"Watch out!" Zelda shouted, wrapping her arms and squeezing painfully around Link's waist. Link wrapped the reigns around his wrists, straining to keep Caviar in line. The three bokoblins in front of them gurgled in painful harmony as they waved their clubs at Caviar. The poor horse was in a panic. They had just gotten onto the road to East Gate when the three monsters in the road stopped Caviar out of sheer fear.

Link gritted his teeth and stirred Caviar with his heels, pulling the reins and forcing Caviar to turn around and run the way they had came. The monsters didn't try to chase them, thankfully.

"How're we going to get to East Gate if Caviar won't ride through the monsters?" Zelda asked once Caviar had stopped galloping.

Patting Caviar's neck comfortingly, Link sat up and looked over his shoulder at Zelda. "We'll just have to keep trying."

Zelda nodded and wrapped her arms around link again. "Try not to buck us off again, okay Caviar?" She said, chuckling nervously. Link patted Caviar again, who nickered in response.

Their second attempt at getting past the bokoblins was worst then the first. Once the bokoblins came into view again, they roared and stood, waving their clubs with renewed vigor. Another bokoblin had joined them, now making the group the frightful foursome instead of the fearsome threesome. Caviar whinnied and began rearing, whacking the closest bokoblin straight into its disgusting snout. The monster flew back at least five feet, knocking into one of its companions.

"Yes Caviar!" Zelda exclaimed. Link quickly got control of Caviar once again, and they galloped away from the two remaining monsters.

Apparently, Caviar was not going to stop again. They ran into at least three more monster camps, but Caviar galloped straight through them, stepping on some of them in the process. Soon, they broke out of the road with the gate looming in front of them. The snowy peak of Mount Lanayru seemed almost like a painting behind the gate, framed by white fluffy clouds and the misty gray sky.

Zelda slid off of Caviar, looking up at the gate in wonder. Link whispered some calming words to Caviar before sliding off as well, looking around at their surroundings. Something about this place was oddly familiar… especially Mount Lanayru.

"This is the place, isn't it." Zelda said quietly, almost reverently.

Link stepped up beside her, nodding in agreement.

Zelda grabbed the Sheikah Slate from her waist, pulling up the picture and holding it in front of the gate and the mountain. The pictures matched almost perfectly. "Yep. We're here."

"I don't feel anything." Link remarked.

"But it's familiar." Zelda pointed out. She suddenly gasped, her eyes wide. "W-wait…" She mumbled, holding her head in one hand.

"Zelda?" Link hesitantly put a hand on her shoulder. He looked over at the gate again when something clicked inside his head, and he was lost in a memory.

Link tried not to show his despair, but it was kind of hard not to. If Zelda couldn't awaken her supposed sealing power on Mount Lanayru at the Spring of Wisdom, the last of the springs, then what else could they do? At the moment, it seemed as if all of their travels was simply for nothing.

Zelda walked beside him, the white of her ceremonial dress making her look as if she were glowing in the sun. Her golden hair was still slightly damp from standing in the spring, and her face was cold and pale from trekking up and down the frigid slopes of Mount Lanayru.

The other champions stood a ways down the road, watching Link and Zelda with masked faces, trying not to show their hope and anticipation. Once Link and Zelda reached them, Daruk was the first to break his mask.

"Well? Don't keep us in suspense. How'd everything go up there on the mountain?"

Zelda sadly shook her head, and the champion's faces crumbled.

"So you didn't feel anything? No power at all?" Revali asked.

Zelda looked down at the ground. "I'm sorry, no." She answered, clasping her hands out in front of her. She looked so small and fragile.

Urbosa took one look at Zelda before speaking up. "Then let's move on." She said, her voice calm and reassuring. "You've done all you could. Feeling sorry for yourself won't be of any help. After all, it's not like your last shot was up there on Mt. Lanayru. Anything could finally spark the power to seal Gannon away. We just have to keep looking for that… thing."

"That's kind of you." Zelda murmured, still keeping her eyes to her feet.

"If I may…" Mipha began, taking a small step forward. Zelda looked up. "I thought you… Well, I'm not sure how to put this into words… I'm actually quite embarrassed to say it. But I was thinking about what I do when I'm healing. You know, what usually goes through my mind… It helps when I think-when I think about-"

A loud rumble suddenly shook the ground, causing the champions to stumble and struggle to stay balanced. Link instantly reached out to help Zelda stay standing, while Revali took the initiative and flew up to see over the mountains that blocked off their view of the castle.

A loud roar echoed through the mountains, piercing everyone's ears as thunder and lightning crackled in the distance. Link's heart sank. He knew what was happening even before Revali came back down.

"It's here." Urbosa said.

"This is it then…" Daruk rumbled.

"Are you sure?" Mipha asked softly.

"Positive." Revali answered.

"It's awake. Ganon." Zelda said quietly.

The five champions and the princess all stared up at the sky in the direction of the castle where black and pink smoke swirled just over the mountain peak. Lighting continued to ark through the smoke and fog, cackling maniacally.

Daruk then turned towards the champions, his face serious and determined. This is what they had been training for. "Let's stop wasting time! We're gonna need everything we got to take that thing down. Now Champions! To your Divine Beasts! Show that swirling swine who's boss! Link will need to meet Ganon head on when we attack! This needs to be a unified assault." Daruk looked directly at Link. "Little guy! You get to Hyrule Castle."

Link pushed aside his fear and nodded. He would not back down. Everyone was counting on him. He was the one who wielded the Master Sword, the sword that rested on his back, after all.

"You can count on us for support." Daruk continued, "But it's up to you to pound Ganon into oblivion!" He said, holding up his fist with a large smile.

Urbosa went up to Zelda, who was still staring up at where the thunder and lightning emanated, and lightly placed her hands on the girl's shoulders. "Come. We should go. We need to get you somewhere safe." She said.

Zelda clenched her fists and spun out of Urbosa's hands, her eyes fierce. "No! I am not a child anymore! I may not be much use on the battlefield… But there must… There must be something I can do to help!" She cried, her green eyes wide and filled with a burning flame that seemed just as powerful as the black and pink smoke that continued to spread throughout the clouds sky like some sick virus.

Link's eyes shot open as he was jolted back to reality. Zelda was standing right next to him, the Sheikah Slate slipping out of her weak hands. Her eyes were wide, devoid of the burning flame that they had had 100 years ago.

"That was…that was a memory…"

Link didn't say anything. He subconsciously reached behind him to feel the Master Sword. It wasn't there. He looked down at his shirt that was two sizes too small. In the memory he was wearing a blue tunic… the same blue that the Champion's all wore. The Champions… who were they? Daruk, Revali, Urbosa… Mipha.

"And that smoke… the thunder and lightning…" Zelda began, her voice sounding far away and hollow. "...That was Ganon! And the Champions…" She took a shaky breath and looked at Link. "They're gone… they died in the attack."

Link felt torn. He felt as if the memory had only made things worse for him. He vividly remembered the fear that had gnawed in his stomach when the first roar from Ganon shook the ground. He also remembered his sheer determination and sense of duty, but there was something else there too.. a sense to protect someone.. but who? His family? Did he even have a family?

"Link… are you okay?" Zelda asked softly.

Again reaching behind him and feeling for a sword that was not there, Link looked at Zelda. He was her knight. The memory confirmed that. He brought his hand down, pushing away the turbulence in his head. He would not look weak. "Let's get back to Impa." He said, stepping past Zelda and walking to Caviar. Zelda looked after him with a worried look before bending down and picking up the Sheikah Slate. She looked down at it for a moment before looking again at the gate and the mountain.

Finally, she sighed and, clasping the Slate back onto her hip, walked to Caviar and climbed up with Link's help. Link jumped up in front of her, taking the reigns and stirring Caviar into a gallop. He didn't want to stay the night out in the wilderness after what he'd seen. Besides, he wanted answers, and Impa seemed to be the type of person who would be willing to give him just that.