AUTHOR'S NOTE: I have returned. This is my first Breath of the Wild chapter, so beware spoilers people who do not have the game! This chapter features: horses being very mean to Link, Ganny and Zellie being confused, the first death of Link (no, as in the player messing up horribly, not the other thing), and weird pictures taken by Link (why bud, why?).

DISCLAIMER: Nope, I do not own Legend of Zelda. Nor do I own…something…I really can't think of anything. Just read.

IN WHICH A HORSE ATTEMPTS MURDER. RUDE LITTLE HORSIE.

Link was watching. He was watching very intently.

You see, he had recently decided that he wanted to get a super-fast horse, because all of his other ones had mediocre speed. Unfortunately, the first horse he captured was brutally killed by a moblin, who proceeded to laugh in Link's face.

That moblin met a very violent and painful end.

The second fast equine he caught…was a very ugly one. He ended up getting rid of it because he couldn't stand its face.

The third, he hoped, would live longer, and be prettier.

He hoped.

Luckily, he just found another super-fast horse. This one was red, with a cream mane, white socks, and a marking on its forehead.

Link definitely wanted this one.

Sadly, he did not plan out his approach very well, and the creature ran away, towards a certain cliff where Link had seen many horses fall off of.

No, he thought furiously, this one will NOT die on me!

Apparently this one was a smart horse, because it stopped right next to the edge, just barely avoiding going over.

Link smelled victory. He sprinted up to the horse's side, and leaped-

-only to be met with a hoof to the face and a very long, painful fall to the bottom of the cliff. Ouch.

But this would not be the end of it, he decided, no, he was going to get that horse no matter what!

Painstakingly, he climbed back up the cliff. The foolish creature, thinking he had died, still stood nearby. Naturally, Link chased it down. After many painful, tiring minutes of running everywhere on the field near the cliff, he finally, finally, caught it.

For the pain it caused him, he named it Agonie*.

TIS TIME FOR CONFUSION! (Because over the course of 100 years, they had to have had at least a few conversations, and ended up having a weird frenemy thing going on.)

Zelda and Ganon were confused. Both knew they had sensed the hero enter the castle, but for some reason…he just left.

Ganon was, perhaps, even more confused that Zelda, because none of the previous heroes he had encountered ever left the castle without challenging him. Maybe being forced to sleep for 100 years had taught this hero to be more cautious?

Or not, because the hero just came back into the castle. And, from what Ganon could tell, he was moving very quickly too. Hmm. Had he brought a horse with him? A foolish endeavor. The creature would doubtlessly be killed by one of the Guardians circling the castle.

Zelda and Ganon frowned at the sound of a roar. The only creature that could make a sound similar to that would be…a Lynel. After hearing their cries for a century, though, the two seriously doubted that it was one that roared.

Another roar, this one was much closer to the Sanctum.

"Ganon," Zelda questioned, "what on earth could that be?"

He had the same question. He also had a guess that, due to how unlikely it was, was almost certainly wrong. "That, Princess, sounded like a bear."

"Whatever would a bear be doing here!?"

"I have no idea. But it seems that Link is getting closer, so let's focus on the battle for now. You, Princess, are going to fail, and your precious hero will finally be dead. I'd recommend preparing for that."

"Speak for yourself, Ganon. You are the one who will be destroyed, once and for all!"

Once more, a roar rang out. This time, however, it was at the entrance to the Sanctum.

"Link, what are you doing!?"

"…Seriously, hero? A bear?! That's cheating, I call foul! Rematch!"

Yes, they were seriously confused, because for whatever reason, Link had ridden a bear into Hyrule Castle.**

IN WHICH LINK HAS ANOTHER VERY HARD FALL. OUCH.

Ahh, to be free in a completely new world. Isn't it exciting? New things, new food, and new places to explore! Or not, because I'm pretty sure that that's the Temple of Time over there. Well. Maybe it has something interesting on the top! We can climb now, surely there's a way to use that ability here.

Climbing, climbing, gotta keep climbing… Oh, a new bow! Score! Now I just have to climb down… Oh god. This isn't going to end well, is it. Careful Link, careful! You're gonna-

-not be fine, apparently. Ouch, no, don't hit that beam, no, nonononononon-

-well. First death. That looked very painful; I most certainly never want to fall through a hole in the ceiling. I think he broke his everything. Sorry bud. Uh, better luck next time?

ZELLIE GETS THE SHEIKAH SLATE BACK AND LOOKS AT THE PICTURES. SHE IS SOMEWHAT DISTURBED AND AMUSED.

It had been two months since the defeat of Calamity Ganon. While she missed the interesting conversations she had with Ganon on things such as ethics ("You can't just KILL everyone who disagrees with you, Ganon!" "Why not? They gave me control over their lives, it's their own fault." "They trusted you to PROTECT their lives, not END them!" "Well, they should have thought about that before giving me total control."), it was nice to be outside in the sun again. Being able to admire the flowers whenever you want to is wonderful. This time, she even brought the Sheikah Slate to take pictures of them!

Or, she would, if it had any memory left for the photos. Time to delete some.

The second she looked at the first picture, she realized that Link had taken some really weird ones. In one, he was, for some reason, dressed as a female Gerudo! What was he up to with that getup?! Another showed him surrounded by bokoblins that were…dancing? And why was he wearing a fake bokoblin head?

Zelda had questions. She was going to get answers.

OTHER AUTHOR'S NOTE: And thus, Zellie gets the story of what Link really did before entering Hyrule Castle. Oh dear. *Yes, I know the actual spelling is Agony, but I liked my version more. So it stays. **You could do this, but I haven't yet. Someday though… Also, how do you guys feel about the Zelda/Ganon conversations? I really had those because otherwise that part would be boring and empty, so did the conversation there work? Give me feedback! Bye guys!