[center][h1][color=00BFFF]Link[/color][/h1][/center] [hr] He and the princess had been riding on horses for some days now, trying to make their way to Kakariko Village, and were only now coming through the entrance. Impa had sent them word a time ago of some still-buried Guardians that had been found near there, their functionality...unknown. If they were ones that hadn't been awoken before Calamity Ganon's arrival, and worked, then perhaps...well, Zelda knew more about these things than he himself did. Regardless they could be useful parts, of nothing else, or fuel for the Master Cycle Zero. But if he had to, well, destroying Guardians was a talent he had been very grateful for not that long ago... [color=gold]"Link. Link wake up! Something is going on."[/color] Link perked up quickly behind the saddle of the giant black and orange-haired horse he was riding, as Zelda's voice and usual accent reached his ears. Looking ahead to where Zelda was pointing to, from atop her regal white horse with royal armor, it did seem something else was going on than just their arrival. In fact...it was something that seemed to prod a bit at his gut instincts. Most of Kakariko seemed to be huddled in front of Impa's own home, with the aged Shiekah herself sitting on her pillow at the foot of the steps up to her house. Paya, ever vigilant, seemed nervous as she stood beside her ancestor as well. The two usual Shiekah guards Link had become so accustomed to stood in place as well, though this time facing Impa's house. [color=00BFFF]"Ah?"[/color] the hero felt himself say, a curious note escaping his lips as the duo approached the crowd. The Hero of the Wild swiftly dismounted as the crowd turned somewhat to look at them, jogging lightly over to where Impa stood as Zelda tried to catch up with him. [color=tan]"Oh? So you two have finally arrived, i see, though...i truly wonder if it is coincidence that this has appeared with your arrival."[/color] The elderly Sheikah gave a warm smile to the Champion of Hyrule, as well as Zelda as she walked up beside him in turn. However, she swiftly returned to a more somber and sagely attitude as she returned to the matter at hand. [color=tan]"A strange door has appeared within my home, on the first floor. I awoke to find it there this morning, though since then neither Paya nor those who guard my home have been able to open it. After my own inspection, however, i was able to come to some form of conclusion thus far. It does not feel like the work of Calamity Ganon from beyond the grave, nor does it seem to be tied to the ancient Sheikah. Its energies are strange and foreign, though i have sent word to Robbie and Purah to come here as well to help investigate. In case this strange occurrence proves a danger, i have had my home blocked for further visitation in the meantime."[/color] [color=gold]"A...strange doorway?"[/color] Zelda said, immediately responding as her brows furrowed in thought, [color=gold]"Might i be able to examine it, Impa? Of course Link shall be by my side, but we cannot overlook a possible danger to Hyrule itself. Or if naught else, a potential resource."[/color] As sincere yet curious as she seemed to always be. If not for the concern about things, Link felt he might have raised an eyebrow at it all. [color=tan]"Of course,"[/color] the elder Sheikah said, giving a small nod after some moments of thought, [color=tan]"But do be careful, Princess. If there reveals any danger, then please leave at once and let Link escort you back. I trust your intellect, though...Hyrule has lot much already as it is."[/color] Zelda nodded to her former retainer, before looking to the house and motioning for Link to come along. The Hero of the Wild merely nodded as he followed along, moving with Zelda up the wooden steps and into the house itself. As they walked in, the oddly-placed door in question appeared on their left on the wall...a very faint but shimmering light emabating around the cracks of it. Nothing actually was beyond the wall itself naturally, no room or chamber or the like. Just outside. Link himself had been here enough times to know that of a surety. With the princess to the side and somewhat behind Link, the duo carefully approached the odd door until they came close. Link could not feel anything demonic, or at least a reaction from the master sword on his back, as they did so. After a moment of silent deliberation, though, the golden-haired princess then reached out, grabbed onto the door, and.... [color=gold]"Hmmm?"[/color] Nothing. The strange orb-like handle would not twist, nor would the door itself seem to budge at all with no reactions. Lightly sighing about it all, the duo seemed to relax a bit more, though Zelda seemed to move too the side to try to get a better look. [color=gold]"There could be cracks along the side, perhaps, or perhaps some markings about if this was placed using magic of some kind..."[/color] the princess said quietly under her breath, before pulling out a leather-bound book from her waist and beginning to thumb through the pages. As Zelda tried to find similar occurrences in her notes, a book of them that had been recorded since she returned and had decided to get back to work for Hyrule's future, Link instead felt...strange. It was like the door had a gravity about it, pulling on him to turn its strange knob and open it. His gut instincts didn't scream out about it being a danger, at least, though he couldn't be fully sure if he were to be honest. Reaching forward, Link gently grabbed the doorknob...and it gave way to his touch. Lightly it turned to the right, before a gentle "click" emanated into the quiet room. It was enough, however, to snap the royal researcher out of her stupor of thought. The Hero of the Wild then gently pulled on the door, and much like the knob it gave way to his touch...to reveal something that would boggle the mind. A ruined cityscape seemed to peel out beyond the doorway, with strange shapes he himself not the princess had ever seen. It was as if some other world had just been opened up before their very eyes, long lost to time. In a sense, then, similar to the discovery of an ancient building of some sort. [color=gold]"What in the world..."[/color] Zelda said to herself, curiously looking between Link and the door before walking over. She jutted a hand through the doorway, the feeling of actual physical space beyond the door bringing a look of surprise to her face...and greater curiosity. Then some worry...then another look towards Link himself as the princess pulled her arm back once more, [color=gold]"Hmm...it seems the door only responds to you, much like the shrines dotted about Hyrule still. I cannot confirm any theories as of yet, nothing working anyways, but for now perhaps you alone should go investigate. I will await word from you of what lies beyond, and keep the door open in the meantime, but...do be safe, Link."[/color] Zelda gently bit her lower lip, a faint look of worry again crossing her features. Link felt a small sigh escape his own lips this time around, though in this case in acceptance of what was to occur. He had seen many a strange thing in Hyrule since his re-awakening, since getting his memories back, and since fighting Calamity Ganon. But this was at least not as...'outright hostile'? That seemed to be the right words. Drawing the Master Sword out of its sheath inn a fluid motion, and grabbing up his shield in the other hand, Link nodded to the Princess before walking through the doorway itself. [hr] ...It was only a few feet in, before Link looked behind himself. There was the open doorway, of course, but also what it was attached to on this side of things. An archway with a piece of wall built into it, an entrance of sorts in what looked to be a rather small garden. There was even a large sign on the archway proper, glowing in a strange light, which said "Hyrule (???)" upon it. Link could only stare at what seemed to be a...door into his world, somehow built in a ruined place like this? The hero looked back to Zelda on the other side of the open door, nodding before he set off to go deeper. He soon found himself surrounded by buildings that scraped against the sky, streets made with some strange substance, and broken ruins pretty much everywhere he saw right now. It was more than strage, more than alien, it was as if Calamity Ganon had been thorough here with a sledgehammer. And yet, there were no signs of the monstrosity that could be felt by the Master Sword (it seemed) or otherwise. [color=00BFFF]"...What in Hylia's name is this place?"[/color] Link found himself exclaiming aloud, Master Sword and shield still gripped in his hands. [@Rune_Alchemist] (and anyone else who wants to be within hearing distance, really)