Hey guys.
So this is the first part of my english class assignment. I leave this here so that you tell me what you think of it.
This is not yet finished.
Bit of background: I'm working on a novel for my english class project. This is the prologue. I wanted to do it based on Zelda, because I love the series so much...
This is written as if Navi was writting a letter to Link. So we're inside her mind.
If succesful, there's more to come soon. You guys let me know.
Navi’s apology.
Many years have passed since I left you.
My name is Navi… As of now, I’m the last remaining fairy in all of Hyrule. The places you once knew are now the remains of an era long gone. The people you and I loved are dead. Aside from you, only two of those beloved ones remain (Me included). However, their existence is merely a rumor among those who have studied the history of Hyrule (Mine included). The kingdom which you and I fell in love with is only a memory of a golden era that will never return. Hyrule has changed… The Kingdom of Hyrule is no more…
I’ve been depressed ever since you left.
Let me tell you about the life I had before today, which is the day I'm writing this for you.
Day after day, I used to spend time flying around, just wandering around the Kokiri Forest. Each day, I would go to your abandoned house, in order to remember you. Each day, I went there in secret, without catching up the attention of the Kokiris. I did so for the first 20 years, up until HE came back.
After HE came back, the protective spell that kept the Kokiris safe inside the forest banished. One of the first things HE did after coming back, was the annihilation of the Deku Tree (The same sprout you and I once saw flourish from the ground). After that, the Kokiris fled the Forest in fear. I could do nothing to stop them, for I was too afraid and sad.
I still can’t forgive myself for leaving you. I just flew away from you. I gave no explanation whatsoever. I just left you there, all alone in the Temple of Time, right after you placed the Master Sword on the Pedestal of Time. Even though I told you I had to go, and even though I gave you one last goodbye kiss, I still didn't tell you why I was leaving. You asked me if I was leaving because the quest you and I had been gone through was over. Oh, Link, believe me! The last thing I wanted to do was to leave you! In fact, I wanted to start a new life with you and Princess Zelda. We would live in the Castle now. We would embark on new adventures. You would eventually marry Zelda, and I would have been more than delighted to help you raise your new family. Whatever happened from that moment on, I would have been there for you. But sadly, you were to walk trough a different path.
Back then, before we separated, Rauru told me that it was something beyond my possibilities, and that there was nothing in his, or my power to change the tragic faith that would follow. Saria told me to be strong, and told me to keep it a secret from you. All for the sake of the epiphany that you were about to experience. Princess Zelda once asked me what was wrong with me, why was I sad during such happy times. After all, you were a week away from returning the Master Sword to its resting place. “Navi, don’t worry. We’ll meet again very soon. Right after Link returns the Master Sword, you, Link and I will return to our original time. Once there, you and Link will come live in the castle. Don’t worry, I won’t forget about you. Remember, only the 6 sages, and us three will have our memories untouched”. The sweet voice of the Princess Zelda tried to comfort me when she found me crying in one of the castle's rooms, back when we were living at Hyrule Castle. I made a huge effort to act, and I lied. I told Princess Zelda that I felt sorry for the reasons she explained to me and that now that she had given me an explanation, I would cry no more. However, I kept crying each night in secret…
But please, please forgive me, Link! Believe me, there is a good reason as to why I did it! Believe me; I didn’t want you to suffer for me! I did it, because I love you!; Because you have been like my own son to me!; Because you are like my own flesh! I know I annoyed you sometimes with my little voice, I know how you hated my constant reminders to you, but if only you knew how miserable I’m without you right now… If only you knew how I prayed to the goddesses each day for a chance to see you again. I have nothing to remember you. All I kept was your face in my mind. All I had to remember you was the memory of days that would never return.
My eyes are dry, for I've been lamenting your loss (Leaving you was as if you died for me), my throat is mute for I've been screaming out loud your name in the course of the nights for the past 10 years, my soul is now cold as the ice for I gave away all my love to you.
I even tried to kill myself numerous times, but each time I was about to do it, I refrained from doing so. Not because of the lack of will, but because of the naive hope of seeing you again. I hoped that maybe, one day you would come back from Termina. That’s why I never left the forest, for I wanted to be the very first person to see you again. I feel guilty as well, for not only I mourned your departure, Princess Zelda missed you more than I did (If that’s even possible). In fact, she missed you so much that she couldn’t take it anymore 20 years after you left. She surrendered to HIM after HE took the castle one tragic evening. HE wanted to kill her right after he stole the Triforce of Wisdom from her, but instead, Princess Zelda agreed to give away the precious triangle in exchange for a spell. A spell that would put her to sleep forever that could only be broken by a kiss from you and you only. That way, she would remain beautiful for you as long as it took for you to come back. For her, the Triforce, or Hyrule for that matter didn’t have a meaning, not without you. She did it all in a naive attempt to cut away the pain that had been devouring her heart day after day since you left, all because of you. The perfect trap device if you ever came back. After that fateful day, Hyrule began to collapse in every aspect of its life.
Even before the siege that took place in Hyrule Castle 80 years ago, Princess Zelda and I mourned your departure. She used to come every night, in secret, to the Lost Woods so that she wouldn’t miss your arrival. She waited alongside me. She remained awake the whole night while she and I walked trough the woods looking for you. We talked about you, about how perfect the moment would be when you both kissed again, about how I would help Zelda raise your future children. We also talked about our sorrow, and how lonely we felt every day that passed without you. Without the one who gave light to our impending darkness.
She came into the Lost Woods in secret due to her Princess title. She wasn’t allowed to gather with commoners by Royal decree. However, when she turned 18 the law allowed her to walk freely throughout Hyrule as she pleased, as well as gather with whoever she wanted to. For two years she remained at the Forest alongside me all day long. She did so, up until HE came back. She went back to the Castle as soon as news of the King’s death arrived to her ear. She needed to take care of the Kingdom now. However, even though she tried to hide her feelings, I managed to infer she didn’t care for anything or anyone, but you. Even when I last saw her, I saw the sadness in her eyes, and a tear rolled down her beautiful cheek as a goodbye gift for you, for her mind was already made up: She would remain dormant forever.
Today, I thought it would be another miserable day of existence without you. But to my surprise, I found your beautiful body on the floor right next to the Master Sword, at the ruins of the Temple of Time. At first I couldn't believe my eyes; I started to bounce all around the Temple of Time (The place where I found you) in joy. But little did I know, you were bleeding to death.
When I came back to my senses, I realized the terrible injuries your body had. Fortunately, upon closer inspection, I estimated you had little over a few hours for you to die from the injuries your body had. So, before time ran out, I went outside, retrieved some paper and some ink, and came back here, to the place your body is now, in order to write you this letters.
"Why?" you ask? Well, simply because I realized what I had to do the moment I saw your life at risk. I know now that somehow, after 100 years of struggle, you have come back to Hyrule in order to restore the peace you and I once enjoyed. I didn't go get any other person or a doctor, nor did I take you to a nursery, because, as you may already know, it's just too risky. It must have taken a long time for you to get here. I estimate, a week or so. So, you have already experienced the life style of this new Hyrule. As you may already know, this once prosperous country of ours is now a wasteland. I saw your clothes all messed up. It is obvious that you engaged in a terrible fight against an opponent so fierce, that you barely managed to defeat him/her/it. When I inspected your body, I found your sword broken in two. Your shield was pretty messed up, but still usable. And of course, I found the ocarina Saria gave you a century ago. Do not worry, I'll leave it next to your left arm when you wake up.
I wonder if you still play that fairy ocarina Saria gave you... I wonder if you keep playing the Ocarina of Time Zelda gave you as well.
To be honest, I didn't consider coming to the Temple of Time as part of my schedule for today. However, a beam of light caught my attention when I was gazing upon the sky. To my surprise, it was a blue beam of light, just like the ones we encountered during our travels 100 years ago. I flew up into the sky so that I could get to know where it was headed. I saw it landing on the Temple's ruins, so I decided to check what was going on. I suppose it was you breaking the seal the Doors of Time had in order to access this sacred chamber your body is now. You came back here to retrieve the Master Sword, so that you could carry on your quest for justice.
Link, I know that after I left you, you headed towards the Lost Woods so that you could find me. You were seeking an answer as to why I left you. I know about your journey through the alternate world of Termina. To be honest, I knew about it long before you and I parted ways...
I know you came back here to fulfill your destiny as the Hero of Time. I know that after living in this new Hyrule for a week or so, you wish to see this land restored to its former glory more than anything. However, I feel this land is now doomed beyond salvation. I know you have learned not to give up, but sadly, this is not the chase. Hyrule is now beyond saving. Nothing can save it from collapsing. Link, I must warn you: It will take more than blood to save Hyrule. Only the ultimate sacrifice can do something for this kingdom. I do not know if that something will be its salvation. It is more likely to reveal a new path for the young ones to follow. Maybe it's not through war and blood, but rather through understanding and redemption that its inhabitants can afford to live in a safe society. Far away from greed. After all it's not the piece of land that constitutes a country, but rather a society made up of people who decide to live in harmony that gives the title of "country" to a specific place.
I know I leave many questions unanswered in this letter. That's why I need you to read the 2nd letter I leave attached to this one. In there, I will answer them all.
Before I write my last words to you I want to give you one last explanation as to why you and I can't see each other ever again.
Right now, your body is agonizing, if I don't hurry, you will die. Like I said earlier, I'm the last remaining fairy in all of Hyrule. And that means I am the last being who can heal your wounds right now. I will pour on you all of the fairy dust my body allows me to, so that you can heal instantly. After that, my life will be passed on to you, and my body will become an empty shell; it will become regular dust, and it will be scattered all around the place by the wind.
By doing this, not only will my life be finished, but also my purpose on it. My purpose in life was to protect you. If I force your body to w
So this is the first part of my english class assignment. I leave this here so that you tell me what you think of it.
This is not yet finished.
Bit of background: I'm working on a novel for my english class project. This is the prologue. I wanted to do it based on Zelda, because I love the series so much...
This is written as if Navi was writting a letter to Link. So we're inside her mind.
If succesful, there's more to come soon. You guys let me know.
Navi’s apology.
Many years have passed since I left you.
My name is Navi… As of now, I’m the last remaining fairy in all of Hyrule. The places you once knew are now the remains of an era long gone. The people you and I loved are dead. Aside from you, only two of those beloved ones remain (Me included). However, their existence is merely a rumor among those who have studied the history of Hyrule (Mine included). The kingdom which you and I fell in love with is only a memory of a golden era that will never return. Hyrule has changed… The Kingdom of Hyrule is no more…
I’ve been depressed ever since you left.
Let me tell you about the life I had before today, which is the day I'm writing this for you.
Day after day, I used to spend time flying around, just wandering around the Kokiri Forest. Each day, I would go to your abandoned house, in order to remember you. Each day, I went there in secret, without catching up the attention of the Kokiris. I did so for the first 20 years, up until HE came back.
After HE came back, the protective spell that kept the Kokiris safe inside the forest banished. One of the first things HE did after coming back, was the annihilation of the Deku Tree (The same sprout you and I once saw flourish from the ground). After that, the Kokiris fled the Forest in fear. I could do nothing to stop them, for I was too afraid and sad.
I still can’t forgive myself for leaving you. I just flew away from you. I gave no explanation whatsoever. I just left you there, all alone in the Temple of Time, right after you placed the Master Sword on the Pedestal of Time. Even though I told you I had to go, and even though I gave you one last goodbye kiss, I still didn't tell you why I was leaving. You asked me if I was leaving because the quest you and I had been gone through was over. Oh, Link, believe me! The last thing I wanted to do was to leave you! In fact, I wanted to start a new life with you and Princess Zelda. We would live in the Castle now. We would embark on new adventures. You would eventually marry Zelda, and I would have been more than delighted to help you raise your new family. Whatever happened from that moment on, I would have been there for you. But sadly, you were to walk trough a different path.
Back then, before we separated, Rauru told me that it was something beyond my possibilities, and that there was nothing in his, or my power to change the tragic faith that would follow. Saria told me to be strong, and told me to keep it a secret from you. All for the sake of the epiphany that you were about to experience. Princess Zelda once asked me what was wrong with me, why was I sad during such happy times. After all, you were a week away from returning the Master Sword to its resting place. “Navi, don’t worry. We’ll meet again very soon. Right after Link returns the Master Sword, you, Link and I will return to our original time. Once there, you and Link will come live in the castle. Don’t worry, I won’t forget about you. Remember, only the 6 sages, and us three will have our memories untouched”. The sweet voice of the Princess Zelda tried to comfort me when she found me crying in one of the castle's rooms, back when we were living at Hyrule Castle. I made a huge effort to act, and I lied. I told Princess Zelda that I felt sorry for the reasons she explained to me and that now that she had given me an explanation, I would cry no more. However, I kept crying each night in secret…
But please, please forgive me, Link! Believe me, there is a good reason as to why I did it! Believe me; I didn’t want you to suffer for me! I did it, because I love you!; Because you have been like my own son to me!; Because you are like my own flesh! I know I annoyed you sometimes with my little voice, I know how you hated my constant reminders to you, but if only you knew how miserable I’m without you right now… If only you knew how I prayed to the goddesses each day for a chance to see you again. I have nothing to remember you. All I kept was your face in my mind. All I had to remember you was the memory of days that would never return.
My eyes are dry, for I've been lamenting your loss (Leaving you was as if you died for me), my throat is mute for I've been screaming out loud your name in the course of the nights for the past 10 years, my soul is now cold as the ice for I gave away all my love to you.
I even tried to kill myself numerous times, but each time I was about to do it, I refrained from doing so. Not because of the lack of will, but because of the naive hope of seeing you again. I hoped that maybe, one day you would come back from Termina. That’s why I never left the forest, for I wanted to be the very first person to see you again. I feel guilty as well, for not only I mourned your departure, Princess Zelda missed you more than I did (If that’s even possible). In fact, she missed you so much that she couldn’t take it anymore 20 years after you left. She surrendered to HIM after HE took the castle one tragic evening. HE wanted to kill her right after he stole the Triforce of Wisdom from her, but instead, Princess Zelda agreed to give away the precious triangle in exchange for a spell. A spell that would put her to sleep forever that could only be broken by a kiss from you and you only. That way, she would remain beautiful for you as long as it took for you to come back. For her, the Triforce, or Hyrule for that matter didn’t have a meaning, not without you. She did it all in a naive attempt to cut away the pain that had been devouring her heart day after day since you left, all because of you. The perfect trap device if you ever came back. After that fateful day, Hyrule began to collapse in every aspect of its life.
Even before the siege that took place in Hyrule Castle 80 years ago, Princess Zelda and I mourned your departure. She used to come every night, in secret, to the Lost Woods so that she wouldn’t miss your arrival. She waited alongside me. She remained awake the whole night while she and I walked trough the woods looking for you. We talked about you, about how perfect the moment would be when you both kissed again, about how I would help Zelda raise your future children. We also talked about our sorrow, and how lonely we felt every day that passed without you. Without the one who gave light to our impending darkness.
She came into the Lost Woods in secret due to her Princess title. She wasn’t allowed to gather with commoners by Royal decree. However, when she turned 18 the law allowed her to walk freely throughout Hyrule as she pleased, as well as gather with whoever she wanted to. For two years she remained at the Forest alongside me all day long. She did so, up until HE came back. She went back to the Castle as soon as news of the King’s death arrived to her ear. She needed to take care of the Kingdom now. However, even though she tried to hide her feelings, I managed to infer she didn’t care for anything or anyone, but you. Even when I last saw her, I saw the sadness in her eyes, and a tear rolled down her beautiful cheek as a goodbye gift for you, for her mind was already made up: She would remain dormant forever.
Today, I thought it would be another miserable day of existence without you. But to my surprise, I found your beautiful body on the floor right next to the Master Sword, at the ruins of the Temple of Time. At first I couldn't believe my eyes; I started to bounce all around the Temple of Time (The place where I found you) in joy. But little did I know, you were bleeding to death.
When I came back to my senses, I realized the terrible injuries your body had. Fortunately, upon closer inspection, I estimated you had little over a few hours for you to die from the injuries your body had. So, before time ran out, I went outside, retrieved some paper and some ink, and came back here, to the place your body is now, in order to write you this letters.
"Why?" you ask? Well, simply because I realized what I had to do the moment I saw your life at risk. I know now that somehow, after 100 years of struggle, you have come back to Hyrule in order to restore the peace you and I once enjoyed. I didn't go get any other person or a doctor, nor did I take you to a nursery, because, as you may already know, it's just too risky. It must have taken a long time for you to get here. I estimate, a week or so. So, you have already experienced the life style of this new Hyrule. As you may already know, this once prosperous country of ours is now a wasteland. I saw your clothes all messed up. It is obvious that you engaged in a terrible fight against an opponent so fierce, that you barely managed to defeat him/her/it. When I inspected your body, I found your sword broken in two. Your shield was pretty messed up, but still usable. And of course, I found the ocarina Saria gave you a century ago. Do not worry, I'll leave it next to your left arm when you wake up.
I wonder if you still play that fairy ocarina Saria gave you... I wonder if you keep playing the Ocarina of Time Zelda gave you as well.
To be honest, I didn't consider coming to the Temple of Time as part of my schedule for today. However, a beam of light caught my attention when I was gazing upon the sky. To my surprise, it was a blue beam of light, just like the ones we encountered during our travels 100 years ago. I flew up into the sky so that I could get to know where it was headed. I saw it landing on the Temple's ruins, so I decided to check what was going on. I suppose it was you breaking the seal the Doors of Time had in order to access this sacred chamber your body is now. You came back here to retrieve the Master Sword, so that you could carry on your quest for justice.
Link, I know that after I left you, you headed towards the Lost Woods so that you could find me. You were seeking an answer as to why I left you. I know about your journey through the alternate world of Termina. To be honest, I knew about it long before you and I parted ways...
I know you came back here to fulfill your destiny as the Hero of Time. I know that after living in this new Hyrule for a week or so, you wish to see this land restored to its former glory more than anything. However, I feel this land is now doomed beyond salvation. I know you have learned not to give up, but sadly, this is not the chase. Hyrule is now beyond saving. Nothing can save it from collapsing. Link, I must warn you: It will take more than blood to save Hyrule. Only the ultimate sacrifice can do something for this kingdom. I do not know if that something will be its salvation. It is more likely to reveal a new path for the young ones to follow. Maybe it's not through war and blood, but rather through understanding and redemption that its inhabitants can afford to live in a safe society. Far away from greed. After all it's not the piece of land that constitutes a country, but rather a society made up of people who decide to live in harmony that gives the title of "country" to a specific place.
I know I leave many questions unanswered in this letter. That's why I need you to read the 2nd letter I leave attached to this one. In there, I will answer them all.
Before I write my last words to you I want to give you one last explanation as to why you and I can't see each other ever again.
Right now, your body is agonizing, if I don't hurry, you will die. Like I said earlier, I'm the last remaining fairy in all of Hyrule. And that means I am the last being who can heal your wounds right now. I will pour on you all of the fairy dust my body allows me to, so that you can heal instantly. After that, my life will be passed on to you, and my body will become an empty shell; it will become regular dust, and it will be scattered all around the place by the wind.
By doing this, not only will my life be finished, but also my purpose on it. My purpose in life was to protect you. If I force your body to w
