Chapter 3

Link couldn't move and he couldn't eat the very appetizing food in front of him. He was too nervous and worried that he would do something to offend the royalties Zelda stared at him as she ate. This was not a very good dining experience. Link just watched them eat. Link felt awkward, he never expected he would actually dine with royalty. Eventually the King noticed, "Umm…What did you say your name was?" he asked. Link's eyes widened.

"O-oh! M-my name, L-Link." Link stuttered.

"Ah! Link, why don't you eat? We had the finest cooks make it!"

"I-I'm not very h-hungry…"

"Are you sure?" King Hyrule asked, Zelda looked at Link and then at her father.

"Dad, he said he's not hungry!" Zelda said. Link looked at her, but then they all heard someone's voice outside the dining room talking to the guards.

"No, you don't under stand…"

"Get away boy!"

"I'm his friend!"

"How'd he get in here?"

"You've gotta let me in!"

"Hey! Stop! WOA-"

Suddenly Tomas burst through the doors, soon grabbed by the guards. One guard looked at the king, "I'm sorry for this disturbance your majesty! He…" Link interrupted the guard.

"Tomas?" Link said. The guards let go of Tom realizing that Link knew him. Tom looked at Link.

"Link, why are you here?" Tomas asked. Link didn't know how to explain.

"Well, Tom, the girl I rescued was… the princess." Link said. Tomas's eyes grew wide.

"WHAT?" Tomas shouted. Zelda looked at him.

"Unn…Would you like to sit down?" she asked. Tomas smiled and sat down. Zelda watched him scoff down the food.

"Link…you gonna' eat that?" Tom asked. Link shook his head, so Tomas ate Link's food. Link was completely embarrassed. Link looked at the king.

"May I be excused?" Link asked. The king looked confused, but he agreed. Link got up and left the room. He then walked down the halls looking at all the statues, and paintings. He admired them all, then at the turn in the hallway he stopped to see a painting of a sword. The sword appeared to be stuck in a pedestal with the sign of the triforce on it. For a moment Link just stared at it, then he went to one of the many guestrooms.

Soon Link heard the sound of the door opening; he turned to find Zelda. "What are you doing in here?" Link asked.

"I wanted to see how you were doing." Zelda said. Link looked at her.

"I'm fine…" he said. Zelda and Link sat there for a moment until Link said something, "Why was it so important that you needed to find me? The legend says 'The triforce will only be needed when the world is in danger.'" Zelda looked down and then back at Link.

"No one thinks it means any thing…" Zelda said. Link looked her in the eye.

" I'll listen." Link responded

Zelda smiled, "I have this reoccurring dream. I'm walking trough Hyrule and every thing is in ruins except the castle. I walk in the castle to find the throne is no longer in the throne room. I run all around the castle looking for my parents, until I reach the top of the castle to find a large throne in front of me…I walk forward dark clouds above me and then a dark figure is in front of me. I step back until I am against the wall. The man closes in on me, and lets out a powerful laugh, and knocks me off the tower. Then I wake up." Link looked intensely at Zelda, "But every time I tell someone they say it doesn't mean any thing." Zelda added. Link then seemed serious.

"I believe you." Link began "But…I suddenly remembered, I too seem to have a repetitive dream."

"What is it?" Zelda asked

"Well its not always the same but it's always about the same thing…My mother." Link said sadly. Zelda looked at Link under standing what he meant. But then something seamed odd, the sunlight was gone. They both ran to the top tower, They found the King and the Queen were looking up. Link and Zelda looked up too; they couldn't believe their eyes. Above them they saw unnaturally dark clouds.

"No…not again!" The king said

"'Again?'" Zelda asked. The king turned quickly, he had no idea they where right behind him. "T-this has happened before?" Zelda continued. The king sighed.

"I must tell you…nine years ago, dark clouds covered the sky. A man of great evil came through the town killing all in his path. He took one person, one woman, out of the town, for unknown reasons. But we associated it with a prophecy." He took Zelda and Link down the stairs to the bottom floor. King Hyrule took out a key, and unlocked one of the doors. They entered a dark, cold, and damp room; the king lit a torch, and took them over to a wall that looked like the wall of a cave. They saw some ancient Hylian characters written on the wall.

"What dose it say?" Zelda asked

"It says," King Hyrule began, " 'A great evil will arise, Searching for the unknown relic, He will arise in power even with out it, and when he finds it he will be unstoppable. But a hero bearing the courage triforce shall end his rein of evil'"

"Link!" Zelda began "Y-you…you're the hero! You must find the evil."

"'But it will not be that easy…'" The King continued, "'First you must find the three necklaces of the goddesses, then you must head to the temple of the hero to find the Master sword. The rest shall fall into place.'" The king looked at Link; "I under stand you are but twelve years of age, but you must help us!"

"I will." Link said promptly.

"Not without me you won't!" they suddenly heard from the back of the room, along with the sound of boxes (apparently filled with breakables) falling to the floor. Tomas fell to the floor in front of the king.

"Well apparently not since you always fallow Link, even to rooms you are not aloud in!" The King responded to Tom. Tom gave the king a weak smile.

Link and Tomas were standing in front of the castle; "The first necklace is in the forest far south of here." The king reminded them, Link nodded. Him and Tom set off for a three-day journey.