Hello there. So it's been a while since I've written any Zelda fanfiction. I started one a while ago and managed to get four whole chapters into it. Then summer vacation ended and life happened and I just got too busy to do any writing. Well, now a year and a half later, I've improved my time management skills, and since I'm in AP US History, I decided I needed some stress relief. I hope you enjoy this, I'm going to try so, so hard to update every Friday. I'm also going to try to get back into the one I started last year, so keep an eye out for it. Thanks for listening, and if you enjoy, or really don't enjoy, please review. I love hearing from you all. I hope you have a happy valentines day, and please understand that I don't own Zelda. (just in case you thought I did)
Hello again. Local Minstrel has given me some very helpful and well appreciated suggestions for this chapter. They have all been taken into account and I am happy to present you with my revised chapter one. There are very few differences, mostly just a word change here or there, so there's no need to re-read it if you don't want to. I'd like to encourage you all to give me suggestions, and I promise I wont be insulted. Happy reading and please, please, please review! (As if I haven't said that enough times)
The earth trembled and the ground split, huge fissures winding across the black ground like veins. A roar saturated with malice and loathing ripped through the sky like a knife. The sound of it alone would have shaken even the most courageous of men. But even more fearsome was the thing from which the sound had come.
Looming up, far above the branches of the ancient forest, was a black beast. Its angry maw was wide and lined with rows of dagger sharp teeth. Overlapping scales, blacker than onyx, covered its body like armor. Shadows danced like flames along its spine, sending inky sparks into the air.
It roared again, its mouth open to the sky…
. . .
She was standing in the shadow of the statue of the goddess. Her eyes were closed as a gentle breeze caressed her, playing in her hair and skirt. She was softly singing a lilting melody as her expert hand moved over the shining golden harp clasped in her arm, her lithe fingers caressing the strings, guided by memory alone.
She stopped as a giant bird landed in front of her. It chirped from deep within its throat and ruffled its violet feathers as it folded its wings.
The maiden opened her eyes as she lowered her instrument. She ran her hand lovingly down the creature's beak and it nuzzled her affectionately.
Reaching within a pouch on her belt, the girl pulled out a letter and held it out. The bird sniffed it, then took it gently into its mouth, spread its green and pink tipped wings, and took to the sky.
She followed its progress until it disappeared behind the azure dome of the goddess's temple. She smiled and turned, now looking in the same direction as the great statue. Standing framed by the huge monument, she looked tiny. However, with her skirt whipping at her ankles, her loose blond hair flying in the wind, and her blue eyes shining, she seemed to have a strange power, despite being dwarfed by the likeness of a woman behind her. As she gingerly touched the shawl resting on her shoulders her face lit up with a peaceful smile, an expression identical to the woman behind her.
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Green Flame. White hot and nearly impossible to look at. It was shining through the darkness. It hung suspended in the air, dancing and flickering. Then it dissolved. He blinked his eyes, opening the heavy lids slowly, still blinded by the light. He glanced right and the left. And then, the roar rent the silence. His head whipped forward but staggered back, away from what he saw, his eyes wide in shock and terror.
Suddenly, the darkness disappeared, and was replaced by a pink glow. However, the monster remained, growling and whipping its head back and forth. A glowing pink light appeared and descended over the monster's head. And then he heard it, a female voice, high and singsongy, though oddly mechanical.
"Rise, Hero…The time has come for you to awaken. You are fated to have a hand in the great destiny, and it will soon find you…The time has come for you to awaken…Hero."
The light disappeared and the monster roared. He flinched and fell back. Something shrieked. He looked right and saw…a huge purple bird.
So my next ones will be longer I promise. I already have a few chapters written, so if I get too busy for a week, I have a nice little safety net of chapters. Please, please, please review! Love you all!
