Nature Sage

A beam of light shot down from the clouds. It must have been three in the morning. Malon opened her sleepy eyes and looked out the window. She saw a tall man, with a white mustache and nearly bald head.

"Sages of Hyrule," he called in an echoing voice. "The Hero of Time has summoned us! Come forth!"

Malon watched as the green, red, blue, orange, and purple beams of light came from the sky. They formed into people, but Malon could only recognize the Princess of the Zora, Ruto.

Suddenly, the other man turned and looked Malon right in the eyes. She gasped, and pulled the blankets even tighter around herself.

"Sage of Nature, we are waiting for you."

"Malon?" Talon called. "You have a visitor!"

Malon sat up suddenly, frightened from the dream. She shakily climbed out of bed and put on her regular clothes, then went outside. There, she found Link waiting for her.

"Hey," Link said, smiling. "What's the matter? Did you have a bad dream?"

How does he do that? Malon wondered.

"Yeah," she said. "It was really strange. Let's go for a ride, and I'll tell you all about it."

After she prepared her horse, Grace, she and Link rode off toward Lake Hylia. They had decided to have a picnic there.

"I was in my room, and it was the middle of the night. There was this guy with a huge white mustache, and he summoned a bunch of Sages or something." A flash of recognition passed over Link's face, but he continued listening. "Then, after like five of them came, he turned around and looked at me and said that they were waiting for the Sage of Nature. I got scared, then I woke up."

"Who was in it?" Link asked after a few seconds.

"The only person I recognized was Princess Ruto."

Link made a face.

"Maybe I should go ask her?" Malon wondered aloud.

"No," Link said quickly. "I mean, maybe. Probably not. Or, you could go by yourself!"

"I would, but your magical song is the only thing that can get past the waterfall," Malon said, grinning. Link sighed, looking defeated. "I, the mighty Malon, am the only being alive capable of destroying the great Hero of Time, Link the Kokiri!"

Link laughed. "No, you're right. I'll take you there," he said reluctantly. "But I'm not going in there to talk to her!"

"Oh, yes you are."

"No way," Link said firmly. "You cannot make me!"

"Um...hi Ruto," Link said, laughing nervously. "Malon wants to talk to you."

"Hi. I'm Malon, and I had a dream and you were in it," Malon said. "I wanted to ask you if you knew anything about the Sages of Hyrule or something like that."

"Yes, I do," Ruto said politely. "In fact, I'm one of them! I am the Sage of Water, and you must be the eighth Sage! I am so glad to meet you! Wait until Rauru hears that I found her!"

"Um, what are you talking about?" Malon asked.

"You mean that six of the eight sages are girls?" Link asked. "I think the sage people are sexist."

"There's nothing wrong with you boys," Ruto teased, "but we women are oh, so much smarter."

"Hey!"

"What are you talking about?" Malon demanded.

"Just come on," Ruto said, beaming Link, Malon, and herself to the Temple of Light inside of the Sacred Realm.

"This is the Sage of Nature?" Rauru asked.

"I found her," Ruto said proudly.

"I found myself!" Malon argued.

"I think I should be a Sage," Link said. "How about 'the Sage of..' uh.."

"I should transfer her power into her," Rauru decided.

"Is that gonna hurt?"

"I did too find her!"

"The Sage of Time! Brilliant! So, how about it?"

"Shut up, Link," Ruto said.

"Yeah, Link, shut up," Rauru said.

Link slumped down. "I was only trying to help."

"Right. Anyway, Malon, this won't hurt a bit," Rauru said, shooting her with a tranquilizer dart.

"OW!" Then, everything went black.

So that's the first part of my first fic. How do you like it? PLEASE review! If it's awful, tell me so that I don't waste my time with the next part. Thanks!