Like I promise: Max is your everyday normal boy living in the forest with his best friend. His life is forever changed when a great evil comes and kills the closest thing he had to a mother. Now Max must journey on a quest to stop this evil from destroy the world as he knows it. Along the way he will meet new friends and be reunited with olds ones as well. As he goes on his journey he discover that he's not such a normal boy after all. What does destiny have in store for our young hero, read and find out.

(A/N): Okay this is a different take on the whole OoT Zelda. There's going to be a lot of OCs and maybe some char from the game, but that will only be if I can think of another way to move the story along. There will also be names of people and gods that I "borrowed" from other works and mythology that i thought would go good with this story. So with that said this is more then just a Zelda/dbz crossover....that just happen to be the general category. Any way this first chapter is just the pro-log and set up a little back story. For those that are familiar with the Legend of Zelda then they will notice that it heavily includes things that are just taken from OoT but just changed around a bit to fit the story. With that said let's get this show on the road.

Oh and I dont own The Legend of Zelda or Dragon Ball Z....even though that would be so cool.....onward to the story.

"talking"

'thinking'

'spells/curses'

"incantations"

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Long long ago, in a galaxy far away from the Earth. There was nothing, a vast emptiness of space. A barren part of the universe where there was no life and covered in darkness. One day three Great Spirits decided to use their vast power and feel this empty void with life.

So the first Great Spirit use its power created a giant star creating light. It also gathered up large rocks that were floating near by, and molding them into a larger rock one that was the size of a middle planet.

The second Spirit taking the new planet and breathed life into it, creating land masses and oceans. It also made the air breathable for life.

The last Spirit went around the planet covering in with animals and planets. After this they felt that there was something missing. The first one decided that they needed to inhabit the planet with creatures to rule over the land. The other two agreed so using their power that is what they did.

The first one picked up a tree from the ground and blew the leaves away. The leaves soaring into the air began to form into tiny versions of it self, which later became know as fairies. The next one decided that instead of tiny creatures as the fairies it reach down and grab some of the fairies and filled them with power. This caused the fairies to under go a transformation and became bigger and more powerful. The Spirit named them Guardians because there purpose was to watch over the planet. The last Spirit seeing what the other two had made decided that instead of using the fairies it would use something else. So reaching down into the planet gathered some clay and molded into a doll. Knowing one was not enough he made many dolls. Wanting the dolls to have life it reached into the newly created sun and took tiny flames and placed them inside of the dolls given them life.

After the Spirits finished they realized that they had used up too much of their power and they needed to do something to save themselves and the planet. For you see if they died then the power that they had would vanish with them and everything they had created would vanish along with it. So to prevent this they created an object that contains their massive power pouring all but the smallest bit of their power into the object. With that done they departed back to the heavens to sleep. This object later became known as the Spirit Force.

Over time the Spirit Force would give off some of its power causing the world to continue to live without the help of the Spirits. That power would later cause some of the fairies to go through a type of evolution. When the Spirit had created them they were all one kind, one race, but with the power of the Spirit Force they began to spread across the planet growing into different races as they traveled the world. Now there are many fairies in different colors as well as power.

The dolls also reacting to the Spirit Force changed as well. With the power it made them smarter, stronger, and more powerful. They too would spread across the land and form many races. No longer the weak dolls they once were, they were renamed humans, and soon they were the largest race on the world. Last the Guardians using the power from the Spirit Force learned the ways of magic as well as becoming filled with great knowledge. Remembering that the Great Spirit that created them wanted them to protect the fairies they also spread out living in areas that were filled with fairies, sharing their knowledge and magic with them. Using their vast knowledge they found ways to harness the power of the Spirit Force, filling the land with magic. This caused the lands to grow rich with life. Liking what they did the Guardians decided that along with the fairies they would also watch over the Spirit Force so that the land would always be rich and filled with life.

Centuries have past since the Spirits first brought life on to the planet. With the help of the Guardian and the Spirit Force the world has blossomed into a wonderful paradise. Even the humans have come to find happiness on this planet, but where there is good there is always evil and soon the humans began to want more. To try and please them the Guardians taught them the art of magic. Soon after that the humans and the Guardians were at peace once again; but peace can never truly last and as before the humans wanted more and more power from the Spirit Force. The Guardian seeing the darkness in mans heart cut off their supply of the power.

Once the humans learned of what the Guardian had done they began to fight with the Guardians for control of the Spirit Force. The Guardians as powerful as they are were still peaceful and choose not to fight them, in doing so coasting some of them their lives. It was not until one human took charge, talking to the Guardians did the wars stop. The humans came to agree with the Guardians and peace returned. The human who put a stop to all the fighting the Guardians made him King of the land. But even after all the fighting was done some of the Guardians that remained didn't trust the human enough to let them use the power of the Spirit Force.

So the Guardian sealed the Spirit Force away in the hidden city of Albeaunand sealed it away from the outside world. The Guardians knowing that one day they would need the Spirit Forces power again, created a key that would open the seal. The key they gave to the King, who they still trusted. With that most of the Guardians took on human forms so they could watch over the land. Three chose to remain Guardians and went to different parts of the world. Odin went and created a temple hidden within the highest mountain. Vidar went and made a temple in the Fire regent. As for Antheia she went to live in the forest.

Thousand of years had past since the Great War, and most people had forgotten what actually happen. The King with help from the Guardian united the people all over the world. As the world was a big place he created five nations, one spreading to the mountains in the North, one to the seas of the South, one to the vast deserts in the West and one to the never ending forest in the East. The last remaining nation stayed in the center and was the biggest of them. These nations became know as the Five Great Ones, and each had a king to rule them. Soon the king started a family and now his descendant rule over the Center nation. The key that the Guardian gave to the King has become known as the Soul Key and became the Royal Family Treasure.

Present Day

One Dark and Stormy night a mysterious man from the west makes his way to the King Castle.

"This must be Atlantic City where the King lives."

The man was dressed in a dark hooded cloak that covered most of his face. As he makes his way towards the castle the guards notices him and quickly stops him at the gate.

"What business do you have with the Royal Family?" yells one of the guards at the man.

"That is none of your business" snap the dark man.

"Then you have no reason to be here, leave at once or answer to us," yells the second guard pulling out his sword.

"Your funny" the man says and glares at the guards.

All of a sudden the guards start floating and then are sent flying into the nearest wall. They gasp with pain and fell dead.

"Oh did you say something? Guess not Ha ha ha ha." Laughs the man and continues his path towards the castle. He deals with all the guards the same way until he is outside of the throne room. With a mighty blast of energy he sends the door flying, and walks in.

(A few mintues before)

The throne room is a large lit room, with a huge fire place against the wall. The King was standing beside the fireplace loss in thought. King Drake, who was only about twenty five, looked to be in his forties his face full of age and wisdom. His life as king has brought many hardships his way, but it had also brought him much joy. Standing in front of the fireplace, watching the fire embers flicker as if they were dancing, He tries to clear his mind, but his thoughts are clouded. Thoughts of his newborn daughter keep filling his head. Every time he thought of her he couldn't help but smile.

After a minute of this he walks back to his throne. He began to think of the events of today when he senses an evil energy present inside of the castle. As he clears his mind to try and locate it he senses that whatever it is, is getting closer. Just then the door is blasted out of its frame and breaks into pieces. As the dust from the blast clears he can make out a figure walking thru the smoke.

The king looked at the man "Who are you and why are you here?"

The force of the blast had blown the cloak away from his face. He stood at about six feet and had hair as black as night. He had tan colored skin and a scar crossing down the middle of his face, the face and body of a warrior. But what really stuck out were his eyes, which were crimson in color almost as if they were made out of blood. The dark man in the cloak walks until he is about ten feet away from the king. Even from that distant Drake could feel the evil aura of this man filling the room making it some what hard to breathe.

"My name is Damien of the Desert, king of the desert nation to the west."

"So you're the new Desert king I heard of you before, having your people steal our livestock as well as robbing are travelers, you have some nerve to come here, and look at what you did to my door."

"My people have to make a living some how." Laughs Damien, "And besides I can't help that your people are so easily robbed."

Drake having been lost in thoughts for the past several hours looks out of his window and sees that it is now night time. "What do you want at this time of night and in this weather?" said Drake still looking hard at Damien.

"I have heard of the tales of the power of the Spirit Force and have come to claim it for myself. I also know that it was seal away by the Guardians after the Great War but I know you have the key to unlock the seal. I want that key."

Drake's eyes widen for a split second. "There is no such relic here in my kingdom…."

"Do not play me for a fool, I know all about how the ancient Guardians give the key to the first king. I also know that it gives off a unique energy. I can sense that energy coming from this room, and I also can tell when people are lying."

Drake glares at him placing his right hand on the hilt of his sword. "As you have said the Soul Key is a gift from the Guardians to the Royal Family. It was given to us so that we might use the Spirit Force for good. You would only misuse its power making this world a dark and barren wasteland. As long as I live you will never have the Key."

"Well then I guess you just have to die then."

He lifts his hand and sends a blast of wind at the King. But Drake being a skilled warrior jumps out of the way, drawing his sword and launches at Damien. Damien dodges his blow and creates a sword from dark magic and dashes at the Drake.

Drake spins around and dashes back at him. Their swords clash together causing shockwaves. Damien jumps back and forms an energy blast and fires it at the Drake. Drake stops and forces his energy into his sword and cuts through the blast.

"You are indeed powerful, but I will get that key."

They continue to fight for several minutes. As their swords meet the clash can be heard through out the entire castle. The level of energy that each man is given off starts to cause the throne walls to crumble under the force.

"It seems that you won't die willingly, will you?"

"Of course not I'm not the king for nothing and as long as I am king, you will never get the key."

With that Drake dashes at Damien, Damien swings his sword but Drake dodges left and manages to get some hits on him. Damien jumps back and begins fire energy balls in rapid fire. Drake tries his best to dodge them but a few land solid hits.

'This is going on long enough; I have to figure out some way of ending this.' Drake thinks to his self. Drake starts to focus his energy around his feet,

"Let's see how you like this 'Heavenly Slash'"

He dash at Damien with incredible speed. In a moment Damien is kneeing on the ground covered in cuts and one huge cut across his chest, blood dripping from it and falling to the floor.

'That was too close, if I hadn't been wearing this armor I'd be dead. I have to end this soon' Damien thinks to his self as he looks at his damaged body.

Drake breathing hard from that last attack falls to a knee. Blood can be seen dripping from his left arm.

'Even at that speed he still managed to hit me….who is he'.

After several more minutes of the battle both warriors are covered in cuts and both have loss a good amount of blood. Drake kneeling on the floor with his left arm limp at his side. The cut on the arm had open up and had spread to his shoulder, blood steady flowing from it. The sword in his hand felt like it weighted ten times as much. Try as he might he could bring himself to lift it up any more. As he tried to stand pain shoot through his side as he grabs his side almost doubling over from the pain.

"I guess he got more hits on me then I had thought."

He looks over at Damien and saw that he was in about the same state as himself. The slash that he had made earlier across his chest had now spread even farther. Blood could be seen oozing out of the wound. Breathing in harsh gasp of air he held his right arm tight across the slash trying to applying pressure to the wound. Fighting back the pain Drake managed to stand to his feet, pointing his sword with his uninjured arm at Drake.

"Leave this place at once, while you still can…..this is your last warning."

Damien just starts laughing his voice deep and harsher then they were before. "Since you continue to stand in my way then I have no choice. I shall show you a warriors death."

And with that Damien starts to give off a dark and evil glow. An aura appears and engulfs his body causing him to float in the air, and his eyes turning, if at all possible, a darker shade of red. "I shall curse this entire Kingdom.

"Creatures of the underworld lean me thy power. Destroy all who stand in my way'. Waves of black energy beginning to rise up out of the ground and gather around him causing the aura to take on a black shade expanding with every passing second. 'Shadow of Darkness'."

As the aura reaches it max sizes a huge blast is let loose upon the castle, spreading an evil dark wave around the entire kingdom. As the people of the Kingdom try to get away, the darkness quickly engulfing them, transforming them into creatures of the darkness. As the dark wave spreads through out the entire kingdom a maiden on a horse leaves the castle just escaping the curse. With her she has the King's daughter and a young boy from the castle. The creatures seeing them escaping began to run after them, but because the maiden has a magical pendent it protects them, encasing them in a ray of white light which the creatures could not touch.

As the maiden makes her escapes she, warders into the forest where she is greeted by the fairies that live there. She is lead by the fairies to see Antheia. Having sensed the evil inside of Damien, she had been watching the fight. She tells the maiden that she already knows about everything that has happen and tells her to leave the boy in the forest so that he can be protected. As for the maiden and the princess she transports them to a village far away from the evil Damien. But before they left, Antheia tells the maiden she must train the princess in the mystic ways and that she must not reveal what has happen that night until the time was right. The maiden agrees and they leave the forest and vanish. Then Antheia secretly tells the King of what has happened and tells him he must split the Soul Keyso that Damien does not get it.

(Back at the castle)

Drake takes a deep breath and beings to focus his very life force into his hands. With his right hand an orb appears and with his left he begins to channel the energy thur his sword. The orb then suddenly changes into a key shape. He now places the key on the ground

"Oh ancient ones here my cry, lend me thy power. Let the rays of the sun shine through the deepest darkness 'Spirit Slash'" and with both hands he cuts the key into three pieces, each piece becoming a different spirit stones; Wind, Life, and Fire. With the very last of his energy he sends them to different parts across the land.

"Now you shall never lay your hands upon….the…key"

With his task done and all of his life energy used up the King falls to the floor. As he draws his last breath images of his daughter begins to flash before his eyes.

"Be safe my daughter", with that he closes his eyes and Drake King of the Center nation, Drake the Red Lion dies.

Damien still weaken from the curse could only watch as it happens. "Damn you but no matter they will return, the stones are drawn to each other and will try to become whole again; no matter how long it takes I will have the Spirit Force."

And with that he takes control over the Kingdom, waiting for the day when the stones would be made hold again and return to him so that he can attain the ultimate power.

Seventeen years have pass since Damien took control of the Kingdom, over that time his power has grown to even higher levels then before. But time waits for no man and he continues to grow impatient and sends his forces out to look for the spirit stones so that he can finally get the Spirit Force.

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Okay so what did you think? Again yes Drake had to die....he doesnt really have too much of an important part in the story.....not yet anyways. But that not till much later. This my first fic so plz review. Flames are welcome as are praises. I would like to get some feedback before the next chapter. So always read and review. Till next time.