This is the real story, people. It starts 300 years after Ocarina of Time, which is 1000 years after the first chapter of this story. I'm not going to mention Link's age in the story, so I might as well tell you now that he is the same age as Adult Link in Ocarina of Time: 17.
Disclaimer: I don't own Zelda, but I do own the story line I am creating. (I forgot to do a disclaimer in chapter one, so that goes for it, too)
Chapter 2: The Quest Begins
It was a breezy day as Link walked from Kakiriko village to the market place. His younger sister, Sarah, followed. It was her fourteenth birthday, and Link was going to get her a special sword she had seen and wanted. And if he had enough money left over, he would buy himself a new type of shield.
Link had been training his sister to fight ever since he had become a knight. He didn't know why he did it, except that she used to be very scrawny, and teaching her had toughened her up. Now, on her fourteenth birthday, she was ready to train with real weapons.
As soon as they reached the market place, they headed for a new weapons shop that had just opened up. Inside there were swords and shields and other various weapons lining the wall, some Link had never seen before. This place was one of his favorite places in the market place.
"Look around, Sarah," Link said. "See if you can find it."
Sarah found what she was looking for instantly, as if she was drawn to it. She pulled the sword off the wall and unsheathed it. It was a beautifully crafted double edged broad sword. The blade narrowed from the base to a point to give it a look similar to a needle. The hand guard had a ruby embedded in the center on both sides. The hilt was a silverish-red color that only a master blacksmith could do.
"Found it," Sarah said as she re-sheathed it.
Link paid 150 rupees for the sword before he asked for the shield he wanted. As soon as he asked, the shop owner pulled the shield from under the counter. It was almost a completely normal Hylian shield, except that it was made for offense as well as defense. The edges were sharpened to make a sword like blade that could cut through almost anything a sword could.
He paid 300 rupees for the shield and left to head for Lon Lon Ranch. He wanted to visit a friend he had not seen since he had started training to become a knight.
After they visited Lon Lon Ranch, they walked home to Kakiriko Village. Along the way, they noticed something that was a bit different from when they had walked that way that morning. There were footprints burnt into the ground, heading in the direction of the market place from Kakiriko Village. This gave Link a bad feeling, and he began to quicken his pace. The bad feeling was beginning to grow. He began to run as he reached the bridge. Then he ran faster up the stairs.
As soon as he ascended the stairs, he stopped and let his jaw drop at the devastation before him. The houses were all burned down, nothing left but rubble, with bodies strewn about. Something had happened here. Something bad. No fire could do this much damage in the time he had been gone.
Link ran to the place where his house used to be. It was next to the path to Death Mountain and seemed to be the first place that was destroyed. But did this mean that his parents were dead, too? He had to find out, so he began to sift through the rubble.
He didn't find anything in the rubble. There was no trace of his parents to be found. Maybe they had gotten away.
Link was hoping they had gotten away until Sarah called to him. He went to were he stood by two bodies scorched beyond recognition.
"It's mom and dad," Sarah said.
"We can't be sure of that, Sarah," Link said. "There's no way we can make sure."
"I found this around that ones neck." Sara held up a crystalline necklace. It was melted, but still recognizable. The only person in Kakiriko Village who wore a necklace like that was their mother. It was proof that their parents were dead. In one fell swoop, their lives had been turned upside down, and there was no way to change it back.
Link fell to his knees between the corpses as tears ran down his face. This was the worst thing that had ever happened to him. And on his sister's birthday, of all days. Why did this have to happen to them?
Something inside of Link snapped. It was as if he had a bubble of revenge building up inside him and it had finally popped, flooding him with hate for whoever had done this to his family and friends. And now he would hunt them down and kill them.
At this point, his hand began to glow. He looked at it and saw three triangles embedded in the back of his hand. Half of one of the triangles was glowing gold.
He knew what was happening. He had heard all of the tales of the Hero of Time. He knew he was a descendant of that hero. But he had never thought that he also carried the Triforce of courage within him.
Link looked at his sister and saw the same thing on her hand. She must have been feeling the same thing he was.
The glowing triangles seemed to fill Link with a need for revenge he had never felt before. It was the strongest feeling he had ever felt, and he could only imagine that his sister felt the same way. Whatever had done this was going to pay, even if it took Link the rest of his life to find it.
Link stood up quickly and ran to the trail that led to Death Mountain. Since the footprints lead up there, whatever had done this may still be up there. It was certainly worth it to find out.
Sarah followed without a word, knowing all to well how her brother felt. She longed for the same kind of revenge he did and would not stop until she got it.
They both ran silently up the mountain trail and didn't even stop when a goron almost rolled right into them. They kept going, determined to find the fiend who had completely changed their life with the destruction of their village. They ran, until they came to the tunnel entrance to the inside of the volcano. They stopped there to catch their breaths.
There were voices coming out of the tunnel. They couldn't make out what the voices were saying.
"Do you hear that?" Sarah asked.
"Yeah," Link answered. "I wonder if one of them is the one who did that to Kakiriko Village."
"Only one way to find out. Let's go."
Disclaimer: I don't own Zelda, but I do own the story line I am creating. (I forgot to do a disclaimer in chapter one, so that goes for it, too)
Chapter 2: The Quest Begins
It was a breezy day as Link walked from Kakiriko village to the market place. His younger sister, Sarah, followed. It was her fourteenth birthday, and Link was going to get her a special sword she had seen and wanted. And if he had enough money left over, he would buy himself a new type of shield.
Link had been training his sister to fight ever since he had become a knight. He didn't know why he did it, except that she used to be very scrawny, and teaching her had toughened her up. Now, on her fourteenth birthday, she was ready to train with real weapons.
As soon as they reached the market place, they headed for a new weapons shop that had just opened up. Inside there were swords and shields and other various weapons lining the wall, some Link had never seen before. This place was one of his favorite places in the market place.
"Look around, Sarah," Link said. "See if you can find it."
Sarah found what she was looking for instantly, as if she was drawn to it. She pulled the sword off the wall and unsheathed it. It was a beautifully crafted double edged broad sword. The blade narrowed from the base to a point to give it a look similar to a needle. The hand guard had a ruby embedded in the center on both sides. The hilt was a silverish-red color that only a master blacksmith could do.
"Found it," Sarah said as she re-sheathed it.
Link paid 150 rupees for the sword before he asked for the shield he wanted. As soon as he asked, the shop owner pulled the shield from under the counter. It was almost a completely normal Hylian shield, except that it was made for offense as well as defense. The edges were sharpened to make a sword like blade that could cut through almost anything a sword could.
He paid 300 rupees for the shield and left to head for Lon Lon Ranch. He wanted to visit a friend he had not seen since he had started training to become a knight.
After they visited Lon Lon Ranch, they walked home to Kakiriko Village. Along the way, they noticed something that was a bit different from when they had walked that way that morning. There were footprints burnt into the ground, heading in the direction of the market place from Kakiriko Village. This gave Link a bad feeling, and he began to quicken his pace. The bad feeling was beginning to grow. He began to run as he reached the bridge. Then he ran faster up the stairs.
As soon as he ascended the stairs, he stopped and let his jaw drop at the devastation before him. The houses were all burned down, nothing left but rubble, with bodies strewn about. Something had happened here. Something bad. No fire could do this much damage in the time he had been gone.
Link ran to the place where his house used to be. It was next to the path to Death Mountain and seemed to be the first place that was destroyed. But did this mean that his parents were dead, too? He had to find out, so he began to sift through the rubble.
He didn't find anything in the rubble. There was no trace of his parents to be found. Maybe they had gotten away.
Link was hoping they had gotten away until Sarah called to him. He went to were he stood by two bodies scorched beyond recognition.
"It's mom and dad," Sarah said.
"We can't be sure of that, Sarah," Link said. "There's no way we can make sure."
"I found this around that ones neck." Sara held up a crystalline necklace. It was melted, but still recognizable. The only person in Kakiriko Village who wore a necklace like that was their mother. It was proof that their parents were dead. In one fell swoop, their lives had been turned upside down, and there was no way to change it back.
Link fell to his knees between the corpses as tears ran down his face. This was the worst thing that had ever happened to him. And on his sister's birthday, of all days. Why did this have to happen to them?
Something inside of Link snapped. It was as if he had a bubble of revenge building up inside him and it had finally popped, flooding him with hate for whoever had done this to his family and friends. And now he would hunt them down and kill them.
At this point, his hand began to glow. He looked at it and saw three triangles embedded in the back of his hand. Half of one of the triangles was glowing gold.
He knew what was happening. He had heard all of the tales of the Hero of Time. He knew he was a descendant of that hero. But he had never thought that he also carried the Triforce of courage within him.
Link looked at his sister and saw the same thing on her hand. She must have been feeling the same thing he was.
The glowing triangles seemed to fill Link with a need for revenge he had never felt before. It was the strongest feeling he had ever felt, and he could only imagine that his sister felt the same way. Whatever had done this was going to pay, even if it took Link the rest of his life to find it.
Link stood up quickly and ran to the trail that led to Death Mountain. Since the footprints lead up there, whatever had done this may still be up there. It was certainly worth it to find out.
Sarah followed without a word, knowing all to well how her brother felt. She longed for the same kind of revenge he did and would not stop until she got it.
They both ran silently up the mountain trail and didn't even stop when a goron almost rolled right into them. They kept going, determined to find the fiend who had completely changed their life with the destruction of their village. They ran, until they came to the tunnel entrance to the inside of the volcano. They stopped there to catch their breaths.
There were voices coming out of the tunnel. They couldn't make out what the voices were saying.
"Do you hear that?" Sarah asked.
"Yeah," Link answered. "I wonder if one of them is the one who did that to Kakiriko Village."
"Only one way to find out. Let's go."