Chapter two:

118 years later

A young woman with bright blue eyes and blond hair was sneaking inside a huge castle, trying her best not to be seen by the guards.

She managed to slip past countless people, both guards and royal guest.

She walked as quit as she could and finally saw the huge door she was aiming to get to.

She looked around to make sure no one was there and then made a mad dash towards the door.

She grabbed the handle and was about to open the huge door.

"Urm what do you think you're doing?" the adviser of the king was standing right behind her.

"Hey! Sir Hawkins. What a coincidence, I was just looking for you!" The woman said with a fake innocent expression on her face.

"O really? Because it sure looked like you were sneaking out of the castle, princess Zelda."

Mr Hawkins concluded.

"Hahaha, you know me. I would never do that." Zelda said trying to talk her way out.

"Well yes, I also know that last week you attempted to climb out the window using cloth. I know that you don't want to be around strange people all the time, but these people came from all around Hyrule and even beyond just to see u, u highness." He let Zelda back into the throne room.

"I swear one day I'm just going to run away for good." Zelda whispered.

"O come on princes it's not that bad, also have you seen your father anywhere? It's not like him to be late for the royal meetings." Mr Hawkins had a worried expression.

"I have no idea, maybe I should go look for him?"

"No! You stay here princes, I'll go myself." Mr Hawkins then signed two of the guards to keep an eye on Zelda, to make sure she wouldn't disappear again.

After the awfully boring meetings Zelda was finally allowed to roam the castle again.

She wasn't allowed to leave the castle on her own though.

Her father was always worried something might happen so if she wanted to go outside she had to have at least two guards with her.

Zelda never really liked that though, she just wanted some time for herself.

Zelda decided to go to the castle's library, she liked reading a lot.

When she was reading it was as if she herself was on a journey.

That's when Mr Hawkins walked in. "I still haven't found your father, maybe he went out on the road today."

"Could I please leave the castle for a moment, who knows I might even run into father."

Zelda practically bagged Mr Hawkins for permission.

"Alright how can I say no to that face, but take Botrick and Gotter with you!" He pointed at the two guards who were passing by.

"No not them again..." Zelda thought, they were always the ones coming with her.

She decided to go anyway, maybe she could even loose them somewhere.

They walked to the edge of Castle town.

"Wait princes! Do you really want to go outside of town? You know that your father doesn't like that right?" Gotter yelled out as soon as Zelda approached the gate.

"I know, but he didn't forbid it now did he?"

Zelda was as suborn as can be so the guards had no choice.

After a while of walking through Hyrule field they came across a forest.

There was a sign that read: Lost woods, enter at own risk.

Zelda knew the woods though, before her father had gotten so overprotective the two of them used to come here all the time.

Just to relax and play little games, but that was about 13 years ago.

Still, those woods are huge and you can easily get lost.

It would take around 100 years to learn the entire layout of the woods.

But be honest no one would spend 100 years there, besides the only creatures that can live above 100 years old are the Zora's and they don't live here.

Zelda only knew the first part of the woods, like the Koroki used to do.

She could easily get a rid of Botrick and Gotter there.

So she practically ran in.

"Wait! Zelda! Not so fast!" Botrick yelled.

"Yeah! You know that we don't know the way right! Princes!" Gotter added.

But it was already too late, Zelda had disappeared out of sight and the two ended up getting lost.

Zelda ran as fast as she could at this point.

"Yes, I think I lost them!" Zelda thought to herself as she glanced over her shoulder.

Just as she turned her head again she saw someone running around the corner.

However she couldn't stop in time and the two collided and fell on the ground thanks to the impact.

"Urg" She had ran into a strange child wearing an even stranger mask it was Skull kid.

"Are you alright?!" She quickly got up and stuck her hand out to Skull kid.

Skull kid got up without saying a word.

"Hey, you're just a kid. Where are your parents?" Zelda asked.

Skull kid remained silent, he was kind of nervous that a grown up talked to him.

But then again she didn't look above 20 so he manged to answer after a long pause.

"I don't have any parents.." Skull kid said while looking around for his fairy friends.

They weren't there though.

"So you're all alone?" Zelda asked.

Skull kid was to nervous to look at her, it had been a long time since he ran into a grown up.

"No….I have my friends.." He stated.

"Really, are they also children?"

"No they're fairy's" Skull kid said.

Zelda looked shocked, no way that they were fairy's.

There haven't been any sightings of fairy's in a long time.

That's when Zelda started thinking. "It must be his imagination, after being alone in these woods for who knows how long. He'd probably gotten lonely and imagined some friends."

"Do you want to come with me? I live in a huge castle, you would probably like it a lot." Zelda asked, there was no way that she would leave a kid out here on his own.

Again it took Skull kid a long time to react.

He shacked is head and quickly ran away.

"Hey! Don't go! I didn't mean to offend you if I did."

Zelda chased him for a bit.

But after a while it was almost as if he had vanished into thin air.

Zelda decided that she could better head back before she'd go in to deep and ended up lost like those two dummies.

She made her way back to the castle where Mr Hawkins was waiting for her.

"Where are Botrick and Gotter?" He asked.

"Uhm, they had to… to.. go shopping!" She quickly made up.

"Urg, you left them behind somewhere didn't you?'' He asked.

"Okay fine! Yeah, I left them in the Lost woods so what!" Zelda answered while looking the other way.

"The lost woods?! Are you kidding?! They could die out there if they can't find their way out!" Mr Hawkins seemed very irritated and got a small rescue team together.

"Alright Zelda, you're the only one in this castle who knows the way so go on, lead us there."

Mr Hawkins said.

"No way! Ask father to guide you!" Zelda was way to tired to go back. "Besides daddy doesn't want me outside at this hour!"

"Urg your father still hasn't returned, but your right." Mr Hawkins had no chance to change her mind anyways.

Zelda looked as if she had won the argument.

"But first thing in the morning after you met the Zora prince we are going to the Lost woods and retrieve those two!" Mr Hawkins stated ending the conversation.

Zelda went straight to her room and started reading again.

She couldn't stop thinking about that kid though.

"Why was he out there? Where are his parents? What's up with that mask? Should I have chased after him? He did look like he had been there for a long time. Maybe he can't remember his family. Also those fairy friends are they real? I guess I'll just have to tell Hawkins in the morning maybe he knows what to do."

After a while of thinking to herself she finally fell asleep.