AN; This fanfic may or may not have a place in the timeline, discretion is advised
Ch1 Happy birthday Link
In a land known as Hyrule, they have a legend as old as time. A legend of a never ending battle between the light and darkness. When the hour became dark, an evil would begin to rise for an all-powerful light known as the triforce. If it were to be in the hands of those whose hearts were pure and full of light, a single wish could be granted to them. But if their intentions were of evil, the world would be plunged into darkness. The triforce was split in three pieces By the Goddesses Din, Nayru, Farore and handed them down to be encased within three Souls. Courage; given to the soul of an ancient hero. Wisdom; given to the soul of the first princess. And power; the forbidden piece, mistakenly obtained by an evil force. The legend has it that the souls who hold the pieces of courage and wisdom will be born two apart from each other. Courage first, and then wisdom. Both linked together by destiny and fate to defeat the evil that so ever desires to abuse the power of the goddess. But, who are these heroes?
On a sunny day in the Land of Hyrule, there was a farm on the outskirts of the Castletown and the forest. On the farm, there was a hardworking man and his only son. On this particular morning however, the son was still asleep in his bed. The son lied flat on his bed, snoring as light from the window filled his room. As light approached the wooden door, a small glowing fairy came flying through the gap at the bottom. Her small insect like wings moved rapidly as she quickly flew towards the sleeping boy on the bed. The fairy looked at the boy as he lied there with his left hand on his chest; almost disgusted with the complete mess that was his short dark blond hair with a strand in the earring in his left ear.
"Lazy boy." The glowing creature muttered as she floated above the boys' face.
"Hey! C'mon Link; get up!" The glowing creature called out with her high voice as she flew up and down.
The boy called Link just responded with a moan and turned over.
"Sleep now; up later." Link muttered softly, his voice muffled by his pillow.
The glowing creature started growling and turned bright red with anger.
"I SAID GET UP YOU LAZY THING!" The fairy yelled out angrily; now bashing into Links' head with her tiny fluff ball body repeatedly.
"Ouch! Ow!" Link yelped as he started to toss and turn.
Link just kept turning until he fell off the side of the bed; taking the blanket with him and making a loud crash when he hit the wooden floor. He slowly sat up as he loudly groaned; scratching his messy hair with his hand as he looked at the glowing fairy with a tired and angry glare.
"Morning Niva." Link yawned as he stood up, wearing only a pair of brown pants that just fit around his skinny waist.
"Morning to you too sleepyhead." Niva greeted sarcastically.
"C'mon, don't give me that tone. I had trouble sleeping last night."
"Did you have that weird dream again?" Niva asked, sounding concerned this time.
"Yeah, but it ended differently this time." Link said as he looked for a shirt. "I ended slaying the monster like always, but when I turned away, I felt something hit me in the back. Then I woke up and had a hard time getting back to sleep. You think it might mean something, Niva?"
"Maybe, maybe not." Niva answered as she floated onto the top of Links head. "But you shouldn't worry about it. After all, it's your birthday."
Links eyes lit up when he heard the word birthday as he put on a green shirt he found on the end of his bed.
"Yeah! It is!" He said with a smile. "I'm finally seventeen!"
"And yet you act like you're eight." Niva replied sarcastically.
"Oh ha ha. Very funny Niva." Link responded with his arms crossed.
Niva just sighed. But she just remembered something.
"Oh yeah; your dad wants to see you in the kitchen." She said with a nicer tone.
"Alright."
Link was about to go out the door before he stopped and looked at Niva again.
"You could have just said that instead of hitting me." Link remarked as he walked out the door.
"I doubt it would have worked." Niva thought as she fallowed Link out the door.
Link went through the door from his room into the kitchen, as the house was quite small. At the table, his father with sitting on a chair and carving a piece of wood with a dagger. His hair with short and was the same colour as Links' with a few graying spots. he had a short beard, a few wrinkles on his face and bushy eyebrows. He had a muscular build under his dark green shirt from must of the work he does on the farm.
"Morning dad." Link greeted as he sat down at the other end of the table.
"Good morning, son." Father asked with a cheerful tone. "Sleep well?"
"Not really; I had that weird dream again."
"The one with the monster?"
Link nodded at his fathers question, but he did not say anything else about it. He did not want to say anything about how it ended differently this time.
"Well, don't dwell on it kid, it's your birthday." Father remarked, trying to keep the mood light hearted.
"Yeah." Link replied with a smile.
Links' father smiled back at his son. It was hard to believe he was already seventeen. It felt like only yesterday when he was so little and learning how things work in farm life. He looked back at his son as he put down his wood carving and knife.
"I've got a special present for you Link. Wait right here." He said as he got up out of his chair.
"Got it dad." Link replied with a mouthful of bread.
Link shallowed the chewed up food in his mouth before looking at his left hand. Link was born with a weird marking on the back of his left hand. It was a triangle with a smaller triangle inside if it. When he had that dream of slaying the monster, it would glow in a golden colour in the dream.
"Maybe you have something to do with my dreams." He thought to himself as he stared at the his marking.
"So, what do you think your dad got for you?" Niva asked, bringing Link back to reality.
"Maybe a new shirt like always." Link answered as he turned to Niva.
"Or maybe a hairbrush." Niva snickered.
Link just gave Niva an annoyed glare. She was always picking on Link because of his uncontrollable hair and other things and it always made him mad at her.
"I know you'll love this son." Father announced as he re-entered the kitchen with his arms behind his back.
Link and Niva turned to him and smiled eagerly.
"Alright Link. Niva. I want both of you to close your eyes and don't open them till I say so." Father requested with a grin.
Link and Niva sighed as they did what Links father told them to. They could hear the sound of something hitting the table as they sat there with closed eyes.
"Ok, open them now." Father said in a cheery voice.
Link and Niva opened their eyes and gasped in awe at what was on the table. A sword and scabbard. The sword and scabbard were separated from each other. The sword looked clean and polished like new with its dark grey metal and leather wrapped handle while the scabbard was a dark red-brown leather. Links' father looked pleased at the twos reactions.
"You got me a sword!?" Link asked, sounding almost too happy.
"Well, you're seventeen now. At that age, I say your ready to become a man." Links father said with a satisfied smile.
Link and Niva stared at the weapon with big bright smiles on their faces. While Niva was entranced by the sword. Link had other ideas.
"Hey um, dad?" Link asked of his father.
"Yeah son?" Father asked back.
"Is it okay if I go to castle town and show this to some of my friends?"
"I don't see why not. Just don't get yourself in any trouble."
"I won't." Link replied as he grabbed the weapon and walked for the door.
"And don't forget to feed Epona!" Father called as Niva fallowed Link.
"GOT IT!" Link called from outside.
Link hummed as he strolled to the garden while he pulled the strap of the scabbard onto his back with Niva fallowing closely.
"Alright, Link. I know you all too well. What are you up to?" Niva questioned with a hint of suspicion in her voice.
"I'm just taking Epona out for a stroll." Link said as he pulled a carrot out of the garden.
"Yeah, so you show off your new toy in town."
"Nope."
Niva looked back at Link with a hard glare.
"I knew it! You're a liar!" Niva shouted.
Link swatted at Niva and told her to be quiet. They reached the barn that was next to the house. Link reached for the handle on the door and opened it. He looked into the barn to see a horse sleeping within the hay. The horse was light brown with a long white mane and tail. Link smiled at the sleeping at the sleeping horse before he began to whistle. He whistled a tune that the horse always loved to listen to. The horse's eyes opened at the sound of the tune and got up to clop towards her rider.
"Good morning Epona." Link greeted as he gave the the horse's mane a stroke and feed her the carrot.
"C'mon Link; tell the truth!" Niva nagged.
"Ok; I'm going to play with my new toy." Link mocked as he put a saddle on Eponas' back.
Niva looked at Link with a confused look.
"You're going to Castletown?" Niva asked; thinking Link was referring to the Castletown.
"No. I'm going to the lost wood." Link corrected as he climbed onto the saddle on Epona.
"Oh the lost wood." Niva muttered, feeling relieved.
Until realising what Link just said.
"THE LOST WOODS!? ARE YOU CRAZY!?" Niza shouted as she glowed bright red in anger. "People aren't supposed to go there because of monsters!"
"I know." Link answered casually. "That's why I'm going."
Niva just growled and turned away from the boy.
"Well, don't blame me if you get hurt." She said with a frustrated tone.
"Well you don't have to come." Link replied to the angry fairy.
"Good! I don't want to anyway."
Link just shrugged at the fairy's reply.
"Whatever floats your boat fuzz ball." Link thought as he told Epona to go.
Niva watched Epona and Link ride out of the barn and out of her view. She let out a groan and just started thinking to herself.
"He won't need me. Like he said; I don't have to come. Even if he's putting himself in danger by going to a place where you're likely to get attacked by monsters like salchildren, like-likes, wolfos and so many others."
Niva looked at the opened door again. And she flew as fast as the wind to catch up to Link.
"Wait Link, wait for me!" Niva shouted as she flew.
In another part of Hyrule, not too far away from the farm. In Castletown was the home of the king and his only daughter. In one of the many rooms of the white brick castle, the princess lied asleep on her bed of neat quilts, pillows and sheets. Her long yellow hair spread across the pillows with her hands on top of the sheets. She had a birthmark similar to Links', but it was on her right hand instead of the left. A quiet creaking sound came from the door and a dog poked its head inside. It was gold yellow coloured with brown patches on its back and white on the tip of its tail. Its ears were pointed upwards as it sniffed the room and jumped onto the bed.
The dog started nudging at the princesses hand, trying to get her to wake up. The princess moved a little before opening her eyes to see the dog. She smiled as the dog started to bark softy.
"Good morning, Daisuke." The princess greeted and she hugged the dog, getting a happy bark in response.
Just after, someone started knocking on the door.
"Princess Zelda; time to get up." A female voice said from behind the door.
"Daisuke beat you to it Impa." Zelda called back.
"Well you better get dressed or you'll Be late for archery practice."
Zelda leaped out of her bed and started getting dressed; replacing her white nightgown for an apple red dress with the Hylian crest stitched into it. After making herself decent, Zelda raced for the door and opened to see another woman. The woman was taller then Zelda was, and had a strong build. Her hair was white like snow with a single braid on the left side. Her eyes were red, her left eye was slightly covered with a red marking and had a blue metallic colour on her lips. She was wearing a short light blue dress with metal shoulder pads and bandage wrappings on her forearms With armoured boots.
"I didn't sleep in too late; did I Impa?" Zelda asked of her caretaker.
"Well, the sun is still up so no." Impa joked as she handed Zelda an apple and a piece of meat to Daisuke. "but we better hurry to the court yard if we want to get any practice."
"Indeed." Zelda agreed before taking a bite out of the apple.
Zelda grabbed a bow from the weapons rack as she and Impa entered the courtyard where a set of old targets were set up to be used.
"Alright princess, just focus on your target." Impa instructed as Zelda readied her bow and arrow.
Zelda pulled back the arrow string and had her eyes peeled on the red and white target, but found hard to keep her vision straight. She let go of the arrow, sending it towards the target at high speed. But it didn't go into the centre. It only hit the outer ring.
"So close." Impa stated as she walked to the target and pulled the arrow out. "Good try though."
Impa turned to see Zelda softly hitting the ground with her foot and muttering something that sounded like 'not again' over and over.
"What's wrong?" Impa asked, sounding concerned.
"I'll never be like her." Zelda answered sadly. "Father always told me that mother was one of the greatest archers that Hyrule had ever seen. He always told me that she could fire one arrow and then split it with another."
"Don't Worry princess. If you keep trying, you'll get it."
Zelda nodded and smiled upon Impas' support.
"I was just thinking of a dream I had of that warrior last night." Zelda explained with her eyes facing the ground.
Impas' eyes peeked up.
"Was it the same as last time?" She asked with a serious.
"Almost. It was somewhere else this time."
"Where?"
"I'm not really sure. I think it was near a tree that was almost the same size as the castle. Weird right?"
Impa looked away into sky before responding.
"Indeed." She said before looking back at Zelda. "Say, I just remembered that I have to do some business with your father."
zelda looked at Impa surprised. Then she turned away; feeling a bit sad.
"Oh. Now?" She asked. "Very well. Can't keep the king waiting."
Impa nodded and bowed before running to her destination, leaving Zelda alone in the courtyard. She looked up to the clear blue sky and put her hand on her heart.
"What I would give see one up close." she thought to as she started to go back to her chamber.
Impa ran as fast as her legs would take her. When she reached the kings' chamber, the guards standing outside the large double door gave her a solute. But she ignored them and rammed through the door.
"You're majesty! I have news!" Impa called out while catching her breath.
A man with a large build dressed in royal robes was sitting on a throne Looking down at the floor. Must of him was covered in shadow, but parts of him like his beard and his left hand holding a sword were visible.
"State your business Impa." He requested.
"It's Zelda." Impa started. "She said she had the dream again. But it was in a different place."
"Where?"
"The forest. She's predicated where we will find 'the one'."
The king looked up at his subject and stood up from his throne.
"Then he must be found as soon as possible." He stated. "Send some guards to the forest and find him!"
"Yes your majesty!" Impa addressed before leaving the room.
When she left the room she turned to the two guards outside and called for their attention.
"I have a mission for the two of you!" Impa shouted with a strong voice. "Go to the lost wood, find a boy with a triforce symbol on his hand and bring him back here!"
Both guards went wide and looked at each other in disbelief.
"We don't mean any disrespect commander." The guard on the right said.
"But the lost woods is full of monsters and it's dangerous to go alone." The guard on the left added.
"Well you won't be alone because you're both going!" Impa shouted back at the guards making them jump back in fear. "The kings has ordered you slackers to go and find someone who may as well be the one who will be the only one who can stop an all-out war from occurring! Do I make myself clear!?"
"YES COMMANDER IMPA!" Both guards replied as they stood up straight.
"Good! Now go!"
The two guards hurried along with their weapons and went to find the one in Zeldas dream. Impa looked on as they disappeared from her view.
"May the goddesses blessing be in our favour." She thought to herself as she silently prayed.