"…Link…" Link stirred in his sleep. "…Link…!" Link's nose scrunched up.

"Link!" Link's eyes opened up wide and fast. He sat up and saw Sheik and Midna.

"Hah, told you he'd wake up today. You owe me ten rupees!" Sheik exclaimed excitedly.

"…Here." Midna handed Sheik a yellow rupee.

"…It's great to know that my buddies are making bets about when I'll wake up from a major injury…" Link sighed.

"Sorry Link. How do you feel?" Midna asked motherly.

"I feel all better now." Link yawned, still being half-asleep. "Where are we?"

"In the medical ward. You seemed pretty messed up after taking out Vaati." Midna explained.

"Meh, just a flesh wound." Link smiled at his awesome remark.

"Awesome dude." Sheik put his fist up for a fist bump from Link.

"Heh." Link retrieved his hand from under the cover, and just before his hand hit Sheik's. "Huh? How'd this get here…?"

"What?" Midna looked at the object in his hand, and then took a step back in surprise. "H-How did you get that?!"

"I got it from the commander. He said that you'd explain to me why I need it." Link took the pendant from his hand, and held it.

"…That's the Pendant of Courage." Midna seemed distraught.

"You mean the ones in the old folk lore and legends?" Sheik asked.

"Yeah. It's one of the three pendants needed to pull the Master Sword out of its pedestal." Link stared at the green pendant.

"Maybe… Just maybe… He could be eluding me to a mission?" Link blurted out. "Maybe he wants me to deliver it to the true hero?"

"Yeah… Maybe." Midna quickly left the room, ready to look for the commander.

Sheik watched as she left the room, and soon, he looked back at his friend. Link gave him a blank stare. "Can you stop doing that?! It creeps me out!"

"Heh, I guess I'll just hold onto it, until I find the true next hero." Link wrapped the pendant around her neck. "Okay, where are my clothes?"

"Commander!" Midna ran up to her superior. "What was going through your head when you gave Link the Pendant of Courage?!"

"Midna… You don't know this, but we have received a letter…" The commander signaled for Midna to follow him, to which she obeyed. "This letter… It is a death threat." Midna took a step back in surprise.

"What do you mean?!"

"It means exactly what I told you. This person- this organization doesn't want us to escort the royal family to Gerudo Desert…" The commander trailed on. "If we escort them… They will attack both them and us… I gave the pendant to him to give him some sort of signal. To show that he may have to save us."

"He's weak, and we can't just have him die here. He should help escort the royal family… Along with Sheik."

"Why Sheik?"

"They're the closest set of partners here. Pair them together for the escort mission." Midna demanded.

"Fine. The rest of us shall be called here to protect against these enemies of ours."

"I will go tell Link about the threat."

"Wait! Don't do that. He'll just try to stay here when he finds out about the threat. Send him off quietly. The royal family shall be leaving tomorrow evening to go in secret, understand?"

"…Understood." And with that, Midna quickly left the commanders office.

Link entered his room at the Head Quarters. They let agents stay here, as long as they stayed dedicated to their work. Link sat at his oak colored desk. He threw off all the papers and pencils on it, and sat down. He slowly removed the Pendant of Courage, and placed it on the desk. He sighed.

"Why…? Why did he give it to me…?" Link knew the answer, but he was convinced it couldn't be correct. Why would he be the hero?! There was no reason as to why he'd have to be this generation of a hero. He then heard a knock on the door. "Come in."

"Hey Link. You okay?" Midna entered and asked.

"I thought I already told you, I'm fine." Link kept his attention on the pendant.

"Hey, the commander wants to send you on a mission." Midna knew that would catch his attention, which it did.

"What mission?" Link's left hand started to ache a little, but not too bad.

"You and Sheik will be sent to Capital Castle City to escort the royal family." Midna explained. She could swear she saw tiny hearts appear in Link's eyes.

He quickly turned away. "Thanks for telling me. I'll inform Sheik."

"I already did that."

"Okay then, where will I be escorting the royal family to?"

"You will protect them as they go to Gerudo Desert."

"The desert?! That's so far away!" Link complained, and when he saw Midna's face, he knew he wouldn't be backing out of this one. "Fine. I'll pack for the week-long trip."

"Good." Midna left, still wondering about what he was doing with the pendant. Midna then decided to go back into Sheik's room. Just to check up on him, she gave herself an excuse. "Sheik?"

"Hey Midna! I guess you just told Link about the escort?" Sheik said in a questioning format.

"Yeah. I did." Midna stood in place and looked to her right. "You got packed quickly."

"Just excited for the desert! Sucks that you aren't coming though…" Sheik said to the blue skinned girl.

"…Right…" Midna crossed her arms and felt herself blush, which was much more apparent with her lightly colored skin. "I suppose he never told me not to do this… Sheik. I need to tell you something. Something very bad."

"What's up?"

Link stuffed the last of his items into his suitcase and put the green pendant around his neck again. "Okay. Tomorrow, I gotta give it my all. I have to protect the most important people in Hyrule here…" Link closed his eyes and laid in his bed, ready to sleep. Sooner or later, he drifted into unconsciousness.

Link and Sheik climbed aboard each respective motorcycle, and they each inserted the key. "Ready?!" Sheik yelled at his friend.

"Yeah!" Link sped away, heading towards Capital Castle City.

"…Midna, you better be alive by the time I come back, you hear?" Sheik sped away too, following Link.