"Link, how long have we been traveling?" Mina asked. "About seven hours." Link replied. Over a slope the party spotted a caravan. A woman wearing a skintight red outfit and two daggers; one on her right hip and one on her left shoulder came out. "Who are you travelers?" she asked. "I am Link and this is Seung Mina and Sophitia." Link replied. Link then saw something that caught his eye, a red glowing shard in the woman pocket. "Do you know of a sword called Soul Edge?" The woman looked at him and nodded.
"Me and party seek to destroy it." The woman said. "May we join you and your group?" Link asked. "Sure you can" she said smiling. "Oh let me introduce myself, I'm Taki" They all headed to the caravan. She introduced the group to Link, Mina, and Sophitia. "This is Yunsung, Kilik, Maxi, Talim, Xianghua, and Misturugi. " Link got out of caravan to add Epona to the group of horses pulling the caravan. Once inside, Link over heard Mina arguing with Yunsung. "Why did you steal White Storm, you brat!" said to him. "I took it to use its power to overcome Soul Edge's power" he said. "Well you know you could of just asked for my help." She said smiling. He smiled back. "Now let's both destroy the evil blade." She said to him. Link smiled to himself.
That night Link volunteered to steer the horses while everyone else went to bed. Link was thinking of Zelda. "How could she be doing in Hyrule? What if Ganondorf broke free of the Evil Realm and attacked her and Hyrule?" Link thought. "Quit worrying Link" he said to himself. Link thought he heard something in the bushes. He stopped the horses and hopped of the caravan. The rustling got louder. "It could just be a bear or a deer" he thought.
"I will devour you soul." Someone said in the bushes Link drew his Master Sword and Mirror Shield. "Who's out there!" Link shouted. Out of a tree a human shaped figure jumped 40 ft in the air and wielded two green laser swords. The impact of the jump knocked Link to the ground. A green scaly human with a mutated arm, red eyes, and a large yellow orb on his chest went forward to attack. Link blocked the beast's first attack with his sword. Link lunged forward a stabbed its right leg. The monster howled in pain but quickly recovered. Link jumped behind the beast and smacked it's head with his shield. The monster then said something in its native tongue. Grurruthuer Firuyted it said. Link recognized the language as Hylain. The monster really said, "I am Necrid." Link leaped forward to slash the monster. Necrid countered the attack by grabbing Link's foot a throwing him in the air. Necrid's orb then blasted a beam of light at Link sending him up even higher.
Back in the caravan, Maxi awoke and saw Necrid in the shadows of the night. Maxi got his weapon and started beating the monster. Necrid cut Maxi's shoulder. Necrid knocked him to the ground. Necrid laughed and drew back his swords for the final blow. Maxi's eyes grew wide. Then out of the mist Link came down on Necrid and planted his sword right in the monsters face. Link was thrown up so high the impact of the fall made Link and Necrid make a crater. At that point everyone woke up. Link got out of the crater in time to see Maxi covered in blood and barley alive. "How did you survive THAT!" Maxi said. "I'm more than just your average teenager." Link told him, as the Triforce on his left hand grew bright. Link knelt next to Maxi and pulled out a bottle containing a blue potion. Link only let Maxi drink a fraction of the potion so he had some for himself. Right before everyone's eyes all of Maxi's wounds cleared up. Everyone asked a million questions to Link after the potion worked its magic. Link just simply said " I have the feeling you will see even more amazing thing along an adventure with me." Link then announced "Let's all go back to sleep" leaving everyone several questions about this young man.
The next morning, Seung Mina was the first to wake up. She started to prepare breakfast when she noticed Link wasn't in his bedroll. She just shrugged and started cooking. She just finished the first batch of pancakes when see saw someone appear out of the wood. She recognized it as being Link. Once he came over to Mina she asked him what he was doing in the woods. "Just went for a hike" he told her. She looked at him and said, " You should have been sleeping, especially after what happened last night." Link sighed and got out a plate and fork from his pack. Mina gave him a pancake.
Soon everyone got up and ate breakfast. After that, they headed southeast and eventually came across a very large village. As they entered Taki told everyone, "OK since we're here, lets all split up and get supplies and meet back here in 3 hours, then we will find a hotel to spend the night." Link and Maxi went to the western side of the village to look for equipment such as a grappling hook or a compass. The two headed into a dark alley thinking it was a short cut. "Link, I think we're los-" Maxi started. Three bandits fell from the sky and drew their over sized blades. Link drew his Master Sword. Maxi left his weapon in the caravan. Link kicked the first bandit in the air and preformed an upper thrust attack stabbing his spinal cord. Maxi dodged the 2nd bandits vertical attacks and kicked the bandit's neck. The bandit was unconscious. The third Link just shot him with an arrow. "Do you have a knack for killing people?" Maxi asked. Link just smiled.
After they left the ally Maxi and Link found a small bazaar. A young lady with red hair greeted them. "Do you have these items?" Link asked while handing her a list of supplies. The lady said "We have all that stuff, but it would be around $500." Link pulled a beautiful purple jewel. In Hyrule it was just 50 rupees, but everyone in the room was shocked at how beautiful and priceless it was to them. "Would this cover it?" Link asked. The woman was still speechless and she nodded.
After the bazaar event Link and Maxi decided to meet everyone at the town entrance. Link was just a little suspicious. Hylains had a sixth sense they detected danger. Link glanced around to see if anyone was there. Nobody. "Maxi, you go ahead, I'll meet you later." Link said. After Maxi left Link picked up a conversation with his super sensitive ears. Two people that apparently have the names of Ivy and Raphael. "I hear a group of travelers have come to town. People say they're searching for Soul Edge." Ivy said. "What is your plan, Ivy?" Ralph asked " We invite them to the ball at the castle and find out what their plans are for Soul Edge." Ivy said. Raphael grinned. "They will stay at the castle for the night, that is when we will kill them and take their shards." Ivy continued.
Link grew wide eye. He watched the two get on their horses. They were heading to the spot we were supposed to meet. Link thought to himself. "I shouldn't tell them about this. I'll have to stop them in the process of their little murder."
Link whistled for Epona. He got on and headed to the main gate.
Once he got there the man and woman already invited them to the ball. Link got off of his horse and walked over to the group. Seung Mina sees Link and introduces him to Ivy and Raphael. "Pleaser to meet you, Link." Ivy says with a joyful smile. Link kept a stern voice. "Pleaser to meet you too." Link said. "They just invited us to the grand ball at the castle tonight at nine. And we can get rooms to spend the night there." Mina told Link.
"Yes, We should go to the castle to get ready, I have gowns and tuxedos for you all." Raphael said. As they all went down to the castle, Link rode on his horse unconnected from the caravan. He rode ahead thinking how he should stop the 2 bandits. "Maybe I should tell them, we could leave right before they strike. But, Ivy and Raphael probably won't let us out of their sight." Link thought. He looked back and saw everyone smiling. "I'll have to stop them in the process!" Link said.