DISCLAIMER:

I do not own "The Legend of Zelda". Zelda and all related characters belong to Nintendo and Shigeru Miyamoto

AUTHOR'S NOTE

There's a rumor going around that the new Zelda Wii is called "Valley of Deluge" and it explores what happened to Hyrule between OoT and WW. As far as I know, it's fake until E3, but I decided to explore that question.

Enjoy! (btw, this is my first fan fiction ever on this site.)

This story is rated "T" for some violence and suggestive themes.

THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: VALLEY OF DELUGE

Chapter One

"Link! Use the Master Sword!" Zelda shouted from across the rain-soaked wasteland that was once Ganondorf's tower. Zelda was trapped outside a wall of fire and was forced to watch the Hero of Time battle alone against the pig demon, Ganon.

Sensing the battle was nearing its end, Zelda closed her eyes to concentrate her powers. It was now or nothing: As the seventh sage, she would help the others seal Ganon into the Sacred Realm once and for all.

Something broke her concentration…The battle had mysteriously gone silent. All she heard was rolling thunder and the piddling of rain on the stones ruin.

"What is Link doing?" Zelda thought nervously. "Surely he would have told me he had won?"

Zelda felt a horrible feeling in the bottom of her stomach, like it was being twisted tightly.

She opened her eyes and nearly screamed.

Lying face-down in a pool of blood was Link, the young Hero of Time. His head was twisted in an odd fashion, his neck had been broken. His shield and the Master Sword had been carelessly discarded to the side. Lying by the side of his foot was the small glowing orb, Navi…Link's fairy. The light was pulsating, as if mimicking the rhythm of a dying heart. Three seconds later, it vanished.

Towering over them was the behemoth demon, Ganon. The small, glowing yellow eyes seemed to be satisfied that its mortal enemy was finally defeated. It swiveled its massive head to Zelda's direction.

The young princess covered her mouth and let out a bloodcurdling scream.

"Your Highness! Your Highness!" a guard burst through the door into Zelda's bedchamber and rushed to the writhing queen on the bed. He hurriedly placed his hands on her in an effort to calm her down.

Zelda's eyes snapped wide open, staring at the young man's face.

"Princess Zelda, are you all right?" the man asked gently.

Zelda paused for a moment, trying to recollect her thoughts. She nodded and fell back onto her bed.

"Is there anything you require, your Highness?"

"No, Samuel, thank you. You are dismissed." Zelda placed a hand on her hot forehead as she heard the door close. This was the third time this week that she had the dream. Deciding not to go back to sleep, she untangled herself from the blanket and got up.

Her bedchamber was relatively small compared to the other rooms in the castle. It only comprised of a table with a few chairs, her bed and many, many bookcases of books.

As Zelda walked towards her dresser, she looked into the mirror and sighed. Ruling the land had taken its toll on her face.

Her face was sunken and wrinkles had appeared on her cheeks, forehead and mouth. Her once dazzling yellow hair was now a long mass of white and grey.

"I look more like Impa did every day." she muttered as she slipped into her purple gown. She thought back to her nightmare. She knew it didn't tell what had happen in the past, because she remembered quite clearly her and Link sealing Ganondorf up in the Sacred Realm all those years ago, and her sending Link back in time.

She hadn't seen him in fifty years since that day.

She paused as she let her thoughts focused on him. "Where was he? Why hasn't he returned?"

She remembered how her last visions foretold Ganondorf taking over Hyrule. If this were a vision…she shuddered. If Ganondorf returned, there was no way she could possibly stand against him in her age, and no one exactly taught her how to use a sword.

"All the more to worry about Link not returning in fifty years." Zelda reached out for her crown and placed it on her head. She had sent him back seven years to relive his childhood. By all accounts, he should have been back by now.

Her vision flashed through her mind again and again. A dead Link, discarded Master Sword, and a triumphed Ganon. Did this mean Link literally was dead?

"Stupid me!" she cursed to herself as she made her way out to the throne room. "I should have sent a search and rescue party for him."

She lifted up her crown and slid it onto her head. Today, she would check the Temple of Time. Maybe the Sages would have the answers.