Chapter Two- The Evil Begins
Link was not lying about wanting to sleep for a day. After supper, Link fell fast asleep. He
didn't wake up until noon the next day. He grabbed his tunic and pulled it over his undershirt. He
put on his socks and boots and walked out side. Link then noticed he was hungry. He jumped
down to the ground and didn't even notice how much his legs hurt. He was to hungry.
Link walked inside Saria's house. Saria and Zelda were sitting on the table, eating lunch.
"Why didn't you guys wake me up for lunch?" Link was angry that they didn't wake him up.
"I didn't want to get thrown in the lake again, and Zelda didn't want to be tackled again.
You were really mad at us for waking you." Saria replied.
"Well....umm....I guess I see your point. Never mind. I'm just really hungry." Link sat
down. "Ouch. I shouldn't have jumped off the balcony. Darn it, my legs really hurt." Link tried to
think of how to make his legs stop hurting.
"Well Link, maybe you should use the ladder from now on. Then you might not be sorry for
making an idiotic move." Zelda was annoyed with Links complaining. Saria just sat their, not
wanting to be in the middle of their fight.
"Ahh, who cares, I just wanna eat." Link then started eating, and eating, and eating. He
stuffed himself.
"Is it just me, or does Link just have a habit of being an idiot?" Zelda asked. She couldn't
understand why or how Link ate so much.
"M oay. I an et a ot. M hgry." Link said with his mouth full.
"What?" Zelda had no idea what Link just said.
Link swallowed his food. "I said: 'I'm okay. I can eat a lot. I'm hungry.' And it's true. I can
eat a lot." Zelda just stared in disbelief.
"Link, you ate that much. That's a real lot. I mean, it's crazy."
"That's how Link is when he's hungry. Trust me, I've known him since we were little kids."
Saria said. Link just continued stuffing himself until he was finally full.
"Mmmm. That was good. I'm ready to train again."
"Okay Link, today we have secret training. Meet me in the secret field." Zelda replied.
"Why can't Saria watch? I don't see why she can't." Link didn't get it.
"Just listen. Ohh, and Saria, if you follow us I'll peg you in the face with an arrow." Zelda
looked towards Saria, and Saria got scared.
"O...okay. I don't understand why you're being so mean though."
"Let's go Link. We need our stuff." Link and Zelda walked back to Link's house and
got their bow and quivers. "Link, I need to talk to you. I think we're running out of time. Last night
a moblin and three stalfos appeared. I heard them and killed them with arrows. I want to train in
private so we can get more done. Saria talks to us and wastes a bit of time. Grab your sword and
shield. I know exactly what we're gonna do.
They walked through the forest until they came to a clearing no one knew about. "Okay
Link. Try and fight me. I will use my bow. You can fight however you want." Zelda said.
"Zelda, I can't fight you. I'm a lot stronger than you. If we fought you could get hurt." Link
replied.
"Link, don't worry. I'm not going to show you any mercy so you'll be sorry if you don't fight
back." Zelda knew that Link could kill her if he tried, but he had to practice some actual fighting.
"I'll give up when I get hurt enough."
Zelda pulled out her bow and aimed an arrow at Link. She released it and it went towards
Link with lightning fast speed. It pegged him in his right shoulder. He began to bleed. "Zelda I
can't fight you. I don't want you to get hurt. Just listen to me." Zelda did not listen. In an instant
she had already fired another arrow, this one hitting him in his left knee. It also began to bleed.
Link was beginging to get angry. "Fine Zelda, but I warned you." He pulled out his bow and aimed
towards Zelda. She jumped to the side but Link had anticipated this and he hit her the instant she
landed on the ground. It scraped her left arm and it bled a little.
"Good, now let's see if you can do any real damage." She charged at Link, with her bow in
her hand. She fired arrows as she was running. Link was now dodging them. His shoulder and
knee were hurting a lot now. When Zelda was about 10 feet away from Link, she clipped her bow to
her back and started throwing punches at Link. Link pulled out his new Biggoron's Small Sword
and began swinging at her. He made the swings light so that she wouldn't be hurt. He gave her a
few scratches but she had delivered some hard punches to Link. Finally Link sheathed his sword
and decided to use fist combat. He threw a very hard punch to her gut, and she fell down
unconcious.
"Sorry Zelda. I didn't want to hurt you like that but I wanted to end the fight. You just
wouldn't heed my warnings." He picked her up and carried her back to his house. Then he tried to
figure out a way to climb his ladder, but couldn't think of any. Then he just carried her to Saria's
house.
Saria turned around and saw Link. "Ohh, hi Link, yo....what happened to Zelda?"
"Long story. To make it short, Zelda wanted to fight me. I refused so she hit me with
arrows." He pointed to his shoulder and knee, which were no longer bleeding much. "Then I had no
choice so I fought back. She decided to use fist combat so I delivered a punch to her gut. It
knocked her out, but ended the fight. It was the only solution I could think of. I couldn't get he up
the ladder to my house, so I was wondering if she could rest her."
"Okay. Just set her on the bed." Link put Zelda on Saria's bed.
"Aaahhhhh!" Link heard one of the Kokiri scream.
"What's that? I better go check it out. This can't be good." Link ran outside and noticed
why he had heard one of the Kokiri scream. There were stalfos, redead, a moblin and some kind
of demon like creature. He pulled out his bow and shot the moblin. If fell to the ground, dead. Link
pulled out his sword. "Time to test this. If it's as good as Biggoron said, it'll make my old
Biggoron's Sword seem like nothing."
He charged one of the stalfos and swung. It died instantly. He noticed two stalfos coming
from behind him, so he did a spin attack and killed them both. He jump attacked a redead before it
could freeze him. Another redead aproached him from behind but Link spun around and stabbed it
before it could freeze him. A stalfos threw it's sword at Link, but Link jumped out of the way and the
sword killed a redead. Link killed the swordless stalfos. The two remaining stalfos and two redead
approached Link, but were killed by a spin attack. All that remained was the demon like creature,
the lesser demon.
The demon was about the same height as Link. It was a pitch black color and it's arms
had sharp claws about an inch long. It had piercing red eyes. It was just like the demon Link had
already killed in the graveyard, only smaller and more human like. Link charged it and did a
horizontal swing. The demon jumped at least 10 feet high and landed on top of Link. It was
kneeling on top of Links arms. It held out one of it's hands right above Link's face. It clawed one of
Links cheeks. It began bleeding. It cut his forehead and other cheek. Link's head was throbbing.
He knew the end was near. It held it's hand above Link throat. This was it. No. I can't believe this
is how I have to die. Now Hyrule has no defense against the dark sages. This is it. Just then an
arrow went right through the demon's head. It fell off of Link. Link pulled out his sword. He
delivered a powerful cut to the chest, ending the demon's life.
Link looked in the direction that the arrow came and saw Zelda running towards him. "You
got very luck Link. If I would've woke up any later, that thing would've killed you. You owe me."
Link stood up, thanking the goddesses that Zelda had woken up just then. "Yeah, I guess I
am lucky. Well, it's only been a week of training, do you think that this is it, or if it's just a
warning?" Link asked.
"I think it's a warning. I know that they are stronger than that, or they're really weak. I'm
guessing we have another week. We really need to train now." Zelda was hoping that they did have
a week, because the extra time would be very useful.
"I think I've trained enough. I can't get much better. Let's just have fun because if I die
fighting these guys, I want to have enjoyed the end of my life." Link prayed that this wouldn't be the
end of his life. He was to young to die.
"Yeah, you are really good. I'll side with you if that's what you want to do. I've never been
here before. It's not like we've seen each other in the last two years. So what are we gonna do?"
Link thought. "Hmmmm. Well, we could go swimming, or exploring in the lost woods, or
playing a prank on Mido, everyone hates him. Or we could go tree climbing, or just walking. We
could try to find something interesting in the forest. I dunno. Those are just some things we can
do. If you can think of something, I don't care what we do."
Zelda thought for a minute. "Let's go swimming. I never get to go to Lake Hylia or any
other swimming areas. Sounds like fun."


So, the boy was able to easily destroy the first batch of monsters. I expected no less.
Now I have two weeks until we fight Hyrule. Boy you had better enjoy the end of your life. I am
much more powerful than you could ever imagine.
"Master, prepare for a fight. Five stalfos and a redead want to kill you."
"Fine. They can feel my wrath. I have not fought yet. My powers only awakened a short
while ago. I need a fight." The stalfos and redead came in. The redead tried to freeze him, but
failed. He stuck out his hand and flames rose out of the ground. They all began to burn. "You
should not have tried to fight me. I am unbeatable."


Link, Zelda and Saria were all at a hidden pond in Kokiri Forest. None of the other Kokiri
knew about this place. They were just about to go swimming. Link pulled of his tunic, under shirt
and pants, so he was just in a pair of shorts. He jumped in but started shivering. "Th...is is c...c..
cold." Zelda and Saria just laughed. They were already in swim suits.
"Maybe you shouldn't just jump in next time, huh Link?"
Link just gave Zelda an angry stare. He knew that she was trying to annoy him. He
couldn't let her annoy him. "Why do you always call me stupid? You already did that once. Can't
you ever stop?"
"No. It's fun to make you mad. You're always funny when you're mad. I'm not actually
calling you stupid." Link jumped and took Zelda under. When she came back up she splashed at
Link. Link just dunked her under again. She then remembered when she promised she'd get
revenge on Link. She knew now might be a good time. It just needed planning. She got the
perfect plan. Now, Link would be sorry. Of course, Link could tell she had an evil look on her face.
"I better run....bye." Link tried to swim towards shore but Zelda grabbed his foot and pulled
him under.
"Saria, it's time for revenge. Come on." Saria swam over and wondered how they were
going to torture Link. "I have the perfect plan."
"What are we gonna do. Umm..are you trying to drown Link?" Link had been under for
about 30 seconds, because Zelda was holding him down with her foot.
"Oops." Zelda moved her foot and Link surfaced, gasping for air. After he finally filled his
lungs he knew he was better off staying under. Zelda had an evil look on her face.
"I....um....is this gonna hurt...or be plain old evil?" Zelda just kept smiling evily. She went
next to Saria and whispered something in her ear. Then they both laughed. Link knew he would
probably be better off dead. Link whished he had one of his weopons to defend himself with.
"Link. You're gonna be sorry that you were ever born." Zelda said and then started
laughing again. Saria looked over towards Zelda.
"Calm down. It's a good prank, but don't laugh so much. You seem like you're going
mental. Come on stop it." Zelda kept laughing, but it was fake laughter. They could tell.
"Zelda, you aren't very good at acting. That was the worst fake laugh ever."
Zelda immidiatly stopped laughing and glared at Link. "I know, I didn't want it to sound real.
Now that you're distracted, you get to die. Behind you." Zelda pointed behind Link. While Link
was distracted, Saria had gone behind him. Link was about to run/swim away but Saria had put her
arms under his and brought them up. Link couldn't move his arms. Zelda came up to him and
smiled evily. She tried to do an evil laugh but decided not to. "Now Link, it's time for the best prank
ever."
"What are you gonna do to me. No. I'm to young to die." Link was very scared. He knew
they could be evil.
"Don't worry, you don't get to die. It's just torture." She walked up in front of Link. "Now,
what should I do. I gotta get good revenge. I want you to be sorry that you ever tackled me. Saria
you got any ideas?"
Just then, a scream was heard. It sounded like it came from the entrance to Kokiri Forest.
Link tried to struggle to get free, but he didn't want to hurt Saria so he couldn't get free. "Come on!
Let me go! I gotta go help!" Link was angry that she wouldn't let him go. Saria didn't listen.
"The Kokiri get scared all the time Link. It's probably nothing." Saria didn't think that the
dark sages would come this early.
"Fine. I don't care if you get hurt. I gotta help them." Link struggled free but Saria didn't
get hurt. Link quickly put on the rest of his clothes and ran towards where he heard the scream.
When he got there, he saw a huge group of monsters. He ran inside and grabbed his sword,
shield and bow. He jumped out side and shot a moblin with and arrow. He ran into the group and
started choping down stalfos. He felt a sharp pain in his back. He spun around and saw that a
moblin had stabbed him with it's spear. Link sliced it's stomache open. He continued killing
creatures. He had defeated them all after a while. He knew that the dark sages had finally decided
to attack.


"Master, you attacked early, why?"
"I am sick of waiting. I am not good at that. I am too young."
"The origanal sage in your family had a strong point for waiting. What has happened since
then?"
"Shut up. I don't care about my family history. I do not like to wait. I attacked the Kokiri
this time. The boy is prepared. Now for the battle to begin. You shall go to the dessert. I have
prepared your tower. Now go."
"But master..."
"Shut up. I am sick of hearing your voice. Go. It is in the remains of the old Spirit
Temple. I destroyed it."
"T..th...that is how s..strong you are?"
"Yes. It was easy. Go now. You have until the count of three before I kill you."
He ran off.


Link was sitting on his bed, thinking. Man. I didn't think they'd attack this early. Tonight
could be my last. Just then, Zelda walked in. "Link, is something wrong? You left right after you
finished supper."
"Yeah, I'm just thinking. I hope that this isn't as bad as I think. I better sleep good. This
could be my last night of living." Link was really down. He didn't think he stood much of a chance
against the dark sages.
All of a sudden, a letter appeared in thin air. It said Link on the top. Link unfolded it. It
read:
Hello boy. I am one of the Dark Sages. I must congratulate you on defeating all of my
creatures so far. Of course, they were nothing. Your true test is about to begin. I have destroyed
the Spirit Temple. In it's place I have built a tower. Go there to fight the first dark sage, the Sage
of Power. I don't expect you to live, but if you do, I will be much stronger than him. I am the other
sage. Good luck, you'll need it. Power may be weaker than me, but he is still very strong.
Link was scared. This sage sounded very strong. Link didn't think that he could beat him.
"I...no, I can't lose. I can win. I must win." Zelda could sense the fear in Link's voice.
"Don't worry, you can win. You're strong. Just get some sleep so that you're ready
tomorrow. You sleep on the bed. The better you rest, the better you'll fight." Zelda hoped Link
believed her. She also was afraid of what could happen if Link failed. Link took Zelda's advice and
fell asleep. He knew that he needed sleep.


Link woke up. He got out of bed and realized that screaming was coming from outside.
Link grabbed his sword, shield and bow and jumped outside. The forest was on fire. Link heard
someone laughing. He wanted to kill whoever was laughing. How could someone do this. Link
noticed someone floating in midair above the entrance of Kokiri Forest. He looked young, maybe
19 or 20 years old. He was wearing a black shirt and black pants. He had short black hair.
"Well, look who has finally woke up. If it isn't the great hero Link. He's so weak he can't
even save his forest from destruction. You're pathetic. I can't believe I ever wanted to fight you.
Your not worth my time." What the mysterious guy said made Link's blood boil. Link wanted to
avenge all of the Kokiri.
"Who are you?" Link had no idea that someone could be so strong. He had to know who
he was.
"I am someone you know. I am the ultimate dark sage. I am the Sage of Death, but you
can call me Death." Death lifted his hand up and more flames appeared in the forest. Link knew
that he had to fight. He pulled out his bow and fired an arrow. If hit Death in the stomache. Death
pulled the arrow out of his stomache and acted like he didn't even notice that he was bleeding a lot.
"Is that the best you can do? I thought that the great Link would be better. I guess I'm to strong
for you." He held out his hand and Link fell down to the ground. He felt like his entire body was on
fire. Death landed on the ground and walked up to Link. He grabbed Link's sword and held it up to
Link's neck.
"Nooo! You can't kill me! Please, don't!" Link was scared, he didn't want to die. The
sword was about to touch his neck. "No!"
Link woke up immidiatly. He was breathing very hard and he was sweating like mad. It
wasn't real. Link realized that Zelda was awake. "Link, are you okay. You were screaming in your
sleep."
The dream kept replaying in his head. The burning forest, Death, and the end of Link's life.
"Yeah, I guess. That dream was really scary. The Sage of Death killed me."
"Don't worry about it. It's only a dream."
"No, I don't think so. I think it's another phropetic dream. I don't think I stand a chance
against this guy. He's just...to strong." Link was very scared. He thought that the dream could be
real. Maybe he would die fighting the death sage. Zelda could tell that Link was very scared.
"Link, you'll be okay." Zelda wanted to help Link, if he was going to fight the dark sages,
he was going to have to fight his fear first.
"N..no. Hyrule is doomed. I just can't win." Link's fear was rising very quickly. "I'm a
million times more scared than when I fought Ganon or Majora. I...just can't do this. It's
impossible."
Zelda was beginning to get angry. "Link, you're just letting your fear control you. You can
win. You're being foolish. You know that you can win, you just can't let your fear get to you." Link
knew that Zelda was right. But the fear was to much for him to control. He just wanted to be
normal. He didn't want to be the hero. It was just to hard.
"Look, you don't know how hard it is to be me! I'm the one who always goes around saving
Hyrule! I'm the one who has to risk my life defending thousands of people! I'm the one who does
everything! People just look at me and think I'm the guy that saves them all but I'm not! My life isn't
as easy as everyone thinks!" All of Link's anger had finally been released. He just couldn't conrol it
anymore. Finally he could just sit down and know that someone knew how he felt.
Now Zelda was angered. Link had to stop thinking that he was going to die. He just
needed to stop thinking he was going to die. "Look! You may think that you've got a hard life, but
so do other people! You can't think that you're going to die no matter what! You have to stop
thinking like that! I'm not going to let my boyfriend...crap, did I just say that outloud." Zelda
couldn't believe she had just said that out loud. She wanted to just fall over dead, but she knew
that wouldn't happen.
Link just stood there, speechless. Was this supposed to be the part where he told Zelda
that he liked her. Aah, screw it. I'll just tell her. "I...um...love...you too."
Link and Zelda both just stood there. Both were at a loss for words. They both just laid
down in their beds (or blanket that was on the floor, in Zelda's case) and just thought. Link was
glad he said something, because if he died, he wanted someone to know his secret.
Finally, Link broke the silence. "Well, good night. If I die, I wanna get some sleep on my
last night of living." Link no longer feared that he would die. He had a new insperation. If he did
live, his future wouldn't be pointless. This new insperation was enough to keep him from being
afraid. He now accepted the fact that he would fight the dark sages. Now he could rest peacefully.


Link could feel the bright morning sun on his face. He opened his eyes and noticed that it
was around noon by looking at the position of the sun. At least he got to sleep in. Link got up and
put on his tunic, belt, socks and boots. He stepped out onto his balcony. Link enjoyed the fresh
scent of the morning, but today it seemed even better. Maybe it was because it might be his last
day of life, maybe because his dream had been fulfilled. Link remembered the previous night. Well,
at least if my life does end, it'll end with a happy ending.
Link climbed down his ladder and went over to Saria's house. Saria and Zelda were inside.
"Hi Link," Saria said cheerfully.
"You slept in late." Zelda said. She was used to having a day of sleeping in would be
waking up at eight o clock, and the latest she ever slept was nine. Link easily beat that.
"Zelda, you got a lot to learn about Link. He always sleeps in late. I usually do something
mean to wake him up, just like when we dropped him in the stream."
Link yawned. "Yeah, well I'm hungry. I gotta eat something if I'm gonna save Hyrule."
"Okay, I didn't make any lunch because me and Zelda ate breakfast at about 10." Saria
said. Link was mad that he had to get his own lunch.
"Well, I guess I'm going fishing." Link walked home and grabbed a fishing rod. He went to
a small stream and cast the rod. Luck was on his side today, and he caught a fish after about five
minutes. It would make a good lunch. Link went home and grabbed a dagger to gut the fish with.
He went outside and gutted it. He went back to Saria's house and cooked it. He ate the fish very
fast and then he went outside. Now was the time to leave.
Zelda and Saria walked outside. "So Link, are you going to that place in the Desert
Colussus?" Zelda asked.
"Yeah. I think that they want to fight me. They don't plan on tricking me," Link replied.
Zelda and Saria looked sad. They didn't want Link to leave, but they knew that he had to.
"Okay, I guess I'll stay here. Can I stay with you Saria?" Zelda asked.
"Sure, I don't mind," Saria replied.
Zelda looked a little happier. "Okay then, when you get a chance, come back here. We'll
be waiting."
"Yep, I'll remember to come back whenever I get a chance." Link was hoping he wouldn't
be gone long. He climbed the ladder to his house and got attatched his shield and sheath to his
belt. He sheathed the sword. He strapped the quiver over his back and attatched the bow to his
quiver. He left the Kokiri Forest, he was headed towards Gerudo Valley.