Chapter 3: The Beginning of the End
Dark clouds loomed overhead as thick, knee-deep fog settled over Hyrule. An eerie stillness following behind as the fog rolled in. Thunder clashed in the sky like two titans ready to fight, then the rain started to pour.

« Graveyard: Evening »

Muddy footprints were left behind as a mysterious figure sloshed out of the Graveyard. From one of the graves, the transparent red eyes of a poe watched the figure flee. From behind the long folds of a cape the figure staggered, as though hurt, or carrying something almost too heavy to lift. The cloaked figure fearfully looked back once, then fled out of the graveyard.

« Zora's Domain: Afternoon »

As Link stared out the majestic waterfall at the now flooded muddy waters of the river, he thought back to the last time the weather has been as bad as it had been.

« ***Flashback*** »


« Zora's Domain: Late Afternoon »

Links thoughts were disrupted as the lovely Zora, Princess Ruto, walked into the room, talking loudly with one of the Zorian guards. As soon as she saw Link, she ran over to his side and sat next to him. "What are you doing Link?" asked Ruto. "Just staring at the rain, and thinking about some things." was Links reply. "Just exactly what things ARE you thinking about Link?" asked Ruto defensively. "Huh? Oh! Nothing." "No really Link, I need to know what you've been thinking about. You had that look on your face again. Suddenly, Link's mind seemed to wander, and he just stared blankly at Ruto as if she wasn't even there. For the past week, Link's mind has been wandering more than usual. More often than not, Ruto would walk into Link's room and find him staring mindlessly at a wall. The blank expression on his face, and the way his glazed over eyes stared out into space frightened Princess Ruto. Ruto knew something evil was happening to Hyrule and everything around it, and she felt Link was being affected by it more than others. Just as Princess Ruto grabbed Link's arm to shake him out of his trance, an earth-shattering explosion rocked the ground. As Link and Ruto stared out the entrance to Zora's Domain, six beams of magic from the Temple warps steadily climbed through the air.

« Lost Woods, Sacred Meadow: Late Afternoon »

In the lush, grassy area of the lost woods laid the Sacred Meadow and the Forest Temple. And in the mists of it all sat Saria, playing her Ocarina in the rain and fog. As she closed her eyes and listened to the beautiful music of the Ocarina, she thought about Link. Months back, Link had been chased by Princess Ruto into the Lost woods. It was there Link ran into a mysterious old woman, whose potions and powders spilled all over link, making him fall madly in love with Princess Ruto. When Saria had found out what had happened, and looked for the old lady, she found only disappointment. The old woman had died and become a Stalfos, for it is known that anyone, except Kokiri, who stay in the Lost woods eventually become Stalfos. - Even is she had found the old woman and got an antidote, it would have been useless. Over the past few months, Link had spent so much time with Princess Ruto that he had truly fallen in love with her, canceling all effects of the potion that caused the trouble in the first place. - Now, as she played on her Ocarina, a light in the fog caught her attention. As she stared, she recognized that the light was coming from the Triforce signature of the Forest Temple warp. The fog seems to creep around the light and choke it out, but it was to no avail. But the light did dim and diminish on its own, leaving Saria wondering what it meant. As Saria eased closer, the tablet exploded, sending stone, rock, and fog flying away. Saria held up her hands to shield herself from the debris, and when the dust had finally cleared, she saw only the Triforce signature remained of the Forest Temple warp. Saria stepped closer to examine this phenomenon, when a powerful green beam of Forest Magic shot out from the rock Triforce, sending Saria flying back. The sharp crack of bones breaking came from Saria as she hit hard against a cliffside. Saria fell to the ground and took one last weak look at the Triforce before she fell unconscious.

« Hyrule »

The same thing was happening all over Hyrule. The warps for all the Temples, including the warp inside the Temple of Time, had exploded, leaving only the Triforce signatures remaining, then they had sent out a power beam of magic of the type of the temple the warp was meant for. The most powerful beam of Light magic that streaked through the air had caused the roof of the Temple of Time to collapse. Anyone who watched these six magic beams traverse the night sky could clearly see they all headed to one spot ...Directly above the Temple of Time.

« Graveyard: Night »

Off in the distance, the small flicker of a fire could be seen. The fog in the air and around the fire seemed to choke out all life. Around the fire floated the ghostly apparitions of six poes. As the fire continued to glow with an unnatural luminance, the moon passed behind the clouds enveloping the surrounding terrain in darkness. When the moon finally resurfaced, the fire and the poes had disappeared, leaving only a wisp of smoke as proof they were ever there.

« Lake Hylia: Mid-Day »

As Link and Princess Ruto arrived at the Water Temple on a young, tired out Epona, Link drew his sword. Evil was think in the air around the Water Temple warp, which was now producing a beam of powerful water magic. Even the blue tektites wouldn't get anywhere near the lake. Link stared at the pulsing beam, and traced the path of the beam to almost directly over the Temple of Time, where five other beams were converging. Link knew he should contact the Sages, and since Ruto didn't know anything about what was happening, the next easiest to contact was Saria. But as link played Saria's Song on his Ocarina of Time, silence followed. Again Link tried, and yet again, he got no response. Link feared for Saria and immediately set off for Kokiri Village, leaving Princess Ruto wondering why her love had abandoned her, and left so quickly.