The tarnished ruins that represented the hell on earth Ganondorf had forced the Hylians to suffer through appeared far more sinister in the darkness of night than it had during the day. Then again, even in daylight the ruins left onlookers with a sickening feeling in the pit of their stomachs. One tended to become uneasy when spending too much time alone next to them. More than just remains of a tower, the evil of Ganondorf's rule had left a stain upon the world and it would take more than a few noble efforts to remove it entirely and even then the memory of the horror experienced would remain. Hyrule was forever scarred by the seven years of hatred brought on by a king who sought nothing more than to destroy.

Tenameru kept on his guard as he sauntered through the remains of the old towering castle. There was little left besides charred ground where nothing would grow and collapsed black bricks. Most of the rubble and furnishings from within the tower had been long since cleaned up by the Queen and a group of volunteers from Kakariko Village. Patches of green grass sprouted amongst the barren areas of earth, proof that the work Zelda had been doing to restore the land had been slowly working.

Left hand held out in front of him Tenameru held his palm toward the heavens and floating just above it, about three inches or so, was a gleaming white orb. The orb illuminated the area around him and kept the Redeads from the marketplace at bay.

Dark clouds obstructed the view of the stars overhead and thunder cracked in the distance. In his gut, Tenameru knew the storm was caused by something with far worse motives than Mother Nature.

"Has the rain begun?" A soft yet distant voice echoed from the blue and white orb hovering over nearby. Gazing toward the orb, Tenameru smiled at the reflection of Impa and Zelda gazing at him through the spell he'd cast within the Temple of Time so they could stay in the comfort and safety of the cathedral while he searched the so-called scene of the crime.

"Not yet. Plenty of wind and thunder though. If I were to guess, it will be upon us by early morning." Tenameru continued his search along the walls of the ruins. He got chills down his spine but wrote it off to the evil that had once haunted the land and lingered after the death grip of a man who had nothing but greedy intentions. Brushing gloved fingers along the black stone walls that had stood resilient through the tower's subsequent collapse, Tenameru felt his stomach churn. "A great evil has occurred here…"

"This is only the remnants of what actually was. Even with magic it will take ages to recover."

"Why were we never summoned?" Tenameru pulled his hand away from the stone and shook it as though he had been burned.

"What?" Zelda sounded confused.

"The armies, the Sheikah? Why were we never called to return to the land as is being done now?" Continuing on his walk through the crumbling tower, Tenameru directed his light into the darkest corners of the walls in search of something only instinct would lead him to. Something in the trees drew his attention. Had there been a shadow running through the forest along the hill that led out of the land or had it been his imagination?

"After the King fell I was forced to take the princess into hiding." Impa answered when Zelda seemed too flustered to do so. It was easy to forget that the Queen was still young and ignorant in the ways of leadership. "There was a bounty on her head and the risk was too great for us to get back into the castle to summon those who could aid us."

"Yes, I honestly didn't even realize I could summon the Sheikah. I was just a child when the burden of the throne passed onto me. I had not yet been groomed for it." Zelda sounded sheepish. "But as soon as we could, we sent out the call."

"There must be new precautions put into place." Tenameru started slowly toward the edge of the forest and watched curiously for another sign of shadows moving and proof that more than an animal was hidden watching the castle grounds but saw nothing. "In case of the fall of the throne, there must be a way to summon those who can aid you in an emergency."

"I agree." Eager to please Tenameru, Zelda nodded fervently. "Our only fallback plan was the Hero of Time and now Link has the burden of our entire kingdom thrown upon his shoulders. His childhood was stolen from him as was mine. And yet I keep asking more of him."

"His duty is to the kingdom. It is his destiny to be a servant of Hyrule as much as it is my duty to be yours." Impa argued, trying to make Zelda feel better about her decisions.

"He was just a child." Zelda shook her head. "His choices are now his own. But I know he will help because he is a good man."

"You are lucky for that." Tenameru chuckled then turned away from the trees to contemplate what they knew. The topic of conversation had become uncomfortable for all involved. Clearly there was more conflict amongst the women than they had let on and Tenameru didn't want to be part of it. There were far more important matters at hand than that of the mistakes made by a Queen too young to make proper decisions. "The man who attacked you… you saw nothing of him, correct?"

"Nothing but darkness." Her wary smile signaled how grateful she was for the change in conversation.

"I have a feeling that the man who attacked you was less of a man and more like myself." Tenameru slowly walked along the perimeter of the destroyed tower again in search of anything left behind.

"What do you mean?"

"A man of magic and not a mere mortal."

"You think he's a Sheikah?" Impa gasped, appalled by the idea of one of her own attacking her beloved Queen.

"No, not at all. I think that he's likely come upon his gifts by darker methods than birthright. There are other types of magic in this world that those of us with a conscience wouldn't dare meddle with. But there are those who would sell their souls for a chance at power and relish in the darker side of our world." Tenameru scowled as he reached the ends of the ruins with no sign of any dark magic having been performed. "My guess is that he is a summoner of sorts. His magic isn't of blood like mine but rather summoned from other objects. Such magic can often leave a scar on the world like the kind used to build the terrible tower that once stood here. It's why you have not been able to knock down these walls. They're rooted into the world, like a great evil tree."

"But would it leave a scar over something already terribly scarred? And as far as I could recall no actual magic was performed while he was here. All he did was knock me unconscious!" Zelda leaned closer to the magical light, as though she might be able to assist in the search if she got close enough to it.

"Only because he was interrupted by someone." Tenameru smiled knowingly. "If he had stayed longer my guess is he would've done far worse. Either way I do not think that you were his target. Even your kingdom seems like a small prize for someone with such magical skill."

"Hyrule is a grand prize."

"No offense your majesty, but your kingdom is in shambles. Even your people don't want to be here." Tenameru scoffed. He was a kind hearted man but not a fool. Zelda stayed quiet, disagreeing with him but not willing to fight with someone who was helping her with little reward. "Someday your kingdom will be worth stealing, but those with any brains would seek the treasures within Hyrule rather than seek the throne itself. I think he was trying to distract you and is doing so quite successfully. It's why he hasn't attacked you a second time. His summoned creatures have been discovered and the hero is off chasing them in hopes of stopping them while he does whatever he likes unseen."

"Should we have Link return from his task? What else should we be searching for?" Impa was conflicted and wary of Tenameru's opinion.

"No, Link is doing what he's good at, I assume. Until we've uncovered this summoner's plot there is little we can do other than deal with the fallout. If we can get rid of the shadows he's cast over your land then perhaps his motives will become clear to us. It's a battle against time but we are few against a force stronger than we can imagine. We can only take things as they come." Tenameru started back through the rough terrain, giving up on his search through the scarred land.

"I don't like this." Zelda's frustration was clear by the bite in her voice. "This summoner should show himself not hide in the shadows like a coward!"

"If he's smart he will stay hidden." Tenameru clicked his tongue in disapproval. "Fear not, your majesty… if I heard the call then other warriors will too. Hyrule was once a kingdom impenetrable and it will be again with your guidance. It took years to do the damage that has been done to this world and it will take more than that to recover properly."

"So we just sit and wait for Link to take care of things? No, that is what I did last time and I refuse to let the burden fall on him again while I sit idly by." Impa could be heard whispering comforting words to Zelda redeeming her of all fault in the fate suffered by their hero.

"You must remain as Queen." Tenameru spoke strongly. "It is your duty to the kingdom. If you are not here to lead then there is no kingdom to be had. What you are doing is all you can do. As one of the seven guardians of this land, your highness, you have magical gifts but you were not raised for combat or travel. Do what you must and we will do as we were taught. Link is no longer alone. He has Izzy to help him."

"Yes, a thief, how helpful."

"Do not forget that I am here to help as well. You should not be so unkind to Izzy, even if she is not as you would hope. She is helping your kingdom and for that you should be grateful."

"My apologies." Zelda didn't sound at all apologetic.

"The Sheikah were excellent planners in their day." Tenameru changed the subject again. He was obviously used to dealing with confused and frustrated people. His patience was astounding. "Peace is never eternal in this world. They knew that someday harmony would have gone on for too long and the old ways would be lost. It is in our old stories, how even as the Sheikah still lived amongst the Hylians people began to forget the old stories of the war and struggle had. Your people no longer saw the need for our protection and a magical army against the darkness."

"I know this story." Impa smiled weakly managing to hide her frustration as she spoke. She knew Tenameru spoke the truth even if she didn't want to view things the way they were.

"As I would hope all the Sheikah do." Tenameru continued on with his tale. "The Sheikah tried to work with the king of that era to put in precautions from any evil that may come to pass in the future. They knew that generations would pass and forget the deeds long ago done to bring about such peace and so the Sheikah sought out to build a library hidden from the world to keep the true tales of magic and war." He waited for a response from either woman but got none.

Zelda was watching her handmaiden thoughtfully. Impa seemed lost and she suspected that perhaps the older woman knew something about the tale that she wasn't sharing. Maybe she was searching her memory before she put in her two cents.

"So, you think this library could be of some help to us? I don't see how a bunch of old books would be much of a precaution." Zelda sounded disheartened.

"Like the people of Hyrule, the King had forgotten about the hell that had been suffered through in order to regain the peace of this world. He would not grant the precautions the Sheikah wished to build to keep the world safe. Arrogance is a terrible thing. So the Sheikah took their own precautions and hid them throughout the world so that only members of the Royal Family would be able to access them years after they were built. They, of course, hoped that it would never need to be found or accessed, but evil is always present, whether or not it makes itself known is the difference."

"My mother once spoke of a library." Impa began, still lost in her thoughts but wishing to share what she knew. "I vaguely recall tales from my childhood before she passed away. She told me about a library filled with our history and powerful magic that would save Hyrule in the future. But she passed away before she could tell me too many details…"

"You never told me of such a thing." Zelda's surprised was evident in her voice.

"I do not tell you everything, milady. Plus I had forgotten all about it until Tenameru brought it up." Impa was sheepish. "Even my mother thought the story was nothing more than mere legend. I always wondered if there was such a place then why had no one found it? Why was no one searching for it?"

"My mother told me the same story growing up. Our race was taught to pass on their stories as legend so that they may never fade even if they were distorted over the years and embellished. There is always truth to myth in some manner or another, even if the truth is nowhere near as grand as we imagine it to be."

"You are wise beyond your years," Impa gasped.

"It is my cross to bear." Tenameru sat in the center of the ruins, holding the glowing orb in front of him while he listened to the sounds of the storm growing closer. Lightning was relentlessly striking in the southwest and he wondered how Izzy and Link were doing in their travels. "Mother spoke of a Sheikah woman who lived in the library and was bound to it for all eternity. After death she would remain there as a soul to protect the building as well as guide those who would came to the library seeking answers."

"There are many stories of Sheikah sacrifice such as that in our history. Portals between worlds protected by Sheikah who devote their lives to keeping them out of the hands of evildoers. Weapons that have more power than one can imagine, protected until they were needed." Impa was speaking more to Zelda than to Tenameru who she was sure would already know about such tales thanks to his heritage.

"It is true. The problem is that in all the stories I have heard, there are no clues to the location of the library. I was hoping that there would be clues hidden within your castle or remaining underneath this terrible tower but I now see the range of the evil king's malevolent reign." Tenameru sighed and then looked up toward the cloudy sky when he felt the drops of rain pitter patter against his flesh. "Hmm, I was wrong."

"What about?" Zelda asked when Impa seemed too lost in her own thoughts to be interested in what Tenameru was still doing at the ruins.

"The rain. The storm is moving much quicker than anticipated. It's unnatural." Tenameru continued to gaze up at the storm clouds but the rain didn't fall upon him again, kept away by magic and redirected.

"Do you think it is caused by our summoner?" Zelda was concerned that the man after them had so much dark power.

"Either that or it is caused by the disruption of his dark magic on our world. As you know magic comes at a price and sometimes when there is no vessel to pay the toll, the world is scarred. That is why your marketplace is so tortured. Ganondorf was clearly not willing to pay the price for the power he gained so he found ways for it to be redirected so it wouldn't cause him harm."

"What dark creature would do such a thing?" Zelda closed her eyes and held her head in her hands.

"There are many unkind people in the world, your majesty." Tenameru got back to his feet. "I am returning to the Temple. There is no more I can do on my own this night."

"I think I might know where the library is." Impa spoke up at long last. "It's a hunch and I could be terribly wrong but my mother spoke of it hidden in the forests."

"So you think it would be in the Lost Woods?" Zelda hesitated, sounding absolutely horrified.

"No, no I don't." Impa quickly corrected her Queen. "There are other forests in this world and while there are things hidden in our Lost Woods that even we cannot imagine, the library would not be kept there. The magic set in place in the Woods had been in play even back in the days of the great wars. The Sheikah would know better than to hide something so powerful in that place. There is darkness that would consume the library whole in The Lost Woods. Even the guardians would have been unable to keep it safe against such forces."

"So where would it be then if it is hidden in the forests if not the Lost Woods?" Tenameru gazed knowingly back at the trees behind the dark tower before walking away from the ruins and through the marketplace. Shrieking sounds of the Redeads recoiling from the light that Tenameru held in his hands were overwhelming and chilled the women in the Temple, preventing them from continuing on with their stories until he returned.

"Are you alright?" Zelda turned her attention away from the glowing orb and to the doors of the temple as they opened. Tenameru dispelled the magical glowing orb as he walked into the temple. They were left in darkness and as Zelda went to start lighting candles, Tenameru raised his hand and the candles lit themselves one by one without any assistance.

"I am just fine. The Redeads on the other hand are suffering terribly." Tenameru took a seat in one of the pews that had been restored within the temple. "As you were saying?"

"Yes, I do believe the only other substantial forest in Hyrule is the one that heads north behind the castle and toward the next land." Impa bowed her head respectfully.

"The Woods of Mystery?" Zelda looked petrified. "I don't feel any better about that than I do about the Lost Woods."

"There are parts of Hyrule that are specifically designed to fill people with terror. This fear is a tool against the wicked and the weak. Only those willing to face the horror of these places will be rewarded with the magic hidden within them. Usually it's these places we fear most than contain the most fantastic relics." Impa spoke soothingly.

"So, we should look for light in the darkest of places, you're saying?" Zelda knew it made sense but she didn't like the idea of going into the woods she'd been taught to fear her whole life.

"Yes, precisely. I couldn't have put it better myself." Tenameru got back up from where he sat in the pews. "I am unfamiliar with these lands, I should not search alone. You should come with me and guide me in case I get lost."

"But what about the creatures?" Zelda immediately objected, peering through the stained glass windows, as though she could see the horrible reanimated bodies of the dead lurking outside of it. "And the rain. Wouldn't it be best if we waited until tomorrow… in the daylight?"

"If this place is hidden in shadow, then it will not matter what time of day we search for it, it will only be found in darkness and fear." Tenameru started toward the door.

"But what if we get hurt?" Zelda touched the sore spot on the side of her head where the summoner had earlier attacked her.

"Trust me, your majesty, there is no safer person you could travel with in the darkness than me." Tenameru opened the doors and the rain moved away from him, as though afraid. While it was a trick of his magic, Zelda felt comforted that such power was on their side.

"I will also protect you, my Queen. With my life, as I always have." Impa joined Tenameru near the doorway and waited for Zelda to join them. Donning her long lavender cloak, Zelda walked reluctantly forward to join her peers. The door slammed loudly behind them as they moved into the darkness. There were no signs of the Redeads that often roamed the area, apparently all having run off thanks to whatever spell Tenameru had cast upon them upon his earlier return.

"Through the ruins quickly, I do not trust these shadows." Zelda shivered, not at all comforted by the Sheikah who were bound to protect her. She'd spent far too many years hiding in darkness to seek comfort in it further. But Tenameru and Impa had both spoke of facing fears in order to find the library that might not even exist and she knew if there was a chance of finding it she would have to approach the darkness head on.

"You will be fine, there is nothing here." Tenameru waved his hand and the orb that he'd earlier split in two for purposes of light and communication was now hovering ahead of them to guide their way with little effort. As they passed the ruins they started up the hill and past the area in the grass beneath them disturbed from where Izzy and Link had fought earlier after the Queen had been attacked.

"I do not like this place, I never did." Zelda whispered. Tenameru commanded the orb to glow brighter so that they could see through the trees ahead of them and the Queen turned her attention to him, clearly flattered by his actions. "Your magic is impressive."

"Thank you, your majesty." Tenameru bowed his head graciously but continued searching the darkness of the trees. Something had moved beyond his vision earlier and he wondered if perhaps it was some trick of the forest rather than some evil force moving through it as he had once suspected. Now that he was searching for the library, he viewed the forest behind the castle in a completely different light.

"No, it is us who should be thankful. I fear this place and you are filling it with light to ease my fears."

"I am filling it with light so that we may see." Tenameru chuckled.

"I have never seen anyone with the ability to command magic the way that you do and I must say that I am tickled to experience it." Zelda smiled, comforted by the light surrounding them.

"Did you see that?" Impa shouted suddenly, gasping in surprise as she spied something amongst the trees. Tenameru guided the light where Impa was pointing but saw nothing.

"What? Did you see something?" Tenameru and Zelda both searched in the direction that Impa had seen the shadow but saw no evidence that anything had crossed in front of their path.

"A creature of darkness! I saw it! It was moving clearly through the light!"

"What was it?"

"I don't know, it had no shape that I could discern." Impa sighed, seemingly embarrassed. "Forgive me. It was likely a trick of the imagination. This place makes me uncomfortable as it does my Queen."

"No, you are not making things up." Tenameru turned his attention away and instead of walking along the overgrown path between the trees, he started toward the area where Impa had spotted the shadow.

"I'm not?" Impa looked genuinely surprised.

"No, you are not. I saw shadows lurking in the forest when I was out here on my own. When I started looking for the source they disappeared. It seems that there is something else in this place but I do not think it is any creature that wishes to cause us harm." Tenameru offered his hand to Zelda so that she would not trip on the roots of the trees that had grown far out of the soil.

"What do you think they are?" Impa was curious, standing protectively behind her Queen so that nothing could cause her harm without going through either her or Tenameru.

Zelda shrieked and stopped walking suddenly, nearly causing Impa to crash into her and fall face down into the marsh.

"What is it? Are you hurt?" Impa fretted over the child she'd raised for years on her own.

"There was a shadow! I saw it! To your left!" Tenameru redirected their path to follow after the shadow. "I only saw it out of the corner of my eye but… there was a shadow there. I can see how you thought it was a figment of your imagination, Impa! But there was clearly something there."

"I think that these shadows are leading us somewhere." Tenameru marched confidently through the brush beneath the trees despite how rough the terrain became. "I am looking for it, so I don't think that it will come to me. Keep your eyes out for movement in the darkness and we will follow where it leads."

"And what if it's a trap?" Zelda's voice quavered as she searched the trees, pulling her cloak tighter protectively around her. "Some trick of the forest to get us lost and then consume us the way the Lost Woods do…"

"Then you will be protected by two of the best Sheikah I have known." Tenameru moved on determinedly.

"How is it you are not afraid?" Zelda whispered in a frail voice.

"I have seen worse in the darkness than you can imagine, your majesty, and these shadows don't seem to want to harm us at all. In fact, if I had to guess… I would say they are dancing." Tenameru's eyes were alight with amusement.

"You are rather the optimist, aren't you?" Impa grabbed Tenameru's shoulder and pointed up the hill where she'd seen another shadow.

"Life is far too short to assume the worst is always at hand. Those of us who possess magic know this much better than others." Tenameru marched up the hill, leading the group slowly through the untamed wilderness.

Very plainly in front of them stood a series of shadows, taking no particular shape and shifting so that none could be discerned. Tenameru stopped and pointed them out to his companions who were looking from side to side in search of more shadows to guide them. Zelda audibly gasped but Impa grabbed her hand to stop her from doing more than that in her terror.

"They are guides." Tenameru started again along the path and as he did, the shadows moved further away, leading them deeper into the darkness of the woods. His magic lit up the shadows but the trees became so thick that even his orb couldn't cut through the shadows cast by the ancient trees.

"Are you sure?" Zelda whispered.

"If not then you are guiding us into the belly of the beast."

"They are guides." Tenameru continued through the darkness, keeping his magic around only for the comforts of his companions. His eyes had long adjusted to seeing in the darkness at all times. In fact, during the day his vision was more sensitive than others and his eyes often became weary and sore from the effort of being open so long in the light. He much preferred the shadows.

Hours passed as they trudged through the forest in the darkness and the rain. Thanks to Tenameru's gifts they remained free of the chill of the weather, but the trek had begun to take its toll on those not used to such travel.

Thankfully it wasn't much longer than that before they reached a clearing in the woods. Each traveler stopped and stared in awe. The three shadows that had led them to the clearing were standing around the center in the shape of a triangle. In the center of the clearing was a large old weeping willow, its boughs looking beaten and half dead. There were no leaves hanging from its branches and the roots were mangled and wicked looking.

"There are spirits inside that tree." Zelda whispered, clearly chilled by the sight of the haunted willow.

"No, that is just how it appears." Turning to his companions, Tenameru smiled proudly. "Even if it is not the library we search for we have found something magical in these woods and I can only guess it will aid us in our quest one way or another."

"How could there be a library inside of a tree?" Impa looked skeptical and had her hand on the hilt of her sword as she eyed the shadows that remained still around the tree in the center.

"I have seen much stranger things over the years." Zelda straightened her back and though she was scared knew what she had to do. Slowly she walked forward toward the tree. Impa grabbed her shoulder to stop her.

"No, what if they hurt you?"

"They won't. Your story said that only a member of the Royal Family could access these sorts of hidden precautions, didn't it? Well, then I must be the one to activate this magic!" Zelda shooed her handmaiden's arm away from her shoulder and then started through the darkness of the clearing and past the shadows that made no budge or attempt to consume her.

Swallowing the lump in the back of her throat, Zelda walked up to the trunk of the tree and examined it curiously. There was nothing that seemed magical about the old haunted tree. In fact, if she had a guess then she would've assumed that something horrible had been hidden in the tree, not a tool to be used by those seeking to aid the kingdom.

But then again, in the stories Tenameru and Impa had shared, the gifts given to the people of Hyrule by the Sheikah were often disguised as looking wicked and fearful so perhaps the tree was a rather grand magical gift to the kingdom.

"Please don't be something awful." Zelda chuckled nervously before placing her palm against the tree. At first nothing happened except the bark scratched at her hand. When she went to turn away and look at her comrades, the ground began to shake.

"My Queen!" Impa cried and ran forward but Tenameru blocked her with his magic to keep her from interfering. Cracks in the ground ran beneath their feet and toward the roots of the tree. "Let me go!"

Grass sprouted to life out of the cracks and spread throughout the clearing quickly. The shadows that had stood guard began to change their forms into three beautiful women made of gold. The golden women became statues each with their hands held high above their heads toward the heavens. Red, Green and Blue orbs floated mystically above their hands.

Vines from the cracks in the ground emerged and mystically grew to wrap around the trunk of the tree. The colorful orbs above the statues that had once been shadows spun and smaller lights flew around them before creating beams that shot into the tree. Zelda shrieked in surprise but found that she couldn't pull her hand away from the bark of the tree that had changed from an evil looking black to a light and playful brown. Moss began to grow along the roots that were still stuck out from the ground.

Slowly the beams of light transformed the tree. Branches grew leaves quickly and golden magic spread between the lines in the old bark of the tree. The beams very suddenly stopped transmitting their power and the glowing orbs changed and turned to stone of the same color they had once been glowing but stayed floating above the statues.

The golden power flowed like a river down the tree until it hit the roots and then stopped. Finally Zelda was able to pull her hand away and she stepped back in awe to view the now beautiful and friendly looking tree that had transformed at her touch. Tenameru and Impa came to join her now that the magic had finished spreading throughout the area.

"Are you alright, milady?" Impa fretted over Zelda who swatted her away in favor of looking at the amazing feat she'd accomplished with a mere touch of her hand. Her heart was racing and she was completely flustered by what she'd seen.

"I'm fine! What is this? What did I do?" Zelda was practically giddy with excitement. She'd had adventures of her own when she'd made small attempts to guide Link along the path he would have to travel in order to rid Hyrule of the evil king but this was something entirely different.

"I don't know." Tenameru laughed, pleased that the princess was so excited by what she thought she had accomplished.

"There is writing here." Zelda peered closer at the bark. The golden magic that had flowed from the top of the branches had solidified into lettering hidden behind the old bark of the tree. "But I do not recognize these symbols… They are strange." She turned to Tenameru and Impa, hopeful that one of them could make out what the tree had revealed to them.

Tenameru leaned closer so he could take a look at the writing that had been revealed via the magic of the Sheikah. He wanted to tell Zelda that she had done nothing except for possess royal blood but her excitement was so grand that he didn't want to ruin the illusion yet. The Sheikah of old often used the touch of royalty to unlock the magic they'd hidden in something over the years. So while Zelda had been the key to free the tree of the darkness it'd been shrouded in, she hadn't been what had directly caused the transformation.

"I have never seen this language before…" Tenameru shook his head in dismay. While they had unlocked something, he had the distinct feeling that they wouldn't be able to possess or utilize it until they could decipher what was written on the tree.

"That is Ancient Hylian." Impa brightened up, proud that she'd contributed at long last to what they'd discovered but her excitement quickly faded. "It is a dead language."

"Well that doesn't sound promising," Zelda exhaled dramatically. "No one speaks it?"

"I do believe that is the definition of a dead language." Tenameru chuckled.

"The Sheikah used to communicate in Ancient Hylian during the great wars but seeing as the common Hylian became so widely used, it died out over time. There may be some Sheikah descendants that are still fluent in it but finding them will be a task in and of itself." Impa sighed heavily. "But, we must not stop searching just because of that."

"We will find someone who speaks this language and open this tree so we may find whatever is inside of it. I have hopes that this is the library we seek, but there is no real way of knowing." Tenameru turned away from the tree. "It should not be hard to locate again now that it has been revealed and will remain protected by the Goddesses." Tenameru patted the golden statue of Din the Goddess of Power.

"I feel like we're on a wild goose chase." Zelda was hesitant to leave the beautiful tree to return to the Temple of Time but knew that it was unsafe for her to remain in the Woods of Mystery on her own.

"My dear Queen, we are!" Tenameru laughed jovially. "But, at least we are trying."

"Always the optimist," Impa snorted. "But what other choice do we have?"

"That's the spirit." Tenameru led the group back to the Temple of Time, so they could regroup and decide how to locate someone who could decipher the writing on the tree trunk.