Hey all! This is my third Zelda fanfic, since my Percy Jackson fanfic has come to a standstill. I'm pretty excited about this one! Hopefully I'll be able to get back into my groove and finish this one! Be sure to check out my other Zelda fanfics if you like this one, they're all finished! And the T rating is because I'm wary of action, no language or adult situations here! And be sure to review! Thanks all!

~Prologue~

"Please Cody, you have to do this for us."

"I will, I care for the boy just as much as you do. But what I don't understand is why you have to leave. Taylor, what's going on? Are you in trouble?"

His brother paused. "Yes. I am. Ganondorf's after me."

Cody stared incredulously at him. "What did you do?"

Taylor shook his head. "I had a son."

Cody raised his eyebrows. "Link? What do you mean? I thought Link was the best thing that happened to you since Marni."

"He is."

"Then what did you do? How did you even meet him?"

"I told you, I had a son." Taylor explained. "Ganondorf is after Link."

"What? Why?"

Taylor sighed. "That comes in how I met him.

"You know the Royal Family keeps guard over ancient papers and prophesies. There are hundreds of them, and since I'm one of their highest ranking guards, I get to see them. They're all in Ancient Hylian, so lots of the papers are still in translation. They often enlisted my help with deciphering them. That's how I met Ganondorf.

"Back before Ganondorf was revealed as a traitor, when he was still King of the Gerudo, he volunteered to help translate some of the papers in a peace-offering to Hyrule. He and I worked together on translating about thirty or fourty different papers. There's one in particular that caught Ganondorf's eye. It talks of ancient heroes who saved Hyrule time and time again, how they were supposedly the same hero reincarnated, and how he would always come back when Hyrule was in danger. These gorgeous illustrations showed the heroes fighting off demons and saving the Princess. The primary villain of the stories is... strangely like Ganondorf. The princesses of the stories are remarkably like the young Princess Zelda, some even share her name.

"Ganondorf believes that he's a reincarnation of the villain and Zelda's a reincarnation of the Princess. I didn't know at the time, but he was desperately trying to find the reincarnation of the Hero. He believed whoever it was would be the prime contender for his downfall. The more time we spent working with each other, the more I trusted him. He noticed that I slightly resembled the Hero, and he began asking me questions about my family, thinking that maybe I was the Hero. I told him all about Marni, you and Link. Link especially caught his attention. I got suspicious when he started asking more and more questions about Link, but didn't do anything about it. Then one day Marni and Link came to see me at work one day, and Ganondorf saw Link. That sealed the deal for him. Now he'll do anything to kill Link because he thinks he's some ancient hero come back to life..."

"He's crazy!" Cody exclaimed. "Link's four years old! How could he think that?"

Taylor ran a hand through his unruly blond hair. "To tell the truth, the more I think about it, the more I find myself believing it. That's why I need you to do this. Because of me, Ganondorf knows about him. I've put Marni and Link at risk by trusting him. You've seen what he can do, he'll kill Link and you know that. Then he'll move on to Marni and make me watch it all. He's a psychopath." He hit the wall in frustration. "Cody, this is my wife and son! They are my everything, and now because of my stupid mistake they could die."

Cody put a comforting arm on his younger brother's shoulder. "Tay, it wasn't your fault. Ganondorf deceived us all. But he can't hurt you now, he's in the dungeons at Hyrule Castle. You're safe."

"No, I don't think we are," Taylor's brown eyes were clouded over with worry. "Just because he's in prison, doesn't mean there's not people that still work for him. He'll be back. A prison cell can't keep him from what he wants, and he wants Link's blood. Ganondorf will be looking for me, he'll think that I can't be too far away from Link. He thinks I can lead him to him. But he's wrong." He paused. "Marni and I will have to have to keep a low profile. We'll hide in Kakariko Village and disguise ourselves as Sheikah. Impa and King Philip have already agreed to help us." He looked pained. "And you'll take Link with you to Ordon Village."

"Tay, why don't you just take Link with you to Kakariko? Raise him as a Sheikah, he'd be safe and you and Marni, you'd be able to raise him. Or just stay here and live a normal life? You don't have to do this."

Taylor looked out the window to where his wife and son were playing in the fountain. He smiled as Link giggled and splashed his mother. Link was an almost exact copy of him, except for his eyes. They were his mother's, along with a good dose of her kind and generous nature already showing through at his young age. But he also inherited some of his father's recklessness and rebellious streak. Taylor wanted with all his heart to raise him, to watch him grow up. But if he wanted Link safe, he couldn't have any contact with him for the next few years.

"Cody, taking Link with us will be just what he wants. And staying here in Castle Town would be like a mouse running into a mouse trap. It has to be this way. If Ganondorf discovers Marni and I, Link will still be safe. I doubt he'll look for him in Ordon. He'll search in villages far away, not just a few miles from Castle Town. Link will be safe there."

Cody stared sadly at Taylor. "Does Marni know?"

"Of course. Why do you think she's out there playing with him? Trying to get a few more moments with him." He turned back to Cody. "Thank you for doing this. You're the only person I'd trust with him."

"What are brothers for?"

"We'll leave tomorrow. We need to get out of the area as soon as possible. Make up any excuse you can think of to tell everyone why we left."

Cody sighed deeply. It hurt him to see his brother so sad. It was a stark contrast to the boy Taylor used to be. As kids, he was always the one who never listened and got into trouble. And he did it all with that happy-go-lucky, sarcastic smile. But now, he was the one taking responsibility, and his lips were twisted in a frown instead of a smile. "Of course, Tay."

Taylor attempted at a smile and walked out the door. Marni looked up at him, the fake smile she had put on for Link's sake vanished from her face. She made her way to him and he embraced her tightly. Link continued to giggle and splash around in the water, oblivious to the danger he was in.

"I don't want to leave him," Marni whispered through her tears.

Taylor kissed her forehead. "I don't either. But we'll see him again one day. It'll be okay Marni. I promise."

The next day, the couple bid a tearful farewell to their only son, and seemed to disappear from the face of the earth.