Chapter One

"Mari…MARI!" an ominous voice woke me up from sleep. I jerked out of bed and onto the floor, hitting my head on my night stand.

"Oww," I rubbed my head and asked myself, "What was that?" I looked at the time on my phone and saw how late in the day it was. "Oh, great. Already noon. That's another perfectly wasted summer day," I flopped back onto the bed, "What happened to my summer plans? I was supposed to get a summer job and hang with my friends, but they are all off doing their own thing and here I am bumming around my house dealing exposition out loud as if someone is listening."

"I am listening Mari," that ominous voice spoke again and then a strange looking, yet familiar figure floated out of the ceiling.

I scrambled to the edge of my bed and stuttered out, "G-g-ghost!"

"I am no ghost, Mari. I am-"

"Fi? 'Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword' Fi? As in the sentient being who assisted Link in his first journey in the chronological order of Hyrule's Timeline?"

"That is correct."

"B-But that's impossible! You're a fictional video game character! As in you are not real," I closed my eyes and pinched my cheeks," That's it. This boredom has finally got to me. I'm insane."

I felt something rest on my shoulder. When I opened my eyes I saw it was Fi's weird hand-cloak thing. "I advise you do not panic, Mari. I am well aware I am fiction to this world and it is rather surprising to see one such as me, but I have come for your assistance."

"Even if you are real, why come to me? I like the 'Legend of Zelda,' but I only completed a couple of games and wouldn't call my self a hardcore player. If you need help, wouldn't the developers of the game or even a well-tuned player be your best bet?"

"I do not know this world well to know who the best is to turn to. Even if I did, this item led me to you," She stretched her arms out and an arm brace floated towards me, "This is known as the Brace of Space. I allows the ability to travel through multiple worlds. For the purposes of my task, it was enchanted to lead me to one who could assist in our current situation, that being the instability of Hyrule."

"What exactly is going on? And what about Link? Isn't he, like, Hyrule's greatest hero?"

"Unfortunately, the Hero Reincarnated is not in existence. He is split into three across three branches of time. Until now, he has only ever existed in one at a time since it's original split, but this phenomenon has occurred and instability has token root. I estimated a 50/50 probability that time would correct itself or an outsider's assistance would be required to fix it. I chose to be safe rather than sorry."

"So, to sum it up, due to the spilt during the Hero of Time's era coupled with a never before seen split of the guy who normally fixes all Hyrule's problems, it is either get some random person for another universe to help or it's bye, bye Hyrule?"

"Yes, so, I ask of you to hep out those of little consequence to you, but I do not expect any free labor. I have been given the goddesses' permission to offer a single use of the Triforces' wish granting abilities along with the permission to keep any and all items obtained during the quest, including the brace. The mission is yours to accept if you chose. If not, I ask you return the brace to me with in a few minutes, so I could continue my search."

Then out of the blue, a portal opened and there was Ghirahim, who I previously thought was dead after his last battle. "There you are, Fi," he said, "I was wondering where Hylia's lapdog went. Looking for a new hero I see… But you must be desperate to be turning to a little, weak girl outside of our own world."

"Mari!" called out Fi before Ghirahim knocked her away and approached me and lifted me by the scruff. I was both luck and unlucky that my parents were at work and my brother was at summer camp. Them barging in could bring help but would probably ultimately end in injury.

"So, Mari, any last words before I cut you from existence? While I would enjoy killing the one who humiliate me so long ago, I suppose you will have to serve in his place, at least until I find him."

I looked at Fi who looked back with a weakened state. She most likely wouldn't be allowed to continue her search. Then I looked back at Ghirahim and muttered out, "You…made…a…mistake!" I clasped the brace onto my right forearm and felt myself being whisked away from his grasp.

I was in a white space and a heavenly voice spoke. She said, "Daughter of another world. You have token the courage to undertake this task at your own expense. Know this is no game; there is no save point. If you are to parish, it is an eternal Game Over. Prove to me that this courage of yours's is not in vain. Soon you will find yourself in a world wrought by toil again and again. I will equip you with the basics. It is up to you to improve. Find the missing third of the Hero…"