WARNING! This story will be very confusing, with two Links and all, so one will be the boy with the crested hand Link and the Hero of Time Link. Maybe I'll call one Link2...
"Talking, singing, anything vocal" 'Thoughts or sarcastic remarks' (annoying interruptions called Author Notes)
The Twists of Time
Many Meetings
The boy with the crested hand was sailing all the way back to Hyrule from his recent accomplishment in defeating Ganon in Labrynna. He had a lot to think about, including a little kiss... He stretched as he looked back at the fading land.
When the Oracle of Seasons, Din, heard Link was leaving Labrynna, she had given him the item to control seasons, the Rod of Seasons. After seeing her give Link a 'going away present', the Queen of Ancient times, Ambi, the Oracle of Ages, Nayru, and the Oracle of Secrets, Farore, also gave him something. Queen Ambi ordered a few statues of Link to be place around Labrynna and Farore gave Link an ancient flute, unknown about what it could do. Nayru gave Link the object of Time, the Harp of Ages.
Link(crested hand) was looking at the great lake in front of him. Of course it was Lake Hylia, a beautiful and peaceful area to live. The young Zoras playing happily under the water, with their parents watching them. It looked quite adorable to many people, including Link. Link brought out the Harp of Ages and started playing a tune on it, with his eyes shut. Of course, he never thought it could have taken him 100 year back into the past, why would he? The Rod of Seasons didn't work in Hyrule so he came to the conclusion that the harp wouldn't work. Unfortunately, he was wrong, so very wrong...
(He's just finished the Water Temple, just so you know...) The Hero of Time sighed. Once again, Sheik had done his disappearing act again.
"I wish he wouldn't do that..." The Hero of Time said, talking to a small glowing orb with wings, known as Navi.
"Yeah. It's-" Navi stopped in mid-sentence because of a mystical sound coming from the shore of the lake. Link also heard the music, and dived into the water to find exactly where it was coming from. Navi flew above him and attempted to avoid the water that was falling from the sky. When Link got out of the water, he stood up and looked over to where the music was coming from, not prepared for what he saw. Navi, who had been dodging a few drops of rain, flew straight into Link's back. After almost falling in the water, and flying back up to Link's face, the little fairy began to yell, forgetting about the music.
"WHAT ARE YOU THINKING, LINK?!? DID YOU WANT ME TO GET WET?!?" Navi yelled, anger flashing around her. Link however, didn't notice this. He was more interested in his look-alike. The boy who was playing the harp, looked up at the yelling fairy and stopped playing. He seemed to be in shock as soon as he saw the look-alike, but more at the fairy.
"...What did I do?" Came out of the other boys mouth, snapping Link back to Navi, who was yelling at him. Navi, however seemed to have finished yelling, and finally looked at the boy. Of course, anyone would be taken back from looking at this boy, when some one who was a few years older was standing right next to you. After recovering from shock, Navi went over to introduce her self to the new person, who was currently putting his harp away.
"I'm Navi, and you are?" She said quickly and cheerfully.
"I'm Link." The boy, now also identified as Link, answer. Navi and the Hero of Time looked at him in shock.
"You...can't be Link....He's Link!" Navi said flying all around the place.
"I'm sorry...I think I should attempt to leave now..." The younger Link said and started playing a melody. When the song finished, he was still there.
"Oh no...Nayru is going to be angry if she finds out about this." The younger Link said, fear evident in his voice. Navi stopped flying franticly about.
"What do you mean?" Navi demanded, flying up close to the younger Link's face.
"I think...The Harp of Ages magic worked and thus I came back a few hundred years...and Nayru, being the Oracle of Ages, would be angry if she ever found out..." The younger Link attempted to explain. The older Link came across to where Navi was.
"Nayru is a goddess, not a Oracle or whatever, a G.O.D.D.E.S.S" Navi began yelling, her anger raising in disbelief. The younger Link flinched at her words.
"Navi, I think he is telling the truth. How else could he just appear?" The older Link said, looking down at the younger sitting on the ground. He could now see a few differences about each other. Unlike himself, the younger did not have brown gloves on his hands. He had a larger shield and a sword quite similar to the master sword, infact the older Link suspected that it was the Master sword.
"There is no evidence supporting that!" Navi yelled at the older. The younger looked down at his left hand and smiled.
"Actual, there is. After all, how can there be more then 1 Triforce?" The younger Link said, raising his hand to show them the Triforce symbol. Navi stared at it for awhile. She then went to the older Link's ear.
"I don't trust him. That could easily be a self-inflicted scar!" Navi said slightly. The older Link rolled his eyes at the fairy. He held out a hand to help the younger up, which the younger accepted. The younger looked at Navi and instantly knew she didn't believe him.
"If you wish for more evidence, travel across the sea until you find a land called Labrynna. There you should find Queen Ambi. She knows me personally. If you can't find her, talk to the Maku tree." After a small pause, the younger continued. "Actual, I don't suggest you talk to her...she might, um, go on about a marriage..." The older raised an eyebrow. The fairy flew off.
"A Maku tree?" The elder Link asked.
"Yeah. It is a talking tree that grows Gasha seeds. When the Oracles are born, they have to protect them." The younger continued to try and explain the Maku tree. After at least a few hours, an exhausted Navi flew back.
"Maku Tree...love...Link...Statues everywhere..." the fairy said panting slightly. The younger Link blushed, while the other tried to understand what the fairy was saying. After Navi had recovered, she told them what she saw.
"When I asked the Maku tree about Link, she pointed to a statue and said that when she grow up, she was going to marry him. When I was flying back I saw a lot of statues of you!" Navi explained, still dazed.
"Now do you believe me?" the young asked kindly. The small fairy nodded, or the closest thing she could do to it.
"But that doesn't mean I trust you...you...second Link" Navi said flying again. The elder Link smiled at the younger.
"I think you should join us in our quest until you can figure out how to get back to your own age. But we need to give you a new name, so people don't mistake us for each other. How do you like the name Lero? Also, the Triforce symbol must be thought as a mark of some sort or else Gandorf may go after you." The elder Link explained. The younger nodded.
"So, from now on, I am Lero. The symbol on my left hand is a mark I accidentally put onto my hand." The younger Link said, understanding his role completely. Navi was flying around the elder's head.
"ARE YOU CRAZY?!? HE WILL JUST SLOW US DOWN AND SPEED IS OF THE ESSENCE!" Navi was yelling this and other such things. The two Link's looked at the fairy.
"Are you all right, Navi?" The younger Link questioned.
"I WAS TILL YOU CAME!" Navi said angrily. The elder boy just sighed.
"Lets get going." The elder said, clearly stating that the younger Link was coming. They all walked, or flew in Navi's case, out to Hyrule field. The elder called Epona with his ocarina, while the younger watched. When he saw a horse with chestnut hair, apart from the tips of white or black, the younger smiled.
"That's a great horse." The younger said. Epona looked at the younger of the two and, unlike what both the elder and Navi thought, Epona walked up to him and allowed him to pat her.
"She is really beautiful. What's her name?" The young Link asked.
"Her name is Epona and she must really like you. When she first saw me, she ran away on instinct." The older Link said, pleased that Epona was being friendly towards the younger boy, unlike someone else. Epona at that time pushed the younger Link to the ground playfully and a small flute fell out of his pack. The elder picked it up and, curiosity getting the better of him, blew on it. A melodic sound came out in a harmony. It was what happened next that surprised everyone. A cute creature came bounding along, it's sharp teeth shining in the now setting sun. Its fur was a beautiful green color. As it came closer, they could see its feline features. When it arrived, it greeted them.
"Hello, Master of the Oracles." The elder stood in shock because never had he seen a creature quite like this. Navi seemed even more shocked then he did.
"So...that's what that flute does..." The younger mumbled, and the feline heard.
"Yes, I am Fer if you wanted to know." The feline said. The younger Link stood up and went to stroke the feline.
"Should we go to...where are we going?" The younger Link asked, finally releasing he had no idea on where they were about to go. 100 years can change things greatly.
"To where ever another temple is! Don't you ever think?" Navi said, still angry about having another person join them.
"Did you even tell him your quest? If not, how could he read your mind." Fer asked looking at the small fairy. Both Link's sighed, knowing an argument was about to start. Their prediction was correct, and the Fairy and feline got into a huge argument. Ignoring the two yelling creatures, they started to plan where a temple could be.
"Maybe there is a temple near the Gerudo Valley." The elder said, bringing out a map of Hyrule. Thhe younger brought out a second map and, when put next to the other map, there were a few differences. One had a Ranch, while the other didn't, but something that caught the elder Link's eye was a black spot on the other map.
"What's with that?" He asked pointing to the black spot. The other Link shrugged.
"It was there when I bought it. How about we go to the Gerudo Valley, like you suggested. I think we should be careful though." The younger Link said, putting his map away. The elder did the same.
Wow, this is longer then what I usually write. Any way, I think you should be able to guess why this chapter is called Many Meetings. Fer is an original character and is basically a green saber-tooth tiger.
Disclaimer: I don't own Legend of Zelda.
