Chapter Two



"This is your home?" Navi asked, popping out from Link's hat.

"It's reversed," said Link, looking at the green sky and blue grass.

"Quickly. We must hurry," Tyranna said, taking Link's hand. She lifted up her dress with her other hand so that she could run.

"If you are from here, how do your parents know the old language of Hyrule?" Link asked as Tyranna pulled him towards the village.

"My mother lived in Kakariko. She was banished because it was thought that she was plotting against the king. Of course, she wasn't but," Tyranna gasped as she saw the fate of her village. Link stood wide-eyed at what he saw.

The town was in blue flames, and above it all, just as Link had suspected, was Phantom Ganon. He was atop his demon horse and was throwing magic and starting houses on fire, but there seemed to be no one running from the houses. He turned suddenly and saw Link and Tyranna. He laughed his evil chuckle and threw a magic spell at Tyranna. Link jumped in front and held up his Hylain shield to the blast, protecting the small child. "Run to a safe place," he told her. He heard her small feet crunch the charred grass. He unsheathed the Master sword and faced Phantom Ganon.

Link fought hard against the evil foe, and it wasn't long before Phantom Ganon was defeated the same way he was in the Forest Temple. However, instead of him disappearing into a purple-black swirling pool, he started to fade. Link saw Tyrana run up to the Phantom, yet she vanished along with him. He took a minute to catch his breath and wonder at what he had seen, choking on the thick white smoke. Navi hurriedly flew up to Link.

"Link! Come with me. There's something here! Hurry!" Navi pulled on Link's hat. He coughed again and tried to see, the smoke stinging his eyes. Navi's glow shone through the smoke and Link followed her to what looked like the charred remains of a house. His pointy ears picked up the sound of wailing amongst the popping and cracking of burning wood. "The door's locked, Link, but maybe you can force through." Link rammed his shoulder into the door, causing it to fall, and burning wood fell around Navi and Link, some of it catching on his tunic. Navi flew by and used her wings to blow the small fires out. He followed the sound into a room, and could not believe what he saw. In a crib was a crying baby.

The baby was wrapped in a blanket, although it appeared to have no clothes on. Link just stood there for a moment, wondering what he should do. Navi flew towards the crying child.

"You've got to do something, Link! It'll die if it stays here!" Navi sounded desperate for the baby.

Link picked up the baby and ran out of the house as it collapsed behind him. He ran through the small town, looking for the child's parents. "Somebody? Anybody? Please? Hello!?" he said, and coughed more on the smoke. The baby wailed and squirmed. Just when he thought he could not stand it any longer, he remembered that he had Saria's ocarina in his pocket. He moved the child to the other hand and pulled the ocarina out. He played the Song of Storms, to bring rain and hopefully put out the fire. Then, remembering the green sky above him, played it backwards. White clouds came and fat black raindrops soon had the fire put out. The baby calmed down at the sound of the music.

There seemed to be nobody anywhere. Link ran around what was left of the village with the baby, trying to find anybody. "There's no one here, Link," Navi said, disappointed.

"Should we go back to Hyrule?" Link asked.

"How are we going to get there? You can only warp with the Ocarina of Time, and besides, what are you going to do with the baby?"

"I made a warp point before, remember? It goes back to the castle."

"Gaaaa! Coo! Dbblbbl!!!!" the baby made gurgling sounds. Link smiled. He already liked the child. It looked back at him with adoring blue eyes.

"What are you going to do with the baby?" Navi asked, putting her tiny hands on her tiny hips.

"Since nobody is here, we will have to raise the child ourselves."

"We!? Who's we!? Define 'we'."

"You, me Zelda," he shrugged. "I don't know, let's just go back."

"Fine." Navi flew into Link's hat as he prepared to warp back to Hyrule.