The Covenant War: Book I: Hero of Courage

by SoftWare Publishing

Shawn Hodgson is just an ordinary teenager living in a village in the middle of nowhere. One day, he gets pulled into another world, with multiple challenges, and lots of surprises at every turn, all to discover that he is the reincarnation of the ancient Hylian Heroes. Not only that, but the Covenant, who should not exist, are invading Hyrule. Can he and his new allies defeat them

1. Welcome to Hyrule

Hey, guys. This is my modern take on Zelda, so bear with me.

The Legend of Zelda

Hero of Courage

Chapter One

Welcome to Hyrule (A/N- This is a self-insert.)

Shawn got out of bed. He heard a loud explosion outside, which was weird, because nothing ever blows up in Dover,

usually. After showering, eating breakfast, and all that, he went to check it out. A strange mirror lay on the ground. He

picked it up and looked at it. Strange symbols were written on the outside edge. He then noticed a large shield laying

nearby, with a sword laying nextto it. It was a knight's sword, and so he picked it up. As he did so, the mirror began to

glow. Shawn picked up the shield and held it up. A portal opened and sucked Shawn into it. When he reached his

"destination", he held the shield at the ready. His hand gripped the sword hilt. Seeing that he was in a forest, he decided

to explore. As he did so, he found a large building covered in green mildew. He then heard a sound like a flute off to his

right. He headed in that direction. When he reached the location, he saw a young girl, about 10, wearing green shorts, and

a long sleeve shirt,playing what looked like a cross between a flute and a rock. "Um..." She looked at him.

"Hi! I don't get visitors very much." Shawn looked confused. "Where are your parents?" "I don't have parents. I'm a

Kokiri." "A what?" "Kokiri. Forest child. Oh, wait, you're not from around here, are you?" "Where is here, exactly?" "You're

in Hyrule." "Hyrule? That's not a country." "You're from another world." "I'm from the planet Earth." "Planet?" "You don't

know what a planet is? All right, um, you see, we're on a planet. It's basically a ball in space, going around a big star, called

the sun." "I know what the sun is." "Okay, who are you, exactly?" "My name is Saria, the Forest Sage." "Forest Sage?"

"Oh, right. There are six people who watch over Hyrule, since the Hero hasn't appeared yet. The Six Sages. I'm the Forest

Sage, and-." "You said 'the Hero'. Who is he?" "His name is always Link. I knew a Hero. The Hero of Time." "Oh." "What's

your name?" "Shawn Hodgson." "Shawn Hod-guh-sin." "Not -guh-, gih." "Oh, okay." Shawn could tell that Saria was

finding him interesting. "Nice sword." He looked at the sword attached to his left thigh. "I found it outside my house at

home." Saria giggled. "Hungry?" Shawn glanced at her. "Actually, yes. What do you have?" "Apples and pears." Shawn

was silent, which worried Saria. "I LOVE PEARS!" She giggled at that. "Come on."

A/N

SoftWare: I'll try to make the next chapter better.

Saria: Do you really like pears?

SoftWare: YEP!

Saria: Hey, Mido! You owe me thirty rupees!

Mido: (Distant) Darn it!

(Saria laughs)

SoftWare: Um, okay.

Computer: SoftWare, signing off.