Chapter 9



(1 month later . . . . ) In the morning, Link was swimming in the water. Zelda was on top of the tree on the little island (in Lake Hylia). "Link! How deep can you swim!" yelled Zelda. Link yelled back, "I don't know, I never thought about that!" Link swam to the island and flashed into his Kikiri Tunic. "I'm hungry, how about you?" asked Link. "Not really," said Zelda, "But I think I'll eat anyway." "Hey," said Link, "How long has it been ever since we haven't seen Sheik?" Zelda said, "About a month I think. I wonder what's he doing? He didn't go anywhere else besides Hyrule right? We should've atleast spotted him the last time we went around Hyrule Field." Link said, "Don't forget Zelda, he's a Sheikah, why would you expect him to be spotted?" "Oh yeah," Zelda said.

Link sat down and looked at the water for a while. Zelda looked at the sky. "It's so beautiful here. I never thought that I would do something like this when I was still 10. It's nice to look at the sky isn't it Link?" Link looked up and said, "Yeah, I guess so." Zelda looked down at Link and said, "Well, aren't we going to get some food?" "Yeah, I forgot, let's go," Link said. He took out his Ocarina and played Epona's Song. Epona came; Link and Zelda went on her and they were off the get food. On their way to Kakariko Village, Zelda said, "Are we going to Marla's house again? I kind of feel sorry for her." "What for?" asked Link. Zelda said, "Don't you think that it's sad for her to use her time for us just to make food? I mean, I would get tired of doing that. Maybe she doesn't want to tell us that she's tired of cooking food." Link said, "Zelda, if you feel sorry for her, then why won't you ask her yourself? She never complained you know." "Ok, I'll ask her."

When they got there, Link helped Zelda off. They walked up the steps and went to Marla's house. Link went up to the door and knocked. "Who is it?" a voice said. Link said, "Marla, it's us, Link and Zel- Shannon." "Oh," Zelda said. She disguised herself as Shannon. "Marla is not here right now. She went to the market to get food," said the voice. "Well," Link said, "Can we come in?" "Oh, sure, do come in," said the voice. Shannon said, "That's weird, why would Marla leave us and go to the market? She usually waits for us. Something is going on here. I know it." "Shannon, what could possibly happen?" Link asked. When Link was about to open the door, but Shannon stopped him and said, "Wait! That voice. Link, that voice sounds like Crenimus. I'd say you have to guard yourself." "Shannon, why would Crenimus be in there? Now, move out of the way and let me open the door." Shannon ran in front of him and said, "Guard yourself. I can sense danger. Please!" Link said, "Alright."

Link took out his shield and set it in front of is chest. "Aren't you guys coming in!" the voice said. Link opened the door. Crenimus jumped out and stabbed Link on his chest. But Link's shield blocked it. "I told you Link!" Shannon yelled. Crenimus roared and took out his sword. Link took out his sword and kept guard. The two of them fought while Shannon watched. "I know that Zelda is with you boy! Hand her over now!" Crenimus yelled. Some people gathered around and watched. "Get out of here!" Crenimus yelled at the people. All of them ran into their houses. Link pushed Crenimus's sword and made him fall. "Ah! I'm gonna kill you!" yelled Crenimus. "Not if I get rid of you first!" yelled Link. Crenimus got up and aimed for Link. Link back flipped and did a jump attack. Crenimus blocked it with his sword. He took out his shield and guarded himself. Link used his sword and pushed him down again. Then he did his spin attack. Crenimus jumped out of the way. But the spin attack was too big that it was able to cut his armor. He also got his cheek cut. "Arg! My cheek! How dare you!" Crenimus roared with anger and hit Link's sword. Link lost grip. His sword flew out of his hands and landed far away from him. Crenimus ran up to him and pushed him onto the ground. Link tried to get up, but Crenimus jumped on his back. "Ah!" Link yelled, "Get off me!" "Make me!" Crenimus yelled. Link looked for his sword. It was several feet in front of him. He pulled himself towards it. But with Crenimus's heavy armor, it was hard for him to move.

"Now who's the one that's down! Haha!" Crenimus laughed insanely. He took out two of his daggers and aimed for Link's head. Just when he was about to throw them. Shannon got in and jump kicked Crenimus onto the ground. She took out a dagger and pointed it to Crenimus's neck. "Now looky here, it looks like your down!" Shannon yelled. Link got up and got his sword. He went up to Crenimus and said, "Shannon, I can handle this." "Are you going to let him go? Or are you going to kill him?" Shannon asked. Link said, "The last time I was captured, Renimus was going to stab me on the forehead. Now I think it's time for me to try and stab Crenimus's." Crenimus said, "No, please! Don't kill me! I promise that I won't bother you any more! I was just taking orders from the King!" "You told the King!" Link yelled. He grabbed Crenimus's sword and put his away. "Give that back!" Crenimus yelled. Link looks at Crenimus and point the sword at him. "Please, don't kill me!" Crenimus cried. He glared at him for a long time. Then he threw the sword towards the entrance of Kakariko Village. "Huh?" said Crenimus. Link folded his arms and backed away. "I'm sparing your life, unless you come back to attack again, then I shall be forced to kill you. Get out of here!" yelled Link. Crenimus got up and ran away.

"Why did you do that Link?" asked Shannon. Link said, "He's a Hylian just like me. I have to give him a chance. Besides, I couldn't help it. Now, let's go chow down with some food." Shannon said, "Yay!" Link went inside Marla's house. "Is he still there?" Marla asked. "No, he ran away like a coward," Shannon said. "Good. He came into my house. And he pointed his sword at me. I thought that Crenimus was loyal to the King. I thought that he wouldn't hurt anyone. What happened out there anyway?" she said.

While Marla was making food, Link was explaining to her of what happened. "After that, I let him go," said Link. Just then, two people came in. "I'm telling you! That guy outside is that legendary boy! You saw that legendary sword he was holding! You saw the spin attack!" "Haha! You've got to be kidding! That sword is just an ordinary sword and anyone can do the spin attack! Haha!" "It's true!" "Hahahahaha!" Shannon and Link looked at them. Marla said, "U.N. and C.N. come and sit down, the food is getting ready." One of the boys was wearing a red vest and the other a blue vest. Both of them were wearing white pants and their hairstyle was the same. "Hi! I'm C.N. I never saw you around before. Ahh!"(C.N. was the guy with the blue vest.) "What?" U.N. asked. "It's him! It's him! It's that boy that was outside! That legendary kid! I told you!" C.N. yelled. "What! You've got to be kidding. Hey kid, what's your name?" asked U.N. "Link" U.N. yelled, "Ahh! You can't be! After all C.N. said! Wait, wait, wait a minute. This is totally unbelievable. I'm not going to believe this!" C.N. said, "Your that legendary boy right?" Link said, "I guess so." "Did you come from the future? Do you have the Master Sword? Did you go to temples?" "Yeah." "And you were that boy outside! I told you U.N.!" said C.N. "Whatever." U.N. ignored C.N. and Link and looked at Shannon instead, "Hey, who are you lovely lady?" "Uh lay off!" said Shannon. U.N. said, "Awe, come on, what's your name pretty?" "It's Shannon. Now be quiet and mind your own business. Link asked, "Are you two related to each other?" "We're cousins," said the both of them. "You two look-" "Identical?" asked C.N., "That's what everyone says. It's just a coincidence.

"Food's ready. Everyone chow down!" said Marla. After eating Link and Shannon went to the entrance of Kakariko Village and went down the stairs. "Let's go to Kikiri Forest, I want to see Saria. She must be big now," Shannon said. "Uh Shannon," Link said, "Saria is a Kikiri and a Kikiri never grows up." "Oh, well, I just want to meet her." "But they won't know who we are because we're grown up," said Link. "Oh don't worry they'll recognize us by our looks," said Shannon. She flashed back into Zelda. She said, "I'm sure they'll know it's us. I'll tell them." Link said, "Actually, when we go there, don't tell them who we are, I want them to figure it out." "Oh, ok," she said. Link played Epona's Song. Epona ran towards them. Link helped Zelda on. Once he got on, they lefted.

When they got to the entrance of Kakariko Village, Link helped Zelda off and they walked in. Epona ran off again. When they got inside, some of the Kikiri kids turned their heads to look at them. Mido ran up to them and said, "Who are you? And why are you in this Forest? You know it's forbidden. Get out of here!" "Hey! Is that what you say to the Princess of Hyrule!" Zelda yelled. Mido gasped, "Zelda? Princess Zelda?" Mido ran to the other Kikiris and told them about Zelda. Most of them gasped. When Saria heard, she went to Link and Zelda. "Link? Zelda?" Link said, "Yeah." Link whispered in to Zelda's ear, "Nice going Zelda, now they know." Zelda said, "Well sorry!" "Well, you did tell me that you were a Hylian when we last spoke to each other telepathically with the Ocarina. Let's go to my place."

Link and Zelda followed Saria to her house. When they got in, Zelda sat on Saria's bed. "You've got a small house Saria," Zelda said. "Well, it's only the bottom part of a tree trunk that's why. When this place was still a tree, it was huge. We could've made this place bigger with more room levels, but that Deku Tree made it this way. Sadly, the Deku Tree pasted out. But that's ancient history now. The Deku sprout grew." "That's nice to know," Zelda said.

"So, how long are you guys going to stay here?" Saria asked. "I don't know. It's depends," Link said, "Zelda, let me show you to the Sacred Forest again." "OK," said Zelda. "When I was there, I felt a cold misty wind fly by. Did anyone feel it?" Saria and Zelda said no. Zelda said, "You sure you felt something? I should've felt it then." Link said, "I don't know. I would like to talk to the Deku Sprout about it." Zelda and Saria nodded.

"Great Deku sprout, it's me Link. Do you remember me?" "Yeah, I remember you. Is there something you wanted to ask?" Link said, "Yeah. Why is it that everytime I go into the Sacred Forest I feel a cold breeze and not anyone else?" The Deku Sprout said, "Link, someone lives there." "Who?" Link asked. "That Link, you'll have to find out in the future." Link nodded and lefted with Zelda. "Let's go see who lives there," Link said. "Uh, Link, is it ok if we don't go. I would like to stay here." Link said, "Zelda, I want to see who's there." "But that last time we were there, we didn't see anyone." "Let's just make sure. I want to look around and observe the area," Link said. Zelda's eyes looked worried, but Link held her hand and began to walk. Then he stopped and said, "I forgot, I can play Minuet of Forest. We'll get there quicker that way." Zelda moaned. Link took out his Ocarina and plays Minuet of Forest.

Zelda and Link landed on the stoned Triforce. "Link, I think I'll just stand here and wait for you," said Zelda. "Ok, I'll look around." After minutes of looking, Link gave up. On his way to Zelda, he felt a very cold breeze pass by. "There it is again. It's that breeze again," he said. Zelda said, "Link, I'm getting worried, can we go and not came back here if you keep talking like that. Maybe what the Deku Sprout said wasn't anything. I hope it's not a ghost though. Ahh!" Zelda's body lifted in the air. "Zelda!" yelled Link. "Link! Something is pulling me up!" she yelled. Zelda disguised herself as a Sheikah and threw a Telenut on the ground. When Link looked up, she was gone. "Shannon, where are you!" yelled Link. "Hey, you don't have to yell, I'm right here." Link turned around and saw that it was Shannon. "Shannon, what happened?" asked Link. "I don't know. I was just standing for a sec. And all of a sudden, I started flying. That was kind of nice though. Unfortunately for Zelda, she screamed," Shannon said, "Now can we go?" "Ok," said Link.

The both of them ran down that stairs and climbed on top of the walls. They jumped to each one until they reached the end. Link led Shannon out the easy way. When they got out, they jumped down and hill and rolled at the bottom. "That took a while. I told you that we weren't going to find anything there," said Shannon. "Shannon, I think that the thing that lifted you was a ghost. I thought I saw something white," said Link. Shannon gulped, "You mean to tell me that there is a ghost there and you never knew that? Even when you lived here for a decade?" Link nodded. "Well," Shannon said, "I'm not going there again if a ghost wants to bother me!" "We have to find out what that was though," said Link, "Might as well go there when it's time." Link walked to his tree house.

"Hey Link!" Link turned around and saw Mido running up to him. Mido said, "Hey, why are you so big and I'm still tiny! That's not fair!" "Maybe it's because I'm a Hylian and your not?" asked Link. Mido yelled, "Well! It wouldn't matter would it! I know that size never matters! I can always beat you up like I use to when you were my size! Come on! Put your dukes up!" Mido ran up to Link and punched him. But Link grabbed Mido's hand and blocked it. "Hey! Let go of my hand loser!" yelled Mido. He tried to pull his hand away from Link, but his grip was too strong for him. Link smiled and let go. Mido fell back. "Hey! You can't do that! (Humph)" Mido ran away to his house. "Mido bossed you around like that when you were small?" asked Shannon. Link said, "All that time. But I was always able to block them. Everytime he bossed someone around, I was able to stop him. He thinks that he can still hurt me." "Talk about self-confidence in your own abilities," said Shannon.

Just when Link was going to climb up his ladder, Saria came running to them. "Hey Link, what are you going to do here?" she asked. Link jumped off the ladder and went up to her. "I don't know yet. Hey, I was wondering. How about, you, Zelda, and I spend time with each other and walked around that place? I haven't been here in a long time," said Link. Saria said, "Yeah! That would be great!" "Fine with me," said Zelda. The three of them started off to the Deku Sprout.

"Hi Zelda, Link, and Saria," said that Deku Sprout, "How are you all doing? I'm guessing all of you are here to stay for a while?" "Yeah," said Zelda. Link went up to the Deku Sprout. "I would like to ask you able some things Great Deku Sprout," said Link. "Ok, ask away," the Deku Sprout said. Zelda and Saria walked around the Deku Tree that is now dead. Link spoke to the Deku Sprout about coming back to the past.

"The Deku Tree died not because of Gannondorf. Gannondorf in our time he is already in the evil realm and is now a legend to all of us. But what did kill the Deku Tree was a mysterious boy. Link, in our time, you didn't get the Spiritual Stones yet. It's kind of strange though. It's a bit odd that you have the Master Sword, yet the Master Sword here is still in the Pedestal of Light," said the Deku Sprout. Link said, "Tell me, who is this mysterious boy that killed the Deku Tree. And how did he kill it?" The Deku Sprout explained, "From what I've heard, this boy's name is Teamius." "Ah! That's son! He was the one Renimus told me about!" "Yes, that's part of the legend that only few know about. Teamius came back to the past to avenge Gannondorf's death. He wants to get the Spiritual Stones and the Ocarina of Time so that he can open the evil realm and release Gannondorf." "That's just what Gannondorf did," Link said, "Only that it's Teamius." "Exactly, Link, I don't think that I'm suppose to be telling you this, but I think that you have another destiny to work on," said the Deku Sprout, "Now, if you don't mind, I'll be resting." The Deku Sprout closed its eyes and fell asleep.

"So what was going on?" asked Zelda. "Lot's," Link said, "the Deku Sprout says that I have a new destiny to work on." "Really?" asked Zelda. Link didn't say anything and went to his tree house. "I'll be going outside. I'm going to leave my stuff here for now. Zelda, get some rest. I'll be back here before morning," said Link. "Where will you go?" asked Zelda. Link picked up his bow and arrow and didn't say anything. He went outside and lefted. Zelda walked outside and watched as Link lefted the Forest. "Well, I'll see him tomorrow," she said to herself. Zelda walked back into Link's tree house. "What is he up to?" Saria asked. "I don't know. Oh well," said Zelda. Saria lefted and Zelda was alone. She lay down on Link's small bed and fell asleep.