Sub-chapter One - Link's Hot Date

Link had saved Hyrule and Termina, he had rescued princesses and sages, he had conquered all kinds of villains from evil dictators to floating masks, no task was too much for the Hero of Time and his arsenal of weapons and magic masks, but this was indeed his most difficult and mind blowing task yet, he had a date. This wasn't just any date though, he was taking the princess to dinner at the most expensive restaurant in all of Hyrule. He stood in his house looking into his mirror. His new friend and roommate, Knil, Was sitting in a chair across the room.
"Yah know it's just dinner," Knil said.

Link had met Knil a month ago. He was a magic replica of Link created by Ganondorf. His mission was to trick Link into a trap but Knil couldn't do it. Link and Knil had become friends and he ended up betraying Ganondorf and siding with Link.

"I think this is good," Link said. He wore a green tunic and white pants. It was winter in Hyrule so he also put a green cloak on and of course his long green cap. These clothes were the fanciest things he owned and he was going to an expensive restaurant.
"Here, put this on." Knil handed him a necklace. It was a small black crystal on a gold chain.
"Hey, thanks." Link placed the necklace around his neck then tucked under his cloak.
"I found that in the forest the other day, it doesn't seem too valuable but it does look nice, besides, I like the color black."
Link hopped out of his tree-house into the snow. It was about 5 inches deep in the forest, Hyrule Field was about a foot. As Link entered the log tunnel more snow began to fall. It would not be a fun trip. The snow had gotten deeper in Hyrule Field, it was now 15 inches. He went at an incredibly slow pace. I should have left earlier, I'm going to be there 3 days too late at this rate. About an hour later Link was at the drawbridge. He was about to walk across when his foot became stuck. Something had grabbed his foot. Link pulled with all his might but could not get on the bridge. A wolf howled, the sun went down and the moon began to appear. "Oh come on. If the stupid Stalchilds don't kill me, Zelda will."
A Stalchild rose from the ground right under Link. It was what held Link. Normally Link would have enjoyed killing the two Stalchildren that popped up, but tonight was different. First of all, it wasn't two, it was twenty, they popped up in larger numbers recently, ranging from five to two hundred. Second, he didn't bring his sword, it didn't seem like the proper thing to be have on a date. He did bring a slingshot though, just in case. Third, he was late for the most important event in his life. (Besides saving the world of course)
"This is not the right time to be messing with me, I'm tired, mad, and really need a bathroom right now, so I'd back off right now," Link said, sort of sounding heroic. Three of them charged at Link. Link leapfrogged over one and kicked the other twos' heads off in the middle of the jump. Then he pivoted and smashed the first one's head off.
Another jumped at Link. He fell on his back and kicked the Stalchild in the stomach as it flew over him. Link jumped to his feet and shivered. He was wet from falling in the snow.
Link was surrounded by another five Stalchildren now. He reached into his pocket and pulled out a small gem. "Din's fire!" he yelled. The flaming dome appeared around Link and expanded outwards. It destroyed the Stalchildren, dried Link's clothes, and created a nice little snow free circle where Link could fight easier. Two more lunged at Link, he back flipped and they smashed into each other. Three charged and began slashing their claws like crazy. Link tried to dodge but their attacks were too ferocious. More began slashing, Link couldn't tell how many. His cloak was in shreds and drenched in his own blood. His sight was blurry from loss of blood.
Well, this has been one hell of a night. I completely blew my chance with Zelda liking me, I tear up my only decent looking clothes, I get my butt kicked by a bunch of dead losers, and to top it all off, I'm going to die. Maybe I should think of some last words, though nobody will hear them. Never thought I'd die this way. Good-bye everyone, hopefully I won't see you where I'm going for a long time.
Link stood up and prepared to face his death. "YAAHH!" A black blur jumped in front of Link. With a flash of steel it killed zombie after zombie. Another blur came into the picture. This one was bigger and had four legs. It grabbed Link and continued to speed along towards the castle.
"Lin. ar. okay?" Link's hearing was no good either. All he could make out was blonde hair and pink clothes. "Ni. I'll.. Tae.. doct.. Do.ge.illed!" This was the last thing Link heard before blacking out.

Link woke up in a large bed. It was very soft and warm, with a large red quilt. He jumped out of the bed. His Kokiri clothes were gone, he had a white shirt with baggy blue shorts. His wounds were bandaged and his arm was in a sling. The room he was in was definitely not meant for an ordinary man, it had the fanciest paintings and tapestries Link had ever seen. The door creaked open and Impa walked in. "I see you're awake. That was quite a predicament you were in last night. If Knil and Zelda hadn't been there we'd be at a funeral right now." Link thought back to previous night. The black blur must have been Knil, and the pink blur was Zelda on a horse.
"Yeah, I guess I owe them one, are they here?" Link said.
"Knil went home, he didn't seem to be worried. Zelda is sleeping in her room down the hall, she just fell asleep about two hours ago, she was really worried about you." Link wasn't surprised by Knil reacting like that, he wasn't the kind of guy who let things make him lose sleep. Zelda however, Link had no idea she cared that much about him. He thought she agreed to hang out with him and to go out with him was because he was the hero of this story.
"Why don't you get some sleep, you need all the strength you can get," Impa said.
"Nah, I think I'll head back to the forest, um, have you seen my boots?"
Impa was shocked. He had been beaten, bruised, cut, and almost killed, and he still wanted to go about his business like nothing had happened. "Link, I don't think you should go out in your condition. You can't survive any more beatings for a while. And Zelda would be crushed if you left, she really likes you."
Link began looking all over the room for his boots. "Yeah, but that's why I have to go home, I know a secret place where I can be as good as new in a second."

"Link if you try to leave I will have no choice but to fight you."
Link only heard Impa speak with such sincerity twice. The first was in the Chamber of Sages in the future, and the second was when they fought the Stalchild army. "Okay, I'll stay, but I need to talk to Knil as soon as possible."
Impa nodded and left the room. Link climbed back into the bed. Now that he thought about it the extra rest wouldn't be the worst thing in the world. He closed his eyes and fell asleep.

"HEY LOVERBOY, WAKE UP!" Link shot straight into the air and landed in front of the bed. He got into a fighting stance and prepared to fight anybody.
"Calm down it's just me."
Link turned around. "Oh, hi Knil, what's up?"
Knil sat down in a chair by the window. "So what did you want to see me about?" he said.
"I need you and Saria to head into the Lost Woods and find the secret fairy fountain. Saria knows where it is. Catch one of the fairies in a bottle and bring it back here," Link said. "And make it quick, I want to get out of here as soon as possible."

Sub-chapter Two - The Great Escape

Knil entered the Kokiri Forest. He liked it here, it was quiet and a good place to think. There are only a few bad things here, one of them was Mido, the self-proclaimed leader of the forest. Link told him how Mido used to pick on him when he was smaller, but on his eleventh birthday he realized something very important, he was bigger than Mido was. Link had finally stood up to Mido, and Mido started a fight with Link. Link of course easily crushed Mido, and he never bothered him again, except to remind Link he was the boss.
The other person Knil had a problem with was Saria. She was way too protective of Link and almost acted like his mother. She didn't like Knil or Zelda. Knil had once heard her say that Zelda was a bimbo and Knil was a dirty, no good punk. Knil didn't mind being called a punk, but he though she was way out of line by calling Zelda a bimbo.
Knil began heading towards Saria's house.
"RRRAR!" a Stalchild lunged at Knil, who easily moved away. Ten more Stalchildren ran to the fight with more on the way. Knil drew his sword and shield. He sliced the first one down the middle. Another jumped at him. Knil held up his shield and it crashed into it, falling to pieces. Knil kicked the skull into another, knocking that one to pieces as well. Knil turned and charged. He sliced up three then kicked another.

Link sat in bed, thinking to himself. Something didn't feel right. It was like the feeling he had when he was in the alternate future. It felt like somebody was suffering somewhere. Normally Link would not have worried about this, but with the recent trouble in Hyrule, he didn't want to take any chances. Link hopped out of bed and went to the window. Things were pretty normal in Hyrule Field, nothing seemed wrong in Zora's Domain, Lake Hylia was fine, Death Mountain had the usual ring of smoke around it, Lon Lon Ranch was great, the Kokiri Forest was smoking, wait, (record screeching noise) that's not right.
Link removed the sling on his arm and gave it a few test swings. It stung a little, but it was well enough to wield a sword. There was a set of footlong daggers hanging on the wall. Link grabbed them and placed them on his bed. Then Link grabbed some rope he found in his night stand and tied it around his waist to use as a belt. With the daggers secured in his rope belt, he opened the door and peered into the hallway. Impa was sitting in a chair down the hall.
Link was trapped in his room. The only other exit was the window. He would have just warped out of here if he was still in the alternate future, unfortunately, he needed the Ocarina of Time to warp anywhere, and the only person who could get him that was Princess Zelda. "Hey Zelda can get me out of here." He poked his head out his door again.
"Hey Impa, Is Zelda around?" Link asked.
"Yeah I'll send her in to see you."

Knil stood ready to fight a small army of Stalchildren. "Hey, wait a minute. It's about noon, the sun's still up. You guys can't survive the sunlight, how are you here?"
Link had taught Knil everything he knew. The thing he remembered most was that it was only safe from Stalchildren when the sun was up, and the sun was clearly up.
"I believe I can answer that."
Knil couldn't see who was talking. "Who's there?" he yelled out. Nobody answered. Knil tightened his grip on his sword. He heard a loud thump, then another, and another. Knil turned around, he saw what it was. Before him stood a fifteen foot tall Stalchild. He wore a large black, torn, and dirty cape, a rusted crown, and carried a big rusted sword.
"Where is my stone?" it yelled. Knil looked at it.
"Okay, a few things, one, am I supposed to be scared of you 'cause you got more of a funny thing going on. Two, I don't know about your stupid stone. Three, where can I can a giant sword like that?"
The big guy got angry now. His eyes began to glow a fiery red and a black aura appeared around him. "Stupid boy, I know you picked up my stone in this forest exactly 5 days ago. Now where is it!?"
Knil felt his breath, it was like a hurricane. "Man, in a couple hundred years, when they invent the breath mint, you should really try one."
The big guy screamed and swung his sword at Knil. Knil jumped up and landed on the sword's blade. He ran up it and jumped onto the giant's head. "Sorry, I gotta run. Seeya later." Knil jumped off and ran to the tree house. He quickly climbed up the ladder and ran into the house, he grabbed Link's sword and a set of green clothes, then jumped out the window onto the wall and fell into Hyrule Field.
"Burn the forest, we'll find where he hid the stone and kill everyone who gets in our way.

"Hi Link, what did you need to see me for?" Zelda walked into the room. "Huh, Link why do you have those daggers and rope, as a belt?" She was confused and shocked at the same time.
"Zelda, something is going on at the Kokiri Forest, I have to go but Impa won't let me. I need you to help me to." Link was interrupted when the door flung open. Knil ran inside. He was dirty and out of breath.
"Link, the forest is in trouble. Stalchilds are burning it down, there was a big one, and it wasn't dark out. Looking for a stone, don't know where what they're talking about. We gotta go help, people in trouble. This is."
Link slapped Knil. "Chill out Knil, (yes I know they didn't use that expression in that time period) we'll go help, now relax. Okay, Zelda distract Impa while I get ready and sneak out of here. Knil, I'll take my sword now."

Ten minutes later Impa was taking care of Zelda's 'stomach ache', Knil was standing in the hallway waiting, and Link was securing his sword safely behind his back. Everything was good to go. He exited the room and the two began running down the hall.
"Hey you, halt." A guard stood at an intersection. He held his hand up. Knil jumped up and hit the guard's helmet with the side of his sword. He fell to the ground, the helmet still vibrating.
"Knil jump out this window, we should land in the moat outside." They leapt out the window and fell three stories down into the water.
They climbed out and Knil squeezed the water out of his black tunic.
"Next time, we take the stairs," Knil said now squeezing has cap.
"Halt!" a group of guards was running towards them.
"Hey Link." A voice was coming from the castle. "Catch!" A small blue object was thrown out the window. Link caught it and held it to his lips. He played the Minuet of Forest then quickly grabbed onto to Knil. In a flash of green light, the two disappeared.

Sub-chapter Three - The Great Battle in the Forest

"What the hell was that?" Knil said.
"I used the ocarina's magic and a special song to warp us to the Sacred Forest Meadow. I used to do it all the time in the alternate future. It's faster then a horse but can only go to certain locations. Now Knil, we're about to enter a maze-like area of the meadow. They probably have the place swarmed with Stalchilds so be ready."
Knil nodded his head and drew his sword. The two slowly walked down the stairs on either wall. Knil poked his head out and looked around. "Nobody's here."
Link looked out. "Why isn't anybody here? I would think this place would be their headquarters, it's so well protected."
Knil looked at Link like that was the stupidest thing anyone ever said.
"What, do I have something on my face?" Link asked.
"Link, they haven't taken control of this place because it's so well guarded. They obviously can't get here." Knil said in a duh voice.
"He's right Link, if you don't have a fairy you will just get lost in the woods."
Link and Knil both shot to attention.
"Up here, silly." Saria was sitting on a wall with a ladder leaning on it.
"Hey, Saria, what are you doing here?"
Saria jumped down and landed in between them. "While you were off breaking the forest rules by leaving, having fun, and hanging around with those stupid friends and the princess, those stupid skeletons came inhere and took over. I led all the children to the fairy fountain. It is the safest place here. Now go do something about those dumb monsters.!"
Saria was always yelling at Link and Knil ever since they started going on random adventures. Link saving the world was one thing, but risking his life for no reason was too nerve racking.
"YOU THINK I WAS HAVING FUN!" Link yelled, "I WAS ALMOST KILLED BY THOSE STUPID THINGS, AND IF IT WASN"T FOR THE 'NO GOOD PUNK' OR THE 'BIMBO PRINCESS' AS YOU CALL THEM, I WOULDN'T BE HERE TO SAVE YOUR BUT!" Saria had never heard Link yell like that.
"I'm sorry for yelling at you, but you can't keep treating my other friends like that, I'm not a Kokiri so stop treating me like one. Come on Knil, lets go."
The two ran out of the log tunnel into the village part of the forest. Stalchildren were everywhere. Marching down the paths, standing on rooftops of the charred buildings, and standing guard around the giant stone throne in the middle. The big guy was sitting in the throne, his giant sword leaning against the side.
"I want a sword like that," Link said.
"Yeah me too, do you they come in blue?" Knil responded. "So how do we do this, full frontal assault, sneak attack, or divide and conquer?" Link thought for a moment. "Lets do all three. I'll create a distraction, you throw bombs at them when they aren't looking, once we take out the most of the small fries, we go all out on the big bone head."
Link crawled atop the wall keeping the outside world out of the forest. He stopped above the entrance and pulled out his bomb bag. After lighting it, he dropped it down in front of the log tunnel. Link began crawling again as the bomb exploded. A group of five Stalchildren ran over to check it out. Knil was on the ledge that led to the Lost Woods. He used the string from his bow and slingshot to make a giant slingshot out of a two Deku Sticks. He saw the group gathered by the entrance and launched a bomb at them. It hit and destroyed them.
Link shot an arrow at one on the roof of his house. It dropped dead. The others began to look around for the source of the arrow. Knil flung another bomb and blew them up as well. A group ran over to see what was going on and Knil bombed them too. Link found a large group of about twenty. He threw a Deku Nut, blinding them. He then dropped two bombs as Knil launched a third. They exploded and took them all out. Link shot an ice arrow at one of the Stalchildren positioned around the giant throne. It started a chain reaction that went all the way around the throne, freezing them all.
Link jumped down and kicked the ice. It cracked, then shattered, breaking them to pieces. Knil jumped in. Link pulled out his bow and Knil drew his sword.
"Fools," the king yelled, "Killing those minions was pointless, I can easily summon more."
"Yeah, but that wouldn't be a fair fight," Link responded, "You have that fancy sword, why not use it. Stop hiding behind those weak small fries, fight us yourself."
Knil glanced at Link as he said this. "Um, Link, I don't think we need to egg him on."
The king stood up and swung his sword at Link. Link jumped to the right and fired an arrow. It hit him in the forehead and bounced off.
"Link I don't think that's going to work," Knil yelled.
The king swung at Link again. Link backflipped and Knil jumped up and swung his sword. It hit his rib, but didn't seem to affect it.
"You fools, you will never find my weak point." He held up his hand. It glowed then fired out a blast of dark magic.
"Perfect." Link drew his sword and swung at the blast. It reversed direction and hit the king in the face. Again it was unaffected. "Shoot, that usually works too."
"Link, this guy seems pretty unbeatable," Knil said.
"Yeah, but he said we'd never find his weak spot, that means he has to have one, but it's in a place we wouldn't normally think of," Link responded. "So far we know basic attacks don't work and hitting him with his own attack doesn't work. He doesn't seem to have an energy supply we can cut off, so, hmm." Link thought of how he defeated his bigger enemies before. "Hey Knil, got any bombs left?"
Knil pulled out a bomb and threw it to Link.
"Hey, by the way, what's your name? I like to know my enemies," Link said.
"WHAT! YOU ASK HIM HIS NAME! ARE YOU CRAZY!" Knil began yelling at Link.
"You want to know my name, my name is King - aaaahh!" He didn't get to finish his name for Link chucked the bomb in his mouth. It exploded and smoke began pouring from his mouth and eyes.
"Nice try, but I eat bombs for breakfast every day, that was no good."
Knil looked at it as it spoke. Something didn't seem right about this. How were they out in the middle of the day, what was this stone they were after, why weren't their attacks working, where the hell did this thing come from, he didn't think it was easily hidden.
Link was attacking again, he shot arrow after arrow at different points, hoping to hit a weak point. Knil, however, was running towards the tree house. He climbed the ladder and ran inside. Looking around the room, he found everything to be in order. Then he kneeled down and looked under Link's bed. It was clear to Knil what was going on. He ran outside. "Hey, zombie dude, I got something of yours!"
Link had been throwing his boomerang at it. It grabbed the boomerang and snapped it in half. Then he looked at Knil. His eyes became red when he saw what Knil had. "GIVE ME THAT STONE!" The roof of the tree house went flying off as it yelled. Knil was holding the black stone he had given to Link earlier. He found it in Hyrule Field after he and Zelda had saved Link. He put it under his bed for safe keeping. It was glowing, Knil figured this was what keeping them from dying.
"I think it's time for you to go back into your hole in the ground." Knil said. He squeezed his hand as tight as possible. CRACK! The stone shattered in his hand. Shards fell to the ground, it cut his hand, blood began to stream down his arm.
"NOOOOOOO!" the king yelled. He began to retreat back into the ground, his size slowed him down though.
"I don't think so!" Link yelled as jumped into the air. He slashed its head off. Knil dropped the broken stone, and as the last shard hit the floor the King of Stalchildren exploded, it wasn't big enough to hurt anyone, but the shockwave did knock Link's house over. Knil fell with it.
Link ran over to the remains of his house and began digging through ruble. "Knil, are in here?" he yelled as he pushed what used to be his bed aside. A hand shot up on the other side of the pile of wood. Link ran over and pulled Knil out.
"Well, I can't wait until they invent the aspirin," Knil said as he rubbed his head. "Come on buddy, I'll buy you a milk."

Sub-chapter Four - The Aftermath

Later that week, the Kokiri had a meeting. Link and Knil did not attend, they were not even informed of the meeting. It was decided that Link and Knil attracted too much trouble and would be kicked out of the forest. Saria, and surprisingly Mido, were the only ones who voted to let them stay in the forest, but it wasn't enough. The next day, they were leaving the forest with trunks full of their things. No longer being a Kokiri, Link used his Song of Soaring to transport himself to Termina and transformed his Kokiri Sword into the gilded sword. They camped out in Hyrule Field, until one day, about three days after returning from Termina, they found new homes.

Link was just lying down on his mat to go to sleep. They had been sleeping from sunrise to noon, Stalchildren made it impossible to sleep at night, but now that the stone was gone, they could only come in waves of two. Link closed his eyes and started drifting off. Knil was not sleeping though. He was in the river nearby, taking a bath in the cold winter water. Link's Din's Fire attack came in handy for clearing sections of snow for them to sleep in, and luckily they had just enough rupees to get some winter clothes, but not enough to buy supplies.

"Hi there."
Knil turned around. Malon was standing on the edge of the river staring down at Knil.
"Oh, hey Malon, what's up?" Knil said trying to act normal. The truth was that Knil was not very good with talking to girls. Saria was not a problem, she didn't really seem like a girl to him, but Malon was different.
"Oh nothing, I was just coming out for a swim, hope you don't mind." She pulled off her dress to reveal an orange one-piece bathing suit. Knil blushed. Malon sat on the edge, then swiftly slipped into the cold water.
"Isn't it kinda cold for you, I mean, I can stand this no problem, but you aren't a conditioned fighter like me," Knil said.
"This is nothing compared to the ice cavern in Zora's Domain. Link took me there once to see the magical blue fire. I fell into a small pool inside and it took Link an hour to find me," she responded. "So why are you swimming out here instead of the forest?" she asked
"I got kicked out, something about being a troublemaker, and that whole giant Stalchild thing, I forgot. I've just been camping out here in the field," he said.
"Oh, that's horrible," she responded. "Why don't you come stay at the ranch?"
Knil thought for a moment. The ranch would probably be better then sleeping in Hyrule Field, and he did like spending time with Malon, even though she did most of the talking while he just listened. Link was different, he went straight up to girls, even if they where complete strangers, and talked to them like they had been friends for ever. "Well, yeah I guess that would be nice, if you have the room that is," he finally said.
"Great," Malon said as she began to swim about.

Link awoke about half-past noon. He looked over at where Knil was supposed to be, but wasn't. He stood up and began to look around. It began to snow. Link shivered. It had been getting colder and colder recently. Knil was nowhere to be seen and Link really didn't feel like looking for him. He decided to go to the castle. It was warm there and Link could get some really good food there. He headed off on his way.

Link arrived at the castle and met Zelda. She had gotten him something to eat and then they hung out in Zelda's room. It had a king sized bed with pink blankets and stuffed animals. A painting of a large field of flowers rested on her wall, and on the opposite side she had a large vanity table and dresser full of fancy dresses. Link sat on the chair used for the vanity table while Zelda sat on her bed.
"So how come you came here without being invited, you never do that," she asked.
"Well, it was really cold out in Hyrule Field, and I never got a chance to thank for the rescue thing," he replied.
"Why didn't you just head back into the forest?"
"I'm not allowed. Me and Knil caused too much damage so they kicked us out. We've been camping in Hyrule Field ever since," Link said this like it was nothing big.
"You were sleeping out in the cold, I can't let that happen. If you can't go to the forest than, than, um... You can stay here. That would be great, My father thinks you're the greatest guy in the world, Impa wouldn't mind having someone to talk fighting with her, and with all the trouble that's been going on lately my father has wanted to hire me a bodyguard." Zelda was jumping up and down ecstatically. Link had never seen her so happy.
"I'll go ask my father." She ran out of the room and down the hall. Link hadn't even said yes yet. He didn't see the point in disagreeing though, Zelda would fight and whine until she got her way. Later she returned and gave Link three things. A pass that gave him access to the entire castle, a key to his room, and a shield. It was not just any shield though. It was round with a diameter of 20 inches. In the center was a golden triforce symbol surrounded by three circles.
"Link," Zelda explained," it is said that only a true hero can unlock the power of this shield, I figured if the Hero of Time cant do it, nobody will."
Link smiled. "Well I'll give it a try next time I battle somebody. This might real- Hey, how do you know I'm the Hero of Time? The sages erased any memories of Ganondorf from everyone's mind except mine," Link asked.
"Link, the sages still remember, and I'm one of the sages."
So Link found out there was another person who he could tell his stories to. He and Knil had found new homes, and defeated the great Stalchild king. Now if Link could only get the dating thing down, he would be the most powerful being in all of Hyrule.