Chapter 4: Dawn of a New Day.

Below the murkiest waters of the ocean, Hyrule slept. Link stood in an elegant hallway, pictures of the royal family cluttering the halls. The floors were ruby red, hugging the floors from wall to wall. Gold trimmings on the carpet and wall sculptures crafted into the walls gave the hallway a refined, ornate look. Link stepped through the cavernous halls, soaking it all in. He took his steps slowly, eyeing the paintings of the royal family as he walked past them, their lineage growing newer and newer by each step. The last portrait was of Princess Zelda –not Tetra, of whom Link traveled with, but the Princess Zelda of a thousand years ago, when Hyrule flooded. At the end of the hall, in a throne, sat the King of Red Lions.

"Hello again, Link," said he. "We have not seen each other in so long." His eyes looked sad and broken; they had seen so much. His face was worn, his cheeks stern and unmoving. His beard hung down from his face like a veil to his fragile body.

"How am I here?" the Hero of Wind asked, puzzled. "What happened?"

The King ignored his questions. "Though Ganondorf sleeps, there is another evil that runs ramped in this world. Did you really think your journey was over, Link? It has just begun."

Link ignored the fact that he was in Hyrule again for a moment, listening to the King's words. "What am I to do?" he asked.

"When you reach your destination," began the King, "find the Oracle. She will know how your journey ends; she will know what you must do to reach your destiny. Beware, Link. You may have had the power to trap the King of Evil in stone, but as you are now, you are weaker. Though the Triforce of Courage is still yours, the Sword of Evil's Bane remains trapped within Ganondorf. You must overcome this disability. I am counting on you, Link. A great evil has overtaken a new land. Eliminate the evil and claim the land to be yours. Then peace can finally be reached."

Link tried to take a step closer to the King, but found that the long corridor was stretching, and as he started to run towards him, he was only going farther away. Finally, the world turned blurry, and Link did not feel as if he was running at all anymore; he was floating. The world began to dim, and Link found that he could no longer move. Link heard the King's voice one last time before he sank into oblivion: "Did you really think it would end like this? The winds are changing once again, Link."