Chapter: An old reunion

An old reunion
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The only thing she saw was that it was as empty as at the beginning in the village in which she found herself. It was just awful. Everything was in ruins, many seriously injured lay here who, after a few moments in the fight against their pain, had to give up their lives.
"What happened to this town, I can't understand it ..." Zelda muttered.
And like the first time, they shouted panting voices and wouldn't stop. Severe headaches accompanied her and she felt an aura that she could not classify, she did not know it. From time to time the voices grew weaker, sometimes they boomed in their ears. Then she noticed something she recognized. Zelda was frozen with shock. Then she passed a pile of stones. It looked like an old altar. She knelt in front of it and began to pray. She prayed an ancient Hylian prayer that very few knew.Nothing could stop them.

After she stopped, she got up.
"Link ..." she whispered
"Please come back to me. You don't even know how much you mean to me. And Impa ... mother. I miss you. Your people are now extinct, they will never be the same again. Nobody but you had survived. Now it's all over. My father has conspired against me, he hates me because of things I didn't do. Please, no matter how, as ghosts, animals, living or as unusual creatures, come to me and fill me with joy. But that will probably never happen again. "
When she looked around one more time, she saw a woman who wasn't hurt that much. She ran up to her.
"Can I help?" Zelda asked shyly.
"Yes ... who are you anyway?" asked the woman.
"I am Zelda, Princess Hyrules."
"Oh I did not know that."
"Not bad ..... what happened here?"
"Ganon and one other creature were here trying to wipe us out and destroy the whole city.""The way I see you almost made it ... Speaking of which, I can see right now, you are not from here, you came here from Hyrule. How long was that?"
"It was fourteen years and about 3 months ago. I also had a daughter, her name was also Zelda, but my husband had driven me from the farm and then after a year he said she had died, but I don't believe him. I had ordered a maid for her, a shekah, I think her name was Impa. "

Zelda backed away.
"Impa?"
"Yes, that's how I remember it."
"I know her. She was my maid until she died."
"Can it be? Did the goddesses answer my prayers? So you are ..."
"Yes, it's me, your daughter!"

They hugged each other tightly. Zelda was overjoyed, she had now found the person she missed most in life, her birth mother. Tears of joy ran down their cheeks. Time passed for her now as slowly as a snail could crawl. They couldn't believe their luck.Three different stars shone in the sky.

"The stars of the goddesses. Thank you so much! I owe you!"
"Mother ... Father never gave me your name. Please tell me."
"You don't need to speak to me so politely, you are my flesh and blood." Both of them grinned.
"Hmm? Your father never revealed my name? Valrysia." she is smiling.
"Valrysia? Nice name. I like it."
"You must have a lot to tell me."
Zelda told Valrysia everything that was important to her. When she stopped, Valrysia looked sad.
"I'm really sorry, my little one. But I didn't have it much better than you. I was expelled from the court, I was never allowed to see you again. That was very bad for me. I had dearly wished for a lovely, polite daughter. When your father told me that you were dead due to an illness that I cannot pronounce, my vicious circle began. I knew neither in nor out. Until now, now I've got you back and that's the best thing I've ever done could happen.You are my everything, my pride, my hope, my little angel who always watches over me and takes care of me. "
"First of all, I have to nurse you back to health. You have almost no injury, that shouldn't take long."
"No, really not ... Wait, I have an idea how we can have a good life again."
"How? Out with the language!"
"Very well. My grandmother Zeldaya used to tell me a legend about a holy shrine that I liked very much. She told me it was in Xanos, a very distant place that only royal families around the world are allowed to visit. A long time ago a cruel demon destroyed this shrine. Then 7 stars drove to earth and rebuilt the shrine within a few years. After that, the light of the stars went out. They gathered all their strength and merged with some of the royal people, who lived in this world then, and the Hylian family was not left out either.History is passed on from generation to generation and it has never been forgotten. Have you never heard them? "
"No."
Zelda was spellbound by this story. She tried to visualize it, but couldn't come to any conclusion. Valrysia eyed her daughter closely and saw the Triforce sign on her hand.
"This sign ... you are part of the mighty Triforce incorporated?"
"Yes, the fragment of wisdom."
"Then you are definitely one of the seven wise men and have the guide of the stars in you, I can feel that."
"Quite right. How, the leader of the stars?"
"Yes, the golden star, the one who protects the others and watches over them."
"Really? I can't believe it!"
"I'm not sure ... but we can easily test that, well not really."
"How? How are we supposed to do that?"
"You have to go to the shrine and pass the exam."
"Exam? Is it difficult?"
"I was never told that. My grandmother was there before, but she never told me about it.""Do I really have to do this on my own? That would be terrible. I just found you and then already lost you."
"Go my child, fate calls you. I will stay here and wait for you. I am sure that you will fall into my arms again unharmed."
"Okay. I have to."

So Zelda set off. First she went through the ruined city. She didn't even look around, just walked straight through. Her mother grew smaller and smaller until she was just a point on the horizon. The sun went down. It was night. Zelda knew from childhood that it was always very cold here. She was freezing, but she didn't let that stop her. Sometimes she stopped to orient herself, otherwise she would get lost in the clutches of the night and who knows where.
"What might it look like there?" she asked herself many a time.
Then she noticed that there was something in her pocket. It was the ocarina. When the game started, a warm feeling spread inside her.Then such images became stronger again, already so strong as if ghosts were nearby. And again Zelda heard Impa's voice.
"I noticed everything, nice that you found your mother."
Then suddenly she disappeared again.
"Do I always just imagine it, or is it really like that ?!"
* It seems so. Then I'll be on my way again. *
But the desert she has to cross is the desert of the past. Suddenly there were many flashbacks in Zelda's mind. She remembered a lot of things, but then she felt a sting in her heart again. She remembered the following:

Zelda looked up. There was a young man, blond hair, blue eyes, and a green robe.
"Link !! Is that you? So answer me!"
Zelda looked at this figure longer and slowly moved towards it. But then she stumbled and turned around. Tears ran down her cheeks on the way out.
(Note: This is from Chapter 3 of this story: Dream or Real?)Then it went on. It hurt more and more inside her when she had to see the terrible pictures again:
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"Link is no longer alive, he's dead ... my brother Goro ...."
“What ?!” Zelda looked Darunia deep in the eyes.
"Yes ... he was murdered by Ganon Goro ..."
"No!"
"Princess ... I'm sorry that you have to find out." Darunia was silent. "But ... but ... that can't be true!" Zelda fell on her knees and cried. Impa bent down to her.

And also to this:
Zelda stopped dead in place. What should she do? Should she run away and let Impa down? Or should she help her and be afraid that she might die? She ran up to Impa, grabbed her arm and ran towards it.
"Zelda what are you up to?"
“I have to free you!” Zelda and Impa were almost at the exit, but then a large boulder fell on them both. Zelda squeezed out. She tried to pull Impa by the hand, but couldn't. She was too weak."Here, I beg you my little one, take it to yourself. The ocarina of time. Play it and think of me." Impa gasped and let her head fall to the ground. Zelda felt for her pulse. She didn't find one. Then she closed her eyes for a moment and ran out. Since she still had her eyes closed, she ran towards Darunia, who looked at her with wide eyes. "Where's your maid?" he asked softly. Zelda looked in the direction of the cairn that was increasingly blocking the entrance to the castle.
(Note: Is it again from Chapter 3 of this story Dream or Real?)

She clenched her fists and rammed them into the soft sand. She looked to the horizon. There was still a long way to go and she kept stopping to process her flashbacks. When this is all over, she vowed never to come back here. Slowly she felt her throat dry out more and more. She gasped, she felt like she was about to die. Her breathing became slower and slower, her steps smaller and smaller.Then she fell in the middle of the sand and the last thing she saw was someone walking towards her.

All night long she slept full of nightmares. When she woke up, she found herself in a large tent. Then she heard a young voice
"What is such a cute girl like you doing here in the desert?"
Zelda wasn't listening at all, she was busy getting her bearings.
"Where am I? What am I doing here?"
"You fell in the middle of the sand because you were weak and you couldn't anymore. So again: What are you doing here?"
"I ... don't know, just that I have to look for something that should be here somewhere."
"Hm? You have no idea what to do here? But you have to know what you are looking for here, because the desert is very dangerous. If you are not careful, you will be devoured by your own memories," a legend says . "
"Legend? Legend ...