It seemed another fine day for Link. Everything seemed to be going his way. Life should be good for him too. He had risked his neck for his land of Hyrule, and was the Hero of Time, and had soon after left for and returned from Termina. With two adventures under his belt, Link decided to rest for a while, but perhaps he rested too long.

One day, a man came to the land of Hyrule through a port in Lake Hylia, and the man alone looked fearsome. He loomed over almost anyone at 7 foot 2. Despite his amazingly unnatural height, he was a stick. Unlike most people though, he had an amazing sense of knowledge and cunning. In simpler terms, the man knew how to get what he wanted and to brainwash people with words. Alongside this man stood his assistant, named Tom. Tom was a shorter fellow who followed his master, Swipe's, orders reluctantly because he owed Swipe his life.

Regardless of all circumstances regarding Swipe's past, he decided to pay a visit to the Princess Zelda, to gain her favor and to turn her will to mirror his. With his wit and cunning, often mistaken for charm, he quickly turned the princess against the hero of the land. He convinced her that he was a lazy bum who never did anything at all, despite the truth being that he was resting from nearly fatal wounds he suffered at the hands of mighty and evil beasts.

The next morning as Link stepped into town, Swipe approached him, appearing as though he was in mortal pain. He asked Link, "Please good sir, I need help. My good friend is being attacked by some Redead in the graveyard." Link quickly rushed off to the graveyard to help this civilian's good friend, who just happened to be Tom, while Swipe went off to raid Link of his items. 'This is just too easy.'

In the graveyard, Tom was feigning struggling with the Redead. Link struck them down in a few minutes and then Tom started up a conversation with Link.

"Sir, thank you for what you have done."

"Don't worry about it, um. What's your name?"

"Call me Tom. I offer the same question to you."

"Haven't you heard of Link, the Hero of Time?"

"Yes. Why?"

"That's me."

"Well thank you Sir Link. May our paths cross again one day."

Link then returned to his house, and he saw that his armory was raided. The first words through his head were 'WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED HERE?' He saw that all the walls were bare. All of his masks, tunics, swords, shields, bombs, arrows, bows, hookshots, and boots. Now all of his possessions consisted of what he had on him. All of that was consisted of a Kokiri Tunic, Kokiri Boots, and his hat. His mind raced to what Zelda could do to help him rectify this situation.

As he raced to Hyrule Castle to consult Zelda on what had just happened, he saw the gate rising in broad daylight. This posed a problem to say the least. Link knew that he could not use the Ocarina of Time to warp over the walls. So he figured that his only chance over the walls was to scale them. Sadly, Link could not find a hand or foothold, so then he remembered that Malon could get into the market on business, so he decided to consult her on this problem.

As Link was on his way to Lon Lon Ranch, Swipe was busy talking to Zelda. He was trying to frame Link and convince her of these things. After a while, Zelda was growing more and more annoyed by the minute with Swipe.

Link was soon in Lon Lon Ranch, and busy talking to Malon. He struck a deal with her. He would fix up this ranch, and she would take him into town. It took Link a good deal of time, but after several hours of repairing stables, cutting grass, organizing crates, gathering the cuckoos into their pen, and getting the horses into the corral.

All the while Swipe was trying to convince Zelda of Link's traitorous actions, but she would not buy his story. Then Swipe started to use his brain, and he concocted a scheme so dastardly and convincing, that Zelda finally started to agree with him, and thus outlawed Link, and let Swipe take her father's place as ruler of Hyrule.

With Malon's help, Link finally made it into the castle town. As he stepped into town, he heard an announcement. "Hear ye, hear ye. The former Hero of Time, Link, is now a menace to society, and is now a fugitive." Link figured that this must be another one of Zelda's jokes, so he decided to stealthily venture to the castle.

As night fell, he snuck into the castle through the courtyard entrance. He was surprised to find that Zelda was not there, but as he peeked through the window, he saw a very tall and odd-looking man seated on the throne, and saw Zelda, bound and gagged, being escorted to the dungeons. He knew that he must find her and rescue her.

He made his way towards the dungeons in stealth and secrecy. He made his way to Zelda's cell and picked the lock. Yet oddly enough, Zelda struggled whenever Link came near her.

He asked, "Zelda, what's wrong?"

Her response was an angry one, "YOU."

"What do you mean?"

"Don't play dumb with me mister. You know what you did."

"No I don't. How bout you tell me?"

"Hell no. But I will do this for you. For releasing me from these dungeons I will scatter your stolen items throughout the land of Hyrule, and will not allow anyone in Kokiri Forest. That will be your safe haven. Good-bye Link. May you make Hyrule a better place."

Link was still confused as to what was happening, but he fled to the forest for his life, because if he was a fugitive, he did not want to face the consequences that come with that title. When he got there, he decided that he had to make his way back to power by slowly but surely regaining his lost items.