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The Legend of Zelda

Awakening Spells

By Rez

Prologue: The Legend

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 evil found the golden power and took it for himself. With its strength at his command, he spread darkness across the kingdom. But 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 evil's bane, he sealed the dark one away and gave the land light. This boy, who traveled through time to save the land, was known the Hero of Time. The boy's tale was passed down through generations until it became legend. But then, a day when a fell wind began to blow across the kingdom, the great evil that all thought had been forever sealed away by the hero once again crept forth from the depths of the earth, eager to resume its dark designs.

The people believed that the Hero of Time would again come to save them, but the hero did not appear. Faced by an onslaught of evil, the people could do nothing but appeal to the gods. In their last hour, as doom drew nigh, they left their future in the hands of fate. What became of that kingdom? None remain who know. The memory of the kingdom vanished, but its legend survived on the wind's breath. On a certain island, it became customary to garb boys in green when they came of age. Clothed in the green of fields, they aspired to find heroic blades and cast down evil. The elders wished only for the youths to know courage like the hero of legend.

And one very courageous young boy who came from that island went through much trouble as he attempted to defeat that evil man. But he wasn't alone. With the help of the princess of the long forgotten kingdom, they defeated that man. But once they did so, they were unaware that they had only unleashed a much greater evil upon the land. The evil man's eviler son…