1 The Legend of Zelda: Gate of the Elements
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4 Prologue: The Door
It is seven years after Link's adventures in Termina….
After stopping the giant moon and destroying the evil in Majora's Mask, Link continued on his journey to find his old and dear friend. He wandered forests, deserts, and mountains, but after 3 more years of searching, he began his journey back home to Kokiri Forest.
Hyrule is now a prosperous, peaceful kingdom. The Evil King has been sealed away for fourteen years. But even though most enjoy this time of peace and prosperity, Link couldn't relax and enjoy it. Something told him that something was wrong. Some new threat was coming to Hyrule. And that darkness would flood over the land once more.
As he slept, in his dreams he saw a huge wall of marble, and in the wall were ten slots evenly spaced around the door in a circle. Each slot had a marking next to it, but what they meant, he didn't know. As he watched, ten white, gleaming swords appeared. On the hilt of each sword was a symbol as well. The swords slid into the slots that their symbols matched, then one by one, they turned in the slots, like keys opening a huge lock. The huge marble slab split open and a white light spilled forth. Link strained to see what was in the light, strained his eyes against that brightness. But he couldn't see what was coming…
Link fell out of bed. "What a weird dream. I wonder what it means. And that light…what was it. What was that huge stone with the slots?" He decided to go to the castle, and see what the Princess knew about it. Later that day he saddled up Epona and rode for the castle. Zelda would know, or if she didn't, he was sure it could be found in the castle library. But he couldn't get the last part of that dream out of his head. The light was bright, but then a shadow had fallen over it, and he thought he heard a man's laughter. "Could this be another gate to the Dark World? Could opening this gate free the Great King of Evil? Or is this threat even worse than that…" He rode on faster as Hyrule Castle came into view.
Trying not to think of that laughter…
Trying not to think of the shadow spilling over the pure light…
And most of all, trying to forget that last figure he had seen as the dream faded.
A figure slumped over in death in front of the door, bound as a human sacrifice to the power that lurked on the far side…
Zelda…
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4 Prologue: The Door
It is seven years after Link's adventures in Termina….
After stopping the giant moon and destroying the evil in Majora's Mask, Link continued on his journey to find his old and dear friend. He wandered forests, deserts, and mountains, but after 3 more years of searching, he began his journey back home to Kokiri Forest.
Hyrule is now a prosperous, peaceful kingdom. The Evil King has been sealed away for fourteen years. But even though most enjoy this time of peace and prosperity, Link couldn't relax and enjoy it. Something told him that something was wrong. Some new threat was coming to Hyrule. And that darkness would flood over the land once more.
As he slept, in his dreams he saw a huge wall of marble, and in the wall were ten slots evenly spaced around the door in a circle. Each slot had a marking next to it, but what they meant, he didn't know. As he watched, ten white, gleaming swords appeared. On the hilt of each sword was a symbol as well. The swords slid into the slots that their symbols matched, then one by one, they turned in the slots, like keys opening a huge lock. The huge marble slab split open and a white light spilled forth. Link strained to see what was in the light, strained his eyes against that brightness. But he couldn't see what was coming…
Link fell out of bed. "What a weird dream. I wonder what it means. And that light…what was it. What was that huge stone with the slots?" He decided to go to the castle, and see what the Princess knew about it. Later that day he saddled up Epona and rode for the castle. Zelda would know, or if she didn't, he was sure it could be found in the castle library. But he couldn't get the last part of that dream out of his head. The light was bright, but then a shadow had fallen over it, and he thought he heard a man's laughter. "Could this be another gate to the Dark World? Could opening this gate free the Great King of Evil? Or is this threat even worse than that…" He rode on faster as Hyrule Castle came into view.
Trying not to think of that laughter…
Trying not to think of the shadow spilling over the pure light…
And most of all, trying to forget that last figure he had seen as the dream faded.
A figure slumped over in death in front of the door, bound as a human sacrifice to the power that lurked on the far side…
Zelda…