Disclamir: I don't own Zelda! By the way this is my first fan fic...i hope you enjoy...i accept all reviews...flamers and all!

Chapter One

The Beginning

In the small country of Hyrule it was a very sunny and peaceful afternoon, there wasn't a cloud in sight and the townsfolk were out enjoying the beautiful day. The King and the young Princess Zelda were spending their peaceful afternoon out in their garden enjoying the view, the Zora's were in their domain having diving competitions in Lake Hylia, the Gorons were sumo-wrestling in Goron City that was perched atop Death Mountain, the Gerudo women played archery in the dessert, and the townsfolk in Castle Town were enjoying themselves outside to entertain themselves the women gossiped and the men bartered.

Meanwhile in the Kokiri Forest two very small children were playing in the small crystal blue river that ran throgh the middle of the town. These two children did not have fairys since they weren't actually from the forest like the other Kokiri who were made from the Great Deku Tree that watched over the small village. It was odd living in a village of children...most of them were over 100 years old since they never aged and acted far too mature to hang out with the fairy-less children. They were indeed misfits that pair.

One was a young girl with tangley chocolately brown hair that always hung in her face, it was a rarity to see her emerald green eyes that shined underneath the matt of thick hair. She was always seen wearing raggaty old dresses that were far to big for her, she would pin the up underneath her clothing so she wouldn't embarass herself by tripping over her dress, her feet were always bare since she owned no shoes, and were always brown like the dirt she walked on, and she was never seen without a strange necklace that hung around her neck, it was given to her by her mother, so she had heard, it had a silver chain and a pretty green octagon shaped jewel in the middle that was outlined with a lighter green crystal, she didn't know what the symbol meant but it came from her mother so it was important to her.

The other child was a young boy, he had honey blonde hair that hung a little past his ears and his blonde hair fell just above his large sapphire-blue eyes. It was a rarity to hear this boy talk in Kokiri, he only talked to the young girl that he also hung out with. He was a polite young boy, very unlike his friend, who was obnoxious and very blunt. He was very well liked in Hyrule except for the one exception of the Kokiri Forest, he wasn't accepted for being different,and he was exceptionally teased by the Forest caretaker Mido who went out of his way to make fun of the young boy. The boy could always be seen decked out in Kokiri boots and a green Kokiri tunic that was given to him by his own caretaker Saria. Saria looked after both of the two young children into her home and heart since both of them were orphans. Saria had found the young girl abandoned in the Lost Woods a couple years back, the young girl was starved and dehydrated, she took her to her tree house in Kokiri Forrest and questioned the young girl about her past but she could hardly speak and didn't remember who she was or where she had come from, the only thing Saria knew was about the necklace around the young girls neck, the young girl had babbled about it as she wavered in and out of consciousness the first night Saria found her. The young boy (who had already been adopted by Saria) stood by the young girl and was very protective over her for the first couple weeks of her stay. The young boy's mother had entrusted him with The Great Deku Tree as her last wish, during that time the great war was going on, the young boy's father had already tragically been killed in battle, the mother pleaded with the guardian of the Kokiri and he gladly accepted to take care of the boy and promised to keep him safe until he became of age.

The two friends felt safe with each other, they had a lot in common and life had been hard to them, they seeked refugee in one another and it gave them great comfort when they spent time together. They were happily wading in the creek together splashing each other with glee and just being happy together. At least for a few minutes.

"This is getting boring..." The young girl whined as she stopped splashing and plopped herself down in the grass as she pulled her dress up for the hundreth time as she looked at her best friend.

"Well what else do you want to do?" The young boy said also growing bored of playing in the water, he joined his friend on the grass..."Do you wanna play tag?" he asked innocently getting a hopeful expression on his face.

"No we need more people to play with us, and none of the other Kokiri like us." the girl said getting a sad look on her face. She shuffled her feet around in the dirt causing them to get even more dirty.

"Well then what should we do?" The young boy said feeling a little frusturated and also a tad bit hurt that his friend has just said none of the Kokiri liked them. It was a true but it still wasn't fun to be told that you are an outcast and nobody likes you. He pondered, trying to think of a new game that they could play. "I KNOW!" he shouted happily..."Let's get married!" he said looking over at his best friend feeling very happy with himself.

"Okay!" she said happily. "But first you have to propose to me the right way." she said getting all serious.

"What's that?" the young boy asked feeling very confused.

"I don't know, its when you get down on the ground and ask the girl to marry you." she said in a very matter-of-fact tone. "And..." she continued..."we have to find two wedding rings."

"Oh...right." the boy said as he and his friend searched the ground for something they could slip on their fingers for their pretend wedding.

While the two were playing happily they didn't seem to notice that the forrest had grown quiet, all the other Kokiri had run into their homes out of fright, no one warned them for what was about to happen. One moment the two were playing happily outside and then the next moment the two of them looked up and to they saw their caretaker Saria running out of the lost woods. "Run!" she screamed at the two of them who were oblivious that their caretaker was scared. Her green hair was tangled and full of leaves and her green dress was torn and covered and dirt...but of course this was the normal attire for the orphaned children.

"See...we could've played tag." the young boy said smugly as his and his bride to be kept searching in the dirt for fake wedding rings. "Be quiet and keep looking..." the young girl said to her groom to be...she was excited to get married to her best friend.

"Children...RUN!" Saria screamed at them again running full speed out of the woods. Now the two kids finally realized something was amiss. The young girl stood frozen out of fear and refused to budge whereas the young boy tryed frantically to pry her out of her spot so they could run for cover. The young girl continued to not budge and kept staring at the place behind Saria. The young boy looked over to see what she was looking at. He stood silently his lips parted into a silent gasp as he looked up. Behind Saria was an army of dark elves. They brought with them swords, arrows, katanas, fire, and the most fearful was the heads they mounted on sticks as prizes...each head had their eyes opened and their mouths were wide with fear...the dark elves rode on giant wild boars that had red beady eyes and course dark hides. The dark elves laughed and hollored maliciously as they killed the whoever got in their path, cutting off their heads and then sticking them on sharp wooden poles. Saria was still running full speed at the children and the young girl would still not budge...the young boy pushed her desperately trying to move her...Saria was now about a foot away from them...she yelled at them to run again and them scooped up the young girl and headed for shelter at The Great Deku Tree during this process she had accidently torn off the girl's beloved necklace...the only thing besides her friend that meant anything to her.

"My necklace!!!" the girl screamed helplessly as Saria carried her away. "We'll have to leave it...we need to go now!" Saria said still running with the flailing girl in her arms. The young boy saw the look of despair on his young friends face and ran back to retrieve the necklace. "Don't!" Saria screamed at him still running with the struggling girl in her arms. "Link!!" the young girl screamed out begging for him not to leave, she was about to lose everything she cared for. She kicked and punched her caretaker trying to free herself from her tight arms. "I can't have you go too." Saria said plainly as she kept running on.

Link picked up the necklace but to his dismay, when he looked up his friend and Saria had already ran to The Great Deku Tree. He started to run after them, his friend's necklace in hand when he was scooped up by the leader of the Dark Elves. The Dark Elf cackled, his breath reeking in Link's face as he held the young boy up to show him to the rest of his army. "This one is young enough...we can re-educate him...make him fight for us." The Dark Elf said, his voice was low and rough and whenever he would speak no one in the army of elves would talk or show any sign of disrespect to their leader. Link put up a fight kicking and punching the dark elf trying to be let free. "Stop squirming...you'll regret it!" The Dark Elf said looking at Link with hatred in his eyes. Link glared and him returning the look of hatred and bit the dark elf in the arm causing him to bleed. To his surprise the elf just laughed a deep and low laugh. The rest of his army followed. "Look here...we have a fighter!" The Dark Elf said showing Link off to his crowd. "We'll reform him in a month or two no doubt." The Dark Elf said grinning widely, showing his blackend plaque covered teeth.

That was 10 years ago. Now Link sat at the age of 17, bitter and cold, and hungry for revenge.

ok i know that was sort of dorky but w/e they'll get more interesting as the story progresses...R&R!!!