Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters in this story. They are the property of Nintendo.
In this story, Zelda didn't send Link back in time at the end of OOT and he went to Termina as an adult.
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ZELDA
"Quick Zelda," said Link "We have to get out of here!"
"No time!" said Samus as a large section of wall fell between them and the door.
They were trapped in the room with the castle crumbling around them.
"Boy, talk about déja-vu." moaned Link.
Escaping from crumbling structures was something Link ran into fairly often. His most memorable one was after his defeat of Ganondorf. The Gerudo king, knowing he was
defeated, had used his last strength to collapse the castle. Link and Zelda had gotten out just in time. Link still remembered the fanatic race through the castle, half dragging Zelda who
was weakened by her captivity. Once the castle was down, Ganondorf had come back as the demon Ganon for another swipe at Link.
For Samus, this was also routine. For some reason, almost every area she had been in had a self-destruct mechanism, and for some reason, this almost always got activated.
Samus was used to diving out of a tunnel with an explosion hot on her tail. She remembered her battle with Ridley over the Metroid hatchling. After Ridley got away with the Metroid, he
had activated the Academy's self-destruct sequence. Samus had barely made it back to her ship before the Academy blew up.
"Quick, to the window!" yelled Zelda. She seemed to have recovered her wits.
Samus fired a shot at the window, breaking it open. Link grabbed his longshot and aimed for the castle gate. He knew that the longshot would make it, pulling him a safe
distance from the castle.
"Samus! Grab on to me!" he called.
"Don't worry!" Samus shouted back "My suit can survive the impact with the ground from this height.
Link watched, amazed, as Samus curled into ball morph and rolled out the window. He saw the ball land and roll away. He had to get moving, the ceiling was almost gone. He
grabbed Zelda by the waist and held her tight. He aimed the longshot carefully, gave a quick prayer, and then pulled the trigger. The chain seemed to take forever to reach its mark, but it finally did. Link felt like his arm was being torn off as he and Zelda were pulled out of the castle. They crashed into the gate and fell to the ground. Link got up and saw the castle
collapsing.
"Just made it!" he exclaimed.
Zelda was used to being rescued by Link. By now it was, at best, a slight thrill. The only bonus was that she got to get really close to Link. Zelda loved Link, but she couldn't
bring herself to tell him. He was the Hero of Time and she was the Princess of Destiny, she felt that it was wrong for her to feel affection for Link. But she couldn't deny her feelings; her
heart did not lie, she loved Link with all her soul. After the defeat of Ganon, she had wanted to send him back in time, seven years before. She though it would be best for him. Link had
been horrified. He did not want to go back to being a child. He did not want to have saved Hyrule and not even remember it. Zelda hoped with all her heart that Link had also not wanted to go back so as not to forget her. In the end, Link had remained an adult. Zelda remembered the day he had left for Termina. She had been shocked when he told her he was leaving
Hyrule. He had not told her why he was leaving, only that he was searching for someone. Zelda had prayed while he was gone for his safe return. When Link did come back, she felt as
though she would explode with joy. But this Link was a new Link. She had heard of his battle with the evil god Majora and how Link had used a mask that had possessed him to defeat it. The power of the mask had almost proved too much for Link and he was saved by a fairy that gave her life for him. When she had heard of Link's return, she had wanted to profess
her love to him, but after hearing of Link's tale, she had felt this would be a bad time to tell him how she felt. She knew she had to tell him but she kept making up excuses to put it
off. Her thoughts were interrupted by Samus crashing down beside her.
"Well," she said, "Now that we're safe, could someone explain where I am?"
"Not here.", said Link "We need somewhere safe to talk."
Link whipped out his Ocarina and played the Minuet of the Forest to warp them all to the Sacred Meadow.
Samus watched, amazed, as the location she was in began to dissolve in a flash of green light. When the light cleared, they were in the middle of a forest.
"How did you do that?" she asked Link.
"Magic." he replied "This is the Ocarina of Time. It possesses mystical powers which are unleashed though music."
They sat down and Zelda began telling Samus about Hyrule.
"The land of Hyrule was created long ago by three Goddesses: Din, Nayru, and Farore. When they had finished, they returned to the heavens. At their point of departure, they
left the sacred Triforce, which contains the essence of the Gods. The Triforce holds a power so great that it was sealed in the Temple of Time to prevent its misuse. Seven years ago, a
man from the desert, of the race who calls themselves Gerudos, attempted to take the Triforce to use it for his evil plans. The Triforce looks like three triangles assembled into one
larger triangle," she pointed to the Triforce on Link's shield, "each piece represents one of the Goddesses: The Triforce of Power for Din, The Triforce of Courage for Nayru, and the
Triforce of Wisdom for Farore. The gate leading to the Triforce can only be opened one way: The three Spiritual Stones given to the three races that live in Hyrule along with the Hylians;
the Zora, the Kokiri, and the Gorons; must be placed into the altar in the Temple of Time and the Song of Time must be played on the Ocarina of Time."
"I am a Hylian," said Link "But when I was still a baby, my village was attacked and my mother, mortally wounded, fled to the forest with me. She offered me to the Great Deku
Tree so that I may be under His protection. I grew up with the rest of the Kokiri thinking I was one of them, but for one fact: I had no fairy. Every Kokiri has a fairy partner. At some
point in their life, a fairy comes to them. I was "the boy without a fairy" until the day that Navi came."
"That's me!" squeaked the ball of light that was fluttering around Link's head.
"A fairy?" asked Samus "May I...?"
Link nodded and Samus plucked Navi from his shoulder and brought her close to her visor. She saw a small female figure, dressed in leaves with large wings growing from
her back. Samus had the sense of a strong power emanating from this frail being. She knew that creature possessed powers that she knew nothing of. Samus released Navi and Link
continued his tale.
"The day Navi came to me, my life changed. I was summoned by the Great Deku Tree to lift a curse placed on him by Ganondorf. I was successful but the Great Deku Tree was
doomed before I had started. He died after I defeated the monster inside him. I left Kokiri Woods and I traveled to Hyrule Castle where I met Zelda. She told me about Ganondorf and the
Spiritual Stones. We planned to get the Triforce before Ganondorf could. The Great Deku Tree had given me the Kokiri Emerald before dieing, I only had two more to collect. But
meanwhile, Ganondorf had found out about our little game and as I returned with the three stones, he tried to kidnap Zelda. She escaped with her nanny, Impa, and left me the
Ocarina of Time. I opened the door in the Temple of Time and I found the Master Sword."
Link drew the sacred blade and showed it to Samus. "Only the Hero of Time can wield this sword which is the bane of evil. When I drew the sword, however, I fell into a deep
sleep and Ganondorf, who had followed me, was able to open the door to the Sacred Realm where the Triforce lay. Now, here's the strange part, the Triforce split into its three pieces
and entered three bodies: Zelda's, Ganondorf's, and mine. Ganondorf got the Triforce of Power, the Triforce of Wisdom came to Zelda, and the Triforce of Courage came to me. I slept
for seven years during which Ganondorf seized Hyrule and laid it to waste. When I awoke, I was in the sacred realm. I met a man named Raru who taught me that the only way to stop
Ganondorf was to awaken the seven sages who watched over Hyrule. To do this, I had to find a pendant in five other temples. Raru was the first sage and he gave me the pendant of
light. So I set out to collect the other pendants and awaken the other sages. When I left the Temple of Light, I met a mysterious person who called itself Sheik. It said it was a
descendant of the Sheikah people. It taught me the warp sons that I play on my ocarina. I left to gather the pendants. The strange thing was that each sage I awakened was someone I
already knew: My friend Saria was the Sage of the Forest, Daruina, the Goron king was the Sage of Fire, the Zora princess, Ruto was the Sage of Water, Nabooru, a Gerudo who refused to
pledge allegiance to Ganondorf, was the Sage of Shadow, and Impa, Zelda's nanny, was the Sage of Spirits. When I had collected all the pendants, I returned to the Temple of Time to
find out that Sheik was Zelda in disguise! She told me that she was the last sage and she gave me the Light Arrows that would pierce Ganondorf's evil heart and end his reign.
Unfortunately, Ganondorf captured Zelda and I had to get to the top of his castle to save her. I defeated Ganondorf, but he used his last ounce of strength to collapse the castle. I
escaped with Zelda but when we got out, Ganondorf rose from the ruins as the demon Gannon. I defeated him and the Sages sealed him into the Evil Realm."
Link stopped to let Samus assimilate all this information.
"As far as the Sages know, ", said Zelda, "the seal of the Evil realm is still strong, but there will be a day when Ganondorf will break the seal and escape the Realm. With the
Triforce of Power he could re-take Hyrule."
"This is why I have sworn to protect Hyrule from all threats..." Link was interrupted by Zelda clutching her head and yelling in pain.
"Zelda! What is it?" Link asked, frightened.
"He grows strong. He is trying to break out." Zelda grunted, still holding her head. A look of concentration fleeted across her face and she calmed down.
"Ganondorf tried to break the seal and escape from the Dark Realm. This has happened before, but it is happening more often now. I fear he will soon succeed." Zelda told Link.
"We must be ready, then. We'll have to unite the sages once more." said Link "Samus, I do not wish to expose you to peril, so if you cam, you should leave, now."
"If there's going to be a war council, I want a part in it." said Samus.
"Samus, you do not know what Ganondorf is capable of." pleaded Zelda.
"Look," said Samus "I am the best bounty hunter in the galaxy. Do you think I am afraid? Do you know how often I've been on the brink of death? You think you can tell me to leave? No. If I say that I stay, I stay."
Link placed his hands on Samus' shoulders.
"It would be an honor to have you among us in our fight, Samus Aran." he said.
"Good, glad that's settled!" said Saria, falling down from a nearby tree.
"Saria!" said Link, "What have I told you about evesdropping on me?" But there was an amused glint in his eye.
"Come on!" said Saria, "Let's go get the sages!"
To be continued...
Author's note: I know this chapter is kind of redundant for hard-core Zelda fans, but it fits into the plot of the story.
In this story, Zelda didn't send Link back in time at the end of OOT and he went to Termina as an adult.
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ZELDA
"Quick Zelda," said Link "We have to get out of here!"
"No time!" said Samus as a large section of wall fell between them and the door.
They were trapped in the room with the castle crumbling around them.
"Boy, talk about déja-vu." moaned Link.
Escaping from crumbling structures was something Link ran into fairly often. His most memorable one was after his defeat of Ganondorf. The Gerudo king, knowing he was
defeated, had used his last strength to collapse the castle. Link and Zelda had gotten out just in time. Link still remembered the fanatic race through the castle, half dragging Zelda who
was weakened by her captivity. Once the castle was down, Ganondorf had come back as the demon Ganon for another swipe at Link.
For Samus, this was also routine. For some reason, almost every area she had been in had a self-destruct mechanism, and for some reason, this almost always got activated.
Samus was used to diving out of a tunnel with an explosion hot on her tail. She remembered her battle with Ridley over the Metroid hatchling. After Ridley got away with the Metroid, he
had activated the Academy's self-destruct sequence. Samus had barely made it back to her ship before the Academy blew up.
"Quick, to the window!" yelled Zelda. She seemed to have recovered her wits.
Samus fired a shot at the window, breaking it open. Link grabbed his longshot and aimed for the castle gate. He knew that the longshot would make it, pulling him a safe
distance from the castle.
"Samus! Grab on to me!" he called.
"Don't worry!" Samus shouted back "My suit can survive the impact with the ground from this height.
Link watched, amazed, as Samus curled into ball morph and rolled out the window. He saw the ball land and roll away. He had to get moving, the ceiling was almost gone. He
grabbed Zelda by the waist and held her tight. He aimed the longshot carefully, gave a quick prayer, and then pulled the trigger. The chain seemed to take forever to reach its mark, but it finally did. Link felt like his arm was being torn off as he and Zelda were pulled out of the castle. They crashed into the gate and fell to the ground. Link got up and saw the castle
collapsing.
"Just made it!" he exclaimed.
Zelda was used to being rescued by Link. By now it was, at best, a slight thrill. The only bonus was that she got to get really close to Link. Zelda loved Link, but she couldn't
bring herself to tell him. He was the Hero of Time and she was the Princess of Destiny, she felt that it was wrong for her to feel affection for Link. But she couldn't deny her feelings; her
heart did not lie, she loved Link with all her soul. After the defeat of Ganon, she had wanted to send him back in time, seven years before. She though it would be best for him. Link had
been horrified. He did not want to go back to being a child. He did not want to have saved Hyrule and not even remember it. Zelda hoped with all her heart that Link had also not wanted to go back so as not to forget her. In the end, Link had remained an adult. Zelda remembered the day he had left for Termina. She had been shocked when he told her he was leaving
Hyrule. He had not told her why he was leaving, only that he was searching for someone. Zelda had prayed while he was gone for his safe return. When Link did come back, she felt as
though she would explode with joy. But this Link was a new Link. She had heard of his battle with the evil god Majora and how Link had used a mask that had possessed him to defeat it. The power of the mask had almost proved too much for Link and he was saved by a fairy that gave her life for him. When she had heard of Link's return, she had wanted to profess
her love to him, but after hearing of Link's tale, she had felt this would be a bad time to tell him how she felt. She knew she had to tell him but she kept making up excuses to put it
off. Her thoughts were interrupted by Samus crashing down beside her.
"Well," she said, "Now that we're safe, could someone explain where I am?"
"Not here.", said Link "We need somewhere safe to talk."
Link whipped out his Ocarina and played the Minuet of the Forest to warp them all to the Sacred Meadow.
Samus watched, amazed, as the location she was in began to dissolve in a flash of green light. When the light cleared, they were in the middle of a forest.
"How did you do that?" she asked Link.
"Magic." he replied "This is the Ocarina of Time. It possesses mystical powers which are unleashed though music."
They sat down and Zelda began telling Samus about Hyrule.
"The land of Hyrule was created long ago by three Goddesses: Din, Nayru, and Farore. When they had finished, they returned to the heavens. At their point of departure, they
left the sacred Triforce, which contains the essence of the Gods. The Triforce holds a power so great that it was sealed in the Temple of Time to prevent its misuse. Seven years ago, a
man from the desert, of the race who calls themselves Gerudos, attempted to take the Triforce to use it for his evil plans. The Triforce looks like three triangles assembled into one
larger triangle," she pointed to the Triforce on Link's shield, "each piece represents one of the Goddesses: The Triforce of Power for Din, The Triforce of Courage for Nayru, and the
Triforce of Wisdom for Farore. The gate leading to the Triforce can only be opened one way: The three Spiritual Stones given to the three races that live in Hyrule along with the Hylians;
the Zora, the Kokiri, and the Gorons; must be placed into the altar in the Temple of Time and the Song of Time must be played on the Ocarina of Time."
"I am a Hylian," said Link "But when I was still a baby, my village was attacked and my mother, mortally wounded, fled to the forest with me. She offered me to the Great Deku
Tree so that I may be under His protection. I grew up with the rest of the Kokiri thinking I was one of them, but for one fact: I had no fairy. Every Kokiri has a fairy partner. At some
point in their life, a fairy comes to them. I was "the boy without a fairy" until the day that Navi came."
"That's me!" squeaked the ball of light that was fluttering around Link's head.
"A fairy?" asked Samus "May I...?"
Link nodded and Samus plucked Navi from his shoulder and brought her close to her visor. She saw a small female figure, dressed in leaves with large wings growing from
her back. Samus had the sense of a strong power emanating from this frail being. She knew that creature possessed powers that she knew nothing of. Samus released Navi and Link
continued his tale.
"The day Navi came to me, my life changed. I was summoned by the Great Deku Tree to lift a curse placed on him by Ganondorf. I was successful but the Great Deku Tree was
doomed before I had started. He died after I defeated the monster inside him. I left Kokiri Woods and I traveled to Hyrule Castle where I met Zelda. She told me about Ganondorf and the
Spiritual Stones. We planned to get the Triforce before Ganondorf could. The Great Deku Tree had given me the Kokiri Emerald before dieing, I only had two more to collect. But
meanwhile, Ganondorf had found out about our little game and as I returned with the three stones, he tried to kidnap Zelda. She escaped with her nanny, Impa, and left me the
Ocarina of Time. I opened the door in the Temple of Time and I found the Master Sword."
Link drew the sacred blade and showed it to Samus. "Only the Hero of Time can wield this sword which is the bane of evil. When I drew the sword, however, I fell into a deep
sleep and Ganondorf, who had followed me, was able to open the door to the Sacred Realm where the Triforce lay. Now, here's the strange part, the Triforce split into its three pieces
and entered three bodies: Zelda's, Ganondorf's, and mine. Ganondorf got the Triforce of Power, the Triforce of Wisdom came to Zelda, and the Triforce of Courage came to me. I slept
for seven years during which Ganondorf seized Hyrule and laid it to waste. When I awoke, I was in the sacred realm. I met a man named Raru who taught me that the only way to stop
Ganondorf was to awaken the seven sages who watched over Hyrule. To do this, I had to find a pendant in five other temples. Raru was the first sage and he gave me the pendant of
light. So I set out to collect the other pendants and awaken the other sages. When I left the Temple of Light, I met a mysterious person who called itself Sheik. It said it was a
descendant of the Sheikah people. It taught me the warp sons that I play on my ocarina. I left to gather the pendants. The strange thing was that each sage I awakened was someone I
already knew: My friend Saria was the Sage of the Forest, Daruina, the Goron king was the Sage of Fire, the Zora princess, Ruto was the Sage of Water, Nabooru, a Gerudo who refused to
pledge allegiance to Ganondorf, was the Sage of Shadow, and Impa, Zelda's nanny, was the Sage of Spirits. When I had collected all the pendants, I returned to the Temple of Time to
find out that Sheik was Zelda in disguise! She told me that she was the last sage and she gave me the Light Arrows that would pierce Ganondorf's evil heart and end his reign.
Unfortunately, Ganondorf captured Zelda and I had to get to the top of his castle to save her. I defeated Ganondorf, but he used his last ounce of strength to collapse the castle. I
escaped with Zelda but when we got out, Ganondorf rose from the ruins as the demon Gannon. I defeated him and the Sages sealed him into the Evil Realm."
Link stopped to let Samus assimilate all this information.
"As far as the Sages know, ", said Zelda, "the seal of the Evil realm is still strong, but there will be a day when Ganondorf will break the seal and escape the Realm. With the
Triforce of Power he could re-take Hyrule."
"This is why I have sworn to protect Hyrule from all threats..." Link was interrupted by Zelda clutching her head and yelling in pain.
"Zelda! What is it?" Link asked, frightened.
"He grows strong. He is trying to break out." Zelda grunted, still holding her head. A look of concentration fleeted across her face and she calmed down.
"Ganondorf tried to break the seal and escape from the Dark Realm. This has happened before, but it is happening more often now. I fear he will soon succeed." Zelda told Link.
"We must be ready, then. We'll have to unite the sages once more." said Link "Samus, I do not wish to expose you to peril, so if you cam, you should leave, now."
"If there's going to be a war council, I want a part in it." said Samus.
"Samus, you do not know what Ganondorf is capable of." pleaded Zelda.
"Look," said Samus "I am the best bounty hunter in the galaxy. Do you think I am afraid? Do you know how often I've been on the brink of death? You think you can tell me to leave? No. If I say that I stay, I stay."
Link placed his hands on Samus' shoulders.
"It would be an honor to have you among us in our fight, Samus Aran." he said.
"Good, glad that's settled!" said Saria, falling down from a nearby tree.
"Saria!" said Link, "What have I told you about evesdropping on me?" But there was an amused glint in his eye.
"Come on!" said Saria, "Let's go get the sages!"
To be continued...
Author's note: I know this chapter is kind of redundant for hard-core Zelda fans, but it fits into the plot of the story.
