A/N: Alright chapter 2 and more character introduction. I know that it's the boring part but it's always important for you as a reader to feel for the characters before they start for the adventure otherwise you wouldn't care too strongly about what happens. Anyway chapter 2.

History Hysteria

It wasn't a good day for Kayla so far. After waking up from her nightmares at five she couldn't go back to sleep. So she had tried researching the Triforce again but that only brought up bitter memories of the dream. So she took a shower but that last remaining image hit her and she broke down and cried until the hot water turned cold. After that she went to make breakfast but the toaster was broken. She skipped breakfast and started for school and as luck had it she tripped and fell, hurting her arm and messing up her sweatshirt.

She felt stuck in her own little miserable cloud. Her mind was plagued by the weight of her recent dreams and her body was plagued by exhaustion. Top it all off she had to put on a mask for her best friend. He had enough of his own problems and he didn't need her burdening him. She had known him long enough to know that he would always help others no matter the cost it had to himself. He was kind that way. Every time something happened to her he would put it on himself to help her. Once when they were ten an eleven year old was picking on her. Kody confronted the kid and ended up getting beaten up by him. He still had a smile on his face because after that they made fun of Kody instead of Kayla. He didn't care, as long as Kayla wasn't hurt anymore.

That's how their friendship worked for the most part at the beginning. Before Kayla met him she was far too shy and would always cry at school. After she met him she became stronger willed but he was always there to lend a hand or save her if she needed saving. And he even knew when she could handle herself and when she couldn't. They decided it was his sixth sense, his danger sense.

That and add on the fact that he had a hard enough life as it was, Kayla didn't want to put this on him. She cared about him too much. The reverse though wasn't so common. When Kody was in trouble he wouldn't say anything or ask for help. Instead Kayla would just know and help when he truly needed it.

Mulling over her thoughts she almost didn't see the faded green sweatshirt and mess of hair and nearly ran into him. He, of course, dodged her but her feet tripped over themselves and she fell forward. Kody reacted quickly and wrapped his arm around her stomach and caught her with ease. He quickly pulled her up to her feet again.

"Whoa, careful Kayla." He said with a laugh and released his hold on her. He reached up and readjusted his hat. "How many times would you fall without me?"

She laughed it off and turned back to their path towards school. "Maybe too many times." She said softly.

"A lot on your mind huh?" Kody asked as they made their trip to school.

"No it's just I… I'm not sure about something." She realized where this was going. Darn that boy for making her forget about trying to keep stuff from him.

"What is it?" The concern was all over his face as he asked. Leave it to him to make her think that everything would be okay.

Taking a deep breath she decided to tell him part of her worry. "You remember that Triforce thing we started reading about?"

Kody tilted his head to the side. "Triforce? What are you talking about?" He could be quite aloof from time to time. It was one of his lovable features.

"The history book remember?" The blank look he gave her made her continue. "The picture of the golden triangles."

"Oh that." He said finally getting it. "Yeah you got upset that you had seen it before."

"Right, well I did some researching and there is like nothing on it anywhere."

"The internet?"

"Barely any information. Just mostly the stuff in that one page in our book."

He gave her a curious look and then looked straight ahead. "That's odd. You think something so sacred for its time would be better detailed."

She nodded in agreement. "Yeah that's what I thought- wait! How did you know it was so sacred for its time?" She asked realizing his exact words.

He looked back at her with wide eyes. "Oh, I read the rest of the page when I got home too."

"Really, why?" She asked. He wasn't one for reading regularly.

"Well it really upset you so I wanted to see what it was about. But the book was so vague and not a lot of information like you said." Kody shrugged. "The only thing that really stuck was that the Triforce was the sacred powers of the Goddesses and ruled over the land of Hyrule. But it kept saying that it was only ancient mythology during the dark times."

"Yeah but still don't you think it's weird?"

"Of course but what else can we do?" He was genuinely asking instead of just saying something.

"Well I saw that there are some old books about it but they're very rare. But I was able to track one of them down in the library. We could go after school and check it out." She offered.

He nodded thoughtfully. "Alright that could work, but would it be alright if my sister came? I haven't been able to spend time with her after school in a while and her dad said today would be okay."

And now Kayla felt bad. He wanted to spend time with his half-sister but she was trying to take advantage of him and his time. "Oh no we don't have to go today. It's not urgent we could just go this weekend." She offered.

Of course Kody resisted. He shook his head and smiled. "It's fine. She's never been to the library anyway I think it would be fun. We could get her a library card too, that'll get her excited."

Kayla laughed. She knew it was impossible to argue with him once he had made his mind up. "Well if you're sure."

"Yes, this is important if it's troubling you. And the quicker we figure this stuff out the quicker you'll see it's nothing to worry about." He said throwing his arm around her shoulders and giving her a quick side hug and then releasing her.

"You're too kind for your own good Kody." She said as they came close to their school.

"That's what you keep telling me."


"Hey guys." Kody greeted as he came to school. He wasn't very popular in school terms. After all once you get beaten up every time you fight somebody you kinda gain a reputation. He never really sought out fights. But when it came to Kayla's feelings there was a lot of fighting. And a lot of losing. But he still had his close friends besides Kayla.

"Hey Kody you're a little late." One best friend, Micah said. Kody had two other best friends. Micah and Richard. They all met two years ago after a bully was giving them all a hard time. They all stood together and the bully was no longer a problem. Since then they had become close friends.

"Kayla was a late today so I had to wait for her." Kody said as they walked over to their first classroom. Kody let Kayla hangout with a different crowd during school since she was probably the most popular girl in school. He didn't mind. After all school crowds only lasted during the day and after school they would always be together. So his feelings were never hurt.

"You two are hardly separate." Richard noted.

"We're best friends is that so surprising?" Kody asked.

"No. But you're always together." Micah added.

"Not always." Kody mumbled.

Richard nodded. "Alright then let me ask, what are you doing after school?"

Kody looked between the two of them before lowering his head. "Going with Kayla to the library." He mumbled.

The two laughed before Richard continued. "See what I mean? You guys are joined at the hip." They laughed again.

"Yeah, yeah. Laugh all you want but I have one extra best friend than you guys do." Kody countered as they reached their first class. They went inside and sat next to each other.

"Best friend? But… she's a girl?" Richard said with a confused expression.

"Your point?" Kody asked with a frown.

"Don't you, you know, like her?" Micah led on.

Now he looked at his two friends with a blank look. "Well yeah she's my best friend. No offense guys." Kody was also a little dense when it came to certain things as well. Before Kayla came into his life he was generally slow with learning too. But she really helped him improve in school and become one of the smartest kids in their grade.

"No I mean. What's an example?" Micah asked the other boy.

"Um, do you watch TV?" Richard asked.

"Don't have one." Kody shrugged.

"Okay! I got it. You know Leslie and Kurt the eighth graders?" Micah asked. "How they're boyfriend and girlfriend?"

"Okay?"

"Do you like Kayla like that?"

"What!? Eww, we're like twelve why would you even ask that. That's adult stuff." Kody complained making a face.

Micah shrugged. "Well you know you spend all that time with her…"

"We're still kids dude. That's weird. And frankly I don't know what sixth graders would think about doing that stuff." Kody said.

"You'd be surprised." Richard said.

"Well you can let your weird ideas be put to rest cause that's not a thing."

"Anyway what are you doing this weekend?" Micah asked and Kody was thankful for the change in subject.

"I'm gonna be babysitting my sister Sunday but I think I'll be free Saturday." Kody said looking between the two.

They both were waiting for him to finish the sentence and Micah pushed it on. "But…?"

Kody rolled his eyes. "But I'll be going with Kayla in the morning."

"And there it is." Richard said and the two laughed. "We were going to see the new movie that night if you wanted to go."

"Oh cool but I don't think I would be able to go." Kody said not wanting to voice the no money thing.

"It's alright man my cousin works there and she'll let us sneak in." Micah said.

"Oh, then yeah I'm down." Kody said nodding. They were interrupted from further talk as the bell rang and school began.


Outside the school and across the street was a black SUV with tinted windows parked. Inside the vehicle were three men dressed in suits all looking straight ahead. None of them spoke as they waited. A few seconds ticked by and then a cellphone ring went off and the man in the passenger seat reached into his jacket pocket and pulled it out.

"Go. Yes the target is in the school right now. Understood. We will wait." He hung up the phone and put it back in his suit.

"We are to wait until school's over then follow the target from a distance. Top priority is to remain unseen and chart the target's movements. We wait for the code word in case we have to grab her." The man in the backseat agreed. The man in the driver's seat didn't say a word.

The man in the passenger seat turned to him. "Understood T?"

The man, known as T, shook his head. "It's a girl man. A twelve year old girl. I don't feel comfortable with this."

"You knew what the job was when you first signed up."

"But not this. If we kidnap a twelve year old girl what else will that man have us do? Steal? Threaten? Kill?"

Now the man turned to T fully and glared at him. "Are you rejecting the orders?" He asked threateningly.

T took a long moment to speak but finally sighed. "No, I just don't agree with them."

Satisfied the other man turned back to look straight ahead. "As long as you do what you're told you don't have to agree."

T didn't acknowledge the comment as he looked back at the school. Whatever was happening was certainly too big for what he signed up for.


"I hate PE." Kody said as he rubbed onto his shoulder. Kayla, who was walking with him, gave him a sympathetic look.

"Well if you didn't try to stand up for every little thing then people wouldn't want to tackle you all the time." She offered.

"It was basketball!" He shouted.

"I know, I thought the point of the game was to make the ball in the hoop." Kayla said.

"Apparently it's: every seventh grader needs to tackle Kody."

"It's alright you did fine." She said rubbing his shoulder.

"Yeah after the three tackled me how did they expect me not to fight back?" He said standing a bit taller.

"Well I'm sure the one didn't see the ball until it hit him in the face." She said laughing.

Kody laughed a little less. "Yeah could we walk a bit faster, I think one of them said they were going to jump me afterschool." He said suddenly picking up speed in his walk. Kayla followed suit as they walked from their end of the school over to the younger kid's side.

"Well why did you start messing with them anyway?" She asked. He was silent and kept walking and that made her frown. "It was cause of me wasn't it?"

"They were saying inappropriate things about you. I couldn't let that slide." He said defensively.

"Kody!" She yelled and smacked him on his bruised arm.

"Ow!" He complained.

"I don't want you to get yourself hurt over me. It's just words you can let it go, that stuff doesn't bother me anymore." She said looking at him.

"Yeah but as long as they know someone won't let them be rude to you they'll back off." He said seriously. He looked at her eyes and softened. "Besides I care about you and what happens."

She kept glaring at him for a moment before breaking. "You're too hard to stay mad at you know that?"

He sprouted a toothy smile. "Well now I do. And you're welcome."

"I never asked for the help but thanks." She smiled and looked the other way. "Guess I owe you pizza now." She said mostly because she was reminded that he didn't eat during lunch and must have been starving again.

"Of course you do! Your hero has an appetite after keeping you safe." He joked.

"Kody!" The two turned in time to see a small girl running towards the pair. She wore a pink backpack and had long brown hair tied in pigtails. She had some small resemblance to Kody but had the small girlish features to counter that. She ran up and hugged her half-brother tightly.

"Whoa take it easy Mary, I got bruises all over."

The nine year old let him go and gave him a frown. "Did you get beat up again?" She asked. Even Kayla was sometimes afraid of the way the kid would glare at her older brother.

"No, in fact I beat them up. It's just there was like six of them." He said shrugging.

Mary, his little sister groaned and turned to Kayla. "Why do you keep letting him get beat up? Talk some sense into him so that he can break out of his weird hero complex."

Kayla chuckled softly. "Believe me I've tried. He's just too stubborn." She explained.

"I know dad says I'm like that too. I guess we get it from our mom." Mary said as an after thought. She quickly grabbed her older brother's hand and they all began walking. "So where are we going?"

Kody often brought along Mary when he was hanging out with Kayla. There was no way he would take her to the foster homes he was in and out of, or even his uncle's place. So the only safe time he could spend with her was either when her dad had him babysit or he hung out with Kayla at her house. Through the years Kayla and Mary got along really well and the younger Legend sibling thought of her as an older sister. So they all got along well.

"Well Kayla and I were talking about going to the library. Wanna do that?" He asked her.

"The library? Please, what's so fun about that?" Mary complained.

"We can get you your own library card." Kody offered.

"Library card? With my name on it?" She asked looking up at him as they walked.

"Yep your own name and everything."

"Alright let's go!" She started to actually pull Kody faster. Kayla laughed at him being dragged by a little girl until he reached out and took her hand so that Mary was pulling them both. They were having fun but Kody couldn't help the odd feeling in the back of his head.

And none of them noticed the dark SUV trailing far behind them.


"Alright I want you to stay in this area and we'll be right back." Kody told his younger sister as he sat her down at the kid's area with a small stack of books he thought she would like.

She was already flipping through one and waved him off. "Alright but don't forget about my card later." She said.

"I won't." He said patting her head then turning back and walking over to the computers where Kayla was currently sitting. He grabbed the chair next to her and sat down looking at the screen. "Did you find it?" He asked.

Kayla was scrolling through the selection looking for the particular book. "Yeah I did. It seems like there are two of the books here. One seems to have been stolen but the other should still be here." She took a piece of paper and a pencil from the desk and scribbled down the number. "Here let's go."

The two kids got up and walked down the aisles and aisles of books until they reached the one Kayla was looking for. She walked quickly down the aisle and Kody had to catch up quickly. She scanned the numbers on them until she got to where she was looking for. She placed her hand on the number. "Aha!" She cried out grabbing the book and opening it up.

Kody bent down and looked at the cover.

Hyrule of Past and the Triforce.

The book itself was black and very worn. In fact Kody could smell it from where he was standing. "How old is that book?" He asked as Kayla kept skimming through the pages.

"It's over 800 years old. Well not this book but the original. It's the most recent actual text about the Triforce and stuff." She explained as she kept flipping.

Kody raised an eyebrow. "Looking for something specific?" He asked.

She quickly held up a finger. "Shh!" Kody was taken back but shrugged and waited. After a few more pages she yelled out. "Found it! Here." She said holding it over so that he could see it too.

"The Triforce was the power of the Goddesses left behind in Hyrule. They left it as a symbol of their power, wisdom, and courage for the good people. The Triforce was most powerful when united allowing each one chosen to a wish that would be fulfilled throughout the person's lifetime."

"Well that sounds cool." Kody said.

"However the Triforce was only complete for a short time until a greedy thief, King of the Thieves, stole the Triforce for himself."

"Not so cool."

"However, legend holds since his heart wasn't pure he could only wield one as the other two rejected his hold on them. After that the other two pieces split onto two individuals whom the Goddesses thought best represent each piece. The King of Thieves took for himself the Triforce of Power. The Triforce of Courage went onto a person who became the Hero or Hero of Time. And the Triforce of Wisdom came upon the Princess of Light. Separate these were each powerful but only together could the three grant the full ability of the Goddesses."

"Okay so then what happened?" Kody asked now interested in what happened with this Triforce power.

Kayla read to herself and eventually flipped a page. "It doesn't say. It just goes on about what each power did and the speculation of the gifts each bearer got." She flipped another page. "Oh! Again this is all speculation as the Triforce as well as the Goddesses gifts disappeared years ago in the alleged final battle for the Triforce. Nothing is known about this battle except that the three representors of the Triforce never returned along with the Triforce. Hyrule then descended to its old ways before the Goddesses gifts and began to go on its own forgetting about the stories of old and even passing it all off as Mythology."

"Really?" Kody asked looking at her then back at the book.

"Records were lost and people have forgotten. What is left now is only the songs and the myths of the Thief, the Hero, and the Princess. Along with the battles they fought and how the Hero and Princess protected Hyrule. Society no longer found a means for them as they expanded and grew but the Triforce symbol remained as the symbol of the great Hyrule nation until the collapse of the monarchy and the start of a renewed peace between kingdoms. Hyrule has cast aside the Triforce as well as the kingdom before it. The temples have gone quiet and the castles have gone dark. The maps leading to such places have been lost as well as the lore behind the three wielders of the Triforce. History may forget them as myth but Hyrule must remember it all as the great legend that saved this land time and time again."

Kayla stopped reading as she closed the book. "That's it. The Triforce is just an empty legend." She said with frustration laced in her voice. Kody looked at her hard.

"You don't seem satisfied." He noted.

"I'm not." She huffed looking at him and crossing her arms over her chest. "If it's all legend and myth then why do I have dreams about it? Why was it really pushed aside over time and what does this even mean anyway?" She slammed the book in his chest and groaned angrily sitting on the ground.

Kody took the book in his hand and looked down at her. He slowly sat down next to her, holding the book in one hand. "I don't know what to say but I guess that's normal." He laughed softly at his own joke but she kept looking angrily straight ahead. He shook his head and tried again. "But from what I learned from this is that this Triforce thingy is obviously important to you. And that it was important to other people too. Sure that was hundreds of years ago. But this." He indicated by pointing at the book in his hand. "Shows that somewhere out there is more information and more people it mattered to." She finally looked at him and her look softened a bit.

"And it even said that there were temples and castles and stuff for this Triforce." He flipped through to find the page. Kayla smiled and helped him pointing out the page. "Exactly, and look." He pointed out to a sentence and read it aloud. "Even though the museum closed a hundred years ago it was locked with all the lore still inside. Maybe one day it will open up again to show a new generation the truth of Hyrule's past."

"A museum?" She asked looking at it as well.

"Yeah so I doubt they'd tear down an old museum so maybe we could find it and check it out for ourselves." He said.

"Really?" She asked the hope returning to her eyes.

"Yes, anything to put your mind at ease Kayla." He said sincerely.

"Thanks." She reached an arm across his body and hugged him close from the side. "I don't know what I would do without you." She said quietly.

"Well let's not open that door." He laughed flipping through the book.

She laughed too and released him. "Alright, let's go and get your sister before she runs out of books." She stood up and he followed too, still flipping through the book.

"Do we want to take this too? There's still a lot of other stuff in here. Even if it's speculation." He said not looking up from it.

Kayla looked back at him and the book before shrugging. "Sure, why not." She started walking and he followed to but stopped when he hit a certain chapter.

The Legend of the Master Sword.

He tilted his head curiously. 'Master Sword?' He thought. He skimmed through the pages until he reached a penciled drawing of such Master Sword in a giant stone. He looked at the drawing and something inside him was scared. He knew that sword! He slung his backpack off his back and dug through it until he found the one notebook he was looking for. He flipped through his notes until he reached one of the back pages where he doodled during class. On one entire page were obscure and precise sketches of a sword. And not just any sword. The same sword in the book!

"Kody." Kayla called and he looked up to see her eyeing him.

"Yes?" He asked dumbly.

"Are you coming?" She asked.

"Yes!" He said shoving his notebook back in his bag and following after her.

"What were you doing?" She asked curiously.

"I just got distracted for a second." He said honestly. But his mind was still racing.

'What does all this mean?'


Fin.

A/N: Alright chapter 2 is down and hopefully my goal was accomplished and you feel closer to the characters so far. And yes I do plan on having certain people in the game to be named as characters from the series but their TRUE names won't be given until they figure it out. I still got a couple of characters to introduce but for the most part I'll say things are going perfectly as planned. I hope you enjoyed the chapter.

As always please review and come back for the next chapter.