"Zelda!" She heard a booming voice from the hallway leading to her chambers. It was her father's voice, and he sounded angry. She stood up from her bed and quickly closed "The Rising of the Temple", hiding it beneath her large pillows just as her door burst open.

"Yes father?" She asked sweetly.

"Why are your guards in the kitchens?"

"I believe I am quite safe in my own room," she stated.

"If there was an attack on the castle, what then?" He asked.

"Then I would grab my sword and I would fight!" She replied fiercely.

"How many times have I told you that you are my daughter, not my son?! You are no warrior!"

"Father, I can fight! And besides I'd like to think your guards would take care of any enemy before they reached this level of the castle!" She stated boldly.

"They would."

"Then there is nothing to worry about," she said softly, walking over to her father. He was getting old. His grey hair was starting to turn white in places and he seemed to be breathing heavily.

"You're right; I just worry about your wellbeing a lot. You are my only child. I must protect you and the Royal Bloodline at all costs!"

"Then why don't you like the idea of me being an equal to the Royal Guards in terms of combat?"

"Because, my dear, you are a lady, and ladies do not fight!" He said with a grin. "I am proud of you, Zelda. I just cannot risk losing you." He said more seriously. Zelda hugged her father.

"I miss them too," she said sadly. He hugged her back.

"Your mother would be proud if she could see you today. Your brothers would be too," her father said his voice thick with emotion. Zelda managed a nod as she was swept over with memories.

When Zelda was merely a child, Hyrule Castle was overrun. Her two older brothers – twins – fought by her father's side against The Dark One's puppet, Zant. They fell in battle. Her mother, a gifted magic wielder put a protective barrier around Zelda, and despite his objections, her father too. She huddled into him as she watched her mother take on Zant one-to-one. But, Zant being a trickster called his Shadow Beasts out of thin air and as one force, took down her mother.

When Zant realized he could not get through the barrier her mother had created, he left Hyrule Castle, leaving it burning and crumbling. Her father sent two messengers after Zant. Only one returned. The one that did return told them exactly how large the evil in the north had become. But, since that fateful day, there had not been so much as an attempt to overtake the castle again. Zelda knew it would come, though.

Being the last of the Royal Bloodline, her father and her built up the castle as well as its defenses. Zelda learned how to wield a sword and when she was alone, began to hone the same magic her mother had possessed. It was after she tapped into this power that the Golden Triforce first presented itself upon her right hand. Since that day, her father had guards follow her everywhere, for he knew what it meant before she did at her young age.

Now of course, Zelda knew exactly what it meant: that she was one of the Goddess's Chosen. Chosen for what, she didn't know yet, though.

"Father, there is something I've been wanting to share with you," Zelda said hesitantly as she pulled out of the hug.

"Anything, my child," her father said looking into her eyes. She smiled and walked over to her bed, retrieving the book from underneath the pillows. Her father eyed the book. "What are you doing reading something as boring as "The Rising of the Temple"?" He asked with a laugh.

"Yesterday when I was leaving the Temple, a thought came to my mind," Zelda began.

"What thought might that be?"

"I know you can only see the glow of the Triforce, but if you could feel the power it is radiating, you would agree with me," she continued.

"Go on," her father said sternly, for he didn't easily accept when he was wrong.

"The power I feel scoring through my body is pure and courageous, just like how the Hero of Time has been described throughout legend!"

"Zelda, I have told you already: we have searched every race from the Kokiri all the way to the folk residing in Skyloft! The Hero does not reside in Hyrule! Even the riders we sent to Termina said there was no luck there!"

"That is why I am reading this," Zelda said, motioning to the large volume in her hands.

"And what does it say?"

Link yawned as the early morning light awoke him from his slumber. He didn't know how long he had lied awake last night waiting for sleep to come, but he guessed it was a while considering how tired he was now. He threw on a green t-shirt and a pair of khaki-coloured pants before grabbing a mug and leaving his tent. He smiled as he saw Colin stumbling out of his tent, clearly more out of it than Link was.

"Morning Colin!" Link said with cheer in his voice.

"'Eh…" Colin said, still half asleep. Link made his way over to the small breakfast setup that his bosses liked to do for their workers on every dig. Link poured himself some coffee and then one for Colin, handing it to him as he finally reached the table.

"How late did you stay up?" Link asked.

"I sat by the fire for another couple hours after you left…" Colin said as a yawn overtook him.

"That long?" Link asked surprised. It had seemed fairly quick when he had been lying in bed.

"I know, it only seemed like ten minutes at the time," Colin said.

"Strange…" Link said as he walked back to his tent to grab his toolkit. He left the tent and walked down the sloped hill towards the ruins. He was surprised how much the bosses had already gotten done. Link could already see the ruins peeking out of the dirt.

"There he is!" He heard Hena call from her spot near the peak of the ruins.

"Are you sure you should be climbing that?" Link called back.

"It's as sturdy as a rock!" She said as she slid down it, making her way over to Link.

"Thanks for laying breakfast out like always!" Link said, raising his mug to her.

"That's the least I can do for my hardworking employees!" She said with a smile as she reached Link and gave him a quick hug. "You don't know how thankful I am that you and Colin could get here so fast on such short notice."

"It's no trouble," Link said, waving her off.

"Just look at this thing! I'm positive it's the ruins of the Temple of Time!"

"It doesn't look to be in ruins."

"Which is the best part! Now c'mon! Finish your coffee and get to digging!" She said as she left his side and joined her husband Shad, as he stepped out from behind the ruins. He smiled and waved at Link. Link gulped down his remaining coffee and set the mug down before walking over to join his two bosses.

"So how have you two been able to uncover so much so fast?" Link asked as he looked up at the uncovered tower. It was taller than he thought. They looked at each other.

"Well, as I'm sure you're aware, we believe this site is linked to the legend of the Temple of Time. Our theory is that there are time malfunctions in this particular location," Shad said.

"Time malfunctions?" Link asked. Hena nodded.

"Yes. Perhaps you've noticed already? Time all of a sudden moving very fast without your knowledge or slowing down like it did for us when we began to dig it out," she said, looking at her husband. "It is incredible."

That would explain why last night two hours only felt like two minutes, and how Hena and Shad had been able to uncover the temple's entire steeple in only two days.

"Let's hope we get another streak of luck so we can uncover even more!" Link said.

"That's the spirit!" Hena said, patting him on the back. "Now let's get to it!" She said as Colin made his way towards the ruins, looking more awake now.