Chapter 3

The Day After Yesterday

Link slept in the next day after having a romantic night out with Saria (I don't really feel like describing the romance. lol) Link finally woke up when a particular fairy started to buzz around his head yelling "Link! Get up! It's already way past breakfast!"

"whoop-dee-do," Link said groggily and went back to sleep.

"Link! There's a fire! You'd better get up before you're burnt to death!"

At this Link sat up with a jolt. Grabbing his sword from his side, he quickly ran outside to find the culprit of the new fire. Link ripped open his curtain to find everything peaceful and quiet with Kokiri randomly walking around. Navi giggled behind Link. He spun around and yelled "don't do that to me! I thought there was really a fire out there!"

"But it woke you up didn't it? Anyway, you got a letter from a Hyrulian guard that came by earlier. By the looks and smell of it, it's from Zelda"

"What do you mean by the smell of it?"

Navi grabbed the letter and carried it over to Link.

"Smell it and you'll find out"

Link took the letter and sniffed at it. Indeed, it had a sweet aroma wafting from it. Zelda must have sprayed it with her personal perfume. Finally, Link opened the letter it said:

Dear Link,

Please, you must help me. There are fires springing up every where in the land of Hyrule. The Hylian guards have of yet failed to find the culprit. Please Link, help me find this evil person and stop him once and for all. I fear that whoever is doing this is going to try to burn down the castle. So far, the culprit has burnt down 3 farms, part of the castle wall, Kakariko Village, and part of the Gerudo Fortress. I beg of you Link, come save Hyrule before it is destroyed by the raging fires.

Best Wishes

Zelda

P.S.- If you except this quest, please report to the castle were I can debrief you.

Link reread the letter a few times. So fires were springing up everywhere? Sounds like Hero Time! 'Perhaps the person who started the fire here in the forest has started fires in other places too.' Link thought.

Link then equipped himself with the necessary tools he would need for this mission. He strapped on his own homemade sword made of iron and had the Triforce encrypted on it, his Hylian shield, a bow and a quiver full of arrows, and a few bombs. Then, Link stepped outside and called to Epona who was lazily grazing behind Link's home but came to his call. Link saddled her and leaped on to her back. He rode over to Saria's house to say his goodbyes, but she wasn't there. Link went inside, took a piece of parchment, wrote a brief note, and stuck it on Saria's wall. With that, he left to go to the Hyrulian Castle.

Link quickly made his way through the plains separating the 3 races (do the Gerudos and Kokiri count as a race?) Then, he sped through the gates of Hyrule and up to the castle entrance where the guards let Link in just at the sight of him. Link dismounted Epona and left her by the guards out front. He then set out to find Zelda in the maze of pearly white hallways. Finally, after a long trek through the castle walls he found Zelda's room. He knocked before entering. Zelda opened the door and permitted Link to enter. "I'm so glad you came! I've missed you so much! I haven't seen you in months!" Zelda exclaimed, ringing her arms around Link's neck. Before Link could even utter his greetings, Zelda continued "we have important work ahead of us"

"You mean about the fires, don't you?" Link asked.

"Yes. If we don't stop this soon, then fires will rage freely across the kingdom of Hyrule."

"Do you know who's causing all this destruction?"

"no. but that is why you are here. I want you to find out who this person is and eliminate him"

"when do I start?"

"As soon as you want"

Somewhere, in the ruins of Ganon's once mighty castle, a stranger approached his former leader and friend. Ganon sat in his seal that the Sages and Link put on him, restless. Suddenly, a hooded figure walked toward the purple, spherical cage that Ganon was trapped in. The stranger came closer and knelt in front of Ganon. "your liege," the person said "I have come with good news. I have prepared a small group to aid me in your release. By tomorrow afternoon, you will be free to reign of Hyrule once again."

"good, Raven, you are a valuable instrument for my cause. For that, I am grateful. And should you destroy this seal that I am imprisoned in I shall reward you greatly. I will not question you on how you will release me, but just do it quickly."

"Yes my liege" the person called Raven said. He then got up and left Ganon to ponder his follower's motives.

"I wonder how Raven will free me…….."Ganon wondered.

Well how was that chapter? Please review me and criticize me as much as possible. I haven't fixed all of the problems in my first 2 chapters so if you see anything wrong with this chapter its probably because I haven't been ale to fix it yet. Things will get more exciting in the next chapter. I promise!