Chapter 4: The Hero of Time's Rebirth Thundering on the footsteps of the Temple Of Time, Link raced towards the entrance. Resting the Spiritual Stones on the altar and with the Song Of Time, the door to the Pedestal Of Time was revealed. Driven into the pedestal was the Master Sword, which could be removed only by the chosen one... THE HERO OF TIME. Strolling towards the Master Sword, Link was having second thoughts about becoming the Hero Of Time again. This time he was facing a even stronger evil, he remembered how much power Ganondorf possessed with the Triforce Of Power, but now with the Dark Triforce... could Link possibly win? Flooding thought Link's mind were memories of the very beginning of this adventure. Dropping to his knees, Link was trembling fearfully, "How... How can... How can... I... do this..." shuttered Link as a tear dripped down has cheek, slowly falling to the floor. Splash, then followed by many other tears, Link seemed to be lost in time for nothing seemed to grip the attention of Link. Navi was doing all she could to get Link's attention but nothing could snap the warrior's state of mind, for the only person now that could help the Hero Of Time was Link himself. Running through Link was fear, the fear that he couldn't win, the fear that he couldn't save all that he loved from Ganondorf, the fear of..... The Dark Triforce. Fading into his memories, Link remembered his first adventure, the first time he became the Hero Of Time, it was like nothing to described in words but back then, Link felt happiness and it was like a fun game to him, even when it came down to the final battle between him and Ganon, Link never felt fear but now its was different. Brought to the very beginning of this adventure, it all started with the dreams, or actually to say nightmares, nightmares that frightened Link, nightmares foretelling Ganondorf's arrival and his newly possessed power of the Dark Triforce. Continuing to the point where all his assumptions came true, when Link had found himself in a mist of a terrible storm, he saw Hyrule Castle in front of him and then a flash of lighting and finally the black hole opening bigger and bigger in the sky then a shadowy figured dropped from it and crashed to the ground, Link's attacks didn't do a thing to Ganondorf, this was when Link found out... found out that Ganondorf was invincible and from that Link concluded that he couldn't possibly win. Followed up by the meeting with Zelda, the very meeting that delivered the final blow to what was little left of Link's courage at that time, with these words from Princess Zelda's mouth "It is said that the dark Triforce's power is equal to that of all the other three's power combined..." and that was all, it took all Link had to pretend nothing was wrong, but deep inside his heart was filled with fear. Fear, that was what was left inside Link, fear had finally penetrated Link's courage and crippled Link's heart, after all this time, the Hero Of Time finally felt true fear and it was Ganondorf who had put this fear into Link, so in a way you could say this was Ganondorf's victory over Link. Why... Link kept asking himself this question "Why me... Why must I bare this responsibly... Why was I of all people chosen to be... The Hero Of Time... Why are so many people relying on me, how can they just trust me like that..." Instantly thoughts of his friends snapped into Link's mind, Saria, Malon, Darunia, Kaisa, Ruto, Skull Kid, Tatl, Tael, Navi, Zelda and many others believed in him and that was all it took to give Link the courage he needed. {"Remember Link, Ganondorf lost his Triforce after his defeat so how would he get back here or even transform into Ganon again. We beat him before and we will do it again if he comes back now forget about it"-Navi, "Don't worry everyone, Link will find a way, just like he did before."-Malon, "Link don't worry if you beat him you'll do it again and remember you saved Termia and defeated Majora, I mean your probably the most powerful boy in the world if anyone can do it's you."-Skull Kid, "We defeat him the same way we did last time but we this time we will have to also find a way to take that dark Triforce away from him, Link you must go and take the Master Sword, save us again Link... please."-Zelda}, now he knew why his friends believed in him and started to believe in himself too, these comments and his friends are what makes Link so courageous and as long as he remembers them, he will believe and fight, for his friends, for all he cares for, and for what's right. Pulling himself up, Link knew, he knew that courage was truly the most powerful thing you can have and that was why he was going to bare the Triforce Of Courage for he relied on courage to give him power and that is how he will win. For the first time after the nightmares Link felt like his old self, he felt like the courageous boy waging battles across time, and finally fulfilled his heroic destiny. Determination was shining within Link's eyes instead of fearful tears and with a small grin, Link paced towards the Master Sword and gripped it in both hands. "I am the Hero Of Time, I BELIEVE IN MYSELF!" and with that, Link thrust the Master Sword out, while blue light danced about.

******************************************************* Initially the title was only suppose to mean Link pulls out the sword but I guess I got carried away with the conflict against himself. I know this chapter is kind of like a drama and so I'll try to remember to add in some action in the other chapters coming. Again please REVIEW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Next chapter Reunion Of Friends