The Legend of Zelda: Pirates' Ocarina
Chapter One
Link sat up in his bed. The sun was shinning through the window, the birds were chirping happily. Yup, just another normal day for the Kokiri kids. Except for Link's dark dream, which was still fresh in his mind from the night. Link decided the best thing to do was to ignore it and continue his normal daily routine. Link jumped out of bed and walked for the door, his well warn boots making a soft patting sound on the wooden floor of the tree.
Link stepped outside and took in a lung full of air and looked around at his surroundings. It was all green with trees and grass, and a few trees had been converted into houses, much like his own, for the other Kokiri kids that lived there. Also, to the right of the huge forest was a great ocean. Even though the Kokiri were told by the Great Deku Tree never to leave the forest for any reason, Link and Saria made trips to the coast all the time, it was one of their 'special places'. Something was amiss today though, Saria wasn't there to great Link like she normally did in the mornings. Link shrugged it off as he slid down the ladder from his tree house, maybe he sleep in latter than usual and she already left to wash up and get breakfast.
Link walked across the forest ground and waved to some friends and gave them a "Good morning". Link went passed Mido's house, his un-official arch rival, to the fresh spring water pond up above on the hill. Link knelled down on his nears and looked into the clean water and saw his reflection. He stared at it for a minute then plunged his hands into it and brought up a small handful of water to his mouth for a sip. Then he jumped into the pond and felt the cool rush of water on his skin. Link sighed in content, this place was a paradise, any human would trade anything to live here. So why did Link want to leave? Link sighed again washing his hair some, it wasn't meant to be, by rule of the Great Deku Tree, Kokiri can not leave the little island they inhabit with out paying the price of life. Not that any of the other Kokiri children wanted to leave, they were completely happy living in their mini-paradise. So, why did Link want to leave? He'd have to talk to Saria about it later.
Link was about to get out of the pond, when something grabbed his leg and yanked him back under water. Link jumped back up to the surface coughing and spitting out water. "Heheh, easy to trick as always, Link!" Link spun around to see who it was, it was Mido, the self-proclaimed leader of the Kokiri, and Link's arch rival.
"What do you want, Mido?" Link said when he could talk again.
"Nothing, just to make your life miserable as always," Mido said, with a sarcastic smile on his face. Link grumbled and mumbled something under his breathe about a monster eating a certain Kokiri. He was about to get out when Mido said something else tapped his shoulder. "Um, excuse me, Mr. Link?" A little voice said to Link, he looked up to see Mido's fairy, Zee, floating above him, "Have you seen Saria today?"
"Hey, shut up, Zee! No-fairy wouldn't know anything!" Mido said, grabbing the fairy and pulling her back to his face, "Besides," he whispered, "he wouldn't know anything."
"You mean you two haven't seen her either?" Link said turning to face Mido and Zee.
"I'm not saying anything," Mido said, putting his hands behind his head and sticking his tong out at Link.
"No one has seen her today, Link. We're very worried." Zee said, ignoring what her master just did. Link smiled at the fairy.
"Thanks, Zee, I hope my fairy is as sweet as you are," Link said as he patted the fairy then got out of pond and walked off. Mido looked like he was about to blow.
"What was that about, Zee?! Grr! Well, Link! You'll NEVER get a fairy! 'Ya hear me?! NEVER!" Mido yelled out to Link, who was humming a song that popped up in his head, deliberately ignoring what Mido just said.
"Poor dear, I hope he finds happiness…" Zee said to herself as she floated beside her master's head, "… I have."
Link jumped off the ledge and started back to his tree house, deep in thought, while he could hear Mido yelling at him and Zee, actually, Link was sure most of the forest could hear Mido's fuming. Link climbed back up the ladder to his house and entered it. Link walked over to one of the corners in his house and lifted open a dusty old trunk and searched through it for a few minutes until he found what he was looking for, an old, clay bowl he made to keep berries and other fruits in. Link was about to close the trunk and leave when he saw something in the trunk he forgot about. He pulled out a dusty old map and looked at it. He hand found it one of the first day when he and Saria went to the shore. Link remembered it like it was yesterday.
"Come on, Saria!" Link said, pulling on Saria's arm.
"No, Link! We went to the shore yesterday, and we're already breaking the rules by doing that! What if someone catches us and…" Saria was struggling against Link's grip, listing every reason why they shouldn't go when Link cut her off.
"You worry to much! Come on, if someone catches us, I'll make sure you don't get in trouble!" Link said t Saria, stopping her and getting in her face to try and convince he was serious.
"Alright, fine, but it's your fault if we get caught!" Saria said sighing in defeat.
"Deal," Link said giving her a thumbs up and pushing her ahead of him.
After making it out of the thickest part of the woods, the reached the clearing that opened up to the shore of the island. "Its so beautiful…" Saria said softly as she stepped out of forest onto the sand.
"Yeah, its so untouched…" Link said as he stepped out beside Saria, "I wonder why the Great Deku Tree doesn't want us out here?" Then, Link found out why, out on the sea, although hard to see, was a ship with a black flag flapping in the wind.
"What's that?" Saria asked nervously as she grabbed onto Link's arm
"I don't know," Link said as he stepped forward ready to fight if they came on shore, "get back into the trees, Saria." She did as she was told and hid in a tree and watched the ship. They watched and Link squinted his eyes and could see that two people were fighting with swords. One was backed up to the edge and was about to be knocked off the edge when he made the other lose grip of the sword and it flew off the edge of the boat. The one without a sword looked beat, but then pulled something from his coat and it fired at the other man, it made a big boom that made Link and Saria's hearts stop for a few dramatic seconds as the man dropped his sword and staggered off the edge of the ship. Link and Saria watched as the man floated up onto the shore. "Come on, Saria! We've got to help him!" Link said as he ran up to the man without hesitation. Saria slid down the trunk of the tree and ran up with Link.
"But Link, you know only Kokiri can enter the forest! If you take him in, he will die!" Saria said to Link as he was knelling down to help the man.
"But he'll die anyway if we leave him here!" Link protested.
"It's alright, lil' 'ens… the bastard finally got me…" The man said as he rolled over onto his back, clutching the hole in his chest were blood was oozing out.
"Oh my… !" Saria said in shock as she covered her mouth and backed away.
"Heh… 'dun worry 'fer me, lil' girl… it's my time to die…" he said as he worked his way onto his knees and faced Link.
"Hey, don't move, we'll go get help and…" Link protested as he tried to help the man.
"No, I'm ready 'ta met my fait, kids… but do this old pirate one last request…" he said as he reached into his pocket and pulled out a map, "… take this o' map 'n find the treasure 'fer me… I only wish I could have dern it 'fer myself… what is 'yer name boy?"
"Link," Link said as his eyes started to water.
"Link, eh? You're the spitting image of my younger self… may you have as many adventures as this old sea pirate…" he said as he breathed his last breathe and collapsed to the ground. Link and Saria buried the man and build a shire for him, then had a moment of silent as Link carved an inscription onto the wooden cross for him. Link stood up and looked down at the memorial, then at the map, and back at Saria. "Let's go home, Saria," Link said as he turned and walked back into the woods.
What Link and Saria didn't know is that back on the ship, the other man was watching them through a telescope. "Her… so, that be the land of the Kokiri, eh? Well then gents, we'll just have to come back and kill 'em all!" The man laughed as he turned to his new crew. "Full speed ahead back to the hide out!"
Link sighed, that was one of his sadder adventures, the old sea pirate never even told them his name. Well, maybe one day Link would be able to fulfill the pirate's last request and follow the map to the treasure. In the meantime, it was already almost lunch time and Link still hadn't got breakfast, so he hid the map back in the trunk and ran out of the house. Link slid down the ladder with his bowl in hand and turned for the forest in the west, were most of the fruit and berries were. He didn't get very far, however, before he was yelled at. "Link! Link!" Link turned around to see who it was, it was Sam, one of the other Kokiri boys who used to come out with Link and Sara on their adventures, but now was more interested in studying the old books that were on the island.
"Hey, Sam, what's up?" Link said as he turned to face Sam.
"Link, could I borrow you for a minute or two?" Sam asked Link.
"Er, well, I was going to get food…" Link said as he scratched the back of his head, he was really hungry.
"Don't worry, I'll share my lunch with you," Sam said, as he motion Link back to his house. This, Link wasn't so sure about, the last time he was at Sam's house, he ended up eating a Deku Baba seed. Never the less, Link followed Sam back across the field to his house. "Ok, Link, I want you to hold this," Sam said as he handed Link an oddly shaped stick.
"Erm, ok, what is it?" Link asked while looking at it from different angles.
"It's called a 'Boomerang', you throw it and it comes back to you. I read about it in this book," Sam said as he pointed to a book called 'Ancient Weapons of the Hylians'. Link took the book and flipped through it. He saw all sorts of items, he saw a stick that was bent and had a string connecting the ends called a 'Bow', he saw a 'Y' shaped stick with a band on it called a 'Sling Shot', and he saw many others. Same saw that this book interested Link greatly. "I see I found a book you like, Link?" Sam said as he went back to a table with other things on it.
"Yes… hey can you make this? And this? And maybe this too?" Link said as he started pointing to a bunch of different weapons that looked appealing.
"Whoa, whoa, slow down, Link! These things take time! But yes, I'll make these weapons for you, now, let's go test this Boomerang," Sam said as he took the book and placed it back on the shelf and pushed Link out the door and out onto the field.
Sam walked out some distance and placed some Rupees onto a stand he had made then back out of the way. "Alright, Link, let's test your skills! Take the Boomerang and hit the Rupees, with the designed of the Boomerang, it should bring them back to you," Sam instructed as Link shrugged and through the Boomerang at the target, it hits the ground without even hitting the target. "Arg! No, Link! You throw it like this, then it should loop back around and return to you," Sam said as he explained how to throw a Boomerang. Link backed up and tried again, this time was a success, Link threw the Boomerang with and arch and it looped around to grab the Rupee with success then returned to Link's hand. "Hey, that was cool!" Link said as he looked at the Boomerang.
"Excellent! Now, try this!" Sam said as he threw Link the 'Y' shaped stick called the Sling Shot. He then sat up targets across the field and went back to his spot. "Alright, hit all the targets and knock 'em over with these Deku Seeds," Same instructed as he gave Link some Deku Seeds. This task was even easier that the Boomerang's, all Link had to do was shoot them and the seeds did the real work. "Excellent! Well, that's all for today, Link," Sam said as he started to walk back to his house, "oh, and keep the Boomerang and Sling Shot, you'll need them more than me someday."
"Wait, you promised me food!" Link yelled as he remembered the reason for coming.
"Oh yeah… come inside and we'll have dinner," Sam said as he motioned for Link to come inside.
After a surprisingly good dinner of fruit and Deku Baba, Link was walking out to the shore to sit for a few minutes and watch the last of the setting sun. When Link got there, he saw the memorial of his pirate friend and sat down beside it. "Hey, old friend, how's things going?" Link asked the stone memorial, knowing full well he wouldn't get an answer. "Yeah, I found your map again today, I really wish I could leave here and find your treasure, then your final wish could be granted…" Link trailed off. Before Link knew it, he had told his entire dream to his dead friend. "Heh, you must thing I'm crazy, talking to you about these things… you are dead after all," Link said as he sat back against the stones of the memorial.
"It's not crazy, Link," Link bolted up, had his pirate friend just spoke? Link spun around, it was Saria.
"Did I surprise you? Sorry…" She said looking down at the stones, "I come here to talk to him too." Link could fell Saria was sad about something.
"Saria? What is it?" Link asked, more than a little bit worried.
"Well, it's just that…" she couldn't find the words to explain what was happening. Link could tell, so he asked.
"Were have you been all day?"
"The Great Deku Tree's Meadow," she said. This got Link's attention, no one ever went in there without a good reason, but before he could ask, "the Great Deku Tree wants to see you, Link." This was something Link didn't expect, he'd met the Great Deku Tree a few times, mainly when one of the Kokiri kids complained about him and Mido, and he was very intimidated by the giant tree. None the less, Link nodded and picked up his Boomerang and Sling Shot and headed off to the Great Deku Tree's Meadow.
-End Chapter
Alright, that's the end of the real first chapter. I think it was ok... it was originally about twenty pages for this chapter 'cause I was extending it until I got to this really good cliff hanger, but my friend said if I left it like it was, I wouldn't have a head . So, yeah, what did you guys think? Please give me a review!