At the same time Ganondorf was secretly training the “clone” in the Shadow Temple Link and Zelda were talking to the temporary King of Hyrule trying to see if they could mobilize a massive Hylian army to fight whatever was coming their way.

“Something bad is going to happen. We need all the Hylian knights in Hyrule and I think we are going to need some help from the Zoras and the Gorons,” said Zelda.

“Wait hold up a minute, how do you know something bad will happen?” Asked the King.

“I had a dream… five years ago.”

“And what does that have to do with anything?”

“You should trust Zelda,” said Link, “Her dreams tell the future you know.”

“What kind of nonsense is that?!” The annoyed king yelled.

“Listen, Zelda foresaw Ganondorf’s rise to power, now I don’t know what is coming our way but it is pretty darn bad so I would suggest you do what she requests,” Link said frustrated.

“Ganondorf never rose to power. He was here one day then he just went away without warning.”

“Yes he did and you are ignorant of the fact that he was sealed in the Evil Realm,” said Link.

“Evil Realm? Hah, hah hah! Heh HAH HAH HAH HAH HAH! The king started laughing so hard he nearly coughed up one of his lungs.

“This is pointless,” said Link.

“I hate to have to do this but if you don’t believe me I have to do this. My father should never have given you temporary power.” said Zelda as she held out here hand and used her magic to trap the king in a crystal.

“Hey let me out, I’ll make it up to you I promise,” yelled the king as Link and Zelda walked away.

Off to the side were two guards who have happened to overhear the whole conversation.

“Darn, the princess doesn’t usually use her powers like that,” said one guard. They ran to catch up to them.

“We have to see what is going on,” said the other.

“Hello Zelda. Hello Link,” they said as they walked up to them.

“Did you hear us talking?” asked Link.

“Yes we heard everything”

“Good, so do believe what I was saying?” Zelda asked in an agitated voice.

“Well if you used your powers like that then I’m sure you believe that dream was a prophesy,” said a guard.

“We will help you construct the biggest Hylian army ever.”

Zelda told the guards all about what happened.

Link, Zelda and the guards gathered all of the Hylians outside the castle. They stood on the balcony and looked down at the people. One guard yelled above the cheering Hylians, “Princess Zelda has told use that something bad is going to happen. We could be about to fight a war against evil. We must not take what Zelda has told us for granted. Anyone who opposes this step forward,” he said.

The head carpenter stepped forward and said, “What a bunch of trash!” He screamed. “Why should I believe this stuff it’s just a stupid dream she had.”

“Then I feel very sorry for you,” Link shouted back.

The crowd ignored what the carpenter had said and continued to listen to Link.

“Now we need people to sign up for the army,” Link requested.

One third of the Hylians joined.

Chapter 4

It was not long before all of the Hylian soldiers were capable of hitting small target from far away. All of them were glad to be in the army, but several questions they had went unanswered, “What are we going up against? Will we be betrayed by someone? If so, who? If a war starts, how long will it last? Will we win?” All of these questions scared the Hylians.

“How the did Ganondorf get out of the Evil Realm?” Asked Zelda.

“I have no idea, but he has power and he is probably seeking more power,” said Link.

“Wait a minute,” he thought, “I thought I was the only person that knew of Ganondorf’s fate. Zelda must know that he got sealed in the Evil Realm, but she just doesn’t know how.”

“I saw myself in the mirror with Ganondorf,” said Link.

“Maybe it was just a reflection.”

“No you don’t understand it was me but younger.”

“Well, maybe you just left and image of yourself when you jumped through.”

“Possibly,” Link said unsure.

They climbed up Death Mountain to talk to the Gorons.

When they got up to where they needed to be, Zelda was exhausted. She had to sit down for a couple minutes.

“You don’t do this much do you?” Link asked smiling.

“No not very often, I never get the opportunity to do such things, since; you know I am the princess.”

“What would your father do if he found out you were doing this?” Link was curious, he was used to just doing his own thing, and he had no one to control him other than himself.

“He would probably ground me for a couple weeks and give me a lecture about how I shouldn’t do stuff like that and I can hurt myself. That lecture would probably seem to last half the time I am grounded. It isn’t fair, I am going to be the future queen, and I deserve to make some of my own decisions.”

“It must be tough not to be able to go out in the outside world, and be away from your friends all the time.”

“Yes it is. Speaking of my father, I wonder why my fathers assistant was still in power, my father should of gotten back by now.”

“My guess is when we jumped through that mirror everything just sort of stayed where it was and then started going again five years later. That seems about right doesn’t it? It feels like we are about five years older. By the way where did your father go?”

“He was on some sort of ‘diplomatic mission’ outside of Hyrule, if your theory is right, he will probably come home soon.” There was a short pause in the conversation. “Wow my whole head is spinning from climbing up that hill and talking.”

“Yeah the elevation can’t help much, the air is thinner up here you know.”

“Okay I think we better get going.”

They entered Goron City.

“Hello, it is not often we see Hylians here, did you too happen to get lost in the mountains?

“No,” said Zelda, “As matter of fact, we came here to see your leader Darunia. By the way, I am Zelda princess of Hyrule, and this is Link, he is helping me with a big problem we have, but no need to explain it to you I must see Darunia.” She handed him a piece of paper with her autograph written in gold ink. Sure enough this was Zelda’s handwriting.

“I will take you to him right away then.”

“Thank you,” Zelda said nodding her head to show her appreciation.

He led them down stairs and opened the door to the throne room.

“Wait here,” the goron said.

“Darunia, Princess Zelda and someone named Link have come to see you.”

“Thank you sir, go back to your business.”

“With pleasure Darunia.” He walked out the door and let Zelda and Link in.

“As they entered Darunia put on a pair of glasses.

“Link, is that you?” he asked. “Brother!” he said as he stood up leisurely and walked over to them. “I haven’t seen you in a decade buddy.” He patted Link on the back and gave him a big hug. Zelda giggled at Link’s face, which was bright red and his eyes were almost popping out from being squeezed so hard. “So have you killed anymore monsters or anything, been saving more peoples lives. You never told me your friend was the Princess of Hyrule.” Darunia let go of Link. Good, now he could get the blood back to his vital organs. You two can take a seat. They both turned around and saw a couple chairs. They were made of stick frames and the seat and backs were made of strong woven ropes. They didn’t look very comfortable but they would have to do.

“Not for a while, but I hope to save some lives from Ganondorf.”

“Ganondorf? He’s back again. Rumor has it that he just left mysteriously.”

“Yes he is, and I am afraid we may have a war on our hands,” said Link.

“Well do you have any proof?”

“Well, no, but he is back and he is power hungry so I would advise you to mobilize your army in case of an attack. Trust me; I know some things I can’t explain to you.”

“All right, I’ll construct an army and if Ganondorf attacks, the gorons will help, we were born to fight.”

“I’ll loan you some money I can spare it,” said Zelda.

“Thank you, that would be most appreciated.”

They thanked Darunia for his cooperation and they headed back to Hyrule. They Hylians would be glad to know that they would have help.