-The Legend of Zelda: Island of Dreams-

Hyrule Royal Airship, 2 miles from Pi'illo Island

Link looked out at the sky. As much as his Uncle Niko had told him boat and train travel ran through his veins, to him, nothing was better than a good trip through the clouds to clear your head. Of course, Link reminded himself, now was not the time for clearing his head. Typically, the Hyrulean Guard stayed back in their own country when the royal family went on buisness trips, but this one was so important that they had Link and his men come along too. He'd been in the position of Captain of the Royal Guard since he was 10, and the past three years had been so boring he jumped at the chance to come with them. And of course, there was Zelda...

?: "LINK! WAKE UP!"

Link: "Ah! Oh, sorry, your Highness. I wasn't asleep, just looking at the clouds."

It was none other than the oldest member of the royal family, Zelda's dad, King Harkinian. He'd been in charge of the kingdom since Link was born, and everyone was scared senseless of him, but he was actually a pretty nice guy. He wore orange and red robes and a golden crown to signify his power, but his most defining feature was his massive belly. When he wasn't doing something to actively help the kingdom, he was eating, and from what Link had seen, tended to do both at the same time. Some people who didn't necessarily like King Harkinian called him "Dinner Boy". Considering it was Link's job to protect the king and his family, he hated comments like this.

Harkinian: "My boy, I'm sorry too. I don't really want to bother you, it's just that, well, the other passengers need to be checked on."

Link: "The other royals?"

Harkinian: "Exactly."

Link got up off the small bed he'd set up in the observation deck and headed towards the passenger's rooms. The meeting that was so important that they needed he and his men to come was a meeting of all the royalty from the surrounding islands, who were all allied with New Hyrule. The royalty of the other islands were joining King Harkinian in his airship until they arrived at Pi'illo Island. He found their room and opened the door.

Link: "H-Hello?"

?: "Ah, good to see you, cabin boy."

?: "I think my drink's empty. Get me another."

?: "Aganhim, I think you've had enough."

Aganhim: "I'm thirsty! So what if I drink all the water on the airship? Harkinian's paying for it!"

?: "Dude, chill."

The three men in the room definitely didn't ACT like royalty, but they were. First, there was Chancellor Aganhim, from the Misery Mire, a swampy island not far from New Hyrule. He was a big, muscular man with blueish skin and deep red robes that covered everything but his piercing brown eyes. Aganhim was allied with Hyrule, as Misery Mire had an excess of oil, which New Hyrule needed desperately for their airships. Aganhim openly denounced Harkinian, though, so he was definitely not Link's favorite person in the room. That honor went to Prince Vaati, of Windtower Island. Vaati was a young boy around Link's age (Link recalled the time he'd spent playing with Vaati at the castle), and was only the prince because every other member of the Windtower royal family had died from a mysterious disease. He wore a floppy hat like Link's, except purple, and a deep purple cloak to signify his power. Windtower was allied with New Hyrule due to a resource problem- as in, they had no resources, and got by through paying the Hyruleans for crops, coal, and technology. The last man in the room was Lord Ghirahim, from Loft Isle. He was a tall man with very pale skin and white hair and clothes. Loft Isle, his kingdom, was lacking in military strength, so much so that Ghirahim had needed to train the wild Bokoblins that roamed the island to have a CHANCE in warfare. New Hyrule supplied them with troops, and Loft Isle gave them the useful Hexum Berries, which went into pretty much every Hyrulean dish. The one thing they had in common was the fact that none of them gave an air of royalty at all.

Link: "Just checking on you. And Ghirahim, I'm not a cabin boy."

Ghirahim: "Sorry, boy. I must've mistaken you for someone else. After all, aren't you a bit young to be the Captain of the Royal Guard?"

Link didn't want to give the actual answer to that question, so he just humored Ghirahim. "Yes, yes I am."

Vaati: "Anyways, Link, I'm melting in here. Not asking you to turn up the AC, but when do you think we'll be arriving at Pi'illo Island?"

What's an AC?

Vaati: "WHAT? WHO SAID THAT?!"

Link: "Hey, I have as much an idea as you do on who said that, but I assume we'll be there shortly."

Vaati: "Thanks, buddy."

Just then, a message went out over the intercom. "Attention, everyone! All Royal Guard members and royalty, report to the main deck."

Aganhim: "Well, I guess we're almost there. Maybe the air outside'll be cooler."

Link rushed out to the boat's main deck, where all his men awaited. When he arrived, he formed a line with his other troops, and Aganhim, Ghirahim and Vaati made another one next to them. Just then, Harkinian and three others walked out of the door to the ship captain's chambers.

One of them was Advisor Ganondorf, one of Harkinian's two most trusted people. He was a tall man with dark skin and red hair, as was typical of the Gerudo race. Also Gerudo-esque was the clothing he wore- a leather bodysuit with ornate red and blue markings on it, though he also wore a cape to look fancier. Ganondorf was a man with a dark and mysterious past, yet he often had a better idea of how to run the kingdom than Harkinian did, whereas Harkinian was a better wartime strategist than Ganondorf, so the two were very good friends.

There was one of them that was not a Hylian, but a Wizzrobe. He was Advisor Magis, Harkinian's other most trusted person, and he hailed from whatever country the Wizzrobe race came from. He wore a simple hooded blue robe that covered his face, the only part of which that was visible was a pair of glasses. Magis was often called too intelligent for his own good, and had developed most of the technology that most of New Hyrule used. Magis mainly hung out with Ganondorf.

The last person was the focus of Link's attention. It was a young girl around Link's age, who wore a pale purple dress that resembled a sleeping gown, with intricate golden markings on it. She wore a small necklace with the Triforce, the holy symbol of New Hyrule, and in her blond hair, had a small gold circlet with a single round sapphire on it. In her hand, she held a book which contained everything about Pi'illo Island, from history to wildlife. The girl was none other than Princess Zelda, the object of his complete affection and devotion. Ever since Link had become the Captain of the Royal Guard, he and Zelda had spent so much time together that some people actually thought Link was Zelda's brother. Over time, the two had developed something a little more than friendship.

Actually, Link, that's just you. Zelda believes you're just a very good friend. Not... well y'know, boyfriend.

Link: "SHUT UP!"

Soldier: "Sir, who in the blazes are you talking to?"

Link: "The narrat.. Never mind, Lieutenant. At ease."

King Harkinian and Zelda stepped forward onto the deck. "Troops," he said, "I thank you for coming with us to Pi'illo Island. Since all my dearest friends (and Aganhim) are here, I'd be heartbroken if anything would happen to them on this trip. Anyway, at ease until we arrive at Pi'illo Island! Now then, I wonder what's for dinner?"

Zelda: "Dad, I have something to say."

Harkinian: "Well, go on, my dear. Say it."

Zelda: " Like my father said, I appreciate you coming with us to Pi'illo Island. Someone more than most."

Maybe it was Link's imagination, but he thought she looked at him when she said that.

Zelda: "Anyway, I'm excited for this meeting of royalty from all the islands in our alliance, and I hope to contribute anyway I can!"

Ghirahim: "Well, girly, you can start by reading us some bedtime stories from that book of yours. I heard Pi'illo Castle is the place where anyone can sleep, but I can't sleep worth beans."

Link: "So the purple under your eyes is..."

Ghirahim: "Correct, bags from insomnia. What, did you think it was eye shadow?"

Link: "A little bit, yeah."

Zelda: "This is not a bedtime storybook, Lord Ghirahim. The Pi'illopedia catalouges everything about Pi'illo Island that could possibly happen, on top of having a complete history of the island. I think I'm more prepared to face this trip than any of you three!"

Aganhim, Ghirahim and Vaati: (D8)!

Zelda: "I've been waiting for a trip to this island since I first heard about it. It's like I belong there or something."

Link smiled as Zelda talked. Pretty much anything she said was as smooth as a glass of warm milk running down your throat- heck, she sort of had the ability to put people to sleep with her voice sometimes. But as his thoughts focused on the love of his life, he almost missed the large rock landing on the deck of the ship.

Link: "What the heck was that? And what's this rock?"

Zelda: "I think I've seen the markings on this rock before. From the Twilight Realm, remember daddy? You had me write a report on it for school."

Harkinian: "True, darling, but the rock itself looks like a... pillow or something. What is this?"

Link: "And is it... moving?"

Just then, the pillow rock erupted into a cloud of black smoke. As Link recovered from his coughing fit, he became aware of a large grey metallic hand, with massive talons, emerging from the cloud. Then another matching hand appeared. By the time the smoke had cleared away, a large being with red eyes, sharp bat-like teeth, mettalic armor similar to what covered the hands on its chest, and a cape attached to its arms that had a massive glowing red diagram on the inside, which resembled the portals Link had seen in a drawing of the Twilight War. Zelda was terrified, Harkinian was doing his best to look not suspicious, Ganondorf and Magis backed away, the three royals were running in fear, and Link's troops were grabbing weapons.

Monster: "SCREEE!"

Link: "What is that thing?"

==OH YAY MAH FAVORITE CHARCTER FROM DREAM TEAM

Okay, now that my little rant is over, the Twilight War mentioned in this passage is, in fact, the events of Twilight Princess. It's an old Hylian fairy tale (as TP is in another timeline, it wouldn't be right to have it be a historic event), and this monster, which Dream Team fans will recognize, is redesigned from that game to have a Twilight-like aesthetic. So, Twilight Realm A*****a, that's who this bad boy is.

Please review, and Magis is my OC.