The Legend of Equestria

Chapter One: Warm Welcomes:

The giant stone doors opened, and the young blonde hero, accompanied by a blue fairy, walked into the seemingly empty castle. Link walked further into the main hall, it was desolate and empty, the dim rays of light shined through the torn curtains and tapestries that would usually block the sunlight. The chandelier slowly swung, despite it not emitting any light, just the noise the chains that held it made the room much more eerie. Navi flew back to Link's side as he walked up the grand staircase to the second floor. Link walked through the empty rooms, hearing noises of creaking, making the ambiance of the castle more aware. Eventually, Link found himself inside a dark corridor with unlit torches along the walls. Link took his bow out and grabbed a flame arrow; Link drew the arrow back and shot one of the torches in the middle of the right wall. The torch started to burn, emitting a yellowish red light inside the hall, showing off the red carpet with the Hylian Crest on the sides, and paintings of Hyrule lining the walls. Link sheathed his bow and continued walking through the dimly lit corridor, admiring the paintings on famous Hyrule landmarks along the way. Link approached a set of wooden double doors; Link started to opened the door, but stopped as he heard the clanking of steel.

Link looked behind him, seeing a black armor clad warrior wielding a heavy black steel sword. Navi flew around Link in a circle, "Oh, hey! It's been awhile since we've seen one of these guys huh?" Navi said as she looked on at the Darknut, whom was ready for a fight. Link unsheathed the Master Sword and drew his Hylian Shield, he put up his shield and gripped the Master Sword tighter. The Darknut slashed his sword down onto the ground, trying to intimidate Link, it didn't work. Link ran up to the Darknut and slashed away a small piece of armor. Despite the Darknut's armor being highly resistant to damage, a good slash in certain places would make the armor break away. The Darknut swung his sword horizontally, hoping to hit the Hylian hero. Link simply ducked down to evade the Darknut's attack. Link swung his sword upwards and several sections of the steel plated armor fell to the floor. The Darknut kicked Link, making him roll backwards, giving the Darknut room to move. The Darknut threw his heavier sword at Link, in an effort to hit him; the Darknut's sword hit the stone floor beside Link and made a horrid noise as the steel slid across the stone brick floor.

The Darknut unsheathed the thinner sword that he had sheathed on his side, ready to go full force on the Hylian lad. The Darknut charged to Link, now faster than before, and was ready to attack Link. Link rolled in between the Darknut's legs, confusing the Darknut momentarily. Link slashed the Darknut until he eventually fell to the ground, nonmoving. Link sheathed his sword and shield, and was ready to continue onwards. Link walked through the wooden doors and walked into the next room, it was void of any wall decorations that the other rooms possessed. Link walked through the room, trying to find out where he needed to go. Link eventually seen a locked door that was the only way to progress through the castle. Link looked around and seen a Hookshot grate on the roof beside an opening above the door that Link could link himself to. Link pulled out his Double Hookshot, and shot one on the Hookshots into the grate above the opening, and looked through the opening, trying to see any way in. Link seen another grate that could be hooked onto, Link shot the chain of the Hookshot into the grate and flew towards the grate. Link sheathed both of his Hookshots and continued onwards through Hyrule Castle.

After wandering around the empty castle, save for the small insects and the occasional monsters, Link came across a staircase on the third floor that lead to the Throne Room on the fourth floor. Link and Navi made their way up the staircase, and as they got closer they could hear sounds of a man talking in a surprising tone. Link walked up to the door, and slowly opened it. Inside that door was the room that Link had first met the Princess of Hyrule, Princess Zelda. That same princess stood imprisoned inside of a purple crystal; the crystal floated above the throne. At the throne sat the man who set all of the recent events in place, killing the King of Hyrule, taking control of a large portion of Hyrule, and even kidnapping Princess Zelda. The Evil King of Hyrule, Ganondorf, stood up from the throne, ready for a fight. Ganondorf watched Link inch closer and he was ready to end this all. Ganondorf wasted no time and shot a light orb at Link, who simply rolled out of the way.

Link drew his sword and shield, ready to kill Ganondorf. Ganondorf shot another light orb at the blond lad and Link slashed the orb with the Master Sword, sending it flying back to Ganondorf. Ganondorf bounced the orb back to Link, and this went on for a few moments, until the orb hit Ganondorf and he fell to the ground. Link ran up to Ganondorf and jumped into the air, and slashed his sword down onto Ganondorf. Ganondorf groaned in pain and pushed Link back with easy magic. Ganondorf stood back on his feet, and began hovering above the ground. Link took out his bow and a Light Arrow; Link shot a few Light Arrows at Ganondorf, hitting him and making him fall back to the ground. Ganondorf was struck with the Master Sword a few more times, making him feel closer to his demise. Ganondorf rolled backwards and he stood back on his feet, and he cast a spell that made a silver longsword appear out of thin air. Ganondorf pointed the sharp, steel end towards Link as he stated "Stand and fight, sword to sword!" Link rolled backwards, jumping up on his feet in a fierce fighting stance. Ganondorf struck first, slashing at the young boy with the sword's blows being either dodged or blocked by the Hylian Shield Link wielded. Link held his sword up to the ceiling and vertically slashed Ganondorf, leaving the king to grunt in pain. Ganondorf slashed Link diagonally, leaving a cut in his tunic and a small, shallow cut on his lower chest. Link retaliated by shield bashing Ganondorf and disorienting him for a brief moment, enough for him to get a good forward jab on Ganondorf, making a 'clink' sound as the Master Sword pierced the armor under the demon's robes. Link, seeing that he now had a good place to deal the final blow, kicked Ganondorf's shin. This made Ganondorf kneel down in pain and Link shield bashed Ganondorf, making an opening to end this all. Link quickly dropped his shield and grabbed the Master Sword with both of his hands. Link drove the blade deep into Ganondorf's chest. As the beast wailed in pain and became limp, Link removed the Master Sword from Ganondorf's chest. Link held the blade towards the floor as he panted from the battle he just endured, letting the reminisce of the past king's blood drip on the floor.

Link looked over to see Princess Zelda being slowly brought down to the ground as the purple crystal she was previously encased in began to dissipate. Princess Zelda's feet hit the ground softly and she walked over to her exhausted hero. She stood and looked into Link's eyes and wrapped her arms around Link's neck, "I'm so glad you were able to defeat Ganondorf! I'm more excited that you are okay." She said as Link sheathed his sword, and hugged her back. She let go as Link looked down at Ganondorf's limp body, it looked off to Link. He couldn't be? Could he? Link's worries were put to rest as Princess Zelda spoke, "It is going to be okay Link, he is dead." She spoke rather calmly about the situation, unnerving Link even more, but it looked like she was right. "Okay princess…" He spoke as he walked over to grab his shield. Link, Navi, and Princess Zelda walked away from the cruel nightmare, but before the could leave the room Navi felt a presence. She turned to look back and saw Ganondorf clutching his book with one hand, and his other hand was pressed against his wounded chest. Navi spoke in worry, "Link! L-Look!" Link turned around to see Ganondorf trying to stand, he opened his book and chanted loudly. Link motioned for Princess Zelda to get behind him and she did so. Ganondorf smiled evilly, "I hate not to give you three a royal goodbye… oh well" he said as he shot a red blast of magic at the young teenagers and that annoying fairy. The three were hit and a large cloud of smoke appeared. After the smoke dissipated Ganondorf was now left by himself, and started flipping the pages of his spellbook for some healing spells.

Unknown:

Link fell into a thick pile of branches and bramble; Link looked into the sky, which had a purple/black color. The ball of blue light that accompanied Link on his journey flew in front of Link's eyes, being way too close. "Link! Oh my, are you OK?" Navi asked as Link gently pushed her away and sat up, rubbing his forehead. "Yeah Navi, I'm fine…" Link said as he looked around, they were in the middle of a forest of withered trees. Link stood back onto his feet and looked around for any semblance of a path. Link walked around, looking for Princess Zelda, but to no avail. Navi flew around, but not making sure she didn't get lost from him. "You know, despite living my entire life in the forest, I have never been to this part of Hyrule." Navi said as she flew around the trees and trying to peek above the branches to see some semblance of intelligent life. "I have to agree Navi, I figure this is part of the Lost Woods…" Link said as he walked along a dirt path.

After the two of them wandered the forest for what seemed like hours, they started to hear subtle noises move around them. Link and Navi looked around for a moment; Link noticed a shadow emerging from behind a tree and he drew the Master Sword, and his Hylian shield. He was ready for a fight, the creature stepped out of the shadows and Link examined the creature. It wore a black hooded cloak, and stood on its four limbs, what wasn't covered by its black cloak was white fur with grey highlights. Link drew his shield closer and tightened his grip on it and his sword. It inched closer, and eventually spoke. "Hello there, let me say, you shouldn't be scared." It said as it inch closer to Link. "So you're intelligent enough to speak?" Link asked, trying to intimidate the creature. The creature replied, "Yes, why wouldn't I be?" The creature slipped its hood back, revealing it to be a horse looking creature with a mohawk looking mane. Link, seeing the calm nature of its eyes, sheathed his sword and shield, "Most creatures in Hyrule don't possess the ability to speak as fluently as you." The creature's ears perked up when it heard the young blond boy's statement. "Hyrule, A? For this place is not the this place you say." Link stood up straighter and Navi flew from out behind Link and started to ramble. "Hey listen here! Link has just been through hell, and now he can't find the one person he was trying to save! So we don't need some Zebra trying to scare us!" Navi's outburst made the, well what Navi called: Zebra, look down with worry. "I am sorry to have worried you, I shall make it up to you two." She said as she watched Navi simmer down. "Follow me, so I can repay thee!" Link and Navi followed the Zebra until they walked up to a wooden hut in the middle of the forest. The Zebra opened the door and she walked inside as Link and Navi followed her.

They looked around, noting the bizarre masks hanging up and funny shaped bottles sitting on the tables and shelves. Navi flew close to the Zebra, inspecting her and watching her rummage around. "So, since you led us to your creepy hut in the forest, could you at least tell us your name?" The Zebra took off her cloak and looked up at the fairy, "Zecora is the name." Navi flew back to Link and they waited for Zecora to get done with whatever it is she was doing. Link stood around, watching Navi fly around the room for a couple of minutes. Zecora finally walked towards the door, "Follow me." She said as she walked out of the door with Link and Navi slowly walking behind. They all walked along a crude path through the forest until they reached the end of the withered trees. In the distance they seen a small, dimly litted town. Zecora began to walk towards the town, so Link walked alongside her.

Link and Navi followed Zecora into the dimly illuminated town. They walked past a few buildings and a few other ponies, who gave the three looks of confusion. They eventually stopped at a giant tree in the middle of the town, Zecora knocked on the door and the three waited for a brief moment. The door opened and they were all greeted by a magenta pony, who was too busy looking through a book to look up. "Hello Twilight, I was hoping you could help us tonight." Twilight, intrigued by Zecora saying "us", looked up from her book to see Zecora and one taller creature. Twilight, with a dumbfounded look, motioned the two inside. They walked into the literal tree house and stood around in silence for one moment. Navi, trying to break the silence, flew out from Link's hat and started to question the magenta pony. "So, we were brought here by your Zebra friend so you could help us out with our problems." Link, seeing the confusion on the magenta pony's face and not wanting Navi to say anything that would make the pony throw them out of her house, said: "Let me explain." The pony sat down and listened to Link's tale. "So, Navi and I were given the task to defeat a great evil and save the princess in our world. After a fierce battle with said evil being, and saving the princess, we all were hit with a magic beam that sent Navi and I here. However, upon arrival we fell into some forest with no sight of Princess Zelda." The pony made an intrigued humming sound, "OK, I will write a letter to Princess Celestia, she will definitely want to know about this." Link nodded in agreement and the pony sat up. "Spike! Come here." Soon, they heard the small foot patters of a purple and green dragon. "Yeah Twilight?" Spike asked, somewhat reluctant to speak anymore once he seen Link and Navi. "Spike, take a letter." Spike ran into the other room to grab a piece of paper and a quill and he ran back to Twilight. Twilight spoke, "Before Spike writes this letter, I need to ask: What are you two, and what are your names?" Link answered her questions, "I am Hylian, Link. And this is Navi, she is a Guardian Fairy."

Dear Princess Celestia,

There has been a strange occurrence here in Equestria, a friend of mine has come to the library and brought two creatures with her. One says it is a "Hylian" and states his name is Link, the other one is what he said was a "Guardian Fairy", whose name is Navi. The only ones who know of these two are Zecora, Spike, and I. Link also mentioned that a friend of his named "Zelda" was separated from them when they entered Equestria. We await your response and instruction on the situation.

Your Faithful Student,

Twilight Sparkle