The name of Link's mother is made up while Link's father's name comes from the Oracle of Ages manga.
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A soft breeze blew across a large meadow of green. Within the meadow were cows, oxen, and horses of various sizes and colors. They roamed the meadow eating grass and flitting around freely. There were no fences to keep them within, but nor would they leave as they did have a master.
Across the meadow near the stream of a river lay one of their masters, a boy of seventeen. He was underneath the shadow of a tree and very much asleep. His short, golden hair rustled softly against his face in the wind not disturbing him at all. A young horse with brown/red hair and a white mane laid beside him sleeping as well.
"Link!" A voice of a woman called out not too far away from the boy's position. He didn't move as he had not heard the voice at all. "Link, where are you?"
Several footsteps pounded nearby until they came to a stop by the boy. The horse near him awoke and slowly perked up her head looking at the newcomer that had arrived. Knowing what the person wanted, she nudged the boy in the side until he awoke himself.
He yawned greatly as he slowly sat up smacking his lips a few times. He looked around groggily until he turned to look at a fair-haired woman with long, golden hair. Her eyes glittered a beautiful blue that shown lovely, but there was a frown upon her face making it not so lovely.
"Link, there you are. What have you been doing this entire time?" The woman asked the groggy boy.
"Sorry about that, Mother. I decided to take a nap with Epona," Link grinned sheepishly as he reached down patting the young horse.
"Oh, of course you were…" Link's mother sighed before standing up and reaching a hand out. "Your father is coming home, so let's go greet him shall we?"
Link took his mother's hand enthusiastically and was pulled to his feet. Epona stood up with him and shook her mane before trotting away up the hill towards where the other horses nested. Link smiled after her before following after his mother towards the house on top of the hill.
Once on top, Link could see all around him. The meadow lay across the land in a circle around their home with a few trees darting here and there. A river ran across the east side of the meadow with a large forest beyond it. To the other side on the west side was a vast land that eventually led to the mountains which spread out to the north and south making the place where Link and his family lived hidden from all. Only the forest seemed to be a path out of the meadow, but he and his family rarely entered.
"Link!" A soft, but high-pitched voice of a girl reached Link's ears before he turned around to be hugged by a young child of eleven with golden hair held back in two lowered ponytails.
"Aryll, don't surprise me like that," Link laughed as he picked up the girl and swung her around.
"Ahaha," Aryll giggled as she hung on tightly, "Big Brother, you're making me dizzy!"
Link laughed again before placing his sister down and patting her head. He heard a sigh and turned to look behind him seeing their mother give him a small frown. He smiled at her, grinning, as he picked up Aryll into his arms. Their mother couldn't help but smile back at them and shook her head.
"Oh, what would I do without you two?" She pondered as she slowly sat down on a barrel.
"Run around chasing Cuccos all day?" Link suggested with a chuckle.
"Ha! Don't make fun of me," the mother pouted turning away from her children making them laugh.
A few moments later, Aryll began to fidget in Link's arms making him set her down. She raced down the hill making Link smile as he knew who was approaching. Slowly, a man appearing to look very similar to Link, except older, walked up the hill with a bag over his left shoulder and Aryll held in his right arm. He smiled softly as he approached Link and his mother before bending down to kiss his mother.
"Raven… I'm glad you're home," Link's mother smiled as she gently took Aryll from the Raven's arms.
"It is good to be home, Ami, and also very wonderful to see my children in such high spirits." Raven rubbed Aryll's head before turning to Link to grip hands together with him. "How have you been since I've been away, my boy?"
"Always doing well, Father," Link responded with a grin before taking Raven's bag.
"Excellent, so you won't mind practicing the sword with me later?"
"Raven!" Ami suddenly shouted lightly punching Raven's arm.
"We'll be fine, my love. You know we always are." Raven grinned at his beloved wife who glared at him furiously. Link watched them stare at each neither wishing to stop first. He gave a light sigh knowing who was going to win, and to back this up Raven leaned down and kissed Ami holding her face. Link rolled his eyes turning his face away not interested in his parent's romance.
"Fine…" Ami muttered with an embarrassed expression looking away, "but you better be back before dinner!" And with that, Ami grabbed Aryll's hand and walked into the house. Link and Raven exchanged grins before heading out to the shed where the weapons were stored.
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"Papa, tell us about the Hero again…" Aryll asked as she snuggled up against Link.
Link, Raven, Ami, and Aryll were all laid out upon the grass staring up at a starry sky. It was well past bedtime, but Raven had wanted to spend some time with his family outside which Ami could not refuse.
"Ah, he was a great hero… It is a shame that his existence was long forgotten," Raven gave a sigh closing his eyes.
"But you never forgot, Father," Link piped up as he stared at the sky.
"Yes, your grandfather would always tell me it so I would never forget," Raven answered giving a light smile.
"Papa pleaaaaase," Aryll begged getting fed up with things they already knew.
"Alright, alright," Raven laughed as he sat up and looked across the meadows.
"A long time ago, there was a land cursed by a great evil. In that land, the people had little hope of taking down the evil and many failed to do so. When all hope was lost, and they thought the destruction would take them, a young warrior that had not been permitted to fight stepped forward to confront the evil.
"It was a long battle and near the end it looked as if the evil would take his life, but then a surge of energy and light swirled from his body giving him the courage and power to strike the evil down and destroy it.
"He saved the land and its people and was branded as a hero. Eventually, he became a legend among them always coming to save the people from danger. Unfortunately, after many years another great evil from a land full of magic descended upon the people and took their minds from them. He called himself the Mesmerizer.
"The Hero had no chance to win, so he left with an old, wise man to find a power that could stop the Mesmerizer, but… he never did." Raven took a break from story telling has he laid back down to stare up at the sky.
"Papa," Aryll gently spoke as she sat up to look over at her Father, "what happened to the Hero and the land?"
"Ah, that is an interesting thing to wonder. Concerning the land controlled by the Mesmerizer well… no one knows. It has been a very long time that it is assumed that the Mesmerizer's powers dwindled and failed. The land seems to have vanished, so no one knows for sure of its condition.
"But the Hero? He wandered with the old man for a long time finding nothing that could match to the Mesmerizer's power, but soon he could no longer make his way back to the land from whence he came. He had to give up… Eventually, he and the old man came upon Kakariko Village and settled there where he met the love of his life. When she gave birth to a boy, hope surged through him when he felt that this boy also possessed light.
"And so, the Hero decided that even if he could not find a power within his own time he had left he would give hope in his descendents that they would eventually one day destroy the Mesmerizer…"
Link smiled greatly at the story and sighed giving a smile. He loved to hear it over and over again no matter how many times it was the same. He felt like it gave him courage to always face the day no matter the challenge that he'd encounter.
"Well then… time for bed, Aryll…" Ami yawned as she slowly stood up.
"Aw, but Mama…" Aryll pouted clinging to Link.
"No buts young lady," Ami gave a strict glare as she pulled Aryll into the house. "Link, you and your father better go to bed soon!"
"Yes ma'am," Link and his father replied at the same time. Ami gave a smile before shutting the door.
After the rustling around in the house was quiet, Link got up to stretch and walked down the hill. He heard footsteps behind him knowing his father was following. Link walked to where the horses nested and found Epona whom gladly awoke to greet him. He smiled happily as he softly rubbed Epona's side.
"She looks more magnificent each day she grows…" Raven muttered softly as he came next to Link.
"Indeed she does. She'll be a full mare soon and become even more magnificent."
"Link…" Link blinked at the sudden serious tone in his father's voice making him turn to look at him. "There is something I need to talk to you about… Your mother knows, but I haven't been able to tell you and your sister yet. I have been waiting for the right time…"
"What is it, Father?" Link asked as he turned to face his father.
"About the Hero, you know that it is merely not just a story, yes?" Link nodded gently. "Well, there is more… originally, our family lived in Kakariko Village for a long while with the old, wise man that you know as Sahasrahla. Eventually, your great grandparents made a decision that they needed to hide themselves."
"Hide?" Link asked looking surprised. "Was there a danger to being in the village?"
Raven nodded, "yes; they feared they felt a lurking evil coming for them even though there was never presence of it. Sahasrahla told them to leave before they were discovered. They entered the Lost Woods and eventually came upon this meadow where the rest of our ancestors grew up. They weren't wrong to hide, though, because… they are the descendents of the Hero from that legend."
Link stared blankly as his father finished his statement. At first, he thought his father was kidding around and just making a silly joke to encourage him to work better on the farm. But when he saw the seriousness on his father's face never dissipate he knew it wasn't a joke.
"Then… Father, have you been training me to not only learn how to wield a sword, but also to learn to defend myself and fight?" Link asked feeling taken back by this.
"Yes, because it is now time… our ancestors felt that they could never seek out the power that would stop the Mesmerizer because there were no leads as to a power… But I think I've finally found something. There's a land supposedly called Hyrule that yields a great power… It's also said that the three great goddesses that first imprisoned Mesmerizer inhabit that land as well. I was about to head out there, but…"
Link knew where this was going and gave a light nod, "but you're getting too old and have begun to get sick to make such a travel anymore." Raven gave a nod to Link before looking away. Link smiled and placed a hand on his father's shoulder making him look back. "I always did want to travel."
Link watched as his father's face went from sadness to a soft happiness of a gentle smile. He hugged his father tightly before grinning.
"You don't have to leave," Raven began as he hugged his son back, "but when you do… Be safe and know you can always return here if you find yourself lost in your travels."
"Of course, Father. How can I forget about my family?"
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Thus, Link understands his destiny, but will it go smoothly? What kind of perils will he face when he leaves his home to seek out this supposed land by the name of Hyrule?
Aaaand, there you go with the first two chapters with a plotline and introduction of Link and his family explained. It's rather simple and quick at this point, but know that I do have more interesting ideas for the future!