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The Legend of Zelda: Interloper of Time

-Chapter 4-

-Last time-

Turning their heads slowly, they met with the gaze of a tall woman with short white hair, dark tan skin, and sharp ruby eyes, wearing dark purple skin tight clothes and metal armor covering her chest and stomach. "*Gulp,* About that… hehehe," Naruto laughed nervously as the woman tightened her grip on them. "Would you believe a giant talking tree sent us here to talk to the princess?"

-Now-

-Hyrule Castle-

The woman's gaze narrowed dangerously as she stared him straight in the eye. Several seconds passed before she almost reluctantly released her grip on the two. "I assume you speak of the Great Deku?" The four gasped in shock was all the answer she needed. Grabbing Naruto and Saria by the backs of their shirts this time, the intimidating woman easily lifted the two off the ground and carried them as she walked.

"Oi! Put us down!" Naruto cried as he squirmed to break free. It didn't last long however as the woman simply jabbed him in the back of the neck with one of her fingers and his body went limp. "What the heck! What did you do to me!" "Pressure point, you'll be fine." Was all the response he got as he glowered at the woman. "How did you know of The Great Deku Tree?" Saria asked in a very meek tone as the fairies currently floating around her hid inside her shirt and hair respectively.

The woman passed her gaze on her causing her to shrink in on herself before answering. "The Sheikah have served the goddess throughout the ages, child of the forest." Saria flinched slightly at getting called out on what she was. "We know many things most don't or assume myth." That was all she said until they finally stopped. "We are here."

Jabbing Naruto once again to give him motion of his body again, the woman promptly set them down in front of a lavish door. Walking up to it, the woman knocked gently while calling, "Lady Zelda, you have company." A few seconds later a soft voice said to come in. Opening the door revealed a well decorated bedroom, sat across from them was a young girl around Naruto's age with nearly identical blonde hair facing out the window.

Turning around to greet them, the girl, presumably Zelda, yelped in surprise upon seeing the whiskered blond and greenette. "You… you're the two I saw in my dream." She muttered in shock. Approaching the two cautiously, Zelda glanced towards the woman who brought them there before relaxing slightly. "Impa let you in here so you must be trustable, it's a pleasure to meet you my name is Zelda." She said while bowing slightly. Saria also bowed, still feeling incredibly nervous, Naruto on the other hand… "Nice to meet'cha Zelda-chan, I'm Naruto! These are my friends Saria, Navi, and Elia!"

Navi and Elia sighed quietly at the boisterous response while Zelda, and to a much less noticeable degree Impa, showed confusion at his addition to her name. Ignoring it for now, Zelda pressed on to other topics. "Do you perhaps, have an emerald with you, one with gold wrapped around it?"

"Yeah actually, Tree-jiji told me to bring it to you." Naruto said as he pulled out the valuable rock only for Impa to swipe it from him in a blink. "Hey!" Ignoring him, Impa closely examined the jewel for several seconds before nodding to herself. "It's authentic." She stated calmly while handing it back to the now thoroughly annoyed blonde. "The last few days I've had the same dream over and over." Zelda stated as she walked back to the window. "A dark cloud washes over my home, consuming and destroying everything. But just before everything could vanish, a light shines to reveal a young boy with whisker like marks across his face holding an emerald standing next to a green haired girl and two fairies." Hearing this, Navi and Elia slowly float out from their hiding places into view.

"The fact you are here and really exist means these dreams are not something to ignore, and are truly a warning." Gesturing for them to come over, she points to a small procession going on below them. In it, a single man slowly makes his way down a walkway and kneel in respect. He is a dark-skinned man with pale yellow eyes and dark red hair, he wore black clothes that looked scuffed and worn but still intimidating. "Do you see him, that man is a gerudo from the desert. A clan of thieves, he swears fealty to my father but I can sense the evil within him. His name is Ganondorf."

"He's the one who killed Tree-Jiji!?" Naruto yelled in shock before quickly turning to rage as he tried to charge out the window only to be held back by Impa. "Calm yourself, attacking him will only end with your own death or imprisonment." She stated, tossing him onto the nearby bed. Getting up with a growl, Naruto got up and started to head back to the window only for Saria to cut him off.

He was about to snap at her till he saw the disappointed look across her face and he reluctantly sat down on the bed. Seeing him somewhat calmed down, Zelda continued. "Anyway, I believe he is here as a ruse in order to get to a place known as the Sacred Realm." She walked up to a nearby bookshelf and pulled out an ancient looking book. "When I tried to figure out what my dream meant, I came across this." Opening the book, she flipped to a specific page before showing it to them.

"According to this, that emerald you hold is one of four keys needed to access the Sacred Realm, a place where the goddesses that created this world first touched down and left." The page showed a depiction of three colored gems and, "Is that an ocarina?" Saria asked. "Yes, that is of the Ocarina of Time, an ancient magic relic passed down in the royal family. I had Impa hide it somewhere safe for now." Zelda said as she sent a grateful look towards the woman.

"Ok, that's cool and all but what's important about this place that He would want to go there." Naruto asked, his anger flaring at just mentioning the man. "He most likely wishes to acquire the Tri-Force." Zelda said as she flipped the page to show a picture of three golden triangles placed together to form one big triangle. "The Tri-Force is supposedly a gift from the goddesses to grant the wishes of man and bring prosperity. However, it instead lead to strife and war as people fought over control of it." Zelda stated sadly as she closed the book and returned it to the shelf. "To prevent such horrors from happening again, seven sages sealed the sacred realm away behind the door of time using these three jewels and the Ocarina of Time." Impa finished for her.

"Unfortunately, my father refuses to believe me on this matter entirely." Zelda added in with a depressed tone. Sitting down, she took a deep breath and continued. "I know that Ganondorf intends to go for the Sacred Realm and that absolutely cannot happen. This being said, I can't do anything myself as my father has banned me from leaving the castle." What happened next surprised everyone as she got onto her knees and begged.

"Please help me?! I can't do this myself and we may be the only chance Hyrule has!" Everything was quiet for several moments before Naruto slowly stood up and walked over to her. Grabbing her arm, he pulled her up to her feet and smiled widely. "Of course we'll help." Finding it infectious, Zelda smiled to.

"…Thank you,"

-Several Minutes Later-

-Hyrule Field-

Saria and Naruto stood outside Castle Town, their packs gone and replaced with small hip pouches that somehow (Aka Magic something or other that never gets explained) held much more than it should. Zelda had explained her plan to prevent Ganondorf from getting into the Sacred Realm by getting the other two spiritual stones before he could. Afterwards, Impa had escorted them out of the castle, gotten them the satchels, then led them all the way to hyrule field where she now pointed to a large smoking mountain in the distance. "The closest of the two stones you need to get is that way in Death Mountain, home to the gorons. You should pass through my home village Kakariko which sits at the base along the way." She explained before pulling out a familiar folded up map and handing it to them. "I also marked where you can find the other among the Zora. Remember the song I taught you and the leaders of both should at least believe that the royal family sent you."

"Yes ma'am," Saria said as she pulled out her personal ocarina and held it close to herself. Smirking slightly, Impa backed away several steps before throwing something to the ground causing a bright flash that momentarily blinded them. Once their vision cleared, Impa was nowhere to be seen.

"She may have annoyed the hell out of me, but I gotta admit she sure knows how to make an exit." Naruto begrudgingly said as he and Saria tied on their new cloaks and started walking. Now not as bothered by the sunlight as before, the two were able to relax a bit and talk idly about stuff they saw in Castle Town or the castle itself while Navi and Elia sat atop Naruto's head commenting here or there.

Night had just started to fall by the time they reached a series of steps that had been carved into the mountain with a large wooden archway that read 'Welcome to Kakariko.

-Chapter end-

AN: Sorry this chapter was mostly explanatory filler that Naruto and Saria had to learn. I am not very good at this kind of thing so any advice/reviews would be nice. I do hope you are okay with how I portrayed Impa and Zelda in this, cause that's just how I saw them as in the game. Impa being intelligent, intimidating, and all around badass whilst Zelda I made slightly more cautious but still pretty desperate to protect her home. Thank you for reading and hope you enjoy next chapter.