Introduction:

In the year 3019 of the Third Age (TO 3019), the Ring of Power created by Sauron himself during the Second Age was finally destroyed when it was casted into the fires of Mt. Doom by Frodo Baggins. With it, came the destruction of the Nine Ringwraiths known as the Nazgul and Sauron the Deceiver was defeated once and for all but not killed. Without his Ring of Power, his power and will to dominate all life faded with the destruction of the One Ring as he lost much of his power that he had regained after his defeat by Isildur himself at the Battle of the Last Alliance at the foothills of Mt. Doom. As the years went by, more Elves from Middle Earth traveled across the sea to the Undying Lands. Aragorn became King of Gondor and married, the daughter of Lord Elrond of Rivendell, Arwyn on his coronation. Eomer became King of Rohan prior to Aragorn's coronation. For 10 years following the end of the War of the Ring, peace flourished in Middle-Earth finally as the Fourth Age began following the coronation. And some things that should not be forgotten were forgotten… In the land of Hyrule westward from the continent of Middle-Earth, an evil grows in the land. The natives tell of a legend about a sacred Golden Power hidden beyond the realm of mortal men. Suddenly one day, a gate opened to Sacred Realm sometime during the Second Age and people of all walks of life from all over came to the Kingdom of Hyrule seeking take the Golden Power for themselves and violence ensued engulfing the once beautiful and proud Kingdom of Hyrule into chaos. Eventually as a result the people's greed who entered, a dark and evil power began to pour from the Sacred Realm where the Golden Power supposedly laid. Then the great King of Hyrule ordered that seven wise and powerful sages seal the passage into the Sacred Realm believing the Sacred Realm to now be tainted with evil. The Knights of Hyrule were commanded to protect the Sages at all costs as they performed the ritual that would seal the Sacred Realm forever. At last the seal was cast, but it came at a great cost. Most of the Knights of Hyrule were killed trying to keep the evil at bay. History eventually turn into legend. And for the last few thousand years, the seal remained and peace finally returned to the once great Kingdom of Hyrule. In the years following the defeat of Sauron the Deceiver in Mordor due to his One Ring's destruction, a mysterious wizard showed up out of nowhere appearing before the King of Hyrule as a dying traveler. The good King didn't question helping the man as he ordered the servants to feed the man and give him shelter. The wizard revealed his name to be Agahnim the Black claiming to be from the same order of wizards that Gandalf the Gray and Saruman the White were from. The Wizard Order's reputation had proceeded them as the King quickly took him into his court, but unbeknownst to him that the Order had betrayed the peoples of Middle-Earth to side with the Dark Lord Sauron during the War of the Ring over seas. Overtime, the wizard gained the favor of the King and slowly but surely manipulated him to his will as the wizard slowly showed a dark and sinister persona. He bewitched the soldiers of Hyrule and eventually, he did away with the good King after having used him enough to get what he wanted before setting his sights on unsealing the path into Sacred Realm upon hearing of the great mythical legend of the Sacred Realm, which had been passed down from generation to generation in Hyrule, from the good King of Hyrule. One by one, Agahnim ordered the capture of the descendents of the seven Sages that sealed the Sacred Realm before sacrificing their lives with his dark and cruel sorcery in order to break the great seal. Eventually all that remained of the descendents was none other than the Princess of Hyrule who has fled from the Kingdom in search of outside help who can save her kingdom from the darkness that Agahnim has spread through his cruelty and sorcery.

Chapter 1 Scene 1 - 10 years later after the War of the Ring

"Are you ready, My Lady? We must hurry before the guards come!"

The ship captain said as he finished up setting his ship to set sail across the seas away from Hyrule. The Princess looked back at the forest behind the small harbor. The forest was known as the Lost Woods and rightfully so as the forest is so mysterious that anyone who ventured forth into it never returned due to the travelers never finding their way back. It is also believed that bandits roam the forests as well. But a small road from Kakariko Village lead straight to the harbor, which the road itself was protected by ancient Hylian magic, as a way of commerce to the outside world beyond Hyrule's borders as well as food from the sea. Mainly used by fisherman but most fisherman went to Lake Hylia on the other side of Hyrule just south of Gerudo Valley. To the north of them lied the great volcanic mountain of Death Mountain where the mountain folk known as Gorons dwelled ruled by their King. Connecting Lake Hylia to the Lost Woods was Zora's Fountain ruled by the great King Zora whose small kingdom were one of the four tribes, nations, or kingdoms that dot the continent of Hyrule. The Gerudo people were primarily of female warriors who frowned upon the superiority of males except for one who they believed to be their rightful King of the Gerudo. Legend has it that the male would be Gerudian born and his rule would bring about a Golden Age not seen since the days of the Kingdom of Hyrule's founding. The princess, covered in a cloth robe and deep hood to hide her identity as a way of concealment while heading to the harbor to set sail, looked at the Captain and nodded his head in acknowledgement before verbally answering him.

"Yes let's go. HERE They come!" Princess yelled out to the Captain as he let raised the anchor and shipped off as the guards shot arrows at them upon finding them finally after searching all night and day for her. One guard yelled out as he spotted her "Get her! Lord Agahnim wants her alive! Don't let her get away!" Within moments, the ship was long gone and disappeared into the fog that enveloped the shoreline heading eastward across the great Bent Sea.

Meanwhile a young man in the great Gerudo Valley, lived among the many Gerudo women that lived there. This man was born into the society having been the first male to be born in thousands of years. Not since the end of the First Age. He looked of Hylian descendent as apparent by his blond hair and lighter skin tone but nonetheless, the women of Gerudo accepted him since he was born from one of their own named Rydia. Rydia was a fine Gerudian woman who, like others of her tribe, had natural red hair and radiant skin that had been kissed by the sun of the desert. Rydia had married a Hylian soldier many years before but he died under mysterious circumstances before their son's birth. The Gerudo were the guardians of the ancient Hylian temple known as the Spirit Temple deep in it's deserts that no soul would dare venture as the sandstorm is constant, as it is believed that the sandstorm that covers the desert was created as a magical barrier casted by Goddess Farore to shield the temple from those unworthy of it's power; in which that protects the Sacred Realm. They call this desert the Haunted Wastelands. Five temples, including the Spirit Temple, harbor a piece of the power that's protects the Sacred Realm from being fully destroyed or corrupted. Gerudians were skilled archers and great swordsman. And this man came to be known as Link. His mother named him so as the prophecy "linked" him to their tribe's prosperity. But little did they know that their ancient prophecy coincided with the Hylian prophecy of the descendent of the last knight of Hyrule who is destined to save the land of Hyrule.

"Link!" Rydia called for his son after putting down a basket of apples after taken them off her cart. She had traveled to the market in the Kingdom of Hyrule to trade and had gotten food for them.

"Yes, Mother?" Link said as he ran from the archery range behind the Gerudo Fortress. Gerudo Fortress was built unto the mountain side of the valley they lived in and the road to Hyrule Field from their place was at the bottom of their small valley. Going from east to west. The road eventually went to the rear gates west end of the Gerudo Valley that served as the entrance to the Haunted Wastelands that's heavily guarded day and night. Seeing the cart full of food and other goods that they've needed, Link began grabbing the baskets and bags without question or another word from his mother. He wanted to go with her but Rydia insisted that he stay in the valley and that she would be fine. Link worried about his mother venturing to the Hylian market near Hyrule Castle since Agahnim took over the kingdom due to the King's "sudden death". But to his mother, it hasn't bothered with trade directly and they needed to keep the trade route opened for them or else the tribe would not survive.

"Link, did you do your chores? I noticed you were up at the archery range again." Rydia reprimanded Link under suspicion that he had skipped out on his chores again to train with Nabooru, who was being groomed to lead the Gerudo, and was rumored to have a deep crush on Link but his mother knew and thought they would be fit for each other especially given the fact that he's meant be King of the Gerudo and she's being groomed to be their leader. Although Link is their rightful King by Gerudian belief but he hasn't come of age yet and the ceremony of him being crowned won't be taken place until the current leader of the Gerudian deemed it so. So until then, Link is viewed upon their people as another member of the tribe.

"Yes mother. All the laundry is folded and the floors swept and the blades sharpened for Nara." Link said in reply after putting more of the food baskets in the fortress courtyard for the food and supplies to be divided amongst them. Nara is the current tribal leader of the Gerudo. She has ruled the Gerudo for 60 years since she was 18 years old and a very old and wise lady who believed highly in the prophecy of the Gerudian King.

"Alright…..you better have. If you haven't, I wont let you go to river with Nabooru tomorrow. I know about your so called "date" with her." Rydia said with a scold but also with a slight chuckle at the idea of the two of them spending time together.

"It's not like that, Mother. We're just friends." Link said blushing with deep redness on his face. Link wore a tan cloth vest over his bare chest and a faded red pair of pants and leather boots. He didn't wear any gloves or a hat. His golden blond locks were not long but not short either. His left hand bore the tattooed mark of the Hylian Triforce as a blessing of protection from the Goddesses Din, Nayru, and Farore given to him at birth.

"Well she is being groomed to be the next leader of the tribe. Why don't you court the girl, Link? You two seem so great. She is beautiful you know? Grown into a fine beautiful woman and I hear she has a crush on you." Rydia said teasing her son before laughing out loud at his reaction as he didn't say anything except he even redder in embarrassment. Almost as red as the pants he wears. After finishing helping his mother unload the cart, Link returned to the training grounds again but, this time, Nabooru waited for him with her swords in hand wanting to spar with him.

"You're late, Link. I was wondering if you'd be willing to spar with me again. So far you have yet to beat me one on one." Nabooru chuckled out loud at the thought of the fact that he has yet to defeat her when it came to swords. On the archery range, he was the one who was superior. Link was known as the best archer among them all. Hitting a bullseye on nearly every shot. And every time she competed with him in archery, she would lose to him every time but she loved challenging him regardless and spending time with him. To all the women there, Link was the most handsome man they've seen even outside of the valley and in Hyrule. They're all competing for Link's affection in hopes he would pick them as his bride-to-be when the time comes for him to crowned King of the Gerudo. But to Nabooru, Link is her mate. And she is fiercely jealous of any woman who attempts to steal him away from her. Besides her and Link are childhood friends and who else would he pick besides her? He knows no one else who's closer to him or who has ever caught his eyes except her.

Link looked at Nabooru upon arriving on the training grounds near the archery range. Link did like Nabooru but he wasn't very open minded about his affections but Nabooru just knew how to push his buttons though to make him flare up the fact that he likes her too where no one else could. Nabooru was as tall as he was and like most women there, she had a long red hair. She put it up in a long pony tail often and had a narrow-like facial structure. Like most races in Hyrule, she had the typical pointed ears although they weren't pronounced like the Hylians or the Zoras. Only the Gorons lacked such Elvish features. Nabooru's hair was really long that if she had her hair down, it would nearly reach the ground. Nabooru wore a typical Gerudian bustier made of a thin layered cloth covered in white and red designs with markings depicting the goddess Din that covered most of her top. A large jeweled necklace hung from her neck with a Hylian ruby inserted into it and bronze bracelets were on her upper arms and light pinkish gloves covered much of hands and lower arms. Her pants were made of the same material as her bustier and gloves but with light pink coloring that matched her gloves. Her red pointed shoes were made of a simple light silk similar to the rest of her outfit.

"I see you're up for another spar. Maybe this time I'll win." Link said with confidence as he took a wooden sword from the barrel nearby. Nabooru already had her swords in her hand. In fact, she had two swords. One for each hand. She preferred to dual-wield. Link went into his normal stance and Nabooru got into her typical Gerudian two sword style. As the eagle screamed across the sky, the spar began as the two clashed their wooden swords. They seemed to be evenly matched for a good 5 minutes or so until suddenly Nabooru slashed at his legs and then pounced on top of his stomach with her swords at his throat as he laid flat out on his back grunting from hitting the ground.

"I win again….." Nabooru said with a slight amused laughed as she looked upon him while she sat on him pinning him to the ground.

"Ya you win again, Nabooru. I'll eventually get you one of these days." Link said trying to shrug off the fact that she just beat him again.

"And when that day comes, you will be my King and my husband and I'll be in our bed chambers…" Nabooru flirted. Link didn't know what to say at all but was once again glowing a bit red. He figured he'd be used to this sort of thing from these women here but coming from Nabooru was another story. She always just knew where to hit him with her flirtations and advances despite having being childhood friends. Moments before another word is spoken, Nabooru is called by Nara. She smiled at Link before giving him a kiss on the cheek.

"See you later, my King….." She said in a soft tone before getting off him and running off to see Nara. Link gave out a deep sigh and laid there on the basin feeling the light warm breeze blow over him wondering what to do about her.

End of Scene