Tactical Swordsman Here, I hope you enjoy my story. I don't own anything "The Legend of Zelda" at all. So there.
As quoted from the Mystic Lanayru's Private log
"Three souls of intertwined destinies were said to have almost destroyed the entire world in their conflict; each causing follies both to eradicate the enemy or to stop the force of the other. Two of these chosen were of light and justice, pure beings that wished for nothing more than the balance of nature to be kept safe. The other was an entity of darkness, controlled by the being's greed and lust for power. When the light had crushed the darkness however, a path for the greater good was chosen, one which would prevent this great evil from ever surfacing. The pure spirits managed to retrieve the innocence of so many people who had suffered and thus caused another wheel, among the many cogs of time to turn. The only ones this terrible parallel universe would forever scar in memory were those who were blessed by the Goddesses and branded with their holy seal; each a different kind of holiness: Wisdom, Courage, and Power.
"The forces of Evil have once again risen too large for the balance, and now the blessed ones must all twist their tales together again to form what shall be known as, the Tale of the Twin Swords.
"But time is running short.
"And I fear the one of power may yet overtake the world this time..."
The Legend of Zelda:
The Tale of the Twin Swords
By: Tactical Swordsman
CHAPTER 1
The Last Day of Spring
Much like every other day in this glorious season, (I DO hope you know which season I'm talking about) the sun arose over the horizon, slowly lifting the dew from each leaf, each blade of grass; the flowers all began their daily opening and soaking up of the warm sun. The lingering shadows hiding in the darkest corners of the lush forest which was nestled in the south-eastern quadrant of Hyrule, began to slither away as the life-giving sun reached out its arms across the land, and the land glowed bright and gold in exchange. As the residents of the peacful little forest were waking to the sound of birds and numerous other animals, the sun began to splash their dwellings in it's blazing light.
Past the Kokiri Forest was the Lost Woods, a maze like no other, if someone were to lose their way within the wooded labyrith that person, if unable to find the exit would be consumed by the shadows and another skull kid would be born to forever stalk the trails. Past that is the Sacred Grove; a secret place that not even a normal Kokiri Child, a resident of the Kokiri Forest, is able to find. Hidden deep in the forest, it is the place where the most light is captured within the trees, the most life, and the most absolute beauty. This sacred place is where Saria, a Kokiri Child had found herself on this fine morning.
The young-looking girl with green hair, Saria, was sprawled out on the giant stump of an ancient tree; her current bed was anchored in the middle of a circle of what appeared to be the stump's sibling trees, towering higher than any other trees in the forest, (though as the forest is a natural one it isn't exactly easy to spot trees based on height due to terrain roughness). The sun then hit her soft cheeks, and her closed eyelids, slowly crawling up her limp body as time continued. Once her entire body was alight she began to toss and turn, reality at last returning to her. She flickered her eyes open and sat up, her arms and legs stretched out, every second waking her up more and more. she looked around at her surroundings with a tired and confused look and then proceeded to yawn.
'What? Not this again... I can't believe I did it again.' Saria rubbed her eyes, and patted her ruffled hair down as she continued to look around the area.'Maybe the woods are trying to tell me something? hmmm... But i've already checked the Forest Temple and nothing seemed to be wrong...' Saria sighed and climbed off of the stump and brushed her dirty green tunic off, though it was all wet from the morning dew and got her hands all mucky.
"Uuuck," she looked at her hands grossly, "Thank You forest..." she wiped her hands on the stump and turned around ready to begin the long hike back to the village. After three nights of this, Saria was sure something was up,
'Yeah, every time something bad or out-of-place happens in this forest I end up sleepwalking!' The green haired girl sighed to herself, emotionally fatigued, 'It's tough being a sage...' After some simple searching she was able to make out a faint path that was almost completely overgrown with ferns and other debris. 'I've had to take this pathway three times now... at least I know where I'm going, unlike the first time...' Saria could remember her first morning in this beautiful grove clearly:
Saria awoke rather quickly, jumping up more confused than ever, 'What the- why am I... hmmm... WHERE am I?' She thought, as though she thought there would be a reply, but there was of course none, only silence, 'This silence is really beginning to creep me out...' Once again, the silence was omnipresent, furthering the distress within Saria. "Where am I?" the kokiri girl fearfully almost screamed as she had only the slightest idea of where she was, "I Wonder if I was... kidnapped? no, there is no one who knows that I am the sage of the forest except Link, so why would anyone think to take me, another little forest child?" after calming herself down, and reviving her sense of rationality, Saria assessed the situation.
"Okay, it looks like i'm still in the woodlands, so that's good, but..." she looked all around for a possible kidnapper but there was no evidence that anyone else had even come by this way, "hmmm... that's weird... well, that rules out that possibility."
(That's pretty much how she took it... until she couldn't find a way out...)
"WHERE AM I! WHY CAN'T I FIND MY WAY BACK!"
but she eventually found a long forgotten path that thankfully led her to the forest temple...
Currently the youthful-looking sage was just arriving at the sacred forest meadow at this time, she smiled at the farmiliar site and using her hand as a visor from the sun, she looked on in the direction of the village, small trails of smoke rising from the treetops in said direction.
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The many scents of gourmet food and other delicacies could be smelled as the Kokiri got ready for breakfast. Robin eggs, Deku Tea (a local delicacy which is made in only one place in the world) even multiple herb salads served the child-like community well, and most of it would be going to the annual festival held only in the forest. This day, the last and final day of Spring: the season of birth, rebirth and life; was the final day to prepare for the festival and as usual, Mido the chief of the Kokiri, (most-likely self-proclaimed) was as bossy as ever, making sure the entire village was working well.
The blonde haired boy emerged from his tree home with his hands on his hips. "Allright Everyone, gather in front of the Great Deku Tree for today's chore picking!" once he had concluded his little announcement, the Kokiri Chief made his way to the site of the deceased Deku Tree carrying a chart and a couple of sticks of charcoal. The other Kokiri children all stopped what they were doing unless they were apart of the cooking crew, and began to follow the little leader.
(Well... most of the children at least...)
YAAAAAAAAWN... AAH... now THAT was a good night's sleep!" waking up late as always, Link stretched and opened his curtains. The blinding light from the sun shot into his room, partially blinding him. "Hmmm... what should I do today... It feels like I haven't done very much lately..." The tall Link stepped back onto the floor, rubbing his eyes and stretching again lazily. "Hmm, that's weird..." The Hylian watched the one Kokiri in sight run in and then out of view, obviously in a hurry. When he realized that he was late for job choosings for the third time, the seventeen year-old hurriedly got dressed, slipping his green tunic, leather boots and belt on just like he always did, but when he reached for his green hat, his hand fell only upon his quiver.
"What the?" throwing his quiver aside the Hylian asked himself almost worriedly, "Where's my Hat? I THINK I put it right here, now why isn't it..." The young man then began to throw the piles of clothes and things littering the floor around to see if maybe it was among the already untidy room. After crawling all along the wooden floor with no success, Link stood back up, his hands clutching his now growling stomach.
"Wonderful... now i've lost my hat... AND i'm hungry too!" then it came to him, "Oh yeah, I put it where I would be able to find it... well I did find it... I just... forgot. I'm sure I'll remember tomorrow." He reached up to the one shelf near the ceiling and whisked the hat from there, shaking it out to make sure no spiders had gotten into it.
"I wouldn't want to go through THAT again..."
(Some time ago Link had set his hat down in his house and when he came back and put it on...)
"OW, OW, OW, OOOW!" he ripped the hat off and looked inside but found nothing, but then, "OOOW!" he began to swat at his golden hair until a big black and blue spider was sent flying from his head and crawled quickly away. He had a bump the size of an apricot for a week, and had to be taken care of by Saria.
'That wasn't fun AT ALL, but at least it was Saria and not that other girl who volunteered, she would've been trying to snuggle me the whole time, (I think that girl has a crush on me.)
('Too bad there's no one around for an awkward silence!)
Link jogged out his curtain-door and jumped down to the ground, 'I hope I'm not TOO late...'
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Saria had already made it half-way through the Lost Woods, as she knew the woods better than anyone alive, and she had been able to wash herself off at the pond; which also served as an alternate entrance to Zora's Domain: a good marker to tell if you're going the right way (for those who need markers that is). 'Link, you told me all about the Zora's, and the many other people in Hyrule... The adventures you had... I wish I could've gone with you...' the girl's thoughts trailed off onto a slightly more somber topic, 'It's been a long time since Link left the forest... since his adventures in the land of Termina... I don't want to be left alone again...' She continued down the path pondering these thoughts and hoping, for the best, as always.
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"Okay everyone, now... " Began the impudent Mido, "let's decide who does what in this grand festival!" The blondy announced proudly, puffing up his chest and looking towards the sky as if he were some epic legend.
"You've said that every day!" called a girl Kokiri, the comment causing the rest of them to begin speaking up and calling Mido out on his actions:
"Yeah, and why do YOU get to pick all of our jobs anyway?"
"Yeah! that's what I'd like to know!"
"Yes, why?"
Holding one hand up to hush the crowd, his face expression-less, Mido waited until the children were finally quiet.
"Why, you ask?" he began, acting just like some politician, pacing slowly across the stage built specifically for the festival, using hand gestures to further his point and slyly grinning in the corner of his mischievous mouth, "I, am your mayor, and with being mayor comes the most responsibility of all the people here in the forest; that is, I do more work around here than all of you do in a month… so in terms you would understand…"
"He WOULD say his next thought in terms we WOULDN'T understand if he understood them himself." a rather loud and jocular voice echoed from the back of the mob. Mido looked up and saw the giant Link towering over everyone from the back and his facial features transformed from a sly emotion to one of annoyance and as he turned back down towards his feet, another sly smile began to form.
"Link! well I see you finally showed up, I was beginning to worry… but how can anyone NOT know how you seem to find yourself waking up at the break of noon everyday?" When he looked back up at the large Link his smile disappeared again as the hero in the back was smiling even cockier than he had been before.
"Oh, yeah? well what exactly are your "super-responsible" duties as being "mayor" then, hmmm?" Link emphasized his comeback with the use of "finger quotes" and a smile that just kept growing.
"Well, for starters;" Mido looked back and forth in the crowd and then grinned himself, "I make sure the entire village is doing their duties to help each other... I keep everyone from doing bad things…"
"OH YEAH, RIGHT! WE DON'T MIS-BEHAVE YOU JERK!" the children began spouting and arguing amongst themselves.
"Well... I make sure we don't lose anybody, if you'll notice, everyone is here!" this caused the crowd to become nothing but grumblers, but then…
"Really? Then can I ask you one more thing, your highness?" asked the snarky Link.
"Fine… what now?"
"Where's Saria?"
This one statement caused the entire village to go into a state of riot and the stage was mauled along with the now dethroned Mido who pleaded for his worth to the Kokiri until another voice arrived on the scene.
"Guys! stop it what are you doing to Mido?" on the edge of the Great Deku Grove stood the green-haired Saria, who looked confused at the site.
"Yeah! Listen to Saria, See I told you guys I keep track of you!" they looked sharply at Mido who then shut his mouth laughing uneasily and quietly trailing off.
"Hey Link." She said turning from the crowd to the only tall person.
"Well good morning to you too. Where were you anyway? Same place?"
"Yup, I don't know why yet, but I guess in time…"
"It will reveal itself." Link finished,
"Yes…" 'Hopefully in a long time...'
Finally free from his constituents who proceeded to assign the jobs themselves with their new-found freedom, the Boss of the Kokiri jogged up to the guardian and the consultant, "Hello Saria, you're looking lovely today."
"Thanks! but I'm all dirty…" She replied gestering to her muddy outfit while looking at it again.
"Oh, well yeah... but that's no reason to..."
"Don't worry Mido," Began Link who began to chuckle, "Your dirtiness looks lovely today too!"
At this, the short blondy shot a look of pure agitation at Link who only laughed harder at the sight.
"Let's go get cleaned up Mido, it's the last day of Spring, and we still have so much to do!" Saria waved him to come along as he himself had gotten dirty during the riot just before.
The two of them ran off towards their houses hand in hand, Link turned back to observe the others finishing the job choosing and decided to join them, 'It's going to be one heck of a festival this year, I can feel it!'
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Sorry if it's a bit corny and slow, but I hope ya' enjoyed my first chapter!
~Tactical Swordsman