3/31/02

ME: Wow, as of today I have 3 reviews for this story. I consider that pretty good.

Link: Yea.

ME: Thanks for agreeing with me… (mumbles) for once.

Zelda: So when is the main story start?

ME: Actually, next chapter begins Link's quest.

Link: All right!!!!!!!

A.N.: For those of you who don't know, 'It Begins' takes place the morning after 'Déjà Vu'. The same applies for this chapter. So this is what's going on with Link while Ganondorf is talking with the King.

Key

"blah" = speech

'italics' = thought

"*italics*" = exaggeration

-------- = scene change

~*~*~ = time/ p.o.v change (3rd person perspective)

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The Legend of Zelda: Save the Past

Chapter 3: It Begins- Part 2

"No doubt about it. That was definitely Ganondorf," said Link. He and Saria were having breakfast at her house. Saria had just told him about the night a couple of weeks ago. Link pondered about it for a couple of minutes before concluding the answer that neither he nor Saria wanted to hear.

"What does this mean? Do you have to leave now?"

"I think so." After he said that, Saria felt at an all time low. She held her head down and had to fight back the tears that were threatening to spill. "Saria, what's wrong?"

"I don't want you to leave. I mean, what if this time something goes wrong. I what if you…you…" Saria couldn't hold back the tears anymore. They fell down her cheeks like rivers as she sobbed quietly.

Link didn't like seeing Saria like this. She was always the cheerful one; it hurt him to see her like this. He walked over and wrapped his arm around her. He held her in a hug and let her cry in his shoulders. Saria didn't hold back any tears, including the ones left over from a little over a week ago. After a few minutes of crying, her sobs turned into hiccups. The hiccups then turned into heavy breathing. Finally Link felt it was ok to let her go.

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ME: Okay, that was a little too kawaii.

Link: Tell me about it.

ME: Although it does give me an idea for a future conflict.

Link: Uh-oh.

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"Saria, don't worry. I'll make sure that nothing happens this time. Ganondorf will go down, I promise that."

Saria just looked at him. Link was her best friend. She would just die if something happened to him.

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*~*That Night; At The Castle*~*

Zelda screamed as she sat up in her bed. Her breathing was frantic and her face was covered in sweat. The nightmare was still vivid in her mind.

'What was that all about? First that man appears from nowhere. Now I'm having nightmares. And that boy…"

"Zelda, are you alright? I heard you scream." Zelda turned towards the source of the voice. At her bedroom door stood Impa, her hand servant.

"Oh, hi Impa. Nothing's wrong," assured Zelda. Impa didn't buy it.

"Zelda, I've known you since you were a baby. You should know that you can't trick me that easy."

Zelda gave up, knowing there was no way out of it. "I had a nightmare." Zelda didn't really want to go into details. Unfortunately Impa once again wouldn't have it.

"What was it about?" Impa asked.

(A.N.: This is for the most part taken from the game. Though, some of it is different, I can't change everything in the game.)

"Well… It started with me standing outside. First the sky got cloudy. Thick, dark clouds covered the sky. And then the darkness grew until it covered everything. Then there was a light. It started small, but soon it grew. Soon, the darkness was consumed in the white light. Then a figure appeared. It was a boy. He wore green clothes and had a spiritual stone with him. But then the darkness returned. A dark figure then emerged and shot a ball of energy at the boy. … The boy stopped moving. Then he turned towards me. I tried to run but I couldn't move. It then shot the ball of energy at me and then… it was over." Zelda then cried. The realism of the dream was too much for her. Impa then put a protective arm around her.

"It's ok. It was just a nightmare," Impa assured. After a few moments, Zelda finally stopped crying.

"But it felt so real," stated Zelda.

"Most dreams are like that. It doesn't matter."

"I don't know. I have this strange feeling that something is going to happen."

"Zelda, everything is ok. Just go to sleep, ok." Zelda nodded and lay back down and closed her eyes. After believing that she was asleep, Impa gave her a kiss on the forehead and left the room. Zelda, though tired, had managed to lie back down. Unfortunately, sleep had other ideas had she was soon fast asleep.

How little did Link and Zelda know that in one week, history would repeat itself.

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ME: All right!!!!!! Another chapter done. Man this is going great.

Zelda: You said it.

ME: (turns to Zelda) Hey, where's Link?

Zelda: (annoyed) What? Am I not good enough to be here?

ME: (sweatdrops) No, it's ok. You can stay. (thinking) 'Note to Self: never get on Zelda's bad side.'

*Stay cool and see ya later*

*TimeSage*