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The Legend of Zelda:
The Ancient Spirits
Chapter 1
A young boy walked through a field of flowers. He didn't seem to have any particular destination and was merely walking through the field simply for the enjoyment of it. He stopped every so often to bend down and pick a flower to smell it then he would continue on his way. The boy continued to do this for many hours and didn't seem to have a care in the world.
All of a sudden the sky turned black and all the flowers disappeared, replaced but dark barren wasteland. Lightning flashed and thunder sounded striking the ground and terrifying the boy. He fell to the ground and landed on his rear with his hands behind him. He looked around frantically for something to comfort but saw nothing except for the darkness all around him.
As the boy began to pull his knees up to his chest and cry, he saw something in the distance. It was very faint at first but it kept getting larger and brighter. As it got closer he made out the figure of a woman but he still couldn't quite tell who it was. When the figure was finally close enough he saw that it was indeed a beautiful woman. She was dressed in a very fine blue dress and was adorned with rings, bracelets, and a small tiara on her head. There was also a strange symbol made up of three triangles joined at the tips on her right hand. The boy thought she must have been a princess and normally he would have bowed to her but he was so happy to see something - or rather – someone comforting he completely forgot himself and ran over to the woman and hugged her.
The woman embraced the young boy lovingly and a single tear fell down her cheek. She pulled the boy slightly away from her and knelt down to look at his face. She brushed a hand through his short golden locks and looked deeply into his cerulean eyes. The boy looked back at the woman the same way. He noticed her eyes were the same as his and her hair as well but he was fairly sure he had never seen her before.
All of a sudden the boy and woman were surrounded by several glowing balls of light. Each ball was a different color and smaller balls – so small they would be almost unnoticeable by themselves – trailed behind them. The boy counted seven of them as they circled the woman and him. He became so entranced that he almost forgot about the woman.
As they boy continued staring at the balls of light, out of nowhere lightning struck all around them and the balls of light scattered and disappeared. After they had gone the boy found himself clutching onto the woman again. He looked at her and saw the same loving face he had seen since he had met her. He laid his head to rest on her shoulder but then he heard something. He lifted his head and looked in all directions to see where the sound was coming from. As it got closer he realized that it was the sound of a horse. He frantically searched but could not see anything. When the sound of the horse's hooves hitting the ground were so loud it sounded like it was right next to them the boy looked behind the woman and saw a very large black horse that looked almost demonic with glowing red eyes and metal plates covering large portions of its body including its face.
The boy then looked at the rider of the horse and his face went white with fear. The rider looked more frightening than death. He wore solid black armor and with a large red jewel in the center. The rider had no helmet and his dark golden-brown face was visible. His hair was crimson red and a very large sword was at his side and the same strange triangle shape that adorned the woman's right hand was on the rider's right hand as well. The boy fell a burning sensation in his left hand and looked down. His hand glowed red as the same symbol seemed to draw itself on his hand and then glowed a golden color as it finally appeared whole.
The boy was frightened and confused again and looked to the woman for comfort but instead of the comforting look she had before her face now held a look of fear and desperation. The boy looked at the rider again and saw that his sword was raised and ready to strike down the woman. He was even more frightened now and tried to tell the woman to run but his voice wouldn't come out. He tried desperately but as he tried the woman placed a finger over his mouth. She hugged him one more time then kissed him on the cheek.
Just before the rider's sword came down to strike her, she whispered into his ear, "Live," and it was over.
The sword pierced the woman through the chest just as she pushed the boy away from her. Blood spattered the boy's face as he fell to the ground. The woman gripped the sword in her chest and held on to it tightly for a moment but as the life drained out of her she slowly began to let go until her arms fell limp at her side. The rider jumped off of his horse and grabbed his sword then pushed the woman off of it with his foot. He looked over in the direction of the boy and a wicked smile crossed his face. The boy stood up to run but his legs seemed to be frozen in place and he could not move.
As the boy tried to move, the rider came closer and closer. No matter how hard he tried the boy could not move. When the rider was right in front of him and ready to strike the boy fell to his knees and covered his head. The rider lifted the sword and brought it down…….
The young boy shot up screaming until he realized that he was at home in his bed. He looked around in the darkness and saw the familiar outlines of his possessions. In a matter of moments his mother walked in through the door holding a candle in her nightgown. He could see her bright red hair was a mess by the light of the candle and could tell she looked a little worried. She walked over to the boy and set the candle down on the nightstand next to his bed. She sat down next to him and pulled him close.
"My, that must have been some nightmare," she said as she hugged her son. "You must've woken up all the horses outside."
"I'm sorry mommy but it was so scary," he said. He was shaking very badly and even though he was cold he was sweating.
"You poor child. Tell mommy all about it," she said to the boy as comfortingly as she could.
"Well," the boy began, "I was walking through this field of flowers. All of a sudden the sky turned dark and all of the flowers went away. The ground was real dark and I could hardly see. Then lightning flashed and it scared me. I was so scared but then this real pretty lady came and she hugged me. She had hair like mine and eyes like mine. She wore a real pretty dress and had rings and bracelets on. She had a real pretty tiara on her head too. I felt real safe so I hugged her back. Then these lights showed up and started swirling around us. They made everything real bright but the lighting flashed again and the lights went away. Then I heard something and this real scary man showed up behind the pretty lady. He had a strange shape on his hand that looked like three triangles put together. I looked down and saw the lady had the same shape on her hand. Then I felt my hand burning and I looked down and saw the same shape on my hand glowing. Then the woman held me and whispered to me 'Live'. Then the man he…..he….. raised his sword and stuck it in her. Her blood got on me and the man pulled the sword out of her. Then he looked at me and started to come after me. I tried to run but I couldn't move. He got to me and then he raised his sword and……then I woke up."
He looked up at his mother and saw that she seemed just as frightened as he did. He didn't understand what was bothering her. He kissed her on the cheek and she snapped out of her state of shock and kissed him back.
"Are you alright, mommy," the boy asked his mother.
"I'm just fine. I'm glad you're okay. Now go back to sleep. I'll fix you your favorite breakfast of eggs and pancakes tomorrow," she said.
"Okay mommy. Good night mommy," the boy said as he laid his head on his pillow and closed his eyes.
The boy's mother leaned down and kissed his forehead and said, "Goodnight…Link."
Link's mother got up from the bed and headed back to her room and fell down onto her bed.
"This is worse than I thought. He's already having the nightmares. Dear sages, Malon, what did you get yourself into," she thought as she closed her eyes. The last thing Maron thought as she drifted off into sleep was why she had been chosen to take care of the young boy whom she had adopted as her own son.
The next morning after Link woke up he went into the kitchen and found that his mother had already cooked his breakfast and left it on the table. He was used to eating breakfast alone though. His mother always got up early to cook breakfast for him and then she had to go out and help his Grandpa Talon and his Uncle Ingo with the horses. As he sat down and began to eat his breakfast he saw his mother come in the door. He waved at her but she didn't wave back. He thought that was strange because she always waved back to him when he waved to her.
"What's the matter mommy," Link said with a worried look on his face. "You look real sad."
"Link…I have something to tell you but I'm afraid you won't understand," Malon said to him.
"What do you mean mommy," Link asked her. That sent a pain through her chest. What she was about to tell him would shatter his world.
"Link, honey, I…..I…..I'm not your mommy," she finally managed to say.
She looked over at Link and expected him to act hysterical and start crying but he was surprisingly calm.
"I know," was all he said. That shocked Malon to her bones. How could he have possibly known about that?
"Link, how could you have known," she asked him, her curiosity somewhat intrigued.
"Well, we don't look anything a like and whenever I asked you what daddy looked like you said that you and he pretty much looked the same and since you said you took after grandma and grandpa has black hair and eyes it wasn't real hard to figure out," Link said as he stared at his plate and played with his eggs.
Malon was certainly surprised that he knew but she realized that even a child his age would have been able to figure it out after all the mistakes she made in covering up his real parentage.
"I just want to know why you never told me who my real mommy and daddy are," he asked as he continued to play with his food.
"Honey, I promised your real mommy and daddy that I wouldn't tell you who they were until you became a man. You're only seven years old and you won't be a man for another ten years. They made me promise when you turned seventeen I would tell you who they were," Malon said as she too stared down at the table.
Link just nodded his head and silently began eating his food again. Malon felt a tear fall down her cheek and she couldn't help but let a sniffle out. Link looked up at her and smiled.
"Don't worry. No matter what happens, you will always be my mommy," he said and walked over to her and kissed her on the cheek. Malon could no longer hold in her emotions and began to cry hysterically. She hugged Link tightly and kissed him on the forehead.
"Link, I want you to promise me something, okay," she asked in between sobs.
"What is it mommy?"
"If you are ever in a situation in which you have to risk your life to save someone, don't hesitate. Do everything you can to save them, okay?"
Link didn't quite understand what Malon was saying but he nodded his head and said, "Okay mommy. I promise."
Malon hugged Link again and wiped her tear-stained face. She had finally stopped crying and was heading back outside.
"Link, honey, when you finish your breakfast I want you to come outside with your grandpa and I. I think it's time your learned how to ride a horse," Malon said with a smile.
Link jumped up and down excitedly and ate his breakfast before Malon even had her foot out the door. Malon giggled a little as she wiped some of the yolk Link had on his face from the eggs.
"You two owe me big time," Malon thought as she walked out of the house and looked in the direction of a strange looking forest and then a very majestic looking castle.
"You owe me big."
The Legend of Zelda:
The Ancient Spirits
Chapter 1
A young boy walked through a field of flowers. He didn't seem to have any particular destination and was merely walking through the field simply for the enjoyment of it. He stopped every so often to bend down and pick a flower to smell it then he would continue on his way. The boy continued to do this for many hours and didn't seem to have a care in the world.
All of a sudden the sky turned black and all the flowers disappeared, replaced but dark barren wasteland. Lightning flashed and thunder sounded striking the ground and terrifying the boy. He fell to the ground and landed on his rear with his hands behind him. He looked around frantically for something to comfort but saw nothing except for the darkness all around him.
As the boy began to pull his knees up to his chest and cry, he saw something in the distance. It was very faint at first but it kept getting larger and brighter. As it got closer he made out the figure of a woman but he still couldn't quite tell who it was. When the figure was finally close enough he saw that it was indeed a beautiful woman. She was dressed in a very fine blue dress and was adorned with rings, bracelets, and a small tiara on her head. There was also a strange symbol made up of three triangles joined at the tips on her right hand. The boy thought she must have been a princess and normally he would have bowed to her but he was so happy to see something - or rather – someone comforting he completely forgot himself and ran over to the woman and hugged her.
The woman embraced the young boy lovingly and a single tear fell down her cheek. She pulled the boy slightly away from her and knelt down to look at his face. She brushed a hand through his short golden locks and looked deeply into his cerulean eyes. The boy looked back at the woman the same way. He noticed her eyes were the same as his and her hair as well but he was fairly sure he had never seen her before.
All of a sudden the boy and woman were surrounded by several glowing balls of light. Each ball was a different color and smaller balls – so small they would be almost unnoticeable by themselves – trailed behind them. The boy counted seven of them as they circled the woman and him. He became so entranced that he almost forgot about the woman.
As they boy continued staring at the balls of light, out of nowhere lightning struck all around them and the balls of light scattered and disappeared. After they had gone the boy found himself clutching onto the woman again. He looked at her and saw the same loving face he had seen since he had met her. He laid his head to rest on her shoulder but then he heard something. He lifted his head and looked in all directions to see where the sound was coming from. As it got closer he realized that it was the sound of a horse. He frantically searched but could not see anything. When the sound of the horse's hooves hitting the ground were so loud it sounded like it was right next to them the boy looked behind the woman and saw a very large black horse that looked almost demonic with glowing red eyes and metal plates covering large portions of its body including its face.
The boy then looked at the rider of the horse and his face went white with fear. The rider looked more frightening than death. He wore solid black armor and with a large red jewel in the center. The rider had no helmet and his dark golden-brown face was visible. His hair was crimson red and a very large sword was at his side and the same strange triangle shape that adorned the woman's right hand was on the rider's right hand as well. The boy fell a burning sensation in his left hand and looked down. His hand glowed red as the same symbol seemed to draw itself on his hand and then glowed a golden color as it finally appeared whole.
The boy was frightened and confused again and looked to the woman for comfort but instead of the comforting look she had before her face now held a look of fear and desperation. The boy looked at the rider again and saw that his sword was raised and ready to strike down the woman. He was even more frightened now and tried to tell the woman to run but his voice wouldn't come out. He tried desperately but as he tried the woman placed a finger over his mouth. She hugged him one more time then kissed him on the cheek.
Just before the rider's sword came down to strike her, she whispered into his ear, "Live," and it was over.
The sword pierced the woman through the chest just as she pushed the boy away from her. Blood spattered the boy's face as he fell to the ground. The woman gripped the sword in her chest and held on to it tightly for a moment but as the life drained out of her she slowly began to let go until her arms fell limp at her side. The rider jumped off of his horse and grabbed his sword then pushed the woman off of it with his foot. He looked over in the direction of the boy and a wicked smile crossed his face. The boy stood up to run but his legs seemed to be frozen in place and he could not move.
As the boy tried to move, the rider came closer and closer. No matter how hard he tried the boy could not move. When the rider was right in front of him and ready to strike the boy fell to his knees and covered his head. The rider lifted the sword and brought it down…….
The young boy shot up screaming until he realized that he was at home in his bed. He looked around in the darkness and saw the familiar outlines of his possessions. In a matter of moments his mother walked in through the door holding a candle in her nightgown. He could see her bright red hair was a mess by the light of the candle and could tell she looked a little worried. She walked over to the boy and set the candle down on the nightstand next to his bed. She sat down next to him and pulled him close.
"My, that must have been some nightmare," she said as she hugged her son. "You must've woken up all the horses outside."
"I'm sorry mommy but it was so scary," he said. He was shaking very badly and even though he was cold he was sweating.
"You poor child. Tell mommy all about it," she said to the boy as comfortingly as she could.
"Well," the boy began, "I was walking through this field of flowers. All of a sudden the sky turned dark and all of the flowers went away. The ground was real dark and I could hardly see. Then lightning flashed and it scared me. I was so scared but then this real pretty lady came and she hugged me. She had hair like mine and eyes like mine. She wore a real pretty dress and had rings and bracelets on. She had a real pretty tiara on her head too. I felt real safe so I hugged her back. Then these lights showed up and started swirling around us. They made everything real bright but the lighting flashed again and the lights went away. Then I heard something and this real scary man showed up behind the pretty lady. He had a strange shape on his hand that looked like three triangles put together. I looked down and saw the lady had the same shape on her hand. Then I felt my hand burning and I looked down and saw the same shape on my hand glowing. Then the woman held me and whispered to me 'Live'. Then the man he…..he….. raised his sword and stuck it in her. Her blood got on me and the man pulled the sword out of her. Then he looked at me and started to come after me. I tried to run but I couldn't move. He got to me and then he raised his sword and……then I woke up."
He looked up at his mother and saw that she seemed just as frightened as he did. He didn't understand what was bothering her. He kissed her on the cheek and she snapped out of her state of shock and kissed him back.
"Are you alright, mommy," the boy asked his mother.
"I'm just fine. I'm glad you're okay. Now go back to sleep. I'll fix you your favorite breakfast of eggs and pancakes tomorrow," she said.
"Okay mommy. Good night mommy," the boy said as he laid his head on his pillow and closed his eyes.
The boy's mother leaned down and kissed his forehead and said, "Goodnight…Link."
Link's mother got up from the bed and headed back to her room and fell down onto her bed.
"This is worse than I thought. He's already having the nightmares. Dear sages, Malon, what did you get yourself into," she thought as she closed her eyes. The last thing Maron thought as she drifted off into sleep was why she had been chosen to take care of the young boy whom she had adopted as her own son.
The next morning after Link woke up he went into the kitchen and found that his mother had already cooked his breakfast and left it on the table. He was used to eating breakfast alone though. His mother always got up early to cook breakfast for him and then she had to go out and help his Grandpa Talon and his Uncle Ingo with the horses. As he sat down and began to eat his breakfast he saw his mother come in the door. He waved at her but she didn't wave back. He thought that was strange because she always waved back to him when he waved to her.
"What's the matter mommy," Link said with a worried look on his face. "You look real sad."
"Link…I have something to tell you but I'm afraid you won't understand," Malon said to him.
"What do you mean mommy," Link asked her. That sent a pain through her chest. What she was about to tell him would shatter his world.
"Link, honey, I…..I…..I'm not your mommy," she finally managed to say.
She looked over at Link and expected him to act hysterical and start crying but he was surprisingly calm.
"I know," was all he said. That shocked Malon to her bones. How could he have possibly known about that?
"Link, how could you have known," she asked him, her curiosity somewhat intrigued.
"Well, we don't look anything a like and whenever I asked you what daddy looked like you said that you and he pretty much looked the same and since you said you took after grandma and grandpa has black hair and eyes it wasn't real hard to figure out," Link said as he stared at his plate and played with his eggs.
Malon was certainly surprised that he knew but she realized that even a child his age would have been able to figure it out after all the mistakes she made in covering up his real parentage.
"I just want to know why you never told me who my real mommy and daddy are," he asked as he continued to play with his food.
"Honey, I promised your real mommy and daddy that I wouldn't tell you who they were until you became a man. You're only seven years old and you won't be a man for another ten years. They made me promise when you turned seventeen I would tell you who they were," Malon said as she too stared down at the table.
Link just nodded his head and silently began eating his food again. Malon felt a tear fall down her cheek and she couldn't help but let a sniffle out. Link looked up at her and smiled.
"Don't worry. No matter what happens, you will always be my mommy," he said and walked over to her and kissed her on the cheek. Malon could no longer hold in her emotions and began to cry hysterically. She hugged Link tightly and kissed him on the forehead.
"Link, I want you to promise me something, okay," she asked in between sobs.
"What is it mommy?"
"If you are ever in a situation in which you have to risk your life to save someone, don't hesitate. Do everything you can to save them, okay?"
Link didn't quite understand what Malon was saying but he nodded his head and said, "Okay mommy. I promise."
Malon hugged Link again and wiped her tear-stained face. She had finally stopped crying and was heading back outside.
"Link, honey, when you finish your breakfast I want you to come outside with your grandpa and I. I think it's time your learned how to ride a horse," Malon said with a smile.
Link jumped up and down excitedly and ate his breakfast before Malon even had her foot out the door. Malon giggled a little as she wiped some of the yolk Link had on his face from the eggs.
"You two owe me big time," Malon thought as she walked out of the house and looked in the direction of a strange looking forest and then a very majestic looking castle.
"You owe me big."