Disclaimer: I do not own the Legend of Zelda nor any of the characters.
Author's Note: My first ever fan fiction I'm writing and also this comes after Majora's Mask. Also everything may not be right according to the story. Italics are also thoughts that someone is having. Link and Ruto are 16 years old by the way. Please enjoy rate and review!
Chapter One: Link's Return
The Hero of Time was finally home at Hyrule. His adventures in Termina were tiresome. It took 1 year to get to Termina. It then took another year to get back to Hyrule. Link entered the Lost Forest a day ago. He was running low on supplies, but was only two days away from his destination. He rode on through the forest. Passing tree after tree in what seemed like he was going nowhere whatsoever.
"Well it's getting dark, Epona. Better settle down for the night." The hero tiredly said. This night in particular was longer than others. Link had the feeling all night that someone was watching him. When the feeling passed he dozed off to sleep. Early the next morning he awoke to someone going through his pack.
"Hey, what the hell do you think you're doing?" Link yelled. The figure looked up at him. His face was shrouded by darkness. Link got up and readied his sword. Slowly the hero unsheathed his Biggoron sword. He lunged with the heavy sword, but the figure merely sidestepped it and took off with a mask.
The figure was fast. But Link was faster. The only thing the figure had on his side was his ability to avoid Link when he got close. Link ended up tripping on the root of a tree. When he got up the figure was nowhere to be seen. The strange figure got away with Link's Zora Mask.
The rest of the day was just riding through the forest and coming onto the Kokiri Village. He actually got to sleep in a bed since his house was not far. The Kokiri people were nowhere to be seen. They all must have been asleep since Link got to the village pretty late into the night.
Saria stayed at the Forest Temple so he never really talked with her. The night was actually peaceful. Link could also get some more supplies if he ever needed it, but he only needed food and water for only one more day. Link slept very peacefully that night not even thinking about the stolen Zora mask.
The next day he was off bright and early towards Hyrule Field. Strangely there were not many people outside on the field. There was the occasional person that came outside. Yet somehow they looked different than usual. They looked angry about something. It pondered Link for a while. The day also went by faster than usual and night came quickly. Luckily he was at the mouth of the Zora's River by the time the moon appeared. The water was pitch black and Octoroks and Tektites were nowhere to be seen. Maybe the Zora Guard are actually making sure there are no monsters near the river.Link made sure he had the Zora Tunic on just in case any missed monsters decided to get any bright ideas and pull him underwater. There was a sudden splash in the water and Link turned around. Grabbing the hilt of his sword he yelled, "Who's there?" Something grabbed his leg and pulled him underwater. He looked down to see dark purple eyes staring back up at him. Link re-surfaced to see the Princess of the Zora next to him.
"You're back!" Princess Ruto exclaimed.