Chapter One: The Saint of Farore

Korince was walking among the Hylian people, looking for the store that had what he needed.

"Hey, watch where you're goin', you little fairy kid! Hey, you've gotta learn to watch out!" A big, surly-looking Hylian man had bumped into Korince, and was yelling at him for absolutely nothing.

"Sorry sir, my apologies… Surly drunk…" Korince said under his breath. He walked away, his eyes still searching. He saw a large building up ahead, and realized that it was the shop he had been looking for. He walked inside, and he was amazed. There were relics of every sort, jewels of various sizes, and antique stained glass pictures of ancient beings long forgotten. He walked over to a shiny, glowing green jewel and picked it up. He was a Kokiri, and he could sense pain in living things, so he thought some kind of spirit was trapped inside.

"Hey, how much is this?" Korince held the jewel up to the owner's face.

"Oh, that old thing? For you, about five hundred rupees. What, you wanna buy it?"

"Yes. Here is the money, and thank you much, sir." Korince stayed for a while and saw another round, pearl-like jewel in the back, only it was red, with a different symbol on it. He thought he felt another spirit inside of the red one as well. He walked away, dismissing the presence of it. He left eventually, and went through the city gates with slow ambition. He hoped that the Great Deku Tree would be proud of him. He was walking out of the shop when he heard a scream.

"Heyy! Whaddya think you're doing? Come back here kid! Hey! Catch him!" Korince turned to his right sharply a saw a Hylian kid, about his age, running in his direction. He thought about stopping him, but he was still deciding. He knew what he should do. He set the pearl in the grass and started after the kid. He pulled out his staff and yelled, "Stop, in the name of Farore!" Korince turned around and aimed the spell at the pursuers. With a flash of bright green light, they froze in their tracks. "Hey, kid, you can stop running. They aren't chasing you anymore!" The boy stopped slowly, turned around, and walked over to Korince.

"Hey, did you stop them for me? Thank you! I stole this from a man in a shop…" the kid held up a large fish. "Are you from the forest? Oh, my name is Atoll. What's yours?"

"My name is Korince, and yes, I am a child of the forest. Where are you from?" They began to walk back towards the shop where Korince had bought the pearl.

"I'm from Kakariko Village. Over that way." He pointed to the southeast. "It quite a peaceful place, but… I don't like it there. It is always so… so boring. What did you travel all the way here for?"

"I was looking for this. The Jewel of Farore, it is sacred to my race, and the Great Deku Tree sensed that it had finally returned to this land, and fell into the hands of a merchant. It is a mysterious thing… I feel a spirit dwelling within it, but I am unsure… Do you any money?"

"Yes, five hundred rupees. Why?" Atoll looked at Korince with suspicion.

"Because, there is another jewel in that shop, but I don't have enough money to buy it… Why didn't you just use that money for the fish?"

"Because I thought it would be more fun to steal it… I love trouble, I guess!" Atoll started laughing. Korince sighed and walked to the store. "Hey, wait for me, Korince! I'll but you that jewel." Atoll ran up next to Korince. "That is, only if you'll take me."

"Okay, seems fine… Here, inside…" They walked back into the store. "It's in the very back of the place… Come, this way." They walked among the useless knick-knacks and stuff, looking for the red pearl. "Look! There it is!"

"Don't… It's… Mine… Let me see it." Atoll walked over to the jewel and picked it up. A sudden gust of wind began to blow around in the store, although the door was closed and there was no breeze. Both Atoll's and Korince's jewel began to glow and shine. The wind grew stronger and stronger until it was blowing around light papers in circles. "Wow… Look at us! I'm as red as fire!"

"What the… I'm as green as the grass… What's going on? No, it couldn't be, but…" Korince looked over at Atoll, and he looked like he was about to catch on fire. "Atoll! You're… Quickly, outside! Run, now!" They began to flee the store with the jewels, but the shop owner didn't seem to notice.

Outside, the wind picked up even more. All of a sudden, a flash of red and green light came from each of the jewels. Figures come from them and spoke to Atoll and Korince.

"Children, we are the Goddesses Din and Farore. We have chosen three people on this earth to be our Saints and to carry the Triforce pieces.