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A long time ago, the [[King of Hyrule]] died, and passed the [[Triforce]] down to his son, the next king. But the Triforce was incomplete, missing only a third of it's power, the [[Triforce of Courage|Courage]]. A wizard told him that the only one who knew where it is was Princess Zelda; they questioned her, but she wouldn't say, so the wizard put her in a endless sleep. When the wizard died afterwards, the prince ordered every princess born in the royal family to be called Zelda, so the tragedy would never be forgotten, thus started the tradition to bestow this name upon her in every Zelda title.

One day, princess Zelda awakens from a dream. In her dream, she sees dark clouds in the sky, covering Hyrule in darkness, but then a light shot out of the forest, cleared the sky, and a figure appeared. It turned into a person, holding a stone, and followed by a [[Fairy|fairy]]. Since she had studied prophecies, she thought somebody would come from a forest with a stone and a fairy and take down some kind of evil form just as in her dream.

Link goes through the castle guards and into the garden where he meets Zelda. She notices that Link is wearing green clothes, like the light, and has a fairy. When she finds out that he's from the [[Kokiri Forest]] and has a green stone identical to the one in her dream, she realizes that he is the boy from her dreams. She tells him of her dream, Ganondorf, and the legend of the Triforce. The Triforce can grant a wish to anyone who obtains it, but to get it you need 4 things: the 3 [[Spiritual Stones]], one which Link has; and the [[Ocarina of Time]], which Zelda has. Using these in the [[Temple of Time]] opens the [[Door of Time]] which leads to the [[Sacred Realm]], where the Triforce is hidden. She believes that Ganondorf wants the Triforce for himself. She tells Link to find the other Stones so they can beat Ganondorf. He is led out by Impa, and Zelda waits for him to return.

By the time Link found the 3rd stone, Zelda couldn't wait much longer. She went to the Temple of Time, and (somehow) made some kind of vision for Link so that when he grabs the Ocarina he learns the [[Song of Time]]. With Impa, she leaves on a horse out of [[Castle Town]], followed by Ganondorf. On her way out, she passes Link. She throws him the Ocarina of Time, but she misses and it lands in the river.  She hopes that he will open the Door of Time and stop Ganondorf.

For the next 7 years, Zelda trains to become a Sheikah, and goes as far as to change her name to Sheik.  She passes herself off as a male so that Ganondorf doesn't recognize her. She/he waits until Link returns, who is trapped between time until he's old enough to use the [[Master Sword]] (which led to the Sacred Realm), and becomes the [[Hero of Time]].

Seven years later, Link appears on the [[Pedestal of Time]], all grown up and equipped with the Master Sword. Shiek appears before him, and tells him who he is, where the other sages are located, and where to get a useful item for the first dungeon. Sheik appears later in the game to teach Link the last 6 [[Ocarina Songs]] right before each dungeon: [[Minuet of Forest]], [[Bolero of Fire]], [[Serenade of Water]], [[Nocturne of Shadow]], [[Requiem of Spirit]], and [[Prelude of Light]] (the last one is not taught before a dungeon). Sheik appears several other times throughout the game: at the Temple of Time, after the [[Forest Temple (Ocarina of Time)|Forest Temple]], where he tells Link how to go back to the past, how to fight beaten bosses again (3DS version), and teaches him the Prelude of Light; at [[Lake Hylia]], right after the [[Water Temple]], where he witnesses the lake's restoration and speaks with Link for a few seconds; and at [[Kakariko Village]], a bit after the Water Temple, where he tries to fight the Evil Spirit of [[Bongo Bongo]] sealed inside the [[Bottom of the Well|well]], and teaches Link the Nocturne of Shadows.

Zelda has a quick conversation with Link, telling him how she's sorry she dragged him into this mess, which is all her fault. She makes the choice of sending Link back to the past so he can get his childhood back, so she asks for the Ocarina of Time and plays [[Zelda's Lullaby]], which sends Link back to the past. Link realizes that he's right at the time before he met Zelda, meaning she doesn't know him yet, the people he helped got their problems back, and Ganondorf is still free to walk around wherever he likes. The last scene of the game is Link meeting Zelda for the first time... again.

After Link battles through time and defeats Veran, it is revealed the Veran is just a pawn in a grander scheme to resurrect the evil king Ganon. In order to do so, three flames must be lit, the Flame of Destruction and the Flame of Sorrow had both been lit when Link defeated General Onox in Oracle of Seasons and Veran in Oracle of Ages, but the third flame had not been lit yet. Twinrova captured Princess Zelda with the intent of sacrificing her body and light the Flame of Despair and complete the resurrection of Ganon. Fortunately, Link was able to prevent this, and rescue Princess Zelda. Instead, Twinrova sacrificed themselves in order to resurrect Ganon, but it did not go as plan, and Ganon was just a mindless beast who Link would feat once and for all.

In this game, Zelda feels that the [[Four Sword]] is weakening, and that it's seal will break and [[Vaati]] will escape. She takes Link to investigate what's wrong. But when they get there, Vaati has already escaped and captures Zelda. After Link seals Vaati back into the Four Swords, Zelda thanks all four Links (or 2 in the Anniversary Edition: single player mode). Then, all the Links unite back into one, and he and Zelda go back and put the Four Swords back again.

With Ganondorf sealed away, Hyrule went to it's old self. But the seal eventually broke, and Ganondorf escaped, and since there was no [[Hero of Time]] to stop him, he took over Hyrule again. After generations of pain and suffering, the Hylians prayed to the gods to sve them. They ordered the Hylians to flee to the mountains, and the gods flooded Hyrule to stop the evil from spreading. The villagers became islanders, the [[Kokiri]] became [[Korok]], the [[Zora]] became the [[Rito]], and the [[Goron]]s became traveler gorons. The royal family was forced to go into hiding to protect the Triforce of Courage, and so became pirates. Ganondorf survived and started looking for the princess and the Triforce.