A/N: Here is the new story I was telling some of you about. I've put Fleur/Hermione in the game The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, and have changed minor things about the LoZ plot. Other than that, I have shamelessly taken lines directly from the game. In this chapter and those that follow, I claim to have no rights to the characters, locations, or general universe of which I write about. The rights belong to J. K. Rowling for Fleur/Hermione's sake, and the rest of the credit goes to Nintendo. I've put this prologue up to see what the initial response is, I have a few more chapters written, but plan to space out my updates. Well, here it is. Enjoy.
In the vast, deep forest of Hyrule... Long have I served as the guardian spirit... I am known as the Deku Tree...
The children of the forest, the Kokiri, live here with me. Each Kokiri has his or her own guardian fairy. However, there is one girl who does not have a fairy...
Fleur Delacour shifted restlessly in her sleep. Her cozy treehouse had not felt like much of a home as of late. Something felt... out of place. Nightmares had plagued Fleur for the last couple of weeks. There was a sense of something amiss in the depths of her mind, but try as she may, Fleur simply couldn't put her finger on it.
She had always been different in comparison to the Kokiri. The forest children simply never grew up; the Great Deku Tree's magic kept them in their youth eternally. Fleur, however, was now 20 years old, and she looked it.
The young blonde changed positions in her bed again. This wasn't one of her usual dreams; this one was more realistic than the rest. She could hear that same ancient voice speak again...
Navi... Navi, where art thou? Come hither...
In the black that had taken over the sight of Fleur's sleeping mind, a small orb of blue-white light floated in the air, flying about.
Oh Navi the fairy... Listen to my words, the words of the Deku Tree... Dost thou sense it? The climate of evil descending upon this realm... Malevolent forces even now are mustering to attack our land of Hyrule...
For so long, the Kokiri Forest, the source of life, has stood as a barrier, deterring outsiders and maintaining the order of the world... But... before this tremendous evil power, even my power is as nothing.
It seems the time has come for the one without a fairy to begin her journey... The youth whose destiny it is to lead Hyrule to the path of justice and truth...
The voice sounder weaker then, and became more distant- urgent, even.
Navi... go now! Find our young friend and guide her to me... I do not have much time left. Fly, Navi, fly! The fate of the forest, nay, the world, depends on thee!
The small orb danced about for only a second more before shooting off back into the blackness...