Here's chapter 2, the next chapters will take some time because I will be planning them out like I do all my chapters. Also, thank you AnimeAngel111 and Lleu for your support. I hope you and the rest of the readers enjoy this chapter.

An unknown amount of time passed. The only sound was the crackling of the fire he had made with some sticks, they burned well. He stared at the girl she simply stared into the fire without emotion, her eye had gone purple from his fist.

"Where's your fairy?" Link asked her.

"Dead, the Great Deku Tree is dead, so without him, she couldn't survive. I don't have such mercy." She looked to her hands, the skin was beginning to peel she clenched her hand into a fist. "It's already happening…."

Link stared at her, "there must be something I can do to help you."

"Yes you can kill me, if you won't do that I think you should leave, you don't really belong here, you never really did."

Link stared at her and sighed as he stood, "goodbye."

She did not answer him.

He climbed onto Epona's back and kicked her sides and she began walking towards the exit to Hyrule field. If this was what the Kokiri forest looked like then what did Hyrule look like? They came through the tunnel to find the bridge was gone. He looked down and found it lying down below. Charred so much that if he touched any of the planks they may have fallen to ash on the ground before him. He stared across from him to the other side of the gap. "How do we get over there now?" Epona let out a sigh at this.

Link stared at the other side, thinking about how he could get passed this. He then remembered the secret passage which led to the Goron Mines. The only problem he might have would be getting Epona to go through with him. This didn't worry him though. He steered Epona the other way and she went back to the lost woods. Link took out the map then led her to the passage, she stopped in front of them and moaned.

Link didn't say anything just stroked her mane. He kicked her sides, Epona went forward step-by-step they soon made it into the Goron Mines.

A few Gorons stared at him as he came through.

"Why you come through with horse bruda?"

"Sorry, but I couldn't get us out any other way."

"It no problem bruda, just unexpected."

"Just out of curiosity, how is the rest of Hyrule Doing?"

"You….. not know about war Bruda?"

"War? What War?"

"Da great War started by the Gerudo clan, how you not know dis Bruda?" Link didn't bother talking to him anymore. Instead kicked Epona's sides, forcing her to race off. They got out of the city and raced down death mountain. Ignoring all conversation the Gorons tried to start. He raced through the gate into Kakariko village, he found it barren and destroyed. Many men and women alike were working and building all around. They all wore ragged sweat soaked clothes and looked exhausted. Epona walked through the village, expecting a drink of water. Link pat her side and looked around, he rode up to a burly middle-aged man with a face as hard as stone.

"Excuse me, could you tell me where my horse can get some Water?"

He looked down at him and scowled. "Water? Please, we barely have enough water for Ourselves! Take your damn horse elsewhere boy!"

His attitude took Link by surprise. He didn't argue though instead, he left the village. He'd get her a drink from Zora's river. His jaw dropped at the state of Hyrule field, all the grass had burned away. Broken swords and Spears stuck through the ground everywhere. The once lush, grassy fields now pretty much looked dead of all life. He wasn't surprised to find Zora's river polluted. Black and smelly, he wouldn't drink it himself much less let Epona drink from it.

His first thought was of Zelda and her well being. He raced off towards castle town as fast as he could he, of course, noticed it was late. The sun was setting, the setting sun seemed to be the only thing unchanged since he left.

Link watched the sun sink under the horizon. He knew the stall children would rising soon, and more now than before. He heard the ground crack and rumble, moans of the dead surrounded him. Link kicked Epona's sides and she dashed off. Link took out his bow and knocked up an arrow, ready to defend himself when the time came. A hand broke through the ground and pulled itself from its grave, at least a hundred others did the same. An army of stalchildren rose up, giving chase to Link and his steed, they were still coming up too. All around him the field was full of the undead. He shot arrows at the stalchildren, downing a few but with each one he destroyed two more took its place.

Things were going okay for a while, considering their circumstances. Then a hand came up and clutched Epona's hoof in its grip. She screamed as she fell to the ground, Link got up and unsheathed his sword. He leaped at the stalchild, slashing it with his sword, destroying it. He ran over to Epona, she was able to stand to her hooves but she was limping as she walked. Link looked behind them to the stalchildren coming towards them. He wasn't going to leave Epona to die. Instead, he grabbed Epona's reins and lead her away as fast as she could go on her injured leg.

There was no way they would be able to get away from the hordes, nor could Link fight them all off at once. He thought fast and took out the Ocarina Of Time and played the sun's song. He usually didn't get a chance to use this, so he was a little rusty. He managed to succeed in playing it though. The sun was quick to come up. The stalchildren buried themselves underground as fast as they could.

He sighed in relief. "That was too close."

He stroked Epona trying to comfort her, she calmed down and nuzzled his hand. Link smiled and took her reins. Epona couldn't make it to castle town with a sprained leg. Lon Lon ranch was roughly a few miles away, he hoped at least. Either way, they could stay there until she healed.

It took what seemed like forever to get there, Epona was limping, and was doing so pretty slow. the gates were locked when they arrived. People were shouting from farther inside the ranch. They noticed the change, they always did. Link usually found this amusing, but not today. Epona whinnied with excitement at seeing her old home.

"How are we going to get inside?" Link looked around and decided he would try his hand at messing with the lock, after a couple of minutes he gave up. He smiled and took his ocarina out and played Epona's song as loud as he could. If this didn't work he would need to resort to yelling.

"Link?!" Malon came running over to the gate, she wore her nightgown and a serious case of bedhead. Looking annoyed, and grumpy, not a bit happy to see him in the slightest. "What are you doing here?"

"Epona needs help, can we stay here until she gets better? Please?"

"Urgh! Link you idiot what did you do to her this time?! Papa, I need you down here Epona needs in!"

Talon walked down to meet her, his pajamas and night hat still on. They were definitely woken by Link's tampering of time. "Malon stop that yellin will ya? Link,? Get outta here! We can't take you in boy!

"But Papa, Epona!"

"I don't care! We barely feed ourselves and the few horses we've got we can't help them if we can barely help ourselves!"

"He can help us work or something, we need all the help we can -"

"No!"

"Papa I'm not going to let you leave Epona out There! She's Hurt! I'll give link some of my food and… we can…. Slaughter one of the sickly horses to make room…"

Talon stared at his daughter a moment, then sighed. "Fine. You're responsible for feeding the boy, and you are the one that is making room for Epona."

"I know…. She sounded like she was fighting back tears."

"I'll let you inside give me a moment to – gah! Where are my damn keys?!" He slammed his fist into the gate in frustration. His usually calm, even temper was now unpleasant and short-fused. Talon grumbled as he stormed off to find his keys.

Malon looked at Link in annoyance. "You better work yourself to death everyday fairy boy, cause I'm sacrificing a lot just to let you walk in here."

Link stared at her surprised. "Okay, I will."

Talon finally came back with the key and let Link inside the ranch. Epona was put in the barn with her leg wrapped up. Another scrawny old stallion was taken out by Malon.

"Boy go put your crap in the coop with Ingo, you're sleeping with Him!"

"Okay." Link went into the coop.

Ingo fumed in rage, his fists balled up. "If I ever find the bastard who disturbed my beauty sleep, I will make sure they wished they'd never been born!"

Link gulped at this. Everyone was so mean! Even Ingo, a man who was always salty was more of an ass than usual. Link sighed, the war-hardened all Hyrule.

"So um, Ingo what -"

"That's mister Ingo to you boy!" Ingo shouted in his face.

"Okay! Okay! Jeepers! Mister Ingo! I heard there was a war that ravaged the land."

"No shit dummy."

"I wasn't in Hyrule for it, I left."

Ingo got in his face and sniffed. "Hmmm, you don't smell of a liar, fine. Yeah, the Gerudo attacked and destroyed Everything! Came in with an army of monsters to back them up. Hyrule almost got wiped out, a draft was put in place to help fight. And our allies helped too, but not quite as much damage came to them. Everything is destroyed, boy. And honestly, I think Hyrule's end is nigh."

"You've got to have hope!"

"WHAT HOPE IS THERE?!" Ingo yelled now in Link's face, his once annoyed bitter face contorted into rage. Nothing grows at all, and I do mean nothing. Everything is dead and the few things that are alive now suffer a slow death with the rest of Hyrule.

"Mister InGo -

"Enough talk Boy! I'm too depressed to talk about this anymore," Ingo said the last part more calmly, his voice empty of hope. He then left the coop." Link sighed as he left went to find Malon. He found her in the storage room, he wished he hadn't though. A large sword laid beside her as she sat on her knees next to a corpse, the horse's throat was slit deep and she was left crying her eyes out.

"Malon…."

She looked to him surprised wiping the tears from her face, "I- I had to…. We don't have enough food for all the horses, he was the weakest of them all so…" She put a hand to her mouth as more tears streamed down her cheeks.

Link wanted to say something but he didn't know what to say, he just stood there like an idiot thinking of something he could say to make her feel better. He now understood the severity of Hyrule's state though.

"Help me clean it," Malon ordered.

"What?"

"Clean it! Help me… skin it, gut it… you're helping me, get over here."

Link nodded and came to her side she pulled him down to her level and took out a knife, "I hope you aren't shy of blood because this is the messiest thing you'll ever do."

"I'm not, let me do it all you've done-"

"I've done it before, you haven't it needs to be done a certain way."

Link nodded and helped her skin it.

And that's a wrap! Most of this was already written so I just added a few things and touched it up a little here and there and I was done. If you liked this story so far please follow and favorite thank you!