DISCLAIMER: I do not own the rights to the characters of the Legend of Zelda.

There is something I wish to point out in this story which I cannot include within my writing and narrative: the accents. I always imagined the world LoZ like a lord of the rings, so let me define the accents.

Zelda, narrator, and overall Hyrule characters: Typical English accent.

Impa and all the sheikah: Irish accent.

Link and Kokiries: highlands Scottish accent.

Gerudos: middle eastern.

Zoras: Jamaican and carribean accents.

Gorons: African accent.

Each accent should have a style corresponding their social status and education.

The legend of Zelda: Hidden No More.

1

The revelation

Therefore, it was all clear as Link thought about it while panting, and firmly grasping his sword. Link had fought a long battle, perhaps the longest ever against the worst evil he ever knew; it was clear to him that although he had fought bravely and victoriously for the past five full moons, he knew deep down in himself that he could not win the war.

As he stood up after kneeling, catching his breath, he thought about it again if he knew feelings, he would be sad and scared, luckily and sadly at the same time, he never knew any of those feelings, the only feeling he knew was anger and he had sworn to never feel it again.

"Soldiers, report" Link's thick Kokiri accent echoed around the black cave. Anyone hardly ever heard about such place, it was link's second time inside that dreadful cave. So dark, to never see five steps ahead of you, full of evil creatures and home of a beast that ad a precious gem as its only eye was able to see in the most absolute darkness. Link had just slain the creature; it took most of his magic power and the use of all of his arrows, shot of course wit incredible marksmanship. Finally, the creature lied dead, cut in half in the bottom of the abyss at the end of the cave, from whence Link had returned and sealed inside forever.

Not a sound from the soldiers, apparently all of them dead, devoured by the offspring that the creature released. "Nid goelo liliu" which interpreted is: may their souls rest. Link hardly ever spoke Kokiri these days, only tragic times like these, made him speak his native tongue, it made him believe tat he could feel sorrow for the fallen men.

Almost dragging his feet, Link walked out of there, without thinking what happened, he searched for the bodies, but could not find any; just parts of armour and the ashes from the offspring.

It was a cold night in the kingdom of Urikia just north of the shores of Heiml where Link had found the cave hidden in the ground similar to the ones made by snakes. The men of Urikia fought to the last man but failed, that is when Link showed up and took the rest of the men to the cave.

With the gallop worthy of the greatest soldier ever, Link rode all night and part of the next morning until noon, Epona his horse was not tired in a bit, se had experienced much more weariness that she was used to it.

A very old guard from a smashed tower asked, "Who goes there" to which Link replied with his name.

Behind the walls which were still firm in spite of the damage caused, Link saw a devastated city, the raids had occurred while he was gone; however, the local guard and the new men joined the ranks and were able not only to repel the monsters, but to slay every one of them. Naturally, everyone assumed it was over. Had they known better…

Urikia's castle was not a great e as the Hyrule castle; only one story high, no side towers and no front gates. It was made with uncrafted stones and the outside statues were made of wood, craved from fine trees. It was simple and rustic. The throne, however, was full of precious metals and gems, in the tradition of reminding everyone that the greatest treasure is a good leader.

Urikia's king was named Sirion of steel for he was a great warrior and solid in his character. He received Link with the same gladness as one receives an old friend as one is completely ruined.

"Link, my good friend" He shouted from a distance and as he did, he ran from his throne to put his arms around his savoir and that of the kingdom. Link was tired and wanted to go home, so he kept walking towards the king and put his own arms around the his majesty even when his Kokiri culture despised that way of showing affection between men.

"I can never thank you enough for your help, Link" Sirion stared straight at his tired eyes as he smiled. Link looked him back with a shallow stare.

"You do not have to thank me. I did it for your kingdom and the rest of the world. That beast was Gannon's doing, I have to go back to Hyrule at once.

They were still standing in the middle of the hall and round about them many people cleaning and restoring the walls of the castle.

Sirion heard Link's words but he had to do one thing for him before, so he looked around as looking for someone and then finally replied "you will do that, my friend but first have something to eat" The he called one of his servants and ordered the table to be set for two. The king guided Link through his castle, to the common eye, it is ordinary, but in reality, it is a maze. The castle is bigger and not very decorated very few furniture is seen, the light comes from different torches and is spread with mirrors so that killers can't find their way through the king's home.

They arrived to the enormous table made of stone, a cloth covering it was still stained from the last meal they had in peace, and since the raids started everyone had to eat on their feet.

"Please sit" in an incredible display of courtesy, the king had Link sitting first probably the last time it would happen. They were quickly joined by servants with plates, cups, meat and fruits; no bread was made since the servants were needed in the restorations. Link sat as requested and drank from a silver cup, coated inside with glass, the wine was bitter-sweet but refreshing to his mouth. As fruit and shanks were being dished out, the king felt too glad to have peace once again in his kingdom.

"Please tell me Link, how did you know we were in trouble?"

"Destiny takes me and time guides me" he drank again and took some fruit "it always has"

"'Tis a strange religion you profess, worshipping time"

"No, we do not worship time, instead we honour it for is always fair"

"Fair? Really? And what of this plague that tormented my land?" the king set down his cup and the piece of meat on his other hand.

Link kept chewing without replying, he saw now need to intervene swiftly.

"You can't always expect peace, but now you can"

The king chucked to the very truth that spoke Link. So, true, so simple.

In less than an hour Link summoned the winds that took him back to Hyrule, to the temple of time to be more specific.

He was standing in the middle of an enormous room, the floor black and white, the stone crafted exquisitely, two walls along the big pointy door had coloured glass as the windows, great light shun inside from the clear day. At the end of the room, about 300 paces, an altar with three gems, behind that an entrance without a door, and on the floor, a pedestal. Link could not see it from that point, but e remembered how that chamber held the sword that would be his constant companion for eight years now.

Then he saw a man with grey hair, dressed in white and purple robes walking towards him as the echoes of footsteps mingled with vocalizing sounds of the songs of eternity. His name is Lord Radiant, high priest of the temple of time and holy man for Hyrule and its royal family.

"I expected you sooner" he said and shook Link's hand. "Has time been good to you?"

"It has" Link replied, not what had happened but what he considered as good graces from time.

"good, then may it be good with you always" Lord Radiant placed both hands on Link's shoulders, this according to their religion you touch the person with all of your fingers meaning that time, as you first count it with your fingers may be good with you.

"Thank you, I must go now"

"Oh yes, she has been waiting for a long time, she grows impatient to see you"

Outside of the temple was a bright day, the noises and smell of spices and raw meat flew around with the wind, it was the open market from the central square. He walked in a straight line, people made way for him, soldiers saluted and friend greeted.

He walked slowly, but he wanted to see her. She was ever so lovely, sun-like hair colour, deep blue eyes, intense stare and sad expressions which along with a small mouth shows a great kindness. Whenever se spoke, there was always truth within her words, and an elegant touch of conversations was her voice, deep as in maturity and tender whenever the subject was calm or peaceful or even for recreation.

Whenever she had to deal with affairs of the kingdom, there was no peace in her talk but power and eloquence, and every now and then when villains had the dare of talking straight to her, no one weak part of her could they see, but only strength in her decisions.

A great woman, princess Zelda of Hyrule, heir to the throne and ruler of the kingdom of Hyrule for the most part. Her father, king Hark became very ill when she was still little, even as strong as he was, he lost most of his hair and his beard became as white as snow, even though he was not that old. Strangely enough her mother, Queen Zarahda died a few days after she was born, with the same decease, Zelda was told that her mother possessed great beauty and charm but as the most beautiful flower, she was just as fragile and could not bear the illness and died without pain or suffering.

Now in the present day, as Link remembered the first time he entered the castle. How he got past the guards and crawled through a small drain hole to the east side of the castle, right into the most beautiful and ornamented garden he had ever seen, there she was, at the end of it, in the middle of the court yard, peeping through a window, princess Zelda.

Back then, Link was young and naïve, but he was able to feel, for it is the gift of a child to e sensitive to everything, as to joy the same as to sadness, to bravery the same as to fear. Sadly for Link as he overcame those feelings, he also lost the good in himself and became hollow as a stalwart mountain with immense caves within. Now Zelda, was not only his owner or commander or even ruler, she was more than that, she became the one who taught him about feelings, by making him experience them once again, first friendship and finally love. As he once experienced it when he was about to fight a most formidable enemy named Bashmulia. Only his ferocity and ability to control all metals was to second his greed. Even when parted from his Master Sword-the only metal Bashmulia could not control- still Link went to fight him without fear however without hope either. Zelda opposed to the idea and told him so many times, he pleaded him not to go. As he was getting ready all of his weapons, Zelda grabbed one of Link's hands, which was still holding his heavy battle sword, almost his size and standing on the ground.

"I forbid you to go, as princess and ruler of this land I forbid you to go"

Although Zelda was crying, she did not fear for the fate of her people, all she wanted was to have Link alive, for sentimental value, for deep inside her heart she knew that Link would slay Bashmulia, even with his own life, but he would do it.

"I am nobody's property, and I will disobey you this time" Link said firmly but staring at the tear bathed eyes of his ruler "why do you want to keep me from going?"

"Because I love you, don't you understand? Are you that heartless?"

Then she started to cry even more, but without taking her hand off from Link's hand and sword, then he lowered his face and brought Zelda's face up with his other hand "You say I'm without a heart, but then answer me… I feel your hand over mine... then what is this I feel in my heart?"

Zelda stared at Link, and even though his cold expression could fool someone else, it could not fool her. Se threw herself into Link's arms and sobbed and cried out "don't do this to me; do not leave, at least not without me." To this, Link had an answer" Whatever happens, whatever time may bring, I will discover love with you, whether I am here or not." He exhaled. "I will never let any harm to come upon you, still time shall decide."

Then he left galloping his Epona to the marked land where Bashmulia had challenged him. It was a very bloody fight, where his own weapons attacked Link. However, Bashmulia's greed was also his doom, for when he was chasing Link with his own weapons, Link threw a bag full of rupees which distracted Bashmulia and weakened the spell that controlled the weapons, and with a mighty leap he snatched his sword in mid-air and lopped off Bashmulia's head. The Dark King had been watching everything and held the master sword. He opened a portal that connected the real world to the Evil realm where he the evil king inhabited. By doing so, he released about fifty skeleton soldiers and also the master sword which was in his power, however the sword was wrapped around by a chain that was firmly tight with Bashmulia's spell and now with Bashmulia dead, the chains fell loose and so the master sword brought light and power destroying the evil king's dominion. As the sword fell through the portal and into Link's hands again, he started to fight off the skeletons. Now, Link's condition was critical, he had several wounds and lost a lot of blood, it would have been his doom if it had not been for princess Zelda and Hyrule's cavalry that fought off the skeletons and returned Link safely inside the castle.

Ever since, Zelda has shown her love for Link and he has been trying to understand what love is and trying to discover his feelings.

And at this preset day, as he went inside the castle through the main entrance, and was saluted by all the soldiers, he went to the garden, still as beautiful as ever and straight to the princess, who was in this occasion watering her turquoise orchids and also explaining to the gardener the new acquisition of the garden.

"the turquoise orchid requires a lot of water, is so strange to have them in this kind of soil for they grow mainly in the sands of the ocean, but not any ocean, they need great light so they grow only in the circle of eternal beams west to the shores of Paltrinten where is said life began. Be sure to have at least five torches for each ten feet or so, they will need the heat to compensate for our climate."

"Yes your majesty" said the head gardener. "I will tell the pawns to start pegging the torches, if you will excuse me"

As the gardener left, Link approached in the most absolute silence, it was not Link's intention to surprise or sneak upon the princess, but Link made an instinct the silent walking so he did it without noticing.

"These orchids" said the princess suddenly. "are not the only thing rare in these lands, and they are by no means the most precious thing in this castle, don't you agree Link?" even though the princess did not turn around, Link kept walking towards her until he became close enough that he inquired. "How did you know I was here?"

"When you are around, as I have developed the sense for it since you came back, I can feel it even the wind feels different."

"Like my premonitions when I feel danger"

"No" she said "it is different, you see because when you have your premonition, you feel uncomfortable whereas I feel pleasure." Then she turned around and sweetly kissed his lips, and put her arms around him as so did he.

"I missed you, I was anxious for your arrival; you were gone for so long"

"I know, but there was evil that I needed to defeat"

"Why must you go and search for evil to far lands, there is enough evil in Hyrule to keep you fighting the rest of your life"

"Must you say this every time?" Link took a step back and felt anger once again "the evil King makes his influence everywhere even far lands, and because of his defeats now he wants to bring evil from other places."

"Then let those rulers deal with such matters"

"I cannot, princess. It is my obligation; I'm bound by honour and fate to fight them, until my dying day where I will perish by the sword or spell of my enemies." Then Link clenched his fists. "Can you not understand that?"

"I understand other people's needs, but I also understand that I cannot bear to loose you, it is beyond my worse nightmares."

"You wouldn't be left defenceless, you still have a vast army; well trained I might add."

"You very well know that I fear something else." Zelda approached Link with a certain calm that would be unusual, however, it was not the first time they argued about this particular matter. "What I fear is to loose you because I love you, have I not reminded you this enough?"

"I never forget about it princess, I even admire your strength to say this openly in spite of me being a commoner, nothing more than another servant at your command. Yet, I must say that the same way that you cannot forget your blood line as heir of this throne, I cannot disregard the commission I have been given."

Then they started walking through the intense green gardens, full of flowers and of course ornaments, they day was clear with a cool breeze coming from the lake, nightfall was approaching yet you could not see it for the days in Hyrule are mighty bright. The soldiers were about the gardens and other places within and outside the castle. It was Link's order to have them secure the area constantly; this was due to the recent attacks and the call for aid from other kingdoms. It wasn't only those kingdoms that were in danger. Then all of a sudden, he remembered that he thought about inside that cave at Urikia. He forgot about it but he came to realize that he had been wasting time.

Zelda had been holding his hand since they stopped talking, maybe it was one of her virtues: to put the past behind you; more of a forgiving than forgetting virtue. However, Link was not as that at all, he actually forgot about things or did not mind them, just like that he left the garden without a word or apology.

He went straight to the secret quarters where all the meetings for the council of war were hold. During the way to that place, he asked different guards to call the people, arrange the place and to relief the men in their posts, given the time, he wanted people that had taken a rest instead of soldiers that were already tired, a good strategy while all the leaders are together without their eyes out in supervision.

Then after a quarter of an hour had passed, the first people started coming inside the room. First the prime general of the castle guard and troops inside the kingdom: General Fallder. Then the captain of the fleet: Lord Anchorage; the headmaster of the cartographers and map scouts Master Mirodu; and last of all, the general of the cavalry and foreign armies Lord Zorili, a Zora and the only member of this council who was not a Hylian.

"Thank you for coming to this meeting, I have chosen all of you because there are special favours I need from you and you alone."

"Where are the rest of the council and the princess?" Lord Zorili asked for he was not acquainted with this sort of procedures.

"I apologize, Lord Zorili, but we need to keep this a secret even from the Princess. This meeting would have been smaller, but I need something in particular from each and every one of you, even the men I sent out for you are from my own selection and full trustworthy." Then Link sat down wit the rest of the men to discuss the matter which had been troubling him since he realized it. "I must warn you that what I am about to say is beyond your understanding, so do not try to understand why and just listen to my indications.

As you know, I just returned from a battle at the lands of Urikia. There I spent five full moons inside a cave, looking for and battling the offspring from a creature so foul that would have made me meet my doom had not been for the fairness of time which brought strength at the exact moment. Now this creature had never been heard of, ever; not even by the great librarians in Urikia or Gondollah. What I fear is that his creature was Ganondorf's own doing."

"That is impossible, master Link" Said the headmaster Mirodu.

"He is correct" Lord Anchorage Joined as he stood up "he does not have that kind of power anymore, he lost all of it when you took the triforce back. Besides, the waters have been calm these past days; do you not agree with me that the sea would be the best place to draw a beast for our destruction?"

"I do agree with that" said Lord Zorili. "I have lived at the sea many years and I must say that creatures beyond my fears have spawned there in front of my home without the evil king's intervention.

"Hold on, Lords, and let master Link talk" General Fallder also stood up and silenced the disturbing commentaries being said by the disturbed soldiers and scout. "Please tell us master Link, why do you suppose this?"

"'twas when I fought this creature. After shooting all of my arrows ad making virtually no harm, I could see that this creature was being nourished by an external force that I could not notice before and would have never been able to notice had it not been for the apparent loss of blood and wounds that made the creature vulnerable for a moment and then regained strength. I thought all was lost if it had not been for the time which made me see the weakness of this creature, allowing me to be close enough for my sword to part it.

This, my lords is only a minion, this was not an ancient evil which had been summoned: 'tis a taste of power, a test to my own strength, I even dare to call it an experiment. Believe me when I say this is the evil kin's doing, and by that I mean he created it.

"How could he gain this power without the triforce" asked master Mirodu "even with the triforce he never displayed such powers."

"That I cannot explain, but I have to warn you to prepare for war"

"Then why did you summon only three of us when this requires the council in its total form?" asked Lord Zorili.

Because I need you no t to prepare for war, at least not at this moment, but to prepare the way for me to find the Evil King's lair."

Then there was silence at the secret chamber. Every mouth unable to utter any word, be it of surprise, of fear, of inquire or of unrest. This had been a very strange night, for the men of the council of war. Then they all realized why he wanted to keep this a secret, it was not because of spies, no but because of the princess.

What Link was proposing to those men was to help him infiltrate inside this secret lair, which was for sure not of this world but full of monstrosities and dark dominions, all of them a t Ganondorf's own command, in one word it was suicide.

This he did because he would not risk open war with the evil king when he would recover fully; Link knew that the evil king was not yet fully recovered from his wounds and the scar that being trapped inside the sacred real had left him. Now it was time to hit him at the only place where he was safe. Now the reason why he needed these men was because each one had special powers inside the kingdom and outside of it. They could be a benefit for Link's search.

First of all was the general of the castle guard and local troops, this man had the task to keep the soldiers working fully with Link preparing himself for this battle, who meant Link not tending his obligation of master trainer of the army. Then the captain of the fleet would search the oceans and talk to the traders to find out the information about strange happenings, for one thing was sure, the evil king did not create this wicked place, he merely conquered it, which meant that there was an entrance someplace in the world, natural entrance. Then the headmaster would send all of his scouts to unknown lands and specifically make maps for all of them, some of these places very few people would dare to even ride close to them. Finally, Zorili would talk to the foreign armies and ask them to watch over Hyrule for there was a possibility that Link would not be there if war broke; sadly this meant not that he would be busy with the evil king. If war broke and this was in open fields with invasions and battle over the seas, this would mean that Link's plan did not go well, and that he was now dead.