Chapter 10: Forewarning Of Evil

Link was crossing Hyrule Field, looking down in deep thought, "Was this a big mistake?"

Link continued to ask himself that question as he began to walk up a hill. He was hoping to at least see some monsters, but there wasn't another soul out there with him. Rauru's words of him not being able to save Hyrule were slowly beginning to take over all of his thoughts. "What good is this freedom when there isn't anything to do?"

The moment Link came to the crest of the hill, what he saw brought a smile to his face. High stone walls with elegant gargoyle statues guarding the top of the walls, a massive draw bridge, colored in a brownish-gold. Link stood in awe at the large walls which were the first defense of Hyrule Castle.

After a few minutes of admiration, Link broke into a sprint for the draw bridge. Right as Link came up to the bridge; it was drawn up, preventing Link from entering.

"Halt!" demanded a soldier, standing upon the stone wall. "By order of the Royal Family, nobody may enter without proper authorization!"

"I am Link! I was sent by the Great Deku Tree to speak with Zelda!"

"Oh, so you're Link?" replied the soldier. "Well, the Queen did say if you came by that we should let you in. She sounded awfully irate if you ask me. Lower the draw bridge!"

After a few clanks of metal joints, the draw bridge fell right before Link. Link was not happy with the thought of getting yelled at again for removing the spell that hide Hyrule of so long. Link continued across the bridge until he entered Hyrule Market Place. The market was busy, with people running all around, looking for the best price on something they wished to purchase. It didn't take long until Link was through the Market Place and was standing in the main hall of Hyrule Castle, waiting for Zelda's butler to allow him to see her.

"Hey, she knows me, why won't you just let me go in and see her?" pleaded Link, who was sick of waiting. "She wanted to see me in the first place right?"

"I'm sorry, but the Queen is in a very bad mood and has asked me to keep you here until she is able to calm down," replied the butler in a very snooty voice. "If you are tired of waiting, perhaps you should reschedule your meeting with the Queen."

"I'm not gonna reschedule, but could you at least tell me why she is in a bad mood?"

"She's been rambling on about how a young man she likes was stupid enough to endanger the lives of thousands, just so he wouldn't lose her."

Link smacked his forehead, "And that is a bad thing?"

"The Queen would give her life for her people at a moments notice."

Link let out a long groan, "Could you go see if she's ready yet?"

The butler turned away from Link, walked over to a door and left the Hall, without saying a word.

"Great, she's probably gonna have me beheaded for the hell of it," whined Link.

Just then, the butler burst through the door, "She is ready to speak with you.

Link left with the butler, going down a series of passages, and up a few flights of stairs till he came to two large wooden doors. The butler opened the doors for Link, bowed, and then left Link alone in a dim room, which had a very large bed in the center of it. There was a snap of two fingers and curtains opened up to a series of large windows, which filled the room with light, revealing Zelda lying on the bed with a cast on her broken leg.

"You're lucky my leg is broken Link," said Zelda trying to keep calm.

"Why's that?" asked Link.

"Because if it wasn't, I'd kill you!" screamed Zelda, picking up a pillow and hurling it at Link, who dodged it.

"Hey, that's not very nice," replied Link, holding his arms out. "What would I have done if you had died? What do you think would have happened?"

"That's beside the point! Even if they would have killed you and I, the Master Sword wouldn't have allowed them to lay a hand on them!"

Link shook his head, and left of the door. Zelda snapped her fingers again, which locked the doors.

"Hey, what gives?" asked Link.

"I'm not through with you. I have a messenger hawk that flies around Hyrule, and reports what it sees to me. A while ago, it flew over Gerudo Valley, and do you know what it saw?"

"No."

"It saw all of the Gerudo's in chains and at least one-thousand Moblins guarding the fortress."

"Well, I guess I better get to work then-" Zelda cut Link off.

"Eight-hundred Dark Nuts also guard the fortress."

"I have no idea what those things are, but they don't sound to dangerous," replied Link, with confidence.

"They are some of evils most fierce warriors," replied Zelda. "Evil is planning an invasion of Hyrule. And to top it all off, Rick, Jason and Brick are at the top. They're Evil's strongest and most ruthless fighters. The Gerudo aren't ones to give up with out a fight, well those three decimated half of the Gerudo population alone, which forced the Gerudo to surrender just to keep their race alive."

"Well, the Great Deku Tree told me to find the Great Fairies of Hyrule and ask for help. With their help, I think I can take on those three."

"I don't think you have time to go on a fairy hunt. One of the Great Fairies is at the top of Death Mountain, and Brick took a group of Dark Nuts and took over the Mountain this morning. The Gorons had no means of escape, and their only choice was to surrender as well. Who knows when they'll take out the Zoras, seeing as how they are a peaceful race and will easily be taken down."

"Well, haven't you tried to form an army to hold off the invasion?" asked Link.

"Nobody will join," replied Zelda, looking down. "They refuse, even if I threaten to send them to the dungeons."

"What about the Kokiri?" asked Link in an ominous tone.

"They will go into the Lost Woods. They know their way through there and will easily hide from the onslaught of the evil army."

"The army is all monsters, mindless beings that do as they're told," remarked Link. "So they should be pretty easily beaten if I take out those to command them."

"First you have to get past the army to get to the leaders."

"I know how to get three of the leaders out front," said Link, with a smirk. "Insulting them will bring them out. And I'm sure that if we can regain Death Mountain, then the Gorons will help us. If they live on a mountain, then they should be pretty strong. Perfect warriors, that can distract the evil army long enough for me to sneak in and get the leader."

Zelda looked at Link with amazement, "Did you come up with that?"

"Yup."

"That just might work. There aren't very many Gorons though."

"That's ok; they just need to distract them long enough for me to get through, then they can retreat."

"Evil's base is in Gerudo Valley," mumbled Zelda.

"What was that?" asked Link.

"Oh, nothing, just something I'm thinking up that might not even work."

"Ok, well should I be leaving now?" asked Link motioning towards the door.

Zelda snapped her fingers, and the door opened. "You may leave now. But be careful, there's an army of monsters out there."

"One last question, if there's so many monsters out there, how come it was quiet on the way here?"

"Because you traveled by mid-day, and now you will be traveling by night."

Link let out a long sigh as he left the room. He was thinking of how he was gonna handle Brick, and what could Zelda's other plan possibly be. All very puzzling, but Link wasn't letting it get to him too much. Link was mentally preparing for what could possibly be a night in hell.