Chapter 7: Dark Transition
"Hey wake up!" yelled Navi. "Today is very important!"
"What is it?" asked Link wearily. "It's five in the morning."
"I just spoke with Rauru and he says that you will receive the Legendary Weapons that define heroes," chirped Navi, performing a barrel roll through the air. "Like the bow and the boomerang! Oh and we can't forget the hookshot and the bombs! And you'll also get a pair of shoes!"
"You woke me up for a boomerang and a pair of shoes?"
"You'll be glad I woke you up when you get to use these things!"
"You'll be glad I woke you up when you get to use these things," mocked Link. "I'll enjoy these things more when I get a few more hours of sleep. Hasn't anybody told you that it's tradition for kids to sleep in on Saturday mornings?"
"It's also traditional for heroes to wake up early to catch evil off guard," shot Navi. "Student or not!"
Link rolled out of bed and stumbled to his bedroom door. Link, still half asleep, absent mindedly walked into the door thinking it was open. "Ouch!"
"I should have never agreed to this," moaned Navi. "If he's the hero, then we should throw in the towel right now."
Link was taking his sweet time to get ready to go. This irritated Navi greatly and she managed to flush the toilet when Link fell asleep in the shower.
"Aaaahhh!" screamed Link.
"Serves you right!" replied Navi. "The guy we are getting the weapons from isn't gonna wait forever!"
"Just who is he anyways?"
"He's an old historian that lives in Kakariko Village."
"Kakariko, don't you mean the retirement home next to the mountain?" replied Link as he got out of the shower.
"Yes, but it's actually called Kakariko Village at the foot of Death Mountain."
"Well, it's called Loving Village Retirement Home at the foot of Peace Mountain."
"Kakariko was the home of some of Hyrule's most fierce warriors called the Sheikah and Death Mountain is not peaceful!" spat Navi.
"Whatever. If the Sheikah were so fierce, how come they aren't doing this so I can just chill?"
"Because most of them died long before the King of Evil made a move against the Royal Family," replied Navi. "The only one left was Princess Zelda's nursemaid. But she died long ago."
After Navi finished her story, Link finished getting ready and left for Kakariko. He didn't even bother saying good bye to his parents because they were still gone. Along the way to Kakariko, Link thought of where they could be.
"Hey, what are thinking about?" asked Navi, sitting on Link's shoulder.
"Oh, my parents have been gone for a couple weeks now," replied Link, looking at his feet. "It's not like them to be gone like this and not tell me."
"Ah, don't worry about it. The Hero of Time's mother died shortly after he was born. And look where he went."
"Yeah, well did he even know his mother?"
"No he didn't, he grew up thinking all through his childhood that he was a Kokiri."
"What's that?" asked Link puzzled.
"Oh, they are the children of the forest. They live in peace deep in the forest, protecting the Great Deku Tree. You'll get to meet him later."
"Meet him?" asked Link, raising an eyebrow. "I am glad that I get to meet a tree."
"You should be for he is very wise."
There was a long silence as Link was trying to grasp a picture of a smart tree that needs to be protected by children. Before Link could ask another question about the Great Deku Tree, they arrived at Kakariko Village. Link wandered all around the retirement home looking for someone who could have any kind of weapons until be became fed up and asked an orderly.
"Excuse me sir," asked Link. "Do you know where I can find a guy with, old things, like an old bow and some arrows?"
"Old bow and some arrows?" pondered the Orderly. "Oh, I know who you're talking about, that would be Tingle in the senile floor. What do you want with some old fool that dresses up in a green jump suit and chants 'I'm a fairy'?"
"He's my…uh…grandfather," replied Link.
"Oh, ok, he's upstairs. The one that's always sitting on an old chest," replied the Orderly as he walked off.
Link reluctantly walked up a flight of stairs to the senile floor where he found Tingle. He was wearing what the orderly said he would be wearing and sure enough, was sitting on an old chest. Link walked up to Tingle and stared at him for a few minutes.
"Are you Tingle?" asked Link.
"Why yes I am!" yelled Tingle. "Are you a fairy like me?"
"No, you have me mistaken for somebody else," replied Link in disgust. "But I am looking for some old weapons that you might have; possibly in your trunk."
"You can have all of the weapons if you pay me eleventy-billion rupees!" screamed Tingle, throwing his fists into the air.
"He's an old fool," said a nearby orderly. "Whenever he demands rupees, we just give him candy bars."
The orderly tossed Link a candy bar, which he gave to Tingle hoping he would accept it.
"I am rich, I have all of your rupees in exchange for whatever is in that chest!" screamed Tingle running off with the candy bar.
"You better hope that what we came for is in that chest," whispered Navi. "I don't feel like chasing after that thing."
Link cringed at the thought of following Tingle. Link walked over to the chest and slowly opened the lid. Navi turned away and Link held his eyes shut when he opened the lid all the way.
"What's in it?" asked Navi. "I can't look."
Link slowly opened both eyes to find that everything they came for was in the chest. Link quickly shut the lid and began to jump up celebrating.
"It's all there!" screamed Link.
"Quickly, lets get out of here," squeaked Navi.
Hours later, Link was back in his room and was unloading the chest onto his bed. After Navi accounted for everything, Link began to suit up. First with the tunic, which he put up a huge protest to before Navi told him a story of how a whole island made their kids wear a tunic just like it. Then Link strapped on his sword and shield, and finished with is new shoes that were in the chest.
"So, what's so special with these shoes?" asked Link.
"They aren't ordinary shoes," replied Navi. "Those are the Pegasus Shoes. They give you blinding speed that can only be matched by the Pegasus Boots or some other magic."
"Whoa, I'll have to try all this stuff out," replied Link, flexing his muscles.
"Whoa there hero, you'll have to do that down in your dad's shed so nobody else will see you."
Link walked out the door of his house, fully dressed in a green tunic. He looked to his left and right to make sure nobody was watching, then he ran to his fathers shed. Like noticed that he was there instantly, in a fraction of the time it normally took him.
"Hey, wait till I can get a hold of you before you take off like that," yelled Navi as she caught up to Link.
"When you said blinding speed, you weren't kidding."
Link opened the door of the shed and walked in with Navi behind him. He reached for the light switch and flicked it on, but the light did nothing.
"Hmm, the light bulb must have burnt out."
"Or I broke it!" spat a mysterious voice.
"Who are you?" asked Link as he unsheathed the Master Sword and held his shield in a defensive manner.
"Hehehehe, you are no match for me!" mocked the mysterious voice.
The light flickered a little and it turned on to reveal Link's parents in two separate chairs with dried blood on their faces. The light only made enough light to shine on Link's parents, yet leave the rest of the shed entirely dark.
"What did you do to them?" screamed Link.
"I didn't do anything to them," replied the voice with a hint of cheer in his tone. "It was the Trio of Darkness that did it."
As the voice said that, three silhouettes formed behind Link's parents. "We killed your parents," they said in unison.
"You see Link, nobody else has to get hurt," said the voice. "All you have to do is give us the key that will unlock Hyrule."
"I don't know what you're talking about," replied Link, wiping a tear away.
The voice let out a long sigh. "There is no need for lies. If you continue to lie to me, I'll have to hurt you, or even your little girlfriend. Just lay the key on the ground."
"I told you I don't know what you're talking about!" screamed Link as he swung his sword wildly in the dark.
"You need a lot more practice," chuckled the voice, which caused the three silhouettes to chuckle as well. "Very well, if you choose to lie, then you forced me to do this!"
"Hold up your shield!" yelled Navi.
Link quickly did so just in time to stop a fist from hitting him. Where the fist made contact with Link's shield, a purple explosion emitted, sending Link crashing through the door of the shed. Link landed about ten meters from the shed, where he lost consciousness for a few moments. When Link awoke, he saw that the shed was burned down entirely.
"Link," moaned Navi besides him.
Link turned to see Navi lying on the ground, her glow fading. "What's wrong?"
"Link, that blast is what's going to kill me. Don't worry though; I've had my time on this land. And I'm sure that Rauru will send you an even better guardian fairy."
"Hey, c'mon we can get through this," said Link, shaking his head in disagreement. "You just got here!"
"Listen, whatever happens, you can't let them use the key. If they use it, Hyrule's fate will be thrown into the wind."
"What is the key?"
"Use your instincts, and you'll know what it is. Link, you have to stop them at all costs, but you can't go parading around dressed like that. I left you a gift on your bed that will give you the ability to go around dressed like that. A note with it will explain it bett-," Navi's glow faded completely leaving only wings on the ground.
Link leapt to his feet and went to his room to get his last gift from Navi.
"I won't let you down, and I will avenge my family!"