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Chapter 2: Unknown Past

Zelda still kept her eyes tightly shut as she awaited her consequences as she knelt on the cold ground and kept her fist clenched and placed on her chest. Slowly she heard the guards step closer to her as they were breathing heavily and grunting. She thought she heard some giggling even. Zelda let out a slight shriek when she felt a stinging cold pain scrape across her arm. Just as the guards were about to touch her again, she had heard a clinging sound, a clashing between metal. She opened her eyes just a little to see the back of someone garbed in green blocking one of the guards' spears. Zelda's eyes at that point had begun to fill with tears because of the guard's approach. She heard the new figure talk to her, but not move his head back or anything, it was as if he had is full focus on the battle.

"You better be the right damsel in distress, woman..." He spoke rather rudely, perhaps it was because he was fighting at the particular moment?

Zelda quietly watched the young man as he pushed back the guard's spear with his own sword he had wielded. He held it in a fighting stance, while his eyes contained a fine glare and the strong will to fight.

"Get back, kid... we're here for the girl."

"I see..." He replied before charging in the middle of the crowd and beginning to fight them off, "That jerk wants her to work for him?"

"The Great Ganondorf is not a jerk, or so you say!"

Zelda's rescuer began to fight them off flawlessly and it seemed the guards were too stunned to move or do any offensive moves. This man was obviously a skilled fighter when it came to swordsmanship. He wasn't even scathed as of yet! She continued to watch as she heard the clashing of metal and the pain cries of the guards. Each of them fell to the ground at her rescuer's feet. Once he had defeated them all, he had turned back toward Zelda and approached her after sheathing his sword. He had crouched down to see her properly.

"Are you all right?" He said placing his hands on the ground for support.

He had noticed her arm was nearly covered in blood when he saw her clinging tightly onto it. Gently, he drew a cloth from his tunic and began to wrap it around her. Zelda lifted her arm off her wound and allowed him to treat it the best he could at the moment. Zelda looked at him and found that he had looked into her eyes as well. However, his reaction shocked her. He quickly backed away from her and drew his sword.

"Do you really think you can fool me?" He said loudly as Zelda backed away gasping.

Zelda dare not speak to him, she didn't even know what to say in the first place, first she was being treated by him and now she was being yelled at. She stuttered for a short while before her rescuer spoke again.

"Don't play innocent with me... you destroyed my hometown... and you killed my parents!"

Zelda gasped and her eyes widened. For a split second, she saw another image. She had seen herself as a dark figure standing before a burning town, going down in flames in the dark of the night. The fell wind of death blew her hair and it seemed she had an evil gaze in her piercing eyes. Then she saw someone looking at her in shock before it had turned into a glare, the boy was her age and he looked much like the man who had rescued her. The vision was brief, but when it had flashed before her eyes, she began to feel a strong pain aching through her head. Quickly, she placed both hands on her head and began screaming in pain.

"W-what's happening?!? My head... it hurts!!! I have... no clue... what you're talking about..."

Her rescuer then noticed her tears, which were now running down her cheeks and he immediately realized something was wrong. Zelda began to bang her head, not realizing the fact that it would make it worse, but what she was trying to do was to make the image go away, because it had come back. The man quickly sheathed his sword and rushed toward her and held her in his arms to calm her down. Her screams muffled and tears began to fall onto the young man's lap. Though Zelda knew not who he was, she allowed him to embrace her and comfort her. Her cries eventually lessened and she looked into the other's eyes.

"What happened? Did I harm you?" She said before a tear rolled down her cheek, "I don't remember anything... who I really am... where I came from... what I was doing... if I harmed you in any way... I... I'm sorry..."

"Do you remember your name?" He asked more kindly.

"Zelda..."She replied, regaining her broken voice, "What's yours?"

"Just call me Link."

"L-Link..." She repeated as if she were learning how to talk.

Zelda noticed she had her hands on Link's chest and he had his arms around her waist when she regained her senses fully. Link brushed away her messy locks and noticed a black bruise on her forehead. He slightly laughed to the fact that she had hurt herself like that.

"You better calm down before you hurt yourself again." He said removing his hands from her and helping her stand up. He began to run off in the direction the guards were coming toward her, "Come on, we have to go! We don't want the guards catching up again, do we?"

Zelda, for the first time, smiled at him and followed him toward the exit of the mine. They had gone out another passage, a more secret passage where the guards were sure not to find them. When they had reached the outside, they burst into cold once more and could hear the cries of the guards going throughout the town and the pounding of their feet.

"Do not stop until they are found! Put the girl in custody and execute the boy!"

Zelda was a little shocked to hear that from the guards as Link made preparations to leave. She continued to be absorbed in listening to the cries of the guards as worry pulled at her heart until Link touched her shoulder. She jumped and quickly turned around to see Link, with a beautiful mare behind him. It had a reddish brown coat and a white mane and tail. It's eyes were as black as charcoal while it's muzzle was black as well. By the looks of it, Zelda figured they were going to ride bareback.

"Come on." Link said, "We'll ride my horse, Epona, to escape."

Zelda found him lifting her by the waste and placing her on Epona's back. Link had grabbed his sheath once more before he heard the cries of the guards again.

"There they are!"

Link drew his sword as the guards approached them and he had taken care of them much like the time in the cave. After he had defeated this group of guards, another wave of them came after them. Realizing there was far too much, Link sent Epona going before running behind her and jumping on her back and clinging onto her mane. Zelda's heart was pounding with relief and some excitement even. It beat as hard as the pounding steps of Epona's hooves as she remained in front of Link.

They had ridden out into the blizzard, and Zelda knew not where they were headed, but it seemed Link knew every step of the way. He did not slow down, not once, and Epona had enough stamina to endure such speed for such a long period of time. As Link rode on, he began to wonder about Zelda. There was no doubt that he burned with resentment over what she had done to his village, but on the other hand he had pitied her for her lost memories, he was actually a little confused. It was late at night when they had set out, and they rode until morning to the further parts of the fields where the snow had lessened. In fact, there was a beautiful running waterfall they had reached, leading down into a powerful rapid river. Link had dismounted before letting Zelda jump into his arms.

Why had they stopped here? Zelda did not see anything that was worth hiding in, not until she saw Link walk away from her and go behind the sparkling waterfall and disappear. She quickly looked down in the river to see if he was floating there but to her surprise he wasn't. She then looked at the base of the misty waterfall, then from there looked up to where Link had disappeared. The sky was so clear and blue; it was hard to believe they were in the Age of Darkness. She could barely hear the birds' chirping over the loud and thunderous waterfall. Zelda then went forward and went on the same path as Link's. To her surprise she found a cave behind the waterfall, which looked deep and dark. When she had entered it, it wasn't as dark as it seemed, torches lined the walls to give it a bit of light and the hallway split off into different corridors.

As Zelda walked further down the hallway, she was stopped by several other men in her way. They held pikes, spears, and swords to her and were ready to kill her. Zelda stood a little shocked at the moment and she was about to back out before they had stopped her in her tracks.

"Hold it... where do you think you're going?" One of them said in a low tone, "Judging by your garb, you must be working for Ganondorf. No followers of his escape from here alive."

"Wait a minute there..." Link said as he was approaching the crowd.

"Link!" The men replied.

"This girl is harmless as of the moment, she doesn't even know who she is... and she doesn't remember anything of her past except her name. Let her pass."

Hesitantly, the other men parted to make a path, which led toward Link. Zelda slowly walked down it and went by Link's side, but he had quickly turned around as if ignoring her and continued on. Zelda wasn't interested in such different environment now, she was interested in following Link. Once in a while, he would glance back to see if she were still there and if she fell far behind, he would stop and let her catch up with him, but Link was sure to keep his distance still. It wasn't until when Link reached some sort of a sitting room was when he stopped.

Zelda looked in and saw two chairs facing each other with torches along the walls and a candle on a stone table in the middle. What was Link trying to do? Was he trying to talk to her? After Link motioned her to sit in one of the chairs, she hesitantly did so and waited for Link's next request or command. Zelda followed orders almost immediately, she knew not why, she just thought it was part of her nature to do so. Instead, Link knelt at her side and took hold of her arm and slowly, but gently unraveled the cloth around her arm. From his tunic, he drew a little circular container with a beautiful design with three triangles fused into one it seemed and it bore symbols by the three different points. Zelda for a little bit wondered about the container.

"What's that little container?"

Link glanced at it before taking off the top and wiping his finger against the substance in it, "Oh, this is my mother's special ointment for wounds... she gave it to me before she died and said that it could be very useful to me."

Link had rubbed her arm with the substance and Zelda flinched when the stinging pain hit her. She then noticed the design on the container again and began to get curious about it, "That is an odd-looking design on the container's lid."

"Yeah... my mom told me the three triangles on it is known as the Triforce... and the three symbols represent each of the goddesses. She told me the Triforce really does exist and it is hidden deep somewhere. I tried asking her where it was, but she wouldn't tell me, she just said that if the power were disturbed, disaster would befall this world."

Link had taken some fresh bandages and began to wrap them around Zelda's wound on her arm. Once he had tied it, he began to wipe a little on her forehead where the bruise was and he had stuck a little bandage on there as well. Then at last, he put the lid back on the container and slipped it in his tunic once more. Zelda then saw him traipse over to the other chair and plop down into it. For a while he just stared at her, with his eyes narrowed. She wondered how he could switch personalities so easily.

"You don't remember anything?" Link asked, breaking the unpleasant silence.

Zelda shook her head, with her hair waiving side to side. Everything was so blank and mysterious about her. It seemed she might have just fallen from the sky instead of being born and growing up to what she was now. Link could obviously see something in her that she had that no one else could possess, but what was it? That was the single question that blocked him.

"All I remember is my name... and that horrible image that came to mind... Nothing else."

Link paused for a while before relaxing his eyes, standing up, and sighing, "You'd better get some rest, you didn't sleep at all last night and who knows, you may regain some of your memory." Link turned around and smiled, "My mother told me the most wonderful things can happen in dreams..."

Zelda could tell Link missed his dearly. The way he talked about his mother, he must have really loved her so. A deep sadness was hidden deep within his eyes all the time and he didn't smile as much as a regular person would. Link was clouded with mystery as well, so Zelda wasn't the only one. Link had led her to her own bedroom to get her own rest. After leaving her in there, Zelda looked at the bed with a blank expression. Her gaze always seemed to be so empty and her eyes dull. She climbed into bed and stared up at the ceiling for a while before she had realized how tired she really was and her eyelids began to get heavy. Slowly she fell into a deep, deep sleep.

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