Chapter VI- "The Sword of the Prophets"

After muttering those three words Zelda fell to her knees and began to cry. All of those dreams, those premonitions, she had known about the events for years. Every detail of the tragedies was etched in her mind, yet nothing could have prepared her for the beginning. She could taste the vomit in the back of her throat and the tears continued to stream down her face, "Link, my beloved, help us please."

"Mother...Mom, please stop crying, what is it."

It was now Link's turn to be the one to comfort; he put his arms around his mother and tried to calm her down. In between sobs Zelda was able to tell her story to Link; the stories of destruction, chaos, and death. Link listened closely to every word, many times during her story he too had to keep the tears back; it was so much for him. Just this morning he was a regular kid and now all this.

Soon, Zelda finished up and the two sat there, staring out at the lake. Both of them had a lot of thinking to do about what had happened and what they were going to have to do. Zelda snapped out of her trance and looked around, the sun was setting over the horizon and the sky was turning to a dark blue and purple. We've been out here longer than I planned, Zelda thought, ...and I still have more to say.

"Link come on, we've got to get back to the castle and I have one last thing that I would like to tell you."

"Okay, are we gonna walk or are we gonna transport back?"

"We're going to walk back. There's one more thing that I need to tell you and with what's going to happen after tomorrow we could use one last peaceful walk."

Link didn't know what she meant by the last statement but he knew for sure that it wasn't good, not at all. They began on their journey back and Zelda knew it would be peaceful, ever since Link defeated Ganon, the monsters had vanished along with him. With the exception of the wet grass brushing against their feet all was quiet. Crows calling out into the night echoed across the kingdom, startling them at times. As soon as Lon Lon ranch came into view Zelda started again.

"Link, the black creature that I spoke about, it can be stopped. Far away from Hyrule there is a place that holds the key to its defeat. It is a special sword the prophets from the past created to dispose of the creature. The only way one can activate it is to have all three Triforce pieces, when Ganon was exiled his piece was lost, Link's spirit gave his up, and I too will give mine up for you."

"For me?"

"Yes, there were some prophecies that were pleasant, 'the warrior of a princess mother and Hero of Time will fight against evil'. I saw you fighting against this creature, this evil...each time you had the upper hand and were close to victory. The sword you used was the prophet's; the way to activate it is for one person to have all three pieces and survive dungeons to gain access to it. True heroes worthy of the sword can make their way through, it is then when you reach the sword you must use the Triforce."

I can't believe this is happening, what if I don't do as good as her dreams say, what if I mess up horribly what if...

"...Link...Link..are you okay Link?"

"Yeah Mom, I'm all right."

"Link," she lower her voice a bit, "I know it sounds like a whole lot to you now but have faith in yourself and your abilities, I know I do, and I your father does as well. I'm sure Sheik would agree she wouldn't be training you if she didn't have the fullest of confidence in your abilities."

They were in silence once again when they entered the marketplace. It was fairly quiet outside; there was the occasional bark from one of the loose dogs and the clanking metal from the patrolling guards. Some commotion was coming from one of the buildings around the Happy Mask Shop, must be the drunks again, hootin' and hollorin' over their buddy's failure of finding the key. A smile crossed Link's face at the sudden thought.

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Link, now tucked in bed, once more, ran the events of the day through his mind, still hardly believing that this was happening to him. He could hear the guards outside walking back and forth and his mother pacing the halls. She tried to sleep, but something kept her awake, a mothers worry? She didn't know. Tomorrow Link was going to go through some preparation and later he would be off on his quest. Zelda reached her room and prayed silently that Link would be okay during his long journey. Although unknowingly to her Link was as equally worried.

...if I screw up. What if I'm useless...Father...Mother...Sheik..help me please...