Disclaimer: I do not own the characters or even all of the plot and I do not claim copyright protection of any part of it. Anyone who has played the game will know what is mine and what belongs to Miyamoto, the genius who created Zelda. All I claim credit, though not official credit, for is the narrator's tone and the dialogue.

Prologue:

Legends

"Long ago, before the sea rose and covered it up, there was a land called Hyrule. The land was pure, the people were happy, and all considered Hyrule to be the best place in the world. And Hyrule contained a golden power such that any who touched it would get any wish granted. Then evil struck. A seemingly benign man tricked his way into the royal castle and murdered the king, with the legendary Princess Zelda barely escaping with her life, while he got ahold of the golden power. This man of darkness destroyed the castle, murdered the king, and held his evil influence over Hyrule for just under seven years, until a young man clad in green, who became known as the Hero of Time, came to Hyrule's rescue. He slew monster after monster, fighting his way through obstacles in the Temples that had once been the holiest places in Hyrule. The Hero of Time had appeared when the man of darkness was just starting his reign of terror, but ended up getting trapped in the legendary Temple of Time until he was 19, almost old enough to defeat the man of darkness. He and the seven sages, including Princess Zelda, managed to lock the evil man away in the Realm of Evil, and vanished in the process."

"However, after some time, the evil man returned. The people prayed and prayed, but the Hero of Time never returned. It was just the evil man and his evil minions and monsters. And the people prayed. To no avail. The evil man spread his curse over Hyrule and consumed it, filling it with monsters. Then, the three goddesses who had created Hyrule, Din, Farore, and Nayru, blew a wind across Hyrule, covering the land. The people prayed for the Hero of Time to return to them, but he never appeared and Hyrule was drowned.

"What became of that kingdom? None remain who know. The memory of the kingdom vanished, but its legend survives on the wind's breath."

This was the story that Zunari, the famous storyteller of Windfall Island, was telling his captive audience. Most people didn't believe in the legend of Hyrule, but Zunari still had a way of drawing them into the story - making his audience feel the pain of the royal family as they were thrown out of their castle and giving them a taste of the triumph that the Hero of Time felt when he conquered the man of darkness. However, on this night, several years after the famous pirate Tetra went insane, babbling that the legend was actually true, Zunari would not be the only one keeping the audience's attention.

"There's one person who knows," called out a pirate by the name of Gonzo, "who's been there and back - the only one to do it alive."

The other people turned their heads and scoffed at Gonzo, all the while wanting to hear his story.

"It all started just out there," he said, pointing out the window towards a spot on the Great Sea, "when a big bird came flying at our ship and we couldn't shoot it down..."

A/N: I'm not gonna be one of those crazies who insists on getting x number of reviews or I won't add another chapter, but please review. This is my first piece and I really want to know what people think. Negative criticism is just as useful as positive.

For interested readers, if any: I'll be updating every Sunday at 9PM starting next week.

Next Week: Birthday preparations are cut short.