"Alright, I'll start from the beginning of the little hell I call my life."

"I was the son of a Hylian named Martin Grimsley, and a Gerudo named Samantha. It was common for Gerudo women to abduct men to reproduce, but my mother fell in love with the man she found. She loved this Hylian and had agreed to marry him. They lived in the Gerudo Fortress, and were friendly to all of the people there. About two years after the marriage I was born. Many of our neighbors came to visit them, and see me. They were amazed that I was male. Even more by the Hylian traits I had. I have the pointed ears and rounded nose of a Hylian, and lighter skin than the rest of my race. I was visited by many of the Gerudo warriors. I was cared for by a young girl named Nabooru. She cared for me like I was her brother.
Then about a week after my birth, calamity struck. Our young king, Ganondorf Dragmire, went mad. He killed every male in the fortress. He went after my father very early. After my father was killed my mother ran into the desert with me by her side. She had been hit by several energy blasts made by our king. He was in his early twenties, so he still needed to perfect his control. She ran for three days without stop, trying to protect me. On the fourth day she collapsed. She had not eaten for those three days. Not even the goddesses could have saved her. She was found by a wandering Sheikah. The Sheikah was requested to care for me until I was old enough to learn to fend for myself.
Romero, the Sheikah that adopted me, raised me as his son. He cared for me along with his girlfriend Emilia. Although Romero was a trained Sheikah warrior, Emilia was the one who scared me. She was the chief's sister. She sewed my clothes for me. Therefore she could embarrass me. She avoided the Gerudo tradition and kept me dressed in dark colors. I also got to avoid wearing the war paint that was a Sheikah tradition. I did wear the sacred eye crest though. My choice.
I was trained to fight in the shadows, able to detect the slightest movement in the darkness. I was a little more suited to doing this than other children in the tribe. I had the enhanced vision of a Gerudo, the magical gifts of Hylians, and darker skin and hair.
Romero was my best friend. He taught me everything I know about Sheikah history. I learned of the Mask of Truth, and of the Triforce. He also taught me about music. He played the violin, and taught me how to play one too. He gave me he one I carried with me when I traveled back to Hyrule. But he also taught me the cruel fate of my parents.
After I turned five he brought me to the place I was born. There I met the girl who cared enough to remember who I was after I came back. Nabooru. She was visiting my old home to honor my dead parents. For it was the day I turned five that I met Nabooru.
She took me into her home to train me to be able to fight like a Gerudo. I trained with her for four years. In those four years I was kept hidden from our king. After I celebrated my ninth birthday with her, my fellow male Gerudo found out about me.
He had visited Nabooru, trying to get her to become his queen. She refused, but he tried to force her. So I intervened. I ran out and tackled him away from her. After seeing me he started to collect energy on his hand. Nabooru ordered me to run, so I did. I ran from the girl who risked her life to protect me. It was then I was convinced that I loved her.
I did run as she told me to, but I became lost after I lost sight of fortress. I wondered out in the desert for a day. Then I was saved by a melody.
I remembered that I had left my violin at Nabooru's home, so maybe she was playing the song she taught me. The notes were similar to it, but were off every few notes. I followed the sound of music to find my black-haired Sheikah father. I ran to embrace him, but he stopped me by jabbing my stomach with his violin's bow. He scolded me for forgetting my training to control myself from outbursts like the one in my friend's home. I asked how he knew and he explained how he cast a spell on the violin so he could hear my actions. He had learned the song I had learned from Nabooru at the same time as me. But after hearing I was told to run he waited to hear what happened. He heard Nabooru say she was honoring my mother by raising me. Ganondorf then began smashing things, including the violin. After that Romero began playing the song, hoping I would hear it. He then picked me up and cried into my shoulder. He told me how glad he was to see me alive again.
I resumed training with him again, but now I used a mixture if Gerudo and Sheikah fighting techniques. I could easily beat anyone who challenged me. But then after another year of training I received a visit from Nabooru. She said that Ganondorf was planning on taking over Hyrule. She warned me to avoid going to places that had evil presences and returned to her home.
After that warning Timber, our chief, ordered we prepare to relocate. The tribe lived in tents, but had resided in that area for thirty years. So the move was tough. We left the desert to find a mountain range area by a river. We established our new home a days march from a cliffside village called Lanru. I was permitted to go there often by the chief, as our representative. I often went to the school to learn of other races.
When I was eleven I left the tribe to live with my friend Will. He was a skilled archer, and had a knack for finding hidden treasures. I was allowed to stay with him as long as I helped him hunt for lost riches. He was tough and rugged, but easily hated.
One day we had wandered into the shop with a collection of gold jewelry. We found them hidden in a cave on the cliffside. We each kept one thing: he kept a necklace for himself, and I chose a pair of earrings for Emilia. I often snuck into her home to leave her small treasures I kept. As Will sold the gold for a hefty price, a man barged into the store with a knife drawn. He ordered we give all we had to him. Will refused, so I also refused. The man rushed at Will, but I jumped in front of him, taking the knife through my right arm. I then grabbed hold of his arm with my left hand and pulled the knife out of my arm. I winced slightly from the removal of the blade, but I remained tough. I threw the knife to the ground and charged at the robber. I shoved him out the door, and as he got up to rush back at me I leapt high in the air. I extended right leg and brought it down on the man's head. He fell to the ground unconscious.
The shopkeeper gave us every rupee he had to thank us. We also received a bounty from the local guard station. We had gotten three hundred rupees that day. We were happily dancing about until we realized needed to get medical help.
Will rushed me to a doctor, and spent every second of his time waiting for me to recover. I was stitched up, full of red potion, and two hundred rupees lighter. Will promised he would pay me back for saving his life, and then took off, guilt written on his face.
I left town that night, and I returned to the tribe for about a week. I decided to wander around Hyrule, or whatever country we were in. I left with a bag of supplies and my new violin given to me by Romero. I waved farewell as I headed north.
I traveled for a year meeting new people, exploring new places, and learning new songs. I got into some minor fights, broke a few hearts, and got a few bones broken. Then I found it: the ocean!
I wandered into the town of Baygreen where the locals were being made to serve as slaves to a band of pirates that weighed anchor there. I decided to blend in with the locals to gather info on the tyrants. There I met the twins: Peter and Penelope. Their father had been killed along with many other men who tried to defend the town. I was angered by this. In the dead of night I slipped through the guards on the ship and found the captain, Onua Wavecrasher. I found his knife and held it to his neck to wake him up. I led him on-deck and shouted to his crew that if they wanted him to live they would leave Baygreen. They surrendered, but then Onua pulled a sword from one of his men's belts and attacked me. I, armed with a small dagger, defended myself. I blocked his slashes with the blade of my knife, and then ducked under his big swing. I ran up to him and plunged the small knife into his heart. I left it in his body as I let him fall to the deck. The crew then began apologizing for the actions of their captain. They sailed away afterwards. I stayed for a week at the newly liberated town, becoming good friends with the twins. I then left to return home.
When I reached my tribe I was thirteen. And I was happy to find the news there. Romero and Emilia had gotten married. I congratulated them when I saw them. But then we were thrown into darkness when I turned fourteen.
Ganon had overthrown the king of Hyrule! But the darkness slowly spread. It reached our home when I was sixteen.
One day while Romero and I were training in our secret alcove, I had my first breakdown. Romero was hated by a merciless Sheikah named Ferahgo. He came in while we were caught in the heat of battle and stabbed Romero in the back of his heart. I watched as the knife came through my father's chest, blood splattering to the ground. He fell to the ground, blood forming a pool on the floor. I turned to see the assailant laughing madly. I looked at the knife, realizing it was my own. He said everyone would shun me now because I was the owner of the knife inside Romero. I couldn't control myself, my blood boiled, I had to avenge my father. I jumped up grabbing him by the throat. I squeezed as tight as I could. I gripped his throat tight enough that the veins in my arm bulged out. I crushed his windpipe with my hands. I released him from my grip and found I had dug into his neck with my fingers, drawing blood. I ran to the chief to tell him what happened.
He, along with the tribe, followed me to the training area. I was not convincing though. I had the trust of Emilia and Timber, but not the tribe. I was exiled from the village. I was only allowed to keep my violin thanks to the chief. I was given a bag of supplies by Emilia who cried as I waved goodbye to my only friends who believed me.
Ganondorf had been ruling Hyrule for four years when I found myself leaving Hyrule. I couldn't face seeing the land fall to waste. But then I remembered the twins, and Will.
I was eighteen when I reunited with Will. He had been in a lot of fights since I left. He now wore an eyepatch over his left eye. There was a long jagged scar running down his face explaining how he lost his eye. He was happy to see me. But insisted that come with him to a hidden valley. There we found a large amount of precious jewels embedded in the walls of the cliffs. We called it the Spirit's Gorge, based on the way the lights reflected off these stones looked like spirits flying around. We spent months down there finding all kinds of gems. We sold a lot to jewelers to get some rupees so we could eat.
After a year of that Will was crushed under a landslide. I had my right leg broken by a boulder. I had to wait three months before I could walk again.
I decided to visit Baygreen after I recovered. There I found it was pretty much abandoned. Only an old man who I recognized as the shopkeeper was still there. Everyone else had left.
So I was nineteen, scared and alone, in a world where Ganon had ruled for five years, going on six after the day I left Baygreen.
I left Hyrule then. I roamed a country called Vakanon, where volcanos were numerous. I stayed there for the sixth and seventh year of Ganon's control. There I worked as a blacksmith, making tools and weapons for anyone who paid. I hated the life I had.
About a month after the eighth year was beginning I awoke with a surprise. I found my body's scars of hardship were gone. I was fourteen again. And nobody seemed to know about the relapse in time. After I realized I was in my biological parent's home, I ran to find Nabooru. She was actually looking for me also. She said that I was going to become the Gerudo King. I couldn't believe my ears! She then started a committee to prepare for the ceremony. I had about two months of freedom.
I returned to Lanru, where the tribe's reason for moving was "We wanted a change in scenery." But now Romero was alive. I had about two years before he was going to be killed. When I returned to my people, they were ready to crown me. But I was too scared. I decided to run just as Nabooru was about to begin putting the king's armor on me.
I ran to Lanru to stay with Will. He was planning an expedition to explore the other side of the cliffs. He then left three months after my reunion with him.
I then went to Baygreen. I spent my second fifteenth birthday with Peter and Penelope. I stayed until a great fire started in the town. I led a small group that pumped water onto the flames. After the damage was repaired I left.
And then I found myself in the storm where I met Navi. Praying to the goddesses when my violin from Romero was damaged by the stalfos that attacked me. You all know where it goes from there."

Beat yawned looking up at the sky seeing the sun set over the horizon. They were waiting outside the forest. His friends sat in silence, absorbing the story he told. They felt bad for the way he lived.
"Well, you're not alone Beat!" exclaimed Peter breaking the silence. "We can help you get past that."
"Yeah Grimsley, we owe you that much." Penelope added.
"It's my job to help you." shrugged Richard smiling.
"What about you Navi?" Beat asked smiling.
"You're crazy," she stated, "but you're more fun than Link." she finished laughing.
"Who's Link?" asked Penelope.
This evoked a mass of laughter. But after the laughing stopped Peter and Richard asked with Penelope. As Navi told her story, Beat nestled into a blanket. He drifted off to sleep, with Navi's story going on in the background.
"Well done Grimsley." congratulated Ganondorf.
"You've accepted your call to destiny!" exclaimed Nabooru.
"You have removed the mask of secrets you wore." added Saria. "I'll see you soon. But only you and Navi may enter. Tell the rest to wait outside the woods." she ordered.
"Alright. Tomorrow, just me and Navi enter the forest to find the Forset Sage Warrior!" Beat nodded.