Chapter 6: Sage of Water

Faith stopped quickly making Link run into her. When he did his hat fell over his eyes. "Hey why..." Link started to ask as he pushed his hat back.

Faith interrupted his question. "Sharp spears, many guards," Faith whimpered. Her voice was full of fear. And if Link could have seen her eyes he would have noticed they had widened a great deal.

"Silence intruders! How did you get in here?" One of the ten Zoran guards shouted.

Link was the one who spoke up. "We got in here the only way to get past the waterfall, by playing the song of royal family."

"Impossible, no one has seen the royal family in almost 100 years!" A second guard shouted.

Link whispered to Faith, "I see you forgot to mention a few things!"

"What are you whispering about?" a third guard asked.

"My friend here is the Hero of Time. He has returned to Hyrule after 100 years.

"You expect us to believe that?" the first guard said.

"Well why not? He has a fairy and the master sword with him!" Navi said getting in one of the guards faces.

Faith rolled her eyes. Fairies are impossible to predict. One moment they give useless advice the next they're bouncing in peoples faces. "Please forgive her. Navi can be a little… hmm what's the word? Crazy at times," Faith said. She was trying to think of a way to get past these guards. But that didn't work.

"Tie up these intruders!" one of the guards commanded.

"Yes sir," the others said and quickly surrounded Link and Faith.

"This was not what I expected to find," Link said softly.

"Same here but the wise thing would be not to fight and just let the capture us," Faith whispered to Link.

"How is that wise? They could kill us!" Link whispered back.

"To kill us they would still have to take us before the queen."

"Don't even bother planning anything intruders! You don't have a chance of getting out of here," one of the guards said.

"We won't fight go ahead tie us up," Faith said putting her hands together for guards.

"What are you doing?" Link asked.

"You want me to trust you, so trust me," Faith said not looking at him just stretching her hands out to the guards. "So are you going to tie me up or what?"

"Tie her up!" a guard shouted. Faith didn't resist as the fish like Zoran guard tied her hands together.

Link was so shocked and distracted by her actions that the guards could easily tie him up as well. When Link was tied on of the guards shouted, "Good now you three take then to the dungeons while I ask the queen what to do with them!"

"Yes sir!" three guards shouted. On guard grabbed Faith while took grabbed Link. It took both of them to get him to move at all.

The guards threw Link and Faith into a cold dungeon behind a waterfall inside Zora's domain. It was dark and wet as well. "Was this your plan?" Link growled at Faith after the guard left.

"Sort of, hopefully the queen will want to see us before she decides to do anything with us. Like the one guard said, 'take them while I go talk to the queen.' She is the sage of water after all."

"And you called me the idiot!" Link yelled.

"Stop over reacting Link. Faith's plan might work. Well at least as long as she doesn't ask to see only one of you or to see you separately," Navi said.

"If she wants to see us separately any questions she asks just tell the truth. And if she only wants to see one of us well I hope she chooses you," Faith said.

"What if she chooses you Faith?" Rosa asked.

"Well I'll just have to use every skill I have to try to prove Link really is the Hero of Time."

Yelling could be heard coming closer to the door of the dungeon. "I take it someone else has been take prisoner," Link whispered.

"Or the guard just doesn't like what was chosen for us," Faith whispered back.

"You two come with me!" The guard snapped as he swung the door open with a brutal rage. "The queen wishes to see you."

Faith and Link looked at each other. Link looked surprised but Faith was smiling. One thing went right with the plan. Faith and Link got to their feet even with their hands still tied. "Judging by your voice you certainly don't like this."

"Get moving Hylian!" the Zora guard shouted. He pointed his spear toward Link and Faith showing them he was still in charge. It wasn't until Faith was in front of the guard that she let out the smirk. "The faster you get to the queen's chamber the faster the queen can sentence you to death."

"He's real nice," Link whispered in Faith's ear as they headed toward the queen's chamber. She laughed a little but quietly so the guard couldn't hear.

"Link let's hope the queen recognizes you. If not we're in for a rough ride," Faith whispered as the got closer to the queen's chamber.

Link nodded in agreement as they reached the queens chamber. The chamber was just as Link remembered it. The stone walls where still the same, there was still the stone platform in which the person who wanted to speak to the leader of the Zoras was to stand. And there was also still the stone hall behind the throne that lead to Zora's fountain. What was really different was who sat on the throne. The last person Link had seen sit there was Ruto's father but now it was Ruto herself but even she had changed and a lot at that. A small whisper of surprise passed through his lips but it was only audible to Faith, Navi and Rosa.

"Here are the intruders, my queen," the guard said bowing to her.

"Good now let me talk to them alone," Queen Ruto said from the throne.

"Yes your majesty," the guard bowed and left.

Queen Ruto looked at Link and faith with her purple eyes. Her skin was still the same light blue but her figure really changed. Instead of being slim and pretty she was now fat like her father was. Also she looked her age which had to be 117 or so. "My Link you haven't aged a day since I last saw you. It's too bad I can't say the same for myself of the other sages. But since the other sages have all passed on it does not seem too hard to believe that part."

"I do not know why or how I disappeared for 100 years but I assure you this time I won't fail Queen Ruto," Link said with is head bowed.

"I believe this time you will also have someone traveling with you the whole time," Queen Ruto said looking at Faith. "What might your name be?"

"My name is Faith, your majesty. And yes I will be traveling with him as a guide. Hyrule has changed a lot in 100 years and I believe he needs someone to show him around."

"Not like I had one the first time I went looking around Hyrule the first time."

"Yes but times have changed a lot Link. It is not safe for anyone to travel alone let alone the Holder of the Triforce of Courage. Dogan has been searching for the other two triforce pieces the whole time. Luckily he never found the Triforce of Wisdom," Ruto said calmly. "Now let me show you were you can rest before we discuss how to gain back the temples including the Temple of Time."

Yeah there's no cliffhanger this time. Sorry if anyone was hoping for one I just couldn't think of one.