On a cold day, Link and Mipha stood outside of an empty building. Inside, the remains of a kid's moonbounce center lay untouched and could be seen through the dark windows. It had been noted that it had been there since 2008 and closed for an unknown reason in June of 2018.
Both Link and Mipha were wearing their masks, for they were in the middle of a world pandemic. Mipha approached the building and looked through the windows.
"Everything is just the way it was ten years ago," she said.
Link gazed into the window just a few feet away from her and nodded. It seemed somewhat familiar to him, but he didn't really know why and just stared into the deserted building. Mipha turned to speak to him.
"Link, are you ok?" she asked.
She pulled up an old picture on her phone from 10 years prior. It depicted the inside of the play center while it was still open. It showed Link as a young child. Mipha had taken the picture all those years ago. The moment that Link saw the picture, he knew why the empty moonbounce center was familiar.
LOCATION: 73 Lawson Rd SE, Leesburg VA
DATE: January 26, 2011
A light snow falls from the sky, and Hyrule had canceled school. So had Leesburg. Link, age 8, had wanted to go to the moonbounce center on the day off, and Mipha was happy to take him. The trip from Hyrule to Leesburg wasn't that long. The sky is gray above the business-park-like building, and Mipha and Link walk into the building. She filled out the waiver as he watched the mandatory safety video, and pretty soon, the two made their way into the playrooms.
Even after two hours of play at the moonbounce center, he still seemed to have plenty of energy. There was still plenty of time left in the day, and Mipha had no problem with taking him to other play centers around town. As they walk out of the building, the snowfall is heavier, and the roads are now slippery. With Link in her car, Mipha drives cautiously through the snow-covered suburb.
Link looked up, now having recalled the memory of coming to the center ten years prior, although that wasn't the reason for him being there next to what used to be a moonbounce center.
The two heroes exchanged looks and Mipha spoke to him a little bit more before they departed from the parking lot, returning to Link's apartment.