A/N: I do not take credit for all the original Zelda material. The characters and events that I add on to the story are the only things that I take credit for. Basically, anything that you recognize is not mine and anything that you don't recognize is. I'm not going to write this note every chapter! This is the only chapter that I will state this!
I started this story when I was nine or ten and it has been slowly developing. I think I have finally stopped developing, so now I'm going to let you enjoy this story which I've enjoyed writing since I was ten. I hope that you guys really like it!
"Now I suppose that all of you children have heard of the story of the Hero of Time?" All of the six children gathered around the old lady nodded. Their eyes were wide with excitement, wondering what story the old lady would tell tonight.
"Good." The old lady smiled. "Now, what have you children been told about the Hero?" One of the older girls raised her hand high in the air. The old lady nodded in her direction.
"The Hero of Time found the seven sages and he worked with them to bring down the great evil. I've always been told that the Hero started his adventure when he was really young, barely as old as me. His soul was sealed away in the Sacred Realm when he found a legendary sword because he was too young to save Hyrule. He was released seven years later and worked with the princess of Hyrule and gathered the sages to save Hyrule." The girl ended with a large smile on her face, obviously proud of herself. The old lady nodded in approval.
"Nicely done young one. Now who here knows how our world came to be?" The young girl raised her hand again. "Someone other than you my dear." The girl lowered her hand. There was silence. The old lady was patient.
A young boy, much younger than the girl, raised his hand just barely high enough to see. "Hyrule was created by the three goddesses, Din, Nayru, and, Farore." The old lady nodded in approval once again.
"Correct." She looked at them all. Everyone of them were staring at her with awe, with respect. She was, of course, the oldest in Hyrule Castle Town.
"I'm going to tell you a story that many have never heard. Because of this, you children must promise never to tell anyone this story." The children all nodded, mouths open. The old lady did not expect them all to keep their promise. She did not care if other knew of the fourth goddess. She made the children promise to make them feel special, important.
"Now Din, Nayru, and Farore had a secret. This secret was told to very few living upon the earth to this day. Luckily, I am one of those few.
"You see, the three sisters had another sister. Upon her birth on the day the world was created, the fourth sister was declared to be the princess of them all, for she was the most powerful in the heavens." The young girl who had spoken earlier raised her hand.
"If she was just a baby, how could they tell that she was the most powerful?"
"The gods had their way of telling how powerful their young would be before their birth. As I was saying, this fourth goddess was to be the princesses of the heavens. The three sisters were jealous of their youngest sister, for all three of them had been declared the next rulers. They did not want to lose their throne to a newborn baby girl.
"The sisters did a terrible thing exactly one week after the girl's birth. They called a meeting and declared that they needed a guardian to live on the earth to protect it from evil until that guardian was released of their duty. The three sisters knew that no one would volunteer for this dangerous job, so they chose one instead. Upon the earth they sent their week-old sister, to live forever as a guardian until she was released by the three. The sisters did not intend on ever releasing their little sister, for as long as she lived on the earth, they would rule the heavens as though she was never born.
"The newborn was sent to live with the race that lived in the sky. These people, in turn, created the Hylians. The Hylians were modeled after this precious girl, who looked so unlike them. When she was two years-old, the girl was sent to live with a young woman who lived upon the earth, where she would be raised as one of them.
"Guilt overcame the sisters soon after their terrible deed, for their little sister would never know who she really was. She was much too young to have gained memories, powers, or anything needed to remember who she really was. However, the sisters never called her back from her duty as the Guardian of Earth, for they did not want to lose their throne. Instead they vowed that the Guardian Spirits of the Earth would know of her true identity the moment they would be sent upon the earth, and they would slowly guide her to her true identity.
"When the girl was eleven years-old, a curse of immortality came upon her. She could do nothing but watch as her friends and family grew up and died without her. For years the girl remained in the form of a eleven year-old girl, never aging in any way.
"When the girl was over a hundred years-old, she set off in search of an answer to her mysterious curse. After a few years of traveling, she came upon the city of Hyrule, where she hoped to find her answer.
"She sought out Hyrule Castle in hopes that the royal family would have the answers. To her disappointment, the king or queen would not see her. The princess, on the other hand, became curious when she heard her parents talking of a strange girl who claimed that she really was over one hundred years-old and was cursed. The princess watched over the years as the girl kept trying to get answers from the king or queen.
"When the princess came of age, she sought out the eleven year-old girl in hopes of helping her. When the princess did find her, the girl introduced herself as Leah. The girl explained that she once had a last name, but it had been too long since she had heard it, and had sadly forgotten it.
"The princess brought her back to the castle with her, and the girl finally got to speak with the royal family.
"They queen suggested that her curse was a result of a terrible sin, and that it would not be released until she would be forgiven by the three goddesses. Upon hearing about the three goddesses, a strange sense of anger came over the girl, and she did not know why.
"The princess later suggested to the girl that her curse might actually be apart of a great plan, and that it would not be released until the plan had been set in motion. The girl took both the suggestions into consideration and thanked the royal family.
"When the girl was departing to continue her search, the princess stopped her.
"'You must stay with me and my family. You can live here is secrecy while you search for your answers. You must have a home to go to at night at least.'" And so the girl stayed in the castle with the royal family. No one in the town heard a word of the girl living in one of the guest bedrooms. Every once in a while, the girl would leave for weeks on end searching for more answers, but would eventually return to the castle.
"The girl and the princess became friends and, when the princess passed on like all the other girl's loved ones, the girl moved into the city.
"And this, my children, is where the girl's story really begins."
I hope you guys enjoy this story as much as I do!