Zelda ran inside to report the witch's message to her father. She ran throughout the castle but could not find him. Finally she turned to a guard and inquired as to her father's whereabouts.

"He has gone to the Temple of Time on an errand milady, shall I tell him you wish to see him when he returns?" Zelda did not wait to give a response and instead hurried away from the guard. "Wait, milady! It is too dangerous to go outdoors! The rains are too fierce! Milady!" But Zelda was already gone from the castle.

Outside, the rain had indeed started again. It rivaled that of twenty years ago with its torrential downpours. In just the short time between her running inside and coming back out again, the rain had reached an alarming level. Already it seemed that Hyrule was drowning: Zelda had to actually wade through Hyrule Castle Town to get to the Temple of Time. She headed for the Temple as quickly as she could. Once she reached the doors she burst through them and found her father at the altar. It seemed as if he were praying.

"Father! I need to tell you something important!" Zelda called to the king, who remained in his position of prayer. She hurried up to him and ran in front of him so he would have to answer her. She had every intention of screaming at her father to answer her when she paused. The look on her father's face was odd. He looked thoughtful, but at the same time fearful.

"Father?" She asked of the king.

"My dear, doom is coming to this kingdom. The evil king has been attacking my thoughts for a long time. I have come here to pray, along with several nobles from various villages, many times before now. We have prayed for the Hero of Time to return but it seems that he will not. We have prayed every day for two years for his return, but nothing. I do not know what more I can do. Ganondorf has returned. He has not regained all of his former strength but he is growing more powerful everyday. If he is not stopped, then Hyrule will be destroyed." The king told his daughter, who stood in amazement at her father's words. He had known what she was going to say before the words came out of her.

"But, father…" Zelda began, but she did not know what to say.

"I have left Hyrule's fate in the hands of the gods. They alone know what to do with Hyrule now that the Hero is no more. We have only to wait for the gods' decision." The king continued. Zelda looked absolutely terrified at the idea of the evil king destroying her beautiful homeland, but also looked defeated. She could find no alternate way, no other plan of action, which would bring down Ganondorf without Link's help. There was nothing anyone could do.

"Father, the torrential rains outside, would it have anything to do with the gods?" She inquired in a quiet voice.

"Yes. They have decided to drown Hyrule under heavy rains to seal the kingdom away for good. Ganondorf can no longer destroy it, nor can he reclaim the triforce from under the waves without the other two pieces. The Hero of Time retained his piece, but after he left it was torn from him and the pieces scattered across the kingdom. Your own was ripped from you and sent to another to guard it. You felt it leaving you on that day last year when you suffered your trauma. The gods will seal away this kingdom under the ocean. We have only to wait for our fates…" The king finished with a saddened look at his daughter, who shared a similar expression.

The two waited for the floods to consume them as they consumed all of Hyrule…