Link sat there for some time, just holding a limp, lifeless Zelda. He caressed her hair as he held her, on the great spiralling staircase in the sealed grounds. At the bottom, in the middle of the ring, a portal had opened, and Fi was talking to Groose, warning him about something or another.

Link shouted down to him, "You still have a chance, Groose! If you are able to beat him in time, you can still save Zelda!"

Groose didn't even respond to his words, didn't even care about what was happening to Zelda. He was only in this for the glory, the attention that he would get for saving the world… he didn't care about Her. Zelda was the reason for all of this happening, how couldn't he see that!

But no, as long as he got his meal in the Lumpy Pumpkin and the girls fawning over him all the time, he didn't even bother trying to save Zelda. Link was the one who cared about her… Why isn't he the chosen hero? He looked down at Zelda's, expressionless face and smiled. He walked up the mountains, slowly stroking her face as he was deep in thought.

"Zelda! Zelda!"

Link's eyes snapped open, and suddenly he had gone from flying through the air to his bedroom in the Knights Academy. He sat up in his bed, and realised that Zelda's father, Geapora was watching over him.

Link felt wrong, like he had missed something, and just sat with a blank expression whilst Zelda's father questioned him about his daughter's loss.

After thinking about the past days events, Link went to put his boots on, but was pushed back by Geapora – "Rest now, Peanut. Zelda's going to be fine. She's out there alive. I know it".

Link slowly accepted that he couldn't go against the instructions of his headmaster, and sank back into the bed, planning to rush out as soon as he could to try and find Zelda. 'She could be hurt, or injured, any why wasn't her father bothered by this!'

After Link was sure that Geapora had retired, Link jumped out of bed, and heard a scuffling from a room close to her own. 'Groose better not bust me if he doesn't want a kick in the face'. Link was never normally this angry, but when it came to Zelda, he just couldn't control himself.

He heard Groose run past his room, and Link poked his head out. Groose seemed to be entranced, chasing after something which had already gone up the stairs. He ran up the stairs and Link heard the door open.

Link decided to follow him – he couldn't understand what Groose was doing, but wanted to pay him back for hiding his loftwing the previous day.

He couldn't help feeling that something had gone wrong. But as he followed Groose, his feelings solidified. Groose was making huge leaps, across the deep chasms that were filled with nothing.

He then saw what Groose was following; a small feminine figure, that seemed to be enticing him across. 'Ha, has he already moved on from Zelda? I knew he didn't really love her, like himself…' Wait, what! He didn't love Zelda, they were just… good… friends…

As he made the leap across the gap, his mind drifted toward yesterday, when he was sure Zelda was about to proclaim her love for him… Damn tornados…

He was quickly brought back to the present by the sound of a person tripping over and slamming head first into the ground. He looked to see Groose flat out on the ground, clearly dazed. 'He should be there for a while. Idiot' thought Link.

He walked up to the seemingly asleep body and gave it a kick, just to be sure. As he looked up, he was astounded by what he saw. The wall that had been before him had slowly disappeared, and the strange girl Groose was with had entered the tunnel that the wall was covering, not seeming to notice that her courtier was flat on the floor.

Link followed after her; maybe she knew something about Zelda. He knew she confined in many of the other girls, but had nothing to do with them himself, his eyes only ever being for Zelda.

As Link entered the chamber, he was blown away immediately. The girl he had thought he had seen was not, indeed, some faceless girl from the crowd Link normally passed by, but instead a strange, floating maiden.

She suddenly stated: "There is a 98% chance you are my master. You must take up this sword. As the one chosen by my creator, it is your destiny". When she turned around to look at Link, she uttered: "You are not the man who was following me, but you are here. Take up the sword and fulfil your destiny."

Link walked up to the sword, and gripped the handle. "In the name of my creator, draw the sword and raise it skyward." Link planted his feet, braced himself, and pulled at the sword. And pulled. And pulled. It was futile.

"Come on!" Link shouted, as he put all his effort into trying to dislodge the sword.

"There is an error with my calculations. Your chance of being my master is 0%." Link then heard irregular footsteps behind him, made by someone swaying to and fro, walking into the chamber.

"Get out of my way Link! This is my turn for the glory!" Groose slurred, clearly still not up to date on events. Despite himself, however, he walked up to the pedestal and unceremoniously drew out the sword.

"Master, you must descend to the surface to save the spirit maiden, the one you call Zelda." Link heard Fi say these words, but wasn't listening to her. How could Groose be the hero… Link had always cared for Zelda more, Zelda had always come to him with her problems, and she had hated Groose… So why was HE the damn hero, why is HE able to draw the sword! Link didn't know what to say, and just stormed out of the chamber, kicking over urns and bashing into Geapora going to other way.

"Link! Where is the sword? Are you the chosen-" Geapora was cut off by Link running past him, tears almost coming out of his eyes.

Then Groose strutted out with the master sword on his shoulder and Fi floating after him, saying "This is improbable. This man has only a 3% chance to be my master. But he has taken the sword, so I must follow". And with that, she disappeared into the sword, and disappeared.

"Hey sir! It seems I'm a chosen hero or something". Groose sounded so cocky that Link just wanted to go over and push him over the edge, but only stopped himself because the headmaster was there.

"You are the chosen hero Groose? But…" Geapora's gaze rested on Link for a while, and then looked back to Groose. "Well, we must make haste. You have to descend to the surface and save my daughter!"

Groose laughed at this. "Ha! No disrespect Sir, but I did just get this sword so… I'm going to celebrate! To the Lumpy Pumpkin!" It was dawn now, so Groose walked up to the edge and half tripped, half jumped over the edge, landing ungracefully on his loftwing, and slowly flew off to the eatery where a hot soup breakfast awaited him.

After this, very slowly, with anger in his eyes, Geapora turned back to Link and put his arm round his shoulder, and they walked back to the academy where they both lived.

"A surprising turn of events, Link. I did not expect the prophecy to come true in my lifetime, and I really didn't expect Groose to be the one that it applied to… But I suppose we must live with what we are given, right Link?"

Geapora's joking attitude and calm words did nothing to soothe the boy, who was still boiling with anger and rage and sadness for what had happened. "But then again…"

Their walk had taken them past a platform that was made for people to jump off, which in fact was the same one that Link had jumped off in the Wings Ceremony the previous day. Geapora stopped walking, and faced link towards the sky.

"As Groose has just gone off to eat in the Lumpy Pumpkin… Who says you can't get a head start?" Link Blinked back his tears of rage and sadness, and looked up to his headmaster.

"Groose has a sword sir, and all I have is this practice one…" Geapora then drew out his own sword, and placed it in Links hand, then gestured to the platform. Link threw his practice sword into the ground, and inspected this new, gleaming sword. It was made in the Baazar's forge, and was clearly a work of art.

Although it was nothing compared to sword Groose had just claimed, Link was going to take anything he could get. He spotted a glowing light in the distance that wasn't there before, and decided that he was going to go there. It was as good as any place to start.

With a nod from Geapora, Link dashed off the edge of the world. With hope in his heart and a sword on his back, Link set off to try and become the hero. Even if he couldn't be chosen, he was damn well going to try.