Disclaimer: I own nothing in the Legend of Zelda, including Spirit Tracks.

AN: From this chapter onward, there will be spoilers to Spirit Tracks. Of course, there will be some changes and added stuff as well.

Christy sat on a patch of grass, looking up to the starry night sky. A crescent moon could be seen through the canopy of leaves and it was just a sight to behold. The brown haired girl had to admit that it was very beautiful to look at.

And yet, she was alone in a world she didn't think was real. Her mother was probably worried sick about her and she had to admit that she missed her. She even missed her siblings, to whom she would bicker with at times, as most siblings tend to do. Among the ones she missed was someone she held near and dear to her heart.

As she reached up to her neck, she felt the golden chain of the necklace she wore. On the necklace was a beautiful pink and blue gem that was something like a charm. Christy held it in her hand and brought it to her face to get a closer look at it. As she did, she remembered how she got this necklace.

It was a day that she knew she would never forget. Though it was her birthday that day, at the time, she thought it was going to be just like all of the birthdays she had every year. However, it was special this time when a brown haired young man came to the door.

Christy had blushed, though she was happy he came by. But he didn't come empty handed. He had his hands behind his back. When she had asked him about it, he showed her a box and when she opened it, the girl was surprised to discover the charm, resting on a black cushion. She had no idea how much money he had to pay for it, and she felt he didn't have to go as far as he did. He'd just smiled as he gently wiped the tears from her eyes and helped put the charm around her neck.

"Tom," she whispered as she gazed at the pink and blue jewel. At this moment, she felt the tears in her eyes as homesickness hit her at full force. Right now, home was where she really wanted to be.

Quickly she wiped her eyes with one hand while releasing the jewel, letting it bounce gently on her chest. "Just stop it," she ordered herself. "Like he told you, crying won't get you anywhere. You have to do what you can now."

The brown haired girl tried to remind herself how exciting it would be to meet Princess Zelda in person. She hoped that in doing so, she could keep her mind off of home. While it didn't work completely, her mind began to wander...

On her way here, Christy noticed that there were many train tracks around the land. She had never heard of train tracks in Hyrule before, but there was something else that was odd about them. Most tracks usually had these wooden ties on the tracks, and in a line. But these tracks seemed to use stone, and these ones were triangle shaped.

Her head began to hurt from thinking too hard, along with the headache she had before and she could feel sleepiness wash over her. Laying her back against the nearest tree, she closed her eyes as a soft breeze gently caressed her cheek. The sounds of the night filled her ears and a small smile crossed her face.


It was another peaceful day in Aboda Village. The sun was shining brightly, the bees were buzzing, making their honey, and of course there was that little boy always making trouble. Nothing much seemed to be different.

In one house near the corner of the village, an old man hid behind a bunch of pictures, telling a tale he only told once a year. He usually paid a fee for something like this. However, he always made an exception for his roommate; a blonde haired, blue eyed young man who was an apprentice engineer. Normally, he would expect his youthful roommate to be listening to every word he was saying.

However, he was soon to find that this was not the case.

Niko poked his head out from behind the small theater that he used for telling these stories. "Do I know how to tell a story or what?" he asked the young man. "I like to call it 'Spirits and Demons… at War!' You know I only tell this story once a year! And it's a blasted masterpiece! A… a blasterpiece!"

It was then that the bald headed old man noticed the blonde haired boy was lying down on the wooden floor below him. "What's this? You fell asleep during my magnum opus?"

The young man groaned a little and slowly opened up his eyes. He turned to look at Niko, but he was still so sleepy. "Hm? S… sorry, Niko," he apologized tiredly.

"I really don't believe this," the old man muttered. "There are many people out there who would love to be in your position, Link. You get to see my work for free, because you are my roommate." Niko started to pace, using his cane to support his steps. "And, I'm not getting any younger, you know? In the end, this story may be the only proof that shows I existed. Don't you think you can pay attention to my final creation for just one minute?"

For a moment, he gazed at the young man, who looked like he was still getting his bearings. "Are you listening, Link?"

"Kinda," Link murmured sleepily. "I'm really sorry, Niko. It's just, I've heard this tale so many times already."

"Okay, okay, I get the hint," Niko remarked. "Sorry to bore you."

Before the young man could make a comment, he could hear the door opening behind him. Niko looked up to see the guest. At first glance, one might suspect he was actually a pirate instead of engineer. It had to be his red bandanna, and the outfit he wore, which was mostly red. He also seemed to have a tattoo, which was mostly covered by his clothes, as you could only see a swirl on his chest. Not that it bothered the old man however. He used to be a pirate back in the day.

"Look, it's your mentor! Hello there, Alfonzo!"

Link turned around to see Alfonzo towering above him. He crossed his arms and gave the young man a stern look. "Why are you still here, Link? Come on now; wipe the sleep from your eyes!" Seeing that he wasn't getting anywhere, he bent down and picked up the drowsy young man, and began to shake him, telling him to 'wake up' several times. It was enough to make anyone dizzy.

"Today is very important day! You have an audience with the Princess today!" Alfonzo went on.

A look of shock filled Link's eyes and he became more awake. "What?!"

With that, Alfonzo just dropped the boy in the black engineer clothing to the ground. He put his hand to his forehead and sighed. "Don't tell me you forgot? How could you forget something so important? You know if you don't pay attention, you won't amount to much."

Link held his head, trying to get his thoughts in order again. It was bad enough that he didn't sleep well the night before, but the man above him didn't have to shake and drop him.

"You want your Engineer Certificate don't you?" Alfonzo asked suddenly. "Well, the Graduation Ceremony is at the castle! And the one who does the honors is Princess Zelda herself!"

Now Link was fully awake. Of course, now he remembered. He had been training his whole life to be an engineer. And for a long time now, he wanted that certificate, to make him a true engineer and not just some apprentice. And today was the day that he was going to get it! He was just so excited about it from the night before that he didn't get much sleep. It was no wonder he slept during Niko's story then.

"I'm going to the station now," Alfonzo remarked. "Meet me there, and don't be late, got it? Good. See you, Niko." He turned and walked out of the house as Link finally reached his feet and rubbed the back of his neck. His arms hurt from his mentor's tight grip, and falling on his rear didn't help matters either.

Niko sighed a bit, and Link turned his attention to his roommate. Now that he was more awake, he noticed that the old man was wearing his usual red and white striped shirt and black pants. "You know, it is honor to become an official train engineer. You mustn't be late! So off the castle with you! Scoot!"

"You don't have to tell me twice!" Link said as a huge smile crossed his face. As if he would want to be late for a day that was going to be so special to him.


Christy sighed to herself as she walked under the heat of the sun. She didn't know how long she had been walking, but it felt like forever. Her legs were getting sore, and she wished she could sit down, but she felt she had to see Zelda as soon as she could. If only she could rest though, it wouldn't be so bad.

She stopped at the edge of one of the tracks and in the distance; she could hear the sound of a train and that made her perk up. Of course! The answer was right in front of her! Maybe she could take a train to the castle. Not only could she rest, it would be so much faster than walking.

The brown haired girl looked to her left and saw a steam train coming in her direction. She could see the engineer and while she realized this wasn't exactly a train station, maybe she could convince him to stop. She waved her arms over her head and called in a loud voice, "Hey! Can you please stop?"

For a moment, the train was going so fast, she was afraid it would pass her by. A look of relief filled the girl's eyes when the train began to slow and came to a stop in front of her. The engineer, who was dressed in black engineer clothing, looked at the brunette and smiled kindly.

"Why hello there, young lady, what are you doing out in a place like this?"

Christy was about to open her mouth to speak when she realized he probably wouldn't believe her. After all, a train that could somehow go across the different worlds didn't seem logical. Even the man she met yesterday didn't believe her when she said Hyrule was in a game.

"Well, I'm actually on my way to the castle," the brown haired girl finally answered, jumping to the end of her story.

"Wow, you were just going to walk there?" the engineer asked in surprise. "It's quite the walk from here."

"Yeah, I know that," Christy agreed with a nod of her head. "That's when I heard your train coming down the tracks. I was wondering… could you could give me a lift?"

"That wouldn't be a problem," the man replied. "All I need is five rupees for the ride."

At the mention of the rupees, Christy frowned a little. Of course, she should have realized that you would have to pay rupees in Hyrule, considering that was the currency that was used in all of the Zelda games. She didn't have that kind of money on her. The girl sighed softly as she put her hands in her pockets. She was about to apologize and say she didn't have any money. Just then her eyes narrowed as she felt something smooth against her hand.

Curling her fingers around the object, she pulled it out of her pocket, and opened up her hand. A gasp of surprise escaped her lips when she saw a beautiful blue gem resting on her palm. She reached her hand into her pocket again, and removed three more of them.

"Hey, are you okay?" the engineer suddenly asked. "I told you five, not twenty."

"These are rupees?" Christy thought in surprise. For a moment, she just sort of stood there. She didn't have any rupees before! All she had was the shopping money that her mother had given her, which was twenty dollars after she had spent the rest of her money on the train tickets.

It was then she remembered when she was on the other train it had changed on her when she was on her way to Hyrule. Could it be that the money was affected as well? It was the only thing she could think of, since a blue rupee equaled five rupees and she had four of them. It matched the amount she had exactly.

"Hey, are you feeling okay?" the man asked, his voice hinting concern.

"Hm?" Christy noticed the way the engineer was staring at her and she quickly shook her head. "I'm sorry, I was just thinking about something." The brunette picked up one of the blue rupees in her free hand, and handed it to the engineer. "Here you go."

The man's smile returned as he accepted the blue colored rupee. She did appear to space out just then, but the girl seemed to be fine now. "Thank you. All aboard!"

Christy only grinned when she heard that line. She had never heard it in real life before. The door on the side of the train opened and she climbed aboard the train. She noticed that the train car was completely empty as she picked out a seat and sat down.

The moment she was seated, the door was closed and the train began to roll down the tracks. Once again, it felt so good to give her feet a rest. As she heard the train whistle blow, she found herself thinking of home again.

But for now, she had to go to Hyrule Castle and meet the Princess first.

No sooner did she think that though did she feel her stomach rumbling. It suddenly occurred to the girl that she hadn't eaten in a long time. Not since she left home yesterday, actually.

"Okay, maybe I'll get something to eat first," Christy said softly to herself.


Time passed, but it was hard to say how long. Christy smiled as she looked out the window, watching the scenery go by. As the town came into view and the train came to a stop, a wide smile spread across her face. She had never seen anything like it in real life before.

"Next stop, Castle Town!" the engineer announced in a loud voice.

"Thank you!" the girl called as the door to the train opened. She stepped outside and looked at everything around her. The houses were made out of stone, and there was a beautiful fountain in the middle of the town. Villagers went this way and that way as they went about their daily routines. At the far edge of the town, there was pen with cuccoos in it. At least, that was what the chickens were called in Hyrule anyway.

"Hm." The girl looked around, tapping her cheek with her finger. "I wonder if there is a place to eat around here. Like a restaurant…"

After walking around the town for a bit, she found a building with a sign in front of it. The words 'The Third Rail' were painted on the sign. Sniffing the air, a wonderful smell filled her nose. Thinking this had to be a place where she could sit down and have something to eat; she opened the wooden door and walked inside.

While it didn't look too busy at the moment, it was still something different. It just looked so old fashioned compared to the restaurants she was used to seeing back home. It wasn't very fancy either, but then again, she never liked eating from fancy places. She was more into fast food, as she usually couldn't stand the food that was served in a fancy restaurant.

A middle aged man walked up to the girl as she took a seat at the table that was closest to the door. "Welcome to the Third Rail. May I take your order, miss?" he asked as he handed her a menu.

Christy looked over the choices and noticed that while some of it sounded like something from back home, others did not. Still, when she found scrambled eggs on the list, she smiled to herself. It had been quite some time since she had eggs for breakfast. And to her, she didn't have breakfast yet, since it was still her first meal today.

"Could I have some scrambled eggs and some milk?" she asked.

"Of course," the man said with a smile as he took the menu away from the girl. As he left, Christy's mind wandered again, but not to home this time. She wondered what Princess Zelda was really like. In the many different games, she didn't act the same in all of them. So, she wondered what was different about this Hyrule's Zelda.

Now that she thought about it, maybe she would meet Link too! The thought of that made her even more excited. It would be so cool to meet the hero of Hyrule alongside the Princess!

A frown crossed her face as she remembered her worry from earlier. She never did figure out how she was going to be able to meet the Princess. She knew how hard it was to get into the castle to meet with the Princess because there would be guards all around the castle. When playing Ocarina of Time, Link had to be sneaky to get into the castle so he could meet the Princess.

"Here you go miss," a familiar voice suddenly said, taking the girl out of her thoughts. "Enjoy your meal."

"Oh, thank you," Christy said quickly as a plate of eggs was placed before her along with a glass of milk was put beside it. The aroma of the scrambled eggs filled her nose, reminding the girl how hungry she was, and why she came here in the first place. She picked up a nearby fork and put a portion of her food on it.

Her eyes lit up when she took the first bite. She had never tasted scrambled eggs this good before! Happily she continued to eat her food, and took some sips of her milk every now and then.

This caused the man to smile at the girl. "My, my, you must be really hungry. I haven't seen anyone eat like you are in such a long time."

Christy smiled a little as she picked up the napkin that had been under her fork and wiped her mouth. "Yeah, I haven't eaten in a while. This is really good!"

She was about to go back to eating when she heard a female voice talking behind her. "Have you heard? Some of the Spirit Tracks have been disappearing of late."

When she heard the woman, the brown eyed girl stopped eating to listen. "The Spirit Tracks?"

"Yes, I have," a young man's voice answered slowly. "Does anyone know what is really going on?"

"It's a mystery to me," the woman replied. "But if all of the Spirit Tracks disappear, the trains will be useless."

A look of horror suddenly washed over Christy's face. From just those words, she knew what they were talking about. These Spirit Tracks were the tracks that she had been seeing across the land. And, if these tracks were vanishing then that meant she couldn't go home! After all, she took a train here. It was more than likely she would need a train to go back.

Without the Spirit Tracks, she would be stuck here!

Christy quickly wiped her mouth, and reached her hand into her pocket. "I have to go," the brunette said quickly. "How much money do I have to pay?"

"It would be seven rupees, miss," the waiter answered, giving the girl a look of concern. "Why are you rushing all of a sudden?"

Taking two blue rupees out of her pocket, she stood and handed them over to the man. "I just remembered something important," she replied, doing her best to hide her nervousness.

The man stared at her but took her rupees, and gave her three green rupees back. Christy accepted the money, said a quick thank you, and rushed out of the restaurant.

"If these Spirit Tracks really are disappearing then I don't have much time left," the girl thought aloud as she looked to the castle. "I don't have time to think about this. I have no choice now… I guess I'll do what Link has done and sneak into the castle."

The thought about sneaking into the castle didn't sound like a good idea. This was real life and not a game. The chances of her actually sneaking into the castle were very slim and she knew that, since she wasn't exactly the sneakiest person around.

But she also knew that if she didn't try, then chances are she would never meet Princess Zelda. And according to that mysterious woman she met yesterday, the Princess would be able to help her get home again. Keeping these thoughts fresh in her mind, Christy made her way to the castle, with the intent of getting inside and meeting with the blonde haired Princess of Hyrule.