Legend of Zelda
Link to the future
Chapter two: clues to be left behind
Saria smiled as the other sages began talking about her plan.
"it could work"
"are you crazy? It WILL work!"
"incredible Saria!"
"I'm not sure…"
"Darnia it will work!"
"are you sure"
"as sure as I've ever been!"
"that'll be a first."
"oh shut up Nabooru!"
Saria bit her lip "so…?"
The other sages looked to each other and nodded in agreement. "let's do it!"
"for Hyrule!" Darnia said and the others repeated the cheer.
"for the Hero of Time!"
"for Link!" Saria said quietly as they all filed out of the room, ready to put her plan into action.
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Link walked around the field, hands in the pockets of his baggy cargo pants. It had started raining,
but something drove him on, something he couldn't explain.
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Zelda saw Impa walk up to her and she smiled "hello Impa, you're finally back! I've been waiting for you!"
Impa looked rushed and Zelda stopped speaking. "Impa?"
Impa extended her hand " I need the Ocarina of Time Zelda."
Zelda shrugged "ok…it's in my room on top of the dresser, but why do you need it?"
Impa paused.
"because of what you've done!"
"because Link is in trouble and it's all your fault!"
"because you need to make up for the mistake you just made!"
All things Impa wanted to say, but Zelda had no memory of what she had done, she was 10 again
and Impa decided to say it in the simplest way possible. "because Hyrule is in danger." she left it at
that and as she rode away with the Ocarina of Time, she shook her head. Zelda couldn't be blamed,
but it was still partially her fault.
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All the sages met at the Temple of Time and Saria smiled. "ok guys we need to leave clues for
Link, but we can't leave them so that any regular person can find them."
They all nodded in agreement.
"we have hidden some notes around Hyrule field so that Link can find the first location…here.
Where he will find the -" Saria took the Ocarina from Impa's hand " The Ocarina of Time."
Saria kept explaining her plan, little did they know, that at this exact time, 707 years into the
future, Link was coming close to the first clue.
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Link walked around absent mindedly and then noticed a huge rock leaning against a wall outside
the city walls. He looked up at the sky, it was dark, the bridge would close soon. Even though it
was a modern time, the dangers of the fields were still real and there was talk of thieves, so they
shut the gates at dark. Link definitely didn't want to be locked out, Mary and Josh would be
worried, but something drew him to this bolder. Link got closer and noticed that there was a small
opening behind the rock. He looked at the rock hesitantly, it was huge, but something inside him
said that he could push it. Which is what he did, and when the rock was out of the way he surveyed
what was left behind. What he had thought was a small opening, was a huge tunnel.
"weird." Link muttered, it seemed like everything about this day was "weird", it seemed like that
word was all that could describe the events unfolding.
Link looked at the sky which was growing darker and then back at the tunnel, well Mary had
always said he had a natural ability to sense adventure. Before he even thought about the
consequences that could result, he found himself walking in and meeting blinding light.
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Mary looked out her window anxiously and frowned. Where was he off to now? She shook her
head, she should of gotten used to Link's recent disappearances, no one could hold that boy down.
She shrugged, but still remained worried. She heard a sudden noise by the front door and turned to
see her husband Josh walking in. He noticed her expression and smiled knowingly "Link is off
again huh?"
Mary nodded and Josh sighed "don't tell me you're surprised. He'll be fine Mary, something tells
me that no creature in the fields could deal with him."
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As his eyes adjusted to the light, Link was met with a mostly empty room save for a treasure chest
at the very end. Cautiously Link made his way forward and after looking around the room a bit
more, he opened the chest. Inside was the last thing (or rather things) that he was expecting. A
piece of parchment was wrapped around a huge sword, which was resting on top of a shield with
an emblem that he some how recognized but couldn't place. Link took off the parchment and
noticed a letter of sorts written on the paper, the words on it would change his life forever.
Link,
Whoa… Link thought…how did this person know my name? He looked around the room
suspiciously and then returned to reading the letter.
Yes I know your name and I also know who you are. Whether you like it or not you are a hero,
destined to save Hyrule. In fact, you already have but something dreadful happened after you
did.
Link paused and looked around anxiously, anytime now the bridge would close. He sighed and
grabbed all the contents of the chest and ran out, then rolled the bolder back in place. He walked
into town just as the gate was closing, and headed toward his house. He then climbed into his
room through the window, which he had left open, stuffed the sword, shield and letter under his
bed and walked out of his room as if nothing had happened at all. Mary saw him enter the kitchen
and crossed her arms " Link where have you been?" Link didn't answer and merely grabbed a
cookie from the counter and poured himself a glass of milk. After downing both Link finally
answered "outside." he said simply and Mary scowled "where outside Link?"
Link sighed and shrugged "out in the field…you know…walking around and stuff."
Mary looked over the soaked figure and then gestured toward the window where one could see the
torrential rain. "in the rain?"
Link looked down at himself, the rain has soaked his entire frame, his hair was plastered to his
forehead, he winced and then nodded. "yes…in the rain…I…like…the rain…" he said biting his
lip, and then gave a nervous grin, backing out of the kitchen and running into his room closing the
door behind him. Mary shook her head and sighed. "Link's back!" she called to Josh who was
sitting in the living room watching TV. She heard him chuckle "see I told you he'd be fine."
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Link grabbed the letter out from under his bed and began reading where he had left off.
As strange as this may sound it's entirely true, and since you have no memory of these events it
may conjure up images from your past. To start off- I was and am still your best friend, my
name is Saria and I'm going to tell you everything that happened.
Saria? Link concentrated, some how that name sounded familiar. Suddenly he got an image of a
girl with green hair and himself about 10 years old. He was in medieval clothes and he saw himself
mouth the word "goodbye" and then run off.
Link shook his head angrily, what was with these visions! He rolled his eyes and continued
reading, he became so caught up in the letter that he read all through the night, he didn't notice the
time passing, he didn't notice that the letter was only one page but was taking hours to read. He
didn't notice that the letter scrolled down as he read, he was too busy reading.
