Link slowly opened his blue eyes to the rising sun. It's about 6:00 AM but he isn't tired at all. He lifts himself off the floor. He walks to a small pond and quenches his thirst. After having cured his parched throat he goes deeper into the sacred forest to find none other than Saria sitting on the same usual stump, with her same usual ocarina in hand, and playing the same usual song.

"What's up?" asked Link taking a seat and leaning on the gossip stone.

"Oh Link?" said Saria a little surprised, "I didn't see you there! You never come here anymore... so I was kind of scared."

"You're sounding childish," said Link.

"Well maybe that's because I am in fact a child!" said Saria a little annoyed.

"Yeah well, you're never up this early."

"I know, I had trouble sleeping so-"

"-So you do what you always do when you're awake. You simply go here and play on that ocarina," interrupted Link.

"Yeah, that's about it," said Saria with a smile on her face. "I've gotta Link, see ya later." She pocketed her ocarina got up and walked back into the lost woods.

Link sighed as he walked back through the forest himself and back to the group. Michael was still asleep and Zelda was gone. Link walked through the forest for ten minutes seeing no sign of life except a few squirrels and a rat. He finally gave up and walked back to the pond he was at earlier before he had a brief chat with Saria. Zelda was at the edge of the pond with her feet in the water. She seemed to not notice Link behind her.

"Good morning Link," she said with a bright voice.

"Hey, how's it goin?" he asked taking a seat next to her.

"Oh, I'm fine," she said turning her head toward him. "I found an emerald," she said holding it up for Link to see.

The word "emerald" flowed all too well through Link's mind.

He went back into his memory when he had first started his greatest challenge. Of all the puzzles he went through and all the encouraging words of people that supported him during his quest he regretted all of it. All the enemies he had killed and how many lives he had taken away just because they were slaves to Ganondorf's will.

Link turned his head away from Zelda as the tears slowly started falling.

"Link... is something wrong," asked Zelda hoping she had not caused this.

Michael ran to where they were situated. "Link Zelda we need to go now," he said exhausted.

"Why?" asked Zelda confused at why he had been so worried.

"No time for that," he said. "Oh, Zelda, it's best you keep away from any major civilizations because you might just end up dead... Link!!! We need to leave now!"

Link wiped off the tears that were still dripping down his face and followed Michael outside of the Kokiri forest. Michael was a about twenty yards a head of Link.

Once they reached the edge of the forest Link saw the awesome force that was heading to Hyrule Market.

Link fell to the floor seeming to lose all hope.

"Do you see why I called you," asked Michael.

Link didn't answer, he was preoccupied with the dragon and the trolls that were heading along with all of the soldiers.

"This has to be at least half of Dia's army," said Michael convinced.

"How the hell are we going to take that thing out?!?!?!" yelled Link over the loud chanting of the army. "There aren't even half that many soldiers!"

"We've got to warn Hyrule Castle before this onslaught reaches it!" said Michael. He pulled Link off his feet and ran toward Death Mountain.

Link didn't ask why Michael was taking him this way, he already knew. They would simply go through the woods until they reach Kakariko. Then they head toward Death Mountain and walk through the mountainous pathway "The dead road".

They had reached the castle with only a few precious hours left.

They asked the guards to let them pass. They refused.

"If you don't let me pass I will have to do the same thing I did five years ago!" said Michael angrily. Indeed five years ago when he had not yet realized that Hyrule was the dominant country in place of Endfall he had beaten the exact same two guards to the ground.

"You were only lucky that time," said soldier "A" who if you recall was the one on the left and the one on the right was soldier "B".

"Ugh," said Michael, "I don’t have time for this." He whacked both of the soldiers on the back of the head and they both fell to the floor unconscious.

"Incidentally what did happen five years ago?" asked Link as they walked through the castle's main hall.

"No time to explain," said Michael as they entered the throne room.

"Sire," said Michael. "There is a large attack on this city and your soldiers are too dimwitted to realize it. Call all your soldiers immediately, get help as quickly as possible!"

"I-i-i-is this some kind of a joke?" asked the king befuddled.

"Sir," said Michael, "the enemy is here to destroy this country and enslave it."

"It's a little unusual that it is so abrupt," said the king.

"Sir! Do something about it or we will take order of this city for the time being!"

"Fine, if this is as you say then I will order my men to round up the soldiers!"

Link and Michael exited the castle. Michael walked up to the little bridge leading from the castle's field to the gossip stone and sat down having his legs dangle freely.

Link sat down on the other side of the bridge. He lifted his hand to his forehead in frustration as he awaited the onslaught that was destined for them.

***

Zelda slowly walked up and saw the already empty streets of Hyrule Market. Everyone was inside for some reason. Confused at why this was she walked further into the Market. For some reason she could hear chanting in the distance. Though she did not know it a massive attack was about to befall onto this city. She slowly walked onto the balcony above the bomb-chu bowling alley and saw what fate awaited her. She was so frightened and still at the sight of this that she was caught off guard when a dog barked behind her that she fell of the balcony. She felt pain as she slowly lifted herself off her arm. She noticed that her arm was numb and she couldn’t move it. Her head ached severely and she saw blood flow down from her head as she slowly drifted to unconsciousness...

***

She awoke in the castle hospital to find Link at her side. He was standing and leaning on a wall looking like he was deep in thought. Zelda didn't say anything.

Link was indeed thinking. The emerald thought yet again flowed through his mind along with all of his memories. He had killed things that had a life ahead of them, and he had destroyed all of evil. Then Zelda made him go back in time and make it seem like none of it ever happened, like he had killed things and then nothing came out of it. Tears began to flow down his face as he remembered all the horrible thoughts and recollections.

Zelda got up and went to stand infront of Link. "Are you alright?"

"Don't talk to me!" said Link angrily to Zelda. He was furious at what all she had done.

"Link... tell me, what is wrong?"

"Fine," Link began. He wiped the tears off his face. "It's everything... all that I had done to save Hyrule all the living souls I had destroyed. And you, you made it seem like all that I had done... all that I had done was just a stupid plot-

-She put a hand over his mouth. "It's okay Link..." she slowly kissed him. He felt much more calm and relaxed, not to mention surprised but he enjoyed it while he could...