Prologue
"Time. It's a hard thing to follow. I'll explain it as well as I can. It started with the Goddesses creating the world. All their people begged them for blessings, so much that they weren't doing anything for themselves. The Goddesses decided that for the world to survive, they must leave. They didn't want to leave the world defenseless so they left behind some of their power in the Triforce. They then trusted this holy item with their favorite kingdom, Hyrule. The Goddesses really only trusted the King with this power, so they made him immortal so he could always guard the Triforce.
"One day, the princess became entranced in the Triforce and tried to play with it. The moment she touched it, though, the Triforces of Power and Courage disappeared. The dark God Ganon, of course, received the Triforce of Power and sought to claim the others and exalt himself above the Three Goddesses. He then kidnapped Princess Zelda, but she had already broken up the Triforce of Wisdom into eight pieces and spread them out among Hyrule. A young boy named Link picked up his father's sword and traveled the kingdom collecting the pieces of the Triforce. Along the way, magic sages powered up his sword until it was so powerful, it became the Light Sword, the most powerful sword in existence. With all pieces of Triforce in hand, Link climbed Ganon's Tower and slew the dark god.
"The princess thanked Link and asked him to reclaim the Triforce of Courage, which was in the hands of Dark Link, first disciple to Ganon. Link again traveled Hyrule slaying the remainder of Ganon's followers. He finally found his way to Dark Link and the Triforce. Dark Link is everything about Link that was once evil, but the Goddesses needed the Legendary Hero to be devoid of evil, so they took it out of him. This was Link's toughest challenge because he was literally fighting himself. With the Light Sword, though, the challenge was much easier. Link slew his dark self and fulfilled his destiny.
"Years past and the Hero's and Princess's lines thrived. Ganon returned on multiple occasions trying desperately to gain the Triforce. Every time one of the Hero's descendents rose up and slew him or whatever evil arose in Hyrule. Eventually, darkness in the form of many evil creatures, arose in the world. All past alliances were forgotten and each nation fended for themselves. One day, the wife of a high ranking knight came before the King and pleaded that he protect her son. The King granted her wish and put the boy in the care of his old friend, the Deity of the forest, the Great Deku Tree. The Deku Tree raised the boy as an elf until the day he revealed to the boy that he was the descendent the Legendary Hero. He told the boy of a dark man named Ganondorf who came searching for the Kokiri's Emerald, one of three stones needed to unlock the gate to the Sacred Realm. When the Deku Tree refused to give him the stone he cursed him. He gave Link the stone and told him to seek out Princess Zelda. Zelda asked Link to get the other two stones and get to the Sacred Realm before Ganondorf. After he received the stones and returned to Hyrule Castle, Link witnessed Ganondorf chasing Zelda out of Hyrule. She saw Link and tossed him the Ocarina of Time, the only way to use the stones to unlock the Sacred Realm. Link quickly went to the Temple of Time and opened the chamber to the Master Sword, a weaker version of the Light Sword and opening to the Sacred Realm. Link lifted the Master Sword and was teleported to the Sacred Realm, and frozen for seven years. When he awoke, Rauru, Sage of Time, told Link that if he was to defeat Ganondorf, he needed to be older and stronger. But, in the past seven years, Ganondorf killed the other Sages and Link needed to first find their replacements among Hyrule. Through his travels, he came across Dark Link, who returned to the world because of Link's messing with time. Luckily, Link was able to beat his shadow once again. After Link rescued the Sages, they gave Link some of their power in the form of pendants. He used those to climb Ganon's Tower and defeat the highest ranking followers of Ganondorf. When he got to the top, it was revealed that Link had the Triforce of Courage, Ganondorf had the Triforce of Power, and Zelda had the Triforce of Wisdom. Also, Zelda was the captive of Ganondorf. Link fought the dark mage/thief atop the dark tower. With his last breath, Ganondorf gave his body to his Dark God, Ganon. Thus allowing Ganon back into the world. Link used every item he acquired on his journey to take down the Dark God and finished him with the Master Sword, the only other sword that can banish Ganon to the Shadow Realm. After Link banished Ganon, Zelda returned him to his own time. His fairy, Navi, flew of the moment they set foot in the temple and Link chased after her. He found himself in the area between the worlds made by the Goddesses and his old friend, the Skull Kid was there sporting a new mask. He stole his horse, Epona, and his Ocarina and ran to a new world. Link followed him and left the sight of the Sages. Princess Zelda heard that he disappeared out of this world and quickly chased after him. The Sages feared that in the absence of the two most important people in the world, chaos would conquer and the Three Goddesses would fall. So they used their magic to make descendants of the Hero and his Princess.
"Time went on and the fake descendants' lines thrived. Many dark entities appeared in the world and were slain by the Hero. Three hundred years since the Hero of Time disappeared and there has never been a darkness such as this in that time." The King, sitting on his throne in the dark throne room, closed the Book of Ages and looked down, losing all hope. "The Hero's line has now disappeared, the Princess's line has died off, and there is no end to the darkness in sight. If there was ever a time for the Hero of Time to reappear it would be now. Wherever you are Hero, we need you."
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He stepped out of the hollowed tree tunnel into the Lost Woods, his faithful horse following behind him. He impaled his kokiri sword into the ground and placed his mirror shield on top of it. He then walked over to a nearby tree stump and looked at a drawing that was carved into it. It showed him with the Skull Kid. "I guess the Skull Kid has already been through here," Tatl said.
"Are you going to just leave your sword there?" Tael asked.
"I will never fight again," said Link, the Hero of Time.