Chapter 10: Interruption
"Link. I can't believe it. We're here! The Golden Land!" Zelda exclaimed. Link looked around. Something about this world seemed different. It was hard to explain, but he had a strange feeling that this was not the Golden Land. "Link, what's wrong? Shouldn't you be happy? Look! There's a castle over there!" She pointed north to a large castle that looked over the land. There was a large mountain to east of their location, and what appeared to be a lake to the southeast. They were standing next to what looked like an unnatural rock formation that housed a structure of some kind. They decided to head to the castle to see if they could acquire some kind of information. When they walked through the gates, they were surprised to see a town inside. It was a very populated town with people running everywhere. There were numerous shops and some games, including a shooting gallery and a treasure game. Link wanted to head to the nearby shooting gallery to see if he could win some prizes, but Zelda stopped him. A couple people nearby laughed as Link was pulled away from the door."Link, something about this town is wierd. It doesn't seem like these people would know anything about the Golden Power. Maybe we didn't do something right..." Zelda said. Link looked around, then pulled a nearby villager to the side. He pointed to a nearby building and asked,
"What is that place? Is it a temple of sorts?" The villager replied,
"Yup, that there be the Temple of Time, the most appreciated temple in all o' Hyrule!" Link's eyes widened.
Hyrule? How? This isn't Hyrule? He thought to himself. He thanked the stranger and called Zelda over.
"I'm gonna head to that temple in the distance. You coming?" he asked.
"Yes. I don't really like it here. These people are different then the ones in Hyrule," she said. Link couldn't tell her that this place was also called Hyrule.
It was obvious that the Temple of Time was a great place. It stood almost as tall as the castle. It was difficult to hear the bustling town from here, but it was okay. They kind of enjoyed the peace and quiet. They walked through the temple's grand doors, and saw a mysterious person standing in front of a pedistal. He wore a mainly blue outfit that was white in the center. The white part of his outfit had a strange eye design colored in red. His wrists and fingers were taped and his head was almost completely covered. The only part that was exposed was one red eye. The rest of his face was covered by either cloth or his hair, including his other eye. He turned around in surprise of seeing them, and his eyes widened when he saw them.
"You, but how? I thought..." he said quietly.
"Hello. My name is Link, and this is Zelda. We have traveled a long way in search of the hidden Waterfall of Wishing. Would you know of it?" Link asked the stranger. He turned around the started muttering to himself something. Link tried to make out what he was saying, but to no avail. He turned around and asked,
"Please, could you tell me the name of the land of which you hail?"
Zelda repled, "The land of Hyrule, sir."
"Here? No. Somewhere else named Hyrule? Please, how did you get here?" He asked.
"We traveled through a portal on top of a mountain known as Death Mountain." The stranger's eyes widened even more. He stepped outside, urging them to follow. He pointed to the mountain in the distance.
"You mean that mountain?" he asked.
"No. Wait, that mountain is called Death Mountain as well?" Zelda asked.
"Yes. I don't know what heppened, but you're not in the 'Golden Land' of which you speak. You see..." he was interrupted by Link who said,
"The gerudo thief Ganondorf got into the Sacred Realm because a young boy pulled forth the Master Sword. Now he's frozen in that realm until he becomes old enough to wield it." The stranger's glared at Link and asked,
"Who are you again? There's no way you could have known that."
"I told you, my name is Link. I don't exactly know how I knew that, however. I remember it happening, though, to me. I think I might be that young boy!" He unsheathed his sword, which made the stranger jump back. He exclaimed,
"The sacred Master Sword! But how?" Link put his hand on his head.
"I...I...don't know anymore... All I know is I'm having these memories that I don't recall doing, but they feel like they're mine."
"Link? Are you okay?" Zelda asked.
"Hmm. I'm not quite sure what's going on here, but I believe that for some reason, when you were travelling to your 'Golden Land', and wound up here," the stranger said.
"But how are we to get back? And what about the Golden Land? How are we supposed to get there?" Zelda asked.
"First, I believe a little history is in order," The stranger said. Zelda looked puzzled. Link nodded, and followed the stranger back inside the temple.
"Now then, you see these three stones?" He pointed to 3 stones placed on top of a pedistal. "These are the 3 Spitiutal Stones of the Forest, Fire, and Water. The Kokiri's Emerald of the Forest. The Goron's Ruby of Fire. The Zora's Sapphire of the Water. The young boy gathered these three and played the legendary song, the 'Song of Time' to open the door that laid behind." The stranger walked through the door to a strange chamber. "This room. This is where the Master Sword laid before that young boy pulled it from it's resting place."

"Hmm. Interesting," Link looked up, and thought he saw something shine in the light. He double taked at the window, but saw nothing. Zelda noticed, and asked,
"Link? You OK?"
"Yeah, I'm fine. I still have a question for you, my friend. What is your name?" He looked the stranger square in the eye. There was silence for a moment, then the stranger started to speak.
"My name...My name is Shiek." He turned aound, and spoke not another work. Silence fell over the temple. Link started to leave. Zelda went to follow him, but he stopped her and replied,
"I need to think." He left the temple and Zelda alone with Shiek.

Hmm. What is it about this guy? He's not saying something, I can tell, but what, I don't know. I intend to find out.

Link walked through the castle town. Night had fallen and there were wild dogs running about. The only people out were a couple who were dancing. Link chucked as they constantly complimented each other. Heh, I don't give them that long. It doesn't seem true. He closed his eyes, trying to think about the whole situation, but couldn't get his mind off Zelda. He thought about their history, and chuckled, Man, it seemes like it's been forever since I asked her out! Shoot, it was only about an hour after that that we officially got together. It's actually been only a couple of days! Zelda then walked outside. She had a worried look on her face.
"Link. What if we don't get out of here? What if we can't find Triest? What if..." Link placed his finger over her lips.
"Don't worry. We'll find him. Like I said before, Triest's one of my best friends. He's a tough guy. He'll be ok." He kissed her, and she smiled.
"Yeah, I guess you're right," she smiled. He chuckled, as did she. Then a sound came from an alley. A local band started practicing, and the song just happened to fit the mood. Link bowed, and asked,
"May I have this dance?" Zelda smiled and agreed. They hugged each other, and started dancing. For the first time in a few days, Link forgot all his troubles. He forgot he only had one arm, he forgot that Triest might have been missing, and he actually forgot where they were. All he could think was, Life's perfect. For now at least.

"Where am I? What's going on? Who am I? Why am I Here?" Came a voice. It was lost somewhere. Not in Hyrule, but somewhere else. It called out for help from the endless void, but recieved no answer. "Please! I'm alone! Somebody! Help!"