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The Legend of Zelda: Heart of a Thief

Chapter 3
The Gerudos were on the march and were preparing to bring the market town to its knees and loot the place until there was nothing left, and amongst the villainous horde was Link, former hero of time who'd turned thief, the reason for this was because he'd lost his memory and with no knowledge of his past (or future for that matter) he began a new life with the people who'd found him floating in lake Hyrillia and had made a name for himself for defeated Impa, Zelda minder in combat. The group marched until dawn until they approached the castles west wall, during a raid on a monastery, who's monks worshipped the Hyrilian sun god, the Gerudos had managed to get their hands on an enchanted map of the world which showed every building, every hill, and hidden passage, tunnel and booby trap in the land and had discovered a hidden passage into the castle under the moat next to the west wall.

Zelda was waiting patiently in side the Temple of Time taking a few practise swings of her sword under watchful eye of Impa, she knew Zelda wouldn't be able to fight off Link by her self, plus Zelda would have to play the song of lost memories in front of him, so Impa would have to take over the fight.

The Gerudos made their way through the long dark and dank passage way, they didn't know how long they'd been down there nor how long the passage was but they kept going knowing that it would have to end eventually.

Hour apon hour crept by as Zelda waited for Tatl to lead Link to her, her plan was simple enough Tatl was to find a way of luring Link to the temple, she'd then battle Link till either one of them was tired, she'd then play the song in front of Link and he'd then be back to normal with enough energy to battle the Gerudos, she hoped.

At last the gang of thieves had made their way out of the dank passage and into the solders barracks, they quickly bound and gagged the men and made their way through the castle taking everything of value and then made preparations to burn the palace to the ground. Tatl had been flying around the town for hours and there was still no sine of Link, she was just about to give up when she noticed something from the direction of the castle, as she flew closer she could see a lot of smoke and when she finally arrived the whole castle was a blaze and amongst the rabble she spotted a familiar face Link.

Suddenly she flew straight into Links head "Ow!" he said " Hehehehehehe" said Tatl in slightly nervous tone "Catch me if you can Mr Gerudo." "Why miserable little... come back here." shouted Link as he gave chase after the fairy.

Tatl only just made it to the temple slightly ahead of Link " H h h he's on his way" said a panting Tatl, "But it's much worse than we feared, the Gerudos they… They've burned down the castle." " What!" Impa exclaimed as Zelda looked on in shock "I'm afraid it's true," said Tatl " Thoughts woman must really hate you." Suddenly the doors flew open and Link stood in the door way "Well, well, well what do we have here, Sweet pea, the flying light bulb and the nurse maid. Do you really think that the three of you are a match for me." said Link in a mocking voice "No" said Zelda walking towards him "Just me." "Ha ha ha ha ha, are you that willing to die," said Link "Very well lets rock baby."

Link was by far then superior swords man but Zelda held her ground " Your not bad sweet pea" said Link, "I leaned from the best" replied Zelda, "Anyone I know" inquired Link "Why yes," said Zelda "You." "Nice try," said Link "But you'll have to try a lot harder to catch me off balance." as the fight dragged on it was clear that Zelda was being worn out by Links attacks it was at that moment that Impa jumped between the two kids and said to Link

"Enough thief now you fight me.", " A simple challenge." Link replied as he preformed his famous Rolling Side Swipe Attack.

Zelda could see that Impa didn't stand a chance against Link but if she could pull her plan off Impa wouldn't have too. The Gerudos were finished with what remained of the castle and were know moving on the town and the towns residents were just prepared to hand their positions over to them.

Back in the temple Impa & Link continued to clash. Suddenly Impa's sword shattered & link kicked her to the floor. "Hope you got no regrets about life lady," said Link in a cruel way "Cos yours is about to end if you know any prayers I suggest your start sayin them, cos nothin short of a miracle's gonna stop me." "You called." said Zelda and started to play the song of lost memories before him. Link suddenly feel to the floor his hands clamped around his head.

Images flashed & voices flashed in his mind, reseaving the three spiritual stones, pulling the Master sword out of the pedestal of time, defeating Ganondorf then Ganon, encountering Skullkid & arriving in Termina, transforming into Deku Link, Goron, Link & Zora Link, reseaving the Fierce Deity mask, defeating Majora's Mask, The ceremony involving himself, Skullkid, Happy mask guy, Anju, Kafei, Romani & Cremia, the Deku King, the Elder Goron, Lulu, the Ikana king & the great fairy's were they used Link's shard of the triforce to drain the magic from Majora's mask, travelling to Labrynna and meeting Nayru oracle of ages, finding the harp of ages, defeating Veran and then Neo Veran, travelling to Holodrum and meeting Din oracle of seasons, finding the rod of seasons, defeating General Onox and then Neo Onox. Zelda, Saria, Darunia, Ruto, Impa, Nabbooru, Rauru, Malon, Epona, Navi, Tatl, Skullkid, the Great Deku tree, Din, Nayru and many others flashed in front of eyes and then a woman who he didn't know but seemed so familiar seemed to smile at him, she then said something but he couldn't quiet hear but it seemed to be "I love you." then he blacked out.

When he awoke he found him self in a bed at the inn in the town, found Zelda & Tatl sitting next to him, "Errr, Whhh hapn?" he asked "I was hoping you could tell us, one moment your on your way home from visiting me next you're a member of the Gerudo thieves." "What are taking abou… oh god it's coming back to me I tried to hurt you & others, I did hurt others I even killed a man …" he then ran out of the room out of the inn, Zelda & Tatl then followed him.

The pair then found him sitting on the edge of one of the stone block crying. "Link are you alright?" she asked "I hurt people I even killed a man and I didn't care." "It wasn't you, something happened to you blocking who you really are." Link was silent for a moment "I need some time to work through what happened, I don't know how long it will be …" "Take all the time you need," said Zelda "Take this it might help" she handed him the Ocarina of time "Where are you and the other's going to stay?" asked Link, "We've been meaning to visit our family home at the southern end of the field for a while now we'll stay there until the castle's rebuilt." Then she put her head on Link's lap and said "It'll be alright now." Link said nothing he smiled weakly & put his hand on her shoulder and watched off the setting sun.

Fin


AN Well here's what might be my only attempt at Zelda fiction so please be nice. Like I said eariler I wrote this when I was much younger for a Zelda fan sight (and thats my excuse if it sucks) and I had a hell of a time correcting all the spelling mistakes (please let me know if I've missed any). Please check out my other work. Later y'all.