Zelda's BIG Mistake ~*~*~*~ By: LinkGirl
Chapter 1: Zelda's Plan
Author's Note: I don't own ANYONE in this chapter... *Sniff...Sniff* This fanfic takes place after Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask.
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It had been a year since Link saved Hyrule. He had returned from is journey, in which he had saved the strange parallel world of Clock Town. Link still lived in the Kokiri Forest, Navi was with him, and all was going well in the land of Hyrule.
~*~*~Zelda's Point of View
I sighed; I had just eaten dinner and was in my garden. Nothing had really happened in the last year. Of course I had helped Link fight, the Evil King, Ganondorf. Then a few months later, I had given Link the Ocarina of Time for his quest in which he saved Clock Town. But he had returned a long time ago and had given the Ocarina back to me. And even when Link was gone I had been bored out of my mind.
"Nothing ever happens any more," I complained to my protector, Impa.
"I thought you would be enjoying the peace in Hyrule."
I didn't answer. I was enjoying it, but...before a year ago I had nothing to worry about, no troubles, no regrets. But now I had both of them. "Impa?" I asked.
"Yes, Zelda."
"Don't you ever wish you could...change things, like things in the past."
Impa just smiled, "Yes, I wish I could change a lot of things." With that she turned and started walking out of the garden, "It's getting late you should get to bed."
I merely nodded and waited for Impa to walk out of sight. I had an idea...my life was perfect, well almost. Link's wasn't, he had done so much for Hyrule but had gotten nothing in return. He didn't even have any parents. He had been so small when his mother had died and he didn't even know who his father was.
I headed for my room where I kept the Ocarina of Time. I picked it up, and then changed in to my only clothes that didn't make me look like a princess. It was a plain white dress that was tied in the middle. I took off my headdress and let my hair down. This was all I needed. I played the Song of Time and concentrated, I had to go REALLY far back. Then I was falling.
I hit the ground softly and opened my eyes. Around me danced the magic of the Kokiri Forest. I had made it...but was I in the right time?
"Someone help me..." a voice called from someplace near by.
I looked around and found a woman hurt at the entrance of the Kokiri Forest, which was only a few yards away from me. The woman was carrying a baby in her arms. I quickly went up to the mother. "It's all right I'll go get help," I said as I ran to get help from one of the Kokiri.
The Kokiri didn't ask where I had come from. Some of the Kokiri went to the Deku Tree who let both the mother and me stay. This was my plan, while a war went on, outside the walls of the Kokiri Forest, I would help Link's mother get well. With help from the Kokiri, I healed and helped the woman back to full strength. This took at least a month or more. I didn't really keep track of the time.
-----A Month Or More Later
"Do you feel better," I asked to the woman.
"Better than I ever have, thank you," she smiled at me and picked up baby Link and cradled him.
"The war should be over soon," I reassured the mother, remembering my studies on Hyrule's history.
"I wish it would be over soon, but I am afraid that wars don't just end," she said in a worried tone.
"I need to go, but don't worry about the war, once it's over you'll be able to get a home in Hyrule Market."
"You have been too kind, but before you go, could I possibly have your name."
I didn't want the mother to know my full name. I answered, "Zel, it's Zel."
"Thank you Zel, may we meet again."
"I hope so...take care of you son, you don't know how important he is." I walked out of the house, the same house Link used to live in, or did live in during my time. I then took out the Ocarina of Time.
"Zel," called a voice from below the house.
I looked down and saw Saria. I climbed down the ladder and turned to Saria.
"Zel, mysteries surround you...and your ocarina," Saria motioned to the ocarina, which was still in my hand.
"There is nothing you need to know about me, I need to go now."
"Something tells me that you are...different."
"There is nothing different about me," I said sort of afraid that she might figure something out, "I'm just a regular Hylian."
"I guess I will just have to believe you, I hope we see each other again," she answered, a little suspiciously.
I walked to the entrance of the Kokiri Forest, trying to block out Saria. Then I walked into the darkness of the tunnel, which lead to Hyrule Field. I stopped and played the Song of Double Time. I, once again, concentrated hard on my own time. But this time I, somehow, blacked out.
~*~*~Link's Point of View
"Wake up, Link," called my mother from the kitchen.
"I'm getting up," I called sleepily from my bed. I was SO glad that today was a Saturday. No schooling today and all I had to do were my chores, and then I would be able to play with my friends. I got out of my bed and got dressed into a green T-shirt and dark blue jeans. I walked into the kitchen and sat down at the table. I started to stare off into space.
"You okay kiddo?" she asked, snapping me to reality.
"Huh...oh yeah, just thinking about I dream I had last night."
"Good or bad?"
I thought for a minute, "Nether it was, well...strange..." I had been having this dream for the last few days but today it had been clearer than ever before.
"Tell me about it," she insisted.
"Well, it starts out with me standing in front of the drawbridge to the market. It's nighttime and it's raining...suddenly the drawbridge lowers and a man comes out...a man in black, he's riding a black horse and...and...a girl is being held captive by him, I think. She's on the horse with him...and that's when I wake up," I said, still thinking about the dream...who was the man...and who was that girl.
"That is a strange dream," my mom confessed as she put my breakfast in front of me.
After I ate breakfast, I cleaned my room, swept the house, and washed the dishes. When I was done I said a quick good-bye to my mom and rushed outside. I headed for the market place where my friends would be waiting for me.
~*~*~Zelda's Point of View
When I opened my eyes I was laying down on my bed. I suddenly jerked up. Where was the Ocarina of Time? I frantically looked around but it was nowhere in my room. I ran out of my room and ran right into Impa.
"Whoa Zelda, slow down it's 11:00 are you okay?" she said putting her hands on my shoulders.
Before I knew what I was saying I had burst out with the question, "Where is the Ocarina of Time?!?"
"The Ocarina of Time? Your father has it, why?" she questioned.
I thought for a minute, "What is today's date?"
"It's... *Impa says the month, day, and year*"
Oh no...I hadn't gone far enough in time. It was a year earlier then the time I had started in, "Where's my father?"
"He just left Hyrule on an important errand," she replied, confused.
I sighed...this plan had just gone bad. I needed to return to my own time, the time after Ganondorf was defeated. But now my father had gone somewhere, with the Ocarina of Time.
I walked past Impa and mumbled, "I'm going for a walk."
I didn't hear her when she called, "Zelda, you should put on some different clothes."
I wasn't thinking right. I had to go find Link. I walked through the castle and headed for the market. There was just one problem...I didn't know where Link lived now.
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WOW!!! Link has a mother now!!! OK, I'm over reacting...
The 2nd chapter is up so you are welcome to read it...