Chapter 2
"Wow! Link I didn't know you were that good a swordsman. You beat the tournament champion too easily, and your only 15!" Zelda exclaimed as Link removed himself from the stage with trophy in hand. Having Zelda say that brought back haunting memories that he has tried long and hard to forget. Memories that did not really occur in the new timeline but events that still took place none the less. He had been haunted none the less of the events that he sealed away at the time of the restoration of the Mastersword's final resting place until it was needed again. It had been four long years since the time he finally put that cursed sword to rest, not that it was a bad natured sword but quite the contrary, it was the fierce responsibilities it brought with him on the mind of a 10 year old boy.
"Well Link, do you want to celebrate?" Zelda confronted him. He simply nodded and she drug him off to the castle where they waited in the courtyard with Impa until dinner was ready. One year earlier link had resorted to training Zelda in the ways of the Shieka along with Impa after she had had a vision of Gannon being able to return to the world and time period. As Impa had always put it, better safe then dead. Over time she became an extremely talented fighter and excelled, like she had in the alternate timeline, with illusions. Her unkeen ability to disappear on a battlefield and use Deku nuts was unreal to the abilities she had gained in the alternate timeline.
"Link? Watch this, I've been practicing a new trick with some new kinds of Deku nuts." She leapt into the air and threw 4 Deku shells at the ground followed by 8 Deku nuts. These created a rift of dust and then a giant flash and flare appeared. Out of the mist and dust Zelda came flying up from the side where link had been looking away from and hit him in the ribs.
"Hehehe! Gotcha!" she exclaimed pacing away from him.
Link looked at the ground in confusion, looked away and then took 3 Deku nuts and preformed a trick of his own. This proceeded to continue until Impa was standing at the doorway and then instantly fell. Not only had she fallen but the sages had been contacting her. Even though the timelines are skewed from what they were supposed to be the sages still are the same.
"Impa?" Zelda confusedly exclaimed leaping to her aid.
"I am alright child, but a great evil has awakened and reappeared on this earth and another is going to unveil itself to us shortly" Impa quietly said.
Zelda looked at Impa for a long while then turned to link as if to say something but they both knew what was happening. Gannon was returning from the distortion as predicted and they did not know what to do.
They ate a quick dinner and then ran off to the stables for Epona. "Off to Gerudo Valley?" Zelda questioned link. He nodded in agreement as he saddled Epona and pulled Zelda up to him. They rode fast and long through the night to get across the Hyrule fields and then through the Gerudo Valley. By dawn they had arrived at the Gerudo Fortress and proceeded inward to consult the leader of the Gerudos. Maybe they had the power and knowledge to shed some light on what was going on.