Hi everyone, I'm Necro30 AKA Mocheezemo, A compilation account with Sunruner. This is my first story please forgive any of the spelling or grammar mistakes, for on the comp I wrote this I do not have Word or a spell checker I had to go over to Sunny's house to get it checked and edited. Props to Sunny who is always willing to see my mistakes and fix them for me, lol. Anyways this is a 'What If' story taking place right at the end of Ocarina Of Time when Zelda sends Link back to right before they met for the first time. Enjoy.
Reviews are very welcome.
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Chapter One
The World As It Was
I just stood there as I saw the Princess Zelda for the first time. Only it did not feel like the first time. The bushes were the same, the path was the same, she was looking in the window the same, and this seemed like it had all happened before. She just stood there looking through that window, I had seen her do that before, but I was sure I hadn't at the same time. This seemed oddly familiar, I thought as she looked over in my direction and gasped. I walked up an noticed the seemingly old cobblestone path, lined with small rose bushes and delicate flowers. She seemed to know exactly what was going on, as if she knew what I was about to say.
"Princess, it is an honour to meet-"
"Never mind the pleasantries, we have business to discuss." She said to my quickly, and she moved along. "I know why it is you are here and that will never come to be. We have already done that in the future and I took you back in time to this moment so that it would never happen. So you are here bec-"
"HALT!" Came the voice of one of Zelda's guards. I heard him as he marched over and grabbed me by the back of my green tunic then proceeded hit me over the head with an object that I was sure that the guard was not supposed to have.
Not knowing how much time had elapsed I awoke, my head feeling like it was not ever going to return to a normal size. Taking a breath I caught the distinct aroma of wet rat and mildewing wood. I soon realized I must open my eyes and the first thing I saw was the sight of my very small cell and wondered if this was where all the captives of Hyrule castle were taken. Only as I turned my head to find the direction of the entrance to this cell did I see Zelda's face.
"Why the hell did that happen to me!? I was no harm to you and had no idea what was going on!" I was furious with the princess and I tried to demand that she tell me what was going on but nothing was getting through to her. Zelda seemed not to notice my anger and started off on a speech that she had probably thought of long before coming down to the dungeon.
"This is all part of my plan; only it took you a little longer then expected to get back to me so I got interrupted. Now I shall continue; you are here because I took you back in time to that exact moment so I could undo my own foolish girlhood mistakes." It was then that I noted her odd manner; this is not the usual princess that everyone was accustomed to seeing in the streets of Hyrule. She seemed to be rushing herself. "You see I remember everything and you nothing. But I'm about to remedy that." She then put her hands on my head.
It all came rushing back to me. I remembered everything. I saw the three spiritual stones, the dungeons, and the Temple of Time. That face that was my own but not, Sheilk, the temples, Ganondorf's castle, the final battle, the sages, Ganondorf being locked away and her transporting me back in time to that moment I first saw her. It all came flooding back, everything made sense now. It was so over whelming, I could not take it. I felt the color drain from my face and the world slowly went black. I became weak and fell to the floor…
"You foolish boy, wake up, we have wasted too much time as it is- GET UP!!!" I rolled over, knowing this time that the pounding in my head would surely never go away. I took in the sight of the extremely irate princess and thought I had better do exactly what she told me to if I valued my life at all. I stood up slowly and wavered just a bit under the stress of my pounding head and the oddness of this meeting.
"Okay, 'your highness' what do we do now?" But I don't think I needed have bothered asking, because Zelda, who was as impatient as ever, had already walked up and opened the cell door and was motioning for me to come with her quickly. We rushed through passage after passage and soon I lost all sense of direction because it seemed like we were doubling back on ourselves just to keep from being followed or something.
I followed the princess, I mean it wasn't as if I had a choice, straight to her own bedroom, where her attendant- a tall older-looking woman with pointed ears and a body suit that only Sheikah wore. I quickly made the assumption that this woman was not one get into a fight with. She had her weapons nearby and that was enough to make me stop and think. I quickly made a mental note not to piss her off, for she was scary looking and very stern from what I knew of her via rumors.
"Miss Zelda has everything been arranged?" Zelda answered only with a quick nod of her head and with that I was, once again, being dragged into another room and through more hidden passages straight to the stables where I assumed horses would be waiting to take us away from the castle. As I'd expected, there were two well-bred but plain looking steeds standing with saddles and bags all ready to go.
With myself mounted on my own and Zelda and Impa on the other we took to the road. Where in this land could we have been going? It must have been far and hard to get to I assumed once again, by the trek set in front of us. "Tatalus should be far enough away to get things in order and make sure Ganondorf can't get to us without us finding out first." Impa said, finally giving me an idea where we was going and some reason why.
"Why would Ganondorf be after us?" I shouted to the attendant Impa.
"Not now we'll tell you everything when we get to safety. But meanwhile ready that bow of yours; we have company!"
Only then did I see the small mass of Ganondorf's minions riding behind us, readying their weapons as well. As quickly as we had started ridding. Impa gave the horses a start and they whipped around and stopped dead in their tracks. Zelda and Impa dismounted and faced the oncoming mass of demons with the courage of one I had never seen. Soon I dismounted as well and prepared myself to fight until all that was left was dust. There must have been only five to seven but they seemed endless I thought.
Two of the minions came directly for me, not knowing what I was doing I held out my sword and spun around dropping down on one foot and swiftly taking them both out at once, sending them both to spinning to the ground over three feet away to break into dust. I then, going a small bit of courage from killing the first two, quickly searched to find the next set of them. I sliced right up the center of the nearest one, causing it to fall to its knees and look up in silence at me right before I finished him with a downward stab directly into the area where a heart should have been. Although I seriously doubted whether or not Ganondorf's minions had hearts. Soon a group of three had surrounded me and I was feeling slightly uncomfortable, when a blast of light came over my shoulder and directly towards the leader of the group around me.
"Thanks" Was all I could manage to say to Zelda who had just saved my butt big time
Getting a flash of confidence, I swiftly advanced on the lackey farthest from me so that Impa and Zelda could take care of the last one.
Zelda and Impa had fared well for themselves I thought afterward when sitting on the grass. Impa had used her needles and her own body and Zelda used the little magic she had learned in preparation for her departure from the castle. The battle was over and the minions were all dead and vanished, but the sense that this was not the end had me in a very confused state. Who or what were those things I thought as I sat and tried to catch my breath, I just sat in the grass recovering from the battle. I continued thinking and trying to figure everything out, then just as if she was reading my thoughts, either that or I had a look on my face that said everything for me, Impa began to explain.
"We needed to leave the castle fast because we have reason to believe that Ganondorf is going to wage an attack and try to gain leadership." So Ganondorf was trying to attack. Who is this Ganondorf and why was he trying to attack and why wasn't the rest of the castle aware of this? Why was I, the princess and her attendant the only ones that seemed to know? I had more questions then I could even think at that -
"We need to hide because Ganondorf needs the two of you get his hands on the sacred Triforce." What, I kind of perked up at the continuation of words coming from the attendant, Impa's, mouth. Oh man I thought, I wasn't even listening, I hope what I missed was not important. I vowed silently to not let my thoughts wander from the task at hand again, at least until the important stuff was over. If Impa had noticed then she gave no clue, I breathed a sigh of relief at that small blessing.
A short time later Impa decided that we better rest for the night, so we made camp near a riverbank and behind some trees so we wouldn't be surprised in the night. That night after the princess had gone to sleep I sat up and went down to the river to think about things and see if I could make any sense of everything that had happened to me that day. Up until recently I had been getting odd dreams every night that would make me wake suddenly in the night all cold or hot and scared. Only now did it all make sense to me. I was getting flashbacks- or flash forwards, whatever you want to call them. I knew they seemed too real to be just dre-
"Hero Link, is there something troubling you?" A voice belonging to Zelda's attendant, Impa, came from just beyond the bushes.
"I'm just trying to grasp everything that happened today I always sit and think about the day before I go to bed. It helps sort my thoughts and calm me down." I said truthfully although I had another reason to sit by the water, I did not want to sleep and have this just be another of one of those vivid dreams.
"Overwhelming isn't it? Knowing that you have already lived this day and the next and all of them for the next seven or so years. But knowing that it won't be the same makes it like it really was just a dream." Impa seemed to me that she had her years in wisdom and experience.
"You mind me asking how you and Zelda knew to bring me back to that exact moment?" I had wanted to know that ever since I found out that we were going on this journey.
"All in good time, Link, but for now I think it is best that we both get some sleep if we are going to get to where we need to be tomorrow" So, heeding her words I got up from my place and knowing that this might be the only time that I would ever sit in this exact spot. I muttered a small thank you to the scenery for helping me clear my thoughts and face the next day. Climbing into the bed that was a small blanket that taken from the castle, one I was sure they would not miss, for it was quite worn and a small bit tattered. But on this summer night it was all that I needed to get comfortable and drift off to sleep.
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Well that's all for now everyone I hope that this is not to newbish for everyone