"Thank you all for coming. Before we begin, I'd like to ask you something. What would happen if three Links, from three different time periods, met each other? What if three Zeldas, from the same time periods as each of the Links, were in danger? And what if all three of those Links had to battle their rivals, to save their princesses and save their world, all in one adventure? Well, those questions will be answered right now. Ladies and Gentlemen, I present to you..."

"Trial of Three Heroes."

Chapter 1: Sky, Twilight and Time

[Time]

"GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH! Curse you, Zelda! Curse you, six sages! Curse you, Link! Mark my words, I will escape and wreak havoc on Hyrule again! And when I get out, I will destroy you and all of your descendants!"

Ganondorf faded away into the never ending brightness, never to be seen again. The light faded, and Link found himself in the sky. He wasn't falling, he wasn't flying, he was just standing. He looked around and saw nothing but clouds, and the endless sky. Where was he? How did he get here? And more importantly, where was Zelda?

Suddenly a bright blue light shone in front of him, and out stepped the Princess of Hyrule. She looked up at Link and smiled. "Link, you did it!" she spoke in a cheery tone. "You defeated Ganondorf and saved all of Hyrule! I knew you could do it."

Link smiled and scratched the back of his head. It was pretty clear that he was embarrassed. "It wasn't easy, but I managed to do it."

Zelda's smile quickly turned into a frown. She closed her eyes and hung her head. Link was confused. What was she so upset about? Ganon was dead, Hyrule was saved...what could possibly be wrong?

"I'm sorry, Link. This is all my fault," she said, with heavy words. "I was so young, I didn't know the consequences of trying to control the Sacred Realm. And what's worse, I dragged you into it.

Link shook his head. "Zelda, it's nothing. Really."

"No, Link. I messed up and I need to make it up to you." She held her hand out in front of Link. "Please, give me the Ocarina of Time."

Link dug into his pocket, fished out the Ocarina of Time and handed it to her. She took it from him, and held the instrument to her face. "I'm going to return you to your own time," she told him. "To live your own life. A life where you didn't have to worry about saving the world."

She lifted the instrument to her lips and started playing. A blue light shone around Link, and lifted him up. He tried to protest but nothing would work. Suddenly, Zelda stopped playing. Her face went from sorrow to fear in an instant. She dropped the ocarina and looked behind her. The light had disappeared and Link was sent back to the ground. As soon as he felt the ground, he began to shake. He was confused. He couldn't stop no matter what he did.

"Why am I shaking?"

Zelda turned to him. "You're not shaking. The ground is."

Just then, the sky turned black, and the clouds around them turned gray. They soon found themselves back on the ground. The cracked, lifeless ground in front of the remains of Ganon's Castle. The ground shook more and more. Zelda tripped and fell on her butt. Link went over to help her, but was caught off balance and fell on his face.

"What's happening?!" Zelda shouted.

"I don't know!" Link shouted back. "An earthquake, maybe?"

A black portal appeared in front of Ganon's lifeless body.* The portal grew so big, that it was able to suck the remains of the body into it. Within seconds, Ganon's body was gone. Out of sight. Link and Zelda were scared out of their minds. Link darted up, helped Zelda to her feet, and they both ran for their lives. The portal was too strong. They were being sucked in! Link grabbed onto the ground, and Zelda held onto him. Eventually, she lost all of her strength and let go, allowing herself to be sucked into the portal.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!"

"ZELDA!"

Without a second thought, Link dove into the portal, unaware of what waited him on the other side. The portal closed, and everything went back to normal. As if nothing ever happened.

[Sky]

Link and Zelda flew through the sky on their loftwings, celebrating his victory and her rescuing. Demise (and to a much lesser extent, Ghirahim) had been defeated, and everything was back to normal. Zelda flew closer to Link and, again, congratulated him for his victory.

"Link, that was amazing what you did back there," she said to him. "You really are a true knight!"

Link blushed a bit. "Ah, I'm nothing special. Just your average everyday hero. That's all."

Zelda giggled a bit. She had been completely thankful for him rescuing her. It seemed at one point that he wasn't going to come and save her. Knowing him, it was probably very likely that he could have cowered out of it. But he didn't. He swallowed whatever fears he had and put his life in danger to save her. It was safe to say that she had a newfound respect for him, even if he HAD been her best friend since as long as she could remember.

Link let out a yawn. "I gotta take a break."

Zelda nodded in agreement. "Me too. My loftwing's getting tired."

They both landed on a nearby floating rock. Well, Zelda did. Link preferred skydiving rather than landing. He flew as high as he possibly could, and jumped off. Zelda wasn't sure why he always did that. Was it the wind in your hair? The thrill of falling? Or was it just taking a risk? Oh well, at least he doesn't get hurt. Link waited until the last second to take out his sailcloth and parachute down. He stuck the landing. Zelda sarcastically clapped for him, while he bowed to the invisible audience.

"Thank you, thank you. Please, no autographs."

Zelda rolled her eyes. "Knock it off, Link. You big showoff."

Link frowned. "Hey, you liked it when I used to do that!"

"The first few times, yeah. Now, it just seems like a routine."

Link let out a chuckle. "Yeah, you're right. I should stop. Not!"

The two of them sat down next to each other and their loftwings rested near each other, too. Zelda turned to Link with the cutest possible smile. "But, seriously, thank you for saving me back there. That was incredible."

Link blushed a little bit again. "Ah, it was nothing."

"To be honest, I didn't think you would actually come for me..."

Link looked back to her with a look of disbelief. Had she... doubted him? "Zel, you're my best friend. I'd give my life for you, if I had to."

Zelda gave him a sly smirk. "Trying to be romantic, I see?"

Link's look of concern disappeared with a flustered expression. His face turned crimson red, just like his Loftwing. "What? N-no! Not at all! I was just...uh...making a point."

"And that point would be?"

"Uh...I...well...you see...uh..."

At this point, Link turned away to hide his face. He didn't want Zelda to know that he liked her. Or that he had a crush on her since the seventh grade, either. Zelda took one look at his face, and she went into a fit of laughter. Link was confused.

"W-what? What's so funny?"

"Link, I'm just kidding."

Link's face turned back to it's normal color. "Oh. Heh, heh. Right."

Zelda's sly smirk returned. "Or do you really like me?"

Link let out a groan as he laid back onto the ground. Zelda let out a laugh. She loved to tease Link.

Rumble, rumble, rumble...

Zelda's playful smile disappeared and was replaced with a look of disgust. "Eww! Link, if you're gonna fart, at least warn me first."

"Huh? That wasn't me."

"Stop joking. I know you did it."

Link sat up and looked her dead in the eye. "Zelda, I really have no idea what you're talking about."

Zelda put her hands on her hips. "Then, what was-"

Rumble, rumble, rumble...

"There it is, again!" she said. "What is it?"

Link rubbed his stomach. "Probably my stomach. I'm hungry."

Zelda rolled her eyes. "You're always hungry, Link."

Rumble, rumble, rumble...

KABOOM!

The whole sky seemed to have an earthquake (or sky-quake) as a giant explosion went off. Link grabbed the ground below him. "Woah! Now THAT was not me!"

"What was that?!" Zelda shouted.

"I don't know. With my luck, it's probably something bad."

They both look over to find the source of the sound. There, in the bottom of the sky, was a portal. It was dark and looked endless. And what's worse, it was expanding. Link immediately grabbed Zelda and ran over to where their loftwings were resting. "Come on, we need to warn the others!"

"But what if we get sucked in?!"

"We'll cross that bridge when we get there. Now, come on!"

Boarding their loftwings, they both flew upwards and made their way to the town of Skyloft. The loftwings were still tired, but they knew that if their masters were worried, that it must be something important. The portal expanded, and began to shoot lightning at the two of them. They could barely dodge it fast enough. One bolt went past Link's loftwing and burned it's feathers. There it was. Skyloft was mere seconds away, but then...

Zap!

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!"

A lightning bolt struck Zelda and she fell off of her loftwing.

"ZELDA!" Link screamed at the top of his lungs. "No! Not again! Not this time!"

Link turned his loftwing around and dove down towards Zelda. She was falling at an alarmingly fast rate. Link could barely get enough speed to catch up with her. So he did the unthinkable. (Well, unthinkable for some people) He leaped off of his bird and dove down towards Zelda. They were both dangerously close to the portal and at a very extreme risk of being sucked in. Link kept getting closer and closer to Zelda, until finally...

SUCCESS!

He was able to grab her arm. Zelda looked up at Link, with absolute fear in her eyes. She shouted over the noise.

"Link! Forget about me! Get back to Skyloft and warn the others! Save yourself!"

"No! If you're going down, then I'm going down with you!"

They both braced themselves as they entered the portal. After they fell in, the lightning ceased, and the portal disappeared. The sky had formed back to the way it was before the incident.

[Twilight]

"Link...I...see you later."

A single tear was shed from her eye. Using her powers, she forced the tear off of her cheek and into the mirror, shattering it. Midna stepped through the portal just as it was closing. She disappeared, and the portal collapsed. Link and Zelda were left alone. In the desert. With no way of getting back to Hyrule.**

Link was heartbroken. His partner, his guide, his best friend. She was gone. Never to be seen again. Zelda saw how much Link was hurting and spoke to him in a very caring tone. "Don't worry, Link. I'm sure you'll see her again someday."

"And when would that be? Huh? Three, maybe four thousand years from now?!"

"Link, don't talk like that. You never know. Maybe she'll come back

"The day that happens is the day that Gorons learn to swim."

As soon as he finished his sentence, a spark appeared in the place where the portal had been. That spark turned into a light. And that light turned into a mirror. The mirror floated to where the Mirror of Twilight had been placed, and fitted itself into the altar.*** Soon after, a new portal opened up. This portal looked different. It didn't look like the portal to the Twilight Realm. This portal was big, black and it seemed to have a more 'menacing' feeling towards it.

Zelda stepped up to the portal and took a good look at it. When you looked into it, you couldn't see anything on the other side. It was like staring into darkness. A void of nothingness. Zelda touched the portal with her finger, and it started sucking her in. She quickly pulled her finger out, and backed away. The suction of the portal was low, but once you touch it, it will use it's power to suck you in. Link walked up to her, and stood in front of the portal to examine it. Something didn't feel right about this portal. He guessed that wherever it led to, it couldn't be good.

Suddenly, a hand, similar to Midna's hand-hair, appeared out of the portal, grabbed Zelda and started pulling her in. Link charged forward, grabbed Zelda, and started pulling her away from the hand. Link was pulling with all his might, slowly prying Zelda away from the portal-hand, when suddenly, a burst of dark lightning hit Link in his forehead. Link was starting to lose his grip, and his consciousness. Finally, he lost his balance, and was pulled into the portal, along with Zelda.

The portal closed itself. The mirror had disappeared, and silence rang throughout the desert.

BZZT! INCOMING TRANSMISSION FROM ZYTHE THE GLADIATOR!

"Put it through."

A hologram appeared in the middle of the room. In the hologram was a boy, around nineteen years of age. He had short dirty-blonde hair, and had a sword on his back. He bowed down to the man before speaking.

"What's the status report?"

"Master, I have captured the heroes and princesses, like you asked.

"Very good, Zythe. The plan is coming together perfectly."

"Master, what is this plan that you speak of?"

"I'm putting these heroes to the test. To see if they really are the heroes of their realms."

"What kind of test?"

"You could call it... a trial."

Thank you, thank you very much. I'll be here all week. Not really. I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter, even though it's short as hell. I promise that I'll make the next chapter longer.

Were you guys confused about those stars at the end of the sentences? Well, those are notes. And they'll be show here:

*Ganon's spirit was trapped in the Sacred Realm, while his body is still outside the castle. I know that's not how it goes in the game, but this is my story, so I'm doing it.

**I'm not sure if it's me or not, but it never really says how they get out of the desert when Midna leaves

***To be honest, I'm not sure what it is. It looks like an altar, so I'm just gonna go with that.

Now, there's just one thing left to do. Yep, you knew this was coming. I want you to review the story and tell me what you think. If I get at least 2 reviews, then I'll make another chapter. My favorite reviews of yours will be put up in the next chapter. Don't forget to favorite this story and, if you're up for it, follow the story. And now I leave you with a word of advice:

Those who can do it, do it. Those who can't do it, learn it. Those who can't learn it, teach it. And those who can't teach it, teach gym.

Until next time!