Fast Forwarding Time

Ganro's face was the last image in Hiro's mind before his slumber. Now all he

could see was the darkness of his mind. After the blue light started to die down, he found

himself falling asleep, even though before, he felt absolutely fine. He had no idea how

long his eyes were closed but it felt like an instant when heard a voice. "Wake up Hiro."

Hiro felt as though this voice was miles away as he tried to open his heavy eyelids. As he

tried, he heard the voice again. "Come on Hiro, wake up." Hiro finally opened his eyes

and slowly adjusted to the light of his surroundings.

Once he could finally see, he looked in front of himself to see an old man. He was

wearing a weird orange and brown robe and had white hair, or what was left of his hair.

The man then spoke to Hiro in a calming voice, much friendlier than it had been when

trying to wake up Hiro. "Hiro, Prince of Hyrule, son of Link and Zelda, do not be

alarmed, but please look at yourself."

Hiro looked at the man strangely but complied. Tatl chose this moment to come

out of Hiro's cap and then yelled at the top of her tiny lungs screaming, "HOLY SHIT,

HIRO! YOU'VE GROWN!" Giving her a weird glance he looked at himself to see what

she said to be true. He was an adult.

He guessed himself to be 15 years old, his father's height and weight. His blond

hair had grown some and he looked much stronger than before since he was not only

more muscular like his dad, but he was also wearing full body chain mail covered with a

Kokiri tunic and topped off with his Kokiri cap. He also noticed that he had gained a pair

of leather gauntlets.

After fully looking himself over, he turned his attention back to the old man in

front of himself with a look asking `what's going on?' Seeing the look Hiro was giving

him, the elder man spoke, "My name is Rauru, "Sage of Light," and you are in the

"Chamber of the Sages." Once you pulled the "Master Sword," you were transported here

and entered an 8-year slumber. Now that the sword feels that you are ready to face the

evils of this land, it has awakened you to fight."

"What the hell are you talking about Mr. Rauru? I thought that by opening the

"Sacred Realm," my father would be awakened and would be able to fight again," spoke

Hiro with a shocked expression on his face. Rauru then replied to the now teen prince,

"There's no need to call me mister. And we all thought that Link would be able to fight

again, but it appears that when I brought him here, he lost all of his power and is now in a

slumber much like you were. This is why the other sages have also been transported here

and are sleeping." With that he called upon the light to show sets of crystals all around

the platform that they stood upon. Looking into the crystals he could see the other sages,

all sleeping.

He could see Saria, the Sage of Forest, Darunia, the Sage of Fire, Ruto, the Sage

of Water, Impa, the Sage of Shadow, and Nabooru, the Sage of Spirit. Rauru then spoke

again, "If you're wondering why the sages are asleep, it's because Links power, was their

power. He was the one who awakened them so he's the one who got their strength. Since

the power was lost from Link's body, the sages have fallen into slumber; the only reason

to why I'm still awake is because I was already here, the in the "Chamber of the Sages,"

when Link was transported." Hiro nodded, understanding what was going on but he

wondered how he was supposed to help Hyrule, if the power of the sages was lost.

"If you're wondering what to do, let me give you some advice," Rauru continued,

"The power of the sages is far too great to just disappear; it has to have been passed onto

another person or persons. If you find and awaken the six new sages, the power should

enter you, allowing you to face Ganro. Once Ganro is defeated, I will transfer the power

from you, back into your father."

Tatl, who had been very quiet up to this point, then asked, "Rauru, if the sages

have all been asleep since the day Ganro attacked, then how come we could talk to

Saria?" Rauru smiled at the question and then answered, "Saria's song is filled with

magical properties and as long as Saria is alive, anyone who plays that song can instantly

communicate with Saria."

Hiro nodded to the answer then looked up at Rauru and then finally asked the

main question that had been very troubling to him and that had brought tears to his eyes,

"Rauru. If everyone has been brought here. then where's my dad. and my mom.?"

Rauru looked at Hiro, looking as if he was struggling with how to answer the question,

and then calmly spoke, "If you really want to see your parents in this condition, look

above you." As the last word left Rauru's mouth, Hiro's head shot upward eager to see

his beloved parents.

What he saw made him almost cry. Above him was a crystal just like all of the

others except it was larger and held both of the slumbering rulers, Link and Zelda. Even

though they were asleep, Hiro could see a look of fear on his mother's face as she

clutched to her husband who had her in a tight embrace looking as if he was trying to

protect her from all harm. The expression on Link's face was one of anger and fear

towards Ganro, and love for Zelda as he held her in his arms.

Finally, Hiro couldn't take it anymore; he tore his eyes away from the sight of his

mother and father and looked at Rauru. Rauru could see the look of anger and fear flash

in Hiro's eyes before he smiled and bid farewell and good-luck. In a flash of blue light,

Hiro opened his eyes to find himself and Tatl in the same spot he had been in when he

pulled the Master Sword from it's pedestal.

"Do you really think 8 years have passed, Hiro?" asked the yellowish fairy to the

young Hylian. Before Hiro could answer, another voice answered the question for him.

"Hiro? Is it really you after 8 long years of waiting?" Both Hiro and Tatl turned towards

the voice and saw a boy around Hiro's age standing in the walkway between this room

and the main chamber. He had short brown hair, blue eyes, and was wearing blue clothes

with Sheikah armor. At his waist were twin daggers and a small bag that Hiro guessed

housed other weapons. Tatl, being too caught up, hiding in Hiro's cap, didn't see the man

but only heard him, so she shouted out of her hiding place, "WHO THE HELL ARE

YOU?"

The man smiled and before he could answer, Hiro beat him to it. "Sheik, is that

you? You look so different." Once again the man smiled and proved that the hunch of

Hiro's was true, "Look who's talking, Hiro. You've changed a lot too. Why, if you

weren't wearing that outfit I'd think that you were someone else, but, I almost thought

that you were Link himself."

Sheik stood and waited as Hiro slowly walked towards his friend. Once he had

made it to Sheik, they both gave each other a friendly hug. After pulling away from the

hug, the two friends started heading towards the exit, so as they could go to Kakariko

Village. As they entered the outdoors, Hiro could sense an evil power radiating from

every direction of Hyrule. Sheik noticed this and told Hiro that he would get used to it.

Walking through the main center of the market, they were attacked by a group of

6 redeads. Before Hiro could take out his weapon, Sheik had started to attack the

enemies. First, instead of withdrawing his daggers, he opened up his brown bag and

grabbed a hand full of what looked like needles. With great accuracy, Sheik threw and hit

every redead in the area and then shot forward to attack close range with his daggers.

Not wanting Sheik to have all the fun, Hiro unsheathed his new sword and started

slicing away at the undead foes. In less than a minute, the redeads were all dead. Once

finished, the two teens then started for the drawbridge, staying quiet just incase there

were more enemies around. Coming to the exit of Hyrule Market, Hiro noticed that

absolutely everything in the market was destroyed or damaged in some way, even the

drawbridge itself. Together they exited the market and entered Hyrule field. Feeling that

they were safe, Sheik started to explain everything that had happened since Hiro had

disappeared and Ganro had started to rule.

"When you disappeared that day, 8 years ago, we all thought that Ganro had

captured you. Knowing that we couldn't do anything against Ganro at that time, we

retreated back to Lon Lon Ranch. Once there, we came up with a plan so as we could try

to save you. We were very lucky though. Right when we were about to head out to

execute the plan, an old owl came to the ranch and told us where you were, and that you

were safe. He also told us not to try anything against Ganro until you came back with the

Master Sword. We all wondered how he knew this but them he told us that the same thing

happened to Link all those years ago.

"Knowing that we had no choice but to wait for your return, we all went our

separate ways, waiting till the day that you returned. We all made an agreement that one

of us would go to the temple every month after your departure to see if you had come

back, every month we would switch off. You're lucky you know, I was just about to

leave when that blue light filled the whole temple.

"Unfortunately though, while we could do nothing to stop him, Ganro took over

the entire country without a hitch. No one could fight his awesome forces so we had no

choice but to surrender. Those who didn't surrender were all made examples of in front

of other people. After the first few deaths, people just stopped fighting it and allowed

Ganro to take control.

"When he took control of all the villages and cities a few years ago, to avoid

suspicion, the group and I decided that it might be best that only Derrick, my father, and

myself would go to the temple to see if you were there. We thought it would be easier for

us to get there rather then having Dart or Geo who live so far away from it. To stay in

contact, that old owl has been sleeping in a make shift shack that the villagers helped

build for him on top of the Kakariko watchtower, and that's pretty much a summery of

what's happened since you left."

Satisfied with the story, Hiro nodded and told Sheik that he would explain what

he had been told by Rauru when they were reunited with all of the others. Sheik nodded,

understanding that Hiro did not wish to repeat his tale, and then added, "Ok, but you

don't have to wait for Derrick or my father, I forgot to mention that they were crippled by

Ganro, as well was every other Hylian Royal Knight. So they won't be joining us in our

fight against Ganro."

"When did this happen?" asked Hiro with a concerned voice. Sheik then replied,

"It was probably a year after you left. That was when he first started to really take control

of Hyrule." After all their talking, they reached the stairway that led to Kakariko Village.

The two climbed the stairs, talking about their childhood, before all this crap

happened. Reaching the top, Hiro could see the village that he had slept at during the

night of his parents' disappearance. To Hiro, it seemed to have hardly changed. It was

still small but had gotten larger, thanks to the Hylians who had once lived in the market,

and it still had cuccos walking all over the place.

They walked towards the tree that stood near the entrance of town and then turn

right, pulling themselves up a ledge, and continuing onward towards the staircase that led

to Sheik's house. Finally, they made it to the door and opened it, entering the house of

Impa's.

Once inside, Hiro saw Michael look up from sitting at the table. He looked like he

had just seen a ghost the moment he saw Hiro. "Um. hi," spoke Hiro to the shocked

knight, who suddenly snapped out of his shock, and painfully stood up to greet the long

since missing prince.

"Hiro. I can't believe that after all these years that you've returned," spoke the

Michael, "and look at you, you've grown. You look just like Link did when he was your

age." Hiro smiled and bowed to the old man to show his appreciation. Since the sun was

already setting, the three thought it be best if they went to sleep. Before they went to

sleep, Sheik climbed up the main watchtower and called to the old owl that was resting

there. Sheik gave the owl a message to deliver to Geo and Dart, telling them that Hiro

had returned.

Once the owl had taken flight, Sheik returned to his house to find his father and

Hiro fast asleep, Michael asleep in his bed and Hiro asleep on the floor wrapped up in a

blanket with a pillow. Sheik smiled at his father and his friend before getting into his bed

and drifting off to sleep, confidant that the others would arrive the next day. With this in

mind, Sheik slowly fell into a deep slumber, awaiting morning.