Hello there! Greetings from chapter three! Chapter four will most likely be the last. I realize the chapters are quite short, but I've been trying to focus on the important parts in the movie, not every last detail. So, on with the chapter!

Thanks to my reviewers- Nonnahs; Spiritual Stone; Hououza; mdizzle; and Kurumi-chan.

Disclaimer: I own neither the Legend of Zelda series, nor Sleeping Beauty.

Alanna danced cheerfully about her bedroom, humming a song to herself. She had fallen in love at first sight, with the handsome stranger playing the ocarina.

Wait, an ocarina? Alanna recognized the instrument from pictures. It was supposed to be a bad sign, right?

Then again, her aunts had never explained to her what was so bad about it. So maybe there really was nothing bad. After all, if it was as horrible as they said, why didn't they ever tell her why?

They were probably just telling me those stories to scare me, Alanna mused as she continued twirling about the room. She finally stopped when interrupted by a knock at her door.

"Yes?" she called.

"Alanna, dearest, we would like for you to come downstairs. We have a surprise for you," Din answered.

Taken with curiosity, Alanna followed her aunt downstairs. Upon reaching the bottom of the steps, she was instructed to close her eyes. When she opened them, she was greeted by her three aunts- and a delicious, beautifully-decorated cake sitting on the table.

"Happy birthday!" her aunts proclaimed.

"Oh, this is all so wonderful! Thank you! Thank you so much!" Alanna smiled happily. But then something occurred to her, and her face fell. "But I feel like I most go..."

"Alanna, whatever are you talking about?" Farore inquired.

"You see, I met this young man, in the forest. And he was so amazing...He started playing my favorite song with me, and he played so beautifully...And we almost kissed."

The goddesses exchanged glances. "Alanna, you mustn't leave," they told her in unison.

"But I have to! I have to find this man again! I don't even know his name..."

"Alanna, you don't understand," Din said gently. "It is time for you to get ready to come with us, back to the castle."

A puzzled look cross the young woman's face. "What do you mean 'back'? I've never been there."

"Yes, you have. You were there as a baby."

Alanna was clearly more confused than ever. "How is that possible? I'm nothing more than a simple peasant girl."

"No, you are more than that," Nayru spoke up. "You are a princess."

Alanna eyes widened, and she was speechless.

"You see, Alanna, your real name and title is Princess Zelda of Hyrule," Nayru explained. "You are the daughter of King Bayard and Queen Minna of Hyrule. We had to spirit you away to the forest because of a curse placed on you when you were only a week old. But now that you are sixteen, the time has come to bring you back to the castle, to take your rightful place with your parents as the future queen of the kingdom."

"No! I can't go back! I won't!" Alanna proclaimed.

"But you must."

"But why? Why can't I stay? Please let me stay! Can't you see I'm in love?"

"I'm afraid your fate has already been decided, Princess," Farore said, a little tearfully. "You were betrothed as a newborn. You are to marry Prince Link of Calatia."

"You can't make me go back! I just want to be a peasant, and find that man from the forest, and marry him."

The goddesses looked at each other, knowing what must be done. "If that is how you feel, then we have no choice but to force you to come with us," Din sighed, waving her hand.

Alanna somberly followed her aunts back to the castle, as the blathered on about random topics. Their subject of interest at the moment seemed to be the young woman's impending marriage to Prince Link.

My aunts adore this Prince Link. If he's so wonderful, why don't one of them marry him? I care not how handsome or nice he is; I can never love him. Not like I love that man from the forest.

Alanna resolved to do all she could to avoid being married to the prince. Seeing that a chance had come to escape, as her aunts had neglected to notice her dragging behind, she turned onto a faded path, quietly stealing away.

The path wound through some of the thickest areas of the forest, finally ending in a clearing. As Alanna looked about, she was taken by a song that suddenly filled her ears from out of nowhere. The Minuet of the Forest.

Entranced, she followed the sound through the clearing. She crossed through more dense portions of the forest, ending up outside of a fortress surrounded by a thick canopy of trees. Still hypnotized by the song, she continued to followed the music, walking across a drawbridge and through a courtyard.

Alanna stopped before a pair of tall, thick, wooden doors. Suddenly the song picked up again, and she pushed open one of the doors, entering and not bothering to close the door behind her. She walked through the massive main room and across a long corridor, which ended at the foot of a stone staircase, winding up into one of the turrets.

"Princess Zelda!" the goddesses shouted, wandering down a path. They could make out the young woman's footsteps, and continued to follow them. Sensing an evil presence nearby, they suddenly took to the air, and came across a fortress.

"She's in there! I just know it!" Farore exclaimed.

The goddesses flew to one of the turrets, hearing a song playing through the window at the very top. Their eyes went wide as they saw the princess enter the room, clearly in a trance. They followed her gaze to the source of the music-an ocarina, but not in the hands of the handsome stranger for whom she had fallen. Instead, it was being played by a tall figure clad in black, with bright red hair and eyes.

"Ganondorf!" they gasped in horror.

"Come, Princess Zelda," the evil sorcerer commanded her, in a voice not his own. No wonder she was under his spell; his voice sounded like that of a young man. "Come, and play the song with me."

The goddesses looked on in shock as the princess drew ever closer. Realizing that the curse would be fulfilled if they didn't act quickly, they tried their best to use their magic to cancel out the spell the music put her under, without alerting Ganondorf to their presence.

But nothing they did worked. It was too late.

Princess Zelda stood before Ganondorf, so entranced by the music that she was smiling, thinking he was with her love.

Ganondorf stopped playing the song and laughed cruelly, carelessly tossing aside the ocarina. He waved his hand in the air and recited a spell in an ancient Hylian dialect. A dark cloud began to fill the room, surrounding Princess Zelda. The cloud dissipated, revealing her crystal prison.

"What is this!" Ganondorf growled. "She was supposed to fall dead on the spot!" He attempted to break the crystal, to no avail. He went to the bookshelf and began to toss several books onto the floor, looking for one that would explain what went wrong.

"We must get help right away!" Din hissed. "Farore, you stay here and keep an eye on Ganondorf and Princess Zelda. Nayru and I will fly to the castle and summon the guards. The princess should remain unharmed as long as she is sealed in the crystal. Make sure to keep Ganondorf distracted until we bring some help. Whatever you do, don't let him break that crystal!"

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