Chapter 0
Zelda felt fear course her veins as she gripped the reins in her right hand, a baby boy in her left. Glancing down at the boy to make sure he was alright, his crying came to her ears. Turning to see how close their assailant was, Zelda was panicked to see a bright purple eye chasing her with the wind on its side. She turned back in the direction they were heading and ordered her horse to go faster. She clutched the crying child closer to her chest, not sure who he was or where he had come from but knew she must protect him.
She found herself coming up to a town, hoping for sanction within its walls. She rode up to the gate and burst through, passing a guard in a uniform she didn't recognize. Instead of safety, Zelda heard a crackling laugh coming from above. She looked up and saw a pig face on a man with red fiery hair falling onto the town.
A blast sounded, throwing her from her horse. She held the child close to her chest as she rolled away from the falling horse, struck down by some sort of explosion. She stopped on her side and looked back at the horse only to see it dead in the town center.
She heard a male cry, turning with the child still clutched in her arms to realize the man was the child she had been carrying and he was now dressed in a green tunic, holding a sword above his head as he shouted unknown words towards the pig beast.
Before she could think what that could mean she found herself sinking into the coble stone ground. Flailing her legs and arm, trying to get free of the quagmire, she found herself submerged under the street.