Yo!

Thanks for viewing my latest fanfic. Possibly the most influential video game in my life has been "The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time." The story, the music, the characters, the fun mini-games and gameplay just had a profound impact on me. In fact, the first fanfiction story I ever read was one from The Legend of Zelda in an AU of OOT. I've seen a number of stories go through a novelization of some kind for OOT, but few seemed to tell the story as close to the gameplay as possible, and so I decided to take a shot at it.

This is expecting to be a long story, and I intend to tell the story almost as if doing a walkthrough of the game itself. However, there will be occasional changes here and there to make it as realistic as possible, of which the game could only do so much like characters repeating the same thing when you talk to them, Link never shown eating or sleeping during his adventure, and so forth.

And I won't be describing how he gets literally every single item in the game, like every single golden skulltula, treasure chest, and so forth. That would just take WAAAAY too long to describe and would detract from the story as well. If there is a part of the game that required backtracking of some kind, I'll do my best to shorten it enough so as to just highlight the important parts to keep the story interesting. Otherwise, I would just mention it in like a passing reference to save time.

Finally, Link will not be entirely silent in this story like in the game, as I don't think keeping him mute would be a good way to portray him or tell the story, but he won't be an annoying chatterbox either (like a certain fairy we all know).

Below is my usual guidance regarding how the text works in my stories:

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This is a sentence. - Narration. No character speaking or thinking.

"This is a sentence." - Character speaking out loud.

'This is a sentence.' - Character speaking in his/her head.

This is a sentence. - Emphasis placed on the italic word in the normal course of the narration or the character speaking or thinking.

This IS a sentence. - Same as with the single italic, just a variation of expressing the emphasis.

This is a sentence. - All italics means either the event is happening in a dream or flashback (of which I would give a quick note prior saying a dream or flashback is occurring) or is being narrated by a character in the story.

This is a sentence. - During a dream, flashback, or character narration, emphasis placed in the normal text word in the normal course of the narration or the character speaking or thinking.

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I do not own The Legend of Zelda.

With the disclaimer out of the way, let's get on with the walkthrough!...I mean story!


Chapter 1 – The Boy without a Fairy

'In the vast, deep forest of Hyrule...

Long have I served as the guardian spirit...

I am known as the Deku Tree...

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The children of the forest, the Kokiri, live here with me.

Each Kokiri has his or her own guardian fairy.

However, there is one boy who does not have a fairy...

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The boy in question was currently sleeping in a bed carved from wood. In fact, he lived inside a tree where everything inside was carved from within. The bed, the chairs, the table. Everything. He was dressed in a green tunic and shorts with brown boots and a floppy green hat. He had golden blonde hair with a part of it that stuck out at the front of his cap and had very deep blue eyes. However, he was having anything but a peaceful rest as he shivered in his sleep…


(Dream)

The boy found himself in front of a large stone wall with a drawbridge that was currently up. It was night with storm clouds brewing overhead. Lightning and thunder echoed ominously in the night. He looked to the side and saw a fairy flying next to him emanating a bright blue-white glow, a fact that inwardly surprised him as he didn't have a fairy as of yet.

Suddenly, the drawbridge slowly started coming down, the gears making a loud, ominous clanking sound before landing with a loud thump. Almost immediately, a white horse appeared from the other side, galloping at high speed. The boy watched the horse pass by him, and he could see two people on the horse he had never seen before. One was had a mask over the lower part of the face and had gray/silver hair tied in a small ponytail. The other was the one he mainly looked at, who sat just in front of the masked figure—a girl wearing an ornate dress covered with a fabric he was unfamiliar with. The two locked eyes and continued looking at each other even as the horse continued galloping on. What he noticed most was the very worried look in her eyes.

He was wondering what it was that was worrying her, when suddenly he heard a sound behind him and turned around. To his horror, he saw a giant, black armored horse with an equally giant, armored man in dark armor. The horse let out a neigh, jumping up slightly as its rider pulled on the reins. The rider had short, flaming red-orange hair with dark, tanned skin that almost looked green in color and burning yellow eyes. Seeing him, he turned in the boy's direction before raising a hand towards him, the boy frozen in absolute terror with a wide, fearful expression at what he was seeing…


(End Dream)

"Navi...Navi, where art thou? Come hither..." a deep voice shouted.

What looked like a glowing blue-white ball with butterfly wings flew in front of a massive tree. From a distance, that is all one could make out of the fairy. Closer inspection would reveal a small, slender woman roughly six inches tall wearing a sleeveless dress reaching just above her knees with lovely hair reaching her neck.

As for the tree, it was massive in size, both in length and height. But the most curious part was that the bark on the main part of the tree resembled an old but wizened face on it. Part of the bark resembled eyebrows and what looked to be closed eyes. Below that a part of the bark stood out resembling a nose, and a couple parts below that resembled that of a mustache, completing its wizened look. Despite not having a movable mouth, it was still able to speak normally.

"Oh, Navi the fairy...Listen to my words, the words of the Deku Tree...Dost thou sense it?

"The climate of evil descending upon this realm...Malevolent forces even now are mustering to attack our land of Hyrule...For so long, the Kokiri Forest, the source of life, has stood as a barrier, deterring outsiders and maintaining the order of the world...

"But...before this tremendous evil power, even my power is as nothing...It seems the time has come for the boy without a fairy to begin his journey...The youth whose destiny it is to lead Hyrule to the path of justice and truth...

"Navi...go now! Find our young friend and guide him to me...I do not have much time left. Fly, Navi, fly! The fate of the forest, nay, the world, depends upon thee!"

With an affirmative nod, Navi quickly took off towards the village, weaving her way through the zig-zag path and flew under the legs of a Kokiri in the process, who gave an indignant 'Hey!' at her. She then flew by a girl sitting on the roof of the Kokiri shop, giving a polite "Hello" to her before continuing on. She looked around further, but wasn't sure where the boy in question was currently at and stopped near a boy struggling to pull some rocks from the ground. "Hey!" she yelled to him, trying to ask for help, only to get no reply.

Seeing this, Navi pressed on, flying and looking around before she finally spotted the home where she knew he lived. She flew top speed towards it…and consequently flew head first into a wooden fence, causing her to yelp in pain. Shaking off the pain, she resumed her flight—this time flying through the fence—and then inside the home.


(Inside Link's House)

She soon spotted the boy in question, sleeping in his bed on his stomach. "Hello, Link! Wake up! The Great Deku Tree wants to talk to you! Link, get up!"

Link merely moaned in response, but also shivered slightly as well. Navi, however, interpreted it as simply not wanting to get out of bed. "Hey! C'mon! Can Hyrule's destiny really depend on such a lazy boy?" she cried while fluttering around him, hoping her glow and incessant chattering would wake him.

She was not disappointed as Link slowly got up. Unknown to her, Link had just abruptly woke himself up from his nightmare and shivered slightly at what he had seen. Upon hearing another voice, however, Link became more aware of his surroundings and then yawned and stretched a bit before giving a rather cute sigh of content after stretching. His eyes widened a bit at what he saw before him.

A fairy? In his home? With no other Kokiri accompanying her? Could it be that maybe…? Curious, and a little excited, he then moved into a sitting position on his bed facing Navi. And as he thought about it, she also looked like the fairy from his dream.

"You finally woke up!" she shouted, causing Link to give a rather bashful smile at that. He had often been notorious for sleeping long hours amongst the Kokiri. "I'm Navi the fairy! The Great Deku Tree asked me to be your partner from now on! Nice to meet you!"

Now this got Link's attention as his eyes widened in surprise, blinking a bit as well before a large smile slowly forms on his lips. "R-Really?" he asked rather shyly. "Y-You're going to be my fairy?"

"That's right!"

Link had to fight back tears from forming upon hearing this. He had always been picked on and called names by some fellow Kokiri, particularly the self-proclaimed boss of the Kokiri, Mido. Always being called names like "wimp," "that boy," "him," and most hurting of them, "Fairy-less" and "No Fairy." Maybe now they'll accept him and won't call him names anymore…and play games together more…and he was getting his fairy on his birthday! This is easily the best birthday present ever, a bright smile adorning his face.

His thoughts were interrupted as Navi spoke up again. "The Great Deku Tree has summoned you! So let's get going right now!"

Link was brought out of his reverie upon hearing that, eyes widened slightly. It wasn't often one was summoned by the Great Deku Tree himself. And every time one was summoned, it was usually very important. Maybe it had something to do with his fairy? Maybe like an initiation of some kind? Either way, he gave a nod to Navi before heading out the door, giving another glance and smile at his new fairy friend along the way.


(Kokiri Village)

Link's house was unique in that it wasn't on ground level like most other Kokiri. It was actually carved a story up and accessed via ladder. Just as he reached the ladder, he saw someone running up to his house and gave a wave when she got close enough. The girl in question looked about Link's age wearing a similar green tunic but also wore a long-sleeve shirt underneath that was a darker green. Instead of wearing brown boots, they were yet a different shade of green. Finally her hair was…as one might have guessed, of yet another green color with a headband accessory in her hair that was (surprise surprise) also a shade of green. The only thing not green about her other than her skin was her eyes, which were a vibrant blue like Link's.

"Yahoo! Hi, Link!" she shouted and waved to him. Link smiled at her before descending the ladder. Boy was she gonna be surprised at the news, he thought, smiling to himself. Sure enough, as she saw Link descend, she also saw the fairy fluttering around with him. "Wow! A fairy! Finally, a fairy came to you, Link!"

He gave a small laugh and nodded, a slightly bashful look adorned his face but was nonetheless proud.

Her friend finally had a fairy! She gave a cheerful laugh and placed her hands on her cheeks to cover the blush starting to form on her face. "Wow! That's great news! I'm so happy for you! Now you're a true Kokiri, Link!" she exclaimed to Link, who smiled again at that before she continued speaking.

"Is that right?" Saria asked, getting Link's attention again. "The Great Deku Tree summoned you?"

"Mm, hm!" he nodded.

"It's quite an honor to talk to the Great Deku Tree." For him to summon anyone was indeed a rare thing. It could be several weeks or months before anyone was summoned to see him. "I'll wait for you here. Get going! Go see the Great Deku Tree!" she cheerfully said to Link, who nodded and took off. As he ran towards the grove the Great Deku Tree resided, he heard Saria shout to him. "Oh, and Happy Birthday, Link! I have a present when you get back!"

That put a smile on Link's face as he looked back at her. A fairy for his birthday and now a present from Saria? This day just keeps getting better and better! When he approached the path leading to him, he suddenly faced a familiar obstacle…and a familiar not-so-friendly face holding an arm out in a "halt" gesture. However, Link was planning on seeing him anyway now that he had his fairy. This will work out just fine, he thought. Sure enough, he started to insult him upon seeing Link.

"Hey you! 'Mr. No Fairy!' What's your business with the Great Deku Tree? Without a fairy, you're not even a real man!" he taunted him. This was Mido, the self-proclaimed boss of the Kokiri. He was slightly taller than Link by an inch or two with darker blonde, almost orange hair but was shorter, with a tuft of hair sticking out from the center of his floppy cap. His green tunic had no sleeves and he wore a similar no-sleeve shirt underneath of a light-green color. His boots were olive green and he had a couple circle marks on his cheeks. He was about to continue with the insults until he saw Link had a confident smirk on his face. That's odd. Usually Link flinched at him every time he called him that. So why wasn't he-

Suddenly he saw what was fluttering by Link that he hadn't paid attention to previously. "What?! You've got a fairy?!" he exclaimed, eyes widened in shock.

Link's smirk widened at that and nodded, briefly looking at his new fairy. "That's right!" she chirped cheerfully. "Starting today, I am his new fairy," she proudly proclaimed. Maybe now Mido will stop being so mean to him and stop calling him names. "And he's been summoned by the Great Deku Tree himself."

"Say what?" Mido replied. "The Great Deku Tree actually summoned you? Whaaaaaaat?!" He shouted, getting the attention of some nearby Kokiri in the process. He paid them no mind as he continued ranting, "Why would he summon you and not the great Mido? This isn't funny!" he stated upon seeing Link and his fairy chuckling at him. He always laughed at other Kokiri's misfortunes, so they felt a bit pleased seeing a little misfortune on him. He then looked away to the side and started tapping his foot while putting his hands on his waist in disgust, clearly not happy at seeing his rival smiling at him. "I don't believe it! You aren't even fully equipped yet!"

That caused Link to pause and look at him with confusion. Not even fully equipped yet? What was that supposed to mean? Seeing Link's confused look, Mido continued. "How do you think you're going to help the Great Deku Tree without both a sword and shield ready?"

Link frowned at that. Since when did one need a sword and shield to see him?

Mido then gave a frown of his own when he noticed Link was looking him over and obviously noting he didn't have said equipment on him either. The look on Link's face clearly said so. "Hmm. You're right, I don't have my equipment ready but…" They stared at each other for a few moments in silence as Mido thought about how to reply. Finally, he straightened up. "If you want to pass through here, you should at least equip a sword and shield! Sheesh!"

Link opened his mouth to protest, but Mido interrupted him before he could speak. "No! If you can bring a sword and shield with you, THEN I'll let you through. And that's final!" he exclaimed. "And not just a wooden sword either! I mean a real sword made of metal!" Link looked at Mido in shock. There was only one such sword in the forest…and only Mido knew where it was. And Link could tell he was not going to share that information…if that newly formed smirk on Mido's face was any indication. Nor will he budge on the matter, it looked like, either.

Frowning, Link turned around, wondering what to do next. 'Hmm...Maybe Saria can help,' he though. With that in mind, he headed back towards her, hoping she had some idea that could help.


A/N: You may have noticed much of the dialogue was word for word from the game. I intend to do that as much as possible so as to be as accurate with the game as I can and add my own dialogue for Link as necessary.

I just thought I'd add the birthday thing for Link even though that happened in The Wind Waker as opposed to Ocarina of Time. Many stories depict Link as 10 in OOT, but since the manual in OOT said Saria was 12, I figured to have Link be 12 as well.

So, mean old Mido is being the jerk that he is in preventing Link from seeing the Great Deku Tree, and now Link has to find a shield and sword, the latter of which only Mido knows where it's at (and yes, I know that's not how it was in the game but I thought the minor change would help express the kind of person Mido is). Just how will Link find it? Will Saria be able to help?

Find out next time!

For now, this is Agent Ghost-Writer 000 signing off.