The Pirates
Disclaimer: I DO NOT OWN THE LEGEND OF ZELDA OR ONE PIECE OR ANYTHING OF THE SORT LISTED HERE.
Long ago, in the lands among the seas, lied a peculiar boy who had a dream. The boy dreamt of sailing the seas, going on all sorts of adventures and finding great treasures. He longed to gather a crew of friends and let their names reach to the heavens.
His name was Link.
Chapter 1: The Legend is Born
The story all starts with Link's father and mother. Their island was a peaceful, small island. With only a couple dozen citizens, they had no reason to expect trouble. However, one fateful day, a ruthless band of pirates showed up. They claimed the island as theirs, and slaughtered the inhabitants.
While the dad was defending his new-born son and wife, he was killed by the captain after going toe to toe in one last defense. Before he passed, he sent his wife and son off the island on a small family boat, The King of Red Lions. The mother sailed south for three days until she came to small island. Without food or water on the boat, she was exhausted and without energy.
She arrived on the mysterious island in the middle of the night. She sailed the boat straight into the beach, and then leaped off the boat. She carried her son until she reached the door of one of the few cabins on the island. She knocked with all her heart until an old elderly lady in her late 50's finally answered.
The mom handed the lady her son, and then collapsed. She uttered these last words, "His name is Link…Raise him as your own, take care of him. Please…" Her voice trailed off. After fighting hunger and thirst for three days, she died on the porch of the old lady's house.
The following years of Link's youth were spent without the influence of parents. However, the old lady carried out the mom's last will. She cared for Link as though she birthed him herself. Three years following Link's arrival, another visitor came to the island. He was an old man, in his early 60's. He had been a trader of the seas for years, until recently. He ran by a small island and did his normal trading with the citizens. When he left, he noticed someone snuck in a small child into his cargo. Without the slightest clue of what to do with the child, he sailed to find a home for it. He then stumbled upon Link's Island, Outset, where he gave up the baby for adoption. The old lady, who Link simply called Grandma, took in the baby.
Grandma expected another son, only to find that the baby was a girl. The trader had no idea what the girl's name was, or where she came from. Grandma then decided to name the girl after her mom, Aryll. Grandma, Link and Aryll grew up happily together on Outset Island.
When Link was six, he developed an interest in the boat he arrived in years before. By the age of seven, Link learned about the origin of his family and the family boat. After he learned about his family, he decided that he would become a pirate.
His decision shocked the island. Not because he wanted to be a pirate, because in these times it was a very common thing for those to set out on the sea. What shocked them was the extent of his dreams. He wanted to be not only a pirate, but the KING of pirates. He wanted to sail out into the world and rule the seas. Being a pirate is illegal, and Link expected them to shun him and his dreams. However, they did not turn their backs. Instead, they supported his decision greatly, and in fact they trained him.
When Link was eight, Orca, the great swordsman, took Link into a great swords training routine. Every day they awoke early in the morning and trained for 2 hours. Afterwards Link would eat a healthy breakfast meant to build him up, provided by Grandma. He would carry out the chores of the island, making a training routine out of that. He would then eat an enriched lunch, followed by more chores. After evening fell and dinner was eaten, Link would then go to Orca for another hour of intense training and would proceed upstairs to Orca's brother, Sturgeon, and would study about the sea, the world and all its wonders.
Link's story has just begun. He is about to enter a world of trouble unlike anyone's imagination. He will reach great heights and fight unmerciful enemies. This is the story of Link.
Hey guys, this is one of my first writings, so take it easy if you don't like it! I do not own anything here that is already owned by someone else.
This is a planned mixture between something like the anime One Piece and The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker, where one man sets out with a dream to be the King and makes friends and crew along the way. If you don't like it that's okay! I'm writing for fun:)