Zelda had always been caring girl towards everything. She loved spending time outdoors while she could. Sneaking away from the castle started becoming a sport for her, everyday became more challenging. Today she decided she would sneak to the fishing pond at Lake Hylia and explore. She secretly packed the things she needed and quietly walked down the corridor careful not to be seen by the guards and more importantly Impa. Impa trusted Zelda to stay out of trouble when she was away and promised not to tell anyone as long as she didn't catch her in the act of sneaking out. After sneaking into the courtyard, she pulled out the hookshot she personally made, shot the wall above, and started climbing over. Once out she put on a robe and hood so no one would notice her. She knew it would be a long hike to the lake so she sang songs as she walked to pass time. Once at the lake she entered the area of the pond and saw no one. She was confused as to how no one was here on this beautiful day but didn't complain since now she could take off her robe and hood and feel the sun warming her body. She carefully chose the perfect spot to sit, read, and maybe even snack on some sandwiches she brought along. After about an hour, she was getting tired and decided to get up and explore a little to keep herself awake. She walked along the waters edge unaware that someone had been watching her the whole time she had been there.
Link, a young adult around the age of seventeen was swimming thinking about the dreams he has been having since he was about 10.
The dream was about him and a girl in the future. They were standing on nothing it seemed like, just floating. The girl was telling him that she needed to return him to the past to enjoy his lost childhood. His thoughts were broken up when he saw a hooded person appear almost out of nowhere as if they had snuck in quietly. Link hid behind some rocks to spy and get a better look and discovered that was a girl about his age, a girl that he somehow remembered from his dreams. Link snuck out of the water, got dressed, and snuck around the pond to spy some more. After about an hour he saw the girl get up and start walking around and decided to follow her. He didn't want to startle her so he kept out of sight still spying. He became curious and ventured forward to get an even closer look. He noticed that she was walking on a log across a small stream of water with her eyes closed and became worried. He crawled so close to her that he could touch her still unseen.
Zelda walked around the woods for awhile and saw a log that crossed a small stream and decided to try her tight rope walking skills out. She got on the log slowly and once she gained her balance she closed her eyes and began across slowly. Feeling with her toes she made it maybe two feet when suddenly she lost grip of the log and began to fall. She fell with a shriek of horror as she knew that she would be in terrible pain when she hit the ground. She expected ground anytime now, but suddenly she was supported by strong arms. Confused she looked up to see a silhouette of a man about her age looking at her and she fainted. Soon after she awoke still a little shaky looking around to see if what had happened was real or a bad dream because she fell asleep. Seeing no one she got up slowly when she heard a voice say "If I were you I would just rest for a bit".
Her heart jumped when she saw the same young man that caught her when she fell. She quickly replied to him with a worried and confused face "What happened?"
The boy shaking his head slightly walking towards her with a damp towel and said "You need to work on you tight rope skills".
"Ha ha, very funny", with a small smile on her face. "Thanks for saving me, I don't know what I would have done if you wouldn't have caught me. I don't think I would have lived".
"I doubt that. You would have just been in a lot of pain", Link said as he was wiping her forehead with the towel. For the first time he noticed her beauty and thought of one as his dreams.
Link was an adult, around the same age as he was now, but he didn't remember this very well. He was confused and was holding a blade that he didn't recognize. Then he saw the girl he had caught standing next to him holding out her hands filled with some sort of power shooting from them as Link took the sword and stabbed the beast that the princess seemed to be holding down. The next thing he remembers is the girl saying "It's finally over Link!" and another voice saying "Princess Zelda, you know what you must do now".
Link then found himself in his present time looking dazed and confused. Zelda, seeing his face, asked "Are you ok?" After a short pause, Link looked into her eyes and asked "What is your name?"
"Zelda", she replied with a nervous tone.
Link was even more confused then ever now. He wondered if she remembered him.
"Do you know who I am" Link asked cautiously, not knowing what to expect.
After a short pause, a smile came to Zelda's face as she said "Of course I do! You're Link, the Hero of Time!"
