A/N: So, I'm pretty sure I mentioned that both of prologue chapters would be going up simultaneously, but I just finished writing this one, and have yet to begin working on Prologue II. So, since I've kept y'all waiting long enough, I decided to present the first chapter. I hope that I've given more life and detail to the world of the original. I've completely removed all instances of the copy-pasted in-game dialogue, and then fleshed out the events from there. Hopefully, this chapter feels more... alive than the original. All thoughts and criticism are always appreciated, so long as they are constructive. With that, and without further delay, I present to you the completely re-written Re: The Legend of Hyrule Hearts! Enjoy!

~GamesMaster64

Table of Fonts:

Standard Text: Regular Dialogue/Storytelling

Italics: Emphasis, Sound Effects, thoughts

Bold: Navi's annoyingness, Boss Name

Bold Underline: Special Attacks (this is cried out)

Bold Italic: Deity speech

CAPS: Yelling

Underline: Flashback/History, name of location

Italic Underline: Dream

BOLD CAPS: Dungeon name

Prologue I: Link Gets a Fairy!

Kokiri Forest, Hyrule

A young kid, no more than 9 or 10 years old, stared at the walls in front of him. They loomed in the distance, forbidding and almost menacing in appearance. Above, the rain clouds that obscured the sky poured their contents down onto the field below, making the entire scene appear more ominous than it had any right to be. Next to him was another boy, this one a bit older, about 14 or so in appearance. The two watched as a drawbridge lowered, the chains clacking and adding even more to the ominousness of the scene. A white horse raced out, past the two boys. On it rode a young girl, and an older lady. Just as quickly as the group had appeared, they were gone over the horizon. After a few seconds, a second horse followed, This horse was pitch-black with a red mane. A dark figure sat upon the horse. The figure glanced over at the two, and raised a hand. A ball of energy formed, lancing out at the two. However, before it could impact...

Link awoke, drenched in sweat. He stared up at the ceiling of his house, willing himself to breathe slowly. This dream of his had been ruining any chance he'd had of getting a good night's rest for the last two weeks now. For the first week, it was just him in the dream. However, in the past week, this strange new kid had appeared. Link had never seen him in his life.

"Yoo-hoo! Liiinnnk! Are you awake yet?" A female voice called up to Link. He sat up, glancing outside to see the sunlight streaming through his door. Link got up, and stepped outside. Below, he saw a green-haired girl dressed in a similar green tunic as he was.

~~Meanwhile~~

"Navi... Navi? Where hast thou gone?" A wizened voice called out. A small glowing orb of yellow approached the voice's source, which was a tree.

"I'm here, Great Deku Tree. What do you need?" asked the orb. The tree sighed.

"Oh, Navi the fairy. Listen well to my words. Thou hast not sensed it, but there is evil descending upon this realm. Even as we speak, malevolent forces are preparing an attack on Hyrule. This place, the Kokiri Forest, has stood as a barrier to protect Hyrule from the evil of outside. Yet, my power is as nothing compared to the enormous power that is growing. It seems that it is time for the boy without a fairy to live up to his destiny. It is this boy who will bring Hyrule on the path of truth and justice. Beware, Navi, as things may not go as expected. No matter what happens, ensure that the boy makes it to me. Please, hurry, Navi, for I have not much time left. Fly as quickly as you can, Navi! The fate of the forest, and perhaps the world, depends upon thee!" After taking in the words of the Deku Tree, the fairy flew off as fast as she could, heading toward the Kokiri Village.

~~At Kokiri Village~~

Link looked down at the smiling form of his best friend, Saria. He smiled, jumping down from the balcony of his house, ensuring to roll on landing to prevent injuring his legs.

"You show-off! You're gonna get yourself seriously injured one of these days!" the female Kokiri playfully huffed, although her smile gave her away. Link looked up from dusting himself off, giving her a smile of his own. However, before he could say or do anything else, a yellow glowing orb collided right into his head. Since the orb had been flying so quickly, the force knocked the young Kokiri to the ground.

"Oops! Sorry about that!" the orb said, before flying down to where the Kokiri boy lay groaning. "Hey! Are you okay?" the orb asked. Link got up, dusting himself of yet again while grumbling about mysterious flying objects that needed to watch where they flew. It was at this point that both Link and Saria realized that the orb was a fairy.

"Wait... are you a fairy?" Saria asked. The orb seemed happy as it flew around her, Saria's own fairy joining it in what seemed like a game of tag.

"Yup! I sure am. I'm Navi, Navi the fairy!" With this introduction, she turned to Link. "Hey! You're Link, right! The boy without a fairy, right? If so, then I'm glad I finally found you! You've been summoned by the Great Deku Tree! He needs to see you right away!" Navi flew up and down in front of Link, as if doing so would make the boy move any faster. Saria gasped.

"Wooow! Not only do you finally have a fairy, Link, but you get to go talk to the Great Deku Tree? I'm jealous!" Saria said. She then nodded to him. "Well, if the Great Deku Tree has called you, then I guess you'd better get going! I'll meet you at my place later, okay?" With those words, Saria walked off, her fairy following her. Navi turned to Link.

"Right! Now that we've gotten that out of the way, let's go!" The fairy circled around Link, eventually settling herself inside his hat. Link sighed.

"No one lets me get a word in edge-wise around here..." he muttered, heading off to what he knew to be the entrance of the path that led to the Great Deku Tree's meadow. However, as he neared the entrance, Link groaned. Mido was hanging around the entrance, leaning against a nearby tree. Suffice to say, Link did not like Mido. The self-proclaimed boss of the Kokiri liked to bully just about everyone around, but his favorite target was Link. Link grit his teeth and approached. As he approached, he heard Mido mumbling to himself.

"Gotta make sure to go find that shiny rock again. I bet Saria'll like it!" Mido murmured. However, the boss of the Kokiri glanced up and saw Link approaching. Great. Just great. Mido didn't need to deal with him today. Mido did not like Link. At all. Although he claimed to be a Kokiri, and was raised as one, Link had one thing wrong with him. The boy had no fairy, and hadn't had one for longer than Mido could remember. It looked like the reject was heading toward the Great Deku Tree. Mido would have to make sure to put a stop to that. Mido pushed himself away from the tree, and stood in front of the entrance. To his surprise, the reject kept coming. "Hey, Mr. No Fairy! Where do you think you're going?" Mido called out, challenging Link's progress. Link halted, and a fairy flew out of his cap. "Whod' you steal the fairy from? You're gonna be in big trouble this time!" Mido called out. However, to his surprise, the fairy replied.

"Hey! Link didn't steal me! I was sent to bring him to the Deku Tree!" Navi shouted at Mido, leaving the boss gobsmacked. Link nodded.

"You heard the fairy, Mido. Now move, so I can see what the Great Deku Tree wants. It's urgent." Link added. Mido shook his head, using the few seconds that afforded him to clear his head. It didn't work.

"Wait... you're telling me that the Great Deku Tree summoned you?" Mido began, speaking slowly as if still trying to process this information. Link merely nodded. "You're telling me, that he summoned you, and not me? Why would he summon you over the Great Mido?" Upon hearing this, Link burst out laughing. Really, it seemed Mido got more and more narcissistic each day! "Hey! This isn't funny!" Mido retorted to Link's guffawing. Mido had to make a move quick. He couldn't let the reject past just yet. Then, he had an idea. "Wait a minute! Why should I let you past! You aren't even fully equipped! How do you expect me to let you past and think you're ready when you haven't even got any sort of weapon or a shield yet!" Link stopped laughing. Okay, that did it. He'd had it with Mido and his bullying.

"Oh, yeah! You haven't got either of those yourself! What, did you slip up yet again, Mido? Or is this like last week with the Deku Scrub?" Link asked, a smirk on his face. Mido's own face instantly grew redder than a red Rupee.

"Hey! Don't bring that up, you loser! I hadn't warmed up that day, is all!" Mido was flustering about. How dare Link embarrass him, the boss of the Kokiri! "Anyway, my stuff's at home! Yeah! So, I'll let you pass if you have a decent weapon, and a shield. No Deku Sticks this time. Those are too flimsy! Sheesh!" Mido smirked as Link turned around to leave. That took care of that nuisance for the day!

"Stupid Mido, thinking he owns the stupid forest!" Link mumbled, collecting some Rupees he saw in the grass. While he was poking around, he saw that the shop owner apparently had a rock issue. Link offered his help, which the older Kokiri was more than glad to accept. Even though Mido liked to bully Link, the rest of the Kokiri liked him just fine. He could be a bit quiet at times, but a rather nice guy to get along with. After Link had helped him remove the rocks, the shopkeeper gave him 20 Rupees and a 50% discount off of one item. As Link purchased a Kokiri Shield, the shopkeeper smirked. Looks like he'd helped Link one-up Mido. Perhaps Link would grow a backbone and stand up to the jerk after this. Hylia knew that Mido needed it. As Link walked around to see if he could find a passable weapon, he saw two of the Know-It-All Brothers talking to each other.

"So, did you hear about Mido's new hiding spot for the Kokiri Sword, our treasure? Rumor has it that it's in the Forest Training Maze now." Link heard one of them say as he approached. Link smiled at the brothers in greeting, before making it seem like he was just moseying around and headed toward the maze. The two brothers smirked. Of course, everyone had seen Mido's confrontation with Link. Seemed like getting a fairy gave the kid some backbone. The two figured Mido needed it, and reliving the Deku Scrub incident from last week was always a joy.

"That was rather convenient." Link muttered, as he crawled into the hole that led to the Maze in the Kokiri Training Grounds...