After spending a few minutes with the Gorons, Link and Navi continued their way up Death Mountain. Navi looked at Link with concern. He looked very tired. He needed rest. "Link, maybe you should rest for a while." She suggested. "No, I'm fine. It's just a headache from being paralyzed by those ReDeads." He said. She knew that it just wasn't a headache. He was refusing to get any rest because he as scared something would happen to Zelda. "Link!" She gasped when Link suddenly collapsed. "Link, are you alright?" She asked. He slowly got up and brushed the dust off his tunic. "No, I think you're right." He said. She looked around for a good place to rest and finally saw a cave on the side of the mountain. "Look. There's a cave over there." She said. Link nodded and walked to the cave. Navi flew in first to make sure no enemies were in it. "It's clear." She said. Link walked in and sat down. He leaned his back against the wall and sighed.

"Link," Navi said softly. "Yeah?" He asked. "Zelda was here." She said. "How do you know?" He asked. "I can feel it. She was here and so was Tilkate." She answered. Link closed his eyes. Navi was always right about her feelings. And since she said that he now for some reason felt close to Zelda even though she wasn't there. He could feel her in his arms. Feel her lips against his. He wanted all of it back. He hated being apart from her. He wanted to be with her so badly. "Navi, please wake me up in a couple hours." He said as he began drifting off to sleep. "I will." She answered back.

Those couple hours were filled with nightmares.

Link's nightmare:

Link was walking threw a building. It looked like the Gerudo's Fortress. He heard laughing. Evil laughing. It sounded like a woman. It must have been Abesh. He walked around some more until he reached a door. He wrapped his fingers around the handle and turned it. What he saw terrorized him. He saw Tilkate kneeling beside a woman, crying. The woman was Zelda! He ran to the two woman. "What happened?!" He gasped. Tilkate looked up at Link with tears streaming down her cheek. "Zelda…she's…dead." She managed to get out.

"Yes, she's dead!" A woman said. Link tunred around to see Abesh. "You were too late, Link." She said with an icy cold grin. He knelt beside his wife's lifeless body and cradled her in his arms. "I've failed you, Zelda. I'm sorry"

"Link, wake up!" Link's eyes shot open and he gasped for breath. "Link, are you alright?" Navi asked. He rubbed his eyes and looked at his fairy friend. "Yeah, it was just a nightmare. Let's get going." He answered.



"Oh, did you have a bad nightmare?" Abesh said to herself sarcastically. She made Link have that nightmare because like her father she knew Link was sensitive to it. Especially the kind that involved Zelda.

She then walked into the dungeon to torment Zelda and Tilkate with her evil plans. She knew it upset them and it made her happy to see them suffer. "What do you want?" Zelda asked when she saw Abesh. "Oh, just to tell you that I've decided to let Link get here, but when he gets here, I'm going to do something very interesting." Abesh said. "What?" Zelda asked. "Have you ever hear the saying 'Isn't that person too young for you?'" Abesh laughed. Zelda's eyes widened. "You wouldn't dare!" She shrieked. "Oh, I would, Princess, and I will." Abesh replied.

A few hours went by and Link was now at the bottom of Death Mountain. "I need a disguise." He said. Navi nodded her head in agreement. Link lifted his hands in the air and used his Triforce to make him look like a Zora. A Zora was a fast mover unlike the Gorons and he didn't want to be a Deku Scrub so this was the best he could think of. He had discovered that he could temporarily change himself into a different race. It was very helpful, but he had to hurry because it didn't last long.

He walked through the busy crowd of people. He remembered when he first came through this place. He was tied up and had guards all around him. Everyone was laughing at him. It was very terrible. Now there was no laughing, chains or guards. As long as he was disguised, he was fine…for now. He stopped when he found a tree just outside the castle gates. He tried to climb it, but his webbed Zora hands kept him from doing so. He looked around him to make sure no one was watching. When he saw that the cost was clear, he took of his disguise. He quickly climbed the tree. He sat on top of the tree and shot an arrow at the Gerudo guard in front of the gate. She was knocked unconsious. Link quickly jumped down from the tree and opened the gate. He took a deep breath and opened the doors the led inside the castle.

"Link, be careful." Navi whispered. "Stay here. No telling what she'll do if she sees you." He said. "Okay." She replied.

Then he opened the door that led into the throne room. He quickly turned around when the door slammed shut. "I've been waiting for you, Link." A voice came from behind. Link turned around again to see Abesh standing in front of him. "We meet again." He said. "Yes we do." She replied. "I got here within four days now you let Zelda go." He said. "You think it's that easy?" She asked. "What?!" He replied. "I'm like my father. You can't believe a word I say." She said. "Where are they?!" He demanded. "Okay fine. I'll give you one of them." She said. She snapped her fingers and Tilkate appeared in the room. "Tilkate!" Link gasped. "Link, you're alright! She didn't do it after all." She replied. "Do what?" He asked with a puzzled look. "This!" Abesh said. She made a small green ball of light appear in her hand and she threw it at Link. He cried out in pain when he got hit. He felt a sharp pain come to his head. "Link! Abesh, stop it!" Tilkate demanded. "No way." Abesh replied with an evil grin.

Meanwhile,

Zelda closed her eyes when she felt something strange. "Link." She whispered. "He's in pain. He's suffering." Tears came to her eyes. Tilkate had suddenly disappeared and Link was in pain. She knew he was close by because she could feel her Triforce slightly come back, but not enough to free herself. "Link!" She called out.

Link put his hands on his head. "Zelda!" He called out. He shook his head. The pain was unbearable. Tilkate watched in despair. There was nothing she could do. Finally there was a bright flash of light. She covered her eyes from the brightness. When it had finally died down, she uncovered her eyes. "Oh, Link." She sighed. Link opened his eyes and was very confused. Everything was taller than him now. He looked at his hands and arms. They were smaller. Abesh just laughed. "You look funny!" She exclaimed. She snapped her fingers and a mirror appeared in her hands. "Look at yourself." She said. Link looked at the mirror and the thing that looked back at him was a child! Abesh had turned him into a child. "What did you do to me?!" He gasped. He covered his mouth when his childish voice came out. He had not heard that voice since he was twelve. "I only made you nine years younger." Abesh said. "Do you honestly think that's going to stop me from saving my wife?" He asked. Abesh laughed again. "You're too young to be married." She mocked. Link just glared at her. "Actually," she began. She clapped her hands. "I just made Zelda go into a dungeon in Gerudo's Fortress, but I put a powerful barrier over it that only a adult can get past." Link's mouth dropped. "I can get past it!" Tilkate said. " Only the Hero of Time can. However, you can turn back into your normal self if you can get the potion I put in Death Mountain Crater." She explained. "It's not that easy." Tilkate said. "Nope, in fact you can't get it unless you defeat Bolja." Abesh said. "Who's Bolja?" Tilkate asked. "You'll find out. Link, you have none of you weapons, but I was kind enough to let you have your Kokiri Sword and your Hylian shield. Don't worry, you're strong enough to hold your shield in front of you. But you still won't defeat Bolja." Abesh said. "Why?" Link asked. "You'll see." Abesh replied. "I hate you." Link said in annoyance. "I know. Now how about you go now because Zelda won't stay in my dungeon forever. I'll eventually get tired of waiting and kill her." She said. Link sighed. "Fine." He said. He and Tilkate then walked out of the throne room. Abesh laughed evilly to herself.