Link dressed himself in his everyday green tunic and hat with his white under shirt and leggings. He yawned, stretched, and jogged to the door. He opened it and slid down the ladder. He winced as a splinter cut through his skin. He looked at it as it oozed a little bit of blood. He removed the splinter and continued. He untied Epona from the post. Epona snorted and trotted to catch Link's pace. Link led Epona through the quiet early-morning village over the bridge and to the ranch. Link unlatched the gate and took off Epona's reigns.

"There you go, girl." Link cooed placing them on the gate. He walked back over to Epona and unlatched her saddle. He took it off along with the blanket that helped it stay in place. He put it on the gate next to the reigns and watched as she galloped around the field with the goats.

"Hey, Link! Didn't think you were up yet!" Said the rancher coming down from the shack.

"Hard time sleeping." Link shrugged. He remembered his little mystery-man he still had to worry about.

"Tell me about it. All that wind that was blowing, almost took my house down!"

"Ya." Link responded, he didn't feel like explaining a pointless dream.

"So what are you up to today? Are you going to the castle again?"

"No, I have to, uh, go to the desert for something." Link scrambled to make it sound believable.

"The desert, huh? Alright, you be careful now. Lot's of quick sand and traps left by Ganondorf's forces."

"Okay, I will. Take care of Epona for me will you?" Link said waving as he walked down the path.

"You can count on me Link!" The rancher waved back. He stared at Link's back forlornly. "Yeah, the desert. Come on, even I can think something better than that, Link." he mumbled turning around and continuing.

His day had been going by about as fast as a snail with a broken leg, maybe even slower, thanks to Mr. Anti-Hero. Link thought it was a ridiculous name to call him, Mr. Anti-Hero that is. It wasn't evil like others he'd heard of, Mr. Anti-Hero didn't make much sense. Link started by going visit the Gorons. He walked his way to Death Mountain kicking various rocks. He hummed a tune that resembled a tune that the wolf/warrior taught him along with the Hidden Skills. It was told in scrolls of his ancestor that the song was called "The Song of Healing".

About half way up the trail he realized by the noise and commotion that they were celebrating something. Link hit his forehead with his palm. Duh, the festival. They were celebrating the Fire Sage Darbus. He sighed heavily and walked back toward Kokori said hello to the Shaman and continued towards the bigger part of Hyrule Field. He walked across and hopped over the random fences out there. He crossed the Bridge of Eldin. He walked across it half of the way, set his shield down and the Master Sword next to him. He sat on the bridge's edge and kicked his feet back and forth. Boredom seemed to be all he was really good at these days.

"You Better stop working Link!"

"Come on Link, take a break for once!"

All things he'd heard before. He sighed again. He stared at the castle towards the North West. Maybe he could try hanging out with Zelda again? Maybe not. 'he's probably busy.' Link concluded.

"MIIIIISSSSSSTEEEEERRRR LIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINNNNNKKKKK!!!!!!!" shouted an all-too familiar voice. Link jumped again and began to fall. He yelled and instinctively put his hands up to grasp something. The mailman shrieked, girlishly and his hands covered his mouth in fright. Link was some how able to grab hold of the bridge before he could fall into the depth of the dark abis. It had to be at least 4,000 feet deep at least, probably more. It was easy for Link to hoist himself up, without the additional weight of his shield and sword.

"OHMAGAWSH! MR. LINK ARE YOU ALRIGHT?!" The mail man shrieked, frantically going back and forth. Link knelled down catching his breath from the slight adrenaline.

"Yeah, I'm fine." Link smiled nervously at him. "Just startled, that's all."

"I'M SO SORRY!!" He cried. "HERE, TAKE THIS, AND THIS!" He shouted handing him another black letter and an orange rupee.

"No, wait, I-" It was to late, he was gone again, a trail of dust following him. He looked back at him and stared at his retreating figure, embarrassed a bit on how he wouldn't fear an army of Stalfos, thousands at a time, but when mailman came he freaked out and jumped off a bridge. He raised the black and golden letter to his face. He sighed annoyed, again. I the fancy golden cursive it said his name, Link. He slowly opened the thick-paper letter.

Dear Link,
What is taking you so long? Does it really take so long for you? Get over here! I've been waiting since last night for Din's sake! Don't you remember? The pedestal? Use the damn golden Cucco and hurry! once your in the forest, Skull Kid will greet you and lead you here so you won't waste any more time. I know, how about a game? A contest, or a race perhaps. Get here before twilight and I won't kill all of Ordon, how does that sound? If you get here before Mid-Afternoon, I'll treat you to a story. Clocks' ticking, Link. Better hurry!


~ Mr. Anti-Hero

Link, like the last letter, re-read it to see if he was looking at it right. He crumpled it with one hand and threw it into the gorge. He ran over to his stuff and picked it u. While running, he fidgeted with the straps to latch them right and kept running. He went back towards Kokori Village. He ran past all the random puddles and jumped over the fences like a cat. He rummaged through his pockets and quickly pulled out his horse call, almost dropping it. He put it to his mouth and blew Epona's song.

A few minutes pasted and Epona was there, but without her saddle and reigns. Link couldn't care less. He hopped on her and kicked her sides. "Go to Farron Woods, quickly!" Link shouted. Epona neighed and kicked up her front legs. Once she set them down she rushed into a fast gallop. He flew past everyone in Kokori, not even noticing their faces as he passed. "Link! What's wrong?!" The Shaman ignored him and kept focusing on the path. Epona hurried out into the Kokori Gorge area and went over the stable bridge. She galloped all the way to Faron Province, over another bridge, and blasted through the forest.

"Stop!" Link commanded. Epona Halted and skidded to a rough stop, she neighed again. Link hopped off and ran into the cave. He knew all the cave's routes so he instinctively found his way through the cave and ran out. He ran up on the dock and jumped into the woods. The once poisonous gasses that lied there went away after Ganondorf was defeated so it was safe to go back there again. He went into the other, shorter cave and went into the clearing with the broken bridge.

He passed it while looking up at the sky. It was almost twilight. He cursed under his breath and ran faster. His lungs and legs her screaming to stop but his determination kept him going strong. He grabbed the stupid Golden Cucco and flew to the nest tree and then the next until he was at the place with the bridges and traps.

Link grabbed his Gale Boomerang and threw it with full force at the propeller, thus changing the bridge. Once the bridges were right he crossed. He jumped over the trees and finally made it to the entrance of the Lost Woods. He stared at it for a brief moment, trying to catch his breath. He coughed and ran into the Woods. The first thing he saw was Skull Kid, as proposed in the letter. Link walked up to him cautiously. Skull Kid had his arms crossed and he had his head down, pouting or sleeping, Link couldn't tell from under the mask. Skull Kid looked up at him.

"Your Link, are you not?" He asked, cocking his head to one side.

"Yes," Link breathed, "I'm Link."

He stood up straight and kept himself alert, careful not to drop his guard.

"Finally, now come on!" He said getting up and running to the next clearing. Link sighed and followed behind."Sorry, put I can't play with my puppets today, so we'll have to do it some other time, kay'?" He said childishly with his hands behind his back.

"Yeah, sure." Link said. He never knew why all the Skull Kids were so childish, some were over one-hundred years old. Guess that's why there called Skull Kids. Link thought. Skull Kid lead him past several different paths and clearings before Link could recognize were he was.

"Hurry, hurry!" He sang motioning him towards the narrow path to the temple area."This is as far as I can go, so bye-bye!" Skull Kid waved as he disappeared, leaving no trace except for scattered leaves.

Link stared at the demolished beat-up temple and remembered clearly all that happened there. Going back in time, saving the previous Temple of Time, defeating Giant spiders that shot out lava, yep. All perfectly normal for the average teen boy. Link jumped down from the broken stair-way and ran past the statues that guarded were the sword used to be. He climbed the small amount of stairs and stopped at the top. He saw the back of the man who threatened him and everything around him.

He squinted through the darkness of the area to see then he gasped. His always even, calm breathing picked up in pace and his heart felt like it had stopped. His always courageous composure was gone, completely gone. He felt his knees shaking and shots of adrenaline ripped through him.

"What's wrong link? My you look pale, like you've seen a ghost! Or was it just someone you weren't expecting? Come on Link, give me some credit, after all I'm just like you, right?" Dark Link snickered as he laughed a deep, ghostly, eerie laugh.