The twenty year old woman stared at the beautifully designed cover of the video game she had received for her birthday. "The Legend of Zelda, Twilight Princess" the title said. Her eyes were sad as she stared at the game. The boy she had led through so many adventures had been forgotten. Not literally... but, all of these new games coming out were about his descendants... and not really him... the Hero of Time, Savior of Termina, Waker of the Windfish, Knight of Hyrule... etc. She had led him on his many adventures through out the times... and now, as her favorite game character seemed to be put to rest for ever, this new game appeared... and again, it was about a descendant... Her eyes shifted to the purple game cube that lay near her, the controller resting at her feet as she sat barely four to five feet away from the game cube. The guide book was resting in her lap. Her eyes hardened in determination. Yes, Hyrule, Link, Zelda... they were all fictional... but she couldn't help it.... She believed herself to be a part of the adventures every time she played them... and... in her own mind, in the secret, darkest corners of her being, the young, practical woman had sworn herself to always protect the line of the Hero, the Hero, and his Descendants...
She popped open the game case and placed the disk inside the game cube. Her mind was harboring thoughts of actually being a major factor of the game... as the Hero's ever vigilant protector, and friend. None of her friends ever knew... None of them really were her friends in the first place. That was why she placed her trust in the heroic male of her favorite videogames. Idly, she mused about missing her family and her old house.
The game began... and she found herself beginning to warm up to the young man on the screen.
It wasn't her Hero... but... perhaps in time...
She steered the man though the opening phases of the game, fighting the scarecrow, playing with the slingshot (a skill she had honed to perfection with the Hero), battling goats, and the monkey rescue of Talo.... and up to the part of where Illia found that Epona had a wound. She smiled at the sight of the horse. She had eternally hated that horse when she had guided the Hero on his quest. It was like the horse had known she was there and had made conscious effort to do whatever she could do to do the opposite of what the young woman had wanted her to do, effectively earning the horse the title of "STUPID HORSE!" Idly she wondered if this horse would be the same as her predecessor.
She guided Link into the hole and to where Illia had locked herself up at the gate of Ordon Springs with Epona.... and watched with horror as an ugly creature on a pig appeared, stole Illia, and knocked Link unconscious. When he woke up, Epona was gone, and so was Illia! He looked to where the things appeared from and made his way to the place. There was a black wall there that had once overlooked the entrance to Faron's Forest. The girl leaned closer to the TV during the cut scene to examine the black wall...The twenty year old woman stared at the beautifully designed cover of the video game she had received for her birthday. "The Legend of Zelda, Twilight Princess" the title said. Her eyes were sad as she stared at the game. The boy she had led through so many adventures had been forgotten. Not literally... but, all of these new games coming out were about his descendants... and not really him... the Hero of Time, Savior of Termina, Waker of the Windfish, Knight of Hyrule... etc. She had led him on his many adventures through out the times... and now, as her favorite game character seemed to be put to rest for ever, this new game appeared... and again, it was about a descendant... Her eyes shifted to the purple game cube that lay near her, the controller resting at her feet as she sat barely four to five feet away from the game cube. The guide book was resting in her lap. Her eyes hardened in determination. Yes, Hyrule, Link, Zelda... they were all fictional... but she couldn't help it.... She believed herself to be a part of the adventures every time she played them... and... in her own mind, in the secret, darkest corners of her being, the young, practical woman had sworn herself to always protect the line of the Hero, the Hero, and his Descendants...
She popped open the game case and placed the disk inside the game cube. Her mind was harboring thoughts of actually being a major factor of the game... as the Hero's ever vigilant protector, and friend. None of her friends ever knew... None of them really were her friends in the first place. That was why she placed her trust in the heroic male of her favorite videogames. Idly, she mused about missing her family and her old house.
The game began... and she found herself beginning to warm up to the young man on the screen.
It wasn't her Hero... but... perhaps in time...
She steered the man though the opening phases of the game, fighting the scarecrow, playing with the slingshot (a skill she had honed to perfection with the Hero), battling goats, and the monkey rescue of Talo.... and up to the part of where Illia found that Epona had a wound. She smiled at the sight of the horse. She had eternally hated that horse when she had guided the Hero on his quest. It was like the horse had known she was there and had made conscious effort to do whatever she could do to do the opposite of what the young woman had wanted her to do, effectively earning the horse the title of "STUPID HORSE!" Idly she wondered if this horse would be the same as her predecessor.
She guided Link into the hole and to where Illia had locked herself up at the gate of Ordon Springs with Epona.... and watched with horror as an ugly creature on a pig appeared, stole Illia, and knocked Link unconscious. When he woke up, Epona was gone, and so was Illia! He looked to where the things appeared from and made his way to the place. There was a black wall there that had once overlooked the entrance to Faron's Forest. The girl leaned closer to the TV during the cut scene to examine the black wall...
As an orange clear hand emerged suddenly from the wall and grasped Link and pulled him into the darkness, the same orange clear hand burst from the TV, grabbed her, and pulled her inside the TV. She blacked out.