This was my first ever fanfic on this site. And being so it sucked entirely. I have made a revised version so i can see how much better i can do. Plus when i look back some of my ideas i feel in my opinion were embarressing. -whaps self- Anyway, hope you enjoy it. Excuse spelling errors please my Microsoft Word program was wiped from my comp when my dad was fixing it -cries- ee i still consider this a cheesy beginning just bear with me though.
Chapter 1: Prolauge
A small group of riders continued there was through the grasslands without much worry. Despite their dangerous job they were a lanky group. A firm wind blew in from the coat which was no more than a weeks worth of riding away. They traveled roughly along a worn caravan's path where many feet had trod in the Trade Town's circle.
Abruptly one rider broke away from the group, spurring his steed up onto a small rise. Epona snorted and tugged on her reigns impatiently, not appreciating being left behind. Link held them firm while at the same time gazing at the jagged peaks in the distance jutting out of the horizon. Every morning the sun rose from there, reminding him painfully when he was close enough to see the silent guardians of Hyrule; also known as the Border Mountains. At first it had seemed like such a relief to leave, but the instant he had he'd regreted it. Now it was too late to turn back. Fifteen years too late to be exact. The breeze toyed with the former Hero's bangs as he closed his azure eyes in remembrance. Navi hovered quietly on his shoulder.
Flashback
.....Link waited patiently for Saria to return from the meeting with the other Sages. The responsibility had become more or less a political job than anything else. And growing up in a forest where there was almost none, it was a strain on the little Kokiri. Well she wasn't exactly little anymore, with the reason being she continually left the natural bonds of the forest, time was allowing her to age little by little. So by now she'd grown atleast a headlength's taller.
Most of the conflict arising amidst the Sages were being put there by Zelda's father who was turning to them for councel rather than his own political councelers for help. Although none of them approved it, they did as the King wished. But it would only be a matter of time before Rauru or Impa would confront him and state firmly that the Sage Council was not for "Kingly" matters alone.
Navi bounced easily from one leaf to another in the tree's limbs above Link. Other fairies that did not have partners to attend to joined in the game of: "Bounce Every leef in this amount of time".
"Wah!" the pale blue puffball of light didn't watch where she was going and smacked into a limb, then fell light as a feather onto Link's head.
"Watch where you fly dummy." Link commented without changing his bored expression.
The fairy shook herself out of the daze, "I don't need your sarcasm...."she rolled over dizzily, "Someone stop the world please I want to get off...." Navi flew around in circles before settling yet again on his head. Link rolled his eyes and sighed. He plucked a blade of grass from the forest floor and chewed on it while leaning back against the trunk behind him.
He must've dozed off because the next thing he knew there was a banging sound as the Sage of Forests came storming out of her temple. From the look on her face she was about to cry, was frustrated and had obviously been given a hard time.
Link stood and followed his friend, "Saria? What happened?" he asked in a coutias tone.
The 'youngster' turned on him, "It's not really that big a deal to me. Zelda's father wants to expand his lands out past some mountains I've never heard of. Considering I've never left to much anywhere. I found it stupid, but I kept saying the wrong things. I feel so stupid Link!" she rubbed a few tears away angrily. She was trying her best to cope with her new responsibilities, but suddenly being laden down with something as big as this was too much especially for a carefree and fun loving girl such as her.
Link didn't really know what to say either, "It'll turn out fine." he encouraged her, "What I think is that you should speak up to Rauru and tell him to talk to the King about all this. It's obviously not what the Sages were meant to do."
"The King can rot for all I care. But ya I'll contact Rauru as soon as I can. Until then we still have to deal with the border dispute." her body was still tense with frustration.
"Why not just call it off? That's meant for the King's own coucilers." Link suggested while following the sageling.
"I feel like my opinion never counts."
"Then maybe you should make it count. Be more firm and less shy." Link consoled.
Saria gave him a look of annoyance, "I know Link. My voice is almost never heard though! It's just so - so - ugh!!" she gripped her long green hair trying to find the worst word she could find in vain.
"Don't worry," he tried to cheer her up, "It'lls all be right soon."
Saria suddenly glared harshly at him, "No! You don't understand what I'm going through! All you have to do is fight for your little princess and then everything's fine and dandy! Me, I'm stuck with the mental work. That's even worse!" she screamed, finaly letting her tears out.
Link stepped back, surprised by her outburst, "No Saria that's not how it is for me at all - ."
The sageling continued her onslaught, "Fight fight! That's all you ever do and did! Now you're not needed so why not just leave all the mind breaking work to us now?! Just leave me alone! You hear me? Leave!" the Sage of Forests turned her back to him and ran silently away deeper into her sanctum of the Lost Woods. Link stood there perplexed. Had she meant all that? Or was it just from being kept so long in the chains of her work? Either way, he felt the wound Saria had stabbed throb painfully. It had been the first time after all, that she'd yelled at him.
In the Great Deku Tree's absence the children of the forest had aged somewhat. Now they were somewhat taller and a bit more mature. But other than that were still as carefree children as before. It was dark when Link and Navi arrived, most of the Kokiri had gone to bed but a few were still up and about. One of the twins looked up from the scroll she was reading, noting his expression, "Link? You ok?"
The Hero of Time didn't answer, just kept walking until he reached the yard in front of his tree house. Dozing fitfully there was his tomboy mare Epona. She lifted her head and trotted over to him, nuzzling his face then pockets hoping he'd brought a treat. Link pushed her head sharply away, not in the mood at all to give attention. The mare snorted in annoyance at his sour behavior.
One inside Link closed the door firmly behind him, he looked down at his hand and realized it was shaking slightly. He gripped it into a tight fist before turning away. Navi quickly flew away and settled herself on his bedside table. Link plopped down onto his bed and kicked off his boots. Removed his gauntlets, Hylian Shield and hat. He tossed those into one corner then unstrapped the Master Sword; tossing it carelessly onto the table. Link slid beneath the cool sheets of the bed, sighing heavily.
For the first time in his remembered life his best and truest friend had snapped at him. Even during the time of Ganandorf's reign over Hyrule she'd never done so. Link knew it was because she was so stressed out, perhaps hateful of what she had to do, but still he was hurt. Sleep taunted the Hero for what seemed like hours before it granted him the permit to sink beneath its waves.
It was a strange sensation. It felt as if he was suspended in a realm of nothingness; bliss. While at the same time he felt still completely in the plain of material. All around Link was an endless expanse of different colored clusters of tiny lights. Some of the lights were bright and cheerful. Others dark, withered, dying.
Light shined with a firmness from behind the Hero. He felt an aura of power, beauty and danger. Link turned to see a magnificent sight, words could not tell the feelings he felt when he layed eyes upon the deity. A woman stood suspended about six feet away from Link, her body seeming to be made of pure gold, the black reflections not copying the images surrounding her. She held her delicate seeming hands against her chest as if in prayer. When Farore opened her eyelids, Link was surprised to see that the entirety of them was a serene green, unearthly, none existant, yet existing.
When the goddess spoke, her voice was soft and dangled with that of bells, "Hero, your destiny lies elsewhere."
"My destiny? What more does my destiny require than to protect Hyrule? Even then, the evil has been vanquished now. The Sages do not need me anymore." Link replied.
Farore blinked slowly, "The darkness within still has yet to form in a different form. Not in the land, but inside. Until then you must help one another to delay the threat straining against its chains beyond the mountains that protect Hyrule from true outsiders. Time will give you what you need."
"What do you mean mistress?"
"Have you ever been told of magic that runs through the mountain's veins? No you have not." she answered for him before he could finish thinking. The Goddess' sigh was like wind through an oak's leaves.
Be very coutios, Sister. Even we are bound by rules.
Yes Nayru, I shall be careful.
"Long ago when the land was very young. The first Seven Sages infused what the recent Kings of Hyrule know as the Border Mountains. Then of course they were in a much grander state than now." faint images flashed across Link's line of vision, each only staying no more than a few seconds each, " This ritual magic used to create the shield was so powerful however, that it required the Sages to recount the ritual every new generation to retain its full strength. But alas..." images of the most recent sages up to the ones he knew now came and went, "That knowledge has been forgotten."
"How was it forgotten?"
"Time, wars, death, love. Many reasons beyond count."
"Why not just tell the Sages what they've been missing?" Link wondered.
The deity straightened up, "This knowledge belonged solely to the Sages. They must find out on their own how to find what was lost. Also, you must promise not to tell of what you have just aquired."
"I swear upon the Master Sword I'll keep this behind my toungue. But what of Saria? What's beyond the mountains that's so important for me to find? What's this new darkness you speak of? How come I can't just tell the Sage Council right now?"
Farore smiled ever so slightly, yet to the elf it made her seem even more stunning that before, filled with questions just like a child hearing a new story, "Do not worry, Hero. The pain you have endured in heart will be mended soon. Until then, you must ease the agony of someone that needs you more than the Sage of Forests at this moment in time." she twitched her head as if listening to something, "We are all bound by rules, even me and my sisters. But that is not important, what is important is that you find the broken and fill them with joy." the Goddess of Courage began to fade along with the dream, "Indeed.....that will bring them comfort......"
"Link?" Navi's voice was somewhat nervous, "Is everything all right?"
The Hero opened his eyes peacefully, turning his head to look at the fairy. He noted that her glow wasn't the only one illuminating the room. The Triforce symbol adorning his left hand faded slowly to nothingness. Somehow, he knew something. The Goddess Farore was granting him access to his Triforce piece, he was no longer just its guardian.
"At the moment they are." he picked her up and placed her beside his head on his pillow before settling down again.
Navi touched his nose, "I've only seen that thing glow once and that was when all three pieces were close to eachother. You sure it's nothing?"
Link nodded, "I'm sure. Hey Nav you up to another adventure? We aren't needed here at the moment, we are needed elsewhere."
There was silence from the fairt a moment, "You'll tell me the rest later right?" for once she wasn't her bossy, sarcastic self. When she recieved another solemn nod, Navi settled herself comfortably next to his neck to sleep.
The sun stretched its warming rays of fingers across the land. Morning dew sparkled against the leaves and grass blades. Birds sang their territorriel songs and calls for a partner. It was still very early so no one was awake. Link prefered it this way so no one would see him leave. The sky was cloudless, not a hint of coldness across it's smooth surface. It was going to be a bright sunny day. Unfourtunately for some not a happy one.
The young blonde elf checked Epona's saddle bags once more to be sure they were secure. He shouldered his shield and the Master Sword. Then headed for the forests' exit without needing to hold his mare's reigns. A little neon green fairy known by name as Spryte noted how much his mistress' friend was packing. A horrific thought came to his mind and he made a beeline for her house.
He squeezed through the open window sill and started bouncing on Saria's face, "Hey! Wake up Saria! Hey! You need to get to him before he leaves! Hey!" he yelled in a voice almost like Navi's. The sageling lay in a tangled heap with her sheets. It took another moment of yelling before she stirred.
"Hmm? What? Spryte? Who?" she sat up with difficulty, face looking groggy.
"Link is leaving Saria!" Spryte stopped his bouncing, "And from the looks of it he's not coming back any time soon! If at all!"
This snapped her awake fully, "What?!" she fell out of her bed in an attempt to run out but was slowed by her blankets. With the speed of a cheetah the Sage of Forest ran as fast as she could trying to catch up with Link before he left. This must've been about when I yelled at him yesterday. I am such an idiot! She thought as she ran.
Link paused between the two guadian trees to the Kokiri Village. He looked over everything yet again.
"Link! Link wait!" the voice made him turn to see Saria run up to him, then bend over trying to catch her breath, "W-what are you doing?"
The Hero sighed, then mounted Epona, remembering Farore's words, "I'm doing as you wanted. Leaving." Why now of all times Farore!
Saria looked up at him in shock, panic running through her like a bolt of lightning, "But Link! I didn't mean what - !"
Link kicked Epona. The mare gave a sharp neigh, reared and then shot away from Saria, "Link! Wait!" she screamed. Link felt the few tears dragged down his face and released by the pulling of the wind.
"Fine! We don't need you anyway!" Saria fell her knees, pressing her hands against her face."
End Flashback
Link shook his head slightly, swallowing the knot of pain forming. The grudge was still there, so was his love for Saria. The two conflicting with eachother day and night until one day he'd literally broke down because of it. Link had tried to cover it up but had found that he couldn't. Pain always found a way to tear yourself apart.
Opening his eyes once again to look at Hyrule. That had been fifteen years ago. Not a sign of age was on him except his eyes. They looked as if they had seen a little more than they had wanted to. The past fifteen years had changed him. Link's heart had hardened somewhat, he was more stubborn and didn't like showing his feelings very much.
"Come on Dad let's get going!"
Ah yes the revised version. Some parts to me are better others are still...... . Anyway, R&R please pretty please!!!