Chapter One
A Boy Named Link
Disclaimer: Legend of Zelda is not owned by me, but by Nintendo. All names, characters copyright Nintendo. All rights reserved.
The sky darkened as a man galloped on a black horse across the dark green grass of Hyrule. Behind him were many other black horses, each accompanied by one man, weapons at the ready. These men were all scary looking, but none as ugly as the man in front. The man had dark skin and hair that was bright red, as though it was on fire. He had dyed his nameless horse's mane and tail the same colour. He had a big nose in the centre of his face, and above it were flaming red eyes. On his glove were three triangles, one on top and two on the bottom: the Triforce. The top triangle glowed brighter and brighter as he neared the Hylian castle.
King Daphnes Nohansen Hyrule saw the fiends of darkness approaching, and right away summoned his best soldiers. Lillian cried as her husband Garin saddled his horse. After a quick kiss of good-bye, he mounted his white horse and rode off into the night. Lillian was afraid that he would never be able to see his son or daughter, which was due very soon, possibly even that night. She turned and looked into his horse's now vacant stable, noticing Garin's forgotten shield. This scared Lillian even more, and she picked it up, searching frantically for a horse who had not been taken to battle. Finally, she found one at the end of the stables. Not bothering to put on a saddle, she rode bareback to the battlefield.
She met Garin shortly and handed him his shield. As Garin thanked her, an arrow flew at him and hit him in the heart. His eyes were staring blankly forward as his horse spooked and sent him toppling off. A second arrow flew, this time hitting Lillian in the shoulder. The frightened horse was sent into a frenzy of kicking hooves and swishing tail, but Lillian managed to stay on. He galloped blindly until he finally let Lillian regain control of him. She steered him to the nearest place she knew: Kokiri Forest. She dismounted and entered slowly.
She ran blindly through the trees and made it to a clearing with many small houses. A Kokiri who lived there spotted the poor woman and her eyes widened. Poor girl …she thought. Even though the Kokiri looked like a ten year old girl, she was really a twenty-seven year old woman, whose baby was also due very soon like Lillian.
Lillian ran past Mido, the leader of the Kokiri and into a large fallen log. Finally, she collapsed in front of a huge tree with a large face: the Great Deku Tree. Lillian sobbed as she cuddled a newborn boy in her arms.
Lillian looked at the Deku Tree. "Please … please care for my son for me …"
The Deku Tree peered down his wooden nose and lifted one of his root arms. He picked up the boy and slowly he said, "Yes … I think I know someone who can care for him."
"Thank you …" Lillian whispered as she painfully drew her last breath. She fell to the ground and the Deku Tree picked her up in another arm to lay her in a bed of flowers where she could rest in peace.
Just then, Mido walked in, a red fairy hovering above him. Like his wife, he had the body of a ten year old. He brushed his red blonde hair out of his freckled face and stated proudly, "My wife just had a daughter! We're calling her Saria."
The Deku Tree nodded and said, "Dos thou think that ye will be able to care for two children?"
Mido looked confused. "What do you mean?"
"A woman just came in and left her new son with me," the Deku Tree answered, "and I can't take care of him." He lowered his roots holding the boy and showed him to Mido.
Mido pondered the question, then picked the boy up, slowly nodding. "Okay," he said in a nasally voice, "but I will never accept him as a true Kokiri." He turned and carried the boy to his small house.
"Marion!" he called, opening the door.
The girl who had been watching Lillian came out of the kitchen. "Hush Mido!" she scolded. "Saria is sleeping."
"Sorry," Mido said, dropping his voice. "The Deku Tree gave me this little boy to care for."
Marion took the small baby from him and looked into his bright blue eyes. "Link," she whispered.
"Pardon?" Mido wore the same confused look that he did when he was talking to the Deku Tree.
"His name is Link," she repeated promptly.
Mido nodded. "Uh-huh. Perfect."
Marion went into Saria's room and laid Link down. The girl opened her forest green eyes when she felt something being set down beside her. She began to cry, and her crying awoke Link.
Marion calmed the two down and went back into the kitchen to make supper for her and Mido.