The Legend of Zelda The Shield of Dreams-----Link was surrounded by  
hideous creatures. They had a long neck coming out of a spiky plant.  
Their faceless head was drooling for the thirst of victory, of blood.  
Link was there, surround by this huge beast. It towered over him and  
its minions were trying to peck away at him. Link was  completely  
defenseless. He couldn't do anything. Then, the vicious plant snapped  
at him, sinking it's long, razor sharp teeth into his skin. Link  
became paralyzed, he fell to the ground unable to scream, for the  
poison had invaded his body. He lay there motionless, unable to feel  
the monster's minions snapping bits of pieces from his flesh. The  
room became black, and there was nothing.


     Link jerked up from his dream breathing heavily. He stood up.  
Why were these dreams haunting him?  Why were they there? If so what  
did they mean? Link stared at the stars from the front view of his  
grandmothers porch. He looked at the stars and listened to the waves.  
He could still see his boat sailing in to take him to the many  
islands. But no. The King of Red lions was gone.  Hyrule was gone.  
Everything he and his people believed in were now... gone.
      Link missed the islands. Windfall Island, Roost Island. But  
most of all, he missed Forest Haven. Now, since the King of Red Lions  
was gone; Link could only stay on outset island. He had go to Forest  
Haven. No, he didn't have to, he needed to. Link felt as if he  
belonged to Forest Haven. He somehow knew, if he got there, his  
dreams would be answered.
     He knew he had the materials to go. All he needed was a boat.  
Ironic, Link thought, when he first went to Windfall island he needed  
a sail for the boat. Link chuckled. He loved his grandma's house. It  
was so peaceful.

     "Calm Night, Isn't  it?" whispered a voice. Link turned around.  
It was his sister, Arryll. "I always used to go to the top of that  
perch up there." Aryll pointed out her perch to the west. "Link  
follow me," said Arryl. They both went to the top of the perch. There  
they could see nothing but blue and black.
     "Remember this?" asked Arryl. She pulled out Link's telescope.  
"I have a surprise for you." She handed the telescope to Link. "  
Look, Look over there, you can Headstone Island. Link was filled with  
joy. Not because of the island, but if he was able to get there he  
might find a way to Forest Haven. Link stared at the small island. He  
pulled the telescope away from his eye about to thank his sister but  
she had already left.
     Link lied down on the hard warm wood. He stared into the deep  
blue. It was so calm, the waves were almost soundless. He gazed at  
his past. Then a blue light appeared. He stood up staring at the  
hovering blue light above the sea. Then another appeared, and  
another, then another. All of the sudden this ghostly transparent  
ship was heading straight towards Outset Island. It's sails were as  
thin as paper. But still it seemed to glide to Outset island. Link  
had seen the ship before. It was one of the scariest and most  
terrifying ship that sailed the ocean. He had known of it as the Ship  
of the Dead. He saw a bright light from the ship, then he heard it.  
It was a cannon. The Cannon ball was heading straight below him. The  
Ball went through the middle beam of the perch. The perch was  
tipping, it went back and forth . Then, it was silent. Link could  
here another cannon. Then he felt it. But this shot took the side  
beam straight off. The perch was tipping forward. Link climbed to the  
top, but it was useless. The perch fell into the sea. Link heard the  
snapping of the wood,the splinters going into his side. He was  
falling. He saw Outset Island. Then he saw nothing...

     Link awoke to the sound of crackling and the sounds of the sea.  
Link suddenly jerked his eyes open. He was on lying on the sand. He  
stood up and spat out a mouthful of sand. He was dazed, he couldn't  
see straight. He crawled to the edge of the sand. He then stood up  
again. He couldn't see any of houses. He then realized they had been  
burnt to the ground. Link staggered to his grandma's house. He  
couldn't believe what he saw. It was gone, everything was gone. The  
house, his grandma, Aryll. Gone. Nothing. Gone. Link was terrified.  
Where were they. He could not find his sister. He had already lost  
her once before. But know, this was different. Before she was taken  
from him, now she was just... gone. So was his grandma. The only  
thing he had close to his parents.
     Link was furious, it was just what happened to his parents. They  
were going to Windfall island when a bad storm hit, it was the  
biggest storm of that year. Their bodies were never recovered. Link  
was trying to think of how old he was when he lost his parents. Link  
remembered  he was three. The only way he remembered that was when he  
first heard the great legend of the Hero of Time. But that was  
unimportant. What was important though was that his only remaining  
family member were gone. He wasn't sure where they were. Did they  
perish in the fire? Where they kidnaped by the ghosts? Or had they  
ran away in time?
     He looked around in the rubble. Nothing of his was there.  
Nothing. He continued to look. There, under a big wooden beam was a  
light. Link pushed the beam away and found his Mirror shield and his  
old sword. Link then and there equipped it. He stared at the sea  
looking for the ghostly blue light that had done this.  He stared at  
the great sea. There, floating near the coast of Outset island, was  
Beadle's boat. Link then swam to the boat. He jumped inside. No one  
was there. Then it came to Link. If he could steer the boat to a  
different island. FOREST Haven! It came to him. He knew that he had  
to go to Forest Haven, but now he could.
     Link immediately set sail. When the boat started to creep along;  
it was to slow. Link thought to himself, "It would take to about 14  
hours to get there." So Link decided to set the boat on a straight  
projectery to Forest Haven, and take a nap.  Link rested his head  
against the cold wooden floor of Beadle's boat. The world around him  
started to fade until he was asleep.
     There Link was surrounded by lava. There were just a couple  
spots of land. Ash and Suet had got into his eyes and mouth. Then out  
of nowhere emerges a huge giant magma monster.  Link had seen that  
monster before, intact he had killed the monster. It was Gohma.
     Before, he had slain Gohma and saved all of Dragon Roost. But  
this time was different. Link had no sword or shield. Gohma attacked  
Link with a fierce gust of fire. "Help Me! Help ME!" screamed a  
voice. Link turned around. There was his Grandma, Lenzo, and Zelda.  
They were yelling for help.
      Then Link heard it. It was the sound of disembowelment. Link  
turned around but there was a sharp pain that he had never felt  
before. It was so horrible that he could not stand it. He felt at  
first warm, then an icy chill went trough him. Link looked at where  
the pain was coming from. There, there was a spike about 16 inches  
long stuck into his stomach. He saw the blood and fell over in  
disbelief. The room again was getting black. He could here the sound  
of his Zelda screaming for help.

     Link woke up to the sound of the sea.  He looked around to find  
a familiar island. He saw it! He saw Forest Haven. Link swam to the  
island. He drew his sword read for the Boko Baba to attack, but  
nothing did. Link then climbed to the entrance of the Forest. He went  
inside, unsure of what was to come. As soon he went in there was a  
loud boom. Link looked up. There the Deku tree was making the  
strangest noise. Link hurried upstream to see him. "YOUNG MASTER!"  
said the Deku tree. "I had thought all maybe lost, but since you have  
survived this terrible siege of all of our world, hope still may be  
possible."
     Link gaped at the Deku tree.
     "You did not know of the other islands did you?" said the Deku  
tree. "Long ago when the Hero of Time had existed. There was horrible  
spirit that roamed Hyrule. When the Hero of Time  existed he had in  
his possession an Ocarina. This Ocarina was very much similar to your  
Wind Waker. However this Ocarina had a good spirit inside of it. It  
was the queen of fairies. Yes, Link you have met her. Anyway, the  
queen of fairies soul was the Ocarina and when the Hero of Time left  
his world to come to ours the Ocarina's soul was put into human form.  
Since the Ocarina was there to do only good, the Gods decided to put  
the soul of the Ocarina as a fairy. But, when the Ocarina was made by  
the Gods they also made a sister Ocarina. This was know as the  
Ocarina of the Damned. Its purpose was to keep all evil inside the  
deepest section of hell. But one day a travailing merchant picked up  
the Ocarina and was suddenly possessed by it. He was unable to bring  
the damned out of hell while he was mortal. He was possessed for the  
rest of his life. His evil was greater than Gannon's however he was  
not as powerful. When he died his possessed spirit played the Ocarina  
and released the Damned and the gate to hell would be open forever.  
The gods were outraged at such an atrocity. They took the Ocarina and  
destroyed it. But since the gates to hell were opened forever and  
could never be closed, the gods made a ghostly ship which would  
enslave them for eternity. This is known as the ship of the dead.  
Recently the damned have grown wrestles. I do believe the soul of the  
possessed merchant had fused the shards of the Ocarina of the Damned.  
He has been able to control them by means of this."
     "Do you understand what I am saying young master?" said the Deku  
tree.
     Link nodded
     "Then I must tell you how to defeat the soul of Namandra, which  
comes from Hyrule meaning 'soul who has been damned and taken'.
     "What has been done is to complex for any human to understand.  
But, what has happened is Namandra's doing. He has used the Ocarina  
of the Damned to control and to trap all mortal beings in side a  
collective dream. Have you experienced any unusual dreams lately,  
young Master?" asked the Deku tree.
     Again Link nodded.
     "Then my suspicions are true, Namandra has trapped all beings  
except  you of course in this collective dream. All is now lost, it  
would have been possible hundreds of years ago, but now all is lost.  
Unless you go back in time. Link you indeed do have the Triforce of  
Courage, am I correct in assuming?"
     For a third time, Link Nodded
     "This is indeed good. If you can get two pieces of the triforce  
together you may be able to go back in time and recover the item you  
will need to release your people from your dreams. You must recover  
the Shield of Dreams. Once you have gained the shield you will then  
go to the Ship of the Dead. There inside everyones body is there,  
however only there body is there. There bodies are possessed by those  
who were once in Hell. Your people's souls are there, inside your  
dreams. What you must do is get the shield of dreams. I will explain  
how to do this later. For if you are captured and the knowledge is  
extracted from you, our only chance of a victory is lost."
     "You must go back in time to make this all possible. Go find  
Zelda and make her combine your powers to go back in time. Tell her  
there is a greater evil than Gannondorf himself. "
     Link shook his head
     "Have you had a dream with Princess Zelda in it?" asked the Deku  
tree. The Deku tree didn't need and answer. "Then all hope is lost.  
Unless, no it is to risky. Link, you would need to put your life on  
the line. There is another who has the power of the triforce.  
Gannondorf has the third. If you take the Master Sword out of his  
forehead you should be able to revive him. Once you do this make a  
vow by means of your triforce. The triforce will hold you to this. Go  
back in time and get the Shield of Dreams. Return to our time and I  
shall help you again. Do you understand me?"
     Link understood and nodded his head.
     "Good, now you must be prepared on this trek. First you must  
have a boat. Link, the boat you used to come here was to slow, you  
must use a speedy one for there is not much time. Use this."
     The Deku tree shook his upper branches, then slowly, a bright  
white grey head came out. Next the wooden red body, and finally the  
yellow tail. Links face was filled with joy.
     "This is not who you think it is, Link. This is only a boat, not  
the King of Red Lions. But, I have placed a gossip stone inside it so  
I can communicate with you. But, this gossip stone can only go to our  
world, not Hyrule. I will guide you on your way."
     Again, the Tree shook his branches and out came a pale sail.  
Link held it in his hands. It was thick at the eye but light at the  
touch. A slight breeze came through the entrance, the sail suddenly  
bolted straight up flew to the boat.
     "That sail is Kokri, it was made by the Kokri's in Hyrule. It  
was said to be made by my ancestor. The first Deku tree." said the  
Deku Tree
     "Now you will need some protections of some-sort to protect you  
when you are underwater." The Deku Tree breathed on Link. He suddenly  
felt a warm sensation, then cool. And then, four seeds were in Link's  
hand.
     "These seeds you have in your hand are Deku seeds. They are used  
to make Deku sprouts. If you were to eat one, you would have an  
invisible bubble around you for twelve hours. Link, eat these seeds  
only when it is the right time. You will go under water and sink, but  
not drown. Find Gannondorf, take the Master sword out, give him my  
letter and travel back to the time of the Ocarina of the Damned.
     Now, Link, you must go. Proceed to the Tower of the God's and  
save your island, save our world...

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