A Time of Desperation
Welcome everyone to my first fanfiction! I am open to any sort of reviews and constructive criticism so please don't hate. I have been reading fanfictions for a long time now and I was curious as to whether I could write my own. I was thinking of a good plot(in my mind at least) on the Legend of Zelda timeline as I am an absolutely HUGE fan of Zelda and I had to get it on page. As for a little background info on the story, it will be primarily based on Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask with possible hints of Twilight Princess thrown in considering all three games follow the same timeline in Hyrule Historia. There will be a possible romance(s) thrown in too but it won't be a traditional LinkxZelda pairing for I have something much different in mind. The last thing I need to state is that there will be a lot of new characters that I will be adding to the story as well as some different kingdoms/empires that will hopefully follow Zelda lore. Enjoy J
Chapter 1: Prologue
The rain was coming down in sheets now. The young man was marching his way north through thickly covered forests which held a very eerie vibe to it. He was cold, hungry, and sore after the long journey through what the locals called, The Lost Woods. It has been over two weeks since he began the long trek north in order to complete his mission. Despite his body protesting him to stop, he knew he had to keep moving for the sake of himself, his family, his kingdom, and the kingdom of Hyrule. Hyrule….the place he was trying so hard to reach yet everything bad that could happen to him did happen. He had been interrupted by not only this torrential rain, but he had been attacked by many bandits along the way on three different occasions. Not that it really mattered in the end considering he had effortlessly killed all of them. His years of training in the way of the sword and the bow and arrow had allowed him to easily protect himself and hunt whenever need be.
"God this rain won't let up", he thought to himself. "I need to find shelter at least for a couple of hours in order to keep going or I'll drop dead from exhaustion."
He continued his slow pace through the mud and rain for what seemed like hours when the rain started to give up.
"Finally, a little good fortune on my side," he thought to himself.
All of a sudden he noticed a faint glow in the clearing up ahead. He increased his pace to find the source of where the light was coming from. He emerged through a clearing and found himself looking upon a small village. He walked a few steps and noticed something in the light of the moon. He saw that it was a sign and muttered a spell under his breath. A ball of light appeared from his hands and floated lazily in front of him. He took a closer look at the sign and it read, Kokiri Forest.
"Wow," he thought. "In addition to getting close to getting out of these damn woods, I get to finally see the legendary children of the forest!"
He had heard of the legends of the forest children of the north and how they never aged over time. He thought he might see one passing through the forest but he never imagined finding the whole village. He decided to camp out for the night after realizing how exhausted he was. He picked out a nice spot near a waterfall flowing into a small stream. He gathered several pieces of wood from the nearby trees and put them into a pile while muttering the word, "Din." The wood burst into flames and gave off a nice cozy glow. He smiled to himself as he lay down his pack and weapons and laid himself against a log in front of the fire. His eyes began to get heavy after the long day he had and finally allowed darkness to engulf him.
In his dreams he met a beautiful young woman with golden hair. "Who are you," he asked. Before this woman of beauty could answer him he was awoken to whispers around him. His eyes shot open and he noticed four small children dressed in green staring at him and giggling.
"What the hell!" he shouted as he made for his sword.
The little children laughed at him as he made his way past them. He stopped himself when he remembered where he was. He turned around and realized they were the children of the forest.
"You are the children of the forest aren't you?" he said.
"It's actually Kokiri but yes that's who we are" giggled a young girl.
"The question is who you are and what are you doing in my village?" said one in an irate tone.
"I mean no disrespect but my name is my business and I was just stopping here for the night," he said. "I am on an important journey young ones and I must be going."
He began to gather his belongings when the young boy spoke again.
"You don't get it do you stranger, as leader of this village I the great Mido have stated many times over that no outsiders are allowed in our village unless escorted by a member of Hyrule castle even if you are a Hylian," said Mido with an increasingly angry tone.
"First off young one, I am not a Hylian. Second, forgive me as I meant no disrespect to your customs. I will be leaving immediately if you will allow me passage," he said.
"Aw leaving already," said one of the girls.
"He's so cute," said another.
He started to turn pink in the cheeks at the remarks given to him. Mido was clearly not impressed or happy for that matter.
"Hmph, very well stranger as long as you don't cause any trouble you may pass through," said Mido. "By the way, if you aren't a Hylian though what are you?"
He hesitated at his question but relaxed and said, "It is not of your concern Mido, but thank you for passage through and I bid you farewell."
He turned around and continued his trek once more through the village; however, he was stopped by one of the girls earlier who was yelling for him to stop.
"You must be hungry after your long journey," she said beaming at him. "Here take this apple it will get your energy up."
He took the apple graciously and smiled back at her. He began to eat it as he continued through the village. He finally approached a large tree trunk hollow and walked across a rope bridge while thinking of the Kokiri he had left behind.
"I cannot believe my luck," he thought. "I finally met the children of the forest and the entire village to boot. Now I have more of a reason to get to Hyrule. I must get to Hyrule castle with all haste if I want the little ones to survive."
He made his way through a winding path out of the woods and found himself looking upon an absolutely enormous field.
"Hyrule Field," he breathed in awe of the lush green landscape before him. "It's bigger than the rumors spoke of. According to this map, I have at least a day and a half's journey to the northwest until I get to Hyrule Castle."
The young man trudged off into the field, unaware that he would play a part of something that would not only affect him, Hyrule, and his kingdom but the entire world.
Well that's the first chapter! I thought I did a decent job but as always I would love it if people could give a review even if it is constructive criticism. As for anyone wondering who this mysterious young man is, I have decided to increase interest in him by leaving his name out of the story until he meets 'the woman in his dreams'(I wonder who that is ;) ) As for the 'little ones surviving' that is a major component in the story and I put it in there to offer a little hint on what might happen. The story will get really good and will pick up I promise! I will have the next chapter up in a day or so so please wait patiently J