The Power of Five (Part 2 of 3)

Chapter 1: The Real Story of the Sword

It came to the afternoon. The sun made its' way across the sky over Hyrule.

In Hyrule castle, everyone was ending their duties. Two Hyrule knights were walking through the halls, having a discussion.

"This is the sixth day that Link is missing, isn't it?"

"That's right." Valenzuela replied, "A real impact on his father though. I mean, we have no idea where or how Link is."

As they walked down the corridor, they approached the father of Link, sitting on a bench looking down at the ground.

"General, sir! How're you holding out?" the other knight, Norman, asked.

The General sighed, "I'll be..alright.." he looked up to the knights, "How did the search go?"

"We've all looked everywhere but couldn't even find a trace." Norman said.

"Yeah. We even looked as far as Darumina, but no-one's seen him anywhere." Valenzuela said.

The General looked down to the ground again, "..Link..."

"I wouldn't worry."

The General looked up and the knights turned their heads round. Princess Zelda walked up to them.

"Princess Zelda!" they bowed to show their respect.

"My heart still senses his presence. I'm sure he's still OK." she explained.

"Hmm.." The General stood up, "Alright. But we'll keep searching!"

"Right!" the other knights agreed.

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The sky was lit with stars as the late night came.

Green was lying on the ground, asleep. The cliff was behind him and the many trees around him made the place dark.

He slowly opened his eyes, "Huh? Wha?" He sat up and rubbed his head, "Aw, man. What happened?" He perked up, "The crash!"

He turned round and looked over the cliff. Far below, on the small shore, were pieces of the ship scattered about. Some pieces had made it up to the top of the cliff with Green.

"Woah, the ship's wrecked..There goes our tunics. Grandma won't be too pleased I lost my hat.." Green sat back and sighed, "How're we gonna get back to Hyrule now? We don't even know where we are.." He perked up, "The others! Where are they?!" Green stood up and looked at the deep jungle ahead of him, "That wind was so strong..it must've blown me up here..Which means the others must be here too!"

Green stepped forward and his stomach rumbled loudly.

He held onto his stomach, "I'm so hungry!" He looked up to the night sky through the trees, "Aw, man. We didn't eat for a whole day!"

He started to walk forward, "I can find the others and look for food at the same time.."

Green stopped to try and make out what was infront of him, "It's so dark.."

Just then, he heard a loud growling stomach.

"Aw, man!! Why isn't there any damn food around here?!"

Greens' face lightened up, "Blue!"

"Green?" Blue came out the bushes and ran to Green, "Hey! You're awake!"

"What?! Don't tell me you ran off and left me to look for food for yourself!"

"Heheh..That's right..But I get cranky if I don't get any food!!"

"I can tell.." Green perked up, "Wait! Where were you when you woke up?"

"I was lying on the ground just infront of you."

"The others must be near where we were! Come on!"

Green and Blue ran back near the cliff edge, where they woke up.

They looked around and yelled out, "Red! Vio! Shadow!"

Shadow was asleep in a branch above Green.

He slowly opened his eyes and perked up, "Green! Blue!"

Green and Blue looked up to him and their faces lightened up, "Shadow!"

The branch under Shadow suddenly snapped and Shadow fell face first, "Watch out!"

"Waaah!"

Blue quickly stepped away as Shadow fell on Green. Shocked looks came across their faces as Shadow and Green realised they were kissing each other on the lips.

They quickly pulled their faces apart from each other, "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHH!!"

Shadow was stood up, facing away from Green, holding onto his neck, "I'm sorry, Vio-kun! It meant nothing!"

Green was sat up on the ground, wiping his mouth with his arm, "All I ask is to be kissed by a girl.." He then sighed, "Maybe fourth time will be the charm.."

"You just gotta kiss Red to complete your collection.." Blue commented.

"Shut up!" Green stood up and smirked, "Besides, wouldn't you be jealous if that happened?"

Blue blushed slightly, "Uh...uh...Hey! We gotta find Red and Vio!"

Shadow turned to Blue, "That's right! They can't be far."

"But it's hard to see through the darkness." Green said.

"So we better yell out to them instead." Blue suggested.

"Red!! Vio!!" they called out.

Vio woke up by the cliff edge against some trees, "Shadow-Chan?"

Red woke up on a branch, over-looking the cliff, near Vio, "Blue?"

The branch under Red suddenly snapped, "Waaah!"

Vio perked up and turned his head round, "Red!"

Vio quickly got up and ran to the cliff edge. He caught Reds' arm with his hands but Vio got pulled to the ground as he held onto Red over the cliff edge.

"Vio!" Red said.

"Don't worry. I gotcha."

They heard the others yell out, "Red!! Vio!!"

"Guys! Help!" Vio yelled out.

The others ran through some bushes and saw Vio, "Vio! Red?!"

They ran to the cliff edge to Vio and they all helped Red up over the cliff.

They moved themselves away from the edge. They panted then sighed in relief and smiled.

"I'm glad we didn't get seperated again." Green said.

"But where the hell are we?" Blue asked.

"Hmm.." Shadow got out his map and layed it out on the ground.

He clicked his fingers and a ball of light appeared on the end of his finger. The light was small so it only brightly lit up what was close around it.

Shadow pointed the light at the map, "Here's Strong Will.." the island was only labelled as 'SW', "..but we drifted really far away from it."

"This island's huge, but the map's only got small islands on it." Red said.

"And there aren't any islands ahead of Strong Will for a very long distance." Vio said.

"We couldn't have drifted back." Green said.

"Maybe we drifted off the map.." Shadow said.

They looked at the map in thought. Just then, all their stomachs rumbled loudly.

"I got an idea. How about we look for food!" Blue said.

"Agreed!"

Shadow put the map away and they stood up. He led the group with the light on his finger as they started walking through the dark jungle.

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A few minutes passed as the Links kept walking through. They were all very hungry as they were walking slower then usual, holding onto their stomachs.

Green sighed, "I think we're lost.."

"I swear we're going round in circles." Blue said.

"How can you tell?" Red asked.

"Because everything around here's the same...I can't take it anymore!!" Blue started getting aggravated.

Shadow turned his head round and perked up. He stepped closer to what he could see and moved the light further forward.

Ahead of him he could see a smaller tree, just a bit bigger than the Links, with large fruits on it.

"Food!" Shadow started running to it and the others followed.

Their faces lightened up as they came up to the tree. The fruits were just a bit bigger than a pineapple, were round with small bumps around them and were pink in colour.

"Check it out! There are five here!" Green said as they each picked one off the tree.

"Are they safe?" Red asked.

"Who cares. Food is food!" Blue said as he took his first big bite.

The fruits were like an apricot inside and tasted sweeter.

It didn't take too long for them to finish eating their fruits.

"Aaah!" Blue patted his stomach, "That were good!"

"My stomach feels full now!" Green said.

"Mine too!" Shadow said.

Red nodded.

"That's kinda weird.." Vio said, "We were all starving but after eating one of these fruits, we're now full."

"Who cares? I say don't ask questions. We got what we needed so why wonder?" Blue explained.

"Yeah, but still.." Vio said.

Shadow clicked his finger again and a brighter light came.

His face lightened up, "I got more of my energy back!"

Red looked at what was behind Shadow.

He pointed, "Hey, what's that?"

They turned round and they could see a large stone temple. They could only see the entrance and part of the walls as the trees and overgrowth were hiding how big it was.

"A stone temple?" Green asked.

"Let's check it out. There might be a clue telling us where we are." Vio said.

The Links made their way into the temple. As they went inside they stopped and looked up at the ceiling in amazement.

"Woah! It's huge!" Shadow said.

Inside was really big and empty. The ceiling was so high that the top of it couldn't be seen.

Red looked ahead of them, "Look! Check it out!"

Red ran to the other side and the others followed.

The far end of the temple was lit up so it could clearly be seen. On the ground were five circles in a row, each the colour of the Links, and each with different symbols on them.

They each stood on the symbols of their colour. Green stood on a symbol that looked like blowing wind, Blue stood on a symbol of a drop of water, Red stood on a symbol of a flame, Vio stood on a symbol of an open flower, and Shadow stood on a symbol that looked like a shining sun.

"What do there symbols mean?" Green asked.

"And why are there five of 'em?" Blue asked.

"Which are our different colours too." Red added.

"Do you think this island has something to do with us?" Vio asked.

"Hmm.." Shadow then looked up at the wall, "Hey, what's that writing?"

The other Links looked up to the writing on the wall. It was written in the ancient Hylian language, like Vios' book, but the Links could read it like it was normal english.

They read it together, "The pure hearts of the five who weild the blade to seal away evil will hold the elements to be blessed with their powers."

Just then, the writing glowed different colours and became brighter and brighter. The Links' clothes suddenly returned to their tunics and hats. They looked down at their clothes in shock.

Green held onto his hat, "Hat.."

Then the lights came forward and grouped together in a bright light. The light then faded to reveal a fairy.

She was slightly shorter than the Links as she looked a couple of years younger than them. She had light pink eyes, and her hair was very long as it came down to her feet. Her hair shined as it glowed all the colours of the rainbow. She wore a pink robe with a long-sleeved lilac shirt underneath. She had a light blue waistband around her waist with long excess down the right side. She also wore sandals and she had four delicate fairy wings attached to her back. She glowed as white light lit her up behind her.

She looked down at the Links and smiled, "You five have finally come, I'm very glad. My name is Forica, and I am the guardian fairy of the elements. First I must tell you the story of your swords.

About 15 years ago, 5 children were born. Each of them were blessed with the will of a hero.

Five swords were made and called the Five Sword in preparation for the children to grow and unite to seal away evil.

But the evil sorceror of dark magic, Ganondorf, knew of this. So he stole one of the swords and one of the children for himself.

With this, the remaining four swords were brought together into one for the childrens' safety. Tales and legends of this sword were passed down with its' name as the Four Sword.

When Ganondorf released Gufuu and his puppet, Ganon, he sealed away himself in the shrine.

The children had grown and the time came for them to be united. When the sword was pulled out, the other three children were sent to the shrine and given the other swords. But this caused their memories to be forgotten and made them to believe to have been one person split into four.

Together they defeated Gufuu and Ganon and the sword was returned to the shrine. With this mistake, Ganondorf just had to wait for the lonely child to pull out the sword, which lured out his prepared monster to smash the shrine for his release.

The other four children had been kept safe in a hibernation in the light realm until they were re-awakened."

"So, for the sword to be 'put to rest again'.. was a mistake?" Green asked.

Forica nodded, "But, after Gufuu and Ganons' defeat, this island rose up from the sea and I was sent here to protect the elements. I guided you here from the sea with the strong wind and the fruit tree."

"Just what are these elements you keep mentioning?" Blue asked.

"And what do they have to do with us?" Shadow asked.

"Well, you see.." Forica looked at Green, "The wind travels all over the lands to guide life on its' way." She then looked at Blue, "The water allows life to live and grow and to be refreshed." She then looked at Red, "The fire brings warmth and comfort." She then looked at Vio, "The plants of the earth allow there to be life." She then looked at Shadow, "The light shines and shows things clearly and brings hope. You five are the holders of the elements."

"Wha?!"

"You must hold onto the elements and use their powers to seal away Ganondorf. It is then that they will truely awaken and they will test you of being their true holders."

"Huh? Their 'true holders'?!" Green asked.

"Don't worry. You will understand when it happens." Forica brought a worried look apon her face, "Time is running short. I have secured each element in its' own temple. But Ganondorf has sent evil creatures to the elements' temples to stop you from getting ahold of them. Please, you must overcome these monsters and get the elements for yourselves.."

"W-wait! There's still a lot we need to ask you!" Green pleaded.

"I..I'm sorry..You'll have to figure it out for yourselves..The evil presence is becoming stronger and making me feel weak. I will use the last of my power to send you to the elements' temples.."

Forica placed her hands together and light started to grow brighter and brighter in her palms.

"W-wha?! No!" Green pleaded again.

"Remember that the elements will keep you together.."

The Links then perked up, "Forica!"

Streams of darkness started to wrap around Forica from behind her. The light in her hands glowed brightly just before the darkness reached it.

The circles of the symbols under the Links' feet suddenly disappeared and they all fell through, down into bottomless darkness.

The darkness completely wrapped around Forica and caused her light aura to fade. Her eyes windened and then lost their pupils and shining as they turned to a faded grey.

The darkness completely covered Forica and then shrunk and disappeared with Forica inside it.

"FORICAAAA!!" the Links screamed as they fell down.