They left Hyrule field and came to a bridge over a gorge. Link heard hooves beating against the ground.
"Hear that?" He asked the others.
"Hear what?" Collin asked.
"A horse running," Link said, looking in the direction of the hoof steps.
"I don't hear anything. Do you dad?" Collin said turning to Rusl.
"No, I don't. Are you sure you hear hooves Link?" Rusl asked tilting his head at Link.
"Yes. Look over there!" Link said pointing to the other side of the gorge.
On the other side of the gorge, a brown horse with a white mane and tail was running. She was being chased by two men on horseback; you couldn't see their faces as they had them covered by black masks. The trio could tell that the horse was in distress as they could see the whites of her eyes from where they were standing.
"We have to help that mare!" Link said, starting to trot towards the bridge.
"What help could we give her? She will be caught eventually and besides, the less wild horses there are, the safer our travels will be!" Rusl yelled, trying to get Link to come back.
"My mother told me to help anyone in trouble, man or beast." Link said before breaking into a sprint.
Link ran after the mare. Any normal person would never have had any hope of catching up but Link wasn't a normal person. He caught up to the mare quite quickly; he ran alongside one of the two men and grabbed the horn of the saddle, surprising the rider.
Link swung himself up on the saddle, kicking the man in the chest and off the horse in the process. He grabbed the reins and urged the horse faster; riding along the second man he drew one of his daggers, holding it in his left hand. Leaning to the side, he reached over and slashed the girth of the man's saddle, causing him to fall off the horse.
Smirking he brought his horse to a stop and jumped off, only to have an arrow whiz past his head. The man he had kicked off the horse was standing a short distance away, with his bow drawn and pointed at Link.
"Give up boy, I don't know how you could run along a horse like that but I won't let you take that horse from me!" He shouted threateningly.
He pointed the bow at Link for a moment longer. Suddenly a large bang was heard and the man crumpled to the ground.
Link looked around to see Rusl with a sword in his hand panting; he had hit the man on the back of the head with the hilt of his sword.
Rusl laid his hands on his knees, dropping the blade on the ground, continuing to pant.
"H-how did you do that?" Rusl yelled, staring at Link. "I've seen men who can outrun almost every animal, but never a horse." He continued, falling to the ground. "You haven't even broken a sweat!"
Link laughed and simply walked over to Rusl, offering a hand.
"Well think of it this way. Now we have some horses we can ride to Kakariko, just two won't have a saddle." He said pulling Rusl to his feet.
"Well I suppose you're right there." Rusl said. "But I'd make that three."
"Huh?" Link said. He felt a push on his right shoulder, turning around he saw the horse he had saved standing behind him.
Link smiled and offered his hand to the horse that sniffed it and then snorted. Link laughed as he ran his hand over the horse's neck.
"I think she likes you Link!" Collin said, as if out of nowhere. "I think you should give her a name."
"Hm. How about Epona?" Link said, looking into the horses eyes. "Do you like that girl?"
The horse whinnied and nudged Link again. "Then Epona it is."
Collin, with help from his father, got on the black horse with a saddle. Rusl got on the second black horse without a saddle and Link got on Epona. They then continued onto Kakariko village.