Chapter 23

Link opened his eyes and to his surprise, he was floating! He looked around, but all he could see around him was a grey void.

"Hello? Can Anybody hear me?", Yelled Link into the grey void.

A voice answered back. It was a girl's voice and it sounded familiar to Link.

"Link! Can you hear me?"

Link was confused. He looked around, but he didn't see anybody. He answered back hastily.

"Yes I can hear you. Who am I talking to?"

A figured appeared in front of him. It was Princess Zelda! Link was shocked.

"Zelda?! What are you doing here? Where are we anyway?"

Zelda smiled at Link.

"I can tell you're confused. I used telepathy to enter your mind. We are now telepathically linked together. I wanted to tell you some things. First, let's go somewhere that's familiar to the both of us."

Zelda's eyes glowed a bright blue and suddenly, they were both standing in the Hyrule Castle courtyard! Link was still confused.

"So am I awake? Or am I dreaming this?"

Zelda giggled.

"Yes and no. You will appear to be asleep, but your mind is fully awake. I have had some troubling visions and I want to show them to you instead of just explaining them."

Link nodded. Suddenly, everything started to go black around Link and Zelda. Her blue eyes were full of concern.

"Someone is attempting to wake you up! If they succeed, you may experience some brain damage!"

Suddenly, Link could hear voices. The first voice was Charlie's

"Hey, Link! Time to get up, pal! Please wake up!"

The next voice belonged to Navi.

"Hey! Wake up, Lazybones! Rise and shine!"

The last voice was Ralis.

"Hey, human! Come on! My king wishes to speak with you!"

Link was puzzled.

"How do I stop them, Zelda?"

Zelda's eyes glowed bright blue.

"Tell them to stop. They should be able to hear you. Let them know what's going on!"

Link shouted into the void.

"Guys! Please don't wake me up! Me and princess Zelda's minds are telepathically Linked! If you wake me and break the link, I may get brain damage!"

There was an loud gasp. Charlie answered back..

"Okay, Link! We will leave you alone!"

Link smiled and thanked him.

"Thanks, man! See you in a bit when I wake up from this!"

Suddenly, everything brightened up again and the link was stable.

"Thank you, Link! You convinced your friends not to break the Link. Well done!

Charlie, Ralis and Navi crowded around Link. Charlie was very confused.

"Captain Ralis, what is a telepathic Link?"

Ralis laughed.

"You're asking me? I have no idea! I didn't know such a thing was possible. I guess we might as well wait for Link to wake up."

Navi smirked.

"I'm still calling him lazybones!"

Link and zelda were standing in Hyrule Castle courtyard. Link looked around. It looked identical to the courtyard in the waking world.

"So, this isn't real? I'm not really in the castle courtyard? Where are you now?"

Zelda smiled.

"I am in the castle courtyard with Impa right now. I created this courtyard with my mind. This is how I picture the courtyard. It looks identical to the real thing, doesn't it? Impa has been helping me to practice my telepathy. I entered her mind and she did the same to mine. As long as we are wearing this necklace, we can Link minds!"

Link looked over at Zelda's necklace and gasped. It was the same necklace Impa had given him! Zelda noticed Link was looking at her necklace and she grinned.

"What's wrong, Link? Does my necklace look familiar? It is the very same one you wear. It keeps away any evil visions, but it allows anybody with the blood of the Royal Family to use it. These are magical and rare necklaces, so guard it with your life. Your necklace grants you the ability to use telepathy without being one of the Royal Family of Hyrule. Anyway, I want to show you my visions. Hang on!"

Zelda's eyes once again glowed a bright blue and suddenly, her an Link were back in the grey void floating around. Suddenly, shapes started to appear in front of Link's eyes. He looked away and when he turned back, he was in front of the King of Hyrule! Impa and Zelda were in front of his throne. Link went to tap Zelda on the shoulder. He got his hand close and it passed right through her shoulder. He heard giggling from nearby.

Link! You're silly. This is a vision. You cannot touch things. People in these visions also can't hear or see you either."

Zelda walked up to Link. She was behind her father's throne.

"Future me won't respond to you. Just watch and listen."

The king of Hyrule frowned.

"Impa, I want you to take my daughter far away from here. It is no longer safe. Ganondorf has taken over most of the castle with his undead army. He is searching frantically for the Ocarina of Time and he is killing anyone who stands in his way. Take it with you. Give it to that child named Link and tell him to take the spiritual stones and go to the Temple of Time. Captain Viscen is trying to defend to the castle town. If he still lives, get him and his remaining soldiers to follow you. Tell them to evacuate the people and retreat to Kakariko Village. I don't want to retreat, but we are no match for Ganondorf's power! Go now!"

Impa grabbed the princess and lead her to the stables. Link was amazed.

"Wow! You saw all that? That's amazing!"

Zelda smiled.

"Thank you, Link. It's a rare gift. We're not done yet. I have more to show you."

Zelda's eyes flashed blue and they appeared in Hyrule Castle town. People were being cut down by undead skeletons all over the place. Captain Viscen and his remaining soldiers were bravely fighting the skeletons, but there were far too many for the soldiers to handle. Captain Viscen and one of his soldiers were back to back.

"We are greatly outnumbered, Captain! There are only a few soldiers remaining. What are your orders?"

Captain viscen cursed angerily.

"Dammit! There are too many! I want to save the castle town, but I think it's a lost cause. Let's see how many of the bastards we can kill before they finish us off! I need a real weapon to kill these things!"

He tossed away his spear and reached behind his back and brought forth a beautiful claymore. He swung it with all his might at the approaching skeletons. Bones were flying everywhere. One of the skeletons dodged his blade and stabbed him in the shoulder with its blade. Viscen gasped in pain and blood poured out of the wound. He snarled and chopped off its head. Suddenly, Impa and Zelda came forth on a white horse. Impa yelled over to Viscen.

"Captain! Call a retreat! The king wants everyone out of Castle Town! That includes you! Head to Kakariko Village."

Visen nodded.

"Most of the civilians retreated already. That just leaves my diminished force of guards. Alright everyone! Retreat! Head to Kakariko Village!"

Suddenly, Ganondorf's horse galloped into Castle Town. Ganondorf sneered at Viscen and his remaining gurads. He turned to Vaati who was walking behind Ganondorf.

"These fools are cowards, Vaati. They won't stay and try to defend their homes. How pathetic!"

Vaati grinned evilly.

"I couldn't agree more, father!"

Ganondorf pointed at Impa and Zelda.

"I know you two have the Ocarina of Time! Hand it over and I might spare your miserable lives!"

Impa jumped off the horse.

"Face me, you coward! I won't let you take the Ocarina of Time."

Ganondorf grinned. Impa pulled out a sword. Ganondorf held out his hand. It started to glow green and he used telekinesis to get the sword out of Impa's hands. The blade was floating in front of her. Ganondorf tried to move the blade so it would strike her on the head. He brought his hand down with a roar and the blade slammed down into Impa's left shoulder. She cried in pain. She pulled the sword out and reached into her pocket and pulled out a black object. She threw it at Ganondorf and it exploded in a cloud of smoke. Impa ran and jumped onto the white horse and galloped out of Castle town towards Hyrule field. Just as they were exiting, they saw Link standing near the drawbridge. Zelda grabbed the Ocarina of Time and threw it in his direction. Suddenly, everything began to fade away. Zelda looked over at Link.

"That is what I wanted to show you, Link. There is going to be a lot of bloodshed in Castle town in the very near future. You must collect the last two spiritual stones and come to the drawbridge outside Castle town. I will throw you the Ocarina of Time like you just saw."

Link smiled.

"I only need one more. Then I will be on my way"

Zelda clapped her hands together.

"That's excellent, Link! I want to show you a new song. Here take this."

Zelda handed him a paper with notes on it.

"That is the Song of Time. With my magic, you should have that paper when you awaken. Play that song in front of the altar in the Temple of Time. You must protect the Triforce! I am going to terminate the link. You should wake up shortly. Farewell, Link. See you soon."

Suddenly, Princess Zelda disappeared and everything around Link went black. Link opened his eyes and Charlie, Ralis and Navi were staring back at him. He got up quickly and he realized he was back in Zora's Domain. Charlie patted him on the shoulder.

"So, how was that telepathic thing you were babbling about?"

Link rubbed his head.

"Zelda showed me her visions. It was very realistic. I forgot I was watching her visions. I felt like I was part of them. She told me to hurry and find the spiritual stones. She even gave me a song."

Ralis smirked.

"Come on, human! You were linked telepathically! You can't bring objects back! You were watching visions weren't you?"

Link nodded.

"She told me that with her magic, I would be able to bring the piece of paper back with me and here it is!"

Link reached into his pocket and pulled out a piece of paper with notes on it. The same paper Zelda had given him in the telepathic link!

Charlie shivered.

"That's kinda creepy, man. How did she do that?"

He shrugged.

"I'm not sure. I'm going to play this song. Let's see here. Right, a, down, right, a, down. I think "a" is this big hole on my ocarina. Okay. Here goes!"

Link played the song perfectly and it echoed around the home of the zoras. When he finished, he turned to his friends.

"Now let's get that last spiritual stone!"