yay! Chapter Five!! Please, rate! Its a little bit longer than my other ones... It shows the Hero of Time (namely, Link) going through some stuff, talking with someone unseen... Who's unseen...? Perhaps a shadow man?? WHO KNOWS?! I do!!

Koume and Kotake buzzed around their cauldron. Years had passed since the incident at Lake Hylia. Sheik fingered his lyre, experimenting with a new melody. It sounded vaguely like the Song of Time.

"No, no.. that will not do.." He muttered every so often.

Ganondorf slouched in his throne, growing uneasy with every moment that ticked by.

"The Hero of Time shall be emerging soon, sire," Unifo reminded his master.

"Yes, yes," sighed the king, "I know just how to deal with him. As legend says, he shall journey to the land of which he grew up. The forest is ridden with monsters. If he is so lucky to slay them, he shall never make it through the Lost Woods! They are a labyrinth of trees, all coaxing him into different directions. The four poe sisters will take care of him easily, and if they fail, my phantom will surely do the trick!

"And if he is as skilled as the prophecies make him out to be, than he will move onto the Fire Temple. Seeing his beloved Gorons gone, though, will break him. I do believe they dubbed him their, "Sworn Brother". The Megaton Hammer is tucked away in the fiery hole somewhere. He will not find it, and he will not slay Volvagia! How is he to withstand the intense heat?

"Of course, he shall be strong. The Water Temple will get him for sure. He cannot breathe underwater, so he will never even make it to the entrance! My plan is brilliant!"

"May I be excused for a moment, my lord?" whispered Sheik, "I wish to get some fresh air and practice my skills. I want to make sure that I would be able to take the hero in a fight. If it comes to that, I mean."

"Sure, sure, do as you please. You have served me well. But one matter still puzzles me," Ganondorf looked over at the Sheikah, "Sheik, why do you serve me? Your people once served the Hylian Royal Family. Your people fought against me the first time I tried to take Hyrule for myself."

"Sheikah cannot live without sustenance. I cannot survive without a master. Shadows cling to the feet of their masters, and I must do the same. If I had not joined you, I would have faded into oblivion," answered the boy.

"I see... now, go!" Ganondorf waved his arm at the door.

"I see the great Hero of Time! He is in the Temple of Time! He is speaking with someone, but we cannot see..." reported Koume.

"Yes! I cannot hear what they are saying..." added Kotake.

A few minutes passed. The hero continued to speak with his invisible partner.

"Ah! He is playing a song!"

"And now... he is gone!"

Ganondorf loomed over the cauldron to see what was happening. To his disbelief, the hero slayed the ReDeads. He played a song that Ganon had never heard before, one that stunned the living dead. Ganondorf was speechless.

Sheik returned moments later, "The hero is out. I saw him in passing, but I did not interfere. He did not see me. I blend well."

His master shook his head, "He is heading for the forest! He will perish in days!"

The King of Evil watched as the hero neared the Forest Temple entrance. Again, to Ganondorf's disbelief, the hero made it passed the giant Moblins. Sheik was nowhere to be found, because Ganon had released him on a small mission for him.

"He is speaking again!" screamed Kotake.

"Yes! Now he is learning yet another song!"

Ganondorf wished he could hear the song being played. A sneaking suspicion prickled at the back of his mind. "I blend well." Sheik had said. Sheik knew all kinds of melodies. Could he be the one teaching the Hero of Time all the songs? No, Ganondorf decided, Sheik works to me now. Like he said, if he wasn't joined with me, he would be lost in oblivion. The feeling still pricked at his brain, though.

The Hero was more skilled than Ganon had assumed. Somewhere, during a time when Ganondorf was out and about, the hero had obtained a Hookshot, a metal item that shot a chain with a hook on the end. It could latch onto almost anything wooden. In the temple, the hero discovered the Hero's Bow. It was the legendary bow that could slay those unseen.

The hero was quick in the temple. He searched the rooms until he found the poe sisters. Each one died with a few shots of the bow. They gave him trouble, though. Not as experienced as I though, sighed Ganondorf. The fight with Phantom Ganon was brief. The Hero of Time was quick on his toes. He discovered the phantom's attacks and his weaknesses.

"Blast! I knew that phantom was a waste!" roared the King of Evil. He nearly snapped his oak table. No matter how much he wished it otherwise, the Hero of Time was back.

Eeee!! Wasn't it amazing?????? Yes, yes it was!! I loved it. EVERY. FREAKING. BIT. Did you? REVIEW, please!!