CHAPTER FOUR - The Discovery
Zelda Cartwright looked at her watch. Only half an hour left of her shift and then she could go home. She sighed. Working at McDonalds could be so boring. Serving one customer after another after another...
"Hey Zelda," Kathryn, another McDonalds girl called out, "Tania wants to speak to you in her office." Tanya was the manager, and there were only two reasons she would call you to her office. One was if you had done something really well and were going to get an award. As Zelda wasn't one of Tania's favorites, she highly doubted it. The other reason was if you were in trouble.
"You wanted to see me?" Zelda stuck her head in the office door.
"Yes," Tania said, "Come in." Zelda walked in and shut the door.
"I've been counting the money from your drawer, and it's down twenty rupees," the manager began.
"What?" asked Zelda. She tried to be so careful with her cash because she'd made some minor errors in the past.
"It's true. I'm going to have to write you a warning."
Zelda was disappointed. If you got three warnings you were out of there, and she didn't want to be fired. But this was going to be her third. Zelda watched Tania open her file on the computer.
"What's this? You've already got two other warnings, one for being down three rupees and the other for five and a half. Zelda, you can't afford to be careless with your money. We can't afford to have you be careless, I'm sorry Zelda."
"Please, I was so careful. Everything was exact, I swear." Zelda really didn't want to be fired. Her face was burning red, and all she could think about was what everyone would think, her parents, her boyfriend, her friends.
"Well then I wouldn't swear if I was you. If that was your best, then I'm sorry but I'd hate to see you on a careless day. I think that tomorrow's shift is going to be your last. Oh, and one more thing Zelda. What's this in your drawer?" Tania held up the rupees Link had paid with.
"Oh, that's the missing twenty rupees," said Zelda, remembering the amazing money. "But they're actually worth a lot more than that now! It's old money, like, hundreds of years old."
"They look like stupid fake jewels which don't compensate for real money," said Tania getting annoyed. "You can keep them if they're worth so much to you."
Zelda snatched them off the smirking manager.
"Hey Zelda can you come and serve," yelled Kathryn. Zelda stuffed the rupees in her pocket and went back out the front. She was annoyed that there was only one person there and thought that Kathryn should have served them. She was so lazy and bossy. Well Zelda had had enough of being bossed around. If she was already fired, then why should she do them any favours now? Instead of stopping at the counter, she prepared to march right on past it and out of the door. Then
Zelda saw it was the person who had given her the old money before. As she marched past the counter, to the shocked look of Kathryn, she grabbed the guy and pulled him around the corner. He reacted in shock and jumped away from her.
"I only wanted some more food," he said anxiously. "You're not working for
Ganondorf are you?"
"Do you know what this is?" Zelda asked him, pulling out his money.
"Yeah, it's money." Link was getting even more annoyed that everyone was making a fuss over it.
"Yeah but do you know what's so special about it?" Link just stood there looking confused.
"Well I'll tell you," Zelda continued. "Firstly, it is responsible for getting me fired! So there'd better be a good reason for you to be carrying this sort of money with you. It's worth a fortune!"
Link suddenly realised that of course, it was hundreds of years old now.
"It's worth a fortune," Zelda repeated. But there was something else about the age of the money that caught her attention. She looked up for a second to see Tania the manager hurrying after her, closely followed by Kathryn.
"Zelda," she yelled angrily, "I told you that tomorrow is your last shift. What in Hyrule do you think you're doing now?"
Zelda grabbed Link's arm and led him out the store and down the street. Her emotions were running high, and suddenly all she could do was laugh.
"What does she think she's going to do, fire me?"
Julia sat with her back to all the commotion occurring out the front. She wondered why Link had been gone for so long, and looked at her watch. The time was six thirty.
"Oh no!" she exclaimed. She lived with her strict old aunt who had set a curfew of six thirty on school nights. It was already six thirty now, and she knew that she'd never be allowed out again if she wasn't home as soon as possible. Usually Julia ignored most rules, however her aunt would literally lock her in. It was worse than being in prison. Without thinking, Julia dashed out of the store.
"Bye!" she yelled.
As Zelda's laughter turned to tears, Link saw Julia sprint out of the store and off down the street. "Hey!" he exclaimed. Julia was the only person he knew in this new world, and he began to feel lost again. While Zelda calmed down from her crying, Link took a few deep breaths and tried to focus on what he was supposed to do here.
"Uh...Zelda?" he said. She looked up. "Oh, the name right? My parents are really old fashioned."
"Oh. Well anyway, I'm Link," he realised he hadn't introduced himself. Back in his time, everyone introduced themselves, and Link had often been called rude for rushing through a town and not doing so.
"Okay Link, what's up?"
"Julia, the person I came here with, is gone. I'm kind of new around here and she was showing me around."
"Well guess what? I don't have a job, so I'll be your new tour guide. Do you want to go for a walk?" Zelda said. She was still feeling a bit embarrassed about being fired.
"Sure," replied Link. He stood up, grabbing his sword and the bag with his clothes in it. A couple of people around gave him weird stares, and Link waited for Zelda's reaction. She didn't say anything about the sword or look any different, but what Link didn't know was that the sword added to Zelda's suspicion about the old money.
It was already almost dark outside, and Zelda headed down a long and busy street. Link felt uncomfortable because he didn't really know what to say to her, but she started talking.
"So you're new to Hyrule?" she asked.
"Well, yes, but not exactly," Link replied.
They kept walking and turned down another street, and then down another. They passed by an old man who was out walking his dog. Zelda recognized him because she'd seen him around sometimes. He usually walked his dog every night. Against Hylian regulations, the dog, which was a particularly large pit bull terrier, was off its lead. When it saw Link and Zelda, it began to bark and growl. Link tightened his grip on the sword he was holding, and kept walking.
"Stop it Mossie!" the man yelled at his dog. "Bad boy!"
Mossie ignored his owner and began to run towards Zelda and Link.
"Just ignore it and keep walking," Zelda whispered, however the dog ran up and bit Link hard on the leg. Link spun around and instantly decapitated the dog. It was his natural reaction because he assumed that anything that attacked him must be one of Ganondorf's minions.
"MOSSIE!" screamed the old man running up to the corpse.
"Link!" exclaimed Zelda in surprise. Link didn't understand what was wrong. The dog had attacked him. It was only natural to kill it. Zelda dragged Link along the road until they were away from the old man, who had begun to yell things at them.
"Link" said Zelda sternly. "I don't know where you come from, but you can't just go around killing things around here." Although she tried to sound strict, she really wasn't worried. She knew that Link wasn't intentionally going to hurt anyone, especially if he was who she thought he was.
Zelda stopped outside a house that looked a lot different from one Link had ever seen before. It was also a lot bigger.
"This is my house," Zelda said. "I guess you can come in." Link followed her in, and was amazed by what he saw. Instead of candles, there were glowing orbs on the roof lighting the room. The walls were not made of wood or stone, it was a smooth white plaster, on which where hung hundreds of different objects.
"I told you my parents were old fashioned," Zelda explained. "They love to collect everything from the past." On the walls and shelves were many different items, some that even Link recognized. However there was one item that caught Link's attention. Zelda saw him looking at it.
"This is my dad's pride and joy," she said. "It's an ancient Hylian shield. Have you ever seen one before?" Zelda turned to look at Link. He couldn't hide his surprise.
"Of course," he replied. Zelda looked serious, and went over to a shelf on which were hundreds of books. She pulled out a particularly old, worn out one and began flipping through the pages. Finally she stopped and showed Link the page.
"Do you know what this is?" she asked, pointing to one of the pictures.
"Yeah, it's the Ocarina of Time," said Link. He unconsciously put his hand in his pocket and felt the Ocarina to make sure it was still there.
"Wow," said Zelda. "You seem to know your history." Or maybe it's more than that, she added silently. She turned back to the bookcase and found another book her parents owned. It was a book of legends, which was about the ancient races that used to inhabit Hyrule. As a girl, these legends had been Zelda's bedtime stories, but she wanted to have the exact details.
"So Link, where exactly are you from?" she asked.
"The Kokiri Forest," he replied, just like he had answered Julia. Zelda looked in the book, and yes there was meant to be a Kokiri Forest. However, it was obvious that Link was Hylian like her, and Zelda had to be sure of her suspicion.
"But you're not a Kokiri," she said.
"Well, no, but I lived there as a child," he said. "My parents died, and my mother left me there to be brought up." Link felt funny giving his details to a stranger, even if her name was Zelda.
"I'm so sorry," she said, unaware of Link's tragic history.
"Don't be, it's not your fault." This was Link's usual answer whenever people said the felt sorry for him. He hated being the centre of pity.
"Okay. Hey, does my name remind you of anything?" she asked.
"Well, I do know someone else called Zelda."
"Really? It's not a common name and I've never met anyone else with it. Who is she?"
"Um, do you know what a princess is?" he asked.
"Of course. We've got two, Princesses Deidre and Romi of Hyrule." Zelda stopped and thought for a second. She'd been named after Queen Zelda of Hyrule who had reigned many many years ago. Hundreds of years ago. According to the legends, Queen Zelda had only been a girl when the fabled King of Evil had tormented the land, which would have made her a princess back then. It was alleged that the prophet Ingo of Lon Lon Ranch had said that the King of Evil would appear in the future, and that the Hero of Time would be sent after him. Zelda knew the legend
well.
"Can I see it?" Zelda asked carefully, trying to sound casual, but with ulterior motives.
"See what?" asked Link, who was getting confused by not only so many questions, but also Zelda's silence at times.
"The Ocarina."
Link immediately pulled it out into the open, but then stopped. How did she know he had it? Slowly he handed it over to her, which was exactly what Zelda had hoped would happen. She looked at it in amazement.
"It's true," she said.
"What is?" Link asked.
"You're him. You're the Hero of Time," she replied. Link was taken aback. He had no idea how she had guessed. Zelda grabbed his right arm and pulled up the sleeve. On the back of his right hand was a mark. The mark of the Triforce.
"Wow," she said. She looked up at Link's face and noted the surprised look.
"Are you wondering how I know all this?" she asked. Link nodded.
"You're famous," Zelda began. "Although maybe not that much anymore. Not that many people believe in the Legend anymore."
"What Legend?" asked Link.
"It was know as the Legend of Zelda, but not after me of course! I was named after a Queen, the Zelda I think you know, and the Zelda of the legend. Well, during her reign a great many events occurred in Hyrule. One of them was that a rare Gerudo man left the desert in search of power. He had heard that the sacred Triforce had the power to grant anyone's wishes when they touched it. Only his wishes were evil, and for seven years Hyrule was in a state of chaos. Then along came the Hero of Time, you I guess, who defeated him. But something went wrong
and the Evil King was sent through time. But I guess that you know all that."
Link gasped in amazement. He was surprised because he had no idea that his life would be told for generations, and that this girl could retell it with such accuracy.
"So does that mean that the King of Evil's here now?" Zelda felt a huge
adrenaline rush mixed with fear.
"I have no idea," replied Link. "But that's why I'm here."
"WOW!" Link and Zelda both turned to face the doorway. A tall, slim man with dark hair and glasses had an excited expression on his face. Zelda slowly pushed the Ocarina of Time under a cushion because she did not want her father to see it. Zelda's dad rushed over to Link, but then bent down and picked up Link's sword.
"Wow!" he said again. "This is unbelievable. The metal work. The design!" He turned to face Link. "This is the best replica of the Master Sword I have ever seen!" he exclaimed.
"Da-ad!" Zelda felt embarrassed by the way her father was acting.
"Oh I'm sorry," he began, turning to Link. "You must be Zelda's friend. Call me Rob."
"I'm Link," Link said.
"That's a great name!" exclaimed Rob. "So Link, where did you get this fine example? How come I've never heard of you before?"
"Dad please, he's my guest," said Zelda.
"Sorry dear," said Rob. He sat down on the couch and picked up the remote, switching the TV on.
"Dad do you mind? We'd like some privacy here," Zelda complained.
"I want to watch the news Zelda," Rob replied. "You'll have to go somewhere else."
"Fine." Zelda stood up. She was about to leave when she saw the way Link was staring at the TV. Poor guy, he had never seen anything like it before.
"Do you want to look at this?" Zelda asked Link. He just nodded and continued staring at the moving, real pictures. Zelda sighed and sat down to watch the news, which she thought was extremely boring. She wanted to find out more about the Hero.
"Our first bulletin for tonight involves the upcoming Presidency election. In just one week you will be voting for our 32nd President of Hyrule. However, the poll leader, Mr. Ernest Martin has been found dead in his Kakariko Village home, where he was visiting his family before the election. Police have not yet released an official report, but they are treating the death as suspicious. Martin was a popular man who led the polls at 67 percent. The nearest competitor, Ms. Jessica Reed trails at 28 percent.
King Myori of Hyrule has given newcomer Mr. Ganondorf Dragmire permission to stand in as Martin's replacement, representing the Gerudo Party. He promises not only to honour Martin's policies but also to change Hyrule for the better. So far, this change has not affected Gerudo's standing as clear leader.
This is Susan Eros reporting for channel nine. Back to you, Steve."
"Thank you Susan. There have been many mysterious attacks on..."
"That's him!" exclaimed Link jumping up. Both Zelda and Rob looked up at him.
"Who?" they asked in unison.
"The man on that screen, it's Ganondorf!" Link was amazed by the reaction he got from Rob and Zelda. Back in his time, the name Ganondorf brought terror to those who heard it. It was synonymous with evil and destruction.
"Yes, of course it's Ganondorf. He'll be our next President I guarantee. You sound surprised, did you know him?" asked Rob.
"Well kind of," Link replied.
"Good for you. I guess you'll be supporting him then, this Saturday." Link looked at Rob as though he had just suggested they jump off Death Mountain.
"Hey, Dad, can I talk to you later?" asked Zelda. She knew she had something very important to tell him, and just hoped that he'd believe it.
"Sure dear."
"Cool. Link, come with me." Link was shaking slightly, however he was relieved that he had at least seen Ganondorf finally. He followed Zelda into her bedroom.
"Is that him?" she asked. "Was that the King of Evil?"
"Yes, Ganondorf," Link replied. "That's the man I'm supposed to destroy."
Zelda Cartwright looked at her watch. Only half an hour left of her shift and then she could go home. She sighed. Working at McDonalds could be so boring. Serving one customer after another after another...
"Hey Zelda," Kathryn, another McDonalds girl called out, "Tania wants to speak to you in her office." Tanya was the manager, and there were only two reasons she would call you to her office. One was if you had done something really well and were going to get an award. As Zelda wasn't one of Tania's favorites, she highly doubted it. The other reason was if you were in trouble.
"You wanted to see me?" Zelda stuck her head in the office door.
"Yes," Tania said, "Come in." Zelda walked in and shut the door.
"I've been counting the money from your drawer, and it's down twenty rupees," the manager began.
"What?" asked Zelda. She tried to be so careful with her cash because she'd made some minor errors in the past.
"It's true. I'm going to have to write you a warning."
Zelda was disappointed. If you got three warnings you were out of there, and she didn't want to be fired. But this was going to be her third. Zelda watched Tania open her file on the computer.
"What's this? You've already got two other warnings, one for being down three rupees and the other for five and a half. Zelda, you can't afford to be careless with your money. We can't afford to have you be careless, I'm sorry Zelda."
"Please, I was so careful. Everything was exact, I swear." Zelda really didn't want to be fired. Her face was burning red, and all she could think about was what everyone would think, her parents, her boyfriend, her friends.
"Well then I wouldn't swear if I was you. If that was your best, then I'm sorry but I'd hate to see you on a careless day. I think that tomorrow's shift is going to be your last. Oh, and one more thing Zelda. What's this in your drawer?" Tania held up the rupees Link had paid with.
"Oh, that's the missing twenty rupees," said Zelda, remembering the amazing money. "But they're actually worth a lot more than that now! It's old money, like, hundreds of years old."
"They look like stupid fake jewels which don't compensate for real money," said Tania getting annoyed. "You can keep them if they're worth so much to you."
Zelda snatched them off the smirking manager.
"Hey Zelda can you come and serve," yelled Kathryn. Zelda stuffed the rupees in her pocket and went back out the front. She was annoyed that there was only one person there and thought that Kathryn should have served them. She was so lazy and bossy. Well Zelda had had enough of being bossed around. If she was already fired, then why should she do them any favours now? Instead of stopping at the counter, she prepared to march right on past it and out of the door. Then
Zelda saw it was the person who had given her the old money before. As she marched past the counter, to the shocked look of Kathryn, she grabbed the guy and pulled him around the corner. He reacted in shock and jumped away from her.
"I only wanted some more food," he said anxiously. "You're not working for
Ganondorf are you?"
"Do you know what this is?" Zelda asked him, pulling out his money.
"Yeah, it's money." Link was getting even more annoyed that everyone was making a fuss over it.
"Yeah but do you know what's so special about it?" Link just stood there looking confused.
"Well I'll tell you," Zelda continued. "Firstly, it is responsible for getting me fired! So there'd better be a good reason for you to be carrying this sort of money with you. It's worth a fortune!"
Link suddenly realised that of course, it was hundreds of years old now.
"It's worth a fortune," Zelda repeated. But there was something else about the age of the money that caught her attention. She looked up for a second to see Tania the manager hurrying after her, closely followed by Kathryn.
"Zelda," she yelled angrily, "I told you that tomorrow is your last shift. What in Hyrule do you think you're doing now?"
Zelda grabbed Link's arm and led him out the store and down the street. Her emotions were running high, and suddenly all she could do was laugh.
"What does she think she's going to do, fire me?"
Julia sat with her back to all the commotion occurring out the front. She wondered why Link had been gone for so long, and looked at her watch. The time was six thirty.
"Oh no!" she exclaimed. She lived with her strict old aunt who had set a curfew of six thirty on school nights. It was already six thirty now, and she knew that she'd never be allowed out again if she wasn't home as soon as possible. Usually Julia ignored most rules, however her aunt would literally lock her in. It was worse than being in prison. Without thinking, Julia dashed out of the store.
"Bye!" she yelled.
As Zelda's laughter turned to tears, Link saw Julia sprint out of the store and off down the street. "Hey!" he exclaimed. Julia was the only person he knew in this new world, and he began to feel lost again. While Zelda calmed down from her crying, Link took a few deep breaths and tried to focus on what he was supposed to do here.
"Uh...Zelda?" he said. She looked up. "Oh, the name right? My parents are really old fashioned."
"Oh. Well anyway, I'm Link," he realised he hadn't introduced himself. Back in his time, everyone introduced themselves, and Link had often been called rude for rushing through a town and not doing so.
"Okay Link, what's up?"
"Julia, the person I came here with, is gone. I'm kind of new around here and she was showing me around."
"Well guess what? I don't have a job, so I'll be your new tour guide. Do you want to go for a walk?" Zelda said. She was still feeling a bit embarrassed about being fired.
"Sure," replied Link. He stood up, grabbing his sword and the bag with his clothes in it. A couple of people around gave him weird stares, and Link waited for Zelda's reaction. She didn't say anything about the sword or look any different, but what Link didn't know was that the sword added to Zelda's suspicion about the old money.
It was already almost dark outside, and Zelda headed down a long and busy street. Link felt uncomfortable because he didn't really know what to say to her, but she started talking.
"So you're new to Hyrule?" she asked.
"Well, yes, but not exactly," Link replied.
They kept walking and turned down another street, and then down another. They passed by an old man who was out walking his dog. Zelda recognized him because she'd seen him around sometimes. He usually walked his dog every night. Against Hylian regulations, the dog, which was a particularly large pit bull terrier, was off its lead. When it saw Link and Zelda, it began to bark and growl. Link tightened his grip on the sword he was holding, and kept walking.
"Stop it Mossie!" the man yelled at his dog. "Bad boy!"
Mossie ignored his owner and began to run towards Zelda and Link.
"Just ignore it and keep walking," Zelda whispered, however the dog ran up and bit Link hard on the leg. Link spun around and instantly decapitated the dog. It was his natural reaction because he assumed that anything that attacked him must be one of Ganondorf's minions.
"MOSSIE!" screamed the old man running up to the corpse.
"Link!" exclaimed Zelda in surprise. Link didn't understand what was wrong. The dog had attacked him. It was only natural to kill it. Zelda dragged Link along the road until they were away from the old man, who had begun to yell things at them.
"Link" said Zelda sternly. "I don't know where you come from, but you can't just go around killing things around here." Although she tried to sound strict, she really wasn't worried. She knew that Link wasn't intentionally going to hurt anyone, especially if he was who she thought he was.
Zelda stopped outside a house that looked a lot different from one Link had ever seen before. It was also a lot bigger.
"This is my house," Zelda said. "I guess you can come in." Link followed her in, and was amazed by what he saw. Instead of candles, there were glowing orbs on the roof lighting the room. The walls were not made of wood or stone, it was a smooth white plaster, on which where hung hundreds of different objects.
"I told you my parents were old fashioned," Zelda explained. "They love to collect everything from the past." On the walls and shelves were many different items, some that even Link recognized. However there was one item that caught Link's attention. Zelda saw him looking at it.
"This is my dad's pride and joy," she said. "It's an ancient Hylian shield. Have you ever seen one before?" Zelda turned to look at Link. He couldn't hide his surprise.
"Of course," he replied. Zelda looked serious, and went over to a shelf on which were hundreds of books. She pulled out a particularly old, worn out one and began flipping through the pages. Finally she stopped and showed Link the page.
"Do you know what this is?" she asked, pointing to one of the pictures.
"Yeah, it's the Ocarina of Time," said Link. He unconsciously put his hand in his pocket and felt the Ocarina to make sure it was still there.
"Wow," said Zelda. "You seem to know your history." Or maybe it's more than that, she added silently. She turned back to the bookcase and found another book her parents owned. It was a book of legends, which was about the ancient races that used to inhabit Hyrule. As a girl, these legends had been Zelda's bedtime stories, but she wanted to have the exact details.
"So Link, where exactly are you from?" she asked.
"The Kokiri Forest," he replied, just like he had answered Julia. Zelda looked in the book, and yes there was meant to be a Kokiri Forest. However, it was obvious that Link was Hylian like her, and Zelda had to be sure of her suspicion.
"But you're not a Kokiri," she said.
"Well, no, but I lived there as a child," he said. "My parents died, and my mother left me there to be brought up." Link felt funny giving his details to a stranger, even if her name was Zelda.
"I'm so sorry," she said, unaware of Link's tragic history.
"Don't be, it's not your fault." This was Link's usual answer whenever people said the felt sorry for him. He hated being the centre of pity.
"Okay. Hey, does my name remind you of anything?" she asked.
"Well, I do know someone else called Zelda."
"Really? It's not a common name and I've never met anyone else with it. Who is she?"
"Um, do you know what a princess is?" he asked.
"Of course. We've got two, Princesses Deidre and Romi of Hyrule." Zelda stopped and thought for a second. She'd been named after Queen Zelda of Hyrule who had reigned many many years ago. Hundreds of years ago. According to the legends, Queen Zelda had only been a girl when the fabled King of Evil had tormented the land, which would have made her a princess back then. It was alleged that the prophet Ingo of Lon Lon Ranch had said that the King of Evil would appear in the future, and that the Hero of Time would be sent after him. Zelda knew the legend
well.
"Can I see it?" Zelda asked carefully, trying to sound casual, but with ulterior motives.
"See what?" asked Link, who was getting confused by not only so many questions, but also Zelda's silence at times.
"The Ocarina."
Link immediately pulled it out into the open, but then stopped. How did she know he had it? Slowly he handed it over to her, which was exactly what Zelda had hoped would happen. She looked at it in amazement.
"It's true," she said.
"What is?" Link asked.
"You're him. You're the Hero of Time," she replied. Link was taken aback. He had no idea how she had guessed. Zelda grabbed his right arm and pulled up the sleeve. On the back of his right hand was a mark. The mark of the Triforce.
"Wow," she said. She looked up at Link's face and noted the surprised look.
"Are you wondering how I know all this?" she asked. Link nodded.
"You're famous," Zelda began. "Although maybe not that much anymore. Not that many people believe in the Legend anymore."
"What Legend?" asked Link.
"It was know as the Legend of Zelda, but not after me of course! I was named after a Queen, the Zelda I think you know, and the Zelda of the legend. Well, during her reign a great many events occurred in Hyrule. One of them was that a rare Gerudo man left the desert in search of power. He had heard that the sacred Triforce had the power to grant anyone's wishes when they touched it. Only his wishes were evil, and for seven years Hyrule was in a state of chaos. Then along came the Hero of Time, you I guess, who defeated him. But something went wrong
and the Evil King was sent through time. But I guess that you know all that."
Link gasped in amazement. He was surprised because he had no idea that his life would be told for generations, and that this girl could retell it with such accuracy.
"So does that mean that the King of Evil's here now?" Zelda felt a huge
adrenaline rush mixed with fear.
"I have no idea," replied Link. "But that's why I'm here."
"WOW!" Link and Zelda both turned to face the doorway. A tall, slim man with dark hair and glasses had an excited expression on his face. Zelda slowly pushed the Ocarina of Time under a cushion because she did not want her father to see it. Zelda's dad rushed over to Link, but then bent down and picked up Link's sword.
"Wow!" he said again. "This is unbelievable. The metal work. The design!" He turned to face Link. "This is the best replica of the Master Sword I have ever seen!" he exclaimed.
"Da-ad!" Zelda felt embarrassed by the way her father was acting.
"Oh I'm sorry," he began, turning to Link. "You must be Zelda's friend. Call me Rob."
"I'm Link," Link said.
"That's a great name!" exclaimed Rob. "So Link, where did you get this fine example? How come I've never heard of you before?"
"Dad please, he's my guest," said Zelda.
"Sorry dear," said Rob. He sat down on the couch and picked up the remote, switching the TV on.
"Dad do you mind? We'd like some privacy here," Zelda complained.
"I want to watch the news Zelda," Rob replied. "You'll have to go somewhere else."
"Fine." Zelda stood up. She was about to leave when she saw the way Link was staring at the TV. Poor guy, he had never seen anything like it before.
"Do you want to look at this?" Zelda asked Link. He just nodded and continued staring at the moving, real pictures. Zelda sighed and sat down to watch the news, which she thought was extremely boring. She wanted to find out more about the Hero.
"Our first bulletin for tonight involves the upcoming Presidency election. In just one week you will be voting for our 32nd President of Hyrule. However, the poll leader, Mr. Ernest Martin has been found dead in his Kakariko Village home, where he was visiting his family before the election. Police have not yet released an official report, but they are treating the death as suspicious. Martin was a popular man who led the polls at 67 percent. The nearest competitor, Ms. Jessica Reed trails at 28 percent.
King Myori of Hyrule has given newcomer Mr. Ganondorf Dragmire permission to stand in as Martin's replacement, representing the Gerudo Party. He promises not only to honour Martin's policies but also to change Hyrule for the better. So far, this change has not affected Gerudo's standing as clear leader.
This is Susan Eros reporting for channel nine. Back to you, Steve."
"Thank you Susan. There have been many mysterious attacks on..."
"That's him!" exclaimed Link jumping up. Both Zelda and Rob looked up at him.
"Who?" they asked in unison.
"The man on that screen, it's Ganondorf!" Link was amazed by the reaction he got from Rob and Zelda. Back in his time, the name Ganondorf brought terror to those who heard it. It was synonymous with evil and destruction.
"Yes, of course it's Ganondorf. He'll be our next President I guarantee. You sound surprised, did you know him?" asked Rob.
"Well kind of," Link replied.
"Good for you. I guess you'll be supporting him then, this Saturday." Link looked at Rob as though he had just suggested they jump off Death Mountain.
"Hey, Dad, can I talk to you later?" asked Zelda. She knew she had something very important to tell him, and just hoped that he'd believe it.
"Sure dear."
"Cool. Link, come with me." Link was shaking slightly, however he was relieved that he had at least seen Ganondorf finally. He followed Zelda into her bedroom.
"Is that him?" she asked. "Was that the King of Evil?"
"Yes, Ganondorf," Link replied. "That's the man I'm supposed to destroy."