A Rude Awakening
[Its a cold, foggy and dank evening, as Link awakens washed up near the exterior of an old temple. It is mostly flooded and fallen into ruins.]
Link: Auron!? You there?! Helloooo!
[Link swims around for a few moments searching, getting his bearings; afterwards he enters the temple's middle section and climbs out of the water and onto a walkway, but the walkway caves in and he tumbles back down into the water. Soon, he's attacked by three Sahagins. He kills two, but the third is eaten by a giant fish. Link attempts to kill the gigantic fish, but it is too strong and he is forced to flee.]
Link: Whoa! Just where the hell am i...
(He makes it into an underwater corridor before the boss sucks him in for lunch. The exit then promptly caves in.)
Link:(Narration) I had made it out of the frying pan...and into the freezer. I thought I was going to die in this place. Makes me wish i had put on my Zora Tunic.
[After venturing inside, Link finds a mostly intact room with a bunch of hideous statues. It is freezing cold because of the huge open ceiling allowing the rain and fog drench the area in fallen water. as Link breathes his breath becomes visible.]
Link: Cold... Need...fire. [A search turns up a Withered Bouquet and a piece of Flint. He starts
a fire, finally.] Now I need to find some food!
[He has a flashback to his tree-house in Ordon. Auron's just entered.]
Link: Want something?...
Auron: It was a bad call. You could have lost your life!
Link: You came here just to tell me something i dont know!?
Auron: It's been...ten years. I thought you'd be crying.
Link: Me... cry? Yeah right.
[The strange boy from before appears, surrounded by swirling lights.]
Strange Boy: You cried.
[The flashback ends, and Link starts to drift off by the fire, which is almost out. But unbeknownst to him, something looks at his position from somewhere above.]
Link:(noticing the fire) Whoa! dont go out... dont go out! Gah, i gotta find some more wood.
[As Link gets up He sees a monster looking at him. It runs along the wall before jumping down to him, engaging him in battle. Just then, a door blows off on one side of the room and some strange people step out with weapons. A girl steps forward and they start to fight the boss while the armed men watch.]
Link: Sweet, you're on my side. [Together, the two kill the boss.] Whew! That was close. [The armed men step forward. One grabs Link by his hair.] what the... hey, let me go!
Man 1: "Fryd ec drec?" ["What is this?"]
Man 2: "Y fiend! Eh risyh teckieca!" ["A fiend! In human disguise!"]
Man 3: "Oac! Ed ec cu!" ["Yes! It is so!"]
Man 4: "Fa gemm ed?" ["We kill it?"]
Girl: "Fyed! Fryd ev ed ec risyh?" ["Wait! What if it is human?"]
Man 4: "Drao yna dra cysa eh taydr." ["They are the same in death."]
Girl: "E vunpet ed! Fa pnehk ed fedr ic." ["I forbid it! We bring it
with us."]
[She goes up to Link closely-]
Girl: "Cunno." ["Sorry."]
[-and knocks the wind out of him. His last sights are of the men standing over him, as the girl leaves. When Link awakens he finds himself on a ship out in the ocean, which has its search-light beacons scanning the water. Two armed guards turn towards him.]
Man: "Ced, lybdeja!" ["Sit, captive!"]
[He slams the butt of the weapon into Link.]
Link: Hey, that hurts!
Man 2: "Hu sujehk, rayn?" ["No moving, hear?"]
Link: Umm... Ok...
[A man and the girl from before walk out.]
Man 3: "Caynir res!" ["Search him!"]
Link: ... Not getting a word.
Man 3: "Tu oui hud cbayg?" ["Do you not speak?"]
Link: I said I don't understand!
Man: "Ehcumahla!" ["Insolence!"]
Girl: "Fyed!" ["Stop!"] He said you can stay if you make yourself useful.
Link: Finally.. You understand me.. yeah, ok, I'll work.
Girl: Oh, almost forgot! We found some ancient ruins right beneath us. It's not active now, but there should still be some power left. We're gonna go down there and activate it...and then we should be able to salvage the big prize! Okay! Let's get to work!
Link: Got it! (digs into his bag and grabs his Zora Tunic and puts it on)
Girl: Um.. why did you change clothes?
Link: this will help me breathe and swim under water.
[Link dives into the water with the girl, and they follow the anchor line down to the ruins. They locate a power source inside and turn it on. As they head back, they encounter an octopus boss. It moves out of
attack range in the middle of battle.]
Link:(thinking to himself) freaking fish, thinks its getting away...
[The two defeat the boss and exit the ruins. Outside, lights from the structure start to function, showing what appears to be a sunken airship... Back onboard...]
Man: "Fa vuiht dra airship!" ["We found the airship!"]
Man 2: "Dra naluntc fana nekrd." ["The records were right."]
Man 3: "Huf, ruf du tnyk ed ib?" ["Now, how to drag it up?"]
[Link starts to enter the ship, but gets stiff-armed.]
Man: "Oui, uidceta!" ["You, outside!"]
Link: Hey, I helped out, didn't I?
[The door slams shut. Later on, Link is reclining by some crates.]
Link: I could really go for some fried Octoroc right now... [Just then, the girl appears, bearing food.] sweet!
[Link scarfs the food down and starts to choke. He takes a canteen from the girl and unclogs his pipes.]
Girl: It's 'cause you eat too fast! [Link gets up.] Hey!
Links: Hello there. What is you`re name?
Girl: Rikku.
Link: Whoa! You really do understand! Why didn't you say so earlier?
Rikku: I didn't get a chance to! Everyone thought oui were a fiend.
Link: Uh...'we'? Thats not a dialect of Hylian i know of...
Rikku: Oh, 'oui' means 'you.'
Link: Who are you guys, anyway?
Rikku: We're Al Bhed. Can't you tell? Wait. You're not an Al Bhed-hater, are you?
Link: Sorry. I dont even know what an Al Bhed is.
Rikku: Where are you from?
Link: Hyrule. Everyone calls me the Hero of Time. I now fight in the bliztball arena, and I'm now the Star fighter of the Ordona Province!
Rikku: Did you hit your head or something?
Link: Um, you guys hit me.
Rikku: Oh, right... Do you remember anything before that?
Link:(Narration)So I told her everything there was to tell about Hyrule... About life there, the blitzball fighting arena, and Sin's attack...and about how Auron and I were engulfed in this light. I just said things as they came to mind. But then I started to wonder.
Link: Was it something i said?
Rikku: You were near Sin. Don't worry, you'll be better in no time. They say your head gets funny when Sin is near. Maybe you just had some kind of dream?
Link: So you're telling me that I'm sick?
Rikku: Because of Sin's toxin, yeah.
Link: Are you sure about that?
Rikku: Yeah, there is no Hyrule anymore. Sin destroyed it and all its provinces a thousand years ago. So...no one fights in any arena there.
Link: What do you mean, a thousand years ago? But I saw Sin attack Hyrule! You're saying that happened a thousand years ago? It's not possible!
Rikku: You said... You play blitzball? You know, you should go to Luca. Someone might know who you are, or you might find someone you recognize.
Link: Luca?
Rikku: Okay, leave it to me! I'll get you to Luca, promise! You'd rather stay here? Okay. I'll go tell the others. Wait here. Oh, and one thing. Don't tell anyone you're from Hyrule, okay? Yevon says it's a holy place. You might upset someone.
Link:(Narration) My Hyrule, some kind of holy place? Blitzball... a game? Yeah right, I thought. Since when? Yevon? Sin? Luca? I thought Sin had just taken me to some faraway place, that I could go back in a day or two. But a thousand years into the future? No way! I don't have the Master Sword or the Zelda's Ocarina of Time, for time travel to even be possible! Whats going on?
[Link kicks a crate and the ship rumbles. He rolls across the deck into a railing. A large monster in the water shoots a geyser up, and the the men file out of the door.]
Man: "Sin!"
Man 2: "Sin ec lusa!"
Man 3: "Ihtan ic! Ihtan ic!"
Link: Great! Now what!?