Disclaimer: I don't own Nintendo or anything involving Legend of Zelda, but I am attempting to write a story about things that involve them for entertainment purposes only. Not for the money thing. That's bad.

It Won't Stop Running Down My Hand

All the soldiers in the room, General Sifrak and the beautiful girl were staring at Link now. He could understand why though, since he had just shouted 'It's you!' to the elegant blond that stood before him. Link could feel his face growing warmer every second that she stared at him with those beautiful green eyes.

"Who is this?" the girl suddenly turned to Sifrak, demanding some sort of an explanation.

"Some young punk who started a fight in town with my men," the General spat out, feeling meek under her demanding stare.

"In any case," she began, not paying any mind to Link, "there are two complete armies coming our way from the North and the East. I need you to ready your men for battle," she commanded with such force, that Link could see the soldiers tremble under her voice.

"Two complete armies?" Sifrak sounded skeptical.

"Yes, two of them." she stated.

"Your majesty, if we spread our armies out to cover both sides, we'll be overwhelmed!" Sifrak nearly shouted.

"Then have the Northern side cover the castle walls, using long range weapons to hold them back," she commanded as if she had a plan for every occurrence that could possibly arise.

"Princess!" a guard shouted as he ran into the room in a rush and quickly bowed to the beautiful girl.

"What is it?" she asked in such a calm way, that it showed she couldn't be fazed at all.

"The northern armies of Mandrag Ganon have just gotten reinforcements! It's a division of spell casters!" the guard cried out in fear.

"Wizrobes?" Sifrak asked in terror. The princess' calm demeanor was now gone, and on her face was a look of agony.

"The last time those Wizrobes attacked, they pelted the town with fire balls and other crazy tricks!" Sifrak shouted through clenched teeth.

"So much death… Not again…" the princess mumbled to herself as she began to waver as she stood. Link could feel empathy growing in his veins, and for some reason his left hand had the urge to take her in his arms and wash away all her sorrows in any way possible.

"Princess Zelda, what shall we do?" Sifrak asked in a sad voice. For a few moments, silence filled the room as no words were exchanged until a strong yet soft voice shattered the silence.

"I will defend the North," it said confidently and without hesitance. As everyone looked to Link, a smile tugged on his lips at the thought of such a battle. Truly, he had once lived for that feeling, until the promise came into his life.

"This is no time to be joking, boy!" Sifrak shouted out in anger as Zelda looked at him with those emerald eyes yet again. As their eyes connected, Link's urge to hold her began to rise to such a point that it almost began to hurt. Then, without thinking about it, Link felt his left hand reach out and grasp her right hand. At that instant, the whole room began to grow dark and light began to pulse out of both their hands. Golden energy began to swirl around them as a series of yellow triangles appeared on both their hands.

"You…?" Link stuttered out, unsure of what to say. He could feel his face becoming crimson as she gazed at him with her beautiful eyes.

"You have the Triforce of Courage? That's incredible!" she smiled at him with her pearly whites and Link could feel a small smile creep on his face.

"What's a Triforce?" Link asked, unsure of what such a thing was.

"The Triforce was created by the three Goddesses when our world was created. It was separated into three parts though, after something happened long ago. My third of the Triforce is wisdom," and she held up her hand to show that the bottom right triangle was a brighter color then the others.

"What part do I possess?" Link asked in a curious voice.

"You surely possess the Triforce of courage," she answered.

"What of the last piece?" Link asked again.

"…Power," she answered after a moment of a hesitation with a look of dread on her face.

"What's wrong with power?" Link asked.

"It is fated that the three with the crests shall gather to battle for ownership of the Triforce. It is also destiny that courage and wisdom should combine their abilities to defeat power." she answered, suddenly looking grim.

"Is it a bad thing that power gets control of this Triforce?" Link asked, unsure of what the Triforce could do in the first place.

"The Triforce, when all pieces are placed together, can grant whoever touches the golden triangles any wish that their heart desires. If a person with an evil heart touches it, all their dark desires will be granted. If a person with a good heart touches it though, all their pure wishes are granted," she explained as everyone in the room stared at them with wide eyes.

"Who has this piece of power?" Link asked, realizing that the Triforce could be capable of evil things.

"Ganondorf Dragmire, Emperor of Mandrag Ganon…" Zelda answered with a look of disgust on her face.

"And currently, that very person is attacking Hyrule to gain the power of the Triforce, correct?" Link asked, suddenly growing serious.

"Yes, yes he is…" she trailed off, suddenly realizing that that they were both still holding hands.

"I'll defend the North, you and your men protect the East!" Link shouted the order to a stunned Sifrak. Just before Sifrak could call him a fool, Zelda had given him a commanding look that made him think otherwise.

"How many men will you need?" Sifrak asked Link with a slight amount of apprehension. Link was already heading to the door though, with a smirk on his face.

"All I'll need is 'Death' here," Link smiled while he patted the handle of his full blade.

"How could I ever repay you for doing this?" Zelda asked, with a look that told Link that she might never see him again. He could only laugh inwardly at this.

"Remember, Princess. Just remember…" Link trailed off with a look of seriousness as he began to head off to what would be his most glorious battle as of yet.

As Link walked out into the courtyard of the castle he stopped for a moment to laugh at himself. He had been traveling for the last twelve years to meet with a person that he promised he would find, only to end up fighting a losing battle for her, and it seemed painfully obvious that she hadn't remembered him.

"I've thought of her every waking moment for over half my life, and she doesn't even remember that day?" Link thought to himself as he envisioned that day long ago. He had been a young upstart who had just lost his family to an illness and had nowhere to go. He took his father's sword and began to live in the mountains, fending for himself. After about a year, he had become almost like a barbarian, living like a beast in the forest filled mountain he called his home. Due to his strange new upbringing, he was becoming big, and it seemed that his strength at even such a young age would be enough to defeat most adult Hylians.

"Link!" a voice shouted out and broke his thoughts as he glanced around. A line of people was pouring into the castle and a young girl was running up to him.

"Arielle, what's going on?" Link asked, as her grandfather began to walk towards them as well.

"Battles are about to start, so they told us to hide in the basement of the castle," she stated in such a voice that it seemed she didn't know the severity of the situation.

"Come along, both of you…" the old man trailed off as he turned around to go into the castle.

"I won't be going with you," Link stated as his eyes wondered away from them.

"What do you mean?" Arielle asked with a look of absolute dread on her face.

"I'm going to be fighting in the battle," Link asked explained to her, as tears began to fill her eyes.

"I'm sorry…" Link trailed off as he patted her on the head and turned to walk away.

"Will he be okay, grandpa?" she asked, suppressing a sob.

"If anyone will be okay, it's that young man…" the old man trailed off as he picked up his grand daughter. Behind them, Link walked towards the North, and his destiny.