Saving Hyrule, other Links had done it before. Thousands of years ago the first Link and the Sages sent Ganon into the Sacred Realm, trapping him behind a magical gate. It held the King of Evil for thousands of years, holding him until one day he broke through. Link could hardly think, he never thought something like this would happen in his lifetime. He figured that he would do something great, after all his name Link means in Hylian 'Great Protector'. His father, thinking of this had reminded him of his father. People always said that he was like his father; he never knew what they meant until right now. His father had died protecting him from…he froze. "Rauru," he said to the Sage of Light "who was my father protecting me from?" Rauru looked at him with sympathy in his eyes "A wizard, named Zerthus, the Great Wizard of Darkness. I battled him many eons ago, but he escaped my grasp. Fourteen years ago he arose and searched for the next Hero of Time." Link looked up with sadness in his eyes "My dad….he was looking for my dad." Link froze "But you said that he was killed by Ganon." Rauru laughed weakly "I apologize, I'm so old that words in my sentences are sometimes…left out. Zerthus was visited by Ganon in a dream and Ganon told him everything. Zerthus then pledged his allegiance to Ganon and swore that he would kill the Hero of Time." Link hearing this news walked off to a corner all by himself. He pondered some more. His father was protecting him from a wizard, a wizard that killed him. He hit the ground with all his force and began to weep. Zelda headed towards him, but she was stopped by Rauru "It's ok, let him mourn his father. He has found out the truth." Zelda looked at him and a single tear fell down her face. Link sat down with his back on a wall, his knees up to his chest. He rested his head on the wall, and shut his eyes. He then awoke in a room full of light. Before him stood an unfamiliar figure, all bathed in light. The figure held its hand out and helped Link up and began to walk off. "Wait," Link said to the figure making it turn around "Wh-who are you?" A light laugh was heard and all of a sudden a dark figure appeared. The light figure drew a sword and slashed at the dark figure, the dark figure just merely held its hand out and the light figure flew back. Link reached for the Master Sword, but it wasn't in its sheath. He then looked closely at the sword the light figure was holding and noticed that it was in the shape of the Master Sword. He then looked closely at the figure and saw a tuft of blonde sticking out.
Link gasped "Dad.." he said almost whispering. The figure looked at him, it tried to stand up, but it just collapsed. Link rushed over and helped it…him…to stand up. The dark figure which Link assumed to be Zerthus, slowly walked towards them. Link gently put his dad down, wiping a tear off his own face, and grabbed the Master Sword. He quickly turned around to face Zerthus, but he was gone. He then turned to his dad, and Zerthus was behind him. Zerthus took a small blade out of his belt and sliced the head off of Link's father. "Noooo!!" he screamed as he awoke. He looked around him to see Zelda and the Sages knelt, staring at him. Link stood up brushing himself. "Link, are you alright?" Zelda asked in a fearful "You struggled as though you were fighting something." Link sighed "Yea, I was fighting something," he looked into the sky "Zerthus." Zelda gasped putting her hands over her mouth. He told them all of his dream he had just had. The entire time he spoke he held back the tears, he had watched the murder of his father. He had lived because his father died, and he was going to make sure personally that Zerthus and Ganon were going to pay with their lives. He knew that wouldn't bring his father back, but he would certainly feel better.