real close, and I could always hear the melody echoing though the forest. Back then, I thought it would always be that way... That I would always be able to hear the song if I listened. And that if I ever cried out, she would come.

Back then, I was scared of everything. I rarely left my house because I was afraid of Mido... I was scared that he would hurt me. And he did... with words.

"Hey, look, it's Mr. No Fairy. What are you gonna do today? Oh, that's right... Hide from the monsters..."

Everyone would laugh at me, but I knew there were monsters out there. Saria, brave Saria, told me all about them. She was the only one who never laughed.

And then, one day, a fairy came to me. Navi. She told me I had to go see the Great Deku Tree... If I had known what would happen then, I probably would have never gone... But I had to. It was my destiny.

I tried to save the Great Deku Tree... I really did... But thought I succeeded in getting rid of the curse, he still died. Mido blamed me. But Saria knew I had done all that I could...

And that was only the beginning... His dying wish had been for me to go to Hyrule Castle and meet the "princess of destiny." Which meant I would have to leave the forest. The forest that had always protected me... And Saria, knowing how scared I still was, gave me an Orcarina, so I would know she was never alone.

When I left the forest, I suddenly felt... odd. Like part of me that had always been there was gone. Finally, I realized what it was. It was quiet... Her song was not there. But I had to go on anyway.

So, I got tied up in knots in this huge quest. Saria was was with me the whole way. She eventually taught me her song... Saria's Song. The Song of the Forest.

I ended up opening the Door of Time, and then woke up seven years in the future... It was quite a shock, since I still saw myself as this nine year old coward... While everyone else saw me as a sixteen year old hero.

I was only doing what I had to do. After all, like it or not, I was the Hero of Time. I couldn't let everyone down... Especially not Saria.

Saria... At first, in the future, no matter how dark it seemed, I was looking forward to seeing her again. After looking at myself in this time, I started wondering how she looked... I imagined that she must be very beautiful.

I found my way back to the Kokiri's village... The Forest Temple was somewhere nearby, so a short detour wouldn't hurt... And Shiek, a enigmatic person I'd met, told me that "a girl in the forest needed my help..."

But when I got there, my heart sank. No one had changed a bit... They were all still kids... And when I rescued Saria in the Temple, she was just the same too. And she became the Sage of Forest... So would have to remain there, in the Sacred Realm. But her song would still let me speak with her.

The Deku Sprout, which grew when I cleansed the Temple, revealed to me the truth. Saria and the other Kokiri were immortal children... They would never age. I, however, am Hylian. My mother gave me to him to care for before she died...

After that shock, I went on with completing my quest. I saved Princess Zelda... who had been disguised as Shiek, and defeated Gannondorf, king of the Geredo Theives. And then... Zelda used the Orcarina to send me back in time. To the past, when I was still nine.

Only, now I had come to accept myself as sixteen. And I knew people in the past could tell. I was now a nine year old with the wisdom of someone older.

I was very confused. But one thing I knew for certain. I could not remain in Hyrule. Everyone had said I was gone for those seven years I slept. So I had to leave. For good.

And I couldn't even tell Saria goodbye...

I went to Malon's, she's a girl I met on my adventure, and took Epona the horse with me. I earned her fair and square in the future... and I knew I'd care for her better than Mr. Ingo had in the seven years of darkness.

I had the feeling I was being watched as I rode away, but I hoped Malon understood...

I wandered far, and came to Termina. Skull Kid stole Epona from me and I had to get her back... But I wound up stuck in another adventure.

Eventually, I saved Termina from the giant moon... And then I left again. Seeing people like Anju and Kafei only made me more aware of my own past... I didn't want to remember. I didn't want to be a hero, either. I just wanted to be Link. The old Link I used to be... Before any of this happened, when Saria and I would see each other every day.

So, I rode on, just trying to get away from it all.

That's what led me to Ordon. The villagers looked at me uncertainly, a lone rider from who knows where, and a child at that, but they didn't ask me any questions. I had only planned to stay the night, and move on, but Rusl was worried about me and asked me if I'd stay.

I decided to wait a while longer before moving on. Soon days became weeks... and before I knew it, the village felt like home. They asked me if I would help with the ranch, and I agreed. It was to be my new life. Link the ranch hand. I liked it better than Link, the Hero of Time.

I even got my own house, slightly isolated from the rest of the village. I really liked it there.

But, every night, I became all too aware of the silence that surrounded Ordon... The song that had for so long been my lullaby, my guide, my heartbeat... I doubted I'd ever hear it again.

And now I was glad to be away from the others. They saw me as strong... I didn't want them to know that I cried myself to sleep every night.

Every night, the silence reminded me of those I missed... The past I could never return to.

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As time passed, and I grew older, I no longer cried myself to sleep. Some would say I grew out of it, but that's not really the truth. The truth is I just tried not to think of the past, and eventually, Ordon was all I thought of. My work at the ranch, showing my skills to the village kids, helping around town... I was too busy to think of much else.

But sometimes, when demonstrating to Colin, Talo, Malo, and Beth, I'd see in them ghosts of the Kokiri... And when I talked to Ilia, sometimes, in the right light, she'd remind me of my Saria...

I never stopped missing them, truly. I just gave up. There's no going back to the past.

Not anymore.