He left her behind and never looked back. It was safe now. She didn't need him anymore. She waited for his return though, because he always came back. But this time he didn't. Years passed, and her hope in him faded at the same time he realized this: it wasn't her that had needed him. He needed her.

Malon is fighting for her life, living each day in fear that it will end. Since her father's absent and her mother has passed, the farm girl has only her Uncle Ingo to lean on. However, he's a bitter man who mistreats the young girl every chance he gets. But the one of courage will give her his hand and try to ease the raging, dark storm brewing in her mind.

Returning to the Ordonian lifestyle isn't easy. Link's been home for three years and remains to struggle adjusting to old routines. Although peace never lasts long in our hero's life; crime rises in Castle Town and the Royals are antsy. For safety, Princess Zelda finds herself living in Ordon. Jealously arises and soon Castle Town may not be the only place racking up a body count.