Legend of Zelda, a Feudal Fairy Tale

Prologue

Once long ago, there existed a kingdom where a golden power lay hidden. It was a prosperous land, blessed with green forests, tall mountains, and peace.

But one day, a man of great evil found the golden power and took it for himself. With its strength at his command, he spread darkness across the kingdom. Then, when all hope had died, and the hour of doom seemed at hand…

A young boy, clothed in green appeared as if from nowhere. Wielding the blade of evils' bane, he sealed the dark one away and gave the land light. This boy, who traveled through time to save the land, was known as the Hero of Time.

But then, a day came when a fell wind began to blow across the kingdom. The great evil all thought to be forever sealed away… once again crept forth to resume its evil designs.

The people believed that the Hero of Time would come again to save them… But the Hero did not appear. Instead, in his place came a man by the name of…

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"Oh, come on, InuYasha! You were the one who came here to get me because I was taking too long." A girl stood, hands on her hips and her foot tapping impatiently. Her raven black hair cascaded down her back and her sapphire eyes swirled with annoyance. She gave a sigh, turned on her heel, and began to walk across the courtyard.

The boy dropped one of the boxes he was carrying. Bending down to pick it back up, his baseball hat fell to meet the pavement. Two white dog- ears were now visible in a mass of silver hair. Instead of picking up the hat as well, he kicked it before him as he followed the girl. Unfortunately, a wind came and blew it behind him. Frustrated, he left it there, and ran to catch up.

"Leave some here so that when we come back, we don't have to go shopping again." Kagome said, and before InuYasha could argue, took the top four boxes, and ran back to drop them off at her house. She returned to an unhappy InuYasha.

"Those were the good ones! Now we only have one left!"

"Oh, stop it. There's still some in my bag. Now come on! We're late!" With that said, Kagome threw open the well-house door, ran down the steps, and prepared to jump down the well. She gracefully took off, InuYasha right behind her with the remaining box of ramen clutched protectively under his arm. A flash of light welcomed them, glowing a brilliant blue.

Landing in the past, Kagome thought back to the light. It had changed color, from purple to blue. What did it mean? Turning around, she opened her mouth to say something to InuYasha, but instead, gasped at what she saw.

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This is but one of the legends of which the people speak…

Not long ago, there existed a historic land were a pure power lay hidden. It was a prosperous land, blessed with green forests, thriving villages, and peace.

But one day, the pure power that was hunted by all, vanished without a trace. It returned once again, fifty years later, from the side of a young girl, who was garbed in foreign cloths. On accident, the pure power was spilt into numerous pieces. These pieces were to be collected by the strange girl and her protector. The two would travel throughout the land, encountering demons and making allies. Alas, they were not the only ones seeking this power.

A man of great evil desired this power for himself, and found many of his own shards. Along the way, the ones being held by his enemies fell into his possession as well. This man fought with many, and manipulated ones from afar.

Nevertheless, those that opposed him always managed to set his plans back. Thus, he despised them greatly.

For quite some time, the man of manipulation had fought by himself. His only allies were those of who he had given life to. But even they began to turn on him.

Then there came a day when a new light shone threw the land. Even though he had found a new enemy, he gained a powerful ally.

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A sigh rang through the rather small house. The little boy inside clenched and unclenched his fists and fought to keep his breathing steady. With yet another sigh, the fist clenching stopped and he opened his eyes to revel that they were a bright blue. He looked straight at the blue fairy in front of him. At first glance, she would look like a glowing orb with wings, but upon inspection, the wings were different colors and she wasn't a solid blue. No, there were many different shades of blue that made up Navi, Link's trusty messenger of bad news.

"You're absolutely positive about this?" Link asked, a skeptical look in his eyes.

"Yes! I'd put my life on it. The Sages' seal has broken." Navi replied with a faint flutter of wings. "We need to go back to the Temple of Time to make you an adult. Them we have to find Him. I don't know how the Sages' seal broke, but I fear that he has made a strong ally."

Closing his eyes once more, Link started to massage his temples. This was NOT supposed to happen.

"Link!" Navi began, fluttering her wings impatiently. "I know that you didn't get much sleep from the return trip from Termina, but the Great Deku Tree told me that you had to know-"

"I know Navi. I'll leave now. Are you going to come?"

Navi looked flabbergasted at this. "Of course I'm coming! Do you honestly think I'd let you go into this alone?" Link gave a small smile at that. What made him think otherwise?

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Link stepped out of the wooden tunnel and into the grasslands of Hyrule field, just as the sun peeked over the ridges. Navi flew after him as he set off at a quick pace. Getting through Hyrule field was never easy, especially when he was a child. He was just lucky that the Stalchilds weren't attacking him. Even still, there were the enormous Peahats. It was no wonder Link liked to be in his adult form better.

Running up and down one of the many hills, and swerving around the many trees and shrubs that dotted the field, he steadily made his way across and towards the growing white walls encircling the Hyrule market place. He arrived at the drawbridge shortly after the sun began its descent.

Letting out a sigh of relief, Link ran past the guard on duty, waving a quick hello. Stepping out of the passageway and into the crowed market it self, Link picked his way through the haggling shoppers, and nimbly avoiding tripping over the dog, Richard. Taking the steps two at time, he sped toward the Temple of Time.

Upon entering the temple, he stopped to look around. Everything was the same, yet something in the air seemed amiss. The red carpet felt soft and plush under his boots, and looked very comfortable. The walls were a smooth gray marble and upon it glittered patterns from the surrounding windows. And there, right in front of him, were the three Spiritual Stones Link had collected himself. Still rotating slowly, they reflected the sunlight so that the room sparkled . All in all, they looked splendid.

Ignoring all this, Link headed forward, up the four steps and into the room beyond. Again, he stopped and inspected the room.

The walls were no longer pristine and smooth but defiled by blood. The symbols that surrounded the platform were smudged as well, but the Master sword looked untouched. That was a good sign.

Keeping his gaze on the sword, Link made his way forward. Placing his small feet on either side of the legendary blade, Link placed his hands on the hilt. Bracing himself and closing his eyes, he yanked it free with all his might.

Opening his eyes once more after the glow of light around him subsided, the blue glow from Navi was nowhere to be seen, and he found himself in a long, vertical tunnel. Some sort of well, by his guess. But how did he get here? It took some time for him to notice the girl standing before him.