Chapter 6:
The Hero of Time is Born
All of the people of Castle Town were evacuating. I shoved my way through the crowd and raced up the steps of the castle. "Zelda!" I yelled. I looked around and noticed Zelda, held to Impa, standing before Ganondorf. I don't know what they were talking about, so I started running down a flight of stairs.
Then Ganon launched himself at them! He smashed the ground where they had been a second before. Impa carried Zelda as she killed the Stalord with a saber. "Zelda!" I yelled.
When she saw me, she called out "Link!" "I'm coming!" I yelled as I continued down the stairs. Then another Stalord blocked my way! "Get outta my way!" I yelled.
The Stalord laughed. "Pip-squeak. Just try to get past me…just try!" I unsheathed my sword and swung at his leg, but it just put itself back together! "I didn't feel a thing." Then he swung his mighty sword at me, knocking the Deku Shield out of my hand.
When I looked, the Deku Shield had fallen into fire and was burning. "The Deku Shield…" I noticed Impa running toward the front of the castle. That's where she got on a white horse, putting Zelda in front of her.
I ran after them as they headed for the drawbridge. "Zelda!" I yelled, because I knew I couldn't catch up. "Link! she cried, reaching for me. Then she threw something. The Ocarina of Time! Then they disappeared into the night.
I picked up the ocarina and looked to where they had disappeared, then looked down. Why did she throw this to me? Then I heard a clip-clopping behind me. I turned around. Lightning flashed as Ganon reared his horse.
He smirked at me. "Boy…hand that over. Now!" I glared at him and unsheathed my sword. I jumped and made a go for his side, but he blocked with his arm! I continued to swing, but couldn't do any damage.
Ganon raised his hand, which was glowing with dark magic. When it hit me, I screamed as I was knocked back. I lay there, dazed. Then I look over to see Ganon picking up an ocarina. Wait. That's…Saria's ocarina!
Ganondorf smirked down at me and then galloped into the night. That's when it started raining. I felt tears run down my face. I gripped the grass and yelled into the sky "It's no use! As small as I am…I'm no match for him at all. What should I do?!"
I closed my eyes and slumped. "Even though I found all the spiritual stones…Zelda…" I thought back to when I met her. We had played and talked. She had told me many things.
The entrance to the Sacred Realm is the Temple of Time. The key to open the door is…the Ocarina of time.
As soon as I thought about that, the tears stopped. I held up the Ocarina of Time. "Zelda left me the Ocarina of Time. Navi! We have to go to the Temple of Time!"
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I ran up the steps to the Temple of Time. The inside was quiet, in an eerie sort of way. I saw a stone tablet at the front and ran up to it. It said "He who gathers the three spiritual stones must stand here…and play the Song of Time. If he does…"
"That song Zelda taught me…" I murmured. I pulled out the Ocarina of Time. The triforce on the slab glowed and the door opened. I walked through.
"Link, that's it!" Navi said, flying to the middle of the room where a sword was in a stone slab. "The legendary blade…the Master Sword!" I walked up the stairs to it. I grabbed ahold of the handle. If I have this sword…will I be able to defeat him? With a grunt, I pulled the Master Sword from the pedestal.
Suddenly, it felt like I was filled with power. What's happening to me? Then I saw Ganon. He laughed, looking triumphant. Wait! Then everything went white.
"Link…awaken chosen hero!" Hero? Has a hero arrived? Then I was in a mystical place in the middle of a platform. I looked down at myself and noticed that I was taller and my clothes were slightly different! "Wh-what happened?"
Navi flew around me. "Link, you're an adult! You grew up!" I grew up? But it felt like not long before that I was 10! Then I heard a voice. "Calm down and look around Link." I look over to see an old man. He says "My name is Rauru. I'm one of the ancient sages who built the Temple of Time and forged the path to the Sacred Realm. My body is long gone, but in this Chamber of Sages I can talk to you."
I look at my hand, which now has a glove. "What in the world happened to me? I pulled the sword free, and then…nothing." Rauru nodded. "The Master Sword is a sacred weapon that evil creatures cannot even touch. Only one who is worthy of being the Hero of Time can pull it from the pedestal.
"However, you were too young to be the Hero of Time. So you fell into a magical sleep for 7 years." Seven years? So many things must have happened then! Rauru said "In those seven years, Ganondorf went through the door you opened and infiltrated the Sacred Realm. He seized the Triforce of Power! His evil magic now threatens Hyrule." So it's my fault! I opened the door!
"However, hope yet remains! Lift the curse placed over the five temples…" he said. "…and awaken the five sages. If the sages and the Hero of Time combine their strength, they can overcome Ganondorf's magic." I look down at myself again. "I'm the…Hero of Time?" I asked. Navi flew up. "Wow, Link! If the Great Deku Tree could see you, he'd be amazed!"
Rauru smiled. "The Great Deku Tree knew your destiny. You probably have already noticed that you are not really a Kokiri. Royal Hylian blood flows through your veins, just like Princess Zelda.
"Long ago, before Hyrule Kingdom was unified…amid the fires of war…you were born to the house of a knight in service to the Hyrulean King. However, your father died in battle. Although she was mortally wounded, your mother took you…and desperately fled the burning palace…into the forbidden woods, before she passed away. The Great Deku Tree saw the baby…
"Sensing a destiny linked to the future of Hyrule, he took you in. He knew that someday you would leave the forest." Rauru said. "But the Great Deku Tree raised you lovingly, like all the other Kokiri." I nodded, but still couldn't believe it. "I'm a…Hylian." I murmured. I was different from the other Kokiri. I had known it for a long time.
Rauru said "From this day forward you will face many trials, even more difficult than those you've already seen. That is your destiny. But do not fear." I close my eyes for a few seconds, then open them slightly. "I'm not afraid." I said. "I am an adult now, and I've grown strong. Now I can face Ganondorf fairly!"
I grabbed the handle of the Master Sword. I unsheathe it. I look up as I see that I am back in the Temple of Time. If this sword chose me…If I am fit to be a hero…I will fight! I will defeat Ganondorf. And this time…
I WILL PROTECT ZELDA!