It was about five o'clock in the late afternoon when Link left the castle to rescue Zelda and Tilkate. It would be dark in a couple hours so he had to hurry. He was not about to let some daughter of Ganondorf hurt Zelda or Tilkate. He didn't care what happened to himself as long as they were alright. He was even willing to let Abesh kill him if that is what it took to keep Zelda and Tilkate unharmed.

"Hey wait!" came a voice from behind Link. It was Navi, Link's fairy and friend.

"Hey, Navi. What's up?" Link asked. "I'm coming with you." She answered finally catching up to him. "Okay." He replied.



"Oh how sweet. Link has his fairy the keep him company." Abesh said with an obnoxious tone. She had been spying on Link through a floating crystal like ball. She laughed and rubbed her hands together. "Come from the ground and stop the Hero of Time." She said.

"Link, do you hear that?" Navi asked. "I don't hear anything." He answered. She flew lower to the ground and screamed when suddenly a Leever shot up from the ground. "Blasted Leever! Navi are you okay?" Link asked. "Yeah" Navi replied. She flew back to Link and looked at the Leever spinning on the ground. "Are there anymore?" He asked. "Yes. I can sense it." She answered. Sure enough there was. About twenty Leevers started coming out of the ground. "Ha! Don't they know that your horse can stomp them!" She laughed. "Um…..Epona can, but I don't know about this horse." He replied. They two looked at each other. "Whoa!" Link exclaimed when the horse started to get spooked. He nearly fell off the horse. He held on to the reigns as best as he could. "Link, use your Triforce." Navi suggested. He nodded and closed his eyes. After a couple minutes the horse calmed down. He opened his eyes and sighed for relief. He gently kicked his heels on the side of the horse to get it moving again.

Navi rested on Link's shoulder and looked at all the Leevers that were getting squished beneath Snow's hoofs. "Do they ever give up?" She thought.

"I knew that wouldn't work." Abesh sighed. She walked to a gate and opened it. "Oh my father's loyal minions. Keep the Hero of Time from getting to Kakiriko Village until the sun goes down."

Link suddenly stopped the horse. "What is it?" Navi asked. "I think I hear something." He answered. She flew off his shoulder and hovered above his head. "Link, I see something flying in this direction!" She said. He turned around and pulled his bow and arrow. She flew in the direction that the thing was coming and started glowing yellow. Link knew that meant she found an enemy. He aimed his arrow just below Navi, and shot it. "What was it?" He asked. She flew back to him. "Keese." She answered. "Oh." He replied. "But I sense that there's more coming." She added. "Okay." He said.

They continued there way to the village until Navi yelled. "Link, more Keese coming!" He pulled his bow and arrow again, but it was no use. There were too many of them. He then pulled his sword and got ready to swing his sword at them. "Link!" Navi gasped when Link was knocked off the horse by more Keese coming from another direction. "Are you okay?" She asked. "Yes." He answered. "Watch out!" She exclaimed when she saw the Keese flying back towards them. He quickly got up and began swinging his sword at the Keese as they came up to him. Luckily they weren't smart enough to retreat and luckily Link was the best swordsman in Hyrule history.

It took a while, but Link got rid of all the Keese. Abesh got what she wanted. It was now dark which meant Link and Navi had to travel up Death Mountain in the dark. Thank goodness the horse stable was open twenty-four hours. They had different people working at different times. He wondered if he'd find Epona there.

Meanwhile,

Abesh laughed when she saw that the Keese had successfully slowed Link down. "Pitiful fool. He still plans to travel up Death Mountain. Even in the dark! Well I have a big surprise for him when he's up there." She said to herself.

In the dungeon,

"I wonder what Link is doing." Zelda said. She was so worried about him. She knew he was probably on his way back to Nachar. He did it out of love, plus he made a promise to protect her. "I know Link. He loves you and he's on his way here." Tilkate said. Zelda nodded and sighed. "I hate it when he risks his life for me. I couldn't bare losing him….again." She said looking down. "I'll never forget the day I lost Ian." Tilkate said. "I need to remember that before I make a comment about Link's death. At least he got another chance. Your fiancée didn't." Zelda replied. "I know, but you almost lost him forever and you didn't have the chance to tell him how you felt. Ian died knowing that I loved him and that he loved me." Tilkate said. "Ever since that day happened, I've been more afraid of losing him. When I saw him lying there dead, I realized how big the chance is that I could lose him." Zelda sighed. Tilkate looked at her upset friend. Zelda's husband's life was in danger now. She knew that he would surrender himself to Abesh to save Zelda. She just wished she could figure out a way to get her mind of the thought of Link dying. They both knew it was a big chance of it coming down to that.