Life is much more simple to a child, I knew nothing of the world when I was small. But that's when my life changed. I had to grow up fast to help a boy save the world... It all started on my last day of fifth grade, my best friend April and I were sitting on the swings just staring at the ground.
"do you have to move?" I asked
"My dad's in the military, so yeah." she said
"that's stupid." April and I have been friends since kindergarten I don't know how I'm going to survive middle school without her...
"I agree... I don't want to go to a new school and have to make new friends." she said starting to cry,
"Don't cry!" as I attempt not to cry myself, " we'll write to one another , and one day we'll see each other again," I said
"You really think so?" she asked wiping the tears away from her face.
"Yes! I will write to you every day, we will always be best friends," I said sounding confident.
"okay," she smiles and the bell rings letting us know that recess is over. We head back inside to our classroom to start our math homework. April and I sit right across from each other so we're able to easily pass notes so we can plan a final slumber party to say our good-buys since she is leaving a week from today.
the intercom turns on and we all stop and look up at the speaker expecting someone's name to be called. But all you can hear is heavy breathing and shuffling noises.
"this is not a drill! Teachers evacuate the students as soon as..." we hear the voice through the intercom stop followed by a crash and a high pitched noise.
"Mrs. Amber, what's going on?" one of my classmates Rob asked as she stands up from her desk. We all stand up and follow her in a single file line April stood on front of me.
"Don't worry kids we're just going to go back to the playground until the principle calls us back inside." She said calmly walking towards the back door, but before she could grab the door handle the front and back doors burst open and two tall women wearing strange clothing entered the room, they carried large curved swords in their hands and their faces were covered by a cloth just showing their eyes.
"No one's going anywhere!" as we all run over and hide behind Mrs. Amber. She stands up straight and put up her arm to guard us,
"Who are you? What do you want?" she asked as April grabs onto me
"Who we are is not important, we're just looking for someone so the quicker you cooperate the sooner this is over." she said
"Now follow me, and no funny business!" the other one said holding up her sword to Mrs. Amber, they begin to guide us out of the room and down the hallway towards the Auditorium.
"I'm scared..." April said
"Me too." I said holding onto April's hand. We enter the auditorium to see the all of the kids gathered,
"You'll go where we put the others," one of the lady's grabs Mrs. Amber by the arm and begins dragging her away,
"No! I won't leave the kids!" she struggled as she'd removed, some of my classmates begin crying. I hug April tightly out of fear. I look around the room and see about a dozen more of the lady's in strange clothing. But one in particular wore a elegant blue dress and had on a large hat almost one you'd see fortune tellers wear. The other lady's were grabbing kids at random and bringing them up to the lady in blue. She would carefully inspect the back of their hands and then their chest like she was looking for something.
"she doesn't have the mark... take her out with the others." she said as one of the other lady's grabs the young girl and takes her out of the auditorium. a few hours go by and there were less and less kids in the room,
"Come here you!" one lady comes up to us and grabs April and rips her away from me, April screams for help and for a second I just sit there afraid... but then it feels like something inside of me snaps as I jump to my feet.
"Don't touch her!" I scream as it echoes throughout the entire room causing everyone in the room to stop and stare. My legs and arms begin to shake as my heart feels like it's about to burst out of my chest. I was terrified, but I felt a fire inside that told me to fight back. The lady in blue stands up and motions to the other one and she responds by letting go of April. The lady in blue then begins to walk over to me. My chest starts to feel like it's on fire... I grab onto my chest, the lady kneels down in front of me and gently smiles,
"may I see your hands?" she politely asks as I hold out my left hand she looks at the back of my hand intently then looks at my other hand still holding onto my chest. "What's wrong?" she asked
"m...my chest... it hurts," I said as she looks surprised she then grabs my left hand and moves it away from my chest then grabs my shirt and pulls it down slightly exposing my chest. I look down to see a golden light shining from my chest just bellow my collarbone was a mark in the shape of three triangles creating one large triangle.
"Your courage awakened your power," she said with a smile
"W...what is it?" I asked staring at it,
"It's our victory," she said as I look at her and she begins waving her hands in front of me, "I'll make the pain go away, you just rest." she said as my eye start to feel heavy ... I fall asleep.
I hear the sound of birds as I slowly start to wake up. I open my eyes and slowly sit up... I look down at my bed sheets to see that they were not my own. they were a light pink color and were very soft to the touch. I look at my surroundings to see that the bed was the size of bed fit for a king. The windows in the room were longer than the bed and the walls were made of stone, next to the bed was a table with two chairs and a small glass of water. looking at the glass made me thirsty so I begin to pull the sheets when I discover that I was wearing a odd white dress with golden shoulder straps and the length was too long for my small body and the dress was low enough to expose the strange mark that appeared on my chest... it hasn't gone away. I struggle to the end of the bed and climb down then I grab as much on the dress as I could and walk towards the door,
"Hello?" I call out and grab onto the door handle and shake the door as hard as I can but the door doesn't budge. "Is anybody there?" I try again but get no response I pull the dress up again and run to the large window to see if I could figure out where I am. I think I'm in some kind of tower with what almost look like a moat surrounding it then a gated wall in front of that... it reminds me of a castle you'd see pictures in my favorite princess coloring books.
I hear a metal noise and turn around to see the door start to open the woman I recognize as the one of the strange women who attacked my school walked in with a tray in her hand.
"It's good to finally see you awake little bird, our travel took its toll on you you've been asleep for nearly two days." she said setting down the tray which I can now see has food on it.
"T... Two days?" I said
"Yes you really should eat something, we can't have you collapsing when you're brought to our great lord."
"Great lord?"
"Yes, unfortunately he is away on business and won't be back for three days but I'll be here in the meantime." she smiles, "Now eat up."
"I'm not hungry..." I said and she sighs,
"You have to eat at some point. I'll leave it here so you can eat when you do get hungry." she said ,
"I wana go home." I said and she frowns,
"You are home... you won't be seeing your friends and family again so the sooner you come to terms with that the better."
"No... I don't wana stay here!"I begin to cry
"don't cry little bird, I'll be back later with some books so you can start learning about this world." she said walks to the door and leaves.
"No! Please!" I cry out but she locks me in, "Let me out! Somebody! Anybody!... please.." I continue to cry but no one answers my cries for help.
I've learned much the three days I've been kept in this room, The woman who brings me books and makes sure I eat is called Rena, she's part of a clan called the Gerudo and they follow their leader whom I'm supposed to be meeting later today. The world I've been taken to is called Hyrule and that soon things will be set in motion. Rena keeps talking about her lord and how we'll come to meet me soon... I don't want to meet him. while sitting on the floor beside the bed facing the window thinking to myself my sadness takes over and I begin to cry again. I wish someone would come and save me.
I hear the door unlock, Rena much of come back to make sure I was reading... but when the door opens it's not as loud as it usually is.
"Hello?" I hear what sounds like a young boy's voice call out, "Is anyone there? I heard you crying." He said as I slowly stand up
"W... who's there?" I asked poking my head out from the side of the bed, I see a boy with blond hair wearing a green tunic with brown boots stare at me, he looked to be my age. I notice he's carrying a sword and shield on his back, and his ears are pointy like an elf's.
"My name's Link, are you the one I heard crying?" he asked and I nod my head, "What's the matter?" he asked
"Strange lady's took me from my family and locked me in here." I said
"Why?" he asked
"I don't know..." I said
"how long have you been in here?" he asked
"three days..." I said as he looks shocked,
"Link! You need to go see the princess of destiny before the guards find us!" a light blue ball of light was flying around Link
"Is that a fairy?" I asked poking my head out a bit more
"Yeah, this is Navi. The great Deku tree asked her to help me on my quest." Link said
"Quest?"
"Yeah! I'm supposed to help save the world." he grinned,
"Really?" I said walking out from behind the bed completely but I forgot to pull up my dress and tripped falling on my face. "Stupid dress!" I struggle to get up and link holds out his hand, "thanks" I said taking it and he pulls me up,
"Here," he said taking out a bag and pulling out a green tunic identical to the one he's wearing. "I always carry extras, and since we are the same height this should fit you." he said handing me the Tunic.
"Thank you..." I said taking the tunic and then walking over to the side of the bed to change,
"I never got your name..." Ling said
"It's Pura," I said
"Pretty name." he said and I blush, I remove the huge dress and put on the tunic, it looks like a green dress with short sleeves on me.
"How do I look?" I asked walking out
"Like a Kokiri." He smiles, but I look at him confused
"What's a Kokiri?" I asked
"They're a race that live in the forest." he explained,
"Are you a Kokiri?" I asked
"I've been thinking about that a lot... and I'm not sure." he said
"Link!" Navi cry's out, "A guard is coming!" Link looks back at me with a serious expression,
"Come with me." Link said, "I'll get you out of here as soon as I find the princess," he said
"What will I do after that?" I asked
"Um... you could join me until you figure out how to get home." he said
"Okay..." I said as he holds out his hand and I take it. we quickly leave the room and avoid the guard. we make it to a garden and slowly make our way through, the garden was very heavily guarded but it was easy to predict their movements when they use a simple rotation. "do you think the princess will know why I'm here?" I ask
"Maybe, but if not we should keep that a secret just in case." he said
"In case of what?" I asked
"In case others find us..." he said as we both duck under a bush to avoid another guard.
"okay, I'll keep quiet." I said and he smiles,
We find a circular garden surrounded by water, on the far end of the garden is a girl standing in front of a window looking inside. We walk up to her and she hears us and turns around looking shocked.
"Who? Who are you?" How did you get past the guards?" she seemed afraid but then she saw Navi, "Oh! Is that a fairy?" Link nods at her question, "Then... then... you wouldn't happen to have the spiritual stone of the forest would you? That green and shining stone?" She asked and Link pulls out a stone just as she described. "Just as I thought! I had a dream... dark clouds were blowing over the land of Hyrule... But suddenly a ray of light shot out of the forest, parted the clouds and lit up the ground... The light turned into a figure holding a green and shining stone, followed by a fairy... I know this is a prophecy that someone would come from the forest... You must be that boy... Oh! I'm sorry! I got carried away with my story and didn't even properly introduce myself." she said with a curtsy. "I am Zelda, princess of Hyrule." she said and we both bow back. "What are your names?" she asked,
"I'm Link, and this is my sister Pura," I said trying not act surprised that he called me his sister... we don't look very much alike the first think being his hair is blond and mine is reddish brown, not to mention I don't have pointy ears.
"Link..." She looks at Link then turns towards me, "And Pura... that... sounds familiar.." She said pondering, "Alright then Link, Pura, I'm going to tell you the secret of the sacred realm that has been passed down by the royal family of Hyrule. Please keep this a secret from everyone." she said as we both nod. "The legend goes like this..."
the three goddesses hid the Triforce containing the power of the gods somewhere in Hyrule. The power to grant the wish of the one who holds the Triforce in his hands. If someone with a righteous heart makes a wish it will lead Hyrule to a golden age of prosperity... If someone with an evil mind has his wish granted, the world will be consumed by evil... That is what has been told. So the ancient Sages built the temple of time to protect the Triforce from evil ones...
"Is that how you enter the sacred realm?" Link asked
"That's right, and in order to open the door it is said you need to collect three spiritual stones. And another thing you need is the treasure that the royal family keeps along with the legend... the ocarina of time!"
"So we need those items to get into the temple?" Link asked
"But if the temple is locked why try to open it?" I asked
"Oh! I forgot! I was spying through this window just now. The other element of my dream... the dark clouds... I believe they symbolize that man in there." Zelda said pointing to the window, Link walks up and looks inside, "Can you see the man with the evil eyes? That's Ganondorf of the Gerudos, they hail from the desert far to the west, though he swears allegiance to my father... I am sure he is not sincere." the Gerudos is the clan Rena is from... meaning that Ganondorf is...
"Ah!" Link jumps back,
"What happened? Did he see you?" Zelda asked
"I'm not sure..." Link said
"Don't worry he doesn't know what we're planning... yet."
"Did you tell your father about any of this?" I asked
"Yes... he didn't believe my dream was a prophecy. But... I can sense that mans evil intentions! What Ganondorf is after must be nothing less than the Triforce of the sacred realm. He must of come to Hyrule to obtain it. He wants to conquer Hyrule... no, the entire world! Link, Pura, please help me." she said and Link looks at me with a light in his eyes.
"We'll help you princess Zelda." he said
"Thank you," Zelda smiled looking relieved, "I... I am afraid... I have a feeling that mans going to destroy Hyrule, he has such terrifying power! But it's fortunate that you have come... We must not let Ganondorf get the Triforce! I will protect the ocarina of time with all of my power. He shall not have it! But I need you two to go find the other two spiritual stones, then we can get the Triforce before he does and defeat him! Oh! one more thing, Take this letter, I'm sure it will be of help to you." She said handing Link a letter with the same symbol that's on my chest.
"I won't let you down!" Link said
"I know you won't" she smiles
"We'll see you soon." Link said as we walk away but we are stopped by an older woman with white hair and wearing light armor blocking our path.
" My name is Impa of the Sheikahs. I am responsible for protecting princess Zelda, everything is exactly as the princess foretold. You two are very courageous ... you are heading out on a big adventure aren't you?" we both nod still intimidated by her presence. "My role in the princess' dream was to teach a melody to the one form the forest. This is an ancient melody passed down by the royal family. I have played this song for the princess as a lullaby ever since she was a baby... there is a mysterious power in these notes. Now listen carefully." she begins to whistle making three notes then repeating them. Link pulls out a ocarina and plays the same melody.
"That is Zelda's lullaby," she smiles "If the soldiers find you there will be trouble. Let me lead you out of the castle." she said and she strikes the ground with something and we're surrounded by a cloud of smoke, when is dissipates we are in a different place,
"H... how?" I said looking around, we were standing in front of a lowered drawbridge looking out at a green field,
"You brave kids... We must protect this beautiful land of Hyrule." she points towards a mountain, "Take a good look at that mountain, That is Death Mountain home of the Gorons, they hold the spiritual stone of fire. At the foot of the mountain you will find my village, Kakariko village, you should talk to some of the towns people before you head up to death mountain. Remember that song, it will prove you have connections to the royal family. The princess in counting on you to get the stones, good luck." she said and in a flash she disappears.
"She was weird..." I said
"Yeah," Link laughs
"Did you believe the princess' story?" I asked
"Yeah, I had a dream about the princess not that long ago..." he said "So to me her story made sense."
"What happened in your dream?" I asked
"Princess Zelda and Impa were leaving that gate on a white horse... and that man... Ganondorf, he attacked me..."
"Sounds scary..."
"It was, anyway, lets head to Kakariko village and find some boots." he said looking down at my sandals "I don't think those will last long..." he said and we both laugh then start to make our was to Kakariko village. I'm not sure where to really go from here... but I feel safe with Link. I'll stay with him until I find a way home. He H