Prologue ( What happened last time).



They were about a day and a half from the Zoras domain. Link only hoped he could find Ruto. She would help him. He didn't know how yet, but he would think of something. That night as they made camp Link took the time to make a list of all the people who he could probably get to come on this quest. It included people from both Hyrule and Termaina. More of them came from Hyrule, because he lived here. Link was just about to go to bed when he heard Kid say " Whoa, would you look at that." Link looked up to see what Kid was looking at. It didn't take long. The moon had turned bright red and then it was covered in blackness. Link looked over at Ganondorf who was also staring at the moon. Link saw for the first time fear in that mans eyes. A chill went down the back of Links spine. Whatever this thing was there was no doubt in Links mind, it was getting closer.

Chapter 7



None of them slept well that night. All of them were plagued by nightmares. Link seemed to suffer the most. They all had a common dream however. They were standing in a mist of blackness and could feel a Evil presence all around them. The rest of their party was gone. They didn't know if any of them still lived. They stood back to back making a triangle trying to defend themselves from this thing. It seemed to be everywhere all at once. They could not escape it. It moved closer and closer until it was upon them. They all shrieked in horror, as they saw the face of the creature. It was them. Each one saw themselves as the face of the creature, they all screamed and woke up.

In the morning they struck camp and headed towards Zoras Domain. They were all silent on the ride, each one of them preoccupied with the dream of last night. They had learned as each one of them woke up that they shared the same dream. They did not discuss the fac that they saw themselves. The day was oppressing, the heat was incredible. Link put on a Goron tunic to help with the heat. It helped a bit, but not much. Ganondorf seemed to get more and more testy as the day went on. Link could understand why, Ganondorf always wore his black armor. IT was very heavy and absorbed a lot of heat. That would make anyone cranky. Kid seemed to have no problems with the heat whatsoever. That did not surprise Link, the Kid was a Goron and was sued to walking in Lava. Little heat from the sun would be nothing to him. As they neared Zoras Domain Ganondorf stopped all of a sudden and called out for Link and the Kid to do the same. "What is it" Link asked. " Shhh" was all Ganondorf would say. Ganondorf floated to the ground and looked all around squinting his eyes at the sun. He said noting for a moment, he looked at a certain spot for a few moments and then signaled Link and Kid to stay quiet and still. " What do you see" Link whispered very softly to Ganondorf. " We are not alone" he replied. Link looked at him a bit uncertain. He did not see anything. " We were being followed for awhile now. I felt it sense we hit the Hyrule plains. I couldn't tell how far it was from us until now. Stay here and act like we are making camp right here for now." Link nodded in agreement as Ganondorf went off. Link and Kid pretended to make a camp and prepare some food. Out of the coroner of his eye Link watched Ganondorf move off into the shadows.

Link was getting worried. How could they have been followed for so long and not seen anyone? Link began try and think how someone could have follow them without.... Then it hit him, what if they were invisible? Link rummaged though his pack and pulled out he Lens of truth. He tried to make it look like he was going to examine something closer with it. He hope who or whatever this ting was would not recognized this any anything more the a regular magnifying glass. Link pretended to inspect a root he pulled from the ground. He then lifted it up and pretended to wipe it of as if it was dirty. HE then looked though it off into the distance and said the magic words. The lens let him see that what can not be seen with normal eyes. Link looked though the lens pretending to make sure it was clean, when he was really looking of into the distance. He didn't see anything, he put it back down and pulled out some water and a cloth and proceeded to clean it. When it was done he put in front of his face once again and surveyed the horizon, nothing again. Link was about to put it away, when he saw something out of the corner of his eye. He almost missed it. Link picked up the root and pretended to look at it in front of his face. Link noticed something moved in the bushes off in the distance. He couldn't quite tell what it was yet or not. Link debated whether to try and find a way to move closer when he saw thought the lens Ganondorf moving closer to the thing. Link turned off the lens magic to see if Ganondorf was visible or not. He was not, that meant the creature could not see him as well. Link put the lens away knowing that there was no more need of it. Link was just putting it into his pack when he heard the creature scream. Link stood up and told Kid to do the same. They gathered up their gear and went to where Ganondorf and the creature were last seen. As they walked over Ganondorf reappeared and they noticed that a Zora was the thing on the ground. Link shook his head. How many people were working for this creature. Link walked over to Ganondorf, " is he dead?" Ganondorf chuckled. " No, as soon as he saw me he screamed and passed out." Link laughed at this also, if this Zora was under the creatures control, he was a lot less brave and fearless then the Goron they dealt with earlier. After a few moments the creature started to wake up. Link walked over to it and put his sword to it's throat. When the Zora opened his eyes he saw the sword and almost passed out again. " Oh no you don't" Link snapped. The Zora continued to lose consciousness until Ganondorf threw some water on him. The Zora regained consciousness. " P..p....please don't kill me." He stammered. "We won't kill you if you tell the truth" Link said. " Speak for yourself" Ganondorf said. The Zora whimpered and his eyes rolled back in his head and he passed out again. "Great, thanks Ganondorf". Link said. Ganondorf just shrugged and threw water on the Zora again. The Zora woke up saw Ganondorf and started to pass out again. " I am getting tried of this" Link said to himself. He shook the Zora and brought him back to consciousness.

When the Zora was once again awake Link said, " No one will kill you if you tell us the truth I promise, right Ganondorf". Ganondorf just shrugged and said nothing. The Zora once again awake looked at Ganondorf with tremendous fear in his eyes. Link addressed the Zora once again. " If you tell us the truth no harm will come to you, now tell us why you were following us." The Zora kept staring at Ganondorf not saying anything. Link was becoming impatient. " He will not harm you I promise. Now tell us why you have been following us?" The Zora finally broke his gaze from Ganondorf and looked a Link. " I..I..I was just doing what I was told." he stammered. " Who told you" Link asked of the Zora. " Queen Ruto" the Zora answered. Link was taken aback. Queen Ruto? So her father had died also huh? Link wondered why Ruto would have one of her own people follow them, and even more puzzling why would she send someone would faints at everything. " You had better take us to her" Link said. The Zora looked wild eyes at Link. " I..I..I...I..." He blubbered. " You, what" Link asked. " I..can't do that" he said. " Listen my name is Link, I am a...." Link started to say but the Zora interrupted him. " I know who you are. Everyone in the Zora Kingdom knows. The Queen told us just today that anyone who saw you was to kill you on sight." Link was taken aback, kill on sight? Why would Ruto do that? What was going on. Link knew something was amiss and he had to get to the bottom of it. " I think there has been some mistake" Link said. " No mistake" the Zora said. " Here is the decree". The Zora handed Link a slip of paper that read, "Link has been declared a enemy of the Zora nation, anyone who sees the treacherous Link or anyone of his party is to kill them instantly on sight." Link didn't understand it. What had he done to upset Ruto so badly? Link looked at Ganondorf and then it him. Ruto had come to the same suspicion that Darunia did. Link sighed, he would have to tell Ruto the truth. " You must help us find a way to speak with your Queen. She is mistaken in something and I can clear it up. All life as we know depends on it." The Zora looked at Link apprehensively and then nodded. " Follow me" he said, and they were off to the Zora domain.