Sorry this chapter is a bit short everyone, I won't be able to update for a few days so I decided to post this now. Thanks for all the reviews everyone! And as a response to BlueIrish's comment, yes, I will have little things in the story that are way different or way similar.
Well, enjoy the chapter! Review please!
Chapter 2, The life of Link.
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Deep in the woods of Hyrule, surrounded by trees so ancient and tall they loomed over the entire forest, a lone tree house stood. There was a village a few miles away from the tree house, but this was a very special house. It belonged to the last Hylian in Hyrule.
"Come on you stupid thing! Move!" the young Hylian man was currently standing next to the house, a rope in his hand.
Link groaned, his house was just not cooperating today. A recent storm had ripped one of the walls off his house, resulting in Link having to spend the entire day fixing the wall.
Link had fixed it so that by pulling a rope, the replacement wall he had built would be pulled up into place. Unfortunately, the wall wasn't cooperating too well.
Gritting his teeth, Link pulled harder on the rope, hoping to get it unstuck. Finally, after ten minutes, the wall jerked a bit and began to move. Link sighed in relief and hulled the wall up, tying the rope to a tree to keep the wall in place before climbing up the ladder and hammering the wall in place.
"Finally, I'm done." Link said. He dropped his hammer on the ground and left his house, sliding down the ladder and landing next to the spring that surrounded his house. Pulling his tunic off and tossing it to the side, he jumped in the water. Enjoying the cool water washing away all the discomforts of his hard work.
Link spent the rest of the day exploring the woods, just like he usually did. The sun had set by the time he returned home. And as he approached the bushes, he heard voices. He grinned, knowing it was men from the nearby village trying to kill him.
(Don't ask me why in the world he's grinning)
He walked quietly around towards his home, making sure the men heard the sound of his boots through the bushes. He could hear them talking quietly, their voices filled with worry.
"Let's get him!" one of them said.
"Hold on! Do you know what that Hylian could do to you?" another said.
"Yeah, he'll zap you with his freaky magic or slice you to ribbons with his sword!" A third said, his voice shaking.
"Actually, I'd prefer to scare you out of your skins." A voice said, the men turned around and saw Link standing behind them.
"You know, they say these woods are filled with monsters. So how is it that the lot of you ending up?" Link asked, grinning.
"Back you fiend, back!" one of the men said, pointing his pitchfork at Link. "I'm warning you!" he said.
Link grinned and snapped his fingers, causing the pitchfork to catch on fire. Startled the man dropped it, where another snap of Link's fingers put the fire out. All the men stared at him fearfully.
"What? You want to see more magic?" Link asked, he pulled and arrow from his quiver and aimed it towards the target across the clearing. The arrow glowed, and a blue fire suddenly appeared around it. Link shot the arrow and it flew towards the target, hitting it dead center. The men stared fearfully at Link for a minute before racing off, terrified.
"I won't be seeing them for a while." Link said. As headed back up to his house, he noticed a piece of paper. Picking it up, he read.
'Wanted, Hyrule creatures. Reward.' Rolling his eyes, Link dropped the paper and disappeared into his house.
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In the village near Link's home, humans from all over were coming to turn in their Hyrule creatures in hopes of getting some money.
"That's five rupees for the Zora, take her away." The captain said, not even glancing at the Zora princess as they hauled her away. He handed the human his money and turned to the next customer. In the middle of the line, an old woman was leading a wolf with a rope around its nuzzle.
"Please don't turn me in, I can change give me another chance!" The wolf said, the woman smacked its jaw.
"Oh shut up!" she snapped. "Next!" the captain said, the woman stepped forward.
"What have you got?" the captain asked. The woman pulled the wolf towards the desk.
"I've got a talking wolf." She said, the man looked skeptical, "right… well that's good for ten rupees, if you can prove it." He said. The woman pulled the rope off the wolf's muzzle.
"Go ahead little guy." She said, the wolf was silent. The captain looked unimpressed. "Well?" The woman laughed nervously.
"Oh, he's just a little nervous. He's really quite the chatter box." She said, she glared at the wolf.
"I've heard enough. Guards!" the captain said. "No no! He talks! He does!" the woman insisted as the guards began to drag her away. She accidentally kicked the poor wolf in the side, causing him to jump.
"Hey watch it!" he said, the captain looked stunned. "he can talk?!"
"Uh oh," the wolf said.
"Sieze him!" the captain cried, pointing towards the wolf. Immediately guards began chasing the poor wolf, who was running as fast as he could. He raced through the woods, accidentally bumping into a man. Who happened to be Link. The wolf hid behind Link just as the soldiers ran up.
"You there, Hylian." The captain said, pulling out a scroll with the letter G on it.
"By the order of lord Ganondorf, I am authorized the place you both under arrest and transport you to a designated… resettlement… facility." He swallowed hard at the amused look on Link's face.
"Uh huh, you and… what army?" Link said, glancing behind the captain to see all the soldiers gone. Their shields rattling as they hit the ground. The captain swallowed hard, then turned and ran. Link turned and started walking away as he left. The wolf stuck his tongue out at the men before running after Link.
"That was really cool, thanks for saving me back there." The wolf said, Link shrugged. "I didn't really do anything." He said.
"So what's your name?" the wolf asked, Link glanced at him. "Um, Link." He said. The wolf nodded.
"Interesting name. My name's Shiek."
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Shiek followed Link all the way back to his house, where he convinced Link to let him stay for the night.
Link was reluctant at first, but eventually let him stay. As he ate his dinner, he heard a noise outside. Thinking it was Shiek, he brushed it off. Until he discovered a huge Goron in his house.
"What are you doing h-" he broke off as he opened the door. Hundreds of Hyrule creatures were out there, camping in his front yard. There were fairies and Zoras and Greudos and Gorons all over.
"What are you all doing here? Where's your home?" Link asked, all the creatures stopped to look at him.
"All of you need to go back to your homes. You can't stay here." Link said.
"We have no where else to go." A Zora said, Link groaned.
"What are you talking about?" he asked.
"Lord Ganondorf, he signed eviction orders." A Goron said. Link groaned again.
"Do any of you know where to find this… Ganondorf guy?" he asked. Sheik immediately jumped up. "I know where to find him!"
"Alright, alright. Listen up everyone. I'm going to go see this Ganondorf guy right now and get you all back where you came from!" Link said, the creatures all began to cheer.
"Let's go Sheik." Link said, grabbing his sword and other equipment. "We've got a king to find."
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Like I said, sorry it's so short. The next chapter will be longer, I can assure you of that. I wonder what my review goal should be for this story... maybe... 40 or 50? I dunno. Please review! If you have any ideas for characters, let me know! I could use a bit of help...
Oh yeah, I could use some job ideas for Willie from 'Link's Hardships.' I've been thinking about a farmer, a blacksmith or even a builder. But I'm not too sure, so ideas are welcome.
By the way, I reposted this chapter due to all my capitalization errors. It's exactly the same, I just fixed the capitalization and punctuation and stuff.
Please review! It's not like I'll die if I don't get a review or anything... but it's nice anyways. Good feedback on how the story's doing. See ya!
Anime Wildfire