Zelda's Kidnapping
                                          by Rachel_13

Five years after Quest for the Sages and almost four after Recovery of the
Triforce, our story opens with Jjin and Mirah...

In the country of Hyrule, there was a fairly large town, also called
Hyrule. Within the town's boundaries, there was a temple, and in the
distance one in the town could see Hyrule's palace, North Castle. Also in
the town was a house in the back alleys, which housed a man, his wife, and
their three children. This is where our story begins...

The children, no more than four years of age, were gathered around a fire,
where their father sat in front of them. "Daddy, will you tell us a story?"
said the girl, Gwen. The two boys, Len and Pen, nodded their heads. Their
father looked at them grinning. "Well, ok. What would you like to hear?" He
asked. "The one about how you met mommy!" Gwen exclaimed. Their mother
looked in from the kitchen and smiled as her husband started telling his
story. "Oh, you want to hear it again? Don't you want him to tell a
different story?" She asked the children. They shook their heads. "We want
to hear that one. Daddy doesn't mind, do you daddy?" Len asked.

"No I don't. I'd love to tell you again." The father said. "Now Jjin, don't
go and bore the kids to death. Kids, the reason your father doesn't mind
telling the story is because he's just proud that he knows the future king
of Hyrule." The wife said jokingly. "Now Mirah, that has nothing to do with
my pride and you know it." Jjin told her, also jokingly. Mirah rolled her
eyes. She loved being with Jjin, but sometimes he was too much, even for
himself.

"C'mon! Tell us the story already!" Len exclaimed. "Alright, alright. Now,
I was in the market, right here in Hyrule town, when a man came in from the
castle road. He-" Jjin was cut off by a knocking on the door. "I'll get it
Jjin, don't get up." Mirah told him. She came back a moment later with a
piece of paper in her hand. "Jjin, this is for you." Mirah told him,
handing him the paper.

"It's a formal invitation to Link and Zelda's wedding. We're all invited."
Jjin said. "Oh, good! When is it?" Mirah inquired. Jjin looked at the
paper. "It says that the wedding is going to be in three days." Jjin
replied. "We have plenty of time to prepare. What are we going to get them
as a wedding present?" Mirah said to him. "I have no idea, well, not yet at
least." Jjin muttered.

Meanwhile, at the castle, things were quite busy indeed. Link and Zelda had
just sent out invitations to their wedding, to at least half of Hyrule's
entire population. All of the sages, including Ruto for some reason, were
invited, as well as the Kokiri, the Zoras, the Gorons, Jjin and Mirah.
Niyadah was also invited, although they hadn't known where to send the
invitation. In all, it was going to be huge. Link and Zelda were being
fitted with their attire for the wedding and the castle was being kept in
top order.

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Ganon had not been heard from in the past year, since he escaped and was
sent away from Hyrule by the power of the Triforce, but Link was sure he
was up to something. He pointed this out to Zelda that evening. "I can't
help but think that Ganon is planning something, We haven't heard from him
in a while, and I have learned that he's most dangerous when he's silent."
He said. Zelda looked up at him. "Maybe so, but don't let that thought ruin
things for us." She said. Then Link leaned down a little and kissed her.

Ganon, at that moment, was actually planning something. "Are the plans
flawless?" He asked one of his minions. "Y-yes sir. All of the faults have
been eliminated that can be avoided." Said Eeris, Ganon's second in
command. "Good. I want this to be perfect. Revenge on that dratted Link and
his precious princess is as good as mine!"

A day later Jjin and Mirah were in the market looking for the perfect gift.
Mirah pointed out many lovely gifts, and finally Jjin spotted a seemingly
perfect present. It was a beautiful crystal vas. It was carved with small
designs. "That was made by the best carvers in all of Hyrule. A neighboring
country imported the crystal used to make it. It won't go at a cheap
price." The woman selling it said. Jjin pulled quite a large amount of
rupees out of his pocket and handed it to her. She handed him the vas.
"Hope you like it. He he he."

"That was a marvelous choice Jjin! They'll love it!" Mirah cried when they
got home. "Daddy! WOW! Where did you get that?" Gwen asked pointing to the
vas. "It's a wedding gift for Link and Zelda. I bought it at the market
today." Jjin told her. Len and Pen came up to him. "You never finished your
story." Pen said. Jjin laughed. "Why don't you wait and I'll let Link tell
it to you with me?" "Deal!" Pen said.

It was the day of the wedding, and Ganon was watching through his magic orb
with distaste. "I've always hated weddings. Why can't they have a
funeral-Link's funeral-instead?" He muttered to himself. Eeris shrugged. "I
hate weddings too. Funerals are much more pleasant." He said.

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In the castle, guests were coming and going through the rooms. Jjin and
Mirah dragged their kids along as they went to find Link or Zelda. There
were a few Zoras, Gorons, and Kokirians running around all over the place,
but there were mostly Hylians. Standing by the castle drawbridge was a
little Kokiri girl. She had brown hair and blue-green eyes. No one knew
her; she had been living alone for a long time. She went in and bumped
right into Jjin and Pen. "Hey, watch where you're going girl!" Pen said.
Jjin looked down at her. "Hello, who are you?" He asked.

"I'm Aerin, a Kokiri. Who are you?" She said to Jjin. "I'm Jjin, and this
is my son Pen. That is Mirah, Len and Gwen." He told her. Aerin nodded. Her
faerie sat on her shoulder and whispered something in her ear. Aerin nodded
again. "My faerie says you look familiar. Do you know Alexis?" Aerin asked.
Jjin nodded. Mirah came up to him.

"I'm glad I found you." She said. "Who's this?" She asked pointing to
Aerin. "I'm Aerin. This is my faerie Alexis." Aerin explained. "We've met
before." Mirah said, looking at Alexis. "You found your way back to the
forest I presume?" Mirah asked Alexis. "Yes I did, and I'm a guardian
faerie again!" Alexis yelled, since that's the only way she could talk to
Hylians.

"Now, why are you glad to see me?" Jjin asked, turning to Mirah. "I found
Link. I thought you may like to know, because he wants to see you." She
replied. Jjin nodded. "Lead the way darling." He walked quickly after
Mirah, dragging Pen behind him.

Gwen was awestruck. She had never seen anything this big in her entire life
of four years. Len was no better. He tried countless times to get away from
Mirah, but she held his hand firmly. He looked over at a room with a yellow
door. I wonder what's in that room. He thought. He longed to get away from
his mother for a moment so he could go explore. Pen was a little more well
behaved, but not much. He kept staring at the Zoras and pointing at the
Gorons.

"You should know better than to point or stare." Mirah preached to him.
"But they're so funny looking!" Pen argued. "That's no reason to hurt their
feelings. On the inside, they're exactly like us." Mirah added. The family
came to a room with guards posted outside. "Who are you and what's your
business here?" One of the guards asked. "I'm Jjin. Link said he needed to
see me." Jjin replied. "Okay. Who are the rest of these people?" The other
guard inquired. "This is my wife Mirah and these are our kids, Len, Gwen,
and Pen." He said.

The guards let them go through, and they found themselves in a very large
room, with Link sitting in a chair. "Well, Jjin! Long time no see!" He
exclaimed upon seeing him in the doorway. "Same to you Link. I believe you
know my wife Mirah." Jjin said to him. "Really? There was a wedding, and I
wasn't invited?" Link looked at Jjin with a fake look of hurt in his eyes.

"Well, actually, it was private. We didn't want any of our varied enemies
coming, so it was only family." Jjin explained. "I see you're doing pretty
well too." He added. "Yes I am." Link told him. "We forgot the vas, didn't
we?" Mirah whispered into Jjin's ear. "Yes, I forgot all about it!" Jjin
replied, also in a whisper.

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Just then a messenger came into the room. "Sir, we're ready to begin." He
said to Link. "Well, I'll be right there. See you all after the service."
Link told Jjin and Mirah. Then he left the room. "Daddy, are you looking
for this?" Gwen asked, holding up the vas Jjin had bought. "Yes! You
remembered to bring it, even if we didn't." Gwen beamed with pride, and
then sent a snide look to Pen. "Here you go Daddy." She said, giving the
vas to him. Jjin placed it on a table full of gifts and took his family to
be seated.

Ganon was looking at a table with many boxes, bags, etc on it. He was
getting agitated at not being able to see Zelda or Link. He got up and went
up to his other spying utensil, his magic orb. "Show me that cursed Link
and his little princess Zelda, I command you." He said to it. Suddenly it
began to glow, and it showed Link standing outside. "Soon, Link, you will
be mine to torture. Just wait until I put my plan into action. Enjoy today
with your wretched princess, for tomorrow she will be gone. Ha ha ha!" He
cried.

Zelda didn't know why, but a feeling of dread had settled over her. I must
be nervous. Link got to me last night with that stuff about Ganon planning
something, she thought to herself. Nothing could go wrong on a day like
this, the sun was shining and the first signs of spring were arriving.
Zelda smiled to herself, shaking off the feeling, and went on fixing her
dress.

Link was talking to some of the people outside. Jjin and Mirah weren't
there yet but he knew they'd be here any moment. Just as he thought of
that, Jjin, Mirah and their kids came in the room. "And here they are now!
Men, this is Jjin and Mirah, my comrades from the time we had to defeat
three wizards and their pet," he stopped a moment and snickered at its
name, "Gnoraf."

Jjin nodded. "Thank you for the recognition. I really didn't do that much
to help." Link rolled his eyes. "Nonsense! Without you and Mirah, we would
have been killed by that old Iron Knuckle, remember?" Jjin looked
surprised. "Well, yes I remember. It wasn't really too hard to distract it.
Just throw a couple insults at it and it comes at you." He said. Mirah
rolled her eyes. "Good thing you didn't tell that story incredibly
accurately. The kids would be repeating that far into the future." She
said.

Zelda was ready, and the wedding had started. She waited in her tent to go
out. She heard the signal and exited the tent. Link thought she looked
absolutely radiant. She smiled at him and he smiled back. The priest
started talking and the wedding went by in what felt like a matter of
seconds. Soon Link and Zelda were saying their "I do's" and the wedding was
over. I'm not going to go in to incredible detail because that's not the
plot of the story, ok?

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Well, meanwhile Ganon was still watching them. "Look at them, so happy, so
gullible, so-" "Yes sir, I get the point. I must admit that you're obsessed
with them." Eeris interrupted. "So?! They ruined my life, not to mention my
afterlife! I just keep thinking about how good it'll feel to ruin theirs.
Revenge will be mine! All mine!" Ganon yelled. Eeris covered his face.
"Y-yes sir. I hadn't thought of that. Well, the plan is ready to put into
action, just as soon as you give the signal."

After the wedding, there was a feast. There were men telling their stories
and their wives listening intently. Zelda and Mirah were the exception to
this. Mirah was almost asleep and Zelda was too busy with words of
congratulations to listen. She had heard most of Link's stories anywise, as
had Mirah with Jjin's. Ganon got bored at watching them so he went and did
something else, I don't know what. What do you think I am, a psychic?

"That was  a lovely service." Mirah said to Jjin.  He nodded. Then the king
came through.  "Hello Your Majesty.  How are you?" Jjin  said. "Fine, thank
you Jjin.  I see  you're doing well  for yourself." The  king replied. Jjin
nodded.  Suddenly  a  figure  stood in  the  door.  "Forgive my  tardiness,
apparently your messenger didn't  know where to leave my invitation, I just
got  it today."  The shadowed figure  came into  the light, a  Gerudo woman
about 23 years old.

"Niyadah, you  came after all!" Mirah said. "Yes I  did, sorry I missed the
ceremony. But  for the  love of Nayru,  I wouldn't miss what  I didn't have
to!" Niyadah  exclaimed. "Well sit down  Niyadah." The king offered. "Thank
you sir,  I think I  will." Niyadah said, taking  a seat at the  end of the
main table.  I won't  bore you with  tiny details, the  people there mostly
chattered  about their  accomplishments  and about  nothing of  importance.

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When the feast was  done with, it was getting dark outside. "You're welcome
to stay  at the castle, there  are plenty of guest  rooms." Link offered to
Jjin  and Mirah. "I  think I'd be  delighted to  take up your  offer." Jjin
said.  Mirah nodded in  agreement. "That  would be wonderful."  She agreed.

" Almost time, I'm getting excited!" Eeris exclaimed. Ganon was pacing back
and  forth in  the cave,  while Eeris  took out  some tools and  called the
people needed  for Ganon's plan. There was  the wizards' sister, Karin, who
needed to be taken  care of, along with the black faeries. "How will we get
rid  of  that  Karin  person  sir?"  Eeris  inquired. "We  will  kill  her,
obviously!" Ganon screeched. Eeris nodded dumbly.

It was  morning, but  it was still  quite dark. Link  got up  and sighed at
looking out the window.  He thought he had woken up early. Actually, he had
woken late.  Everyone was  at breakfast, but  there was a  new guest there.
"Hello Link."  Link looked at her.  She had kind of  orange hair and purple
eyes, but she wasn't a Gerudo. She was a wizard, and he knew it by the aura
around her. "Can I  speak to you in another room?" She asked him. He nodded
and led her into the next room.

"Who are  you?" He asked. "I'm  Karin. About five years  ago, you killed my
three brothers who were  trying to resurrect Ganon." Link looked at her. "I
wanted to  come here and thank you for  that." She continued. "You-you want
to thank me for  killing your brothers?" Link inquired. Karin nodded. "They
were evil." She replied, looking at the floor.

"I must  also say that Ganon's minions are trying  to kill me. I discovered
some information  that no one was supposed to  find. Ganon didn't like that
very  much."  Karin  said.  "What was  the  information?"  Link asked  her.
"Something about  controlling the  weather. Ganon was  apparently trying to
give Hyrule  some flood problems." She replied. He  nodded. "I see. This is
disturbing. Are you sure he was planning a flood?" "Not really, I just know
he's studying up on weather control. I can do that naturally of course, but
he needs  a bigger set of props." Then they went  back into the other room.

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That  morning, a  heavy  fog settled  upon Hyrule.  "Maybe this  is Ganon's
doing." Zelda  said to Karin,  after Link had explained  everything to her.
"Maybe. I  wouldn't go  out in it  though. Wait for  Link to  go with you."
"Nonsense, I can go places by myself." Karin nodded.

Zelda walked outside, promising  not to go too far. She could barely see in
front of  her. Boy this  fog is thick. How did it get  here so quickly, she
thought. Suddenly  a black  light surrounded her. "What..."  she said. Then
she was in a cave, tied up to a column.

"Pretty princess. Pretty foolish princess. You thought I was long gone? You
were wrong. Here I am, and there you are, about to be tortured. And there's
nothing your  precious Link can do about  it!" Ganon appeared from nowhere.
"Ganon!  How dare  you do  this to me!  Link will  come after me!  Or Karin
will!" Zelda  cried. "Foolish girl! Don't you realize  that Link won't know
where to  come after you?!" Ganon yelled  back. "Wait...Karin?! Did you say
KARIN? EERIS, COME HERE!" Ganon yelled. "Y-yes sir?" Eeris said. "I thought
I told  you to get rid  of that Karin girl!"  Ganon screeched. "I did sir!"
"Well, you  didn't get rid of  her well enough! She's  with that brat Link,
and she's giving him  information. Kill her as soon as possible!" "Yes sir,
right away!"

At the castle, Link was wondering where Zelda had gone. He saw Karin coming
down the  hall, so  he stopped her.  "Karin, Zelda's been gone  for quite a
while. Do  you know  where she might  have gone?" Link  demanded. "Yes, she
went out for a walk. She isn't back yet?

Link sighed.  "I thought  you might have  known." Karin shook  her head. "I
can't  tell." Just  then, Jjin and  Mirah came  in. "Is something  wrong? I
haven't seen  you look  this upset since  we fought those  wizards." He had
noticed  that   Link  looked  a  little  pale   and  he  was  very  somber.

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"Zelda's missing." Link replied. "Oh goodness, that's awful!" Mirah gasped.
"We  have  to  save  her!" Link  yelled.  "Alright,  alright.  But I  would
appreciate if you didn't  yell in my ear." Jjin told him, rubbing his ears.
"Okay, sorry."

Link went to the  King immediately. "Zelda has been gone for a long time. I
think she  may have lost her way, or something  else might have happened to
her." The King's eyes went wide. "All right Link. You have my permission to
find her. You may use anything that may give you assistance." The King said
warily. Link nodded. "I'll do whatever it takes to find her." He said. "I'm
coming." A  voice said.  Niyadah stepped from  the shadows. "Me  too." Jjin
said. "I  can't come. Someone has  to take care of  these kids." Mirah said
with a sigh.

"Can I  go with them mommy? Please? I'll be good."  Pen said, looking up at
her. "Sorry, Pen. You're  a little too young. When you're older, you can go
on an  adventure, I  promise." Mirah told  the eager boy with  a sad smile.
"I'm  coming. Who  knows when  you'll need  a wizard for  something?" Karin
said, grinning. Then Aerin  came in. "I don't care what you say. I'm coming
too." She said stubbornly.

"Well, okay.  We have to get  going as soon as  we can." Link said.  I hope
she's  okay, he  thought. "Let's  go then!" Niyadah  said enthusiastically.
They all went to  the courtyard. They took some time packing saddlebags and
attaching them  to their horses' saddles. Then they  were ready to go. Link
saddled  Epona, Niyadah  mounted her  horse Darkstorm, Jjin  mounted Hylia,
Epona's foal,  and Karin mounted her mare Onyx. Aerin  got up in the saddle
behind Karin. Alexis followed.

"Let's go!" Karin yelled, galloping ahead of the others. "Hey! Let's have a
race!"  Niyadah suggested.  She knew her  horse was  the fastest of  any of
them, except probably for  Hylia. "Sure! First one to the river wins!" Jjin
said excitedly. "Ready...set...go!" Karin  cried, leaping ahead. Isn't this
fun?

Karin was in front,  but Onyx was slowing rapidly. Niyadah was right behind
her,  with  Hylia's  nose  at Darkstorm's  flank.  Just  then Onyx  stopped
altogether. Epona was right  behind Hylia, gaining speed. Link was the most
experienced rider,  next to Niyadah. Hylia and  Darkstorm were tied so far,
and the  river was in sight.  Epona was right beside  them. "Onyx you fool!
You lost  the race!" Karin and Aerin yelled.  The stubborn horse refused to
move.

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Jjin was  urging Hylia to keep going,  while Niyadah was ordering Darkstorm
to keep  up his pace. Epona didn't even look  tired. Just then Onyx started
to canter, catching Karin unaware. The old horse seemed to laugh. "Don't do
that!" Karin said  to the horse. Link was about to win  when he got quite a
shock.  'Link...it's  me, Zelda.'  Link  stopped Epona  and looked  around.
"Where  are you  Zelda?"  He asked.  'I don't  know. Ganon's  here though.'
"Ganon? I  thought he was gone!" Link said, maybe  a little too loud. Karin
looked  at him queerly.  'Please help me!  I think  he's going to  kill me.
Please!' Then her voice faded out.

The race was over.  It was a tie. A tie! I can't believe this! I bet $20 on
Niyadah winning!  Oh well.  -Narrator gets  out $20 for the  person she bet
with-  Let's get  back on  the subject  here. "So,  Link. Earlier  you were
talking to someone, or something. What was it?" Karin asked. "It was Zelda.
She sent me a  telepathic message saying Ganon was holding her somewhere. I
thought he  was gone for good,  after what you told  me..." He trailed off.

"I think it's my  fault. I shouldn't have let her go." Karin said. Then she
suddenly collapsed on the  ground. "Karin!" Aerin yelled. When she woke up,
she was  at home, her home,  but it was different.  Everything she had made
with  her magic  was destroyed. On  the wall  she saw Ganon's  shadow. Then
there  was   a  flash  of  light  and  she   was  in  Hyrule  Field  again.

"Are you okay?" Link  asked. She nodded her head. "I think so." She said in
a  shaky voice.  "I was  at home,  but everything  I made  was gone.  I saw
something..." "What  was it?" Link asked  her. "It was Ganon.  Well, it was
his shadow  on the wall,  the wall of  my home. I don't  understand what it
means." Niyadah  came up to her  with a strange look  on her face that made
Jjin suspicious.  "You saw my- I  mean Ganon?" She asked.  "Your what? What
were you  about to  say?" Jjin asked  her. "Nothing." She  replied, looking
away from him.

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"There's something strange going on with Niyadah." Jjin said to Link later.
"I mean,  first she shows up out of nowhere, then  she's about to say Ganon
is her...something...and  then she  lies and says  she wasn't going  to say
anything." He continued. "I  agree, some. But we don't know about it, so we
can't let  her know  we're suspicious. Just  let it go for  now." Link told
him.

"So, why your home? Why would Ganon want to go there?" Niyadah asked Karin.
"I worked  for him once. I  betrayed him, and he's  been seeking revenge. I
found some things he didn't want anyone to know." She answered. "You worked
for Ganon?!" Niyadah said. "Yes, worked, not still work. I figured out that
he was  evil. I  didn't know that  at first, until I  overheard him talking
about ruling  Hyrule. I escaped from  here after that, so  he wouldn't know
where to find me." Karin explained.

Link was  hearing all of this. He was alarmed  until Karin said she escaped
from  his power.  "So he  might want  revenge on  you?" Niyadah  asked. "He
probably  does.   I  just  can't  figure  out  how   he  knew  I  had  come
back...oh...he must have known  I was Anita last time I came here...he must
have seen me in  the battle...but how could he know I was Anita? Did he see
through my  disguise? I don't understand..."  Karin thought aloud. Link was
amazed that  a wizard could hold  up a guise for  so long. Karin was Anita?
Anita  was  Karin?  He  couldn't  believe  how  much  was  being  revealed.

That woman  in the Triforce cavern  that day, was it  really her mother? He
would just  have to wait  and find out. "If  I saw Ganon in  my home, maybe
that's  where he  is! We should  try it!"  Karin suggested. "That's  a good
idea, but how do we get there?" Jjin asked her. "We warp, of course." Karin
replied. Then  she, Niyadah, Jjin,  Aerin and Link faded  away from Hyrule.
The travelers reappeared in another field. "We can't warp close to my home.
If Ganon's here, he'll be able to see my magic being used."

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So  they walked near  a stone wall  that reached  higher than any  of their
heads.  They followed  it  until Karin  ordered them  to halt.  "I'll scout
alone.  I can  become  invisible, so  he won't  even be  able to  detect my
magic." Karin said. Then she faded away.

Karin walked  into the cave; it  was emptier than she  had ever seen it. In
the center  of the stone hallway,  sat her crystal, which  she used for her
furnishing magic.  It was broken  into several pieces. In  the distance she
could hear yelling. She quickly left the cave and returned to visible form.
"Someone's in there. I don't know who, but it doesn't sound like Anderson."
She told them.

"Should we go in?"  Jjin asked. "Maybe." Karin said. "Hey...where's Aerin?"
She asked. Aerin had  mysteriously disappeared with no trace. Just then she
came from inside the  cave. Her eyes were red and she had a strange look in
them. "I went to my master, that's where." She said venomously. Alexis flew
behind her. "She's evil! Ganon changed her!" She yelled. "He made me right.
I  was always  on  the wrong  side, but  he  corrected me."  Aerin remarked
snidely.

Suddenly Aerin  ran into  the cave. The  others chased after  her. They ran
into  a large  cavern.  Inside was  Ganon, standing  beside Aerin.  She was
looking up  at him admiringly. "My  little decoy. The one  I made, just for
you. She's useless now,  though." He said. As he finished, Aerin collapsed,
dead. "Eeris, take that  away." He commanded. The little elf ran in, picked
up the lifeless body, and left the room.

Link looked around the room, and saw who he had been looking for. Zelda was
there,  in a  magic cage. Niyadah  ran toward  Ganon with an  expression of
hatred  on her  face.  "How could  you do  that to  her? You're  vile!" She
yelled. "Now Ala, don't  get mad at me." He said sarcastically. "Ala?" Link
asked. Niyadah  hung her head. "My real  name isn't Niyadah. It's Alaruro."
She told them.

Just then,  everything froze.  Everyone but Ganon  was frozen in  place. He
moved up directly behind  Alaruro and grabbed her. Everyone started to move
again. He  put a dagger to her throat. "That's  right, you finally tell the
truth...sissy." He  said sneering. "Sissy?" Karin asked. "My little sister.
You betrayed  me..." Ganon  said. He slowly  dragged the dagger  across her
neck, and blood spilled out. Alaruro looked sadly at Link for a moment, and
then died in her brother's arms.

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"How can you do that, to your own sister?" Jjin asked. "Don't try to get my
conscience stirred  up, I don't have  one. You're next." He  said. "After I
kill these  two brats." He continued, looking at Link  and Zelda. "Not if I
can help it!" Link shouted.

"Wait..." Karin said. "How  did you get in here without Anderson noticing?"
She asked.  "I didn't.  There he is, if  you want him." Ganon  said to her.
"You traitor."  He added. A body  appeared on the floor  beside Karin. "No!
You didn't!"  She yelled, turning the body over so  she could see the face.
It  was what  she had  feared; the  face of  her husband  looked up  at her
blankly.  "Anderson...no...I'll  kill   you  Ganon!"  She  screamed,  tears
streaming down her face.

She raised her hands  over her head and prepared to kill him, but he picked
her up and threw her against a wall. "I'll deal with you next, Karin, don't
worry. I haven't forgotten  you." Ganon said. He looked at Link, who raised
his sword. Karin got  up and went over to the cage Zelda was being held in.
She  muttered something  and the cage  broke. Zelda  jumped out and  ran to
Link.

"Link,  do you  have the  Ocarina of  Time with  you?" She  whispered. Link
nodded. "Give  it to me, and whatever you do,  don't stop moving." She told
him.  He  handed  her  the  Ocarina  and  she  raised  it  to  her  mouth.
G-A-B-C-B-A-B-G-A-B-A-G-A-F-G-F-D-A-B-C-D-C-B-C-A-B-C-B-A-B-G-A-G-A,    She
thought  to herself  as  she played.  A long,  sad melody  came out  of the
instrument.  Ganon stopped  what  he was  doing, but  Link, Jjin  and Karin
didn't, to heed Zelda's warning.

For the first set  of notes, nothing happened. But on the next set, a light
surrounded Ganon.  He froze in place. Karin took this  time to hit him with
her fire-magic. He was burned, but still alive. "He can only be killed with
the  power of the  Triforce." Zelda told  her. "I'll  warp you back  to the
castle to get it, if you want." Karin offered. "Let's go then." Zelda said.

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They warped to the castle, outside the door of the Triforce room. Mirah was
standing there.  "Mirah! What  are you doing  here?" Zelda asked.  "I can't
find  Len.  He  got  away  from  me  somehow."  Mirah  told  them,  looking
distressed. "I think he  might have gone in this room, but I don't know how
he  did or  why he wanted  to go in  there." Zelda  opened the door  to the
Triforce  room.  Standing  in  the middle,  trying  to  reach the  complete
Triforce, was Len.

"Len!  What  are you  doing  in  here?" Zelda  asked.  "Where's mommy?"  He
demanded. "I'm  right here. How did you get in  here, and why?" Mirah asked
him. "The  door opened  for me. I  just walked in." Len  replied. "The door
opened for you?" Zelda repeated. "Uh-huh. I wanted to see what's in here so
it opened." He said.

"We have to get the Triforce and go back." Zelda said. She picked it up and
Karin warped them back  to the cave. Ganon was unfrozen, and he was chasing
Link around  the room. Link was  slashing at him with  his sword, trying to
slow him. Zelda held  up the Triforce. 'WHAT DO YOU WISH?' it asked her. "I
wish that Ganon was  destroyed." She said. 'THE CLOSEST THING TO THAT I CAN
DO IS  BANISH HIM FROM THE LIGHT WORLD.' It said.  "Yes, do that." She told
it.

A portal opened behind Ganon, pulling him in. "NOOOOOOOO!" He yelled. Eeris
came in, looking surprised. "Master!" He cried, jumping in after Ganon. The
portal closed  behind him. "That was interesting."  Link said. Karin was on
her knees, looking down at Anderson's body. "Why him?" She asked.

Zelda put her hand  on Karin's shoulder. "It was the worst revenge he could
put upon  you. Having the ones you love die when  you live is awful." Zelda
said. "The  good thing  is, it's over."  Jjin said. "Not  quite..." A voice
said. A woman who looked a little like Karin stepped from the shadows. "Not
you again." Karin sighed.

"Who are you?" Jjin  asked. "I am everyone, I am everything. You know who I
am, Karin. I could see you even in that disguise as Anita. I know you." The
woman said. "Karin, I  am your real mother. The woman you saw die...she was
your sister. I was  searching through the Temple of Time while the home was
raided, and you must have mistaken your sister for me. I was trapped in the
cave for quite a while too. It was an ancient temple."

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"My  sister? I  had a sister?"  Karin asked.  "Yes. Alaruro took  her name,
Niyadah. She  was much older than you were, and had  moved out of the house
before you  were born."  "What is your  name?" Link asked her.  "My name is
Arianah.  I  am  now  the Sage  of  the  Forgotten  Temple." Arianah  said.
"Forgotten Temple? I've never heard of it." Zelda said. "Where do you think
it got its name?" Arianah asked.

"Come on,  let's go home."  Jjin suggested. Everyone agreed  to that. Karin
warped them  all back to the  castle, except for Arianah,  who went back to
the Forgotten  Temple. "Jjin! You're back!"  Mirah said as soon  as she saw
him. She  hugged him. "Yes, I am." He said, hugging  her back. Then Pen and
Gwen ran  up and hugged him.  "Where's Len?" He asked.  "I hope he's not in
the Triforce room again." Mirah sighed. Zelda took the Triforce back to the
room and placed it on the pedestal. She looked around and saw Len.

"Len, what are you doing in here?" She asked. "Something told me to come in
and wait  for you."  He replied, sounding  much older than  a four-year-old
should. "Wait  for me?  What told you?  What did it sound  like?" She asked
intently. "It  sounded musical. I  don't know what else."  The boy replied.
"Well, come on,  let's get out of here." Zelda told him.  He ran out of the
room to where Mirah  was waiting. "Len, you have to stay out of there!" She
scolded.

"I know  mommy, I'm  sorry." Len said,  sounding his age  again. Zelda felt
there was something strange about him, but she didn't bring it up. She left
the  Triforce room,  and went  up to  hers. It  had been  a long  two days,
especially being locked up in a cage.

Link met  her at the stairs. "I've been meaning  to ask you...that song you
played, what was it  called?" He asked her. "It's called the Song of Stars.
It  doesn't always  freeze someone. I  just wanted  to freeze Ganon,  so it
froze him." She replied.  "So it would do what you wanted it to? Why didn't
you wish  to kill Ganon?" Link  asked her. "It's too  great a task. He must
have  some  kind  of  importance, if  the  Triforce  can't  kill him  now."

Meanwhile, Len  had gone to bed. 'LEN...' said a voice  in his head. He sat
up  in bed.  "Who's there?" He  asked the  darkness. 'LEN...GO BACK  TO THE
ROOM...I HAVE  SOMETHING WAITING  FOR YOU...' it  said. Len left  the room,
being careful not to wake anyone else. He ran into the Triforce room, whose
doors had mysteriously opened.  He went up to the pedestal in the middle of
the room where the Triforce sat.

"Hello?" He asked. 'LEN...TOUCH THE TRIFORCE...' Len jumped as the pedestal
began to  lower down to his size. He touched  the Triforce and a mysterious
light radiated  from it.  It went up to  the ceiling and blinded  Len for a
minute. He covered his  eyes, and when the light was gone, an amulet was in
its place. 'LEN...THIS IS  THE AMULET OF STARS. GUARD IT WELL, FOR YOU WILL
NEED IT FOR A  QUEST SOME DAY...UNTIL THEN, STARSEEKER...UNTIL THEN...' the
voice faded  away and the Amulet of Stars hung around  Len's neck, as if by
magic.

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The amulet was beautiful;  it was deep blue with a five-pointed star in the
middle. 'THE  SONG OF STARS OPENS  ITS POWER...' the voice  again said. Len
looked at the amulet  in the light; it was partially crystalline. I have to
show this to someone, he thought.

Just then  Zelda walked into the room. "Len? Why  are you here?" She asked.
Then she noticed the Amulet of Stars. "How did you get that?" She demanded.
"The Amulet  of Stars was given  to me. I touched  the Triforce and it came
out  of the ceiling.  The voice called  me the  'Starseeker.'" Can  this be
true? A little boy, the Starseeker? But how? Zelda thought.

Zelda went up to her room and looked through her books. "Starseeker...where
is it?  Aha!" She mumbled. Skimming  the pages, Zelda noticed  a pattern on
their edges.  She found her page  and read it quickly.  The one who can lay
hands  upon  the  Triforce  without  royal  ancestry shall  be  the  fabled
Starseeker. A  royal shall teach him  the Song of Stars.  Could that be me?
I'm a royal, and I know the song, maybe when he's old enough to play. Mirah
and Jjin mustn't find out. Zelda told herself.

"Len...you can't  tell anyone of tonight.  It must be a  secret between you
and me.  Understand?" Zelda said. Len nodded. "You'll  teach me the Song of
Stars?" Zelda  nodded. "Yes, but not  now. Now you must  go back to bed..."
Len ran back into  his room and fell asleep immediately. It had been a long
day.

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Zelda went  back up  to her room.  She was tired,  and sleeping  in her bed
would  be better  than in  a cave.  She changed  into her  nightclothes and
collapsed onto the bed. She was asleep before her head hit the pillow. Link
was thinking  over the last tow days' events. It had  been so long since he
had  seen Saria  too. He  got out  of bed  and played  Saria's Song  on the
Ocarina. 'Link?  What are you doing,  calling me so late?'  Saria asked. "I
don't know. I just wanted to say hi, I think. How are you?" 'I'm fine. It's
quiet around the forest  without you here, though. Well, I'll see you soon,
right?' "Of  course." 'Bye  then!' The connection  faded and Link  was left
alone again.

Karin felt  awful. All of  the dead people...she couldn't  believe how long
her mother  must have spent  in that temple. It  was unimaginable. Anderson
was dead though...she laid  her head down and cried for him. -Narrator gets
misty-eyed.-  It's so  sad... -Narrator cracks  up laughing-  Oh,  that was
funny! Okay, I'm done. Now, as I was saying...

Karin was really upset. 'Karin...' She jumped up and looked around. 'Karin,
I'm right  here, right in front of you.' Said  a strange voice. Karin could
see a faint glow coming from in front of her. It started to shimmer. Out of
that  came  Anderson.   "Anderson!  Wait...no...It  can't  be  you...you're
dead...I saw  you..." Anderson laughed.  "That was me. Ganon  is cruel, too
cruel. But he couldn't  be destroyed. His destiny must be fulfilled, and no
one else can but him. It lies with the Starseeker."

"What's a  Starseeker?" Karin asked.  "The one who searches  the stars. The
great  adventurer. I imagine  Link must be  kin to  one. He is  the destiny
child, who is chosen  before they are even born. It is a gift to be chosen.
Ganon must help that boy...I cannot say yet who he is...but you have a role
in his  ventures too...so do I...I am to be his  guide..." Karin went up to
Anderson. "Anderson...did  you know  about my mother?" "Yes,  but not until
recently. I  had no idea about Niyadah, or Alaruro.  I love you, take care.
Farewell..." He said, then he shimmered and disappeared, as if he was never
there at all.

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Everyone  was asleep.  Alaruro  and Aerin  are resting  in peace.  The real
Niyadah is justified. Arianah is happy in the Forgotten Temple, which isn't
so  forgotten  anymore. Len  is  going  to begin  his  training in  certain
subjects to prepare him to be the Starseeker. Link and Zelda are happy, and
finally together  in peace.  Karin feels she has  avenged Anderson's death,
and knows they will  meet again soon. Jjin, Mirah, Pen and Gwen, along with
Len, went back home. Hopefully Len's quests will happen soon so I can write
about them. That would be a great story.

But  what of Alexis?  She's in the  forest, looking  for a Kokiri  child to
guard. I think she'll find one soon enough. Everyone seems to be happy now.
This ends  the Quest Trilogy, and  I hope left most-but  not all- questions
answered. Some are just  supposed to stay mysteries, for me to know and you
to guess...

-Narrator leaves the room satisfied that her story is now known. Next time
I'm in Hyrule, I'll find some action for you. -