I'm back! And on my old computer... sigh... Anyways, I'm back, and that's good!

So I went to my friend's house over the weekend and had some fun, and when I come home, I find that my laptop is soaked in juice. But I guess I'm getting a new one, and hopefully a friggen flash drive!

It's good to be back after a what, two week hiatus? Jeez...

I bring in the two Oracle games and Link's Awakening in Link's back story, but I haven't played them. All of the information I use is from research. The rest of Link's back story is mah imaaaagination!

I love wasting my time learning about Zelda stuff! It's one of my favorite pastimes. Hooray for geekyness.

Disclaimer: IT'S COMING OUT IN NOVEMBER! NOVEMBER 20 IN AMERICA! YOU SHOULD KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. Anyway, I don't own the Legend of Zelda!

Reminiscence

"Die," Denom said, and Zelda fell to the ground and went limp.

Time froze. Nothing moved. All I could hear was the pounding of my heart.

"No..." I whispered.

"What?" Denom spat.

"No!" I yelled. "No! I just got her back! I'm not losing her again!"

Denom laughed. "She's dead. Dead! The love of your life, dead!"

Still laughing, Denom dropped his sword and clutched his stomach, doubling over in laughter. "The look on your face! Suffer, my dear brother! Suffer like I've had to, and learn real pain!"

Slowly, I walked over to Denom. I shoved my fist into his face, sending him flying across the grounds. "Pick up your sword, you bastard."

Wiping the blood off his face, he took his sword in hand, glaring at me.

"You think I don't know real pain? Ha," I laughed. "You don't know me. Dear brother."

Denom smirked. "Fine, and in return, I'll tell you mine."

"No need. You're simply jealous of me. You have an outsider's view of my life, and that's the cause for your envy. Once grandmother died, you believed that everyone– your mother, father, and grandmother,– had abandoned you. Am I right?"

Denom looked at me with shock. "H-how did you...?" He shook his head and smirked once more. "No matter. I believe you were telling me about your life."

I thrust at him with my sword, stabbing him in the arm. "I was raised as a Kokiri, but had no fairy. Because of this, I was shunned by the tribe."

Another thrust. Another stab in his other arm. "When I was eleven, the Great Deku Tree asked me to break a curse on him. I was too late, and all my work meant nothing. He died right before my eyes."

This time a slash. It was blocked by Denom's sword.

"I was sent to Hyrule and met the princess, Zelda. There, I caught the first glimpse of Ganondorf, king of the Gerudo and the Dark Lord of Hyrule."

Another slash, but this time, vertically. I managed to leave a small gash on Denom's face.

"In a different reality, 'course," I continued. "Zelda sent me to get these Spiritual Stones so that we could access the Sacred Realm. I had to go through a Dodongo infested mine, and a giant fish's stomach to get them. Anyway, I got them."

I slashed twice, leaving a wound on his stomach. "Then I found that Ganondorf had killed the king and chased Zelda into hiding, but not before she gave me the key to the Sacred Realm."

Denom clutched at his stomach. "Could you speed this up a little?"

"I pulled the Master Sword and went to sleep for seven years," I said, ignoring his plea. "I found myself in a destroyed Hyrule."

A slash at his shoulder. He tried to block, but failed, making his shoulder bleed. "I befriended a wandering minstrel of the Shiekah tribe. He appeared where I needed him and taught me magic songs."

A stab, right in his thigh. "After I went through five temples, freeing five sages, all of them I had befriended. Anyway, after freeing the sages, Shiek revealed himself to be Princess Zelda."

Denom tried to take the offense this time. I dodged his attack easily and left a large gash on his left shoulder.

"Ganondorf took Zelda. I followed them to his castle and fought him. Once in his human form, once in the form of a great beast. When I defeated him, I expected Zelda to let me help with the rebuilding of Hyrule. I expected..."

I shook my head. This time, I kept swinging at Denom. He blocked most of them, others he didn't.

As we fought, I kept talking. "Zelda sent me back right when I was ready to live my life as an adult. The mind of a child, trapped in an adult's body, was ready to grow up."

"Sent you back?"

"Back in time. Back to when I was a child. And she closed the Door of Time, so I wasn't able to just pull the Master Sword and go seven years into the future again."

Denom slashed at my right arm, leaving a small wound. "Does my life sound better than yours yet?" I asked.

In answer, Denom slashed at me again. I rolled my eyes. "A year later, I left to find a friend. I got stuck in a different world," I said, parrying one of Denom's attacks and hitting him in the back.

"There I was turned into a Deku Scrub, a Goron, and a Zora. I had to save the world from an evil mask that only wanted destruction."

"Wha–?"

"After that, I left that world and found myself traveling. For two years, I walked around, helping people I met and making friends and enemies. On one adventure, I met a dancing girl named Din, after the goddess, in the land of Holodrum. A man called General Onox found out that she was the Oracle of Seasons, the descendant of a long line of Oracles that could change the seasons of Holodrum."

We were both bleeding very much at this point, but I couldn't feel any pain.

"Blah, blah, blah. I saved the day. About a week or two later, I had to save Nayru, the Oracle of Ages, from Veran, Sorceress of Shadow."

As Denom clutched a bleeding wound on his arm, I smirked. "Does my life sound nice yet?"

Denom glared at me and scoffed.

"I traveled peacefully to the ocean, where I was able to stay for a month or so. I made many friends, and was invited on a ship. The ship was supposed to go across the ocean to another land, but a storm hit. I was unconscious for a few days, while in my mind, I was battling The Nightmares in an amazingly realistic dream."

As Denom stood there, hunched over and breathing heavily, I thought of how I couldn't feel anything. He had hit me a bunch of times and blood was dripping down my arms, but I felt no pain.

Wrong. I felt more pain that I ever had in my life. My life has been messed up. Ever since I was born, I was destined for this life, destined for my life of battle and adventure. But I've never felt this pain.

Zelda was gone. The most important person in my life was gone. The girl I loved died right before my eyes... and I let her.

"Get up," I spat. "I'm not done."

Denom smirked. "Please continue."

"For a year, I kept traveling, without any big adventures. I was now fifteen, officially a man. I stopped in the capital town of Acirema. Acirema was at war with Quari over a coal mine. Someone in the royal court had heard of me, and begged me to fight in the war. I did, and six moths later, the war was over and I was traveling once more.

"The next country I visited was Dalngen. For some reason, I wasn't really welcome there. As it turns out, Dalngenians were promised a part of Hyrule when Ganondorf took over. I was the one who got Ganondorf executed, so I was pretty hated. A part of Hyrule would have been very good to Dalngen. They explained this to me when they had me tied up in some abandoned shoe factory."

"A shoe factory?" Denom scoffed. "So sorry for that."

"They tortured me mentally for three weeks," I continued, ignoring him. "After a while the only thing that could come out of my mouth was a plea for death. I actually forget what happened during my escape, but I've been banned from Dalngen for life.

"Now we're at the fourth year of my traveling. Nothing too interesting happened that year, so I'll save you the boredom."

"Thank you," Denom said, rolling his eyes.

"Here comes the fifth year. I decided to head back to Hyrule. Along the way, I met a girl named Hazel. She looked so much like Zelda... But she was nothing like her. Hazel was very hot headed and we could never agree on things, but she was a great partner. Her abilities as a swordsman surpassed my own. She always smelled like wildflowers..." I trailed off.

"Let me guess, she was your first love?" Denom said as I blocked his attack.

I smirked. "Something like that."

I pushed Denom off and parried his next attack. "One night we were ambushed by bandits. Hazel had been injured earlier that day and couldn't fight, so I had her hide in the forest. After I had fought most of the bandits, I was blinded by my pain. I decided to just kill the leader quickly and probably die along with him.

"But then, as I was about to land the finishing blow, the scent of wildflowers washed over me and I was holding a dying Hazel in my arms."

Denom gave me a surprised look but quickly shook it off and replaced it with a grin. "Bet that made you suffer," he said, but his voice wasn't like earlier when he was mocking me. It quivered a little and was a bit quieter.

"Yeah, bet you never killed someone you had special feelings for," I said, smirking. "As soon as that happened, I held a small funeral for her, and headed straight back to Hyrule. And what happens once I come back? War. Once, Zelda almost died. Another time, she was trapped in a different world. Then out of no where, a man comes, claiming to be my brother. He hates me for living my heavenly life of hell. So he kills the person most important to me. He kills the girl I love. He thought he could get away with this, but he's wrong. He's dead wrong."

Denom flinched at my tone, but immediately regained his cold smirk.

"Actually," I continued. "Let's just stop at dead. Yeah, that sounds right. 'He thought he could get away with this, but he's wrong. He's dead."

I raised my sword, ready to slash, and charged at Denom.

I'm so happy to be back! Little things I want to say right now.

I will write you a short story with the LoZ couple of your choice if you can guess where I got the country names. Y'know, the ones Link went to after the events of Link's Awakening. Acirema, Quari, and Dalngen. Actually, I'll just dedicate the next Ollivar and Mina chapter to you. Since I need to start it. Again...

I wanted to make this chapter longer, but I couldn't think of anything else to do.

Oh, and the part with Hazel is a reference to a mange series I'm currently rereading, and if you can guess what it is, I will give you a virtual hug and cookie.

I pretty much rushed this chapter so I could get it out and so I could start on the next chapters. Heads up, it might, that's a might! It might be longer than the planned thirty chapters. Yeah, I know. I'm insane.

I'm really looking forward to the next few chapters since I actually planned it and oh my god, I'm loving it.

And... I'm glad to be back! I wrote this in three days, and I feel super refreshed. I might be able to keep up weekly updates, but probably not. I'll make sure to keep you posted!

Reviews will be very appreciated!