The Legend of Zelda: The Seven Runes
The Next Chapter
From the pen of Panda88: I have made a mistake in naming my chapters. The prelude is not considered to be a chapter, and therefore chapter 2 should be chapter 1, and chapter 3 should be chapter 2. Therefore this should be chapter 3. I will fix this error as soon as I can.
Chapter THREE.
Link awoke with a start as he heard the breaking of glass.
"We are too late! Get up. Be not scared, you shall not faint again." The king was busy at a table. Link was in a room he had not yet seen. It was dark, lit only by a single glaring lamp hanging from the ceiling. He was lying on the damp floor. The king was pacing around the room.
"This is the Alchemy Room. This room is the only room in the kingdom that did not lose its name. Here is where my mother and father hid from it. We haven't much time. I must tell you everything now. Listen carefully to me."
Link, who found himself lying on the floor, stood up, and quietly brushed himself off.
"This is a sacred room, that was built many thousands of years ago. There is much power in this room. Power even I myself cannot harness. My bloodline, and my bloodline alone can enter this room, save for those born under the stars of Hyrule. Special blood flows through their veins. This is why I have been waiting for you this past age. Too much time is lost."
Link was dizzy. The room was ever so dark, and shadows in his mind began eating away at him.
"Much of the information this room once contained is now lost forever. Listen now. My story is neither short, nor soothing, but listen you must.
It began almost three thousand years ago. This land once had a great tie with Hyrule. Our king and their king were great brothers. For many great centuries this bond endured, while the blood of the family endured. We were balanced. One cold day, on a midsummer's eve, the king, my father of olde, had built in the honour of Hyrule, a great monstrous tower, the Monolith, which you will have seen next to this place. In it, he placed a great shrine, atop the highest point. That king. his advisors were down in this very room, working on something. Working on a weapon, one that would protect Hyrule and my land, keep them safe. Alas, alas. Something went very wrong that day."
He took a deep breath and paused, not knowing what to say. Link sat there, not knowing much more than he had started off with.
The air became still, as if frozen in time. Suddenly the king walked over to the corner of the room and opened a great glass cabinet. From it, he took a glowing white ball.
"There are some things, Link, that you cannot understand by word. Perhaps I had better show you. Tales of old lie untold."
He presented the shining glass orb to Link. Heavy, no, though its appearances made it seem so.
"Gaze into the myths that time forgot. Here tells the tale that many centuries have preserved. Gaze, and look not up, until you have finished." Whispered the king.
"Your highness, my quest lies not in a gypsy's ball, but in my sword. Why do you not tell me? Is time not slipping from us? Please, highness, I beg of you. Tell, and let me go." Link asked, feeling nought but confused.
"Time?! TIME?! What little time we have must not be wasted at leisure over petty argument. Gaze, and learn. My words are limited Link. Your time will be well spent. Fear not." Remarked the king.
Link, now desperate to begin the quest that he had for so long put off, stood there, holding the globe in his hands.
"Your highness, what will I see?"
"You will see no lies, nor will you see all but that which has been given to you." With that, he walked over to the big desk, and began working away.
"Work must be done. Look now, and see for yourself, what happened those many years ago."
Link lowered his head to the glimmer of the glowing ball. Clouds of mist, swirled inside. Soon he began to feel dreamlike, as he watched the clouds thin out and fade away..............
"Your majesty, it is almost done. We have created them. They are beyond our hopes sire. Much power lies within them." Heralded a voice from the corner of his view.
"Good work. Be this a success, much commendation shall I award you. What task remains, Karmic?" Came a louder voice. Another figure came into view. It was the king. Not the present king, but one from many centuries ago. "Tell me, what left?"
"As soon as the last one is engraved, we shall unite them. Our task then, shall be done." Said Karmic.
There were about twelve people in that room, talking excitedly. Some were walking back and forth, others were at separate tables and Karmic was speaking to the king.
"It is done sire. We have the last one." Among the cheering and the celebration, Karmic held up a coin-sized stone piece, engraved on it, a symbol that Link had remembered seeing somewhere. Then it came to him. It was one of those round shadows he had envisioned in his dreams.
"Seven Runes, sire."
Karmic placed the first rune in the hand of the king, who looked at it closely.
"The six others are on the tables, majesty. Do you ask for them now?"
"Yes. Bring them forward." Replied the king, still examining the rune. "Give them all to me."
One by one, each person began to come forward with their rune. First, an old man, who awkwardly resembled the Inventor. He placed another identical rune in the hand of the king. Thirdly, a woman came forward, and presented her rune, then two more men, and old woman and finally Karmic himself. As Karmic dropped his rune into the hand of the king, everything turned white.
Link could see nothing but light for the first few moments, until He reappeared far away, in the sky it seemed. He could see below him, the Great City, but not as it was when he first saw it. The buildings were black, and everything was twisted and parts of the buildings were broken off, exactly how it was like in the dreams. Then suddenly, from the sky, shot down a single streak of fire, a falling rock, that landed in the broken city.
"That was the day the runes were made, united, and divided."
Link looked up out of the ball, back at the king, who was now in front of him.
"The small meteor that you saw was one of the runes, that fell down from the sky, into this city."
Link looked up at him, amazed.
"These runes. They still exist then. I thought they were destroyed. So they are the evil I must destroy. I must go then." He said, hurriedly.
"No Link. That is not all. The runes by themselves cannot create evil. It will be sad for you to know that part of the story is lost. We still do not know how the runes made it into the sky, or how the king and his workers lived on. And that very year in fact, was the year of the first jubilee of Hyrule. Some things still do not make sense. That part is missing. Oh woes of my time. Curse thee!"
Things were starting to make sense now. The quest was becoming clearer.
Link asked, "So they are all still divided then. Is that not safe, for my heart tells me that much evil could spring from these runes if again united, could cause great evil."
The king in turn replied, "I know this too well. However, the runes have magic of their own that protects them from mortal hands. They lie broken across many lands. One came here, to the great city; one fell to an island off this coast. One fell into a volcano, one, onto the sea, and another landed in a forest. The other two are missing."
"So they are safe then. So what is it that you need me for-"
"Silence child! Listen. That is not all. One problem remains. It happens three days before the jubilee, every fifty years. The runes, which cannot be seen by human eyes, appear for only 7 days. After this, they vanish. However, if united, they will reap devastation upon all lands once more. During this mysterious time, they can be held by any hand that touches them. If any one person collects all seven runes, hope is destroyed. It almost happened, fifty. dark. years. ago."
"But who?" asked Link. He had been itching to find out more.
"This time? Ha! It is the same person now as it was then. But I do not know who. It is your task to find out, Link."
"But is it not enough to keep safe the rune that fell to the City?" said Link. The room began to grow colder and darker, as the lights began to fade.
"It is true, we have one, in the great Monolith, but what happens then, if, like last time, it is taken? Nay, it is not safe. We cannot rely on our rune alone. And try I did, to destroy the rune, but, I could not. Once made, evil cannot simply go. It must be destroyed using special methods, of which I am a stranger to. All we can do, is make sure that whoever it is, trying to take the rune, is stopped."
Link began to think for a while. The king stood there, watching him in the dim light.
"So now your quest begins" Announced the king in a grey voice.
As soon as he had finished, the light burned out, and only the faint glow of the orb illuminated the two people in the room.
Then that all to familiar cackle began, first soft, then grew louder. and louder. It was then that Link knew, his quest had just begun.
The Next Chapter
From the pen of Panda88: I have made a mistake in naming my chapters. The prelude is not considered to be a chapter, and therefore chapter 2 should be chapter 1, and chapter 3 should be chapter 2. Therefore this should be chapter 3. I will fix this error as soon as I can.
Chapter THREE.
Link awoke with a start as he heard the breaking of glass.
"We are too late! Get up. Be not scared, you shall not faint again." The king was busy at a table. Link was in a room he had not yet seen. It was dark, lit only by a single glaring lamp hanging from the ceiling. He was lying on the damp floor. The king was pacing around the room.
"This is the Alchemy Room. This room is the only room in the kingdom that did not lose its name. Here is where my mother and father hid from it. We haven't much time. I must tell you everything now. Listen carefully to me."
Link, who found himself lying on the floor, stood up, and quietly brushed himself off.
"This is a sacred room, that was built many thousands of years ago. There is much power in this room. Power even I myself cannot harness. My bloodline, and my bloodline alone can enter this room, save for those born under the stars of Hyrule. Special blood flows through their veins. This is why I have been waiting for you this past age. Too much time is lost."
Link was dizzy. The room was ever so dark, and shadows in his mind began eating away at him.
"Much of the information this room once contained is now lost forever. Listen now. My story is neither short, nor soothing, but listen you must.
It began almost three thousand years ago. This land once had a great tie with Hyrule. Our king and their king were great brothers. For many great centuries this bond endured, while the blood of the family endured. We were balanced. One cold day, on a midsummer's eve, the king, my father of olde, had built in the honour of Hyrule, a great monstrous tower, the Monolith, which you will have seen next to this place. In it, he placed a great shrine, atop the highest point. That king. his advisors were down in this very room, working on something. Working on a weapon, one that would protect Hyrule and my land, keep them safe. Alas, alas. Something went very wrong that day."
He took a deep breath and paused, not knowing what to say. Link sat there, not knowing much more than he had started off with.
The air became still, as if frozen in time. Suddenly the king walked over to the corner of the room and opened a great glass cabinet. From it, he took a glowing white ball.
"There are some things, Link, that you cannot understand by word. Perhaps I had better show you. Tales of old lie untold."
He presented the shining glass orb to Link. Heavy, no, though its appearances made it seem so.
"Gaze into the myths that time forgot. Here tells the tale that many centuries have preserved. Gaze, and look not up, until you have finished." Whispered the king.
"Your highness, my quest lies not in a gypsy's ball, but in my sword. Why do you not tell me? Is time not slipping from us? Please, highness, I beg of you. Tell, and let me go." Link asked, feeling nought but confused.
"Time?! TIME?! What little time we have must not be wasted at leisure over petty argument. Gaze, and learn. My words are limited Link. Your time will be well spent. Fear not." Remarked the king.
Link, now desperate to begin the quest that he had for so long put off, stood there, holding the globe in his hands.
"Your highness, what will I see?"
"You will see no lies, nor will you see all but that which has been given to you." With that, he walked over to the big desk, and began working away.
"Work must be done. Look now, and see for yourself, what happened those many years ago."
Link lowered his head to the glimmer of the glowing ball. Clouds of mist, swirled inside. Soon he began to feel dreamlike, as he watched the clouds thin out and fade away..............
"Your majesty, it is almost done. We have created them. They are beyond our hopes sire. Much power lies within them." Heralded a voice from the corner of his view.
"Good work. Be this a success, much commendation shall I award you. What task remains, Karmic?" Came a louder voice. Another figure came into view. It was the king. Not the present king, but one from many centuries ago. "Tell me, what left?"
"As soon as the last one is engraved, we shall unite them. Our task then, shall be done." Said Karmic.
There were about twelve people in that room, talking excitedly. Some were walking back and forth, others were at separate tables and Karmic was speaking to the king.
"It is done sire. We have the last one." Among the cheering and the celebration, Karmic held up a coin-sized stone piece, engraved on it, a symbol that Link had remembered seeing somewhere. Then it came to him. It was one of those round shadows he had envisioned in his dreams.
"Seven Runes, sire."
Karmic placed the first rune in the hand of the king, who looked at it closely.
"The six others are on the tables, majesty. Do you ask for them now?"
"Yes. Bring them forward." Replied the king, still examining the rune. "Give them all to me."
One by one, each person began to come forward with their rune. First, an old man, who awkwardly resembled the Inventor. He placed another identical rune in the hand of the king. Thirdly, a woman came forward, and presented her rune, then two more men, and old woman and finally Karmic himself. As Karmic dropped his rune into the hand of the king, everything turned white.
Link could see nothing but light for the first few moments, until He reappeared far away, in the sky it seemed. He could see below him, the Great City, but not as it was when he first saw it. The buildings were black, and everything was twisted and parts of the buildings were broken off, exactly how it was like in the dreams. Then suddenly, from the sky, shot down a single streak of fire, a falling rock, that landed in the broken city.
"That was the day the runes were made, united, and divided."
Link looked up out of the ball, back at the king, who was now in front of him.
"The small meteor that you saw was one of the runes, that fell down from the sky, into this city."
Link looked up at him, amazed.
"These runes. They still exist then. I thought they were destroyed. So they are the evil I must destroy. I must go then." He said, hurriedly.
"No Link. That is not all. The runes by themselves cannot create evil. It will be sad for you to know that part of the story is lost. We still do not know how the runes made it into the sky, or how the king and his workers lived on. And that very year in fact, was the year of the first jubilee of Hyrule. Some things still do not make sense. That part is missing. Oh woes of my time. Curse thee!"
Things were starting to make sense now. The quest was becoming clearer.
Link asked, "So they are all still divided then. Is that not safe, for my heart tells me that much evil could spring from these runes if again united, could cause great evil."
The king in turn replied, "I know this too well. However, the runes have magic of their own that protects them from mortal hands. They lie broken across many lands. One came here, to the great city; one fell to an island off this coast. One fell into a volcano, one, onto the sea, and another landed in a forest. The other two are missing."
"So they are safe then. So what is it that you need me for-"
"Silence child! Listen. That is not all. One problem remains. It happens three days before the jubilee, every fifty years. The runes, which cannot be seen by human eyes, appear for only 7 days. After this, they vanish. However, if united, they will reap devastation upon all lands once more. During this mysterious time, they can be held by any hand that touches them. If any one person collects all seven runes, hope is destroyed. It almost happened, fifty. dark. years. ago."
"But who?" asked Link. He had been itching to find out more.
"This time? Ha! It is the same person now as it was then. But I do not know who. It is your task to find out, Link."
"But is it not enough to keep safe the rune that fell to the City?" said Link. The room began to grow colder and darker, as the lights began to fade.
"It is true, we have one, in the great Monolith, but what happens then, if, like last time, it is taken? Nay, it is not safe. We cannot rely on our rune alone. And try I did, to destroy the rune, but, I could not. Once made, evil cannot simply go. It must be destroyed using special methods, of which I am a stranger to. All we can do, is make sure that whoever it is, trying to take the rune, is stopped."
Link began to think for a while. The king stood there, watching him in the dim light.
"So now your quest begins" Announced the king in a grey voice.
As soon as he had finished, the light burned out, and only the faint glow of the orb illuminated the two people in the room.
Then that all to familiar cackle began, first soft, then grew louder. and louder. It was then that Link knew, his quest had just begun.