Chapter One:

"Awaken Thou Hero"

Hello my friends! So good to be back! I cannot tell you all how long I have waited to post this new story. I feel it is the start of something fresh. ENJOY! :TP

Another restless night in Hyrule, and the storm carried no better notion, yet aside from the beating rain, all was silent within the confines of Lon Lon Ranch, all save for its main caretaker. Malon laid on her side, watching the turbulent movement of her husband's sleeping form. This was the fourth night in a row, and her concerns have peaked regarding the hero's night terrors.

"How much longer must you endure this my love?" As if on cue, Link stirred and shot up with a gasp, his body drenched in sweat. He glanced around the room as his memory slowly returned to him.

"Will you be granted no rest fairy boy?" Upon hearing these words, Link turned his gaze to his wife, his heart slowing and his countenance easing. "What was it about my husband?" Malon asked as she slowly traced her fingertips across her husband's bare back.

"Ganon is dead, yet I cannot rest without this recurring dream of destruction..." Malon lifts herself up and rests her chin on Link's shoulder as she whispers for him to tell her of the dream. " It...was nothing..." Link rose from their bed and puled his cloak around his as he stepped out into the pouring rain. As he closed the door behind him, Malon began to weep.

Link walked out into the field and made his way along the corral fencing hoping in vain for a little cover from the rain. As Link made his way across the field, he allowed himself to delve deep within his psyche. It wasn't until he nearly ran into the outer wall that he even cast a glance up in front of him. Shivering from the cold, Link trod the remaining few yards to the old silo barn, now used to house the cows.

"This is the only way that I can know for sure." Link stated as he turned the handle and made his way into the dimly lit barn.

Upon entry, his mind raced back to the days of youth and the short portion of the time of his adulthood that he spent with his friend, and guide. It was times like these that he desired nay, yearned for the light that she cast both physically and emotionally. Those times when even the people he sought to save turned on him for his actions which led to their salvation. He knew that she would always remain by his side. This is why her departure devastated him. Although never really understanding her reason for leaving; to Link, Navi was still and would forever remain one of his closest friends.

Shaking the thoughts from his head, Link turned to one of the oil lamps and turned the wick up slightly so that enough light would be cast upon his current mission. Link made his way past the pens, nudging some of the cattle from his way and receiving a moan of annoyance every once in a while. Finally Link reached a few stacks of boxes, mostly medical supplies and stored food for those dire times of need that haven't come yet. However these were not his goal, removing them and tracing the wall with his fingers until he finds what he alone knows about, Link smiles as he finds a groove and presses in and up causing a panel to give way, and a new way to go to be opened. Link followed the narrow hallway for a good minute before reaching a ladder and beginning his climb. At this point a look of worry has become a look of despair as Link has allowed his mentality to run free. He allows a few tears to escape before finally covering his emotions and screaming into the thunder. Reaching the top, Link enters a crows nest of sorts, an old lookout built into the walls long forgotten by a war which should have never happened. Turning his gaze from what would be the spires of Hyrule castle if it weren't for the clouds, Link rests his hands upon an iron chest sealed with a cylindrical lock that he and he alone knows the combination to. "Please be wrong..." Link stammers as he unlocks the chest and opens the lid. He falls to his knees, exhaustion finally catching up to him as he removes something from the chest bundled tight in a scarlet cloth.

Link gazed at the bundle for what seemed to him like days, steeling himself for this very moment in time. He exhales loudly as he removes the scarlet cloth revealing second companion through his trial and his only hope for answers to these wicked dreams.

"I had hoped and prayed that I would never have to draw you from your scabbard again, pray tell me; my friend, that I can rest in my thoughts..." Link draws the Master Sword from its scabbard, and its blade is illuminated with the power to repel evil. At this point, the Triforce etched into the blade begins to glow as does the one in Links hand. The glow first is light, then gold "Once again, defeat is snatched from the jaws of victory." turning from the chest to the lookout, Link hears a mighty roar of thunder as lightning silhouettes what could only be described as a rend in the sky. Pouring out from it, every evil and blasphemous thing imaginable, darkness falls as the roaring thunder increases. Another blast of lightning fills the sky as Link beholds a creature shrouded by darkness escaping the rend. Link grips the hilt of his blade firmly as the shadow creature approaches. The creature twitches its head causing the ground to tremble under its evil power. Link barely has enough time to brace himself before a monolithic bolt of lightening destroys the perch beneath him causing him to plummet to the ground below. The last sound he heard before blacking out was the faint sound of hoofs against earth.

Well my friends? Do tell your thoughts on this chapter, shall I continue or nay? R&R and I shall be grateful! And as always, Happy Reading!

TP.