Chapter One

The sun stood high in the sky spreading its radiance over the land, sending warmth to every plant and creature. Birds flew in the sky, chirping, and singing to each other. Trees swayed in the light summer breeze that blew throughout the land. It was a beautiful day in the land of Hyrule.

Running through the southern part of Hyrule, dividing Hyrule field, was the great Zora River. The river started at the top of Death Mountain, and traveled down through Hyrule field all the way to where it emptied into Lake Hylia. It is said that the great people of the Zora's protected and swam the river themselves. Stories were told throughout the land of how much the Zoras cared for their home and the waters of Hyrule. Their wrath was said to descend onto anyone who defiled these waters.

On the southern bank of the river sat a young boy of twenty. He sat on the river bank, feet in the water, and was fishing. His pole was in his hands, and the line in the river. If anyone would walk by him they would think that he was sleeping, but in fact he was day dreaming. Fishing was one of his favorite activities, even though he would often lose concentration in what he was doing and drift into his thoughts.

He didn't exactly know why, but there was something particular about fishing that made him calm with the world. Ever since he was a boy, he loved coming to the river to fish. He never really needed to be taught either, once he was given a rod he just knew how to fish. It always was a mystery to him. There were several activities that he would do that came to him naturally. But he just shrugged this aside and was grateful for the natural talent that he possessed.

Link could feel the cool water run past his feet, as the stream washed away all the dirt and grime from them. Link loved this. He looked beside him at the piece of cow hide that he had rolled out. The six fish that he had caught that day were drying waiting for him to take home. After contemplating for a minute he decided that they were enough. He stood up, feet still in the stream, and looked around.

The sun gleamed in the sky covering Link with warmth. He took in all of Hyrule Field and admired its beauty. He had come to this spot his whole life and he knew it well. If he were to follow the stream to the west, he would eventually reach Zoras Domain, a place he had always wanted to visit since he was a little boy. But he was warned that the Zoras do not like visitors and you cannot enter their lair unless you are given permission. He looked east and saw the tall majestic peaks of Death Mountain. As ominous as the mountain sounded, there actually was a quite peaceful town at the base. Link had visited the town several times when he was a small child, but not in years. Kakariko was its name and it had been around since the creation of Hyrule Castle.

Link could tell that it was starting to get late, so he began packing up his catch. He rolled the fish together in the hide and slid them into his bag. He then got out of the river and wrapped the fishing pole and also placed it in his bag. He then sat on the bank and began to slide his boots on, but something caught his eye.

From the center of the river he could almost swear he saw a pair of green eyes glaring back at him. For a second he thought that he was just seeing things, but then shook his head and rubbed his eyes. When he focused again the eyes were still there. He sat his bag down and began step his foot into the river when a voice behind him made him jump and yell.

"Hey Link are you done fishing for the day?" A feminine voice said.

Link turned around, and saw that Karra was standing behind him with a smile on her face. Link shook his head and placed his hand on his heart. He smiled and then said, "Karra don't do that to me."

Karra chuckled and looked at the river. "What were you looking at?"

Being startled Link forgot that about what he saw in the river. He turned around and saw that the eyes were gone. He looked back to Karra and shook his head.

"Nothing. I thought it was one of my hooks that I have lost at some point but it was just the light playing a trick on me." He paused. He didn't want her to think that he was going crazy or anything. "What are you doing here? Carl doesn't like you leaving the village you know that."

"Oh what my father doesn't know wont hurt him. Besides, you have been gone for almost five hours we were starting to worry that maybe you had fallen in or something," she smiled.

Link could see past the facade she was putting on. She was his best friend and she missed him. Link picked up his bag and through it over his shoulder, then he put his arm on her shoulder. She then placed her hand on top of his. Link smiled and let out a breath from his nose.

"I'm fine Karra. I promise I just wanted to get out for the day. I've been doing so much work on the farm lately, I just needed a day to myself is all." Link said he could feel the her sigh in relief.

"Okay just let me know next time okay?" she said.

Link nodded in agreement, then took his hand off of Karra and placed it above his brow so that he could see past the sunlight. He knew that they needed to get back to the village before it got too late, but there was no rush. Nightfall wasn't for another couple of hours. But never the less. If Carl knew she had left he would be furious.

"Well lets head back okay? The quicker we get home the less chance that Carl will find out that you left in the first place. Sound good?" Link asked. No matter what her answer was, he was going to take her home anyway but he liked letting her think she had an option.

"Your right and I don't want my dad to blame you either so lets go,"