A/N: Welcome to the revised version of Chapter 2. For those of you who have read the original, I wrote this when I was in grade 8, and it was originally an English assignment. I had a limited time to work with, but everything's sorted and I've got all the time in the world. And as such, I give you the new and improved chapter 2!

This chapter was rewritten as of 5/16/13

Revised a second time on 9/07/14

Disclaimer: I do not own Legend of Zelda.

Chapter 2: Ordon Village

For the first time since my birthday, my sleep was dreamless. At first I was confused, but once I was more alert I remembered the events of the previous night – meeting Ordona, having her explain what she could of my situation, and then falling asleep in the spring.

Half of me had expected to wake up in my room, my brother and friends doing something to pass the time while they waited for me to wake up. Clearly, I was not in my room. Great, this wasn't a dream.

It's not that I wasn't happy to be in Hyrule, it was just the mystery surrounding it all! I liked to be in the know, and I wasn't, and it irritated me even more because it was my life we were talking about here! I felt like that gave me the right to ask questions. And, in my case, be annoyed when those questions weren't answered. As ashamed as I am to admit it, I was a part of the generation of instant gratification! Patience wasn't exactly a strong suit of mine.

A part of the reason I could hardly wait to go down to the village. The sun was up, I guessed that at least somebody would be awake.

I was hardly out of the spring when that was proven correct

"You there!"

I jumped, startled at the call. I whirled around to face the path that led to the village to see Rusl – one of the villagers – there. I was amazed at how much more real he looked, though I knew I should have expected it. At least his head didn't look like a brick.

"What brings you to Ordon?" he questioned, he sounded like he was suspicious. I shrugged, thinking something up that didn't sound insane.

"I'm traveling." I lied. No need to tell him where exactly I was traveling from quite yet. "And also a bit lost." I added. Rusl hummed gruffly.

"I see... What's your name?" he asked.

"Celia. I'm not here to cause any trouble, I swear, I'm just looking for somewhere to stay the night." I promised him when he seemed about ready to turn me away. I must have convinced him, after a few seconds of thought he nodded his head.

"Alright. I'm not about to turn away a young girl who has nowhere to go. I'll speak with the mayor, and see if we can't find you somewhere to stay for the night. One of our own, Link, is making a journey to Castle Town tomorrow. Perhaps you can accompany him." he finally said, beckoning me towards the village. I followed behind him, waiting expectantly for my first glimpses of the village.

And boy, was it a sight to see. Although it was just as small as it appeared in the game, it didn't take away from the experience. The land, the buildings, the ground, I still found myself amazed at the fact that I was actually there. I kept expecting to open my eyes and find myself on my couch in front of my TV. The pillars, trees, hills and houses weren't so jagged and...Square. I knew I couldn't have expected perfection from 2006-grade animation, but still.

"Welcome to Ordon Village." Rusl said from ahead of me, and I realized I'd stopped to stare.

"It's pretty," I blurted out. Rusl chuckled.

"It's not much, really, but it's home. Feel free to look around, I'll go speak with the Mayor." he offered. I nodded my head as he turned to walk towards said mayor, while I turned to the earthen pillars standing in the water to my right. The pillar standing just next to the water had a lattice of vines growing from the top, all the way down the side to ground-level. I eyed the vines speculatively, as they seemed to weave around each other much like chain link fences did, creating a perfect climbing structure. No wonder it was so easy to climb them in the game, even if it was a little slow.

Getting to the top was a cinch, though I was more concerned about jumping from one pillar to the next without falling. After a minute, I made it to the farthest pillar with no incident.

As I sat, I heard a faint but incessant squeaking coming from nearby, and I turned to the noise. It was a monkey further down in the water – well, not in the water, there was actually a sort of small island the monkey was perched on – holding a baby cradle over her head. I didn't understand why she was squeaking; was she taunting? Considering the monkey's attitude later in the story, I felt like that wasn't likely, as mischievous as monkeys were. So… why, then?

I sighed as the squeaking continued, giving up on toughing it out until Link got there. I couldn't wait for him to come over, call the hawk down and finally get the cradle away from the monkey.

So why not speed things up a bit?

The only problem I saw was figuring out how to use the strange grass Link used in the game to call the hawk. I couldn't figure out how to properly hold it, let alone play the tune from the game. I was barely getting past the fact that the grass/reeds were actually shaped like a bird. How much more obvious could they have made it?

Again, 2006-grade animation. They had to make it obvious.

It took more time than I care to mention before I finally got the right tune out, and the hawk flew down to greet me. I sensed an almost human confusion from the bird as it perched on my arm. I wondered if Link was the only one to call him down, usually.

In that moment, I forgot about the irritating squeaking further down the way, too caught on the fact that this bird had perched on my arm. I'd never gotten this close to a pigeon before, let alone a hawk.

"Wow…" I breathed. The bird nosed at my hand after a moment with its beak, as though reminding me I'd called him down for a reason. "Right… sorry." Any other day, I'd have called myself crazy for talking to a bird. But, he seemed to understand, so I didn't worry too much. I pointed the arm he'd perched on towards the monkey down the way – not needing more guidance than that, the hawk flew into the air.

I worried for a moment that I had aimed wrong, but the concern was unfounded – the hawk grabbed the top of the baby cradle, taking it from the monkey's loose hold as she screeched indignantly when her new thing was taken.

The hawk returned, dropping the cradle into my arms. Well, almost. At first I thought the hawk missed me by accident – but when a larger set of hands caught it, from just behind me, I realized that someone had crept up behind me while I was distracted.

Oh crap.

It seemed that I'd been too caught up in furthering the plot of the day to remember that someone else was meant to be doing that. A certain someone who was much taller in real life, a fact I quickly noted when I turned around. Freaking Link. Given that he was a lot shorter than most of the things he fought, not to mention the people met in the games, I supposed I'd come to think of him as kind of short? He was most definitely taller in real life. And looking at me. With this thought, I found myself becoming nervous; this guy had basically been the center of my universe since forever, when I got into the Zelda games. Maybe not this particular incarnation for a few years, but still!

"Uh, hello." My voice betrayed my nerves, and I internally kicked myself. Best first impression, sound scared of the guy. I didn't seem to have much luck in the first-impressions department lately. "I didn't mean to disturb anyone, it's just –" I gestured helplessly to the monkey, who'd given up on screeching and now appeared to be moping on the tiny land mass in the water.

"I'm impressed you managed to call him down, usually he only comes to Rusl and I." Goddesses help me, he actually talked! I know, I know, that shouldn't have shocked me that much, but Link never had a voice, and now I was hearing it!

"Wasn't easy." I responded with a grimace, much more in check now – as much as a part of me wanted to squeal and fangirl to the heavens. Remembering the trial that was figuring out how to call the hawk provided the right amount of embarrassment and conversation to keep me somewhat casual.

"You seemed to do well enough, from what I heard." Alright, I had to leave before I said or did something stupid. Apparently I just couldn't handle compliments from Link quite yet, I was bright red. "Where did you learn the tune?" Right, that could be problematic. I wasn't sure if the tune was something Link had come up with himself, like Epona's song, or if it was just something people in Hyrule knew.

"My father," I blurted out without thinking. I paused for a moment, confused. Where had that come from? Shane, well… 'Strongly disliked' anything to do with birds. There was no way he'd have taught me that anyways.

"Celia, Link!"

The two of us turned to see Rusl, standing with the mayor, beckoning us over to them. Link was the first to move, moving from one pillar to the next like I was sure he'd done many times before, and was on the ground in no time flat. I was slower, calculating my jumps for a few seconds before taking them. The last thing I needed was to trip and fall into the water. Or the ground. Link didn't seem to mind waiting, though.

"Celia, meet Bo. He's the mayor of our village. I see you've met Link, already." Rusl introduced us.

'I can guarantee you wouldn't see anybody on Earth with that kind of mustache,' a part of my mind commented as I shook the mayor's hand. I pushed the thought away to keep from laughing. It was true, though. It was less a mustache so much as… hair, pointing forward in the shape of two tusks. Certainly not your average Earth fashion.

"Good to meet ya, young miss."

The conversation was surprisingly easy to work through, once the initial I-just-met-Link-oh-my-gosh kicked back. My overnight stay in the village was discussed, with Rusl making an offer to let me stay the night, while Bo brought it up with Link, with his impending trip to Castle Town, if he'd be alright with me coming with him. Everything seemed to be in order, just like that.

"Woah, who are you?"

These were the first words I heard a near-hour later when I made my way out of the village to explore the forest. Everything had been set up with Uli - who recovered her baby cradle, thanks to Link and I - for the night, and now I was free to do what I wanted for the rest of the day. And what I wanted to do was explore the woods. Of course I didn't have an ulterior motive, whatever could have given you that silly idea? I wasn't planning on helping Link save Talo from the Bokoblins, what are you talking about?

I turned to the source of the voice, only to see the village children; Talo, Malo, Beth, and Colin. It had been Talo to ask.

"Well who are you?" I shot back with a teasing smile. Talo frowned at that.

"Hey, I asked you first!" he exclaimed. I laughed at his offended expression for a moment or two.

"Alright, alright, calm down. My name's Celia." I said softly. I already knew their names, so it wouldn't really matter all that much if they didn't tell me. When I saw them again in Kakariko, I could just say Link had told me their names. And speaking of Link, Rusl had told me to make a quick delivery to his house. The wooden sword that he'd meant to give to him. I agreed to drop it off in his house, which I quickly made a point of doing. There was no fancy chest this time around, but it was the best I could do to leave it in open view.

I returned outside, leaning against the trunk of a tree just as Link came up. I saw he had a fishing pole and slingshot in his hand. The kids were delighted to see him, and the slingshot.

"Link has a slingshot! Woah!" Talo yelled enthusiastically.

Beth squealed, "Wow! You had enough money to buy it, Link?"

"You know how to use it, you gotta show us!"

The kids took some time to set up a series of flimsy targets in the trees before they returned to Link, Beth giving him instructions on how to properly use the slingshot to shoot the targets down, though I imagined he already knew and was simply humouring her.

With each target the slingshot pellets shattered, the clearing echoed with delighted cheers. They absolutely adored Link, it was cute. The delivery I'd made came to mind when, once all of the targets had been knocked down, Talo made a passing comment about Link's ability to use a sword and a slingshot.

"Uh, Link, right?" I spoke when I reached him. "Rusl told me to tell you he dropped something of yours off. It's in your house." I explained. I didn't want to tell him that I'd been the one to drop off the wooden sword in his house. Call me crazy, but I don't think that someone would be happy finding out that a stranger had been in their home.

"Alright, thank you." He said. That voice, the voice I'd tried to imagine and create in my head for so many years, was yanking at the mental binds I'd wrapped around my inner fangirl. It was just so cool! I was actually hearing Link's voice!

Thankfully for the sake of my dignity and his safety, Link was now going into his house and away from me. It wouldn't do anybody good if I lost control and completely fangirled. I noticed something at the bottom of the ladder once he entered his home, and recognized it as a Walltula – aka 'giant spider bigger than my freaking head' – corpse that Link must have dealt with before. I shuddered; I hated spiders. So, so much.

"Excuse me…" I looked down when I felt a tug on my sleeve accompanied by the small voice. It was Colin. I bend down closer to his height with a friendly smile on my face.

"Hello." I greeted. He smiled back shyly.

"I-I'm Colin." He stammered. I let my smile widen.

"Well, it's nice to meet you, Colin. Did you need anything?" He shrugged, looking at the ground. I patiently waited for whatever question it was he wanted to ask. I had been good with dealing with younger kids, but I still couldn't manage babies very well. Yes, they were cute, but I had no idea what I was doing when it came to certain things.

"Well… I heard you talking to my dad before, and I was wondering… are you from Castle Town?" Colin finally asked.

"Yes. I haven't been there in a long time, though." I answered, with only a tiny lie. It was true enough, with how many times I'd played through Twilight Princess I knew pretty much the whole place like the back of my hand, I may as well have been from the town. Colin's face lit up at my answer.

"Really?! What was it like?" he asked excitedly. "I've never been there before, but my dad said he'll take me there when I'm older." he added. I thought about that for a few moments, on how I would answer him. What was the town like? There was too much to tell.

"How about I tell you later tonight, hey? Your parents are letting my stay the night, and I'll tell you all about it then." I promised. He nodded his head with a happy 'Okay!' just as Link returned to the other kids. After much pleading from Talo, Link eventually agreed to show him and the other kids a few sword moves. They demanded to see the vertical slice, the horizontal slice, the stab, the spin attack, and the jump attack, each move getting a more and more amazed response from the children as he performed it. Though they were moves I already knew and practiced, I watched with rapt attention. Every little bit helped, and I had no doubt I would need those little bits.

"So, uh, I... I think I get it... Kinda... Hmm... Maybe not...So this means that anytime one of those naughty monkeys shows up..." Talo mumbled when Link finished his demonstration of a jump attack. I'd found myself practically gaping when I realized that the fancy footwork the game made him capable of was more than just fancy footwork. He could actually do said fancy footwork! I was beyond amazed when I realized he could backflip the same way he could in the game. That had definitely made my jaw drop.

"Woah!" I was taken from my thoughts by Talo's exclamation. He was pointing towards the entrance to the forest, where I saw the female monkey from earlier, running away. "C'mere you!" he yelled, taking off after it. Beth and Malo were quick to follow them, darting into the forest without a second thought. Link called their names and yelled at them to come back, but they paid him no mind. Knowing that there were any number of dangers in the forest aside from the Bokoblins, I looked to Link, who was already mounting Epona to go after them.

It must have been clearer than I intended that I wanted to come with him, because Link extended his arm to pull me up. I hesitantly took it, and using a tree as a springboard of sorts - as well as with Link's help - I made it onto Epona's back, behind Link.

"Thanks." I said, though my tone was nervous. I'd only ever ridden on horseback a few times, and Epona was much larger than any of the mares I'd ridden. Link nudged her sides, and she took off a little faster than a trot.

Beth hadn't gotten far, having stopped at the entrance to Ordon Spring. "Talo and Malo went tearing off after that monkey like crazy people. I just can't keep up with them!" she complained.

"You stay here, or go back to the village." Link said sternly before riding ahead a little ways more. We stopped at the start of the precarious rope bridge, where Malo was waiting.

"They went that way... the rest is up to you, Link..." the boy mumbled with his surprisingly deep voice. Not that deep, but still surprising for a boy his age. Link passed the same order to Malo that he'd given Beth before we started across the bridge.

Never having been one for heights, I squeezed my eyes shut so I wouldn't be tempted to look down and lose my nerve. I'd have to deal with that soon. After all, we weren't exactly gonna be on level ground the whole time we were off defeating the Twilight.

"Woah, easy girl!" Link called to Epona when she reared up, frightened by something. We were at the fork in the path that would take us to Hyrule Field or North Faron woods, and the mare refused to go anywhere near the tunnel that led to the deep woods. I strugglingly dismounted the distressed horse while Link tried to calm her down.

"I'm gonna go see if Talo came this way." I said to Link, pointing to the path that led to Hyrule Field. He nodded his head at me, while stroking Epona's mane with his hand. I walked up to the boy in front of the rickety-looking shack.

"Excuse me, did you see a little boy run through here?" I asked. The boy, Coro I remembered, sat up as though I'd startled him. Which I may very well have, actually.

"Hunh?!" he exclaimed, his voice thick and groggy. I must have woken him up. "Woah, an Ordonian!" he exclaimed, hastily sitting up. "Wha…? Uh, a little boy? Sorry, I haven't seen one." he apologized. "But then... I haven't been paying much attention. I was resting my eyes." he then admitted. I nodded in understanding. "Hey, lady. Listen, I'm not sure you should be wandering around the woods without a lantern. Just because it's daylight doesn't mean it's safe." He said almost sternly. "There are a ton of caves and dank spots around here that get pretty dark, even in the middle of the day. Here! Go on, lady! Take this!" He held out a lantern to me then, and it was already filled with oil. I half-smiled. This would be convenient.

"Thanks anyways, and for the lantern." I said, turning to leave.

"Good luck finding that little boy!" he called. I waved a hand to him, giving him a thumbs-up. By then I'd reached Link, who had dismounted Epona. I handed him the lantern, and started towards the tunnel without thinking, only to stumble backwards with a shriek when a Deku Baba sprung up from the ground, lunging at me with its needle-like teeth. I barely rolled out of the way in time, and moved my hand to my bag as instinct screamed 'weapon!' at me. By the time I had said weapon out, Link had already taken care of it, and I now had the job of explaining where I'd gotten a sword from.

"Where did – what?" Link was surprised, and confused. Heck, I'd have been too.

"It's this bag... It's sort of... magic." I was conflicted on how I was supposed to explain this. I knew Link had one too, though. That was how he carried his stuff around, like the fishing pole I knew for a fact was still sitting in his own little bag.

"Where did you get the sword from?" He asked. I shrugged.

"I'm not sure. One day it wasn't there, the next it was." It wasn't a complete lie, because yesterday I hadn't had a sword, and today I did. "We gonna go, or what?" I asked, a little impatiently. With that, we proceeded through the tunnel.

I stand firmly corrected in how fun this whole situation is. Not to say that it still wasn't the coolest thing ever, but things were a little less graphic when one was behind the safety of a TV screen. But that wasn't the case for me. I was living it. And, something entirely gross? The enemies don't just turn black and explode into nothing when you kill them; instead, they bleed, and it's disgusting. Because not only do they bleed, but they bleed black. Black! Tell me that's not even a little bit disgusting.

That, and as it turns out I'm not the best at properly using a sword. I'm decent, but if I tried to go up against say, a Lizalfos, I would lose. I felt embarrassed, because Link had a wooden sword and he was being more helpful than I was.

"Don't worry about it. You haven't been using a sword for long. I've been training with this since I was eleven." he had said, and I felt a little less embarrassed about my lack of skill after that. Well, not only because of that. He also agreed to help me train tomorrow before he went to the ranch to take care of the goats.

"Stop! Look!" I whispered to Link, pointing ahead of us. We were just exiting the tunnel that brought us to North Faron, and there were two Bokoblins ahead of us, seemingly conversing in their own language.

"I know, I see them." Link replied. I hung back a little ways as he went forward to get rid of the monsters. I heard Trill, the strange Afro-headed bird a little ways ahead screeching at Link. I caught up to him quickly, only for the triforce-bearing farmhand to run ahead of me full-speed when he caught sight of Talo in the wooden cage. Before I could fully process it, the two Bokoblins were no more, and Link was working to take apart the shoddily-made cage.

Even from where I was, I could hear the monkey squealing happily from the upper platform that was coincidentally the entrance to the Forest Temple, which Link would soon be going through. 'With me.' I had to remind myself. It was hard to wrap my head around that concept, I was in Twilight Princess. It was a wonder I hadn't lost my mind. Or maybe I had, and that was why I was seeing all of this.

'Like in Sucker-Punch. Maybe this is all a fantasy I've concocted in my head.' I continued with my musings as I waited for Link to come back with Talo. Either way, I knew there was no way this could be real. There was just no way. I wasn't that lucky.

I watched with a weary sigh as Talo took off down the path back to the village. That had been an adventure and a half, and much longer than I'd thought.

"Link!" I heard a voice to the right of us, where I saw Rusl approaching. He'd probably been talking with Coro, asking about Talo as I had. "My son told me that Talo disappeared into the woods and had not returned. I came as soon as I heard... but it seems you and Miss Celia have brought him back already." he said. "...I apologize. Such a task should not fall onto either of you." Both Link and I shrugged it off.

"I don't mind it. I... I like taking care of them. I couldn't live with myself if one of them got hurt under my watch." Link had said. Rusl made a thoughtful noise.

"Still, have you noticed how strange these woods are, lately?" he asked, frowning as he glanced around the forest again.

"I have. Just last week, there weren't any kinds of monsters roaming the forest. Not like the ones we saw today..." Link replied.

"Yes... I feel... uneasy, about what may lie in wait... Anyway, Link, tomorrow is finally the day you will be departing for Hyrule. I think it is a good thing I have passed this task onto you."

Link said nothing, but almost seemed...shy.

"I wish you good luck, and a safe return!" Rusl said as he turned to leave, "If you are lucky, you may even get to meet Princess Zelda!" he finished with a chuckle. Now it was time to return to the village. And time to make the truth known to Rusl. As I didn't know when this crazy adventure would end, I resolved that I would tell one person about where I was really from.

The two of us bid Link goodnight as he climbed the ladder to his home, before continuing on to the village. Right along the path that would lead to the village, I stopped.

"Rusl." I said softly. He turned to look at me questioningly. "You asked what brought me to Ordon. I didn't...exactly...tell the truth…" It was always hard admitting to a lie.

"Oh? Is that so?" I nodded my head at him.

"I'm not entirely sure you'll believe me, but I figured someone needs to know the truth."

And from there, I went on to explain that I was from another world, and that where I was from the land of Hyrule was in a series of 'Stories' of their past. I also explained the unusual circumstances of my arrival, and my conversation with Ordona the day previous.

"You have spoken with the light spirit?" he had asked incredulously. I nodded again, before finishing with how she'd told me about my purpose to assist the Hero in his quest to vanquish evil. I left out the part that I knew it was already happening, and would hit Ordon tomorrow. Somehow I didn't think that it would help any, and there were any number of ways it could go wrong. Knowing the future and trying to prevent it could have hugely nasty effects on what was supposed to happen, and I couldn't live with myself if something even worse happened because I'd tried to stop the initial attack.

"You know... that reminds me of a passage in an old book that I read..." Rusl murmured. My eyebrows raised. "Ah yes! Now I remember. It was in a historical tome. It's a bit of a long tale, better saved for inside. Yes, it's in my home. Come, I'll see if I can show you."

"Hey Dad, and Celia! Mom just finished making dinner!" Colin exclaimed when we entered the house. I smiled at him as Uli beckoned us to the table. The meal was simple, only bread and pumpkin soup, but still very good. Uli had blushed when I complimented her cooking, though Rusl and Colin had agreed. Through most of the meal the boy was asking me questions about castle town, surprising and amusing me with his enthusiasm.

I answered his questions as best as I could, first telling him about the shops in the town square, and the great fountain, going down to the smaller shops in the southern thoroughfare as well as the Fortune-Teller's shop, and Telma's place. His young eyes were filled with amazement, but I didn't stop talking. I found myself telling him of a small flower shop run by a woman named Kareen and her daughter, about Hyrule Castle, things that I didn't even remember from the game. And yet I remembered them. It made no sense.

I talked right until it was time for Colin to go to bed, and he dejectedly went up to his bed. I wished him a good sleep, before Rusl sat me down on the couch. He had a very old book in his hands, and I watched as he thumbed through the pages until he seemingly found what he was looking for.

"Right here." He directed my eyes to one particular 'article' in the book. I could decipher most of it after a few seconds of thought, and this is what I got from it; The writer of the entry was a sorceress, who'd sent her daughter to another world to protect her from a great evil, and set the time for her to return when Hyrule most needed her.

If this was me, and the evidence certainly pointed to that conclusion, then… my parents had sent me away to protect me. Just like my dreams had retold for me. Just like I'd promised myself when I'd found out Alexis and Shane weren't my parents.

Out of the entry, there were a few selections that stood out to me most.

She will return to us at the age of fifteen on the eve of disaster to aide the goddess-chosen Hero, and will play a part in the conquering of many evils.

Was there more to this story than Zant and Ganon? It did say 'many' evils, but I couldn't say for sure. And then...

Only the passage of time will wear away the binds around her mind, only then will she know the truth.

Passage of time? Binds around my mind? This whole situation was just insane. It definitely gave me a lot to think about that night as I drifted off. Those words were haunting my mind as I slept. It wasn't that I didn't want it, it was more that it was a lot to take in all at once. One of my last thoughts that night was, 'Now I know how Link must feel. Or...will feel... when he finds out about this whole Hero business…'