"Where the hell am I?" Link asked, standing up. His tunic was torn, and covered in dirt and garbage. There was very little light in the small alley, and it smelled horrible. Link's vision was blurry, so all he could do was head towards the light. Once he stepped outside the alley, he knew where he was, he was in Hyrule castle town market, but not the market he knew. Re-deads were slowly moving about, and the majority of the buildings were burnt down. The only building left in one piece was the temple of time.

Link saw the raging circle of fire over death mountain, and he could feel the icy chill in the air that came from zora's domain. He ducked back into the alley as a re-dead came close by. Link couldn't feel his trusty sword and shield on his back, nor any of his other weapons on his belt. "Have I... have i returned to the alternate timeline, where Gannon rules?" When the coast was clear, he ran out of the alley, and sprinted towards the temple.

"I'm glad nothing's changed here." Link walked up the steps leading to the entrance. "All i need is the master sword, and I'll get out of here." When he stepped inside, he looked at the temple's state. The red carpet was torn and muddy. The alter for the three spiritual stones was demolished, and the door of time was lying in two pieces, both on either side of the temple. He ran further into the temple, praying nothing had happened to..."The master sword!" Link dropped to his knees, the pedestal was in pieces, and the master sword was broken in half.

He repeatedly slammed his fist into the ground. "What the hell happened!" he asked, "Who could have done this... who?" he sensed somebody behind him, and stood up. "It was me." Another knight, this one with black armor, stood before Link. He had a large sword in his hand.

"You did this?" Link asked.

"Yes, i did this to your precious kingdom, I broke your precious sword, and I killed every sage."

"You bastard!" Link spat out, "Who gave you the right, to play with countless lives!?"

"Those two witches."

"Witches?" Link questioned.

"Yes, they are the ones who gave me and my brothers life, and created the realm of the phantoms."

"Your not making any sense. There are two realms, our realm, and the sacred realm. No phantom realm."

"Ah, perhaps i've told you too much. Now, i will eliminate you from this world!"

"Not gonna happen!"

Link grabbed the master sword, or at least half of it. The knight charged forward, seemingly floating inches above the ground. Link rolled under his sword, then leapt up. The knight was already spinning around, and slammed Link in the gut with the hilt of his blade. Link stepped back, doubling over. The knight raised his sword high, and swung down. Link sprung up, blocking it with the master... uh.... stump. What was left of the blade snapped off, and Link felt the knights sword plunge into his right shoulder.

Link shot up. He was back in his room. He could feel bandages on his left shoulder, from the knights scythe. He had smaller bandages in various spots. He felt weak. He didn't dare stand up, in fear he'd fall over. He wiped the sweat from his forehead, and wished he had another glass of water to splash on his face. He heard the door open, and looked towards it. The silver haired girl was walking in, she had a small basin, and some bandages with her.

"Feeling better, Sir Link?" She asked.

"Uh... I guess so," he responded, "but, you can drop the Sir, just call me Link."

"Okay... Link." She walked towards him, and began to take off the bandages on his shoulder, "Don't look, it's not a very clean wound."

"It's okay, I've had worse." he replied smiling.

"Then where are the scars from these wounds?"

"Well, fairy's can be very helpful at times."

"Fairy's, those are hard to come by."

"I've become pretty good at finding them. Believe it or not, they like to hang out near rooms with powerful monsters inside."

"The rumors about you are true, you have a vivid imagination."

"You don't believe me? Open that trunk over there, and look at the blood stains on my weapons."

"Maybe later." She was re-wrapping his shoulder now.

"What's your name?"

"I am Suri, Suri Greenarrow."

"You work here, for the castle doctor?"

"I'm a Knight in training, working under my aunt Impa."

"Your a knight? Well, if your related to Impa, that makes you a sheikah."

"I'm only half sheikah." She sounded disapointed.

"Well, that's more sheikah than I am." Link smiled, "You've got warrior's blood in you."

Suri finished bandaging his shoulder, and began to walk to the door. "somebody will be in shortly with dinner."

"Dinner, what happened to lunch, have i been asleep that long?"

"You have."

"Can i expect to see you with my meal?"

"We'll see." She left the room, leaving the basin of water next to Link's bed.

Aloc was back in the throne room. He was using his alchemy to repair the broken walls. This was the last spot on his list. He looked around to see if he missed anything. He was content, and started to leave. He would need to get to work finding the knights who kidnapped princess Zelda. Link didn't know of the princess's fate, and if Aloc could help it, he wouldn't. Link had his turn, saving the world from the dark lord, and beating six of the seven wizards. Knil too was a hero, giving up his life so that Aloc could live. Now Aloc could take his turn saving the day, so that he could be considered part of Link's group, so that he could join Knil when he died, where ever heros went, and above all, so that he could make up for his mistakes. He spent years with Zak, and not once did he ever pick up on his evil intentions. He owed it to Link, for not being able to stop him earlier.

He examined the armor they had left behind. There was nothing special about it, no transmutation circles, no magic seals, no pixie dust. It was only armor. He was completely stumped. He had no leads, no clues, not a single speck of anything that could help him. No tribe in Hyrule wore armor like this, not even iron knuckles. The weapons though, perhaps they held a clue. Aloc began to examine them. The blade of the scythe was similar to that of the gerudo scimitars, and the blade of the axe was nothing more than a sharpened rock. "The gerudo desert is all i have to go on now." He walked to the exit, then headed towards the castle stables.

Link smiled as he saw the door open, but his smile faded, when he saw the king enter with a grim look on his face. He knew what he was going to tell him, he knew what the bad news was. "She's gone?" LInk asked.

"Yes, but we don't know where she went."

"I'll find her."

"No, just rest for now. That brave friend of yours has already gone looking for her."

"Aloc, where did he go?"

"He had a suspicion, and headed towards the gerudo desert."

"Aloc is a mighty warrior, but his swordsmanship is a bit lacking. He doesn't stand a chance. I'm going after him."

"No, your too weak. Rest, Aloc promised he wouldn't do anything reckless."

"I don't care. It's my responsibility to protect Zelda, and i failed."

Link stood up, and stretched his shoulder. He felt it sting a little, but he could hold his sword, more importantly his shield, that too could be a weapon. He picked up his repaired gilded sword and mirror shield. The mirror shield was a bit heavier, but stronger than his hylian shield, and it could be helpful in a tight spot. He searched his closet for a new tunic. He picked out a black one. "I'll be back." Link said.

"I'll assemble a group of men to join you."

"Thanks, but they'll only slow me down." Link smiled, heading towards the window. He pulled the curtains to the side, and leapt out.

Aloc and his brown horse trotted over the bridge leading to the desert. He had a a small sword at his side, and he had an other glove with a circle on his left hand as well. He knew Link was welcomed into the fortress, but he was a different story. He'd have to rely on his alchemy to sneak in and search for the princess.

He dismounted the horse when he came close to the fortress. He started with a quick color change, using his alchemy so his armor was the same color as the rocks around him. Next, he removed the metal plate from his boots, so he wouldn't make any noise when he walked. He'd give up the extra protection, if it meant less of a fight. Aloc knew that if he did battle a gerudo, chances are he'd loose. His plan was to sneak in, and should he have to, restrain anybody in his way.

He walked slowly into the fortress, and right away, he was hit. A large scimitar put a big dent into the chest of his armor. Aloc jumped back, and drew his sword. Two gerudo were in front of him, each had two large scimitars. He didn't have time to recover, they were charging towards. He blocked one scimitar with his sword, another with his armor, but that was only one gerudo, the other had made her way behind him, and was preparing to strike. Aloc was struggling to push the first away, but was failing. The second one was ready to strike, aiming he swords at his neck. Aloc shut his eyes, ready to die, but nothing happened. He felt the first gerudo back away from him. Both warriors were on the ground. "Link?" he questioned, seeing the shadow of another person.

"Aloc, you are lucky I'm here!" Link said sheathed his sword. "He's a friend of mine. We just have to ask some questions." The two Gerudos nodded and began to walk back into the fortress. Aloc looked at Link, "I suppose I owe you now." He said.

"Forget it. If I expected all the people I help to pay me back, I'd never be done." he gave Aloc a smile. Aloc only smirked.

Nabooru walked towards the two warriors a few moments later. "Hey there, kid." she said to Link, "What brings you here?"

"Well," Link began, "Princess Zelda has gone missing. Hyrule castle was recently attacked, and we're just checking up on you to make sure you're alright."

"Then why do my guards tell me your friend here was trying to sneak in?" Nabooru replied with a grin.

"Oh... well..." Link scratched the back of his head, "...It was... a training exercise. Yeah, we'll go with that."

"If you say so," Nabooru winked at Link, "well, thanks for checking in us, but we're fine. Nothing out of the ordinary going on here."

"Well, thanks. We'll be..."

"Oh wait!" Nabooru interrupted, "I just remembered, there are some rumors of weird things going on at the spirit temple. People have been seeing ghosts, though I'm sure it's just a poe trying to play some dirty trick on them."

"You don't say." Link looked to Aloc. They both nodded. Their next destination was the spirit temple.