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One day, Princess Zelda awakens from a dream. In her dream, she sees dark clouds in the sky, covering Hyrule in darkness, but then a light shot out of the forest, cleared the sky, and a figure appeared. It turned into a person, holding a stone, and followed by a [[fairy]]. Since she had studied prophecies, she thought somebody would come from a forest with a stone and a fairy and take down some kind of evil form just as in her dream. When Zelda tells her father, he doesn't believe her, but her servant, Impa, the last [[Sheikah]], does, and so tries to protect her. Then, a man from the desert named [[Ganon]]dorf visits the king. Zelda believes that this man is the evil darkness that surrounded Hyrule in her dream. She tried to warn her father, but he doesn't believe her, so he sends her out of the room so he can talk privately with the Gerudo king. She goes into the garden and looks inside one of the windows to the Throne Room, where her father and Ganondorf are, and spies on them.

When Link, charged by the [[Great Deku Tree]] with finding the princess, sneaks though the [[Castle Courtyard]] to meet her; Zelda recognises him as the boy from her dream. She tells him of the dream, Ganondorf, and the legend of the Triforce. The Triforce can grant a wish to anyone who obtains it, but to get it you need four things: the three [[Spiritual Stones]], one of which Link has; and the [[Ocarina of Time]], which Zelda has. Using these in the [[Temple of Time]] opens the [[Door of Time]] which leads to the [[Sacred Realm]], where the Triforce is hidden. She believes that Ganondorf wants the Triforce for himself. She tells Link to find the other Stones so they can beat Ganondorf, and he is led out by Impa.

Fearing Ganondorf, however, Zelda and Impa ultimately flee the castle, riding out into Hyrule Field as Link returns with the third stone. She throws the Ocarina of Time into the Castle Town moat for Link to retrieve. When he fishes it out, he has a vision of Zelda, telling him they couldn't wait, and teaching him the [[Song of Time]].

The following morning, Zelda notices the Triforce of Wisdom on her hand. She remembered part of the legend that she forgot to tell Link. When a person with an unbalanced heart makes a wish on the Triforce, it splits ito three. The part that mostly represents that person will go to him/her, and the other two will go to other people who are represent those parts. She believes that Ganondorf got the Triforce after Link opened the door, made his wish, and got the Triforce of Power, while Zelda got the Triforce of Wisdom. For the next seven years, with Impa's help, Zelda disguises herself as a [[Sheikah]] boy called "[[Sheik]]", aiming to hide from Ganondorf while waiting for Link's return.

When seven years later, Link appears on the [[Pedestal of Time]], all grown up and equipped with the Master Sword. Sheik appears before him, and tells him who he is, where the other sages are located, and where to get a useful item for the first dungeon. Sheik appears later in the game to teach Link the last 6 [[Ocarina Songs]] right before each dungeon: [[Minuet of Forest]], [[Bolero of Fire]], [[Serenade of Water]], [[Nocturne of Shadow]], [[Requiem of Spirit]], and [[Prelude of Light]] (the last one is not taught before a dungeon). Sheik appears several other times throughout the game: at the Temple of Time, after the [[Forest Temple (Ocarina of Time)|Forest Temple]], where he tells Link how to go back to the past,  how to fight beaten bosses again (3DS version), and teaches him the Prelude of Light; at [[Lake Hylia (Ocarina of Time)|Lake Hylia]], right after the [[Water Temple (Ocarina of Time)|Water Temple]], where he witnesses the lake's restoration and speaks with Link for a few seconds; and at [[Kakariko Village (Ocarina of Time)|Kakariko Village]], a bit after the Water Temple, where he tries to fight the Evil Spirit of [[Bongo Bongo]] sealed inside the [[Bottom of the Well|well]], and teaches Link the Nocturne of Shadows.

After all six sages are safe, Link goes back to the Temple of Time and finds Sheik waiting for him. He tells him about the legend where the Triforce separates during the wish, and that Ganondorf has the Triforce Power, Sheik has Wisdom, and Link has Courage. He also finally reveals himself to be Princess Zelda, and that she was hiding from Ganondorf by changing her appearance while she waited for Link. During this conversation, Ganondorf took the chance to capture the revealed Zelda and lures Link into his castle.

Zelda does not have an important role in Majora's Mask. She is only seen once, in a cutscene early in the game. After retrieving the [[Ocarina of Time]] from [[Skull Kid]], Link remembers meeting Zelda as he left Hyrule. Link is standing with Zelda and his horse Epona while Zelda teaches him the [[Song of Time]].