Darkness has covered all of Hyrule.
In the silence of the night, the undead forces of Ganondorf, king of the Gerudo, were marching through the Castle Town, spooking the good people of Hyrule with their presence. And what at first had just been a rumor, had turned into a shaking piece of news that was spreading throughout the entire population:
The king was dead!
After having conquered Hyrule Castle, Ganondorf just positioned a few of his forces into the city and never thought once about informing his new subjects about his new position as their king... he would do so as soon as he was holding the Power of Gold within his own hands!
After a troop of Stalfos knights had vanished behind a corner, a pair of green-clothed kids stealthily hurried through the otherwise silent back alley. A pair of floating, colorful lights were following them.
"That Ganondorf..." Tatl muttered. "I would have loved to kick his butt..."
"You saw how easily he finished us off, right?" Ukyo grumbled. "I'm afraid there wasn't much we could do about it... but we have at least to follow the princess' wish and take those Spiritual Stones to the Temple of Time."
"Yeah... if we knew where it was," Link muttered. "She could have given us a map of town, along with the ocarina, could she?"
"Well, it's not like she had much time to prepare such a map," Ukyo sighed. "Oh well, let's just keep on searching..."
Navi then turned around in mid-air and looked up.
At the impressive, cathedral-like building that was towering behind them.
"Guys...? I think we might have found it."
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It was quiet inside the Temple of Time. Even though it was dark outside, the temple's interior was illuminated by some unseen source of light.
In awe, the two forest children and their fairies looked around, at the impressive stained glass windows, the awe-inspiring symbol of the Triforce on the wall ahead of them, and the marble altar standing below that symbol.
And the Gates of Time behind it.
Carefully, they approached the altar. Link knelt down and took a look at the inscription on its surface.
He then turned around and laughed bashfully. "I can't read it..."
Ukyo groaned. "Some hero you are..." she muttered. "Move aside, I'll take a look at it..."
She knelt down next to her friend and read the inscription aloud:
"Ye who owns 3 Spiritual Stones
Stand with the Ocarina of Time
And play the Song of Time."
She blinked. "That's all?"
Link shrugged. "Apparently! Okay, I can do that!"
They took out the 3 Spiritual Stones and put them onto the altar, next to each other. First the Kokiri Emerald, then the Goron Ruby, and finally, the Zora Sapphire.
Link then grabbed into his pocket to take out the Ocarina of Time, but he accidentally grabbed the wrong ocarina.
"Whoops," he said and chuckled. "That's the one Saria gave to me."
He then looked down at the wooden instrument and sighed. "I really wish that we can go back to the forest after this. Hopefully Ganondorf will leave us Kokiri alone... Well... at least that's what I hope. I mean, with the Deku Tree gone..."
Ukyo put her hand on the boy's shoulder. "Don't worry! With Saria, Mido and Konatsu back there, they'll have everything under control. And right after we made sure that Ganondorf will never lay his hands on the Triforce, we can go back home."
Link smiled and nodded. "Yes, you're right. So, no worries, huh?"
Ukyo grinned and shook her head. "Nope, not a single one!"
Link then put Saria's ocarina back into his bag... and took the Ocarina of Time.
He put them to his lips... and began playing the Song of Time!
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And when he was finished, the Triforce symbol above them, up on the wall, suddenly began shining in a golden light. The light streaming forth from the three yellow triangles was blinding them for a short while, but afterwards, the Gate of Time... was moving.
Slowly, the massive stone plate parted in the middle, and both halves of the gate moved aside with a scraping sound, revealing the entrance to another hall behind it.
Confused, Link put down the ocarina. "I thought this was the entrance to the Sacred Realm?"
"I don't get it either," Ukyo shrugged. "But perhaps we'll find it somewhere over there."
Together, they entered the big, empty hall behind the Gate of Time, with a ceiling that was even higher than in the entrance hall. Rays of moonlight shone into the chamber, illuminating a grand pedestal standing in the middle of the room.
Marmoreal stairs were leading up to that pedestal, and several strange emblems were surrounding it.
And in its middle...
Navi gasped. "Link, isn't that..."
She flew over to the weapon that was stuck in the middle of the stone, glinting in the moonlight.
"It's that legendary blade..." she whispered. "The Master Sword!"
"You're kidding, right?" Tatl blurted out.
Ukyo and Link looked at each other, shrugged and said, at the same time: "The what?"
"Oh, come on!" Tatl shouted. "Don't tell me you never heard about the legend where the hero took the sword of evil's bane and... never mind!" She sighed. "Obviously, the two of you lack a proper general education."
"Hey!" Ukyo snapped, but Link walked up to the pedestal.
"I don't get it," he said. "What's this sword doing here? The princess told us all about the gate leading to the Sacred Realm, and the Triforce, and now all we get is this shabby sword?"
"It's not 'shabby'," Navi protested. "The Great Deku Tree once told me it was being forged to fight creatures of evil."
Link shrugged. "Yeah, whatever... So, what do we do? Just pull out the sword out of the stone?"
"Sword in the Stone," Ukyo chuckled. "Heh, sounds like the title of a novel... Well, step aside, I'll take care of it!"
And she stepped past her confused friend, climbed up onto the pedestal, rolled up her sleeves and pulled.
It didn't move.
"What the heck?" she gasped and tried again. It didn't budge an inch. "What's with that thing? Is it stuck?"
"What, are your arms made of Chu Jelly or what?" Link mocked. "Ah, c'mon, lemme give it a try!"
He gently shoved the protesting Ukyo out of the way, grabbed the handle of the sword, pulled...
and it easily slid out of the stone.
He grinned. "Seems like a man is needed for that kind of job!"
But suddenly, the whole pedestal shone up in a strange, green light that surrounded them all.
"What the...?" Ukyo gasped. "Link, what did you do?"
"Me?" the blonde boy protested. "You wanted to pull that thing out of there, right?"
But neither could say anything else, as the light suddenly turned more intense and seemed to engulf them all.
For a while, everything was quiet. They couldn't hear or see anything, just the blinding whiteness all around them.
And then, they heard that laughter... a laughter that would be haunting their dreams!
A dark figure appeared in the middle of the light.
"Geh heh heh..." the king of the Gerudos chuckled. "Excellent work! As I thought, you held the keys to the Door of Time! You have lead me to the gates of the Sacred Realm... Yes, I owe it all to you brats!"
And then he let out a long, roaring laugh - and that was the last thing they heard before they passed out.
----
Somewhere, in the middle of the Lost Woods, the Sacred Forest Meadow...
Saria looked up at the leaves of the trees and sighed. "I wonder how they are faring?"
Sprite fluttered up to her face and smiled. "Don't worry! Nothing can stop those two! And remember, they always have Tatl and Navi with them. They'll be fine!"
"I guess so, but still..." the green-haired girl murmured. "I have this feeling that something has happened to them..."
The brown and green shape of a Deku dropped out of the trees. "Don't worry!" Konatsu said with confidence. "Even if that's true, they will find a way to come back to us." He clasped his hands in front of his wooden chest. "For it was Ukyo who taught me... to never give up on my wishes." He looked at Saria. "And so... I'm wishing with all my heart for Ukyo and Link to return some day, into our forest."
"Yeah, that's what I'll do as well," a dark purple spot of light nodded, as he zoomed in next to his Deku friend. "I'll be waiting for sis and the others to come back, always!"
Saria smiled back at Konatsu, Sprite and Tael. "Thank you, everyone! I'll try and do my best as well." She closed her eyes as she imagined the faces of her two best friends. "No matter how long it takes... I will be waiting."
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