HERO OF TIME: THE NOVEL

CHAPTER ONE

Once there was a young boy, almost eight years old, his name was Link. He became a legend in a land far away place called Hyrule. This is his story.

Our story begins with Link laying in a meadow, enjoying the sunshine with no worries or fears what so ever. He was wearing his traditional green tunic, matching hat and his best leather boots. He wore this outfit every day like every other kokiri child in the forest. "Hey Link!" a girl was trying to get links attention from the bottom of the hill. Link lazily got up and ran down to see who it was. "Oh, hi Saria," he said to the girl. Saria was Links best friend. She was dressed in the same fashion as link but with no hat.

"Have you found your fairy yet?" Saria asked. Link sighed and shook his head. "To bad," the glowing white ball hovering next to Saria said. This hovering white ball was a fairy. Every Kokiri child was born with one (Link was an exception) they acted as guardians of the kokiri race. The kokiri are an interesting people, they are all born with blond hair and pointy ears. They also age very slowly. They deeply love the forest and are very playful too.

"SARIA!!!" an older boy came running up to Link and Saria panting. "Saria I finally found you! I…I need to ask you something," he said. "What's so important Mido?" Saria asked. Mido was the leader of the village. He was out of shape and short for his age. He had a crush on Saria and despised Link for many reasons.

Mido started neveously, "Saria, will you go with me to the autumn festival tommorow?" Saria replied, "Well, I was going to ask Link to take me but… I'll have to think about it." Link and Mido sighed as they looked at each other competitively.

Mean while some distance off, an old oak tree stood. "Navi," it whispered. A blue fairy drifted from the trees. "Yes, O wise one?" "Navi," it continued, "Go to the boy with out a fairy. Tell him to come here; for I am growing old too quickly. Now go!" The fairy dashed off to find Link and tell him the news.

It was almost sunset when Navi reached Link's tree house. Link was just settling down for the night when the energetic ball of light found him. "Link! Guess what!? The Great Deku Tree wants to see you!" Navi said enthusiastically. Link replied confused, "Me?! Why does he want to see me?!" "I don't know. But we have to leave as soon as possible. Ok?" Navi said. "Ok then tomorrow," Link continued, "I need my rest." And with that he lay down and drifted off to sleep.