The story begins with Link as a 13-14 year old in the Kokiri forest. This story is set in a more modern time period - so this Link isn't running around in a tunic. Feel free to message me with any of your own ideas that you want in my story.

Link awoke to the sudden sound of a rock hitting his bedroom window. The boy yawned before he rose up from underneath the blankets and sat up; looking out the window. A faint smile came to the Hylian's face as he spotted his dear friend Saria standing outside of his home waving excitedly up at him from the ground below.

Very quickly Link dashed into his bathroom and flicked on the lights. His cerulean blue eyes focused on his reflection in the mirror before him. He grimaced, immediately noticing the juicy pink pimples dotting his pale skin, and washed his face - hoping that one day they would all go away. After having washed his face, he ran his fingers through his shaggy blonde hair; pushing it out of his face so that it wouldn't cause any more zits to form. Link grunted impatiently as his golden locks quickly fell back onto his face - to, very soon, create more little pimples for him to gawk at.

"Come on, hurry up!" the Hylian heard his Kokiri friend holler as he rushed to grab his green beanie and pull it onto his head. Right before he got out the door, he made sure to snatch his bag, which Saria teasingly called his "purse", and then slung it over his shoulder.

"Hey pizza-face!" Saria said with a friendly smile as she saw her friend come up to her. Pizza-face was a nickname she had made for Link due to the fact that he always had a bright red pimple on his pale face. It didn't help that much that it, Link's acne problem, was one of the things he was made fun of at school - but the boy didn't really seem to mind as much when it was Saria who called him this.

The Hylian did not reply, as usual, but he gave her a shy little smile. It was only his social ineptness that kept him from talking to her, not the lack of a bond. The two were very good friends.

In Saria's hands was a scraggly little dog with soft white fur, and there was a black satchel slung over her shoulder. The girl's short bob-like hair was primarily a light blonde; but she had rebelliously dyed parts of it a bright green without her parents consent. She was wearing her dirty black high tops, a black skirt, and a loose-fitting gray sweater with dark green stripes. Saria was what the other Kokiri called a troublemaker, but she was still very loyal to the goddesses and had a strong love for nature. Link's eyes looked deeply into the small animal's and he wondered why this time Saria had brought this little dog with her.

"I found her this morning, she was lying at my front door. I don't think she has a home... She is very skinny, and her fur is very matted and dirty. The problem is that I can't keep her - my parents won't let me." the girl said wistfully as she looked down at the dog and back up at her friend. Knowing that he would not comment, she continued.

"Her name is 'Navi', it says right here," Saria said, motioning toward the silver tag on the dog's blue leather collar, "but there is no number or address... Odd, isn't it?". She showed it to Link so that he could see it.

Link's hands turned the dog's tag over to see two fairy's wings. It reminded him of the tales he had heard of the fairies in the woods who took the form of animals. It was said that each of these fairies all imprinted upon a Kokiri child and watched over them. Link wondered if he had a fairy.

"Hello there, little one!" a soft voice resounded in the Hylian's mind. The boy looked up at Saria, wondering if she had heard it as well, but she was still going on about how strange she thought the little dog was.

Suddenly, Link realized something. That voice had been the dog's, and that only he could hear it. He knew this could only mean one thing: a fairy had come to him.

"Something wrong?" Saria asked as she looked over at the boy who was staring blankly at the dog; overwhelmed by the fact that he had a fairy. This caused Link to regain his focus, and then shake his head no in response. After this had occurred, the white-furred canine leaped eagerly out of Saria's arms and lead them both into the forest ahead of them.

"I guess we should follow her... Come along, Link!" the girl said as her eyes glimmered with excitement in the morning sun. The quiet young man ran after them both - sensing the adventure ahead of them. He wondered what the dog would lead them both to.

The sun was now beginning to beat down on the both of them as they made their way over to a massive tree in the middle of a meadow; which Navi energetically dashed over to before resting beneath its long branches. Saria was the second of the three to make it to the tree - Link had been lagging behind most of the journey looking around at things.

As soon as the boy sat down next to his friends, green leaves began to swirl around the tree and the wind began to whistle an enchanting lullaby. Link was lured to sleep by the song as Saria knelt over him; wanting to show him the opening that was forming in the tree.

There was nothing but blackness all around him. All he heard was the low voice of the tree.

"It is I, the Great Deku Tree, who has sent you Navi... I have chosen you to help me in something that no one else can do. When you awake, your friend will have already wandered inside of me and be trapped down at the far bottom. You must venture forth to save both your friend and me..."

Link's eyes opened to find the gaping hole at the side of the tree. Navi was standing over him - her tail wagging as she licked his face joyously. She then went over to the opening, looking over at him as she wished for him to do the same.

Link knew it was the only thing he could do to get Saria back and to save the tree, so he followed eagerly as he hoped that he would make it - wondering what saving the Deku Tree might bring him.