I would like to note before hand that, while this is based off of events from Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, it does not follow the complete storyline of the game. This means that there will be some spoilers that were somewhat needed for this story to progress, but not all.

I would also like to apologize in advance if I made any characters act out of character. I don't and didn't(if it seems like I did) mean to make any characters seem out of character, so please be a little lenient for anything that I did that made the characters out of character. Besides Link, of course. If you notice that he was acting out of character, that was done purposely.


Link walked about the fields of Hyrule with his fairy, Navi, suspended in the air by his side. It had been only a few short days since Link woke in the Temple of Time after the seven year-long sleep he had endured, and he was still adjusting to his adult body and the fact that such an event had happened. After all that had happened up to that point, Link had felt a deep feeling of depression within him. All that he knew had changed; Castle Town was in ruins and filled with Redeads, Ganondorf reigned over all of the land, and all of the allies he once knew were missing, including Zelda.

As Link walked, he came to notice the hill that once held Lon Lon Ranch and began to wonder if the ranch owned by Talon and his daughter Malon still resided there. Well there was only one way to find out, so Link signaled to Navi that they were heading over to the ranch and they rushed over to Lon Lon Ranch with a smile on Link's face.

When Link and Navi had reached the ranch, he was surprised in many ways. One reason for his surprise was that the ranch still stood on the hilltop, while the other reason was the state it resided in, which is to say that the ranch was in complete lockdown. The gate to the area for the horses to roam locked, a gate added to the path that led to the roaming rink, and a tall man in gaudy-green clothing, a ruffled clown-like collar with a long and luscious mustache under his large nose stood at the horse rink gate with a whip in hand. The man had been continuously cracking his whip to scare the horses into running.

"Go on! Get moving!" The man yelled at the horses. "If you are to be the warhorses of the great Ganondorf, then you need to be in ship shape for him when he comes to get you all!" He continued to crack the whip.

Link gasped in surprise and ran up to the man, where Navi conveyed the words Link could not speak.

"Hey! Why are you doing this?!" Navi demanded in outrage.

"I supply Ganondorf with horses, and I need to get these horses ready for when he comes!" the man yelled.

"But you don't train horses with a whip!" Navi yelled.

"Bah, you're just a fairy! What do you know about horses?!" the clown-like man yelled as he swatted Navi away.

Navi yelped in surprise as she was swatted away and began to fall to the ground.

Link dashed to catch Navi in his hands while the stranger laughed in delight. "Hahaha! Pathetic boy, leave before the great Ingo kicks you out!"

Link growled as he put Navi in his hat and drew the Master Sword.

"Oh, looking for a fight, eh?" Ingo retracted his arm back above his head, then brought his arm and the whip in his hand down at an incredible speed. "Well then have at you!"

As the whip came down, Link blocked the weapon with his sword, at which point whip wrapped around the blade of the legendary sword. Then, before he knew it, the swordsman found the Master Sword was yanked out of his hands and into the hands of Ingo.

The current ranch owner squinted his eyes at Link, pursed his lips, and rubbed his chin curiously. "Hmmm, you look kinda familiar..." Ingo broke out into a grin and laughed as he said, "Aren't you Zelda?"

He began laughing so hard that he was doubled over in delight.

Link clenched with teeth as his anger grew. He quickly grasped Ingo's shirt and pulled him close enough to punch the man in the face. After the first punch, Link's anger grew and he continued to punch Ingo over and over again until Navi flew out of Link's hat.

"Link! Link stop!" Navi cried desperately. "Please, stop Link!"

Link suddenly stopped his fist centimeters away from Ingo's large nose and luscious mustache and gasped in surprise. He then released Ingo and held his hands to his face, thus doing so allowed the man to fall to the ground with a plop.

"Link, why did you do that?" Navi asked with concern. "What's wrong?"

Link shook his head in confusion and looked out to the horses and noticed a familiar horse among them, a beautiful brunette horse galloping along the fence in the secluded horse holding area. The blonde swordsman walked into the holding area, pulled out the Ocarina of Time, and played the melody Malon had taught him so long ago, when they were both still children. As Link played the song, the horse that he had spotted earlier came galloping over to him and neighed. It was then that he knew the horse was whom he suspected, Epona, the horse that Malon had shown him and revealed that the song she taught him attracted her.

He smiled and got up onto the steed and rode out on Epona with Navi flying alongside them.

Once out of the ranch, Link smiled as he rode along the plains of Hyrule on Epona and shot Poe's with his bow. He had never experienced such a wonderful feeling las he did when he rode Epona. The wind blowing in his face, the warmth of the sun on his back, and the feeling of freedom made the swordsman feel amazing, like there was no place he couldn't travel.

"Hey! Hey! Hey listen!" Navi exclaimed. Link brought Epona to a stop and turned to Navi.

"It's been a while since we've seen Saria, Link." Navi told him. "Maybe you should play the song she taught you and talk to her!"

Link nodded with a smile and played Saria's Song on the Ocarina of Time. A few minutes later, nothing happened.

"Maybe you should try it again." The fairy suggested.

Link played the same song on his ocarina and frowned when, once more, Saria did not respond.

"Something is wrong..." Navi said quietly. "Saria never would ignore us when you contact her...so something must have happened to her!" The fairy gasped.

Link frowned in irritation. First Ganondorf had brought destruction to the land he held dear, then that guy at the ranch turned everything upside down, and now Saria was in trouble?! This new Hyrule was beginning to irritate Link to no end, and that was extremely troubling to the swordsman. After all, this was the land he was born in, the land he loved and enjoyed, the land that had housed friends and various people he had met in his days of youth and innocence. And for the once peaceful land to be corrupted and erupted into chaos so easily, Link felt a burning hatred towards Ganondorf, as he was the one responsible for such chaos.

Link began to imagine of how he would kill and destroy the man when he found Ganondorf. The thoughts and image of killing the warlock soon consumed him for what seemed like hours. Link would have continued on daydreaming of the death of Ganondorf, had Navi not brought him back to reality and reveal that what had seemed like hours to Link were only a few short minutes in reality.

"Hey Link, maybe we should go see if we can find Saria..." Navi suggested with concern for her companion.

Link nodded, and the two rode away on Epona.