The Legend of Zelda: The New World
By MetalShadow_3000
Chapter I- Evil Recurs
Narrator(Me): Hello there. You seem to have a strong stomach to withstand stories of my mind, bless you. I suppose I should get to the point...let's see..that book, where is it? Ah...
Ahem. A long time ago... Before life began, before the world had form, three golden goddesses descended upon the chaotic land of Hyrule. They were Din, the goddess of power, Nayru, the goddess of wisdom and Farore, the goddess of courage. Din, with her strong flaming arms, cultivated the land to create the earth. Nayru poured her wisdom onto the earth to give the spirit of law to the world. Farore's rich soul created all life forms who would uphold the law. These three great goddesses returned to the heavens, leaving behind the golden sacred Triforce. The Triforce was sealed in the Sacred Realm connected to Hyrule. The legend also say that whoever holds the Triforce, can make their wishes come true, but only if he has the perfect balance between the three forces, Power, Wisdom and Courage. If someone without the right balance lays his/hers hand on the Triforce, it will split, into three pieces. The one touching the Triforce, will hold the force that he/she most believe in. The two other parts will be given to persons chosen by destiny to carry the Triforce-part that they represents. The persons who carry the Triforce or a piece of it will be recognized by the Triforce symbol on their hands.
Well then, most of you probably know that story...but do you know the story of Link? Of course, I am speaking of the young man who plays the hero in every chaotic era of Hyrule. We shall be going back to the era of Link I, who was named the Hero of Time after defeating the evil Ganondorf and imprisoning him in the Sacred Realm. He also saved Termina land as a young child, and now things have been going so well for a little over 7 years that Link is nothing more than a common guardian, like a Sheikah. But at least Hyrule is safe in the year 2288 (One year after Link I woke from his 7 year freeze). Now that Ganon has been sealed up, people actually live in peace for the most part. But what happens now when evil is right at Hyrule's doorstep?
It looks to be a calm early afternoon at Lake Hylia. The scarecrow pals are happy composing, a few Zora are visiting the laboratory, the Octorok are held under close watch by Kaepora Gaebora, the great owl sage, and Link's old advisor. But today is a great day for the Lucky Fisherman because the "Lucky" fish are biting, and it's always lucky when a lucky man has got lucky fish. That probably leads to some lucky supper or a lucky wall ornament.
"Ooh yes! Yes! I've got a large one here! Yeehaw!" the fisherman shouted as he tugged on the line as the presumably large fish tugged back.
"Wow, this one is a real fighter. He just won't give up."
Suddenly the fish tugged so hard that the boat tipped over and the Lucky Fisherman fell right into the lake!
"Woah woah woah! What in the-"
The Lucky Fisherman watched in astonishment as his fishing pole was dragged away, and then tossed in the air by some seemingly invisible force.
"Oh this doesn't look good," said the fisherman in his nervous tone.
Then, a large unordinary sprout of water came up and materialized into a large, watery, snake-like blob. A few more blobs came up and began to move towards the now Unlucky Fisherman.
"Never seen a fish like that........."
The blobs lurched back, and then lunged towards the Unlucky Fisherman. They were only a few feet short of striking, but then an icy arrow shot right through the middle blob and froze it in place. The other two shrank back to the water and the ice suddenly broke. High up on the bridge stood Link, the Hero of Time. The water blob, now to its full size, lunged at Link as he jumped to the side and quickly grabbed his Longshot and fired it straight at the grey spherical nucleus in the blob's center, pulling it towards him as he hacked at it with the Master Sword.
"Wonderful day to be fishing," said the fisherman as he swam away from the battle to his over-turned boat.
Link kept jumping around on the bridge dodging the blob's vicious lunges. Soon he began to become weary as he kept trying to snag the central nucleus as it came close but kept failing.
"Well Morpha, you certainly haven't lost the spirit of battle!" exclaimed Link as he was almost knocked off by the blob.
The fight continued on for a second before Link suddenly fell backwards and was completely vulnerable to a fatal strike. Morpha reared back and lunged out, suddenly a large boulder fell from above, smashing the grey core nucleus and breaking the bridge apart. Link quickly held on to the ropes as the bridge fell to the water. He watched the liquid monster shrink into the lake.
"You've got to watch out for those evil watery blobs, they're pretty dangerous," said the voice from above. Link looked up to see Kaepora Gaebora fluttering down to him.
"Thanks Kaepora, you're a major life saver," said the grateful Link as he climbed the ropes up to land.
Link and Kaepora went over to the Lucky Fisherman. "Wow Link, that was a good shot," said the fisherman. "Did Morpha get you at all?" "No, not a scratch, thanks to you two." "Just happy to do our part," boasted Kaepora.
Link and the owl left the Lucky Fisherman to go on with his daily business. They were completely baffled. How was it that Morpha lived? Link remembered the battle within the Water Temple, and he saw Morpha's death with his own eyes, but just now he was positive that it was Morpha he was fighting again.
"Maybe you should tell the Princess," suggested Kaepora.
"Yeah I'll do that. Keep a close watch, I'm positive that Morpha is only holding back for now, and the Octorok could get restless," said Link as he went on his way.
Link brought out the legendary Ocarina of Time and quickly played Epona's Song. He heard the familiar whinny as his reliable horse came to his side. He climbed on and they left for Hyrule castle.
Epona galloped along Hyrule field but suddenly stopped at the sound of a loud shriek. To Link, it sounded like it was coming from the Lon Lon Ranch nearby. "Malon!" Link rode into the ranch at full gallop, and he stopped Epona at the corral. Link practically leapt of his horse as he saw Malon being cornered by a large rat creature. One of its hands reached for the defenseless girl, but it was pierced by a fire arrow from Link.
"Link!" Malon shouted as she stood and ran towards her hero.
The rat turned around and spoke, "So, you are Link, the Hero of Time. The master knew that you'd come to save your dear friend. He also knew that you'd try to stop us in our plans, so he sent me as an assassin."
Link drew his sword and shield........."Assassinate me then."
"I have no choice but to accept your offer!!" The rat lunged at Link and clamped its teeth down on Link's shield, ripping it from his grasp. Link rolled to the side to dodge a second lunge by the rat.
Link swung his sword at one of the rat's giant claws as it came at him from the side. He scratched it only a little, so the rat kept attacking. The fighting continued all around the corral. Link could hardly hit the rat as it nimbly moved around. Soon he was beginning to feel extremely worn out from the fight. The rat had dragged it on long enough to make Link drop his guard. But it wasn't the fight really, most of Link's weariness was due to the strange essence of the rat, it seemed to make Link weak when he approached it, but he felt fine when keeping his distance.
"Come on, surely the Hero of Time can fight better," taunted the rat. Link kept fighting on; he got a few minor hits to the rat's side, but no big ones. The rat, however was doing much better, Link had taken some cheap swipes from the rats tail. Soon the rat started becoming more aggressive; multiple swipes came from every direction as it circled the young hero. Link quickly rolled under the rat as it swung a claw at him, suddenly he saw his chance! Link thrust the Master Sword upwards and stabbed through the rat. It shrieked in intense pain and began shaking and groveling around. Link stood by Malon protectively as the rat bled on the ground.
"I've.........failed the master," said the rat for its dying breath. Link went over, grabbed his shield, and withdrew it and his sword as he turned to Malon.
"Oh Link, you're my hero!" Malon threw her arms around him and hugged him tightly.
"Are you alright Malon? Did he harm you?"
"No, you came just in time, and I'll bet you heard me scream."
"Good, I've got to tell the Princess about this, the Lucky Fisherman was attacked at lake Hylia earlier."
"Ok, be careful, other monsters are likely to be around."
Link said goodbye to Malon as he climbed onto Epona and they left for the castle.
They made it to the castle and Link left Epona by the new drawbridge as he went into Hyrule Castle Town. People seemed to be enjoying themselves like every other day, so obviously no danger had befallen them yet.
Link quickly made his way up to the castle. The guards at the front greeted him and they told him to wait there for the Princess. Link was patient and he stood at the front of the castle admiring the tapestries on the walls. He didn't have to wait long, for Princess Zelda came quickly.
"Link! What a surprise. Is there anything I can do for you?" Zelda greeted him.
"I need to speak with you," he replied.
"Very well, accompany me to the courtyard."
The two walked to the colorful courtyard where they could talk privately. Link got straight to the point. "I think something evil has come to Hyrule again."
"Why do you think that?" asked Zelda.
"Because earlier today the Lucky Fisherman was attacked by Morpha, the dungeon master of the Water Temple whom I destroyed at least a year ago, and I just got back from fighting a large rat creature at the Lon Lon Ranch."
"Oh my, that sounds bad! Could these monsters be acting under orders or on their own?" Zelda wondered.
"The rat mentioned a 'master' when he spoke, so I'm positive that they are under orders."
"We should investigate this matter," said Zelda.
"How?" asked Link.
"Consult the sages of course!"
Link and Zelda quickly left the castle and headed towards the Temple of Time, but before they could get there, some trouble came upon them. The people of Hyrule Castle town were running around and screaming. The two of them looked around but could see nothing but a mass crowd of people and some remains of building roofs. Suddenly the civilians began to scatter even more when a dark shadow loomed over them.
"What is that?!" cried a frightened townsperson. The Royalties' evacuation had already begun, now Link and Zelda were the only ones left in the area.
Link looked up to see a massive, red, moth creature flying high above them. He had only just grabbed his sword and shield when the moth shot a ringed blast at them, knocking both Link and Zelda off their feet. Link was soon weaponless, and the giant moth flew down closer. He hastily pulled out his bow but couldn't get it set in time. The moth smacked him with its monstrous wing. Link was thrown right through the wall of the Happy Mask Shop, and suddenly the monster moved towards the helpless Zelda.
"Stand down evil beast!" shouted a voice.
Link, Zelda, and the moth turned to see Impa, Zelda's guardian, standing defensively with her Sheikah dagger drawn. The battle commenced. The Sheikah woman leapt to the roofs of the buildings as she fought the moth.
"Link! We'll need fire to fight off this beast!" shouted Impa as she jumped from roof to roof, running from the pursuing danger.
Link quickly stood and ran over to his bow. He grabbed a fire arrow and began to follow the monster with it. The moth obviously saw him, for it quickly turned and swooped down extremely close to the ground. Link rolled under the swoop attack and fired an arrow but missed by an inch.
"This day just keeps getting worse," he said to himself as he fired another miss. Suddenly the ground began to shake, and the buildings began to topple. Impa took a leap of faith and landed safely on the ground. Then, a trio of large green worms burst from the ground, looking around before finally spotting their prey, one for each worm.
"Could these be the Lanmolas?" Impa asked herself as they burrowed down and began popping out at random places while the large moth circled above.
Link suddenly noticed the ground shaking by the Master Sword. He sprinted over and jumped over a fault that had opened and quickly grabbed the sword before it fell into the abyss. He then spun around with the sword extended to strike the worm that had come up behind him. It growled and retreated back into the ground.
"Link! You must flee; take the princess away from here! Keep her safe! I shall hold these devils off!" Impa shouted as she stabbed a Lanmolas worm.
Link acknowledged that and ran over to gather his shield, he then took Zelda by the hand and they ran out of the town to find Epona still safe by the bridge.
"You remember Epona don't you?" Link asked. "Of course I do!" Zelda smiled and petted Epona's smooth neck.
Link climbed on and he helped Zelda up behind him. She wrapped her arms around his waist to hold on as they rode away from the ruined castle. Link began to think of the Lon Lon Ranch, it was completely vulnerable to attack. He quickly made his way over and rode in to find Malon just coming out of the stables with her coat on.
"Link! I'm so glad you're here! I felt some terrible rumbles beneath the ground, but I didn't pay much heed to it until cracks began to open up around the ranch!" Malon cried.
"It's alright Malon, I've come to get you out of here. Is your father safe?"
"I would suppose, he's in Kakariko right now," replied Malon.
"Well get one of your horses and let's get out of here!"
Suddenly a loud shriek turned their attention to the giant moth coming towards them! It shot at the ground next to Epona, the force of the blast causing Link and Zelda to be thrown off the horse. Then the moth swooped down and grabbed Zelda with its massive claws, flying up and away towards the desert.
"Zelda! No!!" Link watched as she was carried away screaming.
"Link, we've got to save her!"
"Right! Ride on Epona with me."
Link climbed on Epona and Malon followed suit, holding on tight as Epona ran at full gallop outside and to the desert, following the moth.
End Chapter I
Author's Notes: This story will be using a great deal of information from zeldauniverse.net, so props to them for many things. Please leave a review, good or bad. The lifetime of this story depends mostly on your reviews.
Chapter I- Evil Recurs
Narrator(Me): Hello there. You seem to have a strong stomach to withstand stories of my mind, bless you. I suppose I should get to the point...let's see..that book, where is it? Ah...
Ahem. A long time ago... Before life began, before the world had form, three golden goddesses descended upon the chaotic land of Hyrule. They were Din, the goddess of power, Nayru, the goddess of wisdom and Farore, the goddess of courage. Din, with her strong flaming arms, cultivated the land to create the earth. Nayru poured her wisdom onto the earth to give the spirit of law to the world. Farore's rich soul created all life forms who would uphold the law. These three great goddesses returned to the heavens, leaving behind the golden sacred Triforce. The Triforce was sealed in the Sacred Realm connected to Hyrule. The legend also say that whoever holds the Triforce, can make their wishes come true, but only if he has the perfect balance between the three forces, Power, Wisdom and Courage. If someone without the right balance lays his/hers hand on the Triforce, it will split, into three pieces. The one touching the Triforce, will hold the force that he/she most believe in. The two other parts will be given to persons chosen by destiny to carry the Triforce-part that they represents. The persons who carry the Triforce or a piece of it will be recognized by the Triforce symbol on their hands.
Well then, most of you probably know that story...but do you know the story of Link? Of course, I am speaking of the young man who plays the hero in every chaotic era of Hyrule. We shall be going back to the era of Link I, who was named the Hero of Time after defeating the evil Ganondorf and imprisoning him in the Sacred Realm. He also saved Termina land as a young child, and now things have been going so well for a little over 7 years that Link is nothing more than a common guardian, like a Sheikah. But at least Hyrule is safe in the year 2288 (One year after Link I woke from his 7 year freeze). Now that Ganon has been sealed up, people actually live in peace for the most part. But what happens now when evil is right at Hyrule's doorstep?
It looks to be a calm early afternoon at Lake Hylia. The scarecrow pals are happy composing, a few Zora are visiting the laboratory, the Octorok are held under close watch by Kaepora Gaebora, the great owl sage, and Link's old advisor. But today is a great day for the Lucky Fisherman because the "Lucky" fish are biting, and it's always lucky when a lucky man has got lucky fish. That probably leads to some lucky supper or a lucky wall ornament.
"Ooh yes! Yes! I've got a large one here! Yeehaw!" the fisherman shouted as he tugged on the line as the presumably large fish tugged back.
"Wow, this one is a real fighter. He just won't give up."
Suddenly the fish tugged so hard that the boat tipped over and the Lucky Fisherman fell right into the lake!
"Woah woah woah! What in the-"
The Lucky Fisherman watched in astonishment as his fishing pole was dragged away, and then tossed in the air by some seemingly invisible force.
"Oh this doesn't look good," said the fisherman in his nervous tone.
Then, a large unordinary sprout of water came up and materialized into a large, watery, snake-like blob. A few more blobs came up and began to move towards the now Unlucky Fisherman.
"Never seen a fish like that........."
The blobs lurched back, and then lunged towards the Unlucky Fisherman. They were only a few feet short of striking, but then an icy arrow shot right through the middle blob and froze it in place. The other two shrank back to the water and the ice suddenly broke. High up on the bridge stood Link, the Hero of Time. The water blob, now to its full size, lunged at Link as he jumped to the side and quickly grabbed his Longshot and fired it straight at the grey spherical nucleus in the blob's center, pulling it towards him as he hacked at it with the Master Sword.
"Wonderful day to be fishing," said the fisherman as he swam away from the battle to his over-turned boat.
Link kept jumping around on the bridge dodging the blob's vicious lunges. Soon he began to become weary as he kept trying to snag the central nucleus as it came close but kept failing.
"Well Morpha, you certainly haven't lost the spirit of battle!" exclaimed Link as he was almost knocked off by the blob.
The fight continued on for a second before Link suddenly fell backwards and was completely vulnerable to a fatal strike. Morpha reared back and lunged out, suddenly a large boulder fell from above, smashing the grey core nucleus and breaking the bridge apart. Link quickly held on to the ropes as the bridge fell to the water. He watched the liquid monster shrink into the lake.
"You've got to watch out for those evil watery blobs, they're pretty dangerous," said the voice from above. Link looked up to see Kaepora Gaebora fluttering down to him.
"Thanks Kaepora, you're a major life saver," said the grateful Link as he climbed the ropes up to land.
Link and Kaepora went over to the Lucky Fisherman. "Wow Link, that was a good shot," said the fisherman. "Did Morpha get you at all?" "No, not a scratch, thanks to you two." "Just happy to do our part," boasted Kaepora.
Link and the owl left the Lucky Fisherman to go on with his daily business. They were completely baffled. How was it that Morpha lived? Link remembered the battle within the Water Temple, and he saw Morpha's death with his own eyes, but just now he was positive that it was Morpha he was fighting again.
"Maybe you should tell the Princess," suggested Kaepora.
"Yeah I'll do that. Keep a close watch, I'm positive that Morpha is only holding back for now, and the Octorok could get restless," said Link as he went on his way.
Link brought out the legendary Ocarina of Time and quickly played Epona's Song. He heard the familiar whinny as his reliable horse came to his side. He climbed on and they left for Hyrule castle.
Epona galloped along Hyrule field but suddenly stopped at the sound of a loud shriek. To Link, it sounded like it was coming from the Lon Lon Ranch nearby. "Malon!" Link rode into the ranch at full gallop, and he stopped Epona at the corral. Link practically leapt of his horse as he saw Malon being cornered by a large rat creature. One of its hands reached for the defenseless girl, but it was pierced by a fire arrow from Link.
"Link!" Malon shouted as she stood and ran towards her hero.
The rat turned around and spoke, "So, you are Link, the Hero of Time. The master knew that you'd come to save your dear friend. He also knew that you'd try to stop us in our plans, so he sent me as an assassin."
Link drew his sword and shield........."Assassinate me then."
"I have no choice but to accept your offer!!" The rat lunged at Link and clamped its teeth down on Link's shield, ripping it from his grasp. Link rolled to the side to dodge a second lunge by the rat.
Link swung his sword at one of the rat's giant claws as it came at him from the side. He scratched it only a little, so the rat kept attacking. The fighting continued all around the corral. Link could hardly hit the rat as it nimbly moved around. Soon he was beginning to feel extremely worn out from the fight. The rat had dragged it on long enough to make Link drop his guard. But it wasn't the fight really, most of Link's weariness was due to the strange essence of the rat, it seemed to make Link weak when he approached it, but he felt fine when keeping his distance.
"Come on, surely the Hero of Time can fight better," taunted the rat. Link kept fighting on; he got a few minor hits to the rat's side, but no big ones. The rat, however was doing much better, Link had taken some cheap swipes from the rats tail. Soon the rat started becoming more aggressive; multiple swipes came from every direction as it circled the young hero. Link quickly rolled under the rat as it swung a claw at him, suddenly he saw his chance! Link thrust the Master Sword upwards and stabbed through the rat. It shrieked in intense pain and began shaking and groveling around. Link stood by Malon protectively as the rat bled on the ground.
"I've.........failed the master," said the rat for its dying breath. Link went over, grabbed his shield, and withdrew it and his sword as he turned to Malon.
"Oh Link, you're my hero!" Malon threw her arms around him and hugged him tightly.
"Are you alright Malon? Did he harm you?"
"No, you came just in time, and I'll bet you heard me scream."
"Good, I've got to tell the Princess about this, the Lucky Fisherman was attacked at lake Hylia earlier."
"Ok, be careful, other monsters are likely to be around."
Link said goodbye to Malon as he climbed onto Epona and they left for the castle.
They made it to the castle and Link left Epona by the new drawbridge as he went into Hyrule Castle Town. People seemed to be enjoying themselves like every other day, so obviously no danger had befallen them yet.
Link quickly made his way up to the castle. The guards at the front greeted him and they told him to wait there for the Princess. Link was patient and he stood at the front of the castle admiring the tapestries on the walls. He didn't have to wait long, for Princess Zelda came quickly.
"Link! What a surprise. Is there anything I can do for you?" Zelda greeted him.
"I need to speak with you," he replied.
"Very well, accompany me to the courtyard."
The two walked to the colorful courtyard where they could talk privately. Link got straight to the point. "I think something evil has come to Hyrule again."
"Why do you think that?" asked Zelda.
"Because earlier today the Lucky Fisherman was attacked by Morpha, the dungeon master of the Water Temple whom I destroyed at least a year ago, and I just got back from fighting a large rat creature at the Lon Lon Ranch."
"Oh my, that sounds bad! Could these monsters be acting under orders or on their own?" Zelda wondered.
"The rat mentioned a 'master' when he spoke, so I'm positive that they are under orders."
"We should investigate this matter," said Zelda.
"How?" asked Link.
"Consult the sages of course!"
Link and Zelda quickly left the castle and headed towards the Temple of Time, but before they could get there, some trouble came upon them. The people of Hyrule Castle town were running around and screaming. The two of them looked around but could see nothing but a mass crowd of people and some remains of building roofs. Suddenly the civilians began to scatter even more when a dark shadow loomed over them.
"What is that?!" cried a frightened townsperson. The Royalties' evacuation had already begun, now Link and Zelda were the only ones left in the area.
Link looked up to see a massive, red, moth creature flying high above them. He had only just grabbed his sword and shield when the moth shot a ringed blast at them, knocking both Link and Zelda off their feet. Link was soon weaponless, and the giant moth flew down closer. He hastily pulled out his bow but couldn't get it set in time. The moth smacked him with its monstrous wing. Link was thrown right through the wall of the Happy Mask Shop, and suddenly the monster moved towards the helpless Zelda.
"Stand down evil beast!" shouted a voice.
Link, Zelda, and the moth turned to see Impa, Zelda's guardian, standing defensively with her Sheikah dagger drawn. The battle commenced. The Sheikah woman leapt to the roofs of the buildings as she fought the moth.
"Link! We'll need fire to fight off this beast!" shouted Impa as she jumped from roof to roof, running from the pursuing danger.
Link quickly stood and ran over to his bow. He grabbed a fire arrow and began to follow the monster with it. The moth obviously saw him, for it quickly turned and swooped down extremely close to the ground. Link rolled under the swoop attack and fired an arrow but missed by an inch.
"This day just keeps getting worse," he said to himself as he fired another miss. Suddenly the ground began to shake, and the buildings began to topple. Impa took a leap of faith and landed safely on the ground. Then, a trio of large green worms burst from the ground, looking around before finally spotting their prey, one for each worm.
"Could these be the Lanmolas?" Impa asked herself as they burrowed down and began popping out at random places while the large moth circled above.
Link suddenly noticed the ground shaking by the Master Sword. He sprinted over and jumped over a fault that had opened and quickly grabbed the sword before it fell into the abyss. He then spun around with the sword extended to strike the worm that had come up behind him. It growled and retreated back into the ground.
"Link! You must flee; take the princess away from here! Keep her safe! I shall hold these devils off!" Impa shouted as she stabbed a Lanmolas worm.
Link acknowledged that and ran over to gather his shield, he then took Zelda by the hand and they ran out of the town to find Epona still safe by the bridge.
"You remember Epona don't you?" Link asked. "Of course I do!" Zelda smiled and petted Epona's smooth neck.
Link climbed on and he helped Zelda up behind him. She wrapped her arms around his waist to hold on as they rode away from the ruined castle. Link began to think of the Lon Lon Ranch, it was completely vulnerable to attack. He quickly made his way over and rode in to find Malon just coming out of the stables with her coat on.
"Link! I'm so glad you're here! I felt some terrible rumbles beneath the ground, but I didn't pay much heed to it until cracks began to open up around the ranch!" Malon cried.
"It's alright Malon, I've come to get you out of here. Is your father safe?"
"I would suppose, he's in Kakariko right now," replied Malon.
"Well get one of your horses and let's get out of here!"
Suddenly a loud shriek turned their attention to the giant moth coming towards them! It shot at the ground next to Epona, the force of the blast causing Link and Zelda to be thrown off the horse. Then the moth swooped down and grabbed Zelda with its massive claws, flying up and away towards the desert.
"Zelda! No!!" Link watched as she was carried away screaming.
"Link, we've got to save her!"
"Right! Ride on Epona with me."
Link climbed on Epona and Malon followed suit, holding on tight as Epona ran at full gallop outside and to the desert, following the moth.
End Chapter I
Author's Notes: This story will be using a great deal of information from zeldauniverse.net, so props to them for many things. Please leave a review, good or bad. The lifetime of this story depends mostly on your reviews.