Chapter 1: Prologue

Thunder boomed around the dark stormy sky. A lone Bulbin stood alone, shivering in the cold rain. Standing outside the gate to castle town, that was the order given to him by King Bulbin. The Bulbin hated this, but followed orders, else the punishment be death. Lightning flashed across the sky and the Bulbin was on the ground, dead. A feral wolf snarled above the corpse, as if to say,'Who else wants some?!' A sickly looking imp lay on it's back trying to speak to the wolf. The wolf became worried at it's sick companion trying to speak. It looked at it sternly, yet softly. The imp stopped trying to speak and let the wolf continue onwards to Hyrule Castle.

"L... Link... Hurry... Princess Z... Zelda...", The imp spoke weakly. The wolf again hushed her and rushed across the drawbridge into Castle Town. Any people that were under shelter in the storm, cowered in fear from the ferocious looking beast. Link felt a twinge of annoyance. He wasn't that ferocious looking, was he?

Din sighed boredly. It was always the same, Zelda would always get held captive by Zant, Midna would get hurt, Link would race trying to get her to Zelda, and Zelda would always "give" her life to save Midna. Very little changed each time Din watched it happen again.

"How can I spice this up? Maybe I should throw in Link's old companion from the past. The fairy, what was her name?... Naggy? No... Nadia? No... That's it! Navi!", Din said excitedly. She thought for a moment and remembered what she had promised that Link when he died. To never have Navi as a companion again. That fairy was way too annoying, sweet and caring, but annoying nonetheless.

"Maybe Vaati can join? Or Dark Link? No... Too repetitive. Maybe I could 'borrow' one of the old man's people? The old fart has plenty to spare after all. Yeah! I'll do that! But, who?...", Din wondered as she looked into a pool of water that showed one of the old man's worlds.

It was a day like any other. Cloudy, windy, and gloomy. Regular North-Western Oregon weather. I was bored out of my mind and kept staring out the bus window as I zoned out, trying to forget about the entire day. I was glad to finally get out of school. Despite what Adults say about High-school being the best years of your life, it wasn't. At least, not to me. I mean, sitting in a small room for an hour and a half, getting lectured, racing across the school to do it all over again, was NOT any fun for me. I preferred to learn through action. Not little projects or anything like that, but actually experiencing something. Despite wanting to learn through action, I never really could, so I turned to video-games. The Legend of Zelda was one of my favorite games because of all the puzzles and amazing story-lines. The characters themselves were amazing, the mute hero, the wise princess, the usually annoying companion, and the dark king. It was all so delightful, so to speak. Not at all like the real world. Or as I call it, our dimension. Yes, our dimension. I believe that there are others, many others.

I looked out at the clouds and frowned. Looked like rain was coming... What else was new? I scrolled through my music and played Midna's theme. I wasn't in the mood for anything "happy", especially after the day I just went through. The bus pulled up to the first stop, and people passed by me to leave. As they did multiple others moved, taking up the now empty seats. I grabbed my bag, preparing to get off the bus. My stop was next and I just wanted to get home. The bus turned a corner and stopped again. The bus doors opened and I stepped up, fileing towards the door. I was shoved off the bus and I fell to the ground. The kids behind laughed at me and I just ignored them. No sense in knocking someones lights out after something so minor. I picked myself up and walked down the street to my house. I walked across my lawn and towards the garage door. I pressed the button on my garage door opener and walked under the raising door.

"No car... I guess Mom's not home. Oh well.", I mumbled aloud. I kicked off my shoes and stepped in the house. The house creaked with age as the wind blew, almost as if it were greeting me, welcoming me back. I sighed, tired from the long and annoying day, and walked into my room setting my backpack next to my bed. I crawled into the covers, and closed my eyes.

'A nap will make me feel a lot better, they always do...', I thought as I slipped out of consciousness.

Din was getting really annoyed. She had been searching for hours on end, for somebody, anybody, decent that is, to join Link and Midna, without any success. Any person she found was either a pervert, a coward, emo, or a preppy Mary-sue who writes about marrying Link and having ten kids with him.

"Maybe I should call it quits," Din mumbled leaning back on a cloud-chair," I mean, it's not like we need somebody else to accompany Link! I just really want sombody to..."

She glanced back at the pool and raised an eyebrow. This kid seemed normal. No angst, no preppieness, no excess pevertedness (thank the old man, this was a guy after all), and not too cowardly. Din smiled and shook her head.

"Well, I suppose this is as good as it's gonna get. Time to introduce myself!", Din said as she closed her eyes, connecting with the young boy's mind.

I found myself in a black void, just floating, happy as a clam. I looked around and realized something. I seemed to realize I was dreaming. My thoughts drifted to something my dad had told me... 'When you first realize when you're dreaming, take control and you can do anything, even fly.'

I smirked and imagined myself somewhere that couldn't possibly be real, like in the chamber of sages. I started to fall, and I panicked.

"Fly! C'mon! Up damn it!", I swore as I felt the air blowing past me. Looks like this dream just turned into a nightmare...

I cringed and curled into a ball. Who knew if this was going to hurt? The air slowed down considerably and I opened my eye.

"Welcome young one, to the Chamber of Sages.", a soothing, yet powerful, feminine voice said. I looked around and laughed. Here I was! I was in the Chamber of Sages!

"Oh my god!", I exclaimed excitedly,"This is amazing! I can control my dreams! Where do I want to go next? Wait... Who's there?"

I looked around until I saw a glowing red figure. She seemed to smile at me.

"Hello there boy. I am Din, Goddess of-", She began to say, before I interuppted her.

"Power, creator of the Triforce of power, and Oracle of Seasons. Yeah, I've heard it just about every game, why am I here? This is either a really complex dream, or a vision.", I said cutting to the chase. She seemed a little annoyed by the fact that I cut her off. Her glow dissipated and she lowered herself down onto the platform. SHe was garbed in her clothes that she wore from Oracle of Seasons.

"Ya' know, it's a little rude to cut people off! Especially if they're a goddess!", Din snapped in annoyance. My expression shrank to one of regret.

"Oh! I um... I'm sorry. I guess that was kinda rude, but then I wouldn't be myself now would I?", I asked her rhetorically. Din's expression changed to a smirk and she laughed.

"All right! You're perfect for the job! You got guts kid! You'll need 'em if you're going to join Link!", She said with enthusiasm. I tilted my head in confusion.

"I beg your pardon? Join Link? Me?! Like, no joke? This isn't some cruel prank being pulled on me by you right now?", I asked nervously. She laughed again.

"Nope! This is the real deal kid! But, there's a bit of a catch.", She said as her voice got darker, and she pointed at me, "If you wish to join him, and help him along the way, you must take the form of one of the many kinds of people in Hyrule! It will be completely random, so make due with what you get!"

"Ok! I accept!", I said pumping my fists into the air. Din smiled at me and walked up.

"Just don't let my sisters know I did this, 'kay? If they find out, they'll either be pissed or cheer you guys on. I'm hoping that they'll do the latter.", She told me.

"Don't worry, oh mighty Din," I stated mock-respectfully and bowed,"You're secret's safe with me!"

Din smiled and looked at me with concern.

"Just come back alive kid. I'd like to see you again after this is all over, not before.", She said with a small smile. I felt sad but smiled back.

"No worries! I got guts, remember? I'll know what to do!", I said in a cocky voice. She smirked angrily and hit the back of my head. I began to fall back into the inky blackness.

"Good luck kid! Tell the little piggy with my triforce piece I said hello!", Din shouted down at me. I closed my eyes and loss conciousness with a smile on my face.