A/N: I'd like to thank all those who reviewed. Also, those who mentioned the statue was destroyed are right, you'll get your answer in the next few chapters. To stop confusion, from now on I'll be referring to WW Link as LinkW and OoT Link just as Link because that's the way I want to do it.


I don't know how long it's been now. A few decades maybe? A couple of centuries? A millennium? No….not that long, I would sense if it had been. Of course, what does time matter to me? When did it ever matter? Immortality has always been my blessing but also my curse. This void is somehow keeping me alive, if it was all up to me I'd have ended it by now, after all, there's nothing or, more importantly, no one left to live for. How did I get trapped here you ask? Well, it was awhile ago, still feels like yesterday though….

The Sacred Realm was a peaceful place, the six Sages of Hyrule spent the majority of their time there when they weren't residing in their temples. Zelda, the seventh Sage remained permanently in Hyrule, that is, until she sadly passed away many years after the events surrounding Ganondorf. Shortly after, the Hero of Time followed. Link…why did you have to leave us?

Being a Sage in the Sacred Realm came with the added 'bonus' of being immortal. When we were informed of this news, some like Ruto the Sage of Water and Darunia, Sage of Fire were quite shocked, scared even. While others such as Impa, the Shadow Sage and Nabooru the Spirit Sage took it all in their stride. To me, this news meant nothing since it was my destiny to always be immortal anyway. Now, being immortal one would think we can never die, but the truth is, there is always something more powerful out there that can kill you. We all knew what that thing was but never imagined it would return.

It was a normal day just like any other. We were in the middle of a usual check up meeting to see who was doing what. Suddenly, there was a loud rumble. At first we though nothing of it, could just be some bad weather down below, but then it happened again, this time ten times louder. What happened next still amazes me to this day.

Something or someone literally tore a gap through the dimensions. Instinctively, we all immediately summoned our strongest magic barriers, it wasn't often something managed to enter the Sacred Realm so when they did we knew they were strong.

And there he was, glaring over us with that sickening smirk; Ganondorf. The Triforce of Power shone brightly on the back of his hand, with Wisdom and Courage gone what hope did we have?

"Sorry if I interrupted something." He laughed, an insane look gleamed in his eyes.

Not being able to hold herself back any longer, Impa leapt forward, holding her hands in the air, she shot a series of spells at the Evil King. Lazily deflecting them, he frowned then held the Triforce of Power in front of him. A blinding beam shot out from it slamming directly into Impa, the woman shrieked in pain before collapsing to the ground, lifeless.

It was at that moment that my legs stopped working, I was paralysed with fear. The previous scene hadn't effected Rauru and Nabooru as much since they both attempted to cast some more spells but it was no good. They too joined Impa on the shimmering blue floor.

Only three remained, myself, Darunia and Ruto. Was our fate the same as the others? Most certainly I thought.

"One of us has to survive." I heard Princess Ruto say, her voice was shaky but her words firm. Darunia nodded in agreement then they both looked at me.

"Saria, take your portal and return to Hyrule, you're the one who will live the longest, so go!" The Goron leader commanded.

I stood there, dumbfounded. What would returning to Hyrule do? Prolong the time until I was caught and killed? If I was lucky enough to somehow survive I had no idea where I would go. I couldn't just leave them like this, my friends, alone to die.

"If at least one of us lives he'll never have full control over Hyrule!" Ruto yelled as Ganondorf bestowed the final blow upon her, her body tumbled to the ground, eyes wide open in terror.

"Brother would want you to live." Darunia insisted. Turning towards my portal, I walked forward but was it too late? I felt the energy of a powerful force seeping up behind me. Closing my eyes, I waited for the touch of the Triforce to finish me off, however, it never came. Instead a black fog engulfed me in darkness, my body began to change shape and then, I found myself in a pitch-black void of nothingness. Screams of Darunia echoing inside my mind, it was over.

I'm still not sure to this day why he didn't end my life like the others. I guess trapping me in a void where he knew I wouldn't die was a more suitable torture than death. I have no idea what he did to my body either, this darkness doesn't let me even see myself.

The seven Sages of Hyrule were destined to work together with the Hero of Time to keep peace and justice throughout the land. Now that he and they are no more, I will never be called upon again. This void is the end of my story.


LinkW shook his head in disbelief, could it really be the Hero of Time? The one from the legend? No way.

Tetra strolled up to Link, he appeared to be in his late teenaged form, Kokiri tunic still on, big floppy hat sat neatly on his blond head. Definitely looked like the guy in her portrait back on the ship.

"Um, what are you doing?" Link asked as the female pirate walked all the way around him.

"Checking for any hidden weapons, strange tails, that sort of thing." She casually replied.

"Erm okay." The young man rubbed his head. "Can I ask who you people are?"

LinkW snapped out of his awe struck gaze. "I'm Link, Hero of Winds." He held up his hand, the Triforce of Courage had returned to him after the final battle with Ganondorf, the golden triangle shone proudly.

"You hold a Triforce piece?" Link asked a little surprised. Glancing at his own hand he noticed his Triforce was gone, this new kid must have become the next chosen one and found it.

"Triforce of Courage." LinkW winked before Tetra introduced herself.

"I'm Tetra, finest pirate ever to sail the Great Sea!" She bowed.

"Great Sea?" Link tilted his head to the side. Their conversation was rudely interrupted by the sound of glass smashing followed by a frightened scream.

Both LinkW and Tetra knew where that sound was coming from. Running in the direction of the castle basement they disappeared down the stairs.

They were met with a sight of two white dark nuts, they appeared to be cornering a young woman who was sitting terrified on the floor. Looking around the room, LinkW noticed the window above the woman had smashed, the window of the girl in green.

Link hurried down after the pair, arriving behind them he gasped.

"Saria!" He yelled without thinking, but wait, there's no way that girl could be Saria. She looked a few years older, emerald hair, big blue eyes, he'd recognise his best friend anywhere. He didn't know how or why she was there but he knew she was about to be attacked.

Recklessly dashing forward, he stopped when he realised he didn't have any weapons on him. As if to answer the problem, LinkW dashed forward, sword drawn at the ready. Diving into the fray, he slashed expertly at the dark nuts. Performing a series of spins then a parry, he was easily able to knock their armour clean off. Blocking an attack with his shield, he carried out a few more slashes to finish them.

"Impressive." Link complimented the younger boy before turning his attention back to the girl on the floor. She was now huddled up mumbling inaudible things that probably only made sense to her. Kneeling down next to her, he gently tugged on her arm.

"Saria?" He whispered not to startle her, she was obviously in shock. "Saria it's me, Link."

She slowly looked up from her huddled position, her eyes gradually adjusted to the light. Link now knew it was definitely Saria, but what had happened? She was so much taller than he remembered and her hair had grown down to her shoulders.

"Link?" She tried to ask, her voice was hoarse from the lack of needing to speak in the void. "Is that really you?" She coughed harshly.

"Yep, it's me." He grinned, he'd missed her so much when she'd become a Sage all those years ago. He held onto her as she stood up shakily. Getting used to standing, she did something no one was expecting.

Smack.

She slapped Link in the face, hard.

"That, was for growing old and dying on us!" She scowled at the scared Link in front of her. Seeing his sad expression, she smiled hugging him tightly. "And that's because I missed you so much." She said into his shoulder, closing her eyes, she tried to stop the tears but it was no use, she hadn't cried for so long. She didn't care that she was a few feet taller, she had Link back and that's all that mattered.

"I missed you too." Link returned the hug after calming his stinging face. Feeling his shoulder becoming damp, a wave a worry overcame him. It wasn't like Saria to cry, what had she been through since he had left?

LinkW and Tetra stood silently off to the side watching the reunion.

"As touching as this moment is, we should get out of here before anything else pops up." Tetra reasoned, she didn't want to get ambushed by Din knows what without proper preparation.

"Right." LinkW nodded, sheathing his sword he motioned for the other two to follow them.

Taking Saria's hand, Link and her made their way to the exit of the castle. A new and unfamiliar world awaited them on the other side of the door.