The Darkness Tainting My Mind (UNDER HEAVY EDITING)

Truth of the Past

As I landed in front of the husk of the Great Deku Tree. There was a little sprout in front of it. It suddenly sprung out of the ground and introduced itself. "Hi there! I'm the Deku Tree Sprout! Because you and Saria broke the curse on the Forest Temple, I can grow and flourish! Thanks a lot!"

I rolled my eyes and walked up to it. "You're welcome."

"Hey, have you seen your old friends? None of them recognize you with your grown-up body, did they?"

"Saria did and she was my only friend."

"Well... um..." it lost its enthusiasm and got it back as quickly as i had lost it, "everyone else didn't because the Kokiri never grow up! Even after seven years, they're still kids!"

"I kind of knew that before I left."

"T-then you must be wondering why you have grown up!"

"Because I'm not a Kokiri."

"That's right! That's because you're actually a Hylian! I'm happy to reveal this secret to you!"

"Then why was I, a Hylian child, living amongst the Kokiri?"

"Some time ago, before the king of Hyrule unified this country, there was fierce war in our world. One day, to escape the fires of the war, a Hylian mother and her baby boy entered this forbidden forest. The mother was gravely injured. Her only choice was to entrust the child to the Deku Tree, the guardian spirit of the forest. The Deku Tree could sense that this child of destiny whose fate would affect the entire world, so he took him into the forest. After the mother passed away, the baby was raised as a Kokiri, And now, finally, the day of destiny has come!" After it finished its story, it looked straight at me.

I was as pale as a ghost. "Is that story... true?"

"Yes. You are a Hylian, so you were always bound to leave this forest. Now, that you've learned your own destiny, you know what you must do."

"Save the land of Hyrule?"

"That's right! Now, Link, break the curses on all of the temples and return peace to Hyrule!"

All enthusiasm had disappeared from my being. "It was a surprise to learn that Saria is one of the Sages, wasn't it?" Navi irritatingly asked me.

"It's not really surprising, just depressing," I glared at her as she hit a sore spot.

"But Link, you're already depressed. How can it get any worse?"

"I could get crippling depression."

"I stand corrected. Anyways, I wonder how Sheik knew?"

"Yeah... let's just go to Kakariko, it's obvious that I'm not welcome here anymore."

"But first, we should go see Sheik back at the Temple of Time and tell him we woke up the first Sage."

"Right....." I walked through the Kokiri village as all of the Kokiri stared at me and Navi. I sent one last look at my old treehouse and left the forest.

Once outside, I climbed onto Epona and rode back to the ruins of Castle Town. When we arrived at the broken drawbridge, I dismounted from my loyal steed and carefully maneuvered my way around the ReDeads as best I could and headed to the Temple of Time. I opened the doors to the main corridor of the building and made my way back to the swords pedestal finding Sheik standing in front of it with his arms crossed.

"I see that you've broken the curse on the Forest Temple and awakened the Sage. However, there are four more Sages who still need your help."

I went ahead and started to hit my head on the nearest object possible which happened to be my metal Hylian shield. "Uh.. anyways..." Sheik continued, slightly startled, "in order to awaken the other Sages, you must become even more powerful. You must travel over mountains, under water, and even through time. If you ever want to return to your original time, return the Master Sword to the Pedestal of Time. By doing that, you will travel back in time to when you pulled it out."