Chapter 1:

The Dream

Disclaimer:I do not own Zelda or it's characters, I do however take artistic rights to the plot-line, and any OC's that pop up.

A/N:As of the time you're reading this, I have re-written this story to meet a higher standard of literature.


Link was sleeping.

He heard a voice in his dreams.

This voice seemed...ancient...knowing, it had a power behind it that seemed to speak for itself.

"Link...come to the forest...meet your destiny."

He awoke with a start, blinking to get a proper look at his surroundings. It was night, the moonlight shining through his window illuminating the few distinguishable pieces of furniture in the room. Link's eyes fell upon his dresser, and approached it, swiftly dressing into his green tunic, white undershirt, and grey leggings.

As he dressed, he thought on what he was about to do.

Am I really going to go off into the woods just because I dreamed that a voice told me to?

As he thought he leaned against the wall, the moonlight showing off his straw blond hair, and plain face, it wasn't that he was unattractive, just that he sort of blended into the background.

He slowly crept out of the house, picking up a sharpened wooden sword he had made himself, not the best thing in the world with which he could defend himself, but it would have to do.

As he left, he sneaked into his grandfathers room, grabbing the simple round iron shield he kept on the wall. Link sighed, looking towards Sturgeon, his grandfather.

"Sorry Gramps," he whispered in the darkness, before turning an leaving, somehow feeling that he may never return.

Link put on his sturdy leather boots, thinking about his grandfather as he laced them up, Sturgeon had been trying to marry the boy off ever since he turned sixteen, so he could "Finally be of use to someone." This of course failed, as Link never attracted much attention, he wasn't a shy boy, quite the contrary, he was an extremely outgoing youth, just that no-one seemed to notice him.

Link sighed as he pulled his snug, fingerless gloves on, thinking if this was really the best idea.

Of course it isn't, but I'm going to do it, no matter what.

Link stood, walking outside, the moonlight glinting off his stolen shield, he turned to the forest and walked in boldly, completely unaware of the dangers waiting for him in that dark forest.


Link strode through the forest, eyeing the trees around him uneasily, he knew that the forest was dangerous, but tonight seemed...off.

The shadows were too dark for such a clear night, almost as if they had their own malevolent thoughts and intentions.

Snap out of it! It's just the trees, they must be blocking out the light, that's all.

However thought was wiped from his mind when suddenly a huge armored lizard-man jumped out from behind the bushes, attacking Link with a large scimitar.

Link reacted instinctively, rolling out of the way and, knowing he was outmatched, he sprinted away from the creature, only to hear it's heavy footfalls slowly coming nearer to him.

Link ran, putting all of his effort into moving forwards as fast as possible, while knowing that the beast was gaining on him.

Suddenly, he saw a light just off to his left, so he abruptly changed direction to get out of the darkness.

Link rushed into a clearing with four stone pillars surrounding a pedestal in which a gleaming sword was stuck, it's white blade shining with unknown power. Link reached the blade, grasping tightly it's golden, leather-wrapped handle, and pulling it from it's resting place. Just then, a golden light emanated from the pedestal, illuminating the blade, as more of the demonic lizards approached, obviously attracted by the shining light.

"All right then," Link spoke with an eery confidence, as he turned to face the creatures in their mismatched armour, "I can give you a few free hits if you want."

The monsters obviously understood him, for they approached him from all angles, as Link just grinned to them.

"Don't say I didn't warn you."

Link struck out against the first lizard to come in range, his sword moving so quickly that it seemed to have cut itself in half spontaneously. The other monsters froze up for only a second, and that was all the time it took for Link to dispatch nearly half of them, the others going soon after.

"All too easy," he murmured, before suddenly clutching his chest in pain, "What?"

Link collapsed on the ground, spasming as the pain filled his mind, nothing but the pain. He screamed as his entire body felt like it was being seared by fire, sliced by wind, drowned by water, and pummelled by earth. Link quickly fell into unconsciousness, the pain making him forget what had happened with the monsters, who where now nothing more than bloody corpses on the ground, even then fading to shadow.


I am currently putting this story on suspension, please stand by, more chapters will be added in the future.