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Everything felt like a dream. Light penetrated his eyelids and could be seen as a vortex of red to his beautiful blue eyes beneath. Before he even opened his eyes, he could tell that something was different. Not just a single thing either. His blonde hair had grown longer, and was held all the way to the tip of his green hood. The golden strands flaked against his face gently in the slight breeze that seemed to rotate around the room he was in. He felt much bigger also. He could actually feel the definition of his muscles. They weren't overly large but were more than the average person his age.then it hit him. How old was he now? Link's eyes snapped open instantly and was shaken suddenly to see a particularly large, elderly man floating in the air a few feet in front of him. It was Rauru, the Sage of Light, he noticed after studying the man's orange robes and calculating eyes. Link looked over his body. He had been right. He was much bigger now. He was much stronger, taller, and agile. Standing up straight he noticed he was about five- foot eleven to six feet tall and probably weighed around a hundred and fifty or so. Over the seven years that he was unconscious Rauru must have magically taken care of him with his supreme wizardry. Link glanced at his clothes to see that he was still wearing Kokiric clothes. The green tunic, green hat, and brown Kokiri boots had not changed other than the fact that they fit his larger size. Underneath his tunic, he now wore a white body suite. It fit perfectly and defined his decent muscularity with intimidating clarity. He raised his leather gauntleted hands to his face and rubbed the feeling of numbness away. Rauru smiled warmly, and welcomingly. "Welcome to seven years in the future twenty two year old Hero of Time. Ganondorf escaped the Evil Realm which you stand on at this very moment only one hour after you pulled the Master Sword from its resting place." Link looked down to see a glasslike Triforce symbol beneath his feet. There was nothing but clouds below. All of the evil that had been put in the realm had escaped with Ganondorf. Hundreds of years worth of evil had escaped. "I don't know if I can do this on my own, Rauru." "It will be tough but I foresee much help along the way for you. Don't worry just trust your instincts. You are strong Link and there is much more room left for you to grow stronger. This adventure you are about to head out on will prove that." Rauru channeled a pillar of light upon Link and prepared to send him back to the physical world. "Please save Hyrule Hero of Time. You are our last fighting chance." The pillar of light began to swarm around the young man's body like a snake of gold. He felt his body become weightless and disappear in an array of sparkling magic as the vortex to the realm of the living swallowed him whole. It was as if he were traveling at the speed of light as he flickered his blue eyes open. The sky seemed to mold with the mountains and the grass seemed to engulf the trees. His body descended in the form of a spirit upon the once peaceful land of Hyrule. He seemed to fall right through the highest steeple of the Temple of Time. He looked up at the stained glass window a hundred feet above him and narrowed in on the beautiful light that protruded from the mix of beautiful colors. Why was there light? There should have been nothing but shadows in the skies. Surely Ganondorf had taken over the kingdom in seven years. Link ignored the matter for a moment and walked over to the dusty sack of equipment he had left inside the temple. It looked untouched. He grabbed the string that closed the satchel and untied it. Upon reaching in he found all of his old equipment. He pulled off the leather gauntlets that Rauru had equipped him with and tossed them in the bag, replacing with the gold plated Golden Gauntlets that he had found on his last adventure. Next, Link pulled out his Fairy Bow, which had a quiver of arrows bolted to the neck, and slung it over his blue and gold sword sheath. After he secured it underneath his red-rimmed Mirror Shield he attached his Longshot propulsion hook to his belt. The metal handle of the tool glinted in the light as he dug through the large satchel and found his three magic crystals, Din's Fire, Nayru's Love, and Farore's Wind. He placed the diamond shaped crystals inside the pouches of his sheath strap, which was slung around his midsection like a sash. Next he found the four magical masks that he had thrown into the bag. He put them together like a deck of cards and looked around his body to find a place to put them. He was equipped to the maximum and he couldn't find anywhere to put the magical masks. "Well I guess I will just leave them here for now." Link unsheathed the beautiful, four and half-foot blade of the Master Sword from the golden sheath on his back and looked at his twenty two year old reflection in the blade. "Well man, its time to save the world." Link walked casually out of the Temple of Time and looked around. The beautiful blue sky greeted him with an eerie sense of peacefulness. The beautiful sunlight reflected blindingly off of the Mirror Shield on his back and cast it's glow in the shape of a moon on the temple behind him. Link's brown boots pattered against the ground as he ran off to the Market. Before he had even made an appearance, people were already cheering for his return. He only grinned. At the sound of the cheering, Zelda ran to her window and looked towards the marketplace. She frowned in concern but something inside of her told her to check it out. She headed for the door instantly as he long pink dress trailed behind her. The Triforce of wisdom glowed brightly on the back of her hand, glaring onto her golden hair. As she made her way out of the castle and through the mountain pass towards the market the cheering began to die. The whoops of happiness turned to screams of fear as a giant cloud of gray passed over the entire town. It rushed in within a matter of thirty seconds. Zelda dashed towards the main gate and peered into the Hyrule Market with a look of fear on her pretty features. As her purplish eyes focused she saw several knights running to the drawbridge with weapons drawn. The silver armor covered they're whole bodies and they're spears and swords looked very uninviting. The drawbridge lowered itself at the command of the lead knight and came crashing down over top of the moat surrounding the city and castle. Suddenly Zelda saw a figure with a shiny shield in hand and a blue hilted sword. He was square in the middle of the group and was preparing to fight also. Zelda kept her distance but watched verily as the young man dashed into the heat of a brewing battle. Invading through the gate was a brigade of Stalfos. The skeleton monsters waved swords and shields around in madness and attacked blindly at the squad of knights, including the blonde haired young man. "Oh my.he is finally back." Link sprinted at the nearest Stalfos monster he could find and slashed three times with the powerful blade of the Master Sword. The pure blade thrashed the undead monster to pieces under its power and left nothing but a pile of bones. Link wasted no time checking the remains before spinning around with a circular motion and wiping out another of the monsters. The knights fared well also. They jabbed at the evil intruders with they're long spears and heavy broadswords. Link leapt in to help them finish off the last of the horrible creatures and ended the fight with only a few strikes of his evil destroying blade. "Whew. Where did they come from?" "Ganondorf's army. They attack randomly from day to day. He is slowly killing us off, easily, and efficiently." The Hyrule Knight General sheathed his powerful Biggoron Sword at his side and brushed his graying hair back behind his ears. He stood about six foot three and had a solid, yet elder appearance. Link nodded at the man's reply. "His tactics are strange." "I figured he would have already taken over the kingdom by now." Link wiped bone marrow off of his blade and sheathed it behind his back. He reattached his shield to the golden sheath and started walking back to the castle with the military leader. "Where is he stationing himself at?" "It is rumored that he has taken over the Spirit Temple and is using it as a base until he overtakes the kingdom and creates his palace." The General shook his head in annoyance and glanced back over at the younger man beside him. "We've been waiting on you to make it here. None of us are skilled enough to defeat him. Not to put a load on your shoulders, but we need you to do our dirty work for us." "I know. I just hope I can stand up to him this time. He is much more powerful than he ever has been. I'm praying for some help along the way." Link shook his shin length bangs back and looked up at the dark clouds that were slowly fading away to azure. He looked down at the gray, cobblestone pathway that lead to the market and sighed. The rush of air was interrupted by two thin arms, which wrapped themselves around him suddenly. He looked up to find the embrace of a pink dressed girl with long, shimmering blonde hair and beautiful features. "I was so scared you wouldn't return." The girl looked up with the most beautiful eyes he had ever seen and almost went backwards. She frowned at his odd reaction and stared into his bright blue eyes. "Link?" "Zelda," Link asked as he was taken back by her beautiful face and figure. "I made it." "I'm so glad you came to our rescue. I was afraid Ganondorf would escape and kill us all before you could do anything." Zelda felt a tear begin to well but she held it back as the two followed the knights into the city. Her hair flowed behind her like molten gold and whipped in the wind like a silken flag. "Oh! Guess what!" "Huh? What?" Link glanced over at the petite girl beside him. "I got a present for you back at the castle. I traveled to a new Shiekah village that was just found a few years ago and bought some equipment that you might like." Zelda and Link walked through the mountain pass that lead to the castle. The guards all stood in perfect silence, but they all had they're eyes on the girl. She was the epitome of feminine beauty. Every guy she had ever met tried to get with her but Link was different. He didn't try to impress her. "Shiekah equipment? As in the Mirror Shield on my back?" Link seemed slightly anxious at the sound of the apparent gift. "Shieka equipment is the best in the world. It's made of they're own compound of indestructible materials. It's rumored that they're equipment is made of the same materials that the goddesses made the Master Sword from." "I know. I figured it would be a little helpful. Besides, regular tunics aren't going to cut it anymore. The battles are much larger than you would expect. Some of the largest battlefields we have had in the past seven years have reached all the way to Lon Lon Ranch." Zelda sighed in reminiscence of the past few years that the young man had been gone. "Ganondorf has also resurrected all of the old temple demons that you defeated so long ago. You will need to have some armor to protect you on all sides." The duo headed into the castle and walked to the young woman's room. It was dressed in white and gold and had a large canopy bed against the back wall. The walls were made of the same gray bricks as the rest of the castle and had three windows built into three of the four. The wooden doorway creaked as they made they're way inside. As Link glanced around he saw a dresser with a mirror, covered in different types of makeup and other miscellaneous things. He glanced over into the corner to find a table. "So this is the Shiekah equipment. That's awesome. I didn't think that they made this stuff anymore." Link looked down at an impressively crafted vest of armor. It had a silver stomach plate with a gold lined breastplate. On the left breastplate there was a golden Triforce symbol and on the right side there was a crescent moon, the symbol of the Shiekah tribe. A leather strap with a small metal buckle tightened the armor to the body. The rich looking armor covered his entire midsection, front and back, as held it up to himself. "Thank you Zelda. It will be helpful. Very much so." "That's not all. I bought you a new set of clothes, fighting boots, and something else I think will be very helpful." Zelda pulled out a folded, white tunic with a white hood, and a black set of underclothes from a drawer in her dresser. She walked over to her closet and retrieved a pair of black fighting boots. Small plates of armor, which resembled scales, were placed intricately on the leather material. Next the blonde haired princess pulled out a small silver crossbow from another drawer. "It's a powerful crossbow, considerably more agile and powerful than the bow you have now. It should make you a little more agile." "That is the coolest thing I've ever seen." Link accepted the crossbow and loaded one of his arrows into it. He aimed sharply out the window at a tree about a hundred yards away and fired the one handed crossbow at the wooden trunk. The metal arrowhead hit the tree with so much force that it buried the length of the wooden arrow completely into the wood. "Forget this stupid Fairy Bow." "Impa helped me get this stuff since she is a fighter and all. She got you the same equipment that she got for herself. Well, she got a female crescent vest though if you know what I mean. She has been a great help in the battles with her skills. Expect her to join you in the fight with Ganondorf." Zelda glanced out the window at the green fields beyond and back to the powerful warrior at her side. "Thank you so much Link." "No, thank you Zelda. You couldn't have made my return any better. Thanks for watching my back and thinking about me." Link sighed and rested his left hand on her shoulder. He was careful not to hurt her with the strength of the Golden Gauntlets and squeezed lightly. She rushed into him and gave him a hug. Link wasn't used to this kind of affection. "Most people just expect me to go out and risk my life for them. You don't though and I really appreciate it." "Just promise me you will be careful, Hero of Time." Zelda let go of his midsection and awaited his nod. She smiled approvingly and helped the young man carry the new equipment to another room. "You can stay here. The guards won't bother you since you are of higher rank." "Thanks." Link walked into the room and shut the creaky door as Zelda walked away to her father's throne room. Link looked longingly at the bed and groaned. He set his new equipment on the table across the room and added some of his old to it as well. He laid down and started off to a world of dreams. The past seven years had been tiring for him, growing up unconsciously in the Temple of Light.
Nighttime had fallen in the peaceful Gerudo Desert. Gentle drifts of sand whipped across the plains of brown as the moon began it's descent through the white clouds above. A lone, dark figure made it's way through the ever-increasing roar of sand with a brown cloak over his small, frail body. He walked steadily into the sandstorm of the wasteland part of the desert and fought off the urges of weariness. He could see the huge outline of the massive Spirit Temple in the distance. "Lord Ganondorf isn't going to be happy. Oh god. Oh god. Oh god. He's going to make mincemeat out of me at the news." The figure spoke in a weak, high-pitched tone as he headed up the massive stone stairs and into the temple. He choked down the fright as he entered Ganondorf's main chamber. It was a library-like room lit only by bright torches. Ganondorf sat in the middle of it at a huge desk that wrapped around like a workstation and was reading out of a large book. "Is the Hyrule Market taken over yet?" Ganondorf's booming voice echoed off of the tall, granite walls as if a bass drum had just been smacked inside of a cave. He brushed his long red hair back with his hand and whipped his cape around. His massive figure caused the tiny man to yelp in fright. He covered himself with his frail arms but felt like a fool as Ganondorf had made no attempt to attack him. "Pull it together you fool!" "The Stalfos failed my lord! I'm sorry!" The man covered his ears to escape the loud cursing that would soon erupt. Ganondorf smacked his fist against the wall with a shatter of stone. "Damn it all! Why the Hell did they fail Gydo?" Ganondorf connected eyes with the wee servant and was pleased to see the utter terror for his life. He loved to see terror in the eyes of the people. He also loved to see blood dripping from the blades of his Stalfos infantry but to no avail.
"They had another with them today. He was dressed in a green tunic and had a neat looking sword. Do you know him my lord?" Gydo explained the reasons for defeat and Ganondorf just laughed thickly. Gydo arched an eyebrow and looked around. "Link! Ha, ha, ha!" Ganondorf laughed madly to himself and wiped his forehead of the perspiration. "This is the day I've been waiting for during the past seven years. This is excellent. I'm going to give Link and his friends a little celebration. The Hylians actually prepared themselves well in the year before I escaped the Evil Realm. They succeeded in holding me off until he returned but I am just getting warmed up now. Go tell Shadow Link to prepare for battle tomorrow morning." Ganondorf walked into a curtained room and rustled around for about five minutes before ripping the red silk away and walking out. His shoulders were now crested with a thick padding of black armor and his once cloaked body was now covered from neck to toe in brown Gerudo armor. His heavy boots clanked against the floor loudly as he stepped completely out of the room. On his back he had his new weapon sheathed securely. It was a massive broadsword with razor sharp edges. The long wooden handle had a cloth tied around it for grip and the eight- foot blade had a black tint to it. He truly was frightening now. "Playtime Link."
The sun was barely above the horizon before the terror from the desert had begun to strike the city of Hyrule. Everyone was just beginning to open they're stores as the bright orange sphere peered over the edge of the castle. The Hylian Knights were all returning to they're posts as children began to run around the streets to play with they're dogs. It was a picture perfect scene until a young Hylian Knight burst into the bunkhouse of the waking knights with blood pouring from his horrible wounds. He had a swollen eye, a long gash across his forehead, a rip in his stomach, and a stab wound in his left collar bone. His armor had been ravaged by strong weapons. "What happened? Who did this to you man?" The elder General rushed to the young knight's aid and helped him to a chair. The wounds bled all over the floor in a disgusting pool of gore. The rest of the armored knights gathered around. "Enemy brigade.from the. South. Be here.in minutes." "A brigade! Get to your battle post's immediately men! Archers get to the top of the main wall and raid any invading enemy with fire arrows!" The General dashed out of the room as the man's breathing went silent and readied soldiers at they're posts. There were well over five hundred men that had been called to duty that day. The general only prayed that they were strong enough to take on the invading army. He unsheathed his long Biggoron Sword and made a sprint to the drawbridge. A squad of about twenty knights followed him to the wooden wall as it began to roll to the ground with the sound of loud gears turning. The squadron dashed onto the field with swords and spears ready to kill. General Rile looked towards the South, where the apparent invading army was coming from and narrowed in on the lead fighter. The young man looked exactly like Link only he had a black tunic with black underclothes, a black Master Sword, a black Hylian Shield, and glowing white eyes. His dark hood whipped in the wind as he made eye contact with Rile. Following behind the evil looking Link was a squad of about nine hundred of Ganondorf's minions. The Stalfos, with they're wicked swords and bony bodies, chattered towards the castle in a blaze of madness. Mixed in with the Stalfos were hundreds of Lizalfos. The manlike lizards stood about six feet tall and all carried razor sharp swords. They're ugly, green scales glinted in the slowly overcastting sunlight. Following in a pack behind the evil army were about two hundred Wolfos. They're gray bodies were covered with greasy fur and they're long fangs dripped with saliva as the also made they're way to the battlefield. "I want all five hundred of our knights on duty out here immediately. Go sound the horn." Rile stood in a line with the knights. They all held they're weapons at ready for the bloodbath that would soon ensue. One of the knights headed back to the market a few yards from them and sounded the battle trumpet. Instantly all of the knights at they're posts came running out to the Hyrule Field.
Everything felt like a dream. Light penetrated his eyelids and could be seen as a vortex of red to his beautiful blue eyes beneath. Before he even opened his eyes, he could tell that something was different. Not just a single thing either. His blonde hair had grown longer, and was held all the way to the tip of his green hood. The golden strands flaked against his face gently in the slight breeze that seemed to rotate around the room he was in. He felt much bigger also. He could actually feel the definition of his muscles. They weren't overly large but were more than the average person his age.then it hit him. How old was he now? Link's eyes snapped open instantly and was shaken suddenly to see a particularly large, elderly man floating in the air a few feet in front of him. It was Rauru, the Sage of Light, he noticed after studying the man's orange robes and calculating eyes. Link looked over his body. He had been right. He was much bigger now. He was much stronger, taller, and agile. Standing up straight he noticed he was about five- foot eleven to six feet tall and probably weighed around a hundred and fifty or so. Over the seven years that he was unconscious Rauru must have magically taken care of him with his supreme wizardry. Link glanced at his clothes to see that he was still wearing Kokiric clothes. The green tunic, green hat, and brown Kokiri boots had not changed other than the fact that they fit his larger size. Underneath his tunic, he now wore a white body suite. It fit perfectly and defined his decent muscularity with intimidating clarity. He raised his leather gauntleted hands to his face and rubbed the feeling of numbness away. Rauru smiled warmly, and welcomingly. "Welcome to seven years in the future twenty two year old Hero of Time. Ganondorf escaped the Evil Realm which you stand on at this very moment only one hour after you pulled the Master Sword from its resting place." Link looked down to see a glasslike Triforce symbol beneath his feet. There was nothing but clouds below. All of the evil that had been put in the realm had escaped with Ganondorf. Hundreds of years worth of evil had escaped. "I don't know if I can do this on my own, Rauru." "It will be tough but I foresee much help along the way for you. Don't worry just trust your instincts. You are strong Link and there is much more room left for you to grow stronger. This adventure you are about to head out on will prove that." Rauru channeled a pillar of light upon Link and prepared to send him back to the physical world. "Please save Hyrule Hero of Time. You are our last fighting chance." The pillar of light began to swarm around the young man's body like a snake of gold. He felt his body become weightless and disappear in an array of sparkling magic as the vortex to the realm of the living swallowed him whole. It was as if he were traveling at the speed of light as he flickered his blue eyes open. The sky seemed to mold with the mountains and the grass seemed to engulf the trees. His body descended in the form of a spirit upon the once peaceful land of Hyrule. He seemed to fall right through the highest steeple of the Temple of Time. He looked up at the stained glass window a hundred feet above him and narrowed in on the beautiful light that protruded from the mix of beautiful colors. Why was there light? There should have been nothing but shadows in the skies. Surely Ganondorf had taken over the kingdom in seven years. Link ignored the matter for a moment and walked over to the dusty sack of equipment he had left inside the temple. It looked untouched. He grabbed the string that closed the satchel and untied it. Upon reaching in he found all of his old equipment. He pulled off the leather gauntlets that Rauru had equipped him with and tossed them in the bag, replacing with the gold plated Golden Gauntlets that he had found on his last adventure. Next, Link pulled out his Fairy Bow, which had a quiver of arrows bolted to the neck, and slung it over his blue and gold sword sheath. After he secured it underneath his red-rimmed Mirror Shield he attached his Longshot propulsion hook to his belt. The metal handle of the tool glinted in the light as he dug through the large satchel and found his three magic crystals, Din's Fire, Nayru's Love, and Farore's Wind. He placed the diamond shaped crystals inside the pouches of his sheath strap, which was slung around his midsection like a sash. Next he found the four magical masks that he had thrown into the bag. He put them together like a deck of cards and looked around his body to find a place to put them. He was equipped to the maximum and he couldn't find anywhere to put the magical masks. "Well I guess I will just leave them here for now." Link unsheathed the beautiful, four and half-foot blade of the Master Sword from the golden sheath on his back and looked at his twenty two year old reflection in the blade. "Well man, its time to save the world." Link walked casually out of the Temple of Time and looked around. The beautiful blue sky greeted him with an eerie sense of peacefulness. The beautiful sunlight reflected blindingly off of the Mirror Shield on his back and cast it's glow in the shape of a moon on the temple behind him. Link's brown boots pattered against the ground as he ran off to the Market. Before he had even made an appearance, people were already cheering for his return. He only grinned. At the sound of the cheering, Zelda ran to her window and looked towards the marketplace. She frowned in concern but something inside of her told her to check it out. She headed for the door instantly as he long pink dress trailed behind her. The Triforce of wisdom glowed brightly on the back of her hand, glaring onto her golden hair. As she made her way out of the castle and through the mountain pass towards the market the cheering began to die. The whoops of happiness turned to screams of fear as a giant cloud of gray passed over the entire town. It rushed in within a matter of thirty seconds. Zelda dashed towards the main gate and peered into the Hyrule Market with a look of fear on her pretty features. As her purplish eyes focused she saw several knights running to the drawbridge with weapons drawn. The silver armor covered they're whole bodies and they're spears and swords looked very uninviting. The drawbridge lowered itself at the command of the lead knight and came crashing down over top of the moat surrounding the city and castle. Suddenly Zelda saw a figure with a shiny shield in hand and a blue hilted sword. He was square in the middle of the group and was preparing to fight also. Zelda kept her distance but watched verily as the young man dashed into the heat of a brewing battle. Invading through the gate was a brigade of Stalfos. The skeleton monsters waved swords and shields around in madness and attacked blindly at the squad of knights, including the blonde haired young man. "Oh my.he is finally back." Link sprinted at the nearest Stalfos monster he could find and slashed three times with the powerful blade of the Master Sword. The pure blade thrashed the undead monster to pieces under its power and left nothing but a pile of bones. Link wasted no time checking the remains before spinning around with a circular motion and wiping out another of the monsters. The knights fared well also. They jabbed at the evil intruders with they're long spears and heavy broadswords. Link leapt in to help them finish off the last of the horrible creatures and ended the fight with only a few strikes of his evil destroying blade. "Whew. Where did they come from?" "Ganondorf's army. They attack randomly from day to day. He is slowly killing us off, easily, and efficiently." The Hyrule Knight General sheathed his powerful Biggoron Sword at his side and brushed his graying hair back behind his ears. He stood about six foot three and had a solid, yet elder appearance. Link nodded at the man's reply. "His tactics are strange." "I figured he would have already taken over the kingdom by now." Link wiped bone marrow off of his blade and sheathed it behind his back. He reattached his shield to the golden sheath and started walking back to the castle with the military leader. "Where is he stationing himself at?" "It is rumored that he has taken over the Spirit Temple and is using it as a base until he overtakes the kingdom and creates his palace." The General shook his head in annoyance and glanced back over at the younger man beside him. "We've been waiting on you to make it here. None of us are skilled enough to defeat him. Not to put a load on your shoulders, but we need you to do our dirty work for us." "I know. I just hope I can stand up to him this time. He is much more powerful than he ever has been. I'm praying for some help along the way." Link shook his shin length bangs back and looked up at the dark clouds that were slowly fading away to azure. He looked down at the gray, cobblestone pathway that lead to the market and sighed. The rush of air was interrupted by two thin arms, which wrapped themselves around him suddenly. He looked up to find the embrace of a pink dressed girl with long, shimmering blonde hair and beautiful features. "I was so scared you wouldn't return." The girl looked up with the most beautiful eyes he had ever seen and almost went backwards. She frowned at his odd reaction and stared into his bright blue eyes. "Link?" "Zelda," Link asked as he was taken back by her beautiful face and figure. "I made it." "I'm so glad you came to our rescue. I was afraid Ganondorf would escape and kill us all before you could do anything." Zelda felt a tear begin to well but she held it back as the two followed the knights into the city. Her hair flowed behind her like molten gold and whipped in the wind like a silken flag. "Oh! Guess what!" "Huh? What?" Link glanced over at the petite girl beside him. "I got a present for you back at the castle. I traveled to a new Shiekah village that was just found a few years ago and bought some equipment that you might like." Zelda and Link walked through the mountain pass that lead to the castle. The guards all stood in perfect silence, but they all had they're eyes on the girl. She was the epitome of feminine beauty. Every guy she had ever met tried to get with her but Link was different. He didn't try to impress her. "Shiekah equipment? As in the Mirror Shield on my back?" Link seemed slightly anxious at the sound of the apparent gift. "Shieka equipment is the best in the world. It's made of they're own compound of indestructible materials. It's rumored that they're equipment is made of the same materials that the goddesses made the Master Sword from." "I know. I figured it would be a little helpful. Besides, regular tunics aren't going to cut it anymore. The battles are much larger than you would expect. Some of the largest battlefields we have had in the past seven years have reached all the way to Lon Lon Ranch." Zelda sighed in reminiscence of the past few years that the young man had been gone. "Ganondorf has also resurrected all of the old temple demons that you defeated so long ago. You will need to have some armor to protect you on all sides." The duo headed into the castle and walked to the young woman's room. It was dressed in white and gold and had a large canopy bed against the back wall. The walls were made of the same gray bricks as the rest of the castle and had three windows built into three of the four. The wooden doorway creaked as they made they're way inside. As Link glanced around he saw a dresser with a mirror, covered in different types of makeup and other miscellaneous things. He glanced over into the corner to find a table. "So this is the Shiekah equipment. That's awesome. I didn't think that they made this stuff anymore." Link looked down at an impressively crafted vest of armor. It had a silver stomach plate with a gold lined breastplate. On the left breastplate there was a golden Triforce symbol and on the right side there was a crescent moon, the symbol of the Shiekah tribe. A leather strap with a small metal buckle tightened the armor to the body. The rich looking armor covered his entire midsection, front and back, as held it up to himself. "Thank you Zelda. It will be helpful. Very much so." "That's not all. I bought you a new set of clothes, fighting boots, and something else I think will be very helpful." Zelda pulled out a folded, white tunic with a white hood, and a black set of underclothes from a drawer in her dresser. She walked over to her closet and retrieved a pair of black fighting boots. Small plates of armor, which resembled scales, were placed intricately on the leather material. Next the blonde haired princess pulled out a small silver crossbow from another drawer. "It's a powerful crossbow, considerably more agile and powerful than the bow you have now. It should make you a little more agile." "That is the coolest thing I've ever seen." Link accepted the crossbow and loaded one of his arrows into it. He aimed sharply out the window at a tree about a hundred yards away and fired the one handed crossbow at the wooden trunk. The metal arrowhead hit the tree with so much force that it buried the length of the wooden arrow completely into the wood. "Forget this stupid Fairy Bow." "Impa helped me get this stuff since she is a fighter and all. She got you the same equipment that she got for herself. Well, she got a female crescent vest though if you know what I mean. She has been a great help in the battles with her skills. Expect her to join you in the fight with Ganondorf." Zelda glanced out the window at the green fields beyond and back to the powerful warrior at her side. "Thank you so much Link." "No, thank you Zelda. You couldn't have made my return any better. Thanks for watching my back and thinking about me." Link sighed and rested his left hand on her shoulder. He was careful not to hurt her with the strength of the Golden Gauntlets and squeezed lightly. She rushed into him and gave him a hug. Link wasn't used to this kind of affection. "Most people just expect me to go out and risk my life for them. You don't though and I really appreciate it." "Just promise me you will be careful, Hero of Time." Zelda let go of his midsection and awaited his nod. She smiled approvingly and helped the young man carry the new equipment to another room. "You can stay here. The guards won't bother you since you are of higher rank." "Thanks." Link walked into the room and shut the creaky door as Zelda walked away to her father's throne room. Link looked longingly at the bed and groaned. He set his new equipment on the table across the room and added some of his old to it as well. He laid down and started off to a world of dreams. The past seven years had been tiring for him, growing up unconsciously in the Temple of Light.
Nighttime had fallen in the peaceful Gerudo Desert. Gentle drifts of sand whipped across the plains of brown as the moon began it's descent through the white clouds above. A lone, dark figure made it's way through the ever-increasing roar of sand with a brown cloak over his small, frail body. He walked steadily into the sandstorm of the wasteland part of the desert and fought off the urges of weariness. He could see the huge outline of the massive Spirit Temple in the distance. "Lord Ganondorf isn't going to be happy. Oh god. Oh god. Oh god. He's going to make mincemeat out of me at the news." The figure spoke in a weak, high-pitched tone as he headed up the massive stone stairs and into the temple. He choked down the fright as he entered Ganondorf's main chamber. It was a library-like room lit only by bright torches. Ganondorf sat in the middle of it at a huge desk that wrapped around like a workstation and was reading out of a large book. "Is the Hyrule Market taken over yet?" Ganondorf's booming voice echoed off of the tall, granite walls as if a bass drum had just been smacked inside of a cave. He brushed his long red hair back with his hand and whipped his cape around. His massive figure caused the tiny man to yelp in fright. He covered himself with his frail arms but felt like a fool as Ganondorf had made no attempt to attack him. "Pull it together you fool!" "The Stalfos failed my lord! I'm sorry!" The man covered his ears to escape the loud cursing that would soon erupt. Ganondorf smacked his fist against the wall with a shatter of stone. "Damn it all! Why the Hell did they fail Gydo?" Ganondorf connected eyes with the wee servant and was pleased to see the utter terror for his life. He loved to see terror in the eyes of the people. He also loved to see blood dripping from the blades of his Stalfos infantry but to no avail.
"They had another with them today. He was dressed in a green tunic and had a neat looking sword. Do you know him my lord?" Gydo explained the reasons for defeat and Ganondorf just laughed thickly. Gydo arched an eyebrow and looked around. "Link! Ha, ha, ha!" Ganondorf laughed madly to himself and wiped his forehead of the perspiration. "This is the day I've been waiting for during the past seven years. This is excellent. I'm going to give Link and his friends a little celebration. The Hylians actually prepared themselves well in the year before I escaped the Evil Realm. They succeeded in holding me off until he returned but I am just getting warmed up now. Go tell Shadow Link to prepare for battle tomorrow morning." Ganondorf walked into a curtained room and rustled around for about five minutes before ripping the red silk away and walking out. His shoulders were now crested with a thick padding of black armor and his once cloaked body was now covered from neck to toe in brown Gerudo armor. His heavy boots clanked against the floor loudly as he stepped completely out of the room. On his back he had his new weapon sheathed securely. It was a massive broadsword with razor sharp edges. The long wooden handle had a cloth tied around it for grip and the eight- foot blade had a black tint to it. He truly was frightening now. "Playtime Link."
The sun was barely above the horizon before the terror from the desert had begun to strike the city of Hyrule. Everyone was just beginning to open they're stores as the bright orange sphere peered over the edge of the castle. The Hylian Knights were all returning to they're posts as children began to run around the streets to play with they're dogs. It was a picture perfect scene until a young Hylian Knight burst into the bunkhouse of the waking knights with blood pouring from his horrible wounds. He had a swollen eye, a long gash across his forehead, a rip in his stomach, and a stab wound in his left collar bone. His armor had been ravaged by strong weapons. "What happened? Who did this to you man?" The elder General rushed to the young knight's aid and helped him to a chair. The wounds bled all over the floor in a disgusting pool of gore. The rest of the armored knights gathered around. "Enemy brigade.from the. South. Be here.in minutes." "A brigade! Get to your battle post's immediately men! Archers get to the top of the main wall and raid any invading enemy with fire arrows!" The General dashed out of the room as the man's breathing went silent and readied soldiers at they're posts. There were well over five hundred men that had been called to duty that day. The general only prayed that they were strong enough to take on the invading army. He unsheathed his long Biggoron Sword and made a sprint to the drawbridge. A squad of about twenty knights followed him to the wooden wall as it began to roll to the ground with the sound of loud gears turning. The squadron dashed onto the field with swords and spears ready to kill. General Rile looked towards the South, where the apparent invading army was coming from and narrowed in on the lead fighter. The young man looked exactly like Link only he had a black tunic with black underclothes, a black Master Sword, a black Hylian Shield, and glowing white eyes. His dark hood whipped in the wind as he made eye contact with Rile. Following behind the evil looking Link was a squad of about nine hundred of Ganondorf's minions. The Stalfos, with they're wicked swords and bony bodies, chattered towards the castle in a blaze of madness. Mixed in with the Stalfos were hundreds of Lizalfos. The manlike lizards stood about six feet tall and all carried razor sharp swords. They're ugly, green scales glinted in the slowly overcastting sunlight. Following in a pack behind the evil army were about two hundred Wolfos. They're gray bodies were covered with greasy fur and they're long fangs dripped with saliva as the also made they're way to the battlefield. "I want all five hundred of our knights on duty out here immediately. Go sound the horn." Rile stood in a line with the knights. They all held they're weapons at ready for the bloodbath that would soon ensue. One of the knights headed back to the market a few yards from them and sounded the battle trumpet. Instantly all of the knights at they're posts came running out to the Hyrule Field.