AN: Um, yup. I decided that this might be a good idea to redo this. I stopped writing it because I couldn't even read it. So, mmmmmyup. It sucked. But not as much…no…more.

Disclaimer: I have no money. I have no job. Fics get me no money. Notice a sad, sad pattern?

Chapter 1: The Legend

Long ago, there existed a kingdom where the golden power lay hidden. One day, a foul wind swept across the vast country, for a man of great evil found the power and took it for himself, casting darkness across the kingdom.

But then...just as all hope seemed to have died, a young boy clad in green appeared as if from nowhere. Wielding a blade of evil's bane, he sealed the dark one away and returned light to the land. This valiant lad, who traveled through time to save this world, was known as the Hero of Time. The boy's tale was passed down from generations until it became legend.

And then a day came when an ill omen appeared throughout the kingdom, and the great evil once again crept forth from the depths of the earth. As chaos spread and lives were lost, the people believed that their savior would return to save them.

...But the hero did not appear...

What became of that kingdom...? None remain who know. The memory of the land may have long since vanished, but its legend survived on a wind's breath.

On a certain island, it became customary to garb boys in green at their coming of age and have them search for heroic blades to cast down evil. The elders only wish that they should know courage like the Hero...