The Legend Of ZELDA

New Friend, Old Foe

Chapter 1:Return of a Hero



It was a bright cloudless day as Link entered the borders of the land of Hyrule on his horse Epona. He started riding towards the Kokiri village when he suddenly stopped by a large owl. "Well I don't believe my eyes. Can it be that after seven years the Hero of Time has come back to us? I've herd people around here talk of wanting you to return, and it looks like you have. Things have been rather dull without you here. I'm sorry you probably want to see some of you old friends, if they recognize you. Good by for now hero." The owl let go of the branch he was on and flew away. Link dismounted and walked through the tunnel leading to the village.

As he entered the village a boy followed by a fairy ran up to Link and stood in front of him. "Stop" he said "Only Kokiri are allowed here, and you are obviously not one of us."

Link just looked at the boy and pushed him aside. "Good to see you too Mido." Link walked away leaving Mido standing by the entrance confused. As Link walked through the village everyone looked at him in amazement. Some of them started asking questions like "who are you?" "Where did you come from?" or "why are you here?"

Finally he heard a familiar voice whispering to another Kokiri "Does he look familiar to you?"

Link looked over in the direction of the voice and smiled when he saw who it was. "Hi Saria." He said waving to the girl.

She looked at him carefully and her eyes widened as she asked "Link!?, is it really you?" Saria walks up to Link and looks up at him. "Wow I don't believe it. Where have you been all these years?" Link told everyone about his recent adventures, including his trip to Termina.

"Well I should be going now. I've got more people to see." Link said as he turned away from the crowd. He walked toward the village exit and past a still confused Mido. After leaving the village Link mounted Epona and began riding to Lon Lon Ranch. "Come on Epona lets go see your old friends, and Malon."

As Link rode through the entrance to the ranch he was greeted by a young woman and a fat man in work clothes. "Hello sir and welcome to Lon Lon Ranch." the man said as Link dismounted. "My name is Talon and this is my daughter Malon. What brings you here on this fine day stranger."

"Actually I'm not really a stranger." Link said chuckling. "I was here about seven years ago when I got my horse, Epona."

Malon smiled "Oh, I remember you. Your name is Link, correct?" Link smiled and nodded. "I'm surprised you remember, that was quite a long time ago."

Malon frowned a little "Are you saying you forgot about me?"

Link chuckled again. "No way, it's impossible to forget someone like you."

Talon looked at them for a few seconds before stepping in between them. "Well it's getting late and dinner's almost ready. Link, I insist you stay as our guest tonight. There's plenty of food, we have an empty stall that Epona can stay in, and Malon can prepare the guest room for you." So Link stayed and told them what happened in the last seven years.

The next morning Link woke up early and started riding to the Zora River. When he got to the waterfall he changed into his blue tunic, and jumped into the cave behind the waterfall. He walked in to the normally busy cavern and saw that it was empty; the king wasn't even in his normal spot. He ran behind the thrown where Jabu Jabu once was, and found all of the Zoras swimming and playing in the lake. After a minute or so Links attention was drawn to a Zora girl calling his name. "Link, Link, over here." Sure enough it was Ruto.

Link jumped into the lake and swam over to her. "Hi Ruto, good to see you again." Ruto smiled and gave Link a big hug. Link started to get embarrassed when he noticed that everyone was staring at them. "Ruto, everyone is staring at us." She let go of him and backed up a little.

"Sorry. So what brings you out here? I was starting to think you would never come back."

"Well I just got back to Hyrule and I wanted to see some of my old friends before I have to fight some kind of evil being."

Ruto's happiness quickly turned to sadness. "Friend? Is that all I am to you, a friend!? I gave you the Zora's Sapphire, you bastard!" she quickly covered her mouth and sank under water when she realized what she was yelling. (For those of you who don't know what the Zora's sapphire is, it's kind of like an engagement ring, only it's not a ring. And no one else was told that she gave the sapphire to Link.) Link decided to get away wile Ruto was hiding under water.

As Link approached the entrance to the market he noticed that the drawbridge was closed. "That's strange usually it's open by now." When he got closer he saw a guard standing by the bridge. "Excuse me sir." Link yelled a crossed the moat. "Can you tell me why the bridge is closed?"



What is happening that they need to close the bridge? Will Link get inside to see Zelda? And what does this title of this story mean? You just have to wait until I get chapter 2 up.