It was a beautiful day in the Kokiri village. The sun shone down on it with a pleasant gleam and the wind danced among the grass playfully; it
was the perfect day to be outside, forfeit work and enjoy the nice weather. But for them, it was a completely boring day.
They were a group of four friends who, for the time being, were sitting on the grass under the shade of a tree trying to find something to do,
the fairies had gone to the Deku tree for a meeting between them to which they couldn't participate, something about it being part of the 'fairy
culture', so they couldn't join them. Maddie, a beautiful girl with hazel eyes and blond hair, was calling a couple of sparrows in her mind to
come down from the trees and dance in front of her. It was a talent she had, for all the kokiri children had special, supernatural talents, and
hers was to communicate with the birds and bend them to her will. Her sister Leah had the same talent, but she was younger than her and
thus had more trouble connecting with the birds. She was obstinately trying to call to her a group of doves from the nearby brook, but was so
far unsuccessful. The stubborn birds would simply look at her and then ignore her, making funny noises between themselves as if laughing at
the girl. Saria was laying down the grass, looking at the clouds and caressing the grass; she enjoyed the pulsating feeling she got from the
plants. With her green hair and calm demeanour, she was easily pointed out as a plant kokiri: she could control plants and make them grow
out of nowhere. It was a hard talent that demanded a lot of concentration, for plants were very different from people and animals, and their
thought process was so quiet it was easy to miss. Mido was the only one who didn't seem to posses any talents, he only seemed to be
supernaturally grumpy, and that came naturally to him. It bothered him greatly not to have a special talent, and for the time being he showed
his frustration by mumbling to himself now and then. No one noticed him, though, because they were all accustomed to his constant angry
mumbling.
They all stayed there, happy for a moment but as the minutes dragged by, they found their laziness absolutely boring.
"I wish there was something to do!" Leah suddenly said. She had given up calling the doves that would simply coo at her and then ignore her. All the shops had being closed for the day so they couldn't go to work, and the Kokiri village was such a tranquil place that nothing exciting ever happened. That is, until that very moment.
"Guys! Hey guys!"
They all turned to the voice of a running kokiri girl. She was the youngest in the village, and her skin was the darkest too, her eyes were a bright blue though, a clear contrast that set her apart. She was running toward them with a sense of urgency that was hard to miss.
"What's wrong, Mihn?" Saria asked her. She regarded the girl as a sister; they all did, she was so small and seemed so fragile that they all felt a strong sense of protection toward her. Even Mido felt that way, more so because she seemed to have no special talent, just like him.
"I—I did something," she stuttered as she struggle to draw breath from all her running. She was so scared she was close to tears. She collapsed on her knees, trembling.
Maddie approached her quickly and gently put her hand on her shoulder worried. They had never seen her in such a state of panic.
"What happened? What did you do?" she asked her.
"I—I was walking through the garden behind my house, daydreaming as always am, but an annoying bug was molesting me, and as I tried to shoo him away and waved my arm down, I felt as if my fingers had ripped something, and a strange, black tear appeared in front of me as if I had ripped the air and it pulled at me," she shuddered "I ran here immediately. What have I done? Was it wrong? Did I really tear the air? But how is that possible?"
"Calm down Mihn, we'll figure it out," Saria said calmly, trying not to show her nervousness "take us to the exact spot where it happened."
The young girl took the four friends, who were secretly excited at the unexpected event, to her garden. However, when they arrived there, there was no strangeness in the air.
"I think your daydreaming went a bit far, girl. You have to be careful not to confuse dreams with reality," Mido said, his hands drawn up against his neck casually.
"I did not make it up!" she replied angrily "it really happened!"
Saria stood in deep thought for a moment. "Do exactly what you did, Minh, before the black tear appeared." She finally said.
Mihn nodded and walked towards where she had being standing before the accident happened. She did nothing for a few seconds, scared that of the dark tear but at the same time fearing it wouldn't appear. In resolve, she drew her right arm up and then straight down. They all jumped back when a physical tear of the air appeared.
"I—I told you so!" Mihn said, her voice trembling again in fear. She had run to stand behind Leah when she felt the pull.
"Mihn," Saria said in awe "you just opened a portal!"
"A portal?" Maddie asked surprised "Is that even possible? I thought wizards were the only ones who could do that!"
"Indeed, this is surprising!" Saria exclaimed. She didn't look frightened or nervous, a bright smile graced her lips. "My goodness, a portal tamer among the kokiri! This is truly amazing,"
"A portal tamer? What's that? What's a portal anyways?" Mihn asked confused, grabbing Leah's tunic nervously.
"A portal tamer is what you are, Mihn," Saria answered happily "portals are like doors that can take you to far away places. But they are doors not constructed by physical hands, they are all around us but we can't see them or even open them, only powerful wizards can. And you, my Mihn, are the only Kokiri in all our history to be able to do such a thing."
Mihn wasn't sure of Saria's smile, she was still scared of what she had done. "Is that good or bad?"
"It's brilliant!" Leah said, smiling at the little girl "It means that you are very powerful, Mihn."
"I don't see what's the big deal," Mido suddenly said grumpily. He was very surprised at Mihn's deed, even proud if he only cared to admit it, but he felt utterly betrayed. She was the only person who seemed to be able to understand his lack of special talent, and then abruptly she acquired one.
"The big deal, Mr. Rock-head, is that Mihn can open a portal to wherever she wants," Leah said.
"So what? We never leave our village, the outer world is too dangerous for us, so her talent is useless among us."
"Oh, would you ever stop being so pessimistic all the time? You're always so depressing," Maddie said angrily, she was tired of hearing his constant complains and negative comments.
"We should check were the portal leads to!" Leah said enthusiastically, excited to have something thrilling to do at last.
"No! We must report this first, who knows where her portal will take us," Maddie replied.
"Would you relax!" Leah turned to Saria "What do you say? Is it dangerous to enter her portal?"
"I doubt it," she answered in confidence "she's still inexperienced so she's not powerful enough to take us out of kokiri village, it will probably take us somewhere around her house."
"What are we waiting for, then? Let's go!"
No one could deny that they were curious about the portal and wanted to be the first ones to try Mihn's abilities. Even Mihn herself agreed to enter the portal, wanting to know where it would lead them.
"Mihn, you must be the last to enter," Saria explained "as soon as you go through it the portal will close,"
"Why did it close last time?" Mihn asked.
"You went too far from it, when a portal tamer opens one and walks away from it, it automatically closes."
"What are we waiting for?" Leah asked eagerly "Let's go!"
Saria, the oldest, went first, followed by Mido, then Maddie went followed by Leah and, finally, Mihn entered her own creation and the portal closed.
Little did they know that Mihn was even more powerful than they had first thought.