"That’s how it is," Link finished.

Link slowly looked up, wondering if these two would help him. He was surprised to see that Lydia and Gordon, who had recovered from the reaction quickly, were only staring at him blankly. He opened his mouth to speak, but before he could, Lydia burst out into a huge fit of laughter.

Link couldn’t believe what he was seeing. "Wh....what’s so funny? I need you two to come with me to Hyrule and help me with one of those Save-The-World things."

"I told you, Link," Navi said, "she’s nuts. I can’t believe she’s the one we’re looking for."

Lydia tried hard to speak while laughing. "You want US to come with YOU? And WHERE is it we’re going? Hyrale?", she said, and then continued laughing.

"It’s called H-Y-R-U-L-E," Link corrected her. "And why do you find it so funny? My homeland’s in danger and I’m asking for your help as humbly as I possibly can."

Lydia stopped laughing. "No, Link, don’t take it that way. It’s not like I don’t care that your homeland’s in danger or anything." She began to giggle again, barely managing to choke out more words. "It’s just that....hee hee....it’s such a classic fairy-tale story that I can’t believe it!" she said before continuing to laugh.

Gordon slugged her in the shoulder. "You’re being mean. This alien needs our help and you’re laughing at him."

Link began to mumble to himself about the alien comment.

Lydia stopped laughing again. "You’re right. I’m sorry, Link. It’s just seems so odd to me. I’ve never believed in that kind of fantasy stuff. And now I have to go on some mythical quest to save an alien world. It’s so weird....but it sounds cool! Let’s do it!"

"It’s NOT an alien world. How many times have I told you?" Link replied.

"I dunno. I lost count back there somewhere."

"You two are really going to come with me?"

"Sure!" Gordon finally spoke up. "It does sound like fun!"

Lydia’s excitement died quickly. "Wait. Let’s think logically for a sec, Gord-O. How could we possibly do anything to help? We’re just normal kids. Well, yeah, I can probably swing a weapon, and you’ve got that iron head of yours, but really, that wouldn’t be enough."

"You’re not quite right," Navi said. "You and your brother have a special power within you that hasn’t awakened yet. Why do you think you had that energy reaction?"

Gordon sat down. "Oh, yeah, I forgot about that. That was such a weird feeling!"

"That was your power reacting to the song Link played," Navi continued. "Once we get you two to Hyrule we’ll work on bringing that special power out."

Lydia raised an eyebrow and giggled again. "This really does sound like a fairy-tale."

Link shook his head. "This is going to be one heck of a thing. I can already tell. I wonder how long I’ll be able to put up with this girl before a few marbles start rolling around upstairs."

"Well, are we ready to go?"

Link has his Ocarina at the ready and Lydia and Gordon in front of him. Navi fluttered nearby.

"How are you going to get us to Hyrulia...or whatever?" Lydia asked.

"I can get us to H-Y-R-U-L-E the same way I got myself here...I think." Link answered. "Stand close now."

Link raised his Ocarina and prepared to play. But he stopped and looked at Navi. "Um...Navi? How...are we supposed to get back?"

Gordon raised his eyebrows.

"Well, probably the same way we got here, like you said. It’s worth trying that song again." Navi said.

"Okay, if you say so."

"Wait! Wait!" Lydia suddenly said. "We can’t just leave our parents with no answers. They’ll be home soon. I’ll leave them a note."

"Okay, we’ll wait here." Gordon said as he watched Lydia run inside.

Link looked at Gordon and asked "....Is your sister always that crazy?"

"Yes." Gordon quickly replied.

Lydia fumbled around her mom’s desk for a pen. "This is so crazy. I can’t believe we’re doing this. I mean, I believe everything Link’s told us, since I saw him come to this world with my own eyes. How can you miss someone who falls out of the sky and lands on you? Still, it’s all so weird."

She found a pen and began to write.

Dear Mom and Dad,

You’re probably surprised to find that Gordon and I are missing. Don’t panic. We’ve gone to a far away place on a magical quest to save the world. I don’t know when we’ll be back. We may be gone a few hours, we may be gone a few weeks. I don’t know. Don’t rent out my room while I’m gone. See you soon!

Lydia

Lydia put the note near the door and headed back outside. "O-kay! Ready to go!" she exclaimed and jumped back in her position next to Gordon.

Link raised the Ocarina, but paused. "Are you really ready this time?"

"Yes." Lydia replied.

Link began to play the Ocarina. The melody surrounded them, followed by the familiar blue light which took him to Earth.

Opening an eye, Link saw that Lydia and Gordon were near panic. It made sense to him. After all, they’d probably never seen magic before. As the three of them rose off the ground, the look of panic on their faces worsened. Link tried really hard not to laugh.

"Oh, my God! This is really happening, isn’t it??" Lydia yelled. "How...COOL! Well, here we GO! Off to Hayrule!"

Link didn’t bother correcting her as the bright light surrounded them.

The three of them landed with a thud. Gordon winced and opened his eyes. Lydia was already on her feet.

"Did we make it?" Gordon asked.

Link tried to answer, but Lydia beat him to it.

"Just look around you, man!" she said. "Does this look at ALL familiar? We’re in a whole new world! This is so exciting!"

Gordon looked around. Sure enough, it was totally new. They were in the middle of a huge clearing. He could see a castle far in the distance. The blue sky was just like the one at home.

Link got up, obviously very excited. "This is my home. Welcome to Hyrule, guys!" he said and smiled, obviously proud of himself. "Want the grand tour? First, we’re in the middle of Hyrule Field, the biggest area in Hyrule. And over there is--"

Navi showed up out of nowhere. "Wait, Link, there’s something more important we have to do first! We have to take them to see Princess Zelda right away."

"Oh yeah. First, we have to go see Princess Zelda, like she says."

"Hmph," Lydia grunted. "Leave it to your bug to ruin the fun."

"Be nice." Gordon said, pinching her leg.

"Don’t worry. I’ll tour you around after we see her." Link said, still smiling.

"Well, let’s go then!" Lydia said, suddenly very enthusiastic.

"Are we there yet?" Lydia groaned.

Link rolled his eyes. "Does it LOOK like we’re there yet?"

"This field is so BIG. How can you walk around this place all the time? And I’m thirsty!"

"Let the complaining begin…," Gordon sighed. "Why does she always have to do this?"

"We’re almost to the market," Link said. "The market is right outside the castle. We’ll get some drinks once we’re there."

"What’s the market like?" Gordon asked.

"Oh, it’s one of the most active places in Hyrule," Link replied. "There are lots of people, lots of commotion, too. There are lots of shops and –"

"Shops?" Lydia excitedly interrputed. "As in...mall-like shops?? I love malls! Hurry! Let’s go!" And with that she took off running ahead of the boys.

Link looked at Gordon. "You’re right. She IS crazy. If she likes to shop, she’ll be in for a little disappointment when she gets there."

"She will?" Gordon asked. "How so?"

"Do either of you have any Hyrulean money?  I doubt you have any rupees in your pocket."

"Good point. She’s not gonna be too happy."

"Yeah, we’d better catch her before she gets mad and kills somebody." Link said, and began running after her.

Gordon worked hard to keep up. "You can already tell she’d get that mad?" Gordon asked him through a smile.

"I’m only assuming. After all, she hasn’t exactly taken anything in stride yet."

"Oh, man, am I an idiot."

Lydia was standing in the middle of the market when she realized she didn’t have any money. "HOW am I supposed to shop without any money? Where can I get some...?"

She looked around her. The market was just as Link described it – absolutely full of people. It was one of the liveliest places she’d seen in a long time. But it didn’t look like there was any place to get free money.

"Geez, you run fast," a voice said from behind her.

Lydia turned around to see Link and Gordon standing there catching their breath.

"No reason for such haste," Link said.

"When Lydia hears ‘shop’, she could probably run the four-minute-mile." Gordon said.

"Har har. I can’t shop anyway. No money. Hey, what kind of money do you guys use here? Where can I get some?" Lydia asked Link.

"They’re called rupees," Link replied, "and you can get them from several places. Sell stuff to people, find them in bushes, and sometimes monsters drop them."

"Sounds complicated, but I guess I’ll worry about it later," Lydia said. "Now, how about that princess?"

"That’s right," Gordon said, "we still have to see that princess you were talking about."

"Sure!" Lydia exclaimed. "We can’t start our mythical quest to save the world until we see this princess of yours! Let’s go! To the castle!"

Link glanced at Navi. "I can already see that this quest is going to be very fast-paced with her around."

And with that, the three adventurers set off for Hyrule Castle.

"Wow...it’s just like in the storybooks!"

The first thing Lydia did was stand admiring Hyrule Castle. It was very pretty, and it did look like something out of one of her storybooks.

"Wanna see the inside?" Link asked.

"You bet!" she replied.

"Let’s go then."

After walking up the path toward the gate, the trio was abruptly stopped by a guard. "Hold it right there!" he said harshly.

Link stepped forward. "Look," he said," how many times do we have to do this? Will you just let me in this time?"

"Sorry, kid, can’t do that. Go home."

Link made a face and backed off. As the kids walked off, Gordon whispered "Well, how do we get in?"

"It’s no problem," Link said. "We’ll just get in the same way I always get in." He began to climb a vine against the wall of the path. "I just thought maybe, just maybe, that guard would make it easier and just let me in this time, but noooo."

Lydia and Gordon looked at each other and followed Link up the vine.

"We’re sneaking in?" Gordon asked. "Won’t we get in trouble?"

"Don’t worry," Link replied, "We won’t even get caught. You’d be surprised how unobservant these guards are."

Down on the ground, Lydia had a large smirk on her face.  “I think I’m gonna like this guy,” she said to herself.

Zelda sighed. Thoughts raced through her head.

"I wonder how it’s going with Link. I hope he was able to get to Earth. I wonder if he found the sorceress. I hope he gets back here soon. Time is running out. I know Ganondorf will attack."

She tended to the flowers in the courtyard as she waited. As boring as it was at times, it was all she did while she waited for Link’s return.

She suddenly heard voices behind her.

"Wow! It’s even pretty on the inside!"

"Yes, it’s very nice. You be sure to tell Zelda. She’ll appreciate the comment."

Zelda whipped around. It was Link, and he had a girl with him. She appeared to be about Link’s age.

"Link! You’re back! And you found the sorceress, too! You’re so great! I knew you’d pull it off!" Zelda carried on.

"Thanks, Zelda." Link said. "But there’s something extra that wasn’t in the legend."

"Yeah? What’s that?" Zelda asked as she looked Lydia over.

"Well, I played the Song of Time, and this girl’s magic power reacted, and—"

"Oh, good, you found an easy way to find her. And her power reacted? She’s got to be the girl from the legend!" Zelda interrupted.

"I’m not done, princess." Link continued. "Yes, the power reacted, but here’s the funny thing. The power of two people reacted."

"TWO people?" Zelda asked. "There’s power in two people? Who’s the other person?"

Zelda looked on as a head popped out from behind Link just then. It was a boy that looked similar to the girl.

"He’s the second one," Link said. "This is Gordon. And this is Lydia."

Lydia jumped forward and shook Zelda’s hand. "Hiyee! I’m Lydia and you must be Princess Zelda. I’m very happy to meet you and to be here in Hyrule. This is a very nice castle you have here. You wouldn’t by any chance want to lend me any money so I could go—"

Link grabbed Lydia by the shoulders and pulled her back. "Whoa, girl! Calm yourself," he said, half laughing. He then turned to Zelda. "Sorry about that, she’s just a little hyperactive."

"No really, it’s okay," Zelda said. "I’m glad the person of destiny has so much energy. That will come in handy." She walked up to Gordon and said "Hi there. Are you related to her?", and pointed at Lydia.

"Y..Yeah. She’s my sister. I’m Gordon. Like Link said, I’m that second person that showed power."

"That’s great," Zelda said, "the more help we can get, the better, right?" Zelda straightened and faced the trio. "I suppose I owe you two from Earth a good explanation of everything, so let’s get started."

Lydia, Gordon, and Link all sat down on the soft grass. The two people of destiny couldn’t wait to hear all the details of their quest.