Link stepped out of the great temple where Zelda lay in her mystic slumber up on the high white marble pedestal and took a long whiff of the cool clean Hyrulian air. He tapped his sword to his boot dislodging a clump of dirt from the tread stuck there after his last journey. Time for another long journey to rescue the princess he thought as he started out down the road. Suddenly he stopped short and patted down his trademark green tunic, wait a minute.
Link turned round and strolled with a purpose back into the great temple in search of the wise old man who first told him of the great curse placed on Zelda by the evil wizard. He passed by many pillars and once again stood face to face with the old man with the long white beard in the red wizard's robe that had just sat down to dinner.
"Excuse me!" said Link perturbed "Where's my stuff?"
"Your stuff?" said the man confused "I don't know what you're talking about"
"I mean the equipment and items I had" Link replied
"But you don't have any items besides your trusty shield and master sword"
Link frowned "But when I was finished beating Gannon I had a bunch of items"
The old man seemed confused "I still don't know what you're getting at"
"I had bombs! A bow and boomerang! A raft and a ladder! And other stuff too!" He said in annoyance.
"Well those items were meant for the battle against Gannon, they were not your personal toys to use in any old quest all willy nilly."
Link was red in the face from anger "It's a quest to save your stupid princess!" Link fired back.
"She's not stupid!" the old man puffed out his cheeks in annoyance and readjusted his crimson robe around his body. "And insulting the holder of the triforce of wisdom . . ."
Link snorted uncontrollably.
" . . . won't get you your stuff back." The old man finished, wisely choosing to ignore the snickering hero.
"Fine! Don't give me my weapons back, but I also had two small keys left over and about four hundred and fifty rupees in my pouch." Link said "I can use the keys in the dungeons I'm going to and rupees are always useful on these sorts of journeys"
"I'm afraid those are gone as well, and I don't think the rupees would do you much good on this adventure" said the old scribe.
"Why not?" asked Link puzzled.
"Because the Kingdom of Hyrule has moved on to a golden age since Gannon died." His eyes sparkled in pleasure as he spoke "In the new kingdom the pointless capitalism and greed created by the rupee is a thing of the past, and kind deeds and the trading of goods and services has replaced it."
"What?" Link said surprised "Are you telling me that the kingdom is now running on some sort of trade and barter system?"
"And good deeds!" the old man said smiling.
Link was about ready to explode "Gannon has only been dead a week!"
"What's your point" he said confused.
Link pinched his nose "Just tell me where my stuff is"
The old man frowned "I told you, you can't use any of your old equipment on this adventure, you must earn and find the items required to complete your quest anew and prove yourself as the hero."
Link frowned in silent fury "If I were you I would go find my stuff, because if I wake Zelda up and it's not here, I will find it." He leaned in threateningly close "My way"
"Ummmmmm" said the old guy looking nervously around "I'll go see if I can find it." He stood up and quickly moved across the red carpeted floor. Link was still not happy, but he figured he would make do with the items he had, and was sure he would be able to find the other weapons and equipment he needed fairly easily.
Author's Note: This was written by my brother! I know most people probably have not played The Adventures of Link...we're talking OLD system, like, before the SNES. But, I think this is still quite amusing, I laughed! Where does Link's tools go after every game? Why does he not have anything after Wind Waker in Phantom Hourglass? Or at least some of the items from when he was kid in Majora's Mask?
I'll be trying to update more this coming week once more, so expect to see some new stuff from both my brother and I!
