It was that dream again, the one she had seen so many times. She silently watched as dark clouds billowed over the once peaceful lands of hyrule, she felt the sudden feeling of relief she had always felt when a ray of light, shot from out of the forest, suddenly parted the clouds and lit up the ground. She felt something she didn't dare to acknowledge when that very ray of light turned into an even more familiar figure.

Link

But something was wrong. How could she be having this dream again when the prophecy had already been fulfilled? They had already banished Gannondorf…

The light started to fade as her anxiety grew. Soon, darkness filled up everything, efficiently blocking her sight. Laughter filled her ears, the same sort of laughter Gannondorf had displayed during their last fight. She felt a hand touch her shoulder, and as she whirled around as fast as she could, she located the source of the laughter.

There were three of them. Two of them appeared to be hiding the third from her view, but for some unknown reason, she wouldn't let them. Using Din's fire, she casted away the darkness, only to let the fire drop from her hand.

She couldn't believe her eyes. Standing right in front of her wasn't one, but three Links. As she drew in closer, she noticed that they were and weren't Link. The two upfront had some visible flaws in their appearance. The first had a darker hair colour and his eyes were a blazing red. The second one had some tribal markings painted on his face and his piercing eyes appeared to be none seeing, yet watching her every move.

Unnerved, she rushed past the first two, reaching the third in three steps. Before her was Link, her Link, bathed in his own blood, scars littering his pale complexion, hands tightly gripping his sword. Before she could even comprehend what was going on, the other two moved in to attack. In a blink of an eye, Link had moved in front of her, shielding her from the blows with his own body. She watched as he fell, unable to stand any longer.

When all seemed blight, another familiar person came into view shielding both her and Link from their two enemies. Faintly, she recalled hearing the other person yell: "Run, take my son to safety. Redemption is mine!!"

Around her, she could see the scenery fade away and soon all she saw was darkness

"Zelda, wake up…" She could feel something, or someone shake her, and she reluctantly opened her eyes.

Standing right in front of her was one of the objects of her dream. Within an inch of her face was Link, wearing the same cloths he had worn yesterday with his hair still tousled. Instinctly, she reached out and moved her hand through his hair, pulling him closer in the process. And just as she was about to head off into Dreamland again, the door was opened, revealing a rather shocked and angry Impa.

Within seconds she was standing next to the couple, forcefully pulling them apart. Zelda's cheeks turned a bright red when she realised what it must have looked like to Impa, and she hung her head shamefully. Attempting to plead innocent would only work against her, she decided.

"Link!!!" Impa ranted "I don't care if you almost managed to kill me once, if I ever catch you with Zelda in that position again, I will castrate you, is that clear?"

The hero himself just stared at Impa, refusing to back down. Zelda could see his eyes twinkling, and an amazed smirk was plastered on his face. Balancing himself on one hip, he really looked like the old him again.

Suddenly it was quiet and Zelda realised her mistake a tad too late, for Impa had long since stopped lecturing Link and had turned her attention to the poor princess.

"You should get dressed my lady, for the meeting will start in less than an hour." Turning around, she grabbed Link's arm and forcefully escorted him out of the room, leaving Zelda to get dressed.

After getting dressed rather hurriedly, Zelda made her way down to the designated chamber. The guards opened the doors as she approached and soon she was greeted by many familiar faces. Sitting right beside the door was the petite frame of the forest sage, her green hair immediately drawing Zelda's attention to her. Ever so cheerfully, Zelda was greeted with a warm smile and a respectful bow. Next to the forest sage, appearing rather out of place was the rock hard body of Darunia. As the sage of fire, and sworn brother to the hero of time, he had taken the seat to Link's right.

As she walked to her seat, the empty spaces were rather evident. Impa was seated between two empty seats, namely the water sage, and the spirit sage. Memories of Nabooru and Ruto threatened to overwhelm the princess of Destiny, and it took everything she had to walk to her seat serenely and apparently unfazed.

"Honourable sages, today we've gathered to discuss a rather painful subject. We have lost two of our dear friends, two of our dear colleges, two people who will be greatly missed if not already. But today, we've gathered to discuss an even more urgent topic."

Taking some time to collect herself, she looked into the faces of those who had gathered.

"I'm sorry to be confirming this, but he has returned. His chains were broken the very moment we lost one of our members, and if our sources are correct, he had already reclaimed the Gerudo".

She shifted her attention to Impa. "Impa, if you please, could you bring Nayla here? As a witness, her account is more useful then mine."

It took Impa only seconds to get Nayla into the room, so Zelda secretly suspected that the Sheikah had foreseen her move and had brought the young Gerudo with her just in case. She listened as Nayla repeated the same story she had told Link and herself yesterday. She watched as the other sages displayed distressed signs and heavy breathings.

"Thank you Nayla for your courage to tell us your account. Would you please take my seat? I'm sure we have some questions for you".

Even though she had been pretty much been occupied by Link last night, Zelda had still thought of a plan. The only thing they could possibly do was to seal Gannondorf again, and for that, they needed 7 sages, and that posed a problem.

"In order to seal the King of Evil, we need the combined forces of the seven Sages and the Hero of time. We have to fill the spaces; it's the only way to save Hyrule"

"Your Majesty? " Nayla had risen once again. "Do I have permission to speak?"

"I may not be of noble blood, nor was I blessed with magic by the goddesses, but I do know how to fix at least one part of your problem. The spirit sage has long been passed on from student to teacher and each teacher had elected it's own student, by putting the tribe through multiple tests. Those tests could only be completed with our so called spirit guides, but as the ages got more violent, and less spirit sages reached the age on which they chose their student, a new way of qualification was created."

Looking around the room to make sure she still had everyone's attention, she continued, now directly facing Link.

"As the hero and the princess know, the spirit temple is located deep in the heart of a dessert. The only way to reach said temple is by using magic, or the help of a spirit guide. You see, they only reveal themselves to those worthy. So, in order to locate the new spirit sage, you'd have to travel to the desert, a very dangerous mission since my tribe is now being controlled by the king of Evil."

"So, if I get what you're saying, we have to go to Gerudo desert, dump all the Gerudo in the desert and see which one makes it out of there alive?" Darunia interrupted Nayla. "Shouldn't pose that much of a trouble if I bring the whole tribe…"

"Well no, you see, for there is another option…" Opening her sash, she removed a large heavy looking bag, and pulled a large orange coin like thingy from it.

"Kisota secured this when we fled from our tribe, in fact, it's the main reason why she is in the condition she is right now. Naturally they spotted us, and we had to run for dear life… Moving on, this coin, when near the other sages should pinpoint the location of the sage it belongs to, thus revealing the new spirit sage…"'

At that, Saria stood from her seat, took the coin from Nayla and placed it in the centre of the room. "Well, there is only one way to find out if it's true" she added happily.

Doubtfully, all of the remaining sages drew near to the circle of the room, making sure to stand in the correct pattern designed by the goddesses themselves. Soon, a large orange like beam filled the room, blinding almost everyone, and in the blink of an eye, the coin had risen and was heading straight for Nayla, who tried to catch it, only to be knocked down by the force of the coin.

"Guess that's one down, one to go" Link said