Ocarina and Wind Sage of Time

Disclaimer: Of course I don't own Zelda. I'm not Nintendo.

Chapter 1: Prologue

"Sophie! Go to bed!" called a voice from downstairs. I yawned and took a quick peek at my mobile phone. It was 10:02.

"One second, I'm almost finished!" I called back. I was playing The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time and I was just whacking the crap out of Ganon's tail with the Master Sword I had just recovered from next to Zelda. But before I go on I better tell you a little bit about myself.

My name is Sophie Lockwood and I'm 13. I'm a girl that has dark brown hair and loves to play electronic games and I have completed Ocarina of Time quite a few times. And that's all that you really need to know about me so back to the battle.

Ganon turned around to face me and I grinned. Instead of pulling out the bow and targeting his face with light arrows to stun him I simply waited for him to raise his arm and rolled between his legs as he swung both of his oversized swords. I instantly use the Z button on my Nintendo 64 controller to lock onto his tail, or rather have Navi fly around it and make Link actually focus on it. The next second shows Link flying through the air in a jump attack and bringing down his sword into Ganon's tail. Ganon screeched in agony and collapsed onto the floor, trying desperately to hold himself up with one of his swords.

Suddenly a ray of light went into him from the side and the camera angle changed to see Princess Zelda standing there, the ray of light coming out of her hands.

"I will try to use my power to hold the evil king while you deliver the final blow," Zelda said as the ray of light disappeared and she stumbled. Link looked at the Master Sword, which started to glow a white/silver colour. I got control of Link again and didn't waste any time.

I moved him forward and attacked and watched as Link swung his sword back and forth, drawing blood with every swing, before drawing it back, about to plunge it into Ganon's ugly face and seal him away.

Then we had a power cut.

"What! No! Why?" I screamed in the dark. All my hard work through the final area was just erased. I decided to take from this that I should definitely start saving more often and also make sure to save my game before the final boss next time.

Suddenly the television started glowing and three figures appeared on the screen. Each one was golden and I recognised them as Din, Nayru and Farore from the game.

"You are the chosen one and will help Link in his quest" they chanted together.

"Um..." I muttered, looking at the screen in confusion. I'd never seen this happen before in the game and I was pretty sure we still had a power cut so the TV shouldn't even be on right now.

"Do not worry about being confused, all will be revealed in due time," Nayru said.

"Okay, now I am going crazy," I said to myself. The power came back on. I quickly turned Ocarina of Time back on but the select character screen was full of glitches.

"Damn" I groaned taking the game out and putting it away. If it wasn't bad enough losing all that progress, I may have to get a new game as well. I started getting ready for bed, brushing my teeth in the bathroom and changing into my pyjamas back in my bedroom. My mum came up the stairs and shook her head at seeing me still up. I gave her a shrug and a hug before jumping onto the mattress of my bed and wrapping myself within the confines of my warm covers.

"Why are there chocolate wrappers all over the floor, Sophie?" my mum suddenly asked. I leaned out of bed to look.

"It's probably from my sleepover," I told her. "Sorry mum."

My mum sighed before picking up the wrappers, turned off the lights and walked out, leaving me to sleep.

However, sleep eluded me for quite a while, as I lay in my bed tossing and turning while thinking about the three goddesses in my TV.

"Very soon your destiny will begin"

"Huh?" I mumbled half-asleep while looking around for the voice. The voice didn't continue though so I ignored it. Eventually I managed to fall asleep and I had a dream about the three goddesses.

"Well do you accept your destiny?" they chanted together.

"What destiny?" I asked confused at what they were talking about.

"The destiny to save the land of Hyrule by guiding and helping the Hero of Time" they all said together.

"Wait a minute do you mean like Ocarina of Time?" I asked them.

"Yes"

"But that's just a game. It's not real and this is just a crazy dream I'm having," I shook my head in denial.

"Very well then. We will await your confirmation in accepting your destiny," they all spoke at the same time.

I woke up slowly, feeling sore and stiff in all of my limbs. I got out of bed and felt every limb I stretched pop in a very satisfying way. I looked at the time. I blinked incomprehensibly, before realisation dawned on my face.

"12:59!" I shouted and panicked. I was majorly late for school, but then I realised that there wasn't much point going in now anyway. I would bunk today and then pretend I was ill or something tomorrow. I went downstairs and took one look at my dad sleeping on the couch before raising an eyebrow.

Doesn't he have work?

I tried to wake him up, poking him several times and muttering his name. It didn't work; I decided to employ tactics with more chance of working.

"Dad, wake up!" I screamed into his ear with the force of a banshee. No response whatsoever, not even a twitch.

Okay now I was worried he was dead... But no, I can see he's breathing steadily and feel said breath on my hand in front of his face.

"Weird" I muttered to myself. I was still worried of course; this wasn't natural, no matter how much it looked like my dad was only sleeping.

I grabbed the phone nearby and dialled the emergency services. It rang and it rang and it kept ringing. This confused me even more. Was something wrong with our phone line?

After trying my mobile phone and finding that nobody was picking up on the other end of the line I decided to go to my next door neighbour and ask for help. As I went back upstairs to my room to put on my shoes, I noticed something lying on my parents' bed. It was my mum asleep like my dad.

I started to freak out when she wouldn't respond like my dad. I tried calling her name; I opened her eyelid and saw her iris staring straight ahead. I tried pouring water on her, but it just ran down her body onto the bed and made no progress in waking her.

I decided to carry on with my original plan in going to my neighbour for help. I had trouble putting on my shoes as my hands had started to tremble and shake. Eventually, I succeeded though and I ran out of the house to the next one over.

I banged on the front door loudly and repeatedly. Then when I felt he wasn't being fast enough in opening the door I knocked loudly again. But no one answered.

I growled and muttered under my breath. My neighbour was currently unemployed and usually was sitting in his living room and watching TV or playing games. I ran over to the window close to the front door and peered inside hoping to spot him and attract his attention if he was there.

I did spot him and he was sitting on his sofa. But I attracted his attention about as much as I attracted the attention of either of my parents.

My fingers scraped lightly and uselessly against the window as I stared at my neighbours sleeping body. I began to cry, wet, salty tears running down my cheeks and dripping off into the ground beneath me. I turned and began to trudge slowly back to my house.

I stopped though when I noticed a body lying face down on the pavement close to my house but in the opposite direction of the neighbour I had gone to. I walked over and slumped down next to the random stranger, who was breathing lightly and looked perfectly comfortable sleeping on the hard pavement.

I started to hyperventilate. The sun suddenly felt too hot, beating down upon me like a blazing fire, yet I still felt chills go across my body. I felt clammy, sweaty and unbearably confused. Tears were running down my face as I collapsed onto the ground next to the stranger and started to shake uncontrollably. I wrapped my arms around myself and laid there, haunted by what seemed to be going on in the world around me.

It seemed like the whole world had fallen asleep without me.

"That's because the world has gone into stasis and cannot function until you leave," came an unwelcome voice in my head.

This is all happening because of me? I don't belong here anymore?

"We need you to accept your destiny Sophie. The Hero of Time needs your help. Hyrule needs your help," three voices, chanting in unison.

"But Hyrule doesn't exist!" It's just a game!" I screamed out, desperately.

"You don't think it does. You don't want it to exist. But it does. And it needs your help. You..." They whispered gently in unison.

I wondered if I'd gone crazy when I heard voices in my head. But no, I truly believed that I was somehow communicating with goddesses from a Nintendo 64 game.

Then I felt deep surging anger and hatred.

"YOU WANT TO RIP ME AWAY FROM MY LIFE! MY FAMILY! MY FRIENDS! HOW DARE YOU? HOW DARE YOU TRY AND DO THIS TO ME! YOU...!" I howled out, trailing off at the end as I struggled to find words to insult the goddesses with and as my voice grew hoarse and scratchy.

"We have no choice... It has to be you... And you have no choice either... For what it is worth, we are sorry..." the unison of quiet whispers spoke softly.

I pounded the unforgiving pavement with my hands multiple times, each hit calming me slightly.

"Fine... I will accept my destiny," I spoke bitterly.

A flash of light blinded my vision, before it slowly began to be replaced by darkness. I had one last thought before I fell unconscious.

But I will hate you for as long as I live, goddesses...