Author's Notes: This pretty much follows the story of Ocarina of Time with some added elements. . Skipping over some game plot and adding some of my own. Eventual M/M Slash in later chapters.

Link thought about all he had been through in such a short amount of time. One day, he was simply ignored, as usual, by the other Kokiri children. Now he finally has a fairy that tells him that the Great Deku Tree wanted to see him. Well, not just see him… turned out the Great Deku Tree wanted Link to rid him of some kind of curse. He couldn't very well refuse him in his hour of need. But afterwards, the Great Deku Tree divulged an amazing tale that he had a great destiny to follow. Entrusting him with the Sacred Emerald, and the details of his quest, the Great Deku Tree succumbed to his fate, and died before Link's eyes.

Not knowing what else to do, he simply followed orders and headed to the castle, where he indeed did meet a Princess. She further divulged the Tale of Beginnings, and of the three goddesses and what they left behind in the sacred realm. Before she finished, she claimed that the dark clouds in her dream represented the man currently in the castle.

Link peered into the window the princess indicated, just in time to see a man in full armor kneel before the King. His skin was a different shade than he'd ever seen on anyone, but somehow, the man looked almost pretty with it. His red hair looked like fire. As he bowed, he looked graceful. Link was so caught up in admiring the man's beauty, that it took him a second to realize that the man turned his head, making direct eye contact with him. The man had the most beautiful eyes Link had ever seen. Golden like the last rays of the setting sun.

He was so embarrassed for staring, he ducked away. Princess Zelda thought Link was as disgusted with the man as she was. Instead, Link couldn't place what it was that caused the man to be so striking. He listened to Zelda describe his tale, and her suspicions of what the man planned to do in order to gain control of Hyrule. Everyone was saying that the man was bad. He was forced to believe it.

And so, he continued his journey, and through many ordeals, he finally obtained the other two Sacred Stones. Not only that, but he supposed he was also adopted into two other races. This is where he decided to have a little break in order to think. In a few short days, he cleansed and killed his Guardian Tree, broken into the castle while sneaking past several guards, met the Princess, became the sworn brother of the Goron leader, and is… engaged?... to the Zora Princess Ruto. All the while, he's been hearing stories of the man in black who comes from the desert. Link didn't know if he should be afraid of the man or not. What was he supposed to do? Kill the man? That thought made him laugh. The Princess said she wanted to get the Triforce, but that idea only added only more confusion. If it really was an emblem of the Gods, then how would two children be able to protect it? He didn't know all the answers, and he didn't like it. For the moment, all he was, was a plain errand boy, doing everyone's bidding without question. He stood up, and continued his trek back to the castle. Hopefully things would become clear soon.

Even though it was day, the drawbridge to the city was up. Curiosity pushed him further until he heard movement of the chains. When the drawbridge came down, Link could barely make out the shapes of the Princess and Impa on the back of a horse. The Princess had thrown something in his direction. But when he turned around, there was the man he stared at before upon a formidable steed. Again, there was something about him that Link found awe striking.

"Where did they go, boy? The Princess and her servant?" The man asked in a gruff voice. Just then, Link remembered that this man was supposed to be bad. He pulled out his sword and shield as he continued to look up at the man without saying anything.

"So you want to be brave, do you Little Hero? Unfortunately, I don't have time to play around." With that, the man conjured up a ball of energy that he shot towards Link.

Link screamed, and was forced backwards onto his backside, but to his great surprise, he wasn't hurt in the slightest. As the man rode off in the general direction of the Princess, Link wondered why the man hadn't just finished him off if he was supposed to be so bad. He shook his head as he stood up. Too many questions, not enough answers.

He soon discovered that the item the Princess threw to him in the moat was the Ocarina of Time. Strangely, Link then had a vision where the Princess taught him a specific song. This was supposed to gain entry into the Sacred Realm. Link still felt dubious about the whole thing. He was glad he could help the Gorons and the Zoras with their current problems, but wouldn't everything be better if they just left everything alone? They Sacred Stones were guarded well enough for many years, why reunite them now? Or better yet, if the Triforce was too powerful to fall into the wrong hands, wouldn't it be better to destroy the Sacred Stones? Again, Link didn't have the answers, and he couldn't disobey the Princess's wishes, so he went straight for the Temple of Time.

If he knew then what was going to happen, he would have rebelled or something. Because as soon as he placed the stones on the alter, played the Song of Time on the Ocarina of Time, and pulled the shiny sword from the pedestal, he now found himself past the point of puberty, and fully stretched into an adult body. His voice was deeper, and his muscles were all filled out. But he learned that seven years of his life has been taken away.

Honestly, he was mad. Here this Guru guy was telling him about more destiny that he needs to fulfill, and he's still faced with the same question Why me? The answer presented to him was still too vague for his liking. He could accept that he wasn't a true Kokiri, because that would explain a lot. But that he had a great purpose… what does that make everyone else in the world? Chopped liver?

TBC

A/N: New Author here. Trying to learn how to do multiple chapters, and trying to post my longer stories. This story is currently incomplete, but there's more to it right now. Will post more soon.