Disclaimer: Again,I don't own Zelda. If I did, I'd be working on the next game instead of writing
this chapter of my fic. Also, I'd be a multi-millionaire, and anything I typed in this story would
be canon. Still, anything you recognize from Ocarina of Time is owned by Nintendo and Shigeru
Miyamoto. Anything you don't recognize is mine, and mine alone.

Old Evil, New Hero

Chapter 2: Nara's (Mis)Adventures Begin


In the Kakariko Village Pub, Nara and Natl(finally thought up a name), the fairy who Nara had
saved from the cat, took a seat at the bar. Nara removed her helmet, allowing her shoulder length
dark blond hair fall down. She was around 5 feet, seven inches in height with piercing blue
eyes(forgot her physical description in Chapter One, my bad ^_^;;), and she was built like a
fighter, not a very good one, but one nonetheless. The bartender walked over to take her order.

"I'd like an ale please, on the rocks, if you don't mind.", she said to the bartender. Giving her a
strange look, the bartender nodded and walked off to fill her order. She sighed and looked at the
fairy hovering over her shoulder. The soldiers assigned to Kakariko Village looked at her
strangely, noticing the fairy.

"What am I supposed to be doing, Fairy?", she asked and the fairy flew in front of her face and
glowed a bright red.

"Natl.", the fairy said.

"What?"

"Natl. That's my name.", Natl said in slight frustration at the Hylian's denseness. Nara nodded.

"Pleased to meet you, Natl. I'm Nara, soldier in the Hylian Army, assigned to drawbridge duty at
Hyrule Castle.", she said with a slight smile as the bartender brought her the drink, still looking
at her and the fairy strangely.

"What's their problem?", Natl asked. "Haven't they ever seen a fairy before?"

Nara chuckled.

"I don't know, but they've certainly never seen one following a Hylian around before. We've all
only heard of a fairy following a Hylian around in the legend of the Hero of Time, but that was a
long time ago. Fairies are very rarely seen, if at all, outside the Lost Woods, to the east of Hyrule
Field. No one ventures into the Lost Woods because of the stories of people going in and never
coming out. I've heard that anyone venturing into the Lost Woods will turn into a monster.
Anyway, what am I supposed to be doing?",she said.

"What do you mean, what are you supposed to be doing?", Natl asked, confused.

"I do my job helping to raise and lower the drawbridge at the castle, but I have a feeling that I'm
supposed to be doing something more. I ride past the Temple of Time and get this feeling that
I'm supposed to go there and accept a quest, but I don't know what, and my fighting skills aren't
good enough to go questing yet. So, what do I do? Do you know, Natl?", she said and Natl shook
her head.

"I don't know. Just do what you think you should be doing.", the fairy said with a shrug.

"Which is...?", Nara asked, trying to prompt further hints.

"That's for you to figure out.", Natl said in exasperation. Nara sighed and downed half of the ale
in a few swallows.

Meanwhile, in a secret cave near Death Mountain, a couple of men were speaking.

"Soon, the Master will be reborn, after a century of rest. On the next full moon, we take this
potion to the crater of Death Mountain and use the volcano's heat to release the magic and
Ganon(Did anyone else but me see this coming? Ganon's the only major Zelda bad guy that I
know anything about.So,I had to choose him ^_^;;) will rise again! Mwahahahahaha!", the taller
of the two men said, the other looked at him questioningly.

"Why does it take so long to gather the ingredients for the potion? My horse is still tired.", the
second man said.

"How should I know? The book said that it takes a few weeks to get the stuff for the potion, and
we took a few weeks to gather the ingredients, just like the book said. Never argue with the
books, it's always right!", he said, and the second man shrugged.

"Whatever.", he said and walked out of the cave.

The first man chuckled evilly.

"Soon. Soon I shall be the right hand man of the new ruler of Hyrule! Mwahahahahahahaha!"

Back at Kakariko, Nara took out her watch to check the time.

"Oh Goddesses, we've got to get back to the castle now!", she exclaimed as she finished off her
ale, threw a few rupees at the bartender, enough to pay for the drink, picked up her helmet and
ran outside. She put on her helmet and mounted Wildfire, after untying her from the hitching
post.

Meanwhile, Natl was fluttering agitatedly.

"What? Why do we have to get to the castle now? What happens if we don't?", the fairy asked.
"Well, we'll get locked out all night, for one thing, for another, they say monsters come out at
night and harass travellers out in Hyrule Field.", Nara explained as she tried to get the horse to
move.

"Oh.", Natl said in understanding.

"Come on, Wildfire! Do you want us to get locked out of the castle? If you don't move this
instant, no carrots when we get back home!", she threatened. The horse seemed to think about
her threat, and started cantering toward the entrance/exit of Kakariko Village.

At the castle, the drawbridge crew was watching her from the windows.

"Hurry up and raise the drawbridge, she's coming!", said one.

"I'm on it! Maybe we'll get to see her try to fight the monsters that will go after her tonight. That
should sharpen her fighting skills.", another laughed, causing everyone else to laugh.

Nara looked on in shock as she saw the drawbridge being raised. When she reached the castle,
she was angry.

"Oh, come on and let me in! It's not dark yet!", she shouted at the men.

"You know the rules, Nara. Anyone not inside the castle by twilight gets locked out to deal with
the monsters. Have a nice time fighting them! Hahahaha!"

Natl flew up beside Nara's head.

"That's not a nice thing for them to do to you, Nara.", the fairy said.

Nara sighed.

"I know, Natl, but there's nothing I can do. I'm out here and they're in there."

Just then, night fell and she dismounted Wildfire, unsheathed her sword, and unhooked her
shield from the strap holding it onto her back, prepared to fight the monsters.

As expected a couple of Stalkids popped up from the ground and slowly approached her to
attack. Acting quickly, she eyed the closest one, and, in one swipe of her sword, beheaded it. The
Stalkid stumbled about for a few seconds before stumbling into her sword, killing itself.

Meanwhile, the drawbridge crew was enjoying the "entertainment".

"Stalkids. That should sharpen her skills a bit, but, then again, even a child can defeat a
Stalkid.", said one of the soldiers.
"Just what is going on here?", said a feminine, but regal sounding voice.

"Nothing, Your Highness.", one of the soldiers said as they all bowed to Princess Zelda.

"We'll see.", Zelda said as she looked out through the window and saw Nara fighting the
Stalkids. Her skills had actually improved from just that small amount of practice, it appeared.

Zelda turned toward the soldiers and looked at them with an icy glare.

"Let her in."

"Pardon, Your Highness? Did you say to let her in? You know the rules are that anyone not
inside the castle at night gets to deal with the monsters, no exceptions."

"I know, but I want to let her in. I have a feeling that she will be important to all of Hyrule in the
near future and I don't want her killed by monsters before then. Understood?", Zelda said, and
the soldier bowed.

"Your wish is my command. Lower the bridge!"

Nara was surprised to see the drawbridge lowering as she decapitated another Stalkid. She put
up her sword and shield and mounted Wildfire again. The horse refused to move again.

"Not now, Wildfire. Let's get inside the castle, you stupid horse!" ,she shouted at the horse. Just
then, a Stalkid popped up right in front of Wildfire, spooking the horse. The mare reared up
partly out of fright, partly out of revenge for Nara calling her stupid, causing Nara to lose her
balance in the saddle and fall off backward, landing on her head. Her helmet was knocked off in
the process. She stared up at the night sky for a few seconds before the darkness of
unconsciousness claimed her.

Seeing this, Zelda ran outside and knelt by Nara while a few soldiers tried to calm down the
spooked horse. The Princess looked at some of the soldiers who were just standing there.

"Get her into the castle. She's going to be Hyrule's next hero. The Triforce itself is telling me
this.", Zelda said as the soldiers began to move. They picked up Nara, while Zelda picked up her
helmet, and started carrying her to the castle.


Author's Notes: Part 3 will come after I have a few more reviews. For this part, if it doesn't
seem as good as Chapter One, it's probably because I was typing around a minor case of
Writer's Block. Well, see y'all in part 3! ^_^