Disclaimer: Again, I own none of this. Shame on me!
Well, here it is, the last chapter of the Child Chapters: Introducing the Hero of Time! Wow, I never expected such positive feedback from so many people!! Thank you, thank you all!!
***PLEASE NOTE*** I had one person who commented that I did an "excellent job on the translation." I DID NOT TRANSLATE IT. That would be Ms. Annie's doing. She has a website: www.zeldanodensetsu.com. Go there for the unofficially translated manga of OoT.
Take Note: I originally said that I was going to split this up into two fics (Child and Adult Chapters) but I've decided against it (see story title change). After this chapter, just take note that it is called the Adult Chapters. Hannon lle. (Thank you in Elvish for you non-LotR fans. ::shudders::)
Review Responses:
Steeple333: Hee hee... Yeah, the "engagement ring" think was good. Stupid Link. Oh well. He'll find out all in good time what one is...
Hobbitfan2: I read your story up to chapter nine and I find *very* good!!! HA HA!! Link beat Legolas!!! Legolas: ::enters room:: Shut up, Alatariel! It's not like *you* could beat him! Alatariel: I could *so* beat that Hylian and you know it! ::blows raspberry:: Legolas: ::Scoffs as he's walking out of room:: Yeah, *that's* mature.
Demonic-faluna: Thank you soooo much!!
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Chapter Six
Introducing the Hero of Time
Link had run as fast as he could and he reached the market in almost nothing. He was running through a sea of people going the opposite direction. He heard one of them shout into the night, "Ganondorf has instigated a revolt!"
Link sprinted to the Castle. All of the guards and soldiers had gone off. Link ran up the steps to the main portion of the Castle, yelling out Zelda's name. He looked over to a small balcony and saw her with Impa; Ganondorf was also on the landing with them.
"Zelda!" Link cried. "I'm coming!" And he sprinted away in the direction of Zelda.
"Curse you, Ganondorf," Impa said roughly as she held Zelda close to her, protecting her.
Ganondorf smiled evilly. "The King is now resting peacefully...forever."
Lightning flashed in the dark sky, illuminating Zelda's frightened face.
Link was racing against time to get to Zelda and Impa.
Ganondorf formed a mighty fist. "I will obtain the Triforce of Power and become the King of Hyrule," he said menacingly. Then, he added, "No, I believe I'll become the emperor of the world!"
Zelda was growing tired of this. "No, you won't!" she hollered. "The Hero of Time will appear to save Hyrule...and to kill you!"
Ganondorf suddenly aimed an almighty fist at Zelda. Impa grabbed the Princess and jumped her to safety. "What a laugh, girl!" Ganondorf summoned two Stalfos, monstrous creatures that resembled skeletons. "Retrieve the Ocarina of Time," he ordered under his breath. As he walked away, Ganondorf muttered, "'Hero of Time'? An old wives' tale..."
Impa, impressively, fought off both of the Stalfos that the crazed Gerudo had summoned, while still protecting Zelda. Then, as Impa was leading Zelda away from the balcony, Zelda heard Link yell out her name.
"Hold on!" Link cried from the stairs above her. "I'm coming!"
Link started to run again but was stopped as a Stalfos that stood in his way. Link halted and looked at the monster.
"Shrimp," it teased Link. "If you think you can pass, then try!"
Without even a warning, the Stalfos attacked, causing Link to drop his Deku Shield. It landed right in a patch of fire and was burnt to a crisp! Now Link was defenseless!
"My Deku Shield...!" Link reached out a hand to grab it, but it was too late. Link stood up and something white caught his eye down below: Zelda and Impa riding on horseback, fleeing the Castle. Link neglected the Stalfos and jumped off the side of the stairs and started running after Zelda.
Zelda looked behind her and saw Link. She cried out to Impa, "Impa, please! Stop the horse!"
"I can't!" she replied, urging the horse to go faster still. "We'll be killed if I do!"
Not knowing what else to do, Zelda pulled something out from the satchel at her side. She turned around and threw it in Link's direction: it landed on the drawbridge, in front of Link. Then, she disappeared into the night.
Link walked up to the item that Zelda threw to him and picked it up. It was a small blue Ocarina. As he held it, Link stared into space, breathing heavily. He heard horse's hooves behind him. Link turned around and saw Ganondorf himself, sitting on a midnight-black horse. Link was frightened to death, but he refused to let this man know he was scared.
"Give me that item you just picked up, boy" Ganondorf said in a low, gruff voice.
Link stared at him, terror seizing him. He unsheathed his sword and jumped up to attack Ganondorf. All the wizard had to do, however, to defend himself was put his arm up to stop Link's attack. Then he shoved Link back on the ground.
"You have a lot of spunk to resist me. You're a Kokiri?" Ganondorf asked. "No, there's something different about you... Who are you?"
Link stood up weakly. He took a deep breath and said bravely, "I am of the Kokiri Tribe!" He jumped up again and tried to attack. As he was in the air he hollered out, "Link is my name!"
This time, Ganondorf used his magic to stop Link. Link was stopped, frozen in midair for a few seconds, and then Ganondorf threw him back on the ground. As he landed, Link's Fairy Ocarina fell out of his pocket.
Ganondorf saw it. He dismounted his horse and walked up to Link. Ganondorf reached down for the Fairy Ocarina. Link stretched out a hand to try and stop Ganondorf from taking it, but the sorcerer used a spell to stop Link and cause him to cry out in pain.
"That's...Saria's ocarina..." Link said weakly while lying on the cold, wet grass; it had started raining.
But Ganondorf didn't seem to care. He picked it up and then mounted his horse again. As he sat, gazing at the ocarina, he smiled an evil, twisted smile. Then he rode off into the night.
Link sank to his knees, looking up at the now-raining sky. He cried out in anguish, "I can't do it, Deku Tree! With such a small body, there's no way I can defeat him! What can I do?"
Link began to cry. He knew he was letting everyone down: Saria, the Deku Tree, the Kokiri, the Gorons, Darunia, Ruto...and Zelda.
"Zelda..." Link said through sobs.
The entrance to the Sacred Realm is within the Temple of Time...
The voice seemed so familiar to Link...it was Zelda, communicating to him through telepathy! She seemed so far away, though.
The key to opening it, is the Ocarina of Time...
Link stopped crying and looked at the Ocarina in his hands. This was no ordinary ocarina; this was the Ocarina of Time!
Link gasped. "Zelda left me the Ocarina of Time!" He stood up and started running back inside to Hyrule Castle Town [the market]. "Come on, Navi, to the Temple of Time!"
When Link first stepped inside the market, he really had no idea where the Temple was. But Link had a feeling in his heart, and that was what he relied on. He was led to a corner adjacent to the market, to what looked like a gothic-style cathedral. Link walked up the great stone steps and he went inside.
Inside was a small room. The floor was made of black and white marble, checkered across the way. The ceiling was very high and five windows were on the sides of the building, showing that it was still raining. And, a few fifty feet in front of Link was an altar. Behind that, was a Door with the crest of the Royal Family, the Triforce symbol, embedded in it. Link quietly stepped up to the table, where three hollows were carved in the surface, and read, "The one who collects the three Spiritual Stones is to stand here and play the Song of Time".
Link thought a moment. Zelda had taught him one song, but was it the Song of Time? Link had to try. He put the sacred Ocarina to his lips and played the melody. As the notes of Time reverberated off the walls, the Door behind the altar slowly opened.
Link stood in awe; it had worked. Link walked up the steps on either side of the altar. He walked in the larger room and saw a raised platform. It had two levels. On the first, there were symbols, seven of them, going around the perimeter, each one different.
And, then, on the second and higher one was –
"Link," Navi whispered, "it's that legendary blade...the Master Sword!"
Link looked up and saw on the second level a Sword, the Master Sword, which Navi had spoke of, shoved deep inside a Pedestal.
Link walked up to the Pedestal and whispered, "If I have this Sword..." He placed his hands on the hilt of the mighty Sword. "...Can I defeat him?"
Link hesitated a moment, then pulled the Master Sword out, freeing it from its prison!
Link suddenly felt a strange feeling take him over; like he was suddenly far away. Then Link felt sleep take control of his body, mind and his very heart. The last thing he heard was Ganondorf's evil laughter. And then Link felt himself be propelled into a deep, deep sleep...
* * *
"Link," a kind voice said. "Awaken, Link, who was chosen to be the Hero..."
Hero? Link thought as he slowly started to wake. Who do they mean? Who are they talking about?
Link's eyes opened; it felt as though they had been closed for years. He looked around where he was. The place was very celestial looking; Link was standing in the middle of an island with seven small, circular islands surrounding his. Each one was a different symbol...the symbols! They matched the ones in the Temple of Time!
The island he was standing on, he noticed, was in the shape of the Triforce. But where was he?
Link looked down at his hands and felt his face; he was no longer a little boy. Link was a man.
"W-what the--?" he stuttered, surveying his adult body further. He still had his Kokiri Tunic and Boots and his long green hat. He felt behind his back for the Kokiri Sword; it wasn't there. In its place, was the legendary Master Sword and a new Hylian Shield.
"Calmly look around you, Link," said the same kind voice.
Link looked up and saw a short man with graying hair. He wore a long, yellow and red, mostly yellow, robe. He looked extremely old. Seeing his ears, Link would have wagered to say that this man was Hylian.
"My name is Rauru, one of the Sages who built the Temple of Time ages ago," he said.
Link had so many questions to ask. If this man standing in front of him was a Sage, then surely by the higher powers, he would be able to answer them.
Link started rambling off his main concern to Rauru. "What in the world happened to me? When I laid my hands on that Sword, I felt far away..."
"The Master Sword is a blade that cannot, and will not, be wielded by those with an evil heart," Rauru explained. "In addition, only the one qualified to be the Hero of Time can budge it from the Pedestal of Time. However, you were still too young to be the Hero. And so, for seven years, your spirit was sealed here, making you seventeen years old."
Link was seventeen? He was about to ask another question, but decided not to, as Rauru had continued speaking. Link listened closely.
"During those seven years, Ganondorf entered the Sacred Realm through the Gate you opened and seized the Triforce of Power. Now his evil continues to pillage all of Hyrule.
"But there is a way to defeat him," Rauru continued. "It is to break the evil spells on the Five Temples and awaken the Sages there. If the Hero and the Sages combine their powers, then surely evil can be confined!"
Link looked down at his hands in shock. If he had the power to pull the Master Sword from the Pedestal, and if he was able to wield the Master Sword itself, then that would make him...
"I'm the...Hero of Time?" he whispered in disbelief.
Navi flew by Link's Hylian ear and said, "If the Deku Tree heard about this, he'd be surprised."
Rauru interjected, "The Deku Tree knew. You probably had a feeling of this fact for some time, Link, but you are not a Kokiri. You are actually a Hylian, same as Princess Zelda."
"I'm Hylian?" Link gasped. He had been right. All those years Mido had tormented him wasn't of Link's own making; it was the fact that he was Hylian and he hadn't been a Kokiri. That was the reason he didn't have a fairy from the start!
Rauru knew the question that was burning in Link's mind and decided know was the time for the Hero to receive the answer, after ten years. "Before the kingdom of Hyrule was united, when it was still at war, you were born into the Guardian House of the current Hyrule Kingdom. Your father, the commander of a strong and powerful militia, died in battle. And your mother, while sustaining serious injuries, held the infant you. Frantically, fleeing her home for safety, she ran into the forest and breathed her last. The Deku Tree looked after the baby.
"He sensed the fate affected by Hyrule's future and received this decision; it was that someday you would leave the forest. However," Rauru said reproachfully, "this fact didn't change the Deku Tree's love for you."
Now Link knew the fate of his parents. His father had been fighting against an evil that had threatened Hyrule; parallel to what Link was about to do now. And his mother had loved him so much that she had sacrificed herself in order to save him. Link fought back a flood of tears.
Rauru continued with his explanation. "From now on, no, including until now, hardships will be given for you. That is your fate; you mustn't have any complaints."
Link closed his eyes. So the fate of Hyrule was on his shoulders. Link opened his eyes and said, "I haven't any.
"By becoming a man, I've gained a lot of power. Now I can fight him on his own terms. If this Sword chose me, and if I'm destined to be the Hero, I will fight!"
"Link," Rauru said. "You will make an excellent Hero."
Link was then transported, by Rauru's power, back to the Temple of Time.
"I will surely defeat Ganondorf. And this time," Link continued as he unsheathed his Master Sword and equipped his Hylian Shield. "I will protect Zelda!"
Well, here it is, the last chapter of the Child Chapters: Introducing the Hero of Time! Wow, I never expected such positive feedback from so many people!! Thank you, thank you all!!
***PLEASE NOTE*** I had one person who commented that I did an "excellent job on the translation." I DID NOT TRANSLATE IT. That would be Ms. Annie's doing. She has a website: www.zeldanodensetsu.com. Go there for the unofficially translated manga of OoT.
Take Note: I originally said that I was going to split this up into two fics (Child and Adult Chapters) but I've decided against it (see story title change). After this chapter, just take note that it is called the Adult Chapters. Hannon lle. (Thank you in Elvish for you non-LotR fans. ::shudders::)
Review Responses:
Steeple333: Hee hee... Yeah, the "engagement ring" think was good. Stupid Link. Oh well. He'll find out all in good time what one is...
Hobbitfan2: I read your story up to chapter nine and I find *very* good!!! HA HA!! Link beat Legolas!!! Legolas: ::enters room:: Shut up, Alatariel! It's not like *you* could beat him! Alatariel: I could *so* beat that Hylian and you know it! ::blows raspberry:: Legolas: ::Scoffs as he's walking out of room:: Yeah, *that's* mature.
Demonic-faluna: Thank you soooo much!!
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Chapter Six
Introducing the Hero of Time
Link had run as fast as he could and he reached the market in almost nothing. He was running through a sea of people going the opposite direction. He heard one of them shout into the night, "Ganondorf has instigated a revolt!"
Link sprinted to the Castle. All of the guards and soldiers had gone off. Link ran up the steps to the main portion of the Castle, yelling out Zelda's name. He looked over to a small balcony and saw her with Impa; Ganondorf was also on the landing with them.
"Zelda!" Link cried. "I'm coming!" And he sprinted away in the direction of Zelda.
"Curse you, Ganondorf," Impa said roughly as she held Zelda close to her, protecting her.
Ganondorf smiled evilly. "The King is now resting peacefully...forever."
Lightning flashed in the dark sky, illuminating Zelda's frightened face.
Link was racing against time to get to Zelda and Impa.
Ganondorf formed a mighty fist. "I will obtain the Triforce of Power and become the King of Hyrule," he said menacingly. Then, he added, "No, I believe I'll become the emperor of the world!"
Zelda was growing tired of this. "No, you won't!" she hollered. "The Hero of Time will appear to save Hyrule...and to kill you!"
Ganondorf suddenly aimed an almighty fist at Zelda. Impa grabbed the Princess and jumped her to safety. "What a laugh, girl!" Ganondorf summoned two Stalfos, monstrous creatures that resembled skeletons. "Retrieve the Ocarina of Time," he ordered under his breath. As he walked away, Ganondorf muttered, "'Hero of Time'? An old wives' tale..."
Impa, impressively, fought off both of the Stalfos that the crazed Gerudo had summoned, while still protecting Zelda. Then, as Impa was leading Zelda away from the balcony, Zelda heard Link yell out her name.
"Hold on!" Link cried from the stairs above her. "I'm coming!"
Link started to run again but was stopped as a Stalfos that stood in his way. Link halted and looked at the monster.
"Shrimp," it teased Link. "If you think you can pass, then try!"
Without even a warning, the Stalfos attacked, causing Link to drop his Deku Shield. It landed right in a patch of fire and was burnt to a crisp! Now Link was defenseless!
"My Deku Shield...!" Link reached out a hand to grab it, but it was too late. Link stood up and something white caught his eye down below: Zelda and Impa riding on horseback, fleeing the Castle. Link neglected the Stalfos and jumped off the side of the stairs and started running after Zelda.
Zelda looked behind her and saw Link. She cried out to Impa, "Impa, please! Stop the horse!"
"I can't!" she replied, urging the horse to go faster still. "We'll be killed if I do!"
Not knowing what else to do, Zelda pulled something out from the satchel at her side. She turned around and threw it in Link's direction: it landed on the drawbridge, in front of Link. Then, she disappeared into the night.
Link walked up to the item that Zelda threw to him and picked it up. It was a small blue Ocarina. As he held it, Link stared into space, breathing heavily. He heard horse's hooves behind him. Link turned around and saw Ganondorf himself, sitting on a midnight-black horse. Link was frightened to death, but he refused to let this man know he was scared.
"Give me that item you just picked up, boy" Ganondorf said in a low, gruff voice.
Link stared at him, terror seizing him. He unsheathed his sword and jumped up to attack Ganondorf. All the wizard had to do, however, to defend himself was put his arm up to stop Link's attack. Then he shoved Link back on the ground.
"You have a lot of spunk to resist me. You're a Kokiri?" Ganondorf asked. "No, there's something different about you... Who are you?"
Link stood up weakly. He took a deep breath and said bravely, "I am of the Kokiri Tribe!" He jumped up again and tried to attack. As he was in the air he hollered out, "Link is my name!"
This time, Ganondorf used his magic to stop Link. Link was stopped, frozen in midair for a few seconds, and then Ganondorf threw him back on the ground. As he landed, Link's Fairy Ocarina fell out of his pocket.
Ganondorf saw it. He dismounted his horse and walked up to Link. Ganondorf reached down for the Fairy Ocarina. Link stretched out a hand to try and stop Ganondorf from taking it, but the sorcerer used a spell to stop Link and cause him to cry out in pain.
"That's...Saria's ocarina..." Link said weakly while lying on the cold, wet grass; it had started raining.
But Ganondorf didn't seem to care. He picked it up and then mounted his horse again. As he sat, gazing at the ocarina, he smiled an evil, twisted smile. Then he rode off into the night.
Link sank to his knees, looking up at the now-raining sky. He cried out in anguish, "I can't do it, Deku Tree! With such a small body, there's no way I can defeat him! What can I do?"
Link began to cry. He knew he was letting everyone down: Saria, the Deku Tree, the Kokiri, the Gorons, Darunia, Ruto...and Zelda.
"Zelda..." Link said through sobs.
The entrance to the Sacred Realm is within the Temple of Time...
The voice seemed so familiar to Link...it was Zelda, communicating to him through telepathy! She seemed so far away, though.
The key to opening it, is the Ocarina of Time...
Link stopped crying and looked at the Ocarina in his hands. This was no ordinary ocarina; this was the Ocarina of Time!
Link gasped. "Zelda left me the Ocarina of Time!" He stood up and started running back inside to Hyrule Castle Town [the market]. "Come on, Navi, to the Temple of Time!"
When Link first stepped inside the market, he really had no idea where the Temple was. But Link had a feeling in his heart, and that was what he relied on. He was led to a corner adjacent to the market, to what looked like a gothic-style cathedral. Link walked up the great stone steps and he went inside.
Inside was a small room. The floor was made of black and white marble, checkered across the way. The ceiling was very high and five windows were on the sides of the building, showing that it was still raining. And, a few fifty feet in front of Link was an altar. Behind that, was a Door with the crest of the Royal Family, the Triforce symbol, embedded in it. Link quietly stepped up to the table, where three hollows were carved in the surface, and read, "The one who collects the three Spiritual Stones is to stand here and play the Song of Time".
Link thought a moment. Zelda had taught him one song, but was it the Song of Time? Link had to try. He put the sacred Ocarina to his lips and played the melody. As the notes of Time reverberated off the walls, the Door behind the altar slowly opened.
Link stood in awe; it had worked. Link walked up the steps on either side of the altar. He walked in the larger room and saw a raised platform. It had two levels. On the first, there were symbols, seven of them, going around the perimeter, each one different.
And, then, on the second and higher one was –
"Link," Navi whispered, "it's that legendary blade...the Master Sword!"
Link looked up and saw on the second level a Sword, the Master Sword, which Navi had spoke of, shoved deep inside a Pedestal.
Link walked up to the Pedestal and whispered, "If I have this Sword..." He placed his hands on the hilt of the mighty Sword. "...Can I defeat him?"
Link hesitated a moment, then pulled the Master Sword out, freeing it from its prison!
Link suddenly felt a strange feeling take him over; like he was suddenly far away. Then Link felt sleep take control of his body, mind and his very heart. The last thing he heard was Ganondorf's evil laughter. And then Link felt himself be propelled into a deep, deep sleep...
* * *
"Link," a kind voice said. "Awaken, Link, who was chosen to be the Hero..."
Hero? Link thought as he slowly started to wake. Who do they mean? Who are they talking about?
Link's eyes opened; it felt as though they had been closed for years. He looked around where he was. The place was very celestial looking; Link was standing in the middle of an island with seven small, circular islands surrounding his. Each one was a different symbol...the symbols! They matched the ones in the Temple of Time!
The island he was standing on, he noticed, was in the shape of the Triforce. But where was he?
Link looked down at his hands and felt his face; he was no longer a little boy. Link was a man.
"W-what the--?" he stuttered, surveying his adult body further. He still had his Kokiri Tunic and Boots and his long green hat. He felt behind his back for the Kokiri Sword; it wasn't there. In its place, was the legendary Master Sword and a new Hylian Shield.
"Calmly look around you, Link," said the same kind voice.
Link looked up and saw a short man with graying hair. He wore a long, yellow and red, mostly yellow, robe. He looked extremely old. Seeing his ears, Link would have wagered to say that this man was Hylian.
"My name is Rauru, one of the Sages who built the Temple of Time ages ago," he said.
Link had so many questions to ask. If this man standing in front of him was a Sage, then surely by the higher powers, he would be able to answer them.
Link started rambling off his main concern to Rauru. "What in the world happened to me? When I laid my hands on that Sword, I felt far away..."
"The Master Sword is a blade that cannot, and will not, be wielded by those with an evil heart," Rauru explained. "In addition, only the one qualified to be the Hero of Time can budge it from the Pedestal of Time. However, you were still too young to be the Hero. And so, for seven years, your spirit was sealed here, making you seventeen years old."
Link was seventeen? He was about to ask another question, but decided not to, as Rauru had continued speaking. Link listened closely.
"During those seven years, Ganondorf entered the Sacred Realm through the Gate you opened and seized the Triforce of Power. Now his evil continues to pillage all of Hyrule.
"But there is a way to defeat him," Rauru continued. "It is to break the evil spells on the Five Temples and awaken the Sages there. If the Hero and the Sages combine their powers, then surely evil can be confined!"
Link looked down at his hands in shock. If he had the power to pull the Master Sword from the Pedestal, and if he was able to wield the Master Sword itself, then that would make him...
"I'm the...Hero of Time?" he whispered in disbelief.
Navi flew by Link's Hylian ear and said, "If the Deku Tree heard about this, he'd be surprised."
Rauru interjected, "The Deku Tree knew. You probably had a feeling of this fact for some time, Link, but you are not a Kokiri. You are actually a Hylian, same as Princess Zelda."
"I'm Hylian?" Link gasped. He had been right. All those years Mido had tormented him wasn't of Link's own making; it was the fact that he was Hylian and he hadn't been a Kokiri. That was the reason he didn't have a fairy from the start!
Rauru knew the question that was burning in Link's mind and decided know was the time for the Hero to receive the answer, after ten years. "Before the kingdom of Hyrule was united, when it was still at war, you were born into the Guardian House of the current Hyrule Kingdom. Your father, the commander of a strong and powerful militia, died in battle. And your mother, while sustaining serious injuries, held the infant you. Frantically, fleeing her home for safety, she ran into the forest and breathed her last. The Deku Tree looked after the baby.
"He sensed the fate affected by Hyrule's future and received this decision; it was that someday you would leave the forest. However," Rauru said reproachfully, "this fact didn't change the Deku Tree's love for you."
Now Link knew the fate of his parents. His father had been fighting against an evil that had threatened Hyrule; parallel to what Link was about to do now. And his mother had loved him so much that she had sacrificed herself in order to save him. Link fought back a flood of tears.
Rauru continued with his explanation. "From now on, no, including until now, hardships will be given for you. That is your fate; you mustn't have any complaints."
Link closed his eyes. So the fate of Hyrule was on his shoulders. Link opened his eyes and said, "I haven't any.
"By becoming a man, I've gained a lot of power. Now I can fight him on his own terms. If this Sword chose me, and if I'm destined to be the Hero, I will fight!"
"Link," Rauru said. "You will make an excellent Hero."
Link was then transported, by Rauru's power, back to the Temple of Time.
"I will surely defeat Ganondorf. And this time," Link continued as he unsheathed his Master Sword and equipped his Hylian Shield. "I will protect Zelda!"
