Chapter 2: The Beginning
Okay, first of all, the name's Rif (short for Rifaleona—dumb name). Though I may not seem to fit the part, I'm actually the goddess of Kindness. Ever wonder why there's a Great Fairy of Kindness, but no corresponding Triforce or Goddess? Well, there was—is. Only…if there's four I guess it would be a Quadruforce. Quadforce? Never mind. (Quaforce?) We'll call it the Triforce because—let's face it—it beats the heck out of "Fourforce". The reason I might seem biting and mocking is that no one has worshipped me in millenniums, and no one has even mentioned me for even LONGER! If that's not enough to make you bitter, what is? Anyway, I am the goddess of Kindness—and I have long searched for one worthy to hold the Triforce of Kindness. I haven't found anyone, but nobody really knows that I exist, do they? They're so busy being Wise and Powerful and Courageous that they don't give a second thought to Kindness! It's infuriating! Has NO ONE been to Termina and seen the Great Fairies!? I guess Link, but other than him… Oh, well.
Anyway, at the beginning of the world, the FOUR goddesses came to create a world out of the void. Why, do you ask? Well, that's for us to know and for you to find out (though it may be that we had a contract with Nintendo…). Yeah, so Din created the land. Well, guess who held the void still so she could shape the matter? Yours truly. And, yes, Nayru did create the sky, but the stars were my idea! Not to mention the sun, moon, other planets, how they revolved… If it had gone Nayru's way, it would just be a black sky all the time--totally blank and unattractive. Oh, and Farore—sure, she created the Hylians—but whose idea do you think it was to split the races? Me again. And, not only this, but I (as I mentioned previously) created the languages. Do you have any concept of how hard it is to make a series of lines be individual and mean something? It nearly drove me nuts! AND THEY JUST LEFT ME OUT!!! The only thing that they really did for me was give me a Great Fairy in Termina. I'll bet that was Nayru… She always was smarter than those other two… marginally.
(Sigh…) Sorry, sorry. I just had to get that off my chest. Thanks for listening to me rant and rave—no one has in millenniums. Whooo… I feel better now.
So, there you have it: what really happened at the creation of the world.
Now I just have to find a follower to keep my Force… If I don't give it to someone soon, its power will fade… along with mine… Oh, and the longer I go without anyone to carry my Triforce of Kindness, and the more people that forget me, the more I lose my power…and believe me, every day, at least one more person forgets…forgets to be kind…
Back in the creepily foggy Den of the Narrator…
Wow. Heavy.
"Tell me about it!"
Well, if you don't get that Force to a keeper soon, its power and yours will diminish and—
"I didn't mean 'tell me about it' in the literal sense!"
Sorry.
"'S'all right."
You're sure?
"Oh, yeah."
So… how about we go look for a keeper?
"It's no use. I tell you, I've already looked!"
Everywhere?
"Everywhere."
Zora's Domain?
"Yup."
Among the Gorons?
"Yup."
Hyrule Castle Town?
"Yes."
Gerudo V—
"I'm telling you, I looked everywhere!"
Hmmmm… When was the last time you looked?
"Oh, the year 1985 or so."
You gotta be kidding.
"What?"
What do you mean, "what"? It's 2004 right now! Things have changed!
"Really?"
Really really. I mean, there have been like—practically ten games made!
"Oh, man! I knew that I had stayed too long in the Golden Realm!"
Well, don't worry. Pretty much all of those games are still being played today, and all still have an avid cult following. BLATANT AD FOR THE LEGEND OF ZELDA SERIES In fact, these were the first ever RPG videogames! And now, all of your favorite LoZ's have been transferred to GCN and Game Boy Advance! On sale at any local electronics store near you!
"… Wow. I didn't know you were such an endorser of Nintendo."
Well, it's what they pay me for.
"Right…So, what games did they make without me?"
Well, you were around in 1985, so you really only saw the first Legend of Zelda game for NES. The ones currently available are:
Zelda II: the Adventure of Link
LoZ: A Link to the Past
Four Swords/Adventures
Majora's Mask
Wind Waker
Oracle of Ages/Seasons
Legend of Zelda, The (tentative title)(This looks so dang cool I can't EVEN believe it)
Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap
"Whew…" whistled Rif. "I guess I better check again…"
I'll say!!
"Wow, which first?! There are so many!"
I'd pick Ocarina of Time if I were you.
She shuddered.
"If you were me, that'd be so creepy."
Why?
"I'd be you!"
What? What's wrong with that?
"Well, you're—ethereal!"
What?
"Oh, gosh! You call yourself a narrator! It means you have no body! Like you're just a spirit!!"
Oh. I—I knew that…
"Sure you did."
AHEM! Anyway, you should check Ocarina of Time first since it's the first in the series, chronologically.
Author's Note: Plus, it's the best dang game I've ever played!!!!!!!
"Cool. Let's go. I should also check on my Great Fairy Fountain in the middle of Hyrule Field."
Okay.
"Oh, and I want to save my powers just in case of emergencies. You never know. Can you get us there?"
Is Ganondorf the King of Evil? Is Tatl annoying? Is—
"Alright, alright! You can get us there; just do it already!"
Okay, okay!
And suddenly, our heroes were in Hyrule Field, just where the Great Fairy Fountain of Kindness should be.
Rif stared in amazement, her eyes wide and bulging, her jaw hanging loose in utter astonishment. She was speechless. She made a little, almost inaudible squeak.
Sheesh. It wasn't that great. I am, after all, a narrator.
Unfortunately, she wasn't dumbstruck about my awesome skills.
"AAAAUUUUGH!!!! WHO—WHAT—WHY!?!?!?!? WHAT HAPPENED TO MY FOUNTAIN?!?!?!?!?!?"
Oh, boy. What has Rif discovered? Who, or what, has done—whatever-it-is to her Fountain? And will the narrator ever speak in quotation marks?
Find the answers to these questions and a whole lot more in the next exciting chapter in:
THE LOST TRIFORCE.