The Ocarina of Time Chapter 1
A dream; no, a nightmare. Death and destruction enveloped Link's mind as his eyes blurred back and forth beneath closed lids. The dark and cold home built from a single massive tree protected the young kokiri's physical form from the wilderness outside as he slept. But even with such guardianship Link's mind was assaulted by his own memories.
(Prelude)
A woman banging viciously on a huge drawbridge during an ominous thunderstorm; her hand ripped with splinters, her knuckles lacerated so that her blood flowed freely. Finally a guard in drenched and slightly rusted armor let down the drawbridge and rushed forward. Link couldn't understand the conversation; his knowledge not going farther than the fact that he was passed from who was, in memory, his mother, to the guard. He didn't remember much after that; though he did recall being cared for in a huge caste with stain glass, fine silks, and sparkling white wines.
Until the queen fell sick; the castle fell rapidly into chaos as doctors, priests of all religions, and servants scrambled throughout the estate barking orders. Then he came, the messenger of the goddess of strength, the gerudo Ganondorf. He came riding upon a proud, black warhorse, his aura of evil seamed as smoke from fire, yet the king led him into the caste. Desperate though the king was, such crime would not be allowed by the seven sages.
They cast down a shield, protecting the queen with all their might. But it was their own power they overestimated. Ganondorf shattered their barrier with ease and proceeded to curse the queen. Such a felony went unnoticed by the king whose only worry was to see his queen again on her feet as the proud woman she once was. He would, for Ganondorf had inflicted the highest curse; the queen would continue to live, but every night she would be stuck by an overwhelming pain. One thousand spears of pain would cascade into her heart from every angle without damaging the flesh from sundown to sunup.
On the third day the queen committed suicide. Blamed for treason and murder, Link received the blame for the curse placed on the queen. But he would not remember it, only the chaos, the aura of evil, and the screams of innocents remained to strip his soul of fear remained.
(End of Prelude)
Link's eyelid's snapped open. It was still dark outside, but the sun's first light shown though the window. He stretched and sat up on his bed, pulling the light blanket off of him as he stood and walked over to his dresser, stopping only once to briefly look at himself. He had ice blue eyes, dark blond hair, lightly tanned skin, and was dressed in the most common garb amongst the kokiri; a green colored tee-shirt and matching shorts that hung to about mid-shin. Link tugged on leather bracers and boots made of flexible, heavy black leather. A rarity mixed with common, he liked the combination.
Link proceeded to do housework then, sweeping the floor, putting things away, but when he remove the curtain that served as a door and it dropped to the ground, Link suddenly leapt backward and rotated his body into a back-flip, and landed in a crouch, his bracer's extended to ward off an assault. Sure enough it came, his assailant couldn't be identified because of the dim light, but that didn't stop the small figure from landing a powerful punch onto Link's forearms. Link grabbed the assailant's overextended forearm and spun into their chest, slamming his elbow into their stomach. The assailant coughed and fell over clutching their gut as they curled into a ball. Link kicked the assailant in the back, "who are you?" asked Link in a tone that stated he could be a lot more dangerous quite fast.
"It's me, Link, Mido" Mido managed to grunted and stood. Mido was the self-proclaimed leader of the Kokiri race; he stood the tallest of the kokiris at four foot six. Mido is not only the biggest kokiri, but the most selfish and rude bastard to call himself a kokiri. After Link was exiled to the forest, Mido was the only one of the forest to abject Link being allowed to live in the haven known as Kokiri villiage. Thankfully, Mido lacks a muscular build, and therefore takes damage easily; so it is well known that if you hit him a few times, he'll go away. In short, Mido's a classic bully.
"Why Mido, how nice of you to drop in and greet me today; I must say the assassin bit was a little much, but all in all, well done!" applauded Link, sarcasm dripping from the statement. "So," growled Link his anger rising rapidly, "why did you attack me?"
"The Great Deku Tree wants to see you. So hurry and get going! By the way, you need a sword and shield, the Great Deku Tree could hurt you." said Mido, clearly grinning from ear to ear behind his serious façade. Link noticed Mido dodged the question and was probably making up some stupid condition so Link would be late. After all, there where no swords in the Kokiri Village, they had slingshots at best. Mido stood and started to leave, but Link stopped him suddenly; "Hey Mido." Mido whirled on Link, his cruel demeanor back in full force. "What do you want shrimp?" Mido got his answer, Link slugged Mido in the stomach, who gasped and collapsed on the floor in a heap; Link grabbed Mido's shirt collar and tugged him out the door. "Don't piss me off!" boomed Link as he through Mido off his patio, who crashed into the ground fifteen feet down. Link slid softly down the ladder and hoisted Mido onto his shoulders, "Lets get you to Saria, and I have a few things to ask her now. Number one is if she'd take care of you, two is do you deserve to visit a doctor after the bullshit you just pulled."
As Link walked through Kokiri Village, he wandered why Mido had attacked him now. Was it jealousy that he and not Mido had been summoned to the Great Deku Tree; or perhaps just simple revenge for striking Mido back, and questioning his authority? Whatever it was, Link had snapped for the first time in a long time, and nearly killed Mido. He shouldn't have thrown Mido off his porch. And he was so going to get in trouble with Saria.