*I do not own any characters, locations, or items in this chapter. They
are property of Nintendo. Note that this fan-fic was written before the
recent development of The Legend of Zelda for the Nintendo GameCube.*
"It's okay, girl, it's okay. We'll go see Malon, and we'll get you all washed up--everything's going to be--"
"Well, hello, young hero."
A boy, called Link, was riding upon a horse, called Epona. They were in the Lost Woods, where normal people were forbidden to go--for they would turn into evil skeleton monsters, Stalfos. However, Link was no normal Hylian-- he was the Hero of Time.
"What do you want?" Link murmured at the owl who had spoke to him. Whenever Link approached this owl, it always meant that Hyrule would need him to save the world from a Ganon. That was exactly why Link left Hyrule in the first place; he didn't want to be a super hero. He just wanted to be-- normal.
"Link, once again Hyrule needs you!" the owl said.
"What a surprise..." Link sighed.
"Ganondorf has escaped from the Sacred Realm!" the owl explained.
"So, history will repeat itself: I'll get the three Spiritual Stones, open the Door of Time, pick up the Master Sword, sleep for seven years and reawaken as the Hero of Time, get the six Medallions..." Link foretold.
"The Princess of Destiny sees differently. You know she can see the future in her dreams. Besides, you have the six Medallions right there, don't you?"
Link reached into his Kokiri Tunic and sure enough, the Medallions of the Forest, Fire, Water, Spirit, Shadow, and Light were right there. "A problem already taken care of; I won't have to defeat the monsters in the Temples. To the Great Deku Tree, I go!"
"LINK! History will not repeat itself! This is a new adventure that you must undertake!" the owl exclaimed.
"I don't want to be the Hero of Time!" Link yelled back.
"And your not! You are the Child of Destiny that must take on the role of the Hero of Time!" the owl explained.
"You said history won't repeat itself! Maybe the Goddesses will find some other Hero of Time!" Link yelled.
The two were both furious at each other.
Using a calmer tone of voice, the owl said, "Link, what Saria think of you now? What would Darunia think? What would Navi and Tatl, your two guardian fairies think about you now? What would the Deku Tree think? What would your father and mother in the Great Heavens think, Link?"
Almost sobbing Link murmured, "Saria would think I am not loyal. Darunia would think of me weak. Navi and Tatl would feel angry at themselves for protecting me from monsters, if I was just giving it all up now. And my mother, who had escaped from war to protect me, would think I do not ever wonder of her and who she would have been. And my father, who fought for Hyrule and died in a war, just to protect his country would think of me as a coward." For a moment, Link cried. Then he stared at the owl and stated, "I'll do it."
"Go to Hyrule Castle Town. Head for the Market. I'll inform Zelda of your choice, so perhaps you won't have to sneak your way through the Castle Courtyard." With that, the owl flew off.
Link walked with Epona through the Lost Woods and reached Kokiri Forest in the morning. He bounded right out of the forest and made his way to Hyrule Field. From there, Epona galloped as fast as she could towards the Market. Nightfall came, and Link was locked out of Hyrule Castle Town. As he approached the drawbridge, he saw Princess Zelda. Along with her were two beautiful maidens. One held a harp and had blue hair, while the other had a book and green hair.
"Welcome, Link," said the green-haired maiden. Link knew that this was Farore, the Goddess of Courage.
"Link, Ganondorf has escaped from the Realm of Evil. We must stop him!" said the Princess.
"Yeah, that's what the stupid owl told me," Link replied. "We beat him before, Zelda. You know we can do it again!"
"Yes, she knows Link. But the question is, 'do you?'" said the blue-haired maiden. This, of course, was Nayru, the Goddess of Wisdom.
There was a moment of silence after that. Nobody could respond to what Nayru had just said. After a while, Zelda spoke up. "He knows who we are now. In our earlier quest, he had no idea about who we were, until the day when Impa and I escaped from the castle. Link, that same moment keeps repeating in my head, as a dream, or rather, nightmare. It's as if we're supposed to know something about him.
"Oh, I'm sorry, I got rather carried away with myself, I didn't mean to get of topic. He'll certainly head for the Triforce of Power first, before the Prince of Light can be found. But then, he'll go after us! He'll just destroy us, like that," Zelda said as she slammed her right fist into her left palm.
"Are you insisting that we are too weak to face him?" Link questioned.
"Well, yes, as children..." Zelda replied.
"So now you want me to lift the Master Sword from the Pedestal of Time, once again," Link said, bored with the idea.
"That would be an option. We would travel in time seven years into the future, but the risk that we're taking is that if we exist in the future," Zelda said. "What we need," Zelda explained, "is for our bodies to become seven years older."
"Perhaps we can aid you with that," suggested Nayru.
"Of course, the Triforce!" Zelda exclaimed as she held up her left hand. She was surprised when she saw that the crest of the Triforce was no longer on it. Link also looked at his hand, that also had no trace of the triangles ever being on there.
"Each Triforce Keeper has a crest on their left hand! That's what I've learned from the prophets, and--my dreams! Is it possible that--that we aren't Triforce Keepers?!" Zelda said, very confused.
"We're sorry," said Farore. "We split the Triforce into three separate triangles shattered across the land. We only did it because we couldn't let Ganondorf take hold of them once again. We sealed the triangles with a barrier that only the Hero of Time, Princess of Destiny, or Prince of Light can pass through. I'm afraid we can't just give them to you."
"But Ganondorf won't be able to break through the barriers, then," said Link.
"Ganondorf has much power, even without the Triforce piece. He can get along with just about anyone at first. He can probably get all of the Gorons to help him in his quest. I hid the Triforce piece in another dimension, that should by you some time," said a voice that came out of nowhere. Suddenly, I wall of fire appeared. Out of it, came Din, the Goddess of Power.
"Children, the drawbridge is about to lower," Din told.
"Hurry, head for the Temple of Time," Nayru ordered.
"We'll be waiting for you there," Farore explained.
With that, the three Goddesses vanished. The two children waited patiently for the drawbridge to open. * * * "Yes, you see, I am a trader. I will trade you these fancy items for Bombs and Bomb Flowers, items that you shall never run out of," said a man with a black cloak. He was high upon Death Mountain, in the Goron Village.
"What would Deku Sticks, Nuts, and Seeds mean to us? We can't use them! They are worthless to us Gorons," said the Goron, speaking to the trader.
"Yes, but I am selling these to you for Bombs, items that you can pick up any day! Is there not a rich Goron family that comes for a visit to this mountain?" questioned the trader.
"Well...oh yes...there's a family, the Bomb-Bomber Gorons that come up every month. Oh, they have Bombs of every color, jeweled Bombs, Powder Kegs, Mini-Powder Kegs, fancy Goron Tunics--" said the Goron.
"But what about foreign items, Kokiri Tunics, Kokiri Boots, Kokiri Swords, Deku Shields, Deku Sticks, Deku Nuts, and Deku Seeds, do they have those?" the trader questioned.
"I don't suppose--" he began.
"The rich--they want just about everything. I'm practically giving these forest items to you, but do you know what they'll pay? Cha-ching!"
The Goron considered what this man from the forest was saying. During this moment of silence, the trader thought, "I hope those Kokiri children have enough Rupees for some new supplies."
"I will take you to King Darunia. He will decide! Come," the Goron finally said.
While the Goron was taking him there, the trader murmured, "Oh, I've got you now, Link! Heh...heh...heh..."
"It's okay, girl, it's okay. We'll go see Malon, and we'll get you all washed up--everything's going to be--"
"Well, hello, young hero."
A boy, called Link, was riding upon a horse, called Epona. They were in the Lost Woods, where normal people were forbidden to go--for they would turn into evil skeleton monsters, Stalfos. However, Link was no normal Hylian-- he was the Hero of Time.
"What do you want?" Link murmured at the owl who had spoke to him. Whenever Link approached this owl, it always meant that Hyrule would need him to save the world from a Ganon. That was exactly why Link left Hyrule in the first place; he didn't want to be a super hero. He just wanted to be-- normal.
"Link, once again Hyrule needs you!" the owl said.
"What a surprise..." Link sighed.
"Ganondorf has escaped from the Sacred Realm!" the owl explained.
"So, history will repeat itself: I'll get the three Spiritual Stones, open the Door of Time, pick up the Master Sword, sleep for seven years and reawaken as the Hero of Time, get the six Medallions..." Link foretold.
"The Princess of Destiny sees differently. You know she can see the future in her dreams. Besides, you have the six Medallions right there, don't you?"
Link reached into his Kokiri Tunic and sure enough, the Medallions of the Forest, Fire, Water, Spirit, Shadow, and Light were right there. "A problem already taken care of; I won't have to defeat the monsters in the Temples. To the Great Deku Tree, I go!"
"LINK! History will not repeat itself! This is a new adventure that you must undertake!" the owl exclaimed.
"I don't want to be the Hero of Time!" Link yelled back.
"And your not! You are the Child of Destiny that must take on the role of the Hero of Time!" the owl explained.
"You said history won't repeat itself! Maybe the Goddesses will find some other Hero of Time!" Link yelled.
The two were both furious at each other.
Using a calmer tone of voice, the owl said, "Link, what Saria think of you now? What would Darunia think? What would Navi and Tatl, your two guardian fairies think about you now? What would the Deku Tree think? What would your father and mother in the Great Heavens think, Link?"
Almost sobbing Link murmured, "Saria would think I am not loyal. Darunia would think of me weak. Navi and Tatl would feel angry at themselves for protecting me from monsters, if I was just giving it all up now. And my mother, who had escaped from war to protect me, would think I do not ever wonder of her and who she would have been. And my father, who fought for Hyrule and died in a war, just to protect his country would think of me as a coward." For a moment, Link cried. Then he stared at the owl and stated, "I'll do it."
"Go to Hyrule Castle Town. Head for the Market. I'll inform Zelda of your choice, so perhaps you won't have to sneak your way through the Castle Courtyard." With that, the owl flew off.
Link walked with Epona through the Lost Woods and reached Kokiri Forest in the morning. He bounded right out of the forest and made his way to Hyrule Field. From there, Epona galloped as fast as she could towards the Market. Nightfall came, and Link was locked out of Hyrule Castle Town. As he approached the drawbridge, he saw Princess Zelda. Along with her were two beautiful maidens. One held a harp and had blue hair, while the other had a book and green hair.
"Welcome, Link," said the green-haired maiden. Link knew that this was Farore, the Goddess of Courage.
"Link, Ganondorf has escaped from the Realm of Evil. We must stop him!" said the Princess.
"Yeah, that's what the stupid owl told me," Link replied. "We beat him before, Zelda. You know we can do it again!"
"Yes, she knows Link. But the question is, 'do you?'" said the blue-haired maiden. This, of course, was Nayru, the Goddess of Wisdom.
There was a moment of silence after that. Nobody could respond to what Nayru had just said. After a while, Zelda spoke up. "He knows who we are now. In our earlier quest, he had no idea about who we were, until the day when Impa and I escaped from the castle. Link, that same moment keeps repeating in my head, as a dream, or rather, nightmare. It's as if we're supposed to know something about him.
"Oh, I'm sorry, I got rather carried away with myself, I didn't mean to get of topic. He'll certainly head for the Triforce of Power first, before the Prince of Light can be found. But then, he'll go after us! He'll just destroy us, like that," Zelda said as she slammed her right fist into her left palm.
"Are you insisting that we are too weak to face him?" Link questioned.
"Well, yes, as children..." Zelda replied.
"So now you want me to lift the Master Sword from the Pedestal of Time, once again," Link said, bored with the idea.
"That would be an option. We would travel in time seven years into the future, but the risk that we're taking is that if we exist in the future," Zelda said. "What we need," Zelda explained, "is for our bodies to become seven years older."
"Perhaps we can aid you with that," suggested Nayru.
"Of course, the Triforce!" Zelda exclaimed as she held up her left hand. She was surprised when she saw that the crest of the Triforce was no longer on it. Link also looked at his hand, that also had no trace of the triangles ever being on there.
"Each Triforce Keeper has a crest on their left hand! That's what I've learned from the prophets, and--my dreams! Is it possible that--that we aren't Triforce Keepers?!" Zelda said, very confused.
"We're sorry," said Farore. "We split the Triforce into three separate triangles shattered across the land. We only did it because we couldn't let Ganondorf take hold of them once again. We sealed the triangles with a barrier that only the Hero of Time, Princess of Destiny, or Prince of Light can pass through. I'm afraid we can't just give them to you."
"But Ganondorf won't be able to break through the barriers, then," said Link.
"Ganondorf has much power, even without the Triforce piece. He can get along with just about anyone at first. He can probably get all of the Gorons to help him in his quest. I hid the Triforce piece in another dimension, that should by you some time," said a voice that came out of nowhere. Suddenly, I wall of fire appeared. Out of it, came Din, the Goddess of Power.
"Children, the drawbridge is about to lower," Din told.
"Hurry, head for the Temple of Time," Nayru ordered.
"We'll be waiting for you there," Farore explained.
With that, the three Goddesses vanished. The two children waited patiently for the drawbridge to open. * * * "Yes, you see, I am a trader. I will trade you these fancy items for Bombs and Bomb Flowers, items that you shall never run out of," said a man with a black cloak. He was high upon Death Mountain, in the Goron Village.
"What would Deku Sticks, Nuts, and Seeds mean to us? We can't use them! They are worthless to us Gorons," said the Goron, speaking to the trader.
"Yes, but I am selling these to you for Bombs, items that you can pick up any day! Is there not a rich Goron family that comes for a visit to this mountain?" questioned the trader.
"Well...oh yes...there's a family, the Bomb-Bomber Gorons that come up every month. Oh, they have Bombs of every color, jeweled Bombs, Powder Kegs, Mini-Powder Kegs, fancy Goron Tunics--" said the Goron.
"But what about foreign items, Kokiri Tunics, Kokiri Boots, Kokiri Swords, Deku Shields, Deku Sticks, Deku Nuts, and Deku Seeds, do they have those?" the trader questioned.
"I don't suppose--" he began.
"The rich--they want just about everything. I'm practically giving these forest items to you, but do you know what they'll pay? Cha-ching!"
The Goron considered what this man from the forest was saying. During this moment of silence, the trader thought, "I hope those Kokiri children have enough Rupees for some new supplies."
"I will take you to King Darunia. He will decide! Come," the Goron finally said.
While the Goron was taking him there, the trader murmured, "Oh, I've got you now, Link! Heh...heh...heh..."