The Legend of Zelda: The Dreamwaker (Chapter 2)

Chapter 2: The City of Dreamside

So, after writing a letter to the address on the poster & sending it off with the postman. I started to pack up some things for the trip, not knowing what I will face when heading to this Dreamside location. Impa made arrangements to manage the kingdom until I got back. She also gave two of her best scouts to ride along with me for protection.

I soon went to the town square to announce what my plans were to my people. "Citizens of Hyrule. Today, I'm heading out of Hyrule on a personal journey to clear my thoughts. I am heading to a place called Dreamside, a place catered to ease my mind & absolve my thoughts. I shouldn't be gone long, but in the meantime my guardian, Impa, will be carrying out my will for the kingdom until I return. So please give her the same reverence as you do for me. When I return, I promise I'll be a more effective person & able to take care of the needs of you all."

After that, I mounted Epona. As you know from the other records, Epona was the horse that helped Link travel across Hyrule to save it. Malon gave her to me as she was the most dependable horse for the duty to take me where I wanted to go. After that, I heard cheers from everyone.

"Safe travels Princess" "We will pray to the Goddess for you" "Return to us safe and sound," said the Townspeople. I wept and smiled, and I said my goodbyes back to them as we set off for the southern border of Hyrule.

I have never been outside of Hyrule before Ganondorf took over; I was never sanctioned to leave the castle after my father took care of me. My mother passed away & Impa was always by my side during my more youthful years days to give me comfort. Nevertheless, as I was passing out of Hyrule's southern border, I felt scared that I was leaving my comfort zone, but maybe that is what kept me stuck with the repeating nightmare & this was the first step to recovery.

The journey took about two days of travel on horseback; we traveled on the path through some small woods to what became a clearing of a vast open field larger than Hyrule's. As we came down the hill into the valley, I saw a grand city at the center of the field with a massive moat around it. The walls looked to be made of white stone, much like what the buildings that stood taller than the walls were also built out of. There were four entries to the city, going towards North, South, East & West. As we came up to the North entry, I was brushed with a calm wind, which I did not think anything of it as the drawbridge came down in front of me. In front of my party, two ladies looked very Hylian and wore a deep blue garb that looked like something of a guard's uniform.

One of them spoke, "Welcome to Dreamside, Princess Zelda of Hyrule. My name is Remy or Rem for short. We are honored to be in your presence. Please come in, your journey here must have been tiring, let’s get you & your escorts into the guest house. After you are settled and relaxed, I'll take you to the Master of Dreamside."

As we traveled through the city, my mind & eyes were in a state of wonder. Theaters were hosting different plays, marketplaces where loads of goods were being sold. The townspeople were all wearing garments of different colors and styles from other lands, and maybe before I leave the city, I will have to shop for some new garments myself. The air was filled with the sound of calming music and the smell of fresh apple pies that were cooling on the bakery windows. My thoughts of wonder went to being curious, so I asked Rem about the city.

"How is it that I've never heard of this place before, is this city fairly new?" I asked.

"Dreamside was founded over five hundred years ago." Rem explained, "Our city was founded on the idea to be a peace keeping place who ever needed comfort, in fact it was Goddess Hylia's idea which tasked the first sage of dreams to build an anchor location that seemed to be a close connection to the spiritual or dream realm. I believe it was Hylia's intent to create these Dream or Silent realms so she could train heroes so if evil returns, Hylia's champions would be ready to stop them. Over time the realms merged into a one which most people believe they go to another realm when they sleep, so we call it the Realm of Dreams."

A wave of shock fell upon me knowing that our Goddess Hylia was also helping founding places outside of Hyrule & making sure that when evil was around, there would be a hero that would link them back to her. "I wasn't aware that our Goddess Hylia was helping other lands, because it isn't written in any of our ancient texts about this place."

"Well even Goddess's have their own secrets that they keep tight lipped from their followers," Rem replied as we approached the guest house. "Here we are, let’s get you to your rooms."

A guest house would be an oversimplification, and the house looked to be a size of a small castle. It seems they want to treat everyone like royalty. Rem took us to our spacious rooms. Attendants helped with our belongings and such. Then I landed on the bed and relaxed for a quick spell. Oddly enough, I was able to have a different dream than what has plagued me in the past, which was a pleasant change.