Chapter 3

"Have you found out where the opening in the realm yet?" Gannondorf asked.

"No" said an IronKnukle"but ummm...Ghoma,King Dodongo,Barinade,Phantom Gannondorf,Vol..."

Gannon made a motion with his hands to get to the point.

"Well all the boss's want to know when the realm is finally opened that if they can go back to their temples."

"Yes. But before you scrury off to tell them that. It won't be all at the same time. No. I made a mistake at coming direct last time I took over Hyrule. They won't be going to the same temple either. They won't even go back to Hyrule without proper training and the information that they need to be informed about the monster that just escaped. Even with that monster out it's not enough to divert them from this. We want them to think that I'm the good guy this time. Is Link back in his original time yet?"

"Yes, as a matter of fact he is."

"Where is he?" Gannondorf asked

"He's currently in Kokiri Forest...sleeping!"

"HE'S SLEEPING?!?!" Gannon roared with laughter

"Yes. What is so funny?"

Gannon calmed down.

"I don't know."

"Well when we find the opening to the realm, we're starting over. We wont do anything for a few days. After about a week of teroising the people,the monster will get tired and start some harmless pranks and then do nothing at all...make it seem like the rein of terror is over. That's our first attack."

"You've seem to have this all planned out."

"I have a great plan if all goes well. I mean I had a great plan last time too but I didn't think I could actually have been beaten.This time I won't be beaten. I just know it. I can feel it in my bones."

He flexed his arms to show the muscles to the IronKuncle.

"I've been training with a sword and the magick in the Triforce of Power. He stands no chance against me. Go off now!"

The IronKnukle scurried off to tell the Boss's the good news.

"He said that you were allowed to return to you're temples but not at the same time. He said that it would be better if you were returned one by one and to a different temple."

"WHAT?!?!?!?!" Morpha, King Dodongo, and Volvagia cried in anger.

"I need to be in water or else it'll be an easy battle for my oponent!"

"I need to be in lava or else I'l perish!Cried Volvagi

King Dodongo looked at Volvagia " DITTO!"

"You'll still have the same chamber but...the temple will be different and Link will be improply informed about the boss. That's Gannon's plan."

"The Prince of Darkness will rise once more and Hyrule will feel his full wrath and pay for what it has done!" said Twinrova. She had stayed in the combined form and not the two witches.

"Yes they will." said Gannon

They all laughed evily as they planned what to do.

***

Link awoke from a restless sleep. Though he couldn't remember the dream, he couldn't help thinking why he was drenched in cold sweat.He knew he couldn't sleep now, so he dressed quickly and jumped down from his treehouse. He was too impatient to climb the ladder. He checked what time it was by a Gossip stone. It was about 5:30am. He ran into the sacared forest meadow and started to work on the stairs. He didn't stop to take a break at 9:00 or when the others came in to help. Something told him that he had to finish this soon. He couldnt say it was a feeling of something bad in the air, cause it wasn't. It was just something he had to do. At around 1:00 the stairs were up and stayed up. Now all they needed were about two coats of paint to make them look complete. The others said that they were tired and they would help him later. So there Link was painting the stairs by himself. As he started, his ears picked up something in the breeze that blew by him. It was almost as if it had a voice and was trying to talk to him, no it was a cry; a cry for help, deep within the forest temple."Link" it breathed. although the meadow was silent it was loud. For it made it hard for Link to hear what it was sayng."Help" a voice so tiny it made a loud sound and echoed in Link's mind.Link dropped his paint brush and ran back to his house. He climbed up the ladder and closed the curtain. He turned to lay on his bed but the problem was that someone was already there.

"You've been gone quite some time." She said

"Zelda!" Link breathed

"He looked at her in the dim candle light of his house. The light cascaded over her shoulders and gave her golden hair a glow that seemed to surrond her as though she were a goddess. Her bright blue eyes shone more then usual and something was behind them Link noticed. He thought she looked gorgeous, but he didn't do anything.

"Why are you here?" Link asked

Link watched in disbeleif as he watched Zelda dissapear in a mist. He then remembered that he hadn't lit a candle and that it was still daylight outside and not night.

"Wha?" He looked around wildly." Where'd she go?"

He ran out of the forest and into Hyrule Market Town. He had almost made to the Castle when the same brightness that had taken the soilders life away blinded him and knocked him on his feet. He saw once again a handful of townsfolk being torn limb from limb. Then dusk had began to set in and Link ran towards the castle.

"ZELDA!!" Link gasped.

Zelda looked up from where she had been sitting. She didn't move but her gaunt face broke into a smile, and through her tears she laughed.

"Link! I was just going to send a carrige for you! Listen..."

"Zelda...I saw you on my bed about two hours before I got here. It was dark out even though It was really day and a candle was lit even though I didn't light one."

Zelda's smile dissapeared and she broke down into tears.

"There's only one choice then" she said grimly standing up " It's dangerous but in two days from this very second you must go ahead in time."

"Why would it be dangerous?" asked Link

"Because it could disrupt our time period. Also...this monster will be out and more powerful. All we need you to do is..."

"Lemme guess...hmmmmmmm..kill it?

"Yes...and no. You see before you kill it in that time...you have to find out it's weak point. It was sealed in the sacared realm after a fierce battle. Then you must come back in time...but you have to remain you're adultself."

"How do you do that?"

"I'll tell you tommorrow. Right now stay here while I go and get you something."

Zelda said and she scurried off.

'Yea...I'm gonna be an adult again!' Link thought.

He looked at himself in the moat surrounding the courtyard. It was dark and the moon shone in the background. He watched as his reflection swan into view.He took a long stick and put it in the center of his reflection and watched the ripples get bigger and bigger. Then he heard it. The sound of a child crying.He looked more intently into the water and saw a pendant. He picked it up and saw that it was made of gold and the left-handed piece of the triforce. He turned it over and saw in blue saphires was the name: Naryu.

Link stood up and put the necklace on. As soon as the necklace had clasped around his neck he saw a bright blue light surrond him and go into his body. He was confused but for some reason felt safe.He waited several more minutes before Zelda rushing out crying.

"Link...I cant find i...what's that on you're neck?!"

"Oh...I dunno i found it in the water in there." He pointed to the moat.

"Link whenever you wear that pendant it protects you from any harm. Now come back in two days with that pendant on. Water gives it power the more power it has the more protection it gives off. NEVER TAKE IT OFF. When it starts to glow dark blue put very little water on it. When it glows bright blue dont put any water on it. You must find the other ones!" Zelda then ran off leaving Link with his thoughts and the cold wind in the night. One more gust of wind and he passed out for the remaining two days. He was woken up by Zelda.

"Link we must hurry!"

He stood up with difficulty. Zelda played prelude of Light and they were warped to Temple of Time. It had been restored to it's original look and was no longer dark.

"Link play the song of time and then pull up the master sword. I'll be waiting right here for you to reawaken as the Hero Of Time."

"Yes Princess Zelda."

With that link placed the stones on the alter and played the song of time. The door of time opened and he walked down the narrow passage way, once again. He stepped up to the sword, but there was something strange about it this time. It gleamed with an errie white light. Put he put his hands on the sword and pulled it up. Blue light surronded him and as the familar feeling of sleepiness washed over him, he felt safe and secure. The blue light faded and Link and the sword were gone.Zelda stood there crying. It would be a long seven years before she would see link again. It may have been short for him but not for her. She grabbed her Sheik costume and put it on.

*************************** SEVEN YEARS LATER **************************

Link stood up and and held the sword in his left hand and his mirror sheild in his right hand. He felt his ear to make sure his earring was still there. It was. He looked around and saw Sheik standing there. He smiled and said

"What happened in the seven years I was asleep Sheik?"

"Today is Saria's birthday. Have you not forgotten?" said Sheik

The smile faded from his face" Yes...yes I have. Why do you bring it up?"

"Go to the sacared forest meadow now."

"..........?"

Link played the Minuet Of Forest and found that the stairs he had built were still there. Only someone had finished the paint job in his absence. He walked slowly toward the tree stump. He dug up his old orcarina and found that it wasn't destroyed or anything like that at all. He played it and it sounded as beautiful as it did seven years ago. He heard footsteps behind him and said

" ' lo Sheik."

"Hello."

Link turned around to find that it wasn't sheik...it was Mido.

"MIDO!?" Link said in surprise

"Who are you?"

"I'm link!"

"No your not. Link's a Kokiri and Kokiri's never grow up."

" I'm a hylian Mido. I came back after seven years. I even have the Kokiri tunic that you guys gave me!"

"I't can't be you. Prove it!"

"Fine." said Link impatiently

He played Saria's song.

"There...satisfied?''

"WOW!!! LINK!!" Mido said with tears in his eyes"You have to see Kokiri."he said anxsiously.

Hurrying Link got to the exit of the Lost woods and gasped in shock. What he saw was...horrible. It was as if a war had broken out among the Kokiri's. He couldn't understand how anybody could do this. Blood was splattered all around the place. Bodies of other races and kokiri's were strewn about and torn limb from limb. Link walked around and noticed that where there used to be a shop was a guilitin and heads that had been chopped off now lay on the ground decomposing. Flies and maggots had infested this place. He made his way to the Deku tree. He found that three Kokiri's were huddled at the trunk. He rushed over to them and tried to calm them down. They were crying and shaking all over. Mido rushed over. One of the girls looked up and broke into tears of joy. Link reconized her as Megan.

" Link?" asked Megan