[It's a quiet and balmy morning in Hyrule Field. Most of the trapped residents are sound asleep, dreaming comfortably in unfamiliar beds ( Read more... )

[Captain Viscen stands atop the Castletown gate, staring out across Hyrule Field with a weather eye ( Read more... )

[His head is spinning.]

[Her head is pounding.]
[There it is, his first glimpse of the sun.]

[Impa was supposed to be the first in sight.]
[Were his eyes playing tricks on him?]

[Why weren't her legs moving?]

( Holy crap, can I be any more impulsive? ._. )

[He doesn't dream very often, but once in a while, he does. Tonight just happens to be one of those nights. And like his dreams tend to be, it's nothing pleasant. It's another memory distorted by time and by some dark part of his mind.]

( cut because this is very violent and disturbing; not really for the squeamish )

[Hyrule field is... strange today. It is a pleasant day, to be sure, the sun shining and only a few clouds in the sky. Every few minutes or so, the wind seems to change directions. From the north... then from the west... south, southeast... It picks up suddenly when it does change directions, then settles back down to a gentle breeze ( Read more... )

[In the center of Hyrule Field there is a strange sight that has appeared overnight. Most of the residents of Hyrule wouldn't recognize what it is, but the muns should.

It is a large-screen TV. Every video game system in creation is attached to this TV at once magically. An enormous freestanding shelf holds every video game ever made -- there are ( Read more... )

[It's what should be the dawn of the First Day, though the man stirring on the cot in the Castletown guardhouse wouldn't know it as such ( Read more... )

[He wakes up to the feel of a breeze and the smell of grass and dew. That's a bit odd; he could've sworn he was inside that old farmer's barn. How did he get outside? Did someone decide to walk around while he slept?

[No. Several voices all chorus, each from a different part of his mind. You haven't moved since you fell asleep, adds the stronger ( Read more... )

[Ganon, after visiting the Temple of Time, went through Hyrule Castle room by room, remembering how life had been when he had lived here. It looked as it did when the king, Zelda's father, had ruled and even the records in the library stopped at a time before Ganon had killed the king and taken Hyrule for his own.]

[So was that where (or when) this ( Read more... )

[The water in Zora's River is fresh and clean and cool -- perfect for a swim. And that's exactly what Link is doing right now. His tunic and hat, both wet from being washed, are draped over a large rock; his pack, shield, and scabbard are all propped against the same.

[With his tunic off, it's much easier to see the two quests' worth of scars he ( Read more... )