Hello there, you! Thanks for coming :)

My first foray into fan fiction, and LoZ seems the obvious place to start. Ocarina of Time gripped me absolutely as a child, despite having very little in the way of characterisation and dialogue. The mythology and the art of the game(s) lend an implicit depth to the world of Hyrule, and, despite the archetypal roles and simple narrative, it is easy (and fun!) to speculate and wonder about how it might be fleshed out. An obvious starting point is to get inside the head of our mute protagonist, Link, and deuteragonist, Zelda. Who are they really? What drives them? What are they thinking and feeling?

Well that's all good fun, but this work in fact hinges on a different idea I've been playing with for a while, and one which (surprisingly) does not seem to have been done justice yet. No spoilers though! If you want to know where this is going you'll have to read on!

I'm probably going to edit this a fair bit as I go until I get into the swing of things. Forgive me - I'm only just starting out as a writer. Feedback and criticism is most welcome! Read, review, enjoy!

~LF

Prologue

In this vast, deep forest of Hyrule, long have I served as the guardian spirit and long have the children of the forest, the Kokiri, lived here in peace under me. For so long, the Kokiri Forest, the source of life, has stood as a barrier, deterring outsiders and maintaining the order of the world.

Listen carefully to what I, the Deku Tree, am about to tell thee. Dost thou sense it? The climate of evil descending upon this realm? Malevolent forces even now are mustering to attack our land of Hyrule.
But... before this tremendous evil power, even my power is as nothing. Thy slumber these past moons must have been restless, and full of nightmares. As the servants of evil gain strength, a vile climate pervades the land and causes nightmares to those sensitive to it. Verily, I know thou hast felt it. It seems the time has come at last 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. The time has come to test thy courage. Dost thou have courage enough to undertake this task?

The fate of the forest, nay, the world, may depend upon thee!

Take heed of my words, child, for we have not much time and there is much to say. A wicked man cast this dreadful curse upon me. This evil man ceaselessly uses his vile, sorcerous powers in his search for the Sacred Realm that is connected to Hyrule, for it is in that Sacred Realm that one will find the divine relic, the Triforce, which contains the essence of the gods...

Before time began, before spirits and life existed, three golden goddesses descended upon the chaos that was Hyrule:

Din, the goddess of power, who with her strong flaming arms, she cultivated the land and created the red earth...

Nayru, the goddess of wisdom, who poured her wisdom onto the earth and gave the spirit of law to the world...

Farore, the goddess of courage, who with her rich soul, produced all life forms who would uphold the law...

These three great goddesses, their labours completed, departed for the heavens. At the point where the goddesses left the world, three golden sacred triangles remained; the tripartite union of the goddesses'power. The Triforce.

Since then, the Triforce have become the basis of our world's providence. The Triforce itself rests in a place known as the Sacred Realm. Thou must never allow this wicked sorcerer to lay his hands on the sacred Triforce. Thou must never suffer that man, with his evil heart, to enter the Sacred Realm of legend. That evil man who cast the death curse upon me and sapped my power... Because of that curse, my end is nigh. Yes, I must pass away.

But do not grieve for me. For I have been able to tell you of these important matters, and thou art truly Hyrule's final hope. Go now to Hyrule Castle and thou shalt surely meet the Princess of Destiny. Take this holy stone with you. This stone that man wanted so much, that he cast this doom upon me. The future depends on thee.

Carry out my last will... I entreat ye...

Good...bye...