The Legend of Zelda

And Peach

Prologue

Mario

"Help!" Toad shrieked as he rushed toward the magical pipe. It lead to the house of Mario and Luigi Mario, the heroes of the Mushroom Kingdom. The small mushroom-man leapt inside the pipe and squeezed his eyes shut so he didn't have to see the swirling of bright lights and colours as he teleported to Mario's world. He felt a thud, and a sharp pain shoot through his feet, then his bottom. He had landed in Mario's house, and fallen over as usual. He opened his eyes and looked around.

"Mario!" He called.

"Mario, we need your help!" He leapt to his feet, and went into the kitchen. Where was Mario? "Mario!!"

"Toad? Is that you?" That was Luigi's voice.

"Luigi!" Toad cried as Luigi came down the stairs.

"Luigi, where's Mario??" Luigi looked the same as always; tall and thin, and a long face with a large moustache. He wore greasy blue dungarees over a green top, brown boots, and a green cap with an 'L' on the front.

"He's in the garden. Is something wrong?"

"It's Princess Toadstool! She's been kidnapped by Bowser!"

"Peach has been kidnapped?!" Luigi gasped. He dashed into the back garden. A few moments later he returned, dragging Mario with him. Mario was shorter and fatter than his younger brother Luigi, and had a bushier moustache. He wore blue dungarees like Luigi, but had a red top, and a red hat with an 'M'.

"What's this about Peach?" Mario asked, freeing himself from his younger brothers' strong grip.

"She's been kidnapped!" Toad cried, leaping up and down.

"Y-you gotta come quick!"

"Right. Let's go, Luigi!" Mario commanded. Luigi nodded, and the three of them ran to magic warp pipe.

"You first." He said to Luigi and Toad. The pair leapt in, and Mario followed. The usual reds, blues and pinks flashed in front of his eyes. Then, Mario saw colours he'd never seen here before. Greens, silvers, golds, light yellows and oranges.

What's going on? Mario wanted to say, but speech is impossible in a warp pipe. I've never seen these colours in a warp pipe! A bright white light appeared beneath him, signifying the end of the warp. He landed on solid ground, and looked around. Toad and Luigi were no-where to be seen. Neither, in fact, was the Mushroom Kingdom.

Link

A small fairy flew quickly through the leaves of the tall trees, desperately trying to find the person she'd been sent to find. His name was Link, and he was a timeless hero who was born every time there was a danger to the land. The Dark Lord Ganondorf had kidnapped Princess Zelda. Both Zelda and Ganondorf seemed to be timeless people, too. Whenever two people called Link and Zelda were born, then Ganondorf would rise to try and conquer Hyrule. A bird startled the fairy, and snapped her back to reality. She had to find this Link! The Great Fairy had shown her an image of him, but how was she supposed to find him in this thick forest? Was there really a village out here? Suddenly, the trees cleared and there, in a massive opening, stood a mass of wooden buildings. Among the buildings, adults walked and talked, and children frolicked and played. Now, which as Link? The fairy quickly cast a spell to make herself invisible, and flitted among them, trying to find Link. None of them seemed to be him.

"Maybe he's in one of the buildings?" She wondered. She sat on a fencepost, and looked around. "How am I supposed to find him in those massive things?" She moaned. She kicked her long legs impatiently, and ran her fingers through her golden hair. "Maybe the animals know?" She flitted over to the nearest creature: a mouse.

"Excuse me." She asked it. "Do you know where I can find an elf called Link?"

"How should I know?" It asked irritably. "I spend all my time foraging for scraps to stay alive! I don't have time to find out who's who!"

"Uh... okay, sorry." She quickly flew away from the angry mouse. A bird appeared next to her.

"Hey, fairy." It said. "Seeing as you're here, you must be after Link. This way." It flew ahead. Hoping it was telling the truth, the fairy followed. The bird stopped outside one of the smaller buildings.

"He's in here." The fairy looked through the window, and saw a boy who looked exactly like the image the Great Fairy had shown her.

"Wow, thanks!"

"No problem." The bird flew away. The fairy dispelled the magic, and flew inside.

"Hey! Excuse me! Link!" She called. Link jumped, and looked around. He was a tall 18-year old man, with blond hair and blue eyes, and had large muscles. He wore the traditional garb of the forest-folk: a green tunic and tall brown boots. He also wore a long hat, which somewhat resembled a stereotypical wizards' hat, the end of which flopped down to his shoulders. He wore white leggings beneath the tunic, long white sleeves covered his arms, and white gloves covered his hands.

"Up here!" She called. She was a foot in front of him, hovering above his eye level. Link looked up, and gasped.

"A fairy?" He breathed, approaching.

"Yes, yes! I'm the fairy Eraf, and I've been sent to find you!"

"Find me? Why?"

"There's danger in Hyrule, and we need you! Here!" She used her magic to make an instrument appear in Links' hands. It was a violin.

"What's this for?" Link asked, bewildered.

"It's a Fairy Violin! You can use its' magic to go to special places."

"Wow... but..."

"What? You've played a violin before, right?"

"Well, yeah, but..."

"Then there's no problem! Here, play this tune on it..." She sang a quick melody. "Like that."

"Right." Link put the violin on his shoulder, and played the tune.

"Yes, yes, that's it!" Eraf squealed as light started to appear around Link. "Now, go to meet the six sages, and they'll tell you what to do. I'll see you later!" Everything turned pure white.

When colour returned to the world, Link looked around. This didn't look like anywhere on Hyrule, and Link had travelled quite far. The trees were different, for a start. The second thing Link noticed that was different, was that there was a man, dressed in green, running at him. He had a large moustache, and he looked very angry.