Link wandered the vast and silent world monochrome world already knowing it was another dream. This time he awoke in a house near a still lake. It would have been beautiful, but the black and white shades hid the colors of the lake and it's surroundings. There wasn't even the slightest wind. Let alone sound. The skies over head where overcast with dark clouds.

But Link was not discouraged for he knew that he was not alone here. The Dream Walker was showing him another dreamscape. But he had yet to understand the meaning of the place. The boy walked along the lake's silent shores still taken with amazement of the vast spread of land. It seemed to go on forever encompassing the lake. Indeed it was a strange sight to see for the boy who grew up on a small island and only ever saw islands.

The boy hero walked around expectant and at the same time unsure. "Dream Walker where can you be?" The boy wondered a loud. It was then that he spied a small island way out in the middle of the lake, it was so tiny but something had caught the boy's attention. There was a small movement that he could see, like there was actually someone there.

"Dream Walker." The boy uttered, and before he knew it he was taking off along the shores. It wasn't long before he found a bridge that spanned the large lake making a convenient crossing to the island. Link ran hard pumping his arms as fast as he could, his eyes never leaving the island. This time he was sure to meet the mysterious Dream Walker. The bridge was longer than it looked and it seemed to go on forever, but Link continued to run. As he neared the island, soft music floated to his ears. Once again it was different from before, and it only encouraged Link to run even faster.

"I will find out who you are, I will." Finally after what seemed like forever and a day, the boy stepped off of the bridge and onto the small land. A lone tree protruded from the ground and a huge stone platform sat in front. Upon it stood his mysterious Dream Walker dressed in a worn and tattered cloak that hung loosely about his shoulders. His back was towards Link and he continued playing his song like he always did in Link's dreams. Like his surroundings, his form was drained of it's color and caused shadows to form upon him where light should have been. But Link was so excited because he could see him now, make out other features about him. But most of all, Link wanted to see his face. Link could see a large hood hanging against the man's back, which he opted to keep down thankfully, he had a visible short pony-tail and had pointy ears that were flanked by thin locks of hair, much like Link's own hair-style.  

He came to a stop a few feet behind and watched the figure play, his body swayed to his own music, cloak moving ever so slightly with the movement.

"You are human." Link said happy his first impressions were right. "Who are you? I mean, what's your name?" The young hero had a swarm of questions to ask the stranger and he tried his damn hardest to keep them from bursting forth. He was much too excited and he even began to wonder why himself. He was usually cautious and conserved, but something about this man caused his heart to race in his chest. He couldn't even begin to describe the feeling.

And then, much to his delight, the young man stopped playing, gracefully lowering his arms resting at his sides. In one of them was a small and strange object that Link couldn't recognize. It was oddly shaped and had holes in it. (Most obviously the source of the Dream Walker's music.) 

"Dream Walker…Sir?"

Though he did not turn around the man spoke softly,

"A Rulo Nuakot…De Cedw…Link."

Though Link didn't understand the ancient Hylian language the man spoke, he heard his name.

He shook "I'm sorry I, I don't understand what you're saying." The boy apologized, and it was then that the young man began to turn to face him. But a sudden rumbling beneath their feet tore Link's attention away for a brief moment in alarm.

"What's going on?!" The boy cried out loud. The whole earth around them shook as if in anger, and before Link realized what was going on, he felt a hard shove from behind.

"Melo!!!" The man's voice cried out, and Link found himself crashing head first into the waters of the lake. It was strange because it felt like water, but then he felt like he was floating, of course this detail was lost to him when he quickly broke the surface in time to see what had ensued. The land all around them shook violently, casing the landscape to crumble, bridges to break and crash soundlessly into the lake and houses to fall away. The only noise that Link could hear now was the deep rumble of earth.

It was then that Link realized that he had been pushed out of the way and he looked to the island before him. "Dream Walker!!!"

The mysterious young man stood upon the small land, the intensity of the earthquake had brought him to his knees. On all fours he had remained upon the stone platform which began to rise.."

Link shook his head in disbelieve, no, the whole island was being lifted! Above the clouds began to part and a dark red light shown down upon the Dream Walker, who covered his face as if in fear or something more.

He was in trouble.

"Dream Walker!!!" Link shouted as he swam to the rising island. But it seemed like he wasn't going anywhere! Link kicked harder, faster, but it was as if there was some kind of current going against him. The elevating island had stopped then, but the red light bore down unforgivingly upon the Dream Walker who Link could no longer see from his location, it was simply too high. It was then that the light began to pulse and the rumbling stopped. But it was soon to be shattered by a sound that Link would not soon forget. A scream, a bloodcurdling howl of pure pain echoed through out the dark sky, and it seemed the stronger the light grew, the more agony it caused Dream Walker.

Soon the whole place was filled but nothing but his agony. And Link could do nothing for him but shut his eyes tightly in anger and frustration. His hand went over his ears to in an attempt to shut out the heart breaking cries.

"Stop it please! Stop hurting him! STOP IT!!!!!!!!!!" Link Shouted, his own cry overpowering the pain in the air to penetrate the dark skies.

***

"…K…"

"Please Stop, I can't stand it."

"…Ink…"

"Why are you hurting him?"

"…Link…"

"Don't hurt him anymore! Dream Walker!!!!"

"LINK!!!"

Link's eyes snapped open and he jolted forward, or rather tried to, but his limbs felt immobilized. There was brightness all around, blinding him and there was an incredible force holding his hands and feet down! Link, still dazed by the nightmare panicked.

"Let me go!! What is this!?!" He thrashed about like a wild mad man.

"LINK!" A deep voice boomed causing the poor boy to jump (again). "LINK, CALM YOURSELF. YOU ARE SAFE HERE THERE IS NO NEED FOR YOU TO BE FEARFUL."

That voice, Link recognized it, and he did as he was told, allowing his whole body to go limp. The bright light pained him and his eyes squinted against it, but only for a short while. Soon the light faded to one bright spot that he realized was the sun. He began to see the color of the blue sky framed by the leaves of the Great Deku Tree. This scene was then spotted with green little dancing lights of the fireflies.

Link heard a noise from somewhere near his head, a rattling of sort. It was very calming, and his ragged breaths began to return to normal. Soon a familiar form of a Kokoro came into his field of vison looking down at him.

"Link! You are awake now, I'm so relieved!" The Forest child said. The boy blinked a moment suddenly aware of the tears that stained his cheeks, even now they came freely, but he could not wipe them away.

"Where, am I in Forest Haven?" The boy asked in a shaky voice.

"THAT YOU ARE LINK." The Voice of the Deku tree answered. "KOKOROS, RELEASE HIM NOW."  Once again Link heard rattling noises and he felt the bonds on his hands and feet slip away. Link sat up rubbing his wrists that were raw. Everything came into view now, and he saw the familiar scenes of the Forest Haven.

"Link are you okay?" A voice came from behind and the boy looked to find a Kokoro standing there. "You were having a nightmare! It was so bad we had to tie you down so that you wouldn't get hurt."

"I don't even remember falling asleep, did you guys take me here?"

The Kokoro nodded (or as close to a nod as a Kokoro could get) "Yes, when the King of Red Lions brought you here, you were completely passed out!"

Link raised a brow in confusion. "I was? But I don't remember, I mean, I wasn't even tired…" The boy looked to the Deku Tree helplessly, not knowing what to say. The great tree looked to him concerned, and Link instinctively moved to sit upon it's lilly/stand.

"CHILD, THE KING OF RED LIONS HAS ALREADY TOLD ME MUCH OF YOUR CIRCUMSTANCES. AND SEEING IT NOW FIRST HAND, I TOO AM CONCERNED."

The boy hero lowered his head; "Great Deku Tree, I keep getting these dreams and I don't know what to make of them."

"THE ONE WHOM YOU HAVE CALLED 'THE DREAM WALKER' HAS INVADED YOUR DREAMS AGAIN."  Link nodded solemnly. "TRULY, HE IS VERY POWERFUL, IF NOT MORE THAN WHAT THE KING OF RED LIONS HAD SAID."  

"What? I don't understand Great Deku Tree." The boy said giving the old wise tree a shocked look.

"YOU SAID SO YOURSELF, YOU CANNOT REMEMBER A THING BEFORE YOU GOT HERE. WHEN THE KING OF RED LIONS BROUGHT YOU, YOU WERE UNCONCIOUS, LIKE A SPELL HAD BEEN PLACED UPON YOU. I HAD MY CHILDREN RECEIVE YOU AT THE SHORE AND BRING YOU IN, IT WAS THEN THAT YOU BEGAN TO MOVE ABOUT. YOU TOSSED AND TURNED AS IF IN PAIN AND THE KOKOROS FEARED FOR YOUR SAFTY SO THEY BOUND YOUR HANDS AND FEET TO THE GROUND. MY CHILDREN TRIED TO WAKE YOU, BUT YOU WOULD NOT WAKE, GROWING MORE VIOLENT. THEY TRIED TO USE HERBS TO CALM YOUR NERVES AND SOOTH YOUR PAIN, BUT YOU WOULD NOT BE SOOTHED. I BEGAN TO REALIZE THAT IT WAS NO MERE NIGHTMARE YOU WERE HAVING, BUT MORE OF A SPELL! MY DEAR BOY DO YOU EVEN REMEMBER WHAT YOU SAID AS YOU LAY THERE?"

"No, I never remember Deku Tree." The boy replied faintly.

"LINK, YOU BEGAN TO SPEAK IN THE OLD HYLIAN TOUNGES! AND YOUR VOICE WAS NOT YOUR OWN."

 By now the boy was wide eye and speechless. He had spoken in Hylian?

The Kokoro children were out then standing beside the Deku tree's great trunk, they bounced making a great noise and they spoke.

"Yes, yes! Release me! Release me! That is what you were saying." One said.

"Stop my suffering, end my pain! You begged." Another chided.

"It was all in the old language! Never spoken by anyone such as yourself since the ancient lands were swallowed by the waves!"

It was too much for Link to understand, his head was spinning and he was having a difficult time sorting everything out. He sat there before the Deku Tree and the Forest children tyring to understand what had happen.

"I don't remember any of it." Link admitted. "I honestly don't."

"LINK DO YOU REMEMBER YOUR DREAM?"  The great tree asked, to which the boy nodded hesitantly. "AND WAS THE DREAM WALKER THERE AS WELL?" Another nod.

"Yes he was! But he was in trouble!" Link said seeing vivid flashes of the nightmare in his mind. "I actually saw him this time, I stood in front of him, and he tried to say something to me but there  was this earth quake, and he started screaming like he was being tourtured." Link balled his hands into tight fists and they began to shake visibly.

"PLEASE CALM YOUR SELF LINK," Deku Tree said seeing the boy agitated. "TELL ME SMALL ONE, WHAT DID THE DREAM WALKER SAY TO YOU?"

But Link shook his head forcing the hot tears back. His body trembled, as if scared of the mere memory of the nightmare, the screams still fresh in his mind. He just wanted to block it all out. "I don't know. It was in Hylian."

"SURELY YOU CAN REPEAT IT, THINK LINK, I KNOW YOU CAN REMEMBER."

The boy shook his head again. "No, I can't, I just can't, please…" Link held his shoulders which were shaking now, he held them tightly trying to make them stop. Why was he so scared? His heart was raceing in his chest once more, did he really not remember? Or did he refuse to remember?"

"LOOK DEEPER LINK, IT'S THERE, TELL ME." The tree persisted, and right then, Link did look, and the nightmare came to him in more flashes. He saw the Dream Walker in broken fragments like a broken looking glass. He would see pieces of the dream flash before his eyes. A bit here and a bit there, never in order, until his mind found the fragment the was looking for.  Link could see the Dream walker standing in front of him and it was then that his mind slowed it to a stop.

Link stared blankly ahead, his mouth was moving but nothing came out. His lips moved silently and then words came, unsteady as they were foreign to Link.

"A, A Rulo…Nu, Nuakot…De Cedw Link. A Rulo Nuakot De Cedw Link." Finally the words came together and Link repeated the sentence. He looked to the Deku Tree who nodded his head in approval.

"I SEE, SO IT WASN'T A SPELL THEN."

Link stood then anxious. "What? What did I, umm he say? Tell me please!"  Hearing this, The great tree looked to Link, locking him a stern gaze.

"LINK DO YOU KNOW WHO THE DREAM WALKER IS?" He asked.

The boy shook his head curtly. "No, not a clue, I've only seen him in my dreams. Why? What did he say?"

"THIS COULD BE SERIOUS, LINK WHY ARE YOU SO EAGER TO HELP HIM?"

Link drew back at the question clearly not expecting it. What is this? An interrigaton? Link thought annoyed. "He, he asked for my help. In one of my dreams he asked for my help. Deku Tree please tell me, what did he say?"

"IT SEEMS HE KNOWS YOU, AND HAS BEEN WAITING FOR YOU FOR A VERY LONG TIME."