Ocarina of Time

In a room

within a tree,

the boy without

a fairy dreams.

*

Nightmares disturb

him in his slumber;

a drawbridge,

a storm,

a woman on

horseback

with a child in

her arms,

and

an evil man.

*

He is awakened

by Navi,

the fairy that’ll

guide him on his

quest,

beginning with

the Deku Tree.

*

With sword and shield,

he enters the

great tree, defeating

the parasite within

and gaining the

emerald of

Kokiri Forest

but losing the wise

elderly tree

anyway.

*

Giant logs

serve as gateways

through the forest,

one leading to the

Lost Woods and the other

leading to Hyrule Field.

*

His friend, Saria,

stops him from going,

but only so she can

gift to him an ocarina.

*

He leaves, not knowing

if he’d ever return;

he does,

later.

*

He goes to Hyrule Castle,

awakens a sleeping man,

sneaks past the guards,

meets the princess:

Zelda.

*

The quest for the remaining

stones commences.

*

He equips a new shield

and enters a cavern,

defeating the dinosaur

and receiving Goron’s Ruby.

*

Then, he travels to

Zora’s domain, where

he’s eaten by their deity,

rescues their princess,

kills another parasite,

and gets engaged.

He doesn’t know what

that means exactly, but he

got the Zora’s Sapphire, so

he doesn’t worry about it.

*

He tries to return to

Hyrule Castle

but his nightmare

comes true.

All that remains

is the ocarina of time.

*

In the temple of time,

he gives up the stones

and plays a song.

The doors open to

reveal the Master Sword.

He grabs it.

The evil man appears.

*

Seven years pass.

*

He is older.

Taller.

And the world

is in ruin.

Redeads run

the market place that

once flourished.

Ganondorf, the evil man,

has taken over.

*

A new quest begins.

A quest for the sages.

A quest for medallions.

A quest to defeat

Ganondorf.

*

He receives the Light Medallion

immediately upon awakening

but the others don’t come

so easily.

*

One by one,

he collects them all.

*

The Forest Medallion

from his friend, Saria.

The Fire Medallion

from his goron friend, Darunia.

The Water Medallion

from his Zora fiancee, Ruto.

The Shadow Medallion

from Zelda’s keeper, Impa.

The Spirit Medallion

from the Gerudo thief, Nabooru.

*

With the sages found

and the medallions collected,

he reunites with Zelda

before she’s captured by

Ganondorf.

*

He climbs Ganon Castle

to rescue her and he succeeds.

The tower collapses, but

they make it out just in time.

*

Yet,

another battle

Commences,

as Ganondorf refuses

to be defeated.

He becomes a beast,

Ganon.

Weakened by Link,

our fierce hero,

the sages lock Ganon

away, who curses that

he’ll keep returning.

*

He returns to his

own time, back to when

he was a child.

Only,

he’s not really a child

anymore, after everything.

Because he remembers.

*

Navi leaves.

Everyone celebrates.

Link looks forward

to a bigger adventure.

Because the ending of one

story is just the beginning of

another.