Emilae ran down the beach toward the mysterious thing that had washed ashore. What could it be? Whatever it was, it was large. Maybe it was some kind of treasure, and her family could sell it for money. As she got closer, she realized that it was not treasure, but a boy!

She rushed towards him even faster now that she knew what he was. Her stomach felt like it had a rock in it, and she swallowed painfully, dreading what she had just thought of was true. What if he's dead?

She reached him and bent down to examine him. He was still breathing, but faintly. Emilae breathed a sigh of relief. He sure is ragged, and dressed funny, too. He wore a yellow skirt-like cloth and a teal colored vest, ragged around the sleeves. His hair was shaggy and dark brown.

I wonder who he is… She shook him gently. I've got to wake him up and get him where he can rest. The boy groaned and turned over a little, but didn't wake up. "Wake up," Emilae said, nudging him a little. "We've got to get some warm soup inside you."

He blinked his eyes open slowly, then said, "Who are you? Where in the Great Sea am I now?"

"My name's Emilae," the blonde-haired girl said, smiling warmly at him. "And you? Or can you remember?"

"My name is Lenzo. I'm from Windfall Island."

"Windfall Island? Where's that?" What kind of name is Lenzo?

"I'm not really sure where it's at, relative to here. Where is this, anyway?"

"This is Outset Island," Emilae told him. "Come on, we'll talk once we get back to my house. You need to dry off and get some food."

Lenzo stood up, then said, "Wait! I'm missing something."

"Oh, what is it?"

"Several things, actually. There was a hat… and a fan… and, of course, my pictobox!"

"What in the Great Sea is that?"

"What?"

"A pictobox. What is that?"

"It- it freezes things from real life, onto paper," he said, not really sure how to describe it.

Emilae was amazed. She gasped, then said, "Is it magic?"

Lenzo smiled. "I guess you could call it that if you want to…" he said. "Will you help me find it? It's really important that I get it back. It looks like a box."

Emilae agreed to help him, but only brought back several crates. "Thanks," Lenzo said, both amused and disappointed at the same time. "It's not that kind of box, though."

"Oh. Well, we'll find it eventually."

They did find it, along with the hat and fan. The hat was the only thing not completely ruined. Lenzo went with Emilae back to her house, where he stayed the night in the spare bunk-bed. Emilae heard him crying that night.

"What's wrong?"

"My pictobox…" he sobbed.

"There's not any magic like it anywhere else?"

"Y- yes… but it's rare, Emilae. I'll probably never find one again."

"There's magic on this island. It may help."

"I doubt it…"

There was silence for a moment, then Emilae said, "No, I mean it. Real, strong magic. Fairies. There's a fairy spring near the top of this island. We'll go there in the morning."

Silence again. "Thank you… for saving me, and for trying to find a way to fix my pictobox. I'm not sure I believe in fairies, though. The pictobox is… a different kind of magic."

"We can always try."

The next morning, Emilae and Lenzo climbed to the top of Outset Island and entered the forest there.

"Wow," Lenzo said. "It's so peaceful here."

"I know, right? I love to come up here and just relax."

"So where are the fairies?"

Emilae laughed. For not believing in fairies, he sure is eager to see them. "Be patient. It's a long hike, but we're almost there."

They finally arrived at the fairy spring… or where it was supposed to be. But the water had dried up, and there were no fairies in sight.

"Is this it?" Lenzo asked.

"Yeah, but something's wrong. I've never seen it like…"

Emilae stopped speaking and turned around. She had just heard a noise in the bushes. When she turned she saw what could only be described as a giant pig walking on two legs and holding a spear – a monster. No monsters had been seen since the flooding of Hyrule, which had been before Emilae's birth. She had never seen a monster before, but she knew why they were there.

The only time monsters were ever seen in Hyrule was when the evil Ganondorf was around. The flood had sealed him far beneath the waves, but apparently he'd been released. And that meant far worse things than the appearance of monsters would happen.

But for now, they would just have to deal with this. Emilae picked up a stick and tossed it to Lenzo, then picked up another for herself and held it like a sword. "Get ready to defend yourself," she said.

To be continued…