The New Lands

The Continuing Search for Navi

This story begins after Majora's Mask and Ocarina of Time and tells the tale of why Link originally left Hyrule.

Chapter 1: New Friends

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"It's been one year since I defeated Skull Kid and Majora's Mask, Epona; it's far too quiet for my liking but it's better than having enemy's chasing us around and me going without sleep for many nights. But still, I like a little R and R once in awhile," said Link as they rested in the shade of a tall oak.

"Well we better get moving it's not like sitting here is going to get us anywhere." As Link said this, he began to feel sleepy and nearly dosed off but before he could, Epona whined and startled him to wakefulness. Someone was watching them. Link silently drew has sword and although he was only 13, he was quite skilled with a sword. Slowly, he walked to where the sound came from.

Before he reached the bush, a little scream came from behind it and a little girl jumped out, ran, and held on to Link's leg screaming, "Save me from monster, It going to eat me!" Link calmly said, "Where is it? Point it out to me." The little girl slowly and shakily pointed to the bush where she was just hiding saying in a quiet whisper, "It der, it der."

Lifting the girl from his leg and setting her next to him, he whispered, "Stay here and don't move. I'll be right back." Moving toward the bush, he slowly pushed the branches away from his tunic. He crept quietly through the bush and as he reached the other side, he saw a baby fox with its teeth bared and growling.

Sheathing his sword, he slowly approached the fox. As he got within three feet of it, it ran up to him and brushed against his leg like a cat. He had always been good with animals. He reached down, picked it up, and set it in his arms and it instantly curled up and went to sleep. The girl must have startled the fox as well as Epona when she ran behind the bush.

As Link walked back to where he left the girl, she screamed when she saw the fox yelling "Why you bing it here, it gonna eat me!" Link quickly quieted and reassured the girl that it was sleeping and that it was only a baby. The girl quickly understood and quieted down.

"Now about getting you back home. Where do you live?" asked Link. "Over der," said the girl as she pointed west. Link slowly put the baby fox in one of the empty saddle bags on Epona's back and set the girl on Epona's saddle. He said "hold on while I get on," and he carefully mounted Epona behind her.

As they rode west, she talked about her family and her town. Link asked, when she stopped talking, "Why were you in the woods?" The girl answered, "I was lookin for food, my famiwe don't have no food and I lookin for some." "Well, at least I found you before it got dark. Your family's probably worried about you," said Link. "At weast I found you before dark. Your famiwe proboby worried bout you," said the girl.

Link replied, "I have no family." The girl, seeing sadness in his face spoke no more about his family. After they had been traveling for three hours, (it was around four o'clock) they came upon a river. Link quickly saw that the river was to deep and swift to ford and begun pondering what to do. After a few minutes, the girl poked Link's shoulder and pointed to a bend in the river to the left and said, "I cross der." Link immediately directed Epona towards the bend and as they approached the bend, Link heard a small growl warning him of impending danger.

He quickly and quietly drew his sword and grabbed his shield, dismounted Epona, and told Epona and the girl to stay where they were. When he got near the bend he heard voices. All the voices seemed to be older males and their language was horrible, to say the least. At once he knew they were bandits, taking advantage of any who came near "their" river. Being fearless and courageous, because he had fought and beat monsters many times his size, he sheathed his sword and strapped his shield to his back and walked right into the bandit camp.

The leader quickly asked, "What are ye doin' here young'un? Me thinks you'd better leave before you lose yer life." Link replied, "I'll be going nowhere but I know you will be the ones who are running for your lives." As he said this the bandits, seven in all, stood up and brandished their cutlasses grinning evilly. Link also drew his sword and brandished his shield and stood his ground waiting for the bandits to attack. Almost immediately, they began their assault, three slashing at his legs, two at his head, and two at his chest. He jumped to dodge the lower swinging blades and slammed his full weight onto the cutlasses at the perfect time, snapping their blades in half. As he did this, he blocked the two blades at his chest with his shield, and parried the final two attacks with his sword.

After having their first attack fail, the bandit's stepped back and wonder if maybe this kid would indeed send them running, but stupidly enough, they quickly redoubled their efforts and even with only four remaining fighters, believed they had a chance to kill him. This time instead of blocking their attacks he parried and rolled to the left slashing the leader as he did so, only barely cutting him, for Link never fought to kill men, and after that, the bandit's did run for fear of their lives knowing the young warrior was more skilled than they and could commit to his words.

After the encounter, Link cleaned and sheathed his sword and strapped his shield on his back and walked back to where he had left Epona and the girl. He immediately mounted Epona and they continued to the bend. When they got there, he saw it was very shallow and they would have no problem crossing the river. When they were halfway across, he once again started to feel drowsy. This time he could feel a strong magic working and before he realized it he was fast asleep.

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I realize it has been quite some time since I have thoroughly went through each chapter and every time I find more then shows my talent of old. I also realize that I haven't done much of anything to continue this story, but I found the spark again from my recent readings and hope to commit more time once again to something I enjoy besides all the blasted school work I have. For those who have waited for something new to come along, you shall be rewarded shortly.

To my loyal readers,

~RangerIke~