Chapter 1: Rifts

When the Great Calamity happened, many lost their lives. The hero was placed in the Shrine of Resurrection. The princess faced Ganon alone. Everyone who has heard the story knows this. However, the story doesn't mention the most drastic repercussion on Hyrule. As Ganon struggled against the princess, he wore thin the fabric of reality, until 100 years later, a day or two before the hero would awaken...reality tore. Rifts to five other eras of Hyrule's history were opened. The rifts closed soon after they opened...but remained open long enough for five individuals to fall through. These five were the heroes of their eras. Unbeknownst to them, they would soon join the hero of this era, the Hero of the Wild, in his quest to destroy Calamity Ganon…

(WW/PH Link)

It was a year since I had begun my first adventure, and two months since the discovery of New Hyrule. Tetra had become the new princess, and the kingdom had flourished quickly. A few weeks ago, I set out on the King of Red Lions (even though the actual king was at the bottom of the ocean, the ship remained, albeit no longer spoke) to check on the Great Sea.

I was checking out the area around Ice Ring Isle when I noticed a strange glow coming from a nearby ice flow. I stopped the King and disembarked. A strange rip in the air hung just above the small iceberg. I stepped closer to investigate, but suddenly felt myself pulled into it. I screamed as everything turned black...

(ALBW/TH Link)

Having recently "saved" Hytopia (if breaking a fashion curse counts as "saving"), I headed back to Hyrule. I was coming through the Eastern Ruins when I noticed something...strange…

It looked like one of the fissures I'd used to go between Hyrule and Lorule, but...different.

Recently I'd discovered that for some reason, I could still merge into walls, despite Ravio's bracelet having been destroyed. I was about to wall merge to enter the strange fissure, but before I could, I felt myself spinning through a strange void. I had already been sucked inside...

(SS Link)

Zelda and I were sitting atop the Statue of the Goddess, looking out at the forest. It had been a little over a week since I had defeated Demise...and said goodbye to Fi.

Fi...the sword spirit who had been at my side the whole adventure…

Zelda placed a hand on my shoulder. "It's ok, Link," she said, "I know you miss her, but remember, it had to happen…"

I smiled at her. "Thank you."

Suddenly, the air seemed to tremble. Zelda almost fell off of the statue, but I caught her just in time.

"What just happened?" I asked.

"I...I don't know…" she said, worriedly. "It feels...like...reality is breaking...?!"

A strange glow seemed to appear behind us. We whirled around and saw a rift in the air below the Triforce.

"That can't be good," I decided, turning to face Zelda. She nodded, but seemed a bit lost in thought.

"Link...I think you need to go through it."

"WHAT?!"

Zelda looked at me, a serious expression on her face."Someone...I feel that someone needs help beyond the rift…" Seeing the concern and sincerity in her face,I pulled on my pack and my shield.

"I'll miss you, Zelda…"

Zelda smiled sadly. "I'll miss you, too."

She placed her hand on my shoulder and handed me something. I looked down, finding a replica of the Goddess Sword.

"I know it's not the same as, well...Fi...but it will help," Zelda told me. I sheathed the sword, gave Zelda a hug, and walked through the rift...

(TP Link)

I was heading home to Ordon. My adventure was over, and I was excited to see the village again.

I patted Epona. "Almost home, girl." She whinnied happily, also excited to be going back.

My adventure had truly ended a month ago, but I had stayed at the castle to help Zelda with repairs. While that was going on, we'd also figured out a way to modify my shadow crystal so that I could transform at will.

Soon I found myself at the bridge that connected Faron to Ordon. As I went to cross, however, I saw a strange rip in the air.

"Strange," I muttered.

Dismounting Epona, I told her to stay put in case it was dangerous. I approached the tear, drawing my Ordon Sword, but found myself falling through darkness as I was pulled in...

(OOT/MM Link)

I was back in the forest that connected Hyrule to Termina. Still trying to recover from the time loop I'd been stuck in, I was disoriented. Luckily, Epona could sense that, and took charge of guiding the way out of the forest. Suddenly, though, she reared.

I quickly soothed her. "What's wrong?" She stamped her hoof nervously and tossed her head in the direction of a strange glow. I dismounted, seeing as the strange light scared Epona, and walked towards it. What I saw made me gasp.

In front of me was a rift in the space-time continuum. (How do I know that? Well, when you do a lot of time travel, you pick up on things like that.)

I walked closer, and felt a pull from the rift. Before I knew it, I was sucked inside.

Great. Just great...