It was over. With one final shot of the arrow, Link struck Dark Beast Ganon directly in the forehead. The creature wailed, and fell to the ground as Zelda sealed it away. Turning, Zelda faced the hero with a bright smile. "We did it, Link. After 100 years of war and death, the Calamity is defeated."

Link, incredibly tired from his recent fight, gave a weak smile. Wobbling, he leaned on the Master Sword for a second before falling over. Quickly, Zelda rushed to his side, and helped him up. "Link, you should rest, that fight took a lot out of you." Smiling again, she kissed his forehead, and he fell into a deep sleep.

As he slept, the oddest dream came to him. He was standing before three women, each wearing a different color. The smallest one, whom Link presumed to be the youngest, turned to the one in red and said,

"Din, are you sure we really have to do this? I mean, look at him! He looks so happy! Would you take that away from him?" The red one, whom Link now knew to be named Din, responded to the small green one,

"I don't want to do this either Farore, but Hyrule is still greatly undefended. If it is to be rescued from the perils to come, we will need new defenders. New champions." With this, Farore, the green one, took a step back, seemingly content. The third one, clothed in blue, opened her mouth and asked

"But why do we have to do this again? I was sealed with the princess for a hundred years! Do you have any idea how boring it was? You got lucky Farore, you got to take a nice long break." In response, Din turned to the blue one and calmly said

"Please don't complain Nayru, I had to power that monstrosity for 100 years. I don't want to do this any more than either of you, but we don't have a choice. It must be done." With a sad look on her face, she turned to Link, who had been watching silently. "I apologize, Hero." Then, she turned to Farore and hugged her. "Good luck"

Farore, with a look in her eyes that was somewhere between sadness and hope, stepped up to Link, took his hand, and kissed it. Looking up at him again, she smiled, before disappearing into dust. The dust glowed, and formed a triangular symbol that looked familiar to Link.

The symbol hovered in the air for a second, before landing on Link's still outstretched hand. With that, the other two goddesses, for that's what they were, disappeared as well. Slowly, Link opened his eyes to a bright light. He shielded his eyes, wondering why the sun didn't feel as warm as it did when he fell asleep.

Thinking about it further, he realized that he was definitely not laying down on the field before Hyrule Castle like he had been when he had fallen asleep. He was also not wearing the Champion's Tunic that had become so familiar to him. With a start, the sudden realization that the two objects that had aided him most on the journey, The Sheikah Slate and the Master Sword, were missing from his person.

He sat up, worried about his missing items, only to be greeted by a very familiar looking room. Quickly, he ran over to the pillar in the corner, where his Sheikah Slate was waiting. It felt comfortable in his hand, despite missing all of the glyphs and pictures he had accumulated over his adventure.

A chill ran through his body, and he remembered again his near-nudeness. With slightly less speed than the speed he used to reclaim his Slate, he retrieved the Old Shirt and the Well-Worn Trousers that he had started his journey with.

Still in a state of confusion, it took him until he had exited the shrine to realize what exactly had happened. Frightened, he looked at his hand, and was relieved not to see anything. He then looked at his other hand and was dismayed to see that it wasn't a dream after all, but instead had really happened.

The four-piece triangle rested on his left hand, in the form of what appeared to be a birthmark. Three of the triangles that made up the larger whole were empty, but the bottom left one had been filled in.

In a state of shock, Link looked out over Hyrule, now aware that the skyline didn't feature any of the large stone towers he had become accustomed to seeing. With a shrug, he continued down the path, determined to learn what had happened.

The odd thing was, everything was exactly the same as it was before. The old man, who Link knew to be King Rhoam, hadn't seemed to realize that they had done this before, and all of the items Link had found on the Great Plateau were still in the exact same place as before.

It wasn't until Link had beaten the four shrines again that something notably different happened. As King Rhoam finished his speech about "rescuing Hyrule" and "saving his daughter", he handed link four parcels, each decorated differently and said

"The quest will be difficult, and you will need help. Find the new Champions, and give them these packages." Link looked at the boxes, and examined the patterns. Two of them became clear right away, the first a red box with tan stripes on one end and silver foil around the corners. The other one had a darker tan, almost orange color with darker brown spots and a streak of white on one end.

He put away those boxes, reminding himself to give them to Sidon and Unobo when the time came right, and examined the other two. The third box, which Link assumed he'd give to someone in Gerudo Town, had a purple slope covering the one half of the lid, with the other half a blank black.

The final box was an arrangement of feathers he didn't recognize, yet looked oddly familiar. He shook his head, realizing he'd know later who to give it to, and put it away.

He grabbed the Knight's Bow from the chest where it rested, and Paraglided out of the temple of time and off the Great Plateau, with a new mission, to figure out what the heck was going on.