I know I have another LOZ story to update but this thought got stuck in my head and I had to write it! So I will be working on this story as well as the other one.

Dark clouds circled the once vibrant land of Hyrule acting as a natural barrier to prevent the goddesses' from seeing the war raging on below. Hylians and humans battled amongst each other, Gorons siding with the short tempered humans and Zoras siding with the mild mannered Hylians. The Deku Scrubs were the first causalities and the unfortunate Kokori fled their once safe forest to avoid the fires that the two armies had started in an attempt to flush the other out into the open. People from every race tried to flee the war and the suffering it caused them, but most never made it past the borders of Hyrule before soldiers mistaking them as armed enemies eliminated them.

In Castletown news was quickly spreading that a Goron army was on its way towards them and would arrive in three days, the news put fear into the citizens and both the soldiers and the guardsmen began to get ready for the assault. The guards said to the roaring crowds who demanded answers and who demanded to know what can be done about the situation," Everything is under control, we will not let them through the gates! They will not set foot into the castle!"

While the guards were talking to the villagers some of Hyrule's best soldiers were sneaking the Queen and her infant daughter out, the Queen cradled the child gently to her chest quickly walking through the back alleys. Tears threatened to spill from the Queen's blue eyes, the thought of leaving the citizens and her husband behind to an unfortunate fate broke her heart. The king had decided to remain and aid the soldiers in fighting for the Castle and the town while the citizens were oblivious to the fact that the guards and soldiers were keeping the full extent of the threat a secret while making sure to evacuate their own families. The Queen kept a pink shawl over her head to hide her pale delicate face, wavy golden hair, and the crown that she had refused to take off before fleeing. Relief filled her when her friend whispered to her," We're almost to the back gates, once you're across the border and out of harm's reach one of the soldiers will send a bird with a letter informing us. Once this is over we will send word for you to return."

When she heard those words she stopped them in the middle of the alley saying in a fear filled voice," Impa, I thought you were coming with us!"

"No, I cannot leave my people to defend the castle alone. The Sheikah are already low on numbers, the war is a hopeless one and now the Sheikah will be nothing more than a legend if we fall here. It has been an honor to serve the royal family and even in death we will continue to serve." Impa stoically told the frantic Queen, "The guards and soldiers are unable to ward off the entire army on their own. Do not worry the soldiers accompanying you are capable of protecting both you and the little princess."

For a moment the Queen thought about arguing but the baby in her arms began to wake up forcing her to continue towards the back gates before the child could start crying and alert everyone. The Queen heard a gentle hum coming from one of the buildings as her and the soldiers passed by, despite the huff of annoyance given by her entourage the Queen stopped in front of the building the pleasant tune was coming from and looked up to see a tall woman with long dark strawberry blond hair cradling an infant in her arms gently rocking it to the tune she hummed her purple dress swaying with her small movements. The woman stopped rocking the infant for a moment and looked out the window her dark blue eyes clashing with the Queen's light blue ones for a moment noticing that she was being watched, she gave the Queen a gentle smile and a small wave before turning away from the window and walking out of sight.

Impa took a hold of the Queen's arm harshly whispering," We have little time! Hurry!"

The Queen mentally detached herself from the situation numbly following Impa, she was sure that she had been too far away for the woman to notice who she was, but the fact that she was also leaving children behind to be killed didn't bode well with her. She exited Castletown wordlessly getting into the carriage her child now waking up to give a hungry cry bringing the Queen's attention to her infant and the guilt that was now crashing down on her. She told herself that she had to leave for her child's sake but the mother standing in front of the window would not leave her mind, she had allowed her husband to condemn that woman and her child. The sight had hit the Queen hard due to the hungry child in her arms. The drive whipped the horses into action. The carriage jolted forward the Queen almost fell over from the sudden movment a moment of panic struck her fearing that she would fall over and hurt the child, the thought caused her to cling onto the infant so that if she fell then the child would not be trapped under her. The Queen looked up from the golden haired infant to look at the fading torches that marked the entrance to Castletown unable to take the sight of it the Queen averted her gaze focusing her attention on her child and allowing herself to relax for the first time since the war began.

Impa waited at the back entrance to Castletown watching the carriage race across the field to ensure that there were no enemies lying in wait to ambush the Queen. No one except the king and a few chosen Soldiers knew of the Queen's departure in an effort to avoid enemies finding out and setting up a trap for her. Impa's red eyes softened in sadness once the carriage was out of sight she had seen how troubled the Queen was from having to leave the people behind and Impa wished that she could have consoled the Queen and told her that they would do what they could to get the people out, but if the royal family was to have any chance then the town and its citizens had to stand up to the threat. The king cared for his people and it had been with a heavy heart that he told Impa that unless drastic measures were taken the war would never end.

The Sheikah turned away from the field and walked back inside of Castletown as the drawbridge began to go up, the battle was only three days away at the most and she had a lot to do to prepare the soldiers and guards for it. Impa was approached by one of the three soldiers that she had sent with the Queen and said angrily when he approached her," Why are you still here?! You were supposed to go with the Queen!"

"I wanted to stay and fight alongside my fellow Soldiers ma'am! If I am to die than I prefer to die fighting for Hyrule alongside the people I have trained with. The upcoming battle may be hopeless but I will gladly fight it alongside everyone." The soldier stated giving Impa a salute knowing it was too late to accompany the Queen anyway.

Impa quickly looked around to make sure that no one heard what the soldier just said before turning her attention back to him reprimanding him for his outburst, "Very well, but never say that again. We do not want to alert the citizens and cause them to worry more. Now go back to the barracks and inform the soldiers that we will train at the crack of dawn."

The two warriors made their way out of the back alleys unaware of the fact that one of the soldiers heard what they said, the soldier was on his way home to visit his wife before going back to the barracks before he heard that. Ducking into the darkest part of the alley he watched as the two walked by him relieved that he was not seen before Impa stopped to look into the alley where he was hiding. The soldier felt his heart speed up thinking that he was spotted and that she would know that he heard everything. After a few moments Impa turned away and walked off. Once she was out of sight the soldier stepped out of the corner and quickly went to his home.

His wife smiled at him when he entered the house softly saying as she put a finger up to her ruby red lips," Ssh, our son just went to sleep. This is the first time in over a week he went to sleep so quickly, I was worried we would have to take him to the doctor. He cried for half the day…But everything is alright now. So how was your day today? Any news on the Goron's movements?"

"Medilia, you must take our son and escape Castletown. The Gorons will be here in two days and the king does not expect us to win, he believes that we will all perish. Every soldier, man, woman, and even child. They just evacuated the Queen…You /must/ leave." He told her in an urgent tone, if he could get his family out safely then he would feel better about fighting in the upcoming battle.

Medilia was shocked by her husband's sudden outburst the information almost too much for her to process, she looked at the child sleeping peacefully in the crib fear beginning to take over her body. She couldn't imagine the king betraying the people and for a moment even considered brushing her husband's outburst aside but the urgency in his tone made her think about it. She remembered seeing guards rushing past their small house only minutes ago and a woman was with them, had that been the Queen? Was the Queen fleeing to protect her child? She turned away from her husband and walked towards the crib placing a thin hand on her baby's cheek lightly stroking it, could she risk staying? She knew the answer right away. She couldn't risk staying in case her husband was correct. If she stayed she would be condemning her child and she couldn't do that, she moved her hand away from the baby placing it over her chest as tears began to fill her eyes. Now she had to decide to stay with her husband or go with her child, she didn't want to abandon either of them and turned to her husband asking him," Can't you come with us? It doesn't have to be just Arn Junior and me!"

"The guards will notice if I do not appear to fight in the battle and I cannot leave the rest of the citizens as well." Arn argued with her, deep down he did not wish to leave his wife or child as well but he wanted to save as many citizens as he could. Warning them would just lead to denial from the rest of the knights and the possible execution of his family as well for spreading those 'lies' and trying to cause a panic.

Medilia had begun packing while her husband explained his reasoning to remain behind to her, rage suddenly filling the otherwise docile woman causing her to slam a pot down shattering it on the table as she shouted at him causing their son to wake up and begin to make small noises signaling he was now awake," NONE OF US ARE HEREOS! We are just ordinary Hylians! We look after ourselves and our families! We do not go out on suicide trips trying to play the hero! We're…We're not heroes Arn! We are just ordinary people caught up in a no win situation! Don't leave me without a husband and Arn Junior without a father…Just come with us.."

For a moment it almost seemed like Arn would agree to go with them that he would leave the foolish notion of being a hero behind and just try to find a peaceful land to live the rest of the war out in. It wasn't too much to ask for that was what Medilia thought at least. She had unwillingly started to cry again and was trying to clean up the shattered remains of the pot while wiping the tears away. Arn knelt down helping her pick the broken pot up saying to her in a gentle voice," You know I can't do that. The back gates will be open for another hour…Take my horse, a bag, our son, and go. That's all we can do at this point, you have to get Arn Junior out of here. My absence would be noticed, please don't make this harder than it already is. Take Arn Junior and go."

Medilia stopped picking up the broken pot looking at her husband the tears freely falling, everything had been going so well for them. They moved out of a dying kingdom to Hyrule, Hyrule which at the time was a prosperous peaceful kingdom which is now one plagued with war and murder. It used to be the perfect place to raise their family and now she had to flee it but this time she wouldn't be fleeing with her husband. She didn't want to leave her husband behind to die like her friends and parents, she didn't want to leave anyone to die anymore. Hearing her child's attempts at crying made her change her mind and so she stood up from the floor saying to her husband," Very well. While I get Arn Junior prepared pack a bag of food for our journey."

For the next ten minutes the house was filled with silence as they gathered the supplies, Medilia had tied a blanket around her fashioning it into a sling and placing the child inside of it right as Arn returned with a bag full of supplies. She gently took it from him leaning up and giving him a small kiss saying as she made her way towards the door," I love you…May the goddesses allow us to meet again, if not this life then the next."

After that she opened the door and walked out not seeing the look of determination fade into one of sadness. Medilia kept one hand under her child as she ran behind the house to the small stable. She flipped the latch to the gate and opened it. The palomino horse lifting its head from the stack of hay it had been eating. The horse looked at Medilia with some interest as the woman said in a soft tone," Here girl, we're going for a ride Macha."

Macha eagerly abandoned her hay and walked towards Medilia excited to go out in the field for a ride, she stayed still as Medilia saddled her and got on. She lightly nudged Macha with her heels saying, "Run girl!"

The horse shot out of the stables running down the street towards the back gate, Medilia was concerned that they would be spotted before they could reach the gate. She gripped the reigns tightly her breath coming out in small frightened gasps as her blue eyes darted from building to building making sure that the curtains remained drawn tight and no one lit their lamps to attempt to peek outside. Relief filled her as the back gates came into view, it appeared that the goddesses were watching out for her, the guards were gone and no one spotted her. She urged the horse to go faster until they were on the drawbridge, she realized why the guards were not posted at the gates when the drawbridge began to rise with them on it. The fear returned as she harshly slapped Macha's hindquarters causing the horse to bolt forward making it a race against time. Medilia hunched her head down as the top of the drawbridge got closer hoping that they wouldn't be crushed, Macha reached the edge of the drawbridge and jumped. Medilia hugged her child to her in order to protect him in case they were thrown off. Macha hit the ground hard but continued to run on Medilia's command. Medilia glanced back at Castletown before turning to look ahead, everything should be fine now. She got her child out safely and everything should be alright. She sighed looking down to see Arn Junior sleeping peacefully in her arms and felt relief that he had slept through the whole ordeal.

Medilia was not accustomed to the land of Hyrule not once setting foot outside of Castletown once her husband and she had moved there. She was filled with worry and hesitation not knowing where to go and so she settled on going in a random direction hoping that it was safe to go there. Arn had not given her a map but wanted her to flee with their child. They rode throughout the night and Medilia started to relax believing that the worst was over a small smile spread across her lips. Her moment of joy was short lived however, the direction she had been riding in was straight at the enemy. Medilia's eyes widened in horror as she backed Macha up upon seeing the camp of Gorons, heart beating rapidly she tried to back away quietly until Macha snorted in irritation at being backed up getting the Gorons' attention. There was no use hiding anymore and Medilia kicked Macha forcing her to go around the encampment in an attempt to shake the Gorons who were now pursuing her. The horse having sustained an injury from jumping off the drawbridge was unable to run any faster, Medilia yelled at them as she led Macha towards the desert thinking that it would slow the Gorons down," GET AWAY FROM US!"

The only thing going through Medilia's head was get to the desert. She believed that the soft sand would create less traction for the Gorons to travel on, she hoped that her theory was right for her and her child's sake. Hope filled her as she saw the desert quickly approaching, unfortunately for her the Gorons were faster and one threw himself at Macha causing the horse to fall. Medilia untied Arn Junior from her not wanting him to be crushed under the horse, before she could find another way to secure him he had slipped from her hands falling to the ground and out of her sight. Once she hit the ground Macha landed on top of her legs causing her to cry out in pain as the bones broke under the horse's weight. Macha quickly got back up and fearfully ran away from Medilia and her son leaving the woman at the Gorons' mercy. She watched fearfully as the Gorons' surrounded her with one of them saying as he reached down pulling on her ears harshly causing her to cry out in pain," She's a Hylian! Most likely spying on us!"

She cried her tear filled eyes searching for her son and not seeing him anywhere, "No! No! I am not a spy! Please just let me go! I am a mother nothing more! Please don't harm my son!"

Her words were ignored as the Gorons' talked amongst themselves deciding what to do, she laid her head on the ground unable to stop herself from crying in front of them. She wished more than anything that her husband was a hero, that he would come riding on a horse and save her like a princess from a fairytale. It never happened the only thing she heard instead of a horse's hooves and a warrior's cry was the Gorons' saying to themselves:

"We can take her as a hostage."

"What if they decide to try a sneak attack on us then?"

"She's just one person what harm could she do?"

"I heard the Hylians also had the Sheikah on their side. She could be a Sheikah and currently talking to her people! I heard they used shadows to speak! She's too quiet!"

"Fine. Get rid of her then."

Those words made her blood run cold, she propped herself up on her elbows trying to find her son in a desperate attempt to save him but she was unable to locate him. The Gorons were blocking her line of sight and she cried out to them," I am not a Sheikah! Please don't! Just don't hurt my so-"

Medilia was unable to finish her sentence before one of the Gorons had smashed a rock against her head, she fell to the ground. She tried to find her child one last time but could not see him. She didn't even see the Goron bring the rock down one more time against her head leaving the rock on it.

"That's done…It doesn't feel good to kill an 'unarmed' woman.." The Goron murmured looking at Medilia's body regretfully. Their leader saying in a callous tone," She would've done us in just as quickly! Now she was saying something about a child. Find that kid and get rid of him too."

"Yes captain!" The Gorons said despite the order not sitting well with them. They were normally docile creatures preferring to eat rocks and stay out of trouble, but a war was going on and they had no room for compassion anymore. The Gorons went to search for the child as the captain stood around waiting for them to get it over with, they were not searching long until an arrow landed in the ground in front of the captain causing him to jump in surprise before directing a glare in the direction it came from seeing five women dressed in white holding bows with quivers full of arrows, beside them were women dressed in purple holding spears with red clad women with dual sabers standing at the front. The captain shouted," What is the meaning of this?!"

The women parted to allow a woman who looked no more than ten to approach, she had short crimson hair that reached a little past her chin and wore decorative jewelry, a white half shirt and pink baggy pants. She shouted at the Gorons pointing a double edged spear at them," You're trespassing on our land! I am Nabooru stand in ruler of the Gerudo! We are not a part of your petty war and yet you drag it onto our very soil! Be gone or else you will force our hand!"

The captain shouted back at her dislikinhg that he was being disrespected by a child," You?! A child?! Dare to talk to me like this?! We were just after a spy! You do not want us as your enemy!"

"You may not have heard me correctly. I said GO. What can a pack of Gorons do? Your kind only have strength on your side and lack the wit to kill a Gerudo much less ten of us. Believe me when I say it's YOU that do not want US as your enemies." Nabooru yelled at him, her patience wearing thin with the Goron. She spotted the murdered woman rage filling her tiny body. She didn't move a muscle until the goron decided that the Gerudo were not worth messing with and ordered his men to abandon the search and leave. She watched as they rolled off into the distance before Nabooru jumped from the ledge that she had been standing on and walked towards the woman her mother and pushed the rock off of her head before kneeling down. She reached out touching the woman's bloody strawberry blond hair before turning to her assistant who was approaching her," Anu, Let's give her a proper burial. The goddesses have failed this woman and so the sand goddess will take her in her arms and watch over her from now on."

Anu bowed her head motioning for the other Gerudo to retrieve the woman's body, Nabooru noticed a horse out of the corner of her eye standing near the scene. She turned towards the horse and noticed what looked like a bag in its mouth. She slowly walked towards the horse the creature taking a small step backwards, Nabooru softly said," Ssh, ssh. It's alright girl. Easy girl."

The soft tone soothed the panicked horse and allowed for Nabooru to approach her, Nabooru grabbed the horse's halter noticing the bag in the horse's mouth was moving. Nabooru reached for the bag only for the horse to snort in anger warning her against the movement, Nabooru continued to softly speak to the horse so that she could retrieve the bag, "It's okay girl, you can trust me. It's okay."

Macha stiffened as Nabooru reached for the bag but made no move to stop her as she took the bag from her mouth. Nabooru handed the horse off to another one the Gerudo saying to the woman, "This is a fine horse and would be a wonderful addition to our stables. Keep a tight hold she is free spirited."

"Yes, my lady." The Gerudo replied.

Nabooru slowly opened the bag her golden eyes widening when she saw the little boy inside, the kid was crying with no sound coming from his mouth. She saw that he was injured as well. For a moment Nabooru considered tossing the baby aside and just taking the horse due to the baby being male but one of the Gerudo elders who had accompanied them spoke up as she looked over Nabooru's shoulder at the golden haired boy," It's been three centuries since we have been blessed with a boy. This may not be the most ideal of circumstances but we need a male ruler and this child no longer has a family. Consider this the goddess's way of blessing us. Now hurry Nabooru take him to the healers! We do not want the goddess to think we are ungrateful for her gift! He is the link between us and our goddess."

The elder's words had convinced Nabooru that this child was indeed a gift from the goddess, she didn't like the thought of no longer being ruler. She had forced herself to grow up sooner for this role but at the same time it was their custom to have a male ruler and it has been three hundred years since they had one leading her to believe that this was really fate. Nabooru said as she rushed him to the Gerudo healer," The link between us and our goddess….Link..He will be named Link."

Link was a fine name for the child. Once Nabooru arrived at the healers she said to them placing the child on the table," The goddess has sent us a gift, our new ruler. His name is Link and he requires immediate medical attention! Hurry!"

The healers made Nabooru leave the tent as they worked to save the child that she brought in, Nabooru sat outside of the tent staring at the others who were now laying the boy's mother to rest sending her off with a prayer.

Two hours later one of the healers exited the tent, by then most of the fortress had gathered around the small tent curious over the child. The healer said to them shoving a few of the women back," Hey! Stop crowding! The boy will live, but whatever happened to him has affected his voice. No matter what we did we were unable to fix it. Link will grow up without a voice, in other words Link will be a mute."

Nabooru stood right then speaking up, she had a long time to think about this and knew what needed to be done now," Then let his actions speak louder than words! The whole fortress will care for him so that we may all grow accustomed to how he 'speaks' and when he is old enough he will lead us."

The other Gerudo all agreed that they will all help in raising the child sleeping inside of the tent and follow him when the time comes for him to lead them. Nabooru was satisfied with their answers turning away from them to go to her quarters to retire for the day while the healer went back into the tent to tend to Link. The child peacefully resting in his cradle unaware of the plans that were made for him and all that he had lost.

Review, favorite, and alert please! :) This will have characters from almost every LOZ game/manga in it as well. Their roles will vary but this here is set in an entirely different timeline.