Story Title: Village Record Book
Written by: Schinske
Fan Fiction from: Games, The Legend of Zelda; A Link to the Past.
Does the author have any idea what it's doing?: nope.
Disclaimers: With the two unnamed characters from the game I have voluntarily named them Kale (flute boy) and Dash (the runner from the village) plus added a few other un/never mentioned characters. All disclaimers apply (this way I don't get sued. [Don't sue me! I'm broke! You never, ever, sue a broke person!]). Plus; this is my first fan fiction to be posted here. I hope you at least enjoy it, even if it does suck.
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Link slumped over the bar in the local village, rain poured outside and Link was, to say the least, bored. He idly ran his finger over the rim of his goblet and sighed sullenly. Mara, a long time friend of Links' and part time barkeeper, ruffled the teens' hair and poured some more water into his goblet.
"Why so glum?" Mara asked brightly. "It's raining for the first time since The Time of Darkness and everyone is better."
"That's just it, Mara," Link explained. "Everything is better! No bad guys to defeat, no one to rescue and most importantly; nothing to do!" Link slumped back in the chair. "Don't get me wrong, Mara, I'm glad it's all over, Gannon is defeated and trapped in The Dark World, no one has to worry about hard times anymore but the lack of adventure is driving me insane!"
Mara put her hands on her hips and laughed softly at the young boy. "My dear Link, is adventure what you crave? Saving damsels in distress, finding the hidden treasure, and all around saving the world?"
"Yes!" Link practically jumped out of his chair. "All of that! Any of that!"
"But there is none of that in the world today," Mara replied. Link could tell there was something more she wanted to say.
"Well?" Link questioned. "You know something, Mara…"
"Why, yes," Mara nodded and pretended to go back to work. "I do know something…"
"Tell me!" Link, this time, jumped to his feet. "Please!"
"I don't know," Mara taunted Link, smiling slightly. "I was sworn to secrecy…"
"Come on!"
Link was in the middle of his begging, even promising Mara he would take over the tavern for her to have some time off, when the door opened. In walked Kale, carrying his flute, and Dash, rambling on and on about his lost target in his last hunt. Kale brightened and slid into a chair next to Link and nodded to Mara as he waved his greeting to Link.
"Hello, Kale, Dash." Link slumped against the bar counter again.
Kale picked up the goblet that Mara slid before him, still ignoring Dash's rambling, and took a sip, raising an eyebrow at Link.
"Nothing," Link answered. "I'm just very bored. Mara knows something but she won't tell me what it is."
Kale put down his goblet and tilted his head, his eyes wondered into the corner of his eyes as he looked up in thought, then turned his gaze to the old men in the corner of the tavern, they were gossiping. Kale looked from the men to Link and back again, making a point.
"Could be a rumor," Link agreed, catching his friend's line of thought. "But I don't know which one she means and she's not telling me anything."
Mara began to whistle a soft tune, one that everyone knew and Link found to be extremely familiar.
"Oh, have you heard the new rumor about the princess?" Dash asked, stealing Kale's goblet and taking a sip - in turn getting smacked on the back of the head by Kale. He put the goblet down right away and stuck his tongue out at his friend.
"What rumor?" Link asked curiously.
Dash brightened as he jumped into the story; "It would seem, some time ago after the death of Princess Zelda's mother, her father had come across a woman in this very village. He fell in love with her and they had a child, a boy. But before he could give the child his name a great fire spread through the village and burned everything!"
"Yeah, that story is in the library." Link nodded. "What does that have to do with it?"
"Supposedly," Mara cut in, she knew the story better then any of them. "The Lady died in the fire. Few knew who she was because she was new in this section of Hyrule and saved many lives that night, which is why she is in the library under the name 'Lady of Fire'. The child survived only because he was staying with the Lady's relatives in a hut a short distance away.
"Some say," Mara continued dramatically. "That the Lady was actually one of the dessert people; the Sheika. Which was why she was able to be in the heat of the fire for so long."
Kale had brought out his flute, playing the familiar tune that Mara had been whistling, while Mara told the tale. Slow and mournful, it reminded Link of a lament of some sort, or, a lullaby. Link mentally hummed the song as Mara had gone on with the rumor turned story.
"Tell us about the Sheika!" Dash burst in when Mara finished spinning the tale. Kale nodded and Link agreed. "Please?" The three friends looked upon Mara with pleading eyes.
Again, the door opened and another figure made his way to the bar. The hood of the person's cloak was pulled down over his face, Link couldn't tell if it was either male or female. The person didn't say anything, just nodded to Mara and took a goblet of ale. Mara turned back to her gathered audience and started in on another tale.
"The Sheika," Mara began. "come from the desert to the south of here. Some say that they come from the sun itself. Their dark, suntanned skin allowed them to hide, unseen by all, in the desert sands and along the mountain ridge. If you stand in the desert, you won't even be able to see a Skeika standing next to you!"
"What about their magic?" Dash asked. Link leaned forwards in his chair, magic was a rarity in this region of the world but he wasn't unfamiliar with it. He had used magic in his quest not to long ago.
"Oh, yes," Mara nodded. "The Sheika are magical indeed. With cloaks that can allow you to walk before the guards of the castle unseen, beads that bring the light of the sun under the ground, and mirrors that take you from the dark and into the light."
Mara was referring to the transition from the Dark World into the Light World. Link had once used such an item as well, he still had it, even. The mirror sat in the bottom of his trunk in his house just outside the village. Link shook his head slightly, he had lost track of the story and Mara had finished. Kale had stopped blowing on his flute and, as if remembering something, squeaked and held a hand up to shut up Dash. Kale rummaged through his satchel and took out a book, handing it to Mara. The book was a living record from the Library. Very few, actually no one, looked at it anymore because it had been filled, years upon years ago. Kale squeaked softly and had Mara open the book where a ribbon was place. She read through the records of the people that had been born and died in that time frame. Mara paled suddenly and handed the book back to Kale. Mara took Kale by the arm and nodded for Link and Dash to follow her. The four of them followed Mara into the back of the tavern.
"Link, have you read this?" Mara asked him.
"No," Link shook his head. "I haven't even seen it. What is it Mara? Is something wrong?"
Dash, who was reading the page over Kale's shoulder, breathed in sharply and hissed quietly. "Link! Read this line right here!" Dash pointed to the page.
Link took the book and read down the page, reading the names of several people he knew and even more of the dead. Link's eyes carefully came down to his name. His violet eyes widened when he read the two names next to his own. His mother, listed as the Lady of Fire, and his father's name… the former king of Hyrule. His death was also listed; the same day as the Lady of Fire's death. Link's eyes started to water and things became clear. Everyone knew that Zelda's father was actually the former king, not the current. The current king was actually her grandfather. Link quickly rubbed the unshed tears out of his eyes and looked up from the page at both Dash and Kale, a determined gleam in his eyes and a smile on his face.
"I have an idea."
Dash and Kale exchanged questioned looks. Dash was the one to voice his question. "What idea?"
Link tapped the book with his finger. "An adventurous one."
Both Dash and Kale gulped.
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Written by: Schinske
Fan Fiction from: Games, The Legend of Zelda; A Link to the Past.
Does the author have any idea what it's doing?: nope.
Disclaimers: With the two unnamed characters from the game I have voluntarily named them Kale (flute boy) and Dash (the runner from the village) plus added a few other un/never mentioned characters. All disclaimers apply (this way I don't get sued. [Don't sue me! I'm broke! You never, ever, sue a broke person!]). Plus; this is my first fan fiction to be posted here. I hope you at least enjoy it, even if it does suck.
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Link slumped over the bar in the local village, rain poured outside and Link was, to say the least, bored. He idly ran his finger over the rim of his goblet and sighed sullenly. Mara, a long time friend of Links' and part time barkeeper, ruffled the teens' hair and poured some more water into his goblet.
"Why so glum?" Mara asked brightly. "It's raining for the first time since The Time of Darkness and everyone is better."
"That's just it, Mara," Link explained. "Everything is better! No bad guys to defeat, no one to rescue and most importantly; nothing to do!" Link slumped back in the chair. "Don't get me wrong, Mara, I'm glad it's all over, Gannon is defeated and trapped in The Dark World, no one has to worry about hard times anymore but the lack of adventure is driving me insane!"
Mara put her hands on her hips and laughed softly at the young boy. "My dear Link, is adventure what you crave? Saving damsels in distress, finding the hidden treasure, and all around saving the world?"
"Yes!" Link practically jumped out of his chair. "All of that! Any of that!"
"But there is none of that in the world today," Mara replied. Link could tell there was something more she wanted to say.
"Well?" Link questioned. "You know something, Mara…"
"Why, yes," Mara nodded and pretended to go back to work. "I do know something…"
"Tell me!" Link, this time, jumped to his feet. "Please!"
"I don't know," Mara taunted Link, smiling slightly. "I was sworn to secrecy…"
"Come on!"
Link was in the middle of his begging, even promising Mara he would take over the tavern for her to have some time off, when the door opened. In walked Kale, carrying his flute, and Dash, rambling on and on about his lost target in his last hunt. Kale brightened and slid into a chair next to Link and nodded to Mara as he waved his greeting to Link.
"Hello, Kale, Dash." Link slumped against the bar counter again.
Kale picked up the goblet that Mara slid before him, still ignoring Dash's rambling, and took a sip, raising an eyebrow at Link.
"Nothing," Link answered. "I'm just very bored. Mara knows something but she won't tell me what it is."
Kale put down his goblet and tilted his head, his eyes wondered into the corner of his eyes as he looked up in thought, then turned his gaze to the old men in the corner of the tavern, they were gossiping. Kale looked from the men to Link and back again, making a point.
"Could be a rumor," Link agreed, catching his friend's line of thought. "But I don't know which one she means and she's not telling me anything."
Mara began to whistle a soft tune, one that everyone knew and Link found to be extremely familiar.
"Oh, have you heard the new rumor about the princess?" Dash asked, stealing Kale's goblet and taking a sip - in turn getting smacked on the back of the head by Kale. He put the goblet down right away and stuck his tongue out at his friend.
"What rumor?" Link asked curiously.
Dash brightened as he jumped into the story; "It would seem, some time ago after the death of Princess Zelda's mother, her father had come across a woman in this very village. He fell in love with her and they had a child, a boy. But before he could give the child his name a great fire spread through the village and burned everything!"
"Yeah, that story is in the library." Link nodded. "What does that have to do with it?"
"Supposedly," Mara cut in, she knew the story better then any of them. "The Lady died in the fire. Few knew who she was because she was new in this section of Hyrule and saved many lives that night, which is why she is in the library under the name 'Lady of Fire'. The child survived only because he was staying with the Lady's relatives in a hut a short distance away.
"Some say," Mara continued dramatically. "That the Lady was actually one of the dessert people; the Sheika. Which was why she was able to be in the heat of the fire for so long."
Kale had brought out his flute, playing the familiar tune that Mara had been whistling, while Mara told the tale. Slow and mournful, it reminded Link of a lament of some sort, or, a lullaby. Link mentally hummed the song as Mara had gone on with the rumor turned story.
"Tell us about the Sheika!" Dash burst in when Mara finished spinning the tale. Kale nodded and Link agreed. "Please?" The three friends looked upon Mara with pleading eyes.
Again, the door opened and another figure made his way to the bar. The hood of the person's cloak was pulled down over his face, Link couldn't tell if it was either male or female. The person didn't say anything, just nodded to Mara and took a goblet of ale. Mara turned back to her gathered audience and started in on another tale.
"The Sheika," Mara began. "come from the desert to the south of here. Some say that they come from the sun itself. Their dark, suntanned skin allowed them to hide, unseen by all, in the desert sands and along the mountain ridge. If you stand in the desert, you won't even be able to see a Skeika standing next to you!"
"What about their magic?" Dash asked. Link leaned forwards in his chair, magic was a rarity in this region of the world but he wasn't unfamiliar with it. He had used magic in his quest not to long ago.
"Oh, yes," Mara nodded. "The Sheika are magical indeed. With cloaks that can allow you to walk before the guards of the castle unseen, beads that bring the light of the sun under the ground, and mirrors that take you from the dark and into the light."
Mara was referring to the transition from the Dark World into the Light World. Link had once used such an item as well, he still had it, even. The mirror sat in the bottom of his trunk in his house just outside the village. Link shook his head slightly, he had lost track of the story and Mara had finished. Kale had stopped blowing on his flute and, as if remembering something, squeaked and held a hand up to shut up Dash. Kale rummaged through his satchel and took out a book, handing it to Mara. The book was a living record from the Library. Very few, actually no one, looked at it anymore because it had been filled, years upon years ago. Kale squeaked softly and had Mara open the book where a ribbon was place. She read through the records of the people that had been born and died in that time frame. Mara paled suddenly and handed the book back to Kale. Mara took Kale by the arm and nodded for Link and Dash to follow her. The four of them followed Mara into the back of the tavern.
"Link, have you read this?" Mara asked him.
"No," Link shook his head. "I haven't even seen it. What is it Mara? Is something wrong?"
Dash, who was reading the page over Kale's shoulder, breathed in sharply and hissed quietly. "Link! Read this line right here!" Dash pointed to the page.
Link took the book and read down the page, reading the names of several people he knew and even more of the dead. Link's eyes carefully came down to his name. His violet eyes widened when he read the two names next to his own. His mother, listed as the Lady of Fire, and his father's name… the former king of Hyrule. His death was also listed; the same day as the Lady of Fire's death. Link's eyes started to water and things became clear. Everyone knew that Zelda's father was actually the former king, not the current. The current king was actually her grandfather. Link quickly rubbed the unshed tears out of his eyes and looked up from the page at both Dash and Kale, a determined gleam in his eyes and a smile on his face.
"I have an idea."
Dash and Kale exchanged questioned looks. Dash was the one to voice his question. "What idea?"
Link tapped the book with his finger. "An adventurous one."
Both Dash and Kale gulped.
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