Author Chronicles: Return to Hyrule

a fanfic by charity236

Disclaimer: I didn't create Zelda. So there. Oh, and flames will be given to Rauru to melt his chocolate coins.



Here's another dose of Return to Hyrule!

This chapter, Link heads to the Spirit Temple to find a hidden treasure... I wonder what it could be.



Chapter 7: King Of The Kids or Meeting Of Two Young Rivals

'Why am I still in the Chamber?'

Link was a kid again, but almost everyone else looked childish too. Saria, of course, looked normal, but no one else did. Darunia had a tuft of hair on his head (otherwise, he was a normal Goron); Ruto was her cute (I think) self; Impa looked too weird to explain; Nabooru was as beautiful as always, but when Link first saw her, he thought she was Malon dressed up in Gerudo clothing with her hair in a ponytail. Rauru... well, he was a plump boy wearing orange robes, and Zelda looked as she did as a kid.

'What did you say?' Zelda asked.

'Who ARE you anyway?' Darunia asked.

'I'm Link, and this is my fairy Navi,' Link nodded.

'How can you be a Kokiri?' Saria asked. 'You have a fairy, and wear Kokirish clothing, but you don't feel... Kokirish.'

'He's in a costume!' Ruto yelled.

Link blushed, but still gave a loud laugh. 'I'm NOT in a costume. Oh, and by the way - in the future, you marry me, Ruto!'

'AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!' Ruto screamed and ran around in circles before Darunia Goron-stomped the ground to make her stop.

'Shut up, Ruto!' Link said. 'Okay... we're not married YET, but probably will be.'

'How do you know my name?!' Ruto asked Link fearfully.

'I already said I come from the future, duh. And if you make any more fun of me...' He got out Biggoron's Sword and slashed it through the air. 'That goes for all of you.' Link wasn't going to have any more dumb talk. He wanted some adventure. 'Now, I believe there is something that you wanted me to do, is that right?'

'Er... I recognise you... from a dream I had.' Zelda remembered something from the dream. 'Go to Gerudo's Fortress. You'll find something there. And in the Kakariko Graveyard as well. I get this funny feeling that I've met you before... but when?'

With those words, Link was warped out of the Chamber.



'Hey, it's the Temple of Time! There's the Master Sword, ready to be pulled out. But the Door of Time's closed. How do we escape from here?' Navi asked.

'Easy. You must have forgotten or something,' Link joked. He played the Minuet of Forest, and walked through the Sacred Forest Meadow without any Mad Scrubs OR Moblins trying to attack him.

Once out of the Woods, a beautiful sight met Link's eyes. The Forest was all green again. He dashed out without a Deku Nut thrown at him, before setting off for Gerudo Valley.

The bridge across the valley was secure, and it seemed that there was a small band of Gerudo outside the entrance to the Fortress.

'Hello?'

One of the Gerudo, a feisty-looking woman with two curved swords, came up to Link.

'What may I help you with?' She said this with a touch of malice.

'Uh, I just wanted to go into the Fortress.'

'Do you have a Membership Pass?'

'Yes, now where is it... oh, there. Take a look.'

'Hmmm... Identification verified. You may pass.'

'Thanks.'

Link rode into the Fortress.

'Looks alright. Maybe I should ask around for help.'

Link rode about the Fortress, asking all the Gerudo he could find about a secret treasure in the valley.

'A secret treasure? Surely you mean the treasure that lies deep within the Training Grounds?' every single Gerudo asked.

'No, I've already got one of those. I'm looking for something else.'

And that was all Link could get out of them.

Except one, hidden in a secret area, just off the Horse Archery course. The Gerudo girl was, unmistakably, Nabooru.

'Hmmm... Mum [sob] once told me about some sorta [sob] treasure deep inside some Temple [sob] thing, but I wasn't allowed in there [sob]...'

Then she burst into tears.

'Er, Nabooru, why are you crying?' Link asked her.

'Mum was... Hey, how do you know my name? I've never seen you before. Have I? Have... Oh, you want to know what happened to my Mum...'

A year ago, Mum went into the Temple thingy to see if she could steal the secret treasure from inside. But there was no way she could pass without the Silver Gauntlets...

So she found a secret way in. There was some sorta hole in-between two palm trees or something, and she fell in by accident. There was this tribe of Gerudos, but they were all tired or something, wearing rags.

Mum sneaked around the poor Gerudos, and asked one why they were down there.

"We have to stay down here. We all have to serve the King of Thieves. Actually, none of us know his name. He has a son though, called Ganondorf. Vicious little guy. He wears all this dark armour, unlike his father..."

"Really? Do you know of a secret treasure in the Spirit Temple?"

"A treasure?! If there is one, Ganondorf's probably found it already. He's made the Temple his hiding place from his dad, and I heard there's some pretty mean witches living in there. So if you go in, watch your step."

"Thanks. Oh, one last thing. How do I get into the Temple from here?"

"No idea. Try asking the commander Gerudo. She sits in the chamber to your left."

Mum went there, and when she asked about the Temple, a straight answer was given, for once.

"Just go behind my chair. There's a hidden entrance on the floor. I don't think anyone uses it..."

When Mum entered the Temple, there was a mean kid talking to two funny-looking witches. Mum sneaked around in the shadows and found a side alley. She went down it and there was a chest there, and she opened it.

Ganondorf and the witches came into the room and when they saw the chest open, and Mum grabbing the treasure, they...



'How do you know all this?' Link asked Nabooru.

'Oh, the Gerudos that Mum talked to told me what happened.'

'Did you find out what the treasure was?'

'Um... it was...'

Just then, a neigh rang out. A tall Gerudo was riding a gigantic horse, and she beckoned for Nabooru to come.

'See you... somewhere or someTIME?'

'Come along, Nabooru.'

'Bye... Link!'

Link played the Requiem of Spirit to get to the Desert Colossus, then found the hole that Nabooru's mother had fallen into.

'Oh hi!' The Gerudo guard that Nabooru's mum had talked with was guarding the entrance.

'Um, hi. Er, I'm looking for a treasure. Do you know where it is?' Link asked.

'Oh, you're going to try and steal Ganondorf's treasure, are you? Go to the second left chamber, and behind the commander's chair to find the way into the Temple.'

'Thanks.' Link did as he was told, and crawled through the hole.



The chamber was empty. Link went into the side alley with the treasure.

'There it is, Link!' Navi had finally woken up. She was her full-size self, without the Mask on. 'I decided to help you in case you needed some magic.'

'Magic?'

'Yeah, magic. I can do a bit, but not much.' Navi walked behind the chest and found a key, which she gave to Link (Ganondorf must have tightened security a bit, but not much [laugh]!).

As soon as Link opened the treasure chest, a boy walked into the room. He looked about 16.

'Hello, Link.' Ganondorf obviously remembered Link from the future. Link had no idea why.

'Ganondorf. What a pleasant surprise.'

'Where's your little fairy friend, eh?'

'Right here.'

Navi jumped out from behind the chest.

'Eh? What's this? I thought she was tiny! But never mind - I'll finish her off first.'

With that, Ganondorf fired up a dark ray, but Navi used her magic to ward it off.

'Take that, Ganondorf!'

Ganondorf was hit badly, and Link swiped him with his sword before the Gerudo kid ran off, yelling.

'I'll get you for this, Link!!'



'Well, what are you waiting for?' Navi asked.

Link got out the treasure, which turned out to be... a wave blade. No wait, not a wave blade. One side of it was straight, and was cold to the touch. The other side was jagged and red-hot.

'It's Twinrova's Blade. One side is fire.'

'The other is ice.'

'Watch out, sonny boy, we're going to get you!!'

Link turned around. Koume and Kotake!

The chest disappeared, and the two witches attacked at the same time.

'Aaahh!' The frozen fire/burning ice hit Navi square on and she fell down in a heap.

'Oh, you'll pay for that one...' Link growled, and did a spin with Twinrova's Blade. The magic waves that came out of it weren't orange, like a normal power spin, but light blue and red. The blue wave hit Koume and the red wave burnt Kotake badly.

'You made a terrible mistake there, boy!' screeched Koume.

'Let's do it, Koume!' Kotake cried.

'Do what? ...Oh yeah. I almost forgot it!' Koume sobbed.

The two witches melded into Twinrova, and she looked as beautiful (and as evil) as ever.

'Link, let me take over!' Navi yelled.

'But I thought you were hurt!' Link said.

'Oh no, I fixed that up. Just leave it to me!' Navi leaped in front of Link.

'NOOOO!!!!' Link screamed as Twinrova let out a gigantic flaming ball of ice that was homing in on Navi.

Navi turned around and bent her wings back with an big 'OW!' (Her wing must have still hurt from the fight in Kokiri Forest.)

Suddenly, everything felt as though it was running in slow motion.

The fiery ball of ice was coming ever closer...

Navi's face was set in a nervous stance...

Link was posing a silent scream...

Twinrova was cackling gleefully...

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Next Chapter: Run-In With Ingo

Link and Navi have to go get Moonshine... but is Ingo willing to give the horse up?

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