Link blinked and found he was in a completely different place. It was a room made of stone with two beds. There was some guard equipment in this room and it seemed to be day.

"Welcome back, boy." A voice said. Link turned and saw Zelda's teacher. Link was even more surprised to see how easily he could move.

"Um…hello." Link said, he was hoping Teacher would fill him in on what happened and tell him Zelda had been rescued, that she was safe, perhaps that she was waiting to see Link and ask how he was feeling. Unfortunately Teacher didn't say anything of this instead Teacher said

"I'm glad to see you're finally awake. There was some hubbub outside. When I came to investigate, people were saying the Spirit Tracks were disappearing…at that point, the guards brought you and Alfonzo in from outside. Both of you were out cold, so I've been waiting for you to come to."
"How long have we been here?" Link asked.

"The guards brought you here last night." Teacher responded. Link was surprised; he had thought he would have been here for days.

"Now tell me, what happened?"

"Is Alfonzo dead?" Link asked. If Teacher was asking him what happened, then that must have meant that Alfonzo didn't wake yet. He was older and stronger than Link, surely if he was alive he would be up and going before Link was.

"I doubt that, he was breathing last time we checked." Teacher said. Link gave a sigh of relief and stared sadly at Alfonzo who was still unconscious on the other bed. "Now, if you please, give me an account on what happened there."

"Oh right, sorry." Link said "Well this is what happ—" Link stopped unsure whether he should tell Teacher what happened or not.

"Yes what happened?" Teacher asked.

"Err…it's a bit of an unbelievable story, really. You might not believe me but I swear it happened."
"Continue." Teacher said. Link sighed and recounted what had happened. He left out the part where he snuck Zelda past the guards though, making it seem like she did it herself and met him and Alfonzo at the train station. "So what you're saying is…" Teacher said after Link had finished "The chancellor is some kind of monster? And he kidnapped Princess Zelda? Hmm…my goodness what a story! You're just pulling my leg though, aren't you?"
"I swear I'm not!" Link exclaimed.

"So it's true you say…hmm…"

"Zelda has been kidnapped!" Link cried. There must have been something about the way he said that this that was very convincing for it seemed that Teacher believed him judging by what he next said.

"So…what you're saying is…the princess has been kidnapped! This is terrible! I must inform the princess at once!" Link raised an eye at this. "…Ah, yes, that's right. She's not here. Well, I'm at a loss as what to do. Hmm…what to do…what to do." Link headed over to Alfonzo and shook him a bit.
"Wake up, Alfonzo…" Link muttered. To his surprise Alfonzo actually did wake up.

"Unngh…my head…did they hurt you too, Link? And what happened to the princess? Did she escape unharmed?" Without waiting for an answer, Alfonzo continued "As long as I'm laid up, you're responsible for her safety, Link!"
"Alright Alfonzo…" Link said softly, deciding not to mention that Zelda was probably dead. Link left the nervous, shaking Teacher and Alfonzo and headed back outside. He was going to ask if his train had been recovered or if he could get news on what happened. He asked the guards but all that they seemed to know was that the Spirit Tracks had vanished. Several kept asking where Zelda and Cole where. Link decided not to answer these questions. It was too time consuming to repeat the story and nobody would believe him anyway. Just as Link gave up hope he heard a voice. A high, yet soft voice, yelling in distress. Link gasped, he recognized it as Zelda's voice.

"Hello! Hello! Guards! Please help me! …Can any of you see me? I need your help!" Link heard some silent sniffing, it sounded as though Zelda was crying.

"Zelda!" Link cried.

"Huh wuzzat?" A guard answered in response. "Where's Zelda? Kid, if you see Zelda let someone know immediately, we need her."
"Didn't you hear her?" Link asked

"Ummm…no….hey listen kid we found you knocked out awhile ago, I'm surprised you can even move with the injuries you had. I suggest you go back to sleep, OK?"

"I don't need sleep!" Link insisted "I HEARD her…she was going up those stairs."

"Alright, if you say so kid, just don't bother the other guards, OK?" Link rolled his eyes and headed upstairs.

"Help! I need your help!" Link saw Zelda this time; she was looking a guard right in the face and desperately yelling. How could they ignore her? For some reason Zelda was floating, and she looked even whiter than before. She also seemed to be glowing a bit. "…Why can't anyone hear me?" Zelda asked out loud, sounding close to tears. Link watched as she passed through the door leading to the staircase to her room. Link followed her. Link walked slowly in her room. Zelda stood there with her back to him, Link heard Zelda sniff again.
"Zelda…" Link whispered. For a moment nothing happened, then Zelda gave a small gasp and turned to face Link. She seemed scared of Link, she seemed to be afraid that he couldn't see her or hear her voice either. There was more silence, and then suddenly Zelda spoke in a scared trembling voice.

"…Can you…see me, Link?" Link nodded. Zelda was quiet for a few more seconds before she spoke. "…I must apologize to Alfonzo for what happened. And to you, too. I never knew the chancellor was capable of such evil. All these years, and I never noticed what he really was. I was a fool." Link had a feeling the only reason Zelda wasn't crying was because she couldn't in this spirit form. He had never seen someone look so miserable in all his life. "And the Tower of Spirits breaking apart…you saw it too, didn't you, Link?" Zelda didn't wait for Link to answer this; she knew he had seen it. "It must have something to do with the dark forces." The chat was far from cheerful, yet it seemed to cheer Zelda up a bit. She at least had someone to talk to now. It was true that she wished Link would respond more because part of her was scared that he couldn't hear her at all and that she only imagined he could. But it was still comforting that perhaps someone knew she was here and cared enough to listen to what she had to say. At any rate, Zelda didn't look close to tears anymore. "After all, they made the Spirit Tracks disappear. This must be the handiwork of Cole and his cronies. But what could their goal be? He said something about the Spirit Tracks vanishing. What did he mean by that?"

"Maybe he thinks by killing you he may become the new king?" Link suggested.

"But why would they take my body with them? What will they do with it?" Zelda didn't notice this, but she was beginning to float in the air. Link stared as she rose in the air and resisted the temptation to look up her dress.

"Umm…Zelda."

"Oh, I'm sorry." Zelda said, realizing she had been floating in the air. "It seems I'm much…lighter without my body." Zelda lowered herself back to the ground "Listen, Link. Let's try again to go to the Tower of Spirits. Now more than ever, we must find the tower's sage! But before we go, I want to show you something." Zelda floated to her left and lead Link to the place she put her pan flute. "This Spirit Flute is a prized family heirloom. It's been handed down for generations." Zelda said "It originally belonged to one of my ancestors, the one who founded this kingdom. It is my greatest treasure. I can't carry it in this state, as you can see. But I'm certain it's meant to protect me. I can hardly ask you to do any more for me…" Zelda said looking at Link with a look of deepest remorse "But…will you take this? And will you come to the tower with me? You're the only person I can turn to now." Zelda looked like she was on the verge of tears again as she looked at Link. How can I expect him to accept after all I put him through? Link however gave Zelda a small smile and nodded saying

"Of course I will, Zelda. I promise to take good care of your flute too." Link walked over to the flute and took it. Carefully putting it in his bag, he turned to face Zelda who sniffed again.

"Th-thank you, Link! This means so much to me!" Zelda said giving Link a hug. She felt strangely cold. "Oh…I d-didn't know I could touch anything in this body…"

"It's because I can see you and hear you, I guess I can touch you as well." Link suggested. Zelda nodded.

"I swear I will repay you someday, Link."

"You don't need to."

"But I will…now shall we go?" Zelda asked. Link nodded and headed out the bedroom, as he got close to the door Zelda stopped him. "Wait a second, Link! The tracks are gone, and even if they weren't we don't have a train." Link groaned, he had intended to find his train or a new one and leave, he had forgotten all about the tracks despite the fact so many people reminded him they were missing. They couldn't walk to the tower; that was a safety hazard. There were monsters all over the land, and they would be in danger without a train.

"How can we get to the Tower of the Spirits?" Link asked.

"Oh, I know!" Zelda exclaimed "I've heard there's a path from the castle to the tower….But if it does exist, it certainly hasn't been used recently. There's a door at the back of the castle. Maybe the path is somewhere there. Let's go see!" Link nodded and headed out of the room once more.

"Where do I go?" Link asked.

"Just head through that door back in the throne room and take the door to your right." Zelda said. Link nodded and did as he was told. "The door's right there." Zelda said pointing to a door with a guard standing by. Link nodded and headed towards it.

"Excuse me." Link said as he approached the guard.

"What is it, Recruit?" the guard asked.

"I would like to go through here, please."
"Eh? You want to leave through this door?"

"Yes please."
"Well, I can tell just by looking at you that you aren't adequately prepared. There are all sorts of strange beasts on the other side of this door. It's not the kind of place you want to go to without a weapon!"
"He's right, Link." Zelda said "Heading to the Tower of Spirits without a weapon is too dangerous. Why don't you find the guard captain and ask him to loan you a weapon. He'll probably just think you want it for training." Link nodded and headed away from the guard before asking Zelda.

"Where is the guard captain?"
"Most likely in the training room…err since I know this castle better than you do just go where I tell you to." Link nodded at this. "Head up the stairs…go to your left…er I mean my left. OK, that's not the training room, just ignore it. Ok…keep going in that direction. Head outside here…now climb down these stairs. Head to your right…ok see that room over there? No that one! Yes…that's the training room."
"Thanks, Zelda." Link said.

"You're welcome." Zelda said as Link entered. The training room had four guards, one of which was unmistakably the captain. He was the burliest of them all; he had a lot of blond hair and beard, he also had a large nose. He wore a blue captain's badge and sheath. The room was full of weight lifting equipment and weapons.

"Umm…hello," Link said awkwardly "I was wondering if I could borrow a weapon…so I can slay the monsters out in the back door."
"Eh? What now, Recruit? You want a weapon so you can leave through the back of the castle? Did I get that right?"
"Right."

"Some guard you are, running around with no weapon! There's something fishy about this…are you really a new recruit?" Link gulped, this guy was pretty sharp. "Heh heh heh! Your eyes tell the whole story! All right! Choose a weapon!" Link looked around at the selection and ended up picking the sword. It was his size and finely crafted out of steel and with a hilt of gold, with a blue sapphire on it. Link swung it a little bit, getting used to the feel.
"Thank you." Link said gratefully

"Hey but listen, just because you have sword, that doesn't make you a swordsman. Let me see if you're truly worthy of handling a weapon like that!" the captain called all the other guards to where he and Link where. "All right, time for a little sword practice." Russell said "These fellows are here to help you train…don't hold back when attacking them or you're done for. Let's see what you make of them. If you need some advice come ask me. Now…begin!" Link gulped as the three guards ganged up on him. Link did several quick slashes at one while the others prepared their spears to attack. They only used the butt end, not wanting to hurt Link. Link ducked just in time and both of these ended up poking their comrade. Link took this as an opportunity to attack. To his surprise he actually got one of the guards on his arm. Link gasped

"Woah there! Don't be cocky just because he's a recruit. You need to take this seriously!" the guard captain yelled.

"I-I was!" the guard stammered.

"Alright…you're out." The captain sighed. The other two looked at Link very seriously and fought much more determinedly. The poked at Link who dodged at slashed their spears away. One made a slashing movement with his spear which Link blocked with the sword. They were in a deadlock, and the other guard was creeping towards Link ready to send the bottom of his spear at Link's head like a club. Link quickly broke the deadlock and the other guard fell into his place. The two quit pushing on each other but too late. Link gave a powerful swing with his sword and sent the spear flying out of one guards and broke the bottom of the other.

"Enough…I must say you have some potential, Recruit, a lot of potential. Before you go, let me teach you one move. It's called the spin attack. You just might be able to pull it off…now stand back. Link backed up a good deal while the captain took out his sword. He held it at his side, and then suddenly, quickly turned on the spot with his blade going in a perfect circle. "Alright, now you try." The captain said. Link nodded and tried to repeat what Russell did. It seemed too slow to be right though. "Aww…no, no, no, Recruit. You're sword fighting, not joining the ballet. OK watch again, I will do it slowly. Pay extra attention to my feet and how I move my legs…ok now." The captain did a slower spin attack; Link caught his mistake this time. "Alright now you do it again, this time twist your legs and don't dance on your toes…perfect! That's the way to do it, Recruit. Alright the sword's yours. Come back sometime to polish your skills." Link nodded and headed back out.

"You did a wonderful job! That was just amazing, Link!" Zelda complimented

"Heh…thanks." Link said a little shyly.

"Now that you have a sword, we can exit through the door in the back."
"Let's go!" Link and Zelda said together. Both of them laughed at this and a few guards stared at Link who grinned sheepishly. Link backtracked until he found the guard whom he had spoken to earlier.

"Hey, Recruit! There are all sorts of monsters on the other side of this door!" the guard said as soon as he saw Link "I told you already that I can't let you out there without a weapon or—oh, I see you got yourself a weapon. All right then. Be careful out there!" Link nodded and thanked the guard before heading outside. The first thing Link saw was a monster. It was brownish type of creature.

"Link that's a spinut!" Zelda said. Link looked at her questioningly. "Well, Teacher taught me a lot about wild-life and other things." Zelda said "I'm just saying you ought to kill it, it's pretty nasty and mean." Link nodded and held his sword up. Link slashed the spinut and continued on.

"I need some backup here!" a voice called. It was a guard; he was surrounded by spinuts and looked defenseless. Link quickly slashed at the spinuts until they were all dead. Link approached the guard "Oh erm, hey there." The guard said awkwardly. "It's dangerous being out here by yourself with all these monsters!"

"Right…well um, listen I'm looking for a secret pathway to the Tower of Spirits. Know anything that might help?" Link asked.

"What? You're searching for a tunnel that will take you to the Tower of Spirits? Well there was a path up that way." The guard said pointing north "But recently rock falls have closed it off."

"Right, thanks." Link said heading north where the guard pointed. Link sighed; in all honesty he didn't really think the sage of the Tower was going to help them. Link had thought even since the Tower broke apart, that either the sage was dead or never existed. It was only because Link didn't Zelda to lose hope and that he wanted to try something, that he bothered at all. "Now what are we going to do?" Link asked.

"Well…we could examine the wall…" Zelda suggested. Link nodded and looked all around at the wall. "Ooh, look over there! There's a boulder here!" Zelda exclaimed.

"I can't move that, Zelda." Link said.

"Yeah I know…hmm maybe we can ask some guards to help…oh wait look over there, Link!" Zelda exclaimed pointing at a bunch of grass.

"What is it?" Link asked.

"See that plant? No that one! Yes the one that looks like a bomb."
"What about it?" Link asked.

"It's a bomb flower, if you pick it up it will soon explode. We can use it to clear the path." Zelda said.

"Explodes…err…will I have enough time to set it down and escape?" Link asked

"I think so…"
"What?"

"I'm pretty sure!" Zelda said trying to calm Link down. "I mean people use it for this kind of stuff all the time…"
"Alright…I'll use the bomb." Link said gulping and picking up the bomb. He quickly threw it at the wall and ran full speed away. The bomb exploded and the boulder was no more.

"You did it, Link!" Zelda cried. "Now let's head in." Link nodded and walked in the tunnel. The inside was very earthy and smelled pretty bad. Zelda looked around and gave a small shudder. "It's awfully dark in here. And it's kind of damp too. Is this really the way to the tower?" Zelda realized she was whining and added "Oh I'm sorry. I was just thinking out loud. Come on, Link! Let's go!" Link continued walking through the dark cave. He went slowly because he couldn't see well yet.

"Out of curiosity, what were you expecting, Zelda?" Link asked "I mean surely by the time we got to the entrance you realized the tunnel was going to be a cave, right?"

"I know that…it's just I find it odd that people would use this as a way to the tower…I mean this was used by royalty at some point!" Link forced himself not to laugh as Zelda displayed the obvious signs of being a pampered princess. Link stopped and listened suddenly

"Zelda, do you hear that?" suddenly a bat creature swooped down and bit Link. "What the—" Link slapped at the bat, but it flew away too quickly. "Why did that bat bite me?"

"That wasn't a bat…at least I don't think it was. I think that thing is called a keese. They are a type of monster—don't worry the bite isn't poisonous, but it can't be fun either. So try to avoid them or get rid of them."
"Alright…thanks." Link muttered as he continued through the cave, his eyes adjusting to the darkness. "Hey what is this red slimy thing?" Link asked as he moved his hand over it. It felt a little pleasant and fun.

"ChuChu!"
"Aren't you a little old to be making train sounds?" Link asked

"No, no, Link that's the name of the monster. That red stuff...is ALIVE!"
"WOAH!" Link backed up just in time for several of these things tried to jump at his head. Looking more closely, Link saw the blobs were moving and had faces. They looked happy and giddy and as though they were painted on. Link quickly pulled out his sword and used a spin attack. All four were dead.

"Good job, Link!" Zelda cheered

"Thanks." Link said. "Hey what's this?" Link asked more to himself than Zelda. It was a finely made door with some sort of hole in the middle. On closer examination, Link realized it was a key hole. "We need a key? You must be joking!" Link cried "The key could be anywhere in the world! Zelda, by chance do you have some sort of family heirloom key that you know is meant to open this door?"

"No, sorry…" Zelda apologized. "But don't give up yet, check around just a little bit more, OK?"
"OK, Zelda…" Link said as he swung his sword at a keese and the monster fell to the floor. Link walked around a bit more, occasionally feeling for wall. Suddenly Link felt himself lower a few inches. "Woah!" Link said stepping back, he had stepped on a switch, and when he stepped on the switch and off, he noticed that each time there was a rumbling noise. "What was that?" Link asked.

"I don't know…hang on stay on the switch and I will look around." Zelda said. Link nodded and stood still. It wasn't long before Zelda shouted "The doors open!"
"The one with the key hole?" Link asked

"No, some other door! There's a chest in here." Link stepped off the switch and followed Zelda's voice. "And it's gone…"

"OK…OK hang on, I'll be right back." Link took a running start, and then quickly ran to the switch and then door. It was too late though.

"Sorry, Link, I don't think you're fast enough." Zelda said "Maybe you can weigh it down with something?" as if an answer to this the two then suddenly saw something. A heavy block, just small enough for Link to move. "I think that's what this is for," Zelda said "Why else would it be here? Go on Link give it a try." Link nodded and set off to work with the block. Soon he managed to get it in the narrow area with the switch. Once it was on the switch, Link walked to the door with the chest. Inside the chest was no treasure, but a key. "Maybe it opens an ever greater chest full of treasure?" Zelda suggested.

"Or maybe it opens that door we were having trouble with." Link said

"Oh! Tee hee! I can't believe I didn't think of that!" Zelda said laughing. Link chuckled a bit too and headed to the locked door. The key fit in perfectly and the door lead to an uphill slope. Link continued on. In this next area were two ChuChus and a stone slab with Hylian text etched on. For while these people spoke English, they wrote differently than us. I will translate everything to English for simplicity. Link slayed the ChuChus and read the sign. The door won't open if you just hit the switches in a circle. Link jumped over a small body of water and saw that there were three signs. Link read them all. After the bottom switch is the left. You should hit the top switch before the bottom. Hit the right switch before the top. Link saw some bomb flowers again and continued moving. He felt a wall, and began moving his hands over it. There were cracks.

"Looks like I'll need some bomb flowers again." Link said picking up a bomb flower and throwing it at the wall. When it exploded, Link walked back and bumped in the wall. "What the? It didn't do anything?"

"No, I think it did, there's probably just another wall or two behind it. Try again." Zelda said.

"Alright…" Link muttered picking up another bomb flower and throwing it. When it exploded Link saw the wall was gone. "Hey you were right! Thanks, Zelda!" Link walked in the room and saw four purple orbs attached to pedestals and two spinuts. Link killed the spinuts and looked at the orbs. Link began moving his hand over one, and then tapped it. Suddenly it turned green and a mysterious ticking filled the room. "It's a trap!" Link gasped and started fleeing the room. Zelda tried to pull Link back but she could only touch him in this form, she didn't have any force whatsoever. Link did feel her touch, though, and stopped.

"What is it, Zelda?"
"Link I think that isn't a trap. I think it's a switch. These must be the four switches!" Link looked back at the switch he tapped and saw the ticking just now died and it turned back to purple.

"You think so?"

"I'm pretty sure…"

"Alright then…I'll give it a shot." Link thought of the clues and decided the order must be right, up, down, left and hit them in this order. The ticking started again but when Link hit all four and they were all green it stopped and a door to their right opened.

"Great job! You did it, Link!" Zelda cheered

"Yeah…thanks for thinking with a clear head, Zelda."

"No problem." Zelda said as they walked up another slope. There were several keese here. Link slayed two but Zelda shouted

"Link, look out!" from his other side and Link saw another trying to swoop down when his back was turned. Link placed the sword right in front of his face instinctively and the poor keese cut itself as it flew straight at it and fell. "Woah! Great job!"
"That was an accident." Link said as the continued. Suddenly strange little sounds came from somewhere and the two of them stopped.

"Do you hear…squeaking, Link?" Zelda asked

"Keese?"
"No…" Zelda moved a bit forward at this and looked for the source of the noises. Suddenly out from a large rat hole came two foot long rats. "Ayiiiiiiiii! Oh, how horrid!" Zelda screamed. It was clear she had a rat phobia. Link gulped; in truth he had a rat phobia too. Yet it was obvious by how Zelda was screaming that hers was worse. Link gulped and steeled himself. Link suddenly charged at the rats and slashed at them with his sword. When both were dead he kicked them several feet away from Zelda. "Th-thank you…" Zelda stuttered gratefully "Those beasts were just terrifying! I never want to see them again…" Zelda went closer to Link and they continued the rest of the way with Zelda floating behind Link, clearly afraid there were more rats.

"If it makes you feel better, you are a spirit so those rats can't get you." Link said

"How do you know? Maybe animals can see me just like you…and you can touch me! And did who see who those rats were circling me? Teasing me…"
"Well I promise I won't let any get you, OK?" Link said decided not to mention how much they scared him. That would only make Zelda less confident about traveling with him.

"Thank you, Link…" Zelda said as Link finally found what looked like the exit.

"I think we're here, Zelda." Link said pushing the top of what looked like a trap door. Link blinked several times, the daylight was hard to get used to. Link and Zelda made there way outside and saw that the top of the trap door was covered in earth and grass. Undetectable from the rest of the area. Link put the trap door back and he and Zelda began walking (or floating) to the Tower. Zelda now at Links side, no longer afraid of being attacked by rats. When they were close they both looked up. The Tower was, of course, still broken floating pieces. This was an ominous sight and now that Link thought about it, didn't Byrne and Cole head this direction? Link and Zelda glanced at each other and nodded, both privately agreeing that they didn't come here for nothing. With that, they both headed to the Tower, Link running, Zelda flying with her arms stretched out in front of her as though she were a super hero.

So how does this compare to the real game? Pretty accurate, save the parts I added? Did the parts enhance the story or make it worse? Please review.