"Wake up, sleepy head!" someone giggled before hitting him with a pillow. Link groaned and rolled over.

"Five more minutes..."

"No! We need to go!" Zelda said with a huff.

"We dont have anything to do for hours..."

"Sure we do, we're gonna explore the sewers!"

"Eeeeewwwwwwww, why?" Link asked, scrunching up his nose. He pushed himself up and sat, looking at her standing in the middle of their small flat. It wasn't much, but being students with no money, this was all they could afford. The school had a special program for students seeking upper level education, but couldnt afford to live in the fancy dorms. Two low income students to a small flat. Two beds, a bathroom and a kitchenette tucked next to the front door. The only window was against the wall opposite the door, letting in the mid morning light.

"Because, I read-"

"In a dusty old book."

"-about some myths and stuff! There used to be a castle here, its probably where Castle Town got its name!"

"Wow, what a stretch." Link muttered sarcastically, rolling his eyes. Zelda hit him with a pillow again.

"You promised!" she said, glaring at him and placing her hands on her hips.

"Ugh, fine." he moaned, falling back onto his bed.

"Yaay! Get dressed!" she said happily, tossing him some clothes at random. "I've got everything packed!"

"Terrific..." he mumbled.

Zelda led the way to the sewer opening near the school's apartment complex. They were dressed in grays and browns, not wanting to stand out. The sewers were forbidden to civilians.

Zelda pried open the metal grate, put her flashlight in her mouth and began her descent on the rusty ladder that led down into the sewers. "I'm done!" she called as her feet splashed on the slippery walkway below. Link descended, squinting in the darkness. Zelda was pointing her flashlight up and down, watching for anybody who might happen upon them.

"Ok." she said when Link was down with her. She pulled a book out of her backpack and flipped it open. The heavy, old book did not open easily, but after adjusting her hold she managed to find the page she wanted. "Says here that...from here we go..."

"You're mumbling to yourself. Mind sharing?" Link said, exasperated.

"Look just follow me." she said, smacking him on the back of the head and shoving the book back into her backpack. She stomped off into the darkness, watching her step with the flashlight. Link rolled his eyes and followed her.

"We are so going to smell after this."

After an hour of wandering the twists and turns of the sewers, Zelda stopped.

"What? Give up?" Link asked, hoping that she did so he could shower.

"No. Look up ahead, the walls change. They've looked the same up till now."

"So?"

"So...lets keep going that way." she said pointing forwards. She continued on, a little bit more excited.

They reached the area where the walls changed from smooth concrete to brick and mortar. The further they walked the more debris they noticed.

"There wasnt anything before. And this is really old, look at it all." Zelda said quietly.

Link nodded to himself, apprehensive. They didnt know what they were looking for or what would be ahead.

Soon the tunnel opened to a slightly large room. It was dark and the air was stale.

"Ick." Zelda said cringing as some dust fell from the ceiling. She illuminated broken columns and statues with her flashlight. "Hey look at this big one." she said, walking to it.

"Zelda, be careful, we dont know how old this place is or anything." Link said cautiously.

"Baby." Zelda mocked, sticking her tongue out.

"I am not!" Link said indignantly. He strode over to the large, crumpled statue as if to prove his courage.

Almost all of it was rubble and dust, but something remained: three triangles arranged in a triangle.

"This is the symbol that was in the book!" Zelda set down her backpack and pulled the book out. After a moment of crouching and flipping pages, she stood up and shoved the book in Link's face. "See? They called it the Triforce." She pulled the book back and scanned the page. "Something about a gift from the goddess...one is power, one is courage, and one is wisdom."

"Weird." Link murmured. He couldnt stop staring at the Triforce. It felt as though he knew it, as if it were an old friend he hadnt seen in ages.

"Do you feel it too?" Zelda asked after a long moment. "Like its...a part of you that you've been missing for a long time..."

"Yeah..."

Far away, in a dark forgotten place, darkness and evil incarnate rose.