The next few days after the council meeting flew by Zelda, answering questions from concerned council members, packing her things and over all preparing for the trials that were to come. She decided to leave it up to the dark shade where they would be heading first, she did not rightly care, there were seven sages that needed their help and whatever order they did them in was no matter.

As she packed, she dressed in a loose fitted tunic with a belt strapped around her waist holstering two short swords. She concealed daggers in her boots and pulled her hair up and out of her face. The servants confessed they barely recognized her after she dressed and took her bag. 

Once outside, she locked eyes with Nova, as he pulled himself up. Looking at his hand, she was begrudged to take it, but pulled herself up behind him. Nodding to the council members and members of the castle that came to see them off. She waved to them as they started towards the town gates. The Kokiri Forest and the Deku tree. The journey would take them all day and part of the night to arrive at the forest. 

The ride was grueling for the Princess, having to sit behind the shade, her arms loose around him but tensed every time that some move was made that she might fall off. She did not want to be touching him, but she could not fall off the horse. She concentrated on the road ahead of them and kept an eye out for the monsters. The ride could have been nothing but silence but curiosity got the better of her. 

"Why did you come to us?" She asked, "Why did you not just what for the destruction and stop it yourself?"