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games do.
This is a story about a magical place; a world split in two by two kings and two realities, one good, and one horribly evil. This was a place where time had no meaning. Where everything seemed like a fairy tale. Where elves, dark spirits, dwarfs, sprites, humans, fairies, nymphs, ogres, giants and gods all existed peacefully. It is hard to tell where this story starts. I should believe that it would start with its heroine, a girl trapped in lies of her past, a girl who was lost. But, I suppose it must start, like all stories, from the beginning. The beginning of His real life, and, the truth.
Chapter One: Awakenings
Link heard a soft voice calling to him. Zelda? His body ached all over, a small something was licking his ear. Where am I? Hello? His eyes opened but could not focus. He closed them painfully again. I think I've been in a shipwreck. He fell effortlessly into unconsciousness again.
Marin stared at the man asleep in her straw bed and sighed. When out gathering firewood this morning on the beach, a handsome man in strange metal clothing was the last thing she had expected her pug Cameron to find. She wondered if the man was from the mainland. She felt like she had seen the man before, maybe in The Dark World, but then, that was silly. Of course she had never met this man. He looked to be about a few years older than her, and she was 14. He had bronze-orange hair that fell into his handsome face in pretty commas, and from earlier on the beach, when he had opened his eyes and called her "Zelda", she had seen that his eyes were a deep turquoise. She carefully brewed a strong tea with herbs in it for the man to drink when he awoke. If he awoke. Then she went and watched at the window of the small hut for her adoptive father Tarin to return from work in the forest.
I know who you are. Who are you? Fulfill your purpose lost one. What? Who...?
Link drifted awake again, smelling herbs. This time he felt slightly more comfortable, and warm too. He opened his eyes, and focused on his surroundings. He was in a very small room, lying on a straw bed, with a soft cotton blanket wrapped around him. The room was plain, with a fireplace, smelled very strongly of herbs, and Link sensed strong protection spells in the stone around him. He blinked. Where am I? He noticed his chain mail lay in a pile next to the bed, and his boots lay near the door, dripping onto the stone tiles. He also noticed that he wore only his loincloth and his large blue birth jewel around his neck under the blanket. As he evaluated his wounds (bump on the head, stiff left arm, body speckled in bruises, right leg cut from ankle to knee, but bandaged and healing) a small dog with a squashed face trotted into the room, curled tail high and wagging. The dog came over to the bed, and as Link sat up slowly, jumped onto his chest. "It won't do you any good to get up now. You need rest; Marin will be here soon. You really scared her there." A nasally voice said to Link. Link stared at the dog. "Did you just...? Never mind..." Link muttered, and suddenly felt very tired. He drifted off again. When Link awoke, a face focused into view above him. It was a girl with bright orange hair, deep sea-blue eyes, and a worried expression on her round, pale face. Lonnie sat up quickly.
"Zelda!" he cried out. The girl's expression of worry deepened. As his mind got clearer, he realized it couldn't be Zelda. "No. Not Zelda." The girl smiled, a warm and soft smile that urged Link to do the same.
"My name is Marin."
A blinding vision of a fire-haired child spinning in the sunlight flashed into Link's mind.
"My dog Cameron found you on our beach. Welcome to Koholent Island." The girl said quietly. Link thought for a moment. He had never heard of such an island. Link felt like he was twirling like a leaf in the wind. He shook his head, trying to clear it. "Here, drink this." The girl said, and handed him a steaming mug of something wonderful smelling. He drank it down in a gulp, not noticing the bitter taste. His head felt a little better. He lay back on the pillow, studying the pretty red head in front of him. She blushed mildly at the examination.
"My name is Link. I'm from Hyrule. Do you know where that is? " He asked in his most polite I'mtalkingtoastrangegirlonastrangeIsland voice.
Her eyes flashed with something strange for a moment. Then she smiled. "I think so," She replied. He nodded.
"I'm a knight of the realm. I was on an imperial ship escorting ambassadors from Carwile to Hyrule when a storm hit the ship." She looked fascinated.
"How far from Hyrule is Koholent Island, might I ask?" he asked. She shrugged.
"You'll have to talk to the people at the docks about that" She replied, and brought him a plate of strong smelling food; satisfied it would stay down. Link gobbled it up quickly. She watched him with curiosity.
"Umm, "He said through a bite of food, "Was it you who...cured me?" He asked. She nodded quickly and smiled. He blushed and looked at his food. When he looked up, Marin's eyes were vacant, empty, and she was staring at the ocean. Marin smiled to herself, then felt the wave of darkness come again and knew that her mind was remembering something from the time she had spent in the dark world. She cursed to herself at Lonnie, wishing he had not missed the pieces of memory in her mind when he had washed away her memories of the black dimension. In her memory, she was standing behind a long Iron Gate, peering out into the courtyard of a huge dark castle. She waited for the darkness to turn to light, but the memory went on. A tall knight swung off his horse, looking ten feet tall, and Marin recognized the knight as Link. The knight walked solidly over to a tall a dark man, who looked swathed in shadows. Link and the man started to talk, and soon their conversation was loud enough for her to here for they were both yelling. "I shall not say I do not know what you're implying young man. You should just get back on that horse and head back home" The dark lord (lord? Was he a lord?) stiffly said. His voice emanated power, and Marin was amazed that he was not afraid of Link, who was looking tall and glowery. Link said something back that Marin didn't understand and started towards the gate. "Marin" a voice hissed. Marin turned to see a girl taller than her of about seven crouching next to her and pulling on her dress. "If he catches you you're dog meat. Come on silly dreamer before you get caught!" the girl cried in a whisper, shaking her dark black hair onto her shoulders, and grabbing Marin's hand. Marin felt the light pulling at her and she ripped herself quickly back into reality. Link's face swam before her, and she shook her head. The darkness disappeared, and she was back, out of her memory, and in the light world. Safe.
"Marin are you alright? You kind of...went blank." Link asked, worry across his face. He had sat up abruptly, and the blanket had fallen to reveal his startlingly muscular chest.
"Oh, it's ok. Sometimes I have...moments, like that. But it's ok."
Link sat back, and seemed to be satisfied with her answer, but something in his eyes told her he was watching her more closely now.
She smiled. "You should get some rest. You had quite a journey it seems. I will be back later to give you some food. Try to sleep." With this, she left again.
Link fell into an uneasy sleep.
Link was walking through a large garden. It looked a lot like the palace gardens back at the castle, only much larger, and well maintained. Link realized he was dreaming. He walked along more and more, until he reached a stone-edged archway that opened into a field of daisies. A small dog came running up to him, wading through the flowers. The dog yelped for him to come along and see the Queen. Link followed Cameron through his dream field of daisies that looked so familiar, across to a large pile of stones. The grass and daisies rippled in the wind like water. As he approached the rocks, he saw a woman sitting on one of the rocks low to the ground. She turned to him, her bright copper hair blowing in the wind, long and curly, her eyes a bright green against ivory skin.
"Link! Come and see the gift Marin has for you!" the woman cried happily to him, smiling beautifully. Link ran across the field to the woman, with the longing of someone seeing an old friend from long ago. He raced the wind, and for some reason suddenly felt as if it was very important that he got to the woman quickly. She seemed to be shrinking before his eyes. Link realized he was standing still. He looked down to see a girl of about four or five looking up at him with mischief in her bright blue eyes, handing him a bracelet of daisies. Link accepted it with a smile, and as he looked up at the achingly beautiful woman in the field, a huge shadow fell over the four of them, Link, the Queen, Cameron, and a young Marin...
Link sat up, sweat across his brow. That dream had been so vivid, the colors, the people, and what was Marin doing in Hyrule as a young child?
Link spent the next few weeks recovering, and getting to know the island. Eventually he found a way to go home again, but throughout that time, he got to know Marin fairly well. She was sweet, and her similarities to Zelda in appearance continued to astound him. She continued to have blank moments, where her face would lose all emotion, and for a few minutes she would be unable to speak to, but these moments happened only a few times while he was there. Sometimes, Link would hear her cry out in her sleep through the walls.
"Link!" Marin was calling in laughter. Link raced to keep up with her as she flew through the forest. He saw her darting between the trees ahead of him, her orange hair glinting in the filtered sunlight, bits of blue color from her dress giving her away "Marin slow down! Where are we going?" He cried breathlessly. He was well in shape, but Marin could run like a rabbit being chased by a hawk. He kept up, almost. Eventually Marin stopped. Link nearly ran her over as he plowed behind her. She had stopped in the middle of a meadow, where a pretty tree overlooked a tiny creek. "We'll eat here." She said simply, not even out of breath. She sat on one of the low-lying tree limbs, and spread out her picnic upon another limb that jutted out before her. "You sit there." She gestured at a sawed-off tree trunk. For a moment they sat and enjoyed the cool weather and summer breeze in peace, snacking on sandwiches. After a moment, Link spoke. "Were you born on the island Marin?" He asked casually. Marin held back a sigh. Here came the questions. Link and she had gotten along beautifully until this moment, she had shown him the village and he had met her few friends, he had instantly won over Tarin, she had nursed him back to health. And now he would ask. "Look at that!" She cried, and with a burst of energy, she was off running again. Link sighed. Marin was far too active to just live her dull life as a fisherman's daughter.
One day Marin returned to her house to see Link putting on his chain mail. "Going out to practice?" she asked with a smile.
He grinned at her, teeth white against tan skin. "They've found a ship coming into port here that can take me back to Hyrule. I have to go, I'm needed at home." Marin nodded, trying not to look too dismayed. The knight was famous, known all over the lands (especially the dark world) for his accomplishments, winnings in tournaments, and heroics. No doubt he was very important to his kingdom at home. Marin had heard several stories about him from the elders in the village, and agreed them as she surveyed him before her. Fully dressed in chain mail, he was an impressive sight. When he stood up to his full height he was at least a head taller than Marin. Link turned to her as he picked up a few bags, looking oddly concerned.
"Marin..." he hesitated. She stared at him blankly.
"Should someone ever come here looking for you, from Hyrule, please trust what they say and follow them. For me. I know I shall see you again. I pray for it."
With this, the tall Hyrulian knight ducked under her front door, and that was the last she saw of him for six months.
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This is a story about a magical place; a world split in two by two kings and two realities, one good, and one horribly evil. This was a place where time had no meaning. Where everything seemed like a fairy tale. Where elves, dark spirits, dwarfs, sprites, humans, fairies, nymphs, ogres, giants and gods all existed peacefully. It is hard to tell where this story starts. I should believe that it would start with its heroine, a girl trapped in lies of her past, a girl who was lost. But, I suppose it must start, like all stories, from the beginning. The beginning of His real life, and, the truth.
Chapter One: Awakenings
Link heard a soft voice calling to him. Zelda? His body ached all over, a small something was licking his ear. Where am I? Hello? His eyes opened but could not focus. He closed them painfully again. I think I've been in a shipwreck. He fell effortlessly into unconsciousness again.
Marin stared at the man asleep in her straw bed and sighed. When out gathering firewood this morning on the beach, a handsome man in strange metal clothing was the last thing she had expected her pug Cameron to find. She wondered if the man was from the mainland. She felt like she had seen the man before, maybe in The Dark World, but then, that was silly. Of course she had never met this man. He looked to be about a few years older than her, and she was 14. He had bronze-orange hair that fell into his handsome face in pretty commas, and from earlier on the beach, when he had opened his eyes and called her "Zelda", she had seen that his eyes were a deep turquoise. She carefully brewed a strong tea with herbs in it for the man to drink when he awoke. If he awoke. Then she went and watched at the window of the small hut for her adoptive father Tarin to return from work in the forest.
I know who you are. Who are you? Fulfill your purpose lost one. What? Who...?
Link drifted awake again, smelling herbs. This time he felt slightly more comfortable, and warm too. He opened his eyes, and focused on his surroundings. He was in a very small room, lying on a straw bed, with a soft cotton blanket wrapped around him. The room was plain, with a fireplace, smelled very strongly of herbs, and Link sensed strong protection spells in the stone around him. He blinked. Where am I? He noticed his chain mail lay in a pile next to the bed, and his boots lay near the door, dripping onto the stone tiles. He also noticed that he wore only his loincloth and his large blue birth jewel around his neck under the blanket. As he evaluated his wounds (bump on the head, stiff left arm, body speckled in bruises, right leg cut from ankle to knee, but bandaged and healing) a small dog with a squashed face trotted into the room, curled tail high and wagging. The dog came over to the bed, and as Link sat up slowly, jumped onto his chest. "It won't do you any good to get up now. You need rest; Marin will be here soon. You really scared her there." A nasally voice said to Link. Link stared at the dog. "Did you just...? Never mind..." Link muttered, and suddenly felt very tired. He drifted off again. When Link awoke, a face focused into view above him. It was a girl with bright orange hair, deep sea-blue eyes, and a worried expression on her round, pale face. Lonnie sat up quickly.
"Zelda!" he cried out. The girl's expression of worry deepened. As his mind got clearer, he realized it couldn't be Zelda. "No. Not Zelda." The girl smiled, a warm and soft smile that urged Link to do the same.
"My name is Marin."
A blinding vision of a fire-haired child spinning in the sunlight flashed into Link's mind.
"My dog Cameron found you on our beach. Welcome to Koholent Island." The girl said quietly. Link thought for a moment. He had never heard of such an island. Link felt like he was twirling like a leaf in the wind. He shook his head, trying to clear it. "Here, drink this." The girl said, and handed him a steaming mug of something wonderful smelling. He drank it down in a gulp, not noticing the bitter taste. His head felt a little better. He lay back on the pillow, studying the pretty red head in front of him. She blushed mildly at the examination.
"My name is Link. I'm from Hyrule. Do you know where that is? " He asked in his most polite I'mtalkingtoastrangegirlonastrangeIsland voice.
Her eyes flashed with something strange for a moment. Then she smiled. "I think so," She replied. He nodded.
"I'm a knight of the realm. I was on an imperial ship escorting ambassadors from Carwile to Hyrule when a storm hit the ship." She looked fascinated.
"How far from Hyrule is Koholent Island, might I ask?" he asked. She shrugged.
"You'll have to talk to the people at the docks about that" She replied, and brought him a plate of strong smelling food; satisfied it would stay down. Link gobbled it up quickly. She watched him with curiosity.
"Umm, "He said through a bite of food, "Was it you who...cured me?" He asked. She nodded quickly and smiled. He blushed and looked at his food. When he looked up, Marin's eyes were vacant, empty, and she was staring at the ocean. Marin smiled to herself, then felt the wave of darkness come again and knew that her mind was remembering something from the time she had spent in the dark world. She cursed to herself at Lonnie, wishing he had not missed the pieces of memory in her mind when he had washed away her memories of the black dimension. In her memory, she was standing behind a long Iron Gate, peering out into the courtyard of a huge dark castle. She waited for the darkness to turn to light, but the memory went on. A tall knight swung off his horse, looking ten feet tall, and Marin recognized the knight as Link. The knight walked solidly over to a tall a dark man, who looked swathed in shadows. Link and the man started to talk, and soon their conversation was loud enough for her to here for they were both yelling. "I shall not say I do not know what you're implying young man. You should just get back on that horse and head back home" The dark lord (lord? Was he a lord?) stiffly said. His voice emanated power, and Marin was amazed that he was not afraid of Link, who was looking tall and glowery. Link said something back that Marin didn't understand and started towards the gate. "Marin" a voice hissed. Marin turned to see a girl taller than her of about seven crouching next to her and pulling on her dress. "If he catches you you're dog meat. Come on silly dreamer before you get caught!" the girl cried in a whisper, shaking her dark black hair onto her shoulders, and grabbing Marin's hand. Marin felt the light pulling at her and she ripped herself quickly back into reality. Link's face swam before her, and she shook her head. The darkness disappeared, and she was back, out of her memory, and in the light world. Safe.
"Marin are you alright? You kind of...went blank." Link asked, worry across his face. He had sat up abruptly, and the blanket had fallen to reveal his startlingly muscular chest.
"Oh, it's ok. Sometimes I have...moments, like that. But it's ok."
Link sat back, and seemed to be satisfied with her answer, but something in his eyes told her he was watching her more closely now.
She smiled. "You should get some rest. You had quite a journey it seems. I will be back later to give you some food. Try to sleep." With this, she left again.
Link fell into an uneasy sleep.
Link was walking through a large garden. It looked a lot like the palace gardens back at the castle, only much larger, and well maintained. Link realized he was dreaming. He walked along more and more, until he reached a stone-edged archway that opened into a field of daisies. A small dog came running up to him, wading through the flowers. The dog yelped for him to come along and see the Queen. Link followed Cameron through his dream field of daisies that looked so familiar, across to a large pile of stones. The grass and daisies rippled in the wind like water. As he approached the rocks, he saw a woman sitting on one of the rocks low to the ground. She turned to him, her bright copper hair blowing in the wind, long and curly, her eyes a bright green against ivory skin.
"Link! Come and see the gift Marin has for you!" the woman cried happily to him, smiling beautifully. Link ran across the field to the woman, with the longing of someone seeing an old friend from long ago. He raced the wind, and for some reason suddenly felt as if it was very important that he got to the woman quickly. She seemed to be shrinking before his eyes. Link realized he was standing still. He looked down to see a girl of about four or five looking up at him with mischief in her bright blue eyes, handing him a bracelet of daisies. Link accepted it with a smile, and as he looked up at the achingly beautiful woman in the field, a huge shadow fell over the four of them, Link, the Queen, Cameron, and a young Marin...
Link sat up, sweat across his brow. That dream had been so vivid, the colors, the people, and what was Marin doing in Hyrule as a young child?
Link spent the next few weeks recovering, and getting to know the island. Eventually he found a way to go home again, but throughout that time, he got to know Marin fairly well. She was sweet, and her similarities to Zelda in appearance continued to astound him. She continued to have blank moments, where her face would lose all emotion, and for a few minutes she would be unable to speak to, but these moments happened only a few times while he was there. Sometimes, Link would hear her cry out in her sleep through the walls.
"Link!" Marin was calling in laughter. Link raced to keep up with her as she flew through the forest. He saw her darting between the trees ahead of him, her orange hair glinting in the filtered sunlight, bits of blue color from her dress giving her away "Marin slow down! Where are we going?" He cried breathlessly. He was well in shape, but Marin could run like a rabbit being chased by a hawk. He kept up, almost. Eventually Marin stopped. Link nearly ran her over as he plowed behind her. She had stopped in the middle of a meadow, where a pretty tree overlooked a tiny creek. "We'll eat here." She said simply, not even out of breath. She sat on one of the low-lying tree limbs, and spread out her picnic upon another limb that jutted out before her. "You sit there." She gestured at a sawed-off tree trunk. For a moment they sat and enjoyed the cool weather and summer breeze in peace, snacking on sandwiches. After a moment, Link spoke. "Were you born on the island Marin?" He asked casually. Marin held back a sigh. Here came the questions. Link and she had gotten along beautifully until this moment, she had shown him the village and he had met her few friends, he had instantly won over Tarin, she had nursed him back to health. And now he would ask. "Look at that!" She cried, and with a burst of energy, she was off running again. Link sighed. Marin was far too active to just live her dull life as a fisherman's daughter.
One day Marin returned to her house to see Link putting on his chain mail. "Going out to practice?" she asked with a smile.
He grinned at her, teeth white against tan skin. "They've found a ship coming into port here that can take me back to Hyrule. I have to go, I'm needed at home." Marin nodded, trying not to look too dismayed. The knight was famous, known all over the lands (especially the dark world) for his accomplishments, winnings in tournaments, and heroics. No doubt he was very important to his kingdom at home. Marin had heard several stories about him from the elders in the village, and agreed them as she surveyed him before her. Fully dressed in chain mail, he was an impressive sight. When he stood up to his full height he was at least a head taller than Marin. Link turned to her as he picked up a few bags, looking oddly concerned.
"Marin..." he hesitated. She stared at him blankly.
"Should someone ever come here looking for you, from Hyrule, please trust what they say and follow them. For me. I know I shall see you again. I pray for it."
With this, the tall Hyrulian knight ducked under her front door, and that was the last she saw of him for six months.
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