Chapter 1: A Change of Pace
Disclaimer: Original idea from ChangelingRin and HylianBagelLoZ.
TheChargingRhino does not own The Legend of Zelda. If I did, it would be in first person and have voice acting. (Like Elder Scrolls) Read on.
The first thing Link noticed was that he was indeed alive. The second thing he noticed was that his head felt like it was going to split open. ...Din...my head...where am I? He found himself laying on a hill of grass, staring up into the twilight sky. Taking a few minutes to compose himself, he cautiously sat up. To his left was even more grass. To his right were structures far off in the distance. Behind him was a massive forest, and in front of him were even more structures. Of course, he only noticed the huge castle. ...How am I going to get there? I obviously can't move much in my state...ow...His knife wounds had flared up and Link winced as he put a gloved hand to his side and slowly got up. ...Okay...I'm standing...that's a start.
Hyrule Field (FSA)
Date: 5-14-1647 (A.H.) (After Hylia)
To say the least, he was having the time of his life. Actually, all four of them were. "Hey! Green! Catch!" A few Rupees flew threw the air and were caught by a green-clothed boy. Three others ran up to him. "How many did you get this time?" The boy called Green grinned and proudly showed the other three his reward. "50." A similar looking boy, only this one was wearing blue clothes, grinned at well. "Only fifty? I got sixty!" "Sixty, huh? I bet I can do better." A Violet-clothed boy was smiling slightly at the other two. "Oh, yeah, Vio? Prove it!" But whatever they were going to do next was interrupted. For the other boy, who was very sentimental about nearly everything, slowly walked up to Blue, Green, and Vio. "Hey, Red." "...Guys...I-I think you'd better have a look at this..." "At what?" At this, Red's eyes grew wide. "...I...I saw someone...but he's hurt...I think he saw me, too!" Green put a consoling hand on Red's shoulder. "Okay...but what did he look like?" "...That's the thing, Green! He...he looks just like you! But only older..." Vio, Green, and Blue looked at each other, then back to Red. "...Well...let's go and meet him, then."
Link knew something was up. For one, he had just glimpsed someone staring at him from afar, and now they had vanished. ...I must have lost way too much blood...yep. Seems like it... Then he blinked. And blinked again, just to make sure he wasn't seeing things. Nope. He definitely was seeing four boys, all wearing different colored tunics, slowly walking towards him.
...They're certainly taking their sweet time...He wasn't sure how he was still standing. After all, while the flow had blood has lessened some, he was still losing blood. And that alone made Link lower himself to the grass. Sometimes, even the bravest had to give in at some point.
A few minutes later, the boys had reached him. To pass the time, he had taken out his sword and had been cleaning it. "Nice sword." Link looked up. The blue-clothed kid was smirking down at him. "Thanks. It's one of a kind." "Really?" "Yep." The kid held out a hand. "Name's Blue. To my right is Green and Red," Both waved down at him. "And to my left of Vio." Vio calmly nodded. "...So...are you the guy that Red said was injured?" "Uh...yeah...but what about it?" Blue held up his hands and everyone simply looked at him. "What?" "We don't even know the guy's name! How can we help him, if we don't know his name?!' "...He has a point..." "You want my name? Fine." With effort, Link got to his feet and shook Blue's hand. "Name's Link." At this, the four boys stared at him. "What?" "...Uh...You're not going to believe this...but that's my name as well."