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Kingdom Hearts: A Link Between Words
Prologue 1: Hyrule's Annual Sword Tournament
Five years have passed since Hyrule almost faced destruction brought on by the combined efforts of the Evil Wizard Yuga and the Demon King of Evil Ganon. Because of the efforts of the young boy Link along with the help of the Seven Sages, Zelda, and their Loruleian counterparts Ravio and Hilda they manged to defeat YuGanon and bring the pieces of the Triforce together thus bringing back Lorule's Triforce and saving both worlds. Since that day Hyrule has entered a golden age as Hyrule begins to bring back the beauty that it once was. Link during this time went back to training with Hyrule's Greatest Blacksmith in hopes that one day he can become a great blacksmith as well.
Because Link stayed up all night the day before forging a sword for Hyrule's Annual Sword Tournament he slept in. Even though Link has been getting better at getting up in the morning he still has a problem keeping track of time when he's working on an important job, which leads to working all night and of course sleeping in. The Annual Sword Tournament is a time in the year where people all over the world come to Hyrule to show of their skills to prove who's the best swordsman in hopes of receiving a blade from the World's Greatest Blacksmith. However this year the sword is going to be made by Link as a final test to see if Link has what it takes to take the title as World's Greatest Blacksmith. As Link is sleeping soundly in his house the door opens. A boy walks in. He's wearing a yellow shirt with a green vest and dark green pants with brown boots and is wearing and green cap similar, to Link's. The boy himself looks younger than Link.
"Link, Link wake up Papa's going to be very mad at you if your late again."The boy explains.
"..." Link doesn't hear him as he continues to sleep. The boy sighs.
"Oh well I didn't want to do this, but I have no choice." He takes a deep breath and yells as loud as he can."LINK WAKE UP!"
Link surprised by the sudden loud noise not only wakes up but jumps up and fall's out of his bed.
"Ow what the heck was that for Gulley?" Link says as he tries to get up.
"And I was having a such nice dream too." Link continues as he gets off the floor to put on his boots.
"Oh were you dreaming about about Seres, Zelda, or perhaps Irene?" The boy now identified as Gulley questions.
Gulley is the son of the Blacksmith and is Link's foster younger brother since Link was adopted and raised by the Blacksmith's family because Link's biological parents went missing shortly after his birth, the Blacksmith took Link in because he was close friends with Link's father. But most people think they're biological brothers because Link and Gulley so much alike. Gulley is the current Sage of The Forest.
Link caught off guard by Gulley's random question trips over the boot he's trying to put on. "What kind of question is that? What would make you think I was dreaming about one of them?"Questions Link has he puts on his adventure pouch on his belt which Gulley's Mother made him five years ago.
"Well Papa says that when boys your age have good dreams it's usually about girls for some reason." the boy responds innocently.
"But that doesn't matter now the sword tournament is going to begin in one hour an you still have to pick up the sword you made so you can drop it off the castle."
Link looks outside to see that slept in again. "Oh crap If I'm late Master Smith's really gonna let me have it." Wasting no more time Link dashes out of his house into Hyrule Field.
Thanks to the Pegasus Boots which Link wears he was able to get to the Blacksmith within thirty seconds. Also the Blacksmith isn't really that far away from Link's house. When Link walks in to the Blacksmith he's greeted by his Master's usual yelling.
"LINK WHERE IN HYRULE HAVE YOU BEEN THE SWORD TOURNAMENT IS GOING TO BEGIN IN AN HOUR!" Link hangs his head down in shame as he answers his master.
"Sorry Master but I slept in again and I know there is no excuse to be late, but I promise I'll make it up to you after I deliver the sword to the castle." Smith's Wife who around in her thirties and wearing green cap like the rest of her family tells her husband.
"Honey you should take it easy on him today. Link stayed up all last night to finish the sword for today." Smith look's at look his wife and back at Link then says.
"Fine but lets first take a look his sword if it's any good to be the prize at the tournament then he'll be freed from my wraith. If not I'll have to give the castle one my swords. If that happens only the Goddesses themselves will be able to save him from I have planned!"
Link gulps, as he knows that Smith will make good of his threat if Link's blade doesn't meet with his master's strict standards
"Go on. Fetch me your blade. Lets see how you did." Smith instructs his student.
Link quickly runs to one of the selves which has the sword he forged. Link's sword is currently in it's sheath which is wrapped in a cloth to keep it clean for the tournament. Link grabs it off the shelf and hurries the sword to his master who quickly unwraps it and unsheathes it. The sword Link made is a one handed long sword which is made with Master Ore and further tempered with Golden Dust both were provided by Rosso who's a goron who owns the mines in Death Mountain and is the current Sage of Fire. The sword itself has a silver colored blade with a golden diamond pattern on it. The guard is a light blue color that has W like shape to it and has a golden diamond shaped gem in the center. Almost like the guard to a previous sword Link once owned:The Master Sword. The handle is wrapped with a fine light green cloth to make it easier to grip. Smith looks closely at the blade clearly he's impressed
"Where the hell did you get golden dust?" Smith questions.
"Rosso gave me some, said he got it from some of his family who lives in Termina." Link answers. Smith examines the sword further then hands the sword back to Link.
"Well just because it looks pretty doesn't mean it'll cut. Now it's time to truly test your blade." Link grabs the sword and looks at his Master wondering what he's going to put him through. Smith then takes one the finest swords he made. A two handed broad sword that is also made with Master Ore. He then presents his challenge to Link.
"If your sword can break mine then you pass and can present it at the tournament if not...Well I'll just leave that for your imagination." Link jumps back in shock and wonder if his master is serious.
"Honey is that asking a bit too much of the boy?" Smith's Wife asks.
"Betty it's not being to hard on him The Champion of the tournament is expecting a blade made by the greatest blacksmith and that is what he's going to get." Smith explains to his wife. Link nods understanding his master's reason.
"I understand Master just promise me you won't get mad for breaking your sword."
Smith looks down at Link and laughs.
"Ha ha ah that's the spirit but don't get cocky they don't call me The Greatest Blacksmith In Hyrule for nothing. Oh and don't use any of your Fancy Magic or Skills either."
Smith holds his sword up in a defensive stance and prepares himself for Link's attack. Link takes his stance as he stares at his master. Then with all of his strength swings his blade vertically at Smith's sword. As the two blades make contact the sound of metal clashing resonates through the area. After that the room remains silent for few seconds as the top half of Smith's blade breaks from the sword and falls to the ground. Link's Gilded Sword didn't even chip. Both Smith and Betty looked at the broken blade in shock even Link was shocked by the result.
"Damn while I'll be. It looks I taught you well. Get going and take the sword to the castle. Know that you've made me proud today. It's one thing to be called the best, but to train someone to be even better that is another thing. After all you can't be the best forever but you can pass on what you've learned."
With that Link dashes out of the Blacksmith, Gilded Sword in hand as he dashes to Hyrule Castle.
"Damn it I only got thirty minutes left hopefully Zelda won't be too mad when I get there." As Link's dashes through Hyrule he gets called by someone.
"Link where are you headed so quickly?" A young witch about the same age as Link flies down to the young hero. She has dark blue hair and eyes. She's wearing a typical witch outfit and she's even sitting on a broom which is floating a few feet off the ground following Link
"No time to talk Irene. I've got to get to Hyrule Castle quickly." Link says as he continues to make haste to the castle.
"Oh hot date with the princess huh?" Irene questions Link jokingly.
Irene is a young witch who claims to the best of her generation. She is Link's close friend. Five years ago The Fortune Teller told her to look out for green if she wanted to avoid disaster. She assumed the green thing was Link since he wears green. After all she wasn't going to mow all the lawns in Hyrule. Sure enough Link did save her from disaster. And because Link saved her she fell in love with him. She often flirts and teases him but Link's too oblivious to notice. She is the current Sage of Spirit.
After hearing Irene's joke Link trips over a rock and falls over.
"Ouch! What?! Where are you getting your ideas from? No I need to deliver this sword to castle." Link explains as he wipes the dirt off his clothes and face.
"I know just wanted to see how you would react." Link blushes slightly embarrassed of his fall in front of the cute witch.
"How about I give you a lift for old times sake to make sure you get there in time."Irene offers only feeling slightly guilty.
"Thanks that would be helpful." Link says as he grabs the back of her broom
"Oh come on don't be shy. You don't have to hold on like that. Just climb on the broom and sit next to me. We're friends after all." Irene tells Link slightly worried that the straw will fall out and Link will plummet to his death.
"Are you sure?" Link questions Irene a little embarrassed at the sudden invitation.
"Yes I'm sure besides I don't you want to look up my dress." Irene continues to joke with Link. Link's face turns red hearing her comment.
"What? Why would you even think that?" Link questions as he climbs on Irene's broom.
"Well Gulley told me that you've been dreaming of girls lately." Irene answers teasing him.
"What? No I haven't. Gulley's lying!" Link responds his face turning an even brighter red.
"That not what your face says." Irene says continuing to tease the poor Hero.
"My face doesn't say anything!" Link defends.
"Well anyway enough teasing you for now. Hold on tight!" Irene informs Link as she takes for the skies. She descends heading for the Castle. Hyrule Castle is the capital of Hyrule. It's a huge castle that towers several hundred feet above the ground and has multiple towers with blue roofs. The castle itself also is surrounded by a moat to help keep out invaders. The castle has been reconstructed multiple times throughout history. The original castle used to have a town around it but that was completely devastated when Ganon got the Triforce and tyrannically ruled over Hyrule before the Imprisoning War. Because of this the castle had to relocate. It is believed that it used to be where the Lost Woods is today. When they get to Hyrule Castle Irene drops him off in the Castle Courtyard in front the Castle Doors and then takes off in her usual quick way. Link is immediately greeted by the Castle Guards who stop him at the doors. These Guards are new to the post so they don't recognize Link.
"Halt what business to you have at the castle?" the Guard asks.
"I've come to deliver the sword for Annual Sword Tournament" Link replies quickly.
"Ha! A kid's gonna deliver a sword from Smith The World's Greatest Blacksmith? Yeah right!" The Guard mocks Link.
"But.." Link tries to say something but is cut off by The Guard.
"But noting kid! We've been ordered to keep an eye out. Strange things have been spotted lately. Weird black creatures and strange foreigners walking out portals of darkness. Nobody walks past us unless they have permission from the royal family. Now go home kid!" the guard rudely informs Link. Before Link can say another word a voice speaks over him again.
"Hey what do think you're doing?!" A knight walks over to them. He's wearing a red Hylurean solder's uniform but has much more medals than the Guard. He towers over them since he's about seven feet tall.
"General Russell this kid trying to get in the castle claims he's delivering the prize for the tournament." The Guard informs his superior.
General Russell is high ranking knight who's good friends with Link's master and also knows Link quite well. Five years ago he was the Captain of the Hyrulian Army. Since then he has been promoted to General. He often hits on Seres the Priest's Daughter even after his near death experience.
"You fool! This is Link! He's not only Smith's apprentice but he's also the one who brought on the Golden Era that we live in now. He has permission from not only Lady Impa but also Princess Zelda herself to enter the Castle whenever he wishes. As long as doesn't threaten the tranquility of Hyrule. So let him through!" Russell orders the guard.
"Yes Sir, Sorry I did not know you were Sir Link." The Guard apologizes letting Link through.
"Sorry Link. Recently we've had some guard rearrangements. It won't happen again." Russell informs Link.
Link walks into the castle's main room. Before the throne room there is an art gallery telling the legend of the Hero of Hyrule before Link which goes over the Imprisoning War and how Ganon gained the Triforce and tells how the Hero answering the call of Hyrule's Princess used the Blade of Evil's Bane to defeat the Demon King Of Evil and saved Hyrule. As Link is waiting meet to with Princess Zelda, Lady Impa walks in.
Impa is elderly woman who is Zelda's nursemaid and caretaker. She's part of the Shiekah Tribe. A tribe that protects the royal family from the shadows. Though she's elderly she has masted The Ninja Arts to the point that even General Russell fears her. She's the current Sage of Shadow.
"Oh Link it's about time you got here The Princess is waiting for you. Follow me." Impa says as she leads to him to The Throne Room.
"So what's this I hear about black creatures and foreigners walking out of dark portals?"Link questions as he follows Impa to the throne room. Impa then replies "We believe there some kind of invasion planed from a foreign world." Shocked in hearing this news Link then questions.
"Invasion from a foreign world what make you think that?"
"I happened to spot some of them on the outskirts of Hyrule their auras does not belong to this world." Replies Impa. Impa can see auras using the Sheikah technique The Eye of Truth which allows her to look in to people hearts and gives her the ability to see the truth.
"Do you think It's Lorule?" Link questions knowing that's probably highly unlikely.
"No their auras weren't Loruleain they're completely different beings made of complete darkness, and the most disturbing part is that they all lacked hearts." Impa solemnly informs.
Link does not know what to think now about these Unknown Creatures. Link has encountered beings of darkness before but they still had a Heart no matter how corrupt or evil they were. Link assumed that you need your heart just to live.
"How is such a thing possible?" Link questions.
"I'm not sure but I'll be sure to look into it. The important right thing now is that I think there after the Triforce." Impa answers worried.
The Triforce is the Heart of their world. When Lorule lost it's Triforce it started to fall apart at the seams. If Hyrule's Triforce were to be stolen it could mean the very same fate.
"WHAT?! The Triforce is in the Sacred Realm! The only ones that can get there is Zelda, the Sages, and Me." Link nearly yells at the elderly woman.
"Yes I know but I believe the invaders are searching for another way into the Sacred Realm." Impa replies calmly.
"But lets talk about that later. Lets first talk to Princess Zelda." Impa says as she orders two Golden Armored Knights to open the doors to The Throne Room.
As the doors open Link sees Princess Zelda. She is the same age Link and has blonde hair and blue eyes like him. She's about the same height though she looks taller because she wears high heels. As expected she wears royal clothing that bears the crest of Hyrule on the lower part of her dress and she wears a golden tiara. Though Link wouldn't think this out loud but he always thought she was super ultra cute. Link and Impa walk into The Throne Room and once there The Royal Guards close the door as Lady Impa says.
"Your Highness I present to you Link who has brought the sword for the Annual Sword Tournament and Hero of our World." Impa inform as Link walks up to the princess and bows respectively.
"Sorry I didn't arrive sooner Your Highness, but I was sidetracked along the way." Link says speaking with great respect for the future Queen of Hyrule.
Zelda giggles and then says.
"Oh slept in again eh Sleepy Head? You've no need for formalities. Please just call me Zelda you know I don't like you to call me 'Your Highness.'" Link hearing this blushes and then apologizes
"I'm sorry Your Hi..er I mean Zelda. I present to you the sword for to the tournament."
Zelda is the Princess of Hyrule. She often deals with the Domestic Businesses of Hyrule since her father the King is always busy with Foreign Affairs and Relations. Ever since five years ago when Link saved her from Yuga Zelda fell in love with Link. Though she has kept her feelings secret. She's worried what her Father will do if he finds out. Zelda is the chosen protector of the Triforce of Wisdom. One of the Fragments of the Triforce of their world.
"Oh thank you Link...it been awhile since we last met. You know if you have time we should spend some time together after the tournament." Zelda shyly asks as she receives the sword from Link, her face a little red .
"Oh sorry about that, Master Smith has had me working on forging techniques to complete my training so I haven't had much time to visit my other friends let alone you. But since I completed my training I should be have more free time to spend with you and my other friends. But before that I would like to talk about the possible invasion." Link tells Zelda wanting to spend as much time as possible with her even with the six other eyes in the room.
"I'm afraid we don't have time for that. The Princess has to prepare for the tournament. It'll have to wait until after the award ceremony." Impa informs both of them shattering the mood.
With that Link walks out of the throne room and out of the castle into the courtyard where he sees the contestants have gathered. Most of the contestants are people Link doesn't know but there a few he recognizes. One of them is Russell. Probably to show off to Seres who's in the audience and another he spots is Osfala. "Osfala what is he doing here?" Link asks himself.
Osfala is a resident of Kakariko trained by his grandfather The Village Elder Sahasrahla. He's a womanizer who likes to show off. He's thinks he's "popular" with the women like Link. However Link's actually popular. He's in love with the Princess as well and will do anything to make her notice him. Despite all this he's the current Sage of Light and often times he lets the title go to his head.
Link walks over to Osfala and asks him.
"Osfala what are you doing here?" Osfala turns around to look at Link with fire in his eyes.
"Oh Link it's been awhile and why am I here you ask? Why I'm participating in the Annual Sword Tournament of course!" Osfala answers
Link stares blankly at him.
"I can see that! What I mean is why are your participating? I thought you're just a magic user." Link clarifies. Osfala laughs.
"Ha, I'm a Sage that means I can do more than just magic! For I am a master with all types of weaponry and magic! I'm here to show the Princess my talents and win her heart. You won't outshine me this time Link!"
Link stares at him blankly wondering why Osfala is even trying to win Zelda's heart when it clearly belongs to him.
"Whatever. Suit yourself." With that Link head out into the audience where he finds a place near Seres and Irene. Link sits down next to them.
"So why're you two here?" Link asks curious of why a Priest's daughter would be interested in such a barbaric competition and why Irene would be next to her.
"Weelll I'm here because I thought you also would be participating but apparently not. After all you are the World Greatest Sword-master and a hero. Well that's rupees wasted. Well guess I at least get to spend time with you and Seres here." Irene answers almost sounding like she has an ulterior motive.
"Russell invited me and provided me with the ticket." Seres replies oblivious to his impure motive.
Seres as said before is the Priest's daughter and another close friend of Link. She has light blue hair and eyes and she wears a light blue dress. She herself is a priestess in training and is a devout follower of the Golden Goddesses. She's very popular with both men and women but she's too innocent to realize their true motives. She just thinks they want to hear the word of the Goddesses. She actually has a crush on Link to but is too shy to say anything. She's is the current Sage of Time.
"Aahh your so lucky to be so cute you always have guys give you free gifts. I had to buy my ticket for 300 rupees." Irene says out loud embarrassing the shy priestess.
"I don't think that's why I get gifts. I think they're just being generous like Mother Farore instructed us to be." Seres replies shyly.
"Your lucky you're so cute. But you need to keep an eye out. Who knows what people will do you if you're by yourself." Irene warns after hearing about the recent rape that happened in the forest near her house.
"Wha-what? I don't believe anyone would dare try anything like THAT. Besides you're cute too. I'm pretty sure guys want to give you gifts too but they just don't know what to say." Seres says her face still red with embarrassment.
"That may be true but guys tend to be scared of me because I'm a witch. The only boy I know who's close to me is Link. But he's been such a busy guy that he doesn't have time to give me gifts."
Link feeling bad about this decides to say something.
"I'm sorry If it makes you feel better I can buy you something after the tournament." Link offers unknowing the hole he has just dug for himself. Irene seeing the opportunity decides to ask him for a date. "Well how about you buy me dinner at the fanciest restaurant in town?" Irene decides to lean closer to Link to tease him making him think she's going to kiss him.
"Um I guess I can do that" A flustered Link replies almost glowing with embarrassment. Seres seeing what Irene did and is doing gets jealous and decides to include herself in the madness.
"Hey what about me?!" Seres almost snaps at Link. Not realizing what kind of situation he got himself into he says
"You can join us to if you want, right Irene?."
"Yeah that's just great the MORE THE MERRIER." Irene says sarcastically though Link doesn't notice, she then stares daggers at Seres.
"Yay!" Seres says happily that she stopped Irene from getting a lone date with Link.
"Yay..." Irene says sarcastically ready to kill one or Both of them.
"You know maybe Zelda could join us as well." Link says now making the tombstone for his grave.
After hearing this both girls stare daggers at him. Link is suddenly paralyzed with an unknown fear. It's like he's being stared at by an army of Redeads. With that Zelda walks out from the balcony to begin the tournament
"Ladies and gentlemen I welcome you to Hyrule's Annual Sword Tournament!"
To be Continued.
Author's Notes
I would like to thank my friend Anna Hollow who often helps with ideas and helps with the edits.
I had to make some names for some of the characters, after all Blacksmith couldn't possibly be his real name so I renamed him Smith after Link's grandfather from Minish Cap who was also a blacksmith. I renamed the Captain to Russell who was the captain from Spirit Tracks. I made up a King because it seems highly unlikely if not impossible for an adolescents girl to run a Kingdom all by herself. As for the Sages I kinda guessed there titles, found it odd that Zelda isn't one of them she's normally the Seventh Sage destined to lead the others. I find even more odd that despite being descendents of the Seven Sages from OOT one of them being Zelda she still isn't one of them (maybe the royal family had an affair somewhere and one of the Sages is of royal blood, like Zelda's secret half sibling that has been kept as a royal family secret or something). As for the Kingdom Hearts part that's coming up so you'll have to wait sorry.