"A soldier does as one is told to!" The man screamed, spitting all over the place.
"A soldier fights for his King and country!" He continued.
"A hero does as his soul tells him." Link yelled.
"A hero follows his heart!" He continued.
"A hero; fights for justice and right! A hero stands up against evil, no matter how big, or powerful!" He finished, the rest of the soldiers yelled out a roar for him. The sergeant gave them all a dark look, before stepping in front of Link.
"Are you a hero, farm boy?" He mocked.
"I am what I am, and I am no soldier." He said to the man, staring him in his steel-grey eyes.
"What you just spoke, were the last words of an ancient fallen hero, known to us as the Hero of time! Witch saved Hyrule ages ago. He hammered the words in on the door into the Master Sword's chamber." How did you know the words? He asked with a soft voice.
"I, I don't know sir." Link said confused. "They only came out, those words you said about being a soldier, and they angered me. And these words just came out."
"We can't all be a hero Link!" The man said sadly,
"But, we could try our best!" Link said so quiet he almost didn't hear it himself. All the others were quiet, dead quiet, watching the drama.
"Link! Ryan! You two stand on the castle walls tonight."
"The whole night sir?" Ryan asked.
"The whole damned night son!" The sergeant said with an angry voice.
"Why? What did we do?" Ryan asked holding out his hands, lifting his shoulders.
"Come on!" Link said to the boy; "Let's go get some food and rest before the night comes."
"Good Idea! That sergeant! Who the hell does he think…?" Ryan said, but Link laid a hand over his mouth nodding in the direction of the approaching sergeant.
As the two boys made their way from the Army's location, and up to the castle, they talked about the sergeant, how he hated them because they stood up against him. The man who came to recruit Link, or Malon was another sergeant, but he wasn't goanna teach them anything. Link didn't actually look forward to spending the whole night on the castle walls, though it soon was summer, it was still cold in the air, and it was windy. He threw a short glance at the sky, the dark threatening sky. It would be rain tonight, and he had a bad feeling about something.
"The sergeant." Link started off without being aware of what he said, "he spoke of a sword and a hero. Where is this chamber of his?"
"You mean the hero of time?" Ryan asked looking down towards the market; "You see the huge stone building left for the market? That's the temple of Time, where the Master Sword is said to be resting. By that temple, there is a small round building; inside it you find the Hero's chamber. The hero's monument is raised down there, a unknown hero wielding a Hyrule shield, and the master sword. He has a long, pointy cap too, fluttering in the wind."
Ryan spoke with such an inspiration, that even Link felt blessed by the story.
"See you later!" Link said, "I'm goanna check out that Hero stuff."
"Okay! See ya Link!" Ryan Yelled back after Link, who were already on his way.
Link had to run for a good while, before he reached the market, people were everywhere, like ants attacking a insect. He turned left, towards the huge stone building, also called the Temple of Time. He ran up some small stairs, and found a magnificent garden, a huge square pool laid by the temples side. Some weird looking stones were placed in front of the pool. But they were unimportant for the moment. He wanted to pay a visit to the Hero. But first, he should check out the Temple of Time. The triforce were hammered into the stone, high above the mighty doors into the temple. It was somehow grey and boring. But still, it was something he could stare on forever if he wasn't in a hurry.
The temple was huge and empty, he hadn't expected anything, but he had most certainly not expected this! Pillars at the size of guard towers were placed on each side of the red carpet that ran all the way over to a platform in the middle of the room. Many symbols were somehow printed on the stone. A huge white and dark alter was placed in front of something that looked like a huge door. There were writing on the stone alter, and three circles marking something. The spirit in the Temple was indeed holy, and mighty. And Link felt honoured to visit such a place. He walked up to the door, and let his hands slowly glide over the letters hammered in the white, solid stone.
It was indeed the words he had spoken earlier that afternoon, and it frightened him, he had never been in this Temple before. Maybe he had heard people say it in the Market those other times he had been there? Link backed off, no, he had never heard such things before, and still somehow they felt so very familiar. The swords call echoed through him like a deep voice. He could feel it; it was on the other side of that door. Well he couldn't open it, so he could just as well leave this place, and go to see the Hero's memorial chamber. He walked outside again and drew a deep breath, he was confused and afraid. How did he know those words?
Only the three mighty goddesses could answer on that question. He followed a path around the corner and saw the low, round building. Some stairs lead the way down under the ground.