The First Night

It was dead quiet when Marcus woke up, no sound could be heard except for the crackling of an open fire. Wait...open fire? Suddenly thoughts of Link, his favourite hero came into his memory.

"Ah..." He put his hand to his head, still feeling a bit strained.

"It would be unwise to get up so sudden."

Marcus turned around to see the Hero of Time with his bag of chips half eaten also holding what seemed to be a cooked bird of some sort.

"Um...where did you get that" Marcus gestured towards the meat with a worried look on his face.

"This meat isn't so bad, I saw the bird eating seeds off the ground nearby and decided to catch two for us. Used my bow and arrow for that, I have to say though, I've never really seen a bird of such dull colours before."

Marcus's face went slightly green.

"That's a pigeon, a really filthy bird if you ask me."

"Hmm...ok, also I hope you don't mind but I couldn't resist the foodstuff I found in that bag you were holding. What is it? It sort of reminds me of potatoes."

"Well yes, they are made from potatoes, just deep fried in oil. We call them chips although some people call them fries. I don't mind you eating them. Is there any left?"

Link gave the bag of chips along with the spare pigeon to Marcus. Although not wanting to eat the meat, Marcus didn't want to let Link's kindness go to waste, so he tried a small part of it. He underestimated the quality of Link's cooking for this was the best meat he had ever tried, and that was saying something. Link brightened up to Marcus's reaction after taking into consideration the shade of green the guy was earlier.

"I almost forgot, my name is Link –"

"The Hero of Time, yes I know." Marcus finished off between mouthfuls of food.

Once Marcus finished his meal, he stood up carefully and monitored his surroundings, they were currently inside the park still and it looked really late. The fire probably scared off any weirdo's that may have been around. He sat back down and looked at Link, staring into the fire with a look of deep concentration plastered to his face. The Hero of Time was in his presence, which was something the guys would never believe.

"How did you know who I was?" Link asked still trying to think of an explanation in his head.

"You're famous here, everyone who's anyone knows about your adventures in Hyrule and Termina!"

Link was very surprised by this thought but suspected this to be the case.

"OK, one very important question though...where am I?" Link seemed very calm and collected, about 27 years of age. Link didn't seem worried at all.

"Well...your on the planet Earth. This country is called England and the area is known as Hackney. I suggest we go to my house it's not exactly great to be out at this time in this area."

Link nodded as he understood and quickly put out the small fire. He packed some stuff into his bag and was ready to depart.

"Lead the way...um, I don't know your name."

Marcus almost about to head out paused.

"Oh right, I almost forgot. It's Marcus. Nice to meet you Link"

He shook hands and took the first step out of the bush when the hilt of a sword smacked Marcus in the back of his head. For the second time today Marcus fell unconscious to someone from Hyrule however it wasn't Link's blade that hit Marcus.

"Hello hero..." The figure enshrouded in darkness snarled, it's piercing red eyes focused on Link's face.

"Dark Link..." with that Link drew his blade and charged.