I am sooooooooooooo Sorry! I never meant for it to be this late. but the truth is, I'm not really interested in continuing this story, but I will, since so many people want me to continue it. I have the next chapter planned out, not it's just a matter of typing it out. But don't worry, I'll have it up soon enough.

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Anime Wildfire

Link groaned, his body ached all over, what had happened to him? Then he remembered.

I fell of Epona after getting that wound at Lon Lon ranch. Link thought, he groaned again and opened his eyes.

He immeditaly panicked and sat up, he couldn't see!

"why can't I see anything?" he wondered aloud, he grabbed the end of the bed he was on and stood up, he found the wall and followed it until he came across a door. He opened it and stepped out, following the wall to make sure he didn't fall.

When his feet touched steps, he carefully stepped down them until he reached the bottom, his hands still on the wall.

"oh, your awake are you?" A woman's voice said, Link jumped and turned towards the voice.

"where am I?" he asked, his hands out in front of him,

"why, you're on our farm, just me and my wife and my daughter Katie live here." A man's voice said.

"nice to meet you." Link said, forgetting to be caucious, he stepped forward, and hit his head on the doorway leading to the next room.

"oow." Link said, his hand on his forehead. "why didn't you just duck?" a girl's voice said, who Link could only assume was Katie.

"I can't see." Link said, he heard a gasp.

"you're blind?! Oh I'm so sorry we didn't know!" The woman said, Link smiled.

"thank you, but I'm not blind, when I woke up a few minutes ago, I couldn't see," he said. He felt a hand on his shoulder.

"well your welcome to stay here as long as you need to." The man said, Link smiled, "again, thank you, you've been so kind to me. By the way, has anyone seen Navi?" he said,

"you mean that little blue fairy? She's in the barn with your horse. She said earlier that she'll come in and check on you in a while, so I suspect she'll be in her any minute." The man said, as if on cue, there was a cry of "Link!!"
and Link felt something small hug his cheek. He grinned.

"There you are Navi." He said, Navi hugged his cheek harder. "oh Link! I was so worried!" she said, then she smacked him (although to him it probably didn't feel like one)

"don't you ever worry me like that again!" she snapped, her little hands on her hips.

"I'm sorry Navi, I didn't mean to scare you." Link said, Navi sniffed. Then she noticed the bump on his forehead. "oh Link! What happened?" she asked in a mother-like tone. Link sighed,

"I bumped into the wall, I can't see anything Navi. I'm sort-of blind." Link said, Navi sighed, "I know, " she said, Link looked confised. "how'd you know?" he asked.

"when I called your name a few minutes ago, you didn't respond by looking at me, and when I flew up in front of you, your eyes didn't look at me, you just stared straight ahead." She said.

Seeing the sadness on his face, she quickly said, "but don't worry, I'm pretty sure your blindness is only temperary. Your vision will come back soon." She said, Link sighed in relief. Navi flew up in front of his eyes and studied them, they were still blue, but a foggy look had appeared on them

"thanks Navi, the only problem is… I can't fight monsters like this, how am I suppost to save Hyrule if I can't see?" he said, completely oblivious that she was right in front of him.

Navi shook her head, "you'll have to wait until your eyesight returns." She said,

"you're welcome to stay here until your sight returns." The woman said, Link turned to her, even though he couldn't see.

"thank you, that's very generous of you." He said, if he could see, he would have seen them blush, Katie most of all. Navi grinned to herself.

"hey Navi, how's Epona? Mr…" he started, "Blake." The man said, "my name is Blake." (my 2-year-old neighbor's name is Blake, he's so cute!)

Link nodded at him, "Mr. Blake said you were in the barn with Epona." He finished, Navi smiled.

"Epona's fine Link, but she misses you. You gotta go visit her, I swear she knows what's going on. The whole time I was out there she was jittery and shy." She said.

Link looked down sadly, "I know she misses me, but I can't visit her" he said, his eyes filled with sadness.

"who says you can't visit her? Com' on, I'll show you the way to the barn." Katie said, Navi leaned over to Link,

"that's Katie, their daughter. She really likes you, I heard her telling her mother." She whispered. Link blushed.

Katie walked over and took Link's arm. She led him over to the door and opened it, waving to her parents as she left. They grinned back at her and her mother gave her a thumb's up.

Katie blushed and shut the door behind her and Link, then she started walking towards the barn. Which was next to the house.

"com'on, the barn's this way." Katie said, tugging Link's arm to the left, Link grinned.

"that won't be necessary, I just need my ocarina." He said, Katie looked confused as he reached into his tunic and pulled out the ocarina of time. Katie's eyes widened, she had read about the legendary ocarina.

Link lifted the ocarina to his mouth a played Epona's song. There was a whinny, and thud. Suddenly the door of the barn flew open and Epona came racing out, she reared up and whinnied before racing towards Link, stopping with her face two inches from his.

Link didn't even flinch, instead he smiled and stroked Epona, Katie stared in amazment. After a few minutes her parents came out to see Epona, having heard her escape from the barn.

"she's much calmer than when we first found her." Blake said, (blake is his last name…)

Link blushed, "yeah, sorry about that. I'm the only one that can control her." He said, Epona nuzzled his shoulder.

"she's beautiful." Katie said, stroking Epona's side. Link looked down, his eyes distant at not being able to see Epona. "yeah." He said, Katie watched his expression.

"is something bothering you Link?" she asked, Link's head shot up, but he didn't turn and look at her.

"no. Nothing's bothering me." He said, he pulled the ocarina out of his tunic again and ran his hand over it. Then he closed his eyes, it was almost as if he was picturing the ocarina… or something else.

"where were you planning on heading next?" Katie asked, still stroking Epona's side.

"I'm not really sure, but I was thinking about headed to my home, I haven't seen it in seven years." Link said.

"I'm so sorry." Katie said, Link shrugged. "it's not your fault, it's just the way things are. Even if I wanted to change anything, I couldn't."

"Link! Katie! Lunch time!" Mrs. Blake called, Katie nodded to her mother and turned to Link. "come on, mama made lunch." She said, taking his arm and leading him inside.

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"so, Link, what brings you out towards our farm?" Blake asked as the four of them sat down to lunch, Navi sat on Link's shoulder, occasionaly taking a bit of his food as her own lunch.

"I was leaving Lon Lon ranch and was heading back to visit my home, I haven't seen it in seven years." Link replied.

"where'd you grow up?" Blake asked, "in Kokiri forest." Link said, he heard Mrs. Blake and Katie gasp.

"but I thought all the fairy children never grew up?" she said, Link grinned. "they don't, but I am not Kokiri. I was told that my mother took me to the forest as a baby, then she died." Link said, Katie and Mrs. Blake gasped again.

"I'm sorry Link, it can be hard growing up without a mother." Mrs. Blake said. Link nodded.

"yeah, but I did ok." He said.

"what color are your eyes? It's hard to see." Katie said, she leaned a bit closer to try and see.

"blue." Link said, "my mother had blue eyes also, at least, that's what I was told."

"when did you leave the forest?" Blake asked, Link tried hard not to wince, it seemed like this man was trying to dig up as much about him as possible.

"I left when I was ten, traveling around and training with my sword. Before I left, the Deku tree told me to go to Hyrule castle and find the princess Zelda. He said she needed to talk to me." Link said, the Blakes looked impressed.

"what happened next?" Katie asked, "I went to the castle and met princess Zelda, she told me that Ganondorf was evil and that she was afraid he would try to destroy the kingdom. She told me she had a quest for me, retrieve the three spiritual stones, the Kokiri emerald, the Goron ruby, and the Zora's Sapphire. So I did, and took all the stones back to the castle. But When I got there, everything was on fire. Ganon had tried to take control! As I approched the gate, Zelda and her protector came riding past, escaping from the castle. Zelda shouted something to me and threw the ocarina of time, it fell in the mote. When I looked back, they had disappeared. I turned around, and saw Ganondorf right behind me! I tried to fight him, but I was too small. Ganondorf rode away, leaving me behind. Jumped into the mote and got the ocarina of time, and went straight to the temple of time. There, I played the song of time, opened the door, and pulled out the sacred master sword. After that, everything went black. And the next thing I knew, I was seventeen and in the temple of time." Link said, (phew, that was long to type.)

"wow." Was all Katie said, she was staring at Link with admiration in her eyes, which Navi found amusing.

"thank you for lunch, it was very good." Link said, standing up he took his plate into the kitchen before heading out. (bumping into the door on his way out)

Once outside, Link stopped. "Navi, is there anything around that I could train with?" he asked. Navi blinked and glanced around. "well, there's a few bales of hay straight ahead and to the left." She said, Link nodded and headed straight for it, almost bumping into it, but he was stopped by Navi warning him.

"Link… what are you doing?" Navi asked, sitting on the bale of hay, Link drew the master sword.

"I'm going to train, I'm sick of not being able to do anything because I can't see." He said, Navi shrugged. "suit yourself." She said, standing up and floating above the hay.

Meanwhile, Blake, Mrs. Blake and Katie were watching through the window. Link jumped and slashed at the hay, hitting it perfectly in the middle and slicing it in half, then he rolled to the side and did a few verticle slashes. Then he raced a few feet away, pulled out his bow and said. "Navi! IS there anything that could be a target here?" Navi glanced around.

"Link! Above the barn door on your left! There's a target there!" Link wheeled to his left and fired the arrow a little ways up. The arrow flew through the air and struck the target, hitting just a little of center.

"wow Link! How'd you know the hight of the target?!" Navi asked, flying over and hovering in front of her. Link grinned, "all the barns around here are the same size, I remembered how high the barn door at Lon Lon ranch was." He said.

Navi grinned at him, "your so smart Link!" she said, he blushed.

"Link! That was amazing!" Katie said, coming out of the house. Her mother and Father were right behind her.

Link blushed again, "thanks Katie." He said, Katie raced over to him and hugged him, making him blush again.

"I didn't know you were that good with the sword!"she said, "where did you learn to do that?" Blake asked.

"I taught myself." Link said, "anything other than that I already knew."

Blake didn't reply, he stood there, looking impressed.

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later that night…

Link sat on the roof of the house (how he got up there is beyond me) he sighed and looked upwards, even though he couldn't see the stars, it was nice to be out in the cool air.

Still looking upwards, Link pulled the ocarina of time out of his pocket and began to play Zelda's lullaby.

"Zelda…" he muttered when he was finished.

"do you always talk to yourself?" A voice said, Link jumped, but then relaxed as he recognized Shiek's voice.

"what do you want Sheik?" he asked, not even bothering to glance in his direction.

"I only come to offer my assistance." Shiek said, and Link heard the smooth notes of his harp.

"I can't fight right now Shiek, I'm temperarly blind." Link said, fingering the ocarina of time.

Shiek watched him closly, "you may be blind, but that doesn't stop me from giving you hints on which way you should head next." Shiek said, plucking the strings of his harp. His eyes narrowed at Link.

"since you're here, where should I go next?" Link asked, finally looking in Shiek's direction. Shiek couls see his blue eyes were clouded.

So he really is blind… Shiek thought, his eyes narrowed again,

"the forest temple." He said, Link blinked, (hehe, that rhymed!)

"the forest temple?" he repeated, "yes, that is where you should head next. I think you'll find something interesting there, something to do with Saria…"

"Saria?" Link said, getting to his feet. Shiek nodded, "go to the forest temple Link, Saria is waiting for you…" Sheik said, he stepped back and pulled out a Deku nut, throwing it to the ground and disappearing in a flash of light.

Link took a step back, cursing to himself. "Someday I'm gonna figure out how he does that and then rub it in his face…" he muttered to himself.

"Link?" A voice said, Link froze. "Link, are you up there?" a voice said, it sounded like Katie.

"yeah, I'm up here." Link said, relaxing now that he knew it was just Katie.

Katie climbed out the window until she was sitting next to Link, he sat down next to her.

"what are you doing up here?" she asked, glancing at him. He shrugged. "just enjoying the night, and thinking." He said, Katie nodded, then noticed the ocarina of time Link still held in his hand.

"were you playing your ocarina?" she said, Link hesitated, then nodded. "yeah, the music helps me think." He said.

"will you play for me?" Katie asked, sounding almost hopeful. Link hesitated again, then nodded. She was a nice girl, but he just wasn't interested in her.

Link brought the ocarina to his lips and began playing Zelda's lullaby. Katie listened quietly.

"that was beautiful." She said when he finished, she sighed. "what sing is that?"

"Zelda's lullaby, the song of the royal family. Princess Zelda taught it to me." Link said, fingering the ocarina again. (yeah, I know, she didn't really teach it to him, but in this story she did!)

"oh," Katie said, she sounded slightly crestfallen. "will you play another song?" she asked, a light blush on her cheeks. Luckily for her Link couldn't see it.

"sure." Link said, he began playing Saria's song.

"where did you learn that one?" Katie asked after he had finished.

"Saria's song, my best friend from the forest taught it to me years ago, but I haven't seen her in seven years." Link said.

"how sad, not being able to see your friend for seven years. She must really miss you." Katie said, Link nodded his head, Katie's words making his realize how much he really did miss Saria… and Zelda.

"I can only hope that they are ok."

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Link woke early the next morning, he made his way carefully down the steps.

"good morning!" Mrs. Blake said, Link glanced in her direction and grinned. "good morning to you too Mrs. Blake." Mrs. Blake smiled at him, and Link noticed he could see something blurry.

"my vision is coming back!" Link said once he realized what it was. Mrs. Blake was practically jumping up and down with joy.

"Katie! Get your father and come quickly! Link's eyesight is returning!" she said, they heard Katie race out the door, slamming it behind her.

"wass goin' on?" Navi muttered, flying over from where she was sleeping by the sun.

"Navi, my eyes sight is coming back!" Link said, unable to contain his enthousiasm. He was getting tired of being blind.

Seconds later, Katie and Blake returned from the outside. "what's going on here?" Blake asked, his wife turned to him. "Link's eye sight is returning dear!" she said.

They all watched as Link's eyes slowly turned from a clouded blue to a pure baby-blue color, and slowly he was able to see again.

"I can see again!" Link said, everyone cheered. Navi flew over and hugged Link's cheek again. Tiny tears poured down her cheeks.

"oh Link.., It's so good to have all of you back!" Navi said, everyone was finally able to calm down, and Navi stopped hugging Link.

"so, I guess this means you'll be leaving now?" Katie said, trying to hide her tears. Link nodded.

"yes, I do. Hyrule needs me, it's my destiny." He said, he turned and slowly left the house, Katie, Blake and Mrs. Blake follwed him.

"so… this is goodbye then?" Katie said as Link called Epona using the ocarina and Epona's song. Link nodded to her and stroked Epona as she came galloping up.

Katie tried hard to fight back tears. Not only was Link leaving friends behind, he was also leaving behind a broken heart.

"thank you for everything you've done." Link said, facing the Blakes on last time.

"I'll miss you Link!" Katie said, hugging him. Link didn't say anything. Instead, he mounted Epona and waved to them before kicking Epona. She took off galloping. The Blakes watched them go until Link stopped Epona at the top of the hill.

Epona reared, and Link drew the master sword and held it in the air, the Blakes waved at him and held their breath at such a breath-taking sight.

"next stop! The forest temple!"

I hope that wasn't too boring, but the next chater will be a bit more interesting. I'm going to skip the whole get-through-the-temple part, and just go straight to the main battle.

Oh, and incase anyone was wondering, this story follows the manga version of ocarina of time, with a few of my own extra twists. See you next chapter!

Please review!

Anime Wildfire/ A.K.S