Link has caught up with the strange man from the market, and now they sit in the Deku Grove, as the man is about to tell his story...

Chapter 2

My name is Orpm(sounds like Ore-pim). I come from Vquitoz(V-quit-oz) which sadly doesn't exist anymore, and I'm sure anyone you ask will not have heard of it. It was the most beautiful kingdom, with lush gardens and productive fields everywhere; it was a true site to behold. Not only where we productive but we were also powerful, one of the most powerful in the land, but we were also peaceful people. If one in our kingdom turned to darkness we would try to show them the light again, but if we failed in this we exiled them. This was our biggest mistake.

A man by the name of Sypcp(Sip-kip) turned to the dark ways, and we tried to lead him back to the light, but he would not stray form his dark path. Thinking that there was nothing we could do to help him, we exiled him, big mistake. In his exile we could not keep a watchful eye on him or restrain him any further from his dark ways, he studied the dark arts of sorcery, attacked the innocent, and became quite powerful.

He came back to Vquitoz seeking vengeance. The king ordered every knight, warrior, and every man that could carry a weapon into battle. That is where I got this sword, inscribed on the handle in ancient Vquitoz is something to the effect of:' the royal family has inscribed this sword to you, may you use it well'. I was a knight of the most powerful kingdom in the world…I am now the only living survivor of that terrible day, other than Sypcp. I can remember it like it was yesterday.

All the warriors rode to walls expecting to see the Sypcp we remembered with possibly a small undead army, what appeared was not the same Sypcp but what appeared to be a giant solid shadow. Our thousand man army charged at this apparition and, and it appeared to smile. With one swipe of his mighty hand he killed around one hundred sixty of our men and crippled close to three hundred. That's half of our men out of the game only one move in. The rest of us stayed back hoping to find a weakness in his defenses, we seen none. He, he laughed at us then, and then he charged, puling a giant sword out of nothing but thin air!

In panic I turned toward the castle and rode as fast as I could: I was going to protect the King at all costs. In the castle I found the king, explained what was happening, I then placed him in the most secure room in the castle, and placed myself in the most defensive position in front of the door, and waited. I could hear Sypcp blowing things up left and right outside, the explosions were getting closer. I heard the castle door being blown down, and I prepared myself for the fight of my life. Sypcp came down the hall in his normal form, or I guess what would be considered his normal form. Then he saw me.

"Ha! Orpm, you were always a fool. Surely, you've heard me demolishing houses with the flick of my wrist. What makes you so sure that I won't do the same to you?" snarled Sypcp.

"I know you well enough to know that you would never pass up a decent fight," I answered. "And don't call me Shirley," I added, trying to calm myself with a joke.

"True, I would never pass up a decent fight, but my skills have improved greatly. You are a mere fly compared to me though, far from a decent fight." With that he flicked his wrist, and a great surge of magic came up and flung me out the window, hurtling me over the great mass of destruction Sypcp left in his wake. The immensity of the magic flung me into a near by forest where I hit a branch and lost consciousness.

I don't know how long I was out, but when I woke Sypcp had already left, and he took the beauty of Vquitoz with him. All that was left was rubble, destruction, and death. Stones were on fire, bodies lying everywhere, where the steeple of the church and castle once stretched to the heavens were only larger piles of ruble. The once lovely and prosperous land of Vquitoz was now a desolate wasteland. I was the last of my kind; cursed to know Sypcp is the only other to know what beauty once thrived there. I then became like a ranger: living off the land, traveling aimlessly, protecting the innocent. During this time I had devoted my life into tracking down Sypcp, and found nothing. Just recently I have stumbled upon some information that has lead me to believe Sypcp is going to do the same to Hyrule. I underestimated him once, and I lost my home, I will not let this happen again.

I went to the castle earlier today to warn the king of this danger but the guard didn't find it of a high enough priority to let me pass. I then came here to ask the Great Deku Tree for guidance.

"Now, that should have answered all your questions, Link. Now should you encounter him heed not his callings and run. For by now he would have surely found out, as I, that you are the great Hero of Time." Link about fell over in shock upon hearing these words.

"How, how did you know? Everyone else doesn't remember anything from my adventure," Link said, truly shocked.

"Oh…I could tell there was something about you that was special. The Deku Tree filled me in on everything I couldn't guess," said Orpm with a smile.

"What?! You can remember my adventure?" Link half shouted at half asked the fat little tree, who was about as tall as Link. "Why haven't you told everyone? They all think I'm crazy because I told them I traveled though time!"

"I didn't feel the need to worry the Kokiri children of events that now, thanks to you, won't happen," said the little tree calmly.

"At least they would be praising my name instead of thinking I'm a loony bin," replied Link.

"We both know that's not what you want, you're not the type to seek attention on a large scale," countered the Deku sprout. Orpm watched this transfer with keen interest; it wasn't every day you got to see the legendary Hero of Time and the Great Deku Tree have an argument. It was quite humorous. "Perhaps you should introduce Orpm to Saria, I can smell her mushroom soup from here."

"Oh, jeez! I forgot about supper!" exclaimed Link, jumping to his feet. "Common, follow me," shouted Link to Orpm as he ran down the trail. Orpm slowly got up and leisurely followed Link.

Will supper be cold? Will Saria be upset? What are Orpm's true intentions? And most importantly: will Link get enough food to eat? Find out in the next chapter!