Chapter V: Reaching Out/Black Demon
"Concentrate Link," Zelda instructed, "You must try harder, keep your training in mind."
" 'kay," Link grunted. He closed his eyes and tried to focus once again, almost all of his energy was put into use. A strange energy began to flow around them. Heat as well as a bright glow came forth, at first barely noticeable, quickly it became obvious something was going on. The energy seemed to pick up, Link let out a scream, and his eyes widened and were filled with a white glow. Zelda shielded her own eyes with her right hand and took a couple of small steps back, the radiating energy from his body was outstanding. She looked down at his hands; they were curled up into small fists, clenched so hard that blood started trickling out from the inside. Something started to take form in front of the lake, eventually it took the shape of a transparent Link.
"Father," Link said to himself, Zelda could not see what her son was seeing but could feel a presence. It was growing stronger, she could still feel it, it had to be coming closer, Link, her Link, was there. Just as the energy seemed to be reaching its peak it disappeared all in an instant. The surrounding glow flickered away until everything seemed to be normal. Startled birds flew from their nesting places and began to sail over Lake Hylia. With most of the energy spent, Link collapsed into a small heap on the hill. Zelda quickly made her way to her son's side and lifted his head slowly off the grass.
"Link, Link... are you okay, can you here me," Zelda asked as calmly as she could. His eyelids fluttered and slowly opened. She ran a hand lightly through his hair, "Link, what did you see?"
He took a moment to let the thought come back to him and replied, "I saw my father, except, I could see through him. When he tried to walk over, that's when it happened."
"When what happened?"
"He came closer to me... and... and a big monster came out of nowhere and knocked him down hard, then they were just.. gone!"
"Link tell me, what did this monster look like," her voice started to become more concerned.
"I don't know, I couldn't see anything on it."
"So it was barely visible then?"
"No, it was black, solid black," as he said this he noticed his mother's face had gone deathly pale and she was staring out into space. Zelda was lost in deep thought, thinking about the premonitions in her dreams. Every once in awhile, before something terrible happened she would have a dream about a black image destroying the land. But it was not the land in the present time; it was the land and some other places in the distant future. The only words that were able to escape her lips were, "No, not again."