A golden light engulfed Link as he opened his eyes. He looked up and saw a beautiful, shining figure above him. Although she was not looking at him, she looked like a goddess. He tried to remember what happened but only recalled pain igniting within his body and then the world becoming black. For some reason he remembered Colin, but looking around him now, all he could see was the golden light. He moved his left hand and stopped, staring at the back of it. There was a Triforce on it and it was glowing gold.

In a heartbeat, the light disappeared and the goddess-like woman fell to her knees panting, her right arm limp by her side. She looked at him.

"You have awoken!" She said surprised.

"Uh, yeah…" Link said. She was even more beautiful than he had thought her to be. She had long brown hair and piercing blue eyes. Her skin was fair and looked so soft he wanted to stroke her cheeks, and she had pointed ears…

"Can you walk?" She asked him. Link nodded and pushed himself up as the girl stood.

"Where am I?" Link asked as he got to his feet.

"Just outside of the Sacred Grove," she replied.

"…Where?" Link asked again. What in the world was the Sacred Grove? She looked at him – really looked at him – and something like realization passed across her features.

"Oh I apologize! I have been very informal," she said. "My name is Zelda, Princess of Hyrule." She said with her chin held high and her shoulders back. Link felt his mouth drop.

"Hyrule… As in the ancient civilization?" He asked.

"Ancient? We are not ancient!" Zelda said with a laugh.

"Where am I exactly?" Link asked seriously, Zelda's smile disappearing.

"You are in Faron Province within Hyrule," Zelda said.

"How the hell did I get here?!"

"I brought you with me through a Portal."

"What is a Portal?" Link asked, beginning to fume.

"A connection between the Four Worlds," she said knowingly. This surprised Link.

"Four worlds? I thought there were three?" He asked, his eyes narrowing in thought.

"There are four, just like the four triangles of a Triforce," she said.

"But there are three triangles in a Triforce," Link countered. Zelda shook her head and motioned for him to follow. They stepped out of a door and into some sort of ruin. The door closed behind them and she nodded towards it. There was a Golden Triforce painted on it.

With her left hand she showed him, "The top triangle represents Hyrule, the right triangle represents the Twilight Realm, and the left represents earth."

"Exactly, three triangles," Link said. She shook her head and put her hand in the center of the Triforce.

"I read that the fourth triangle – the upside-down one – is mostly overlooked. It represents the Otherworld," she finished. Link's heart began racing. Four worlds all interconnected… And for what purpose? He needed to find answers! He looked at Zelda and almost sighed as he took in her beauty. She looked at him and smiled, causing Link to blush.

"So why have you brought me to Hyrule?" Link asked her. Her features became hard.

"There is a war brewing and only the Hero of Time can save Hyrule in our time of need."

"So you want my help to find this "Hero of Time"?" He asked her. She shook her head, the smile appearing on her lips again, giving Link the urge to kiss them.

"Link, you are the Hero of Time," she said as her hand took his left. Suddenly he felt warmth within his stomach and a Triforce, glowing gold, appeared on the back of his left hand again. He gasped out of pure shock.

"I don't know anything about protecting Hyrule," Link said quietly, staring at the Triforce on his hand until it faded.

"I have people who can teach you. But we need to leave," Zelda said as she began climbing down the ruins. Link followed, not wanting to fall behind. Suddenly Zelda stopped walking.

"What is it?" Link asked. She threw her hand out to silence him. Overhead, a Portal opened and Zelda pushed him out of the way with more force than he expected. She unsheathed a blade that had been concealed by her cloak as three Shadow Beasts dropped from the dark, glowing Portal. Link knew these creatures from earth: Shadow Beasts, only this time, without Zant.

"Link, stay back!" Zelda warned. What could she possibly do against these creatures with nothing but a sword? He was shocked when he saw her drop her sword to the ground.

"What are you doing?" He called. He didn't get a response but watched as Zelda lifted her left hand and light erupted from it, engulfing all three Shadow Beasts at once. He could literally see the energy drain from her and ran up to her just as her knees buckled beneath her. Link caught her in his arms. Her face looked so calm.

A noise made Link look up to see the Shadow Beasts exploding into strange black dust, and then vanish altogether. Link watched in shock as the two statues on the far end of the glade came to life, absorbing Zelda's magic. He gently lowered Zelda to the ground and walked over to the Triforce symbol in the center of the glade.

It seemed as if the ground disappeared and was replaced with floating tiles. The statues jumped to life, one landing two tiles in front of Link, the other landing two behind him.

"We are the guardians of this land…" The one in front of him spoke. "Guide us to where we once stood. Only then can you enter the true Sacred Grove…" It finished. Link looked ahead and realized there were two yellow coloured tiles – the rest green grass. That was where he had to guide them. Link decided to look at it as if it were an ancient puzzle that he had to solve, which in fact he had to solve, but it helped him envision what he had to do.

Zelda had come to when Link had lowered her to the ground. She now watched as the statues that were guarding the sealed door on the far end of the glade came to life because of her magic.

"We are the guardians of this land…" They spoke. "Guide us to where we once stood. Only then can you enter the true Sacred Grove…" The true Sacred Grove? Zelda had not even considered that something of value had been behind that door. And now… Now she knew that Link was about to find out, if he could solve the puzzle before him.

She watched as he jumped to the tile to his left – the two statues turned opposite ways: one jumping to a tile on its right, the other had nowhere to jump, being on a single tile with no neighbouring ones. Next, Link jumped to the tile south of his current one, the first statue jumping north, and the other still had nowhere to jump. Link then jumped to the right and then the right again – both statues remaining on their respective tiles.

Link then jumped north, the first statue jumping south and the second jumping north. Then he turned and jumped to the left one, the statues jumping in opposite directions. Link then moved two tiles north very quickly, then left, and two tiles south. The statues were now in opposite corners.

Link then jumped to the right and then paused for only a moment, before jumping north: the statues landing on their original tiles. Zelda let out a sigh of relief. Link had done it! She carefully pushed herself up using her left arm, despite how wobbly it was. She stood with shaky legs and watch Link. The two statues simultaneously banged their staves on the ground causing the tiles to vanish and the door, which had a Triforce symbol on it, to open.

"Go now to the sacred place, human… We yield passage to the Sacred Grove." The Statues said, before her magic vanished, leaving them once again lifeless.

Link couldn't believe he had done it. He slowly walked towards the open door and up the stairs. He was greeted by a circular grove with a single pedestal in the very center. There were soft light rays from the sun breaking through the trees. Link walked up to the pedestal and realized it was a sword stuck in the stone. He reached his hands out and tightened his fingers around the hilt. He pulled at the sword and a faint light shone from the pedestal. As he lifted his arms, the sword coming with him, he felt a power surge within him. He lifted the sword into the air and felt as the power radiated from him – a power he had only felt before when Zelda activated his Triforce. He heard a shuffle of feet and turned around to see a weak-looking Zelda standing near the entrance of the grove.

"The Master Sword…" She said in awe. "It accepted you as its master…"

"What does that mean?" Link asked as he brought the sword down.

"You truly are the Hero of Time," she said, her voice faint. Link yelled as she collapsed onto the ground.