Author’s Note:

This line means that there is going to be a shift in perspective.

 

This line means that there is going to be a narration.

Prologue A – An Unknown Fate

 

            The sun broke over Hyrule Field again, signaling the start of a new day. Lives had resumed after the Battle of Demons, all were happy and well. All, except for the one who ended the war… Link, on top of Death Mountain. He looked out over Hyrule at the now peaceful land. The Goddess made their home at the former Lon Lon Ranch. He looked up at the sky and remembered all of the worlds he had saved from the demons. He remembered the friends he made along his journey. Then he looked back down at Hyrule Castle, the place where his love now resides, soon to be gone from him forever. “Everything I have done has been for nothing.” He shed a tear and didn’t bother to wipe it away as he turned towards the top of Death Mountain. Link looked into its depths. There was so much ash and soot that nothing could be seen into it from its highest peak, where Link stood. He moved towards the edge overlooking the insides. He lifted his right foot and held it out as if to take a step. With closed eyes, he said, “Now there is no hope for me.”

 

            “Link! Noooooooooooooooooo!” A voice shrieked on the side of the mountain.

 

            Yet Link had already cast himself into the molten depths of Death Mountain. After years of war, after years with darkness, it was all about to come to an end. He opened his eyes one last time, to see the soot cloud passing by him. Death would be his escape, from sorrow. He welcomed it with open arms.

 

            However, Link wasn’t always doomed like this. But to truly understand, we must learn from the beginning.

Prologue B – The Battle of Demons

 

            2 millenniums ago before the kingdom of Hyrule was ever founded and creatures of all sorts roamed the lands, the goddess and the only male god lived across the worlds in peace with nature and each other. Din, the goddess of passion and fire left warmth through all the nights and winters, then love for all through spring. Nayru, of peace and water to quenched the thirst of all creatures and gave peace to packs in struggle for land. The Ogre Deity, full of determination and darkness which even though was wielded by a god, was used instead to capture any evil that came from lands and his fierce determination made sure of it. He had no need to have name like the goddess, his power was great enough to show who he is. Then finally, Farore, of sleep and nature who made sure nourishment was given to all creatures for every need, then gentle sleep with peace and dreams. The goddess of light didn’t hold her reign long enough to be told in legends. After she witnessed he sisters create the worlds, she gave all of her power to live a mortal life. With what little power of light she had, she hid herself from the goddesses, to never be found again.

           

            No creature hated them, they were loved by all and so they loved all back. Yet this is even not true, for there is no peace that can be obtained, without angering someone, or something else in the process. For across the worlds, evil was being born out of the evil leaving the creatures of such worlds. One day, Din was walking through what 2 millenniums from now would be called the Kokiri Forest. Upon her walk, she came across a man of dark skin and red hair in the forest; he was chanting something unheard of to Din. As she approached, the man turned to her and stared at the goddess eyes with hatred and power burning inside him. Din felt this and was not afraid, but curious instead. As she approached again, the boy raised his hand and shot out of it a lighting ball at incredible speed. Din ducked just in time for the ball to miss, but hit a pack of foxes walking by, killing them instantly. Before she could turn back to the boy, he was gone, deep into the forest and out of sight to her.

 

            This was not the only evil appearing, even on worlds out side of Hyrule, across galaxies, evil made another birth that was never meant to happen. Farore was the first to come across it. It had a sword that stretched as tall as a drawbridge, but was being handled with one hand. The man appeared as an angel to Farore which dropped her guards. He had only one wing coming from his right side and long silver hair that stretched down past his waist. Farore toke him to be an angel from a battle and went to him, but tripped through shear luck, for at the same time, the angels sword past right over her head, missing her by no less than an inch. As she raised her head with fear in her eyes, the angel flew off at a rate that could not be surpassed by any animal know in any world.

 

            Soon there were 4 demons spawned from evil. One of the angels, another of cats speed and claws, another with arts that used the very evil of one’s heart to control them, the last, and leader, held darkness as his own. The Ogre Deity tried with all his might against each one. The angel used his sword at speeds that were unexpected for the sword’s size. The cat would vanish and reappear at speeds that couldn’t even be seen with magic. The man of evil from one’s heart carried a scythe as large as the Ogre Deity’s sword with moves that were not know from any form of martial arts.

 

            Yet as the Ogre fought with all his might and determination against the one with the power of darkness, he could not win. Instead of killing the god for good, the dark skinned man used the evil that was inside of him to control his mind, not through the man’s will, but as evil as its new side. With the help of their new allied god, the demons were brought to the land of Hyrule were the 3 goddess stood. Fear, yes fear was what they felt as the 4 appeared with their protector of evil as the demons own. The goddess felt fear for the first time in their immortal life knowing that this could be their end. The man with dark skin stepped forward and spoke “All you 3 have to do in order to stay alive is leave the worlds and give them to us as our own, so that we, the true power over time and space, can lay evil down across them.”

 

            The goddess turned to one another and saw the same look in each of their eyes, they knew that in order to let there be peace, passion, and the haven of dreams, they would need to stop demons. Even at the cost of their own lives. Din stepped forward trying to stall for time as Nayru and Farore started to cast the chant of evil’s bane, “Tell us who we are going to surrender to so that even though we may have lost, we wont be confused as well.” The dark skinned one only smiled and said, “Very well, I am Ganondorf, the commander to darkness and evil of all kinds. The one behind me with the wing of a dark angel is Sephiroth, the ultimate one-winged angel.” Then Sephiroth stepped forward and spoke “It is my apology that is must come to this, but I won’t let ladies with no battle experience stop me from ruling my world.” He said this with pride in his voice and evil in his heart. Nayru and Farore weren’t even close to done yet! “This one” Ganondorf said as he pointed to the man with gloves on each hand and sword off every finger, “is Kuro, the master of speed and assassination.” Kuro stepped forward and spoke with as though this were average, “You are all lovely ladies, and yet even that must come to an end, as with this world and the next after it.” A grin grew across his face. Ganondorf then grabbed the man with the large scythe and yelled, “This man is the rulers of hearts, Marluxia, do not doubt his weapon, it can cut anything in two.” Instead of speaking, he simply walked over to the side of a hill and did a horizontal slash and cut it in half.

 

            Din was growing nervous by the second, “Are you almost done?” she whispered out of the corner of her mouth. “Only one minute!” whispered Nayru.

 

            “You already know your friend here, the Ogre Deity? Instead of mind control, I made the darkness inside of him so powerful, that it has now taken over his mind!”

 

            Nayru tapped Din on the shoulder and shook her head with a frown and eyes so cold that it could freeze fire. It was in that moment that the 3 goddess looked at the land as it was and hoped that it would always stay like this. Din then shouted at the top of her voice, “Come and stop us if you want the worlds!” Ganondorf only looked at the ground and shook his head back and forth. “Fools your determination will be your down fall much like your dear friend here! I’ll have him kill you first!” And with that, The Ogre Deity charged the goddess. Nayru held up a ball of pure light and threw it into the sky. It blew and blinded the demons and the god. As the light shined all three together said “We the goddess of the light command the darkness in all to fall, that for the banishment of the 5 in front of us, we offer our selves the curse to never return to the Worlds, but be cursed to remain in the realm of light as the demons with the realm of dark. Have but a small amount of our power we controlled on this world remain in the form of the Triforce. Let our will be DONE!” The light grew unbearable and soon as quickly as it came, vanished, with the demons and gods with it. The demons now lay trapped in the realm of darkness like the goddess in the realm of light. The goddess themselves, Din would come to be known as Din of Power. Respectively, Nayru of Wisdom and Farore of Courage. The Triforce now lay hidden in the Temple of Time, only able to be unlocked by the holder of the master sword, the hero of time. For 2 millenniums after this moment in time, the Blade of Evil’s Bane still sits, waiting for the hero to come and claim it.

 

Authors note:

I just want to quickly add that Fierce Ogre Deity means Powerful Demon God.
Chapter 1 – The Freedom of Ganondorf

 

            It has been millenniums since the demons and goddess held the battle in time. It was forgotten through history, and went from legend, to myth. There the goddess sat in the Realm of Light knowing that through their spell they were trapped. “I’m beginning to miss the lands of Hyrule or the land of Technology.” Said Nayru sitting down, looking up.

           

“I know how you feel” said Din with sadness in her voice, “I miss giving new life to the worlds each spring and watching love walk across the lands.”

           

Farore tried to cheer them up, “We knew that this would happen, even if we are stuck here, we did the right thing. Besides, at least we are in the realm of light, our brother the Ogre Deity is in the realm of dark with the other demons. That is torture that none of us can know.”

           

Din looked at her and spoke, “I know but I still feel sorrow, even if my pride is more compel….” She didn’t finish.

           

“Din, what’s wrong, you look wo…..”

           

Farore didn’t even have the chance to speak, she fell on her knees and held her head.

           

“What’s happening!?!”

           

“I feel evil rising somewhere, being born.”

           

“But evil is always across the lands without us, so why does it hurt so badly now?!”

           

“It must not be any ordinary evil, it feels just like the evil we witnessed 2000 years ago.” At that they all looked up at each other and knew what was happening, but they all still shouted it at the same time.

           

“It’s GANONDORF”

 

 

            Down upon the lands a child was born to the Gerudos. They thought this man was one of prophecy saying that it was the rare child born male one only every 100 years. The child looked up into the world and thought to himself, “The world has changed a bit since I left, I may have only been able to bring back a small amount of my power to this world by mortal means, but if I can cast the spell before I die, I shall be reborn as the great demon lord I once was.” a slow and unheard chuckle started to come from this child.

           

Over the years Ganondorf still had some of his magic, but all of the spells he brought with him were weak. He decided to just wait till the rest of his power was brought back; he was going to bring with him not only himself, but the rest of the demons and the Ogre Deity with him.

           

Through the next 20 years, Ganondorf slowly but surely was learning the Gerudo’s way of self defense and battle strategies. He chose to come through them because they would immediately take him as their king like the prophecy said they would. Sure enough, they did just that. At the age of 26, he had the 4 spells that came with him from the realm of dark and a large broad sword that with the training he got became a fierce and powerful weapon. After much planning and consideration, he told his new army of Gerudo women that he was to leave for Hyrule and would return shortly. Till that time, Nabooru was in charge. As he departed for the castle, he knew exactly what was going to happen he would use the Triforce that the goddess spoke of as they departed to rule this land and then have enough power to cast the spell that would break the door an the realm of dark and strength the wall to the realm of light. He let out an evil cackle as he rode of faster towards Hyrule castle which was now just one days journey ahead.

 

 

            Meanwhile in the realm of light, the goddess were dumfounded at how the barrier was being breached. “We must do something in order to stop this!”

           

“Of course we have to but what in the name of the worlds are we going to do! Incase you have forgotten we are trapped in the realm of light as are the other demons, but now Ganondorf is out with some of his power at his disposal!” Din screamed at Farore as she walked away towards a small chair to sit on.

           

“There must be something; don’t we have just a little power over what goes on in the worlds now? Even if it but a little, we could surely do something good?”

           

“We have no real power over the worlds now all we can do is but give life to prophecies and that has never really done much but show who is going to be born, inherit the farm, be new ruler of the country, junk like that. For all we know, Ganondorf may alrea……” She didn’t get the chance to finish. Din jumped on Nayru and said, “What was that about the prophecies?”

           

“I said all we can do is give life to them”

           

“Exactly!” Din started to jump up and down with excitement

           

“Listen closely, we once made a prophecy ourselves that when true evil came to any world, a hero, the hero of time would come forward and vanquish the evil that was brought to the world”

           

Farore and Nayru started to understand what was happening, Din had a brilliant idea. They give life to the prophecy and let the true power within the one called the Hero of Time be awakened. “Din” Started Farore, “I never thought I would see the day you had a good idea, and I’m immortal.”

           

Din gave a cross-eyed look towards Farore and then they started. They repeated the prophecy that was handed down through the royal family of this world and the next. “When the day comes that evil once again walks across the land searching for destruction of the world, a boy will realize his true destiny as the Hero of Time. He will travel through the doorway of time and with the Master Sword as his key. It is with the end of evil the hero’s life will continue to be as he wishes with the only hardships he meets being his own troubles. Shall the day come that evil walks again, the hero will leave and save the world in trouble no matter the cost, for as told by us the goddess we proclaim it as such. We make this prophecy so!” I huge ball of light then erupted from the circle that they formed and it traveled toward the Kokiri forest were 11 years ago, a hylian boy with blond hair and blue eyes came to rest. This boy was the chosen Hero of Time as proclaimed, yet even as he slept in his bed, he would never know just how much is about to unfold. The one where the light landed and hit his target slept unaware. The sign outside his small tree home read ‘Link’s Home’.

Chapter 2 – The Hero of Time and Princess of Destiny

 

Link awoke from a peaceful nights rest and got out of bed. He walked over to his closet and got out a nice green tunic and Kokiri boots. He then went to a hand made coat rack and took of a green cap. Link yawned as he walked over to his door way and looked out upon Kokiri forest in all its gleaming glory he went to walk down the ladder when. BAM! He was hit broadside across the face. He fell to the floor and yelled, “What was that?” He spun on the ground hoping to trip who ever was there, but hit nothing he then got and looked in his house and around the outside, he didn’t see anyone, not even Mido. He turned back to the ladder when he saw it. A little blue fairy sitting on the fence of his house. “Hello, my name is Navi and you must be Link.” The fairy spoke in a tone that he really like, he never got a fairy like all the other Kokiri, but now he did.

 

“Yes, I’m Link, who sent you, The Great Deku Tree?” Link said with little emotion on his face, trying to control his excitement.

 

“No, I have been sent by the goddess to aid you in your quest” Navi said as if this was usual.

 

“Wait! I can’t go on a quest if I leave the forest I will die.” Link said getting worried. “Maybe you should start from the beginning.”

 

“Very well” Navi then took some time to tell Link about the battle between the goddess and the demons 2026 years ago, the current condition of the goddess and demons, and most importantly, the renewal of Ganondorf. “So you see, you are the Hero of Time which has passed through legends and the royal family, you are the only one who can stop Ganondorf.”

 

“I don’t want to. Its not like I don’t care about the fate of the worlds, I care for everything. I just care for the forest now and no one has ever been able to find the Kokiri forest, besides. If I leaver here I will die.” Link said. This gave Navi a moment of worry and realized that she would have to tell him.

 

“Link-you-aren’t-a-Kokiri.” Navi spat out all at once.

 

“What?”

 

“You aren’t a Kokiri, you were brought here by your hylian mother 11 years ago as her dieing wish. Gerudos attacked her village and killed everyone. Your father was among the few who fought back.” Link was taken back by this, he never knew who his mother or father was, now he finds out he never will! Plus, not being a Kokiri? That was just unheard of. He has been raised as one all his life. “You see, you’re fathered died to protect you and your mother. Your mother died to protect you. The hardest thing to tell you are the person who killed them, who led the raid on the village, was Ganondorf, as a trial for his strength.”

 

Link didn’t know how this fairy knew all of this, just a moment ago; he was excited to finally be able to have a fairy. Now, he had to leave his only home in order to save the worlds and possibly worlds! “How can I know you aren’t one of Ganondorf’s servants come to lure me into a trap.” Link said with an accusatory tone. Navi didn’t seem to surprised by this, instead, she merely started to chant in ancient hylian language, Link recognized some words from the Great Deku Tree like ‘thuigrt’ meaning “summoning”. When Navi finished, she clapped her hands and 3 small gems appeared before her.

 

Link almost fell backwards at this, fairies almost never knew magic, instead, they protect with their surprising strength. Yet, here 3 stones were produced, one blue with 3 gems of equal size within it, another green with a swirled base on it, and the last one red with a V-Shaped base. “These are the Spiritual Stones. They are used to open the door of time. From what I have already told you, you’ll probably be able to guess what’s behind it.”

 

Link spoke in a whisper as he slowly grabbed each stone and put them each in a small bag that he had in his room, “The Master Sword, the Blade of Evil’s Bane.”

 

“Yes”

 

Link no longer than an hour after waking up, hoping for a day with joy among Saria and the other Kokiri, was now packed with the Kokiri sword, a gift from Saria for rescuing her from a wolf, the Deku shield, made from the bark of the Great Deku Tree, The gems Navi had given him, and of course, lots of food for the long journey. “Where are we going to go first” Link asked Navi who had gotten comfortable behind his ear.

 

“Our first trip is to go to Hyrule Castle and find Princess Zelda so that she may be able to give the melody to open the Door of Time.” Navi said. Link then climbed down from his tree home and ran as fast as he could to the bridge leading away from the forest. As he ran across the bridge he heard the last thing he wanted to hear right now. “You’re finally leaving aren’t you” He turned to look up into a tree and saw Saria sitting there looking down at him. “I knew that you would finally have to leave someday, I was the one who cared for you as a child.”

 

Link was very fast to say “You knew I wasn’t a Kokiri all along. Yet you still kept it a secret from me.”

 

“Yes I did, I was told to by the Great Deku Tree, if you had known, we feared that you might run away and be lost forever outside the forest, now it is time for you to leave, and I wont stop you.” Saria said all this with tears coming from her eyes.

 

“Saria, you have been the only friend I ever had for the past eleven years, you mean more to me now that anything else. I will miss you and hope that by stopping the evil called Ganondorf, I might be able to return.” Without even saying goodbye, Link ran away from the forest and into Hyrule field where he left Saria to cry to herself in the forest knowing that Link wouldn’t come back.

 

 

“Wow, it’s so much larger that anything I’ve seen before!” Link gasped at the sight of Hyrule field in all its glory. He could see the road cut into 2 different directions from where he was. One went up a hill and out of sight, the other went to the right and around a large rock wall. Link turned to Navi and said “So which way are we going to go, I have no idea where I even am right now.”

 

Navi said in response, “We should take the road to the right, we will be no longer than one days journey away from Hyrule Castle, maybe less.”

 

Link started a steady jog to the right and didn’t slow down or even stop for a breather. Navi was getting tired of flying so flew behind Link’s ear again to rest. After 8 hours of running, Link stopped for a quick bite to eat. He unraveled a piece of wolf meat. As Link ate each savoring piece, Navi could only look on in disgust. After he started to run again, he came over a hill and saw one of the most amazing sights. In front of him was a large wall made of polished stone that stretched for as far as his eye could see. Then to his left a little, he noticed a draw bridge that was down over a moat.  Link looked up at the sun and saw that it was almost down. He started his jogging again, but at a faster pace. He was about 200 meters away from the draw bridge when he looked behind him again and noticed that the sun was almost completely down. He made a fast sprint towards the castle drawbridge and got over it just in time before it drew up for the night. He looked around the market; it was empty except for a couple that was trying to have an evening. He had never seen the market before and wondered how crowded it was at morning. He didn’t have any money so he took Navi out from behind his ears and found that she was half-asleep. He whispered to her, “We’re going to sleep inside this storage room, don’t worry when we wake.” No sooner did he rest on the hay in the room did he fall asleep with Navi resting on top of his cap like it was a blanket.

 

 

Inside the castle was Princess Zelda, sitting in her room looking out over the castle garden. Even at night the flowers seemed to have the ability to still shine without light. She kept looking into the garden with a feeling of peace. Just a little over a week ago, a man named Ganondorf had somehow gotten into the castle at night. After much time with the king he had revealed himself to be the king of the Gerudos. He wished to disclose a peace treaty with the King of Hyrule. Zelda knew why the king had accepted, but was concerned with the speed at which he agreed with. Usually the king was good at checking and double-checking backgrounds, yet this time he said yes without even a thought. Zelda didn’t worry too much though, she never really had much of a care for politics.

 

Zelda was still troubled over something; she could feel it from the back of her head that something wasn’t right. She had decided to go see the magic hag of Kakariko Village about it within the week. Zelda left her seat from the window and went over to her desk and sat down to read a book that she had just gotten from the library. It contained the prophecies of the worlds. She had no idea what other worlds there were, but it interested her for some reason and she decided to check it out. As she flipped through the pages, the book almost began to turn itself and stopped on a page that held a prophecy that took up the entire page. She was still a little confused, but began to read it anyway.

 

‘When the day comes that evil once again walks across the land searching for destruction of the world, a boy will realize his true destiny as the Hero of Time. The boy will have the golden hair of the sun and eyes that are as blue as the deepest depths of the sea. The green clothes he brings with him are a sign of no true family that he has ever known. He will travel through the doorway of time and with the Master Sword as his key. It is with the end of evil the hero’s life will continue to be as he wishes with the only hardships he meets being his own troubles. Shall the day come that evil walks again, the hero will leave and save the world in trouble no matter the cost.’

 

Zelda finished and was puzzled at what it said “A boy with blonde hair and blue eyes? What did that mean, and what about the green clothes?” She would just have to wait for whoever this was. Zelda closed the book and set it on her shelves of books to return to the library. She crawled into bed and stared at the sealing. She then asked herself as she fell asleep, “Has evil raised once more in the lands?”

 

 

Link awoke the next day with Navi on his cap still asleep. The hay got caught in his hair and he pulled it out with some pain. As he was getting up, the door opened and a guard came in. He looked at Link and needless to say was confused. “Why are you in here?” asked the guard.

 

“Well, I just came into the market when the drawbridge closed and I don’t have any money, so I decided to crash here for the night. I’m from the forest and I don’t know any of your laws so I apologize if I broke any of your rules.” Link said bowing his head toward the guard. The guard just laughed for a bit and then quickly ushered Link out of the room. Still laughing, he shut the door on Link and locked it. “That was a bit weird” said Navi, finally awake.

 

“Yeah, well we had better get to Hyrule Castle before tonight” Link said trying to lose thought of the guard. As he went back to the market, he wasn’t surprised to see that it was packed with more people than he had ever seen. Instead of letting Navi fly around, he gently grabbed her and threw her into his cap so she couldn’t be seen. Link went straight threw the Market towards the Castle and traveled up the slope. A short while later, he came across a large fence blocking his path from going further. Link looked towards the guard and asked if it was okay to go see the Princess. “Sorry kid” said the Guard, “You can’t see the princess unless you have an appointment.” Link turned away and started to walk back to the market. He had never given up on anything he already started and this was going to be no exception. He searched the walls and found what he was looking for, vines. He quickly started to climb up them making sure the guards didn’t see him. His green tunic gave him excellent cover. As he made it over the ledge he looked around from his new height and saw a clean way to the castle, he ran as fast as he could up on the cliff and over the fence, he then jumped down, careful not to attract the guard.

 

He slowly followed the road until he came to another guard in his way, instead of talking to him, Link quickly ran up the hill to his left and towards the wall outside the castle. When he got there, he climbed a wall of loose rocks and followed the small moat around until he reached a rather small opening in the wall, but it was high up. “Hey Navi, do you think there might be any way to get up there?”

 

Navi pulled Link’s cap up and came flying out; she looked fine and didn’t seem to mind what had happened to her. As she was pondering what to do, Link looked around and found a couple of small boxes against the wall. Navi turned to him and saw the boxes as well. “Well Link, the best thing to do right now would be to make a sort of stairs with those, then jump to the hole.” Link already knew what to do with the boxes, he was surprised Navi thought he didn’t. He didn’t care and he started to stack the boxes up like a stair way. When he finished he checked to make sure they would hold. They did rather well and instead of slowly walking up them, he ran back as far as he could then ran quickly up the stairs and jumped towards the hole, he grabbed on and pulled himself up into the hole. Navi quickly flew in after him. Shortly after they left, Talon came walking back around the corner. “Who did this to my boxes!?!”

 

Link crawled into the room the hole lead to only to find that there were a bunch of guards surrounding an archway that he couldn’t tell what was behind. He looked around and found a small stick near him. ‘This ought to work’ Link thought to himself. He quickly threw the stick over at the other wall. As he thought, all the guards went running towards the sound. Link took the chance and ran as fast as he could into the archway room and found a garden with shining flowers all around him. As he ventured around these plants, he saw one of the most beautiful girls he had ever seen looking into a window with her face pressed up against it hard. Link slowly crept towards the girl and stopped in front of the steps. “Hello, are you princess Zelda?” Link said trying not to make him sound like a creep. Zelda turned around as fast as she could and gasped at Link. She didn’t need to know that this was the boy from the prophecy that she had read last night.

 

“Um, yes. Can I ask who you are?” Zelda said, extremely shy.

 

“My name is Link from the Kokiri forest, this is my fairy Navi, she claims to be sent by the goddess to help me stop a man named Ganondorf, would you….”

 

Zelda jumped on to Link at the mere mention of Ganondorf being evil. “So he is evil, how do you know this!?!”

 

“Can you please get off of me? Besides, I don’t know for sure, Navi here just told me!”

 

Zelda turned to Navi and said, “So how do you know he is evil, so far he as come proclaiming peace between us and the Gerudos. My father was eager to talk to him.”

 

“Make no mistake of what he says, he is Ganondorf, leader of demons that 2026 years ago tried to destroy the worlds. He has only brought a small portion of his power with him and he is attempting to gain control of the Triforce, the item left behind by the goddesses. It contains all of their power within each piece; only the Hero of Time can open the door and pull from the pedestal, the Master Sword. With its power, Ganondorf will be able to cast the spell to open the Realm of Darkness allowing the rest of the Demons to come, and the rest of Ganondorf’s Power.” Navi looked down at the ground as she finished. Zelda was still lying on top of Link as Navi spoke to them, after Link was done considering what he was told he turned to Zelda and said, “Can you please get off of me now?”

 

“Oh, sorry. I guess I kind of forgot. By the way, I read a prophecy about this. It said that when one true evil walked the land again, the hero of time would realize his destiny. From this I ask you one question Link, are you the hero of Time?”

 

Link looked at the ground and spoke with a mumble, “I have no real idea if I am, but from what Navi told me, I think I am” He met Zelda’s eyes for the first time and truly began to look at them. He couldn’t stop looking at her face, it was so smooth and her hair was long and golden like the sunflowers in the garden and here eyes were blue as the sky and the heavens. Zelda looked at Link in the same manner. Finally the trance was broken when Link said, “Zelda, we have the 3 Spiritual Stones of Time and we need the Melody of Time to open the door of Time. Can you give it to us?” Zelda stopped blushing and agreed, she toke out a Blue Ocarina with the Triforce engraved in gold on the mouth piece. She held it close to her mouth then said, “This is the Song of Time, with this, you will be able to open the Door of Time” She then played one of the most peaceful songs Link had ever heard, it was calming unlike Saria’s songs which were full of energy. When she finished, she gave the Ocarina to Link and he repeated it the best he could. When he finished Zelda was shocked and said, “No one has ever learned that song so quickly, well done.”

 

“I guess I had better go get the Master Sword” Link said putting the Ocarina in his pouch. Zelda grabbed his arm and yelled, “NO, you’ll never be able to defeat him like this, your untrained and without magic. You must first prepare. Here,” she said as she handed him a map of Hyrule. It was well detailed from paths across landmarks and names of towns and locations. Also on the map were 5 X’s with a names and number next to each. In order from 1-5, they were the Biggorons Sword, Fairy Bow, Din’s Fire, Nayru’s Love, and Farore’s Wind. Link look puzzled at Zelda and asked, “What is this for?” Zelda simply said, “These are powerful weapons and magic spells. You will need each one for you journey. “Link nodded with thanks, “How will I meet up with you again, it shouldn’t take me more than 8 days to get all of this?” Zelda only smiled and said, “I anything goes wrong, I’ll meet you in the storage shack just inside of the drawbridge”. Link was disappointed; he was going to have to meet old mister crazy guard again, with Zelda.

 

He decided to go get Din’s fire first; it was right outside Hyrule Castle. As he was leaving, he heard Zelda creeping up behind him, living in the forest hunting for your own food can do that to ya. He turned and startled Zelda, she then said putting her hand on his shoulder, “I know little about your past, the prophecy told me that the green tunic you wear means that you have never met nor know you parents or any family.” Link was at first surprised then he felt his wound slowly open. Zelda saw his sad look and did the only thing she could think of. She took Link’s head and gave him a kiss on the lips. Needless to say, this shocked Link, but he didn’t mind it, he never kissed anyone in his life before not even Saria. When she stopped, she and Link were blushing and she said, “I bet you never had one of those before. Now go, you know what to fight for.” Link did know and he did want to fight for it. For Zelda.

Chapter 3 - The Gathering of Items and Death of a Guardian

 

As Link left the castle, he didn’t have to avoid the guards, he was given a letter from Zelda that gave him permission to enter and leave the castle as he pleased. Before he left castle grounds he went to where Din’s Fire was supposed to be. All he could find was a wall he looked around a bit and found what he was looking for, a small crawlspace just large enough for him. He did an army crawl through it and then emerged in a sparkling room. The walls appeared to have water and crystals fall from them and the floor was smooth and made of marble. As Link approached the alter before the fountain, the water started to ripple a little and then a huge fairy appeared and floated above Link. “Hello Link, I’m sure you know all about Ganondorf’s return, which is why you are here.” Link didn’t need to speak; she already knew almost everything about him.

 

Navi flew out of Link’s cap and up to the Great Fairy. “Hello Navi, it has been a while”

“Back to you ‘Great Fairy’”

“I see that this boy truly is the Hero of Time,” she said looking down at Link.

“Yes, we came because the Princess told us to gather 5 weapons before we drew the Master Sword. We are to believe you have Din’s Fire, may we have it?”

“Of Course.” The Great Fairy then spread her palm’s apart and clapped them together, a strange red light started to appear between them, as she drew her hands apart, a clear crystal with a red orb inside appeared. It looked as though the orb held fire within it that would never go out. The Crystal then gently floated down to Link. He let it fall into the palm of his hand. It was no bigger than an apple, but he could feel the power coming from it.  Before he could thank the Great Fairy, she twirled her hair around her then fell back into the water laughing like a child. Link was dumbfounded; he had no longer that a day ago been sleeping in a tree house, now he was finding magic spells.

 

After he got back outside, he decided to try the spell out. He held it in his right hand, and then moved his hand behind him. The crystal grew hot and Link then brought his hand up above his head and threw the crystal on the ground with his open palm above it. An orb of fire appeared around Link, he thanked Din that Navi was on the outside of his ear as she saw this and was enjoying the show, and then as he picked up the jewel, the dome grew extremely large then dissipated into thin air. “Glad that this thing is invincible, otherwise I would have just broken a very powerful spell.” Link said to make a joke.

 

“Don’t get so excited yet Link, we have still yet to get 4 more items. We should probably get Farore’s Wind next; it allows us to teleport anywhere within one league of where we are. It could help us get the other items.” Navi said uninterested in the spell that she had just witnessed. “From the map we have, it appears that Farore’s Wind is apparently in a place called Zora’s domain?”

 

Link agreed, he checked the map and saw that Zora’s Domain was a little over a days trip there. He started off immediately towards the drawbridge to leave. No sooner did he leave the Hyrule market, did the sun fall and the draw bridge slowly close. Navi was a bit worried about something. Link just assumed she was scared of the dark. He kept traveling in the direction of Zora’s Domain and found out that it followed the path of a river. Instead of a short uncertain trip, Link decided to head east till he came to the river, then head south until he came across the way to Zora’s Domain. Link found the river within the hour and stopped for a bit in order to drink some of it. While he was looking down at the reflection he noticed something behind him. Link didn’t bother to look behind him, he just rolled to his right as fast as he could, missing the claw that came down where he once was.

 

Navi was out of his cap immediately only to scream at the sight. The creature was sort of living skeleton, it was about the size of Link and had sort of Tunic on over him. Its eyes glowed red and it wobbled towards Link. He heard the same sound coming from behind him and turned to see another. “What are these things?” Link said calmly trying not to lose his cool and battle concentration.

 

“These are scalchildren. They have the ability to reform after death. I have never known how to kill them so do something please!” It hit Link that Navi wasn’t afraid of the dark, she was afraid of these things. Link did the only thing he could think of in that one moment, run. He dashed across the river with Navi trailing soon after him. The scalchildren where far behind because they couldn’t run. Link looked ahead of him and realized that after all of that running, they had reached Zora’s domain. Unfortunately, 2 more scalchildren appeared in front of Link. Instead of running this time, he took out Din’s Fire and quickly held down the spell as long as he could. He looked up to see the bones of the scalchildren turn to ash from the immense heat. He stopped and examined what was left. Navi flew towards him and said, “Magic must be the only way to truly kill these guys. That was quick thinking Link.” He didn’t bother to respond he was more worried at why these things had somehow suddenly come to Hyrule, was he and Zelda already to late to stop the evil demon ruler?

 

 

Zelda sat all day in her room reading book after book of prophecies for something that would tell her how to stop Ganondorf. The Master Sword would do a number on him no doubt, but in another prophecy she found, it said that the Hero would need the arrows of pure gold and blade of evil’s bane. They had already figured out how to get the sword, she just needed to find out what were the arrows of light? After going through the 3^rd book she threw it on the ground and put her head over the desk and began to cry, she had no idea why she was crying, she just was. ‘I can’t give up now, Link is trying his hardest to prepare and so should I.’ With that she began to read again and after 4 more hours of searching finally found what she was looking for, the arrows of light. She began to read.

 

‘The Light Arrows are the key weapon to destroying evil, few evil forms could survive just one, and all who did were instantly paralyzed, even if but for a short while. The arrows lay at rest at the bottom of the Princess’s heart. Only she can give them to the Hero of Time, and only he can wield them. In order to gain the power of the Light Arrows, the princess must share her feelings towards the ones that she knows and loves.’

 

Zelda was quickly thrown back by the last sentence, ‘So, in order for me and Link to get the arrows, I must tell him how I really feel?’ Zelda had hoped for more time till she told Link about the way she felt. A date or some dramatic scene, she wasn’t ready and she knew it. Yet if they really wanted to save the Hyrule and the other worlds from doom and obliteration, she would have to tell Link. Zelda would have to tell Link that she…she…she…lo…loved him.

 

She knew that she did, they had only met each other for an hour maybe even less. Yet, she already knew that she loved him rather it is for his destiny, looks, pity, or even love at first sight. She had to tell him, as soon as he returned with the next 8 days, she would tell him her true feelings, and she couldn’t wait!

 

 

Link was relieved to know that all the running he did put him within a league of Zora’s Domain. When he finally arrived in Zora’s Domain, he had no idea what to think. To his left was a large waterfall that fell from the ceiling and into a just as large pool. It looked like there where extremely large fish in the water, but Link had no time. He decided to come back after he got Farore’s Wind. He walked to his right and up the large stairs till he came to a chamber where an extremely large fish was sitting on a ledge. He had his eyes facing opposite directions. “Hello there adventurer,” bellowed the fish. Link was really taken back by this; he didn’t know fish could talk. “I see that you have for Farore’s Wind,” He said this with a grin.

 

“How did you know I come for Farore’s Wind?” Link immediately shot back.

 

“Peace good adventurer let me introduce myself first. My name is King Zora, leader of the Zora people. We are half fish and half hylians that evolved through the years. We have the ability to breathe underwater and swim at fast speeds. As for Farore’s Wind, I just saw that you are holding Din’s Fire right now.”

 

Link looked down at his open hand. He did have Din’s Fire in it; he forgot to put it away after he took care of the scalchildren. “I’m sorry for my rude behavior you majesty, I thought that you may have been an underling of Ganondorf.” Link said trying to make an excuse for his rude behavior. “I have never seen you kind before. I have lived in Kokiri Forest all my life and have never seen any other race other than my own.”

 

King Zora looked down at him and smiled. “I understand, it is not too often that we must leave here ourselves. We only go through the small entrance at the bottom of our pool to go to Lake Hylia in order to get food for winter. Back to Farore’s Wind, you wish to have, don’t you?”

 

“Yes your majesty, the princess told me to retrieve it and the other spells before I continue on to defeat Ganondorf. May I please have it?”

 

“Certainly, all you need to do is go through the door behind me and follow it to a large room with a crack on the right side. Upon entering it, you will find the Great Fairy.” With that, King Zora slowly began to creep to his right. After what seemed like an hour of waiting, he the king stopped and there was enough room for Link to squeeze into. He followed the path till he got outside. He took the King’s advice and followed the right hand wall till he found a hole that was the same size as the one in Hyrule. He once again crawled inside. He came to a room that was similar to the one in Hyrule, except the walls were green.

 

 As he approached the fountain, the Great Fairy appeared before him. “Hello Link, I am aware that you have already seen my sister from Hyrule. She has given you Din’s Fire, and I shall give you Farore’s Wind.” She took her hand above her head and the other to her waist. She quickly slammed them together to create and green glow. She then twirled her hands above her head and then slowly stopped. A clear crystal much like Din’s Fire, was formed with a green orb instead of red. As he looked closer at the green orb, he saw that in contained powerful winds. “You can use this power to maneuver around Hyrule.” She then laughed and fell back wards into the fountain creating a splash. When Link went to check where she went, she was gone. He was starting to leave the cavern when he heard Navi say, “Why didn’t you get me up!?!”

 

After he had gotten out of the fountain, he decided to try the spell. When he tried the same thing that he did with Din’s Fire, it didn’t work. So he decided to throw it up, being as it was wind, he thought that if real wind got to it, something might happen. As soon as he had thrown it up, it glowed green then landed in his hand again. Link didn’t know what to do then so he took a step in the direction of Zora’s Domain and found him outside of it when he set down his foot. He whipped around to the ark of Zora’s Domain, then to Farore’s Wind. He realized how to use it now and thankfully Navi was still in his cap, other wise she would have had a long flight back. Link was exhausted from using the spell; he found that he had 7 days left to get the other items before he had to go back. He could tell because it was day and the scalchildren didn’t seem to come out. “Hey Navi, where do you think we should go next, it looks as if the Biggorons’s Sword and the Fairy Bow are equally apart from us.” Navi pondered for a second then said, “We should go for the Fairy Bow next because it is farther from Hyrule Castle then the Biggorons’s Sword, We can warp to the outside of the Forest then go in.” Link agreed with a depressed tone because he was already out of energy from using it once and again would be hard, but he had to make good time.

 

Link repeated the spell and warped outside Kokiri Forest. He wanted to say hi to everyone first. Navi being the busy buddy that she is said that it would slow them down, but Link knew he would just use the spell to get out of the forest if he was behind. He walked over the same bridge he did before to leave the forest. As he come across Kokiri Village, he saw everyone again. Link was going up to say hi when they all started to run from him. They ran into their tree houses and locked the doors. Link was appalled by this, he didn’t do anything wrong, just came home. Then he remembered. It is said through the Kokiri that if any leave, they will only bring back a curse with them.

 

Saddened, Link began to walk into the woods searching for the Fairy Bow. As he went further into the lost woods, he began to notice a song he never heard before. It wasn’t like ‘Saria’s Song’ which was usually played here. Link then started to run after it, going through passes and over hills, he finally ended up at a large open area with hedges that were extremely large and impossible to see over and fashioned in a maze. As he started to run into the maze, a wolf like creature jumped out at Link! Navi came out at the sound of the wolf’s battle cry, “That is a wolfo, it can only be hurt from behind, and it has the ability to block all other attacks.”

 

The battle started with the wolfo running up to Link then slashing at him. Link drew his sword and shield just in time to block it. Link tried furiously to get a hit in on the wolfo, but like Navi said, it blocks all attacks from the front. He then tried to jump over it, the wolfo just imitated Link and did a back flip to stop link from advancing. “Do you have any tips on how to get behind him!?!” Link shouted with his shield raised to block the wolfo’s attacks.

 

“Yes, let him attack, but don’t block it. His momentum will turn him around.” Link took Navi’s advice and put down his shield. As the wolfo raised his sword to attack Link, he back flipped the attack and the wolfo turned around from it. After Link landed, he jumped up with his sword above his head. He yelled as he dropped the sword down the wolfo’s back and it cried with pain. After it fell, Link was amazed as it disappeared into smoke.

 

“Why did it do that? That didn’t happen after I killed the scalchildren.” Link asked Navi.

 

“That’s because the scalchildren followed Ganondorf here and were not summoned by him like this wolfo. The Wolfo vanished because it failed to do as Ganondorf asked.” Link nodded and walked around the charred area that was left of the Wolfo. It took him about 10 minutes to navigate through the maze. As Link emerged from the maze, he still heard the song echoing from above him. He looked up and saw a long flight of stairs. As he ran up them, he heard a spitting sound and turned to find a Deku Scrub. He easily dodged the slow moving nut and held a smile on his face. The years of living in the forest allowed Link to know how to take care of these little guys.  He held his shield in front of him and waited till the Deku Scrub spat another nut at him. We it hit his shield, the nut reflected back to the Deku Scrub, scaring so bad that it jumped from its hole. Link then ran up to it and let loose with one fatal stab to the Deku Scrub. He didn’t bother to look at the mess that was left, he had already seen it before.

 

            When Link got to the top of the stairs, he saw Saria sitting on a tree stump with her eyes closed and her ocarina in hand playing the same song he had been listening to for the last hour. Instead of startling her, Link took out the Ocarina of Time and started to repeat the same song. Saria opened her eyes and saw Link. They swelled with tears as she charged and hugged him. Link was surprised by her actions; didn’t she think he was cursed like all of the other kids? “Saria, I came back because I need to look for something called the Fairy’s Bow. I need it to destroy an evil demon called Ganondorf. Do you know where it is?” Saria was taken back and looked even sadder than before.

 

            “And here I thought that you had come to say hello or even stay.”

 

“Saria, I did come to say hello. That’s why I didn’t just warp to where the map says it is. I wanted to see you. I walked in to Kokiri Village, but they all just ran from me because I left the forest in the first place. The reason why I’m asking you is because I think it might be in a Great Fairy’s spring, but I don’t know.”

 

“Do you mien it?”

 

“Of course I do.”

 

Just then, Navi flew out of Link’s Cap and said, “I know that you are Saria, my name is Navi, fairy sent by the goddess to help the Hero of Time save Hyrule.”

 

Saria looked astonished at what Navi said. She turned to Link with an amazed look on her face, “You’re the Hero of Time. That was said to be only myth, not even a legend. No wonder the Great Deku Tree told me to make sure you stayed safe, otherwise, if you had died, the world would have plunged into darkness.” Saria fell to the ground in front of Link and started to speak again, “Please forgive me for my rude behavior great hero. I’m not worthy to even be in your sights.”

 

“Saria! Stand up! There is no reason to treat me as a hero yet. I haven’t even done anything. Yet, even when I do, please, never do that again. You’re my friend, not an unworthy peasant. I may be the Hero of Time, but I’m also still Link at heart.” Link said trying to stop Saria from her worship. Navi was only sitting on Link’s head trying to control her laughter at the sight of this girl’s mood swing. “If you want to help me, do you know where the Fairy Bow is?”

 

Saria looked up at him and said, “Yes, it’s down those stairs. Just climb the ladder and drop down into the hole on top of the wall and you will be in the Great Fairy’s Fountain.” Link thanked her and once again said that someday he will return. As he started to head down the stairs, “Link” he turned to see Saria, “Keep practicing with that Ocarina of yours; it’s starting to get quiet good.” He smiled than ran down the stairs to the ladder and started to climb.

 

 

Zelda had finished up her Ancient Hylian, as quickly as possible then rushed back to her room to read more on the prophecies. As she read through book after book, she began to think, ‘It has been 2 days since Link left, I have to go to the shed soon incase he finishes early. Besides, the sooner I tell him about the light arrows, the more at ease I will feel about getting them.’ Then as she was returning a book, the door to her room opened. She turned to greet who came in, but then was frozen with fear as she saw that is was the leader of the demons, Ganondorf.

 

“Hello dear princess, your father wished for me to tell you that the ceremony recognizing the treaty between us Gerudos and the Hylians will be moved from next week to tomorrow. So get a fancy dress ready and be sure to look you best.” Ganondorf said trying to make him sound nice, but Zelda could already detected the evil plans he hailed at heart. Zelda watched Ganondorf’s face turn from her, to her shelves of prophecy books. “I see that you like to read. What’s more, on Hylian prophecies? Do you think that something bad is going to happen soon?”

 

Zelda looked scared and her mind was searching desperately for words, then she thought of something, “I was looking to see whether this treaty will be for the best or worst.”

 

“And what did you find?” Ganondorf said crossing his arms.

 

“That… That this will bring us good luck until the death of either you or my father.”

 

Ganondorf looked hard at Zelda and then gave a dissatisfied grunt he left the room. Zelda fell on her bed and took a deep breath. She began to wonder why he even came in the first place, if he really wanted to give her a message, he could have just used a servant. This was not good; Ganondorf definitely was on to her. She then thought to herself, ‘Maybe I can hide out at the Lon Lon Ranch for a few days. Malon would be glad to see me. I’ll just have to tell Impa to tell daddy that I’ll be back soon.’

 

Zelda started to pack all of her belongings into a well designed bag. She left a note on her bed that said, “Impa, tell dad that I’ll be a Lon Lon Ranch for a few days. You know I need to do this.”

 

 

As Link left the Fairy’s Grotto, he carried with him the Fairy bow. He put the string around his body so that it wouldn’t fall off. He lost count of the days that he had left, so he decided to hurry. Grabbing Farore’s Wind from his bag, he cast the spell and was outside Kokiri Forest again. “Hey Navi, we got Farore’s Wind, Din’s Fire, and The Fairy Bow. What should we get know?”

 

Navi pondered the map for a second then responded, “It would be best to get the Biggoron’s Sword last because it is so heavy. The weight would make it hard to travel for another item. So we should get Nayru’s Love now.” Agreeing with her, Link cast Farore’s Wind and found himself outside a huge building, yet still smaller than Hyrule market. He looked up and read the sign, “Lon Lon Ranch”. He decided to go inside and see what was there. As he entered, he saw a housing building to his left, what appeared to be a stable to his right, and a large race track in front of him. He knocked the housing door and no one answered. He knocked on the stable door and it slid open. Link stuck his head inside and saw 2 girls talking to each other. One of them had long red hair with a white dress and yellow top. She was petting a medium sized horse to her right, she was listening to the other girl speak who had golden hair, blue eyes…

 

“Zelda!!” Link shouted before he even realized that he was thinking it. Both of the girls whipped around to him. Zelda looked at him and a smile grew across her face. As Link stepped inside, she ran up and hugged him, knocking Link of his feet. As they both lay laughing on the floor. The red haired girl walked over and said looking down at Link, “Is this the guy you were talking about?”

 

“Yes” Zelda said getting up and brushing off her dress, “Malon this is Link, Link this is Malon” Link and Malon exchanged a shake of hands. “The reason why I’m here Link is because Ganondorf convinced my father to have the treaty signed tomorrow. As soon as I was told, I got a ride here to stay with Malon.”

 

“Alright, but I still have to get the Biggoron’s sword as well as Nayru’s Love. So you might have to stay here longer.”

 

“No Way! Now that you’re here, I’ll just go with you the rest of the way.”

 

“Are you sure? I had to go into combat already, I don’t know if I’d be able to protect you.”

 

“That’s okay, I can just borrow one of your spells. Malon, do you know if it would be okay for us to borrow Epona for a little while?”

 

Malon looked a little shocked at first then said, “I know why you want her, because she’s the fastest horse here, but what makes you think that you can tame her in a day?” Link took out his ocarina and started to play a song. He didn’t know what it was; he just made it up as he went along. As he finished, Epona turned to him and pushed her snout against his chest. He then in turned, started to pet her back. Malon just stood where she was and with her mouth hanging open. “Nobody has ever been able to tame her like that. What kind of song did you play anyway?”

 

“I don’t really know, I just started to play what came to mind. I thought that the soothing memory will allow her to trust me or at least calm her down.” At that moment, Navi came out behind Link, stretching out her wings and arms like she just woke up from a nap. Malon turned to her and was once again, shocked.

 

“Are you from the forest? I heard that only the Kokiri got fairy’s like that, but that they also die if they leave, so how are you still alive?”

 

Navi spoke instead of Link, “First of all, my name is Navi. I’m not one of the Kokiri fairies, I’m one sent by the goddess to help Link, the Hero of Time, with his journey. Link is not of the Kokiri, but a hylian as you can tell from his ears.” She said grabbing one of Link’s ears and giving it a tug, which made Link bend over that way. Malon then collapsed, from what Link, Zelda, and Navi guessed, of shock and surprise. Not only did she see a fairy, but find out that it was from the goddess, and that Link is the Hero of Time.

 

Link and Zelda quietly took Epona out of the stables and to the race track. Link was petting her while Zelda was getting a saddle for her. Link wasn’t going to start out cold on a horse. He got on top of Epona and started to ride her around the track at what was at first a steady jog, to a fast sprint. Of course he found it slightly uncomfortable, but he knew it would be better once he got a saddle. As he came to a stop in front of Malon’s House, Zelda came out with the saddle. Link and Zelda started to attach it. As Link was helping Zelda onto Epona, Link noticed that Zelda started to blush a little. He was taken back at first and started to blush himself. He didn’t really look that hard at what Zelda was wearing till now, she had on clothes like that of the Kokiri, “Zelda, why don’t you wear your normal clothes, that I saw you in before?”

 

“Well, the truth is that my dad doesn’t want me to leave the ceremony. So I decided to dress like a Kokiri and leave so that no one would recognize me as I was with Malon.” Zelda and Link were just outside of Lon Lon Ranch when Zelda started to tell Link something, “Link, um, I thought that you should know that there is something else that will help you defeat Ganondorf. They are the Light Arrows.” Link had already reached a small clearing, stopped Epona, and dismounted, helping Zelda down as she continued. “The only way to get them is through me.” Link turned with this and then looked at Zelda, she was bright red and was looking at the ground. “They… supposedly lie at the, um, bottom of my… heart” He was starting to catch on, he was turning red himself. The images of him and Zelda kissing in the garden were scrolling through his mind. Zelda took his hands and continued, “The way to get them is… to… tell you… how I feel… a…about you.” She was trembling as she spoke. She then suddenly reached for his head and whispered into his ear, “I love you”

 

As she finished those words, a bright light came from within Zelda, she out stretched her hands to her sides as the light came out of her and rested in the hands of Link, he looked down at what was there, and it was what appeared to be an arrow with a ball of light around it. Link looked at Zelda and saw that she was lying on the ground. Link ran over to her a put her head in his lap. She was still breathing and still alive. He laid her across Epona and then took out Farore’s Wind; he cast the spell and then found himself across a bridge that had a fence on the other side. He decided to set up camp under a rocky ledge that was there.

 

When morning came, he saw Zelda kneeling by his side. “Good morning, Link” Zelda said whispering. Link got up and put everything away. “Um, Link, about last night. What happened after I got knocked out?”

           

            Link stopped what he was doing and said, “AFTER, you told me you loved me, the light arrows appeared before me and I grabbed them, I put them in my quiver with the rest of the arrows. By the way Zelda” Zelda then looked up to him, he was beating red, “I… I… I…think I love… you …”

 

Zelda jumped on top of Link and put her face so close to Link’s that he could feel her hair against him. “Link, I don’t know why I feel this way. I’m just a kid, and yet, I can’t help the feelings I have for you. I wish I understood, but I don’t.”

 

Link rolled Zelda till he was above her and he said back, “I feel the same way you do, I know why you told me as well. From what happened after you told me, you needed to tell me to get the light arrows.” At that point Link got off of Zelda and looked across the bridge, his heart sank as he saw a woman guard the wall. She had purple slackly pants and a bare midriff. She had a bandana tied around her face like a mask. “What is she doing there? She’s definitely not hylian, so what is she?’

 

“Link, that’s a Gerudo, one of the people of Ganondorf. Their all women tribe, only one man is born every 100 years. When that man is born, he becomes King. That is why Ganondorf is king of the Gerudos.” Link nodded that he understood. He then walked back out of sight with Zelda behind him. He then looked at the map that Zelda gave him. Holding out his hand, he looked at where he was on the map, and then pointed to where the X was. After he finished, he took out Farore’s Wind. Zelda looked at it and asked, “What are you going to do?” Link smiled at her than cast the spell; he put his hand on Epona and held Zelda around him. When it ended, he took his hand off of Epona. Zelda whirled around to see what happened.

 

Link took out the map again and found that they were roughly 2 miles from the Great Fairy. He showed Zelda where they needed to go, then they both mounted Epona and started to ride forward. As they continued to ride, Link saw a large monument along the horizon. As they got closer to it, Link saw that the Great Fairy was inside it somewhere. This was unusual to Link because the other entire Fairy’s had been in hard to reach places. Link dismounted Epona and tied here to a palm tree. As Link and Zelda approached the hulking monument, Link saw something shine to the side of the temple. He turned to see a large sword raised. The sword didn’t scare Link; it was who was holding it. “Step away from the Spirit Temple and give me your weapons. No outsiders are allowed to enter the home of Ganondorf.” Link almost fell over from this, Ganondorf!

 

Link reached into his bag and tossed Din’s Fire to Zelda. He drew his Kokiri Sword and charged the woman. When she threw her blade down at Link, he side stepped it. He jumped on top of her head and then held the blade to her throat. “Listen closely to me” Link began, “I want to know where Nayru’s Love is. A map told me it is in here, but maybe you know better.”

 

“Link stop” Link looked to see Zelda looking at him, “You don’t need to kill her to find you’re inform….”

 

“It’s buried near the palm tree. Ganondorf told me to put it somewhere that I won’t lose it, now let me go!” Link and Zelda turned to the Gerudo and then back to each other. Link then hit the hilt of the sword to the Gerudo and she was knocked out. Zelda gasped at what Link did.

 

“Don’t worry, she’ll wake up within an hour. By then we’ll be gone to get the Biggoron’s Sword. By the way, what happened to the home of the Great Fairy that had Nayru’s Love?” Link asked Zelda this as if she knew. She simply raised and lowered her shoulders. Link went over to the tree and began to dig, not after 3 minutes did him and Zelda find it. When Zelda got up out of the sand, she saw a collapsed cave across the hill. She nudged Link then pointed towards the cave. His heart sank; he knew that this was the cave of the Great Fairy. She must have kept the spell from Ganondorf, but by using his powers… He couldn’t finish the thought. He just grabbed Epona and Zelda, and then warped to the bridge.

Chapter 4 – The Sword of Giants and Blade of Evil’s Bane

 

Zelda and Link were camped outside of Gerudo Valley. Link was hunting the birds in the trees with his Fairy Bow. It was amazing what kind of accuracy the bow possessed. When ever he aimed at one of the birds, he found that it always hit, yet he had never used a bow before in his life. When he came back to camp with 5 birds, he found Zelda curled up with her knees against her chest staring at the fire. It was in the middle of the day, but for some reason, she was acting like it was still dark. Link bent over towards Zelda and put his hand on her shoulder. She shook and then looked at him like she came out of a trance. “I just got our lunch; it should be ready within an hour.” He started to take all of the feathers off of each bird. He also cut each head off. Zelda was still sitting next to Link, she just kept staring at him. Finally, Link broke the silence and asked, “What’s wrong? I may not have known you for a long time Zelda, but I’m in love with you and I know when something is wrong.” Zelda merely smiled and put her hand on Link’s face and began to rub it ever so gently.

 

“I was just wondering where we will be 10 years from now. When were old enough to marry and I ‘ll be ready.” Zelda spoke so calmly and it made Link relax as well.

 

Zelda looked down at the dissatisfying meal before her. She was a princess and so it is natural for her to be used to well prepare food, not roast bird over an open fire. She trusted Link with her life and she was certain that he would give his own, yet she still wasn’t ready to have this.

 

Link looked at Zelda as he ate his food and realized what she was thinking. “Don’t worry about this stuff. I have been eating this kind of food since I was in the forest. I may not look that appetizing, but it can fill you up.” Zelda slowly lifted he bird and then took a bite. It didn’t taste so good at first, but as she began to eat more of it, she felt it tasted better and better. After she finished, she cleaned off her Kokiri clothes and then put out the fire. Link in turned threw away the bones and got out Farore’s Wind. “Hey Zelda, think that we should return Epona to Malon now that we have to go up a mountain”

 

“Yes, you are probably right. Malon’s most likely worried anyway.” Link, Zelda, and Epona appeared outside Lon Lon Ranch and found that Hylian guards were everywhere. Zelda and Link hid behind the wall. Link knew exactly what to do. He slowly took out his Fairy bow and shot an arrow above the guards head. Zelda gasped at what Link did, but smiled when he saw him sneak into the Ranch with Epona while the guards where trying to get the arrow out of the guard’s helmet. Link gently tied Epona to the ranch door then made his way out. When he reached Zelda she held his hand then said, “Time to go.”

 

Link and Zelda found them selves in the center of a village. Zelda looked around and smiled. “This is Kakariko Village. Most villagers who live here are here because of the volcano.” She pointed up the mountain and Link was more puzzled by the smoke ring than anything else, but he didn’t care. He had never even been out of the forest before, how was he to know how that worked out. “That’s were we have to go. A giant goron near the top of the mountain has the Biggoron’s Sword.” Link nodded that he understood. He and Zelda started to walk up the mountain trail. As they walked, a large boulder came rolling down at them! Link took out Nayru’s Love and squeezed it in his hands, a large blue crystal formed around them. The boulder hit the crystal and shattered into small pieces. When Link let go of the Nayru’s Love, the crystal disappeared. Link and Zelda slowly climbed the rest of the way.

 

When they got near the top, Link and Zelda took a break and sat down on a rock that was near the wall they had to climb. Before Link knew what happened, the boulder got up and hit Link of if it. Link twisted around and saw that the rock was moving towards him, he drew his Kokiri sword and pointed it at the creature. The thing stood there than said, “I don’t want to hurt you, just wondering why you were on me.” Link was in shock, he had never known what kind of creature this was. Navi flew out of Link’s hat and said, “Link, this is a goron. They are creatures that live in the mountains eating rocks as a food source. They are strong and built for endurance.”

 

“Oh, so your name is Link then. My name is Darunia. I’m the leader of the gorons, but why are you here?”

 

Zelda spook before Link got a chance to speak, “I’m princess Zelda of Hyrule, and we are here to retrieve the Biggoron’s Sword from Big goron.”

 

Darunia eye balled Zelda then turned to the mountain top and said, “You can try and get the sword from him, but I can’t promise that you will get it so easily, your highness. He has been sleeping up there for weeks now. Says he saw a bright light come from the heavens and land in the forest and that he won’t get up till the ‘Hero of Time’ comes. He’ll be there for while then.” Darunia walked over to a ledge, then rolled into a ball and fell. Link looked at Navi then asked her, “You were that bright light weren’t you?”

 

Navi looked at him then said, “Of course, I did say that the goddess sent me to you, did I not?”

 

Link shook his head then turned to Zelda and said, “We had better start climbing.” Zelda agreed then they climbed the small wall with ease. Link felt his heart sink when he saw an extremely large wall in front of him after the smaller one. Navi tapped Link on the shoulder and he turned to her. She was pointing a little left of the wall. He looked harder at it then saw the Goron there, sleeping like Darunia said. It was half the size of the mountain and covered the entire plateau he rested on.

 

Zelda had grabbed Link and already started towards the wall. Link walked side by side with Zelda, staring at her the whole way there. When she turned to him he blushed and looked away. Link heard her give a small giggle, then he felt her grab his hand. He looked at her and saw that she was blushing. He turned forward and began to walk a little faster, Zelda did the same thing. Link kept going at a faster pace until they were both sprinting towards the wall. Link reached it first and turned to see Zelda a little more than 20 yards away. Navi flew out behind him and said, “You really do love each other. And all this time I just thought you were being cute.” Link gave a hard look at Navi and she put her hands up to her face like she was about to be hit. Link grabbed her and put her back in his hat, gently of course. When Zelda finally reached Link she asked him, “Why didn’t we just use Farore’s Wind?”

 

Link looked at her and said, “Because I don’t know how to control the distance of the stone yet and it would be dangerous to warp here and end up inside the mountain!” Zelda looked up at the rising smoke and agreed. They began to climb at a relatively easy pace up the wall, stopping at every ledge there was. When they finally reached the top, they were gasping for breath. Zelda rolled over onto Link and held him in a hug. Link didn’t mind, in fact, he liked it. He raised his head to see that the sun was setting and there would be no point in trying to talk to the Big Goron in the dark. Link set up a small fire from the sign that was in front of a cave. He chopped it then used Din’s Fire to start it. Link and Zelda curled up next to the fire for warmth. Navi got out of Link’s cap and got on top of his hat and used the tip as a blanket. Before Link fell asleep, he felt Zelda once again curl up next to him and hug his chest.

 

As Zelda woke up, she was careful not to wake up Link or Navi as she began to stand up. She brushed of her Kokiri clothes and looked at the Big Goron. He was still sleeping like when she saw him last night. Navi woke up and flew onto Zelda’s shoulder and began to talk to her, “So why do you love Link? You’ve only known him for about 2 days now and it takes most people years to learn the love somebody. So why do you think you’re already meant for him?”

 

Zelda turned her head to Navi and said, “I don’t know why. Sometimes we can’t help who we fall in love with. We just do. I just fell in love with Link and he loves me, so I’m glad. Someday when we are both over this and Ganondorf is defeated, we can live together in the castle and I can introduce Link to everyone as the Hero of Time.”

 

Navi looked at Zelda and turned away whispering to herself, ‘I hope that you are right.’

 

Link awoke and turned to see Zelda talking to Navi, “Good Morning, ready to see if we can wake up this giant?” Link said in a joking way. Zelda giggled as a response. Navi flew back inside Link’s cap. Link and Zelda both walked up to the sleeping giant. Link got a better view of him during the day then last night. He looked a little like Darunia, but obviously much bigger and he didn’t have any hair. Link started to bang on the side of the Giant to see if it would wake him, no good. Then he tried climbing and jumping on him, no good. Then he got an idea, he picked through his bag and pulled out Din’s Fire. He walked next to the goron and then let loose with the spell. Instantly, Big Goron shot up and yelped with pain, Link ran back to Zelda and then started to shout, “Big goron, my name is Link, the Hero of Time!”

 

Big Goron looked down at Link after getting through his pain. He looked hard at Link and noticed the fairy bow around his back, “If you are the Hero of Time, tell me what that light in the sky was?”

 

Link reached into his cap and pulled out Navi gently. “This is the light you saw. Her name is Navi, a fairy sent by the goddess to help me with my journey.” Navi flew up and touched the goron on his nose.

 

“As Link said, my name is Navi. I am indeed sent by the Goddess to help him. I was the light in the sky that you saw. The goddess sent me through their power to him faster than I could have flown. I hope that this is proof enough for you.”

 

Big Goron just smiled and said, “Of course this is enough proof. I have been alive for centuries now and know that if you were a normal fairy, you wouldn’t be with Link here. And if you were a guardian fairy of the woods, you would have died leaving the forest. Now to business.” Link and Zelda walked up closer to the goron, “I can guess that what you need from me is my work, the Biggoron’s Sword. I made it centuries ago for a warrior who needed it to save his family. After he had saved them, he had returned it to me with details of how a Great Fairy touched the sword in battle and gave it strength beyond comprehension. If what I guess is right, you need it to defeat the evil that has come to Hyrule.”

 

Link and Zelda nodded together, “What you say is true Big Goron; I need that sword to aid me against Ganondorf. Once I have both your sword and the Master Sword, I will assure my victory.”

 

The goron nodded with approval. He got up and walked around the mountain and out of sight. There was a large crashing sound like a boulder was being moved. He then returned with a closed palm. When he bent down to Link again, he said, “This sword is my finest work, use it well Hero of Time.” As he set the sword down in front of Link, Link was amazed at merely its size alone. It was 4 times as large as the Kokiri Sword and looked extremely heavy. Link walked up to it and grabbed it; he was once again surprised to see how light it was despite its size. He still needed 2 hands to hold it, but Link could still swing it around without losing balance. Link sheathed it and put the strap around him and under the bow strings.

 

“Thank you for everything Big Goron. I have no doubt that this will aid me in battle. I hope to see you again soon.” Big Goron waved goodbye as Link and Zelda held hands and warped back down to Kakariko Village.

 

Zelda and Link landed just outside the trail to the mountain. Link took out the Biggoron’s Sword to admire it some more. Zelda was also feeling along the tip to see how sharp it was. Despite a little dust, it was almost brand new. “Zelda, do you think we could get something to eat before we head back to the castle?”

 

“Of course, I brought some rupees with me for just this.” They headed into a small house and paid one of the ladies 20 rupees for 2 bowls of soup. Link had never tasted anything so good before in his life. He had always hunted his food and cooked it over a fire, this was his first time tasting soup. He finished his bowl before Zelda even got past her second spoon full. She was watching Link swallow his like a drain. “Don’t chook to death on it.” After Zelda had finished, they walked back outside and warped to Hyrule Castle. As they appeared outside the gates to the Market, they both noticed a commotion going on just beyond drawbridge. As Link and Zelda approached, they found the King lying outside his carriage with blood coming out of his head. Zelda screamed and fell into Link’s arms crying. She had never felt pain such as this before. Link starred with disbelief at the sight. He never met the king yet he knew that this was horrible none the less. Zelda lay in Link’s arms crying for almost an hour before she even made a move towards her father.

 

“It was a horrible event, he grabbed his chest and fell over, knocking his head against the side of the carriage and thus, ending his life.” Link and Zelda whipped around to see true horror, Ganondorf. “It must have been a heart attack, probably worrying over his lost daughter, to bad we never found her; he might have then stayed alive.” Link realized that Ganondorf hadn’t noticed them yet, but he could tell that Zelda was getting ready to charge him.