Disclaimer: I don't own Zelda or any of the characters in the game.

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The pain.

Link watched as the last of his friends finally left his side. "that's it. Everything will go back to the way it was, and I am the only one who will remember any of it."

The small boy looked around the temple room. The sun shining through the stained glass windows. The room light with multiple colors. The reds reflecting off of the floor while green and blue stained the walls. The one pure source of light resting and reflecting off the master blade. Link sighed as he knew this would be the last time he would see the beauty of this temple. The last time he would hold the master sword in his hands.

"some hero I turned out to be." the young boy turned and began walking toward the entrance to the sacred room. Once out of the room he stood before the three sacred jewels and played the ancient song known to so few. The song of time reverberated through the small temple. Its melody, calming and soothing at the same time, yet Link could not help but feel sad.

He knew this would be the last time this song would be played. That he would be the last one to stand in the presence of the master sword. With his acts he had finished it all. Never again would a hero of time be needed.

He watched as the door began to close itself. He watched as the memories flooded his mind. He watched as the door finished closing and finally shut itself sealing tight. He sat there for a few moments in front of the sacred jewels, letting the loneliness once again claim him.

Fighting off the sadness he knew he still had a few things left to do. Reaching over he grabbed the first of the jewels. The emerald shining brightly in his hands, bathing him with its brilliant green. He remembered the great Deku Tree. A single tear escaping as he whispers "I am sorry."

Using all his might link lifts the jewel high in the air, and brings it crashing down to the ground. The brilliant green shattering against the ground, bursting into hundreds of thousands of pieces.

Link once again looks up at the two remaining Jewels. Turning his back link walks over to the corner of the temple and takes the small broom. Walking over he sweeps the pieces up into a small pile. Once done with this task he puts the broom down on the alter, while removing the ruby.

"I am sorry my brothers." he says as more tears begin to escape there prison. Once again lifting the gem high into the air he calls forth all his strength and shatters the ruby against the floor. The ruby as well shattering into thousands of pieces. Once again removing the broom and sweeping it into a small pile.

Link repeated this process with the blue sapphire however with this one he didn't mind it so much. The members of Zora had always kind of creped him out, Especially there princess Ruto. Man she could jump to conclusions with out his consent, but at least he had somewhere to go back to. He was sure that if no one remembered him that at least she would.

Link swept up the shards of the sapphire into its own small pile. Looking down at the small piles of the three gems he quickly pulled out three empty bottles. He filled each bottle with the shards of the gems.

Putting bottles away he began walking out of the temple, thinking about how this was going to be the last time in such a peaceful place.

The young boy quietly maid his way threw the streets of Hyrule. He ignored the people, who where all staring at him mumbling about his appearance. Link listened to one women in particular as she said "what is one of the dammed children doing in Hyrule?"

He shook his head as he continued walking toward the castle. It seems the fake legends and rumors of the Kokiri still haven't changed. for reasons unknown to link it seems that the Hylian people fear the Kokiri.

Link quickly and quietly maid his way to the castle once there he used his secret entrance to get in to see Zelda.

It was a few moments of waiting here or there for the guards to change or to continue walking down the halls. Eventually though he maid it to Zelda's room. The young girl turned to see Link standing there in front of her.

Her eyes growing big she asked "who are you?"

Link looked down to the ground and said "never again will you have to worry. The deed is done and time is saved. I wanted you to know. Even if you can't remember."

With no more words to the young and confused princess Link simply left the castle the exact same way he had entered.

The time had passed, the beautiful day that was once upon them was quickly changed to night. The streets now clear of people. Link was all that was left.

"reminds me of when Ganon ruled and the streets where full of no one but monsters." the young boy maid his way to the gates. He looked around the closed gate to see a small crate slightly opened. Smiling to himself link opens it more to notice that its empty.

"this will do for tonight. Can't leave till dawn anyway." slowly the small boy climbs into the large crate. Letting sleep take him quickly.

"hay runt what the hell you doing in there?"

The young boy began to open his eyes to the loud yelling going outside of the crate.

"Runt did you hear me I asked you what the hell you where doing in the freaking box?"

Link looked up to the man or more of the angry guard who was looking down on him.

"um I was sleeping, so if you don't mind would you put the top back on so I can go back to sleep?"

"listen you little punk get out of the crate now!"

The guard reached in and grabbed link by the back of his green tunic pulling him with ease out of the crate.

"ok little punk if you run off now and don't come back ill let you go this once. Other wise its to the dungeons with you. Got it?"

Deciding that arguing was useless link simply nodded his head to the guard.

"good now get lost runt." putting link down the guard watches as link makes his way to Hyrule fields just beyond the gate.

The small boy had begun a new trip. First he would deal with the shards of the sacred jewels from there he would try and find a place in this world. Somewhere he would be accepted and maybe even loved.

"ok the first place to go is to the lost woods. Scatter the remains of the emerald. From there I shall visit the Gorons at death mountain. Last of all I will go to the Zora domain. From there I guess ill try and find a place to live the rest of my life. Sounds like a good plane to me."

Link nodded his head as he spoke out loud to himself. He turned left to start his journey to the lost woods. The young boy with nothing more then a few bottles a sling shot and a boomerang headed off to start his journey.

Link walked the whole day in silence, stopping for nothing because he figured the sooner he got this little mission over the sooner he could try and find a new way of life. Though only ten years old he had a strong sense of how to get things done. After all he still had his memories from when he was seventeen years old and saving the world. If that didn't make him more mature then nothing would.

Link traveled hard that day only once did he stop, and even then it was for a short time by the small river not far from the castle to fill his last bottle with water for his trip.

On his travel link couldn't help but think of what would happen when he gets to the lost woods. Would he be allowed to enter Kokiri village. How would Saria act around him? Would she even remember him? No Zelda didn't remember who he was it was highly likely that Saria, wouldn't remember him as well.

Link came out of his thoughts as something light and wet hit his forehead. Looking up the small boy noticed the clouds hanging in the sky. Dark, gray, and gloomy. " great just what I needed after thinking about my past."

Finding the nearest tree link waited for the rain to come.

All through the night the young boy tried his best to sleep however the rain storm was far to noisy. The roaring thunder , the whistling winds, the rain pelting him. Truly one of links more miserable nights that he could remember.

After two hours of trying to sleep the young boy got to his feet. " well no point in trying to sleep here might as well continue my journey." the boy raising his hand to the sky to keep the rain out of his eyes once again set off in the storm.

As he walked link couldn't help but think of the time he spent in Hyrule fields when Ganon controlled the world. There had been times in his journey with Epona that he nor the horse had been able to sleep for at least three days straight. His mind was used to the abuse.

The small boy however was pulled from his thoughts as a lighting bolt hit not more then fifteen feet from him. Realizing that he was in danger he began running through the field avoiding the bolts that came to hit the ground. Left, right, backwards, forward he jumped hoping for dear life that he would not be fried.

"shit this is harder then fighting Ganondorf!' he screamed into the wind.

Hours of his game passed on the open fields stretching as far as the eye could see. Panting hard the young boy kept running for his life. He would be dammed if a stupid thunder storm would be the end of him.

As fast as his feet would carry him he ran toward the lost forest.

It seemed like an eternity of running to him, but finally dawn had come the rain slowing down, as light started to shine through the clouds. A tree on the horizon being fully bathed by a ray of sun that had broken through.

A perfect place to rest for a while. Link thought to himself.

The small boy maid his way to the tree. It took him an hour or so but he had finally come to his destination. Looking around link nodded to himself as the sky's cleared up more. The rain was finally over.

Leaning against the tree link let the fatigue take over him as he drifted off to sleep.

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AN: hay hope you guys like the beginning of links new Journey. Let me know what you think of my writing and how I can improve it. Ill update sooner if I can get at least one review. Lol thanks.