Chapter 5: Talking Fire-Flies

"Mom…Dad!" yelled Link as he entered the front door of his house. "Are ya home?"

Nobody answered. Link hasn't seen his parents in two days now. Link just thought that he and his parents have had bad timing and have been in the house at different times. After inspecting his house to make sure nobody was home, Link went to his room.

Link carefully shut the door behind him and grabbed something from under his bed. It was wrapped in a towel to hide it just incase his parents decided to look under his bed. Link unwrapped it to find a dull, weathered blade that didn't show the brilliance it once had centuries ago.

"Nothing special about this," said Link casually. "Maybe this is just a starter sword."

Just to make sure, Link went and got the old book out and began to study the pages looking for a picture of his sword. About mid-way through the book, Link found two pictures of a sword. More of a before and after picture, with one as a elegant sword and the other a dull and weathered blade that looks like a blacksmith catastrophe much like Link's blade.

"Crap, I really wish I could read this," whined Link as he looked at the runes.

"That's why I am here," squealed an unknown voice from behind Link.

Link quickly turned around to see the intruder, only to find nobody there. "Great, now I am losing my mind."

"That may be, but I'm real," replied the voice again. "The name's Navi, the official guide to you so called heroes. The last guy that I helped took all of the credit. Not one word of how, I helped him find out how to beat a monster."

The voice was coming from outside Link's room. Link grasped the sword's hilt in his hands and crept to his door. "Who are you?"

"I already told you!" Spat the voice. "Not another dense blonde! Why do I always get stuck with the morons?"

Link kicked his door open and began to swing his sword wildly in all directions.

"Whoa!" screamed the voice. "Watch where you swing that rusty thing!"

Link stared at what the voice was coming from in disbelief. "A talking fire-fly?"

"No you moron," shot the voice. "I'm a fairy! What do they teach you in school nowadays?"

"A fairy…I haven't read about a fairy since kindergarten," replied Link, scratching his head.

"You've been looking in that book," boomed the fairy. "And that book mentions me at least once."

"I can't read-" Link was cut off.

"Can't read! Great the chosen one is mentally retarded, the goddesses sure screwed up this time!"

"I can't read those runes you insect!" spat Link in a very offended voice.

"Humph, I'm a fairy, not an insect."

"Great, now I'm seeing old dudes, and fairies," whined Link, putting his hands on his brow. "Things are moving much to fast."

"Don't be such a wuss. The last Link, when he pulled that sword out of its pedestal, he was frozen in time for seven years. He was woken up by Rauru and was told the whole story. And do you think he sat down and complained?"

"I guess not, but things are different now-" Navi cut Link off again.

"No they're not! This world you see…it's not real. You are living in a fake world. It's up to you to remove this fake world so that Hyrule can live once again. Hyrule is the old country, and you have to deal with this. The Darkness is beginning to mobilize! They have already recruited three people to be their top warriors. I know if the Hero of Time heard this, he'd be out the door by now."

"Who are the three people?" asked Link, looking at Navi.

"I dunno, when I was spying on the Darkness all they called them were the Trio, Symbols of the Dark Relic, and the Deadly Three. They didn't mention any names."

"Well, who's the leader of the Darkness?" asked Link.

"We don't know exactly," replied Navi. "Some say it's the Dark King, other's say it's a descendant of the Dark King. There are others that say it's the child of the Dark King."

"Who's the Dark King?" asked Link in curiosity.

"Well, he used to be the ruler of the most deadly fighters and thieves of the land," said Navi. "But he became obsessed when he heard of the Triforce of Power. And he drove himself mad till he had the audacity to confront the King of Hyrule with motions of peace. The moment the King agreed, the Hero of Time carelessly opened the door to the sacred realm where the Triforce was hidden. He was going for that sword, but didn't think about shutting the door behind him to keep evil out. That was one of Hyrule's lowest times."

"Wow, that's heavy," replied Link in amazement.

"It sure was, but when he awoke seven years later," said Navi, stopping to take a breath. "He worked his hardest to make up for his mistake. At least he thought it was his mistake the whole time and he really gave himself a hard time about it. Luckily, in the end, on his death bed, he told me that he was glad he made that mistake otherwise he never would have had the opportunity to shine."

"So, he was glad that for seven years, people suffered because of his mistake?"

"Not for their suffering, for the fact that he made a difference. Don't you want to make a difference?"

Link nodded his head.

"Great, now that, that's settled, onto business. You don't have school tomorrow, so I want you practicing with that sword. I saw you attack that thing and didn't know if I should laugh or cry."

"Okay, I'll practice, but how will I strike down evil when my sword can't slice a piece of bread?"

"By collecting the tear of the goddesses! If you look at a picture of the fully restored Master Sword, you'll see a gold gem on the hilt. That is the tear of the goddesses, what gives the sword its life energy and the ability to thwart evil. It was lost three hundred years ago."

"And how are we gonna find it?" asked Link, waving his arms.

"Well, I've hit all the pawn shops and they didn't have it, so I looked in the princess's bedroom and there it was."

"You want to sneak into Zelda's room and steal something?"

"I don't want to, I want you to," replied Navi, buzzing around Link's head.

"Thanks a lot. What will happen if she finds out that I stole it?"

"I think she'll understand? You'll have to do it by night because it glows in the dark, and you wouldn't want to grab the wrong thing."

"Great, I can get arrested for breaking and entering, theft and peeping tom! Any other crimes you want me to do?"

"No, but thanks for asking."

Link let out a loud groan and left to get a bite to eat and leave for Zelda's house.