Chapter 1: The Hyrule Liberation Front

"Wake up," whispered a beautiful young maiden, the soft touch of her hand brushing the forehead of the young man who lay sleeping in a bed.

He shot up, and shouted, "Where's Karn!"

"Shhh…," the maiden said, trying to calm him. "I suppose that you mean the man who you were carrying?"

"Yes! Where is he!" shouted the young man again.

"He's doing fine," she replied softly.

A look of relief spread across his face, and his demeanor became a calm one.

"I apologize for being so harsh. He is a good friend of mine, and it is not in my interest to see him die."

"It's okay," replied the maiden, "It is refreshing to see someone caring for another person. You just don't see too much of that nowadays."

"It's too true…," whispered the young man.

Minutes past, and no words were spoken. Yet, this lasted only for a short time before the young lady broke the silence. "Do you mind if I ask you your name?"

"Oh, yes, I'm Link."

"And I'm-," she started, but was cut off by the young man.

"You're Zelda, Princess of Hyrule"

"Yes," she replied, a small smile spreading across her face. Link smiled back.

Once again silence spread through the room. This time it was Link who broke it.

"Do you mind telling me what happened after I passed out last night?"

"You mean three nights ago." Zelda replied.

"Wow, I can't believe I was out for that long."

"After all that you have been through, I'm not surprised," said Zelda, and she sat down on a chair beside Link's bed. Then she started the story, "At the time all I knew was that a couple of adventurers from the Hyrule Liberation Front were on the way to the castle. I set up guards to watch for them. At around midnight, I heard sounds outside, and got up, assuming that they had arrived. When I went down to the main hall, all of the guards were in an uproar, and my advisor informed me of what was happening. When I went outside, I saw you on your horse, galloping towards the castle gates. When you arrived, you jumped of your horse, and ran carrying your friend. You then handed him to one of the guards and passed out."

"Yeah, I remember that" said Link, "but what happened to the creatures who were chasing me?"

Zelda replied, continuing her story, "as soon as you were taken into the castle, they retreated, and it has been pretty calm around here ever since. Your friend Karn woke up yesterday and he has already been up and about, so you don't have to worry about him."

"That's a relief," said link.

"Oh, and one question," Zelda said, "Were those Ganon's creatures chasing after you?"

"Yes," replied Link, "Karn and I were spying on them. Unfortunately they caught us, and knocked Karn out before we could learn anything that we could use against them. I barely was able to grab Karn away from them. Luckily, my horse Epona was ready when I got to her. We got away just in time."

Link turned around as the door to the room opened. Standing in the entranceway was Karn, a buff twenty-three year old man, fully dressed in uniform with his sword by his side. Link smiled at him, but received a grim look in return.

"What's wrong?" Link asked.

"Ganon's creatures are back," said Karn, "they're waiting for us in the field outside of the castle"

"Shoot!" shouted Link.

"I'll meet you in the main hall," said Karn.

"Okay, I'll be right there," replied Link, and with that Karn stepped out of the room. Then Link got out of bed, picked up his shield, hilted his sword, and began to open the door to the room. Yet, before he could step out of the room Zelda called from behind him, "Link, be careful."…