Chapter 1

The capture and the plea

It had been a few short days since Link's quest as Hero of Light came to an end. He had just arrived back home in Ordon village. He got his horse once he reached his house.

"Well, I'm home. It seems quiet, don't you think so, Epona." Link said. She snorted and moved her head. "Maybe everyone's still asleep. Shall we head over to the ranch to see if Fado needs any help with the goats?" She nudged her head against Link's back and pushed him forward.

"H-hey! Haha, I'll take that as a yes. Come on Epona." Link grabbed her reins and they started walking toward the ranch. In the distance, a golden wolf was watching the young boy. It looked as if he was smiling. Link found the Ranch and saw that not even the goats were out.

"This is weird. Normally Fado is at least out here by dawn." He looked up at the sun's position. "It's already midmorning. It feels uneasy here. Epona, go ahead and get out of here for now. I'll call if I need you, ok?" Epona snorted. "Please Epona." He let go of her reins and she turned and left the ranch. Link pulled his sword out of the sheath. It was the Ordon sword since he had to put the Master Sword away. He went over to the barn and saw all the villagers pushed all the way to the end. In front of them were two men with weapons. One looked to be Rusl's sword. One of the villagers, Colin, saw him. Link put a finger to his mouth. He started to sneak up behind them when two arms grabbed him.

"Look what we have here." The voice of the one who grabbed him said. The two watching the villagers turned around. "A young swordsman." He had a creepy, nasally voice.

"What do you want from Ordon?" Link asked.

"Nothing. We heard a very important Hero was from here." A deep voice said. He was right next to the nasally voiced person. "We figured we'd capture him and hold him for ransom."

"What's your name, Sonny?" The nasally one asked.

"Um…Gotta think of a different name. They're looking for the hero. Sh-Shad." Link said quickly.

"Shad? Well, Shad, mind if we take off your gloves." The nasally one wrapped his arm tight around Link's neck, making him barely able to breathe. The deep voiced one pulled the sword away from him and pulled off his glove.

"Seems the young child is lying." The deep voiced one said. He was looking at the triforce mark on Link's hand.

"Aw, what a naughty boy you are. You must be punished. Hit him." The deep voiced one balled up his fist and gave a sharp punch to Link's stomach. He tried to double over, but the nasally man had a good grip on his neck. "So, Mr. Hero, your pretty little face will earn us a fortune." The nasally man let go of his neck and pulled his wrists behind his back. The deep voiced man tied them. They turned Link around and started to walk out. In front of the door was the Golden Wolf. Link's eyes widened. The deep voiced one ran up and kicked him in the neck. Causing him to fall back with a yelp. The deep voiced man went over while he was down to give a final strike.

"No! Stop!" Link yelled. The man looked at him. "Don't hurt him. Please."

"Not a chance, he'll follow us and attack. I'd rather not have a pup nibble at our heals." He rose the sword up. Link ran forward and sat down in front of the gold wolf. The man stopped from stabbing the sword down.

"I said don't hurt him." Link turned his head to the wolf. "Just go ok, don't worry about me. I'll be alright. Thank you for teaching me what I know."

"Fine, we won't kill him." The deep voiced man grabbed Link be the front of his tunic and pulled him back up. He let go of the front and grabbed the back.

"Let's go." The started to talk away. The gold wolf stayed put. He was coming up with a plan. He knew exactly where he should go next. The other men left. None of them were in sight. The Gold wolf got up. Rusl was the first to stand. He started to walk out. The golden wolf didn't want to waste any time. He started running. He was running to the temple of time. He went through the sacred grove, remembering it by heart when he was just a young boy. He smiled on the inside from the memories. He and Saria running through the woods, playing with eachother. Listening to her play her song. Even the thought of her song made him feel light and airy. He kept running through the forest and made it to the temple. He got to the altar and bowed his head.

"Gods, please. I pray to you to give me a way to save Link. He's my grandson. You know as well as I do that he's in danger. Please grant me the ability to get him back. I beg you. Let me save him." The golden wolf said in his mind.

"Seems your heart is true as always, young man." A voice said.

"Well, he was the Hero of Time, you know, Din."

"I know Farore." The golden Wolf looked up and looked around. Little sprites appeared. One red, one blue, and one green.

"Felt like just yesterday he had asked for the ability to teach the new Hero his fighting abilities." The green sprite, Farore, said.

"We only agreed to that because it would help him in his quest." The red sprite, Din, said.

"Though, the new Hero's quest is over. He's no longer needed." The blue sprite, Nayru, said.

"But, he's still my family. He could be killed. Please let me save him." The former hero pleaded.

"What do you think, sisters? I say we go for it. After all, we do owe him. We owe all the Links. We made them go head first into saving Hyrule. They never asked for it." Farore said.

"You make an excellent point, Farore. What do you say, Nayru?" Din asked.

"I guess we can grant him that. Let's do it." Nayru said.

"Yay!" Farore shouted.

"We'll grant your wish, Hero of Time." Din said. They flew down and spun around him. He closed his eyes.

"Open your eyes, Hero of Time." Farore said after a few moments. He opened his eyes and looked around. He could see everything clearly. He looked down at his hands. They were actual flesh. Pale, soft, flesh. He put one hand to his cheek and felt soft skin instead of solid bone. "He looks so surprised. I love it!"

"I think we did a good job as restoring him." Din said.

"Be careful Hero of Time. Though it's new, fresh skin, it's more fragile than what you're used to. Your skin toughened from all the times you were beat up by your bully in your old life. This skin will cut easily, so be mindful." Nayru said. "You are flesh and blood now."

"I'm back." His voice sounded so much better. Like it did when he was an adult. "I can't believe I'm back. Thank you so much."

"Make sure not to waste our efforts, kid." Din said.

"Kid, now that's something I haven't been called in a long time." The Hero thought

"Better get going. You'll need a weapon, right." Din said.

"You might want to go to Princess Zelda. Tell her and she'll help you." Nayru said.

"Thank you. I'll save him. I promise." The new and improved Hero of Time ran out of the Temple of time. He had to get to Hyrule castle safely. He couldn't draw the Master Sword because it was no longer meant for him. He'd be unable to pull it free. As he was leaving, he saw a stream of water. He looked in the water and saw his reflection. He had light blond hair as he did before. He pulled the helmet off his head (He had been wearing the outfit he wore as Hero's Shade) and felt the back of his head and felt his hair was a bit long. As soon as he could, he'd put it in a ponytail. He put the helmet back on and stood back up. He started to walk out of the forest.

"I'll need to get different clothes. I can't go head first into danger with my stomach exposed." His stomach growled. "Man, I'm hungry. How long has it been since I've eaten something? Lost track of time. I'll get something later. I need to think of a name while I try to get to Ordon village. Hmm… maybe, Raven. That name sounds cool." The Hero of Time, now named as Raven, made it back to Faron woods.

"Mr. Hero! Mr. Herooo!" Raven looked around. Farore flew around him.

"Miss Farore, what's up?" Raven asked.

"No need to call me Miss, silly. I brought a surprise for you." Farore said excitedly.

"A surprise?"

"Yep! Be right back. Stay put!" Farore flew off. After a few seconds, she flew back, a blue light followed in her wake. "Here's your surprise." A blue ball of light with wings flew up to him. His eyes widened.

"No way… is that really…?"

"Hey Link. Long time no see. How have you been? Wow, you look so big. Bigger than when you were 16."

"Navi…" Raven felt so happy. He hadn't seen Navi since she flew away the day he put the Master Sword back. "I'm so happy to see you."

"Aw, what a touching little reunion! I'll be on my way now. I'll come back if I need to."

"Thank you, Farore." Farore flew away.

"So, how old are you now?" Navi asked.

"I'm not sure. I feel like I'm 16 again, but I'm probably much older looking."

"I'd say you look in your late 20's."

"Maybe. Anyway, I'm going by Raven now. There's another Link in this time. A hero just like me."

"Ooh, Raven. I like it." Navi said. "So, this new hero, how's he look?"

"He has darker blonde hair. It's parted to the left instead of straight down the middle. His eyes are a deeper blue. I think he looks similar to me in facial structure. He's strong in more ways than one. I couldn't be more proud of him."

"I can't wait to meet him. So, where we going first?"

"We're going to Ordon village first. That's where he used to live. I'm assuming there we'll be able to get a temporary weapon. We'll then go to Princess Zelda and tell her everything. Then, we'll set out on finding Link."

"Sounds like a plan." Raven's stomach growled again.

"Do you think it'd be too much trouble asking them for food…?" Raven asked innocently… (Innocent meaning a bit like a child)

"Haha, you and food. I doubt they'd see any problem. Don't want you fainting on me. Though, you may want to ditch the helmet. You might come across as scary to them."

"True." Raven took off his helmet and looked at it. "I've got to let go. I have a new life until I can save Link." He turned to the endless void and closed his eyes. He dropped the helmet down. He then opened his eyes. "I'm Raven now." He turned around. "Well, Navi, it's about a half hour walk through the woods to get to the village. Let's go."

"Ok!" She flew onto his head like she loved doing. Raven smiled. He was overjoyed to be reunited with Navi and to have an actual physical body.

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