Ok, Welcome back to part 3! – Yeah! I do apologise at the lateness of this
chapter. (For all those people who have been waiting for this – oh yeah,
that's non-of you then!) But between a little bit of coursework for my
DEGREE COURSE (little more important than high school course work!) and in
writing my new fic I haven't had that much time to write this. First of
all, my new fic is not a Zelda fic (although Zelda is one of the many
thousands of inspirations). Second (if you care), you probably wont be able
to read it for a while – even though I have two chapters written. Why? I
have got a little trouble naming all the characters (D'oh!)
Oh goody, two people reviewed my last chapter, and one of them was a brand new review – meaning that (s)he probably read both chapters. THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! As you can see, I did replace the bleep machine, but it's stuck on word replacement rather than BLEEP!
Oh yeah, on more thing. In the first chapter I said that Saria's fairy that I named Taya was actually a real fairy name in the legend of Zelda series and I said that nobody would know who it was. Well nobody did (at least they didn't tell me) and I forgot to tell you last chapter. All you American readers wouldn't know it, as she only appears in the European version. Taya is Tatl when you play Manjora's Mask in German, French or Spanish. Well, told you I didn't make her up!
Oh well, on with the fic. This chapter will kind of be and explaining chapter – like why is Ganondorf king?
Basic disclaimers: - I don't own Zelda (well I own a copy of three different Zelda games, but that's not the point!) and these are the ENGLISH spellings, not the American (i.e. Colour not Color)
The Legend of Zelda: The Urn of Genesis (part 3)
Link stared at the picture of King Ganondorf in his hand.
"He's your father?" Link asked, he couldn't see the resemblance, maybe she took after her mother.
"No…" Zelda started "My Father died a few years ago. I can't remember why, but Ganondorf succeeded him. The only reason I am still here and as a princess is that when I turn eighteen I will be wed to Ganondorf. That's in two years. I mustn't be allowed to wed Ganondorf." Zelda was almost at the point of strangling Link, just to get her point across
"Why?" Link asked, and hoped that Zelda would calm down before she did some serious damage – to Link!
"I think Ganondorf is after the Triforce." Zelda started "Our family is the only one in Hyrule that can gain access to the Sacred realm. If Ganondorf were to wed into the family, he then would be able to gain access to the Triforce. If he does that, then Hyrule would be in trouble. Which means that I cannot be allowed to marry Ganondorf in two years time!" Zelda started to yell but quieted down for fear of alerting someone.
"Well, at least we have a little time on our side!" Navi whispered into Link's ear.
"All this is part of Ganondorf's plan, to become King by getting rid of the last one then wed me to gain access to the Triforce and become unstoppable. The only thing that casts doubt to this is that, although he died suddenly and unexpectantly, the was nothing mysterious about my fathers death."
"I'm sorry, but just dying suddenly and unexpectantly is a little mysterious to me." Link told Zelda
"What I mean is that he was not killed with any object, he was not poisoned by any substance and he was not put under any magical spell. He just died of nothing." All three people in the room (AN: oh all right, to people and a fairy) were in silence for a few minuets. After a while, Zelda took Link (with Navi in tow) to see the Castle artefacts, most of which were still from before Ganondorf's reign (why did they do this – it was Zelda's idea! How did se get this idea – I don't know! It's another one of those mysterious and unexplained things!). They looked at some pieces such as the Ocarina of Time and a replica of the Master Sword. Eventually they come across a stone urn, brownish in colour. As Link stared at it, it seemed familiar to him. Underneath, on the plaque on the pillar, it reads – The Urn of Genesis.
"Who is Genesis?" Link asked Zelda.
"I don't know much about this artefact, it is one that Ganondorf brought here" Zelda explained
"And one I hold very dearly" Came a deep voice from behind. Link turned around and saw Ganondorf towering in front of him.
"Your majesty!" Zelda curtsied and lowered her head towards the floor. Link continued to stare at Ganondorf, while he stared back at him, almost knowing exactly who he was.
"And why don't you bow to me?" He asked, no demanded Link.
"Forgive him your majesty" Zelda replied, still with her head to the floor. "He is from the forest, to the East of Hyrule."
"How did she know that, you didn't tell her that" Navi whispered very quietly into Link's ear.
"Very well. So you are interested in the urn?" Ganondorf asked Link
"Y-Y-Yes s-s-sir" Link replied still looking at Ganondorf in both awe and fright. Ganondorf's gaze move to the Urn.
"Genesis is not a person. It is an event. Genesis also means beginning and that is what this Urn represents. According to legend, this Urn was linked to the Goddess at the creation of Hyrule. They say that after Nayru filled the land with soul, this Urn broke from the rocks and mud and landed on the earth. It is believed that this Urn holds some magical power to do with time and the creation of Hyrule, but of course nobody has been able to find any semblance of this. The Urn supposedly fell in the west, where Gerudo Valley is now. This has therefore been property of the King of the Gerudo's, which of course, I am. I was king of the Gerudo's before I became King of Hyrule, and I am the first king to unite the Gerudo's with Hyrule in over three hundred years." Link listened to every word Ganondorf said. In Link's dream, Ganondorf had been the embodiment of evil, but he seemed to be not so bad. "Now that you know about the Urn you now must leave. The castle is not a hotel and therefore you cannot stay here. Zelda, Please escort Link outside of the castle grounds, and then you can pour my bath water into my bath." Ok, so Link was wrong about Ganondorf. Ganondorf started to walk away from both Zelda and Link when Link asked another question to The King
"How do you know may name? I never introduced myself" this seems to be a common occurrence, one that he was here to ask about. But unlike most people suffering from this interesting psychic knowledge, Ganondorf was not surprised that he knew, as if he did know Link before he met him now.
"Don't ask the king questions like that, he probably got your name of the guards." Zelda said, searching for an explanation, and not a beating from the King. Ganondorf simple chuckled before continuing down the halls.
As Link left the castle grounds and try to find somewhere to sleep, Zelda grabbed Link's arm and stopped him.
"You said that were here looking for a princess, but you never said why." Zelda asked
"Well it's kind of a long story" Link regretfully replied
"Oh" Zelda started downhearted. "Then meet me tomorrow by the fountain and tell me then." With that Zelda walked back to the castle and Link wondered away into the night. Link found a grass verge that was just outside the main town. He walked slightly inward, off the road and into a dip, and lay down after a few minutes he fell asleep.
"Link, it seems we are both dreaming." Came a voice from the darkness
"Who are you?" Link asked fumbling around.
"You must find me, to find your answers, young boy!" the voice replied
"Do I know you" Link asked, "your voice seems familiar to me"
"It should young hero, you do know me. Or at least did know me"
"You're not making sense" Link said
"In a past lifetime we met Hero, a Lifetime that does not exist no more."
"What do you mean? Do you know about my quest? Tell me!" Link said, and drew his sword. He slashed it about trying to find someone or something in the darkness.
"I do know about your quest, I sent someone to help you."
"Who?"
"I cannot answer that as your time grows short here in the dream world. But I will give you a hint as to who I am, I am neither this" As he said this he saw a blue and yellow fish swimming in front of him "nor this." Link looked for another object but didn't find one, but a gust of wind knocked him on the floor. He went to pick up his sword but as he reached for it, he looked at it. It was not the Kokiri sword that he left the forest with, it was longer and had his name engraved on the end. But then the sword faded into darkness and link woke up. He stared at the sun rising over in the east, his dream still on his mind.
"He is nether a fish nor darkness." Link said to himself. He assumed that when he saw nothing but darkness, that darkness was what the person was trying to communicate. "Well that narrows it down a bit." Link said sarcastically. Navi started to rise as Link got up. They headed toward the centre of the town and went to the fountain. Link sat on the edge of the fountain, as he thought it was early to meet Zelda. He looked out at the route to the castle and waited for Zelda to arrive.
It was about the middle of the day when Zelda showed up. She walked up to Link with another person in tow.
"Hello Link, This is Impa. She's a good friend of me, so anything you have to say to me I can trust Impa to hear." Link looked at Impa. She was a tall woman, wearing mostly blue with white. "So, what's this story you wanted to tell me?" Zelda asked. Link started to explain about the Great Deku Tree's words and how he had to find the Princess of destiny. Then he explained that when he left the forest he met an owl that told him that the princess of destiny would be found here.
"This is starting to sound familiar" Impa said, "The Princess of destiny appears in the legend of the Triforce."
"Wait, I don't remember a princess of destiny in the Triforce story." Zelda said questioningly
"Neither do I" Link stated.
"The part that the Princess of destiny played has been lost through the generations, yet she played a very important part. (AN: See told you it was an explanation one – I believe there is more of this stuff later) The Princess of destiny was, at the time, the princess of Hyrule. She was the one who oversaw the building of the Temple of Time and was the first person to travel to the sacred realm. Apparently she is said to be reincarnated, like all the sages. She is also an ancestor of yours, Princess." Zelda looked at Impa with a curious look on her face. "Are you sure the Princess of destiny is in a castle here?" Impa asked Link.
"I was told I would find her here." He answered
"Then I have no doubt that Zelda is the reincarnation of the Princess of destiny." Impa stated. Everybody was shocked (AN: except the audience reading this – all one of you)
"Wow, guess you found her, Link." Navi whispered.
"Wait, we have no proof that Zelda is the Princess of destiny." Link shot back at Navi.
"I know someone who may be able to prove that Zelda is the Princess of destiny." Impa said, overhearing Link's comment to his fairy. She handed Link a map. "Here you will find a village named Kakariko. It lies at the foot of Death Mountain. If you climb this mountain you will come across the Goron home village. Go see the leader there, he may have something that can prove if Zelda is the Princess of destiny."
"Please, you must hurry. I must not be allowed to marry Ganondorf." Zelda reiterated.
"Don't worry, your majesty. I will go as fast as I can." Link assured Zelda, though wondering how proving she was the princess of destiny would stop that. Zelda gave him a letter.
"This will tell the leader of the Goron's to help you in your quest. And this…" She gave him a small kiss on his left cheek. "Is for luck." Link then started to walk out of the Hyrule town.
"Don't worry your majesty, I have the utmost confidence in that young lad. I am sure that he will prevail, just like he has in the past." Impa said
"But Impa, we have never met him before. How do you know he has prevailed in the past?" Zelda questioned. Impa was shocked that she had a piece of information that she should not have known.
"I don't know" was all Impa replied as they watched Link depart out of the Towns gates. As he left the town, he looked at the map Impa gave him before going left towards the village Impa had spoke of.
To be continued…
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cout "\nsorry, I'm really bored during intro to c++ and am writing this during it… it's kind of getting mixed together!"
Oh goody, two people reviewed my last chapter, and one of them was a brand new review – meaning that (s)he probably read both chapters. THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! As you can see, I did replace the bleep machine, but it's stuck on word replacement rather than BLEEP!
Oh yeah, on more thing. In the first chapter I said that Saria's fairy that I named Taya was actually a real fairy name in the legend of Zelda series and I said that nobody would know who it was. Well nobody did (at least they didn't tell me) and I forgot to tell you last chapter. All you American readers wouldn't know it, as she only appears in the European version. Taya is Tatl when you play Manjora's Mask in German, French or Spanish. Well, told you I didn't make her up!
Oh well, on with the fic. This chapter will kind of be and explaining chapter – like why is Ganondorf king?
Basic disclaimers: - I don't own Zelda (well I own a copy of three different Zelda games, but that's not the point!) and these are the ENGLISH spellings, not the American (i.e. Colour not Color)
The Legend of Zelda: The Urn of Genesis (part 3)
Link stared at the picture of King Ganondorf in his hand.
"He's your father?" Link asked, he couldn't see the resemblance, maybe she took after her mother.
"No…" Zelda started "My Father died a few years ago. I can't remember why, but Ganondorf succeeded him. The only reason I am still here and as a princess is that when I turn eighteen I will be wed to Ganondorf. That's in two years. I mustn't be allowed to wed Ganondorf." Zelda was almost at the point of strangling Link, just to get her point across
"Why?" Link asked, and hoped that Zelda would calm down before she did some serious damage – to Link!
"I think Ganondorf is after the Triforce." Zelda started "Our family is the only one in Hyrule that can gain access to the Sacred realm. If Ganondorf were to wed into the family, he then would be able to gain access to the Triforce. If he does that, then Hyrule would be in trouble. Which means that I cannot be allowed to marry Ganondorf in two years time!" Zelda started to yell but quieted down for fear of alerting someone.
"Well, at least we have a little time on our side!" Navi whispered into Link's ear.
"All this is part of Ganondorf's plan, to become King by getting rid of the last one then wed me to gain access to the Triforce and become unstoppable. The only thing that casts doubt to this is that, although he died suddenly and unexpectantly, the was nothing mysterious about my fathers death."
"I'm sorry, but just dying suddenly and unexpectantly is a little mysterious to me." Link told Zelda
"What I mean is that he was not killed with any object, he was not poisoned by any substance and he was not put under any magical spell. He just died of nothing." All three people in the room (AN: oh all right, to people and a fairy) were in silence for a few minuets. After a while, Zelda took Link (with Navi in tow) to see the Castle artefacts, most of which were still from before Ganondorf's reign (why did they do this – it was Zelda's idea! How did se get this idea – I don't know! It's another one of those mysterious and unexplained things!). They looked at some pieces such as the Ocarina of Time and a replica of the Master Sword. Eventually they come across a stone urn, brownish in colour. As Link stared at it, it seemed familiar to him. Underneath, on the plaque on the pillar, it reads – The Urn of Genesis.
"Who is Genesis?" Link asked Zelda.
"I don't know much about this artefact, it is one that Ganondorf brought here" Zelda explained
"And one I hold very dearly" Came a deep voice from behind. Link turned around and saw Ganondorf towering in front of him.
"Your majesty!" Zelda curtsied and lowered her head towards the floor. Link continued to stare at Ganondorf, while he stared back at him, almost knowing exactly who he was.
"And why don't you bow to me?" He asked, no demanded Link.
"Forgive him your majesty" Zelda replied, still with her head to the floor. "He is from the forest, to the East of Hyrule."
"How did she know that, you didn't tell her that" Navi whispered very quietly into Link's ear.
"Very well. So you are interested in the urn?" Ganondorf asked Link
"Y-Y-Yes s-s-sir" Link replied still looking at Ganondorf in both awe and fright. Ganondorf's gaze move to the Urn.
"Genesis is not a person. It is an event. Genesis also means beginning and that is what this Urn represents. According to legend, this Urn was linked to the Goddess at the creation of Hyrule. They say that after Nayru filled the land with soul, this Urn broke from the rocks and mud and landed on the earth. It is believed that this Urn holds some magical power to do with time and the creation of Hyrule, but of course nobody has been able to find any semblance of this. The Urn supposedly fell in the west, where Gerudo Valley is now. This has therefore been property of the King of the Gerudo's, which of course, I am. I was king of the Gerudo's before I became King of Hyrule, and I am the first king to unite the Gerudo's with Hyrule in over three hundred years." Link listened to every word Ganondorf said. In Link's dream, Ganondorf had been the embodiment of evil, but he seemed to be not so bad. "Now that you know about the Urn you now must leave. The castle is not a hotel and therefore you cannot stay here. Zelda, Please escort Link outside of the castle grounds, and then you can pour my bath water into my bath." Ok, so Link was wrong about Ganondorf. Ganondorf started to walk away from both Zelda and Link when Link asked another question to The King
"How do you know may name? I never introduced myself" this seems to be a common occurrence, one that he was here to ask about. But unlike most people suffering from this interesting psychic knowledge, Ganondorf was not surprised that he knew, as if he did know Link before he met him now.
"Don't ask the king questions like that, he probably got your name of the guards." Zelda said, searching for an explanation, and not a beating from the King. Ganondorf simple chuckled before continuing down the halls.
As Link left the castle grounds and try to find somewhere to sleep, Zelda grabbed Link's arm and stopped him.
"You said that were here looking for a princess, but you never said why." Zelda asked
"Well it's kind of a long story" Link regretfully replied
"Oh" Zelda started downhearted. "Then meet me tomorrow by the fountain and tell me then." With that Zelda walked back to the castle and Link wondered away into the night. Link found a grass verge that was just outside the main town. He walked slightly inward, off the road and into a dip, and lay down after a few minutes he fell asleep.
"Link, it seems we are both dreaming." Came a voice from the darkness
"Who are you?" Link asked fumbling around.
"You must find me, to find your answers, young boy!" the voice replied
"Do I know you" Link asked, "your voice seems familiar to me"
"It should young hero, you do know me. Or at least did know me"
"You're not making sense" Link said
"In a past lifetime we met Hero, a Lifetime that does not exist no more."
"What do you mean? Do you know about my quest? Tell me!" Link said, and drew his sword. He slashed it about trying to find someone or something in the darkness.
"I do know about your quest, I sent someone to help you."
"Who?"
"I cannot answer that as your time grows short here in the dream world. But I will give you a hint as to who I am, I am neither this" As he said this he saw a blue and yellow fish swimming in front of him "nor this." Link looked for another object but didn't find one, but a gust of wind knocked him on the floor. He went to pick up his sword but as he reached for it, he looked at it. It was not the Kokiri sword that he left the forest with, it was longer and had his name engraved on the end. But then the sword faded into darkness and link woke up. He stared at the sun rising over in the east, his dream still on his mind.
"He is nether a fish nor darkness." Link said to himself. He assumed that when he saw nothing but darkness, that darkness was what the person was trying to communicate. "Well that narrows it down a bit." Link said sarcastically. Navi started to rise as Link got up. They headed toward the centre of the town and went to the fountain. Link sat on the edge of the fountain, as he thought it was early to meet Zelda. He looked out at the route to the castle and waited for Zelda to arrive.
It was about the middle of the day when Zelda showed up. She walked up to Link with another person in tow.
"Hello Link, This is Impa. She's a good friend of me, so anything you have to say to me I can trust Impa to hear." Link looked at Impa. She was a tall woman, wearing mostly blue with white. "So, what's this story you wanted to tell me?" Zelda asked. Link started to explain about the Great Deku Tree's words and how he had to find the Princess of destiny. Then he explained that when he left the forest he met an owl that told him that the princess of destiny would be found here.
"This is starting to sound familiar" Impa said, "The Princess of destiny appears in the legend of the Triforce."
"Wait, I don't remember a princess of destiny in the Triforce story." Zelda said questioningly
"Neither do I" Link stated.
"The part that the Princess of destiny played has been lost through the generations, yet she played a very important part. (AN: See told you it was an explanation one – I believe there is more of this stuff later) The Princess of destiny was, at the time, the princess of Hyrule. She was the one who oversaw the building of the Temple of Time and was the first person to travel to the sacred realm. Apparently she is said to be reincarnated, like all the sages. She is also an ancestor of yours, Princess." Zelda looked at Impa with a curious look on her face. "Are you sure the Princess of destiny is in a castle here?" Impa asked Link.
"I was told I would find her here." He answered
"Then I have no doubt that Zelda is the reincarnation of the Princess of destiny." Impa stated. Everybody was shocked (AN: except the audience reading this – all one of you)
"Wow, guess you found her, Link." Navi whispered.
"Wait, we have no proof that Zelda is the Princess of destiny." Link shot back at Navi.
"I know someone who may be able to prove that Zelda is the Princess of destiny." Impa said, overhearing Link's comment to his fairy. She handed Link a map. "Here you will find a village named Kakariko. It lies at the foot of Death Mountain. If you climb this mountain you will come across the Goron home village. Go see the leader there, he may have something that can prove if Zelda is the Princess of destiny."
"Please, you must hurry. I must not be allowed to marry Ganondorf." Zelda reiterated.
"Don't worry, your majesty. I will go as fast as I can." Link assured Zelda, though wondering how proving she was the princess of destiny would stop that. Zelda gave him a letter.
"This will tell the leader of the Goron's to help you in your quest. And this…" She gave him a small kiss on his left cheek. "Is for luck." Link then started to walk out of the Hyrule town.
"Don't worry your majesty, I have the utmost confidence in that young lad. I am sure that he will prevail, just like he has in the past." Impa said
"But Impa, we have never met him before. How do you know he has prevailed in the past?" Zelda questioned. Impa was shocked that she had a piece of information that she should not have known.
"I don't know" was all Impa replied as they watched Link depart out of the Towns gates. As he left the town, he looked at the map Impa gave him before going left towards the village Impa had spoke of.
To be continued…
cout "Please, now that you have read this, Review. I don't care what you say about it, just say something"
cout "\nsorry, I'm really bored during intro to c++ and am writing this during it… it's kind of getting mixed together!"