The Road to Twilight
Do you believe that we are born into this world for a reason? That our destiny is set in stone from the moment we enter this world? For the longest time I used to believe that this was my reason for living, my soul purpose on this world. What was the point of living once this duty was fulfilled? After all the battles have been won is, they're any point to continue on fighting? These were all the questions I asked myself when I heard her play the last melody, I would hear before returning back to my own time.
It had been almost a year since that day. The day when the princess of the land of Hyrule, had sent me seven years back into the past. The war against the king of evil had been won, thanks to the efforts of the "Hero of Time." My duties were over for the time being, but my life was far from over, I need to find my true purpose in this world, it can't all be some silly prophecy about me saving the land of Hyrule.
The sun shined brightly in the clear sky, shinning its great rays all across the land. Sweat dripped across the top of my forehead as I continued walking across the green plains. The scorching rays of the sun were starting to get to me. "Maybe I shouldn't have returned Epona to Malon, she would have made this trip a lot faster," I said as I reached into my pocket to pull out a rag. I rubbed the rag across my face, wiping the sweat off in the process of doing so. Hyrule Field was still as large and open as I remembered, for some reason I felt as if it was even bigger then the last time I was there. I returned the rag to my pocket while continuing my journey across the seemingly endless plains. "Navi…. I failed you, what kind of friend am I?" I was still caught in thought as I continued on towards a forest that was not to far from were I was.
The forest was just as green and vibrant as I remembered. So many different organisms all inhabited this diverse place. The air was pure and you could smell the rich soil of the forest. Trees of all different kinds covered the land not any of them looking slightly similar. "I sure have missed this," I thought. I approached a dark tunnel with a vague light gleaming out of it. I continued through the tunnel until the light got brighter as I continued on. I reached the end of the tunnel and all the light glistened together revealing the place I had come to know as my home for all of my life: Kokiri Forest.
Nothing had changed, everything looked exactly as I remembered it to be. All the houses in the forest were still built in tree stumps; the waterfall by the shop still flowed into a small inlet. "I wonder if they'll, all be happy to see me," I thought, as I felt the nostalgia flow through me. My hometown was small, but very wide open. I could remember the time when Mido and me had a race around the entire forest; the winner of the race won a picnic with Saria. "Of coarse I won, that slowpoke couldn't beat me even if I raced with my eyes closed." Everything seemed to be the same as I remembered, until I realized that something was missing in this forest I had called "home" for such a long time. The people that I had called my friends for so long were nowhere to be found. The Kokiris were all missing, as if they had vanished into thin air. I was baffled at the fact that the forest was this empty; it was usually so exciting and full of energy. I looked around for any sign of life and not even a fairy was in sight. That is until; I started to hear whispers coming from some of the houses in the forest. "Who is that boy?" one voice said. "I've never seen him before in my life," another voice said. I heard some of the voices coming from the houses and turned to face were they where coming from. "I know you guys are in there, so you can come out," I said a little vexed by their actions.
A few of them gasped as they heard me talk and they all quickly stopped talking. I approached the house were the noises were coming from, but before I could open the door a boy barged out of it pointing a small sword at me. He was wearing the traditional Kokiri outfit; a green tunic, green pants and a pointy green hat. The boy had freckles on the cheeks of his face and had blonde a couple of stands of blonde hair coming out of his hat. The sword he wielded was small, the grip was red and he looked like he'd never used the blade in his entire life.
"Don't take one more step! Or else I'll grind you up into a nice seasoning for a salad!" The boy yelled as he quivered witch made him unable to even hold the blade properly.
"I see you still can't even use that sword I gave you, didn't I tell you to practice Mido?" I said as I grinned at him. Though it had been a while since the last time I saw him, he looked exactly as I remembered.
His eyes widened at what I said and his mouth opened in awe. "L-Link…is that really you?" he said as he dropped the blade.
I smiled as he said my name. I was finally home.