Chapter Seven: A Vision

Link had lost consciousness, and was floating in Lake Hylia, dead to the world with a spear right through him. However, a shining bright light in front of him forced Link to wake up. Link opened his clouded eyes to look at the light, and saw an impossible person. The King of Hyrule.

" Link…Wake up, child. Heed my words, Link." said the King. Link just gazed at the figure, his life slowly slipping away.

" You cannot die here, Link. Zelda needs you. Hyrule needs you. We all need you, Link!"

A bubble came out of Link's mouth as he tried to speak, but couldn't.

" Link, this is not your time. Zephyrian is at threat not only to Hyrule and Zelda, but the Goddesses as well. The Deku Tree, Lord Jabun and Valoo cannot defeat Zephyrian, for he has powers beyond imagination. You yourself, the Hero of Time, have only a slight chance of defeating him, but it is still a chance! Ganon will not accept Zephyrian either. Together, you and Ganondorf can vanquish him!" encouraged the King of Hyrule

Link closed his eyes, not believing what this person was telling him. Join forces with Ganon? It was just impossible.

" Link, listen to me. I know this will be hard to accept, but many of your friends will not stand a chance if Zephyrian gained immortality. You must not let him achieve his goal. You must kill Zephyrian before it is too late."

The King could sense that Link had barely heard what he had said; he was dying.

" I, Daphnes Nohansen Hyrule, entrust this task to you Link, the Hero of Time. I give you a chance to defeat Zephyrian. I give you LIFE!" boomed the King of Hyrule.

Another shining bright light enveloped Link's body, healing his wounds. Once the healing was done, the bright light rushed Link to the surface of Lake Hylia. Back in the water, the vision spoke again.

" Good luck Link. The world depends on you."


Zelda had been trying frantically to escape from the crystal she had been trapped in. She banged her fists, kicked out, and even head-butted the crystal, but all she gained was bruises and a headache.

" It is pointless, girl. Zephyrian has made an indestructible prison from which you cannot escape." said Ganondorf.

" Diego, what is this?" said Zelda.

" That, my dear, sweet princess, is a Binding Crystal. You are trapped in there for as long as my magic lasts, or until something destroys it, which is highly unlikely. They're very useful, but are hard to create without skill. However, once one is made, it usually lasts forever."

" Why am I here? Do you wish to kill me, after torturing me? Or have you got something else in mind?"

" Very much the opposite, princess. I need you to compose the Everlasting Symphony to the Immortal Orchestra, so I can achieve my life goal-immortality."

" The Everlasting Symphony? That is cursed music!" replied Ganondorf.

" I assume you know what happened the last time it was played, Ganon?"

" I knew once. But after the many years of numerous imprisonments, it has been erased from my mind. It seems no one wants to remember what happened, 500 years ago."

" What did happen?" asked Zelda.

" No one knows. There isn't a soul left on the earth who knows." said Diego.

" Certainly no one on the earth, but I'm willing to bet that the Goddesses Din, Farore and Nayru still remember." contradicted Ganondorf.

" So the Goddesses remember, is that it?"

" Almost certainly. After all, it took all three of them to defeat the evil that threatened to destroy the entire world."

" You seemed well informed on this subject, Ganondorf. Please, enlighten us all."

" The Everlasting Symphony was created by the King of Hyrule's ancestor. He called upon the Goddesses to join his brothers and sisters in the Immortal Orchestra, in hope that he would be able to rule Hyrule for eternity in peace and harmony. However, a great evil, even greater than I, heard of what the King was trying to accomplish. It destroyed the King's brothers and sisters after the music was played in hope of beating the Heavens Gong, the key to immortality. Beating it three times would give the beater immortality."

" Hmm…That's interesting. That is very interesting. I knew the Heavens Gong had a part of the Immortal Orchestra, but it was real luck that I acquired it when I did."

" Wait…You need me to compose a song that will give you immortality? I'll never do it!" said Zelda defiantly.

" Ah, Zelda, how little you know. I will make you compose the Everlasting Symphony, just like I am making Link retrieve the Master Sword right now."

" Link's retrieving the Master Sword? That explains why Ganondorf is here. But why does he need it?"

" The Master Sword is the only weapon that can kill the monsters that guard the remaining Instruments of the Goddesses."

" So what are theses Instruments of the Goddesses?"

Diego sighed. " It's getting really annoying having to repeat myself, and for the third time as well! The Instruments of the Goddesses are the instruments that the Goddesses and people of the right blood played."

" I suppose that's all I have to say-Wait, what's Link's grandma doing here!"

" She's here because…Why am I even bothering to explain it? Suffice to say she's here for a reason." replied Diego exasperatedly.

" You seem edgy…Why?" asked Ganondorf with mock concern.

" Link should have returned to Hyrule, but I'm sensing he is still at Lake Hylia. Maybe I should help him."


Link opened his eyes to see yet another shining bright light, but this time, it was the sun. He found himself floating on the surface of Lake Hylia wearing a torn Zora's Tunic. He was hurting all over, and he remembered his quest to retrieve the Master Sword. Non-stop fighting could really take it out of a person.

" Why aren't I dead?" Link asked himself, as he remembered the Moblin that had managed to pierce him with its spear. Then he faintly remembered the dream he had had while he was floating unconscious. It had to be a dream, for the King of Hyrule was dead. Nevertheless, Link knew that the dream was a sign, and he should follow the King's instructions. But still, Link couldn't think of why he was alive. If the dream was a dream, then it shouldn't have a physical effect on his body. So how come he was alive?

Link found the answer inside his hat. He had stashed the bottle containing Ruto's Red Potion, and more recently, the fairy that Link had caught. But now the fairy was gone. Link smiled as he reassured himself that the fairy, and not the King of Hyrule, had given him life again. Now that he was alive, though, what should he do next?

" I'll check up on Zelda," thought Link aloud. " Then I'll see what Diego has in store for me."