I woke up and looked around.

"Yeah, same room"

I had hoped that the past year had only been a dream. That I had never died, never found out about the prophecy, and never left Zelda. I admit it, I do wish I could just see Zelda once more. If even only for a minute, I would stand an eternity of torture. I stood up. The ceiling seemed lower. It probably wasn't. Who knows what I was thinking? I opened the door and started to walk out only to kit my head on the door. I looked at it and frowned. I grabbed my sword and stabbed the wall. It made me happy. "I'm probably gonna get in trouble for that, but I really don't care" I thought to myself.

I walked out into the corridor. It was completely different compared to the room I had been in the past week or so. There was a tiled floor with different colored tiles. The tiles were either green, blue, red. They went across the hall in that order from left to right. After every five rows There were yellow tiles that formed the Triforce that took up another 5 tiles. The pattern went down the entire corridor. The corridor went about a kilometer both ways with a room at every Triforce mark.

I was worried I'd be late so I ran down the right side only to fall.

"I guess my legs aren't ready for too much work yet..."

I heard someone laugh.

"Need a hand?"

Someone reached out their bluish hand.

"Very funny Narayu."

"It really was!"

"You used magic to trip me?"

"Magic works for all purposes!"

"Are we going to meet the other goddesses or what?"

"Depends on what what is."

She smiled.

"Let's go then.

She led me down the left way. Eventually, we reached a room with tall pillars and a golden throne with a red velvet seat. I tall woman was talking to Din and Farore. Narayu ran ahead of me and tapped on Farore's shoulder. Farore looked at me and nodded her head to acknowledge my presence.

"Hylia, your knight is here"

The Din, Farore, and Narayu kneeled at Hylia's feet and lowered their heads. Hylia looked over at me.

"I suppose he will have to do."

"What do you mean 'will have to do? I've taken down loads of monsters and a few ones that looked pretty mean and would gladly kill anyone! I think I've done more than earn your respect!"

"Link, show some respect to the chief goddess!" Narayu said.

"It is fine Narayu, he will learn respect in time. He very well knows that I hold his fate in my hands."

I didn't like her very much. Hylia is pretty good and making sure people know they need her. I decided to play her game and kneeled like the other goddesses were doing.

"I apologize, your grace."

"That is what I would like to hear more of from you three!" She said, pointing at the kneeling goddesses.

"Permission to speak, your grace?"

"Permission granted, Link."

"I was told of... What were they called? Hmm... The trials! That's it!"

"Yes, I suppose you have earned the right to retake the right of life under the circumstances."

"So, when do I start?"

"Today."

"Great! What's the first trial?"

"That is for Farore to decide."

"Farore, what is my trial?"

"Give me half an hour."

"People are dying! I need to pass the trials in the shortest amount of time!"

"Fine, five minutes. But no less!"

All the goddesses left the room except Hylia. She walked over to her throne and sat down.

"Your grace, is there any way to contact someone still alive?"

"You cannot talk to them but you may send a message by carving it into the ground."

"May I send one?"

"Yes."

She snapped her fingers and a bronze table rose from the floor between the two pillars at the back of the room.

"Draw your sword and thrust it into the center of the table."

I did as she said.

"Say the name of the person you would like to contact and you will see them, wherever they are."

I murmured Zelda.

"Now carve the message into the ground."

I saw Zelda crying at my corpse.

I etched in this message:

Honor the dead. Fight like hell for the living.

I carved my mark of the Triforce next to it.