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The legend of Zelda: Imparting a Destiny

Chapter 1

The Quest Begins…

I was walking home on a dirt road from sword training, and the sun was high in the sky. The weather was clear with only a few clouds and the warm, late summer sun felt nice on my face. The kingdom of Hyrule is so beautiful! It stretches over forests, mountains, deserts, and oceans. The towns dotting the land were small, but nice to live in. The castle was an exception to the towns' typically small size; it overlooked the land with its tall towers so people could see it from so far away.

I was ten years old, and I lived on the outskirts of a town called Rauru close to castle town. I looked up to see the towers in the distance when more wind blew by. I was so distracted by the cool wind shaking the green tree leaves that I felt myself trip suddenly, and the ground was growing closer to me as I was falling, there was nothing I could do about it as I landed hard on the tough dirt road. I quickly got up and brushed the dirt off of my green tunic and checked the sheath on my left hip to make sure I didn't drop my small wooden sword I used for training, but I still had both my sword and shield, so I continued to walk.

I was almost home when I saw something past the trees rush by, weird, I didn't see what it was, but whatever that thing was it was being followed. I slowly went to see what was happening, behind the tall plants was an opening to a plain, and there I saw it; a cloaked figure was running from a group of blue pig-like monsters called moblins. The cloaked person tripped and fell to the ground, and the moblins raised their weapons to strike.

I dashed out of the plants and held onto my shield and unsheathed my sword. I let out a yell to catch their attention, it worked, and they stopped to turn to me, and raised the swords and spears once more. There were three of them, one lowered his spear and charged towards me, I quickly jumped to the left, and the moblin continued running past me.

The other two took a defense pose, the moblin closest to me held its sword over his shoulder for an overhead slice, I raised my shield and tried to push it back, but the other one closed in behind me and prepared his spear for a stab. I ducked so the one with the spear stabbed the sword-wielding moblin in front of me, and he got it stuck in his chest. While the monster fumbled with his weapon, I got out of the way and struck its arm, it let go of its weapon and fell over in pain, I was going to finish it, but the first one that charged at me was charging again, in my direction. I waited until the last second and jumped out of the way again, but this time I twirled my sword around me in a spin-attack, the charging monster fell over with a large gash in its back. The moblin with the missing arm was trying to stand up, but it was easy to finish that one, as I stabbed it hard through the back, my sword went all the way through its chest.

I struggled for a few moments trying to free my sword from the dead moblin's body, but when that didn't work, I placed my shield on my back, where it belongs, and then I turned to help the cloaked person that was still on the ground. I was surprised to see it was an old lady, she was short and she had long white hair, her face was really wrinkled, but full of life. She was staring at me with large eyes. "Are you all right?" I said, helping her to her feet. "Y-yes, th-thank you, you are so kind. They would have given me a fate worse than death, what is your name, child?"

"Link," I replied, the old woman suddenly froze, and looked at me with even bigger, pleading, eyes. "Could it be…?" she whispered, I only looked on with confusion as a wrinkled, hopeful smile spread across her face. "My name is Impa; I am the princess Zelda's handmaiden." The princess Zelda?!

"Allow me to explain why the moblins were chasing me, a powerful dark lord named Gannon sought to have the Triforce which belonged to the Hyrulean Royal Family.

The Triforce, left behind by the three goddesses that created this land, before even time, they came to what was to be Hyrule. Din, the goddess of power, sculpted the earth, Nayru, goddess of wisdom made the sea and sky from chaos, and the goddess of courage, Farore created all life forms. When they were finished, they took to the heavens, leaving behind this sacred triangle, the Triforce, it was split in three pieces, two were in the castle, but Gannon sent his evil minions to steal the Triforce of Power, the monsters raided the castle, and the solders tried to protect it…

But there was nothing they could do, Gannon took it for himself, but in order to rule Hyrule, he needed the Triforce of Wisdom as well. Princess Zelda knew Gannon would be back, so she broke the Triforce of Wisdom in eight pieces and hid them all over Hyrule. She told me to go out and find a kind, heroic, person who can help to find and gather the pieces, and then fight the evil Gannon to take back the Triforce of Power, but Gannon knew what she said, he must have been spying on us, and he was so angry that he kidnapped her… Gannon then sent his minions to catch and torture me until I would tell him where the Triforce shards are.

You see, Link? When you came and defeated the moblins, I knew you were the person the princess told me to seek." …Me? Fight a giant monster and save the princess? I know I had sword training, but… "How come no one said she was kidnapped?" I asked, "We decided to keep it to ourselves because it would bring panic." She replied, "But, how can I do this? What if I fail?" I said. She looked at me solemnly, "Link, I know you're confused, and this isn't going to be easy, but we need your help, and Zelda needs your help. Gannon is too strong for you to fight him right now. First, you need to fix the Triforce of Wisdom. I don't know where the shards are, but I know someone who does. Go to Rauru town and talk to the elder there, he knows where the first one is."

I slowly walked back to my sword, still stuck in a moblin's back. I was trying to think things over as I pulled on the hilt of my weapon.

It didn't even budge.

I pulled harder, but it still wasn't moving, I pulled on it for what felt like a long time, and my hands were starting to hurt, when finally, I landed on the ground after my sword came out, I looked to the moblin and saw a part of my small wooden sword was sticking out, I was holding onto the hilt, but it didn't have a blade. I tossed the broken sword to the ground, great! Now I'm starting a journey and I don't have a sword. I guess I have to buy a new one when I get back to town…

This quest sounds really dangerous, but who else can do this? By the time Impa could find someone else, it might be too late for our kingdom… I have to try. "I'll do it." I said, hardly believing what I was saying. "Do you want me to walk you to Rauru?"

"Yes, thank you, and I'm sorry for your sword." Impa replied while glancing at the wooden hilt. And so my greatest adventure began.