As the group at Castle Town continued trying to decide where to go, whether to Lon Lon or to follow the rocket, a sad moaning could be heard from behind them, getting closer and closer. Anyone that looked back would see a lone ReDead coming their way. Apparently it had seen them and began shuffling after them, but hadn't caught up until the group stopped for a while. It didn't get much farther, however, before a sword protruded from its gut, the metal glinting in an unseen light, as though the overcast sky did not keep it from reflecting the sun. The sword receded, and its wielder decapitated the ReDead. When the body fell, they saw a familiar face, though it seemed different somehow. The game's version of Link in adult form stood before them, Master Sword in hand and, as always, shining with the power to repel evil. This would likely explain to Bee why time sped forward, that they had entered the world not long before Link drew the Master Sword from the Pedestal of Time. He stared at the blazing fireball that was now descending into Death Mountain. [b]"Huh. Usually fireballs come out of a volcano, not go in."[/b] Having overheard Jack's talk about Ganondorf, he felt the need to clarify the severity of Hyrule's situation. [b]"Ganondorf is the only Gerudo male to be born in a hundred years, and, due to Gerudo customs, is their king. And the proper term to use for him is warlock, not shaman. His magic is far darker than shamanistic rituals, as you likely see in Castle Town."[/b] He did a good job of hiding that he was only just told this by Rauru, the Light Sage. The Hero of Time was obviously more serious than most of his later incarnations, as his face seemed locked in a stare not unlike the one Samus wore.

Sutter found that, as he drew closer to the caldera, the ash and heat began to interfere with his systems. Sensors began acting up, and ash began to coat the vents in the engines. Fortunately he didn't take long to land, which gave him plenty of opportunity to examine the crater. What he "saw" was obviously constructed. He landed on a single natural platform near the center of the crater, around which was a sharp drop into a massive pool of magma. Straight ahead of him was a stone bridge to a cavern, inside which was a hole with a ladder leading into it. To his left was a wooden bridge that had already halfway burned up, with charred wood around its edges. It was unlikely that the bridge would last much longer. Directly beneath him was a stone platform with a three-triangle symbol on it, which he likely would not recognize as the Triforce.

Samus looked back from her ascent of Death Mountain at the sound of the thundering roar, and saw the rocket Avatar rising from Hyrule Field, and, despite all her experience with the internet, found herself halfway surprised it even took off properly. In her eyes, after all, it was an ancient artifact of mankind's first forays into space travel, and even still used what, to her, was the outdated method of slapping massive combustion engines on a metal pillar. Without a word, she space-jumped up to the last ledge before the final ascent, with the rockfalls. [b]"Those are some very big rocks."[/b] Unlike in the actual game, the rockfall was constant, but lacked the sheer numbers the ones in the game had. The ledge on which the entrance to Death Mountain's Crater sat could now be seen from where they stood, and it wasn't very far away.