Two children slept, in a house deep in the forest. One slept in the back, the other in a far back corner. Both slept with fear. Neither had wanted to sleep, for their dreams were filled with nightmares, all were blurry, but there. Tonight the dream was more clear, a man riding on a black stallion, both the horse and the man were tall. Before he had come, there was a young girl riding upon a white mare, along with an adult, looking determined. The girl was quite the opposite, she was wearing a look of terror. That's when the man came. But both of their dreams were ended abruptly. The male of the two, Link, was in a green t-shirt, green shorts, and a green hat. It was called the male Kokori tunic. His boots were brown, with light tan soles, and they went up about two inches above his ankle, or also called the Kokori boots. The girl, Nora, had the female Kokori tunic on. It was a green t-shirt, green skirt, and a green headband. She also wore Kokori boots. Link's hair was blond, his skin pale, and his eyes blue. Nora though, had ebony black hair down to her shoulders, tanned skin, and hazel eyes.
The children were awakened because of the nightmare, and were still quite tired, for it was only 6:30 in the morning. The twin brother and sister were Kokori, and had been living together all their lives. "man, not even Saria gets up this early" Link yawned, refering to their best friend. "how would you know, we're never up that early" his sister replied. It was like this every morning, the two ten year olds having their first fight of the day. Each day consisted of about 3-5 arguments, all small ones like this. They walked out of the house, and Link began to climb down the ladder, they lived in a tree house. Nora got tired of waiting and jumped down. The two walked over to the small pond, where Link let the water from the waterfall flow onto his head, he'd taken his hat off. Nora just swam around, letting the cool water wake her up.
After their swim, they walked over to the Kokori shop. Nora grabbed a towel and pulled out her wallet, while Link looked around. After drying herself off, Nora walked over to where Link was standing. She shoved him aside and looked at what he was staring at. A display case was near the front of the counter, with a wooden shield on top of a discription tablet. "the new deku shield is a beautifly crafted wooden shield, made of oak, the perfect size for a Kokori, the only defect is that it will burn from flame". "cool" Nora said, looking at the clerk "how much is it?". "40 rupees". Link hopped up and shouted "40 RUPEES?!?". Nora nearly fainted, the towel cost 3! Nora looked into her wallet, only 22. She'd need to take a few jobs to get to that amount. Nora and Link left the shop in defeat, just to see Saria running up to them.
"hey guys, let's go to the usual place!" she called. "'kay" Link and Nora said in chorus, happy to have someone else besides the store clerk awake with them. They ran through the Lost Woods, and into the sacred forest meadow. All three ran, screaming for their lives, into the peaceful area that they liked to sit in. They were screaming because of the many deku scrubs nested outside this area. Saria sat down on the tree stump she used as a seat, while Nora tended to the small wound in her leg she'd gotten due to the deku scrubs. All around were drawings of Saria's, she was quite the artist. Saria began to play the song she'd made up on her ocarina. Link looked at the most recent of drawings that Saria had made. It was of what she thought that Link and Nora would look like with faries. Every Kokori had a fairy, every Kokori exept Link and Nora that was. The two grew very exausted and soon just listened to the music.
Finnaly, Link and Nora went home, where they collapsed into bed, though it was only 12:45. A small fairy managed to awaken them, saying she was to be theirs. It took a moment for Link and Nora to take this in, half because of disbelief, half because they were still tired. The fairy introduced herself as Navi, and that the great deku tree, the Kokori's protector, had summoned them. The two raced out, only stopping when Saria congragulated them upon getting a fairy.When they got to the entrance to the great deku tree's meadow, Mido, boss of the Kokori, blocked them. Nora still didn't understand why the Kokori had a boss, because they always stayed children. Mido started to speak.
"you can't go in there because you don't have fairies, wait, what's that? a fairy? oh, well, I still won't let you in because you don't have equipment! yes, you need a sword and shield!". The twins walked away in defeat. "hey, there's a Kokori sword somewhere here, and you can buy a shield at the shop" Navi told them. "we know, but the sword is hidden somewhere-" Link started. "and we don't have enough money for the shield" Nora finished for him. "enough money, hmm" Link pondered. "you thinking what I'm thinking?" Nora eyed Link. He nodded.
Both raced to Mido's house.They rummaged through his safe and pulled out 36 rupees, add that to their wallets and they could buy two shields. "hey, wait, that's steal-" Link cut Navi Navi off by stuffing her into his hat.The Kokori walked to the store, ordered two shields, and tried them on. "they're great, just like the sign said" Link commented. They paid their rupees and wandered off.
The children sat on the fence of the training ground, depressed. "where are we gonna find the sword?" Nora wondered out loud, "we've searched eveywhere we could think of, plus, we would have seen it when we explored like everyday for the past 5 years!". "except here!" Link called to his twin, looking at a hole just big enough fo them to squeeze through. The hole was in a wall, and it seemed to lead to another area altogether. "yes!" Nora called out, "we were told not to go in because of danger, but we'll be okay because of the shields".
The children wandered along the maze-like area behind the training ground. That's when they saw just what was so dangerous about the place. "RUN FOR YOUR LIFE!!!" Link screeched, racing away from the giant rock rolling after them. Nora and Link scrambled into a corner, where the rock had to turn. "what's that?" Nora asked. "I DON"T KNOW!" Link yelled, mind still set on the boulder. "just look" Nora said, pointing to a treasure chest in the corner they were in. Link walked over to it, cautiously, like he was sure some one had planted a bomb in it.
"Fine, I'll open it" Nora said, pretty annoyed. "Oh, thank Din! It's exactly what we need!" Nora exclaimed. "what, a muzzle for Mido?" Link muttered. "shut up". (a/n that makes two). Nora pulled out a sword. "oh thank goodness!". "here, you can have it" Nora said to Link. "no way, you take it!" "by the three golden goddesses, IT'S JUST A SWORD!!!". (a/n that's three). Link fell over at the loudness of his twin and grabbed the sword. They raced off to Mido, who did let them in.
"welcome, Nora and Link" the great deku tree called, "thy slumber these past moons hast been filled with fear, has it not?". The twins nodded and Navi cried "hey, can I come out now?!". Link froze and put his hat behind his back and released her. Lucky for him the fairy's voice had been muffled. "I'm here great deku tree" Navi called out and flew up to him. "Navi the fairy, you have done well to bring me these two. now, I am cursed, I need you to use your courage Nora and Link, and venture inside of me and break it. Navi, please guide these two as they go through their journey, and children, do well to listen to Navi's words of wisdom". With those words, the tree opened it's large mouth and the two wasted no time racing in.
The place was large and two were shocked. They walked slowly over to an area where grass grew and something jumped out at them. The hopped in suprise and Link jumped in out of instinct and began slashing. Nora cringed as blood hit the gorund and asked Navi, "what was that thing?". "a deku baba, if you hit it in the neck you get deku stick, and if you hit it in the head you get deku nuts". Link had obviously whacked it in the head, a nut apeared. "eww" Nora said. "what?" Link asked. "you don't want to know". Link rolled his eyes and pointed to a ladder on the opposite side of the room, "let's go up that". "no, these vines look climbable, let's use these" his twin responded, noting the ones next to her (a/n yay, four!). "okay, either one might be right, let's split up" Nora said. "who'll take Navi?" Link asked. "the vines look more dangerous, I'll go with Nora" Navi said. So Link started off for the ladder, and Nora began to climb.
with Link
"I can't belive she wanted to go up those vines!" he cried, walking along a strange path that ended in a gap. The next platform was pretty far off, and he was a bit nervous. "oh, why'd Navi have to go with Nora?" he pondered anxiously. Staring at the gap, he had half a mind to just simply go back and quit this whole thing. But then he remembered the great deku tree and it's protection for the kokori. "I can't just let him die!" he thought to himself "and besides, I'll never let Nora do this on her own!". He took a few steps back and jumped, wondering what his gravestone would look like.
with Nora
"ow, those vines hurt a bit" Nora said, looking around her. She was on some kind of high area. Looking down, she could see the bottom floor, and saw something she hadn't noticed before. "wierd" she said, looking at the giant spider web in the middle of the floor. She shuddered and looked to where Navi was flying. "what's this?" Navi called over to her. "huh?" Nora asked. She wandered over and began to see what Navi was talking about. The entire place was made of wood and dirt and a bit of rock, but this was wooden. The floor, for about six feet across and around, was wood. Nora bent down and tapped it. It sounded hollow, but showed no sign of breaking. She eyed the wood and saw nothing such as a crease, crack, break, or hole. Nora stood on the edge of it and said to Navi, "seems solid". So she shrugged and started across. But about halfway there, Nora heard a creak. She looked down, which turned out to be a bad idea, as all of a sudden all she saw was infinate darkness. Nora let out a scream as she fell.
with Link
Link opened his eyes when he felt solid ground under his feet. "oh, thank the goddesses, I made it!" he cried out, looking at the small platform below him. "wait a second, small?' Link gulped as he looked up to see an even bigger gap. This time he was absoluely petrified. But that's when he heard a scream, undoubtedly his sister's scream. This was the boost he needed, as he jumped off the platform with all his might. Landing far beyond the edge, he went from bravery to panic. Where was Nora, why had she screamed? About to give up hope, he was much to far up to go back down and climb the vines, and he certainly wasn't redoing that, he sat down. He had nearly started to cry when a small, white, something smashed into his face.
"Navi?" Link said, his voice very paniced right now, why wasn't Navi with Nora? "LINK! oh thank Farore!" Navi was spluttering. "where's Nora?" Link asked in a shaky voice, "I heard her scream". "I don't know!" Navi cried, "she fell down a hole and I tried to go after her, but it closed". Link, biting his lip, said, "we've got to help the deku tree, we'll find her". Navi, her small body shaking almost as much as Link, said, almost in a whisper, "right, she can handle herself".
with Nora
"oww, sheesh, where am I, and where's Navi?" Nora complained. Navi certainly wasn't in this room, wherever this was. She looked up, "oh, great, the entrance is sealed up! just perfect!" Nora set off in a rage. Then she noticed a chest sitting across the room, and carefully walked over to it. She lifted the lid, and gasped in suprise at what was in there. Two swords sat in there, and in no time at all Nora had attached the sheiths to her back. She slipped the swords inside of them, and quickly regretted it. Eight monsters popped up around her, baring their claws, teeth, and bullets.
Nora recognized two of the types of monsters immidietly. Deku scrubs and Deku babas, but the other two monsters, she had no clue. They were small, about half her size, had one big green eye, skinny little legs, and very sharp claws. From a distance, Nora put up her shield and fired the deku scrub's bullets right back at them, destroying them. The deku babas she easily destroyed, spinning in circles with the twin blades and cutting their necks. But the new creatures were another thing. Nora managed to defeat one by slicing it on the back with a deku stick she'd recived form the deku babas, but then the other one advanced on her. She tried everything, sword, shield, the three remaining deku sticks, but nothing was working! She stopped in confusion, which turned out to be a bad move. The creature sliced and grounded her, delivering a painful blow to her leg.
Nora screamed, then remembered the deku nut Link had gotten and franticly searched for it. She found it and nailed the creature in the eye just as it was attaking, leaving only a bruise on her arm, and it's eye turned red. Before it could do anything more, she used her good arm and stuck one of her swords up it's eye. Nora grimaced and retrived her sword, standing up. She noticed a newly made beam of green light and stepped into it. It carried her up, up, and up.
with Link
Link raced along the pathway, normally he would have been thankful that there were no more gaps, but there was no time. He had to get to Nora. Unfortunately for the deku tree, he'd changed his mind about leaving Nora when he'd gotten no sign of her, and had completely forgotten about the curse. That's when he saw it. There was someone hunched over in shadow, but he couldn't see who it was. The person seemed to be in pain, and Link just ran faster. When he got there, he cried out, "Nora!".
with both
Link ran up to his sister, looking extremly scared. "what happened to you?" he demanded, seeing the bruise and gash on her right arm and leg. "heh, I don't want to talk about it" Nora said, looking as if she was going to collapse in pain. "what are those?" Link gasped, pointing to the shieths. "like my swords?" Nora asked, lifting one with her good arm. Now was the time she really got to study the swords. They were silver, more so then the grey-like blade of the kokori sword. The hilt of the swords were red, with a blue gem in the middle. "those are gerudo blades!" Navi gasped. Link and Nora looked suprised, they had heard of gerudos, one of the many other races outside their own.
"let's get going!" Nora called out, "now that we know these vines are climbable". She gestured at the ones behind her. "hold on, you're in no shape to climb" Link said, not bothering to keep the concern out of his voice. "yes, and look up there" Navi cried, pointing at the higher points of the vines. "oh, how are we supposed to kill those?" Link demanded, staring at the large spiders that seemed to be eyeing them hungrily. "maybe we'll find something along here" Nora pointed down a path. Link shrugged and they took off, Link helping Nora.
The duo (excluding Navi) wandered until they found a door. The two walked in, and saw a platform. Link jumped on it and it began to crumble, and he hurriedly jumped off onto the next floor. He opened the treasure chest he found there, and screeched, "cool". Then a bigger spider than the ones they'd seen earlier came down on Nora. Hard. She screamed and went flying off her area. "no!" Link yelled and jumped down to help. A deku baba was hissing at Nora, and she was backing up as well as she could. But just before it struck, Link jumped in and slashed it on the neck, getting a deku stick.
"what was so cool over there?" Nora asked. "slingshots" Link pulled them out proudly, "choose one". Nora looked and selected. Her's was white, with blue tips and a black string. Link's was brown with red tips and a black string. They found some kind of seeds in the bullet bags, and nicknamed them deku seeds. "Now what do we do?" Nora asked, feeling they were trapped. Link pointed up at a ladder and shot a deku seed at it. It fell, and Link helped Nora up first. The spider was waiting. Nora got very angry, and, dispite her injuries, managed to kill it. Out popped heart shaped things.
"those are hearts" Navi said as she flew up to Nora, who had collapsed, "they help heal you". Nora crawled over to them and grabbed one. It dissolved and she felt a warm sensation spread over her. Her arm healed, and with the next one, her leg and all injuries healed. She felt perfect. "by the way, those spiders are big skullwaltulas, and the smaller ones are skullwalltulas".
The duo, Nora now having been healed, set off for the vines. They saw a chest sitting in front of them, and promptly opened it. It turned out to be a map of the area, and Nora, who was good with maps, studied it. "there's a floor below this, but I don't know how to get to it" Nora exclaimed. "maybe we'll know if we climb these" Link said, pointing to the vines. Nora shrugged and they took out their slingshots. There were three skullwalltulas in all, Nora got two and Link killed one. They began climbing, and reached a floor just like this one.
"look, you can see through the spider web on the bottom floor" Nora said. Link looked. He saw water, tons of it, but also some land. "maybe we should jump" Nora said. Link looked at her like she was crazy. "well........umm......look! There's a path, maybe there's a door!" Link looked desperate for something to get out of jumping about fifty feet down. Nora rolled her eyes, and followed the path. They did come to a door. But when they walked in, it locked.
Link saw a switch, and jumped on it. Three platforms popped up, and Link jumped across them, finding a treasure chest. He opened it and found a compass. He fiddled with it until he understood it, then ran off the area and climbed up vines to get to Nora. The two wondered how to get out, and it was Nora who found the solution. She took a deku stick and lit it on a torch, then lit up a non-lit torch. The lock popped open, and they raced through.
"look, we've got to try" Nora encouaged Link. "you want me to jump down fifty feet?" Link screeched. Nora gave him such a pleading look that he gave in, and braced himself. The two walked to a side of the path, then jumped. They landed on the web, then it snapped. They continued to fall, then landed in water. Or Link did. Nora fell hard on her back, hitting the ground.
"oww" Nora winced. She crawled over to a small treasure chest and opened it to reveal a heart. Nora noticed two strange spiders, and Navi told them they were golden skullwalltulas. They killed them to recive tokens. Then the twins wandered around until they found another spider web. Link egnited it with a deku stick and they fell through. This time they both landed in water, and after a bit more exploring, they found a room with three deku scrubs.
"remember what the deku scrub siad" Link reminded Nora, "two, three, one". Nora nodded, and they took them out, first the middle, then the right, last the left. Finnally they entered a room. "Link" Nora said in a worried voice while consulting the map, "this is the boss room". The door behind them clicked closed and locked, and the two saw a huge red eye.
"it's just like the things I faced in the room I got my swords, but much bigger and this one's a spider!" Nora called out, "watch!". She took out a deku nut she found before, stunned it, and hit it with her swords. Link tried to follow her example, but the creature retreated to the celing. It began to lay eggs, and out of the eggs pooped what Nora had faced before. The two raced along and defeated them, then the boss, obviously a girl, came down once more.
Now Link did the honors of stunning and hitting, and once agan she retreated, making a large gash in Nora's leg while going. This time when she layed the eggs, Link went after them before they hatched. Nora watched as the spider layed an egg on Link's head, and he fell. She raised her slingshot, aimed at the spider's eye, and fired. The thing came crashing down, and Link stood up and hit her three times.
The spider began to burn, and the two warriors were grossed out. Finnally, all that was left was a cinged head and Link helped Nora up, and made sure to avoid that spot. A green light had apeared, and so had two HUGE hearts. "those are heart containers" Navi cried, "when you take them, you'll be healed, and you'll be able to take more damage before giving in to your injuries".
The twins cautiously pickedup the heart containers, and felt a warmth like no otherflow across them. They ran into the light and drifted away slowly, feeling great.
The siblings reapeared in front of the deku tree, who looked proud of them. "you have done well" he said, "but I am afraid I was doomed to die before you even started. You are truly the children of destiny. Now, I must tell you who has cast this dreadful curse upon me. A man from the dessert came and demanded I do something. But I refused, and he said I should die. Now, please take this stone, the stone that the man wanted so badly". The Kokori emerald floated down into Nora's palms. "now, before I pass away, I must tell you something. You need to go to the castle of Hyrule. There you shall meet the princess of destiny. Now go....children....Navi....good...bye".
The leaves of the great deku tree began to fall. He truly was dead. Navi flew up to him, "goodbye, great deku tree".
The twins raced back to their house, but not before encountering Mido. "the deku tree is dead?" he screeched, "I don't belive it! You killed him!". Before either had a chace to explain, he ran back to his house. "well, that didn't go well" Link said. Nora rolled her eyes and climbed up the ladder. "so why are we here?" Link asked Nora. "you don't think we're going out there with just this, do you?". Link stared at her and motioned to the swords and shields. Nora rolled her eyes, "not what I meant". She grabbed a large bag and put the emerald in it, then took two smaller bags and left. Link followed her.
Next, the twins went to Saria's house, but she wasn't there. Nora went over to the cabnit and took a bit of food. She grabbed two loaves of bread, five pears, and two apples. Then, she led Link to the Lost Woods, gathered some herbs, and went to the sacred forest meadow.
After killing three deku scrubs, Nora put them in a bigger bag she'd grabbed at Saria's house, then went to their place. There were eight sodas sitting in water to keep cool. Nora took five of them and put them in the food bag.
The two then set off for the exit of Kokori Forest. When they got to the bridge, the twins were about to run past, when Saria showed herself. "S-Saria" Nora whispered. "I knew one day you would leave" Saria said quietly, "because...because you are not like the rest of us". The children stood motionlessly. "but that's okay" Saria said, cheering up "because I know we'll always be friends". Link was biting his lip, and Nora looked as if she was about to cry. "here, take these as a sign of our friendship" Saria handed Link an ocarina, and Nora a map of Hyrule that she'd drawn. Nora and Link were speechless, they just couldn't say goodbye. They turned and ran.
Right in front of them was the red line that divided the kokori forest with the rest of Hyrule. The twins stared at it for a while, but why wouldn't they? The great deku tree had once said that if a Kokori crossed this line, their life would come to an end. Finnally, they crossed. "are we dead yet?" Nora asked. "I'm not sure, I've got my eyes closed" her brother responded. They opened their eyes and saw they were standing in the exact same spot, just past the line. They both took breaths of relief.
The children wandered along, getting to an area beyond two trees. Nora checked the map, "the castle is this way" she said. They raced along the giant field, and reached a drawbridge. They hurried across it, and made it in before night. Rushing into the town, they ran through it to the castle grounds. There the siblings sat down and started a fire. They cooked a deku scrub (ewwww). They ate it and Nora sighed.
All of a sudden, a girl rushed in. "my name is Malon" she said, "my dad went there to deliver some milk, and he hasn't come back yet. He probably fell asleep. tee hee, what a funny thing for an adult to do. will you go and wake him?". The twins nodded, and they set off. Climbing vines, they made it to the top, where they snuck past a ton of guards.
They got to a river, where they jumped in and swam to a floor with a man sleeping. Link kicked him and he awoke. "what in tarnation?" he roared, "oh, who are you?". "You're daughter was looking for you and you never came back!" Nora said with suprising confidence, hey, I guess that's what you get when you face a gisnt spider moster and watch your protector die before your own eyes. "what?" he screeched, "Malon's lookin' for me? Yikes!". He raced off at top speed.
Next up the two began to push boxes into a gap, so they could get through a hole in the wall to get into the castle. It had been so long, that day began. It was five in the morning when they finnally got in. Next up they had to sneak past a whole bunch of guards, who were verrrrrrrrrrrrrry slow, causing the twins a hold-up. When they finnally got past them, it was seven in the morning.
They entered the meadow in ront of them, where at the very end was a girl. They cautiosly walked up to her, and she looked suprised. "oh" she cried out, "how did you get past the guards?". They closed their eyes in prayer, then said, "our names are Nora and Link". "Nora and Link, hmmm, it feels like I've heard those names before" the young girl said, "do you two have the spiritual stone of forest? that green and shing stone?".
"you mean this?" Nora held out the Kokori emerald. "that's it!" she said, "Nora, Link, I'm going to tell you the story of how Hyrule was made. The three golden goddesses, Din, Farore, and Nayru, decended upon the chaos that was Hyrule. Din created the red earth, Nayru brought the spirit of life and law to Hyrule, and Farore made the spirits that would uphold the law. Then, when the goddesses were happy with their work, they decended into th heavens. The triforce symbol stood where the goddesses left Hyrule, being the enrance to the sacred realm.".
"oh, I'm sorry" the girl said, "I got so carried away with my story that I didn't properly introduce myself. I am Zelda, princess of Hyrule". The two stood, suprised.
Zelda began again, "four tools are needed to get to the sacred realm. They are the three spiritual stones, and the treasure that the royal family keeps, the Ocarina of Time! It is said that if you get to the sacred realm, you can make a wish. If a person woth an evil heart makes a wish, Hyrule will be sent into a rage of horror and evil times. But if someone with a heart of gold makes a wish, Hyrule will be cast into a time of joy and prosperity. Oh, I almost forgot, I was spying on that man there", she pointed through the small window, "his name is Gannondorf, and he swears alliance to my father, but I am sure he is not sincere. will you look through the window at him?".
The twins nodded, and glanced. He seemed somewhat, familiar. He was very tall, and Zelda was right, he did have an evil look about him. They turned back, and Zelda began talking in her sweet voice agian.
"he must be after none other then the triforce," Zelda gasped, "we may be the only ones who know! we cannot let Gannondorf get to the sacred realm! you two go after the other two spiritual stones. here, take this letter. I am sure it will help you". Nora took the letter, and Zelda said one last thing,"my assistant, Impa, will scort you out. do not be afraid to talk to her".
The children were awakened because of the nightmare, and were still quite tired, for it was only 6:30 in the morning. The twin brother and sister were Kokori, and had been living together all their lives. "man, not even Saria gets up this early" Link yawned, refering to their best friend. "how would you know, we're never up that early" his sister replied. It was like this every morning, the two ten year olds having their first fight of the day. Each day consisted of about 3-5 arguments, all small ones like this. They walked out of the house, and Link began to climb down the ladder, they lived in a tree house. Nora got tired of waiting and jumped down. The two walked over to the small pond, where Link let the water from the waterfall flow onto his head, he'd taken his hat off. Nora just swam around, letting the cool water wake her up.
After their swim, they walked over to the Kokori shop. Nora grabbed a towel and pulled out her wallet, while Link looked around. After drying herself off, Nora walked over to where Link was standing. She shoved him aside and looked at what he was staring at. A display case was near the front of the counter, with a wooden shield on top of a discription tablet. "the new deku shield is a beautifly crafted wooden shield, made of oak, the perfect size for a Kokori, the only defect is that it will burn from flame". "cool" Nora said, looking at the clerk "how much is it?". "40 rupees". Link hopped up and shouted "40 RUPEES?!?". Nora nearly fainted, the towel cost 3! Nora looked into her wallet, only 22. She'd need to take a few jobs to get to that amount. Nora and Link left the shop in defeat, just to see Saria running up to them.
"hey guys, let's go to the usual place!" she called. "'kay" Link and Nora said in chorus, happy to have someone else besides the store clerk awake with them. They ran through the Lost Woods, and into the sacred forest meadow. All three ran, screaming for their lives, into the peaceful area that they liked to sit in. They were screaming because of the many deku scrubs nested outside this area. Saria sat down on the tree stump she used as a seat, while Nora tended to the small wound in her leg she'd gotten due to the deku scrubs. All around were drawings of Saria's, she was quite the artist. Saria began to play the song she'd made up on her ocarina. Link looked at the most recent of drawings that Saria had made. It was of what she thought that Link and Nora would look like with faries. Every Kokori had a fairy, every Kokori exept Link and Nora that was. The two grew very exausted and soon just listened to the music.
Finnaly, Link and Nora went home, where they collapsed into bed, though it was only 12:45. A small fairy managed to awaken them, saying she was to be theirs. It took a moment for Link and Nora to take this in, half because of disbelief, half because they were still tired. The fairy introduced herself as Navi, and that the great deku tree, the Kokori's protector, had summoned them. The two raced out, only stopping when Saria congragulated them upon getting a fairy.When they got to the entrance to the great deku tree's meadow, Mido, boss of the Kokori, blocked them. Nora still didn't understand why the Kokori had a boss, because they always stayed children. Mido started to speak.
"you can't go in there because you don't have fairies, wait, what's that? a fairy? oh, well, I still won't let you in because you don't have equipment! yes, you need a sword and shield!". The twins walked away in defeat. "hey, there's a Kokori sword somewhere here, and you can buy a shield at the shop" Navi told them. "we know, but the sword is hidden somewhere-" Link started. "and we don't have enough money for the shield" Nora finished for him. "enough money, hmm" Link pondered. "you thinking what I'm thinking?" Nora eyed Link. He nodded.
Both raced to Mido's house.They rummaged through his safe and pulled out 36 rupees, add that to their wallets and they could buy two shields. "hey, wait, that's steal-" Link cut Navi Navi off by stuffing her into his hat.The Kokori walked to the store, ordered two shields, and tried them on. "they're great, just like the sign said" Link commented. They paid their rupees and wandered off.
The children sat on the fence of the training ground, depressed. "where are we gonna find the sword?" Nora wondered out loud, "we've searched eveywhere we could think of, plus, we would have seen it when we explored like everyday for the past 5 years!". "except here!" Link called to his twin, looking at a hole just big enough fo them to squeeze through. The hole was in a wall, and it seemed to lead to another area altogether. "yes!" Nora called out, "we were told not to go in because of danger, but we'll be okay because of the shields".
The children wandered along the maze-like area behind the training ground. That's when they saw just what was so dangerous about the place. "RUN FOR YOUR LIFE!!!" Link screeched, racing away from the giant rock rolling after them. Nora and Link scrambled into a corner, where the rock had to turn. "what's that?" Nora asked. "I DON"T KNOW!" Link yelled, mind still set on the boulder. "just look" Nora said, pointing to a treasure chest in the corner they were in. Link walked over to it, cautiously, like he was sure some one had planted a bomb in it.
"Fine, I'll open it" Nora said, pretty annoyed. "Oh, thank Din! It's exactly what we need!" Nora exclaimed. "what, a muzzle for Mido?" Link muttered. "shut up". (a/n that makes two). Nora pulled out a sword. "oh thank goodness!". "here, you can have it" Nora said to Link. "no way, you take it!" "by the three golden goddesses, IT'S JUST A SWORD!!!". (a/n that's three). Link fell over at the loudness of his twin and grabbed the sword. They raced off to Mido, who did let them in.
"welcome, Nora and Link" the great deku tree called, "thy slumber these past moons hast been filled with fear, has it not?". The twins nodded and Navi cried "hey, can I come out now?!". Link froze and put his hat behind his back and released her. Lucky for him the fairy's voice had been muffled. "I'm here great deku tree" Navi called out and flew up to him. "Navi the fairy, you have done well to bring me these two. now, I am cursed, I need you to use your courage Nora and Link, and venture inside of me and break it. Navi, please guide these two as they go through their journey, and children, do well to listen to Navi's words of wisdom". With those words, the tree opened it's large mouth and the two wasted no time racing in.
The place was large and two were shocked. They walked slowly over to an area where grass grew and something jumped out at them. The hopped in suprise and Link jumped in out of instinct and began slashing. Nora cringed as blood hit the gorund and asked Navi, "what was that thing?". "a deku baba, if you hit it in the neck you get deku stick, and if you hit it in the head you get deku nuts". Link had obviously whacked it in the head, a nut apeared. "eww" Nora said. "what?" Link asked. "you don't want to know". Link rolled his eyes and pointed to a ladder on the opposite side of the room, "let's go up that". "no, these vines look climbable, let's use these" his twin responded, noting the ones next to her (a/n yay, four!). "okay, either one might be right, let's split up" Nora said. "who'll take Navi?" Link asked. "the vines look more dangerous, I'll go with Nora" Navi said. So Link started off for the ladder, and Nora began to climb.
with Link
"I can't belive she wanted to go up those vines!" he cried, walking along a strange path that ended in a gap. The next platform was pretty far off, and he was a bit nervous. "oh, why'd Navi have to go with Nora?" he pondered anxiously. Staring at the gap, he had half a mind to just simply go back and quit this whole thing. But then he remembered the great deku tree and it's protection for the kokori. "I can't just let him die!" he thought to himself "and besides, I'll never let Nora do this on her own!". He took a few steps back and jumped, wondering what his gravestone would look like.
with Nora
"ow, those vines hurt a bit" Nora said, looking around her. She was on some kind of high area. Looking down, she could see the bottom floor, and saw something she hadn't noticed before. "wierd" she said, looking at the giant spider web in the middle of the floor. She shuddered and looked to where Navi was flying. "what's this?" Navi called over to her. "huh?" Nora asked. She wandered over and began to see what Navi was talking about. The entire place was made of wood and dirt and a bit of rock, but this was wooden. The floor, for about six feet across and around, was wood. Nora bent down and tapped it. It sounded hollow, but showed no sign of breaking. She eyed the wood and saw nothing such as a crease, crack, break, or hole. Nora stood on the edge of it and said to Navi, "seems solid". So she shrugged and started across. But about halfway there, Nora heard a creak. She looked down, which turned out to be a bad idea, as all of a sudden all she saw was infinate darkness. Nora let out a scream as she fell.
with Link
Link opened his eyes when he felt solid ground under his feet. "oh, thank the goddesses, I made it!" he cried out, looking at the small platform below him. "wait a second, small?' Link gulped as he looked up to see an even bigger gap. This time he was absoluely petrified. But that's when he heard a scream, undoubtedly his sister's scream. This was the boost he needed, as he jumped off the platform with all his might. Landing far beyond the edge, he went from bravery to panic. Where was Nora, why had she screamed? About to give up hope, he was much to far up to go back down and climb the vines, and he certainly wasn't redoing that, he sat down. He had nearly started to cry when a small, white, something smashed into his face.
"Navi?" Link said, his voice very paniced right now, why wasn't Navi with Nora? "LINK! oh thank Farore!" Navi was spluttering. "where's Nora?" Link asked in a shaky voice, "I heard her scream". "I don't know!" Navi cried, "she fell down a hole and I tried to go after her, but it closed". Link, biting his lip, said, "we've got to help the deku tree, we'll find her". Navi, her small body shaking almost as much as Link, said, almost in a whisper, "right, she can handle herself".
with Nora
"oww, sheesh, where am I, and where's Navi?" Nora complained. Navi certainly wasn't in this room, wherever this was. She looked up, "oh, great, the entrance is sealed up! just perfect!" Nora set off in a rage. Then she noticed a chest sitting across the room, and carefully walked over to it. She lifted the lid, and gasped in suprise at what was in there. Two swords sat in there, and in no time at all Nora had attached the sheiths to her back. She slipped the swords inside of them, and quickly regretted it. Eight monsters popped up around her, baring their claws, teeth, and bullets.
Nora recognized two of the types of monsters immidietly. Deku scrubs and Deku babas, but the other two monsters, she had no clue. They were small, about half her size, had one big green eye, skinny little legs, and very sharp claws. From a distance, Nora put up her shield and fired the deku scrub's bullets right back at them, destroying them. The deku babas she easily destroyed, spinning in circles with the twin blades and cutting their necks. But the new creatures were another thing. Nora managed to defeat one by slicing it on the back with a deku stick she'd recived form the deku babas, but then the other one advanced on her. She tried everything, sword, shield, the three remaining deku sticks, but nothing was working! She stopped in confusion, which turned out to be a bad move. The creature sliced and grounded her, delivering a painful blow to her leg.
Nora screamed, then remembered the deku nut Link had gotten and franticly searched for it. She found it and nailed the creature in the eye just as it was attaking, leaving only a bruise on her arm, and it's eye turned red. Before it could do anything more, she used her good arm and stuck one of her swords up it's eye. Nora grimaced and retrived her sword, standing up. She noticed a newly made beam of green light and stepped into it. It carried her up, up, and up.
with Link
Link raced along the pathway, normally he would have been thankful that there were no more gaps, but there was no time. He had to get to Nora. Unfortunately for the deku tree, he'd changed his mind about leaving Nora when he'd gotten no sign of her, and had completely forgotten about the curse. That's when he saw it. There was someone hunched over in shadow, but he couldn't see who it was. The person seemed to be in pain, and Link just ran faster. When he got there, he cried out, "Nora!".
with both
Link ran up to his sister, looking extremly scared. "what happened to you?" he demanded, seeing the bruise and gash on her right arm and leg. "heh, I don't want to talk about it" Nora said, looking as if she was going to collapse in pain. "what are those?" Link gasped, pointing to the shieths. "like my swords?" Nora asked, lifting one with her good arm. Now was the time she really got to study the swords. They were silver, more so then the grey-like blade of the kokori sword. The hilt of the swords were red, with a blue gem in the middle. "those are gerudo blades!" Navi gasped. Link and Nora looked suprised, they had heard of gerudos, one of the many other races outside their own.
"let's get going!" Nora called out, "now that we know these vines are climbable". She gestured at the ones behind her. "hold on, you're in no shape to climb" Link said, not bothering to keep the concern out of his voice. "yes, and look up there" Navi cried, pointing at the higher points of the vines. "oh, how are we supposed to kill those?" Link demanded, staring at the large spiders that seemed to be eyeing them hungrily. "maybe we'll find something along here" Nora pointed down a path. Link shrugged and they took off, Link helping Nora.
The duo (excluding Navi) wandered until they found a door. The two walked in, and saw a platform. Link jumped on it and it began to crumble, and he hurriedly jumped off onto the next floor. He opened the treasure chest he found there, and screeched, "cool". Then a bigger spider than the ones they'd seen earlier came down on Nora. Hard. She screamed and went flying off her area. "no!" Link yelled and jumped down to help. A deku baba was hissing at Nora, and she was backing up as well as she could. But just before it struck, Link jumped in and slashed it on the neck, getting a deku stick.
"what was so cool over there?" Nora asked. "slingshots" Link pulled them out proudly, "choose one". Nora looked and selected. Her's was white, with blue tips and a black string. Link's was brown with red tips and a black string. They found some kind of seeds in the bullet bags, and nicknamed them deku seeds. "Now what do we do?" Nora asked, feeling they were trapped. Link pointed up at a ladder and shot a deku seed at it. It fell, and Link helped Nora up first. The spider was waiting. Nora got very angry, and, dispite her injuries, managed to kill it. Out popped heart shaped things.
"those are hearts" Navi said as she flew up to Nora, who had collapsed, "they help heal you". Nora crawled over to them and grabbed one. It dissolved and she felt a warm sensation spread over her. Her arm healed, and with the next one, her leg and all injuries healed. She felt perfect. "by the way, those spiders are big skullwaltulas, and the smaller ones are skullwalltulas".
The duo, Nora now having been healed, set off for the vines. They saw a chest sitting in front of them, and promptly opened it. It turned out to be a map of the area, and Nora, who was good with maps, studied it. "there's a floor below this, but I don't know how to get to it" Nora exclaimed. "maybe we'll know if we climb these" Link said, pointing to the vines. Nora shrugged and they took out their slingshots. There were three skullwalltulas in all, Nora got two and Link killed one. They began climbing, and reached a floor just like this one.
"look, you can see through the spider web on the bottom floor" Nora said. Link looked. He saw water, tons of it, but also some land. "maybe we should jump" Nora said. Link looked at her like she was crazy. "well........umm......look! There's a path, maybe there's a door!" Link looked desperate for something to get out of jumping about fifty feet down. Nora rolled her eyes, and followed the path. They did come to a door. But when they walked in, it locked.
Link saw a switch, and jumped on it. Three platforms popped up, and Link jumped across them, finding a treasure chest. He opened it and found a compass. He fiddled with it until he understood it, then ran off the area and climbed up vines to get to Nora. The two wondered how to get out, and it was Nora who found the solution. She took a deku stick and lit it on a torch, then lit up a non-lit torch. The lock popped open, and they raced through.
"look, we've got to try" Nora encouaged Link. "you want me to jump down fifty feet?" Link screeched. Nora gave him such a pleading look that he gave in, and braced himself. The two walked to a side of the path, then jumped. They landed on the web, then it snapped. They continued to fall, then landed in water. Or Link did. Nora fell hard on her back, hitting the ground.
"oww" Nora winced. She crawled over to a small treasure chest and opened it to reveal a heart. Nora noticed two strange spiders, and Navi told them they were golden skullwalltulas. They killed them to recive tokens. Then the twins wandered around until they found another spider web. Link egnited it with a deku stick and they fell through. This time they both landed in water, and after a bit more exploring, they found a room with three deku scrubs.
"remember what the deku scrub siad" Link reminded Nora, "two, three, one". Nora nodded, and they took them out, first the middle, then the right, last the left. Finnally they entered a room. "Link" Nora said in a worried voice while consulting the map, "this is the boss room". The door behind them clicked closed and locked, and the two saw a huge red eye.
"it's just like the things I faced in the room I got my swords, but much bigger and this one's a spider!" Nora called out, "watch!". She took out a deku nut she found before, stunned it, and hit it with her swords. Link tried to follow her example, but the creature retreated to the celing. It began to lay eggs, and out of the eggs pooped what Nora had faced before. The two raced along and defeated them, then the boss, obviously a girl, came down once more.
Now Link did the honors of stunning and hitting, and once agan she retreated, making a large gash in Nora's leg while going. This time when she layed the eggs, Link went after them before they hatched. Nora watched as the spider layed an egg on Link's head, and he fell. She raised her slingshot, aimed at the spider's eye, and fired. The thing came crashing down, and Link stood up and hit her three times.
The spider began to burn, and the two warriors were grossed out. Finnally, all that was left was a cinged head and Link helped Nora up, and made sure to avoid that spot. A green light had apeared, and so had two HUGE hearts. "those are heart containers" Navi cried, "when you take them, you'll be healed, and you'll be able to take more damage before giving in to your injuries".
The twins cautiously pickedup the heart containers, and felt a warmth like no otherflow across them. They ran into the light and drifted away slowly, feeling great.
The siblings reapeared in front of the deku tree, who looked proud of them. "you have done well" he said, "but I am afraid I was doomed to die before you even started. You are truly the children of destiny. Now, I must tell you who has cast this dreadful curse upon me. A man from the dessert came and demanded I do something. But I refused, and he said I should die. Now, please take this stone, the stone that the man wanted so badly". The Kokori emerald floated down into Nora's palms. "now, before I pass away, I must tell you something. You need to go to the castle of Hyrule. There you shall meet the princess of destiny. Now go....children....Navi....good...bye".
The leaves of the great deku tree began to fall. He truly was dead. Navi flew up to him, "goodbye, great deku tree".
The twins raced back to their house, but not before encountering Mido. "the deku tree is dead?" he screeched, "I don't belive it! You killed him!". Before either had a chace to explain, he ran back to his house. "well, that didn't go well" Link said. Nora rolled her eyes and climbed up the ladder. "so why are we here?" Link asked Nora. "you don't think we're going out there with just this, do you?". Link stared at her and motioned to the swords and shields. Nora rolled her eyes, "not what I meant". She grabbed a large bag and put the emerald in it, then took two smaller bags and left. Link followed her.
Next, the twins went to Saria's house, but she wasn't there. Nora went over to the cabnit and took a bit of food. She grabbed two loaves of bread, five pears, and two apples. Then, she led Link to the Lost Woods, gathered some herbs, and went to the sacred forest meadow.
After killing three deku scrubs, Nora put them in a bigger bag she'd grabbed at Saria's house, then went to their place. There were eight sodas sitting in water to keep cool. Nora took five of them and put them in the food bag.
The two then set off for the exit of Kokori Forest. When they got to the bridge, the twins were about to run past, when Saria showed herself. "S-Saria" Nora whispered. "I knew one day you would leave" Saria said quietly, "because...because you are not like the rest of us". The children stood motionlessly. "but that's okay" Saria said, cheering up "because I know we'll always be friends". Link was biting his lip, and Nora looked as if she was about to cry. "here, take these as a sign of our friendship" Saria handed Link an ocarina, and Nora a map of Hyrule that she'd drawn. Nora and Link were speechless, they just couldn't say goodbye. They turned and ran.
Right in front of them was the red line that divided the kokori forest with the rest of Hyrule. The twins stared at it for a while, but why wouldn't they? The great deku tree had once said that if a Kokori crossed this line, their life would come to an end. Finnally, they crossed. "are we dead yet?" Nora asked. "I'm not sure, I've got my eyes closed" her brother responded. They opened their eyes and saw they were standing in the exact same spot, just past the line. They both took breaths of relief.
The children wandered along, getting to an area beyond two trees. Nora checked the map, "the castle is this way" she said. They raced along the giant field, and reached a drawbridge. They hurried across it, and made it in before night. Rushing into the town, they ran through it to the castle grounds. There the siblings sat down and started a fire. They cooked a deku scrub (ewwww). They ate it and Nora sighed.
All of a sudden, a girl rushed in. "my name is Malon" she said, "my dad went there to deliver some milk, and he hasn't come back yet. He probably fell asleep. tee hee, what a funny thing for an adult to do. will you go and wake him?". The twins nodded, and they set off. Climbing vines, they made it to the top, where they snuck past a ton of guards.
They got to a river, where they jumped in and swam to a floor with a man sleeping. Link kicked him and he awoke. "what in tarnation?" he roared, "oh, who are you?". "You're daughter was looking for you and you never came back!" Nora said with suprising confidence, hey, I guess that's what you get when you face a gisnt spider moster and watch your protector die before your own eyes. "what?" he screeched, "Malon's lookin' for me? Yikes!". He raced off at top speed.
Next up the two began to push boxes into a gap, so they could get through a hole in the wall to get into the castle. It had been so long, that day began. It was five in the morning when they finnally got in. Next up they had to sneak past a whole bunch of guards, who were verrrrrrrrrrrrrry slow, causing the twins a hold-up. When they finnally got past them, it was seven in the morning.
They entered the meadow in ront of them, where at the very end was a girl. They cautiosly walked up to her, and she looked suprised. "oh" she cried out, "how did you get past the guards?". They closed their eyes in prayer, then said, "our names are Nora and Link". "Nora and Link, hmmm, it feels like I've heard those names before" the young girl said, "do you two have the spiritual stone of forest? that green and shing stone?".
"you mean this?" Nora held out the Kokori emerald. "that's it!" she said, "Nora, Link, I'm going to tell you the story of how Hyrule was made. The three golden goddesses, Din, Farore, and Nayru, decended upon the chaos that was Hyrule. Din created the red earth, Nayru brought the spirit of life and law to Hyrule, and Farore made the spirits that would uphold the law. Then, when the goddesses were happy with their work, they decended into th heavens. The triforce symbol stood where the goddesses left Hyrule, being the enrance to the sacred realm.".
"oh, I'm sorry" the girl said, "I got so carried away with my story that I didn't properly introduce myself. I am Zelda, princess of Hyrule". The two stood, suprised.
Zelda began again, "four tools are needed to get to the sacred realm. They are the three spiritual stones, and the treasure that the royal family keeps, the Ocarina of Time! It is said that if you get to the sacred realm, you can make a wish. If a person woth an evil heart makes a wish, Hyrule will be sent into a rage of horror and evil times. But if someone with a heart of gold makes a wish, Hyrule will be cast into a time of joy and prosperity. Oh, I almost forgot, I was spying on that man there", she pointed through the small window, "his name is Gannondorf, and he swears alliance to my father, but I am sure he is not sincere. will you look through the window at him?".
The twins nodded, and glanced. He seemed somewhat, familiar. He was very tall, and Zelda was right, he did have an evil look about him. They turned back, and Zelda began talking in her sweet voice agian.
"he must be after none other then the triforce," Zelda gasped, "we may be the only ones who know! we cannot let Gannondorf get to the sacred realm! you two go after the other two spiritual stones. here, take this letter. I am sure it will help you". Nora took the letter, and Zelda said one last thing,"my assistant, Impa, will scort you out. do not be afraid to talk to her".