As soon as he dared, Link slowed Epona to a trot and turned to face the village which he had just come from; it already looked as though it was part of a set of a child's dollhouse. A small speck of light contrasted against Zelda's hideaway house, and Link felt his heart surge inside his chest. It was Zelda, and Link knew that she understood the dangers of his life, and that she couldn't look away now until he had gone from her sight, too afraid to miss a glimpse of him, because she knew as well as he did, that this may be the last time they saw each other, in good health, or at all.
Link shuddered and turned after taking one last glance at Zelda, feeling as though his heart would burst. He flexed his left arm muscle which had been holding his bow in case of attack and set off again. Two questions had formed in his mind just that second. Why hadn't he been attacked? He could rarely step out of such a peaceful village and not face danger of some form, if not immediately, then after a few minutes of travelling, but never this late had he been safe from monsters, after he presented himself so openly to them. Link tried putting this down to luck, but gave up after the feeling of unease crept over him, Link didn't have luck in most circumstances.
Being even more cautious of his surroundings, looking out for the smallest trace of life other then himself and Epona, he acknowledged the second question, where was he going? Link really didn't have any idea. When he set off, he usually had some idea of where he was going, and what he was going to do. But this time, he had no hint of what to do, no path had been set, all he had to go on was a dream, and that's all it was at the moment, just a dream. Link didn't know whether it had any truth to it, any fact through the escaped reality of a dream.
Link was sure that if anything bad had happened, word would be sent to him, in some form, but even though it hadn't, he couldn't risk not trying to find this boy, just in case something had happened to him
He tried to push aside the thoughts of this boy, but it seemed like it was pushing back, like it wanted to be seen again. Link tried to slow Epona but didn't succeed; he instead felt like he was falling, everything was fading, turning black. Link blinked furiously in the dark, searching his way with his hands. Then he saw a light, a small dot of light not far from him, he tried to reach it, but the faster he moved towards it, the faster the light was, Link lurched forward for it, but missed it again, suddenly a voice sounded from somewhere.
"Come back Sam, hurry back to me, we need you here." Sam? Link stopped, Sam was the boy from the dream. He stumbled back, not wanting to step further, knowing what was coming soon, he was in the place of this boy in his own dream.
"Come play with us Sam, we will look after you, we're your family now."
No. Link spun around, in search of anywhere but the light, but they kept chanting those awful words in his head.
"Come play with us Sam, we will look after you, we're your family now."
They were mocking him, pulling him closer despite his fight to turn away, but the lights kept chanting, getting louder and louder, and they felt as if they were closing in on Link from every direction.
Still, the lights kept chanting, the darkness seemed to be getting heavy, pressing down on Link, the voices were getting louder, screaming inside his own mind, as if they were trying to get out. The pain was unbearable, his body had received broken bones and bruises and scars in the past, but this, this was worse than everything he'd received combined, like he didn't actually fit inside his own head anymore, and these voices were pressing on the inside of Links head, trying to get out.
"No!" Link shouted. He was not going to become victim to some lights; he was not going to let his life end the same way Sam's had. The sound of his voice seemed to only make the lights angrier, they danced in front of his eyes and the feeling over falling crashed over Link even stronger then before.
Then, just as suddenly as the darkness came over him, it had gone. Link blinked again, making his eyes adjust to the light. When things became clear again, he found himself in a meadow, all he could see around him was trees, and then his eyes fell on Epona, who looked untouched. How had they ended up here? Link questioned whether he had merely just fallen asleep again, quite suddenly it seemed, and Epona carried on traveling to this unknown place? Unaware of what her master was going through?
Link groaned and propped himself up on his elbows, looking at his horse, which still carried all of his possessions that Link couldn't fit on himself. All of a sudden though, Epona seemed distressed, hang on… Link thought, the floor was moving. Link stood up faster then he should have and felt as if the scene in front of him was spinning. He closed his eyes for a second and waited for the feeling of dizziness to leave, when it had, he opened his eyes again. The scene was still spinning, faster and faster, Link made his way over to Epona, trying to calm his clearly panicked horse. Link kept his eyes closed but could feel things slow down, and he grew colder, he opened his eyes ever so slightly and saw the grass beneath him look slightly darker then before. Looking up further he realized it was a shadow cast over him and this spectacular meadow, which came from the most magnificent building he had ever seen. It looked as though it had been there for centuries, yet Link knew it had only just arrived here.
Taking a deep breath, he stepped forward towards the most magnificent looking entrance he had ever seen, he reached for the door slower then he intended, not even wanting to show himself fear, and cautiously pushed the door open.