Disclamer: I don't own legend of zelda

Note:This is my first story, so please review. Don't be too harsh!

The carriage rattled on the beat up path. Link was at head of the carriage with his four men at the back. They had been sent on their first mission by the King himself to the Deku swamps to retrieve ancient magic scrolls from the heart of the swamps. The top Hylian wizards believed that these scrolls would be the vital to the war effort. Link’s carriage suddenly stopped. A row of bushes blocked his path. He jumped out of the carriage and pulled out his sword. He slowly advanced toward them. He slashed at one. Nothing happened. Link turned around. All of a sudden, he was surrounded by deku scrubs. He looked at the carriage. It was gone.

I am all alone in hostile territory surrounded by enemies Link thought. A deku scrub motioned for him to put down his sword. He cut it in half and killed three more before the scrubs actually reacted to his attack. The scrubs began spitting their deku nuts at Link. Link quickly reacted by slamming his shield into a scrub, knocking it over, and picked it up and threw it at the others. They dove out of the way. Two brave scrubs tried to rush Link. They didn’t even see his blade come down. After that fierce display of swordsmanship, the scrubs were in no mood to fight. They quickly fled the scene.

Good. Now where is that carriage? Link thought. He walked to where it was. Upon closer inspection, Link realized it was a trap door. All of a sudden, it opened and a scrub stuck it’s head out. Link stabbed it. He watched the lifeless body fall down the deep, dark shaft.

I must go down. Link thought. He slowly put his foot in and found a rock. He proceeded with his other foot, then his body and hands. He could see nothing, only relying on his sense of touch to find more rocks. All of a sudden he slipped and fell down. Luckily, he landed on a soft pile of moss. As he groped around in the darkness, he felt a wooden wheel.

The carriage! Link thought. He felt the way up to the back entrance to it. He entered the carriage. Link found a lit lantern and a huge pile of broken equipment. He dug through it, hoping to find something useful. Instead, he found a body.

Oh no Link thought. He quickly pulled the body’s hand out and checked for a pulse. There was none.

Goddesses bless his soul Link thought. He quickly grabbed the lantern and left the carriage. Now that he could see, Link saw another tunnel. He followed it. It led to a ladder leading up to light. Link climbed up and found himself in the swamps. He began silently trekking towards a tree. Link suddenly froze. Two strange things were coming toward him. They looked like a small tree trunk with stocky wooden legs and two huge wooden arms. Their red eyes fixated on him. Suddenly their arms began to change shape. The morphed from two normal hands to two nasty looking curved wooden blades. They jumped toward him. Link quickly slashed at one of the deku’s swords. It clashed with it, but did not break through.

They’re as strong as steel! Link thought. He slammed his shield into it’s body and pushed it back, giving him enough time to slash at the other one. It blocked it and back flipped over link’s head. Link brought his sword up, impaling it’s chest. It fell down, dead. The other deku then slashed at Link. It hit his cheek, drawing blood but Link then caught both of the deku’s swords. They were in a lock. Link then pushed him back and impaled his chest while the deku was dazed. It died. Link heavily panted and sat down.

Those things were nasty! Link thought. What if Hylian soldiers have to fight these things?

Link shivered at the thought. In the distance, he heard deku war cries. Link quickly got up and started moving. He raced through the swamps, only pausing to kill scrubs. He suddenly stopped. He was in a clearing with a box in the grass. He picked the box up and opened it. Inside were three scrolls. When he tried to open them he got a light shock in his fingers. He put them back in the box.

These must be the scrolls. Now to get out of here Link thought. All of a sudden one of the deku warriors jumped at him. Once again, his arms turned to wooden blades and he rushed Link. Link was forced back while trying to block the blows. Some got through and soon Link was covered with cuts. He dropped the box and swept his sword up at the deku’s head. He tried to block it with his blades, but the blow was too powerful. He fell down dead. Link then picked up the box and walked away. He went to an exit on the other side of the clearing. He entered the swamps. Link stealthily trekked around a deku force searching for him and safely exited the swamp. A carriage was waiting for him at the exit. He got in and the driver began the long trek back to the castle.