...Darkness...the night sky, filled with storm clouds and lightning...a drawbridge opens, and the sound of hooves on stone could be heard...A young girl in purple robes rides a white, majestic stallion, an olive-skinned, white haired woman with red eyes holds the reigns, driving them away from the bridge. A fierce-looking man with dark skin and flaming red hair stops his black mount in front of a young boy. The boy looks shocked...the man raises his hand...and...!
Link shivered and rolled onto his side, but he remained asleep.
"Hello, Link! Wake up! ...Great Deku Tree...talk...Link..."
The annoying voice pestered him, only half-heard in his sleepy state. Link simply rolled over to ignore it.
"Hey! C'mon! ...lazy boy?!?" the voice screeched, and something small and light kept bouncing on Link's back. He decided to appease the intruder and sat up, yawning. He turned towards his door and let his legs swing freely from his bed, and the voice turned out to be a fairy.
"You finally woke up! I'm Navi the fairy! The Great Deku Tree asked me to be your partner from now on! Nice to meet you! The Great Deku Tree has summoned you! So let's get going, right now!"
Link nodded once, awed because the protector of the forest wanted to meet him. He walked outside, and caught a glimpse of Saria charging toward his house. She waved and obviously wanted to talk. Link decided to show off and turned his back on the ladder from his tree home, back-flipping to the ground below, landing perfectly.
"Wow, a fairy! You're finally a Kokiri now!" Saria said, giggling. Link told her of his summons. "Oh, the Great Deku Tree has summoned you? It must really important! Maybe he has a gift for you! Hurry, go see him, and I'll wait right here!"
Link dashed off to head to the Great Deku Tree...only to be stopped by the biggest loser of them all, Mido.
"Stop right there, Link! You can't go and see the Great Deku Tree without a sword and shield!" Mido growled. Link frowned at him, and left wordlessly to find what he needed. He knew that shields cost money, about 40 rupees, from the shop in their village. So he took a look around to gather up some cash. He knew that the other kids lost money in bushes and in the tall grass, so he gathered a few green rupees here and there. He also found a couple of blue rupees scattered around, one behind Mido's house (great hiding spot, idiot!), one atop a tree pillar that connected to Saria's house via a small bridge, one that he spotted while jumping across the stone platforms in the small pond near the village shop, and one inside the shop itself (probably the shop keeper's. Oops!)
Link counted his money, and headed into the shop, buying the shield Mido said he needed. A young girl sat atop the canopy above the doorway, and flirted with him...he blushed and headed on his way. He needed a sword...and the only sword he knew of was the Kokiri Sword. He headed up a sloped path outside the entrance to the bridge that led to foreign lands, and Link crawled through a small, hollow tree, which led him to a hidden path. The path was guarded by some sort of magic boulder. It kept rolling around in a circle, and was easily avoided. Link made his way to the treasure chest which he threw open, crawling inside to gather up the prize: The Kokiri Sword. He strapped it to his back and grinned, heading out the way he came.
"You again, Link? Did you get a sword and shield this time? What's that? Oh, it's a Deku shield...and what's THAT?!? GOOD GRIEF!" Mido exclaimed, tapping his foot impatiently. "Well, even with all that stuff, a wimp's still a wimp. I, the great Mido, will never accept you as one of us! How did you get to be the favorite of Saria and the Great Deku Tree, anyway?" he grumbles, grudgingly stepping aside. Link passed with a silent, smug grin.
On his way to the tree, Link encountered three Deku Babas, which just sprung up out of the ground...and spun in circles. Link raised a brow and cut the stupid plants down, grabbing some Deku sticks in the process. Navi announced her return to the GDT (Great Deku Tree, it gets annoying to type that after a while.) The GDT acknowledged her, and asked for Link to prove his courage, knowing of the boy's dark dreams. The GDT had been cursed, and he asked Link to break that curse, which he readily accepted to do. The giant tree opened its maw, and the boy and his fairy stepped inside...
After about an hour of exploration, treasure-gathering, and the incessant prattling of Navi, who informed him how to do everything, from opening doors to walking...Link emerged from the tree, victorious.
"Thank you, my lad...but I was doomed before you had even started...I will pass away soon, but you must listen to my words..."
The Great Deku Tree told Link about the Goddesses who created the world, the Triforce and the Sacred Realm, and about Ganondorf, who had cursed him.
"You must now go to see the Princess of Destiny...she is in Hyrule Castle. Take this with you as well, the object that man wanted so badly, that he placed a curse over me..." The Great Deku Tree gave Link the Spiritual Stone of the Forest, the Kokiri Emerald. The Great Deku Tree faded, becoming petrified wood.. Navi bid him farewell, and followed Link out to the Kokiri village.
"Geez Link, what did you do? Did the Great Deku Tree...die? This is all your fault! I can't believe you, Link!" Mido angrily accused him, stomping off before Link could offer a rebuttal. Link simply charged out of the forest village, across the bridge in the Lost Woods...where Saria stopped him.
"Oh, I see you're leaving...I knew that you would someday, because you are different from me and my friends. But we'll be friends forever, right?" She asked, looking him in the eyes. "Take this Ocarina...when you play it, think of me." Link held up the wooden Ocarina and examined it for a moment in the light. He nodded to Saria and backed up two paces before breaking into a run. Saria stared on with a saddened look in her eyes...
Link shivered and rolled onto his side, but he remained asleep.
"Hello, Link! Wake up! ...Great Deku Tree...talk...Link..."
The annoying voice pestered him, only half-heard in his sleepy state. Link simply rolled over to ignore it.
"Hey! C'mon! ...lazy boy?!?" the voice screeched, and something small and light kept bouncing on Link's back. He decided to appease the intruder and sat up, yawning. He turned towards his door and let his legs swing freely from his bed, and the voice turned out to be a fairy.
"You finally woke up! I'm Navi the fairy! The Great Deku Tree asked me to be your partner from now on! Nice to meet you! The Great Deku Tree has summoned you! So let's get going, right now!"
Link nodded once, awed because the protector of the forest wanted to meet him. He walked outside, and caught a glimpse of Saria charging toward his house. She waved and obviously wanted to talk. Link decided to show off and turned his back on the ladder from his tree home, back-flipping to the ground below, landing perfectly.
"Wow, a fairy! You're finally a Kokiri now!" Saria said, giggling. Link told her of his summons. "Oh, the Great Deku Tree has summoned you? It must really important! Maybe he has a gift for you! Hurry, go see him, and I'll wait right here!"
Link dashed off to head to the Great Deku Tree...only to be stopped by the biggest loser of them all, Mido.
"Stop right there, Link! You can't go and see the Great Deku Tree without a sword and shield!" Mido growled. Link frowned at him, and left wordlessly to find what he needed. He knew that shields cost money, about 40 rupees, from the shop in their village. So he took a look around to gather up some cash. He knew that the other kids lost money in bushes and in the tall grass, so he gathered a few green rupees here and there. He also found a couple of blue rupees scattered around, one behind Mido's house (great hiding spot, idiot!), one atop a tree pillar that connected to Saria's house via a small bridge, one that he spotted while jumping across the stone platforms in the small pond near the village shop, and one inside the shop itself (probably the shop keeper's. Oops!)
Link counted his money, and headed into the shop, buying the shield Mido said he needed. A young girl sat atop the canopy above the doorway, and flirted with him...he blushed and headed on his way. He needed a sword...and the only sword he knew of was the Kokiri Sword. He headed up a sloped path outside the entrance to the bridge that led to foreign lands, and Link crawled through a small, hollow tree, which led him to a hidden path. The path was guarded by some sort of magic boulder. It kept rolling around in a circle, and was easily avoided. Link made his way to the treasure chest which he threw open, crawling inside to gather up the prize: The Kokiri Sword. He strapped it to his back and grinned, heading out the way he came.
"You again, Link? Did you get a sword and shield this time? What's that? Oh, it's a Deku shield...and what's THAT?!? GOOD GRIEF!" Mido exclaimed, tapping his foot impatiently. "Well, even with all that stuff, a wimp's still a wimp. I, the great Mido, will never accept you as one of us! How did you get to be the favorite of Saria and the Great Deku Tree, anyway?" he grumbles, grudgingly stepping aside. Link passed with a silent, smug grin.
On his way to the tree, Link encountered three Deku Babas, which just sprung up out of the ground...and spun in circles. Link raised a brow and cut the stupid plants down, grabbing some Deku sticks in the process. Navi announced her return to the GDT (Great Deku Tree, it gets annoying to type that after a while.) The GDT acknowledged her, and asked for Link to prove his courage, knowing of the boy's dark dreams. The GDT had been cursed, and he asked Link to break that curse, which he readily accepted to do. The giant tree opened its maw, and the boy and his fairy stepped inside...
After about an hour of exploration, treasure-gathering, and the incessant prattling of Navi, who informed him how to do everything, from opening doors to walking...Link emerged from the tree, victorious.
"Thank you, my lad...but I was doomed before you had even started...I will pass away soon, but you must listen to my words..."
The Great Deku Tree told Link about the Goddesses who created the world, the Triforce and the Sacred Realm, and about Ganondorf, who had cursed him.
"You must now go to see the Princess of Destiny...she is in Hyrule Castle. Take this with you as well, the object that man wanted so badly, that he placed a curse over me..." The Great Deku Tree gave Link the Spiritual Stone of the Forest, the Kokiri Emerald. The Great Deku Tree faded, becoming petrified wood.. Navi bid him farewell, and followed Link out to the Kokiri village.
"Geez Link, what did you do? Did the Great Deku Tree...die? This is all your fault! I can't believe you, Link!" Mido angrily accused him, stomping off before Link could offer a rebuttal. Link simply charged out of the forest village, across the bridge in the Lost Woods...where Saria stopped him.
"Oh, I see you're leaving...I knew that you would someday, because you are different from me and my friends. But we'll be friends forever, right?" She asked, looking him in the eyes. "Take this Ocarina...when you play it, think of me." Link held up the wooden Ocarina and examined it for a moment in the light. He nodded to Saria and backed up two paces before breaking into a run. Saria stared on with a saddened look in her eyes...