((Sorry Kiric, just trying to get things moving along.  Gonna assume a positive response came but feel free to post as if I hadn't my friend.))<br/><br/>His words did give her hope, and so the princess nodded her approval as she looked at both of the men before her.  One of them was the one person that could save the world, all of them if what the gods had shown her were true, and she had no reason to doubt them now.  Her visions had not shown who would lead the final assault against whatever new evil was on its way however, and so a test had been put into place for this very occasion should such a thing ever arise, and a Hero had not already awakened.  The chambers that held that very test were below the castle itself, and no one save Zelda and Midna knew it existed.  Well...no one in this time anyway.  Her great grandmother had though, as had the former Hero of Time before his passing after many more adventures during that terrible time when Ganon last walked the land of Hyrule.  The stories of that time the current Zelda knew by heart, as the legends and fables that had been passed down through the ages.  The Great Flood, the time when Ganon was first sealed away by the Six Sages, and countless other tales besides.  This time was no different, except no Hero had risen, at least not that she knew of anyway.  If that was the case, then one of these two must be what they would need, or so she hoped anyway.  The Triforce of Courage sealed away below the castle would tell all she needed to know.<br/><br/>"Andrew, you know the stories as well as any member of my royal guard and Hyrulion besides.  You know the legends, but there are a few that you do not for safety of our land.  I shall share them with you both, but I must first reveal to you something very few people know anything about right here in this very room.  Guards, leave us."  She called to the guards still stationed around the grand hall, and they didn't hesitate to leave upon their Ladyship's command.  They trusted her without question, that much was clear as a few saluted before passing by to head to their rooms or barracks within the castle.  When the hall was empty, she turned to her throne and went to the back of it.  The Hylia royal crest was what she was after, the bird in flight that had rays of light coming out of it, the same symbol that decorated the shields and armor of her knights as well.  Pulling upon a secret lever just below the crest, the throne moved to the left, revealing a flight of stairs that went deep underground into darkness, until torches sprung to life when the throne stopped moving.  "This sanctuary was built when Ganon was defeated last.  Tyger, Andrew, what I'm about to show to you, I do not wish to be shared with anyone, not even the members of your group until you are far from here and you deem it necessary.  Please, follow me and I'll tell you what it is you are meant to do on the way."<br/><br/>Leading the group down into the secret tunnels below her throne, Zelda waited until they were all inside before pulling a second lever to make her throne seal up the exit so no one would discover where it is they had went.  The seal was perfectly designed to appear as if there was no secret door beneath the throne, and so unless someone knew exactly where to look, there was no chance of being discovered now.  The torches gave enough light to see the walls and the stairs, but little else could be seen as they traveled single file down the stairs until they came into a wide chamber with two ornate doors side by side at the other end of the hall.  The floor was decorated as well as the walls, telling many of the stories Andrew knew well, as well as a few he wouldn't.  "The entire history of Hyrule can be seen on these walls and the floor here.  This sanctuary holds a treasure that has been the downfall of so many men and women, but at the same time it has been our salvation many times over as well.  The treasure I speak of is called the Triforce, a gift from the three Sacred Goddesses that created this land millennium ago."  Walking across the floor and over the very thing she spoke of that was etched into the floor, Zelda stopped at the ornate metal doors and put her right hand to it.  Again her Triforce of Wisdom responded, and the doors swung inward into another hallway that broke off into three separate paths, each bearing a different colored torch.  Purple, representing Din, the Goddess of Power, was on the far left passage.  The second, Nayru, the Goddess of Wisdom, and her blue flames covered the center.  The last, Farore, the green torch, held a spot on the right hand passage, a statue of each standing in the center of each of their respective hallways held their respective torches high above their heads.<br/><br/>"A piece of this treasure, I have already.  The Triforce of Wisdom, Nayru's essence made physical manifest, I wield as have my mother, and her mother before her to the very start of Hyrule itself.  The other two, Power and Courage, have also been wielded many times in the past by others chosen by destiny as have I.  The Triforce of Power, was stolen long ago by a Gerudo male by the name of Ganondorf.  He rose to power many times, and he desired above all else to hold the completed Triforce, which would grant the person that has them all any wish no matter how big or small.  The Triforce of Courage always resides within the hands of the Hero of Time, a legendary figure in all of our stories who appears when all hope will soon be lost or already has been.  He wields also the blade that can repel and smite down evil, called the Master Sword.  The blade is elsewhere, deep within the Lost Woods, within a sacred place much like this one.  If you succeed here, then you will need it.  First though, you must reclaim the remaining piece of the Triforce that the Hero left here should it ever be needed again.  I feel that it is, and one of you will be chosen to bear it as the Hero of Time has countless times before.  Are you prepared?  No one will blame you for wishing to leave.  To be the Hero is to give up much for the good of all."<br/><br/>She was giving them a chance to back out, but it was obvious even as the words left her mouth that neither one would ever consider such a thing.  "Each of these passages will lead to a different test for you both, but they all rejoin further down, where you will need three keys to pass into the last chamber.  I leave you now so that you might prepare for whatever is down here.  All I can do now is offer healing should it be needed, and only one of you shall come back chosen by the Gods to lead the rest of us into the light again.  I shall reveal more once it is done.  Andrew, share with Tyger what you can while you journey forth.  Work together, and just because one is chosen over the other, does not make you any less in my eyes, nor should it your own."  She offered, hoping she was making the right choice as she stood again in the center of the chamber, praying they would make it out of this alive if nothing else.<br/><br/>((Sheesh, again with the long posts lol.))<br/><br/>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br/><br/>Midna was returning home when she saw someone up in a tree.  Finding this quite curious, the Twilight Princess floated up next to the woman and cocked her head to the side out of curiosity.  She was asleep, odd place to rest in her opinion.  Sensing the woman's connection to the ground they walked on, the imp like creature shrugged as she settled in beside Mael, more curious than anything.  "Huh, strange things are abound all over Hyrule it seems."  She mused aloud, tempted to poke the girl to see if she'd awaken or not but held against that idea since she didn't want the woman to fall to her death or anything.  Instead she started to float away, wanting to be back home before the sun came up.  She could survive in the daylight, but she preferred night since she herself was a creature of the night and the dark.  So why was her eyes being drawn to this strange person's face?  She reminded her of the mountain man she had ran into earlier that same night.  Two people with an intriguing destiny?  Midna was wise enough not to believe in coincidence, much like her protege Princess Zelda, and so instead of heading home as she had originally planned, she instead stopped before Mael's face and decided to wake her up after all.  "Hey, wake up already!  I can't be floating here all night you know."