Legend of Zelda: A New Evil

Chapter 1: The Mysterious Forest

In the singing forest of Kokiri Forest, the residents, named after the forest itself, were playing amongst each other, their small glowing fairies following them respectfully. Well, MOST of them. Atop a tree, sitting on a branch, one fairy was staring at the other fairies as they flew by.

'It... Its not fair. I am the only one without a partner,' the fairy thought to herself as she began to cry.

She flapped her wings and jumped off the branch, flying to the nearby exit of the forest. She knew even with the Great Deku Tree dead, she was forbidden to leave the forest. But Navi, another fairy and her closest friend, left the forest, but it was with her own partner. The fairy gritted her teeth, forming fists in her hands.

'I don't care anymore. My partner isn't here, that's a fact so I'm going...' the fairy thought, her look suddenly changing to a look of forgiveness afterward, 'Goddess Farore, forgive this foolish fairy.'

She then flew out the oversized log, over the bridge, and leaving the forest with no regrets...mostly.

Upon reaching Hyrule Field, the fairy noticed the sun setting, meaning it was going to get dark soon. This frightened her a bit, but she cared not and moved on. Her instincts as a fairy told her to go back, but she ignored it. She was tired of being the only forest fairy without a partner. She didn't care whether it'd be a Kokiri, Goron, Zora, Deku, Hylian, Gerudo, or Sheikah as long as he or she would accept her. The wolves howled in a distance, alerting those out, including the fairy, that it was nighttime. She gulped and continued on. After only what seemed to her to be 8 feet, she suddenly felt like she was being followed.

"H-Hello?" she called, scared now.

She waited a moment for a response but didn't recieve one. She sighed a breath of relief and flew on her way. The fairy didn't get even 4 feet when she heard what sounded like a zombie coming out of the ground. When she turned around, she saw it was indeed the undead; a Stalfos!

"A fairy? What is a forest fairy doing here? Maybe its my lucky day, as I've seen in person what people do when the get injured and they have a fairy with them. I will capture it and bring it to Master Ganon for his revival!" the Stalfos said aloud, the fairy he was referring to hearing every word.

She turned and flew as fast as her wings could carry her. She looked back at the running Stalfos who was fairly close behind her. As she stared at the pursuing beast, she accidently crashed into a wall, leaving herself dazed.

"Ow..."

The Stalfos caught the fairy in a glass bottle, plugging it with a cork. She tried to escape her glass prison by tackling, but to no avail as she was far too weak. The pile of bones laughed evilly at his victory. The fairy sat down and began to cry, her glow beginning to fade.

'What the hell was I thinking? I WAS foolish to leave. I am an idiot like no other,' the fairy thought as her glow faded completely showing a humanoid winged girl, the true form of a fairy.

The fairy had two leaves covering her front and back, and had white, long hair. The Stalfos did not care about her sadness and continued to gloat. But before the Stalfos could leave, a strange man in a cloak, wearing a straw hat appeared. The wind blew suddenly, showing the man also had dark silver armor and a sword under the cloak. The Stalfos noticed this and drew his own sword and shield, dropping the bottle with the fairy on purpose. The fairy saw the man, but then buried her face in her arms, but still looked at him, knowing that he'd die.

"You'd be wise not to stand there, punk! Now go away or else!" the Stalfos ordered.

The man said nothing. He didn't even react to the warning.

"Okay, you asked for it!" the Stalfos shouted as he charged in for an attack.

However, like a clap of lightning, the man's sword was drawn and the Stalfos was cut in half behind him. Even the shield was left in pieces. The man's sword was long and thin as if a samurai's sword, but it had markings on it that was of a different language. The fairy was shocked to see the man still breathing and unharmed in everyway. The man walked up to the fairy in the bottle, picking her up.

"Are you okay, little one?" the man asked.

"Y-Yes. I am okay," the fairy replied.

The man nodded and jabbed his sword into the ground. He then twisted the cork, opening the bottle and setting the fairy free. She was so relieved and happy to be out of the bottle, her glow reappeared again, giving her the form of any fairy.

"Thank you, sir. I appreciate it," the fairy said, bowing her head.

The man drew his sword out of the ground and put it in its sheathe. He then whistled, a nearby white horse responding to it and galloping to his side. The man got on to his horse, preparing to leave.

"Wait!" the fairy stopped the man. "Um... Who are you?"

"...Likor, the wondering traveler," the man introduced.

"Well... um... Nice to meet you... But can... can... CAN I PLEASE BE YOUR PARTNER!" the fairy shouted desperately.

Likor simply stared at her, unmoved. The fairy closed her mouth tightly, shocked by her own shouting.

'Damn it! Nice going, idiot! Now he'll never accept you!' she thought angrily to herself.

The fairy moved to on top of the horse's head and sat there, awaiting the rejection.

"I'm sorry. I'm... I'm just deperate. My friends, who are all fairies, were given to Kokiri, including my best friend Navi, who left with her partner, leaving me the only fairy without a partner. Which is why I am here, to search for a partner," the fairy explained, tears coming out of her eyes.

Likor smiled at the young fairy, brushing away her tears and patting her head.

"Very well. You may travel with me as my partner in this new land. But first, you must have a name," he said.

"Oh, I do! I'm Toki, the fairy. Nice to meet you...again," the fairy introduced. "So where are you going?"

"To the Castle of the Royal Family. I have a special meeting with the princess there," Likor explained.

"Then let's go, horsy! To Hyrule Castle!" Toki shouted with excitement, pointing toward the north.

The horse scoffed at the fairy, giving a "You don't tell me what to do" look. Likor petted his horse, calming it down. The horse then galloped to where Toki was pointing, the north toward Hyrule Castle.

Likor, Toki, and their white stallion are copyright of me

Kokiri, Fairies, and the Stalfos are copyright of Nintendo