This is chapter four in my first ever Fanfiction. If you have any advice on how to improve my writing, then please do make a review.

Also, if you have any ideas or suggestions that you would like to see in future chapters, please tell me.

I do not own Zelda, it is rightfully owned by Nintendo.

**Note** The citole is a real instrument with four - five strings, used during the Medieval/Renaissance era. Also, the Stairway to Heaven reference will have a part in the story later :}

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Chapter 4; Exploration

A servant lead Link into the castle, with Zelda tagging along. The servant showed him to his new room, which happened to be next to Zelda's. Link was even happier about that. He walked into his new room, and its luxury was beyond anything he could of imagined. It had a balcony, and beautiful ornate windows which revealed to him the nicest view of The Market and the rest of Hyrule that he had ever seen. And it even had a few smaller sub-rooms. "Incredible!", Link exclaimed.

The servant left, leaving him and Zelda there alone. "So, what do we do now?"

Zelda replied, "I should show you around the castle and some cool secret places."

"I think I have been to every secret place there is."

Zelda grabbed his arm, and they began walking. She gave Link a tour of the whole castle, and showed him the infirmary, combat training, archery range, and the kitchen. She introduced him to some high-ranking people, including generals in the military, and people who were rich and high ranking for absolutely no reason.

"Beautiful place," Link stated. "And about those secret places?"

Zelda lead Link into her courtyard. She went into the new little shack, beckoning Link to follow. She took out a small ladder, and turned a piece of wood on the ceiling. It made a loud grounding noise. A portion of the floor opened up, and they went in. Zelda explained that it was a huge tunnel system, dug many centuries ago. It lead to probably anywhere in Hyrule, and only small sections of it were mapped.

She took out a map that she had gotten from the shack. It had hundreds of tunnels that were explored, and probably a thousand that hadn't been explored. Some of the destinations on it were The Market, the sewers, Lon Lon Ranch, The Temple of Time, and even the 6 temples. Link shivered when he saw the routes to the temples.

"What, bad memories in those places?"

"Yeah," said Link, "I still have deep scars from all of them."

"Aww, poor Linky....", Zelda said in a cute caring way. "So where do you want to go?"

"Hm.... What's Fountain of Tranquility?"

"I dunno, I've never been there. Let's go." Zelda ran back out and told a guard that they would be back, as she grabbed a lantern.

She lit the lantern as they proceeded deeper into the tunnel, taking complex turns. They eventually got to an area where the ground went from mud to ancient cobblestone. There were Olde Hylian hieroglyphs inscribed on the walls, with pictures of past heroes. Link looked closely at the pictures.

"Doesn't that person look a lot like me?", he asked.

"Yeah, and that one looks like me. That's cool, but let's keep moving."

After about an hour, they came to some steps leading upward. They walked up, hearing the sound of birds chirping and water running. Light gradually began to seek in to the stairway. "Looks like a stairway to heaven," Link commented.

Zelda's psychic powers took affect, then she said, "I have a feeling that what you just said will create a famous song in the future."

"Umm.... Ok? Anyways, look!"

There was a great iron gate with unfamiliar but beautiful designs. You could see a fountain, man made waterfalls, and a natural spring through the iron bars. They opened the gate, and walked into the 'Fountain of Tranquility'. There was a sundial and moondial. According to the sundial it was 2 PM.

"I've never seen a moondial before," said Zelda.

They were in the middle of a giant square carved out of the Earth. There were waterways around the top, and you could see mountains beyond the earth walls. The water flowed into a great big fountain in the center, with natural springs around it. There were more hieroglyphics, and there seemed to be no way out besides the tunnel.

"This is.... Beautiful!", Zelda said with a fantasy-like voice. Link agreed.

They looked around a little bit, finding a treasure chest hidden beneath a tree. It contained a stringed instrument-- a citole. It had five strings, and a silver fretboard. There also happened to be a very old songbook in the chest as well.

"I haven't seen one of these in years!" Link exclaimed. He began to fiddle around with it, then began to play a melody.

"Wait.... Where the heck did you learn how to play a citole?"

"Oh um, I learned from the Zoras. I have a lot of spare time."

"I can see that," she said playfully.

They splashed their feet around in the water for a little bit, then decided to head back. It took another hour, but eventually they stepped out of the tunnel and back into the shack.